Mr. Proudefeet flies at the two headed giant, but something distracts him and he looks up at the last moment, missing the creature even with his divine assistance.
Bates steps up and carves the giant in front of him into pieces, and Lucija's demon does the same, but misses his killing blow.
Vermin, Sparky, and his Ankylosaurus friend step up and make up for Mr. Proudefeet's distraction with a pummeling of doom.
The ettin is alive... if barely.
The blue giant steps back a bit and grabs a stone from the ground and chucks it at Farkas, him being the largest, closest target.
Farkas is decidedly unhappy as he is beamed over the head with the rock and growls at the incoming meals. But before the first rock even hits the ground, 3 more come sailing through the air at Vermin!
They hit Vermin, but bounce off his thick hide to the ground without hurting him. The distraction that caused Mr. P to miss was the appearance of 3 more giants from the cave mouth up ahead! These 3 however, look different from the other giants. They are three identical male giants. They wear banded armor and tote massive two handed axes, so they are clearly not typical members of their kind. Their gear is well maintained and their stoop is less pronounced, which makes them even more different than their fellows. They seem relatively alert and ready for action.
Before the Pathfinders can figure out what exactly is up with these three interlopers, the three rocks that vermin has been pummeled with STAND UP! Looking like blocky men made of stone, they reach out at Vermin, trying to drag him down!
however, the little guys fail miserably at the attempt.
Meanwhile, Farkas tries to have another taste of giant.
He Rips into the giant, taking a great big chunk out of him, but not bringing him down yet either.
PATHFINDERS FIGHT! THE BOLD MAY ACT!
[b]Bauble[b]
Farkas
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Ettin
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Lucija
Vermin
Mr. Proudefeets
Bate
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Giant Blue
Giant yellow
Enforcer RED
Enforcer BLUE
Enforcer Yellow
Elemental pipsqueaks
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Bauble is upset with the Blue Giant, hurting poor wolfy like that, and he runs over to him and tries to zap him with an empowered intensified shocking grasp.
Swift Action: enhance blade to +5/flaming
Standard Action: cast empowered intensified shocking grasp
Move Action: Move to giant
Free Action: Deliver shocking grasp
and pops into view with the attack.
"Bad giant not attack wolfy!"
Bauble slashes deep into the giant who convulses with electricity for a moment before slumping to the ground.
The Ettin attempts to beat on sparky...
and is completely ineffectial about it.
PATHFINDERS FIGHT! THE BOLD MAY ACT!
Bauble
Farkas
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Ettin
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Lucija
Vermin
Mr. Proudefeets
Bate
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Giant yellow [slowed]
Enforcer RED
Enforcer BLUE
Enforcer YELLOW
Elemental pipsqueaks
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Lucija's demon moves to finish off the newly planes-forsaken giant.
Lucija's own interests, on the other hand lie farther afield; zipping closer to the action, she pulls out a square of darkwood and holds it high, crushing it in her hand while bellowing the alien syllables that once again call a horrible mass of otherworldly tentacles to wreak Chaos upon the disciplined-looking warriors in the back!
[dice=TENTACLES!]1d20+16[/dice]
Dignified warriors do not screech like little girls as they are assaulted by tentacles.
The hill giants are not dignified warriors.
The yellow giant is brutalized in slow motion by the demon, but does not yet fall.
PATHFINDERS FIGHT! THE BOLD MAY ACT!
Bauble
Farkas
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Ettin
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Lucija
Vermin
Mr. Proudefeets
Bate
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Giant yellow [slowed] -30
Enforcer RED [Tentacle Grapple]-5
Enforcer BLUE [Tentacle Grapple]-5
Enforcer YELLOW [Tentacle Grapple]-5
Elemental pipsqueaks
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Mr. P's smite is still active against the ettin (the 2 headed giant, yes?) and he charges him again, attempting to do better than last time, flying over the heads of the elemental creatures, and then wheeling in his charge flying past the ettin and ending up 20' in the air and up at the top of the map.
The ettin howls in anger as Bate steps up and slashes at his legs, and he reaches back to swipe... but the distraction is all Mr. P needs to sweep in, skewering both heads on his lance with a single strike, causing the giant to slump over in death with a "CRASH" as he slams to the ground.
Vermin, Sparky, and his big beefy dino friend begin laying about the tiny distracting annoyances that unfortunately delay them. While the annoyances are killed easily, it does prevent Vermin and his team from bringing their force to bear against the enforcers.
Those same enforcers struggle to escape the tentacle grasp...
Red is unable to escape from the grasp, but the other two step away from the tentacles, hefting their great axes in preparation to attack the adventurers. Unfortunately for them, moving away from the tentacles means forcing them to walk by Vermin and Bauble.
Farkas continues to nom on the yellow giant.
But still can't get the heavy giant off his feet.
PATHFINDERS FIGHT! THE BOLD MAY ACT!
Bauble
Farkas
Lucija
Vermin
Mr. Proudefeets
Bate
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Giant yellow [slowed] -49
Enforcer RED [Tentacle Grapple]-5
Enforcer BLUE -5
Enforcer YELLOW -21 [Vermin Grapple]
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Mr. P takes aim at the blue enforcer, flying (at an altitude of 20') above the yellow enforcer and out of the reach of the yellow giant .
Mr. P continues riding past where the blue enforcer once stood, leaving him just above bauble (same square, but 20' up in the air).
Mr. P rides one square closer (using ride-by-attack) to allow Griff to pounce upon the blue enforcer.
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Lucija's demon continues tormenting her victim...
...the tentacles tighten their grip on the one remaining...
...and Lucija conjures more blood-colored extradimensional chains to punish the two who escaped!
Mr. P hits the blue enforcer like a ton of bricks, and Griff attacks the giant's face like a kitten with yarn, driving the giant enforcer to the ground.
The demon has a oddly difficult time hitting the giant, the slow mo reactions actually causing him to miss as he doesn't reach places fast enough to stab like you'd expect.
Seeing that blue is down, Lucija focuses her efforts on enforcer yellow.
Unfortunately, while she is distracted commanding her chains, the tentacles lose their grip on the remaining enforcer who glares at her with immense hatred.
Bauble, seeing the one that was walking up to him be struck down by Mr. P, decides to help wolfy get his lunch already, and neatly strikes down the yellow giant so that it collapses in front of his wolf friend.
PATHFINDERS FIGHT! THE BOLD MAY ACT!
Bauble
Farkas
Lucija
Vermin
Mr. Proudefeets
Bate
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Enforcer RED -5
Enforcer BLUE -5
Enforcer YELLOW -22 [Vermin Grapple]
Bate lashes the enforcer with his whip as it struggles in vermin's grasp. It ends up being a tenderizing action for sparky as the dino pet proceeds to chew up and rip apart the enforcer.
Vermin himself moves forward and bites at the remaining red enforcer...
The big tailed dino lumbers forward and takes a swing....
and finally hits with a wallop!
but not enough to stun the enforcer.
He tries to pull himself away from the tentacles grasping him, prompting attacks from Vermin and the big tailed dino...
He then attempts a attack on Vermin....
Landing a solid, if in the end, futile blow.
PATHFINDERS FIGHT! THE BOLD MAY ACT!
Bauble
Farkas
Lucija
Vermin -24
Mr. Proudefeets
Bate
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Enforcer RED -77
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Bauble will hold off. IF, and that is a really big if, the enforcer survives the attentions of the others, Bauble will zap him with a Magic Missile. So he will be delaying until after Proudfeets and will cast MM at that point.
Bauble casually saunters over to Wolfy and pets him while waiting to see the final giant fall.
Farkas sits on his haunches chewing on a giant, giving a deep bark of enjoyment as he rips flesh from bone.
Bates smashes the enforcers face in with his nasty whip, the giant slumping over dead in his arms.
PATHFINDERS FIGHT!? THE BOLD MAY ACT!
Bauble
Farkas
Lucija
Vermin -24
Mr. Proudefeets
Bate
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PATHFINDERS FIGHT!? THE BOLD MAY ACT!
Bauble
Farkas
Lucija
Vermin -24
Mr. Proudefeets
Bate
Hammerhand
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Taking notice of his wound Vermin seems more annoyed than anything else. Can someone close this wound? he asks as he recalls Frostbite with a pearl of power. And perhaps we should spread out. he says eying the sky and wondering about the wyrm they saw earlier. We have made quite a lot of noise here.
Sparky goes into the cave to look and sniff around.
Sparky squeezes into the cave at Vermin's instructions....
Just inside the cave, claws and flashing teeth start flying at poor sparky! Luckily, his hide is like iron and he is unaffected by the gnashing teeth.
Any seasoned adventurer knows those claws and teeth. TROLLS! Then seem unwilling to leave the cave, but by the sound of it, there is a fair amount of them in there.
PATHFINDERS FIGHT!? THE BOLD MAY ACT!
Farkas
Bauble
Lucija
Vermin -24
Mr. Proudefeets
Bate
Hammerhand
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TROLLS!
Sparky bites into a arm that reaches into the dim light sinking his teeth into it good... but more arms begin to wrap around him and are pulling on him, trying to drag him into the dark of the cave. Ferocious troll howls echo from the cave as the claws begins to grip Sparky. Vermin can see 6 arms grabbing onto him now...
PATHFINDERS FIGHT!? THE BOLD MAY ACT!
Farkas
Bauble
Lucija
Vermin -24 , Sparky [Grappled]
Mr. Proudefeets x2
Bate
Hammerhand
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TROLLS!
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[dice=Sparky Bite]1d20+15
[dice=bite]1d8+9
[dice=CMB]1d20+10
[dice=CMB Aid]1d20+10
[dice=CMB Aid]1d20+10Sparky bites into a arm that reaches into the dim light sinking his teeth into it good... but more arms begin to wrap around him and are pulling on him, trying to drag him into the dark of the cave. Ferocious troll howls echo from the cave as the claws begins to grip Sparky. Vermin can see 6 arms grabbing onto him now...
PATHFINDERS FIGHT!? THE BOLD MAY ACT!
Farkas
Bauble
Lucija
Vermin -24 , Sparky [Grappled]
Mr. Proudefeets x2
Bate
Hammerhand
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TROLLS!
Sequence of Events:
1.)Vermin orders Sparky into the cave while he uses the pearl to recover a spell. Upon entering the cave, the trolls become active and attack as they where waiting, but I decided sparky would see them and not be caught flatfooted, even if he was caught off guard.
2.) Mr. Proudfeet is up as the last person to take a action.
3.) Due to Mr. Proudefeets having hetic life recently, I decided to "Delay" him for after the trolls.
4.) The Trolls take their turn. Due to them attempting to grapple without improved grapple, the provoke from Sparky who I botted a bite attack for his AOO to save time. The Third troll moves in, once again provoking but since Sparky doesn't have combat reflexes, he only gets the 1 AOO against 1 troll.
5.)Trolls turn end. Because the trolls where in the initiative (Which is why you continued in init), you just weren't aware of them because they won't leave the cave and spend their time grousing and preparing to attack the first person to step in the cave, the team is now up.
Mr. Proudefeet thrusts his lance forward, but clips the edge of the cave trying to not hit Sparky, his lance glancing off harmlessly.
PATHFINDERS FIGHT!? THE BOLD MAY ACT!
Farkas
Bauble
Lucija
Vermin -24 , Sparky [Grappled]
Mr. Proudefeets x2
Bate
Hammerhand
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TROLLS!
PATHFINDERS FIGHT!? THE BOLD MAY ACT!
Farkas
Bauble
Lucija
Vermin -24 , Sparky [Grappling]
Mr. Proudefeets
Bate
Hammerhand
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TROLLS!
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The babau demon's cautious approach to the cave pays off, as she now gets the jump on the nearest troll!
Lucija is not as forgiving as her demon is - she conjures a long wall of violet flame at the back of the trolls' cramped ranks!
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Sparky goes about dismantling trolls. He releases the one he had a grapple with so he can re-bite. If one stops moving he switches his attack to another.
Vermin and the Ankylosaurus both stay on guard. The Ankylosaurus readies to attack any enemy that comes close while Vermin will re-casts Frostbite on himself.
On the Party: communal resist energy (fire) communal delay poison,
On Vermin: greater magic fang, Barkskin, Longstrider, frostbite Airwalk
On Sparky: greater magic fang, Barkskin, Longstrider, frostbite, Freedom of Movement, Bulls' Strength
CR 6
XP 2,400
N Huge animal
Init +0; Senses low-light vision, scent; Perception +14
DEFENSE
AC 22, touch 8, flat-footed 22 (+14 natural, –2 size)
hp 75 (10d8+30)
Fort +12, Ref +7, Will +4
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
Melee tail +14 (3d6+12 plus stun)
Space 15 ft.; Reach 15 ft.
STATISTICS
Str 27, Dex 10, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 8
Base Atk +7; CMB +17; CMD 27 (31 vs. trip)
Feats Great Fortitude, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Overrun, Power Attack, Weapon Focus (tail)
Skills Perception +14
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Stun (Ex)
The ankylosaurus’s tail can deliver a powerful, stunning blow. A creature struck by this attack must make a DC 23 Fortitude save or be dazed for 1 round. If the strike is a critical hit and the target fails its save, it is instead stunned for 1d4 rounds. The save DC is Strength-based.
Init +1; Senses low light vision; Perception +16, 18 on traps and secret doors (Bestial, Scavenger)
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Defense
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AC 29, touch 12, flat-footed 27 (+10 armor,, +1 Dex, +6 natural, +1 Ring, -2 size )+3 Barkskin
hp 59 (8d8+16)
Fort +12, Ref +7, Will +11; +4 vs. spell-like and supernatural abilities of Fey and against effects that target plants
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Offense
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Speed 50 ft.
Melee 2 magic claws +18(1d8+10), +18 Bite (2d6+9/10-20X2 + grab), +13 magic Foreclaws (1d4+6)
Space 15, Reach 15
Pounce, Rake 2 magic Talons +18(1d8+9)
Druid (Saurian Shaman) Spells Prepared (CL 9):
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Statistics
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Str 26, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 7
Base Atk +6; CMB +20; CMD 34
NOTE: Dex Based Skills are -2 due to size penalty to dec.
N Large animal
Init +3; Senses low-light vision, scent; Perception +7
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Defense
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AC 35, touch 13, flat-footed 27 (+5 armor, +4 Dex, +1 dodge, +13 natural, -1 size)+3 Barkskin
hp 60 (8d8+24)
Fort +9, Ref +10, Will +4 (+4 morale bonus vs. enchantment effects)
Defensive Abilities evasion
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Offense
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Speed 40 ft.
Melee magic bite +18 (1d8+12 plus grab), 2 magic claws +18 (1d6+12)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Special Attacks pounce and grab
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Statistics
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Str 32, Dex 18, Con 14, Int 3, Wis 15, Cha 9
Base Atk +6; CMB +18 (+22 grapple); CMD 32
Feats Dodge, Light Armor Proficiency, Weapon Focus (bite), Weapon Focus (claw)
Tricks Air Walk, Attack, Attack Any Target, Defend, Down, Fighting, Guard, Seek, Stay, Track, Flank, Quiet Watch, Heel
Skills Acrobatics +7 (+11 to jump), Climb +12, Perception +7, Stealth +3, Swim +12
SQ air walk, attack any target, defend, devotion, fighting, guard, seek, track
Other Gear +1 chain shirt, amulet of natural armor +1, 1,350 gp
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Special Abilities
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Air Walk [Trick] The animal can be ridden through the air when affected by spells.
Attack Any Target [Trick] The animal will attack any creature on command.
Defend [Trick] The animal will defend you.
Devotion +4 (Ex) +4 morale bonus on Will saves vs. enchantment effects.
Evasion (Ex) No damage on successful reflex save.
Fighting [Trick] The animal has been trained to fight.
Grab: Bite (Large) (Ex) You can start a grapple as a free action if you hit with the designated weapon.
Guard [Trick] The animal stays in place and prevents others from approaching.
Low-Light Vision See twice as far as a human in dim light, distinguishing color and detail.
Pounce (Ex) You can make a full attack as part of a charge.
Scent (Ex) Detect opponents within 15+ ft. by sense of smell.
Seek [Trick] The animal moves into an area and looks around for anything that is obviously alive or animate.
Track [Trick] The animal will track a scent.
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I'm going to assume that everyone communicates the fact that there are trolls in there. Bauble will head for a position with a nice vantage point and fire off an empowered (using his acrimony veil) fireball with the edge of its effect just beyond his allies.
, DC 19
"Bauble FRY trolls. Trolls not like fire, but Bauble LOVE fire."
A troll's worst enemy is fire.
Unlucky for these trolls, these pathfinders have a LOT of it to throw around.
With the sudden rush of a fireball, a flame wall, and incoming angry dino teeth, the trolls are VERY quickly dispatched, with much screaming and roaring and writhing on the ground.
PATHFINDERS WIN! VICTORY!