In short, that settled the conditions for victory.
As for why he hadn't used the 12 from his premonition, it was because...
What if the die went wrong again while he was aiming? Better to play it safe, based on his estimate.
Then... he used the 12 for his aim roll.
Finally, there was the 17 to overcome Spell Resistance... No use. The roll was 17, plain and simple. In other words, the 17 from his premonition was redundant...
Dimensional Anchor broke straight through King Hassan's Spell Resistance and made contact with him.
King Hassan, who had been moving freely through this space, suddenly ground to a halt.
Oh, right. Come to think of it, Blink was also an application of spatial magic.
With Dimensional Anchor on him, King Hassan's Blink... would fail.
And so...
"Quickened Wild Run Curse, Bigby's Grasping Hand, Wild Run Curse, Bigby's Grasping Hand."
Sun Kui knew full well that if they wanted to kill King Hassan, they had to behead him for certain.
But how was he supposed to behead someone with a spell? Though he did have a 9-Circle spell called Scythe of Beheading.
It was a force-effect scythe, somewhat similar to Lin Yun's Soul-Refining Machine, but much stronger.
The scythe's total attack bonus equaled the caster level plus the relevant spellcasting ability modifier, with an additional +5 enhancement bonus.
Since it was a force effect, the scythe could strike incorporeal and Ethereal Creatures.
On a successful hit, the scythe dealt 9d6+5+the relevant spellcasting ability modifier in damage. It threatened a critical hit on a 19–20 and had a ×4 critical multiplier.
On a natural 20, the scythe would chop the enemy's head off their body.
Basically, it had the usual beheading effect.
The problem was that it was a spell, and if the