"We might be meant to fight them or talk to them. When you're ready let me know and I'll try to talking."
"Greetings my name is Scipio, we respectfully seek an audience with you."
Samar shrugs and draws her bow. "Go for it. I've got your back."
As Scipio speaks, both elementals do glance at him, but remain within the room.
Scipio takes a few steps forward. "Is there some trial or test we should complete?"
While Samar studies the larger fire elemental , Scipio steps forward. As soon as he enters the room, the demeanour of the two elementals changes sharply. They both begin to move with clearly hostile intent.
Both elementals move up near Scipio and strike out with tendrils of fire and wind respectively!
Persistent damage comes from effects like acid or burning and appears as “X persistent [type] damage,” where the “X” is the amount of damage dealt and “[type]” is the damage type. While affected by persistent damage, at the end of your turn you take the specified amount and type of damage, after which you can attempt a DC 20 flat check to remove the persistent damage. You roll the damage dice anew each time you take the persistent damage. Immunities, resistances, and weaknesses all apply to persistent damage. If an effect deals damage immediately and also deals persistent damage, you don’t take the persistent damage if you negate the other damage. For example, an attack that deals slashing damage and persistent bleed damage wouldn’t deal the persistent bleed damage if you blocked all of the slashing damage.
You can be simultaneously affected by multiple persistent damage conditions so long as they have different damage types. If you would gain more than one persistent damage condition with the same damage type, the higher amount of damage overrides the lower amount. All
types of persistent damage occur at once, so if something triggers when you take damage, it triggers only one time.
Persistent damage can have the bleed type, meaning it affects only living creatures that need blood to survive. Bleeding automatically ends if you’re healed to your maximum Hit Points.
You or an ally can spend actions to help you recover from persistent damage, such as casting healing spells or using Medicine to Administer First Aid against bleeding, dousing a flame, or washing off acid; successfully doing so reduces the DC of that condition’s flat check to 15 and usually lets you immediately attempt an extra flat check to end that persistent damage. The reduction to the DC lasts until you remove the persistent damage or gain another persistent damage condition with the same damage type.
Both Samar and Neshim loose arrows against the fiery thing, though unfortunately no arrows find their target.
Initiative:
Samar
Neshim
Scipio - 30 damage
Lesser Fire Elemental
Minor Air Elemental
Scipio move back and casts a blessing on Samar to protect her from the fire elemental.
"Give me a second to heal, I'll ask Saranrae to help ward you."
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The flames linger on Scipio, but do not overly harm him - yet.
The pair of elementals advance, but cannot find their mark against the swift Samar.
Neshim takes the opportunity to strike back!
Initiative:
Neshim
Samar
Scipio -32 damage
Lesser Fire Elemental
Minor Air Elemental
Samar drops her bow and focuses on the fire elemental. Then she pulls out a hatchet and swings it at the elemental in a single smooth action, before repeating it with the other hatchet.
Scipio pours water on himself, stops drops and rolls... and rolls... somehow it feels like fire has gotten far more dangerous...
Scipio takes out his crossbow and loads a bolt.
The elementals lash out, eager to strike down the fleshy foe nearest to them! Which happens to be Samar.
Neshim throws water onto Samar. To save her from flames of course.
He casts magic to ease her burns further.
Samar attempts vengeance against the fiery horse-like elemental.
Scipio up!
Initiative:
Neshim
Samar -39
Scipio -32
Lesser Fire Elemental -21
Minor Air Elemental
Scipio releases a torrent of magical healing that washes over those present... except the fire elemental.
Both elementals keep flailing at Samar
Persistent damage comes from effects like acid or burning and appears as “X persistent [type] damage,” where the “X” is the amount of damage dealt and “[type]” is the damage type. While affected by persistent damage, at the end of your turn you take the specified amount and type of damage, after which you can attempt a DC 20 flat check to remove the persistent damage. You roll the damage dice anew each time you take the persistent damage. Immunities, resistances, and weaknesses all apply to persistent damage. If an effect deals damage immediately and also deals persistent damage, you don’t take the persistent damage if you negate the other damage. For example, an attack that deals slashing damage and persistent bleed damage wouldn’t deal the persistent bleed damage if you blocked all of the slashing damage.
You can be simultaneously affected by multiple persistent damage conditions so long as they have different damage types. If you would gain more than one persistent damage condition with the same damage type, the higher amount of damage overrides the lower amount. All
types of persistent damage occur at once, so if something triggers when you take damage, it triggers only one time.
Persistent damage can have the bleed type, meaning it affects only living creatures that need blood to survive. Bleeding automatically ends if you’re healed to your maximum Hit Points.
You or an ally can spend actions to help you recover from persistent damage, such as casting healing spells or using Medicine to Administer First Aid against bleeding, dousing a flame, or washing off acid; successfully doing so reduces the DC of that condition’s flat check to 15 and usually lets you immediately attempt an extra flat check to end that persistent damage. The reduction to the DC lasts until you remove the persistent damage or gain another persistent damage condition with the same damage type.
Neshim whistles as he continues to loose arrows against the fiery thing.
Initiative:
Neshim
Samar -41 damage
Scipio -14 damage
Lesser Fire Elemental -21 damage
Minor Air Elemental
Scipio continues releasing healing energy tat doesn't touch the fire elemental...
Burned and tired of all the damned back-and-forth, near death experiences this mission was causing, she snarls and keeps swinging her axes.
Then she holds her hatchets ready to parry...
Scipio heals while Samar slashes at the fiery elemental. Her solid blows do not cut as deeply as she might have expected.
Both elementals keep battering at Samar, testing her ability to parry. Both land their first blows, but both keep missing after those.
Persistent damage comes from effects like acid or burning and appears as “X persistent [type] damage,” where the “X” is the amount of damage dealt and “[type]” is the damage type. While affected by persistent damage, at the end of your turn you take the specified amount and type of damage, after which you can attempt a DC 20 flat check to remove the persistent damage. You roll the damage dice anew each time you take the persistent damage. Immunities, resistances, and weaknesses all apply to persistent damage. If an effect deals damage immediately and also deals persistent damage, you don’t take the persistent damage if you negate the other damage. For example, an attack that deals slashing damage and persistent bleed damage wouldn’t deal the persistent bleed damage if you blocked all of the slashing damage.
You can be simultaneously affected by multiple persistent damage conditions so long as they have different damage types. If you would gain more than one persistent damage condition with the same damage type, the higher amount of damage overrides the lower amount. All
types of persistent damage occur at once, so if something triggers when you take damage, it triggers only one time.
Persistent damage can have the bleed type, meaning it affects only living creatures that need blood to survive. Bleeding automatically ends if you’re healed to your maximum Hit Points.
You or an ally can spend actions to help you recover from persistent damage, such as casting healing spells or using Medicine to Administer First Aid against bleeding, dousing a flame, or washing off acid; successfully doing so reduces the DC of that condition’s flat check to 15 and usually lets you immediately attempt an extra flat check to end that persistent damage. The reduction to the DC lasts until you remove the persistent damage or gain another persistent damage condition with the same damage type.
Neshim keeps looseing arrows against the fiery thing, though unfortunately no arrows find their target.
Initiative:
Neshim
Scipio
Samar -61
Lesser Fire Elemental -42
Minor Air Elemental
Scipio releases more focused magical energy into Samar before leveling the crossbow and firing it at the fire elemental.
Growling in frustration, Samar swings her hatchets at the fire elemental!
Samar is scorched, but remains on her feet, if barely. Scipio adds his fire to Neshim's. The fire elemental staggers, and rents are visible in its form, but it is not quite banished yet, and strikes back brutally, sending her sprawling.
Moving closer to Samar's fallen form, the equine form of the elemental strikes at Scipio!
However, the fire elemental in its aggression has ignored that the air elemental can no longer reach foes.
Persistent damage comes from effects like acid or burning and appears as “X persistent [type] damage,” where the “X” is the amount of damage dealt and “[type]” is the damage type. While affected by persistent damage, at the end of your turn you take the specified amount and type of damage, after which you can attempt a DC 20 flat check to remove the persistent damage. You roll the damage dice anew each time you take the persistent damage. Immunities, resistances, and weaknesses all apply to persistent damage. If an effect deals damage immediately and also deals persistent damage, you don’t take the persistent damage if you negate the other damage. For example, an attack that deals slashing damage and persistent bleed damage wouldn’t deal the persistent bleed damage if you blocked all of the slashing damage.
You can be simultaneously affected by multiple persistent damage conditions so long as they have different damage types. If you would gain more than one persistent damage condition with the same damage type, the higher amount of damage overrides the lower amount. All
types of persistent damage occur at once, so if something triggers when you take damage, it triggers only one time.
Persistent damage can have the bleed type, meaning it affects only living creatures that need blood to survive. Bleeding automatically ends if you’re healed to your maximum Hit Points.
You or an ally can spend actions to help you recover from persistent damage, such as casting healing spells or using Medicine to Administer First Aid against bleeding, dousing a flame, or washing off acid; successfully doing so reduces the DC of that condition’s flat check to 15 and usually lets you immediately attempt an extra flat check to end that persistent damage. The reduction to the DC lasts until you remove the persistent damage or gain another persistent damage condition with the same damage type.
Neshim treats the arrows as a contest with Scipio. And the fire elemental staggers more, holes starting to tear open in its form. He also finds time to blast Samar with healing power.
Initiative:
Neshim
Scipio -18
Samar -54
Lesser Fire Elemental -70
Minor Air Elemental
Samar grasps her hatchets, climbs to her feet, and swings feebly at the fire elemental!
She spits at the fire elemental, before the fire burns her again.
Just before Samar looses consciousness yet again, the fire elemental is torn apart from within, erupting into a short-lived blast of flame!
Scipio channels the last of his healing energy into Samar... and then breaks out some bandages!
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Samar is thrown to the ground by the death-throes of the fire elemental. The air elemental is singed but advances upon Neshim, who is the nearest enemy still standing.
Neshim is still scorched and now smacked but refuses to quit his whistling or arrow-flinging. One arrow does tear into the airy form, disrupting it slightly.
Initiative:
Neshim -7
Scipio
Samar Dying 2
Lesser Fire Elemental -Exploded
Minor Air Elemental -14
Scipio moves forward and flails ineffectually...
Samar remains unconscious on the ground.
Neshim keeps whistling as he channels energies into Samar and strikes at the elemental with his rapier!
Initiative:
Neshim -13
Scipio
Samar -57
Lesser Fire Elemental -Exploded
Minor Air Elemental -17
Neshim's magic brings Samar back around. She looks around, a bit confused, then curses a whole lot. From her place on the ground at Scipio's feet she...
Scipio desperately tries to put an end to the elemental rampage.
Samar withdraws, Scipio strikes, but to no avail. And the air elemental does hurt him.
Neshim keeps whistling as he keeps stabbing, managing to nick the creature!
Initiative:
Neshim -13
Scipio -10
Samar -57
Lesser Fire Elemental -Exploded
Minor Air Elemental -18
"Neshim, let's pull back. It may be bound to the room." Once Neshim has started moving off Scipio grabs Samar, and starts dragging her away.
With a shrug Samar follows Scipio...
The trio withdraws past the stairs into the main corridor. The air elemental has not followed.
"It's going to take some time to clear this place out and unravel it's mysteries... I fear those who also seek it will arrive before we are finished. Once we have rested we should gather some supplies before trying to finish off more of these elementals. Perhaps we can make traps and defences to increase our odds."
Samar nods. "Yeah, I'm beat. Lets rest and come back after to kick that stupid wind-thing's airy ass."
Once they are fully rested the next morning. "I think once I have a few blessings on you Samar we should be able to deal with it much easier. Some protection and a little guiding hand."
Samar pulls out her shortbow and tests the string a few times. "Thanks. Let's do this."
Samar's arrow flies, injuring the already torn air elemental. It has repaired itself little since last you last saw it .
However, it is swift to react, and charges at her! However, its blows are ineffectual.
Neshim turns the corner and begins to whistle as he launches an arrow!
Initiative:
Scipio
Samar
Lesser Fire Elemental - Still Exploded
Minor Air Elemental -23
Neshim
Samar hurries into the chamber along the wall, then fires a pair of arrows at the air elemental.
Scipio moves to the other side of the chamber and fires off a crossbow bolt before reloading.
Pierced by arrows, the elemental's form is increasingly ragged, but it continues to strike and strike!
Neshim whistles, as he plants a pair of arrows through the elemental, finally slaying it!
The body of the air elemental condenses into a transparent gem, which falls to the ground. A similar-sized but reddish-brown gem lies on the ground where its fiery companion fell.
ELEMENTAL GEM ITEM
Price 120 gp
Method of Use held, 1 hand; Bulk —
Activation Command Activation, Operate
Activation
You shout the name of an Elemental Lord and dash this glassy gem
against a hard surface to activate it. It cracks open, casting a 5thlevel summon monster spell to summon forth a lesser elemental
that’s under your control as long as you spend an action each
round to Concentrate on a Spell.
This gem comes in four varieties: transparent for an air
elemental, light brown for an earth elemental, reddish orange for
a fire elemental, and blue-green for a water elemental.
Samar scoops up the elemental gems and hands them to Scipio. "Want these?"