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I'm going to assume one or both of those hit and take her out. If ok and safe assumption I'll move past her, opposite Crugeon, providing us both flank. Then I'll attack her from behind getting sneak again.
If not, we can remove my +2 for flank on the to hit and no sneak damage and I'll stay on yellow.
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Denizabyss misses on his first shot, but his second shot drops the axe wielding ulfen woman. As she goes down the more heavily armored woman cries Hildr! No! . Lem moves to flank with Crugeon but his little blade can best the woman's chainmail.
Round 1 Effects: Inspire Courage and Flagbearer
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Denizabyss
Lem
Barboo
Skell, blue
Crugeon
Hildr, yellow down - 20 dmg
Drabbin, red
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You unleash a powerful scream, inaudible to all but a single target. The target is dazed for 1 round and takes 1d6 points of sonic damage per two caster levels (maximum 5d6). A successful save negates the daze effect and halves the damage.
Dazed is a condition that does this: The creature is unable to act normally. A dazed creature can take no actions, but has no penalty to AC.
Barboo moves forward, flag waving and singing her inspiring song for her friends, at one point she cuts loose with an ear-piercing scream directed at the armored woman. Her face squeezes tight at the high pitched squeal. Somehow she keeps her concentration.
She bring down her longsword against Crugeon, but misses poorly. Then steps out of the flank.
Round 1 Effects: Inspire Courage and Flagbearer
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Denizabyss
Lem
Barboo
Skell, blue 2 dmg
Crugeon
Hildr, yellow down - 20 dmg
Drabbin, red
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The scimitar wielding halfling make short work of the tiefling, slicing him shoulder to shoulder, he falls backward landing hard on the ice.
It's then you notice a unpleasant looking half-orc woman, armed with kukris, staring unimpressively at the battle. I see. Is all she says calmly. Meanwhile, Denizabyss and Barboo catch a glimpse of another man close against the wall trying to sneak up on Denizabyss.
Round 2 Effects: Inspire Courage and Flagbearer
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Denizabyss
Leska, purple
Lem
Barboo
Skell, blue 2 dmg
Crugeon
Momota, green
Hildr, yellow down - 20 dmg
Drabbin, red down - 13 dmg
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Denizabyss wheels and puts two arrows into the sneaky new comer, he promptly drops. The half-orc hears the thug and she grimaces, giving a whistle. Barboo continues to inspire her charges as she produces a ghost sound behind Leska, then drops for cover. Leska doesn't even look at the sound just glaring at the gnome.
Round 2 Effects: Inspire Courage and Flagbearer
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Denizabyss
Leska, purple Delay
Lem
Barboo
Skell, blue 2 dmg
Crugeon
Momota, green down - 17 dmg
Hildr, yellow down - 20 dmg
Drabbin, red down - 13 dmg
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Lem finds the mark on the fighter, who enraged, ignores Lem's offer and instead retaliates with a longsword strike. But Lem dodges the blow.
The half-orc charges Lem and he sidesteps the attack.
Then a strange song begins played on a flute from somewhere.
Round 2 Effects: Inspire Courage and Flagbearer
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Skell, blue 5 dmg
Leska, purple
Tzizzan, green
Crugeon
Round 3
Denizabyss
Lem
Barboo
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Seeing his fellow halfling surrounded, Crugeon's face twists even further into a snarling rage. He steps up to the remaining Ulfen woman and whisper's harshly at her: Got cutter. Crug-on do hurting...
He swings his tiny blade in an upward slice at the woman's midsection. Even before his slice is complete, his bloodshot eyes lower to stare menacingly at the half-orc, Leska. In a high-pitch, yet somehow threatening voice, he growls at her. No touch friend, Lem. And no touch friend, kitty. You next! He glances down at the (hopefully) eliminated barbarian woman with a meaningful look.
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Crugeon's blow drops the armored woman. Denizabyss casts and scouts ahead, he spots a ratfolk standing at the doorway playing it's flute. Lem drives his blade into the half-orc, who grimaces. Barboo hears the flute song play, stops her inspiring song; instead attempting to sing a tune that cancels out the flutes notes; she manages to sing right on key and negate the flutes effects.
The half-orc fights back fiercely with two attacks against Lem. But Lem is elusive and both attacks miss. Spotting Denizabyss, the ratfolk disappears from the doorway.
Round 3 Effects: Flagbearer
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Skell, blue down - 19 dmg
Leska, purple 5 dmg
Tzizzan, light blue
Crugeon
Round 4
Denizabyss
Lem
Barboo
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Not even seeing the Ulfen slump to the floor, Crugeon's blurred vision catches sight of movement at Lem steps to the side of the half-orc. Seeing her swing twice at his little friend, the diminutive barbarian charges forward, the thrill of Barboo's flag in his mind's eye even as the inspiration of her song dies away from his heart. Leaping in the air, his scimitar finds a weak spot in the armor and bites deeply into flesh. Landing on one knee, Crugeon instinctively recalls his days as an enslaved gladiator and screams at the half-orc with animal ferocity.
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Crugeon mighty blow lays the half-orc low, as she collapses in a bloody mess. Denizabyss calls out for the ratfolk's surrender, with no reply; as Lem sneaks forward to Denizabyss's side.
Round 4 Effects: Flagbearer
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Skell, blue down - 19 dmg
Leska, purple down - 30 dmg
Tzizzan, light blue
Crugeon
Round 5
Denizabyss
Lem
Barboo
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Covered in the blood of his foes, Crugeon has lost any rational thought (from what little he normally has) and barrels through the rooms in search of any who would do him or his friends harm. As he slams past Lem, then Denizabyss and out into the hall, he has just one thought: Do hurting...
Unfortunately, after double moving to get up to his current location, he expends the last of his 6 rounds of rage. His grimace turns slack-jawed and his glaring eyes go vacant and roll back in his head. Scraping his scimitar loudly on the ground, he slumps to his knees in exhaustion. If threatened, he will continue to fight to defend his friends, even at the cost of his own life, but if there are no threats, his thoughts will turn to a nice nap.
Sneak nap? ... Kitty nap?? He smiles...
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Ok, seeing Crugeon taking a nap brings a smile to Lem.
Barboo, would you mind watching over our mighty friend while Deni and I check the bad guys for loot? First, we'll dash thru the rooms we've seen, avoiding the haunt room, just to make sure we don't see that rat fellow. And then back to check the guys out.
Happy to modify the plan if anyone has a different idea.
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You search around for the ratfolk and find that not only did he disappear/get away but apparently he freed the slaver as well. Although he left the scholar and her guard; and the slaves of course. The slaves recount, A ratfolk showed up and untied Graestos, then he helped him out of here.
You gather all the captured/dead Aspis agents gear and all the treasure they had not yet looted from the temple.
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Hearing that the ratfolk escaped with the slaver, Denizabyss helps to gather up all the loot and helping the slaves get ready for transport back through the portal. He casts Prestidigitation on Crugeon to clear off the gore and then casts it again making a mini cat chase an even smaller mouse around in circles to help keep Crugeon entertained while everyone else finishes gathering any useful from the area including the scholar's books and other useful items.
Well done everyone! I, for one, am grateful to be in the company of very capable and trustworthy comrades! I suggest we head to the nearest tavern after we get back and this stuff to the Pathfinder Society. What's everyone else think?
Another adventure successfully and safely completed and justice was served to those who deserved it while also freeing those who did not!, he thinks to himself.
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Barboo, didn't say in the midst of battle, but thanks for the constant encouragement and especially wonderful you countered that rats nefarious flute playing! A singing battle!
Discouraged that the sneaky rat got away, and took the slaver as well, Lem wonders how we could have done that differently. Anyway, always things to learn!
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You gather all the assets you can carry, the slaves, and the captured Aspis agents to prepare to return to the Grand Lodge. It's only then you realize, you only know how to return yourselves and what you are carrying back. And that is through the planar eddies...your way back! You don't know how return anyone else. Eventually you think it best to leave the slaves in charge of their former masters, leaving what supplies you can and report back to the leaders at the Grand Lodge.
As you return from the tapestry demiplane, you see Throck sitting against the wall drinking a hot beverage. He gives an absentminded smile. Aram Zey gets what you believe is a look of relief on his face. Oh, your alive. We weren't sure once Throck returned. At first, I thought he had been hit by a powerful confusion spell, then I realized he always like that. I asked him if everyone was okay, but he just mumbled something about an icy cat or something. He glances sideways at the team. So tell me what happened on the other side?
After you recount what transpired, Good, you did your job. But that does bring about an interesting dilemma, doesn't it. It seems the captured Aspis agents and freed slaves are trapped in the tapestry—at least until our arcanists and researchers find another means of accessing the demiplane besides the Hao Jin Tapestry itself, or until the Society finds the Aspis Consortium’s back door into the Tapestry.
After a few days, Zey sends in a team of catalogers with supplies to take over the site and oversea the Aspis prisoners and make sure the former slaves a well taken care of. Around the lodge you are commended for a job well done. Congrats!