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>>173054"A nice apartment would be nice..." She presses her lips together
>>173055I'll have to do the math on it later
>>173058"Like a townhouse by the river... or a house in Westside..." She says
>>173059"Well, let's go! Maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised by the prices?"
Idk why I cast Inflictoderate Wounds, when I should've just summoned two more crawlers... Inflict spells are garbage. It was almost 2:00 AM, and I wanted the fight to be over, but now idk how I can do enough damage to drop this guy if that last attack didn't take him down.
And I got rid of my >overpowered Defiler feat, so I can't recover that slot.
>>173067Wait... I have one more Cha bonus spell slot than I initially thought. Posey could summon her puppies one more time, for a drawn out but equally .
It would have been smarter to do that while the Hydra was Nauseated though...
If Posey swam 15 ft backwards with her remaining move action, maybe she wouldn't provoke AoO, but the Hydra should have long reach, and that would just let it charge her on its turn, so Posey will have to stay put and rely on her damage reduction to tank this for long enough to summon her puppies again.
It's the Hydra's turn, once GM is done with math.
>>172839 →Amber nods and continues on, but she is left pondering what he could possibly mean by that. A wide smile by a griffon is always something to be concerned about.
That'll teach me to catch up to posts before replying >>173076 →Amber enters into the inner castle, finding medieval walls with rooms built in, and a plaza with grass, trees, stone, a little stand selling pastries and a number of uniformed officers gathered around that, evidently talking and eating. Amber sees a mix of medieval fortifications, baroque additions, and then more modern glass windows. Interestingly, there are two shinny high-end automobiles, a black Mercurial, and a new burgundy Mustang Royal, undoubtably a difficult to obtain import.
But what stands out in the plaza are the two buildings that occupy much of its space. One, standing a bit to the left and the back, is a very old cylindrical tower. But more interesting is the very large basilica, likely possessing the title of "cathedral" and certainly worthy of it. situated to the right at the back of the plaza, alongside the wall, it's tall, rectangular, in the neo-gothic style with one tower near the center, a high gable roof of black tile with a pattern of blue V's, high but narrow stained-glass windows along the side, and a few statues of saints about the door at its entrance.
But Amber isn't here for that. She's here for the structure at the end of the plaza. The Grandmaster's Palace. There are two round towers around the entrance, and two guards, who make eye contact with her and motion for her to enter.
>>173056Any progress on that math?
Idk if it's dead, but I have barely enough resources to repeat the same strategy as last time, so if it's alive, bring it on.
>>173100Alright, so going through the math, I believe the hydra is on its last 40 Hit Points, though rising rapidly
>>173124>last 40 Hit Points>lastSo what you're saying is I'm not even close then.
Okay, gonna have to hack-and-slash again.
My ability to fight competently is limited by it being past midnight, but I could try if now is all the time you have.
>>173060"Uh, okay" She says, still surprised by this turn of events. "But it's quite a walk."
To get there, Kira would have to slither nearly a mile past many intersections.
Roll luck>>173125Only half the damage from severing a head counts, evidently
It's the Hydra's turn, btw.
>>173128Hah, fucker
Posey, now getting a look at the beast that did NOT drop dead from her strongest offensive spell, gives an exasperated head-toss and summons her puppies again.
This provokes AoO.
>>173126Let's see if this snek is lucky
[1d20 = 2] >>173131Okay, Posey summons two puppies, but one of them turns on her.
>>173133Puppy 1 attacks the snake (technically still flanking, because the other isn't friendly to the hydra)
[1d20+4 = (6+4) = 10][1d20+4 = (5+4) = 9]Puppy 2 Attacks POSEY
[1d20+2 = (3+2) = 5][1d20+2 = (12+2) = 14]>>173134Miss
>>173133Kira crosses a street and "BEEEEP" nearly gets hit by a car (she's pretty sure she had right of way, but that's not the point) and ponies scream and run away. Just a little ways further down, two police stallions approach.
"Hold it!"
It could be worse. Kira could be at the bottom of a lake, bleeding out, attacked simultaneously by an alien ooze and a (different) serpent. But it's not good
>>173138The good news:
The hydra goes after Pup 1
[1d20+6 = (6+6) = 12]And Pup 2
[1d20+6 = (17+6) = 23] Posey makes a full attack, using bother her manufactured and natural weapons.
She opens with a Sunder, provoking AoO
[1d20+8 = (8+8) = 16]
>>173139Indeed, it always could be worse. Still, getting nearly run over is not exactly on Kira's to-do list.
"Sorry! Sorry!" She quickly finishes the crossing, holding her hooves up apologetically to the driver. She tries in vain to calm down any fleeing ponies but most get away before she can even get the chance to approach them. When she sees the police officers, she smiles and waves to them as they come closer.
"Oh, hello! Sorry about that, I'm still new to the city. I have my ID on me." Just like with the other officer, she shows these two police stallions her ID bracelet.
>>173146I hope that's enough to cut it off.
With the rest of her full attack, she follows up with a slam against the main body
[1d20+1 = (14+1) = 15]and a bite attack
[1d20+1 = (11+1) = 12] >>173148A yellow stallion seems unpersuaded, keeping his distance
"What are you doing here?"
A red stallion moves closer
"It talks?"
>>173150He missed
Pup 1 follows up with his tentacles.
[1d20+4 = (17+4) = 21][1d20+4 = (4+4) = 8]Pup 2 is a bad dog
[1d20+2 = (11+2) = 13][1d20+2 = (19+2) = 21]And Posey can't even dismiss the spell, because she needs acid to defeat the hydra.
>>173153Pup 1 hits, but so does pup 2
Pup 1 grapples, this invokes a Will saves vs vole touch
[1d20+9 = (18+9) = 27][2d6 = 8]Pup 2 also grapples
[1d20+7 = (1+7) = 8][2d6 = 5]Posey makes her opposed grapple
[1d20+8 = (12+8) = 20] >>173154Haha! Posey shakes off the puppy, and takes minimal damage.
The hydra takes 4 points of acid damage
[1d4 = 3]
>>173152She nods to the red stallion with a smile before addressing the yellow stallion.
"I'm on a mission of great importance to save my tribe, and the kind ponies of Customs recommended that I try to get an audience with Halcyon Shores to that end. Right now I'm just getting a lay of the land and the city. I'm really excited to finally get to see Equestria, even if it no longer technically exists."
>>173159The hydra bites at Posey
[1d20+6 = (3+6) = 9]>>173160The red stallion is surprised, evidently
The yellow stallion says
"We- we got a call s-saying you, uh, were causing a public disturbance. They uh, don't want you by the coffee shop."
>>173161>1 head leftPosey makes a full attack, beginning with her sword against the neck
[1d20+10 = (20+10) = 30] >>173162YAAAAAAAS SLAY QUEEN, SLAY!
Rolling to confirm threat
[1d20+10 = (3+10) = 13] >>173164And she follows up with a bite, in case that doesn't take off the head
[1d20+3 = (15+3) = 18]And then a slam
[1d20+3 = (14+3) = 17]