[PFS, Standard] 9-06 Shores of Heaven (Inactive)

Game Master Blake's Tiger

Claudia: Your short little frog legs took you a while to get to where you wanted to be, so redo your action for Round 3.

Knowledge (planes) is the skill for recall knowledge--even if he is temporarily in construct form.

Umbrato moves forward and sends a pair of translucent bolts into the demon. Claudia scampers across the rooftop.

Laktharis fires another membranous net from the strange horn-like growth on his back. This time the net lands squarely atop Umbrato, entangling him within. "Ha ha! Now who's talking, little slave?" the shrinking demon pipes--again, the high pitch to his voice rather obviates the menace--as he approaches the wayang. "Now, my lazy servants, help me round up these insolent slaves!"

Three of the marionettes suddenly come to life. One turns his attention to Hamish and fires his own net from a brass, tube-like device over his shoulder. The rope net lands atop Hamish, entangling him like Umbrato. The second marionette fires a net in a pot shot at Claudia on the roof and somehow manages to still snag the grippli despite the distance. The third marionette advances upon Corona.

Combat! Round 2/3. Bold may act.

Laktharis (Comedy x 1, -12 hp)
Puppet (red, blue, yellow)
Hamish (entangled)
Corona
--3--
Umbrato (entangled)
Claudia (entangled)

An entangled creature can escape with a DC 20 Escape Artist check (a full-round action). The net has 5 hit points and can be burst with a DC 25 Strength check (also a full-round action).

An entangled creature moves at half speed, cannot run or charge, and takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls and a –4 penalty to Dexterity. An entangled character who attempts to cast a spell must make a concentration check (DC 15 + spell level) or lose the spell.

Hamish moves deftly around a pillar, ignoring the net draped over his body. Getting his flail swinging around he attempts to sweep the leg. "oho! We do have a commander of servants apparently... one who can't even command their own legs!"

Despite the net weighing down his movements, Hamish manages to sweep the legs out from under the clockwork kalavakus demon. The combination of his action and his quip get quite the laugh out of the disembodied voices of the children.

"Ha! You can knock me down, but you can't hurt me!" Laktharis squeaks in an even higher voice than before. He looks a little startled as the impotence of his own voice.

Combat! Round 2/3. Bold may act.

Laktharis (Comedy x 2, -22 hp, prone)
Puppet (red, blue, yellow)
Hamish (entangled)
Corona
--3--
Umbrato (entangled)
Claudia (entangled)

escape artist: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

The little froggie lady shrugs off the net as if it was nothing.

As the third marionette approaches her, Corona's outline begins to blur and flicker, almost as if she's blinking in and out of existence.

"Heehee! Can't catch me if you can't see me!"

She attempts to dart past the advancing marionette and close the distance between herself and the rest of her friends.

"Can't command his own legs? Oh! We have something in common, Mister Tall-and-Squeaky!"
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Corona activates her Time Flicker revelation, which grants her concealment as the Blur spell, as a standard action. She then attempts to move to her current map position, which will provoke from Cyan!

Umbrato-bot tries to escape the net, but finds it frustratingly entangling.

The shrinking Laktharis stands from where he lay on the ground, and Hamish takes the opportunity to swing at him, scoring only a glancing blow to little effect on the scaled demon. To return the favor, Laktharis swings a sharp claw at the bard. Hamish tries to dodge, but fails due to the net still draped over him, and the assault draws blood.

The blue-shirted servant puppet swings at the flickering Corona as she darts past. It manages to strike at the moment that she is present in this time-line.

The blue-shirted puppet then fires a net after the young woman and entangles her. The other puppets move in on their respective opponents. The red-shirted puppet pounds Hamish on the back of the head, painfully. Umbrato manages to dodge his attacker despite the net wrapped around his limb.

Combat! Round 3/4. Bold may act.

Laktharis (Comedy x 2, -22 hp)
Puppet (red, blue, yellow)
Hamish (-18 hp; entangled)
Corona (entangled)
--4--
Umbrato (entangled)
Claudia

"Ack! No, my master plan!" Corona squeaks as she finds herself netted despite her best efforts. Still, she presses on and stumbles forward a few feet and reaches out...

Concentration (DC 16): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

...towards Hamish. "Be free, New Friend!! Greased lightning!"

Corona moves to her current map position and casts Liberating Command on Hamish. Her range is 35 ft. which should just make it, I think. This should hopefully let Hamish break free as an immediate action instead of a standard; he also gets a +8 competence bonus on the check to do so.

Feeling the urge and competence to slip out of the net, Hamish attempts to do so.

Escape Artist DC 20 + Bonus: 1d20 + 5 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 5 + 8 = 33

The net sloughs off as if it were never there. He steps into the patch of grass across from Umbrato and tells a joke to inspire his comrades. "What type of music do demons like?" He waits a tic to allow for proper timing and then smiles, "Soul Music!"

5-ft step, Standard to activate Bardic Performance - Inspire Courage for a +1 competence bonus to Attack and Damage and +1 morale to will saves vs. charm and fear.

If that is difficult terrain, let me know and I'll be rolling acrobatics to avoid the AoO.

Seeing the bard slip into position, Umbrato breathes a slight sigh of relief. 'Well...that'll at least distract the beast slightly.'

Glaring at the netting engulfing him, the small man glances up to the foe. "Screw it! YOUR MINE!" he cries out, bring the parchment down upon the demon.

Claudia decides that a shocking lick would be funny.

She casts shocking grasp and then sticks out her tongue and tries to tap Laktharis with it.

melee touch attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
damage: 4d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 6, 6) = 18

As Hamish slips out of the net with supernatural ease, Umbrato moves into position and strikes the shrinking demon. The blow topples the creature, and it shrinks until it is the size of a child's toy--small enough to hold in your hand and too small to be a threat. Laktharis stands upon a rock, shaking his tiny fish and squeaking at you.

The demon is finished, for certain, but you still have his minions to deal with in the conventional fashion.

Claudia hops down the roof and lick-shocks one of the puppets. The resulting electrical discharge leaves a large scorch mark on the wooden construct.

The puppets move toward their respective prey. The blue-shirted puppet fumbles its attempt to clobber Corona without any supernatural intervention. The red-shirted puppet's blow is deflected by Hamish's armor. Umbrato, however, gets a solid whack from the yellow-shirted puppet's wooden arm.

Combat! Round 4/5. Bold may act.

Inspire Courage Up
No Misfortune used

Laktharis (defeated)
Puppet (red, blue, yellow -18 hp)
Hamish (-18 hp)
Corona (entangled)
--4--
Umbrato (-7 hp; entangled)
Claudia

Continuing his inspiration Hamish comments, "well that was a good joke there, a demon actually doing harm!"

He darts away from the harassing puppet and slips up behind the one by Umbrato. Using the distraction of his ally he attempts to knock it off its feet.

Inspire Courage kept up for a +1 competence bonus to Attack and Damage and +1 morale to will saves vs. charm and fear.

Though still tangled in the net, Corona's expression brightens as Laktharis shrinks to nearly nothing - quite the funny spectacle. "Hah! He's tiny, like a pocket monster," she giggles as she draws her mace and attempts to boop the attacking marionette on the head with it.

Attack vs. Cyan (Silver Mace; Entangled, IC): 1d20 + 5 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 5 + 1 - 2 = 22
Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 = 4

"This is fun! It's like a 'Punch and Judy' routine!"

Claudia climbs down and gets up closer to the yellow puppet, and swings at him with her little rapier.

attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

"Ah, you are a quick study my friend." announces Umbrato to Hamish with a simple nod. Looking sideways at the squeaking demon, he adds "Where's a cat when you need one? Seems we've got a mouse problem."

Turning back to the matter at head, he raises the parchment high and brings it down for the poppet with the yellow tinge.

"I'll punch your Judy!" the diminutive Laktharis squeaks at a barely audible level as he hops up and down on his rock.

Hamish knocks over the yellow-shirted puppet, which allows Umbrato to stab it with his paper dagger. Claudia climbs down and piles on the punishment by sticking her rapier into the puppet's wooden chest. With that strike, the marionette stops moving entirely.

Corona duels her own foe, cracking her mace on its face and breaking off a nose. Her foe replies by punching her in the nose, making it bleed.

The red-shirted marionette moves around to engage the smaller, entangled Umbrato. However, it cannot land the blow.

Combat! Round 5/6. Bold may act.

Inspire Courage Up
Misfortune used vs. Cyan (to no avail)

Laktharis (defeated)
Puppet (red, blue -4 hp)
Hamish (-18 hp)
Corona (-7 hp; entangled)
--6--
Umbrato (-7 hp; entangled)
Claudia

Claudia moves five feet forward and swings her little rapier again, this time at the puppet with the red hat.

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

"Ow...you meanie! I thought puppets were supposed to be friendly!" Corona gasps as she's left with a bloodied and aching nose. "Like that one whose nose got bigger when he fibbed! Er...well, I guess you can't really do that now since I broke yours...BUT! You know what I mean!"

Not too worried (yet) about her attacker, Corona continues to trade blows with it...

Attack vs. Blue (Silver Mace; Bees, Entangled, IC): 1d20 + 5 + 1 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 1 - 2 - 2 = 6
Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 1 = 6

...but this time catches nothing but air!

Hamish shrugs at the compliment, ”thank you sir, though these are pretty much standard tactics. It’s nothing special.” His confident attitude continues to inspire his allies.

The mongrel bard then darts past his allies and enemies, attempting to repeat his tactic of flank and flip.

Inspire Courage remains up.

His blade looking rather worn and tattered, he draws out a shortsword in his free hand. "That may be good sir, but you'd be surprised how many times I have to explain that concept."

Plunging the metal blade into the creature, he smiles "The only problem with the origami blades is they don't hold up as well as the others."

Hamish deftly topples the red-shirted puppet. Corona toys with her opponent, each of them swinging wide of the other. Her prey on the ground, Claudia is able to poke the puppet in the leg. Umbrato takes an advantageous position and stabs the red-shirted puppet in a vital gear.

When the marionette tries to rise, Hamish cracks its wooden head open while Umbrato stabs it through the midsection. The various pieces of the marionette clatter to the ground.

"My minions!" Laktharis squeals piteously.

Combat! Round 6/7. Bold may act.

Inspire Courage Up

Laktharis (defeated)
Puppet (blue -4 hp)
Hamish (-18 hp)
Corona (-7 hp; entangled)
--7--
Umbrato (-7 hp; entangled)
Claudia

Noticing the single remaining foe is soooooo far away, Umbrato shrugs. "Well, I suppose I've worn this long enough." Trying to squeeze out of his bindings, he finds it more difficult than he'd thought it would be.

"Huh...This is quite well made. I would point out to you rat, your net did nothing to slow your demise. Perhaps you should try something useful in the future."

"Oops! Looks like it's almost time for the final curtain," Corona remarks, glancing over her shoulder and realizing that all the other foes are defeated. "Sorry, it's been fun playing, I guess, but we need to wrap this up before it gets too boooooooring!"

Attack vs. Blue (Silver Mace; Bees, Entangled, IC): 1d20 + 5 + 1 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 1 - 2 - 2 = 7
Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 1 = 5

"Aw...New Friends! New Friends, this one doesn't want the show to end," Corona complains as she misses yet again.

Claudia scampers over to the remaining puppet and strikes at it with her little rapier.
attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Hamish-bot continues to inspire his companions and dances around the remaining puppet to apply his proven tactics. However, it fails to work this time (probably because I botted him).

The marionette proves a little more difficult to strike when not prone. The grippli's rapier simply grazes a wooden leg.

Identifying the treat that the bard poses, the marionette swings a heavy hand at him, creating a breeze that ruffles the half-elf's hair.

The children giggle.

Combat! Round 7/8. Bold may act.

Inspire Courage Up

Laktharis (defeated)
Puppet (blue -4 hp)
Hamish (-18 hp)
Corona (-7 hp; entangled)
--8--
Umbrato (-7 hp; entangled)
Claudia

Hamish darts past the last puppet to a position he guesses to be advantageous, at the last moment he varies his gait to attempt to avoid any attacks. "We got this, keep it up!"

Pointing at a flanking position opposite him, he yells to Umbrato, "I left a spot for you good sir!"

Waiting for the paper-ish rogue to move in, he readies to upend the last marionet.

I.C. stays up for this and the next round, lingering performance.

This time, Hamish knocks down the blue-shirted marionette.

See? It was because I used my dice.

Claudia continues to slash at the puppet.
1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20
damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

"Ooh, I can do that too! Hey! New Friend Claudia!"

Corona proudly sidesteps around the remaining marionette and then takes another swing with her mace...

Attack vs. Blue (Silver Mace; Bees, Entangled, IC): 1d20 + 5 + 1 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 5 + 1 - 2 - 2 = 12
Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 1 = 6

...and may or may not miss but at least she's working on opening up a flank for Claudia!
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Corona takes a diagonal 5 ft step up and then attacks; mobile posting so can't move myself on the map atm.

oops, forgot to include inspire courage in the above attack, and it's too late to edit.

"Screw this net! I'll deal with it later...obviously it's not causing me that much trouble." growls Umbrato, seeing his companions struggle with the remaining foe.

The short man drags himself towards the prone figure.

Double move, entangled.

I neglected to remove one of the puppets for the 4-player adjustment. Since you would have destroyed the puppet this round (Hamish's critical AoO), the best I can do to make it up to you is to give Corona her HP back.

Corona's mace bounces off of the marionette's wooden thigh, but Claudia's rapier pierces into a vulnerable joint.

As the construct attempts to stand, Hamish brings his flail down with impressive strength at the center of the marionette, shattering the wooden torso. Arms, legs, and one head clatter to the ground.

You hear the children clapping and cheering.

The air in the courtyard wavers and then with a 'pop' you find yourself in front of Oneol's wagon surrounded by a grinning gathering of child souls. At your feet is a wooden marionette that resembles the kalavakus demon you fought. He looks around, steam rolls out of his ears, and then he squeaks at Hamish, "You there! Pick me up and carry me!"

You do need to take him with you as the marionette contains the demon's soul, but he's ineffectual and harmless.

"Well done," Oneol says. "The children were quite happy with the performance. Please take these as a token of my gratitude and to remember your experience."

The angel hands you six masterfully crafted marionettes. He also hands you a heavy steel shield with a golden edge. "Take this prop from one of my performances a long time ago. It may help you with the rest of your tasks."

Claudia grabs the naughty marionette by the ankle and hands in to Hamish.

"Oh! Haha, he's stuck in the doll, how funny," Corona laughs, poking at the demon doll as Claudia hands him off to Hamish. "I'm glad that we could catch him *and* make the children happy too! How wonderful!"

When Oneol passes them the marionettes and the shield, Corona's eyes widen even further with delight. "They're adorable! Thank you New Friend Oneol, thank you," she beams as she takes one of the marionettes and tucks it into her pack. "I'll have to give you a name - I promise it'll be a good name, too," Corona remarks to it.

"Okay! Where to next?"
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Corona usually doesn't carry a shield but she can take the shield for now if no one else wants to use/carry it.

Functionally, other than the special stuff, the shield is the same as the one Hamish has so he is fine with Corona holding onto it.

Hamish ties off the marionette to his pack so it hangs down loosely, arms and legs flailing around as they walk along. He nods to their archon guide, "ready to take us to the next soul?"

While they travel, he pulls out a wand and activates it a few times to heal up his injuries.

CLW Wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
CLW Wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
CLW Wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

"Yes! Follow me to the Unbent forest," Akarah says and then leads you back through Heaven's Shore.

"Good luck!" Oneol calls as you leave.

Laktharis squeaks his indignation the entire way as he sways and bumps from where he dangles on the back of Hamish's pack.

Outside the borders of Heaven’s Shore looms a lush and mysterious forest of towering trees. A peaceful hush fills the region, and the air is heavy with the weight of years. The road ahead curves around a small grove before plunging into a wall of shimmering air resembling a massive bubble. Black splotches swirl over the translucent wall like oil floating on water. Inside the bubble, the boughs of the forest are twisted and covered with festering cysts.

“Greetings, mortals,” a stern voice calls out. With a rush of air, a gigantic, gold-feathered owl swoops down and perches on a tree near the bubble.

“My name is Skuroth, and I am warden over this section of the Unbent Forest. I am told that you are the mortals responsible for releasing this evil into Heaven and that you have been charged with cleansing it as well.

“It is not my place to countermand the will of Altha the Scrivener, so I will allow you to enter the bubble first and hunt your quarry. Be warned, however, that I will follow soon after and give chase myself. It has been many long years since evil of this magnitude walked beneath the boughs of my domain. My talons ache to once again taste the blood of demons.”

diplomacy: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21
"Greetings, Skuroth. We hope that we will be able to quickly cleanse the blight we accidentally released into your domain. Is there any helpful information you can provide us with about the demon creature we are hunting here?"

K: Nature DC 15 - BEES!: 1d20 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 3 - 4 = 2

K: Planes DC 10 - BEES!: 1d20 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 3 - 4 = 2

K: Religion DC 20 - BEES!: 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 7 - 4 = 16

Diplomacy Aid - BEES!: 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 10 - 4 = 19

The fatigue of heaven's overwhelming aura of law and good seems to be dragging Hamish down and it looks like he just wants to get this over with. He does manage to at least try to add to the earnest plea for information, "we really do want to make this right."

Kn. Planes (DC 10; BEES!): 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 10 - 2 = 17
Kn. Religion (DC 20; BEES!): 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 6 - 2 = 14

Kn Religion (DC 20; BEES!, Knowledge of the Ages): 1d20 + 6 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 3 - 2 = 15

"Or if there's anything we need to do...or not do...while we're in there, New Friend?" Corona asks.

Diplomacy (Aid; BEES!): 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 7 - 2 = 9
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Resistances and Special Attacks re: celestial template, please!

I could use it, but go for it Corona. I normally use Shield spell and I like having both hands free.

Keeping the magical tattered parchment in hand, Umbrato follows the group."Yes, please lead the way. I suspect haste is a priority here."

Keeping the scroll in hand as a scroll blade keeps it alive for use. If I unfold it the damage would destroy it. :-P

K Nature: 1d20 + 9 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 9 - 4 = 24
K Religion: 1d20 + 9 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 9 - 4 = 17

Desperately trying to concentrate, the insatiable buzzing keeps ringing in at the worst times. Ultimately, the man sighs and simply shrugs. "Yeah...whatever. I suppose we should get to it."

"Anything that would piss you off more in our regards we should keep in mind?"

Diplomacy Aid Buzz: 1d20 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (2) - 2 - 4 = -4

Skuroth takes Umbrato's irritation in stride, cocking his head sideways as he assesses the wayang. You also notice that at some point after coming into the great owl's view, Laktharis stopped yapping and now hangs limp from Hamish's pack (careful observation reveals that he is still blinking).

“I have been able to capture glimpses of the demon from outside the bubble. The demon’s name is Ammoch and it appears to be raising some sort of army of minions. The babau is cultivating the cysts inside the forest and forming them into boils of living evil.

“Ammoch is crafty and filled with guile. Tracking him to his lair inside the bubble will be no easy task, for he has laid traps throughout the forest. The best way to find him is to use stealth and woodcraft. I shall look forward to the challenge. If you fail, that is.”

Corona blinks and looks down at her armor and other gear hanging off of her person, then looks up.

"Um...maybe I should bring up the rear or something, New Friends? Being sneaky is kinda hard when you're wearing all this armor. Believe me, I know!"

"Then let's go try to outthink a demon!"

Akarah informs you that he will wait outside the bubble of evil for your return.

Inside the bubble, an unending forest of massive tree limbs stretches out into the darkness. A dark mist obscures the floor of the forest, hundreds of feet below, and a tangle of branches blots out any glimpse of the sky. Red boils cover the branches of the trees, throbbing ominously.

The branches are wide and easy enough to walk along. Now you must find the trail.

All three of the checks below--two Survival and one Stealth--are separate checks. The Stealth check must be made by every PC/creature in the party.

Stealth Check

Hamish, knowing his weaknesses, merely tries to help the group but will certainly not try to figure out the maze by himself.

Aid Survival DC 10 (20) - Bees...: 1d20 - 1 - 4 ⇒ (18) - 1 - 4 = 13

Aid Survival DC 10 (26) - Bees...: 1d20 - 1 - 4 ⇒ (6) - 1 - 4 = 1

Failing only a little bit, he at least tries to be quiet about it.

Stealth: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

Corona gingerly follows behind the others as the group ventures into the evil forest bubble, looking around with some worry.

"That's definitely not normal, New Friends..." she whispers as she looks at the red boils covering the tree branches.

Though she's no expert in woodscraft, Corona still tries her best to try and find the right path...

Survival: 1d20 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 - 2 = 18

Survival: 1d20 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 - 2 = 11

...and even has some success, thanks to Hamish's help.

"New Friends, look! Charred holes in the branches," she points. "Looks like it forms a path!"

Stealth: 1d20 - 3 - 2 ⇒ (9) - 3 - 2 = 4

But she's absolutely like a bull in a china shop otherwise as she clanks and bangs and stomps and crunches her way along the branches.
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Decided to take the lead on the Survival checks since no one is trained and Corona's the only one with a positive modifier.

Survival Aid 1: 1d20 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (3) - 2 - 4 = -3
Survival Aid 2: 1d20 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (7) - 2 - 4 = 1

Spotting Hamish begin to point out things to the group as they pass, Umbrato also begins pointing about. 'Can't be outdone by that religious nut!' after all. However, his gesturing is entirely meaningless.

Using his tiny frame, paper dagger still in hand, he hunkers down and walks cautiously along the trail.

Stealth: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19

I've decided to progress the encounter because whether Claudia succeeds or fails the Stealth check, the result is the same, and she can't make or help make the second survival check.

Following the path that Corona and Hamish have identified, you eventually catch sight of the babau demon, although he is missing parts of his body. The voids have been replaced by ephemeral mist that vaguely conforms to the shape that his body should be.

"Come out," the demon speaks in a voice that sounds like Valais' voice when she whispers the horrible things. "I see you there."

"Don't let them win!" the little puppet Laktharis squeaks.

Combat! Round 1. Bold may act.

Umbrato (-7 hp)
Corona (-7 hp)
Ammoch
Claudia
Hamish
Boils (blue, yellow)

With a smile, the wayang nods. "Alright then. We've been looking for your sorry a..." suddenly remembering what plane they're on, he lets the sentence trail off.

Looking around the group, he holds the tattered blade up triumphantly and begins to read in an archaic tongue. "Collaudentur veterrimi Collaudentur rogamus nos beneficia tua. Oro te nobis dona nobis celeritate tuus virtute, gratia tui? Voco super virtutem tuam antiquorum?"

The 'sword' dissolves as he speaks. Blue rays shoot out slamming into the four pathfinders, granting them a sense of increased power. Rushing ahead, he draws his metal blade again.

HASTE Active: 5 rounds

I neglected a terrain detail: First, all branches are assumed to be at the same level. Second, moving over an overlapping line of two branches costs 2 squares of movement.