"Right then. Communal Protection from Evil." Boops all around.

"Bless."

At this point the crusader notices them. "I'm afraid I must ask you to leave the area."

"We are on an official errand from Ser Tirabade. I don't wish you any harm but you must stand aside."

"I don't have any way of verifying that. I'm under strict orders to keep anyone the Captain hasn't personally verified out of the area."

"Can we speak to the Captain?"

"No." Looooong pause. "If you have a message from Commander Tirabade, I can pass it along."

"No, we need to enter in person, immediately." And then he's gonna go for the door with the hand that isn't holding his mace.

She draws her sword and plants her feet in front of the door.

"HELP! CULTISTS AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE!"

He'd rather not hurt her but he is willing to in order to get through this door with their buffs up.

The bad news is that hurting her will probably be necessary! She's fighting very defensively, focusing on staying up and staying in front of the door at the expense of actually injuring the party, but she is definitely not interested in letting them through the door.

The good news is that after a couple moments of this, the door opens from the other side and several more people burst through: two more armed and armored crusaders, an unarmed and half-naked man, and the most beautiful woman Blai has ever seen in his life, with gorgeous dark hair, bat-like wings that perfectly complement her figure, and roughly as much clothing as the courtesans at Daeran's manor.

"A real succubus! I've never had the chance to meet a succubus before! Would you be willing to answer a few questions about Abyssal culture?"

The succubus ignores her, looking directly at Blai. 

Now, now, there's no need for this... brutality. Why don't you help me defend myself against these wicked Evildoers? Gesture at Blai's party.

Thank Goodness very literally for Protection from Evil. He aims for the face. He's not sure if it's true that succubi being physically beautiful is also part of their magical efficacy but he's not sure it isn't.

That's not very polite of you. I suppose we'll have to do this the hard way.

She gestures at her companions to attack. (The armed ones follow orders; the half-naked one looks between Blai's party and his own companions, blinking in confusion.)

This seems like the perfect opportunity to test her new spell! Displacement, targeting select boy.

A witch! The cultists are truly insidious. The crusaders focus their efforts on her.

Now she is bleeding out on the city streets.

—Oh, she's going to order her minions to attack—

A channel would most likely be wasted under the circumstances, and he's already used up his second-circle spells. Bane.

How do these guys feel about a Grease?

An Abyss-spawn witch?? 

(The crusaders trip over their own feet and fall. The succubus twitches her wings mockingly.)

She really should have saved one of her smites. She'll get in close and help Blai flank her, at least, taking care not to trip on the Grease.

Wow, okay, apparently this is the scary kind of demon. He'll shoot cold iron arrows as fast as he can and hope it's enough.

The succubus hisses and tears at Blai with her claws. See what happens when you're uncooperative, dearie?

He'd really rather Seelah have gotten Nenio back up with a Lay On Hands before wading in where she can't do that without provoking the claws in her own direction. They will have to talk about this later. Does it look like the succubus might die before Nenio does if they press the attack or does he need to back out and heal her -