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Tenibri uses his arcane senses to reach out to the naturally-occurring oils that permeate the air around them, causing them to concentrate on the ground underneath a pair of the bunyips.
A grease spell covers a solid surface with a layer of slippery grease. Any creature in the area when the spell is cast must make a successful Reflex save or fall. A creature can walk within or through the area of grease at half normal speed with a DC 10 Acrobatics check. Failure means it can't move that round (and must then make a Reflex save or fall), while failure by 5 or more means it falls (see the Acrobatics skill for details). Creatures that do not move on their turn do not need to make this check and are not considered flat-footed.
Special Defenses - none, though they are fast swimmers, if that counts as a defense.
Special Attacks - their jaws contain razor-sharp teeth that can cause heavy bleeding on even slight contact. On top of that, these creatures can also let out a fairly intimidating roar.
Saves - Fort and Ref are good, Will is bad. They are quite agile, too.
The weaselfish squirm as the party descends upon them and attempt to gather supplies for their future sushi restaurant. They decide to retaliate against the attacks, nonetheless, and two of them engage their attackers - Kazu and Garr.
The third one, however, decides to stand its ground, and lets out a fearsome roar. The sound echoes through the room, and even the water forms ripples.
Turn 2 - go if bolded
Cypher
Eadric
Garr
Helme
Kazu
Tenibri
Street sharks - snapping at air and roaring
Red: frightened, bewildered, -17
Purple: -27
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Eadric is about step towards the Bunyip in the centre of the room, but stumbles and gets a much closer view of the shark-creature's wide, toothy maw than he intended. It roars in Eadric's face, spaying spittle in his eyes and shaking his bones with the unbelievable volume. "AAaggh!" Screaming in panic, he quickly backs away, but is unable to regain his composure and just keeps going. Running back where he came from, Eadric flattens his back against a wall beside Cypher. Turning bright red with shame, he looks at the person he had sworn to defend in situations like this. "Cyph... I'm, like... Gods, I'm so sorry, Cyph! I... I can't..."
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Garr sways side to side again, striking out as the Shark approaches with his signature "Loopy Style" Martial Arts. The exotic sword whistling through the air as his opponent closes in. The Bunyip's roar triggers something within Garr, a fear he had of something as a kid, an old, unknown fear, and before he knows it Garr backs up away from the shark, retreating away as fast as his large legs can go. Looking to head over to where Tenebri and Helme are, Garr runs over with his head down.. "Sorry guys, I know im supposed to be one of the BIG ones in the group, but something about that shark... doesn't sit right with me. You can handle this right?" Garr replies, sweat dripping from his brow. Once away from the sharks and safely by his team mates, Garr relaxes his body, the inner rage and alcoholic effects dissolving away, leaving Garr nauseous and exhausted, forcing the man to throw up a small puddle on the floor by the pool "UGGGHHH!" Garr says, wiping his mouth of the small specks of vomit
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Cypher let's loose the sweeping magic of the sleep spell over blue and purple.
Cypher looks at the panicked defenders and shakes their head slowly.
Oh Eadric baby... It's okay sweety...
Though, whether or not they are as calm as their pretending to be is another matter as they turn back to face the things. They face the red one and hold out their hands, humming softly as arcane magic begins to flow.
Look to me... I am the only thing you see...
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Oh, bunyips, gotta watch out for their terrifying... and the third bunyip's roar washes over Tenibri along with the rest of the party. He almost finds an inner reserve, but seeing the two bunyips waltz casually out of his grease spell seals his terror. He flees back behind the wall, huddling up near Eadric as his last defense.
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Kazu almost feels the supernatural fear overwhelm him, but he bites down on his tongue and the sudden pain shakes him out. Unfortunately, a number of his teammates have been affected. Need to end this quickly.
Turning the full force of his focused fury on the shark-beast, Kazu slams his right claw again on the creature's head, then tears into its flesh with his left claw and beak. He then takes a step back.
Helme and Kazu stay in the fight as the rest of the Pathfinders have a panic attack, with Cypher standing near the entrance casting their spells.
This prevents the trembling bunyip from running away, and Kazu finishes it off with an onslaught of claws and bites. All in, some would say.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the pool, Helme and Garr slaughter one other otterfish. The last creature standing uses its fins to awkwardly shuffle towards Kazu with the intention of biting a leg off. Apparently, it thinks Kazu is a product of Qadiran Fried Chicken. Must be the feathers.
It's way too slow to do anything meaningful before you react, however.
Turn 3 - all go. Except the cowards, that is
Cypher
Eadric - panic
Garr - at
Helme
Kazu
Tenibri - the disco
Street sharks - failed charge
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Eadric keeps his back firmly planted to the the wall, his face shining like a tomato. "You too, Bro?" He asks Tenibri as the usually stoic wayang huddles up next to him. "This is totally wrong! I should be, like, helping Kaz and breaking gnarly land sharks' teeth. Not hiding like... like a kook!" He punches the wall, angry at himself despite Cypher's reassurances.
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Kazu ducks easily under the clumsy bite. Seeing that he is one of the few still fighting fills Kazu with a focus and willpower. Kazu swings his claw against the creature's head, then tears into its flesh with his left claw and beak. Then again, he steps back.
Kazu glares at it with a disconcerting fury. "Your turn to flee!"
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Garr slumps against the wall, exhausted and ashamed he simply throws his hands up in the air.. "I.. I.. cant, believe.." before he can finish Garr's stomach hits him again and he nearly vomits some more, barely keeping himself in check. The whole look rather pathetic, Garr can do nothing besides watch and hope his team can carry the fight
The bunyip, despite not speaking a language, somehow listens to Kazu's words and turns to run away from the Tengu. In panic, it forgets about the slick of oil on the floor, however, and ends up flattened on its belly. Not that it would be able to run much further on its little stumps, though.
Helme misses with her sling as the creature slips and falls.
Cypher - Delayed? go if you want. Next turn, too.
Eadric - panic
Garr - at
Helme
Kazu
Tenibri - the disco
Street sharks - prone
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"Totally, Bro!" Eadric says to Tenibri as he spares a quick glance around the corner before pressing his back into the wall again. "Makes total sense... totally..." He lies, although he tries his best to sound like he believes the wayang, he fails miserably. At least I still, like, have my breakfast and stuff. Feeling that Helme and Kazu have the situation well in hand, he shouts over at Garr. "How 'bout you, Bro? You feeling better yet?"
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Garr shouts from his prone position against the wall "Did that damnable shark's roar get you as well Eadric?! THANK the gods. I was going to honorably commit suicide if I had been the only one. I ran like such a whelp! Did you see me?! Bwahahah!" Garr roars, regaining some lost confidence and hiding his shame in humor
With a series of precise clawings, Kazu manages to silence the creature. It remains lying on the greasy spot, not moving. Besides for some light breathing and bleeding, that is. With that said, the panic wears off from Eadric, Garr, and Tenibri.
The two dead acolytes both have rapiers and medium sized light armors. Each of them carries a scroll as well. One of them, conveniently, wears a bicorn matching the description of the one you are after.
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With the danger over, Eadric bashfully renters the temple, shining like a tomato from the embarrassment. "Yeah, they totally got me running too, bro." He says to Garr as he walks by, "I guess that means we're, like, stuck with you for a little while longer, eh?" After giving Garr a friendly pat on the back, he starts searching the temple.
Kazu unlocks and opens the door. As soon as he does so, two half-elven girls throw themselves at him with tears running down their cheeks. "Thank you! Thank you so much! They would have sacrificed us to those things!"
A human man sits in the corner with a nasty wound in his abdomen, his skin is pale, but that might simply be the effects of said wound. He doesn't notice you at first, but once the children throw themselves at the tengu, he merely nods in Kazu's direction in a thankful manner.
"Can you help our father? He fought off the Bermarans and got wounded while we hid up here."
They introduce themselves as Josef and his daughters Niana, and Relinda.
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Eadric smiles widely at Kazu. "You're a total hero, bro!" Deciding that saving Kazu from an awkward situation is the least he can do after how he acted during the fight, Eadric starts walking towards the lookout. On his way to the two girls hanging onto the poor, uncomfortable bird, he pulls out his sorry excuse for a wand, then kneels down to eye level, and offers it to Niana and Relinda. "You did most excellent, little dudes! And were totally brave too. Now... Why don't we finish the job and, like, make your father totally better with this here wand." He gives them his goofiest of smiles and glances at Helme. "If you ask Helme real nice, I bet she'll, like, show you how it works."
When Josef is feeling a little better, he asks why his family was going to be sacriced. "...And, bro, why were they so rubbish at it?"
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Garr seems visibly pissed at the mention of the weak and innocent girls being used as a sacrifice of some sort
"Tell us girls, who was going to hurt you?! Uncle Garr will make sure those responsible, pay. DEARLY."
Garr does his best to talk to the little ones in a reassuring and comforting tone, despite his size and girth, the unusually large man has a weakness for little uns
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Cypher waits for Helme to help, then looks towards the kids and the father.
I'm sorry to ask this after what you've been through. But I must ask something, that you forget we where here. If anyone asks, tell them that some folks saying they where the "Aspis" came in and slaughtered the Besmarans and that gave you the chance to escape.
The girls swoop around Helme with Eadric's wand, bargaining to make her heal their bleeding father: "We don't want to be orphans, lady...", one of them states with puppy eyes, with the other one holding out the wand in front of her - "Make him better, please? I'm too young to make due all alone."
The man in the corner smiles and coughs. "It's not that bad, girls. I've seen worse." He stands up slowly. "Still hurst though..."
He walks up to the party, winking at Cypher and Tenibri. "Noted. And thanks for helping us. I thought we were dead for sure. Damn Besmarans decided to make us today's sacrifice. Must be because of their mother again.", he tilts his head towards the girls, who are fully occupied jumping around Helme.
Josef shrugs at Cypher. "No idea what happened. She said she's running a deal with them, and then just disappeared. Real free spirit that one.", he smiles before grimacing from the pain again. "Keeps you on your toes, you know..."
"She showed up at home the other day, smiling ear to ear, packed some essentials and disappeared. I didn't hear from her since."
As per Eadric's suggestion, the children continue to annoy Helme.
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Helme takes the wand from the little ones, and finally raises her hands for silence when the noise level gets to a low din. "I will heal him. Let me show you how this wand works." "This is the sorriest excuse of a wand that I have ever seen. Eadric needs a new one.
After she taps Josef with the wand she hands it back to Eadric. "What did you do to this poor wand sit on it?"
"What is your mother's name? I'm looking for an elven woman. I may have a job offer for her." she asks the girls and their father.
Josef thanks you for the healing: "It's a BIT better, thanks. I think I'll make it through the night." The older child looks at Helme. "Mommy's name is Reddie, and she is almost as beautiful as my sister!", she announces with a smile.
"A job for my wife? Hah! That's rich. You are the second funniest rock I have met this year. Reddie is short for Redelia. That's her name." Josef overhears the conversation and chips in.
Meanwhile, the younger kid walks up to Garr and observes his beard with curiosity. "Can I touch and braid it, daddy?", she asks after a few seconds, without looking at Josef.
"I'm not sure, honey. Why don't you ask the nice dwarf himself?", he responds, and Frelinda looks at Garr: "Can I braid your mouth's hair, misterrr?", she asks and prolongs the last syllable in a child-like manner.
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"I, like, heard someone say that the uglier the wand, the more potent the magic and stuff." Eadric says as Helme returns his wand. "I totally lucked out when I found this gnarly thing in the bargain bin. Can you believe the merchant was, like, this close to throwing it away? A most excellent find!" He stuffs the beaten up twig back into his bag and lets Helme finish her business in peace. "Hey, I think I have some, like, coloured twine..." Eadric offers as he joins in with keeping the girls entertained. "Will that help?"