Beorn keeps an eye out for their quarry as well as any other signs of strangeness in the area.
+1 for tracking
Flouncy will also watch for danger.
Hefting a rather larger axe with a longer shaft, Koldur stands ready having left his usual weapon back to be upgraded.
"Anything?" he asks.
The sweet stench of decay hangs thick in this woodland clearing. Knotted branches of sickly trees line the perimeter, creating a thick canopy that blocks most of the sunlight and cloaks the hollow in shadow. Withered vegetation struggles to grow in ragged clumps among the multitude of bones strewn across the forest floor.
Yes! There's two over there, Flouncy says, pointing to the southwest, and two over there, he says, pointing at the ones to the northwest.
Looks like we found what we're looking for.
The halfling casts Shield on himself, in preparation for the imminent hostilities.
With Flouncy's aid Beorn sees them, the trees that are different. Though the trees begin moving too! Flouncy and Beorn can act in surprise round!
Beorn decides to see how evil trees deal with arrows and lets fly. "Gentlemen, don't be shy. Feel free to greet the nice trees."
surprise round (range increment of 70')
initiative
1st Round
For his surprise round action, Flouncy runs over to Beorn and casts Fly on him. There ya go! Jack these fools up!
He turns to the fighter. C'mon, Koldur. Let me getcha airborne! You'll want a piercing weapon, or a bludgeoning one. Maybe Rognar will loan you his club.
If we had such magic. I have a little fire magic, but not enough to kill these things. I can make us all fly, and we can kill them from a safe distance.
Surprise Round and Round 1
Beorn's arrows all hit but only one makes it bleed. Flouncy moves over and casts fly on Beorn and Koldur. Rognar casts shield other upon Beorn. The huge trees move into melee range two of them lunging after Koldur. The other two move to the sides.
Koldur
Koldur
Beorn
Flouncy
Beorn 14
Koldur
Rognar
Adney de Montchele
Flouncy Magoo
Falchos
Tiressia
evil trees
Melee mwk sickle +10 (1d6–1) Ranged mwk longbow +10 (1d8–1/×3) Domain Spell-Like Ability (CL 2nd;
concentration +8) 8/day—storm burst
CR 4


Spell-Like Abilities (CL 6th; concentration +12) Constant—speak with plants
At will—entangle (DC 17), tree shape, wood shape (1 lb. only)
3/day—charm person (DC 17), deep slumber (DC 19), tree stride
1/day—suggestion (DC 19)
Druid Spells Prepared (CL 2nd;
concentration +7)
1st—faerie fire, goodberry, magic fang, obscuring mistD
0 (at will)—guidance, purify food and drink, stabilize, virtue
D Domain spell; Domain Weather TACTICS
During Combat Tiressia tries to avoid melee combat, using entangle to hinder foes and deep slumber on
any creature attacking her tree. She uses her scroll to summon additional creatures to help Falchos in battle, while jumping from tree to tree using tree stride and tree
meld to attack enemies at a distance with her longbow.
Falchos
XP 1,200
Male satyr (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 241)
hp 44
TACTICS
Before Combat Falchos plays his pipes, casting fear on his opponents, before entering combat.
During Combat Falchos first summons a wolverine using summon
nature’s ally III. If he can stay out of melee, he fires his short bow, but he charges into combat with his horns and dagger if there is no other choice. He casts fear on any creature threatening Tiressia or her bonded tree.
Morale As long as Tiressia lives, Falchos fights to the death. If she is slain, he cries out that he nothing left to live for and slits his own throat with his dagger, cursing his enemies with his dying breath.
SatyrCR 4
XP 1,200
CN Medium fey
Init +2; Senses low-light vision; Perception +18
DEFENSE
AC 18, touch 13, flat-footed 15 (+2 Dex, +1 dodge, +5 natural)
hp 44 (8d6+16)
Fort +4, Ref +8, Will +8
DR 5/cold iron
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft.
Melee dagger +6 (1d4+2/19–20), horns +1 (1d6+1)
Ranged short bow +6 (1d6/×3)
Special Attacks pipes
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 8th)
At will—charm person (DC 15), dancing lights, ghost sound (DC 14), sleep (DC 15), suggestion (DC 17)
1/day—fear (DC 18), summon nature’s ally III
STATISTICS
Str 14, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 12, Wis 14, Cha 19
Base Atk +4; CMB +6; CMD* 18
Feats Dodge, Mobility, Skill Focus (Perception), Weapon Finesse
Skills Bluff +15, Diplomacy +15, Disguise +9, Intimidate +9, Knowledge (nature) +10, Perception +18, Perform (wind instruments) +19, Stealth +17, Survival +7; Racial Modifiers +4 Perception, +4 Perform, +4 Stealth
Languages Common, Sylvan
Surprise Round
Koldur groans out as he gets hit by one of the branches taking 19 damage. "Boys, these things hurt!"
Round 1 - Koldur
Koldur takes his axe in hand and begins to chop the tree down!
Not provoking AoO to get into melee range as he only takes a five foot step and swing with his reach weapon.
Round 2 - Koldur
He yells out in pain Even with flight he sticks to the ground knowing that would likely be his downfall. He growls out as he continues to attack, "Rognar enlarge me!" His axe hits once cutting a deep wound in the bark of the tree closest to him. Though it still stands! One of the many branches swing by and snag Beorn for a pretty decent wound. If Flouncy is within range he would be hit twice...
Falchos summons a wolverine to fight on the other side of the tree from Koldur giving him flanking.
Tiressia shoots at the same tree with the group.
Round 2 - Fey
Wolverine
Falchos also shoots the same tree with his bow.
Tiressia shoots at the same tree with the group.
He yells out in need of healing but continues to swing his longaxe.
Wolverine
Falchos also shoots the same tree with his bow.
Tiressia shoots at the same tree with the group.
Round 2, Flouncy tries to avoid the attacking trees, and moves to where he can cast Fly on himself.
Round 3, he flies so as to avoid any AoOs, gaining altitude.
He then attacks the tree nearest to Koldur, blasting it with a Scorching Ray.
Beorn flies back and up to get away from the tree (withdraw) while reaching for an alchemist's fire from his pack. "These things kick harder than a mule, be careful" Beorn yells out.
Koldur
Koldur flanked
Koldur's strike hit home both times, cutting off branches and toppling the scythe tree to the ground. Flouncy also avoids the trees and gains altitude. Flouncy then hits the next tree with a ray of fire making it begin to burn! Tiressia moves away and then shoots another arrow though it appears to do no damage.
The trees move in just a bit to flanking positions around Koldur! The first cutting branch sliced into Koldur's flesh and a lot of blood spills out of his chest and to the ground. The next swing was too much and utterly misses Koldur opening it to an AoO from Koldur. Two more of the scythe like branches cut through Koldur's defenses, dropping the dwarf to the ground. The last swing from the tree is aimed at the wolverine killing it.
As those attacks come in Rognar is able to get shield other on Koldur. Rognar then spurts blood as a massive wound appears on his chest. Beorn luckily did not have a tree adjacent to him. Though the branches did reach for him as he flew away while pulling out a special surprise. Falchos backs up and shoots another arrow to no avail. Adney stands there in full defense next to Rognar and Koldur.
28 Koldur -54+20= 74
22 Flouncy Magoo
20 Tiressia
19 evil trees
18 Rognar -20
16 Falchos
14 Beorn
13 Adney de Montchele
Scythe trees 1 dead, 1 wounded by flames, and 2 unhurt.
*_*Round 4*_*
Koldur is on the ground bleeding.
Beorn chucks an alchemist's fire. "I need to buy these in arrow form." he says to no one in particular.
Flouncy has little he can do other than shoot fire. He maneuvers and aims at the tree he already burned.
Round 4
Rognar begins to cast barkskin upon Koldur, and then he drops before his eyes. The bard stands there bewildered of what to do.
A flaming comet drops from the sky and smashes into the burning trees. As the rock crumbles you see a blade sticking out of it which cut the tree nearly in half. The rocks fall and a familiar elf stands there with an aura of flame around him. Also a halo of light burns above his head.
Round 5
The elf moves with amazing grace though he is large and has reach with his Elven curved blade allowing him to cleave! The trees turn to face this new threat, slamming down their scythelike branches at the elf. Another form flies down with massive black feathered wings. She is at the other end of the meadow. She shoots two fiery rays at the trees.
Round 5
She says some harsh words in Ignan and shoots two fiery rays at the trees.
Round 4
With a roar, the axe master stands up and glares a their new arriving reinfocrments.
"What's this about being defeated elf!" he huffs
"I was merely taking a breather. My age is catching up to me and I Assure you that these saplings are nothing much!" He swings his axe in deadly swath as if testing his grip.
As his axe lands on some bark, he waves to the feathered form.
"Hail Olivra! This elf still whispering sweet nothings from outdated poems or has he come up with something new?"
He swings his axe twice, each in an opposite action making use of the torso to guide the heavy long bladed axe into his targets.
Seeing the limited effect of the alchemists fire, Beorn resorts to shooting arrows again. "Friends of yours?" Beorn calls to Koldur as he fires.
+2 to hit and damage if these things count as undead
Round 4: Flouncy flanks Beorn, and fires at the same tree.
Round 1: Adney pulls a smoke stick and tinder twig.
Round 2: Adney casts obscuring mist with the lit smoke stick as a component.
Round 3: Adney performs the fire dance allowing all allies to see through smoke and smog but not enemies and ends the performance which lingers two more rounds.
Round 4: Adney stays in the obscuring mist and performs inspire courage and then ends it. Everyone gets +2 to hit and damage for the next three rounds and can see through the obscuring mist for the next two while the trees cant. See obscuring mist for miss chance.
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Round 1 enlarge Koldur with spell full round.
Round 2 hand over my club and grant luck to Koldur and enlarge with ability for one round on Beorn.
Round 3:back up far enough to hit group but not trees with Channel positive energy: enlarge Beorn as a swift action
Round 4: channel positive on self and group but not trees;. Enlarge beorn as a swift action
Total buffs: +2 to hit and damage +1 prayer, barkskin Koldur prior to battle,enlarge spell Koldur
Round 2
Adney pulls a smoke stick and tinder twig.
Round 3
Adney performs the fire dance allowing all allies to see through smoke and smog but not enemies and ends the performance which lingers two more rounds.
Round 4
Koldur strikes the green scythe tree with his AoO and his first strike and it does not critically hit. Flouncy Magoo makes sure that the blue tree was burning completely as he shoots another ray of fire at it.
The evil trees continue to wail upon Koldur. Two of the six branches hit him. Koldur takes 15 as Rognar with his shield other spell takes 15.
Rognar is about to cast barkskin upon Koldur but insteads decides to move away from the fight. As he moves scythe like branches come down to hit him. Only one makes purchase as Rognar takes an additional 14 damage.
Vs. Koldur
green scythe tree -45/67 AC 19
red scythe tree
Beorn hits with all of his arrows but only two of them make the tree bleed. Adney de Montchele has fully recovered from his shock and casts obscuring mist.
Round 5
Seeing Adney's little smoke trick, Flouncy flies into the cloud of mist, gaining concealment but seeing perfectly. Now this is more like it!
He arranges himself so that he's no more than 30' from the nearest monster in order to get sneak attack, and casts another Scorching Ray.
Round 5
Koldur swings his weapon back at the trees like a lumberjack attempting to bend these trees to his will.
Except this lumber jack is quite big wielding an even bigger axe.
Round 4
Rognar moves to what he thinks is far enough to keep Koldur in his range of his channel healing the party 16 hp and possibly the trees. He also enlarges Beorn as a swift action.
Beorn fires off another volley, this time adding a double arrow on the front end. "I actually like trees, why did it have to be trees." Beorn says pondering.
[ooc]Many shot, rapid shot, deadly aim[/dice]
+2 for undead added in
Round 5
Koldur hacks at the tree inflicting grievous wounds. Flouncy Magoo flies into the cloud, gets into a firing position and blasts the same tree with a ray of fire. One, the last, of the trees flees out of the mist and into the forest, it only gets 40 feet away though. Rognar... With the hail of arrows from Beorn, the group is not sure what finished it off but you took down that tree! Adney...
Adney on round 5 says are all the enemies dead? if not he starts back with the first performance allowing his friends to see through the most and then will stop the performance and use lingering performance to continue it two more rounds.
One, the last, of the trees flees out of the mist and into the forest, it only gets 40 feet away though...
Flouncy flies up and gets the tree within range.
As you leave the glade it becomes difficult terrain. So Sable is able to get within 10 feet of the fleeing tree.
Round 6
She flies back up and aims to fly north, to get in front of where the tree is heading.
Beorn flies after the thing. If he can get a good bead on it he fires. "I said I like trees normally, not that I'd let you get away."
Round 6
Koldur too chases after the running tree.
His axe a harbinger of doom towards it.