A Hero's Resolve (Phoenix City Chronicles)

The member 'Narrator' has done the following action : Roll Dice:

'd20' : 5, 8

The woman gasped as Tal defeated Jacen so easily, morphing back into her original form, "Sure, you handled that easily, but you haven't seen the last of Master, not for a long shot," she growled. Slowly her features began to morph again. "So lets see how well you can fight..."

"One you hold so near to your heart," the woman called, as her voice and image shifted into that of Cellus!

"It was really quite foolish of you to attack him with your best maneuver," Feusang looked to Tal, his eyes taking on a strange glow, "Now that I know you have this ability, I must kill you myself."

With that, he hefted his mighty sword and swung, not into the heroes, but the air before them. Before anyone could react, a sound like thunder rippled through the air, and a flash of dark lightning razed the air in a straight line right toward the both of them, creating a massive lightshow that cracked the very ground around them and rocked their bodies with arcane torment on impact.

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Feusang activates Strong Attack (-3 Defense, +3 Attack)

Feusang attacks Tal and Knuckles with Greatsword via Darkblade (Demon Slash) (Combines with Dervish Dance)
~ Rolling Attack check; result = 14
~ ~ 14 + Attack 12 + Greatsword 6 + Dervish Dance 4 + Razor's Edge 2 + Strong Attack 3 + Fighter 4 + Spellsword 4 + Swordmaster 4 = 51 total
~ ~ Combines with Death Attack (Combines with Gypsy Magic, Enhance Magic)
~ ~ ~ Rolling Magic check; result = 17
~ ~ ~ ~ 17 + Magic 18 + Gypsy Magic 4 + Enhance Magic 4 = 43 total (must save, even if immune; Darkblade (Coup de Grace)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Autocombines with Eldritch Attack (Combines with Gypsy Magic, Enhance Magic)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Rolling Magic check; result = 10
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 10 + Magic 18 + Eldritch Attack 4 + Blast Mage 4 + Spellsword 4 + Enhance Magic 4 + Gypsy Magic 4 = 48 total (must save, even if immune; Piercing Eldritch Attack)
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The member 'Narrator' has done the following action : Roll Dice:

'd20' : 14, 17, 10

They had no chance. As the smoke cleared, a massive crater was left behind, and in it lay two charred bodies, formerly among the greatest heroes the world had to offer.



"How embarrassing," Feusang muttered, "I really must stop handling the easy jobs myself. We're going, witch."

With that, he pulled a silver amulet from his belt and tossed it to the ground, from which sprung a magical doorway. Without another word, he walked through.

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Knuckles defends against Greatsword
~ Rolling Defense check; result = 20
~ ~ 20 + Defense 10 + Light Armor 2 + Reinforced Vest 4 = 34 total (-17 hp)
~ ~ ~ Knuckles resist Death Attack
~ ~ ~ ~ Rolling Resistance check; result = 11
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 11 + Resistance 8 + Death Attack Immunity 4 = 23 total (dead)

Tal defends against Greatsword
~ Rolling Defense check; result = 15
~ 15 + Defense 4 + Sixth Sense 9 = 28 total (-23 hp)
~ ~ ~ Tal resists Death Attack
~ ~ ~ ~ Rolling Resistance check; result = 4
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 + Resistance 18 = 22 total (dead)
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The member 'Narrator' has done the following action : Roll Dice:

'd20' : 20, 11, 15, 15, 4, 11

The woman turned to look back before stepping through the portal, melting back into her original form, "Shame we can't stick around... but the party seems to have died out any way," she said with a cackle, blowing a kiss and stepping through.

As a blinding flash flares over the mountain before them "What in the nine hells was that!" she exclaims increasing her pace "whatever that was it couldn't have been good."

Passing over the mountain and seeing the crater left in the ground, as the portal vanishes. she lets gravity aid in their decent. Righting her companion she dashes through the air to where the portal vanished.

Cellus dropped from Kaylea's arms and surveyed the scene, when she caught sight of the bodies, she froze, letting out a high, almost inhuman, wail. Falling silent, she moved slowly towards the crater, feet dragging, as if someone in a dream. Her eyes stared straight ahead, not registering what they saw anymore. Finally, she reached the body only barely recognizable as her love.

Sinking to her knees, Cellus let out a single sob, still staring ahead of her into the distance. Wrapping her arms around the body she began to rock slowly back and forth, whimpering softly. This was the final blow for the grasslander, she had been through too much anguish, too much pain, and her mind refused to register anymore, and thus shut down.

"Just what we need, two dead and the one that can bring them back is completelt out of it!" she shouts aa she rushes to the catatonic girl.

"Cellus..." she sighs as she takes the girls hand and removes the band given to her by Light, placing it around her own wrist she concentraits on the Priest...

*Brother Light we need you here now! Tal and Knuckles are dead, Cellus has blanked and I've no idea who is responsable for their deaths let alone if they shall return. I will try to revive Cellus but in not sure if it's going to do any good.*

"I really hate to do this to you but it has to be done. Wake up, my sister!" she says as she firmly slaps the grasslander female "It's you that has the power to bring them back, not I!"

Cellus winced and let out a louder whimper as Kaylea slapped her, but she had no other reaction. It was too late, she was too late... too late... too late... "Too late... too late... too late..." she began to whisper, rocking back and forth, not loosening her grip on Tal's body, as a few tears dripped down her cheeks.

"To late? No! It can't be!" she crys turning and grabing Cellus's shoulders, shaking her "NO! HOW CAN YOU KNOW THAT! YOU HAVEN'T EVEN TRIED ANYTHING YET!!!"

"It was... horrible," Brother Light's voice broke with emotion inside Kaylea's mind as she held her concentration on the bracelet, "He slaughtered them with one blow!!"

At that moment, inside the priest's mind, Kaylea saw the nightmarish warlord from her dream. The murderer now had a face. The vision now had weight. This was either a late warning, or the beginning of the end.

Adventure Results

Cerys
~ Acquired Weakness: Narcalepsy (Minor Severity)

Knuckles
~ Matchmaker (Talking Down Tal) = 100
~ ~ Total XP Gained = 100

Tal
~ Evil Seed (Cellus) = 900
~ Jacen Kordiander = 1500
~ ~ Total XP Gained = 2400 (Level Up!)

Brother Light
~ Evil Seed (Knuckles) = 900
~ Smart Thinking (Bracelets) = 100
~ ~ Total XP Gained = 1000 (Level Up!)

Cellus
~ Morale Booster (Kaylea) = 100

Kaylea
~ Matchmaker (Consoling Cellus) = 100