CR 13
XP 25,600 each
Shield guardian stone golem (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 158, 163)
N Large construct
Init –1; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +0
DEFENSE
AC 26, touch 8, flat-footed 26 (–1 Dex, +18 natural, –1 size)
hp 107 each (14d10+30); fast healing 5
Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +4
DR 10/adamantine; Immune construct traits, magic
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft.
Melee 2 slams +22 (2d10+9)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Special Attacks slow (DC 17)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 13th; concentration +8)
1/day—shield other, spell storing (contains debilitating portent; CL 20th)
STATISTICS
Str 28, Dex 9, Con —, Int —, Wis 11, Cha 1
Base Atk +14; CMB +24; CMD 33
SQ find master, guard
The golem continues pummeling the ice elementals.
Pems shakes himself, feeling much better and much less likely to grunt or scratch various hairy spots. He activates his witchmask, creating two Pems-duplicate-witches, who both don't feel nearly as much like scratching and grunting as before. He uses his Glowering Eyes to Split Hex both elementals with Evil Eye (Will DC 26 1 round/7 rounds) for -4 to Saves!
Round 4
Tsin and her guardian exact punishment on the one elemental, though it lands a heavy blow on her as she closes in. A second later, there's a blast of heat as first Pems and then Hektir approach the room, their combined hexes and berry bombs destroying the two icy creatures.
Quinn enters the room, blasting the two remaining foes, though the bolts don't seem to ever touch Elvanna. The witch queen, flies back a few feet and then casts again -- and the area is plunged into polar midnight!
Yellow slimy: 95, 1 Dex damage
Elvanna: 36 (110)
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”What the- the fog was bothersome enough you wretched witch; this is worse!” Malavarius taps his staff again, though this time it is with all the authority and fervor of a true and mighty king. ”Enough!” The blackness conjured by Elvanna vanishes with a soft, sudden pop.
HP: 88/88
AC: 17 (11 T / 16 FF)
Fort: +9 // Ref: +10 // Will: +16 (+1 vs spells, SLAs, & Su abilities of evil arcane spellcasters)
Spell Resistance: 18
Resist 10: Cold
Energy Absorption: 7/48 absorbed
Displacement used: 0/15 rds
Pearl of Power I: 0/1 used
Pearl of Power III: 0/1 used
wand of scorching ray: 36/50 charges used
Cantrips Prepared (4): detect magic, open/close, prestidigitation, read magic
Level 1 Prepared (4+2+1): endure elements [X], feather fall [ ], identify [ ], mount [ ], protection from evil* [ ], mage armor [X], shield [ ]
Level 2 Prepared (4+2+1): glitterdust [ ], locate object [ ], protection from arrows [X] [X] [X] [X] [X]
Level 3 Prepared (4+2+1): dispel magic* [X] [X] [ ] [ ], fireball [ ], haste [X] [ ], magic weapon (greater) [X]
Level 4 Prepared (4+2+1): dimensional anchor [ ], dimension door [X] [X], fireball (intensified) [ ] [ ] [ ], remove curse* [ ]
Level 5 Prepared (3+1+1): break enchantment* [ ], dismissal [X], lightning arc [ ] [ ] [ ]
Level 6 Prepared (3+1+1): disintegrate [X] [X] [ ], flesh to stone [ ], greater dispel magic* [X]
Level 7 Prepared (3+1+1): banishment [X], mage's sword [ ], mmm [ ], resonating word [ ], spell turning* [X]
Level 8 Prepared (2+1+1): moment of prescience [X], protection from spells* [X] [ ], mind blank [X]
Protective Ward used: 0/10
Ongoing Effects:
protection from arrows (everyone)
mage armor (Pemsworth)
greater magic weapon (Hektir)
mind blank (Tsin)
protection from spells (Tsin, 160 minutes)
Dex damage: 1
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Fort
Apetir blinks as the lights go out and maybe come back on.
Tsin barks, as the cold finally finds her vulnerable. "I suppose your protective magics had their limits. I shouldn't have taken it for granted, master Malavarius. Thank you for dismissing the bwitch queen's hostility. I don't care for it."
The swordswoman eyes both demodand and demagogue. She will let the slimy thing decide its fate, as it appears to be on the verge of attacking, again...
Round
The lights come back on as Mal manages to cast his spell despite his chattering teeth and stiffening limbs.
As the demodand takes up a guard position and waits, its stench hits Quinn and Hektir's noses.
Pems moves in with his coterie of Pems-witches and gives Elvanna his best EVIL EYE, targeting her Saves! (-4 to saves, DC 26 Will, 1 round/7 rounds!)
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Round 5
AC = 31 PfE + Hasted
HP = 158/218
Weapon Equipped = Sever
Condition(s) = Mindblank, Protection from Spells, Protection from Evil, Judgment of Purity, Expeditious Retreat, Align Weapon(Good), Hasted, Sickened1r
Tsin looks upon her Shield Guardian with a touch of pity, knowing what it feels like to be at the center of that elemental abuse. For the knowledge she inherently knows about the ground-shackled golem, she bids her to cast its magic up at the slimy demodand.
She then bids the living statue to attend her, and move to her side, making room for the second statue to approach, should Quinn so desire.
With the Shield Guardian done with its activity, Tsin takes to the air, charging the demodand. With Sever coated in magics against evil things , she feels quite ready to slay it. She still reinforces her strike with the Baldric's blessing of Bane.
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Round 6
Fort
Hektir flies out to engage the slimie. Flying up to punch from slimie-face from 10' away.
to hit;
magic damage;
[ dice=bite]1d20+22[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d6+22[/dice] magic damage;
[ dice=claw]1d20+22[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d4+22[/dice] magic damage;
[ dice=claw]1d20+22[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d4+22[/dice] magic damage;
HP 179/179
AC: 10 + 9 breastplate + 5 shield + 1 dex - 1 size + 3 deflection + 4 NA + 5 Barkskin: 36 AC
Resist 15/cold and fire; 10/good; resinous skin
Fort +17, Ref +10, Will +19; +4 vs. fey and plant-targeted effects
Immune poison
N Large animal
Init +3; Senses low-light vision, scent, ferocity
Strength: 26+4=29 (+10)
Dex: 14-2 = 12. +4 NA bonus
Speed 30+20=50 ft., climb 30+10=40 ft.
Melee: +12 BAB +10 Str +4 Amulet -4 PowerAttack = +22 to hit
Damage, bite: 1d6+10 (str) + 8 (PA) + 4 amulet = 1d6+22
Damage, claw: 1d4+10 (str) + 8 (PA) + 4 amulet = 1d4+22
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Special Attacks rend (2 claws, 1d4+17)
Barkskin (extended-320 minutes)
Resinous Skin (extended-320 minutes)
Gr. Longstrider (16 hours)
Resist Fire (30) - minutes
Echolocation - 0 minutes
Endure Elements
Elemental Body 1 (druid lvl 6): Air elemental: If the form you take is that of a Small air elemental, you gain a +2 size bonus to your Dexterity and a +2 natural armor bonus. You also gain fly 60 feet (perfect), darkvision 60 feet, and the ability to create a whirlwind.
Elemental Body 2 (druid lvl 8):Air elemental: As elemental body I except that you gain a +4 size bonus to your Dexterity and a +3 natural armor bonus.
Elemental Body 3 (druid lvl 10):Air elemental: As elemental body I except that you gain a +2 size bonus to your Strength, +4 size bonus to your Dexterity, and a +4 natural armor bonus.
Elemental Body 4 (druid lvl 12):Air elemental: As elemental body I except that you gain a +4 size bonus to your Strength, +6 size bonus to your Dexterity, and a +4 natural armor
AC: 7 armor + 3 shield + 2 dex + 1 ring +3 barkskin =26
HP 179/179 - DR5 piercing
[ dice]1d20+19[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d6+7[/dice] magic damage.
+12 BAB +8 Str + 1 Mwk = +21 to hit
Druid Spells Prepared (CL 16th; concentration +22)
. . 8th—summon nature's ally VIII (animals only)[D], sunburst (DC 24), word of recall*
. . 7th—animal shapes[D], fire storm (DC 23), heal, sunbeam (DC 23)
. . 6th—fire seeds* (2), mass fly[D,APG] (DC 22), quickened resist energy (2)
. . 5th—beast shape III (animals only)[D], death ward, fire snake[APG] (2, DC 21), stoneskin, wall of fire
. . 4th—echolocation[UM], flame strike (DC 20), freedom of movement, life bubble[APG] (DC 20), slowing mud[*ACG] (DC 20), summon nature's ally IV (animals only)[D]
. . 3rd—daylight, fly[D], greater longstrider*, communal resist energy[UC], sleet storm, stone shape
. . 2nd—barkskin* (2), feather fall[D], fog cloud (2), resist energy* (2)
. . 1st—air bubble[UC], calm animals[D] (DC 17), liberating command[UC] (2), obscuring mist, produce flame (2)
First the intolerable cold chills his bones, then the bearable stink rolls over Quinn. "I would sleep in a smelly barn over a cold field any night!" Quinn's golem moves forward, then both of them pop from existence and appear in the air above the queen with grasping arms and slapping hands.
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CR 13
XP 25,600 each
Shield guardian stone golem (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 158, 163)
N Large construct
Init –1; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +0
DEFENSE
AC 26, touch 8, flat-footed 26 (–1 Dex, +18 natural, –1 size)
hp 107 each (14d10+30); fast healing 5
Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +4
DR 10/adamantine; Immune construct traits, magic
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft.
Melee 2 slams +22 (2d10+9)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Special Attacks slow (DC 17)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 13th; concentration +8)
1/day—shield other, spell storing (contains debilitating portent; CL 20th)
STATISTICS
Str 28, Dex 9, Con —, Int —, Wis 11, Cha 1
Base Atk +14; CMB +24; CMD 33
SQ find master, guard
The golem has no fear, no excitement, no emotions at all. It simply knows it will fall from the sky and try to crush the little ice witch beneath it, It trundles across the floor, arms reaching forward even as it's master touches it...
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Round 5
Tsin has her guardian unleash its spell on the demodand, then takes to the sky to attack it, her blade cutting deep. Hektir follows a moment later, fist hitting the thing, which staggers back slightly.
Pems and Quinn focus more on the witch, the former giving her the evil eye, while the latter teleports himself and the second guardian up to the witch's side, a surge of glee from Baba Yaga (and almost as rarely, Tsin) clear to all of you. Unfortunately, its arms seem to simply slide off her and he falls to the ground himself .
The witch carefull casts her own spell, and the demodand's wounds almost completely disappear.
She cast heal.
Yellow slimy: 14, 1 Dex damage
Elvanna: 36 (110)
As the demodand’s wounds knit, Malavarius weaves some more offensive magics again and the creature feels its flesh continue to draw tight and stiffen even after its wounds are gone. ”You should have gone away when I’d asked!”
HP: 88/88
AC: 17 (11 T / 16 FF)
Fort: +9 // Ref: +10 // Will: +16 (+1 vs spells, SLAs, & Su abilities of evil arcane spellcasters)
Spell Resistance: 18
Resist 10: Cold
Energy Absorption: 7/48 absorbed
Displacement used: 0/15 rds
Pearl of Power I: 0/1 used
Pearl of Power III: 0/1 used
wand of scorching ray: 36/50 charges used
Cantrips Prepared (4): detect magic, open/close, prestidigitation, read magic
Level 1 Prepared (4+2+1): endure elements [X], feather fall [ ], identify [ ], mount [ ], protection from evil* [ ], mage armor [X], shield [ ]
Level 2 Prepared (4+2+1): glitterdust [ ], locate object [ ], protection from arrows [X] [X] [X] [X] [X]
Level 3 Prepared (4+2+1): dispel magic* [X] [X] [ ] [ ], fireball [ ], haste [X] [ ], magic weapon (greater) [X]
Level 4 Prepared (4+2+1): dimensional anchor [ ], dimension door [X] [X], fireball (intensified) [ ] [ ] [ ], remove curse* [ ]
Level 5 Prepared (3+1+1): break enchantment* [ ], dismissal [X], lightning arc [ ] [ ] [ ]
Level 6 Prepared (3+1+1): disintegrate [X] [X] [ ], flesh to stone [X], greater dispel magic* [X]
Level 7 Prepared (3+1+1): banishment [X], mage's sword [ ], mmm [ ], resonating word [ ], spell turning* [X]
Level 8 Prepared (2+1+1): moment of prescience [X], protection from spells* [X] [ ], mind blank [X]
Protective Ward used: 0/10
Ongoing Effects:
protection from arrows (everyone)
mage armor (Pemsworth)
greater magic weapon (Hektir)
mind blank (Tsin)
protection from spells (Tsin, 160 minutes)
Dex damage: 1
Tsin watches as her bladework slips away, as the creature is blessed by Elvanna's gift of healing. "Well, I can't fault you for propping up your demon-thing, but you should be feeling the pressure of growing numbers, while yours diminish." Tsin looks around the demodand, dismissively.
"Elvanna, usurper would-be queen. It was no honor to meet you. It will be a relief to end your attempted reign, as it means our oath will be fulfilled to your Baba Yaga. Do you have any last words to those who will defeat you?"
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Round 5
The demodand suddenly turns to stone and plummets out of the sky, drawing an angry curse from Queen Elvanna.
Quinn slaps the Queen again. "Have you any idea the number of drinking festivals that Hektir and I missed because of you!"
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Round 7
Apetir 5' flaps and begins to pummel the object of all his summer ire now that obstacles have been removed. He's screaming and hooting something in his angers, spitting with fury.
to hit;
magic damage;
to hit;
magic damage;
to hit;
magic damage;
[ dice=bite]1d20+22[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d6+22[/dice] magic damage;
[ dice=claw]1d20+22[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d4+22[/dice] magic damage;
[ dice=claw]1d20+22[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d4+22[/dice] magic damage;
HP 179/179
AC: 10 + 9 breastplate + 5 shield + 1 dex - 1 size + 3 deflection + 4 NA + 5 Barkskin: 36 AC
Resist 15/cold and fire; 10/good; resinous skin
Fort +17, Ref +10, Will +19; +4 vs. fey and plant-targeted effects
Immune poison
N Large animal
Init +3; Senses low-light vision, scent, ferocity
Strength: 26+4=29 (+10)
Dex: 14-2 = 12. +4 NA bonus
Speed 30+20=50 ft., climb 30+10=40 ft.
Melee: +12 BAB +10 Str +4 Amulet -4 PowerAttack = +22 to hit
Damage, bite: 1d6+10 (str) + 8 (PA) + 4 amulet = 1d6+22
Damage, claw: 1d4+10 (str) + 8 (PA) + 4 amulet = 1d4+22
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Special Attacks rend (2 claws, 1d4+17)
Barkskin (extended-320 minutes)
Resinous Skin (extended-320 minutes)
Gr. Longstrider (16 hours)
Resist Fire (30) - minutes
Echolocation - 0 minutes
Endure Elements
Elemental Body 1 (druid lvl 6): Air elemental: If the form you take is that of a Small air elemental, you gain a +2 size bonus to your Dexterity and a +2 natural armor bonus. You also gain fly 60 feet (perfect), darkvision 60 feet, and the ability to create a whirlwind.
Elemental Body 2 (druid lvl 8):Air elemental: As elemental body I except that you gain a +4 size bonus to your Dexterity and a +3 natural armor bonus.
Elemental Body 3 (druid lvl 10):Air elemental: As elemental body I except that you gain a +2 size bonus to your Strength, +4 size bonus to your Dexterity, and a +4 natural armor bonus.
Elemental Body 4 (druid lvl 12):Air elemental: As elemental body I except that you gain a +4 size bonus to your Strength, +6 size bonus to your Dexterity, and a +4 natural armor
AC: 7 armor + 3 shield + 2 dex + 1 ring +3 barkskin =26
HP 179/179 - DR5 piercing
[ dice]1d20+19[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d6+7[/dice] magic damage.
+12 BAB +8 Str + 1 Mwk = +21 to hit
Druid Spells Prepared (CL 16th; concentration +22)
. . 8th—summon nature's ally VIII (animals only)[D], sunburst (DC 24), word of recall*
. . 7th—animal shapes[D], fire storm (DC 23), heal, sunbeam (DC 23)
. . 6th—fire seeds* (2), mass fly[D,APG] (DC 22), quickened resist energy (2)
. . 5th—beast shape III (animals only)[D], death ward, fire snake[APG] (2, DC 21), stoneskin, wall of fire
. . 4th—echolocation[UM], flame strike (DC 20), freedom of movement, life bubble[APG] (DC 20), slowing mud[*ACG] (DC 20), summon nature's ally IV (animals only)[D]
. . 3rd—daylight, fly[D], greater longstrider*, communal resist energy[UC], sleet storm, stone shape
. . 2nd—barkskin* (2), feather fall[D], fog cloud (2), resist energy* (2)
. . 1st—air bubble[UC], calm animals[D] (DC 17), liberating command[UC] (2), obscuring mist, produce flame (2)
Pems and Pemettes shake their collective head at the apery. He casts a spell and points at the Queen. "Choke. Choke and die on your winter!"
Round 6
AC = 31 PfE + Hasted
HP = 158/218
Weapon Equipped = Sever
Condition(s) = Mindblank, Protection from Spells, Protection from Evil, Judgment of Purity, Expeditious Retreat, Align Weapon(Good), Hasted
Tsin actually yips, as the newly-healed demodand suddenly falls to the floor, a stony form joining the shield guardians down below. "Single-handedly eliminated the demons, master Malavarius. Well done. Excellent work. Is it too much to ask you to do it one more time? Elvanna would make a wonderful statue in this chamber."
The swordswoman flicks a glance at the ice witch, wondering if the woman has anything of righteous indignation to share with Baba Yaga's contingent of substitute riders. She shrugs, then descends mid-air in an arc to find Elvanna's flank, getting out of the way of Hektir rushing directly at her. In a lazy swing-like swoop, Tsin takes position on the other side of Elvanna, and begins an exploring slash, to test the woman's magical protections. Only in this moment does it occur to her that Elvanna probably has the same kind of magic as is in her own Ring. She allows a modicum of respect to the only other woman in the room, as a fellow soul who hates unwanted embraces.
"Well, Elvanna. Unless you'd like to spend your last moments futilely attempting to summon another demon to your side, amidst all this opposition, would you rather offer your surrender, and let Baba Yaga decide your fate? I thought not."
Mal*
Tsin
Pems
Hektir
Quinn
Elvanna
Tsin closes in on the witch queen, but her sword seems to clang off Elvanna's icy body. Hektir struggles similarly though he's able to crack off a small piece as he tries to savage her.
Pems' spell has no effect, even despite Quinn's magic , and she glares around in hatred, before laughing coldly.
"You think you can beat me?" she cries. "Even if you do, pay attention to my fate. If the Old Crone will do this to her own flesh and blood, imagine what she'll do to you when she tires of you?
"It's not too late! Abandon her and join me!"
Elvanna: 49 (100)
The old wizard shoots Tsin an incredulously arched eyebrow before shaking his head and turning to Elvanna. ”Join you?” Malavarius scoffs, ”You’re choking all of Golarion in bitter ice and you want us to join you? Good grief, you’re a raving lunatic!”
He then taps his staff and tries to strip some Elvanna’s magics from her.
HP: 88/88
AC: 17 (11 T / 16 FF)
Fort: +9 // Ref: +10 // Will: +16 (+1 vs spells, SLAs, & Su abilities of evil arcane spellcasters)
Spell Resistance: 18
Resist 10: Cold
Energy Absorption: 7/48 absorbed
Displacement used: 0/15 rds
Pearl of Power I: 0/1 used
Pearl of Power III: 0/1 used
wand of scorching ray: 36/50 charges used
Cantrips Prepared (4): detect magic, open/close, prestidigitation, read magic
Level 1 Prepared (4+2+1): endure elements [X], feather fall [ ], identify [ ], mount [ ], protection from evil* [ ], mage armor [X], shield [ ]
Level 2 Prepared (4+2+1): glitterdust [ ], locate object [ ], protection from arrows [X] [X] [X] [X] [X]
Level 3 Prepared (4+2+1): dispel magic* [X] [X] [X] [ ], fireball [ ], haste [X] [ ], magic weapon (greater) [X]
Level 4 Prepared (4+2+1): dimensional anchor [ ], dimension door [X] [X], fireball (intensified) [ ] [ ] [ ], remove curse* [ ]
Level 5 Prepared (3+1+1): break enchantment* [ ], dismissal [X], lightning arc [ ] [ ] [ ]
Level 6 Prepared (3+1+1): disintegrate [X] [X] [ ], flesh to stone [X], greater dispel magic* [X]
Level 7 Prepared (3+1+1): banishment [X], mage's sword [ ], mmm [ ], resonating word [ ], spell turning* [X]
Level 8 Prepared (2+1+1): moment of prescience [X], protection from spells* [X] [ ], mind blank [X]
Protective Ward used: 0/10
Ongoing Effects:
protection from arrows (everyone)
mage armor (Pemsworth)
greater magic weapon (Hektir)
mind blank (Tsin)
protection from spells (Tsin, 160 minutes)
Dex damage: 1
Pems and the Pemsettes snarl in unison, hating the foul woman and her spell resistance.
"Try this, then!" Pems chants and sends a wave of concentrated stupidity, culled from enduring many, many fireside conversations with Hektir over the years, towards the Queen! Feeblemind! DC 24
Round 7
Will
Apetir 5' flaps closer and continues to pound away, raving, and drooling.
to hit;
magic damage;
to hit;
magic damage;
to hit;
magic damage;
[ dice=bite]1d20+22[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d6+22[/dice] magic damage;
[ dice=claw]1d20+22[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d4+22[/dice] magic damage;
[ dice=claw]1d20+22[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d4+22[/dice] magic damage;
HP 179/179
AC: 10 + 9 breastplate + 5 shield + 1 dex - 1 size + 3 deflection + 4 NA + 5 Barkskin: 36 AC
Resist 15/cold and fire; 10/good; resinous skin
Fort +17, Ref +10, Will +19; +4 vs. fey and plant-targeted effects
Immune poison
N Large animal
Init +3; Senses low-light vision, scent, ferocity
Strength: 26+4=29 (+10)
Dex: 14-2 = 12. +4 NA bonus
Speed 30+20=50 ft., climb 30+10=40 ft.
Melee: +12 BAB +10 Str +4 Amulet -4 PowerAttack = +22 to hit
Damage, bite: 1d6+10 (str) + 8 (PA) + 4 amulet = 1d6+22
Damage, claw: 1d4+10 (str) + 8 (PA) + 4 amulet = 1d4+22
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Special Attacks rend (2 claws, 1d4+17)
Barkskin (extended-320 minutes)
Resinous Skin (extended-320 minutes)
Gr. Longstrider (16 hours)
Resist Fire (30) - minutes
Echolocation - 0 minutes
Endure Elements
Elemental Body 1 (druid lvl 6): Air elemental: If the form you take is that of a Small air elemental, you gain a +2 size bonus to your Dexterity and a +2 natural armor bonus. You also gain fly 60 feet (perfect), darkvision 60 feet, and the ability to create a whirlwind.
Elemental Body 2 (druid lvl 8):Air elemental: As elemental body I except that you gain a +4 size bonus to your Dexterity and a +3 natural armor bonus.
Elemental Body 3 (druid lvl 10):Air elemental: As elemental body I except that you gain a +2 size bonus to your Strength, +4 size bonus to your Dexterity, and a +4 natural armor bonus.
Elemental Body 4 (druid lvl 12):Air elemental: As elemental body I except that you gain a +4 size bonus to your Strength, +6 size bonus to your Dexterity, and a +4 natural armor
AC: 7 armor + 3 shield + 2 dex + 1 ring +3 barkskin =26
HP 179/179 - DR5 piercing
[ dice]1d20+19[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d6+7[/dice] magic damage.
+12 BAB +8 Str + 1 Mwk = +21 to hit
Druid Spells Prepared (CL 16th; concentration +22)
. . 8th—summon nature's ally VIII (animals only)[D], sunburst (DC 24), word of recall*
. . 7th—animal shapes[D], fire storm (DC 23), heal, sunbeam (DC 23)
. . 6th—fire seeds* (2), mass fly[D,APG] (DC 22), quickened resist energy (2)
. . 5th—beast shape III (animals only)[D], death ward, fire snake[APG] (2, DC 21), stoneskin, wall of fire
. . 4th—echolocation[UM], flame strike (DC 20), freedom of movement, life bubble[APG] (DC 20), slowing mud[*ACG] (DC 20), summon nature's ally IV (animals only)[D]
. . 3rd—daylight, fly[D], greater longstrider*, communal resist energy[UC], sleet storm, stone shape
. . 2nd—barkskin* (2), feather fall[D], fog cloud (2), resist energy* (2)
. . 1st—air bubble[UC], calm animals[D] (DC 17), liberating command[UC] (2), obscuring mist, produce flame (2)
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Zeno blinks up at Hektir as his beak goes slack.
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Round 7
AC = 31 PfE + Hasted
HP = 158/218
Weapon Equipped = Sever
Condition(s) = Mindblank, Protection from Spells, Protection from Evil, Judgment of Purity, Expeditious Retreat, Align Weapon(Good), Hasted, -4 to Saves(2r v 14r)
"It speaks." Tsin shakes her head, unnerved by the witch's vocalization. "We are but pawns played against you, Elvanna. We are under an oath to finish what you started, when you began to ice over the world."
Tsin fears what's to come next from the witch's throat, so she tries to open it below the chin, so Elvanna will have a much harder time, with Severed vocal chords...
Edit:
Quinn continues slapping the Queen. "We'll not join you in your witchy games!"
The golem paces below the queen as it waits to pummel her when she gets within reach.
Mal
Tsin
Pems
Hektir
Quinn
Elvanna
Unfortunately, Mal and Pems' spells seem to have no effect on Elvanna, but the same can't be said for Tsin, who manage to hurt her, chipping off chunks of ice. Hektir's blows just slide off her icy form.
She dodges Quinn's touch, and then turns her energy to the two attackers, ice and cold swirling around them in freezing blasts as she laughs uproariously.
"Then you'll die, fools!" she taunts, seemingly undaunted by the unfavorable odds.
Elvanna: 136 (80)
Fort -
Apetir takes no cold damage, the ice just increasing his hot rage.
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Round 8
AC = 31 PfE + Hasted
HP = 153/218
Weapon Equipped = Sever
Condition(s) = Mindblank, Protection from Spells, Protection from Evil, Judgment of Purity, Expeditious Retreat, Align Weapon(Good), Hasted, -4 to Saves(2r v 14r)
Tsin regards the witch for a moment, before she renews her attacks. "You've grown overly confident in your magical protections. You've stoned your skin. I've had the luxury before, by my wizard friend's hand. It doesn't last. Will you beg for your life, once we've pierced your protection? Are you mad with power? Or are you that scared of Baba Yaga?"
The swordswoman continues several times over to take the witch's head off. She steadies her upper body, and whips Sever back and forth, at neck-level...
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2d4+14+1d10
Round 8
Apetir 5' flaps closer and continues to pound away, raving, and drooling, now with flank.
to hit;
magic damage;
to hit;
magic damage;
to hit;
magic damage;
[ dice=bite]1d20+22[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d6+22[/dice] magic damage;
[ dice=claw]1d20+22[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d4+22[/dice] magic damage;
[ dice=claw]1d20+22[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d4+22[/dice] magic damage;
HP 179/179
AC: 10 + 9 breastplate + 5 shield + 1 dex - 1 size + 3 deflection + 4 NA + 5 Barkskin: 36 AC
Resist 15/cold and fire; 10/good; resinous skin
Fort +17, Ref +10, Will +19; +4 vs. fey and plant-targeted effects
Immune poison
N Large animal
Init +3; Senses low-light vision, scent, ferocity
Strength: 26+4=29 (+10)
Dex: 14-2 = 12. +4 NA bonus
Speed 30+20=50 ft., climb 30+10=40 ft.
Melee: +12 BAB +10 Str +4 Amulet -4 PowerAttack = +22 to hit
Damage, bite: 1d6+10 (str) + 8 (PA) + 4 amulet = 1d6+22
Damage, claw: 1d4+10 (str) + 8 (PA) + 4 amulet = 1d4+22
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Special Attacks rend (2 claws, 1d4+17)
Barkskin (extended-320 minutes)
Resinous Skin (extended-320 minutes)
Gr. Longstrider (16 hours)
Resist Fire (30) - minutes
Echolocation - 0 minutes
Endure Elements
Elemental Body 1 (druid lvl 6): Air elemental: If the form you take is that of a Small air elemental, you gain a +2 size bonus to your Dexterity and a +2 natural armor bonus. You also gain fly 60 feet (perfect), darkvision 60 feet, and the ability to create a whirlwind.
Elemental Body 2 (druid lvl 8):Air elemental: As elemental body I except that you gain a +4 size bonus to your Dexterity and a +3 natural armor bonus.
Elemental Body 3 (druid lvl 10):Air elemental: As elemental body I except that you gain a +2 size bonus to your Strength, +4 size bonus to your Dexterity, and a +4 natural armor bonus.
Elemental Body 4 (druid lvl 12):Air elemental: As elemental body I except that you gain a +4 size bonus to your Strength, +6 size bonus to your Dexterity, and a +4 natural armor
AC: 7 armor + 3 shield + 2 dex + 1 ring +3 barkskin =26
HP 179/179 - DR5 piercing
[ dice]1d20+19[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d6+7[/dice] magic damage.
+12 BAB +8 Str + 1 Mwk = +21 to hit
Druid Spells Prepared (CL 16th; concentration +22)
. . 8th—summon nature's ally VIII (animals only)[D], sunburst (DC 24), word of recall*
. . 7th—animal shapes[D], fire storm (DC 23), heal, sunbeam (DC 23)
. . 6th—fire seeds* (2), mass fly[D,APG] (DC 22), quickened resist energy (2)
. . 5th—beast shape III (animals only)[D], death ward, fire snake[APG] (2, DC 21), stoneskin, wall of fire
. . 4th—echolocation[UM], flame strike (DC 20), freedom of movement, life bubble[APG] (DC 20), slowing mud[*ACG] (DC 20), summon nature's ally IV (animals only)[D]
. . 3rd—daylight, fly[D], greater longstrider*, communal resist energy[UC], sleet storm, stone shape
. . 2nd—barkskin* (2), feather fall[D], fog cloud (2), resist energy* (2)
. . 1st—air bubble[UC], calm animals[D] (DC 17), liberating command[UC] (2), obscuring mist, produce flame (2)
Seeing his spells wash off the Queen, Pems and the Pemsettes give her their best glare!
Evil Eye! DC 26, -4 to AC! 1 round/ 7 rounds
Malavarius tries yet again to strip away some of Elvanna’s protections. He mutters to himself as he slams his staff down again, ”She’s lost her marbles! She’s hardly in a position to be laughing!”
HP: 88/88
AC: 17 (11 T / 16 FF)
Fort: +9 // Ref: +10 // Will: +16 (+1 vs spells, SLAs, & Su abilities of evil arcane spellcasters)
Spell Resistance: 18
Resist 10: Cold
Energy Absorption: 7/48 absorbed
Displacement used: 0/15 rds
Pearl of Power I: 0/1 used
Pearl of Power III: 0/1 used
wand of scorching ray: 36/50 charges used
Cantrips Prepared (4): detect magic, open/close, prestidigitation, read magic
Level 1 Prepared (4+2+1): endure elements [X], feather fall [ ], identify [ ], mount [ ], protection from evil* [ ], mage armor [X], shield [ ]
Level 2 Prepared (4+2+1): glitterdust [ ], locate object [ ], protection from arrows [X] [X] [X] [X] [X]
Level 3 Prepared (4+2+1): dispel magic* [X] [X] [X] [ ], fireball [ ], haste [X] [ ], magic weapon (greater) [X]
Level 4 Prepared (4+2+1): dimensional anchor [ ], dimension door [X] [X], fireball (intensified) [ ] [ ] [ ], remove curse* [ ]
Level 5 Prepared (3+1+1): break enchantment* [ ], dismissal [X], lightning arc [ ] [ ] [ ]
Level 6 Prepared (3+1+1): disintegrate [X] [X] [ ], flesh to stone [X], greater dispel magic* [X]
Level 7 Prepared (3+1+1): banishment [X], mage's sword [ ], mmm [ ], resonating word [ ], spell turning* [X]
Level 8 Prepared (2+1+1): moment of prescience [X], protection from spells* [X] [ ], mind blank [X]
Protective Ward used: 0/10
Ongoing Effects:
protection from arrows (everyone)
mage armor (Pemsworth)
greater magic weapon (Hektir)
mind blank (Tsin)
protection from spells (Tsin, 160 minutes)
Dex damage: 1
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Just as Elvanna seems ready to cast a spell of immense power, one you think is likely to be potentially life-ending, Tsin's blade catches her across the neck. It catches for a moment on her icy body, but its flame and magic seem to be stronger than the witch queen's and Tsin -- a mere butcher's apprentice when she began this journey -- muscles it through. Elvanna's eyes bulge and her mouth remains open in a silent scream as her head topples clean, body falling with a thump to the ground below.
After what seems like years of effort to get to this point, the room falls silent except for your breathing, your fight over.
Of course, that lasts for merely a moment when you hear Baba Yaga's now familiar voice: "Well done! Well done, my Riders! Now, soak my last doll in her blood and I will be free, and this will be all over!"
Still in an apish rage as his kill was denied him, Apetir picks up Elvanna’s head by her hair and begins to beat it against the wall. He does this for a few moments, until his breath and rage give out.
He lets others play with the doll and the blood, taking the head and shoving his other helping of fire seeds into its mouth, which he will gladly ignite.
Only by staring at the burst flames coming out of the skulls remaining sockets does he finally feel some measure of revenge. Only when the heat from the skull warms him like his summer used to warm him, does he remember where he came from.
Finally, he slumps against the wall, still holding the skull and returns to his natural form.
Pems takes the doll and somewhat delicately, dips it into the spreading pool of red.
The moment decelerates abruptly, as Tsin can feel the magic bestowed upon her Sever, by Baba Yaga. Almost as if Sever became... barbed... for the instant it found the witch's neck flesh. There was really only one way it would leave the meat- on the other side.
As the body collapses, and the head becomes pacifier for the simian, Tsin shudders. Not in disgust, or fear, but in relief. Here, in the Kurgan of Baba Yaga, the Heldren Five managed to execute a queen. Her mind races over the possible paths they have yet to take. She reigns in those horses as soon as she hears the Crone's Voice.
Tsin watches as Pemsworth does as Baba Yaga bids...
Malavarius raises a fist jubilantly as Elvanna’s head suddenly leaps into an upward arc as her body quickly drops in the opposite direction. ”Ha! Look at that, Zeno!” He then shouts up toward the rest of the group, ”Splendid stroke, Tsin! Masterful work, indeed!”
Tsin jumps at the sound of the wizard's cheer. "It was well-timed, I agree. Surprising how steady she held herself, while cackling. I can only imagine the executioner's job is much easier, for the restraints." From butcher to blackhood, eh?
Pems soaks the matryoshka doll in Elvanna’s blood, and a resounding crack echoes through the chamber. A few seconds later, thick white smoke pours from the broken doll, and out steps Baba Yaga. The Queen of Witches is free once more!
"At last!" she exclaims.
”Yes, at last indeed.” Malavarius regards the Old Crone with bunched up eyebrows and a furrowed brow. ”Welcome back to your kurgan, Baba Yaga.”
Pems edges back from the crone. "Yes. And we're free, right? Oaths made and kept, free and clear, right? Right?"
Tsin watches intently, as the Crone steps from her prison. They just slew one witch, and in her place stands another, more powerful one. Before she considers anything rash, Tsin sheathes Sever in her Baldric. After wiping Elvanna's blood from it, of course.
"A journey at an end, then? Having freed you, have we fulfilled our oath to your Black Rider? As Pems says, are we 'free and clear'? Elvanna's treachery is still active, I would guess. What will you do next?"
"Of course our oath is fulfilled!" Quinn exclaims jubilantly as he steps toward Baba Yaga. "It must have been terrible being trapped for so long, I bet you need a drink!" He produces a bottle of shine and offers it to the crone. "'Afraid we don't have any fancy cups befitting your station, Hektir and I just drink right from the bottle."
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"Yes, yes," the crone says, glaring disdainfully at Quinn's offering. "You have done what you've promised, and earn a reward, despite your impertinence!"
She glares specifically at Tsin at that.
She then turns her back to you, dismissively for a moment, and faces the cauldron. She chants a short incantation, and the bubbling cauldron goes dark and still.
"There. Your home is restored," she says. "Now winter will remain only in my Irrisen."
With another incantation, Baba Yaga shatters Elvanna’s mirror gate, permanently shutting the “back door” to her inner sanctum.
"That hardly seems enough, though. I revoke my mantle -- " and you feel a wait lifted from your shoulders " -- but will not leave you with nothing. You may keep the other gifts I've granted you, as well as all of the treasures you have recovered from within my Dancing Hut. You may take what you want from the upstart, too, except for the Icecrown of Irrisen, which will go to the next queen."
She stops, seemingly momentarily in thought.
"But still, you have done my a great service, so I offer each of you one final boon -- any one thing that is within my power to grant."
Hektir takes the crown off the head that he'd been holding by the hair, after he had beaten it against the wall, and then filled it with fire seeds.
He lamely wipes it off on his armor, and hands the Icecrown to Baba Yaga. He keeps the head of Elvanna.
"Hmm. I am quite content to return home and enjoy my summer," Hektir says with a spit, feeling the onus on his shoulders lifted. "I do no with a slave for a wife, but to find someone who can love me and bear me many happy children who will delight in the long summers. Can you offer me that?"
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Zeno's feathers nearly all fall out as he considers the Old Crone offering herself as Hektir's reward, but Malavarius seems unaware of the little thrush's imagination as he strokes his beard in quiet, heavy contemplation.
"Hmmm. This last request is in addition to returning my good hat, yes?" His lips purse into a tight frown and his brow crumples into furrows again as the realization dawns that the hag had likely been behind the loss of his good hat from the very start.