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Battlefield Conditions: The Circle is Desecrated and Makes Undead stronger! Everyone Starting or Moving into the Darkness takes 3d8+3 Damage
Blue Harianago(-179,Fine)
Red Harianago(-141,Fine)
Trade Prince Charlie Robert McGee Thronfiddle Blackros(-0,Fine)
Grimaldus(-74,Fine)
Chak Yuen Chen(-0,Fine)
Thunderhoof(-103,Fine)
Chaine(-55,Fine)
Ikit(-55,Fine)
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Directed by Medda, Twinhorn mystics have begun preparing the stone circle to close the rift—ideally forever, assuming the allied forces can destroy Eshimka. The planar tear seems to have a will of its own, though, and it actively fights back and even tries to rip itself wider. If the mystics are to succeed, they need help.
Although skillful practitioners perform the ritual, magical energy helps sustain it. By expending one prepared spell or unused spell slot from their highest or second-highest spell slot (minimum 1st level), a PC can fuel the ritual with their raw magical power. Doing so requires no check.
Until the ritual concludes, undead continue to emerge from the rift, and monsters encroach from the wilderness. With a successful Average attack roll or Craft (traps) check, a PC neutralizes one or more of these threats as they approach, keeping the ritual’s participants safe. A PC can also succeed at this task by using a spell or ability that harms undead; this succeeds if the ability deals damage equal to at least 3 × APL (33) to a single target or 2 × APL (22) to multiple creatures.
With a successful Average Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (planes), Knowledge (religion), or Spellcraft check or a Hard Perform (dance or sing) or Use Magic Device check, a PC applies her expertise to the ritual, increasing its power.
The ritual includes numerous powerful focuses and material components, and the Twinhorn mystics brought most of what they need. However, the rift’s resilience requires far more materials than anticipated. With a successful Average Appraise, Craft (alchemy), Heal, Knowledge (nature), or Profession (herbalist) check, a PC adeptly prepares additional ritual focuses that are quickly incorporated into the incantations.
During this time, the ritual participants are preparing the stone circle and beginning the rites. There are relatively few undead threats emerging during this time, so the PCs can earn only two successes using the Defend the Site task.
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As the ritual progresses, the rift contorts in response as if angry. The building negative energy releases violently, washing over the area and causing many of the ritual focuses to crumble. During this event, each successful Prepare Reagents action grants two successes.
Although skillful practitioners perform the ritual, magical energy helps sustain it. By expending one prepared spell or unused spell slot from their highest or second-highest spell slot (minimum 1st level), a PC can fuel the ritual with their raw magical power. Doing so requires no check.
Until the ritual concludes, undead continue to emerge from the rift, and monsters encroach from the wilderness. With a successful Average attack roll or Craft (traps) check, a PC neutralizes one or more of these threats as they approach, keeping the ritual’s participants safe. A PC can also succeed at this task by using a spell or ability that harms undead; this succeeds if the ability deals damage equal to at least 3 × APL (33) to a single target or 2 × APL (22) to multiple creatures.
With a successful Average Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (planes), Knowledge (religion), or Spellcraft check or a Hard Perform (dance or sing) or Use Magic Device check, a PC applies her expertise to the ritual, increasing its power.
The ritual includes numerous powerful focuses and material components, and the Twinhorn mystics brought most of what they need. However, the rift’s resilience requires far more materials than anticipated. With a successful Average Appraise, Craft (alchemy), Heal, Knowledge (nature), or Profession (herbalist) check, a PC adeptly prepares additional ritual focuses that are quickly incorporated into the incantations.
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The combined Pathfinder and Twinhorn forces shatter undead bones and topple the walking dead, even while sustaining wounds of their own. However, their momentum seems unstoppable. The holy approval of the empyreal lord Vildeis grows stronger, as if recognizing the Pathfinders’ righteousness by causing their weapons, armor, and even blood to shimmer with angelic power.
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An anguished draconic roar echoes across the landscape. Within minutes, reports begin circulating that some of the Society’s newest agents single-handedly defeated a powerful drake, ensuring that will be no threat during the final assault. Competing rumors suggest these agents actually convinced the drake to fight by their side! Whatever the case, it is a great boon in the fights to come.
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The combined Pathfinder and Twinhorn forces have beaten back the worst of Eshimka’s vanguard, and their spellcasters are hard at work repairing the damage around the planar rift. It seems there is at last a lull when a pair of blade-like arms stab through the rift and tear it wider. The wound releases a wave of negative energy that crashes into the mystics’ wards, though the shock causes the trees for hundreds of feet around to wither, their limbs snapping off and turning to ash before hitting the ground. Through the widened rift steps a towering giant with sinister horns, shaking the ground with every step as her army follows her: vampires, towering suits of armor, hungry corpses, and even a powerful dragon! Medda’s shout carries over the din. “Eshimka is here! Strike now!”
The giant laughs thunderously as it regards the mortals around it and tears of pieces of her own flesh that turn into nightmarish beasts.
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Battlefield Conditions: Dim Light
Chak Yuen Chen(-0,Fine)
Grimaldus(-52,Fine)
Ikit(-33,Fine)
Trade Prince Charlie Robert McGee Thronfiddle Blackros(-0,Fine)
Eshimka(-0,Fine)
Thunderhoof(-30,Fine)
Chaine(-33,Fine)
Eshimka, Nightwalker, CE Huge undead (extraplanar, nightshade)
"This towering, night-black giant has demonic features, including
a huge pair of ram-like horns. Its arms end in massive blades."
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Battlefield Conditions: Dim Light
Chak Yuen Chen(-0,Fine)
Grimaldus(-52,Fine)
Ikit(-33,Fine)
Trade Prince Charlie Robert McGee Thronfiddle Blackros(-0,Fine)
Eshimka(-0,Fine)
Thunderhoof(-0,Fine)
Chaine(-33,Fine)
Eshimka, Nightwalker, CE Huge undead (extraplanar, nightshade)
"This towering, night-black giant has demonic features, including
a huge pair of ram-like horns. Its arms end in massive blades."
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Chaine will request someone's help with his wand.
He will then apply a protection from evil to Silvermane and himself, as well as feather steps on Silvermane.
Chaine will also ask someone to cast mending on his lance.
Just before heading into the fray, Chaine rallies the troops and grants everyone the Lastwall Phalanx teamwork feat (+1 sacred bonus to AC and saves for each adjacent ally)
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round 9: cast Airwalk (110mins)
round 10: can give someone a shield of faith +3 deflection AC
Round 11: Cast Protection from evil , if no dim door, will cast divine favor on myself, and prot from evil will go in round 12
Round 12: if we dim door in, Blessing of fervor, else swap this with round 11 action
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Battlefield Conditions: Dim Light
Chak Yuen Chen(-0,Fine)
Grimaldus(-0,Fine)
Ikit(-0,Fine)
Trade Prince Charlie Robert McGee Thronfiddle Blackros(-0,Fine)
Eshimka(-0,Fine)
Thunderhoof(-0,Fine)
Chaine(-0,7 Weapon Damage)
Eshimka, Nightwalker, CE Huge undead (extraplanar, nightshade)
"This towering, night-black giant has demonic features, including
a huge pair of ram-like horns. Its arms end in massive blades."
Standing before you is a giant of a monster. You know it as Eshimka, and it looks onto you. "You are the best I could expect? Pathetic. Even now, as you think you will hold me back, I slaughter the rest of your allies." You look around to see that Eshimka's dark powers are causing other Pathfinders and Twinhorn to suffer greatly in their fights against all manner of undead and nightmare.
"Your light of hope flickers, and now I will extinguish it." Her massive arm blades at the ready. "Come forth, and meet your fate."
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Active Spells:Protection from Evil, 1/11 Blessing of fervor (cast on round 12) AC/Ref one, Last wall +3 to sacred AC (negated by vindicator sacred shield) and saves (Chaine), Longstrider
Current AC (with prot from evil and fervor): 41
Grinning for a moment he looked at the creature, bowed for a brief moment before reaching to Chak, Ikit and ensuring Thunderhoof was within reach as well before they seemed to blink out of sight and then right in front of Eshimka, looking up to the creature he grinned. "Today is your last day walking on this earth..."