GM Debug's PbP Gameday 7: PFS-RPG 08-99C The Solstice Scar (Inactive)

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Holly walks over to Fandral and helps Chak in looking him over and providing healing as needed. Looking at the frozen dwarf Holly muses to her compatriots "Do you think we should make arrangements to remove her?"

Hearing Laara's question Holly turns. "If there are others who still need our assistance then we should lend it. Let it not be said that we stood idly by why others still fought."

Laara follow's Holly's gaze towards the dwarf. Hmm. Dunno. I'm no priest, but if this is the dwarf, she killed the first dragon, no? Maybe this is how'd she'd wanna be buried. The brawler shrugs. Or maybe she just got stuck in a bad spot before she could go back to her clan. Point is, there's enough ways to make an undead that'd I rather check with a cleric first.

She moves back towards the cave entrance - and leans down to whisper to Yami By the way, beautiful shot - and readies herself to stop anyone not weilding a ghost or wearing the Glyph of the Open Road from coming through.

GM, will be making slight assumptions on things. But hey, it is a bucket list item.

Yami pulls out a rather large expensive looking obsidian gem along with several other smaller ones. He crushes them while uttering powerful arcane words and throws the dust over the dragon's body. The wayang turns around, and makes a hauling motion over his shoulder; much like pulling a rope attached to a large object. The dragon's skeleton jerks abruptly out of its body in an incredibly messy shower of gore that splatters everywhere, standing on its own volition as purple runes of energy sink into its bones.

The skeleton starts to move menacingly, its spirit too powerful for Yami to control...until he shouts "COMMAND UNDEAD!" at it; blasting it with necromantic magic. The skeleton stops, now under the necromancer's control. The wayang beckons to the dragon skeleton, which lowers its skull submissively to listen.

"Go two caverns west and one to the north, my glorious minion. Assist any living creatures bearing this symbol," Yami orders while pointing at one of his allies' wayfinders. "Follow their requests as you would mine. If any of them hurt you with painful light, feel free to sit on them until they stop."

Yami casts animate dead, immediately followed by command undead; since it animates as a mindless undead it automatically fails the will saving throw on the command spell.

The dragon's horde has gemstones of different types, values, and shapes. It's easy enough to find the components required among them.

The dragon's horde has gemstones of different types, values, and shapes. It's easy enough to find the components required among them.

This wizard won't say no to saving expensive spell components!

Oh my Yami! That is fantastic.

"Well I do believe that will make things quite a sight easier." Holly says while eyeing the animated dragon skeleton.

Once Fandral is healed, Chak will charge his stone again and follow the group.

Also refreshing Heightened Awareness. Can we get the travel time to the next encounter so that we can track our buffs?

Laara lets out a loud whistle as the wayang casts his spell.

Remind me not to annoy you too much Yami...

***OVERSEER ANNOUNCEMENT***

With the dragons defeated and their kobolds fleeing, the Pathfinders assemble in the deep cave. With her phantom Anok in tow, Medda approaches the frozen column and brushes away the outer layer of frost. Frozen within the column is a dwarven woman in steel armor, her body torn as if by immense claws. With her hand pressed against the ice, Medda pleads. “Ivvora, I have found you. Now what? Vildeis said to find you and that you would help me, but how can we help you in this state?”

“You look to me when you should look to the evil that stalks our homeland. It is not I who needs help,” declares a voice that is both sweet as music and powerful as a thunderstorm. The frost melts away from the column, revealing dozens of clear facets that dribble melt water as if from open wounds. The image of a wounded angelic figure reflects in each facet, simultaneously warming the chamber and judging all that the angel sees. “As you can see, I serve Vildeis more directly than before.” The images look to Anok. “I see you took your oath seriously, Anok. I was wrong to have doubted your conviction. How are our people?”

The red phantom’s hue turns rosier as he looks to Medda and responds, “You would be proud.”

With a nod, the angel addresses everyone at once. “Then why do you seek me?”

“Eshimka has returned,” Medda announces. “We fought off the horror once, but it shall return at the next solstice.”

The angel’s eyes flare with righteous fire. “Then you will need a weapon to defeat it, as I had. Vildeis granted me the blade that I gave your people, but only after I thought I had given everything to vanquish my greatest foe. Even now I can sense evil has returned to that land, far to the south in a forest where the Whispering Tyrant’s legions once ruled. Show our patron Vildeis the same dedication that I did, and I shall ask that she equip you in the same way.” With that, the angelic images fade from the melting column.

Medda addresses the gathered Pathfinders. “I believe I know the forests Ivvora mentioned. You have already done so much, Pathfinders, but I invite you to help more. After I give Ivvora the burial she deserves, I will set forth with all who are able and willing for the Fangwood.”

---------End of Part 4---------

The long journey south from the slopes of the Tusk Mountains to the edge of Fangwood took several weeks, during which many of the Twinhorns and Pathfinders exchanged ancestral stories and tales of daring adventures to pass the time on the relatively uneventful trek. By the time the Fangwood rises ahead in the brisk morning air, both groups are eager to confront whatever lies ahead.

Medda addresses the crowd gathered before her. “South of here lies a battlefield where the paladin Ivvora risked her life in a daring ploy to help her battalion defeat an undead horde. For her selflessness, Ivvora earned a token of Vildeis’s favor: the dagger she used to deal a terrible blow to Eshimka! For all the crusaders’ heroism, I can sense an undead taint lingered here, and that stretch of the Fangwood has expanded in the centuries since to absorb it. It is now our turn to earn Vildeis’s blessing, risking ourselves to end this threat so that in turn we might slay Eshimka once and for all.

“The terrain favors small groups over larger formations, so we shall divide into smaller groups to navigate the forest and identify the corruption’s heart. May Ivvora’s example guide us to victory!” With that, Medda and her phantom Anok turn and enter the Fangwood, followed by Pathfinder and Twinhorn teams that fan out behind her.

Table GMs, please narrate any unfinished business in Part 4 and move to Part 5. Once the PCs have cleared the brambles Area O is now accessible.

Several weeks have passed, feel free to recast your daily buffs before beginning this section.

Brambles grow wild throughout the edge of the wood where a thick canopy of trees begins to filter out sunlight, turning day into night. The overgrown plant life forbids easy access deeper into the forest and fills the air with the sickly-sweet smell of decay.

To safely navigate this stretch you'll need to succeed at an Acrobatics, Climb, Handle Animal, Knowledge (Nature), Survival, or Wild Empathy check. If anyone has the Woodland Stride class feature or a similar ability, you get +4 to this check.

Holly makes her way into the creepy woods, casts Heightened Awareness on herself, and keeps herself right beside Fandral. She occasionally will give a slight jump and grip a hand tight onto Fandral's forearm as various sounds are heard from within the this forest. This place is even worse than the last. At least we are all here and suffering through it together. Holly casts uneasy glances around as the group makes their way further and further in.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 30 ⇒ (10) + 30 = 40
Perception: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23

Laara does not fully understand the metaphysics of what is happening as Ivvora and Medda speak. But she does certainly know at least one thing, and whispers to the rest of the party: See, looks like getting her out of the ice resolved itself.

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Tromping through the Fangwood days later, Laara's mood is decidedly less chipper. I miss Belkzan she muses after the nth hour of heading through the tangled and humid terrain.

Acro: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (15) + 20 = 35

Fandral spends most of his down time nursing his wounds, and ego, until it is time to head out once more.

GM, would Fandral have a chance to purchase a wand of CLW. He would spend 2 PP for it

"For one extreme to another. Mountains to the forest." Fandral says as he uses his cutlass as a machete. He notices Holly hand on his arm. "Do not worry dear. We just survived a dragon. I am pretty sure we can handle whatever calls the forests home"

acrobatics+derring do: 1d20 + 20 + 1d6 ⇒ (15) + 20 + (3) = 38

Chak tries to help navigate the group through the brambles.

Survival: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26

Exi casts False Life and Merge with Familiar on himself and Starlight.
False Life Exi: 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16 False Life Starlight: 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14
knowledge nature Exi (using a faction card thing for +2): 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 13 + 2 = 32 knowledge nature Starlight: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23

Yami's Nature: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

Holly, Laara, and Fandral move at a brisk pace, hopping over branches and weaving between vines under the assumption that everything here is trying to kill you.

Yami, Chak, and Exi attempt to identify what is in fact trying to kill you. The answer is apparently 'everything' as the few times they identify safe passages the oils left behind by the roots cause severe discomfort.

Yami, Chak, and Exi, you can either make Reflex saves to try to minimize your contact with the roots, or Fort saves to buck up and push through.

FORT: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15 (+2 if it would sicken or nauseate because I once broke several records in games at a festival for Cayden Cailean)

Exi casts Speak With Plants and asks the foliage what the least painful path might be.

First time in my Pathfinder career I’ve used this spell, haha. It’s from my wandering nature spirit.

That will actually turn your failure into a success! And gives me enough info to let you all resolve the remaining rolls as we move into the next area...

Exi begins asking a few questions to the plants around him and find that they are all rather... Spiteful? Gloomy? Sick? Every once in a while when taking a step he gets a somewhat angry sense, causing him to pause and rethink his passage... although given the lack of intelligence in the plants the info is usually at the last second.

Travel time, 20 minutes.

The forest floor is blanketed with eerie dark flowers that paint the otherwise lightless woods with their purple incandescence. Disorienting paths cut through the trees, forward-facing paths seem to lead back to where they started, and retracing one's steps leads to unfamiliar terrain. Glowing eyes glare hungrily from within the impenetrable thickets where the vines slowly curl around anyone who gets too close.

After another dozen paces, the glowing eyes become a bit more widely spaced... and carry a different hue... and the plants seem a touch more rigid. Suddenly, an entire swath of the grasping vines begins to rise... and other on your other flank! You all leap into action as the form of a pair of enormous spiders rises from the brambles!

Round 1:
Holly
Chak
Fandral
Exi
Yami
Laara
SPIDERS!!!!

Chak does his best to avoid the brambles...

REFLEX: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31

Chak decides being weakened by spider venom would not be good for him and decides to do something about it.

Draw and read a scroll of delay poison. I will also study the green spider.

"Yikes! These are some big bugs. Lets squash them quick." Holly dances in close her blade whirling in her hand as she aims to take the legs out from under the oversized bug.

Start Battle Dance (inspire courage) - Move action, 5 ft step, Arcane strike - swift action, Full attack.

Attack #1 vs. Red: +1 Holy Adamantine Scimitar, Battle Dance (inpsire courage): 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (10) + 21 = 31
Damage #1: Magic, Good, Adamantine, P/S, Battle Dance (inspire courage), Arcane Strike: 1d6 + 16 + 2d6 ⇒ (2) + 16 + (1, 1) = 20

Attack #2 vs. Red: +1 Holy Adamantine Scimitar, Battle Dance (inpsire courage): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (9) + 16 = 25
Damage #2: Magic, Good, Adamantine, P/S, Battle Dance (inspire courage), Arcane Strike: 1d6 + 16 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 16 + (5, 5) = 29

Geeez!!! Laara yelps as two massive spiders emerge around them. No. no. no. no. no. Way too big for these things. No!

She punctuates many of the 'no's with punches, step up and striking out at the closer nightmare of a bug.

Swift action step into Outslug, five-foot step, Lunge and flurry.

Attack 1: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (12) + 18 = 30 for damage: 1d8 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 9 + 2 = 15 plus sneak attack: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 4) = 9

First sneak attack that hits, drop the first d6 to instead make it sickened for a round. Also will disorient it to lower its attack further (-2 to others, -4 against me)

Attack 2: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (9) + 18 = 27 for damage: 1d8 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 9 + 2 = 15 plus sneak attack: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 3) = 4

flurry Attack: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (16) + 18 = 34 for damage: 1d8 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 2 = 17 plus sneak attack: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 4) = 9

AC currently 30

Craft (Puppets): 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (13) + 17 = 30

During the weeks leading up to this point, Yami has made small bone dragon puppets out of left-over bone shards from the dragon in the mountain to commemorate the occasion, and will share them with party members who want a memento of not dying (perhaps Fandral, particularly).

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Yami's long-term preps include Mage Armor and False Life: 1d10 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Yami scowls at the plants as they pick their way through the forest, scratching and itching at the various rashes that he surely has contracted by this point.

You all leap into action as the form of a pair of enormous spiders rises from the brambles!

The wayang is particularly startled by this, and attempts to draw upon powerful magic to even the playing field.

Casting Icy Prison Defensively: 1d20 + 10 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 10 + 7 = 27

He makes several quick gestures and unleashes a blast of arctic winds to envelop the spider next to Holly. The wayang then makes a 5-foot adjust to hide behind Fandral.

Casting Icy Prison at Red Spider. DC 22 Reflex Save. 10 cold damage per round helpless or entangled.

Fandral decides to call in a favor from Raginori. The air begins to crackle with energy as clouds form in the area.

Using a boon to cast call lightning storm at caster level 11. GM boon is through this Link. I think per the wording in the boon I cast it as a standard action instead as a round. If that's the case I will drop the first bolt down on the green spider.

electricity damage: 5d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 4, 6, 2) = 18 Reflex DC 15. I think since base is 10. +5 for spell level. and then 0 since it is a druid spell which goes off of wisdom

I believe it is DC 17. I believe it assumes you have the minimum wisdom required to cast the spell (15)

Chak quickly prepares for the worst while Holly and Laara hope for the best. Their gambit pays off as both land several attacks and batter the 2 legs protruding towards them.

The foliage on the other hand appears to have sided with the spiders and reaches out at the pair, entangling them in thorny vines!

Holly and Laara need to make Reflex saves DC 20 or become entangled.

Red Reflex: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 5 - 2 = 8

Yami quickly seals the deal and encases it in ice. It twitches trying to escape.

Green Reflex: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

Fandral decides to be a little less up-front in his combat this time around and calls in a favor. He reminisces about what a great time he had on Aucturn's tear with that amazingly handsome Skald...

Round 1:
Holly
Chak
Fandral
Exi
Yami
Laara
SPIDERS!!!! (Red -113, Sickened, Atk penalty, Frozen, Green -9)

If its the boon from 8-00, it lets you cast it as a spell-like ability, which normally always set the DC based off of your Charisma (unless the boon has text I'm forgetting)

Reflex: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (15) + 20 = 35

Laara kicks away the foiliage as it too tries to eat her. %&$* this forest

"Blasted foliage."

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (6) + 16 = 22

If its the boon from 8-00, it lets you cast it as a spell-like ability, which normally always set the DC based off of your Charisma (unless the boon has text I'm forgetting)

I found it. You are correct. So it would be 17, since Charisma is +2

”Starlight, would you please make me invisible again?” the pale blue man asks his familiar. He then raises his hands to the sky as his feet leave the ground and flies farther away from the spiders.

Standard action: Flight Hex. Move: fly, 30' in the air.

What are these? knowledge nature Exi: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30

The tiny butterfly-winged woman retrieves a scroll from one of her two criss crossed bandoliers and attempts to activate it.
UMD scroll of Invisibility DC23: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (19) + 17 = 36
knowledge nature Starlight: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32

They are really really big spiders. Like small spiders, they spin webs. Since they are really really big spiders, they instead spin really really big webs. Like many small spiders, they are have a venomous bite. Since they are really really big spiders, they are have a venomous really really big bite. Like small spiders they are notorious for crawling over people and prey. Since they are really really big spiders, they tend to trample you underfoot when they do so. Like small spiders, they can hide in foliage. Since they are really really big spiders, they hide in really really big foliage.

Exi rises to the top of the branches, but it seems that even there the corrupted vines reach. They grab out at her and Starlight attempting to ensnare them as prey for the spiders. Not relying at all on sight, Exi's illusory concealment offers no protection.

Reflex Saves DC 20 for Exi and Starlight or be Entangled.

Str Check DC 25 -Sickened: 1d20 + 15 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 15 - 2 = 29 Succeeds. 10 cold damage.

The frozen spider shivers, shakes, then shatters it's icy prison.

The other spider, seemingly unimpeded by the plants, skitters forward and tramples most of the party.

Everyone except for Exi and Starlight get trampled!
Trample Damage: 4d8 + 22 ⇒ (3, 4, 3, 4) + 22 = 36
You may either make an AoO against it, or a Reflex save DC 32 for half damage

Round 2:
Holly (Trampled)
Chak (Trampled)
Fandral (Trampled)
Exi (Vines)
Starlight (Vines)
Yami (Trampled)
Laara (Trampled)
SPIDERS!!!! (Red -123, Sickened, Atk penalty, Green -9)

He knew better than to Chak swings his blade at the big spider coming through.

+1 Keen Adamantine Nodachi: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (19) + 17 = 36 Damage: 1d10 + 22 ⇒ (4) + 22 = 26
Confirm?: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (15) + 17 = 32 Damage: 1d10 + 22 ⇒ (3) + 22 = 25

He then follows up with a few more attacks against the great vermin. Will have to redo this is green drops due to AoOs

+1 Keen Adamantine Nodachi: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18 Damage: 1d10 + 22 ⇒ (9) + 22 = 31

+1 Keen Adamantine Nodachi: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28 Damage: 1d10 + 22 ⇒ (6) + 22 = 28
Confirm?: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30 Damage: 1d10 + 22 ⇒ (8) + 22 = 30

Bite (Secondary): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30 Damage: 1d3 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15

Might as well study red while I'm at it.

REF DC20 Exi: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
That triggers my Lesser Talisman of Freedom, giving me 3 rounds of Freedom of Movement. Starlight has constant Freedom of Movement.

Exi casts Slow on the two massive spiders. DC 18 WILL negates Then flies 30’ higher up away from the spiders.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 7 - 2 = 6

"Ow." The wayang gets stomped by a spider leg. With a snap of Yami's fingers, he unleashes a barrage of purple glowing skulls upon the previously-icy spider.

Yami casts a quickened magic missile at Red Spider, dealing 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (3, 2, 4, 3, 2) + 5 = 19 force damage. Quickened spells do not provoke.

Casting Defensively: 1d20 + 10 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 10 + 7 = 23

Yami adjusts northwards 5-feet and then pulls out a white dragon scale from the dragon they defeated earlier. He crushes it while speaking some arcane words, and abruptly breathes out a large gout of ice shards. "Take it down quickly! I will not be able to get away safely before it attacks again!" the wayang says as cold mist seeps from his mouth.

Yami casts dragon's breath in a 30 foot cone, originating at the southeast corner of his square; this orientation should catch both spiders. DC 21 Reflex save for half, Cold Damage: 10d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 5, 1, 5, 6, 4, 5, 5, 5) = 41

Chak simply stands in front of the oncoming colossal spider with his blade at the ready. When the dust clears, an array of thin gashes leak ichor from 4 of the 8 legs. Crit confirmed! I'll leave that full attack pending other AoOs.

Exi attempts to hamper the movement of the spiders before trying to get further away...

Will (Red, Green): 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 4 - 2 = 81d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17

Both of them look as though they are walking across a sap-covered floor as neither are able to resist the spell, although that doesn't stop them from attempting to make a small snack out of Starlight.

Exi, are you and starlight merged right now?

Yami peppers the wounded one with a barrage of magic missiles, then blasts them both with a cone of piercing shards of ice.

Reflex (Red, Green): 1d20 + 5 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 5 - 2 - 2 = 21d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 5 - 2 = 15

The ice chill the spiders to the core, killing one and wounding the other. Finally Chak... with the precision of a master tactician, methodology of a scholar, and fury of a soldier... slices it to pieces.

Combat over! Need to resolve reflex saves vs trample still, but out of initiative now.

reflex: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (18) + 17 = 35

well that seemed a waste of a boon. But at least finished them before they could do more real harm.

GM, was Fandral able to purchase the wand of CLW in the time between parts?

Looks like I forgot to declare Starlight’s action beyond moving her token with mine. Are we in reach of the spiders (60’ from the ground + 25’ horizontally)? I tried to get us out of their reach. But If we are, I didn’t say we merged, so an attack on her is fair. I’ll immediate-action cast Emergency Force Sphere though if it looks like one could potentially bite her.

Yeah, Laara’s recklessly confident enough she’d thought she could out maneuver a big.

Reflex: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (2) + 20 = 22

Having attempted to roll out of the way of the spider as it charged, Laara trips in the approaching foliage and take several leg’s Spears into her gullet. As Chak’s blade ensures she is then showered in arachnid blood, the half-elf winces as she stands.

I. Hate. Forests. She tries to wipe herself off and she draws out her wand. Any if you able to use this? Nice blading by the way.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (12) + 16 = 28

Holly attempts to spin clear of the enormous spiders leg but gets tripped up on the uneven ground. The spider steps on her with crushing pressure but thankfully doesn't cause any greater harm. "Ow."

As she gets up off of the ground she sees the spiders go down under the combined assault of her fellow Pathfinders. "A job well done everyone. Lets get healed up and out of here."

Yami will use 2 charges off his wand of infernal healing to heal to full after 2 minutes. He will offer to use it on others if they do not mind its morally...flexible...source.

Fandral: I see no reason why you would not be able to get a new wand between sections. So go for it.

Exi: At the beginning of your move you were 30 ft up and 10 ft away from a 20 ft tall spider with 30 ft reach. The movement away would provoke. I'd prefer to just say you cast emergency force sphere and move on with life. For future encounters, please note your merged status at the end of each round and moving into each encounter.

The forest opens to a small clearing that is free of the dark flowers that seem to permeate the rest of the landscape. A ring of tall grey trees circles the clearing, their branches reaching toward each other to form a ceiling of black leaves. A chorus of whispering voices echoes within the clearing as countless faces form out of tree bark only to meld back in, flowing from tree to tree. Three of the faces remain in place and speak out in unison. “Who wanders these forlorn paths? Do you seek to join us? Join us!”

Three faces stare at you from within the trees. One looks rather angry, one looks to be laughing, and the last to be fairly calm.

Everyone, pick a single spirit and give me a sense motive check. Also there was ample time before here to take care of any healing needed, so go ahead and figure that out as well.

Laara makes sure to keep closer to the center of the path as the party tromps through the forest. Those snaking vines weren't exactly fun. As suddenly the trees start talking to them, she starts and looks suspiciously at these new faces. Well, we're Pathfinders, so wandering here's in the name I guess. And we're not looking to fuse with a tree - I'm not at least - just trying to find out what's making these woods so gloomy, and how the you know, stop that.

Sense Motive on the laughing one: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15

Totally fair (I'm marking EFS as used). I'll remember to note merged status. And if I forget it is my fault and means we were unmerged and Starlight is fair game. (I'll try not to forget though). Thanks.

sense motive calm tree: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

Fandral would have healed up in between encounters.

"I would rather join with someone else, but not a tree. Too many splinters to have to worry about"

sense motive on angry: 1d20 ⇒ 9

Sense Motive (Calm Tree): 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (10) + 0 = 10

Chak hands off his wand of cure light for someone to use on him.

healing: 8d8 + 8 ⇒ (1, 6, 5, 6, 1, 3, 6, 8) + 8 = 44

Chak looks at the angry one and contemplates the source of it's rage...

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (5) + 20 = 25

The laughing tree chuckles at Laara's introduction. "Woods may be bright and cheerful or dark and gloomy... and you wish to trade one for another? 'Tis quite comical! Do you change the sun or the ground? You call yourself a Pathfinder eh? A path is a gap in the woods eh? So you seek what is not the forest yet you speak to it now? Are you lost? Hehehehehe! If Mother Bloodleaf spreads her blight, then less forest will survive and more path for you!" It seems quite proud of its joke and laughs for much longer than a sane person should... at least at their own jokes.

Laara seems more confused than enlightened by this.

Exi and Yami get... unnervingly close to the calm spirit, which does not seem to mind their presence.

"More interlopers... The undead, Mother Bloodleaf... and now Pathfinders. To panic, to hate, to love, these things are reactions. To study and remain at peace must be our way."

Chak and Fandral do what they can to figure out just why one of the spirits seems so hostile. "First undead, then the Mother, and now you! Each time the blight worsens... you will surely be our unmaking! Leave now! The status-quo... despite this blight... is surely better than what you lot provide... armed with hatchet and blade!"

Just need one more from Holly

"I must admit this is unexpected. Such a happy tree in a dark place. What a pleasant surprise."

Sense Motive (Laughing Tree): 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (7) + 24 = 31

"And such a human in a dark place... along with a dark one in such a happy place! A surprise to be sure! But a welcome one."

Holly: You get the sense that the laughing tree would have a hard time turning an emotional appeal into wordplay... and such lines of discussion would likely just annoy it.

The spirits look about at the assembled group and begin peppering you with question, alternating who does the asking... sometimes even mid sentence. "So who are you? And where from? And why do you come? The Mother of Blight... Mother Bloodleaf watches all. By her leave we survive and by her survival shall we... inevitably... leave. But her wrath is great and should you fail stop the woods from... becoming gloomy as your friend says... and should she find we have given you guidance... our doom will be near!"

Each of you can make your case to one of the spirits, and make a skill check that you feel relates to the case you present. You each make your case independently, however Exi, you should have Starlight aid you for this.

Yami will attempt to reason with the Calm tree spirit about how keeping a source of corruption in the forest will inevitably lead to its weakening and destruction from within. Allowing a malign growth to persist will only let it spread and kill its host.

Using Knowledge (Nature), using Faction Card +3 Knowledge bonus 1/scenario. Nature: 1d20 + 12 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 12 + 3 = 22 (If this creature is considered Fey, get another +2 bonus)

Chak will try to bully the angry spirit into cooperation.

"The people with blades come because the Mother of Blight has made everything sick, diseased, and plague-ridden. If you do not aid, assist, and support us to rid this blight, than those with fire will follow those with the hatchet. They shall cut stalk from root and toss you into the flames, blaze and inferno! They will have no choice, option, or alternative to purify by burning!"

Using the Orator feat to substitute Linguistics for Intimidate to force a creature to cooperate.

Linguistics: 1d20 + 28 ⇒ (8) + 28 = 36