With Dolora almost completely out of the action drooling and stammering, her Phantom seems distracted and the gooey arm tendril misses completely.
Shifting into a combat stance, the boss lady tries to carefully avoid further slime attacks and steps up next to the pathfinders.
Successfully doing both, she brings a carefully aimed foot down towards Gack, hoping to take him out with one blow... at least for a short time.
She clearly misses the easy to hit target and seems quite annoyed at her failure.
Avasir (Delayed)
Round 6
P (-9 HP)
Dark Schnyder
Danicka & Prickles
Gack Blooth (-9 HP)
G (-15 HP, Down, Stable)
R (-17 HP, Down) & B (-13 HP)
Dolora (-17 HP, Disabled) & Phantom
Bold may Act!
Prickles growls ferociously and snaps at the man's hands!
Angry that the prey tried to harm his pet, Prickles pushes back Danicka and tries to tear out the blue thug's throat!
Dark swishes and slashes and slices his sword in a complicated pattern of attacks. The thug flinches and then looks down, slightly surprised that he is not in ribbons.
Danicka pulls a handful of multicolored sand from her pouch, chants a few words and throws it towards the two Aspis. A rainbow of bright colors sparkle into effect and...
for + 1 Stunned.
...the thug in front of Dark collapses to the ground, dropping his mace. The woman's arms fall to the side as her brain tries to manage the blast of colors.
Avasir (Delayed)
Round 6
P (-9 HP)
Dark Schnyder
Danicka & Prickles
Gack Blooth (-9 HP)
G (-15 HP, Down, Stable)
R (-17 HP, Down) & B (-13 HP, Prone)
Dolora (-17 HP, Disabled) & Phantom
Blue = Unconscious 4/4, Blind 6/6, Stunned 7/7
Purple: Blind 1/1, Stunned 2/2
Stunned: A stunned creature drops everything held, can’t take actions, takes a –2 penalty to AC, and loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any).
Blinded: The creature cannot see. It takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class, loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any), and takes a –4 penalty on most Strength- and Dexterity-based skill checks and on opposed Perception skill checks.
Bold may Act!
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Gack lets out a happy "Harumph" when the two enemies are distracted by Danicka's blast. He stands, , and smiles. "That was quite rude!" He bounces up onto his toes and tosses a small bit of saltpeter into the air. "Time to for some just desserts!" He mimics the shape of his pistol with his right hand and whispers a magic word. A wave of fire shoots out of his finger, enveloping the two enemies!
Gack tries to stand, but his hand slips out from under him. Not wanting to waste his opportunity as the dangerous punchy lady in front of him appears to be significantly distracted, he blasts another cone of fire at her, hoping that the phantom can handle it as well.
Her body twists automatically out of the way of the blast, only a slight singe to her clothes.
Avasir moves up to the doorway and blasts more flame . The unconscious thug takes the full brunt of it, his body crackling under the heat. The room is definitely smelling like rancid burned hair with an undertone of BBQ. The boss lady...
...ducks Gack's attack right into Avasir's flames and also gets scorched pretty good but she remains standing.
Round 6 & 7
P (-16 HP)
Dark Schnyder
Danicka & Prickles
Gack Blooth (-9 HP)
Avasir
G (-15 HP, Down, Stable)
R (-18 HP, Down) & B (-20 HP, Down, Stable)
Dolora (-17 HP, Disabled) & Phantom (Reflex DC 17 for 1/2 of 10)
Bold may act
Current Conditions of Enemies from Danicka's Spell
Blue = Unconscious 4/4, Blind 6/6, Stunned 7/7
Purple: Blind 1/1, Stunned 2/2
Stunned: A stunned creature drops everything held, can’t take actions, takes a –2 penalty to AC, and loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any).
Blinded: The creature cannot see. It takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class, loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any), and takes a –4 penalty on most Strength- and Dexterity-based skill checks and on opposed Perception skill checks.
The phantom, enraged at the damage done to her other half, doesn't even try to dodge Gack's flames, powering through them to slam into the woman.
The very emotional angry phantom slams her tendrily arms into the Asimar. Both arms connect very solidly with the mostly disabled woman who reels in pain and anger... that you can only see in her eyes as she remains stunned.
Round 7
P (-26 HP)
Dark Schnyder
Danicka & Prickles
Gack Blooth (-9 HP)
Avasir
G (-15 HP, Down, Stable)
R (-18 HP, Down) & B (-20 HP, Down, Stable)
Dolora (-17 HP, Disabled) & Phantom (-10 HP
Bold may act
Current Conditions of Enemies from Danicka's Spell
Blue = Unconscious 3/4, Blind 5/6, Stunned 6/7
Purple: Blind 0/1, Stunned 1/2
Stunned: A stunned creature drops everything held, can’t take actions, takes a –2 penalty to AC, and loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any).
Blinded: The creature cannot see. It takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class, loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any), and takes a –4 penalty on most Strength- and Dexterity-based skill checks and on opposed Perception skill checks.
With a crackling of sparks, Dark's sword strikes the Asimar hard. She crumples to the ground with a thump.
Round 7
P (-41 HP, Down)
Dark Schnyder
Danicka & Prickles
Gack Blooth (-9 HP)
Avasir
G (-15 HP, Down, Stable)
R (-18 HP, Down) & B (-20 HP, Down, Stable)
Dolora (-17 HP, Disabled) & Phantom (-2 HP, no temp HP left)
Bold may act. While there are no more threats, at least one of you has shown an interest in keeping enemies alive so I'll keep us in round format until all are stabilized or dead. If you have no interest in being involved in that you are welcome to move on with other actions.
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Dolora finally realizes how to make the stick in her hand do something and pokes herself in the chest with it. The throbbing, constricting, incredibly painful feeling in her head almost immediately starts to fade. She slumps to the ground leaning up against the boxes while she looks around at the group.
"I'm not exactly sure about everything that was happening there, but I felt pretty close to done for a while"
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Gack cries out in shock as the fire goes the wrong way! "No, not the nice ghostie!" He frowns in embarrassment. "Sorry, Dolora's... friend."
He stands up and moves past the greasy area. The gnome approaches the ghost with some tentativeness. "Sorry! That must be why you're always so sad! Everybody keeps burning you!" He reaches out a hand to pat the ghost, not realizing it would go right through. He draws his gun and watches the fallen foes. No funny business...
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Dark smiles at his handy work. After Danicka stabilizes them, he disarms all of them before dragging them all to the upper left corner of the room and lays them on top of each other. The Asimar woman on the bottom. "Be harder for them to try something, especially her, if they are laying on top of each other."
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Danicka blushes. "Oh, dear..." Clearing her throat she pulls out a wand and assesses her allies wounds. "Oh, look at the state of you! That looks like it hurts. Let me see..."
Danicka goes around fussing and fretting over her fellow Pathfinder's wounds while she waves her healing wand at them.
"Oh, Gack! What happened? Here, let me see..."
The phantom smiles at Gack. "It's ok. You're good friend."
She makes her round of the group, saying goodbye. "Danger is over. I need rest. Goodbye friends if this is last time for us."
She then moves over to Dolora and fades away.
The grease splashed on the floor fades away.
Given a chance to breath, the pathfinders look around. Natural light pours in through the pair of skylights in this warehouse’s arched roof. Two wall-mounted oil lamps flank the double doors to the south, while single lamps rest on the floor by the doors to the east and the northwest. Piles of crates ranging from 4 feet to 8 feet high are scattered about. The crates contain little of value, mostly ropes, sailcloth, and various trade goods in poor condition.
The one very new and very special feature is the piled bodies of your foes in the corner.
Current Status
Everyone is fine, nothing to see here.
There is an open door in the back of the warehouse (east).
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Dolora stands, does a full body shake, pauses, shakes again, and somehow seems to have completely forgotten about any hardship she might have just endured. Full of smiles again she prances over towards the door to the east.
"Whew. That was exciting! Is the punchy lady still alive? We might need to take her back to the council as 'evidence'. I bet this is her office! Do you think she kept some kind of notes or plans in here?"
Upon reaching the door, she pauses and looks back at the group. "You guys coming? Maybe someone should come along in case there's another punchy lady in there."
Dolora enters the dark office and it looks like the boss punchy lady has not used it in several days. A pair of lamps hangs near the door on the west wall, while the doors on the north and south walls remain unadorned. Books of all ages are scattered haphazardly around the room. Maps hang in loose layers on an easel to the northwest.
A journal written by a lady who calls herself Shinri rests open on the desk, with several letters tucked within its pages. The letters are several pieces of correspondence that she has received from various Aspis agents. It is clear from the replies that Shinri has been asking everyone to keep an eye out for tablets matching the description of the Twelve Rites, promising to pay well anyone who can bring one to her. One of her pieces of correspondence is with a man named Lutebu Alrati. Lutebu informs Shinri that his mining enterprise has been quite successful and that he has located an object that matches her description. He requested that she come to Bloodcove to inspect it personally and come to an arrangement for its purchase.
sports a dozen eyes and a splayed crown of golden horns.
There are two doors that lead off this room, one to the south and one to the north. Both are closed.
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"It's ok guys, nobody in here is trying to kill me! Dolora looks through the documentation trying to figure it all out. "She kept a journal in here, which might be useful for us to take back with us"
Dolora is neither knowledgeable about religion, nor very wise, but she does know some things.
"Looks like she had some kind of a deal with a fiend that helped her learn to fight better in exchange for her service. Someone else might want to take a look though, you might understand it better."
She gathers up the documents and leaves them in a neat pile on the desk.
"There's also two more doors here, want me to check 'em out?"
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Avasir joins Dolora in the office and looks over the letter.
Yes, I think we've cleared out most of the excitement. I don't doubt you were fine in here. But these look interesting...
Your explanation makes sense but some of these details are unfamiliar to me. In any case it sounds like we should find her at Bloodcove.
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Danicka hurries after the others. She looks through the notes on the desk...
"Oh, my! The fiend Shinri made contact with is imprisoned in the Mwangi Expanse, and a number of ancient Ghol-Ghan relics would be needed to free her. Shinri set about collecting the Twelve Rites to that end... And... Oh, dear! Shinri’s strict adherence to the fiend’s teachings and continued contact with a growing number of the Twelve Rites have allowed the fiend’s essence to manifest itself within Shinri’s psyche. The fiend appears as a grotesque six-armed female giant with blackened flesh and three heads. Each of her heads sports a dozen eyes and a splayed crown of golden horns." Danicka pales. "This is serious! What if other people have been contacted by the same being?! Why! Someone else could be trying to free her right now! Oh, my...."
Danicka fans herself.
"This in very important information." Danicka begins to pack up the papers and other evidence in the room.
"According to what I understand, that lady in the corner over there is Shinri."
North Door
This room is scarcely illuminated, apparently Shinri prefers to keep the lamp near the south door snuffed out, allowing the room to remain dark while she sleeps in her bed or trains with the wooden dummies in the east corners.
A tall cabinet in the southwest corner of the room is unlocked and contains several Ghol-Gan relics that Shinri collected during her explorations in Boali before her descent into madness. It contains a Large masterwork cold iron bastard sword and a set of special muleback cords.
South Door
This dark chamber currently bears no illumination of any kind, and its lamp beside the north door has been shattered. A circle is drawn in the center of the room in blood, surrounded by a ring of twenty-four unlit candles of various heights. Four small stone tablets are laid out along the circle, forming an irregular ring.
Back in the Entry Room
Prickles starts sniffing at a large book lying on the floor. It seems to be quite well crafted and smells of fish (probably why Prickles was sniffing at it). It could be valuable.
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Dolora looks through the southern room and points out the four tablets. "These are probably four more of those tablets that Shinri was collecting." She begins to collect up the tablets. "They're probably safe to take, since Shinri's journal said she needed all 12 to do the ritual. We already have the two from before, and if we bring all 6 to the council then they can be kept safe from the Aspis." Turning back to the group, "We already have Gideon willing to testify, and Shinri's journal and notes. We should probably bring Shinri as well. Did you find any evidence in the other room? The more we take to the council the easier it will be to convince them."
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Ah yes, that would make sense. It’s just that it was too easy and I expected more obvious demonic signs in this person. Thankfully we readily handled it.
The elf wanders over and inspects the book in the entry room.
Hey little guy, what did you find here? He pets Prickles briefly until he yields the book.