Reign of Winter, GMs Battle Book [GMBB]

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R1T19: "Scuse me. Yes, that way, thank you." Tenzei squeezes past Argentea to try and find and pacify whatever threat is to the southeast. Seeing a revenant of suitable anathema to fit the description he slides into a combat stance. He thrusts his knee towards center of mass, but he hits the void where lots of soft organs would have been ... but only bones are part of this creature ... and his targeting is too short to pass through to the spine.

R1T18: Drina, what do you do? Do you go upstairs and take a starknife to things if possible?

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Amanu: 31. Rapier in hand.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Lady Argentea: 20.
* Golden Lion Style (Ex): 1/rd, when an ally (other than herself) misses an attack vs. a foe they both flank, she can make an AOO vs. that opponent.
Tenzei: 19. Dragon Style.
* Life Link: Amanu, Drina.
Drina: 18. Mage armor (2 hours).
Ten-Penny: 10.
Rohkar Cindren: 9. Invisibility, death knell, & magic weapon.
Darkhelm: 8.
Blue Frost Skeleton: 7. (9:9).

DEAD/ OOC
Frozen skeleton (1).

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R1T18: Drina goes up the stairs, dagger in hand, but she is already winded by the time she stops behind the Lady Argentea. She could push in more, but she'd have no more steam to throw a dagger and can't really see in the room anyway.

R1T10: Ten-Penny darts past Drina, Lady Argentea, and Tenzei and hops up onto the table. The monster swings its broken scimtar at her, but Ten-Penny is quite nimble on the go. Ten-Penny crosses swords with the thing.

R1T9: The sound of a man's voice casting a spell is heard downstairs.

R1T8: Darkhelm's telepathic voice is heard by all...

Spoiler: Darkhelm >>> Fellows

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"Creepy guy just appeared after sucking the life force out of one of the not-yet-dead bandits! Symbol of Norgorber, so probably evil."

Drina sees a double of Darkhelm at the bottom of the stairs next to Darkhelm herself.
"What was that?!" shouts Lady Argentea.

R1T7: The monster and Ten-Penny continue to cross swords.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T31: Amanu, what do you do?

Lady Argentea on deck, Tenzei in the hole ...

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Amanu: 31. Rapier in hand.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Lady Argentea: 20.
* Golden Lion Style (Ex): 1/rd, when an ally (other than herself) misses an attack vs. a foe they both flank, she can make an AOO vs. that opponent.
Tenzei: 19. Dragon Style.
* Life Link: Amanu, Drina.
Drina: 18. Mage armor (2 hours). Dagger in hand.
Ten-Penny: 10.
Rohkar Cindren: 9. Invisibility, magic weapon. THP: 4. +2 STR and +1 CL for 10 minutes.
Darkhelm: 8.
Blue Frost Skeleton: 7. (9:9).

DEAD/ OOC
Frozen skeleton (1).

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R2T31: Amanu intones another blessing of nature and lets forth another ray of positive energy from his hand at the remaining monstrosity, but Ten-Penny's presence on the table fouls his shot.

R2T20: "You have this strange horror well in hand," says Lady Argentea. "I shall go down and deal with Rohkar himself."

The woman passes by Drina, Darkhelm, and Darkhelm's double. Drina (not the others) sees her walk right up to him. "Rohkar Cindren! When you attacked my caravan, slaughtered my guards, and massacred my ladies-in-waiting, I gave you then the option to put up your sword. Even then, I showed mercy. You proved to me that you believe only in the right of might, losing the mercy I offered. I challenge you, and offer you no such avenue a second time."

While those in the room don't see her, they definitely hear the woman's powerful voice issue her challenge.

R2T19: Tenzei, waves of supernatural cold billow out from the monster, doing 6 cold to you. What do you do?

Drina on deck, Ten-Penny in the hole ...

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Amanu: 31. Rapier in hand.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Lady Argentea: 20. Challenge Rohkar (+1 morale attack rolls, +4 damage).
* Golden Lion Style (Ex): 1/rd, when an ally (other than herself) misses an attack vs. a foe they both flank, she can make an AOO vs. that opponent.
Tenzei: 19. Dragon Style.
* Life Link: Amanu, Drina.
Drina: 18. Mage armor (2 hours). Dagger in hand.
Ten-Penny: 10.
Rohkar Cindren: 9. Invisibility, magic weapon. THP: 4. +2 STR and +1 CL for 10 minutes.
Darkhelm: 8.
Blue Frost Skeleton: 7. (9:9).

DEAD/ OOC
Frozen skeleton (1).

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R2T19: Tenzei grits his teeth. It felt colder in the room than it did outside and he was sure that he didn't want to stay nearby for very long. With the same sort of desperation that sees people run the last few feet to get out of the rain, or cross a street before the signaler turns away Tenzei throws himself fist first towards the glowing bone'd fiend, but with armor and shield it pushes the man away and deflects his attacks.

R2T18: Drina, you have your dagger in hand. What do you do?

Ten-Penny on deck, Rohkar in the hole ...

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Amanu: 31. Rapier in hand.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Lady Argentea: 20. Challenge Rohkar (+1 morale attack rolls, +4 damage).
* Golden Lion Style (Ex): 1/rd, when an ally (other than herself) misses an attack vs. a foe they both flank, she can make an AOO vs. that opponent.
Tenzei: 19. Dragon Style.
* Life Link: Amanu, Drina.
Drina: 18. Mage armor (2 hours). Dagger in hand.
Ten-Penny: 10.
Rohkar Cindren: 9. Invisibility, magic weapon. THP: 4. +2 STR and +1 CL for 10 minutes.
Darkhelm: 8.
Blue Frost Skeleton: 7. (9:9).

DEAD/ OOC
Frozen skeleton (1).

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R2T18: Drina steps into the room, hoping to help. As she moves in, her magical armor is struck by a creepy ice-skeleton-thingy's broken scimitar. She quickly darts away from it, comes all the way around the room, and then threatens from the south.

R2T10: Ten-Penny takes 2 cold from the icy chill of the monster. "I don't know what this is, but it ain't natural!" she exclaims, shivering. She stabs at it, and then even tries to bite it with her toothy maw as she nibbles on the outside of its old, broken wooden shield.

R2T9: Downstairs, a man's voice is heard casting a spell, followed by, "Now kill that thing!"

R2T8: Darkhelm's lightning lash is heard snapping, but not finding a target.

R2T7: Back in the room, the monster slashes wildly at Tenzei.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T31: Amanu, what do you do?

Lady Argentea on deck, Tenzei in the hole ...

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Amanu: 31. Rapier in hand.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Lady Argentea: 20. Challenge Rohkar (+1 morale attack rolls, +4 damage).
* Golden Lion Style (Ex): 1/rd, when an ally (other than herself) misses an attack vs. a foe they both flank, she can make an AOO vs. that opponent.
Tenzei: 19. Dragon Style.
* Life Link: Amanu, Drina.
Drina: 18. Mage armor (2 hours). Dagger in hand.
Ten-Penny: 10.
Rohkar Cindren: 9. Magic weapon. THP: 4. +2 STR and +1 CL for 10 minutes.
Darkhelm: 8.
Blue Frost Skeleton: 7. (9:9).

DEAD/ OOC
Frozen skeleton (1).

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R3T31: A third time Amanu invokes the aid of Nature to remove the blasphemous presence launching yet another ray of positive energy at the creature, but misses.

R3T20: Lady Argentea is calling tactics downstairs to Darkhelm. There's the sound of something metal clanging onto a floor.

R3T19: Tenzei, you take 4 cold. What do you do?

Drina on deck, Ten-Penny in the hole ...

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Amanu: 31. Rapier in hand.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Lady Argentea: 20. Challenge Rohkar (+1 morale attack rolls, +4 damage). Longsword yeeted!
* Golden Lion Style (Ex): 1/rd, when an ally (other than herself) misses an attack vs. a foe they both flank, she can make an AOO vs. that opponent.
Tenzei: 19. Dragon Style.
* Life Link: Amanu, Drina.
Drina: 18. Mage armor (2 hours). Dagger in hand.
Ten-Penny: 10.
Rohkar Cindren: 9. Magic weapon. THP: 4. +2 STR and +1 CL for 10 minutes.
Darkhelm: 8. Coordinated Distraction TW feat til R8T20!!!
* THP: 4 for 10 min.
Blue Frost Skeleton: 7. (9:9).

Coordinated Distraction (Ex, TW): When she & at least one ally w/ this feat threaten the same enemy, the enemy treats the DC to cast spells defensively as 2 higher for each threatening character w/ this feat.
* If she or her allies are incapable of taking an AOO vs. the target for any reason, the effects of this feat do not apply.

DEAD/ OOC
Frozen skeleton (1).

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R3T19: "Stop...Moving," Tenzei punctuates each word with a fist. It wasn't getting warmer and the portly surgeon's fists were starting to feel like he'd been smashing a stone wall. But that first fist smashes into the monster's chest, blasting it, to which it then explodes in freezing burst that does 1 cold to Tenzei, Drina, and Ten-Penny.

R3T18: Drina, no enemies in here now, but fighting downstairs. What do you do?

Ten-Penny on deck, Rohkar in the hole ...

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Amanu: 31. Rapier in hand.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Lady Argentea: 20. Challenge Rohkar (+1 morale attack rolls, +4 damage). Longsword yeeted!
* Golden Lion Style (Ex): 1/rd, when an ally (other than herself) misses an attack vs. a foe they both flank, she can make an AOO vs. that opponent.
Tenzei: 19. Dragon Style.
* Life Link: Amanu, Drina.
Drina: 18. Mage armor (2 hours). Dagger in hand.
Ten-Penny: 10.
Rohkar Cindren: 9. Magic weapon. THP: 4. +2 STR and +1 CL for 10 minutes.
Darkhelm: 8. Coordinated Distraction TW feat til R8T20!!!
* THP: 4 for 10 min.
Blue Frost Skeleton: 7. (9:9).

Coordinated Distraction (Ex, TW): When she (Argentea) & at least one ally w/ this feat threaten the same enemy, the enemy treats the DC to cast spells defensively as 2 higher for each threatening character w/ this feat.
* If she or her allies are incapable of taking an AOO vs. the target for any reason, the effects of this feat do not apply.

DEAD/ OOC
Frozen skeleton (2).

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R3T18: "Brrr, I'm glad that's over. Shall we go help the princess and Darkhelm?"Drina says with a small shiver as she turns and sprints down the stairs, passing Darkhelm and her double, stepping over a body to be just out of reach of the Rohkar.

"NOT a princess," Lady Argentea says as Drina shows.

R3T10: Ten-Penny jumps off the table to go downstairs, and tire-hops the fallen men but does not get in reach of Rohkar either.

R3T9: Rohkar concentrates on a spell, but Lady Argentea proves a terrifying foe and he loses his spell.

R3T8: Darkhelm sends her double as she then hustles around to flank Rohkar with ... herself.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T31: Amanu, what do you do?

Lady Argentea on deck, Tenzei in the hole ...

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Amanu: 31. Rapier in hand.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Lady Argentea: 20. Challenge Rohkar (+1 morale attack rolls, +4 damage). Longsword yeeted!
* Golden Lion Style (Ex): 1/rd, when an ally (other than herself) misses an attack vs. a foe they both flank, she can make an AOO vs. that opponent.
Tenzei: 19. Dragon Style.
* Life Link: Amanu, Drina.
Drina: 18. Mage armor (2 hours). Dagger in hand.
Ten-Penny: 10.
Rohkar Cindren: 9. Magic weapon. THP: 4. +2 STR and +1 CL for 10 minutes.
Darkhelm: 8. Coordinated Distraction TW feat til R8T20!!!
* THP: 4 for 10 min.

Coordinated Distraction (Ex, TW): When she (Argentea) & at least one ally w/ this feat threaten the same enemy, the enemy treats the DC to cast spells defensively as 2 higher for each threatening character w/ this feat.
* If she or her allies are incapable of taking an AOO vs. the target for any reason, the effects of this feat do not apply.

DEAD/ OOC
Frozen skeleton (2).

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R4T31: Amanu rushes downstairs to engage the unseen foe, but with jumping off the table and bodies and allies at the bottom, he only gets to the bottom of the stairs.

R4T20: Lady Argentea steps away from Rohkar to pick up the longsword that she apparently yeeted at some point. During this time, she is calling out protective tactics for everyone.

R4T19: Tenzei, you are currently in Dragon Style, and all alone in the room. What do you do?

Drina on deck, Ten-Penny in the hole ...

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Amanu: 31. Rapier in hand.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Lady Argentea: 20. Challenge Rohkar (+1 morale attack rolls, +4 damage).
* Golden Lion Style (Ex): 1/rd, when an ally (other than herself) misses an attack vs. a foe they both flank, she can make an AOO vs. that opponent.
Tenzei: 19. Dragon Style.
* Life Link: Amanu, Drina.
Drina: 18. Mage armor (2 hours). Dagger in hand.
Ten-Penny: 10.
Rohkar Cindren: 9. Magic weapon. THP: 4. +2 STR and +1 CL for 10 minutes.
Darkhelm: 8. Coordinated Distraction TW feat til R8T20!!!
* THP: 4 for 10 min.

Coordinated Distraction (Ex, TW): When she (Argentea) & at least one ally w/ this feat threaten the same enemy, the enemy treats the DC to cast spells defensively as 2 higher for each threatening character w/ this feat.
* If she or her allies are incapable of taking an AOO vs. the target for any reason, the effects of this feat do not apply.

DEAD/ OOC
Frozen skeleton (2).

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R4T19: Letting a slow breath escape from his lips with a shudder, Tenzei pulled himself up into a relaxed stance. You know, this room wasn't so bad when it was quiet. He casts about for a place to sit for a moment.

He has only just begun to relax when a thought occurs to him. Why would such a creature be kept up here? He stands up and looks around the room to see if there's any rhyme or reason to this.

An L-shaped table with many chairs takes up most of the floor space in this loft. A second smaller table sits near the entrance, and several windows look over the snowy grounds of the lodge. In the southwest corner, a large map hangs on the wall, opposite another door in the northeast wall.

R4T18: Drina, what do you do?

Ten-Penny on deck, Rohkar in the hole ...

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Amanu: 31. Rapier in hand.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Lady Argentea: 20. Challenge Rohkar (+1 morale attack rolls, +4 damage).
* Golden Lion Style (Ex): 1/rd, when an ally (other than herself) misses an attack vs. a foe they both flank, she can make an AOO vs. that opponent.
Tenzei: 19.
* Life Link: Amanu, Drina.
Drina: 18. Mage armor (2 hours). Dagger in hand.
Ten-Penny: 10.
Rohkar Cindren: 9. Magic weapon. THP: 4. +2 STR and +1 CL for 10 minutes.
Darkhelm: 8. Coordinated Distraction TW feat til R8T20!!!
* THP: 4 for 10 min.

Coordinated Distraction (Ex, TW): When she (Argentea) & at least one ally w/ this feat threaten the same enemy, the enemy treats the DC to cast spells defensively as 2 higher for each threatening character w/ this feat.
* If she or her allies are incapable of taking an AOO vs. the target for any reason, the effects of this feat do not apply.

DEAD/ OOC
Frozen skeleton (2).

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R4T18: Drina scans the room, looking for some way she can make a difference. She pays particular attention to the bodies of the dead in hopes that one of them was carrying some weapon more powerful than her little dagger. First, she notes that one of the men that was only comatose is now dead. But they had short swords and bows readily visible.

R4T10: Ten-Penny races around the eastern side of the central fireplace and using the cover of the corner to the north comes out to threaten Rohkar with her short sword. "Somebody step inna' flank with me!"

R4T9: "Traitor! I gave you saved you from the cold," hisses Rohkar as he stabs at her and their short swords clash. He steps out of the Darkhelm-twins flank and whatever Ten-Penny was trying to set up.

"Yeah," quips Ten-Penny, "outta' the..."

R4T8: Darkhelm steps to the side to flank Rohkar with Ten-Penny. She - not her twin - lashes Rohkar right in the jaw with lightning for 32 electricity!

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T31: Amanu, what do you do?

Lady Argentea on deck, Tenzei in the hole ...

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Amanu: 31. Rapier in hand.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Lady Argentea: 20. Challenge Rohkar (+1 morale attack rolls, +4 damage).
* Golden Lion Style (Ex): 1/rd, when an ally (other than herself) misses an attack vs. a foe they both flank, she can make an AOO vs. that opponent.
Tenzei: 19.
* Life Link: Amanu, Drina.
Drina: 18. Mage armor (2 hours). Dagger in hand.
Ten-Penny: 10.
Rohkar Cindren: 9. Magic weapon. +2 STR and +1 CL for 10 minutes.
Darkhelm: 8. Coordinated Distraction TW feat til R8T20!!!
* THP: 4 for 10 min.

Coordinated Distraction (Ex, TW): When she (Argentea) & at least one ally w/ this feat threaten the same enemy, the enemy treats the DC to cast spells defensively as 2 higher for each threatening character w/ this feat.
* If she or her allies are incapable of taking an AOO vs. the target for any reason, the effects of this feat do not apply.

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Frozen skeleton (2).

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R5T31: Amanu moves up and to the side to help box the man in while striking with his rapier into his left calf for 3.

R5T20: Lady Argentea gets into some type of defensive stance and steps north to flank with Amanu. With all the power she can muster she swings at the man but he deftly avoids the attack.

R5T19: Tenzei, what do you do?

Drina on deck, Ten-Penny in the hole ...

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Amanu: 31. Rapier in hand.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Lady Argentea: 20. Challenge Rohkar (+1 morale attack rolls, +4 damage).
* Golden Lion Style (Ex): 1/rd, when an ally (other than herself) misses an attack vs. a foe they both flank, she can make an AOO vs. that opponent.
Tenzei: 19.
* Life Link: Amanu, Drina.
Drina: 18. Mage armor (2 hours). Dagger in hand.
Ten-Penny: 10.
Rohkar Cindren: 9. Magic weapon. +2 STR and +1 CL for 10 minutes.
Darkhelm: 8. Coordinated Distraction TW feat til R8T20!!!
* THP: 4 for 10 min.

Coordinated Distraction (Ex, TW): When she (Argentea) & at least one ally w/ this feat threaten the same enemy, the enemy treats the DC to cast spells defensively as 2 higher for each threatening character w/ this feat.
* If she or her allies are incapable of taking an AOO vs. the target for any reason, the effects of this feat do not apply.

DEAD/ OOC
Frozen skeleton (2).

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Amanu finds that even going as quickly as he is very dangerous. He slips and slides, and just barely manages to catch himself from slipping, falling, and sliding off into the bridge into the icy waters below.

Surprise Round ...

S15: Something small and bluish white flies out from the tree to block Amanu's passage across the bridge. It is flying, but at normal human walking height.

Begin Round One ...

R1T22: Amanu, you see a Small (TM) humanoid creature that has thin, leathery wings, small horns, and a mischievous smile ... as well as a stylish hat upon its head. It is currently blocking your way on the bridge. What do you do?

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Amanu: 22.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Lady Argentea: 18.
Tenzei: 17.
Arthog: 16.
Izoze: 15.
Darkhelm: 14.
Ten-Penny: 13.
Drina: 11.

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R1T22: As the bridge sways Amanu looks at the creature and steadies himself with his tail as he raises his hands up in a show of peace. "Ah, hello there." his concentration split focusing on his balance. "That is a lovely hat you have there." He lowers a hand to hold on and steady himself. "Is this your bridge?" he questions the creature as politely as he can while trying to keep his footing.

R1T18: Lady Argentea, seeing diplomacy in action, delays ...

R1T17: Tenzei, what do you do?

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Amanu: 22.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Lady Argentea: 18. DELAYING ..
Tenzei: 17.
Arthog: 16.
Izoze: 15.
Darkhelm: 14.
Ten-Penny: 13.
Drina: 11.

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R1T17: Wary of what happened the day before Tenzei tries to remain ready to react and rush to Amanu's side if necessary, but to hopefully assist the efforts at speaking nicely he pops a huge grin and a thumbs up.

R1T16: Arthog, sensing something different, gives a low growl (delaying) ...

R1T15: The creature flaps her wings to land, tilts her head to see past the monkeyman in front of her to the pack beyond. She also gives a disturbing grin, and mimics the thumbs up. She then straightens up to look at Amanu. She takes a breath as if she is about to speak, and then she breathes out an icy wind. Amanu was readied for treachery, and the tail he prepped pulls him close to the handholds as the rest of him then hangs on, and he only takes 1 cold.

R1T14: "Treacherous fey!" Lady Argentea snaps as she dismounts and moves onto the first part of the bridge while readying her shield and getting out a javelin. "Amanu, behind me!"

R1T13: Darkhelm tepes to the party: <*"It's an ice mephit; not a fey, but a creature from beyond our world and one of pure air, but bordering the plane of water where ice combines. It's body quickly heals in temperatures like this. Its cold breath carries a supernatural chill that is particularly painful to the living. Oh, and fire really hurts it."*>

She trudges through the snow to the south and aims her arm, a line of black energy striking the ice mephit in the right wing to do 2 disruption, as little bits of the wing turn to an ashy dust and float off on the wind.

R1T13: Ten-Penny, what do you do? Note that the snow is difficult terrain. What do you command Arthog to do?

Drina on deck, Amanu in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale AC/ Will saves w/in Lady Argentea's aura.
Amanu: 22.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Tenzei: 17.
Arthog: 16. DELAYING!!!
Izoze: 15. (31:33). FH2 in cold environ.
Lady Argentea: 14. Shield and javelin.
Darkhelm: 13.
Ten-Penny: 12.
Drina: 11.

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R1T13: "Arthog, stay!" Ten-Penny barks at Arthog; the last thing any of them needed was a bear trying to fight on the bridge. She shoves the saddlebags free from her shoulders and moves past Tenzei, drawing her crossbow, clomping as best she can through the snow as she reloads it.

R1T11: Drina, what do you do?

Amanu on deck, Tenzei in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale AC/ Will saves w/in Lady Argentea's aura.
Amanu: 22.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Tenzei: 17.
Arthog: 16. DELAYING!!!
Izoze: 15. (31:33). FH2 in cold environ.
Lady Argentea: 14. Shield and javelin.
Darkhelm: 13.
Ten-Penny: 12. Crossbow in hand (loaded).
Drina: 11.

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R1T11: Seeing the treachery of the "mephit" and Darkhelm's instruction on its vulnerability to fire, Drina immediately begins vocalizing words of magic while taking sand from her pouch, throwing it towards the far end of the bridge as she finishes the spell. Sand begins to spread from a point right in front of Amanu in the middle of the bridge, smoking with gouts of flame rising from it. As the burning sand falls on each side of the bridge, steam rises from the icy river where it lands.

At the completion of the spell, Drina yells, "Back off, Amanu!"

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T22: Amanu, what do you do? The sand is about a foot deep where you are on the bridge, though much is spilling out the sides and through the cracks of the bridge. Still, it changes it from one type of difficult terrain to another, but this one already feels warm underfoot and threatens to burn you!

Tenzei on deck, Ice mephit in the hole ...

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Amanu: 22.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Tenzei: 17.
Arthog: 16. DELAYING!!!
Izoze: 15. (31:33). FH2 in cold environ.
Lady Argentea: 14. Shield and javelin.
* HEROES: Defensive Aegis, 10' (+1 morale bonus to AC and Will saves).
Darkhelm: 13.
Ten-Penny: 12. Crossbow in hand (loaded).
Drina: 11.

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Tenzei mutters, "Hmph. Well that's ...."

R2T22: At the repeated insistence of his allies, Amanu carefully steps out of the sand towards the edge of the bridge, the sand actually helping his standing stability. "That better not set the bridge on fire!" he calls as he moves. He then utters some words and launches a ball of acid at the flying creature, hitting her in the groin for 2 acid.

R2T17: "... rude." Tenzei, what do you do?

Ice mephit on deck, Lady Argentea in the hole ...

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Amanu: 22.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Tenzei: 17.
Arthog: 16. DELAYING!!!
Izoze: 15. (29:33). FH2 in cold environ.
Lady Argentea: 14. Shield and javelin.
* HEROES: Defensive Aegis, 10' (+1 morale bonus to AC and Will saves).
Darkhelm: 13.
Ten-Penny: 12. Crossbow in hand (loaded).
Drina: 11.

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R2T17: Tenzei resolves that violence is the currently selected solution to this predicament. Taking the now familiar stance called "The Dragon's Tail Sweeps the River Dry," he hums a soft tune and a sense of warmth and security ignites within his core as he casts a spell, intoning the prayers, mystic hand symbols, and even a bit of ephemera found in his pouch. Almost insolently he gestures towards the blue figure and beckons them closer, for the bridge is smoking and doesn't appear to be a reliable place of footing.

R2T15: The creature's wounds begin to knit, though slowly (FH2), the icy air helping it despite its stance upon hot sands. She simply takes wing again, getting 5' off of the bridge's level and moving southwards over the gorge. She concentrates midair and returns the favor of a spell at Drina. A bolt of arcane force hits Drina's left elbow for 2 force.

R2T14: Lady Argentea smiles as her quarry and her ally have separated. She gets into a shield-focused combat stance, but the steam rising from the gorge, the heights, the movment of Timber Creek below, and her strange opponent foul her wits as her javelin goes wild ... lost into the creek. She seems a bit off, and recognizing herself as a liability, she pulls back and takes out another javelin while still panting out defensive strategries to those nearby. "I just realized in this strange place, that all of my training never prepared me for so bizarre a battlefield nor enemy. I apologize for my lack of puissance."

R2T13: Darkhelm is inscrutable as she stands still for several seconds ...

R2T12: Ten-Penny, you have a loaded crossbow in hand. What do you do?

Drina on deck, Amanu in the hole ...

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Amanu: 22.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Tenzei: 17. Dragon Style. Firebelly til R32T17.
Arthog: 16. DELAYING!!!
Izoze: 15. (29:33). FH2 in cold environ. Can't breathe til R5T15.
* She cast magic missile this hour.
Lady Argentea: 14. Shield and javelin.
* HEROES: Defensive Aegis, 10' (+1 morale bonus to AC and Will saves).
Darkhelm: 13.
Ten-Penny: 12. Crossbow in hand (loaded).
Drina: 11.

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R2T12: Ten-Penny levels the crossbow at the creature, aiming just below the ridiculous hat, and fires .... and grins as she sees the bolt strike for a light crit in her chest for only 1 mod. Seeing her weapon do so little damage with such a great shot, that grin is brief indeed.

R2T11: Drina, what do you do?

Amanu on deck, Tenzei in the hole ...

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Amanu: 22.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Tenzei: 17. Dragon Style. Firebelly til R32T17.
Arthog: 16. DELAYING!!!
Izoze: 15. (29:33). FH2 in cold environ. Can't breathe til R5T15.
* She cast magic missile this hour.
Lady Argentea: 14. Shield and javelin.
* HEROES: Defensive Aegis, 10' (+1 morale bonus to AC and Will saves).
Darkhelm: 13.
Ten-Penny: 12. Crossbow in hand (unloaded). RS.
Drina: 11.

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R2T11: Drina eases herself towards the edge, thinking it is a bank, but getting to the edge next to Darkhelm and realizing it is no easy bank, but a 30' drop down the cliff to the icy waters below! She recognizes that she is too far away for burning hands to be of use now that she couldn't get as close as desired.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T22: Amanu, what do you do?

Tenzei on deck, ice mephit in the hole ...

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Amanu: 22.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Tenzei: 17. Dragon Style. Firebelly til R32T17.
Arthog: 16. DELAYING!!!
Izoze: 15. (29:33). FH2 in cold environ. Can't breathe til R5T15.
* She cast magic missile this hour.
Lady Argentea: 14. Shield and javelin.
* HEROES: Defensive Aegis, 10' (+1 morale bonus to AC and Will saves).
Darkhelm: 13.
Ten-Penny: 12. Crossbow in hand (unloaded). RS.
Drina: 11.

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R3T22: Amanu continues to chant words and hurls another acid globlet into the creature's belly for 1 acid.

R3T17: Tenzei, the mephit didn't take the bait. What do you do?

Ice mephit on deck, Lady Argentea in the hole ...

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Amanu: 22.
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Tenzei: 17. Dragon Style. Firebelly til R32T17.
Arthog: 16. DELAYING!!!
Izoze: 15. (28:33). FH2 in cold environ. Can't breathe til R5T15.
* She cast magic missile this hour.
Lady Argentea: 14. Shield and javelin.
* HEROES: Defensive Aegis, 10' (+1 morale bonus to AC and Will saves).
Darkhelm: 13.
Ten-Penny: 12. Crossbow in hand (unloaded). RS.
Drina: 11.

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R3T17: "Everyone. Back. Up!" the uncharacteristically terse Tenzei barks, and to everyone's shock, there is a power in his voice. Following his own suggestion , he slowly begins retreating from the bridge. He adopts an unusual posture where his right leg is held directly above his head. Almost as if he were showing off his most squishy bits to the icy hatter floating above the stream.

R3T15: The ice mephit - whose wounds slowly knit (FH2) - charges Amanu, completely taking him by surprise and knocking him clear off the bridge. He disappears into the icy gorge and the freezing waters below of Red Run Gorge 50' below (10 NL + 12 lethal). The ice mephit might just look more surprised than the rest of the party.

R3T14: Lady Argentea gives a yell of anguish ... a yell so primal at the likely loss of a fellow comrade-in-arms that all of you are given a momentary bloodlus. She throws her javelin with all the fury she can muster, striking it in the elbow for 7 mod. She takes out another javelin.

R3T13: Darkhelm's head declines forward and looking southeast, seeming to track Amanu before she lifts her head back and tepes to the group. *<"I saw him hit the water, but not come to the surface. The rapids move very swiftly. It only took a split-second for my feeling of protection given to him to be lost. He will be instantly enervated by the water's temperatures. I do not suspect him to survive....">*

And here she looks to the ice mephit as the sky darkens around Darkhelm, with her gathering power, and you get the feeling she has included the ice mephit. *<"...nor, creature, do I suspect you to survive us.">*

Smoke fills the sky around you, sparks and fire falling from the heavens in a constant rain. About you, carried on the winds, are embers from an unseen fire. Darkhelm seems to direct some of those embers to coalesce into a ball that falls down and hits the mephit squarely for 9 bludgeoning + 9 fire + burning! The mephit squeals in pain and horror as the flames somehow engulf a creature made of ice. Darkhelm stalks right up to the edge of the bridge while lightning plays along her hands, the static of the ash and embers building. *<"But if you do, tell your masters that I bring the Conflagration, and summer will reclaim itself.">*

R3T12: Ten-Penny, your crossbow is unloaded. What do you do?

Drina on deck, Amanu in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 morale attack/damage til R4T14.
Amanu: 22. DISORIENTED in 10' deep water of rapids. He is currently underwater. Air Remaining (26 rounds). SUFFER Hypothermia!!!
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Tenzei: 17. Dragon Style. Firebelly til R32T17.
* Ready Action to Attack the "Mephit" with an axe kick should it miraculously decide to come into melee range.
Arthog: 16. DELAYING!!!
Izoze: 15. (17:33). FH2 in cold environ. Can't breathe til R5T15. Charged.
* She cast magic missile this hour.
Lady Argentea: 14. Shield and javelin. Stance of the defending shell.
* HEROES: Defensive Aegis, 10' (+1 morale bonus to AC and Will saves).
Darkhelm: 13.
Ten-Penny: 12. Crossbow in hand (unloaded). RS.
Drina: 11.

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R3T12: Ten-Penny’s frustration at her spoiled shot turns to anger as Amanu plummets off the bridge. She draws her dagger — plinking another shot with the crossbow seems insufficient for the bloodlust she’s feeling — and hurls it at the mephit. On any other day, the toss might have failed, but Lady Argentea's wrath is infectious, and that dagger strikes against the ice mephit's right wing for 1 mod.

R3T11: Drina, what do you do?

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HEROES: +2 morale attack/damage til R4T14.
Amanu: 22. DISORIENTED in 10' deep water of rapids. He is currently underwater. Air Remaining (26 rounds). SUFFER Hypothermia!!!
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Tenzei: 17. Dragon Style. Firebelly til R32T17.
* Ready Action to Attack the "Mephit" with an axe kick should it miraculously decide to come into melee range.
Arthog: 16. DELAYING!!!
Izoze: 15. (16:33). FH2 in cold environ. Can't breathe til R5T15. Charged.
* She cast magic missile this hour.
Lady Argentea: 14. Shield and javelin. Stance of the defending shell.
* HEROES: Defensive Aegis, 10' (+1 morale bonus to AC and Will saves).
Darkhelm: 13.
Ten-Penny: 12. Crossbow in hand (unloaded). RS.
Drina: 11.

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R3T11: "Let's see how you do with some of your own magic thrown your way!" Drina seethes as she casts a spell. Two arcane bolts shoot forth from her fingers to hit the ice mephit for 7 force.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T22: Amanu, you are disoriented, underwater, in rapids, and holding your breath. Roll a Fort save. What do you do?

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Roll the Fort save first, which is against possible hypothermia. It won't stop your actions, but may modify them.

Then, you are disoriented. This is the underwater version of being prone, which means you can't move meaningfully until you take a MA to right yourself.

Then, pretty much anything you do at this point is going to be a Swim check, which you may roll.

Tenzei on deck, Izoze in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 morale attack/damage til R4T14.
Amanu: 22. DISORIENTED in 10' deep water of rapids. He is currently underwater. Air Remaining (26 rounds). SUFFER Hypothermia!!!
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Tenzei: 17. Dragon Style. Firebelly til R32T17.
* Ready Action to Attack the "Mephit" with an axe kick should it miraculously decide to come into melee range.
Arthog: 16. DELAYING!!!
Izoze: 15. (9:33). FH2 in cold environ. Can't breathe til R5T15. Charged.
* She cast magic missile this hour.
Lady Argentea: 14. Shield and javelin. Stance of the defending shell.
* HEROES: Defensive Aegis, 10' (+1 morale bonus to AC and Will saves).
Darkhelm: 13.
Ten-Penny: 12. Crossbow in hand (unloaded). RS.
Drina: 11.

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R4T22: Amanu tries to brace himself against the cold as he struggles to determine which way is up in the chaos of the rapids. He does his best to swim towards some obstacle to hold onto, a rock or tree limb, anything to help steady himself and allow him a moment to gather his wits and breath. His fur helps him against the cold, but he is tumbled all about in the water, no longer quite disoriented, but finding himself along the bottom and moving very quickly downstream with the powerful current. He isn't in the current long, however, when Amanu - who has yet to suffer hypothermia- realizes that he is now out of Darkhelm's realm of protection.

R4T17: Tenzei, you no longer feel linked to Amanu. What do you do?

Ice mephit on deck, Lady Argentea in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 morale attack/damage til R4T14.
Amanu: 22. He is currently underwater. Air Remaining (24 rounds). Depth: 10' (bottom). Roll a Fort save vs. hypothermia (DC 16).
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Tenzei: 17. Dragon Style. Firebelly til R32T17.
* Ready Action to Attack the "Mephit" with an axe kick should it miraculously decide to come into melee range.
Arthog: 16. DELAYING!!!
Izoze: 15. (9:33). FH2 in cold environ. Can't breathe til R5T15. Charged.
* She cast magic missile this hour.
Lady Argentea: 14. Shield and javelin. Stance of the defending shell.
* HEROES: Defensive Aegis, 10' (+1 morale bonus to AC and Will saves).
Darkhelm: 13.
Ten-Penny: 12. Crossbow in hand (unloaded). RS.
Drina: 11.

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R4T17: Tenzei doesn't spare time for words as his companion is knocked into the air. This certainly looked like a job for Medicine! He bolts to the side of the gorge to see if he can see Amanu's broken corpse or not, but he cannot any sign of him. If he were to continue south along the cliff here, it would be extremely treacherous, as a large shrub is in the way. Beyond that, the area by the cliff has dangerous overhanging snow and very deep drifts that would end up being almost prohibitive in movement, as well as other dangers of overhanging vegetation to manage and the possibiiity of snow subsiding and sending him into the gorge as well.

R4T15: The ice mephit screams while its on fire (4 fire), though that is offset by its fast healing in the cold weather (FH2). She drops to the deck and rolls around, successfully putting out the flames, but now prone.

R4T14-13: Lady Argentea delays as Darkhelm's storm powers increase in her and she guides down another flaming ball of ash that the mephit rolls out of the way of.

R4T12: Ten-Penny, what do you do? The mephit is prone.

Drina on deck, Amanu in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 morale attack/damage til R4T14.
Amanu: 22. He is currently underwater. Air Remaining (24 rounds). Depth: 10' (bottom). Roll a Fort save vs. hypothermia (DC 16).
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Tenzei: 17. Dragon Style. Firebelly til R32T17.
Arthog: 16. DELAYING!!!
Izoze: 15. (7:33). FH2 in cold environ. Can't breathe til R5T15. PRONE!!!
* She cast magic missile this hour.
Lady Argentea: 14. Shield and javelin. Stance of the defending shell. DELAYING!!!
* HEROES: Defensive Aegis, 10' (+1 morale bonus to AC and Will saves).
Darkhelm: 13.
Ten-Penny: 12. Crossbow in hand (unloaded). RS.
Drina: 11.

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R4T12: Seeing an opportunity as the creature falls almost within arm's reach, Ten-Penny takes a step out to the bridge's first planks as she draws Rohkar's sword, and stabs at the mephit with an angry curse, hitting her in the head for 4 mod.

R4T11: Drina, what do you do?

Amanu on deck, Tenzei in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 morale attack/damage til R4T14.
Amanu: 22. He is currently underwater. Air Remaining (24 rounds). Depth: 10' (bottom). Roll a Fort save vs. hypothermia (DC 16).
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Tenzei: 17. Dragon Style. Firebelly til R32T17.
Arthog: 16. DELAYING!!!
Izoze: 15. (3:33). FH2 in cold environ. Can't breathe til R5T15. PRONE!!!
* She cast magic missile this hour.
Lady Argentea: 14. Shield and javelin. Stance of the defending shell. DELAYING!!!
* HEROES: Defensive Aegis, 10' (+1 morale bonus to AC and Will saves).
Darkhelm: 13.
Ten-Penny: 12. Crossbow in hand (unloaded); short sword in hand. RS.
Drina: 11.

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R4T11: Drina, seeing no way to take advantage of the prone imp, slowly makes her way back to the foot of the bridge and unleashes two more bolts of force that strike the mephit for 10 force, causing it to go limp.

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T22: Amanu, roll a Fort save vs. hypothermia. What do you do (which probably involves making one or more Swim checks)?

Tenzei on deck, Darkhelm in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 morale attack/damage til R4T14.
Amanu: 22. He is currently underwater. Air Remaining (24 rounds). Depth: 10' (bottom). Roll a Fort save vs. hypothermia (DC 16).
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Tenzei: 17. Dragon Style. Firebelly til R32T17.
Arthog: 16. DELAYING!!!
Izoze: 15. (-7:33). FH2 in cold environ. Can't breathe til R5T15. PRONE!!! DYING!!!
* She cast magic missile this hour.
Lady Argentea: 14. Shield and javelin. Stance of the defending shell. DELAYING!!!
* HEROES: Defensive Aegis, 10' (+1 morale bonus to AC and Will saves).
Darkhelm: 13.
Ten-Penny: 12. Crossbow in hand (unloaded); short sword in hand. RS.
Drina: 11.

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R5T22: Struggling against the cold, Amanu continues to try to find something to hold onto to drag himself out of the river. He continues to succeed against the cold, but still is underwater bouncing off of things rather than being able to hold onto them.

R5T17: Tenzei, what do you do?

Lady Argentea on deck, Darkhelm in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 morale attack/damage til R4T14.
Amanu: 22. He is currently underwater. Air Remaining (22 rounds). Depth: 10' (bottom). Roll a Fort save vs. hypothermia (DC 17).
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Tenzei: 17. Dragon Style. Firebelly til R32T17.
Arthog: 16. DELAYING!!!
Izoze: 15. (-7:33). FH2 in cold environ. Can't breathe til R5T15. PRONE!!! DYING!!!
* She cast magic missile this hour.
Lady Argentea: 14. Shield and javelin. Stance of the defending shell. DELAYING!!!
* HEROES: Defensive Aegis, 10' (+1 morale bonus to AC and Will saves).
Darkhelm: 13.
Ten-Penny: 12. Crossbow in hand (unloaded); short sword in hand. RS.
Drina: 11.