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You overestimate yourself. Even for an normal Lilitu, that kind of attack isn't enough to qualify as more than an annoyance, and she's hardly ordinary.

Still, it wouldn't do to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, and they obviously have some kind of plan if they bothered to show up to fight her. If there's someone actually dangerous hidden waiting in the wings, letting these idiots chip away at her could still end up mattering. She sends them another fireball, and then slips back out of their line of sight.

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Luzai really, really wishes that angel-smiting her had worked.

Everyone can have some temporary hit points and morale.

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That sets the pace of the conflict for the next few minutes. Minagho makes an appearance every so often to discourage people from clumping up to get the most out of channels and to pick off crusaders with massed telekinetic bombardment; with a particular eye to finding out how many sharp objects she can run the Prelate through with. Setting his judgments to protect against this kind of attack, in turn, resulted in his ability to take out demons dropping like a stone, and anyone less durable she sets her sights on usually dies. By the time the attackers clear the foyer of enemies about a fifth of their own number are lying dead, and they still need to take the staircases.

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Luzai REALLY wishes Terendelev weren't currently undead and they could have gotten a Resurrection and brought her along on this. That'd shut Minagho up. 

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She's about 5 circles and a diamond short of her wishes being able to accomplish things, unfortunately.

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Now then, I wonder how many of you will die taking the staircase? I've had my alchemists prepare a little surprise for when you get past the barricades, and I'm just dying to see what you think about it.

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Once they're reorganized and the archers are as suppressed as they're going to get, Irabeth waits for Minagho to duck out again and then gives the signal for Jhoran Vhane to cast wall of stone. She's not the first one up the new staircase, since that's a job reserved for people not slowed down by heavy armor, but she's not far behind them.

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She uses a telekinetic shove to launch the half-orc off the staircase. It's not nearly high enough to kill her, more's the pity, but Minagho has just about had it with them.

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Probably her armor class is too high for shooting her in the face about that to work, but it’s the thought that counts.

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Not only can he not hit her, he also wouldn't injure her if he did, which puts him well below even the level of an annoyance.

What she would like to do right now is douse their new staircase in the alchemical surprises she had ready, but none of her minotaurs are in position to throw it and trying to move heavy objects with telekinesis is far too slow for something that excitable. Instead, she can take advantage of the fact that they're mostly lined up for her right now and shoot a lightning bolt straight down the staircase, which won't kill anyone strong but should leave them injured enough that they heal up rather than take advantage of her being close to try and hit her directly, and then leave to ensure the next line of defense is actually ready for the crusaders this time.

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SOMEDAY LUZAI IS GOING TO BE LEGENDARY ENOUGH TO PUNCH THIS BITCH IN THE FACE IF SHE WANTS TO.

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She could try it right now! Does she want to punch Minagho badly enough to die of strength damage or Minagho's natural attacks about it?

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The good news about the second floor is that once they make it up there aren't any more archers firing down on them, and there are fewer prepared defenses and hardpoints that they need to bypass. The bad news is that their own archers, Luzai and Villibor included, are set upon by swarms of biting locusts just as a trio of minotaurs supported by Schir and a song sorcerer slam into their front lines.

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If Luzai dies of attempting to punch Minagho then probably Mom will do things to Minagho that make her unable to pull shit on Irabeth so, like, it's not Luzai's Plan A or anything, but she is keeping it in the back of her mind. Probably Mom would keep her in a secure demiplane until the next Clone matured if she did that, though, so let's try to not have to. 

The locusts are bad but slightly less bad than they would be without Communal Protection From Evil. Luzai really, really likes that spell. 

She lights up. She doesn't know if individual locusts can be blinded, but hey, why not find out? 

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Hey, how well does that song-sorcerer hold up against Boneshaker? Speaking of spells people like. 

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The locusts have no real defense against being dazzled, which makes it all the more unfortunate that dazzling them doesn't interfere with their ability to bite people inside the cloud of insects. The boneshaker is similarly ineffective, sliding right off their spell resistance; with all the insects surrounding Villibor and the general confusion of the battle, it seems likely they didn't even notice that he tried.

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She hates, hates, hates these fucking locusts, and also crossbows at the song-sorcerer. 

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Most of her crossbow bolts aren't doing very much, but some of the other archers have the same idea, which causes the song-sorcerer to first get behind cover and then take off when the minotaurs start dying a minute later. One of the archers, meanwhile, had the idea to go for the alchemical weapons on the stairwell, and while most people get caught in at least some of the acidic or fiery splash zone - Luzai included - the insects have a much worse time.

From there, it's on to the third floor staircase, and unfortunately for the crusader plans for another bypass Minagho kept her Babau back and now has them counterspelling whatever their allied spellcasters try. With them are a number of other defenders, these ones of a higher caliber than the ones they've been cutting through so far; two succubi, a handful of incubi and vrocks, and one elven or half-elven woman with a particularly nasty looking scythe.

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...Can she trick a Babau into counterspelling cantrips. And if not, how close can she get to the demons without sacrificing the protection of the paladin shieldwall, in order to blind the fuckers with Lariel's sword. She is in favor of blinding some fuckers with Lariel's sword. 

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She can! Babaus are not known for their skill at spellcraft. Unfortunately they don't seem to be running out of dispels, no matter how many times she tries. 

As for how close she can get... maybe twenty feet off, all told, but that would involve getting close enough that safety is relative.

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Well at least if the Babaus are counterspelling her stupid cantrips they are not counterspelling anyone else's not-cantrips! ...Which would be more of a comfort if they had more casters than there were Babaus. 

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This is a problem other people are working on solving. 

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In both directions!

The battle is stuck in close quarters, which is something of a mixed blessing for both sides. On the one hand, it makes it very hard for the crusaders to make their superior numbers count, but on the other Minagho barely has any ammunition for her telekinesis. Whenever enough crusader arrows miss their targets and fail to embed in the walls, she returns fire, but instead of overwhelming offensive power her attacks are now inherently lower volume than their crusader counterparts, and in the current situation neither suggestions nor shoving around paladins is enough to change that. If they still had access to their full supply of healing, the resulting grinding victory would be a foregone conclusion, but with how much they've already used up on the attack so far things are a lot more touch and go. The inquisitors try and make the most of their own unlimited healing to counteract that, but Minagho makes a point of trying to pick them off as they cycle off the front lines and change over from resiliency or protection to healing.

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Every now and then Luzai is going to double-check to make SURE she can't angel-smite anyone. If not Minagho, maybe the Schir? No? Okay, just checking. 

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The light of heaven is very sorry, but bolts of justice are very expensive and it's kind of running on empty right now.

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