PbP GameDay IV: PFS 06-97 Siege of Serpents by GM Aram Zey (Inactive)

Game Master SwampTing

Rowanna stands up and gives a short lecture on the differences between devils, demons, and daemons and how they relate to the origins of homunculi.

Knowledge (planes): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21

Actually, I forgot I have a boon that gives Rowanna a +1 bonus to all Intelligence and Charisma based checks in Absalom, so her check should be 22.

Wayreth grins as Sir Hops-A-Lot narrowly beats his own time.

"Never thought I'd lose to a frog in a contest of acrobatics. I'm still rather disappointed that you didn't choose to compete yourself though," Wayreth laughs.

He is considerably less enthusiastic when they get to the lectures though.

"I thought today was supposed to be a celebration...so why am I attending lectures on a day of celebration?"

We will need to wrap up this part of the scenario soon, but since many of you were keen about the lore symposium, we will play through this station, then just do rolls for the last 4 stations.

Each of you can get no more than 2 bonuses, and each station can give bonuses to a maximum of 2 characters. You still need to beat the base DC, so there's no guarantee that each of you will get 2 bonuses.

I have also sent each of you a password for the overseer thread. The link to the overseer thread is found in Jesse's post in the discussion thread. It will become important in the next phase.

Knowledge(arcana): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27 Jani stands up and in a monotone, without pausing, rattles of a list of eleven homunculus subtypes that violate the principles that Ezren has stated, while admitting that what he is saying is correct for the majority of homunculi.

Hehe. There's no rules that says a frog can't be a Pathfinder!

"Being a proper Pathfinder means knowing your strengths and your weaknesses, and then training a mount to take care of your weaknesses for you. Also, never play fair if you can help it." Prig smiled at Wayreth as they walked towards the lecturing.

When they get to the lectures, Prig pulls out a copy of his most recent book "Of Mummies and Frogs" and starts to read it.
No Linguistics or Knowledge checks, so no attempting this one for me.

We're running out of time, so we're not going to wait for Salubri.

Salubri, I need you to be posting more regularly if we want to keep pace with the other tables.

Salubri decides not to participate in the lore symposium.

Rowanna and Jani give very impressive dissertations, although Jani's subject matter rather offends Ezren, who takes off in a huff.

Rowanna and Jani, you can each gain a +2 competence bonus on a knowledge or linguistics check once during this scenario.

Jani and Wayreth now have 2 bonuses each and cannot get any more.

As the symposium attendees applaud the dissertations of Jani and Rowanna, a booming voice echoes throughout the campus.

“Pathfinders, please get settled. All campus-wide events are closing. All venture-captains and field agents are invited to gather on the north lawn for refreshments and the keynote address in several minutes.”

Rowanna, Salubri and Prig, you each may have just enough time to squeeze in one last event before the keynote address. You can choose one of the events from my earlier post and attempt one of the checks for the event before the keynote address is made. Once the keynote address is made, no more rolls for the events can be attempted.

Although she's had very little experience with trap building or disabling, Rowanna makes her way to the trap mastery competition mostly to test her intellect.

Crafts (traps) untrained: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Wayreth heads to the North lawn to wait for the keynote address.

Prig heads over to the weightlifting competition - the better to show off his killer pecs to those watching.

Strength: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

If that doesn't work, then he'll go over to practice animal husbandry - calling himself "the frog whisperer" so that anyone interested in meeting him again has a clue of how to find him.

Handle Animal: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (12) + 14 = 26

EDIT: I hope that's enough for weight-lifting. My little froggy pecs can't do much more!

Prig strains at the weights at the weight-lifting station, but is unable to get them to budge....but suddenly they DO budge, and so does Prig! The grippli lifts his eyes from the weights to see that a large kelish woman has grabbed the weights in one hand and him in the other, and handily lifted both of them up simultaneously. The crowd roars with approval and cries of "Amiri! Amiri!" fills the training grounds.

His pride sorely wounded, Prig moves along to the nearby menagerie to try to salvage some credibility through a performance with Sir Hops-A-Lot. The large frog is met with cheers - apparently more than a few of the crowd here recognized Sir Hops-A-Lot from the obstacle course. The long partnership between frog and grippli pays off, as the frog listens to Prig's every command - from responding to commands to navigating a path laden with toys without getting distracted.

One by one, the other would-be animal masters are dropped from the competition, until it is down to Prig Lil with Sir Hops-A-Lot, and some pipsqueak of a green-haired girl with some silly looking white spotted cat.

The challenge is to sit in front of some food (a large fish for the cat and a giant flea for Sir Hops-A-Lot) but not touch it. Both animals sit before the treats whils their masters sternly instruct them not to budge. And neither do, until Prig realises that the rules did not actually prohibit him from interacting with the other competitor's animal or its treat. Knowing full well that the cat would be looking forward to being rewarded for its patience in front of the fish, the wily grippli flicks out his tongue at the fish, prompting the alarmed cat to instinctively reach out with its paw to hold the fish and prevent it from being snatched away.

There is abit of an uproar, but Prig insists that he did not break any of the rules, and that animal mastery involves not only knowing how YOUR animal will react, but also how your opponent's animal will react. After a lengthy debate about the legality of the maneuver and despite the green-haired girl's protests and the disappointed whimpers of the cat, Prig "Fair-Play" Lil is declared the winner of the animal husbandry event.

Prig, you gains a +2 competence bonus on one Handle Animal, Intimidate, or wild empathy check attempted during the adventure. Alternatively, you can gain a +2 bonus on one attack roll against an animal or magical beast.

That's it for Sir Hops-A-Lot and Prig. I trust this narrative is in keeping with how you roleplay Prig? ;)

Meanwhile, Rowanna tries to fiddle with locks at the trap mastery station, but ends up setting off a trap that gives her a good rap on the knuckles and would have severed her fingers if it had been a blade instead of a metal rod. She sheepishly withdraws from that competition.

Hehe - that sounds exactly like what Prig would do.

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Overseer Announcement
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As chaos begins to swirl around her, Rowanna lets out a heavy sigh and casts Mage Armor on herself.

After finishing the lecture, Jani heads to the north lawn and waits for the keynote to begin.

They notice the glyph appearing, and look around for its source, and as Rowanna does, they spring a wand from their sleeve and cast mage armor as well. "Wayreth? Do you need armor?"

Not to be outdone, Prig grabs his lance halfway through, points it at himself and yells "Real armor!"

Grabbing his lance the proper way, he calls out "All right, sounds like there are some faces that need lances. Where are they?"

As you look around at the chaos, Ralph appears in your midst and calls out to you urgently.

“Monsters and villains are attacking all over the grounds! Spread out, patrol the grounds, and snuff out trouble as you find it. If you should discover any clues about what the devil is going on, report back here at the base of Skyreach! I'm going to see what the higher-ups are doing about this.”

“Look alive, and show initiative,” he yells as he pulls out a scroll. [b]"This is our home! Defend it!"

With that, he triggers the scroll and disappears.

Rowanna looks around the grounds for the most immediate threat.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

For the purposes of this part of the adventure, the Grand Lodge is divided into three major districts: the south campus, northwestern campus and the northeastern campus. The map on the overseer page shows the current threat level of each area. (At the moment, all sectors are red.)

The Southern campus has:
The Menagerie
The statue of Durvin Gest (one of the most famous Pathfinders in history)

The Northwest Campus houses:
The Mausoleum
Starhall (A library of Planar works)

The Northeast Campus houses:
The main quadrangle (with the training yard and lecture halls)

You can choose to go to one of the 3 general areas, or to a specific location in an area.

Rowanna: Currently, there is chaos everywhere. Each choice is as good as the other because all the sectors are in dire need of assistance.

Where do you wish to go?

"We can hear that it seems the menagerie has been released. Let us go there and try to control the dangerous beasts!"

Once at least two people agree to go to a place, I will move the action there. Salubri has barely posted, so I'm going to assume you are a 4-man group for now. Hopefully we hear from him soon.

"The menagerie is fine with me, although I think it's unlikely we'll be able to manage it without hurting the animals."

"Well, we have the champion of the animal husbandry event here with us, so we should have no trouble with the animals, right?" Wayreth laughs, but his expression is a little grim at the sudden turn of events.

It sounds like we're on a schedule, so in future just assume that Wayreth agrees with whoever is the first to propose a new destination.

Edit: "And yes, Jani, some magical armor will be very much appreciated if you can provide it. Thank you kindly!"

From your training, you know that the Menagerie houses rare and exotic live specimens from across the Inner Sea. It is often the first glimpse of strange and unusual creatures that initiates experience before their first expedition. The Society’s finest naturalists have captured most of the creatures here for study—and in rare instances domestication.

It does not take you long to arrive at the scene: a shifting mass of tents and canvas tarpaulins covering dozens of pens and enclosures of varying sizes is pressed up against the lodge’s western wall. Wagons bearing food and supplies brought in from the city are parked nearby. Other wagons contain caged enclosures like those that used in a traveling circus. Larger tents cover metal cages of enormous size. To the east, the grass is compacted from regular foot traffic to the training grounds. As you make your way through the chaos, a young woman rushes to meet you.

"Oh thank goodness you have come. Things have gone insane here! Someone had tampered with the locks of the cages, allowing a few of the beasts to be set free! A few other agents have been busy suppressing the beasts who escaped, and my sister and I are trying to check the remaining cages for more tampered locks to ensure that none of the other creatures here can escape. But we are simple groundskeepers and not warriors, and if we are attacked we will surely be slaughtered on sight. Please, will you guard us while we check the locks?"

Behind her, another young woman bearing a familial resemblance to the first woman is at the door of an impressive cage, with a ferocious leonine beast prowling about inside.

What do you wish to do?

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
Sense Motive: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33

"Something's DEFINITELY not right here..."

Wayreth charges the woman at the cage before the ASPIS AGENT has a chance to set the lion free.

If I can, I will use a standard move action to get to her and then attack. If not I will try to charge. Either way, hoping that my sudden action will get me a sneak attack. If I can't, then I'll just double move to her.

"Hey! You there! Step away from the cage! NOW!"

attack roll: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27 +2 more if I needed to charge.
damage roll with sneak attack: 1d6 + 5 + 2d6 ⇒ (6) + 5 + (2, 1) = 14 +2 more if I needed to charge.

On the way to the menagerie, Jani will have cast Mage Armor on Wayreth.

Sense motive;Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 41d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

Jani doesn't notice what Wayreth does about the woman's attitude, but does notice the odd behavior with the keys.

"What do you think you're doing?!"

Initiative if appropriate: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Unfortunately for the two women, they tried to deceive the champion of the sleuthing event. The woman trying to secretly unlock the DIRE LION's cage gets a kick to the face for her trouble.

Unfortunately for Wayreth, these are not mere women, or even aspis agents.

I could let you slowly make the will saves to disbelieve, but there's really no point since their gig is up. You'll find out very quickly anyway.

Upon realising that their ruse has failed, the alarmed 'women' lose their focus, causing their illusions to waver and dissipate, revealing their leonine bodies from the waist down. Like a centaur, but lion instead of horse. They snarl in anger as they prepare to fight.

Knowledge nature to find out what they are.

Initiatives:
Jani: 9 = 9 I usually roll all the initiatives at once to save time.
Prig: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Salubri: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23 In case he shows up again. I'll consider him to have dropped if he does not make a post by the end of this fight.
Rowanna: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28
Wayreth: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
'Women': 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

Initiative order:
Rowanna
Salubri (maybe)
Wayreth
'Women' (-0/-14) The number in the brackets is how much damage they've taken)
Jani
Prig

Rowanna, Salubri and Wayreth are up.
Wayreth, congrats. They are still flat-footed.

Sense Motive: 1d20 ⇒ 14
can't make the Perception

"Hey look, it's the lion! Aren't you a good boy? Yes you are yes you are."

EDIT: Oh hey look combat. Go get em!

Knowledge(Nature): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

Salubri is currently on deployment, he said in the discussion thread that he'd be leaving on the 5th or 6th, but not be gone longer than a week. You might want to consider giving him until the weekend before you drop him.

Knowledge (nature): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16

I cannot find a link to the map, GM. Your status line states it's at the top of the gameplay thread, but either I'm looking in the wrong place or it's not up yet.

Moving away from the half-lions if necessary, Rowanna makes an arcane symbol with her hands and attempts to put the uninjured one to sleep. Her familiar Morrey takes this opportunity to fly away to find some place close to hide.

Using the Slumber Hex on the uninjured enemy, DC 18 Will save or she falls asleep for 6 rounds. It takes a Standard Action or damage to wake her.

Wayreth's kick itself is but a mere tap, but it is followed by winds that strike with the force of a hammer. He presses the attack before the half-lions have a chance to recover.

Swift action to use snake style.

Winds swirl around Wayreth as he leaps at the half-lion in a spinning motion, delivering a round-house kick with his right leg followed quickly by a back-thrust kick with his left.

right kick attack roll: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
right kick damage roll: 1d6 + 5 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 5 + (2, 6) = 18 With sneak attack

left kick attack roll: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
left kick damage roll: 1d6 + 5 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 5 + (4, 6) = 20 With sneak attack

Salubri is currently on deployment, he said in the discussion thread that he'd be leaving on the 5th or 6th, but not be gone longer than a week. You might want to consider giving him until the weekend before you drop him.

Ah, I forgot about that. Thank you for reminding me. Salubri's ok then. I'll bot him till he returns. I also forgot to put the link to the map up. It should be there now. Sorry about that too.

Rowanna recognises the creature as a lamia, a dangerous creature capable of attacking with both its leonine claws and various magical abilities. But she guesses that magic-powers or no, it still sleeps.
will: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26
It probably does, but not right now.

Salubri sees that the Rowanna has failed to affect the lamia, so he steps up to pummel it with his fists.
attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
confirm: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
pow!: 3d8 + 3 ⇒ (7, 2, 8) + 3 = 20
He pummels it rather well!

Wayreth turns into a small tornado for a brief moment as he double-kicks the lamia. Both kicks connect, and quite painfully too! The lamia looks significantly injured, but is still standing.

Salubri's lamia snarls angrily at him and cuts loose at him with dagger, claws and...a touch?
dagger: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24
dagger: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
dagger confirm: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
touch: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
claw: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
claw: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
The aasimar is able to evade the claws, but stumbles right into the path of her dagger. Twice. After the second painful stab, he focuses on the dagger, just a little too much, and pays little heed to the lamia's other hand...until it touches him and he feels his will being drained!
damage: 3d4 + 12 ⇒ (4, 1, 1) + 12 = 18
wisdom drain: 1d4 ⇒ 4
Ouch! I feel bad doing this to him when he is away...but he was the only target in her face at the time. Sorry Salubri in advance.

Wayreth's lamia also goes all-out on him!
dagger: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31
dagger: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
touch: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
claw: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
claw: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
damage: 3d4 + 8 ⇒ (2, 2, 3) + 8 = 15
Wisdom Drain: 1d4 ⇒ 2
Wayreth is struck once by the lamia's dagger, but also savaged by the claws. And worst of all, he also suffers the draining touch of the lamia!

Initiative order:
Rowanna
Salubri (-18hp, -4 WIS drain)
Wayreth (-15hp, -2 WIS drain)
Lamias (-20/-52)
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Jani
Prig

Jani and Prig are up for round 1, Rowanna, Salubri and Wayreth for round 2.

Jani can ask 2 questions about the lamias.

One note - Sir Hops-A-Lot is only Medium, which is fine since Prig is Small. I adjusted them to be the appropriate size on the map.

"En garde you fowl creaturez, and leave ze lion alone! I will stop you from harming any more animalz or my name isn't Prig Lil!" Prig stabs into the one in front of him with his lance while then directing Sir Hops-A-Lot to take a bite. Stupid large creatures that can't be grabbed...

Lance to hit: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
Damage: 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
Lance to hit: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Damage: 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14

Bite to hit: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19
Damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

"The grass sways to the wind," Wayreth mutters as he reads the movements of the lamia to anticipate her strikes.

Using snake style to use my sense motive check as my AC.

sense motive: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (20) + 15 = 35 And that could have been a crit threat...but instead it means that all the lamia's attacks missed.

"And the bamboo rattles in the storm," he adds as he delivers another rapid succession of kicks.

kick attack roll: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
kick damage roll: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

kick attack roll: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
kick damage roll: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

After waiting for Wayreth to attack once again, Rowanna moves closer to the melee to get both lamias in range of her hexes. She then turns her attention to the one in combat with Wayreth, and tries to place a Slumber hex on it.

Slumber hex on the southern Lamia. DC 18 Will Save. If fail, creature sleeps for 6 rounds unless woken up.

I think you have to choose a single attack for snake style AC.

Questions: weaknesses (or worst save if no weaknesses per se) and magical abilities if any.

My actions will depend on the results of my knowledge check. If the creature's worst save is will, cast Hold Person (DC 18 Will) on the nearest one. If Fortitude or reflex, cast Blindness (DC 18 Fort) on the nearest one.

If Jani recalls any spellcasting or spell-like abilities, they will tell the other PCs about it.

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Ugh, you're right. I'll use it against the touch attack then.

And my AC is 21 thanks to the mage armor cast on me by Jani earlier, so one of the claws also missed. =)

Wayreth avoids the touch and one of the claws skids off the mage armor.

Jani thinks back and recalls that lamia's have no special weaknesses, but are usually strong-willed but have relatively weak fortitudes. They can use illusion magic to disguise themselves and project their voices at will, and can also use magic to charm other monsters, create major illusory images, create illusory mirror images of themselves, make powerful suggestions, and put others into a deep slumber. They usually try to use their wisdom-draining touch first in order to better the odds of their magic abilities affecting their targets.

And so she attempts to blind the nearest lamia.
fort: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
She is pleased to hear the lamia snarl in frustration as the lamia is suddenly unable to see anything.
Prig and Hops follow up with a couple of strikes on the blinded lamia.

Rowanna decides to see if the other lamia is feeling a little more sleepy.
will: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12
It is.

Salubri piles on the punishment on the blinded lamia.
attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
hurtiness: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
He somehow manages to miss his first punch, but at least his second punch hits.

Wayreth had already beaten the sleeping lamia to an inch of its life, and now that it is unconscious at his feet, he has no trouble at all finishing it off.

The blinded lamia hisses in a panic and takes a step back before casting some kind of magic where she last saw Salubri.
will: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
Salubri yawns a little, but that is all.

Initiative order:
Rowanna
Salubri (-18hp, -4 WIS drain)
Wayreth (-10hp)
Lamias (-52/-72)
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Jani
Prig

Jani and Prig are up for round 2, Rowanna, Salubri and Wayreth for round 3.

Rowanna next attempts to hex the remaining Lamia with ill fortune.

Placing a Misfortune hex on the remaining Lamia. She needs a DC 18 Will save or have to roll twice and take the lesser roll on all d20 rolls for 1 round.

"You have fallen victim to our power, and we have stolen the very sight from your eyes! Next we may steal your hearing, or your will to live! If you wish to survive, surrender, drop your weapons, and tell us everything you know about this attack!" says Jani.

Intimidate: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20 + any bonus you think is appropriate for having blinded her.

Wayreth steps towards the remaining lamia and goes for a side-thrust kick followed by a flying knee to her chin.

kick attack roll: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
kick damage roll: 1d6 + 5 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 5 + (5, 3) = 18

knee attack roll: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
knee damage roll: 1d6 + 5 + 2d6 ⇒ (6) + 5 + (2, 6) = 19

Wayreth demonstrates why you should never give a rogue a blinded or flanked target. When his knee connects with the lamia's chin, her head snaps back with a loud crack. Her blinded eyes roll over in their sockets, and she collapses to the ground. She's not even breathing anymore.

Initiative order:
Rowanna
Salubri (-18hp, -4 WIS drain)
Wayreth (-10hp)
Lamias (-89/-72)
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Jani
Prig

Combat over!

As soon as the lamias are defeated, a couple of humans run out from some bushes about 100 feet away.

"Marvelous! Oh thank goodness you arrived when you did! Those things pretended to be pathfinder agents, then started slaughtering the other keepers and setting the animals free! If you hadn't arrived when you did, things would have gotten very dire!"

"And I see you managed to keep Felix from getting out too! Good thing you did. Got a nasty temper, that one, but he's a beautiful specimen and I'd hate to see him have to be put down. Hey you've done us a solid, so we're gonna pay back in kind, ok? We've got some emergency supplies tucked away, but this sure looks like an emergency, so we'll send those supplies to the Society's HQ and see if they can't make good use of it. Us, we're gonna go check on the other cages, make sure they're secure."

Sense motive checks assure you that they are genuine. For defeating the lamias before they could set the dire lion free, you have won a Supply Point for the tables. Accumulating these points results in more aid tokens being passed around the tables. Details about aid tokens are found on the overseer's thread.

There is still mayhem throughout the campus. Do you want to keep wandering around Southern campus or move to a new area?

"Just give me a moment," Wayreth replies as he kneels on the ground and adopts a meditative posture. The wounds he sustained slowly begin to heal.

Using my Boots of the Earth to gain fast healing for 1 minute. That tops me back to full health.

Once he is done recovering from his wounds, he looks to the others.

"If this area is still in need of help, then I think we should stay here until the situation is more settled, then move on to a new location that is in greater need of help."

Rowanna pulls out her wand of Infernal Healing and taps Salubri with it while Wayreth also fast heals. "Other than birds, I'm really not all that fond of animals, but I suppose we can see if anyone else nearby needs assistance."

Salubri heals 10 damage after 1 minute. He might not approve in character, but 'botters can't be choosers. Rowanna's wand is down to 34 charges.

Staying in the menagerie is fine, that's my vote until the area is green or we run into an especially tough encounter.

The menagerie is quiet for now, and other agents appear to have the area under relative control, but you hear a commotion from the direction of the Durvin Gest monument (the other location in the Southern Campus), and so you head off in that direction.

The path there is well known to you, and it is usually quite a pleasant one. However, the beauty of the Grand Lodge’s well-manicured grounds is shattered by the sounds of shouts and screams from panicked initiates, support staff, and visitors. Frightened innocents trip over hedges and stumble through fountains and pools in an effort to get to safety by the most direct means possible, especially when the landscaping otherwise leads them to certain peril.

As you push your way through the throng, you see the cause of the alarm: a pair of exceedingly large rhinoceroses each with a shaggy pelt of long, brown fur and a row of immense horns on its snout and brow. Apparently some of the escapees from the menagerie have wandered rather far, and it falls to you to pacify them or put them down!

Jani: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Prig: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Salubri: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
Rowanna: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
Wayreth: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
enemies: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (13) + 0 = 13

Initiative:
Wayreth
Salubri (-8hp, -4 WIS drain) (Edited. Thank you Rowanna.)
Prig
Jani
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Rhinos
Rowanna

Rowanna takes a little too long to marvel at their massive dangling... horns. Everyone else keeps their focus and acts before the rhinos.

New map is up, you're on the second slide.

(Edited Salubri's damage. Thank you Rowanna.)

Rowanna used her wand of Infernal Healing once on Salubri, he should only be down 8 hp.

"That's... a really big rhino... After you, Sir Frog."

Wayreth will delay till after Salubri and Prig, but BEFORE the rhinos. I want to see if I can get into a flanking position for sneak attack flurries...

Salubrious has a wand of CLW, I'm sure he would have used it to heal up after the fight.

Knowledge ( nature ) : 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28

Evil eye vs. Saves on the closest rhino. -2 to saves for 9 rounds, DC 18 Will save reduces to 1 round. If it saves, Jani will cackle maniacally to extend the one round to 2.

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