Strange Aeons: In Search of Sanity II [IC - Group #1]

[pfm1995]

Straining to see through the cloying yellow fog, Jean steps around the dim shape of Zoo with his scimitar raised ready to attack whatever he finds.

Spoiler: Actions

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Moving around the south of Zoo, if he gets a clean sight of whatever Zoo is fighting he'll attack it.
Attack - (1d20+7)[20] Damage - (1d6+3)[5]

[lostsole31]

R1T3: Straining to see through the cloying yellow fog, Jean steps around the dim shape of Zoo about 10' with his scimitar raised ready to attack whatever he finds. He is wrestling something and he chops at it before he even wastes any time, doing 7.

Spoiler: Jean

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Zoo is wrestling a large white horse with a spiral horn on its forehead. The animal seems familiar, like something commonly talked about in fairy tales, but you don't remember what it's called.

Javert comes around from behind Jean and passes him to peck at the monster, but doesn't get past its hide in his weakened state.

Spoiler: Javert >>> Jean

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"Boss! It's a unicorn! Magical beast, so very tough, good fighter, hardy and fast, and sees in a variety of light levels. Aren't they supposed to be good & noble creatures? I pecked at it because you hacked it, but this is weirder than weird."

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T24: Lord Hanley disappears from Haru and Akbar's sight, briefly passes behind Jean and Javert, and then is gone in the yellow mist.

R2T23: Gaye yells out, "Someone call out what you see!" She then disappears from sight of the clump of heroes she was in. North-ish of Zoo and Jean's position can be heard Gaye shout out, "What the hell is that? Horse with a horn, and Zoo is wrestling it!"

R2T20: Akbar, you only see Haru and Björn, and you hear that Zoo is wrestling a horse with a horn to the east of you. Obviously, the horse has BARD-ing to have a horn, right? Right? Ammi Right?! Okay. Anyway, what do you do?

Björn on deck with a readied action that will not go off, and Haru in the hole ...

[Swami Monsoon]

Akbar casts a protective spell and then moves cautiously toward the sound of fighting...

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Cast Mage Armor on self.
Move toward sounds of fighting until he can see a target.

[lostsole31]

R2T20: Akbar - who already had a protective spell on himself - moves cautiously toward the sound of fighting. Because Zoo is right next to a tree, he ends up having to go around a tree and then end up next to Gaye, where he sees an enlarged Zoo-dog wrestling a white horse with a spiral horn coming out of its forehead. It seems to have been cut by something.

R2T16: Björn, a battle is to the east, and your readied action didn't go off (and likely won't if you stay put and do it again). What does he do?

[BuckGodot]

Björn takes a diagonal 5 ft step to the right to try to get a better view.

[lostsole31]

R2T16: Björn takes a diagonal 5 ft step to the right to try to get a better view. He is now standing next to Jean, who has blood on his scimitar and can see something further into the midst. The northman now also sees all of Zoo, but still can't quite see the enemy. Having already moved forward to peek at what is around and pretty much fixed (for now), he looks about, head on a swivel, with sword and shield ready to fend off any attacks that come his way.

R2T15: Gaye gets bit in the belly for 3. She feels a stiffness, but throws it off.

R2T14: By totally blind luck, Akbar just manages to not get hit (despite being surprised) by a tribal that came up behind him!

R2T13: "A tribal just tried to ambush me!" calls out Lord Hanley to the east.

R2T9: Haru, you are concentrating on the war totem, but you just heard Lord Hanely some distance away to the east, say he was attacked by a tribal. Lord Hanely is already disadvantaged (human "dwarf", not racial Dwarf), and because of his small hands, he doesn't have a weapon (though he does have a mithral chain shirt. What do you do?

Zoo on deck (wrestling uni-whatsit), Bogey in the hole ...

[meemaas]

Haru will spend some of his power to maintain his magic and head towards Lord Hanley's voice, his weapon ready in case he sees an enemy.

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Free action: Spend 1SP to maintain my totem without concentration
Move action: Move east towards Hanley's voice.
If a foe is visible, Haru will take a strike at it as a standard action with his Nunchaku
Standard action, if needed: Energy Blade (Frost Blast)
Attack roll (1d20+7)[9]
Damage (1d6+5)[9] (I believe there is an additional +2 from my totem, but I'm not 100% certain you didn't update my sheet for the totem already)
Frost Blast (2d6)[8] (Fort Save DC 17 or Staggered for 1 round)

[lostsole31]

R2T9: Haru will spend some of his power to maintain his magic and head towards Lord Hanley's voice, his weapon ready in case he sees an enemy. When he gets to Zoo, he can go north or south to go around, and randomly chooses the north. He ends up having to continue to go north to get around a tree, and as he begins heading east again, he soon spots a Tribal focused on something else (but there is no facing in combat, and you didn't try to be stealthy). So, in lieu of another enemy and with time running out (in the round), you attack the Tribal, but in failing to cast defensively it bites the tiefling in the right elbow for 3. The spell fizzles, and the nunchaku misses. You definitely hear other combatants nearby it, towards the south.

R2T8.5: Zoo, you are currently grappling a supposed unicorn. What do you do?

"Unicorn" on deck, Jean/ Javert in the hole ...

[SwordChucks]

Zoo releases the weird horse-thing and sprouts his own horn. He lays into it with every available natural weapon at his disposal.

Spoiler: Combat

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Swift action: Battleshaping to grow a +1 gore attack for 1 round.
Full round action: Full attack with bite, gore, claws, and hooves.

Bite: (1d20+5)[9],(1d8+6)[11]
Gore: (1d20+6)[23],(1d8+7)[14]
Claw1: (1d20+5)[6],(1d6+6)[9]
Claw2: (1d20+5)[19],(1d6+6)[12]
Hoof1: (1d20)[6],(1d6+3)[5]
Hoof2: (1d20)[2],(1d6+3)[8]

[lostsole31]

R2T8.5: Zoo releases the weird horse-thing and sprouts his own horn. He lays into it with every available natural weapon at his disposal. The gore stabs into the unicorn's muzzle for 16. His first claw overextended, but luckily there were no other enemies near Zoo to take advantage of that opening. The claw scrapes across the ear of the horse-monster for 14.

R2T8: Now it is time for the unicorn's counter-attack. It gores Zoo in the left knee for 9, catches him in the right thigh for 3, then again in the right shoulder with the other hoof for 4.

R2T3-2.9: Jean, what do you do? It seems like there are tribals elsewhere on the battlefield, but you are facing a badly bloodied unicorn (who is facing off against a badly wounded Zoo). Any special orders for Javert?

Lord Hanley on deck, Gaye in the hole ...

[pfm1995]

Go help Hanley! Jean thinks at Javert as he steps to the side, trying to avoid the thrashing forms of the two great beasts. "This is a unicorn, it's meant to defend the innocent - why is it attacking us? Has the mist driven it mad?" He says, but his questions are rhetorical. The creature was attacking them and they would have to kill it to survive, so as he steps to the side he swings again for the unicorn's flank.

Spoiler: Rolls

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Attack - (1d20+7)[11] Damage - (1d6+3)[7]

[lostsole31]

[QUOTE=lostsole31;23978762]R2T3-2.9: Go help Hanley! Jean thinks at Javert as he steps to the side, trying to avoid the thrashing forms of the two great beasts. "This is a unicorn, it's meant to defend the innocent - why is it attacking us? Has the mist driven it mad?" he says, but his questions are rhetorical. The creature was attacking them and they would have to kill it to survive, so as he steps to the side he swings again for the unicorn's flank, but the beast proves far more agile than the dusky half-elf. Javert withdraws so as not to get stabbed.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T24: "My gratitude Mr. Bardakçı!" calls Lord Hanley from the mist to the east.

R3T23: Zoo sees Gaye concentrates defensively on a spell, then with a glowing hand reaches out to touch her opponent in the thigh, but he only takes 2 PE. Miffed, Gaye says, "Looks like I will have to do this the old-fashioned way."

R3T20: Akbar, you are facing a tribal right now, and another one diagonally to your left. There is a terrifying unicorn right behind you. What do you do?

Björn on deck, Tribals in the hole ....

[Swami Monsoon]

Akbar startles as enemies emerge from the mist all around him...

"Watch out! Tribals to the north!"

He steps back and aims a burst of magical sound at the biggest, most obvious threat...

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5' step to SE
Painful Stare and Ear Piercing Scream vs. "unicorn"
Casting defensively
Concentration (1d20+12)[19]
Damage
(1d6)[3] (1d6)[6]

[lostsole31]

R3T20: Akbar startles as enemies emerge from the mist all around him..."Watch out! Tribals to the north!" He steps back and aims a burst of magical sound at the biggest, most obvious threat, doing 9 sonic damage (that isn't heard). The unicorn's steps are unsteady.

R3T16: Björn, what do you do? There's a unicorn out there, and tribals called to north and east, and you don't even have an enemy in sight. What do you do?

Tribals on deck/ in hole ...

[BuckGodot]

Björn will attempt to move east towards Lord Hs location to offer his assistance.

[lostsole31]

R3T16: Björn attempts to move east towards Lord Hs location to offer his assistance. In moving past Jean, however, he finally sees the unicorn people have been yelling about and has to hope as he moves past Jean to an open spot. Luckily, for some reason, the very bloody unicorn doesn't attack Björn. A tree blocks Björn's continued progress east, and the unicorn north and north-east, so he leaves to go around the tree and finally comes face-to-face with a Tribal that seems to be bleeding from a small stab wound to the stomach. The Tribal is being flanked by Lord Hanley and Javert. That is as much as Björn can do now, though.

R3T15: Tribal1 bites at Gaye, but she pushes it aside at the neck. She doesn't stop the claw that comes in and slashes her on the right shoulder for 2, and she just barely keeps from being paralyzed. Another claw slashes at her to do 3 in her right arm this time. The toxin or whatever it is that has been building up finally overcomes Gaye and she is paralyzed.

R3T14: Sensing the shift in the battle, Tribal2 now tries to savage Gaye, biting for 6, and then an overhead slash with its claws for 7 that now causes bleeding. It now steps slightly south.

R3T13: Tribal3 steps out of Björn's view, directly away from him. She (it was a woman in life) bites Akbar in the left elbow for 7. A claw then slices open his left inner arm for 6 .... paralyzing him .. and the other claw cuts across his left hand, shredding tendons for 7.

R3T9: Haru, you have a Tribal that does not consider you much of a threat as it seems to be attacking something on the other side of it that you can't see. Of course, it DOES notice you, but what do you do?

Zoo on deck, Unicorn in the hole ...

[SwordChucks]

The sounds of battle and the pain from the horn beast's attacks make it very clear to Zoo that he needs to finish it off quickly. He attacks again in a flurry of keratin and dentin.

Spoiler: Zoo's Inner Monologue

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"Anubis, whoever you are, I could use a third blessing right about now."

Spoiler: Combat

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Swift Action: Battleshaping to grow a +1 gore attack for 1 round again.
Full round action: Full attack with bite, gore, claws, and hooves.

Bite: (1d20+5)[22],(1d8+6)[9]
Gore: (1d20+6)[26],(1d8+7)[12]
Claw1: (1d20+5)[14],(1d6+6)[10]
Claw2: (1d20+5)[10],(1d6+6)[8]
Hoof1: (1d20)[1],(1d6+3)[7]
Hoof2: (1d20)[14],(1d6+3)[7]

[meemaas]

Haru will take up his stance and channel his magic through his weapon, striking twice with it in order to drop it with relative speed.

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Full Round Action: Spell Combat (Energy Blade (Frost Blast))

Attack 1 (1d20+5)[12]
Damage (1d6+5)[9]
Frost Blast (2d6)[6] DC 17 Fort Save or staggered

Swift action between attacks: Improved Energy Blade (Gale Blast)

Attack 2 (1d20+5)[16]
Damage (1d6+5)[10]
Gale Blast (2d6)[7] Nonlethal
If successful, Trip attempt (1d20+9)[21], no chance of being tripped if failed.

[lostsole31]

R3T9: Haru takes up his stance and channels his magic through his weapon, striking twice with it in order to drop it with relative speed. Frost forms around his nunchaku as he smacks against the ghoul, but not hard enough to hurt it. Then even faster than that, he strikes the ghoul with his nunchaku again, but this time he actually smacks against the undead's torso for 10 even as the cold from before leaps off at it with icy winds that otherwise seem to have no effect.

R3T8.5: The sounds of battle and the pain from the horn beast's attacks make it very clear to Zoo that he needs to finish it off quickly. He attacks again in a flurry of keratin and dentin. He bites the thing's neck for 9, gores its foreleg for 12 and it starts to fall even as Zoo with claw and hoof seek to make sure it ends. But just as Zoo stomps with his hoof, the unicorn evaporates into nothingness, and when Zoo slams down with his hoof he hits a rock in the courtyard too hard, hurting his foot.

Spoiler: Zoo

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"Ingrown Nail": You take a -1 penalty on all attack rolls until you score a critical hit. Someone with Heal may attempt to take care of that.

Despite that, it does seem that Anubis heard you as that gore strike was supernaturally accurate!

R4T3: Jean, the unicorn disappeared once Zoo "killed" it! You hear battle north and east of you, and you know Javert went to go help Lord Hanley to the east. What do you do?

Javert on deck, Lord Hanley in the hole ...

[pfm1995]

Leaning on any lingering mental connection between himself and Javert to guide his path, Jean strikes out east while walking his brain through equations of stillness and stoppage.

Spoiler: Actions

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Walking east, the 'connection' bit is fluff. Casting Mage Armor as he does so.

[lostsole31]

R3T3: Leaning on any lingering mental connection between himself and Javert to guide his path, Jean strikes out east while walking his brain through equations of stillness and stoppage. Upon getting to a tree who goes left around it, sees Lord Hanley and passes by him, but not before it is too late to be attacked by a tribal that luckly does not get through the dark half-elf's armor. He cuts in front of Björn (who must have gone around the tree the other way) to face off against the tribal and attacks it. He just barely manages to cut into its thick skin at the left foot for a telling 11 on Tribal3 , almost cleaving through her foot. As an aside, Jean sees a very nice dagger in Lord Hanley's hand - sized for him - and you have never seen him armed before.

R3T2.9: Since the tribal already committed itself against Jean, Javert moves north to then flank with Lord Hanley. He could've made a telling peck at her, but the fog through Javert's aim off.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T24: Jean sees Lord Hanley place a fast cut across the left tendons of the tribal's elbow, and that is enough for the badly wounded tribal to be destroyed.

R4T23: Gaye takes 1 bleed, something that in her current state she cannot take much more of.

R4T20: Akbar, you are still paralyzed, and from where you were paralyzed and the fact that you had a facing (a rare thing in pathfinder, but a function of the painful stare), you can't face any enemies ...

R4T16: Björn, no tribals in sight yet. What do you do? Keep heading north, no doubt?

Remaining tribals on deck and in the hole ...

[BuckGodot]

Yes, Björn will continue North.

[lostsole31]

R4T16: Björn continues towards the sounds of battle. He moves past Jean and sees a paralyzed Akbar, so instead of moving right past him towards the sound of fighting, he sidesteps past Lord Hanley and then up, and sure enough sees tribal that is likely to carve Akbar at its next chance. He also sees a paralyzed Gaye standing on the other side of the tribal - two possible companion deaths in the making, and Gaye seems to be bleeding and is horribly wounded. Björn - powered by unseen war magic, a champion spirit, and the strength of his own prodigious thews, utterly destroys the tribal with a telling blow from his arming sword. Akbar and Gaye are saved from that tribal, and yet Björn still hears a scuffle a little farther north of him.

R4T14: Tribal1 looks at Haru with the cruelest smile and then turns away from him to attack something. He then steps out of sight of Haru ... and then moves into sight of Björn and Akbar's periphery. Tribal1 gives a brutal leg swipe with his claw at Akbar for 14 to knock him prone in his paralyze position. His claw then scratches Akbar's left elbow for 3.

Spoiler: Björn

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You didn't see the attacker, but Gaye - who is horrifically wounded and bleeding - just got hit again.

Somehow, amazingly, Akbar is barely conscious, and then he regains control of his muscles and is no longer paralyzed. But he is prone and with little left in him.

R4T9: Haru, Tribal1 stepped SE out of view, but you heard him fighting something only a few steps away, so you are sure he only moved five feet out of view. What do you do?

Zoo on deck, Jean/ Javert in the hole ...

[SwordChucks]

Zoo makes a mental note to learn a prayer to Anubis so he can properly thank him later. Smelling Gaye's blood in the fog, Zoo heads in that general direction to help her.

Spoiler: Combat

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Move action: Head toward Gaye's position.
Standard action: If there are any enemies detected along the way, then Zoo will try to bite them. If not and Gaye is located and downed, then Zoo will lift her. If she is not located and no enemies are detected, then Zoo will continue heading in her direction.

Possibly useful Bite attack: (1d20+6)[12], (1d8+6)[11]

[meemaas]

Haru will step in the direction of the Tribal and let loose another pair of attacks upon it.

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Five foot step after the tribal.

If it is visible, he will full attack it with spell combat.

Attack 1 (Energy Blade Frost Blast) (1d20+5)[11]
Damage (1d6+5)[10]
Frost Blast (2d6)[9] DC 17 Fort Save or Staggered for 1 round

Swift action: Improved Energy Blade (Thunder Blast)

Attack 2 (1d20+5)[17]
Damage (1d6+5)[11]
Thunder Blast (2d6)[5] DC 17 Fort save or Deafened

If the Tribal is not within reach, he will instead apply a glow to himself, spending a spell point to shed bright light in hopes of making himself a beacon, probably poorly.

[lostsole31]

R4T9: Haru steps in the direction of Tribal, and seeing him, lets loose with a couple of attacks on him. His first attack misses, but the second hits the tribal in the solar plexus for 13 + 5 sonic. The tribal no longer needs to breathe, but damn if he doesn't double over in pain!

R4T8.5: Zoo makes a mental note to learn a prayer to Anubis so he can properly thank him later. Smelling Gaye's blood in the fog, Zoo heads in that general direction to help her. He only moves five feet east (he would've gone northeast, but has to go around a tree) before he sees Gaye, Björn, and a doubled-over tribal. Zoo snaps at the tribal, but from his own pain he cannot quite get past the dead man's hide. An animalistic urge swells within Zoo, and he keeps attacking, and with a swipe of the claw finally destroys the tribal!

R4T3/2.9: Jean, there are sounds of battle to the northwest. What do you do? Do you have Javert do anything else?

Lord Hanley on deck, Gaye (paralyzed, bleeding) in the hole ...

[pfm1995]

Leaving Javert there to assist Akbar and Lord Hanley, Jean moves northwest as best he can towards the sound of fighting.

[lostsole31]

R4T3/2.9: Leaving Javert there to assist Akbar and Lord Hanley, Jean moves northwest as best he can towards the sound of fighting. He gets to a paralyzed, badly wounded Gaye and Haru facing him when he realizes that the sounds of fighting have stopped and the battle itself seems to be over. With Gaye bleeding out (despite standing, paralyzed), Jean takes out a potion of cure light wounds. Javert hops back over by the fallen Akbar and the little Lord Hanley.

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T24: Lord Hanley stands in place, surveying the area.

R5T23: Gaye takes 1 bleed.

R5T20: Akbar, you are no longer paralzyed, but you are prone and critically wounded. What do you do?

Björn on deck, Haru in the hole ...

[Swami Monsoon]

Akbar tries to stand up and readies himself for another attack...

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Stand
Ready an action to use Fire Ray on an enemy if one comes into view with a clear shot

[lostsole31]

R5T20: Akbar stands, feeling immense pain in doing so, and readies innate power to unleash on an enemy that might show itself.

R5T16: Björn, what do you do?

Haru on deck, Zoo in the hole ...