So, I just fought Songbird...

[Aotrs Commander]

So, I saw the last fight for Treasure Island coming up (I thought, turns out I was wrong...) I brought my A-game. At level 21 (because I used the level cap unlocker mod), mythic rank 9. Turned up, got all my summons out:

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buffed up with all the buffs (catching the summons in as many as I could, there were to many get in a single Haste...)

And walked forward.

Songbird appears. Okay, 40 HD and ACs in the 70-60 apart from touch. Not great...

Arushlae goes first, does her best, but is whiffing that AC. The four soul eaters swarm forwards to surround Songbird.

Lich goes next, for remarkable occasion.

Quickened Clashing Rocks (not wanting to drop a Negative Eruption on the Soul Eaters or use it just yet). Eh, some damage.

Then Absolute Death.

Songbird just dies.

"Well," thinks I, as she goes to her Second Form. "At least I didn't waste any resources on that, now the real battle begins." Looked at the ACs, went "mmmpppp!" Soiled myself just a little bit. So. Many. Attacks. And an AC that said "yeah, your best +50 isn't gonna cut it mate."

So the thanatodemons go surging fowards to provide some brief cover before they inevitably get splortched on Songbird's first turn, Arushlae shoots, gets one hit in, my cleric merc fails to get through the spell resistance, her pet sabre tooth fails to get through the AC, so does my glaive-merc-lady.

Lich turn again. Quicken Corrupt... Fail to take any buffs off. Recall Absolute Death, and...

Songbird just dies.

Again

Pahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

I... I can't even...! She didn't even get a turn! Two half-rounds!

My Lich is like: "40 hit dice and 6 mythic? No."

Yes, that screen cap is taken AFTER the fight.

I ain't even mad, that is the most hilariously anti-climatic boss battle I think I've ever had!



(Seriously, I didn't even expect Absolute Death to do more that the hit point damage honestly. But I guess all that effort buffing my save DC to absurd levels paid off. Daft thing is, Absolute Death at DC 44 isn't even my highest save DC, since elemental acid specialist, so Mass Icy Prison is, like 47...!). And I'm sure the people who play on unfair think that is pitiful, but compared to the TT party I just finished who ended at level 18, that's still ludicrous...!)

[Aotrs Commander]

And then Nyhandri, who looks like I might have to rest and save-scam until (if?) that works on him, because nothing else seems to, since it's simply impossible to hit AC 115, so all but three members of the party are useless, plus the bloats spawn every round and Nyhandri does absurd damage. From the sublime to the ridiculous.

I tried firing the ballistas, and they appeared to do nothing, his hit points didn't seem to move. (No are his stats showing up, which is doubly annoying.)

Nope, the game throw a screaming mardy because I beat Songbird so easily. Three attempts, the ballistas worked less than 50% of the time in three goes, just straight missing and doing nothing. Two times, I got him down to low and then the game had a screaming fit. The first time, it knocked my lich down to -2 and then the next round killed him (so game over because nothing else could hurt it). So I went back, and after the game fought me bitterly (made me rest 24 hours instead of eight, so I had to reapply all my buffs), not rested properly at least once) and then, just as I was about a turn or so from winning, it crashed out.

So any pleasure I got out of the first fight was thoroughly ruined by the end of the evening.

[Aotrs Commander]

And, on re-trying the fight today, Nyhandri just straight up failed his save on my first Absolute Death. (Dangit, I could have no used the ballista and not the achievement for the nothing that's worth...) Frack, it after yesterday's mean-spirited crash, I'll just take it, and my nyhandrian crystal, because I might just pull this off yet.

(As a, destroyed the crystal knife and b, wasted my first Midnight Bolt on an Act 1 boss. I think I can just get enough crystals though with Nyhandri's extra one...)