The Shards of Oberon

Game Master FangDragon

Edwin listened to Yukarii's account, and was inclined to agree with Ferian and Zendara, "Our archaeological expedition should get underway. We can't solve all the problems of the world."

I'm going to give you a bigger update later, just wanted to get this done while I remember.

Zendara shares the news from the note with the party, asking if anyone else met this mystery guy Krispian McConnel.

___

Later she writes back.

"I agree Edwin, we did what we could but it's time for the show to hit the road!" replied Dr Munroe emphatically.

A few minutes later the crew assemble on deck and you watch as The Dawndreader's mooring lines are unhitched and gently you start to float away from land. Deep below in the bowels of the ship, the chained lightning elementals strain at their bounds, powering the electric fans which whirr into life.

Slowly at first but faster and faster you pull away into the perfect afternoon sun. Not a cloud is visible in the sky and as the shore recedes you are graced with the majestic sight of the mighty Miskatronic river plunging into the depths. The water is greenish brown at first but it soon cascades into a rainbow studded cloud. As you pull further away the bottom of the island becomes visible, like an iceberg you realise there's far more below than there is above. Looking down there's is nothing but a distant darkness connecting without any seam with the sky above. This vertiginous sight gives you goosebumps even for those of you used to air travel, if you where to fall...

As evening starts to fall, the sun sets behind the distant mountains on Essex Island. The shadow of the island is clearly visible in the evening haze, painting an impossibly long shadow below like a finger stretching out from below. Braenar pauses to look over the railings and remarks, "I've seen this a thousand times but my heart never ceases to skip a beat. Ah but it's good to be in the air! Tonight Dr Munroe and I think we shall have a celebration, good food, good wine, good company!"

And good to his word Braenar and Andrew Segal the chef out do themselves putting on a veritable feast. There where dishes from half a dozen cultures, even a couple of recipes from Yukarii's people. There was a range of refreshments ranging from spring water through light ales to dark heady dwarven beers. Naturally a ship as large as The Dawntreader has an ice room, so the elven ice wine was served at its proper temperature. Later on Dr Munroe and Professor Dexter treat you all to some surprisingly funny songs about their earlier adventures, both having better singing voices than you might have expected, or perhaps that was just the wine?

And to celebrate the beginning of a new chapter, lets hear your level 4 updates!

Edwin gazed in wonder at the view of the island, as the Dawntreader pulled away from land. It was one thing to know intellectually what to expect; it was quite another to see the multitude of hues refracted in the sunlight.

He took it upon himself to learn about the ship's systems, so he could assist with maintenance work when necessary. He also spent some time with Dr. Monroe discussing dig procedures, so he would be ready when they arrived at the archaeological site.

Taking ranks in Knowledge (Engineering) and Profession (Archaeologist), among other things.

The celebration lasts long into the night and the next morning is something of a blur for most of you. The Dawn Treader had been heading steadily south south west and by the following evening nothing of the Core or Essex Island is visible anymore, leaving your ship an island among the clouds. To begin with this was very peaceful, blessed as you where with beautifully calm weather but Braenar had started staring suspiciously at his barometer muttering that it couldn't last.

On the third day out from land the weather turned with angry clouds on the horizon, it started off with a fine drizzle followed by steady rain. Then winds started to pick up until they started to howl and great arcs of lightning flashed between them. An airship is mostly better than the sea in a gale, but you still get buffeted and every so often you hit a pocket of turbulence and the ship falls a long way before bouncing back up like a cork.

Gathered in the wheelhouse the door which had exposed your senses to the gale outside suddenly slammed shut and Braenar stomped in, his rain coat leaving a trail of water behind him. He wiped his eyebrows and wrung out his beard before telling you gruffly, "This gale's going to send us at least a hundred miles north of where we want to be, we might want to revise our plans..."

As a reminder you had been making for the free port of Carina, a journey of about a month. The airship can travel about seventy miles per hour at top speed.

Knowledge Geography: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23 (pass, but only the first one)
Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28 (pass)
Knowledge Planes: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24 (pass)

Uh, guys? There might be lightning elementals out there... I swear I saw eyes in the storm.

I suggest we head towards Egret Island. It should be to the Northwest.

Unless anyone has a better idea?

Not sure if that Geography roll is something that someone can assist with, but if it is, we're close, so would be worth it.

Knowledge Geography: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21
Knowledge Planes: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Edwin backed Zendara up, "I thought I saw eyes during that last flash of lightning.

"We should consult the ship's charts and determine the best course of action."

Bushy eyebrows were raised at Zendara's warning of elementals.. Braenar grabby the controls and shouted, "Damnit I'll try and evade the elementals, but they're attracted to metals. Hold onto something I'm gonna flare the lift crystal!"

From the windows you can see dozens of elementals reveling in the cloud, like moths to a flame they spiral towards you but suddenly there is a deep thrumming noise, a sensation as much felt through your feet and in the pit of your stomach as heard. There is a moment of weightlessness and then you find yourself plastered to the floor as The Dawntreader bobs up like a cork and shoots up thousands of feet in seconds. Your ears pop as the thunder clouds around you visibly recede until you are soaring amongst their crowns.

Most of the smaller elementals were left far behind but two of the biggest were pulled along for the ride by The Dawntreader's wake. Braenr spots them and groans, "Incoming!" before pointing at the deck.

These things have low initiative, so party is up, you have 2 rounds to prepare. I'll sort a map tomorrow.

Edwin grabbed onto a railing and held on for the ride; luckily he managed to keep his breakfast down. When Braenar spotted the pursuing elementals, he prepared himself for battle, raising force shields around him.

Casting Mage Armor (magus) and Shield (occultist).

Are we allowed to aid on that second Geography roll? If so, Edwin's aid should be enough to get Zendara there.

Can the Dawntreader just outrun them? I know they were sucked along in our wake, and maybe we aren't moving fast horizontally yet because we made that huge vertical jump, but since we have a two round lead, seems like we might be able to. Max speed is about 70 miles an hour you said, so that would be about 103 feet per second, and with 6 seconds in a round their movement would have to be extremely high (600+) to catch up to us. Even 15 miles an hour is 132 feet a round, which seems like it would leave most monsters behind.

Braenar, put on some speed. Try to stay beyond reach.

Zendara prepares by finding cover (like maybe behind the ballista?) and casting gravity bow, then she starts singing to inspire everyone's courage.

+1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls.

Sure aid another works, so lets say you know about the second option.

The ship shivered slightly as something impacted it and Braenar cried, "There's another smaller one on the stern!"

Professor Dexter glanced at Dr Munroe and replied, "Right we'll deal with this.". The pair of them shouldered their weapons and headed off to do battle.

I don't want DM PCs to steal the spotlight too much. Map updated.

Kn Geography: 1d20 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 10 + (1) = 16
Perception: 1d20 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 10 + (4) = 19
Kn. Planes, air elementals: 1d20 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (15) + 10 + (1) = 26

Xindyra mixes an alchemist extract of shield and drinks it.
2nd round she drinks her batch of mutagen, raising NA by +2 and Dex by +4.

AC to 26/16/20.

Edit..... the tiefling makes post # 666.

Yukarii enjoyed the party a rather great deal as they left port and headed on their way through the skies. She may have enjoyed it a bit too much as she rose a bit late but otherwise she had a pleasant day...staying below decks. Sadly being in the bright blue sky was very hard on Yukarii's eyes and gave her a bit of a headache so she spent her time below decks as much as she could during the day time. As evening came on she finally came up for some fresh air for a bit before heading back down when night fell.

The next day started off rough as the captain's promise of bad weather had held true. Yukarii rather liked storms and it left things dim enough for her that she could get by so when the elementals were spotted she was actually in the wheelhouse to hear of the danger. She held on tight as their altitude plummeted but it seemed the maneuver failed to rid them off all of the elementals. Resigining herself to a fight Yukarii knew she couldn't call Yukaari out in time to be of aid so she focused instead on preparing herself. She thought of armor, a chainshirt made from her mind, and the comfort of being protected. When she released the spell she was coated in a layer of raw magic that would help deflect any attacks. She then thought of the foulness of negative energy, how it felt disgusting and wrong, but also of how it could be used to buffer harm from befalling her and felt safety within as she wrapped a layer of the stuff around her to absorb harm.

False Life: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
I cast false life and mage armor.

So with Zendara’s observations, do we actually need to fight them? It seems unlikely they would have that much movement, as she said.

If we do have to fight, Ferian will just move away from where elementals are coming from and try to get behind some cover.

There where lots of elementals out there and Braenar's little manoeuvre has out paced all but 2. The reason these two where able to catch up at all is due to slip streaming. Obviously there's no pathfinder rules for that, but it's quite a strong effect in the real world. Also rule 0. Its gotten a bit late so I'll update tomorrow properly.

Living up to their name, the two lightning elementals were quicker than greased lightning and immediately moved into explore the strange and interesting mobile metal carrying meatbags... With surprising grace they zip past Ferian and Xindyra, raking them with crackling "claws". Xindyra manages to arch away, but poor Ferian takes the brunt of the assault and gets a nasty shock which leaves smoke rising from his hair.

Red: Fly By Attack vs Ferian: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 1d4 ⇒ (6) + 3 + (3) = 12

Green: Fly By Attack vs Xindyra: 1d20 + 13 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 13 + 3 = 19Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 1d4 ⇒ (6) + 3 + (2) = 11

Lightning Elementals

Xindyra <----- WE ARE HERE
Zendara
Ferian
Edwin
Yukarii

Buffs and Debuffs wrote:

Spoiler:

---- Round 4 ----

Lightning Elementals Inspire
Xindyra Mutagen (193 rounds), Inspire, Shield (25 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (35 rounds)
Yukarii Mage Armor (1792 rounds), False Life (293 rounds), Inspire
---- Round 5 ----
Lightning Elementals Inspire
Xindyra Mutagen (192 rounds), Inspire, Shield (24 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (34 rounds)
Yukarii Mage Armor (1791 rounds), False Life (292 rounds), Inspire

Xindyra, Zendara, Ferian, Edwin and Yukarii are up.

Edwin cried, "We'll have to time our attacks for when they fly in!" He spoke an incantation, causing his arms to stretch.

Casting Longarm. I'm suspecting that the elemental may have reach.

AC 28, 10 ft reach

Xindyra quickly thinks about what she remembers about air elementals.
Kn. Planes: 1d20 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (11) + 10 + (5) = 26

She drinks an alchemist extract of long arm.

Zendara takes careful aim at red, steadying her bow, and shoots as soon as she has a good shot.

Attack: 1d20 + 9 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 9 + 4 + 1 = 23 (bullseye, inspire)
Damage: 2d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2, 4) + 2 + 1 = 9 (gravity bow, inspire)

Ferian decides he should take a moment to heal some of his wounds before trying to contribute to the fight. He feels much better once his spell comes into effect.

Substituting Bless for CLW.

CLW: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 Sweet.

Xindra wracks her brain for knowledge about elementals before drinking an extract that does something decidedly unnatural to her arms!

Zendara's carefully aimed shot strikes directly within the centre of the elemental causing it to spasm in pain.

Hurting from the attack, Ferian heals himself and his cauterised flesh is replaced with pink new skin.

Edwin has clearly been studying the same things as Xindra for his spell causes the same unnatural extensions to his arms.

Lightning Elementals

Xindyra
Zendara
Ferian
Edwin
Yukarii <----- WE ARE HERE

Buffs and Debuffs wrote:

Spoiler:

---- Round 4 ----

Lightning Elementals Inspire, Gravity Bow
Xindyra Mutagen (193 rounds), Inspire, Shield (25 rounds), Long Arm (31 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (35 rounds), Long Arm (41 rounds)
Yukarii Mage Armor (1792 rounds), False Life (293 rounds), Inspire
---- Round 5 ----
Lightning Elementals Inspire, Gravity Bow
Xindyra Mutagen (192 rounds), Inspire, Shield (24 rounds), Long Arm (30 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (34 rounds), Long Arm (40 rounds)
Yukarii Mage Armor (1791 rounds), False Life (292 rounds), Inspire

Yukarii is up. NB this is really round 3, but I messed up when I set up the spreadsheet for this fight. Guess it doesn't matter.

Forgot to say explicitly besides adding the bonus, but Zendara is maintaining her Bardic Performance (free action) Inspire Courage, so still +1/+1 to attack and damage... so if you need a boost, don't forget to add it in.

With the fight upon them Yukarii focused for an instant as she thought to Yukaari, Shield me please Yukaari-chan! Promptly a shield seemed to coalesce of a strange jelly-like substance that moved of it's own accord. She Then focused her mind and called forth a beam of fiery energy to strike at the nearest elemental.
I use a swift action to activate Bonded Manifestation (ectoplasm) then cast scorching ray.
scorching ray @ red: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 104d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 5, 1) = 11

Safely cocooned by Yukaari-chan, Yukarii set her sights on one of the lightning elementals. At a word a beam of intense heat raked towards it, but the elemental was twisting this way and that faster than thought and the beam sailed by harmlessly.

Once more the elementals surged forwards, one of them sails past Xindrya and a pseudopod like arm of lightning slams painfully into her, causing her skin to blister and smoke.

Red: Fly By Attack vs Xindrya: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10 <--- CRIT?
Crit?: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18Crit Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 <--- NO

The other one flew over the deck, between Zendara and Edwin. It lashed out at the plucky rat folk whose sorcerous protections sizzled as they blocked its attack!
Green: Fly By Attack vs Edwin: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10 <--- MISS

Lightning Elementals

Xindyra <----- WE ARE HERE
Zendara
Ferian
Edwin
Yukarii

Buffs and Debuffs wrote:

Spoiler:

---- Round 5 ----

Lightning Elementals Inspire, Gravity Bow
Xindyra Mutagen (192 rounds), Inspire, Shield (24 rounds), Long Arm (30 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (34 rounds), Long Arm (40 rounds)
Yukarii Mage Armor (1791 rounds), False Life (292 rounds), Inspire, Ectoplasmic Bonded Manifestation
---- Round 6 ----
Lightning Elementals Inspire, Gravity Bow
Xindyra Mutagen (191 rounds), Inspire, Shield (23 rounds), Long Arm (29 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (33 rounds), Long Arm (39 rounds)
Yukarii Mage Armor (1790 rounds), False Life (291 rounds), Inspire, Ectoplasmic Bonded Manifestation

Xindyra, Zendara, Ferian, Edwin and Yukarii are up. Also Edwin & Xindyra can make AAOs due to their unnatural reach.

Zendara steadies her bow and continues to sing, inspiring everyone's courage. Seeing one of the elementals come really close to her position, she shoots this time at Green.

Attack: 1d20 + 9 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 9 + 4 + 1 + 1 = 22 (bullseye, inspire, point-blank)
Damage: 2d6 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (5, 1) + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 12 (gravity bow, inspire, point-blank, focused shot)

Xindyra will have shared what she knows from the spoiler provided by the GM.

Aoo, inspire: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 9 + 1 = 13 Dmg, inspired: 1d6 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 5 + 1 = 7
Xindyra experiences the rumored swiftness of the air elementals, as the thing flew faster than her jab, getting slammed instead.

Estimating red to come for her next time, she takes a moment to study its approximate movement pattern.

Studied target. 1/2 investigator level on attack & dmg rolls.

Readied attack, inspire, studied combat: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 9 + 1 + 2 = 15 Dmg, inspire, studied target: 1d6 + 5 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 1 + 2 = 14

At the moment things start flying towards her again, she will use a panache for parry & reposte.
Parry, inspired, studied: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 9 + 1 + 2 = 23
Reposte: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 9 + 1 + 2 = 19 Dmg, inspired, studied: 1d6 + 5 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 1 + 2 = 14

Appropriate aoo for the coming round?: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 9 + 1 + 2 = 21 1d6 + 5 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 1 + 2 = 14

Yukarii shifted back into the shelter of her companions and the ship as she focused and sent another beam of energy lancing out.

scorching ray @ green: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 234d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 6, 5) = 15

The red beam shot towards the elemental she attacked last time but unlike before the beam slammed right into the being of electricity.

AoO, inspire courage: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 11 + 1 = 23
Slashing damage, inspire courage: 1d4 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 1 = 10

Edwin swung at the elemental as it flew by. "Port-side bogey coming around!", he warned; as the enemy circled for another pass, he mentally empowered his blade and prepared to take a swing when the creature approached.

Activating Black Blade Strike as a free action; +1 to damage rolls for one minute.

5 ft step if necessary as part of the readied attack.

Readied Attack (enemy within 10ft + 5 ft step), inspire courage: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 11 + 1 = 31
Slashing Damage, Black Blade Strike, inspire courage: 1d4 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 12

I don't think elementals are subject to critical hits.

I posted on the weekend, so going to give Ferian another day :)

Xindrya lashes out as the elemental surges past, but it was too fast and her blade missed by yards. She then tenses ready to spring when it makes its next pass. Edwin has better luck, his blade slices through a pseudopod of lightning, he felt resistance as the blade cut through but evidently not enough damage was done to sever it.

Still singing, Zendara sights one of the elementals with her bow and shoots. The arrow lances into the elemental's centre of mass causing it buck around, although the after effects where not as impressive as hoped. It has DR, I had to adjust your previous shot too.

OK botting Ferian.

Ferian concentrates on the air around the northern elemental (red) and with a word he floods the area with power, detonating a silent but incredibly bright explosion of light. Showing remarkable reflexes the elemental rolls away from the explosion, avoiding the blinding effects.
Reflex DC16: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30 <--- PASS

Like Xindrya, Edwin tenses waits for an opening.

Yukarii's spell results in another pencil thin beam of intense heat lancing out. This time her aim was true and the beam struck home causing it to buck and thrash about.

Darting like synchronised swimmers the elementals surge towards their respective targets. One of them swoops in to strike Yukarii who managed to turn with the blow, robbing it of most of it's power. As it rushed past, Xendara uncoiled like a spring, her blade slicing the air scant inches behind it. Lurching forwards another step she lunged, this time striking home, feeling a spongy resistance as her blade cut through the elemental.
Close miss with readied action, but AOO hits.

Red: Fly By Attack vs Yukarri: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 <--- HIT

The other elemental flew wide away from Yukarii towards Zendara who it struck full on, laving a nasty whiplash burn!
Green: Fly By Attack vs Yukarii: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7 <--- HIT

Lightning Elementals

Xindyra <----- WE ARE HERE
Zendara
Ferian
Edwin
Yukarii

Buffs and Debuffs wrote:

Spoiler:

---- Round 6 ----

Lightning Elementals Inspire, Gravity Bow
Xindyra Mutagen (191 rounds), Inspire, Shield (23 rounds), Long Arm (29 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (33 rounds), Long Arm (39 rounds)
Yukarii Mage Armor (1790 rounds), False Life (291 rounds), Inspire, Ectoplasmic Bonded Manifestation
---- Round 7 ----
Lightning Elementals Inspire, Gravity Bow
Xindyra Mutagen (190 rounds), Inspire, Shield (22 rounds), Long Arm (28 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (32 rounds), Long Arm (38 rounds)
Yukarii Mage Armor (1789 rounds), False Life (290 rounds), Inspire, Ectoplasmic Bonded Manifestation

Xindyra, Zendara, Ferian, Edwin (you can keep your readied action and the AOO for next round if you wish) and Yukarii are up.

Pnce again Yukarii sent a beam of fiery energy from her finger on the same target as before.

scorching ray @ red: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 204d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 4, 5) = 13

Zendara has a nasty wind burn, but manages to continue to sing Inspire Courage is still up and she shoots again at Green.

Attack: 1d20 + 9 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 9 + 4 + 1 + 1 = 19 (bullseye, inspire, point-blank)
Damage: 2d6 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (5, 6) + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 17 (gravity bow, inspire, point-blank, focused shot)

Edwin moved to protect Zendara and readied to strike the elemental if it came within reach.

I can't see the squares on the map, but I'm hoping he has enough movement to make it next to Zendara.

Xindyra moves to near Ferian and Yukarii, and readies a strike against red.

Readied, inspired: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 9 + 1 = 17 Dmg, inspire: 1d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 1 = 7

If it targets her, point of panache is spent.
Parry, inspire: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 9 + 1 = 29
Reposte, inspire: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 9 + 1 = 21 1d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 = 9

Aoo if needed: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 9 + 1 = 21 1d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 1 = 7

Xindyra tenses once more, ready and waiting for an elemental to approach!

Despite her wound, Zendara's archery was on point, she sent an arrow straight through the middle of one elemental! Not much was left of but blacked wood and a melted field tip but she'd damaged it for sure!

Botting again.
Ferian moves to the space in between the groups and invokes the blessing of St. Christopher the Cartographer. Raising his holy symbol he whispers a word and a pulse of soft radiance floods the area! Like a balm this soothes and dissolves your wounds.
Channel to heal: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 6) = 7

Edwin sprinted to Zendara's side and readied to strike if an elemental came close again...

Yukarii snaps her fingers and another beam of fire lashes out again, illuminating the elemental from the inside as its essence burns!

The elementals wheel about for another pass, one of them rushes towards Zendara and it's lightning formed claws rake into her once more, re-damaging just healed flesh!
Red: Fly By Attack vs Zendara: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10 <--- HIT

Edwin was ready for this and he lunged with his sword as the creature approached and again as it whipped past. Each time he felt resistance as it cut through something, resulting in a huge cascade of sparks!

The other elemental flew whipped towards Xindyra, she sprang into action, flicking her blade out but she missed by an inch. The creature reached out to rake her, but Xindyra's blade flicked out once more, parrying the blow. By instinct she lunged and felt her blade momentarily snag before the elemental ripped past.

Parry & riposte uses an aoo if you riposte. I don't think Xindyra has the right feats to get more than one aoo per round so her aoo doesn't apply.

Both elementals are starting to look somewhat ragged now, bleeding showers of sparks.

Lightning Elementals

Xindyra <----- WE ARE HERE
Zendara
Ferian
Edwin
Yukarii

Buffs and Debuffs wrote:

Spoiler:

---- Round 7 ----

Lightning Elementals Inspire, Gravity Bow
Xindyra Mutagen (190 rounds), Inspire, Shield (22 rounds), Long Arm (28 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (32 rounds), Long Arm (38 rounds)
Yukarii Mage Armor (1789 rounds), False Life (290 rounds), Inspire, Ectoplasmic Bonded Manifestation
---- Round 8 ----
Lightning Elementals Inspire, Gravity Bow
Xindyra Mutagen (189 rounds), Inspire, Shield (21 rounds), Long Arm (27 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (31 rounds), Long Arm (37 rounds)
Yukarii Mage Armor (1788 rounds), False Life (289 rounds), Inspire, Ectoplasmic Bonded Manifestation

Xindyra, Zendara, Ferian, Edwin and Yukarii are up.

Zendara is hurt again, after being healed, but despite the buffeting she continues to sing, inspiring the courage of her friends.

She shoots again, trying to finish off the elemental that is trying to kill her.

Attack: 1d20 + 9 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 9 + 4 + 1 + 1 = 24 (bullseye, inspire, point-blank)
Damage: 2d6 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2, 2) + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 10 (gravity bow, inspire, point-blank, focused shot)

Yukarii shifted slightly away from the closest elemental and decided to try and end one of the creatures right now. She focused her mind once more on fire and pain of being burned and sent a last beam of fiery energy out at her target.
scorching ray w/IC on red: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 5 + 1 = 94d6 + 1 ⇒ (5, 5, 3, 2) + 1 = 16
Wow, I finally remember the inspire courage buff and it does...not nearly enough to make a hit. I am out of 2nd lvl sor spells now.

Edwin readied for another attack from the elemental, trying to protect Zendara.

Right, picking up combat reflexes asap.

It looks like the elemental is within my reach?

Xindyra observes green for a moment, then jabs her rapier at the elemental.
Studying the elemental.

Jab, studied combat, inspired: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 9 + 2 + 1 = 24 Dmg, studied, inspire: 1d6 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 11

Aoo: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 9 + 2 + 1 = 30 1d6 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 8
Crit?: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 9 + 2 + 1 = 15 Extra on confirm: 1d6 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 9

@Xindrya hard to be sure without squares, I'll have to add some next time. Going to give you the benefit of the doubt this time. Oh btw elementals can't be crit.

One of the elementals miscalculated, stopping within Xindrya's reach and the Tiefling took full advantage by lunging! Her rapier struck something inside the electrified body.

Zendara's archery proved once again to be on point for her follow up shot struck deeply into an elemental and came out carbonised on the other side before falling into the depths. The wounded elemental began to leak sparks in spectacular gouts!

I'm not sure what Feerian would do in this situation, sorry.
Uncertain of what to do, Ferian holds.

Certain the elemental would attack again, Edwin tensed and waited.

Tired now, Yukarii repeated her spell and another beam of fire spat out of her fingers but the elementals moved with mercurial speed and where too hard for her to hit.

Wounded by Zendara's arrow the elemental turned and tried to rake her with its claws as it flew past. Zendara was ready for this and ducked and more to the point Edwin was ready. Just as he hoped, his needle like rapier darted out as it approached skewering something and lashing out once more as the elemental sped past.

Red: Fly By Attack vs Zendara: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 <--- MISS

The other elemental rallied and surged towards Xindrya with a fizzling crackle but she simply stepped aside and allowed the elemental to impale itself on the point of her blade!

Green: Fly By Attack vs Xindrya: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 <--- MISS

By now both elementals have taken substantial damage and there's not much fight left in them. Time to finish this!

Lightning Elementals

Xindyra <----- WE ARE HERE
Zendara
Ferian
Edwin
Yukarii

Buffs and Debuffs wrote:

Spoiler:

---- Round 8 ----

Lightning Elementals Inspire, Gravity Bow
Xindyra Mutagen (189 rounds), Inspire, Shield (21 rounds), Long Arm (27 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (31 rounds), Long Arm (37 rounds)
Yukarii Mage Armor (1788 rounds), False Life (289 rounds), Inspire, Ectoplasmic Bonded Manifestation
---- Round 9 ----
Lightning Elementals Inspire, Gravity Bow
Xindyra Mutagen (188 rounds), Inspire, Shield (20 rounds), Long Arm (26 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (30 rounds), Long Arm (36 rounds)
Yukarii Mage Armor (1787 rounds), False Life (288 rounds), Inspire, Ectoplasmic Bonded Manifestation

Xindyra, Zendara, Ferian, Edwin and Yukarii are up.

Xindyra heads towards the stern of the section they are on, and makes a jab at the elemental...provided it is within reach.

Jab, studied target: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 9 + 2 = 22 Dmg, studied: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 2 = 9

If it decides to retaliate,
Parry: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 9 + 2 = 16
Reposte: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 9 + 2 = 141d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 2 = 12

"Elemental to starboard!", Edwin shouted, readying himself again.

Zendara keeps singing, and feels lucky that she was not again wounded.

She shoots again.

Attack: 1d20 + 9 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 9 + 4 + 1 = 32 (bullseye, inspire)
Damage: 2d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2, 5) + 2 + 1 = 10 (gravity bow, inspire)

The elemental in front of Xindrya was unused to her unnatural reach and miscalculated once again and paid for it with its life. Her rapier severed something internal and it deflated in a shower of sparks before the husk like remains were blown away by the breeze!

Edwin tensed once more but Zendara had it covered. Her arrow flew true, lancing through the length of the remaining elemental, deflating it too with a gout of sparks.

COMBAT OVRER!

Seconds turned to minutes as the company panted, tired and bloodied from the battle. Then somebody cried, "Dr Munroe was downstairs with another one!" Suddenly you force your tired legs to stumble to the stern where you find Dr Munroe helping a limping Professor Dexter, both are covered in electrical burns.

Grinning despite her obvious discomfort, Professor Dexter cheers when she sees you, "Looks like we managed to drive them off, good job everybody!"

Reminder you need to decide where to go next. You have at least two options: Egret Island and the harder to reach but mysterious Nautilus...