As you all rush down to enter the summoning circle, you see nothing but a flash of light. One by one you appear next to Molly, and can hear the crowd starting to clap in resounding surprise. You hear comments like "The first in 150 years!" and "...and now several return!". At least one can be heard to say, "Is she carrying a body?"
As Acadamae authorities on the edge of view begin scurrying about to implement procedures for crowning a victor that have not been employed in over a century. Before anyone can approach you, hundreds of devils of all stripes stream out from the Hall of Wards!
Almost as quickly, you can see dignitaries winking out as they, or their wizards, cast teleport to get them to safety.
Academae students and teachers alike engage the fiends, but it is clear that some are beyond their skill.
A line of very large, very blue and spiky devils approach the team.
LN Ifrit Oracle(Shadow/Blackened) 13| HP 98/120 | AC24 T14 FF20| CMD 21 | Fort 11 Ref 11 Will 11 | Speed 30ft | Initiative +8| Buffs: Cloak of Darkness, Shadow's Endurance, Delay Poison, Death Ward
Abilities:
Flying 11/13 Minutes, Shadow Form 13/13 Minutes, Cloak of Darkness 9/13 Hours
"Warmonger devils. Both construct and devil, they are more efficient at defenses when they are adjacent to each other. They will gladly trample those who are entangled and not impaired by difficult terrain. Legs are immune to cold and acid." Emberwik casts the spell Mass Cure Light Wounds then flies upwards.
Mass Cure Light:1d8 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18
What Happened Emberwik Cast spell 5th, swift action wings, fly 30ft up.
Molly carries Illia up into the air, while enchanting her bow to be especially effective against devils. Note that Molly is at heavy load while carrying Illia.
Emberwik heals the team, while Chak puts up defenses.
The six devils march foward in echelon, tridents at the ready.
M Male LN Ulfen Human Monk (wanderer) 11, Shaman (lore) 3 | HP: 107/112 | AC: 35 (29 tch, 28 Fl) | CMB: +15 (22 trip) CMD: 37 (43 vs trip) | F: +12, R: +15 W: +20 (+2 vs exhaustion/fatigue, +4 vs prone) | Init: +5 | Perc: +23, SM: +26 | Speed 60 | Spells: n/a | Active conditions: snake style
Balik looks at the deevils and nods. He uses his Monstrous Insight (standard action)Knowledge:1d20 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 3 = 12 to ID the creatures, and thus gains a +2 insight bonus to attacks and AC vs them.
As a swift action he slips into Snake Style. As a move action, he steps 20' ahead and nods to the devils.
"Ach, laddies. Seems like we hae a problem, now?"
Snake Style Prep:
Immediate action when targeted to use Sense Motive as AC:1d20 + 26 ⇒ (19) + 26 = 45 If attacked and missed, AoO: SMACK!:1d20 + 18 ⇒ (7) + 18 = 25 for 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (2, 5) + 7 = 14 damage!
Female Human Archer 5 / Darechaser 10 / Unchained Rogue 2 | HP 110/110 | AC 34(30), TAC 18, FFAC 29(25), 34 CMD | +17 Fort , +21 Reflex, +15 Will | +5 Init | 14 Rounds of Adrenaline | Conditions: Detect Evil, Know Direction, Trapfinding +25, Evasion |
I'm moving down and dropping the body at 5 feet, then moving back up to 20 feet up. Entering Adreniline Rush and readying an action to sunder a weapon if it is thrown at me. Trickshot from my Archer archetype allows me to do this and also destroy the weapon instead of breaking it. If a 25 fails to overcome the attacker's CMD but a 28 succeeds, I pass my dare. My arrow is adamantine.
Molly flies further away from the line of advancing devilbots. She dips down 10 feet and drops Illia's body then swoops back up and issues a challenge.
"Man verses a machine? I bet you don't stand a chance.
Emberwik is able to overcome the spell resistance for all three legal targets. Three devils disappear! (Note, there is no black! But green is reachable with three targets) orange will DC26:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7 Green will DC26:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17 purple will DC26:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Chak stares at the group, as they close in to Balik.
First, Red throws a net at Balik, which Balik avoids with snake style, though he cannot follow up with an attack.
net vs touch 45:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27
Then, Blue throws his net
net vs touch 29:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
and then yellow stabs with his trident, but misses.
trident vs AC35:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29
Female Human Archer 5 / Darechaser 10 / Unchained Rogue 2 | HP 110/110 | AC 34(30), TAC 18, FFAC 29(25), 34 CMD | +17 Fort , +21 Reflex, +15 Will | +5 Init | 14 Rounds of Adrenaline | Conditions: Detect Evil, Know Direction, Trapfinding +25, Evasion |
I’m launching 4 arrows and adding my dare dice to my 2nd attack. If a 18 misses but a 22 hits I successfully complete my dare. My arrows are adamantine and devil bane. I’ll attack blue then red if I bring it down.
LN Ifrit Oracle(Shadow/Blackened) 13| HP 98/120 | AC24 T14 FF20| CMD 21 | Fort 11 Ref 11 Will 11 | Speed 30ft | Initiative +8| Buffs: Cloak of Darkness, Shadow's Endurance, Delay Poison, Death Ward
Abilities:
Flying 11/13 Minutes, Shadow Form 13/13 Minutes, Cloak of Darkness 9/13 Hours
Emberwik casts the spell Cure Serious Wounds and flies to behind Chak, using his ally as cover.
Cure Serious Wounds Chak:3d8 + 12 ⇒ (8, 6, 2) + 12 = 28 What Happened Emberwik; Cast spell and hold charge, fly 30ft east, fly 25ft down and 5ft forward, touch Chak.
It appears Emberwik is spending too much distance flying...
Emberwik and the flight:
I think he is using more movement than he has, and needs some fly checks.
30 east, then 90 degree to go down (10'), then down 25', then 90 degree (10'), and finally 5' more. 30+10+25+10+5 80' ... 20' more than he has... and requires 2 fly checks.
So why all the 90 degree turns instead of descending at an angle? Fly forward 30 ft, descending 10 feet by the time you reach the destination, then reverse direction (10) then 5 feet towards Chak while descending 5 feet. Gets you where you can touch Chak and uses only 45 feet of movement. If the GM doesn't allow descent angles less that 45 degrees (some don't because it means you are not neatly in a cube through the entire movement) then you would need to use an extra 5 feet of move, but if you have a fly speed of 60 that wouldn't be a problem.
M Male LN Ulfen Human Monk (wanderer) 11, Shaman (lore) 3 | HP: 107/112 | AC: 35 (29 tch, 28 Fl) | CMB: +15 (22 trip) CMD: 37 (43 vs trip) | F: +12, R: +15 W: +20 (+2 vs exhaustion/fatigue, +4 vs prone) | Init: +5 | Perc: +23, SM: +26 | Speed 60 | Spells: n/a | Active conditions: snake style
Flying is one of the things I never fully grokked in PF1. So much trouble translating 2D to 3D and back again. Ugh. This is why Balik is grumpy and walks everywhere.
Emberwik does some fancy flying, and heals Chak. The devils then start attacking!
First, yellow steps back and throws a net at Chak.
net vs TAC13+4:1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 10 + 1 = 26Chak is entangled leg vs Balik AC39:1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 7 + 1 = 19No return blow due to reach. leg vs Balik AC39:1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 1 = 12
Then red steps up and attacks with trident and legs.
trident vs AC24:1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 13 + 1 = 28trident + merciless blow:2d6 + 7 + 2d6 ⇒ (4, 4) + 7 + (3, 5) = 23 leg vs AC24:1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 1 = 12 leg vs AC24:1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 7 + 1 = 20
Bue then does the same, but only lands a leg blow.
trident vs AC24:1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 13 + 1 = 21 leg vs AC24:1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 7 + 1 = 24slashing:1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 leg vs AC24:1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 1 = 12
The devils manage to undo the healing that Emberwik gave!
Female Human Archer 5 / Darechaser 10 / Unchained Rogue 2 | HP 110/110 | AC 34(30), TAC 18, FFAC 29(25), 34 CMD | +17 Fort , +21 Reflex, +15 Will | +5 Init | 14 Rounds of Adrenaline | Conditions: Detect Evil, Know Direction, Trapfinding +25, Evasion |
Bubbles will end his turn. I'm using my full round to attack. I'll start on Red and move down the line as needed. My dare will be to bring these things down and I will use my Dare Dice on my third attack. If a 17 to hit misses but a 28 hits, I complete my Dare. My arrows are Adamantine and Devil-Bane.
"I still don't know what is happening, but you three got to go!"
"If we have more to fight then I will need a minute to prepare something and will need my body placed somewhere safe." Emberwik offers.
Revalation: Shadow Projection:
Shadow Projection (Su): You infuse your life force and psyche into your shadow, causing it to separate from your body and act as an independent creature. This ability functions as shadow projection except as follows. Your shadow has the outsider type and the phantom subtype instead of the undead type.
As a result, this ability does not have the evil descriptor and your shadow cannot be turned or affected as undead (though it can be affected as an outsider). You can use this ability for a number of hours per day equal to half your oracle level. These hours don’t need to be consecutive, but they must be spent in 1-hour increments. Your shadow’s hit points are not replenished between uses, although your shadow can be healed in the same manner as any other outsider.
When this ability isn’t in use, any healing done to you also heals your shadow for an equal amount. You must be at least 7th level to choose this revelation.
If no one is opposed to Emberwik doing it, he finds a nice place to hide and uses the ability, then has his shadow catch up to the party.
M Male LN Ulfen Human Monk (wanderer) 11, Shaman (lore) 3 | HP: 107/112 | AC: 35 (29 tch, 28 Fl) | CMB: +15 (22 trip) CMD: 37 (43 vs trip) | F: +12, R: +15 W: +20 (+2 vs exhaustion/fatigue, +4 vs prone) | Init: +5 | Perc: +23, SM: +26 | Speed 60 | Spells: n/a | Active conditions: snake style
I've got a staff of healing with 10 charges to use if needed. 1 charge gets us Cure Serious Wounds (8th CL) if anyone wants it. Or I can hand it to Emberwik to use.
As the team sets up, and looks for the devil that was watching, a chilling scream echoes from within the Hall of Whispers, and a darkly clad student stumbles onto the quad covered in blood before collapsing into a heap on the grass.
Female Human Archer 5 / Darechaser 10 / Unchained Rogue 2 | HP 110/110 | AC 34(30), TAC 18, FFAC 29(25), 34 CMD | +17 Fort , +21 Reflex, +15 Will | +5 Init | 14 Rounds of Adrenaline | Conditions: Detect Evil, Know Direction, Trapfinding +25, Evasion |
Molly runs over to the collapsed man and puts her hands on his arm. She focuses on the gloves and speaks the command word to activate the stored Breath of Life.
Don't have time to think. Just gotta act.
"Oh boy. I think we've run out of time to be clever. We need to move and start clearing buildings. Emberwik, I know you are running on empty, but I will do my best to keep them off of you."
LN Ifrit Oracle(Shadow/Blackened) 13| HP 98/120 | AC24 T14 FF20| CMD 21 | Fort 11 Ref 11 Will 11 | Speed 30ft | Initiative +8| Buffs: Cloak of Darkness, Shadow's Endurance, Delay Poison, Death Ward
Abilities:
Flying 11/13 Minutes, Shadow Form 13/13 Minutes, Cloak of Darkness 9/13 Hours
"The devils would be able to assault my body if I were to try the shadow form. Let us forget it and move on." He takes Balik's staff of healing from him, the last form of any power that Emberwik can bolster the party with.
You rush past the eviscerated student at the front of the Hall of Whispers, and on in towards the sound of yet another scream. As you enter the lecture hall from whence the sound came, you see a tableau of carnage. Several bodies litter the floor, and even more blood spatters.
However, you do not see the source of the killing spree.
LN Ifrit Oracle(Shadow/Blackened) 13| HP 98/120 | AC24 T14 FF20| CMD 21 | Fort 11 Ref 11 Will 11 | Speed 30ft | Initiative +8| Buffs: Cloak of Darkness, Shadow's Endurance, Delay Poison, Death Ward
Abilities:
Flying 11/13 Minutes, Shadow Form 13/13 Minutes, Cloak of Darkness 9/13 Hours
Emberwik lacks perceptive abilities, so he decides to remain on the defensive and transform into a cloud of darkness. In this dark form he follows close to the party.
