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"I'm a little too close for comfort here. Perhaps I will shuffle back a bit and give room for someone a bit more adept at physical combat than myself."
"That's more like it. Now suffer the penalty of my gaze."
Akvius let's out a maniacle laugh as the hexes continue to terrorize the white and yellow.
Timmon regains his feet and circles the melee looking for an opening while Akvius laughs disturbingly.
Initiative
Pillango 6/9 hp
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Green 6 damage, prone
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Belina 4/12 hp
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Blue
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Jinghong 6/11 hp (P19 R13 for 7)
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Yellow -2 AC for 2 rounds @Akvius init
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Eagle disappears here before it can take actions
Heveel 14/16 hp
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White: 10 damage, -2 AC for 7 rounds @Akvius init
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Timmon 2/10 hp
Akvius 8/14 hp
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Pillango, seeing Timmon vulnerable, moves closer to him in order to be able to protect him better should Blue get any ideas.
Taking advantage of Yellow's temporary disadvantage, she strikes out with her katana.
Unfortunately, she finds the distraction of fighting two opponents at once to be too much, and her blade bites thin air.
Pillango misses and the green-dressed bandit stands up and climbs up over the railing.
Initiative
Belina 4/12 hp
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Blue
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Jinghong 6/11 hp (P19 R13 for 7)
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Yellow -2 AC for 2 rounds @Akvius init
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Eagle disappears here before it can take actions(if I am not mistaken)
Heveel 14/16 hp
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White: 10 damage, -2 AC for 7 rounds @Akvius init
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Timmon 2/10 hp
Akvius 8/14 hp
Pillango 6/9 hp
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Green 6 damage, prone
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Belina fires a shot wide towards the distant hills. The warrior with the blue bandana attacks Pillango and also misses. He takes a step forward to make space for the last raider to join them.
Initiative
Jinghong 6/11 hp
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Yellow -2 AC for 2 rounds @Akvius init
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Eagle disappears here before it can take actions(if I am not mistaken)
Heveel 14/16 hp
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White: 10 damage, -2 AC for 7 rounds @Akvius init
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Timmon 2/10 hp
Akvius 8/14 hp
Pillango 6/9 hp
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Green 6 damage
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Belina 4/12 hp
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Blue
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Jinghong strikes a telling blow at the bandit next to her. He is still standing, but only just... His companion strikes Pillango, the wound is enough to drop the stalwart ninja! Heveel's eagle disappears
Initiative
Heveel 14/16 hp
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White: 10 damage, -2 AC for 7 rounds @Akvius init
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Timmon 2/10 hp
Akvius 8/14 hp
Pillango -1/9 hp
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Green 6 damage
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Belina 4/12 hp
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Blue
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Jinghong 6/11 hp[/b]
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Yellow -2 AC for 2 rounds @Akvius init
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"No!!! Not again!" the man screams as he is buffeted again by Heveel's wind blast. He flies through the air and comes down hard and stays down. The last raider steers his horse closer to the ship and also jumps on board.
Initiative
Timmon 2/10 hp
Akvius 8/14 hp
Pillango -1/9 hp
Belina 4/12 hp
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Blue
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Jinghong 6/11 hp
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Yellow -2 AC for 1 rounds @Akvius init
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Heveel 14/16 hp
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White: 10 damage, -2 AC for 6 rounds @Akvius init
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Belina's arrow strikes true and even though the wound is a minor one all these minor wounds start to show. Timmon once again misses...
Initiative
Akvius 8/14 hp
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Blue
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Jinghong 6/11 hp
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Yellow -2 AC for 1 rounds @Akvius init
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Heveel 14/16 hp
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White: 12 damage, -2 AC for 6 rounds @Akvius init
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Timmon 2/10 hp
Belina 4/12 hp
Akvius cackles some more and forces the bandit with the blue bandana to move more sluggish, making him easier to hit. The same bandit steps closer to the warlock and slashes at the tiefling, but misses. Jinghong strikes one of the other bandits down with the flat of her blade.
Initiative
Heveel 14/16 hp
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White: 12 damage -2 AC for 7 rounds @Akvius init
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Timmon 2/10 hp
Belina 4/12 hp
Akvius 8/14 hp
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Blue -2 AC for 7 rounds @Akvius init
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Jinghong 6/11 hp
Heveel does what he does best. The bandit leader does not appreciate this and he slashes at the sylph, just hitting the combat medic with the tip of the scimitar.
Initiative
Timmon 7/10 hp
Belina 4/12 hp
Akvius 8/14 hp
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Blue -2 AC for 7 rounds @Akvius init
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Jinghong 6/11 hp
Heveel 9/16 hp
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White: 12 damage -2 AC for 7 rounds @Akvius init
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Akvius decides to get out of the way of the fight, while he continues to chant in a mocking voice. Timmon misses the leader. Belina fires a shot at the blue-armored enemy, as that is the easier shot but also misses.
The man follows up towards Belina, stepping closer and swinging his scimitar. However he also misses!
Initiative
Jinghong 6/11 hp
Heveel 9/16 hp
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White: 12 damage -2 AC for 7 rounds @Akvius init
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Timmon 7/10 hp
Belina 4/12 hp
Akvius 8/14 hp
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Blue -2 AC for 7 rounds @Akvius init
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Jinny moves down to engage the leader.
Surrender, villain, and you may yet live.
OP&R:
Parry: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Riposte: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13 Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
After Jinhong seriously wounds the leader he drops his sword "We yield! You are stronger than we are!"
It turns out these are brigands that try to make a living by boarding ships. You take their weapons and other possessions from them so they can't easily bother other travelers.
You slowly make your way downstream for the remainder of the day. In hte afternoon you are near the spot where the Jhemulit tribe is supposed to camp.
Several horses and goats contentedly graze about the wide grassy plain on either side of the river, but the fields look as though they have been recently flooded. A half-dozen yurts, drenched from a recent storm, dot the northern shoreline, smoke curling from their rounded roofs. Two small shrines sits a few yards east of the camp, surrounded by wildflowers.
A tien man stands on the northern shore, waving for you to come to him.
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Jinny remembers her mission.
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“No time to rest, Pathfinders!” Venture-Captain Amara Li, exclaims late one night a few days after your return to Goka. She barges into the bedroom of the ramshackle tavern where you are staying “I’ve looked into the situation surrounding the relic you found, the Braid of a Hundred Masters. As you may have noticed, the artifact appears to have been dormant for many years now, and in this state it’s essentially worthless to us. Fortunately, it can be reactivated, but only by the descendant of the braid’s last master, who, as you may know, was the master of the Clouded Path Monastery many years ago, a man by the name of Li Yao. I’ve discovered the whereabouts of his final living descendant—a woman by the name of Je Tsuin—but she now resides in the nation of Shokuro to the east, far from where her ancestor taught in his monastery in the Wall of Heaven. In order to reactivate the sacred relic, you’ll need to travel to the village of Nesting Swallow in Shokuro and find Je Tsuin to perform the necessary ritual.
“Unfortunately,” she continues, “we’re not the only group interested in Iroran artifacts. Our operatives claim that Lingshen, the Successor State to the southeast, is after the relic as well. Since Lingshen’s armies have a stranglehold on the overland routes from here to Shokuro, you’ll have to travel by river. Riding the Tuunma is faster anyway, though you might run into some hostile Mutabi-qi or goblinoids along the way. The river empties into the Sea of Eels—cross it and you’re in Shokuro, and from there you can follow the map I’ve provided to reach Nesting Swallow. "
““Ah, before I forget, you’ll also need you to make a quick stop along the way. The ritual requires a large amount of rare incense—more than I could easily procure from any of my local suppliers—so I’ve contacted a nomadic tribe in Shaguang, the Jhemulit, and they have agreed to provide you with the prepared herbs. I’ve already paid their shaman, a man named Ogokai, and I’ve marked their approximate location on your map, so it’s simply a matter of picking up the incense on your way to Shokuro.”
"The Laughing Crow is waiting for you at the docks, get going! I have sent Hadid of, he has another assignment. A replacement will join you at the docks."
Jinny approaches the friendly stranger and bows politely.
Good day and better tomorrow, honorable sir. We seek a man named Ogokai. Are we fortunate enough to have found him?
"That is correct. You are the persons send by Mistress Li? Follow me please."
The man leads you to a small shrine and offers you tea "Welcome to the Jhemulit camp. We do not have much but we can offer you the use of a yurt if you want to stay the night."
When you require about the incense Ogokai responds “We have mixed the incense, but I am afraid we cannot give it to you. As soon as we placed the herbs in the crates the Gokan woman left, a terrible storm fell upon us. Many of our horses and goats were scared away by the thunder, and one man was struck by lightning. It is clear—the Sky Spirits are displeased we would give the sacred gifts of the land to outsiders. You may take back the hides the Gokan woman traded us, but you may not take the incense. My apologies for this, but we do not want to displease the Sky Spirits."
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"That is most unfortunate. The gods are often fickle, and their moods are difficult to understand. Many times we mortals may interpret their signs incorrectly."
"Was the livestock found and returned? We would be honored to lend our efforts to doing so, if not."
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The sylph druid comes back to his senses and looks at the man in front of him.
"Are you mentioning the Sky Spirits? I have kin among them. And, above all, I was an anachoret, dedicating my life to understand the ways of the wind. I'm sure I shall soothe my windy friends..."
Saying this, Heveel jumps into the air, raising his arms. He falls slowly on the ground, almost flying.
Ogokai peers up to the skies. As luck would have it the clouds seem to break, allowing the sun to reach the ground. He looks at you again
"It seems I might have misinterpreted the Sky Spirits. I am glad we are allowed to deliver on our promises. We will make sure your ship is loaded fully with the goods in the morning. Tonight you will be our honored guests!"
Sobering up a bit he looks Timmon in the eye "The man did not live. It might be that the Sky Spirits were displeased by something that he did, and not by something that the clan did or was doing. I will need to think on that after you are on your way again"
You spend the night exchanging tales and drinking their traditional fermented goat's milk, which is not as bad as you thought it would be. In the morning you find the ship fully loaded and are on your way again.
At the end of the day spot clumps of green lichen cling to the links of an iron chain that spans the river a few inches above the water, the chain holding several vertical, bobbing logs in place. On the north shore, the chain is bolted to a squat stone block half-buried in the ground.
To the south, the chain attaches to a large metal crank handle mounted to a ruined stone wall. A short wooden dock stretches from the front of the stone wall out to the middle of the slow-flowing river. A flag is hoisted on top of the small wooden building that has been set up next to the stone wall. It shows a single upthrust spear on a field of gold.
““we’re not the only group interested in Iroran artifacts. Our operatives claim that Lingshen, the Successor State to the southeast, is after the relic as well. Since Lingshen’s armies have a stranglehold on the overland routes from here to Shokuro, you’ll have to travel by river. Riding the Tuunma is faster anyway, though you might run into some hostile Mutabi-qi or goblinoids along the way. The river empties into the Sea of Eels—cross it and you’re in Shokuro, and from there you can follow the map I’ve provided to reach Nesting Swallow. "
While you are contemplating what to do a man leaves the wooden building. He sees the ship and quickly goes inside again. A few moments later three men in leather armor and one in more elaborate gear come outside. They walk up to the pier and one of the leather armored men shouts at you
"Get your ship over here and dock it at the pier! This is a border station and you need to make yourselves known!"