DM Rah's Strange Aeons

Game Master Kobash

Beyond the door is a dark hall, empty except for the smashed remains of lanterns on the ground. Six doors branch from here, though one is off its hinges, smashed open by rubble from a collapsed room.

Enjoying the soft cushion of this regal chair, and the chance to read, the disciple of Desna is grooving. Surrounded by curios and weird eclectic items. For example, why does Dr. Losandro have a medallion that helps people from falling. Odd. Wooden box in the shape of a cranium. Odd. A big wig in this country visiting this asylum regularly. Odd.

From his relaxed and reclined position, he tosses the deceased doctor’s Journal to Cats. A wrist fling like throwing a dart sideways, the journal sails through the air and floats into his hands… like a butterfly.
That book and Lowl are the linchpin of this whole catastrophe. Our dear doctor was hoodwinked by Lowl. I don’t yet know how, but it turned Zandalus into some reveared and powerful person of a cult.
Zandalus is dangerous. I can only hope that he died in some of the events of this maelstrom.
But, Count Lowl is off this island. He is certainly alive and he’s someone we need to track down and find! He’s the real reason we are here.
Using a fake women’s voice to recite part of the journal.
“ 5 of his Associates that suffered from group amnesia”.
Did anyone else notice how he first “denied” the good doctor access to the book, but then later “bartered” to give her access. That was a classic Charlatan move. Use an action to increase the value of the book to the target – then find a way to have to give it up.
That book is a trap. Our doctor fell into it. If it wasn’t a trap, then the book would be in this room – with it’s victim.
The book isn’t here, so I’d bet anything it’s near or in the hands of Zandalus.

"Do you think we were associates of this Count Haserton Lowls? He may have the answers we seek."

For once Fearless begins to grow visibly excited as he smiles. The crooked smile is almost a bit disconcerting as it doesn't seem to be natural outside of the skepticism and scowls.

"He rules Thrushmoor!" Fearless seems to have a new sense of urgency to escape this 'Institution' as he pushes his way through the door and into the hallway. "Come on! Let's go..." He grabs the handle of the southern door and pushes it open.

"*Five*? Only five? I thought there were six of us..." Cats replies to Brother Butterfly before slinking down the hallway after Fearless.

He stands in wait of ambush as the halfling opens the door.

Fearless stops dead in his tracks as the door swings open. "Well...That just means that one of us in an imposter is all."

With a huff, Brother Butterfly takes his feet from their comfortable elevated position and places them onto the floor. He uses his right hand to wipe away a smudge on his red boots.
Standing, he thinks Why are we moving so fast? Why can't my minions ... no minions isn't the right word... my followers actually follow me. It's like they are mentally hyperactive. They don't appreciate things like a good shave or a comfy chair nap.

Moving to the hallway, he sees Fearless smile. Which is disturbing.
Fearless, you make smiling look like an act of torture. If we ever end up in front of This Count or other royalty, please try not to smile.

With that, he concentrates on the wand of blessings and invokes it's power.
Everyone, we have a bless spell active. +1 to attacks. CONTINGENT Next Action:if nothing happens or Mariner doesn't rush in and attack anything in the new room, BB moves to the next door and casts doorsight on the Northern door. Character moved into place.

Oh Desna, let the inner eye expand and see. Grant me the eyes of Agamotto.

Fearless opens the door into what appears to be a records room. The handles of dozens of drawers frown from the faces of numerous matching cabinets. Many of the drawers are open and their contents—volumes’ worth of stray parchments—blanket the floor.

A woman looks up from a pile of documents and calls to a man at another door in the room, seemingly in the middle of trying to force it open with a splintered piece of wood. Both wear stained yellow sheets fashioned into crude robes and bear a yellow flame-shaped smear of paint on their foreheads.

"Zandalus sees you!!" The man roars and hefts his makeshift club.

INITIATIVE
Cats (17/17)
Fearless (16/16)
Pinkie (17/17)
The Mariner (27/27)
Apostles in Orpiment
Brother Butterfly (19/19)
The Twin (17/17)
Eidolon (11/11)

The Mariner puts his right hand in front of Fearless and holds him back, and peers in. As the man charges, the Mariner leaps on him to wrestle to the ground.

"Zandalus takes a dirt nap!"

grapple: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

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Round 1, Init 26

Cats moves in before Mariner to put an arrow in the man while Mariner grapples the woman.

1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 27 to hit; (+PBS,+bless)
1d6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 1 + (4) = 9 damage.

Pot crit vs. FF
1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 10 to hit; (+PBS)
1d6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 1 + (2) = 8 damage.

"Put the club down or there will be another arrow just like that cat!"

Stepping into the doorway Fearless draws his crossbow and takes a potshot at the woman, through Mariner's legs.

Covering Fire Aid Another; Bless; PBS; Melee penalty: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 1 + 1 - 4 = 5

The bolt bounces off of the floor and skids underneath the table.

Cats jumps through the door and fires across the room at the club-wielder, his arrow sinking into the man's arm. Any normal person would probably have fallen down crying, but this guy just getes an even crazier look in his eye. "Where'd you get a bow?! I want that!"

Fearless fires a bolt, but it skitters harmlessly across the floor.

As the Mariner readies to tackle the man, Pinkie slips through the door next to him and stabs the woman, giving her a flesh wound.

Pinkie Dagger vs Woman: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 1 = 12
Dagger + Sneak Damage: 1d4 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + (3) = 4

The man charges in, avoiding the Mariner's grip and smashing at him with the handle of his club in return. Luckily the Mariner's shield takes both strikes. Failed grapple, plus AoO for attempting without improved grapple feat.

AoO Club vs Mariner AC 18: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Club vs Mariner AC 18: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 3 + 2 = 14

The woman grabs what looks like a damp sock with something hard in the end and swings it wildly at Cats. "Don't you f&*^ing touch me Billy!"

Soapsock vs Cats FF AC 13 (Catch Off-Guard Feat): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
Damage + Sneak Attack: 1d4 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 3 + (4) = 9

Totally caught off-guard by the unexpected attack, Cats takes a solid hit right on top of the head.

INITIATIVE - All PCs up!
Effects: bless
Brother Butterfly (19/19)
The Twin (17/17)
Eidolon (11/11)
Cats (8/17)
Fearless (16/16)
The Mariner (27/27)
Pinkie (17/17)
Apostles in Orpiment (Red -9, Orange -4)

Cat Pyled

"Hey Brother, they ain't dead or ghouly, and they probably know where Mr. Z is. Maybe I shouldn't brain them yet?" the Mariner tries to shield bash the man, "Back back!"

shield bash: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
dam: 1d2 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

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Round 3, Init 26

"Ow! Cat that! I'm trying to help here!" Cats draws his short sword and stabs back at the woman.

1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 5 + 1 = 25 to hit; (+bless)
1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 damage.

Pot Crit:
1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 1 = 10 to hit; (+bless)
1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 damage.

Truth be told, we only need one alive to find Zandalus. Hit them hard once and they may surrender. We can even knock them out and take them to the sanctuary for questioning.
He moves to a position and casts luck on Pinkie.
We are blessed to have our spirits protected by you Desna.
luck spell on Pinkie. If I can't reach Pinkie around the corner, I'll bless The Mariner. Roll all D20's a second time and take the best result. If I can't touch anyone with luck, I'll cast true strike. Pulling out the mace.

The Mariner listens to Brother as he's struggling with the man in a shoving match, then draws his longsword from the sheath, "Okay, brains it is."

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"Don't all clump in on 'em!" Fearless yells through the clustered doorway as he can barely see through. "Trying the tactics of those rats we just killed. Clump all together?"

Use Tactician. Everyone gains the Covering Fire Feat.

"Don't you f&*^ing touch me Billy!"

Now who the heck is crazy cult woman talking to? To Cats? Or to Mariner? Why did she call him Billy?

Does Cat's look like a Billy to me? Nah, More like a Eugene or a Ludlow.
Does The Mariner look like a Billy? Nope. Definitely a salty sea man. His real name has to be Captain Redbeard or Captain Maddog. Not a "Billy". She MUST be talking about Cats.

Oh well, Crazy is as crazy talks.

Hey Crazy religious choir girl! You got his name wrong. His name is Cats. Not Billy. You should surrender very soon because Cats is going to give you the prison style shiv and shank in a moment.... and it's going to be PAINFUL. I may just join him and crack a couple of your ribs with my badass religious mace. You already have one less rib than men do, don't make things worse.

Gangsta! #thuglife

With little room to join the action The Twin and his Snake hang back.

Offering terms for surrender Brother Butterfly grants the luck of Desna to the Mariner. BB can't reach Pinkie from that position. The Mariner doesn't need the reroll to hit, so the luck was a wash this round.

Cats stabs the woman, who screams in pain but doesn't give up. Fearless calls from the hall, offering tactical advice as The Mariner smashes his shield into the man, the blow cracking hard into his face.

Heavy shield bash does d4 damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Pinkie stabs the man twice and he staggers bleeding to the ground.

Rapier: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4
Dagger: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

The woman fights with the frenzied strength of insanity, swinging her soapsock again. Ready for the unconventional attack this time, Cats just manages to avoid another blow.

Soapsock vs Cats AC 16: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

All the commotion in the hall has gained the attention of a others in the area. The door behind fearless opens revealing a big man in yellow. A wiry thin man giggles from behind him. "Fore!!"

The big man swings a broken chair leg like he's playing a sport and Fearless is the ball.

Club vs Fearless FF AC 15 (catch off-guard feat active since Fearless isn't armed with a melee weapon): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
Damage + Sneak Attack: 1d6 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 4 + (1) = 7

Down the hall a handsome young man steps from a second door. "Hello there! Come to join the Apostles? New members get an extra cookie!!"

INITIATIVE - All PCs up! 
Effects: bless 

Brother Butterfly (19/19) 

The Twin (17/17) 

Eidolon (11/11) 

Cats (8/17) 

Fearless (9/16) 

The Mariner (27/27)

Pinkie (17/17) 

Apostles in Orpiment (Orange -7, Yellow, Blue, Purple)

Round 3, Init 26

"His name is Cats."

Cats glares at Brother Butterfly, growing irate at having to repeat himself, but also for being unable to make himself clear.

"My name isn't Cats! It's CATS!" Cats roars in frustration, knowing that there is something slightly wrong with what he said, but unable to put his finger on it.

He stabs at the woman in frustration.

1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 1 = 8 to hit; (+bless)
1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 damage.

Fearless stumbles back as the broken chair leg cracks against his head. "SONUVA!" He holds his hand to his bleeding head.

Using the cover from the door and his companions Fearless reloads his crossbow and fires it at the apostle wearing purple hems on his robes.

Covering Fire Aid Another; PBS; Bless: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 23

Everyone gets +4 to their AC

The bolt manages to wing the cultist as it slightly distracts the man. "Get 'em off me!"

Desna rebukes your overtures! Since Zandalus has hired nothing but goons --- In simple terms we're not jumping on your crazy wagon, not even for a cookie.

Holding up his forearm, showing the flaming disciples the real power in the hallway.

Cast CLW on Fearless.
He then moves back so as to allow Fearless to move and The Twins to advance.

clw: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

"BRAINS!!!" the Mariner shouts at the burly fella and charges at him with sword and shield. Looking almost sideways knowingly at Fearless, I know what you're thinking...

Longsword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
dam: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

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pinkie moves around the woman putting her inbetween himself and cats
"I know,keep her in the middle....NO you can't take over......You either!"

rapier: 1d20 + 1 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 2 + 3 = 7
damage: 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + (1) = 3
dagger: 1d20 + 1 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 1 + 2 + 3 = 26
damage: 1d4 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + (3) = 6

can not move my token from the iPad

With a prayer to Desna Brother Butterfly waves away the wound that Fearless took.

Cats draws his sword and stabs at the crazed woman, but misses.

Fearless stumbles away from the door and fires a bolt to distract the man down the hall.

The Mariner steps in to Fearless' place and slashes at the big Apostle, injuring him badly.

With a little more room in the hallway The Twin sends his Snake, which moves up next to the Mariner and strikes at the big Apostle.

Bite vs Purple Apostle: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Pinkie jabs with his Rapier, setting up his dagger for a perfect stab.

@Pinkie: Unfortunately there is not enough room to move to flank. However, you did threaten a Crit.
Dagger Crit Confirm : 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Seeing the Mariner turn his back to deal with the big man, the woman jumps at him with her sock just as the big man swings his club. In trying to defend against both the Mariner gets clobbered by the club.

Soapsock vs Mariner AC 17 (flanking): 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 2 = 13
Club vs Mariner AC 18 (flanking): 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 2 = 23
Damage + Sneak: 1d6 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 4 + (6) = 11

The handsome man ducks as Fearless' bolt whizzes by, but doesn't seem ready to respond with violence.
"Hey now, stop shooting friend! Did I forget to mention they are Ivory Garidine's special cookies? Fresh baked by the cook's assistant herself! Come now, folks are crazy for these things!"

?: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

INITIATIVE - All PCs up! 
Effects: bless
Brother Butterfly (19/19)
Cats (8/17)
Fearless (16/16)
The Mariner (16/27)
The Twin (17/17)
Eidolon (11/11) 
Pinkie (17/17)
Apostles in Orpiment (Orange -10, Yellow -12, Blue, Purple)

Thinking to himself --Oh, Ivory is a part of the Apostles now. Not good.
This guy may be Wren - the singer we met on our first day. He didn't appear to be violent, but he CAN be dangerous considering the others he's with are so violent.

Surrender Wren and you will live. Something I learned from the Ratlings. Watch out for Swarms!
Moving forward and staring at Wren - the "Cookie Tempter"
Holding onto the tattoo located on his forearm, BB begins a prayer.
Bring forth the Larvae of the Butterfly. Desna needs you to surrender or leave!
cast Cause Fear on the good looking Apostle - Purple border. DC for save is Will DC 15. Partial save. If successful - fear duration: 1d4 ⇒ 4

It's kind of insane, two straight fumble rolls when it pertained to the PC characters, and high rolls for the NPC's. This die roller is wonky. I'm glad I at least had a decent heal on Fearless. It broke a string of 3 or less.

Round 4, Init 26

"You should be more catful, *this* cat has claws." Cats waits for Pinkie to step into flank against the woman and stabs at the woman in frustration.

1d20 + 5 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 5 + 1 + 2 = 11 to hit; (+bless)
1d6 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 2 + (5) = 8 damage.

Save vs Cause Fear: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17

The man down the hall strains to see Brother Butterfly beyond the other Watchmen. "What's that? Surrender? You must be crazy."

Meanwhile, Cats bears his claws, but fails to scratch anything.

INITIATIVE Continued...
Effects: bless 4/10
Brother Butterfly (19/19)
Cats (8/17)
Fearless (16/16)
The Mariner (16/27)
The Twin (17/17)
Eidolon (11/11) 
Pinkie (17/17)
Apostles in Orpiment (Orange -10, Yellow -12, Blue, Purple)

Fearless reloads and sends another bolt ricocheting off of the wall.

Covering Fire; Aid Another; PBS; Bless: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 22

"Cookies do sound kind of good.... How 'bout you stop trying to kill us first." fearless' stomach rumbles loudly.

Everyone gets +4 to their AC from Covering Fire!

"Get off me you crazy b$%$!!" the Mariner tries to shrug the wench off but continues to attack the large man.

longsword: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
dam: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

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Pinkie continues to press his attack jabbing with th e thin blade of his rapier followed by a slice with his dagger."Come on Lady just give up and stop swinging that dirty sock and well stop poking holes in you"

rapier: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1
dagger: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1
crit confirm: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Fearless fires another warning shot at the handsome man, causing him to stagger off balance in his attempt to avoid the bolt.

The Mariner tries to fight two opponents at once, and fails.

The Twin cleans his nails with his magical dagger, letting everyone else do the fighting. His Snake strikes again at the big man through the doorway, this time getting a mouthful. The man grabs at the wound and goes down hard.

Eidolon vs Big Man (cover): 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 5 - 4 = 19
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Pinkie adjusts position and stabs the woman in the kidney while she's distracted. The stumbles, staggered by blood loss.

@Pinkie: flanking is possible this round, so I'll assume you take the advantage for sneak damage.
Sneak Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Taking a wound from Pinkie causes the woman to turn her sock on him instead. She makes a desperate swing that bounces hard off his arm. Then the blood loss from her wounds overcomes her and she falls.

Soapsock vs Pinkie AC 15: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

The big man's gaunt ally gives a high pitched squeal and stabs desperately at the Snake with a fire poker.

Improvised Weapon vs Snake AC 18: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

In the hallway the handsome man suddenly lunges forward at Fearless, an orderly's club drawn from the folds of his robe.

Sap vs Fearless (Flat footed from feint - covering fire: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 - 4 = 7

INITIATIVE - All PCs up!

Effects: bless 5/10
Brother Butterfly (19/19)
Cats (8/17)
Fearless (16/16)
The Mariner (16/27)
The Twin (17/17)
Eidolon (11/11) 

Pinkie (10/17)
Apostles in Orpiment (Blue, Purple)

longsword to Mr blue: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
dam: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

The Mariner advances on the thin man and lunges, driving the sword forward to the man's belly.

Nice AC bonus from Fearless

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Just to clarify, as I understand it the AC bonus from covering fire only applies to the the attacks coming from the enemy the fear is used against, not all enemies.

Walking around his friends, Brother Butterfly stares at the good looking leader and the gawky underling that's still standing.
Oh, I'm not crazy, I just happen to believe in a REAL God . Not one that makes you dress in rags and a nasty yellow.
Plus, I'm DAMN Lucky. Lucky in having fully healed FRIENDS. cast selective channeling. Lucky to have a Desna Birthmark. And Lucky to outnumber you skinny, dumb, pungent yellow wearing monster F$##ers THREE to ONE.

For the last time. Surrender.

selective channel: 1d6 ⇒ 3
healing Pinkie, Cats, and mariner.

The purple enemy is not Wren. Other than being handsome he doesn't look like him.
Regarding movement, you can move normally through friendly characters, but you can't charge through them or occupy the same space at the end of your turn if they are active. You can occupy the space of an unconscious character.

Round 5, Init 26

Feeling better, Cats takes total defense as he scoots to the other room, bopping and rolling through the combat. He sheathes his sword as he moves.

1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 Acrobats (tumble)

Brother Butterfly positions himself to heal his companions. Feeling a bit restored Cats moves for a better position himself. Despite his lean build however, the gaunt man in the northern room is faster than Cats expected, swinging his fire poker as Cats tries to roll past him.

Poker vs Cats AC 21: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

INITIATIVE - Continued...
Effects: bless 5/10
Brother Butterfly (19/19)
Cats (5/17)
Fearless (16/16)
The Mariner (19/27)
The Twin (17/17)
Eidolon (11/11) 

Pinkie (13/17)
Apostles in Orpiment (Blue, Purple)

The Mariner had acted already

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That's right. Not sure how I missed it. Is the Mariner still raging?.

Stabbing past the Snake the Mariner gives the gaunt man a bloody gash in the leg.

INITIATIVE - Continued...
Effects: bless 5/10
Brother Butterfly (19/19)
Cats (5/17)
Fearless (16/16)
The Mariner (19/27)
The Twin (17/17)
Eidolon (11/11) 

Pinkie (13/17)
Apostles in Orpiment (Blue -8, Purple)

Correct. It acts exactly the same as the normal Aid Another. Just allows it to be used with ranged attacks instead. So the AC bonus is only against the target that Fearless used. So won't get better until far later when Fearless gets more attacks to target separate opponents. Or a second hand crossbow.

Seeing the tactical advantage is lost Fearless uses his companions as cover as he ducks and weaves behind them to get out of sight behind Mariner before reloading his crossbow.

@#%@$^!!!

Cats says something unintelligible after the lucky bastard gets lucky.

Hey Twins, grab that club thing the big brute was using. With Desna's approval- plan on healing everyone, including the FoolsGold Thugs to keep them from bleeding out. I want them unarmed when they stir.

No rage for the Mariner in this combat.

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As the Snake is besot by the man in blue, he hisses before lunging forward to try and sink its fangs into the man's leg.

Bite @ Blue: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

However, the Snake appears to be losing his connection to this world and his link to the power of the other plane is waning.

--

The Twin hears Brother Butterfly's request and seemingly snaps out of a trance. The newly awakened man looks oddly at Brother. "I have no desire to swing a club around wildly." he says as he pulls out one of his thin daggers and flings it past the Mariner's head, aiming for the chest of the acolyte in purple. "These blades are just fine."

Dagger @ Purple | Soft cover/Range: 1d20 + 5 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 5 - 4 - 2 = 18
Damage: 1d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 = 4

Dagger Confirmation @ Purple | Soft cover/Range: 1d20 + 5 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 5 - 4 - 2 = 5
Damage: 1d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 1 = 6

As Fearless backs out of combat the Twin hurls a dagger over his head and into the shoulder of the handsome man. He cries out in surprise. "Ow! That's going to leave a scar you little bastard!"

The Snake strikes at the gaunt man, but seems hesitant against the Apostle's frantic stabbing.

In the chaos Ponkie slips across the hall and past the Snake and Cats, circling the room to get behind the gaunt man frantically trying to fend off the Snake.

Improvised Weapon vs Snake AC 18: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Motivated from the injury inflicted by the Twin's dagger the handsome man advances in the Mariner, trying to beat his way through the old man to get to the Twin.

Sap vs Mariner AC 16: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

INITIATIVE - All PCs up! 

Effects: bless 6/10
Brother Butterfly (19/19)
Cats (5/17)
Fearless (16/16)
The Mariner (11/27)
The Twin (17/17)
Eidolon (11/11) 

Pinkie (13/17)
Apostles in Orpiment (Blue -8, Purple -4)

"Oy, watch it!" the Mariner looks back at the Twin for a moment then turns back to meet another sock -with rocks this time. oomph! touching his bleeding forehead for a quick look to see the blood, "What the hell was that?!" then strikes back.

long sword, raging, power attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
confirm: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
dam: 2d8 + 7 + 7 ⇒ (5, 3) + 7 + 7 = 22

Round 6, Init 26

Cats swings around for a clean shot at light blue.

1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 5 + 1 = 17 to hit; (+bless)
1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 damage.

"Cat's going to leave a scar, I hope!"

Delay initiative until Pinkie gets into position and maybe takes out Blue Apostle. Then move 15' north so I can heal all the injured. I want to use selective channeling and even heal the downed Apostles to prevent their bleeding out so we can capture them.

Brother Butterfly tries to kick the club from the floor near the downed brute as he moves to a better position. Not being as fluid as any of the others, he totally misses it with his foot sweep. Since healing is a bigger priority than disarming the downed foes - BB looks and performs a medical triage:
Cat's looks like he's in bad shape, Pinkie even has some cuts and scrapes. Mariner.... he's raging and now showered in his foes blood (again). His companions need Desna's help.
Part of him also has some compassion for the misguided souls whose mentally ill minds were influenced by a darker, older menace.

With that, he emits a ring of healing. Trying to "ping" Soapsock girl, Downed Brute, Scrawny Blue, Pinkie, Mariner, and Cats.
channel energy: 1d6 ⇒ 3
When the woman starts to stir,
Hey SoapSock? How does the floor taste?

Cats circles the gaunt man and puts an arrow in his back. He cries out and surrenders.

The Mariner channels his wrath fully in the handsome man and runs him through with his sword.

With all of the Apostles down Brother Butterfly channels healing energy to heal allies and stop the others from bleeding out. The man with the crowbar awakes and begins staggering to his feet to continue the fight, but he's in bad shape and little challenge to knock back down.

Combat Over

STATUS
Cats (8/17)
Fearless (16/16)
The Mariner (17/27 *5 nonlethal)
The Twin (17/17)
Eidolon (11/11)
Pinkie (16/17)
Brother Butterfly (19/19)
Crazy Apostle -16 (unconscious)
Soapsock Apostle -16 (unconscious)
Handsome Apostle -21 (unconscious)
Gaunt Apostle Blue -12 (awake)
Big Apostle -13 (awake)

A reminder for Selective Channeling: Though it doesn't affect this situation, there is a limit to how many creatures you can exclude. When you channel energy, you can choose a number of targets in the area up to yourCharisma modifier. These targets are not affected by your channeled energy.