Second Darkness & St. Caspieran's Mission GM Battle Book [GMBB]

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Spoiler: Ozzy

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R5T0: The adjoining building that seemed the smartest point, actually was the worst place to be as the entire partial structure subsides and collapses in a landslide. Ozzy sees the cyphermage that was in the area with him get entirely pulped by the imploding building and falling rock, and only because of poor luck does he fare any better, for Ozzy is now in a mix of jumbled rocks smashing under and over and onto him as he takes 35 ... and is still technically doing so at this time ...

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R6T25: Tsyra, you ae prone against what used to be the western wall. A large gap to the east exists that was the tower floor. This tower surely was given magical protection to keep its relatively form as it hasn't collapsed in and crushed everyone. Though below you (underneath the tower where it is on the ground) the sounds there were cut short, there is still the scuttling sounds all over the rest of the tower ... and outside ... even amongst the rumbling. You don't see the adjoining building but there is a large dust cloud outside (and inside at the gaping endcap). What do you do?

Monsters on deck, Kwava in the hole ...

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TANDEM TRIP shared w/ Visto, Kwava, Tsyra, Samaritha, and most cyphermages til R12T3!
* Tandem Trip (Ex, TW): Whenever he attempts a trip CM vs. an enemy threatened by an ally w/ this feat, he rolls twice & takes the better result.
Tsyra: 25.
Akata (Group): 14.
Kwava: 10.
Lev: 9. Greatsword.
Cyphermages (Group): 5. DELAYING!!!
Samaritha: 4.
Ago: 3. PRONE!!!
* Indomitable Presence: All allies w/in 30' of his position gain the benefits of the Diehard feat, & +5 morale bonus to Fort saves vs. death, fatigue/ exhaustion effects, or poison.
* IF/THEN: If he has to make a save, use Unbreakable Gambit.
Sol: 2.5. Shield til R41T26.
Tower: 0. On Round 4, the next event happens!

Ozzy: 24. 1 CON damage from loss of Ginny. DELAYING!!!
Visto: 2. DELAYING!!!

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R6T26: After the tumble, Visto gets back up on his feet. "Are any friends badly hurt? Visto will heal those who hurt only a little when this is over." If nobody speaks up about any bad injuries, Visto will fly up a bit and start toward the newly created exit that was the bottom of the tower. "Visto will check outside."

R6T25: Tsyra picks herself off the ground. As she finds her footing and adjusts to her rather disorienting surroundings, she groans in Elven, *<"Like a tree with no roots.">*
Then, in Taldane she continues, "Fortified though this tower may be, I doubt that the earth beneath us will hold after such an impact. Is everyone able to move? I believe we must take our chances with the creatures outside." She then calls forth a blade of stone looks twoards the eastern opening where a line of "blue meanies" awaits.

Spoiler: Tsyra

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Your mind refreshes, maneuvers refresh/ re-withheld. Also, you spent a MA just to stand.

R6T14: The dust that slowly clears something more dreadful .... an uncountable hose of these blue lion-dogs rush through the opening and into the tower. Tsyra misses one that passes her. One comes up to noiselessly bite at her. Meanwhile, a bunch of these creatures spill into the entire section, as many as can possibly fit. It looks like a dark, dire time now as everyone is surrounded (except Visto).

R6T10: Kwava, on the stairs, withdraws inwards (what used to be "upwards").

R6T10: Lev, you are prone on the ground, and several devils all around. What do you do?

Cyphermages on deck, Samaritha in the hole ...

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TANDEM TRIP shared w/ Visto, Kwava, Tsyra, Samaritha, and most cyphermages til R12T3!
* Tandem Trip (Ex, TW): Whenever he attempts a trip CM vs. an enemy threatened by an ally w/ this feat, he rolls twice & takes the better result.
Visto: 26. Flying.
Tsyra: 25. KB + scarlet einhander.
Akata (Group): 14.
Kwava: 10.
Lev: 9. Greatsword.
Cyphermages (Group): 5. DELAYING!!! PRONE!!!
Samaritha: 4. PRONE!!!
Ago: 3. PRONE!!!
* Indomitable Presence: All allies w/in 30' of his position gain the benefits of the Diehard feat, & +5 morale bonus to Fort saves vs. death, fatigue/ exhaustion effects, or poison.
* IF/THEN: If he has to make a save, use Unbreakable Gambit.
Sol: 2.5. Shield til R41T26.
Tower: 0. On Round 4, the next event happens!

Ozzy: 24. 1 CON damage from loss of Ginny. DELAYING!!!

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R6T9: Lev, seeing himself in dire straits, decides his best course of action is to rouse his friends to action. He begins to sing an old, old song of a battle against impossible odds,

Slaughter-wolves waded then, heeded not water;

the Viking band, west over Pante,
over bright water, bore their shields;
seamen to land linden bore.

And as he sings, he climbs to his feet to commence the battle, managing to fend off the bites and tentacles of the creatures around him.

R6T5-6: Cyphermages and Samaritha all stand, all but Samaritha suffering a small bite or flick of the tentacles.

R6T3: Ago, you are prone, surrounded in a sea of allies and blue meanies. Do you take Lev's raging song? What do you do?

Sol on deck ...

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TANDEM TRIP shared w/ Visto, Kwava, Tsyra, Samaritha, and most cyphermages til R12T3!
* Tandem Trip (Ex, TW): Whenever he attempts a trip CM vs. an enemy threatened by an ally w/ this feat, he rolls twice & takes the better result.
Visto: 26. Flying.
Tsyra: 25. KB + scarlet einhander.
Akata (Group): 14.
Kwava: 10.
Lev: 9. Greatsword. RAGING SONG!!!
Cyphermages (Group): 5.
Samaritha: 4.
Ago: 3. PRONE!!!
* Indomitable Presence: All allies w/in 30' of his position gain the benefits of the Diehard feat, & +5 morale bonus to Fort saves vs. death, fatigue/ exhaustion effects, or poison.
* IF/THEN: If he has to make a save, use Unbreakable Gambit.
Sol: 2.5. Shield til R41T26.
Tower: 0. On Round 4, the next event happens!

Ozzy: 24. 1 CON damage from loss of Ginny. DELAYING!!!

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R6T3: Accepting Lev’s rage, Ago will bellow out to all assembled as he gets to his feet as as blue meanies snap at him to get past his armor and he enters a stance, ”You want to kill me beasts? I won’t be such an easy meal! Abadar protects us!” He attacks one of the creatures with his flail, pounding it hard. It skitters back, but another takes its place.

R6T0: And with all that motion on the curve of the tower and still on the outside as these things swarm over around, and now into it, even climbing the inside walls and moving upstairs (or inward, as you will), the tower wobbles back ... and forth ... and back ... and finally lurches! The tower now begins rolling down the steep slope towards the waters of the lagoon below. Immense cracks begin radiating up along the sides of the tower as it follows a landslide of rock and rubble downward. Any characters inside the tower are carried along for a harrowing ride, but the tower’s shape serves to help slow the fall somewhat. Akatas clinging to the side of the tower scramble for purchase—some tumble away to join the rocks and dirt on the fall into the sea below, while others cling to the outside of the tower only to be crushed as it rolls over onto them.

Ozzy, roll another saving throw as being battered around as you are you desperately try to get out of the underside of rolling, crunching rocks!

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TANDEM TRIP shared w/ Visto, Kwava, Tsyra, Samaritha, and most cyphermages til R12T3!
* Tandem Trip (Ex, TW): Whenever he attempts a trip CM vs. an enemy threatened by an ally w/ this feat, he rolls twice & takes the better result.
Visto: 26. Flying.
Tsyra: 25. KB + scarlet einhander.
Akata (Group): 14.
Kwava: 10.
Lev: 9. Greatsword. RAGING SONG!!!
Cyphermages (Group): 5.
Samaritha: 4.
Ago: 3. ACCEPTED RAGING SONG!!!
* Indomitable Presence: All allies w/in 30' of his position gain the benefits of the Diehard feat, & +5 morale bonus to Fort saves vs. death, fatigue/ exhaustion effects, or poison.
* IF/THEN: If he has to make a save, use Unbreakable Gambit.
Sol: 2.5. Shield til R41T26.
Tower: 0. On Round 4, the next event happens!

Ozzy: 24. 1 CON damage from loss of Ginny. DELAYING!!!

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Initiative Restarts!

All maintain stances, raging songs, tactical presences, kinetic blades and the like drop as the tower rumbles sidelong down the cliff like a rolling log and all of you like helpless ants inside.

Begin Round One ...

R1T24: Tsyra as the rolling happens, there is a small crack passes within 5' of your position. You may attempt to escape (MA, Acrobatics, followed by Ref save) through the small crack to get out of the rolling tower.

Otherwise, your current options are to ride (MA, Acrobatics check) along with the tower, moving and jumping along with the rolling motion to prevent yourself from being battered; or, to brace (MA, Climb check) to use stairs, walls, or what-have-you to keep from getting battered around.

What do you do?

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TANDEM TRIP shared w/ Visto, Kwava, Tsyra, Samaritha, and most cyphermages til R12T3!
* Tandem Trip (Ex, TW): Whenever he attempts a trip CM vs. an enemy threatened by an ally w/ this feat, he rolls twice & takes the better result.
Tsyra: 24.
Kwava: 23.
Ago: 21.
Samaritha: 17.
Visto: 11. Flying.
Sol: 8. Shield til R34T8.
Akata (Group): 7.
Lev: 6. Greatsword.
Cyphermages (Group): 5.

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Ozzy

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R1T24: More frightened by what she imagines might happen when the rolling stops than she is by the rolling itself, Tysra offers a prayer to Findeladhlara and reaches for the passing crack in an attempt to escape the tower. Her fear quickens her focus in jumping out of the crack, but she mistimes it and is partially crushed by the tower and carried by the landslide. So violent is the motion, that her mithral chain shirt is torn and completely shredded, though very possibly it saved her from suffering greater injury than the 14 she seems to suffer right now.

R1T23: Kwava is an ekujae elf. More than that, He is of an offshoot of the ekujae - the arboreal ekujae who spend much of their lives in the trees rather than the ground - explaining his shorter, bandy-legged posture and his longer arms. He had put himself at a perfect position to brace easlly.

R1T21: Ago, your flail is in hand and your shield was readied. An akata is getting uncomfortably close to Samaritha, but you are passing by it. You may make a single attack against it if you wish. Meanwhile, you may either Ride the tower (MA, Acrobatics) or attempt to Escape (also MA, Acrobatics, but Ref save if passed). What do you do?

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TANDEM TRIP shared w/ Visto, Kwava, Tsyra, Samaritha, and most cyphermages til R12T3!
* Tandem Trip (Ex, TW): Whenever he attempts a trip CM vs. an enemy threatened by an ally w/ this feat, he rolls twice & takes the better result.
Tsyra: 24. FALLING IN LANDSLIDE!!!
Kwava: 23.
Ago: 21.
Samaritha: 17.
Visto: 11. Flying.
Sol: 8. Shield til R34T8.
Akata (Group): 7.
Lev: 6. Greatsword.
Cyphermages (Group): 5.

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R1T21: Trying to get into an aggressive stance, but is moving far too unpredictably to be able to. Still, Ago swings at the passing creature; though the hit doesn't kill it, the distraction is enough that it is unabe to hold purchase and gets tossed to a tower wall to be smashed into blue goo. Even as the tower continues its wild ride, he tries to keep up his indomitable spirit for others to gain courage, but he can't even manage the proper breath to speak. And then, not having done anything for himself to deal with the tower's movement, he is tossed to the tower's side himself, effectively jostled/prone, but he twists enough at the end to minimize impact. He is fine, but the bulwark Visto gives him is done.

R1T17: Though exhibiting no skill or even particularly grand agility, Samarith seems to be able to ride with the tower this round.

R1T11: Visto, you were flying, but a rolling cylinder that also drops may prove a tricky proposition for you even then. Meanwhile, in all of this rolling around, one of the blue meanies is getting close to you. What do you do?

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TANDEM TRIP shared w/ Visto, Kwava, Tsyra, Samaritha, and most cyphermages til R12T3!
* Tandem Trip (Ex, TW): Whenever he attempts a trip CM vs. an enemy threatened by an ally w/ this feat, he rolls twice & takes the better result.
Tsyra: 24. FALLING IN LANDSLIDE!!!
Kwava: 23.
Ago: 21. PRONE!!!
Samaritha: 17.
Visto: 11. Flying.
Sol: 8. Shield til R34T8.
Akata (Group): 7.
Lev: 6. Greatsword.
Cyphermages (Group): 5.

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Ozzy

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R1T11: With the tower starting to come down, Visto will attempt to get out of the opening that was the bottom of the tower quickly, knowing that he can fly to safety if he can just make it out. If he tried to fly inside in a sort of "flying ride" he would've failed, but since he is really just trying to zoom out the side as quickly as possible, he just. barely. makes. it . out.

He watches the tower continue to tumble down the cliffside, his friends inside.

R1T6: Lev, there is a solid object to brace against if you wish (MA, Climb DC 15). What do you wish to do?

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* Tandem Trip (Ex, TW): Whenever he attempts a trip CM vs. an enemy threatened by an ally w/ this feat, he rolls twice & takes the better result.
Tsyra: 24. FALLING IN LANDSLIDE!!!
Kwava: 23.
Ago: 21. PRONE!!!
Samaritha: 17.
Visto: 11. Flying.
Sol: 8. Shield til R34T8.
Akata (Group): 7.
Lev: 6. Greatsword.
Cyphermages (Group): 5.

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Ozzy

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R1T6: As the tower starts tumbling, Lev grabs for the first thing that makes itself available, but he fails and is spun off into a wall for 9 + prone!

R1T0: The tower keeps tumbling down the hill.

Spoiler: Visto

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Possibly because he is out of range, but Ozzy is no longer part of your akashic bond.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T24: Tsyra, you are in a landslide. Roll a Ref save!

Kwava on deck, Ago in the hole ...

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* Tandem Trip (Ex, TW): Whenever he attempts a trip CM vs. an enemy threatened by an ally w/ this feat, he rolls twice & takes the better result.
Tsyra: 24. FALLING IN LANDSLIDE!!!
Kwava: 23.
Ago: 21. PRONE!!!
Samaritha: 17.
Visto: 11. Flying.
Sol: 8. Shield til R34T8.
Akata (Group): 7.
Lev: 6. Greatsword. PRONE!!!
Cyphermages (Group): 5. PRONE!!!

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Ozzy

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R2T24: Tsyra releases her kinetic blade as she holds onto a dangling root! She still has the odd pebble dink her in the melon and dirt spill over, but she uses the root to keep her from falling any farther. Tsyra sees Visto flying, and both of you see the tower continue to tumble like a rolling log. It's not pleasant, though, as her wounds catch up with her (21 from DDP).

R2T23: Kwava easily maintains his brace, and as Samaritha floats by him, he gives her aid.

R2T21: Ago, you have to take a MA just to get out of "prone/jostled." An unbraced Lev is in reach. You can either spend a MA to give him aid, but then you are jostled and get hurt; or you can leave Lev to his own devices and either try to Brace (DC 15 Climb), Ride (DC 15 Acrobatics), or Escape (DC 15 Acrobatics + Ref save). What do you do?

Samaritha on deck, Visto in the hole ...

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* Tandem Trip (Ex, TW): Whenever he attempts a trip CM vs. an enemy threatened by an ally w/ this feat, he rolls twice & takes the better result.
Tsyra: 24. ESCAPED!!!
Kwava: 23.
Ago: 21. PRONE!!!
Samaritha: 17. +4 on next roll from Kwava.
Visto: 11. Flying. ESCAPED!!!
Sol: 8. Shield til R34T8.
Akata (Group): 7.
Lev: 6. Greatsword. PRONE!!!
Cyphermages (Group): 5. PRONE!!!

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R2T21: Practically being dragged around by the weight of his armor, Ago chooses to forgo his own safety to reach out a hand to help Lev.

R2T17: Samaritha is unable to make use of Kwava's offered help and is thrown to the side for 3 + jostled. She rights herself afterwards.

R2T11: Visto, you escaped. Lev and Ago are now out of range and you no longer have an akashic bond with them, either. You do see Tsyra dangling, but I am going to take you out of initiative as it is assumed you will help her get down safely.

R2T7: Many of the inner horde of blue meanies, natural climbers, are now bracing themselves carefully. Silently staring at the non-blue meanies hungrily.

R2T6: Lev, it is assumed you take a MA to remove the jostled/prone condition. A blue meanie is near you. You can either strike at it, or seek to brace, ride, or escape.

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Brace = Climb DC 15.
Ride = Acrobatics DC 15.
Escape = Acrobatics DC 15 + Ref save.

Cyphermages on deck, Tsyra in the hole ...

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* Tandem Trip (Ex, TW): Whenever he attempts a trip CM vs. an enemy threatened by an ally w/ this feat, he rolls twice & takes the better result.
Tsyra: 24. ESCAPED!!!
Kwava: 23.
Ago: 21.
Samaritha: 17. +4 on next roll from Kwava.
Sol: 8. Shield til R34T8.
Akata (Group): 7.
Lev: 6. Greatsword. PRONE!!!
Cyphermages (Group): 5. PRONE!!!

Visto: 11. Flying. ESCAPED!!!

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Ozzy

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R2T6: Lev's powerful hands maintain a brace, but the blue meanie bites him with a crit. Lev resists the possible fatigue, but still takes 14.

R2T5: Cyphermages continue to have a bad time of it.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T23: Kwava continues to brace.

R3T21: Ago is automatically able to keep bracing this round without need for a check.

R3T17: Samaritha continues to be jostled for 8.

R3T7: The monsters continue to brace well, though several still get tossed about and jostled, and the one that bit Lev gets smashed against the wall.

R3T6: Yet another blue meanie drifts by Lev. Lev, do you seek to ride, brace, or escape?

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Kwava: 23.
Ago: 21. BRACED!
Samaritha: 17.
Sol: 8. Shield til R34T8.
Akata (Group): 7.
Lev: 6. Greatsword. BRACED!
Cyphermages (Group): 5. PRONE!!!

Tsyra: 24. ESCAPED!!!
Visto: 11. Flying. ESCAPED!!!

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Ozzy

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R3T6: Lev continues to grip the brace with all the strength he can muster. He begins telling a tale of the power of perseverance in his resonant baritone, hoping to encourage the others to just hang on, but he doesn't have the posture or breath to make it work for the entire area, though he draws psychological strength from it for himself. Still, the blue meanie drifting by nips him in the calf for 2.

End Initiative!

At the bottom of the slope, the tower plunges into the sea. The impact is softened by the water, and characters within the tower are automatically knocked prone unless they were bracing on the previous round. (So, Kwava, Ago, Lev are not prone.)

The impact also inflicts damage to everyone, though people's agility can mitigate that: Kwava (4), Lev (5), Ago (3), Sol (no damage).

The tower’s magical construction prevented it from completely collapsing, but enough holes exist now that the waves swiftly rush in—likewise, the PCs should have little problem clambering out of the tower and onto the beach. The water here isn’t deep enough to completely submerge the fallen tower, but it is enough to damage the blue meanies, as the salt water acts as an extremely powerful acid on those creatures. Any surviving and conscious blue meanies thrash in freakishly silent agony as the salt water eats away at them, dealing 4d6 points of damage per round. The water slays the score or so surviving blue meanies from the assault with relative ease.

While Samaritha used feather fall at the last instant to greatly increase the likelihood of her own survival, the collapsing tower and tumble killed the other cyphermages. Samaritha quickly realizes her shelter is now gone. Desperate and afraid, she looks to the PCs for direction on where to go next.

Meanwhile, Visto and Tsyra amble their way to the bottom. The latter is pretty battered from the rockslide.

Ozzy is nowhere in sight.

Samaritha mentions that she can use levitate to help ferry those that are really bad at climbing back up to the ridge above (most likely Ago, if nobody else). Without levitation or flight, the climb back up to the top is difficult but not impossible. Few beaches surround the base of the island's cliffs, so walking the perimeter really isn't an option - swimming, however, is (though there are rumors that the waters surrounding the Devil's Elbow is infested with sharks, reefclaws, and all manner of aquatic menaces).

What will the party do?

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Kwava: 23. BRACED!
Ago: 21. BRACED!
Samaritha: 17.
Sol: 8. Shield til R34T8.
Akata (Group): 7.
Lev: 6. Greatsword. BRACED!
* He has contracted Void Death from an akata's bite (Fort DC 12; onset 1 hour; freq 1/day; DEX & CON tracks).
Cyphermages (Group): 5. PRONE!!!

Tsyra: 24. ESCAPED!!!
Visto: 11. Flying. ESCAPED!!!

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Ozzy

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As the party travels, Sol and Visto are flying above (20' altitude) and talking when Ago - who is taking role of protector more than the role of "point" in the front - suddenly gets completely swarmed by hundreds, if not thousands, of diminutive, wriggling little many-legged bugs! He ends up taking 11 + 1 poison from the mass, which completely blows through Visto's aid. Even with no mental preparation, the swarm does not distract the Abadaran.

Begin Round One ..

R1T22: Maggie, what do you do? What do you order Scruff to do?

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Maggie: 22.
Lev: 18.
Sol: 14.
Tsyra: 13.
Ago: 12. POISONED!!!
Visto: 10.
Scruff: 9.
Centipede Swarm: 6. (63:63).

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R1T22: Seeing the seething mass of bugs envelop Ago, Maggie gags a little and warns Scruff, ”Avoid the bugs, Scruff!”

Maggie then calls upon the spirit of Flame and shoots fire from her fingers into the bugs, aiming carefully to avoid singeing Ago. The swarm gets hit for 12 fire! Maggie retreats a distance from the bugs.

R1T18: Lev, what do you do?

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Maggie: 22.
Lev: 18.
Sol: 14.
Tsyra: 13.
Ago: 12. POISONED!!!
Visto: 10.
Scruff: 9.
Centipede Swarm: 6. (41:63).

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R1T18: Lev, trying out one of the new abilities Nasin has shown him, hurls acid into the swarm. It appears to have no appreciable effect against the mass, though a centipede or two are dissolved. He finishes by stepping to the other side of the boulder to his left.

R1T14: Sol flies past Visto and simply drops a bomb onto the mass for 12 fire. Ago gets hit by some of the splash, but his inhuman heritage minimizes it to 3 mod fire.

R1T13: Tsyra, what do you do?

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Maggie: 22.
Lev: 18.
Sol: 14.
Tsyra: 13.
Ago: 12. POISONED!!!
Visto: 10.
Scruff: 9.
Centipede Swarm: 6. (29:63).

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R1T13: Appearing for a moment as though she'd taken a bite out of rotten fruit, Tsyra's expression twists in disgust as she watches Santiago disappear beneath the verminous mass. Quickly conjuring a now familiar blade of earth and stone, she darts forward and attempts to cut across the portion of insects still on the ground. She only gets the odd centipede or two, as the whole mass is surprisingly quick.

R1T12: Ago, roll two Fort saves: the first vs. distraction, the second vs. the centipede venom. What do you do?

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Maggie: 22.
Lev: 18.
Sol: 14.
Tsyra: 13. Kinetic blade. Scarlet einhander.
Ago: 12. POISONED!!!
Visto: 10.
Scruff: 9.
Centipede Swarm: 6. (29:63).

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R1T12: Santiago will bellow out in anger getting a centipede or two in his mouth. He calls out. ”I’ll make myself a target, anyone who can hit many at once, take your shot!”

R1T10: Visto, what do you do?

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Maggie: 22.
Lev: 18.
Sol: 14.
Tsyra: 13. Kinetic blade. Scarlet einhander.
Ago: 12. 15 THP til R2T12. READIED to lay on hands if damaged again by swarm.
* Indomitable Presence: All allies w/in 30' gain the benefits of the Diehard feat, and may gain +5 morale bonus [CHA] to Fort saves vs. death effects, fatigue or exhaustion effects, or poison effects.
Visto: 10.
Scruff: 9.
Centipede Swarm: 6. (29:63).

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R1T10: Visto allows the power of his storms to release, expanding the area around him and his friends. The very air around him begins to grow uncomfortably hot as the wind picks up, moving the hot air in a way that is clearly unnatural for the area. As it starts, he will drop himself down a small ways, releasing the energy of one of his veils in order to reform a new one, scales much like a dragons appearing down his back and shoulders, before turning translucent with a slight blue shimmer to them.

Meanwhile, the sweltering heat causes havoc among the swarm, which takes 3 fire damage.

R1T9: Scruff delays, awaiting orders ...

R1T6: The centipede swarm continues to nibble and envenom Ago for 6 + 1 poison. Ago doesn't even feel any of the pain, distraction, or poison, and it doesn't hurt him enough that he feels the need to lay on hands.

Spoiler: Ago

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Your readied action doesn't go off, because only your THP buffer is affected ... you didn't take any actual real hp damage.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T22: Maggie, what do you do?

Lev on deck, Sol in the hole ...

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Maggie: 22.
Lev: 18.
Sol: 14.
Tsyra: 13. Kinetic blade. Scarlet einhander.
Ago: 5. 8 THP til R2T12. READIED to lay on hands if damaged again by swarm!
* Indomitable Presence: All allies w/in 30' gain the benefits of the Diehard feat, and may gain +5 morale bonus [CHA] to Fort saves vs. death effects, fatigue or exhaustion effects, or poison effects.
Visto: 10.
Centipede Swarm: 6. (26:63). SICKENED!!!


Scruff: 9. DELAYING ...

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R2T22: Moving a few steps closer to be in range, Maggie fires off another blast of flame just catching a portion of the swarm in range for 12 fire. Seeing Scruff still over there eyeballing the swarm, she rolls her eyes and says, ”Over here, Scruff!” while pointing just north of herself.

R2T21: Scruff trundles over to where directed.

R2T18: Lev, having nothing for this and believing the swarm to be well in hand, delays ...

R2T14: Sol hovers and lets loose with another bomb that destroys the remainder of the swarm, scattering its remnants into holes to escape as quickly as possible. For his part, Ago turned quickly enough so that the flames that do hit him don't hurt him.

Battle Over!

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Maggie: 22.
Scruff: 21.
Lev: 18. DELAYING ...
Sol: 14.
Tsyra: 13. Kinetic blade. Scarlet einhander.
Ago: 5. 8 THP til R2T12. READIED to lay on hands if damaged again by swarm!
* Indomitable Presence: All allies w/in 30' gain the benefits of the Diehard feat, and may gain +5 morale bonus [CHA] to Fort saves vs. death effects, fatigue or exhaustion effects, or poison effects.
Visto: 10.
Centipede Swarm: 6. (14:63). SICKENED!!!

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Surprise Round ...

S16: No sooner does Ago step forward exactly as intended (right in front of Visto), than there is a sound of shifting rocks and gravel inside. A figure darts a little bit into Ago's visual field and a click is heard. Something punches through Ago's shield to strike his left hand for 8.

S13: Something closer steps forward and attacks, and Ago feels pain at the side of his neck as Visto's protection - which had finally built back up in the intervening time - is blown through and he takes 10.

S11: Visto, you had heard something but you didn't get to respond before Ago was attacked. What do you do?

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Sol: 23.
Maggie: 18.
Blue Drow: 16. (75:75).
Ago: 15.
Lev: 14.
Red Drow: 13. (75:75).
Tsyra: 12.
Visto: 11. Not Surprised!
Scruff: 5.

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S11: Visto will take a moment to conjure the motes of light that form from his bangles, and send them out ahead of Ago in order to light the way ahead.




End Surprise Round, Begin Round One ...

R1T23: Sol drops his bucket which falls into the sea below. He flies out and in over Visto and Ago and just past the first assailant, but in doing so the assailant makes a perfect pinhole attack, striking Sol in his neck below the outer left jawline for 11 + 1 bleed. "Urch!" exclaims Sol softely in pain as he continues north and gains height even as the ceiling slopes up some and he gains a height of 15'. He looks like he wanted to do something else, but after getting stung like that, he was more focused on opening datum.

R1T18: Maggie, what do you do? You have a smaller bucket of water in your hands.

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Sol: 23.
Maggie: 18.
Blue Drow: 16. (75:75).
Ago: 15.
Lev: 14.
Red Drow: 13. (75:75).
Tsyra: 12.
Visto: 11. 2 motes of dancing lights created.
Scruff: 5.

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R1T18: Dropping her bucket of water (which tumbles over the side of the cliff), Maggie moves up to Tsyra. After calling Scruff to heel, Maggie chants a blessing for her allies (though sadly that will not include Sol and Ago, who are both out of sight inside the cliff entrance somewhere).

R1T16: Visto, your motes suddenly wink out of view and the cave beyond is plunged into darkness. You sense that the motes have been dispelled.

R1T15: Ago, your darkvision sees a warrior several feet back in the center of the cave suddenly surrounded by darkness when they touch their chain hauberk. That warrior then reloads what appears to be a hand crossbow. There is also a warrior right in front of you, barring access to the cave. What do you do?

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BLESS (except Sol & Ago): +1 morale save vs. fear & attack rolls.
Sol: 23.
Maggie: 18.
* Bless til R41T18.
Blue Drow: 16. (75:75). Crossbow reloaded.
Ago: 15.
Lev: 14.
Red Drow: 13. (75:75).
Tsyra: 12.
Visto: 11. 2 motes of dancing lights created (currently suppressed in darkness.
Scruff: 5.

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R1T15: Santiago had set down his bucket and had readied his shield for danger, though he had not yet retrieved a weapon. He calls down Abadar’s wrath on the warrior in front of him, calling out, ”Two warriors in the cave, one’s blocking the entrance! Sol is further in and was hit bad!”

He stands to his full height so that his presence inspires his allies, and with his bare hands he then crouches down low and yanks the warrior off his feet to slam hard on the ground. In doing so, Ago's smite power goes into that hard slam, not just proving that his adversary is evil, but surprising Ago as that smite bites a lot harder than would have been expected for 15!

R1T14: Lev, what do you do?

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BLESS (except Sol & Ago): +1 morale save vs. fear & attack rolls.
Sol: 23.
Maggie: 18.
* Bless til R41T18.
Blue Drow: 16. (75:75). Crossbow reloaded.
Ago: 15. SMITE vs. Red (+5 attack, +4 damage).
* Indomitable Presence: All allies w/in 30' of his position gain the benefits of the Diehard feat, and may gain +5 morale bonus [CHA] to Fort saves vs. death effects, fatigue or exhaustion effects, or poison effects.
Lev: 14.
Red Drow: 13. (60:75). PRONE!
Tsyra: 12.
Visto: 11. 2 motes of dancing lights created (currently suppressed in darkness.
Scruff: 5.

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R1T14: Dropping his bucket (which goes tumbling into the sea), Lev draws his sword as he moves into the opening, chanting the words to an ancient Dwarven Battle Hymn. He slips past Visto, but the area beyond is very black, and Ago wards him back as he is in combat with something that is hard to see.

R1T13: The warrior doesn't rise at first, but a cloak they wear that seemed to move oddly forms into a swarm of insects that crawl forth from the darkness to cover Ago in crawling, flying insects. Ago swings his shield mightily, dismissing the swarm back to a cloak that the warrior wears, but the distraction did its job as the warrior is now on his feet safely.

R1T12: Tsyra, do you take Lev's raging song? You have a bucket of seawater in hand. What do you do?

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BLESS (except Sol & Ago): +1 morale save vs. fear & attack rolls.
Sol: 23.
Maggie: 18.
* Bless til R41T18.
Blue Drow: 16. (75:75). Crossbow reloaded.
Ago: 15. SMITE vs. Red (+5 attack, +4 damage). AOO used.
* Indomitable Presence: All allies w/in 30' of his position gain the benefits of the Diehard feat, and may gain +5 morale bonus [CHA] to Fort saves vs. death effects, fatigue or exhaustion effects, or poison effects.
Lev: 14. Greatsword. Raging Song!
Red Drow: 13. (60:75).
Tsyra: 12.
Visto: 11. 2 motes of dancing lights created (currently suppressed in darkness.
Scruff: 5.

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R1T12: Hearing Santiago's alarm, Tsyra's head snaps to the doorway. She sets down her bucket near to the wall at her back, not caring if it spells water, only that it does not carry her rope into the sea. Calling forth a stone blade into her empty hand, she moves to stand beside Lev, refusing the influence of his song. "Is there room for one of us to assist you?" she calls forward to the tiefling.

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Breaker's dodge.

R1T11: Visto, your motes got completely suppressed by the field of darkness, meaning with no extant light it isn't even dim lighting inside. Also, things happened so quickly, you never had a chance to back up, and that's already caused problems. What do you do?

Scruff on deck, Sol in the hole ...

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BLESS (except Sol & Ago): +1 morale save vs. fear & attack rolls.
Sol: 23. BLEED !!!!
Maggie: 18.
* Bless til R41T18.
Blue Drow: 16. (75:75). Crossbow reloaded.
Ago: 15. SMITE vs. Red (+5 attack, +4 damage). AOO used.
* Indomitable Presence: All allies w/in 30' of his position gain the benefits of the Diehard feat, and may gain +5 morale bonus [CHA] to Fort saves vs. death effects, fatigue or exhaustion effects, or poison effects.
Lev: 14. Greatsword. Raging Song!
Red Drow: 13. (60:75).
Tsyra: 12. Slashing blade (Kinetic Blade Mastery) formed. Scarlet einhander.
Visto: 11. 2 motes of dancing lights created (currently suppressed in darkness.
Scruff: 5.

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R1T11: Visto flies off of the ledge to clear for others, but wary for any other dangers.

R1T5: Scruff moves along the ledge to get behind Maggie.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T23: Ago sees Sol hover in mid-air, take out something and drink it for 11 healing. Sol calls out, "I'm alright. Not bleeding anymore and feeling better."

R2T18: Maggie, what do you do? The nature of the cavern and such is that you were able to hear Sol's voice and understand what he said.

Blue on deck, Ago in the hole ...

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BLESS (except Sol & Ago): +1 morale save vs. fear & attack rolls.
Sol: 23.
Maggie: 18.
* Bless til R41T18.
Blue Drow: 16. (75:75). Crossbow reloaded.
Ago: 15. SMITE vs. Red (+5 attack, +4 damage). AOO used.
* Indomitable Presence: All allies w/in 30' of his position gain the benefits of the Diehard feat, and may gain +5 morale bonus [CHA] to Fort saves vs. death effects, fatigue or exhaustion effects, or poison effects.
Lev: 14. Greatsword. Raging Song!
Red Drow: 13. (60:75).
Tsyra: 12. Slashing blade (Kinetic Blade Mastery) formed. Scarlet einhander.
Visto: 11. TD!
Scruff: 5.

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R2T18: Unable to safely reach the others inside from this narrow ledge, Maggie calls out, ”Be careful in there!”

Maggie nervously waits on the ledge for further developments leaving space in front of her for allied movement.

R2T16: Within the chamber, Ago's darkvision espies the warrior farther back shoots Sol in the chest with a hand crossbow for 9 before reloading.

R2T15: Ago, what do you do? Do you accept Lev's song?

Lev on deck, Red in the hole ...

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BLESS (except Sol & Ago): +1 morale save vs. fear & attack rolls.
Sol: 23.
Maggie: 18.
* Bless til R41T18.
Blue Drow: 16. (75:75). Crossbow reloaded (8 bolts remaining).
Ago: 15. SMITE vs. Red (+5 attack, +4 damage).
* Indomitable Presence: All allies w/in 30' of his position gain the benefits of the Diehard feat, and may gain +5 morale bonus [CHA] to Fort saves vs. death effects, fatigue or exhaustion effects, or poison effects.
Lev: 14. Greatsword. Raging Song!
Red Drow: 13. (60:75).
Tsyra: 12. Slashing blade (Kinetic Blade Mastery) formed. Scarlet einhander.
Visto: 11. TD!
Scruff: 5.

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R2T15: Santiago accepts Lev’s rage and calls out, ”I’ll try to make some room! Move in as soon as you can!” Letting out a battle cry and using his shield as a brace, he shoulders into the enemy in front of him to move him back 5'. Santiago sets himself for fury, drawing his flail dramatically as he does so.

R2T14: Lev, do you keep up the raging song? What do you do from around the corner, encouraged as you are not only by your own song, but Ago's virile shout?

Red on deck, Tsyra in the hole ...

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BLESS (except Sol & Ago): +1 morale save vs. fear & attack rolls.
* RAGING SONG: +2 morale bonus to STR & CON and a +2 morale bonus on Will saving throws, but also take a –1 penalty to AC. +8 HP.
* ENCOURAGING ROAR (til R3T15): +2 morale attack/ dmg.
Sol: 23.
Maggie: 18.
* Bless til R41T18.
Blue Drow: 16. (75:75). Crossbow reloaded (8 bolts remaining).
Ago: 15. Flail and shield. SMITE vs. Red (+5 attack, +4 damage). ACCEPTED RAGING SONG (1 rd).
* Indomitable Presence: All allies w/in 30' of his position gain the benefits of the Diehard feat, and may gain +5 morale bonus [CHA] to Fort saves vs. death effects, fatigue or exhaustion effects, or poison effects.
Lev: 14. Greatsword. Raging Song!
Red Drow: 13. (60:75).
Tsyra: 12. Slashing blade (Kinetic Blade Mastery) formed. Scarlet einhander.
Visto: 11. TD!
Scruff: 5.

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R2T14: Lev continues his chant as he hears Ago's instruction. When he hears the battle cry followed by the shuffling of feet scraping on stone, he steps into the gap created and pushes into the cavern in an attempt to slide past the assailant. As he gets to where Ago is in this dim cavern, he realizes that the gap to the west isn't big enough for him. Since his akashic-infused power exceeds his agility, he changes "push past" to attempt to "bowl over." Only because of his own song, akashic power, and Ago's battle cry is Lev able to just barely knock the warrior to the ground in the darkness and step past him. Still, Lev notices the movement behind him now from another assailant in the cavern.

R2T13: Red (the assailant Lev just knocked down) has a rapier and a small shield, and he(?) comes up very carefully. Despite this, Ago clomps him in the head with his flail for 11 and Lev slashes the assailant in the back for 17. But it wasn't enough to drop him, and he sidesteps away from Ago.

R2T12: Tsyra, what do you do?

Visto on deck, Scruff in the hole ...

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BLESS (except Sol & Ago): +1 morale save vs. fear & attack rolls.
* RAGING SONG: +2 morale bonus to STR & CON and a +2 morale bonus on Will saving throws, but also take a –1 penalty to AC. +4 HP.
* ENCOURAGING ROAR (til R3T15): +2 morale attack/ dmg.
Sol: 23.
Maggie: 18.
* Bless til R41T18.
Blue Drow: 16. (75:75). Crossbow reloaded (8 bolts remaining).
Ago: 15. Flail and shield. SMITE vs. Red (+5 attack, +4 damage). ACCEPTED RAGING SONG (1 rd).
* Indomitable Presence: All allies w/in 30' of his position gain the benefits of the Diehard feat, and may gain +5 morale bonus [CHA] to Fort saves vs. death effects, fatigue or exhaustion effects, or poison effects.
Lev: 14. Greatsword. Raging Song!
Red Drow: 13. (32:75). TD (+6 dodge AC).
Tsyra: 12. Slashing blade (Kinetic Blade Mastery) formed. Scarlet einhander.
Visto: 11. TD!
Scruff: 5.

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