|
Junior grabs his chest as he's hacked and stabbed, staggering back a few steps he raises his hands and blasts flames at the two humanoids. "Burn in the cleansing flames of nature!"
Burning Hands Spell 1
Evocation Fire
Source Core Rulebook pg. 322
Traditions arcane, primal
Cast Two Actions somatic, verbal
Area 15-foot cone
Saving Throw basic Reflex
Gouts of flame rush from your hands. You deal 2d6 fire damage to creatures in the area.Heightened (+1) The damage increases by 2d6.
Blood Magic
Elemental energy surrounds you or a target. Either you gain a +1 status bonus to Intimidation checks for 1 round, or a target takes 1 damage per spell level. The damage is bludgeoning or fire, according to your elemental type (see below). If the spell already deals that type of damage, combine it with the spell’s initial damage before determining weaknesses and resistances.
Dangerous Sorcery Feat 1: Sorcerer. Source Core Rulebook pg. 198
Your legacy grants you great destructive power. When you Cast a Spell from your spell slots, if the spell deals damage and doesn’t have a duration, you gain a status bonus to that spell’s damage equal to the spell’s level.
|
Emilio valiantly tries to shank the bloated mosquito attacking him...
...but only his first blow lands, causing a great gout of haemolymph to stray up from the overgrown insect.
Cottar then attempts to strike it as well...
...his first blow popping it like a blood-filled boil, whilst the second grievously wounds (but does not drop) the ugly blue man.
Beltch then backs up, and directs a gout of flame at the two blue humanoids in front of him...
...and whilst both manage to dodge the worst of the flame, the smaller humanoid is quite badly burned.
The bigger one steps across, and jabs at Beltch...
...but barely manages to scratch the skin.
Cyan then frantically swings at Emilio...
...in its frenzy, managing to land a single solid blow.
Yellow then steps in to engage Junior again...
...but although it lands two blows, the second, directly over his heart, laughably doesn't even pierce his clothing!
G (-8)
M (-8, -8)
Emilio (-6)
Junior (-14)
Cottar ()
Beltch (-7)
|
|
Junior steps back, and heals himself.
Beltch decides that his foes still have a deficiency of flaming death, and sprays them with another gout of fire...
...the smaller blue humanoid burns like a torch, collapsing to the ground in a crumpled heap.
The bigger one remains standing, although he is clearly not having a good day!
Emilio valiantly tries to finish-off the wounded ugly blue humanoid in front of him...
...his second swing chopping its head clean off.
He then moves over to assist the beleaguered sorcerers.
Cottar, likewise, moves over, and takes a swing at 'Gwibble'...
...but the cunning little fiend manages to dodge the blow!
He responds by delivering a flurry of blows in Cottar's direction...
...but distracted by the pain of his burns, he manages only a slight stab wound.
G (-14)
Emilio (-6)
Junior (-4)
Cottar (-3)
Beltch (-7)
|
|
Most of his primal spellpower being tapped out, JR summons a ball of flame in the palm of his hand and tosses it at the last blue skinned creature, then follows that up with a solid berating. "You're the ones behind all these attacks! You'll pay!"
Demoralize Single Action
Auditory Concentrate Emotion Mental
Source Core Rulebook pg. 247
With a sudden shout, a well-timed taunt, or a cutting put-down, you can shake an enemy’s resolve. Choose a creature within 30 feet of you who you’re aware of. Attempt an Intimidation check against that target’s Will DC. If the target does not understand the language you are speaking, you’re not speaking a language, or they can’t hear you, you take a –4 circumstance penalty to the check. Regardless of your result, the target is temporarily immune to your attempts to Demoralize it for 10 minutes.
Critical Success The target becomes frightened 2.
Success The target becomes frightened 1.
Attack Cantrip Evocation Fire
Source Core Rulebook pg. 360
Traditions arcane, primal
Cast Two Actions somatic, verbal
Range 30 feet; Targets 1 creature
A small ball of flame appears in the palm of your hand, and you lash out with it either in melee or at range. Make a spell attack roll against your target's AC. This is normally a ranged attack, but you can also make a melee attack against a creature in your unarmed reach. On a success, you deal 1d4 fire damage plus your spellcasting ability modifier. On a critical success, the target takes double damage and 1d4 persistent fire damage.Heightened (+1) Increase the damage by 1d4 and the persistent damage on a critical hit by 1d4.
Elemental energy surrounds you or a target. Either you gain a +1 status bonus to Intimidation checks for 1 round, or a target takes 1 damage per spell level. The damage is bludgeoning or fire, according to your elemental type (see below). If the spell already deals that type of damage, combine it with the spell’s initial damage before determining weaknesses and resistances.
|
|
The small humanoid easily avoids the ball of sticky gunk thrown by Beltch.
Cottar starts working his way around to a flank, and keeps trying to stab with his rapier...
...but can't land a single blow!
The little blue humanoid, vibrating in fear and anger, stabs at...
...Emilio!
...but whilst its first blow manages a solid scratch, his subsequent ones bounce off the warrior's armor.
G (-14)
Emilio (-9)
Junior (-4)
Cottar (-3)
Beltch (-7)
|
|
With a powerful swing of his bastard sword, Emilio cuts the final ugly creature down, giving the party a chance to lick their wounds!
------------------------
Pressing deeper into the cavern, you find a group of 11 non-combatant little blue humanoids (the weak, the old, and the lame), who beg for their lives in broken Common.
They claim that their leader, Gwibble, pushed them into pretending to be the Mosquito Witch, but they are now frightened the ruse has turned on them and that the real Mosquito Witch is angry — not to mention the very real issue of angry adventurers at their doorstep!
They are adamant that the Mosquito Witch is real, and that they have seen her glowing red eyes in the darkness and heard the buzzing of her wings in the forest at night. They believed at first that by helping spread fear of the Mosquito Witch, she would spare them from her wrath, but now they’re not as sure...
|
|
"Hmm, well isn't this a pickle." Then, as if a brilliant idea just struck him, Beltch reaches in his sack and pulls out a half eaten pickle. "Mmmm."
Chomping on the remainder of the pickle, he mulls over the situation. "Well, these little buggers don't seem to be much of a threat. But it sounds like we have a real witch to now find. Are there any more tidbits of info you blue folk can tell us? Any idea where we might concentrate a search?"
|
|
JR gives the creatures a closer look, expecting them to match the mite tracks they found the day before. While he does so he loots them for useful items. "Here I thought these guys would be the real cause of all this, maybe, maybe not."
If Beltch allows him, JR will try to treat his wounds since they are pretty bad.
Natural Medicine: Prerequisites trained in Nature
You can apply natural cures to heal your allies. You can use Nature instead of Medicine to Treat Wounds. If you’re in the wilderness, you might have easier access to fresh ingredients, allowing you to gain a +2 circumstance bonus to your check to Treat Wounds using Nature, subject to the GM’s determination.
"Sorry Beltch, Goblin bodies are.. different from what I'm used to treating."
|
|
The ugly blue creatures explain that they moved into the area some time ago, but when they found a source of iron in the area, they panicked - cold iron is anathema to them, and they didn't want a mine opening up in their neighborhood. Consequently, they used their control over vermin to pose as the Mosquito Witch and frighten villagers...
However, they weren't responsible for *everything* that has happened.
For example, they had nothing to do with the carriage crash, Andor's disease, or any of the mysterious sweet-smelling paper dolls, and the more of these things that you mention, the more terrified that they become, increasingly worried that the Mosquito Witch is real, that she’s near, and that she will kill them for impersonating her.
In exchange for their lives, they piteously offer all of their treasure, which consists of 17 copper pieces, a wolf fang talisman, and a variety of nearly worthless scraps of metal and cloth.
------------------------
Defeating Gwibble and the mitflits ends the slough of attacks on Shimmerford, though the villagers are slow to return in the wake of the insect plague.
Haru (and Peaches!) thank you sincerely for rescuing them, but quickly depart to continue trying to find their friend Lasarte.
You later hear that a few days after you defeated Gwibble and his mitflit warriors, the entire mitflit compound collapses in a freak cave-in, killing all the remaining mitflits.
A small and intricate paper doll found in the mud nearby, being the only clue. Whether this is the doing of the Mosquito Witch or another force seeking revenge on the mitflits remains a mystery...
|
|
"You weren't the ones that left that creepy doll in my room last night?" The half elf looks at the others and shakes his head slowly "Not good, not good at all." He turns his attention though to the mitflits "Use your powers to fix this bug problem NOW!" He raises his voice menacingly, not something he does frequently... and lucky for him they've already done it.