The Shards of Oberon

Game Master FangDragon

Zendara comes down from her perch and starts casting mend on the standing stones, trying to repair them little bit by little bit.

Xindyra sheathes her rapier.

"Nice slashing Edwin. That blade of yours is remarkably versatile.
This would have lasted a lot longer otherwise."

Up close the standing stones had been deeply gouged and they were filthy encrusted with dried filth and painted with profane slogans. Zendara finds something that was probably once Elodin's holy symbol, based on the area that seems to have taken the most damage. It takes many castings of Zendara's spell but eventually she manages to reattach some chips which restores the outline.

The moment the last fragment of the symbol was restored, there was a sudden sea change in the feeling of the site. It was as if the air was electric and suddenly there was a short but torrential torrent of rain - warm rain at that. The filth was washed away leaving a bubbling mess as if the stone was slowly dissolving in acid, but in reverse! Over the next ten minutes the original script appeared and suddenly with a pop the air grew warm and shimmered slightly and you became dry and wounds or aches and pains vanished.

So in summary there's one defaced set of standing stones left.

Yukari was relieved to see the ghostly thing dissipate. It was now at peace in the care of The Reaper and would be taken to its deserved place in the afterlife. The bolt of lightning that struck the standing stone causing it to glow. The sudden flash had left her blinded and caused her to cry out in shock as she covered her eyes and stood stark still before lowering carefully to the ground and pulling her hood way over her face to shield her eyes from as much light as possible.

Inspired linguistics: 1d20 + 9 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 9 + (2) = 13

Xindyra;s thoughts must still be half focused on the blade of Edwin, for she didn't properly process the writing before her.

Zendara casts Comprehend Languages.

She tells the party that

The stones contain a passage from Elodin's holy texts that describe the creation myth of the world. Supposedly Elodin was the first and he shaped the world with his hammer and the stars where sparks from from its forging.

When the three sing in harmony, the way to Arkenholm will be opened.

Knowledge (Religion): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17 (fail)

I wonder if we are supposed to sing something? ... I mean, it probably means the third site, right? If something doesn't happen though, I don't mind trying songs though. Anyone know a hymn to Elodin?

After Zendara explains,

Inspired Kn. Religion: 1d20 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (18) + 10 + (6) = 34

She shares the spoilers with the others.

Zendara listens to Xindrya and says

Arkenholm, seriously? Wow, wouldn't that be something. It would be like walking into a storybook. Let's fix the other standing stones and see what happens. And I am totally going to be singing along, if I can figure out the melody. Wow... I hope something cool happens. It would be amazing.

Linguistics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25 (pass)

OH! Oh, oh... wait. Andrea's thesis!

Zendara pulls out the slightly singed copy.

Yes, yes... at first I thought these sections were just oddly written, but now that we are here and talking about hymns... this is a code. Not for a hidden message so much, but hidden music. It is here. We don't have to look for the hymn. She found it. What a brilliant woman she was. This is perfect!

OK so what do you want to do next? It's a long trek to the final stone circle, you'd have to travel after dark.

Camp again and wait for morning?

Anyone else have any input? If not I'll move us forwards tomorrow.

Camping's good.

If it is way too early for camping, we can help Mike with his mining, but not sure what time it is. Camping before the final Circle is probably a good idea though.

Looks like I won't get to this tonight, sorry!

It's late afternoon by the time you arrive back at the camp. Mike tells you that "I'm itching to try some more prospecting. Yesterday I noticed a wide outcropping of quartz with lots of really great looking mineralization about half a mile north of here. I'm planning to drill some holes and use feathering wedges to pop a good yard or two off, and pass it through the crusher I brought with me. Then I have a classifier table which should help isolate the heavies which I'll smelt down into hopefully a decent sized button of gold. If any of you young ones want to help it would be appreciated!"

Or we can skip forward to tomorrow and the last stone circle.

Zendara volunteers to help, since going to the third circle should wait until tomorrow anyway... and really, they owe Mike a lot for leading them there and helping them. So she pitches in with gusto.

Yukarii listened to the discussion of whether to proceed today or wait until morning and, given they would be climbing in the dark, which would not bother her much, she had to nod in agreement with the decision to stay and rest and set out in the morning. As Mike spoke of doing more prospecting Yukarii considered and then said, "I will help as I can Mike-sensei."

Zendara, Yuarii and Dr Munroe volunteered to help Mike, while the others remained to guard the camp. Apparently there'd been an uptick in flying creatures of all kinds which was somewhat concerning, although nothing had attacked in the last day.

Mike leads you to the outcropping, it doesn't look like much to the untrained eye but Mike insisted it was the good stuff, "Look here, this is an intrusive vein surrounded by country rock. It's mostly quartz the red stain is iron but look at these silvery bands, lots of sulphides. And with the sulphides comes the gold."

He started drilling twenty holes with a great big adamantine hammer auger, he got you all to take turns hitting this with a sledge hammer - and and ingenious mechanism made the bit make a half turn on every hit. It was propper back breaking work but after an hour there was a series of holes and you could see he meant to pop a large section of the rock off.

Into each hole, he then put in funny things called feathering wedges, which consisted of a spike and two flat bits of metal. "The idea is we'll hit these in and that'll put great stress on the rock and with enough hammering we should be able to split this section off. This sort of rock is hard but brittle so I expect it'll break up into pieces easily afterwards."

Mike started hammering the feathering wedges in and as they sunk in they stared to make a musical tone when they were hit. After a bit all of them had sunk in deeply and with a loud crack the stone gave way and the rock popped off to reveal a fresh surface. Mike inspected the stone before crying, "Oh look here! See those tiny shiny bits? That's gold!"

The next stages involved smashing the rock up further and as he predicted it smacked easily enough. Then he fed it into his elemetal powered crushing machine which turned the rock into powder. After that he set up the classifier machine, which was a kind of vibrating table with water flowing over it. Mike explained, "The precious metals, gold and silver are heavier than the other stuff and will get concentrated down here to the left. We'll collect that stuff and smelt it later."

After half a hour of running the crushed material through this peculiar device there was perhaps a pound of material in which you could see a fair bit of gold dust. Mike seemed pleased "This is really rich stuff, if there's more nodules like this, then we'll likely have a gold rush on our hands!"

Shall we fast forward to tomorrow?

Zendara enjoys finding some gold, and wonders exactly how much money they were contemplating here.

Yes, I'm good with fast forward.

Zendara enjoys finding some gold, and wonders exactly how much money they were contemplating here.

Yes, I'm good with fast forward.

Me too.

I agree.

The rest of the day passes relatively uneventfully although your sleep is interrupted by ominous sounding roars and thunderous sounds in the distance that sounds like two huge beasts fighting. The next morning the crater is frosted with snow and the sunlight sparkles off the frost like so many jewels.

The hike out to the final circle is easy enough and non technical so Mike remains back in camp to continue prospecting. The circle stands on a prominence and looks very much like the other but you notice a crowd of what appears to be zombies milling about inside the stones.

Knowledge Religion: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 (fail)

Zendara looks around for high ground again, planning a similar strategy, staying back and doing as much of the battle at range as possible, although this time she had several more targets.

OK so what are the rest of you gonna do? :)

Inspired Kn. Engineering: 1d20 + 14 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 14 + (5) = 25
Inspired Kn. Local: 1d20 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (19) + 10 + (2) = 31
Inspired Kn. Religion: 1d20 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (10) + 10 + (3) = 23

"Hey Mike, you're the more seasoned of us when it comes to excavations, but i believe some of those layers are indicators of more worth in the soil than you speak of now. Mining here would make a big profit."

"Particularly if you put a claim on it. Speaking of which, -WE- should claim it, before anyone else does. Start a small time operation, that ships off hauls to our home isle, and be sold there for quite some coin. Further sponsor ourselves for further ventures, hmm?"

When it comes to the presence of the undead, Xindyra leans back into cover avoid being spotted.
"Hmm, i hope i am wrong, but those corpses do not seem to stagger in their movement. And do you see those bloated ones? There was this inquisitor who told me such zombies explode upon destruction, releasing a burst of dark energy, or plague even."

As before Yukarii was less than helpful when it came to prospecting but she did what she could to help. In the end though her efforts amounted to little more than carrying things and taking notes. That night the ominous sounds of two creatures roaring concerned her but since they seemed to remain distant she did her best not to be concerned about it for the time being.

When they finally reached the last circle and saw the roaming Zombies Yukarii observed them with a cautious eye.

Know:Relig: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18

While Yukarii could not recognize them it seemed that Xindyra did. The idea of some that could explode and spread necrotic energy or disease was especially concerning. "We need to destroy those bloated ones first, as far away from them as we can. After that we should be alright."

I'm reusing the same battlemap as before, sorry! Anyway here's the updated map. Actions?

I guess y'all are busy but just in case bump!

Before the fight, Zendara casts Gravity Bow and starts a bardic performance the round before.

First round:

Attack 1 (+1 Longbow): 1d20 + 13 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 13 + 2 - 2 = 15 (inspire courage, manyshot)
Damage 1 (Piercing): 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (4, 6) + 4 + 2 = 16 (inspire courage)
Damage 1.5 (2nd arrow, same attack): 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (2, 2) + 4 + 2 = 10 (manyshot)

Attack 2: 1d20 + 13 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 13 + 2 - 2 = 33 (Rapid shot attack)
Damage 2: 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (5, 3) + 4 + 2 = 14

Attack 3: 1d20 + 8 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 8 + 2 - 2 = 19
Damage 3: 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (5, 3) + 4 + 2 = 14

Crit Confirm from Attack 2: 1d20 + 13 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 13 + 2 - 2 = 19
Additional Crit Damage: 4d6 + 8 + 4 ⇒ (2, 1, 4, 2) + 8 + 4 = 21

Prior to combat, following buffs.
Alchemical allocation > Heroism potion. +2 to attack & saves
Blur. 20% miss chance
Cat's Grace. +4 dex. [+2 to reflex, attack and dmg, +1 dex to AC]
Shield. +3 extra shield bonus.

New AC: 25/16/19.

Xindyra moves to in front of Yukarii, and prepares a strike.
Using weapon versatility to make that a slashing damage attack with the tip of her rapier, defensively. Since orange is closest, she makes a mental note (studied target) to go for soft spots.

Slash, heroism, cat's grace, studied target, defensively: 1d20 + 15 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 15 - 4 = 31Slashing Dmg, Cat's grace: 1d6 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 2 = 13

Crit?: 1d20 + 15 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 15 - 4 = 12Slashing Dmg, Cat's grace: 1d6 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 2 = 10

Mr. Edwin J. Wiskers, Esq., prepares for battle with the following.
Activate +2 enhancement on his bonded blade, through occultist [Legacy Weapon] This becomes +4 from bane quality.
Arcane strike. +1 attack & dmg +1 for every 5 caster levels.
Magus spells: Long arm, Mirror image Extra Edwins: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5, Shield.
Occultist spells: Mage Armor.

He closes rank with Xindyra, preparing his first reach attack.
Black Blade, arcane strike, bane: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 13 + 2 + 4 = 30Slashing dmg, arcane strike, bane: 1d4 + 13 + 2 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (2) + 13 + 2 + 4 + (5, 4) = 30

Damn, of all the times not to have a fireball spell handy.

Yukarii found herself wishing she had some different spells available to her but there was nothing to be done about it. She stepped to the side and sent a red beam lancing out at the nearest enemy she could clearly see orange.

Scorching Ray w/IC: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 2 = 94d6 + 2 ⇒ (1, 4, 4, 6) + 2 = 17

The encounter started of more or less the same way as the previous ones, with the party firing arrows and lobbing rocks at the magical barrier around the defaced standing stones. As before each impact resulted in the barrier flashing red in a roughly circular area, all the while the air looked like it was getting increasingly hot.

This time however the barrier suddenly gave way with a thunderous crash and a dozen or more zombies on fire, leaving trails of greasy smoke behind them, came sprinting after you!

Zedara's reactions were lighting fast and she had three arrows in the air before they could move. The first missed a zombie by a yard or more but the second shot took a zombie's head right off and it detonated in a wave of darkness. Her final arrow lodged deeply in the chest of another burning zombie (green dots), causing it to stagger for a moment before it carried on running as the arrow's shaft blackened and burst into flame.

Three zombies swarm towards Zendara but don't quite reach her due to the elevated ground. It's difficult terrain, but they will reach her next round.

The first wave of zombies slammed into Edwin, Zendara and Yukarii surrounding them with greasy smoke and flames! Everyone got hurt, Edwin in particular got a nasty burn.
Orange Slam vs Yukarii: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 <--- HIT
Yellow Slam vs Xindara: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 <--- HIT
Purple Slam vs Edwin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 <--- MISS
Cyan Slam vs Edwin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 <--- HIT
Crit?: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26Crit Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 <--- HIT

Xindrya's blade flashed out and she got a couple of really solid hits on the undead that went for her and Yukarii but she missed one of the ones that went for Edwin.

Yukarii took a step back and tried to blast the undead that struck her but she narrowly missed. Xindrya's blade flashed out again and she finished it off but to her dismay it exploded in a cloud of scalding negative energy!

Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 6) = 8
Reflex Yukarii DC 15: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10 <--- FAIL
Reflex Xindrya DC 15: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28 <--- PASS

Edwin's blade sliced the easternmost one clean in half, which caused it to instantly detonate sending a wave of darkness over himself and Xindrya.

Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 1) = 4
Reflex Edwin DC 15: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28 <--- PASS
Reflex Xindrya DC 15: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23 <--- PASS

Environment: Daylight, firm footing

Buffs and Debuffs:

---- Round 2 ----
Zendara Gravity Bow etc...
Fast zombies
Yukarii
Edwin
Xindyra Many buffs
---- Round 3 ----
Zendara Gravity Bow etc...
Fast zombies
Yukarii
Edwin
Xindyra Many buffs

Damage Log:

Round: 1
Black was hit by Zendara for 35 (total damage taken 35)
Green dots was hit by Zendara for 14 (total damage taken 14)
Yukarii was hit by Orange for 9 (total damage taken 9)
Xindara was hit by Yellow for 4 (total damage taken 4)
Edwin was hit by Cyan for 18 (total damage taken 18)
Orange was hit by Xindrya for 21 (total damage taken 21)
Yellow was hit by Xindrya for 14 (total damage taken 14)
Orange was hit by Xindrya for 14 (total damage taken 35)
Yukarii was hit by Orange for 8 (total damage taken 17)
Xindrya was hit by Orange for 4 (total damage taken 4)
Cyan was hit by Edwin for 30 (total damage taken 30)
Xindrya was hit by Cyan for 4 (total damage taken 8)
Edwin was hit by Cyan for 4 (total damage taken 22)

Totals:
Black: 35 damage
Green dots: 14 damage
Yukarii: 17 damage
Xindara: 4 damage
Edwin: 22 damage
Orange: 35 damage
Yellow: 14 damage
Xindrya: 8 damage
Cyan: 30 damage

COMBAT ORDER:
Zendara <----- WE ARE HERE
Fast zombies
Yukarii
Edwin
Xindyra

Zendara is up.

Zendara continues to sing as she shoots.
Second round:

Attack 1 (+1 Longbow): 1d20 + 13 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 13 + 2 - 2 = 33 (inspire courage, manyshot)
Damage 1 (Piercing): 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (4, 3) + 4 + 2 = 13 (inspire courage)
Damage 1.5 (2nd arrow, same attack): 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (6, 6) + 4 + 2 = 18 (manyshot)

Attack 2: 1d20 + 13 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 13 + 2 - 2 = 30 (Rapid shot attack)
Damage 2: 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 2) + 4 + 2 = 11

Attack 3: 1d20 + 8 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 8 + 2 - 2 = 17
Damage 3: 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (4, 5) + 4 + 2 = 15

Crit Confirm from Attack 1: 1d20 + 13 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 13 + 2 - 2 = 23
Additional Crit Damage (from both arrows): 8d6 + 16 + 8 ⇒ (5, 4, 5, 5, 4, 1, 4, 4) + 16 + 8 = 56

While the initial assault of the zombies failed to penetrate her shell of temporary life the explosion of negative energy did! Still , she had shrugged off most of the two hits but he had no further protection now.

Know: Relig: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

Yukarii sent another beam of extreme heat lancing out at one of the zombies and the moved to gain some distance and put the others more in between her and their attackers.

scorching ray wIC/lb @ red: 1d20 + 6 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 2 - 1 = 84d6 + 2 ⇒ (4, 6, 4, 6) + 2 = 22

Xindrya? :)

Xindrya? :)

I was wondering how the zombies were going to attack Edwin & Xindyra, but if an advance is what you prefer, sure. :)

Whatever zombie is in front of Edwin, he steps 5ft back out of reach and slices at it.
Black blade, arcane strike, bane: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 13 + 2 + 4 = 29 Dmg, arcane strike, bane: 1d4 + 13 + 2 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 13 + 2 + 4 + (1, 3) = 24

Xindyra might get in 1 aoo against an approaching zombie. Regular AC at 31 from fighting defensively.

Aoo, cat's grace, heroism, fight defensively: 1d20 + 15 - 4 ⇒ (11) + 15 - 4 = 22Slashing dmg, cat's grace: 1d6 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 2 = 14

Her regular attack, she like Edwin steps 5ft away.
She studies the nearest zombie, and slashes at it defensively.
Rapier, cat's grace, heroism, studied combat, fight defensively: 1d20 + 18 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 18 - 4 = 26Slashing dmg, cat's grace, studied target: 1d6 + 6 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 2 + (6, 5) = 25

I should have posted after Zendara really, ah well. The Zombies don't have a plan, but they do have HUNGER!

In a remarkable feat, Zendara sang voice unwavering as she shot, again and again and again! Her first shot was a trick one with a pair of arrows which struck a zombie in the face that was trying to scribble up the rocky outcropping to get her. The arrows went through skull, throat and they came to rest poking out of the thing's lower back! It did so much damage that the nexus of unlife was snuffed out with a single blow, causing it to detonate in a dark pulse of scalding negative energy.

Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 2) = 6
Zendara: Reflex Save for half: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27 <--- PASS

Her next arrow struck another zombie in the upper chest, if it had been alive it would quickly died from bloodloss but even so a large chunk of rotten flesh and gore exploded from the wound!

However this didn't stop it or the other one from surging up the rocky outcropping to get Zendara, heedless of the danger.

Climb: Red dot DC 18: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25 <--- PASS
Climb: Green dot DC 18: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20 <--- PASS

Driven by their hunger, they threw determined punches at Zendara which she only just managed to evade.

Orange Slam vs Zendara: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 <--- MISS
Yellow Slam vs Zendara: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 <--- MISS

Down on the level ground, one of the zombies surged past Xindrya to attack Yukarii, landing a weak blow. As it rushed past Xindrya, her blade flicked out scoring a deep cut. Xindrya gets an AOO on red which is already rolled.

Red Slam vs Yukarii: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 <--- HIT

Fighting cautiously, Xindara managed to fend off two zombies while Edwin parried the slam of a third.
Grey Slam vs Xindara: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 <--- MISS
Yellow Slam vs Xindara: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 <--- MISS
Purple Slam vs Edwin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 <--- MISS

A pair of zombies peeled off and tried to circle round to attack from behind.

Yukarii took a step back and she completed a spell, sending a intense beam of light searing into the zombie that hit her!

Edwin stepped in after parrying the zombie, and his slash darn near cut it in half, somehow however it desperately clung to unlife.

Xindrya ran one of the zombies she hit earlier again, this time poking her rapier through one eye socket and out the back of it's skull in a shower of rotten gore. This was too much damage and it detonated in a wave of darkness which hit her and Edwin.

Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 5) = 8
Reflex Xindrya DC 15: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23<--- PASS
Reflex Edwin DC 15: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12 <--- FAIL

Environment: Daylight, firm footing

Buffs and Debuffs:

---- Round 3 ----
Zendara Gravity Bow etc...
Fast zombies
Yukarii
Edwin
Xindyra Many buffs
---- Round 4 ----
Zendara Gravity Bow etc...
Fast zombies
Yukarii
Edwin
Xindyra Many buffs

Damage Log:

Round: 1
Black was hit by Zendara for 35 (total damage taken 35)
Green dots was hit by Zendara for 14 (total damage taken 14)
Yukarii was hit by Orange for 9 (total damage taken 9)
Xindara was hit by Yellow for 4 (total damage taken 4)
Edwin was hit by Cyan for 18 (total damage taken 18)
Orange was hit by Xindrya for 21 (total damage taken 21)
Yellow was hit by Xindrya for 14 (total damage taken 14)
Orange was hit by Xindrya for 14 (total damage taken 35)
Yukarii was hit by Orange for 8 (total damage taken 17)
Xindrya was hit by Orange for 4 (total damage taken 4)
Cyan was hit by Edwin for 30 (total damage taken 30)
Xindrya was hit by Cyan for 4 (total damage taken 8)
Edwin was hit by Cyan for 4 (total damage taken 22)

Round: 2
White was hit by Zenndara for 69 (total damage taken 69)
Zenndara was hit by White for 3 (total damage taken 3)
Yukarii was hit by Red for 4 (total damage taken 21)
Red was hit by Yukarii for 11 (total damage taken 11)
Purple was hit by Edwin for 25 (total damage taken 25)
Red was hit by Xindrya for 14 (total damage taken 25)
Yellow was hit by Xindrya for 25 (total damage taken 39)
Edwin was hit by Yellow for 8 (total damage taken 30)
Edwin was hit by Xindrya for 4 (total damage taken 34)

Totals:
Black: 35 damage
Green dots: 14 damage
Yukarii: 21 damage
Xindara: 4 damage
Edwin: 34 damage
Orange: 35 damage
Yellow: 39 damage
Xindrya: 8 damage
Cyan: 30 damage
White: 69 damage
Zenndara: 3 damage
Red: 25 damage
Purple: 25 damage

COMBAT ORDER:
Zendara <----- WE ARE HERE
Fast zombies
Yukarii
Edwin
Xindyra

Zendara is up.

Zendara takes a step back on the rocky outcropping, still singing, then shoots again.

Third round:

Attack 1 (+1 Longbow): 1d20 + 13 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 13 + 2 - 2 = 14 (inspire courage, manyshot)
Damage 1 (Piercing): 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 2) + 4 + 2 = 11 (inspire courage)
Damage 1.5 (2nd arrow, same attack): 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (4, 2) + 4 + 2 = 12 (manyshot)

Attack 2: 1d20 + 13 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 13 + 2 - 2 = 21 (Rapid shot attack)
Damage 2: 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 3) + 4 + 2 = 12

Attack 3: 1d20 + 8 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 8 + 2 - 2 = 13
Damage 3: 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (2, 3) + 4 + 2 = 11

Wow, so much for my hot streak. :)

She stumbled a little bit backing up uphill though, and tries to take a breath and refocus as zombies continue to come at her.

Archery with enemies in your face is more than a little challenging, so it came as little surprise when Zendara's first volley missed. With her second shot she managed to score a hit, the quivering arrow joining another she'd fired into the Zombie's torso. The zombie looked badly damaged as flames burned the last of it's hair, but somehow it was still moving towards her!

Her final arrow missed and then she had to focus on defense, but there were two of them and amidst the flames that were slowly consuming them, their eyes glittered with low cunning. They circled round her and their talon like hands tore into her!

Green dot Slam vs Zendara with flank: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 2 = 22damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 <--- HIT
Red dot Slam vs Zendara with flank: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 6 + 2 = 24damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 <--- HIT

The other zombies swarmed round Yukarii, Xindrya and Edwin but by some minor miracle the trio managed to evade the seeking claws!
Red Slam vs Xindrya: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 2 = 9Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 <--- MISS
Green Slam vs Yukarii: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7 <--- MISS
Blue Slam vs Edwin: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 6 + 2 = 20Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 <--- MISS
Grey Slam vs Xindrya: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 2 = 9Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7 <--- MISS
Purple Slam vs Edwin: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 6 + 2 = 17Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 <--- MISS

Environment: Daylight, firm footing

Buffs and Debuffs:

---- Round 3 ----
Zendara Gravity Bow etc...
Fast zombies
Yukarii
Edwin
Xindyra Many buffs
---- Round 4 ----
Zendara Gravity Bow etc...
Fast zombies
Yukarii
Edwin
Xindyra Many buffs

Damage Log:

Round: 1
Black was hit by Zendara for 35 (total damage taken 35)
Green dots was hit by Zendara for 14 (total damage taken 14)
Yukarii was hit by Orange for 9 (total damage taken 9)
Xindara was hit by Yellow for 4 (total damage taken 4)
Edwin was hit by Cyan for 18 (total damage taken 18)
Orange was hit by Xindrya for 21 (total damage taken 21)
Yellow was hit by Xindrya for 14 (total damage taken 14)
Orange was hit by Xindrya for 14 (total damage taken 35)
Yukarii was hit by Orange for 8 (total damage taken 17)
Xindrya was hit by Orange for 4 (total damage taken 4)
Cyan was hit by Edwin for 30 (total damage taken 30)
Xindrya was hit by Cyan for 4 (total damage taken 8)
Edwin was hit by Cyan for 4 (total damage taken 22)

Round: 2
White was hit by Zenndara for 69 (total damage taken 69)
Zenndara was hit by White for 3 (total damage taken 3)
Yukarii was hit by Red for 4 (total damage taken 21)
Red was hit by Yukarii for 11 (total damage taken 11)
Purple was hit by Edwin for 25 (total damage taken 25)
Red was hit by Xindrya for 14 (total damage taken 25)
Yellow was hit by Xindrya for 25 (total damage taken 39)
Edwin was hit by Yellow for 8 (total damage taken 30)
Edwin was hit by Xindrya for 4 (total damage taken 34)

Totals:
Black: 35 damage
Green dots: 14 damage
Yukarii: 21 damage
Xindara: 4 damage
Edwin: 34 damage
Orange: 35 damage
Yellow: 39 damage
Xindrya: 8 damage
Cyan: 30 damage
White: 69 damage
Zenndara: 3 damage
Red: 25 damage
Purple: 25 damage

COMBAT ORDER:
Zendara
Fast zombies
Yukarii <----- WE ARE HERE
Edwin
Xindyra

Yukarii, Edwin, Xindyra and Zendara are up.

Edwin slashes at the red zombie threatening Yukarii.

Black blade, arcane strike, bane: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 13 + 2 + 4 = 35Dmg, arcane strike, bane: 1d4 + 13 + 2 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 13 + 2 + 4 + (5, 6) = 33

Provided that kills it, Xindyra steps 5ft towards Yukarii, and slashes at the green zombie, after glancing for a weak spot.

Rapier, cat's grace, heroism, studied combat, defensively: 1d20 + 18 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 18 - 4 = 17Slashing Dmg, cat's grace, studied target: 1d6 + 6 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 2 + (3, 2) = 14

With the zombies upon her Yukarii knew she needed to focus on protecting herself over dealing damage for now. The first thing she did was quickly call Yukaari to the surface of her mind and form an ectoplasmic shield to help protect her from the horde.

Swift Action for Ectoplasmic Bonded Manifestation: +4 shield bonus to AC for up to 6 rounds /per.

Cast Defensively DC 19: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16
Mirror Image: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

If I can 5 ft step away to avoid casting defensively I will. Can't check the map since I am at work right now.

Still singing, Zendara raises her bow, pretending to give her enemies an opening...

Bluff: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (3) + 18 = 21

...but then when they fall for it, she jumps from her perch and tumbles out of the way, trying to reposition to escape the trap and get a better change at a shot.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

They don't have reach fortunately, so a 5' step works Yukarii.

Yukarii takes a step back to cast a defensive spell and suddenly she's surrounded by a confusing mass of duplicate Yukariis.

Edwin's blade cuts the Zombie Yukarii was retreating from in half causing it to instantly explode in a wave of negative energy.

Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 4) = 5
Reflex Edwin DC 15: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23 <--- PASS
Reflex Xindrya DC 15: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22 <--- PASS
Reflex Yukarii DC 15: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7 <--- FAIL

Xindyra steps closer to Yukarii and stabs a zombie but shaken by the detonation her form wavers a little and she misses.

Zendara manages to reposition, jumping down from the rocky outcrop and making a little space to hopefully get some shots off. Taking a longer route, the zombies followed her down but didn't quite reach her!

The Zombies swarmed around the trio the north, but between Yukarii's mirror images (one of which burst) and general dodging and parrying from Xindrya and Edwin they evaded the zombie's claws.
Grey slam vs Xindyra: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 2 = 22Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 <--- MISS
Purple slam vs Edwin: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 2 = 11Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 <--- MISS
Blue slam vs Edwin: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 6 + 2 = 19Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 <--- MISS
Grey slam vs Yukarii: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 6 + 2 = 17Hit on a 6: 1d6 ⇒ 1Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 <--- MISS

Environment: Daylight, firm footing. Water is difficult terrain.

Buffs and Debuffs:

---- Round 4 ----
Zendara Gravity Bow etc...
Fast zombies
Yukarii Mirror Image (4)
Edwin
Xindyra Many buffs
---- Round 5 ----
Zendara Gravity Bow etc...
Fast zombies
Yukarii Mirror Image (4)
Edwin
Xindyra Many buffs

Damage Log:

Round: 1
Black was hit by Zendara for 35 (total damage taken 35)
Green dots was hit by Zendara for 14 (total damage taken 14)
Yukarii was hit by Orange for 9 (total damage taken 9)
Xindara was hit by Yellow for 4 (total damage taken 4)
Edwin was hit by Cyan for 18 (total damage taken 18)
Orange was hit by Xindrya for 21 (total damage taken 21)
Yellow was hit by Xindrya for 14 (total damage taken 14)
Orange was hit by Xindrya for 14 (total damage taken 35)
Yukarii was hit by Orange for 8 (total damage taken 17)
Xindrya was hit by Orange for 4 (total damage taken 4)
Cyan was hit by Edwin for 30 (total damage taken 30)
Xindrya was hit by Cyan for 4 (total damage taken 8)
Edwin was hit by Cyan for 4 (total damage taken 22)

Round: 2
White was hit by Zenndara for 69 (total damage taken 69)
Zenndara was hit by White for 3 (total damage taken 3)
Yukarii was hit by Red for 4 (total damage taken 21)
Red was hit by Yukarii for 11 (total damage taken 11)
Purple was hit by Edwin for 25 (total damage taken 25)
Red was hit by Xindrya for 14 (total damage taken 25)
Yellow was hit by Xindrya for 25 (total damage taken 39)
Edwin was hit by Yellow for 8 (total damage taken 30)
Edwin was hit by Xindrya for 4 (total damage taken 34)

Round: 3
Red was hit by Edwin for 33 (total damage taken 58)
Edwin was hit by Red for 2 (total damage taken 36)
Xindrya was hit by Red for 2 (total damage taken 10)
Yukarii was hit by Red for 5 (total damage taken 26)

Totals:
Black: 35 damage
Green dots: 14 damage
Yukarii: 26 damage
Xindara: 4 damage
Edwin: 36 damage
Orange: 35 damage
Yellow: 39 damage
Xindrya: 10 damage
Cyan: 30 damage
White: 69 damage
Zenndara: 3 damage
Red: 58 damage
Purple: 25 damage

COMBAT ORDER:
Zendara
Fast zombies
Yukarii <----- WE ARE HERE
Edwin
Xindyra

Yukarii, Edwin, Xindyra and Zendara are up.

Edwin slashes at the blue zombie.
Black blade, arcane strike, bane: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 13 + 2 + 4 = 34Slashy, arcane strike, bane: 1d4 + 13 + 2 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 13 + 2 + 4 + (4, 6) = 32

Xindyra slashes at green.
Rapier, cat's grace, heroism, study target, defensive: 1d20 + 18 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 18 - 4 = 17Dmg, cat's grace, studied target: 1d6 + 6 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 2 + 3 = 16

Yukarii was not at all pleased the zombie kept coming for her but at least her images were doing their job as one popped from what could have been a serious hit. Needing space to work with Yukarii stepped away from the monstrosity and sent a flurry of magical bolts into the closest of the undead.

Magic Missile: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 3, 4) + 3 = 13

From the top of one of the standing stones, Zendara continues her song while shooting down at the zombies.

Fifth round:

Attack 1 (+1 Longbow): 1d20 + 13 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 13 + 2 - 2 = 29 (inspire courage, manyshot)
Damage 1 (Piercing): 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 5) + 4 + 2 = 14 (inspire courage)
Damage 1.5 (2nd arrow, same attack): 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1, 6) + 4 + 2 = 13 (manyshot)

Attack 2: 1d20 + 13 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 13 + 2 - 2 = 33 (Rapid shot attack)
Damage 2: 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (6, 4) + 4 + 2 = 16

Attack 3: 1d20 + 8 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 8 + 2 - 2 = 17
Damage 3: 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (4, 6) + 4 + 2 = 16

Crit Confirm from Attack 2: 1d20 + 13 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 13 + 2 - 2 = 21
Additional Crit Damage: 4d6 + 8 + 4 ⇒ (6, 3, 2, 1) + 8 + 4 = 24

Yukarii's missiles slam into the burning zombie in front of her, blowing chunks of flesh out of it. The damage was terrible but not enough to take it out.

Edwin's black blade siced another zombie neatly in half causing it to instantly detonate in a cloud of scalding negative energy that struck him and Xindrya!

Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 4) = 7
Reflex Edwin DC 15: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23 <--- PASS
Reflex Xindrya DC 15: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22 <--- PASS

Xindrya slashed at another zombie but the sudden blast startled her, causing her to miss.

Zendara nooks a pair of arrows which slam into one of the zombies, tearing it's head off and killing it instantly. It detonates in a wave of darkness which hit her full in the face. Rattled by the concussion, her next arrow goes wide.

Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 5) = 9
Reflex Zendara DC 15: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13 <--- FAIL

The remaining undead mindlessly swarm the heroes, hoping to sink their talons into living flash but their attacks are slow and predictable and easily dodged...

Red dots slam vs Zendara: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 <--- MISS
Purple slam vs Edwin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 <--- MISS
Grey slam vs Xindrya: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7 <--- MISS
Green slam vs Yukarii: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 <--- MISS

Environment: Daylight, firm footing. Water is difficult terrain.

Buffs and Debuffs:

---- Round 5 ----
Zendara Gravity Bow etc...
Fast zombies
Yukarii Mirror Image (4)
Edwin
Xindyra Many buffs
---- Round 6 ----
Zendara Gravity Bow etc...
Fast zombies
Yukarii Mirror Image (4)
Edwin
Xindyra Many buffs

Damage Log:

Round: 1
Black was hit by Zendara for 35 (total damage taken 35)
Green dots was hit by Zendara for 14 (total damage taken 14)
Yukarii was hit by Orange for 9 (total damage taken 9)
Xindrya was hit by Yellow for 4 (total damage taken 4)
Edwin was hit by Cyan for 18 (total damage taken 18)
Orange was hit by Xindrya for 21 (total damage taken 21)
Yellow was hit by Xindrya for 14 (total damage taken 14)
Orange was hit by Xindrya for 14 (total damage taken 35)
Yukarii was hit by Orange for 8 (total damage taken 17)
Xindrya was hit by Orange for 4 (total damage taken 8)
Cyan was hit by Edwin for 30 (total damage taken 30)
Xindrya was hit by Cyan for 4 (total damage taken 12)
Edwin was hit by Cyan for 4 (total damage taken 22)

Round: 2
White was hit by Zenndara for 69 (total damage taken 69)
Zendara was hit by White for 3 (total damage taken 3)
Yukarii was hit by Red for 4 (total damage taken 21)
Red was hit by Yukarii for 11 (total damage taken 11)
Purple was hit by Edwin for 25 (total damage taken 25)
Red was hit by Xindrya for 14 (total damage taken 25)
Yellow was hit by Xindrya for 25 (total damage taken 39)
Edwin was hit by Yellow for 8 (total damage taken 30)
Edwin was hit by Xindrya for 4 (total damage taken 34)

Round: 3
Red was hit by Edwin for 33 (total damage taken 58)
Edwin was hit by Red for 2 (total damage taken 36)
Xindrya was hit by Red for 2 (total damage taken 14)
Yukarii was hit by Red for 5 (total damage taken 26)

Round: 4
Green was hit by Yukarii for 13 (total damage taken 13)
Blue was hit by Edwin for 32 (total damage taken 32)
Edwin was hit by Blue for 3 (total damage taken 39)
Xindrya was hit by Blue for 3 (total damage taken 17)
Green dots was hit by Zendara for 54 (total damage taken 68)
Zendara was hit by Green dots for 9 (total damage taken 12)

Totals:
Black: 35 damage
Green dots: 68 damage
Yukarii: 26 damage
Xindrya: 17 damage
Edwin: 39 damage
Orange: 35 damage
Yellow: 39 damage
Cyan: 30 damage
White: 69 damage
Zendara: 12 damage
Red: 58 damage
Purple: 25 damage
Green: 13 damage
Blue: 32 damage

COMBAT ORDER:
Zendara
Fast zombies
Yukarii <----- WE ARE HERE
Edwin
Xindyra

Yukarii, Edwin, Xindyra and Zendara are up.

Edwin steps back 5ft towards Yukarii to attack the zombie assaulting her.

Black blade, arcane strike, bane: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 13 + 2 + 4 = 34Dmg, arcane strike, bane: 1d4 + 13 + 2 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (4) + 13 + 2 + 4 + (5, 2) = 30

Xindyra slashes at the nearest zombie near Yukarii.
Rapier, defensive: 1d20 + 18 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 18 - 4 = 18
Slashing dmg, cat's grace, studied target: 1d6 + 6 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 2 + 3 = 13