Nina's ribbon assault tears and wraps around her "mount" leaving it pretty hurt and restrained, and it seemed like the warlord would've suffered the same fate, but at the last moment he throws his ragged cape in the path of the ribbons and the piece of clothing takes most of the damage, with the azanideo being only lightly damaged. Underneath the dirty garment is revealed a belt filled with strange contraptions.
Imos auras quickly reveal the exalted surrounding the party are quite durable of both mind and body, only one fallking to sickness, and another opening its mind to him. It's not a pleasant feeling. When Imos fires his spines, the warlord's armor proves to still be quite sturdy despite its apparent bad condition, and the projectiles fail to find an opening.
As Serafina speeds up her companions, Steyven steps forward to attack the warlord in personal combat. As the bullroarer comes down to smash the warlord's helmet, the azanídeo reveals surprising skill at managing to deflet it with its armored gauntlet. However Steyven is relentless in his assault and his two next blows get under the warlord's guard and crush some of his armor plates, igniting the fur underneath. At first the azanídeo doesn't seem much botherered by the fire, but as they burst in white sacred flames, it squeals in clear pain. The warlord still manages to pull back before Steyven sucessfully activates the bullroarer's secret surge ability.
Tsukyo creates the perfect weapon for the situation (or at least the weapon she considers better for their current challenge), Isuma creates a miniature forest to entrap the exalted.
Naked skins dangerous! Deal with them! I'll go get help!-squeals the warlord, grabbing three strange tiny small oval devices with rough surfaces from his belt that he throws at Steyven. The first misses as the azanídeo is partially blinded by the righteous light of the warrior, but as the trinket falls to the floor, it explodes violently in a burst of flame so intense the stone floor itself is partially melted! All party members but Isuna are caught in the blast, as well as one of the exalted, but the flames don't seem to affect it.
The two next bombs from the warlord land right upon Steyven, giving him no opportunity to take cover from the blast, and still reaching his allies. When the smoke clears you see the warlord has swiftly moved away from you, unnaturally fast for someone clad in heavy armor, and is now behind the exalted who was guarding the entrance, who meanwhile moved closer to you, raising a clawed hand and from it unleashing a dark ray of draining energy upon Steyven.
The exalted behind the party starts shouting from behind the vines now separating it from you:
You little shitfaces think you're special with those fancy powers of yours? You're just more food for us! The moment you decided to come here, you've proved how seriously retarded and braindead you are, because you've just thrown away the worthless existences your creators gave you! You're less than pathetic!Its insults are filled with vitriolic, malice and hate that threatens to sour your mood. Then another of the exalted adds:
In other words, worms, HALT!The last word has an overhwleming, powerful power behind it, and you feel compeled to obey it. The third exalted inside the vines doesn't say anything but instead spits green bile on the floor next to you, and from there sprout two hideous red beings quite similar to its "parent", except they're "just" as tall as Steyven and lack wings, plus are carrying rusted glaives. The fourth and last trapped exalted meanwhile is trying to shake off Nina from over him, then suddenly disappears in a puff of smoke, and appears again outside the vines, leaving Nina behind.
Units with w have failed against mind read.
Units with s are sickened.
Units with e are entangled.
Some spells being thrown around by your enemies this turn so if you have SR or something like that please remind me.
Steyven takes Enervation for 1 negative level.
Everybody Will 24 or Stunned for 1 round from the insults.
Everybody Will 24 against Greater Command for Halt option.
Steyven, Serafina, Tsukyo, Nina, take 31, 37, 44 fire damage from the 3 bombs, Reflex 30 for half. Steyven isn't allowed a reflex save for the 2nd and third, and those two also ignore any fire resistance he may have, and if he's immune to fire, he still takes half.