Post Apocthulhu Pathfinder RAW

Game Master Michael Johnson 66

The elven scouts who roam the Black Forest and other parts of Germany report having seen strange fires and hearing the echoes of chanting coming from Brocken Peak in the legend-shrouded Harz Mountains of Germany on Walpurgis Nacht (May 30)....

Evil things were summoned into the world on that nefarious night, long associated with witches and devil worship....

Here is a nifty engraving showing the kind of shenanigans known to take place on this fabled mountaintop....

Sie sind die Essen, und wir sind die Jäger

This is the cry of the Jaegar legion against Cthulhu and other evils. Translating into "You are the food, and we are the hunter" it is a rising call to all survivors; Made of those who wish to fight "For Humanity"

Those who have enlisted in the legion become Jaegers and train to be part of Humanity's last hope. Lead by Derrik Stonesmith of the Fabled Fierce Ones, the first group to strike an effective blow for mankind. Particularly gifted individuals who have shown combat prowess are gifted with the ATMDG. Through the efforts of many fine craftsman and mystical materials; The ATMDG or 'All Terrain Multi-Dimensional Gear' created by Andy Cox, Frau Doktor Doktor Allison Jones and Derrik Stonesmith himself, a tool meant to breach the gap in power and give an edge to well trained individuals. Such recipients must undergo training to adapt to three dimensional movement and high-speed twists. For while it is a powerful weapon it is not without it's dangers and does not render the recipient invulnerable. Those that complete training are said to be strengthened above even the most star athletes. Outside of Combat Usage it offers building advantages, travel and communications along with scouting.

Derrik and many of the FO's or 'Fierce Ones,' are personal trainers to many of the hopeful applicants into the Legion.

There are 3 forms of the ATMDG, the following is the standard ATDMG or 'Jaeger' Model

All Terrain Multi-Dimensional Gear: Jaeger Model WEIGHT 25 lbs. Slot Body

This device was spawned from the FO known as Derrik Stonesmith, a fervent slayer of evil, and Andy Cox, Master Engineer, made to help humanity. The system is lightweight (Mithral) and is made to standard Human sizes but can be outfitted by higher rank models for custom use. The standard version comes with 10 charges. Each canister holds 5 charges. These charges can be used to accomplish the amazing tasks below but are not magical in nature. Restocking a canister takes 1 minute. Equipping the ATMDG takes 5 minutes or 2 full round actions if wearing the proper harnesses. the ATMDG uses carbon-nano tube wiring and high polymer alloy retractable hooks in function. This allows the recipient to imitate limited flight. The hooks latch into surfaces and bypasses hardness of 10 or lower. The wires have 10 HP and hardness 15. The ATMDG also functions as Boots of Striding and Springing.

Canister Charges
3 Charges: The effects of Haste for 5 rounds.
3 Charges: The effects of Fly for 5 rounds. You must succeed in a DC 20 Acrobatics check when using this form if you have surfaces, DC 25 if there is no flat surface or you are airborne. If the surface is a creature you must make a ranged touch attack to attach to said creature.. this does not provoke an attack of opportunity but does no damage.
1 Charge: Reduce Falling Damage from up 50 ft.
2 Charges: Move Action of 30 ft, specifically for movement.
5 Charges: You perform a Lethal Strike. Make an acrobatics check, you leap that many feet into the air and make a charge attack dealing appropriate falling damage on top of your attack. 1/day you may add a 1d6 upon this attack roll (representing your training in the Jaeger Legion)

Activating an ability that uses a charge is a swift action, reducing falling damage is an immediate action.

Jaeger model comes with 8 slots to sheath weapons. Generally it is outfitted with two high density alloy blades (Two masterwork Longswords)and 6 lesser blades in case of breakage (Regular Longswords). Sometimes the model can be outfitted with smaller blades (Shortswords) for those who request. The Standard Model is not highly customizable and those seeking such tend to be in the higher rankings of the Jaeger Legion.

This is an example of its usage and effect as diagrammed on this willing member of the Legion.

Jaeger A
This represents one who is currently going through training and thus the closest to standard civilian application. Those who have completed the training are much more adept, but the effects of just this equipment is easily seen. Those are followers who have class levels and 25 PB

Those who wish to join seek your closet recruitment location.

Sieg will aid in the training of the new Jaegers, teaching them basic proficiency in Muay Thai and other extreme close combat techniques for when they get trapped in the nitty gritty of combat.

Sie sind die Essen, und wir sind die Jäger

After extensive training Jaegers are outfitted with the ATDMG. However there are some who exhibit great skill, have survived many missions or show grand experience and prowess. Those individuals are promoted and given a higher rank among the legion, with the benefit of ATMDG's to best assist them in their fighting styles, the Rank of Schneider. Unlike the Jaeger Model these vary vastly based on the individual and offer many customizable parts. Followers of 2nd-4th level

All Terrain Multi-Dimensional Gear: Schneider Model WEIGHT 25 lbs. Slot Body

This device is the upgrade to the Jaeger Model. The system is lightweight (Mithral) and is made to standard Human sizes and highly customizable. This model has all the same functions as the previous model with some key changes. The Schneider version comes with 20 charges. Each canister holds 10 charges due to greater holding capacity. It can be loaded with inferior canisters. The hooks latch into surfaces and bypasses hardness of 15 or lower. The wires have 20 HP and hardness 15. In addition to the above the Schneider offers a constant +2 enhancement bonus to Strength and Dexterity.

Additional Canister Charges

1 Charge: Reduce Falling Damage from up 100 ft.
5 Charges: You perform a Brutal Strike. Make an acrobatics check, you leap that many feet into the air and make a charge attack dealing appropriate falling damage on top of your attack. 1/day you may add a 1d8 upon this attack roll and a additional 1d6 points of damage(representing your greater experience the Jaeger Legion)

Activating an ability that uses a charge is a swift action, reducing falling damage is an non-action.

Jaeger model comes with 8 slots to sheath weapons. Generally it is outfitted with two hyper density alloy blades (Two +1 Longswords)and 6 lesser blades in case of breakage (Masterwork Longswords). Sometimes the model can be outfitted with smaller blades (Shortswords) for those who request. This model is offers flexibility in its creation. Being originally formed for blades, other weapons change the capacity and weapon value. Axes require 2 slots, Heavy Blades and two handed weapons like the Greatsword require 4 slots and Polearms are split between Blade and haft in the sheathes (4 and 4). (One holds the blades, the other the hafts combining together in a tight seal that allows continued use of the ATMDG.) An operator can request weapons of various materials as well, these cut into the cost of the basic version if it is highly expensive (like mithral or adamantine). They can also opt to have one weapon with a greater craftsmanship but lose out on any possible replacements. Thus a jaeger can have One +2 weapon instead and nothing else.

Allison spent her time working with the other craftsmen to make her clockwork creations a reality. After considerable effort with the combination of high-tech industrial supplies and German craftsmanship, her prototype automated defense unit was airbourne....

The Clockwork Myrmidon was the first of its line and soared through the air tirelessly to protect the Silver Tower and the human survivors who took refuge in its shadow. Soon several more of the creations would take flight as well patrolling the skies.

Sie sind die Essen, und wir sind die Jäger

Those recognized for perilous heroism, masterful skill, and unparalleled ingenuity are assigned the honor of joining the illustrious Panzer Unit. This is a position rarely given to rookie Jaegers (There have been a few) and represents those who had shown the most promise. They have earned this position and are rewarded with the epitome of ATMDG's of as late the Panzer Model.. there are only 15 in creation. These are said to be individuals who seemed to want more out of this life and could go further in the Legion. Followers of 4th- 6th level and higher

All Terrain Multi-Dimensional Gear: Panzer Model WEIGHT 25 lbs. Slot Body CL 5

This device is the penultimate version of the Jaeger Model and upgrade of the Schneider Model. it is not fully non-magical and has been blessed with runes and technology formed by great scientists and magical craftsmen. This model has all the same functions as the previous model with some key changes. The Panzer version comes with 30 charges. Each canister holds 15 charges due to magi-tech revolutionary ideals. It can be loaded with inferior canisters. The hooks latch into surfaces and bypasses hardness of 20 or lower. The wires have 40 HP and hardness 20. The Panzer Model has a recharging mechanism built into the device, it functions with the combination of water runes (Decanter of Endless Water) and reactant heating pads (Compact campfire bead). For every 10 minutes you may renew 5 charges to the Panzer ATMDG; It requires continuous attention however, if you are interrupted in any way, it must be started again for each 10 min. increment. This function is magical and thus can be suppressed the core functions however cannot.

Additional Canister Charges

3 Charges: Increase Enhancement bonus to stats upon Model by +2 for 5 rounds.
2 Charges: Reduce Falling Damage from any distance.
5 Charges: You perform a Brutal Strike. Make an acrobatics check, you leap that many feet into the air and make a charge attack dealing appropriate falling damage on top of your attack. 3/day you may add a dice equal to Derrik's current surge dice upon this attack roll and a additional 1d6 points of damage. 1/day you may preform a Fatal Strike and gain the benefits of Aerial Assault at MT 5, this requires 10 charges.

Activating an ability that uses a charge is a swift action, reducing falling damage is an non-action.

Jaeger model comes with 8 slots to sheath weapons. Generally it is outfitted with two magi-tech infused blades (Two +2 Longswords)and 6 lesser blades in case of breakage (+1 Longswords). Sometimes the model can be outfitted with smaller blades (Shortswords) for those who request. This model is offers flexibility in its creation. Otherwise the same options of the previous model applies.

Derrik had watched with pride as the Jaeger Legion swelled with worthy souls. These past months had been a glimmer of hope, the one that the world needed to revitalize it. He trained with his fellow FO's and given peerless instruction to the applicants preparing them for what to expect unlike when he first ventured forth against the enemy. Some were already hardened by their experiences while others required breaking-in, those who did not succeed at training put their talents towards something else in the Legion and bolstered technologies, The Base in Silver Tower or any number of things. It had been a little over a year for Derrik... he had turned 24 yet he felt much Older due to this worlds issues. Today however was not about him, Today was the Day that his pupils numbering a little under 200 had graduated and would be assigned their ranks.

Derrik walked out into the training yard amongst the newly made Jaegers in his armor, crimson cape billowing, showing the crossed wings of freedom emblazoned upon its center-back. he turned to them all as he reached the middle front row no more than 10ft away and raised Dawnbringer.

" As you are aware, I am Derrik Stonesmith of the Fierce Ones. Named Derrik the Stubborn, King Arthur and to many of you Hell Instructor Derrik. Today I am most proud of you all for we have endured much more than one should have to.. to survive. Well Today I shall say that you no longer have to struggle to survive any longer, today you are not Prey you are JAEGERS, you are the HUNTERS!. You have all graduated from this Academy and can fight against the evils of this land. You represent our Motto! Consider yourselves going above the duty of your kind..Now Salute. FOR HUMANITY! "

Derrik slamming his arms into his armor with a thunderous clang as he flawlessly preforms the salute for them to mimic, it simply second nature at this point. After holding it for a few moments and hearing the cries of the Jaegers he eased up and began to speak again, " Some of you have shown exceptional skill or have requested more from the instructors than normal you shall be recognized now, for I shall assign ranks and Squads! " He begins shouting for all to hear, "Matumbo Unwambi; Schneider! Lethrice Thompson; Jaeger! Hiroshi Nakamura; Schneider! David Briggs; Panzer! ... " this goes for about 3 minutes as he lists each individual member until " .. Sun Mi; Panzer! Jacques Remy; Panzer! Joachim Dobberkau; Panzer! Lief Mossley; Schneider! Erik Gables; Jaeger! Yvet Fisk; Jaeger! Aaron Crux; Schneider! ... " and he continues the names from that point roars of happiness, frustration and congrats boom over the field.

After the naming ceremony in the commotion of troops being assigned to their ATDMGs, the cries of one particularly... rambunctious soldier can be heard over the others:

Non, non, non! I have no patience for zis garbage you are pushing my way! the tall, lanky Frenchman said to the elven craftsman who was trying to help him into his Panzer. A warrior is like a dancer, and 'e must be able to move gracefully. How am I to do zat with zese blades?

Jacques Remy somehow managed to berate the poor engineer while at the same time smoking two cigarettes and leaning on his oversized polearm, the Reign of Terror. He banged on the weapon with its tip implanted into the soft earth Look at 'er! She is a work of art. I will not fly through the air on zis contraption without 'er by my side. So take zese silly things away! He tossed the longswords to the elf while continuing to mutter away in French, likely swearing up a storm in private. And find me some usuable backups! None of zese straight edge knight's toothpicks!

After rejecting half a dozen sword designs brought to him by the timid elf, finally something caught his attention: a set of curved blades the elf referred to as "Temple Swords."

Yes! Quickly! he grabbed a handful of the swords and stuck them into the gear slots on his Panzer, Now, my friend, Jacques Remy is ready for combat.

He was stunned, not by disappointment, but sheer amazement. Joachim had tried his best, surely. But at no point did he think he would be named a Panzer! Especially when Academy famous warriors like Jacques Remy and Sun Mi were included in there, he was no way near in their league.

Vat is dis? How could I ever be a Panzer!? maybe it is un mistake maybe.. vait, they are coming dis vay.. stay calm. stay calm!

The engineer approached him, a female Elf Engineer around his height, which amazed him considering his size. hH fidgeted for she was clearly attractive but wore the grease and clothing without a blemish to her beauty. She carried the Panzer Model, proof that he was chosen, but instead of helping him into it she asked him questions.

These models were customizable and apparently some of the Jaegers had taken offense or misunderstood the engineers measuring methods. Joachim was always fond of the cutting blade of a cleaver and found a weapon suitable for such requesting those as a replacement to the lesser blades. He also was quite fond of his Heckler-Koch HK G36 assault rifle asking to make accommodations for that as well. After extensive questioning the Elf maiden left, and her sweet scent left as well, to refit his Panzer.

Joachim was still quite nervous, and then came an outburst both terrified and interested him. This had to be someone who was upset by the way the speech became. Interested and afraid simultaneously, he shuffled towards the location of the sound and saw it was the fabled Jacques Remy in all his glory. Joachim had only happened upon Jacques during a few exercises and the Mess hall but otherwise did not know him. The Man was a symbol of confidence, something Joachim wish he had himself, and was berating one of the Engineers for some reason. Though it would have been right to stop the conflict earlier, Joachim had to build up enough courage to simply WALK into the situation.. at which point he looked at Remy and.. forgot to speak.. a shaky demeanor despite his height of 6'6".

" Errhhrmm, Uhh.. Could you please.. Herr.. Remy.. Ummm.. vould you..? "

The day of graduation is August 20th, 2013....

During the three months that the Jaeger League is being trained and renovations are underway on the Silver Tower, Koran "The Hammer of Thor" spends time in Meridian State Park in Texas and the surrounding woodlands, training and hunting with his pack of weresquatches, violently quelling a few attempts by willful pack members to usurp his position as alpha, and stalking and slaying several aberrations and other evil monsters discovered in the area.

At the end of this period, his control over the chaotic pack has greatly improved, and his position as alpha is strongly reinforced. Satisfied for the moment, he meets Merlin at their prearranged rendezvous point at the park entrance on August 25th, and is teleported back to the Black Forest, where he is introduced to the newly graduated Jaeger League....

Amber Lynn has been training with Monkey Dude and Mr Clean during the last three months. She is naturally an ace sharpshooter, and with guidance and testing by Monkey Dude and Mr Clean, she becomes a formidable gunslinger....

On learning that Derrik has made Amber Lynn the general of the Jaeger League, and seeing the closer relationship he has been developing with her, Jewels begins to grow suspicious and jealous....

On the night of August 23rd, three nights after the graduation ceremony and announcement of Amber Lynn's appointment as general of the Jaeger League and commander of the Panzer Unit, Jewels confronts Derrik with her concerns....

Baby.... We need to talk.... I know Amber Lynn is supposed to be this unbelievable sharpshooter, and she did really good in Jaeger training and all.... But why did you make her your general? Aren't I good enough? Or is there something else going on between you two I should know about? I know that bi-- I know she has the hots for you, and I don't like the way you look at her sometimes, either.... If there's somethin' happenin' behind my back and I find out.... I swear to GOD, I'll rip that skinny b$&#+'s arms outta the sockets!

Jewels' green skin flushes a deeper shade, and the veins on her neck and forehead stand out as rage burns in her yellow eyes....

In German: This is a glorious day, mine companions! We have the trials passed! Let us much beer consume in celebration! Dances of the dwarves I will show you.... But first, drink we must!

In German: Dwarven dances? This I must see! And a few steins of beer should only make the spectacle more hilarious!

The slender elf magus chuckles at the scowl that crosses Udo's face....

Derrik sighs and shakes his head, clearly understanding the situation currently presented to him. He knew it would arise one way or the other, as many of the Unit, other survivors and even some of the advisers would joke about his involvement with .. other women. He had grown slightly less demanding and today seeked Sister De La Rosa for guidance. (Atonement for Followers and Cohort not being Lawful Good). Moving close to Jewels his looks up at her and smiles.

" You would have to do the same to me my Dear Jewels for I would be in the wrong for cheating upon a beautiful woman like you. Amber has grown since you have last seen her, a fire awoke in her heart and she wanted to fight; more than usual for something. She earned my respect, yes this I will admit but do not be alarmed. " he stepped close enough for their bodies to touch and laces his fingers in hers " She may be the General, But you are my Queen. I could not answer you before and I wanted it to be a surprise but after this all I had planned on getting a castle made in somewhere as beautiful as the Black Forest and having many children with you. And then we will be married. That's the reason I did not make you the General, It takes one person to lead an army but a wholly different and strong one to stand by the King's side. You'll just have to wait, but in the meantime... " He pulls out a platinum ring with a diamond embedded in it and nonchalantly slip it upon her finger, then turns away and looks at the sky.

O.... O.... OMG.... Derrik.... Baby.... OMG!!!.... I might faint.... This.... This is what I've been dreaming about since I met you! OMG!!!.... YES!! YES!! YES!!.... I will be your Queen, Derrik.... And you will be my King!! OMG!! I really think I might faint.... Hold me, baby....

Jewels kisses Derrik with enough force to give him a bloody mouth....

Oh! I'm sorry, baby! I made you bleed.... I'm such a 'tard! I'm so excited.... I've never felt this happy before!!

After nine steins of elf-brewed beer, Udo is ready to show off his moves....

Stumbling up onto a long table in the castle's festhaus, cheered on by Plad and other graduates of the Jaeger League, he begins to shuffle, tap and spin in a surprisingly deft manner for one so short, rotund, and drunk....

Frey's sword, look at 'im go! I never would've thought such stocky legs could kick like that!.... HAHAHAHAHA!!.... Look at 'is beard! Even his beard dances! HAHAHAHAHA!!! Bravo! Bravo, you spinning, kicking, beard-wagging dwarf!

Tears stream down Plad's smiling face as he laughs himself hoarse at the dwarf's antics....

Kate holds her pregnant belly as still as she can while laughing at the dancing dwarf....

Oh God!.... HAHAHAHAHA!!.... Please don't make me laugh!!..... HAHAHAHAHA!!

He reminds me of the Oompa-Loompas from the Chocolate Factory....

Feeling inspired by several steins and the dwarf's stunning performance, Kermit leaps upon the table and joins the whirling, twirling, kicking dwarf....

Ya, baby! Let's blow this party off the chain!

Spindly green legs join the dwarf's stocky reddish legs in kicking, shuffling, tapping and gamboling across the broad wooden table....

Work on fortifying the Silver Tower continues, and much progress is being made. During a break, two members of the workforce, presumably survivors from the group that had been sheltering at the Royal Palms Cinema in downtown Sarasota, quietly slip away from the others and surreptitiously make their way to the causeway that spans Sarasota Bay to Lido Key....

As they reach the midway point, where an exit leads off the causeway to Bird Key, they shuck off their human guise and assume their true shapes!

The Slime-Shrouded Master will not be pleased.... These humans grow too strong and too numerous! How long before they turn their attentions to our island and begin to exterminate us, as they have the Daemon-Lord and others? How can we stand against them if the mighty Daemon-Lord and the Tentacled Terror could not?

The other hisses nervously....

The Slime-Shrouded Master will know what to do.... Be patient, and have faith.... These humans are as fleas to our Great Lord Cthulhu! They will be crushed in due time....

The two figures reach a murky canal and dive into the water, swimming to their Slime-Shrouded Master's underwater lair to make their daily report....

Joachim generally sits alone during the festivities muttering to himself odd phrases and staring at a postcard with a forest in the background. He takes liberal amounts of a stein which he seems to chaser with a bottled concoction every-so-many times. The thought of actually being of use to mankind drawing more depressing thoughts and even worse memories; he battles these with alcohol.

The short German Fellow and exotic Elf duo seem comical, to say the least but he had heard tale of their prowess as well and they were part of his same rank. They had to be some type of monster or mistaken choice, like him. When he thought on it, each Panzer seemed to have something unique about them that the instructors chose.. He wondered what his was.

Jacques looked over at the nervous Jaochim, Eh? What 'ave you to be worried about? You are with the great Jacques Remy now! And 'e will not stand for any of zis nervousness, non? He reached up and slapped the man on the back before striding off to continue being wonderful.

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During the drunken festivities, Jacques stood watching Udo dance before raising his hands and clapping loudly, Jacques Remy needs wine! In the warriors mind, that knowledge that "elf" and "Jacques Remy's personal steward" were not synonyms was curiously absent.

Stateside on the evening of the 29th, Allison Jones' work was finally complete. As the tower was now a shining monolith of human survivability, the grounds around it were slowly becoming a thriving colony of humanity saved from the eldritch horrors.

As she stood outside overlooking the feat, she watched the wings of automatons patrol the skies and more marching on the ground. Finally, people had a place of safety... at least she hoped.

Merlin's arrival to teleport the doctor back to Germany could not have been timed more perfectly. She quickly grabbed her gear soon rejoined the Fierce Ones...

On August 30th, a report reaches Pandora's Box in the Castle, brought by elven scouts who have been spying on the recent strange phenomena on Brocken Peak in the Harz Mountains....

A strange, pale-green star that had appeared in the night sky for the past three nights has grown brighter and closer, and on the night of the 28th, was seen to alight at the summit of Brocken Peak. On closer inspection, it was revealed to be a colossal body of green crystal that glows with a ghastly inner light and seemed to have projections worked into the shapes of massive towers and domes all over its upper surfaces....

Brocken Peak is now inhabited by various horrific monsters--gugs, shantaks, and giant amorphous blobs of tarry black substance covered with hundreds of mouths, beaks, suckers and eyes! An terrible invasion of the region by monstrous star-spawned horrors is clearly underway, and seems to have been welcomed and abetted--perhaps even called down--by vile human cultists that chant to, offer sacrifices to, and cavort in unspeakable rites with these unearthly terrors from beyond!

Sieg looks upon the spectacle solemnly.

Dungeoneering: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16

"I don't know exactly what all of these things are, but they are unnatural and evil, that much is clear. We must stop them."

Dungeoneering: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (12) + 14 = 26

Surge: 1d8 ⇒ 4

"Shoggoths..." Marcus hisses, face contorting into a rictus of pure anger.

"You're right, new guy, we need to kill these things."

Oh God.... Shoggoths.... Why did it have to be Shoggoths....

MJ watches the mountaintop from the FOs' position several hundred feet to the south of Brocken Peak, on a ridge near the edge of the treeline....

It is 9:05 PM on August 30th, the same day the FOs received the report from the elven scouts. They are reconnoitering to see for themselves the troubling situation described by the scouts. In the pale green light radiating from the immense, crystalline fortress that surmounts Brocken Peak, the silhouettes of giant, hairy, four-armed gugs, dragon-like shantaks, undulating masses that must be the Shoggoths, and smaller human figures twist and gyrate to the rhythmic chanting, dissonant flutes, and pounding drums that echo in the cold night air among the Harz Mountains' highest peaks....

Knowledge (Dungeoneering): 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (13) + 18 = 31

Vell... Seems as though ve clearly have our verk cut out for us. Allison said calmly standing behind Mikey with her hands in her lab coat pockets. Shall ve begin?

There appear to be 10 gugs, 6 shantaks, 3 Shoggoths, and about three-dozen human cultists currently on the mountaintop, dancing wildly in a loose ring around the vast green crystal fortress, moving counter-clockwise....

There are so many.... Maybe we can draw small numbers of them away into an ambush or something? I think a head-on assault would be suicide right now....

MJ points at Daisy and nods.

Pretty sneaky, sis.... Get them diagonally....

Daisy looks quizzically at MJ....

Huh?

Connect Four?.... Never mind, your too young....

"You sure? We've got a small army of super powerful individuals here, you know."

"But that does seem like the smart plan. Should we send some of the Jaegers to hit and run and draw them somewhere?"

Marcus now casts Echolocation from his rod on himself every day, using Enduring Blessing to make it last for 24 hours.

Several bonfires form a flickering ring around the green crystal fortress, turning the few patches of snow still clinging to the upper peak into puddles that reflect the orange flames and ghastly green phosphorescence of the crystal....

Nein. Risking the new troops vould not be prudent. Ve can take on zese monstrosities vith just us. Allison said as a nearly invisible aura began to envelope her. Aura of Doom

We could wait til this little party breaks up a bit.... See if most of 'em go inside that big green crystal thing.... Take out any guards left outside.... Then infiltrate? If there weren't any Shoggoths, I'd be all up for taking on all the rest.... Maybe even one shoggoth.... But three? I've heard those things are pretty bad-ass....

A few moments pass as the FOs watch the wild bacchanal on Brocken Peak and discuss their plan of attack....

Suddenly, a rectangular section of the green crystal near the base of the massive fortress swings down like a drawbridge to form a ramp leading up into an opening.... 2 more gugs stomp down the ramp, each carrying two limp human forms. They are followed out of the green crystal fortress by two more gugs, carrying an altar of glowing green crystal between them....

The altar is lowered to the ground at the bottom of the ramp, and one of the limp human forms is lain upon it....

Shit.... That doesn't look good.... But now there are.... 14 gugs, 6 shantaks, 3 Shoggoths, and 30-some cultists.... The odds are getting worse.... I don't know if we can stop this sacrifice just now, though....

You know those times where you have to make horrid choices to properly role play your character...

Allison casts invisibility, mirror image 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6, and fly on herself as they watch the gugs emerge. Speak for yourself, Herr Mikey, I vill not stand idly by und vatch more innocents perish... came seven German voices from where Allison stood.

Under the cover of invisibility, the illusionist flies towards the abominations. Once within range of the group of foes (55 feet), Allison casts Loathsome Veil to nauseate the horde.

CL check vs SR: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (18) + 24 = 42

Spell affects 24HD of creatures total, but all creatures are treated as 12 HD lower due to Awesome Display. So Cultists and Shantaks should count as 0 HD, Gugs should count as 3 HD each, and Shoggoths should count as 11 HD each. Starting with the lowest first, all of the cultists, all of the shantaks, and 8 of the gugs are nauseated while they see the veil and 1d4 rounds after then sickened for 2d4 rounds. 6 Gugs and the 3 Shoggoths are unaffected.

I think only creatures with effective HD of 8 or more get a save from how the spell is worded, but just in case all creatures get a save: Will DC 27

Hopefully that counts as a surprise round, and then for afterwards...Initiative: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26 + Surge: 1d8 ⇒ 4 = 30

Also, any non-ally creature within 20 feet of Allison must make a DC 26 Will save or become shaken thanks to Aura of Doom.

While this is a wondrous attack there is a small issue with it... Being the Shoggoth's saw you has you approached... but that won't matter I guess soon..

Hmm... I must have missed something then. How would they detect me? I was invisible, I'm more than 30 ft away so no scent, and I'm flying so no tremor sense.

They are blind and have a +33 Perception.. and you did not stealth, you don't get any extra bonus because they ignore the Invisibility.... Oozes generally aren't that scary; Shoggoths are a different thing entirely. So lets say you took maybe a 10 on your stealth it might be... 15, with their bonus they catch you on a 1 and still do so an additional 180 ft past 60 ft.

oh! Gotcha. Well, we will just have to see what happens. Alternatively, if I had teleported right in front of them instead of flying in, could I have my surprise round?

That is wholly up to the DM

Derrik studied the enemy for a good time and was content on simply waiting them out. Even the idea of using some of the Jaegers was not out of the question. However he could tell the Doktor was getting impatient and followed her somewhat before she suddenly strikes. Buffs going, Standard Heroism, Delay Poison, See Invisibility, Perceive Cues, Shield of Faith, Battle Trance Temp hp's: 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13, Divine Favor; Judgement of Justice and Destruction, Bane Aberrations

Initiative: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (9) + 16 = 25