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Your boots squash with fetid water as you plod through the Puddles. A thick fog hangs in the air, seeming almost to caress the flesh with an unnatural chill. As you stand outside the Soggy Piper in a foot and a half of brackish brine, you try to recall what was so damned important to demand your presence in the half-flooded slum during Absalom’s rainy season. You remember your meeting at the Lodge just a few hours earlier with your Venture-Captain, Adril Hestram.
A bear of a man with only a few teeth remaining in his head, he motioned you into the meeting hall with a casual wave of his grizzled hand. The human captain outweighs most of Absalom’s half-orcs, and though a layer of beefy blubber coats his frame, those of you who have tangled with him in the Lodge sparring ring know that beneath this thin veneer of fat lies nothing but solid, steely sinew. Adril’s wild beard wags to the ponderous shake of his massive head as he examines a scrap of ancient parchment on the table before raising his eyes to greet your gaze and speaking:
“Come in then, friends, and thank you for answering my summons so swiftly. The society is in need. An old and quite penniless historian, a bespectacled wag-beard by the name of Yargos Gill has recently made a discovery in an old archive that we have a great interest in obtaining: an ancient codebook, left behind in the wake of one of Taldor’s many failed attempts at invasion. This several-hundred-year-old text would prove an excellent addition to our collection, and must be preserved.
“Yargos makes his home in ‘The Puddles,’ Absalom’s poorest district, suffering from a well-known reputation as a haven for lowlifes. Following an earthquake ten years ago, parts of the Puddles now rest below sea level, resulting in frequent and untimely flooding. Those who can afford not to live there—don’t.
“The district is the stomping ground of pimps, harlots, addicts, knifers, and hoards of unseemly derelicts. It’s never been a kind place, but recent reports reveal some new nameless terror on her waterlogged streets. Several persons claim to have seen cloaked, skeletal-like figures marching through an unnatural fog. Ill tidings indeed. Tracking down Yargos is now a priority—--lest some yellow-toothed thug cut him down, or one of these strange wraiths carry him beyond the pale. Find him, fellow Pathfinders, and find the codebook. Your exploits will be recorded in the Chronicles if you succeed.”
The memory fades as a fresh deluge of cold seawater rounds a bend in the lane and assaults your knees. After searching for Yargos at his favorite eatery, the Soggy Piper, you learned you just missed him. According to the Piper’s staff, a gang of dangerous young tattooed toughs arrived ahead of you. They grabbed Yargos and several of his friends from their dinner table and dragged them to a nearby cliff at the edge of the Puddle District. The watch was called, but they will arrive too late, as they often do in the Puddles, when they bother to venture there at all.
It is early evening, the first Wealday of the month of Desnus, an old man is about to face some awful fate at the sea cliff known as Torsen’s Maw, and you are no closer to finding the codebook Adril sent you for.
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Tanna Giantsmite is a confusing conundrum of opposites. Her strikingly attractive Human appearance is starkly countered by her crass Dwarven dialect and mannerisms. Her long, silken blond hair is twisted and braided under her chin, roughly resembling the beards of the Dwarven ladyfolk. But most curious is the polished scale mail, Dwarven War Hammer and heavy crossbow that her diminutive frame carries with the ease of practiced martial disciple of the God, Torag. Her purpose in this life is to exact punishment on those poor souls who shirk their responsibilities or break sworn oaths and values honor, planning and well-made steel.
Oi! Let us not waste a moment an' move oyt. Pimps, 'arlots, addicts, knifers, an' 'oards av unseemly derelicts seem perfect souls for savin' in de name av Torag!
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"I know where it is. Let´s go there", answered Maran to Xugra.
The dwarf leads them to the cliff near the sea. When they are approaching, they can see six brash young toughs covered with tattoos of vicious, snarling dogs are prodding four terrified older men off the edge of a cliff into the sea. The prisoners are shackled together in a line with heavy chains, which shall surely drag them to the sea floor in short order should they tumble from the cliff’s edge into the churning waters below.
Then both you and the bad guys notices the presence of each other, and is clear to you that they don't want to negotiate.
Turn order (bold may act) - Round 1:
Tanna (22)
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Thug yellow (18)
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Nemrok (15)
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Thug green (14)
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Maran (13)
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Thug orange (13)
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Xugra (12)
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Thug blue (11)
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Tomren (4)
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Thug red (3)
Thug purple (2)
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Tanna moves forward and hits the thug in the chest, almost killing him.
"Take care with the height, old men!", says the thug, while kicks the lead prisoner off the ledge.
Since the captives are all chained together, everyone else is dragged over the cliff as well... The last prisoner manages to grab the ledge!
As all of you can notice, he can't hold the weight of the bodies plus the dangling chain for much time.
Turn order (bold may act) - Round 1:
Tanna (22)
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Thug yellow (18)
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Nemrok (15)
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Thug green (14)
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Maran (13)
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Thug orange (13)
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Xugra (12)
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Thug blue (11) [dmg: 4]
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Tomren (4)
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Thug red (3)
Thug purple (2)
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Nemrok starts to cast his spell, then the thug moves to Tanna's direction and tries to hurt her with his “dog claw”, but fails miserably.
Turn order (bold may act) - Round 1:
Tanna (22)
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Thug yellow (18)
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Nemrok (15)
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Thug green (14)
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Maran (13)
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Thug orange (13)
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Xugra (12)
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Thug blue (11) [dmg: 4]
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Tomren (4)
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Thug red (3)
Thug purple (2)
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While Maran prepares to guard Nemrok, the thug flies over the dwarf, slashing his flesh while his blood spreads on the ground.
Turn order (bold may act) - Round 1:
Tanna (22)
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Thug yellow (18)
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Nemrok (15)
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Thug green (14)
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Maran (13) [dmg: 3]
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Thug orange (13)
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Xugra (12)
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Thug blue (11) [dmg: 4]
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Tomren (4)
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Thug red (3)
Thug purple (2)
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Xugra cuts the thug in two pieces with his greatsword!
The thug did a superficial wound in Tanna's right shoulder, that is still up to fight, then, the bandit took a short step back .
Turn order (bold may act) - Round 1:
Tanna (22) [dmg: 2]
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Thug yellow (18)
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Nemrok (15)
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Thug green (14)
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Maran (13) [dmg: 3]
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Thug orange (13)
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Xugra (12)
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Thug blue (11) [dmg: 4]
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Tomren (4)
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Thug red (3)
Thug purple (2) [dead]
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Tomren steps forward and uses his telekinetic fist to throw down the thug.
The thug moves close to Xugra and hits him in the throat, everybody see a lot of blood spilled in the bandit face with the strength of the blow.
Turn order (bold may act) - Round 2:
Tanna (22) [dmg: 2]
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Thug yellow (18)
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Nemrok (15)
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Thug green (14)
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Maran (13) [dmg: 3]
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Thug orange (13)
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Xugra (12) [dmg: 4]
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Thug blue (11) [dead]
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Tomren (4) [Telekinetic Fist: 1 spend]
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Thug red (3)
Thug purple (2) [dead]
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Tanna strikes angrily at green, cursing in dwarven as she does.
War Hammer, crit x3
"Someone needs ter grab on ter dat last prisoner, our intended target Yargos may be wan av dohs unfortunate danglin' tren!"
-Posted with Wayfinder
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Tanna's war hammer passes close to the thug's leather armor.
The one draws a light crossbow and tries in vain to shoot a bolt at Nemrok.
Turn order (bold may act) - Round 2:
Tanna (22) [dmg: 2]
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Thug yellow (18)
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Nemrok (15)
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Thug green (14)
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Maran (13) [dmg: 3]
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Thug orange (13)
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Xugra (12) [dmg: 4]
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Thug blue (11) [dead]
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Tomren (4) [Telekinetic Fist: 1 spend]
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Thug red (3)
Thug purple (2) [dead]
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Unable to target more than one thug without targeting one of his comrade Nemrok decided to protect the prisonners first.
Throwing a pincer of fine sand he finished his spell .
Thanks for protecting me Maran !
Then he moves to help Tanna finishing the one she fights, drawing his greataxe in his move.
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Once the fine sand reaches the thug, he suddenly falls to the ground in a deep sleep like a baby.
However, the Wizard was not so lucky when he tried to strike a blow against the thug, that strikes back the onslaught but also did not succeed in his attack.
Turn order (bold may act) - Round 2:
Tanna (22) [dmg: 2]
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Thug yellow (18) [ZzZzzZZ...][2 minutes / 20 turns]
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Nemrok (15)
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Thug green (14)
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Maran (13) [dmg: 3]
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Thug orange (13)
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Xugra (12) [dmg: 4]
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Thug blue (11) [dead]
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Tomren (4) [Telekinetic Fist: 1 spend]
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Thug red (3)
Thug purple (2) [dead]
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Maran tries to hit twice the thug in front of him with his quarterstaff, but his blows missed the target.
The thug makes a short step to Xugra's back and increases the fighter's wounds with his 'claws'.
Turn order (bold may act) - Round 2:
Tanna (22) [dmg: 2]
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Thug yellow (18) [ZzZzzZZ...][2 minutes / 20 turns]
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Nemrok (15)
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Thug green (14)
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Maran (13) [dmg: 3]
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Thug orange (13)
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Xugra (12) [dmg: 8]
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Thug blue (11) [dead]
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Tomren (4) [Telekinetic Fist: 1 spend]
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Thug red (3)
Thug purple (2) [dead]
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Xugra's blow cuts the head off from thug's body!
Turn order (bold may act) - Round 2:
Tanna (22) [dmg: 2]
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Thug yellow (18) [ZzZzzZZ...][2 minutes / 20 turns]
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Nemrok (15)
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Thug green (14)
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Maran (13) [dmg: 3]
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Thug orange (13)
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Xugra (12) [dmg: 8]
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Thug blue (11) [dead]
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Tomren (4) [Telekinetic Fist: 1 spend]
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Thug red (3)
Thug purple (2) [dead]
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The missile hits the thug in his jugular, killing him instantly!
As soon as the fallen body hits the ground, you hear a desperate scream from the cliff edge: "PLEASE, HELP UUUUUUSSSSSSS...", and then you hear the hollow sound of something heavy pounding against seawater.
The prisoners had fallen in the sea!
Turn order (bold may act) - Round 2:
Tanna (22) [dmg: 2]
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Thug yellow (18) [ZzZzzZZ...][2 minutes / 20 turns]
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Nemrok (15)
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Thug green (14)
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Maran (13) [dmg: 3]
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Thug orange (13)
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Xugra (12) [dmg: 8]
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Thug blue (11) [dead]
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Tomren (4) [Telekinetic Fist: 1 spend. Wand of Magic Missile: 1 charge spend]
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Thug red (3) [dead]
Thug purple (2) [dead]
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When Tanna leaves Nemrok with the thug, the bandit tries to take advantage from her disattention, but he only cut the air with his 'claws'.
Turn order (bold may act) - Round 3:
Tanna (22) [dmg: 2]
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Thug yellow (18) [ZzZzzZZ...][2 minutes / 19 turns]
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Nemrok (15)
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Thug green (14)
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Maran (13) [dmg: 3]
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Thug orange (13) [dead]
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Xugra (12) [dmg: 8]
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Thug blue (11) [dead]
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Tomren (4) [Telekinetic Fist: 1 spend. Wand of Magic Missile: 1 charge spend]
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Thug red (3) [dead]
Thug purple (2) [dead]
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@Tanna, as a core cleric, you can cast all spells from the cleric spell list, shown in the core rulebook. All you must to do for this is prepare these spells, by choosing the number of them as exposed here.
In your case, you can choose 3 level 0 spells and cast them at will, two level 1 spells (anyone from the cleric list, except those of an alignment opposed to yours) and 1 domain spell.
The domain spell you have to prepare must be animate rope (artifice) or magic stone (earth). And so contrary to what happens with level 0 spells, once you cast the prepared level 1 spell, you spend it.
For example, if you prepare divine favor, shield of faith and animate rope, and casts divine favor in this combat, you spend the prepared spell and will can prepare it or another only in the next day, leaving for that day only shield of faith and animate rope as 1st level spells.
And remembering that as you're a good cleric, you can always switch your prepared spells (except the domain spells) by any cure spell of the same level. Back to the previous example, at any moment, you could switch divine favor or shield of faith to cure light wounds, and spend the spell slot, as well.
I hope this helps.
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Less carefully than Tanna, Nemrok runs through the battlefield to the cliff edge and jump! When the Wizard hits the water 35 ft. below, he feels like he had fallen over a solid surface, maybe because of the height of the fall.
Once in the water, Nemrok see that the prisoners are submerging fast to the bottom of the sea...
Although a little disoriented, because their friends had fallen in combat, thug makes a desperate lunge against Maran and fit a sharp blow on the dwarf.
Turn order (bold may act) - Round 3:
Tanna (22) [dmg: 2]
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Thug yellow (18) [ZzZzzZZ...][2 minutes / 19 turns]
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Nemrok (15) [nonlethal dmg: 1]
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Thug green (14)
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Maran (13) [dmg: 7]
Xugra (12) [dmg: 8]
Tomren (4) [Telekinetic Fist: 1 spend. Wand of Magic Missile: 1 charge spend]
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Xugra kills the last woken up opponent.
Turn order (bold may act) - Round 3:
Tanna (22) [dmg: 2]
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Thug yellow (18) [ZzZzzZZ...][2 minutes / 19 turns]
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Nemrok (15) [nonlethal dmg: 1]
Maran (13) [dmg: 7]
Xugra (12) [dmg: 8]
Tomren (4) [Telekinetic Fist: 1 spend. Wand of Magic Missile: 1 charge spend]
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Tomren takes the rope and the grappling hook from Tanna, attaching the hook on a crevice at the top of the cliff and tosses the free end of the rope over towards Nemrok and the chained men.
Turn order (bold may act) - Round 3:
Tanna (22) [dmg: 2]
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Thug yellow (18) [ZzZzzZZ...][2 minutes / 19 turns]
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Nemrok (15) [nonlethal dmg: 1]
Maran (13) [dmg: 7]
Xugra (12) [dmg: 8]
Tomren (4) [Telekinetic Fist: 1 spend. Wand of Magic Missile: 1 charge spend]
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Unlike Nemrok, Maran soften his fall on the water. Once the monk touches the seawater, all of you that were in the water notes that due to the speed at which the prisoners sinking because of the weight of the chains, they hit the bottom of the sea floor.
Turn order (bold may act) - Round 4:
Thug yellow (18) [ZzZzzZZ...][2 minutes / 18 turns]
Tanna (22) [dmg: 2]
Nemrok (15) [nonlethal dmg: 1]
Maran (13) [dmg: 7]
Xugra (12) [dmg: 8]
Tomren (4) [Telekinetic Fist: 1 spend. Wand of Magic Missile: 1 charge spend]
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Nemrok and Maran are submerged but are unable to move due to sea current. They can clearly see the prisoners trying to free themselves from those heavy chains, and their desperate looks.
Xugra and Tomren are curling up with the rope of Tanna, that is thinking in what she gonna do to help those old men drowning down there.
Turn order (bold may act) - Round 4:
Thug yellow (18) [ZzZzzZZ...][2 minutes / 18 turns]
Tanna (22) [dmg: 2]
Nemrok (15) [nonlethal dmg: 1]
Maran (13) [dmg: 7]
Xugra (12) [dmg: 8]
Tomren (4) [Telekinetic Fist: 1 spend. Wand of Magic Missile: 1 charge spend]