I'll roll a dice:

Toxic smoke: 1d20=6 no
Collapse ceiling 1d20=20 yes luck 1d20=10 not good

I'll give you a chance to change your responses, if you do, because it's 20, you will have to beat a DC 10 on a 1d20 roll without modifier that the whole room will Collapse also burying you and the head you came for. Beat that and a section will fall so you'll have to be careful because the head won't be recoverable without expertise and strength not even Cat has. Huge chunks of rock would need to be pulverized, excavated, carted off and it will take many days you don't have.


If you do

Alice's incessant chattering is completely ignored by anyone in earshot, the bugbears either don't care or are incapable of turning on their master.

With frustration on their part, she slips past them and unleashes her secret weapon on Nezzer, making sure to also set the flammable bedrolls and packs around him on fire.
Though her aim was true he deftly dodged the thrown bottle and was unaffected by the flames. The bedrolls and packs are coated in accelerant and make for a good bonfire, bringing the room temperature up to a swealtering 36C.

Alice curses the nimble Drow, disappointed about her failure, but at least temperatures are now approaching her comfort zone. For the first time since her violent arrival on this world, Alice feels pleasantly warm

He follows it up with a spell, his arcane words seem to pierce her mind in a peculiar way unlike anything she'd experienced before.
Alice becomes Charmed by Nezzer.
Temporarily confused, she manages to come to her senses enough to climb the statue, but bugbears are tall and have good reach, enough to swing at her anyway, so the two bugbears rush over and flank her to attack.
Alice isn't so easily hit as they soon find out as his attack is redirected to his companion for 12 blunt damage.

So sorry, I told you not to attack me, I TOLD you bears!

Alice isn't able to do it twice however and takes the second hit. With her natural resistance to bludgeoning, she takes only 5HP damage.

Alice sighs with disappointment.
This will have- consequences!

Having forgotten about Nezzer, Alice decides to vent her anger on the bugbears instead

Alice can hear the shuffling of a large creature outside the room, apparently the commotion or perhaps under Nezzer's direction, the Bulette has arrived but without hands, he can't open the doors to get through the stone double doorway.

Alice briefly considers disengaging to let the bulette friend in but then remembers the bugbears hit her.
She attacks the bugbear who already took damage with her spear 2-handed followed by Flurry of Blows, expending 1 Ki point.
[I do believe I've spent 2, so that would make 3 and I have 4. So one left to deflect attacks. In case your records show I have less, I'll only use as many to preserve my last one]

looks like Cat will remain more dead than alive. Yulya burned through all her healing options. ok she still has the mp from the focus but that would limit her other options.

Yulya's certain that the energy of the throne is incompatible with mana pools for arcane magic, instead it seems to be more like the sphere Freya used or Ashley's crystal and able to channel energies from other planes of existence.

Yulya wonders what plane and deity is behind the energy of the throne. Nezzer must have some powerful ally to control it - much like Ashley and Freya do.

The remaining image erupts in arcane energy, mustering large amounts of mana to cast a rather advanced and intricate spell. A blast of cold air erupts from her hands toward Yulya. She has cast Cone of Cold.
Yulya is enveloped in ice, this time no one saves her and even her magical vest is no use, the RNG gods have spoken, she takes the full brunt of the bitter wind and is chilled to the bone leaving her with the shivers and only 8HP! She won't survive much else.
Before all hope is lost, Yulya sees M3gan return, she rushes to the caster's image and attacks easily able to dispell the image.
The true image of the caster is revealed, standing far south.
Using Action surge once again, she rushes southeast to the real caster and unleashes the true nature of a demigoddess on her.
Given AC12 M3gan's hits are guaranteed. She uses Charger and an ability called Slam Down, using both her two extra attacks, her third action surge and Nick with her bare fists, her foe is toppled.
Needless to say, she's not getting back up and her form slowly fades to another one of those reptilian, earless, beings. M3gan has nothing to sever the head or desecrate the body with.

M3gan brushes herself off and moves calmly but with adept speed to Cat, carrying her to Yulya encumbered, she sets her down at under Yulya's floating form and says, "I'll take care of this Ghoul, you take care of your friend."

Barely recovering from the cold attack, Yulya takes her won healing potion. She looks at Cat's body and lands beside her.
Oh dear, looks like even you can push yourself too far!

Yulya uses Healing Hands on her companion and turns to M3gan.
Thank you M3gan youre a lifesaver!



She hesitates for a moment.
May I use Ashleys potion for Cat or do you need it? My healing may stabilize her but I cannot get her back into fighting shape! And we need Cat here!

Yulya gets the impression that the girls are safe for now and gets a mental download of what has transpired with Alice from what she knows, there is a sense of urgency, Alice is indeed still in danger.

Thank you but I can handle the ghoul here. Please help Alice!

It's live! Though not much has changed except where Alice burned the treasure.

Much better!
Just returned from Easter Vigil, will answer tomorrow, gotta sleep now! Happy Easter!