[PF2] [Outpost III] GM XaveTheNerd's 1-15: The Blooming Catastrophe (Inactive)

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Lux is visibly impressed with the smooth way in which Nikebei seems to dissolve the situation. She's of a mind to give Niklaas a stern warning about keeping his mind shut like Jaldan asked them, but then thinks better of it. He's probably forgotten about the incident already by the time we get back. And me asking him to keep quiet seems all the more reason for him not to do so.

She puts her attention back to the centaur, dropping to her haunches to comfort the coyote cub that's been hiding behind her legs, somewhat intimidated by the sight of a centaur. "I'm just glad we got here when we did, and managed to help you get your things back. I'm very interested in the natural world, and I think Armagile is as well." She points to the pale-skinned half-human in their group. "We're very interested to hear what'd wrong what we can do to help. It's about fixing something that went wrong three months ago?"

Armagile apreciate he can be look brutal and not a person to talk with. So he growls softly We are care of flora and fauna. And sometimes solve troubles. ...
he also trys to stand between the centaur and Niklass but soon forbid this manner.

The Hunter decides to look around from good position and climb up to the tree, child used to occupy earlier. Sit there for a while, observing area around and listening for teammates talks ...

"Well, these... squirrel creatures, was it? I'm sure I have encountered similar on my travels. Could we perhaps examine a specimen, if you happen to have one? Oh, I'm getting ahead of myself- we don't even know if that is why we were brought here!" Fester will pull out a gloved hand and offer a handshake. "I am Sir Festering Bergamot, renowned crusader and hero of the Battle of Undarin, though you may call me Fester if you are so inclined. The pleasure is mine. Now, on the matter of our business, on what account have we been called to this quaint settlement?" Fester will offer a crooked smile at the end of his introduction, as he moves to try and hide Niklaas behind his equally-thin body.

The centaur ushers you to walk towards the forest before beginning to speak as the Pathfinders follow.

"So, here's the story. Over the last few months, something really really really weird has happened to the local forest spirits. They've always been a little cranky, but now they've gone from 'Auntie Kaana before she's had her morning coffee' to 'We will bake bread from your bones'. They're not talking to the druids or the shamans, and when Cenenviel tried to do a big ritual to ask them what's wrong, a tree animated and tried to kill him.

"Anyway, that's what Cenenviel, Kaana, and your Urwal are trying to figure out now at the Redpine camp. They seem to think you can help. So, uhh, get your a** in gear and let's get going!"

Before she forgets, she turns around and hands you the bag she was trying to obtain earlier. "Oh, uhh, all of this is for you."

Niklaas holds up a finger at the S-word, the F-bomb, and the A-word, then pretends to count his fingers, “Let’s see ‘ere... That’sss one... two... three... THREE words my buddies ‘ere don’t think ‘er ‘appropriate’” Niklaas hisses sarcastically, making the proverbial air quotes, “fer ‘polite’ comp’ny. I knew I liked you, Seabiscuit. Ya jus’ gotz a real f#%^+~¥ way with words! Anyone eva’ tell ya that? In a word - refreshin’, that’s whut it is! If ya eva’ want ta trade insults sumtime, jus’ hit me up kid. I’m always ready fer a relaxin’ round a’ mouthin’ off.”

Sounds pretty intereting. Thank you for this intellegence. Where can we halp this Redpine camp? We need a direction. And who is this Cenivel you mentioned? , - Armagile looks worry.

Niklass, I am gald you found akin speaker. Ho'bout journey to find
those embodied spirits? Lux, what do you think? I suppose that might be fey involvement.

Nikebei talks frivolously through the journey with the centaur, but listens intently as Lux and Armagile talk to gain information about Cenenviel and Kaana, that might be useful. Though as they go deeper into the forest, towards Redpine he relaxes more with his companions and remembers his time spent in the woods as a child. He looks around at the trees, the green leaves and the songs of various birds that trill in and out of view. Idyllic, "Strange to think this is corrupted by some evil, I hope when it comes to it .... oh .... you know... "

Lux listens intently and tries to filter through the colourful language of the teen-aged centaur. Oh dear, that's a match made in Hell, she thinks of the prospect of Jaldan and Niklaas having an extended conversation.

She tries to summarize what she understood from Jaldan's briefing. Once she gets talking, she finds that her questions are hard to stop. "So, the spirits have turned against the people, and even against the forest itself. Did this start all of a sudden, or gradually over the past months? Was there a certain trigger that might have happened right around when it started? Urwal thought cosmology might have been an influence?"

Turning to more practical matters, she focuses on the names Jaldan mentioned. "Who are Cenenviel and Kaana? And where is Redpine Camp? Will you join us on the way there, or give us directions?" She looks to be done talking, but there's one last questions. "If we run into those spirits, or their own-made bodies, how would we deal with them? Anything in particular we should know?" She takes a deep breath. "Sorry for all the questions. That was really the last of them. I think..."

Who is Cenenviel?

"He's an elven druid who watches over the forest nearby. Nice old guy, lives in the woods and has a pet wolverine named Berry-Eater. It's really cute. He's been teaching me a little magic, so I can be a great shaman later."

Did this start all of a sudden...

"It's progressed through the last several months. They went from happy little forest spirits to creepy, angry, screwed-up-looking little buggers."

Was there a trigger?

"Urwal would know more, but I'm not sure. What I do know is that they get angry whenever they saw him. Think he may have come up with why, too!"

Unfortunately, for the remainder of Lux's questions, it becomes apparent that the Pathfinders are talking to somebody who wasn't fully debriefed on the situation. No important information is gathered.

She then begins to lead the Pathfinders to Redpine camp. The bruorsivi make it an odd sort of forest, largely indistinguishable from a typical evergreen wood except for the fact that everything is in shades of red. The branches overhead are crimson, and scarlet needles crunch underfoot. Jaldan is an enthusiastic traveling companion, spending the trip peppering the Pathfiners with questions about the world outside the forest. For her, the trip to Urwal's camp is the equivalent of a summer stroll in the park, so while she keeps an eye on the forest out of habit, she's clearly not expecting trouble. Problem is, trouble awaits.

A band of absolutely bizarre creatures craws from the forest, chirping and hooting as they go. A moss-covered human skull scuttles along six branches like a spider. A dead raccoon slinks along on a fungal mat that bleeds sap from a hundred crimson 'eyes'. A twisted mass of weeds topped with pulsing flowers staggers forward, leaving trails of burning sap.

What are your default exploration tactics? Seek, sneak, something else? We'll be rolling initiative here, so I need to know what you plan on using. You do not have time to act before these attack.

Ironically, because of the Demon Slayer Legacy Background from PFS1 Season 5, Fester actually does know Abyssal.

"I'm afraid our presence here may have upset our new friends! Ah well, I was asking for a specimen already, so better this than nothing, I suppose."

Default exploration skill is either Scout or, if someone else is doing it instead of me, Investigate, in this case defaulting to Nature for most things due to the environment we find ourselves in. I also have the Trap Finder Rogue Feat, so I get to make a roll to perceive traps even when not searching.

Niklaas would’ve been more than happy to regail Jaldan with tails of the seediest & most colorful locales he’d been to - including the Hell, the Abyss, brothels, and pesh dens - but before long he’d spot the floral abominations, and whistle, “Well now, jus’ look at them ugly @$& sons a +*££<#<! An’ ‘ere I wuz thinkin’ sum ol’ walk through the combustible fire forest would be borin’!” Niklaas pats a hand on his rapier, “It’s showtime Shirley…” Turning to the centaur and giving her an unsettling wink, he adds “Jus’ kick back an’ watch how us Pathfinda’s shank a b*€£+. Ya might learn sumthin’ ya can use on Beavus & Buckwheat next time ya see ‘em…”

(Honestly, Niklaas probably would’ve just been shooting the bull - but we can count that as ‘investigating.’)

Armagile becomes more and more suspicious and tense as he see creepy bizarre creatures.
He Scouts as team moves.

Nikebei is watching the wildlife as they continue through the forest. Explore: Investigate

Lux is eager to speak to another young nature-enthusiast like Jaldan, and she's more than happy to share some of her experiences from the Sarkoris Scar and what she learned there. Meanwhile, she takes in all the splendor of the crimson forest around her, until bizarre set of creatures distubs their trail.

Her surprise very quickly makes way for curiosity. She's aware that the creatures - entities (?) - pose a threat, otherwise she would have run at them straight away to get a closer look. "Oh, my... They're under some kind of demonic influence?"

Lux would have been investigating, with Nature. Like Fester, she has the 'Demon Slayer' background and speaks Abyssal.

Fester is Investigating with Nature.
Niklaas, Lux, and Nikebei are doing the same.
Armagile is scouting.

(As an aside, Niklaas and Fester, please check the discussion.)

As I cannot see Niklaas's Nature check, we'll just hope everybody else got decent.

Niklaas and Fester draw blanks on the first type of Leshy.

Lux and Nikebei believe the creature to be a type of Hogweed Leshy. They're aware that this type of leshy is known for its ability to cause a burst of choking plants to sprout around themself. The leshy's square and all adjacent squares become difficult terrain, but it doesn't impede leshys. They also leave burning sap on you when they deal critical damage.

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Everyone (except probably Niklaas) is sure that the other creatures are Plum Leshys. These Leshys are known for their ability to throw rotten fruit from their bodies, dealing damage and attempting to sicken the target.

Lux is also quite sure that at least the Plum Leshy is corrupted in such a way that killing the leshy will release a burst of toxic natural energy. Each living non-plant creature within 30 feet of the Leshy must make a Basic Fortitude save against poison damage.

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As the tiny monsters approach, something odd happens. One dreadful creature, a rotten gourd walking on three rabbit feet, lunges toward jaldan, only to trip and smash itself against an upraised root. Some kind of hot sap splashes around it, and in seconds the bruorsivi needles catch light and begin to burn.

"Spirits of woe and weal!" Jaldan swears, watching in horrified fascination. "They're going to set the whole forest aflame!"

Map updated! First page of slides!

Weal and Woe
Initiative - the BOLD may act!
Active effects:
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Lux
”Fester”
Niklaas
Plum Leshys
Hogweed Leshys
Armagile
Nikebei

Assuming that squares that are less than 50% black are able to be stood in; I hate this map. Also, I don't know if we are assumed to have our weapons out, if not, replace Fester's attack with a Ready action for his Curve Blade.

Fester, willing to showcase the bravery he "earned" in the Worldwound aftermath, charges forward to the nearest Leshy, throwing a false punch before going in for an attack.

Stride 30', Feint, Attack.

Feint, Deception vs Perception DC on Pink, see Scoundrel Racket for modified results of the Feint: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

12 is probably a failure unless these things are near-blind, so no sneak attack presumeably.

Strike w/Elven Curve Blade if already drawn: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Slashing Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 6

Raising an eyebrow as the one gourd monster burst into flames, Niklaas drew his blade. “Whelp… looks like things ‘er really startin’ ta heat up!”

(Depending on whether we have our weapons drawn or not, Niklaas will do one of two things. If weapons are drawn, then Niklaas will double move to flank with Fester, then take a swing at the gourd leshy that’s already damaged. If weapons are not drawn, then Niklaas will move up 35 ft towards the leshies, draw his rapier and buckler, then raise his shield.)

(If Niklaas can attack…, he’ll race up behind the leshy, shout, “Doofussaywhat?! then swing at his flanked opponent and whatever equates to a leshy’s vitals. Attack with Shirley: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 132d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 2) + 4 = 11)

"Peace!" Lux cries out when she sees how easily the forest catches flame. She tries to relay most of what she understands of the leshies. "Err... That one creates vines that makes it difficult to move. And I think those ones might explode with toxic spores when you strike them hard enough!"

Lux weighs her options. The nearest Plum Leshy seems just too far away for her to strike it with a tanglefoot spell. Instead, she opts for preparing for a longer conflict. "Ozul, heel," she commands her coyote to follow. Shen then moves closer to the leshies with Ozul following closely behind.

Command an animal, Stride twice. Ozul will follow.

I'll allow you to have your weapons out. The forest is known to have troubles at this point.

Also, I missed the hazard's initiative in the above post. Knew something seemed off. It went between Lux and Fester, and I doubt it would really change their turns so I'm going to rule it has having gone at the right time.

Lux strides forward with her animal companion following.

Jaldan races over to the forest fire. She draws one of the many waterskins from her backpack and sputters out one of the squares. Too bad the fire spreads to two more.

Fester moves first, trying to feint the creature and failing. But, the curve blade still finds its mark.

Niklaas moves behind the Leshy, and attempts to stab it, but he finds its head surprisingly hollow as the rapier goes straight through a hole in its skull. [ooc]Just barely missed.

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The two plum Leshys go first. Green throws some kind of rotten plums from its strange branching appendages.

AC 19: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
AC 19: 1d20 + 6 - 5 ⇒ (10) + 6 - 5 = 11

Both go wide, a plop against the floor in a pile of indistinguishable mush.

The leshy then meanders a bit further from the action.

The purple leshy launches his plums at Lux.

AC 16 Lux: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
AC 16 Lux: 1d20 + 6 - 5 ⇒ (2) + 6 - 5 = 3

The similarly plot ineffectively.

The surrounded hogweed leshy (pink) reaches it's feet roots into the ground, causing shoking plants to sprout out from around. The pink square is now difficult terrain for non-Leshys. It will then attack Fester.

AC 16 Fester: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

The dice roller is very unhappy with me right now.

The final hogweed leshy (blue) marches forward to flank Niklaas and attacks twice.

AC 19: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
AC 10: 1d20 + 8 - 5 ⇒ (14) + 8 - 5 = 17

One hit.

Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5 Bludgeoning

Weal and Woe
Initiative - the BOLD may act!
Active effects:
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Lux
Smoldering Forest Fire
”Fester”
Niklaas (-5)
Plum Leshys
Hogweed Leshys ([pink: -6])
Armagile
Nikebei

With his dagger in hand, Nickbei uses his legs to run across the ground to join the centaur, "I'll help you with the fire, just let me use the waterskins on your back. Tell me what you want me to do. "

Action: Stride x3

Armagile commands Misha to follow and both move forward after Lux.
We need to prevent fire from raising!

is it correct that Gist of Wind will bring not large effort fighting fire? And Ray of forest as well...? Or should we try?

"Agreed," Lux swiftly replies to the fellow druid, "but we'll need to deal with these creatures as well." She doesn't like to put Ozul in danger, but the speed at which the fire spreads leaves her little choice. "Ozul, attack!" As one, they stride forward to the nearest plum leshy and try to fell it with a combination of cudgel and teeth.

Command an animal, stride, strike. Ozul will stride and strike.

Club attack at purple: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
bludgeoning damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Ozul jaw attack on purple: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
piercing damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

(Assuming that the fire won’t effect Niklaas this round, I’ll go ahead and take my turn.)

Glancing back at the floral arrangement that just nicked him, Niklaas sneers, “Not bad - fer a walkin’ compost heap!” Turning back to his original opponent, he adds, “But let’s see if I can’t do a lick betta’ on yer friend ‘ere! You ready fer this, Brickface?! ‘Ere comes tha magic!”

(Niklaas will strike the leshy that he & Fester are flanking twice, then he’ll raise his buckler for AC 20.)

Shirley: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 132d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 1) + 4 = 8

Shirley: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 82d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 5) + 4 = 14

“F@&$!” Niklaas grits his sharpened teeth in frustration as the stupid gourd-thing avoided another two swings from Shirley “STOP MOVIN’, YA F€£%*!> SCRUB-BRUSH REJECT! ALL SHIRLEY WANTZ TA DO IS GET TA KNOW YA BETTA’ - on the inside, that is...”

@Armagile, the discussion has what you can do to limit the fire. Area cold damage or skill checks, mostly.

I'll give Armagile one more day before botting

I am here actually, and did not understand, that you wait for me. Last turn Armagile just moved with Misha. I asked just to think about future actions. I suppose it is Smoldering fire now growing and then Festers turn....

Guess I'll post Fester's turn since it won't involve the fire much either.

Seeing Niklaas get into position, Fester smirks. That'll work well enough. Working up his best 'brave crusader' voice, he shouts, "Try this on for size, fiend!" before coming down with a whirlwind of attempted strikes on the distracted Leshy creature.

Strike 1: Elven Curve Blade vs Flat-Footed Leshy: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
ECB Damage: 1d8 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + (5) = 9
Strike 2: Elven Curve Blade vs Flat-Footed Leshy, MAP x1 Agile: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
ECB Damage, +1 Forceful: 1d8 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + (3) + 1 = 8
Strike 3: Elven Curve Blade vs Flat-Footed Leshy, MAP x2 Agile: 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (1) - 3 = -2
ECB Damage, +2 Forceful: 1d8 + 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (7) + (4) + 2 = 13

please excuse me while I laugh hysterically in the corner after rolling a 5 and two 1's

Oh. Oh. Alright. Armagile, be sure to point out how many of your actions you use in your posts, then. I didn't realize it took all 3 actions to get there. My bad

The fire spreads. I'm going to do it randomly, though technically I get to choose. I choose random.

FIRE!: 2d18 ⇒ (13, 2) = 15

Well. The dice have spoken.

Since Nikebei ended his turn adjacent to the flames without being prepared for them like Jaldan, he actually took some damage last turn.

As Nikebei rushes to the fire, it quickly spreads right to where he stepped.

A basic DC 15 reflex save (two individually for the next two damage rolls) is allowed for the damage. Basic saves have the following effects: Crit success - no damage; Success - half damage; failure - full damage; critical failure - double damage)

End turn adjacent to fire damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1
The dice say the fire spreads to your square damage: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 2) = 5

The other fire spreads opposite Jaldan.

Fester goes to attack the Leshy, but meets the same fate as Niklaas, his first shot going straight into the strange creature's eye socket, avoiding any actually fleshy part of the creature. The other two miss while Fester looks on in mild confusion.

Weal and Woe
Initiative - the BOLD may act!
Active effects:
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Lux
Smoldering Forest Fire
”Fester”
Niklaas (-5)
Plum Leshys
Hogweed Leshys ([pink: -6])
Armagile
Nikebei

Niklaas' attacks all miss as the two rogues continue to struggle with the leshy.

Lux and her companion approach the purple plum leshy, each landing a solid hit. Lux bonks the leshy to the ground as Ozul tears the rotting plum from its strange looking body. It slumps unconscious to the ground as Ozul gags a little.

I also missed Jaldan. Jaldan puts out the other fire in front of her.

The remaining plum leshy rushes forward and quickly throws its rotten fruit at Lux and Ozul.

Main for lux: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20
Secondary for Ozul: 1d20 + 8 - 5 ⇒ (19) + 8 - 5 = 22

Lux fort save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
Ozul fort save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Damage Lux: 1d6 ⇒ 5
Damage Ozul: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Lux and Ozul and coated in nasty rotting plum, both gaining Sickened 1. (It is 1 action to attempt the save again. DC 15. A success or critical success will succeed at removing it).

The Pink hogweed leshy lashes out at the rogues surrounding it, ending with the one it is flanking.

Attack v Fester: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Attack v Niklaas: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

As the leshy goes to attack Fester, the burning hot sap that lit the tree on fire splashes onto his skin. The hot sticky mess begins to burn.

Crit v Fester: 1d6 ⇒ 6 x2 = 12 + 1d4 persistent fire damage (rolled at the end of Fester's turn, followed by a DC 15 flat check to remove it).
Damage v Niklaas: 1d6 ⇒ 2

The creature then moves out of the tangling vines, moving towards Nikebei, but stopping at the end of the difficult terain.

The blue leshy quickly runs towards his friend and brambles up the area there as well. Now blue and pink are difficult terrain for non-leshys.

Weal and Woe
Initiative - the BOLD may act!
Active effects:
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Lux ([Lux: -5; sickened 1][Ozul: -4; sickened 1])
Smoldering Forest Fire
”Fester” (-12; 1d4 Persistent Fire)
Niklaas (-7)
Plum Leshy
Hogweed Leshys ([pink: -6])
Armagile
Nikebei

Fester and Niklaas may also post if they would ignore the fire

Stay sharp! These poor plants should dismantled! Jaldan, do you have more water?

Armagile approach Nikibei and use his longspear to strike down blue Leshy from afar
Attack with Longspear, Reach: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
Dmg, P: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
... but he almost fall to the ground stepping to some unnoticed obstacle.
Thats why he quickly change grip to one hand and provide some help to Nikebei tryin to extinguish fire under him.
Survival: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

Reflex 1 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
Reflex 2 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

Nikebei dances around the fires that spring up under his feet, both saved for 1/2 damage, not sure if you round up or down. and moves tout of range, only to see Fester badly hurt. He calls out, "Fester, you have the advantage, you can make it through against these mis-shapen plants."

Action Stride
Action (2) casts Soothe on Fester - Heal 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14 HPs and gain +2 on saves against mental effects for 1 minute. Details of spell on Nikebei's character, range 30ft.

Lux feels like retching, but the situation is too dire to waste any time. She points at the closest Hogweed Leshy and sicks Ozul on it. "Go, attack!" She herself joins up with Armagile to keep the spreading fire under control. She tries not to retch from the rotting plum, grabs her cloak and uses it to smother the flames.

Command an animal, move, use Survival to douse some flames. If Armagile succeeded in dousing the square I'm next to, Lux had enough movement left over to step one square further and douse the other one.

Ozul attack: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (2) + 6 - 1 = 7
piercing damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Nature to douse flames: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (19) + 7 - 1 = 25

Oh dang it. Armagile was right. The plum leshy would have exploded as Lux killed it last round. Felt like I was forgetting something.

Lux fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
Ozul fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Nikebei fort: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Niklaas fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Fester fort: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Armagile fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Armagile animal companion fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19 Armagile, I'm not seeing you companion's stats anywhere. Can you add those to your sheet or point out where they are, please?

Poison damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Lux, Nikebei, and Fester take full. OH NO! That dropped Fester!

Ozul, Niklaas, and Armagile's animal companion take half.

Armagile takes none.

If that damage would have changed your turns, I will allow you to take a different one. Please post whether you're keeping your turn or changing it based on new events. I really dropped the ball on this one. Fester, if somebody changes their turn to revive you, you get a turn. I won't retcon any more than that, but it's an unfortunately important part of the combat.

We won't move the fire yet.

Weal and Woe
Initiative - the BOLD may act!
Active effects:
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”Fester” (-14; Dying 1; 1d4 Persistent Fire)
Lux ([Lux: -11; sickened 1][Ozul: -7; sickened 1])
Smoldering Forest Fire
Niklaas (-10)
Plum Leshy
Hogweed Leshys ([pink: -6])
Armagile ([Companion: -3])
Nikebei (-6)

Lux sees the effect of her and Ozul killing the plum leshy and curses. "Oh, peace!" Seeing Fester go down, she doesn't worry about her own discomfort. Rather, she hustles over to the elf, pulls the healing potion from her belt and pours it in his mouth. Urwal knew what he was doing when he packed one of these for me...

Ozul is left retching in a vain attempt to get rid of the rotten plum.

Stride, retrieve item, use healing potion on Fester.
healing: 1d8 ⇒ 4

Yea. I will make stat block for Misha tomorrow. Realizes that until now I haven't used his mechanics here. But I can't understand if my last actions extinguish any fire.

Armagile still gonna try to extinguish fire next to him with Survival: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
You can see as grass being frozen nearby Hunter's feet as he use primal powers pointing with icy finger green leshy...
Ray of Frost for two actions left: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Cold Dmg: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

I hope there will be no cover as blue leshy is small and nearby...

At the last minute as Fester fell, Nikebei sends the spell healing powers to Lux. Assume can use the roll I made on my turn to give 14HPs back to Lux. Though the effort takes it out of the sorcerer, he lets out "That thing that went bang, it's hurt me bad, real bad!!!"

Fester sees black. All he can hear is distorted noise. Slowly, his eyes begin to see the world in gray-orange, before slowly realizing the distorted noises are the sounds of explosions and bombs. What in asmodeus's name... Fester tries to roll over before realizing he can't, resigning himself to his limp position. His body retches. What was I doing before this? Something about plants? Its always damned plants... first it was the trees... then it was the stick construct... now these. I need to find a better faction, Verdant Wheel is for suicidal nutjobs...

His reverie over, Fester suddenly realizes he can feel his toes. Looking up, he sees Lux, and grumbles out a garbled "...thanks" before wiping the residue from his mouth, pulling out his shortbow, and booking it away from the other leshies.

Stand Up, Stride, Ready

Lux revives Fester.

Armagile puts out a square of fire and ices the remaining plum leshy, freezing a large portion of its left "arm". The creature still stands, though.

Nikebei heals Lux.

Fester gets up. Not sure what you meant by readying. In 2e, readying an action takes two actions and doesn't move you in initiative.

Persistent fire: 1d4 ⇒ 2
Flat check (you may hero point this) DC 15: 1d20 ⇒ 11

The fire spreads. 2 squares. 2d18 ⇒ (5, 11) = 16

Jaldan then rushes forward and puts an old one out.

Weal and Woe
Initiative - the BOLD may act!
Active effects:
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”Fester” (-12; Wounded 1; 1d4 persistent fire)
Lux ([Lux: sickened 1][Ozul: -7; sickened 1])
Smoldering Forest Fire
Niklaas (-10)
Plum Leshy (-7)
Hogweed Leshys ([pink: -6])
Armagile ([Companion: -3])
Nikebei (-6)

“Whelp…” Niklaas rasps under his breath, “Things sure ‘ave escalated, ‘aven’t they… Guess all it takes is one rotten plum ta ruin tha bunch…”

After that first fruit basket’s detonation, Brickface had gone down like a ton a… well, bricks… and Slick didn’t look like he could stand much more either. Niklaas glanced back at the pudgy midget, “Slick! What tha f*+€ ya think ya doin’ runnin’ up ta tha front?! Yer a wiza’d dumb€¥*$! Get tha h*%# back if ya think yer bought ta croak! Tend ta Brickface! He needs an adult!”

Turning back to the bramble bushes of flaming compost death before him, Niklaas stepped up to one of the things, raised his buckler, and shouted, “F^*+IN’ DIE ALREADY!” before swinging at the thing with all he had.

(Niklaas moves to flank with Armagile - assuming that’s a viable space, raises shield, and strikes at the pink leshy.

Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22 hopefully vs. a flanked opponent, which will be for Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (2, 3) + 4 = 9

If I can’t flank, just use the damage from the first d6+4 instead.)

“YEAH!” Niklaas yells as he finally lands a decent hit, “How do ya like me now, sucka’?!”

Wrong action name, apparently. I meant Ready as in "Ready a weapon" aka pull a weapon out, apparently that is just an Interact action. How nondescript, but whatever.

I do not think that Armagile provides flank to Niklaas from current position. But in general - he's got reach weapon now and might me helpful.

(I think whether are not Armigile can help Niklaas flank will be determined by whether are not I can stand on that root system for the tree. I believe reach weapons threaten at 5-ft nowadays. If nothing else, I at least dealt 6 damage, which isn’t terrible.)

Everybody threatens with their unarmed strike, now. I'll allow Niklaas to stand in that square, too.

Niklaas quickly attacks the leshy with the pink flowers, finally managing to remember to attack the "body". As his blade pierces the leshy, its covered in an inky blackness that then radiates forth from its body.

You killed it. That's a good and bad thing.

Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Lux fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Ozul fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
Nikebei fort: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Niklaas fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Armagile fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
Misha fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

The only person to take damage from this blast is Armagile.

The plum leshy marches forward, throwing a fruit to both Lux and Miklaas.

Attack Lux sickened: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Attack Niklaas: 1d20 + 8 - 5 ⇒ (13) + 8 - 5 = 16

Crit on Lux

Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5 x2 = 10 damage.

Lux, having just been healed, finds a plum smack in her face, almost knocking her off her feet! Good job on the healing Nikebei! Hero point for you!

The remaining weed leshy marches on Armagile.

Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
Attack: 1d20 + 8 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 8 - 4 = 7

Both attacks miss.

Weal and Woe
Initiative - the BOLD may act!
Active effects:
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”Fester” (-12; Wounded 1; 1d4 persistent fire)
Lux ([Lux: -10; sickened 1][Ozul: -7; sickened 1])
Smoldering Forest Fire
Niklaas (-10)
Plum Leshy (-7)
Hogweed Leshys ([pink: -15])
Armagile ([Armagile: -1] [Misha: -3])
Nikebei (-6)

(Oh hey!

You’re Next - Reaction, when you reduce an enemy to 0 hp, make an intimidation check with a +2 bonus on a single creature you can see and that can see you.)

As the weed-monster starts to explode - seeing his opportunity, Niklaas hurriedly turns away, rushing to get a dramatic sweep of his cloak in for extra cool points. Aaaaaaaaaand - POSE! F*¥£ YEAH! Cool guys alwayz turn ‘way from ‘splosions!

Then as the first ragweed’s constituent parts begin raining down from the sky, Niklaas sweeps out Shirley with a dramatic flourish, flicking the remaining plant juice from his beloved blade. Turning his white-eyed gaze on his next target - the other weed monster about to get whacked - Niklaas hisses, “Neeeeeee-yext…”

(Targeting the other ragweed leshy with intimidate. Niklaas also has Intimidating Glare, so no penalty if the leshy can’t understand him.)

Intimidate: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26

Armagile will answer the closes blue leshy cunningly
Athletics to shove blue leshy into the fire nearby: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
Successful or not, he will command Misha to attack and prepare his shield thereafter.
Bears Bite: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9...but the bear is too bumbling...

Jaldan, hold on! And hold this fire. just a second!

Just after posting found out, that making Shove I can only push enemy away, not any another direction %(. Anyway, thats my turn.

Action: Interaction to pick up Lux.
Action x2: Drag Lux away x2 (assume its 1/2 movement) for total of 25ft.

Ooooh thanks GM...

I'm going to assume that "almost knocking her off her feat" was a bit of poetic description without in-game effect. Indeed, healing Fester last turn might have made more sense for Nikebei, but healing Lux was a good thing as it turned out. I'm going to post assuming I'm at -10, sickened, and not prone or anything.

Lux, still reeling from the blow to her face, shakes her head to clear some of the confusion. "Thanks for the well-timed heal, Nik. You can't see in the future, or can you?"

She doesn't dare put herself into danger so soon again, but she knows that Ozul will want to protect her anyway. She does what she can to bolster her coyote companion before sending him in. She casts a healing spell on Ozul, then sends him to attack the nearest target.

Casting the focus spell 'Heal animal' on Ozul for 2 actions, healing 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11 hit points. Last action is Command an animal. Ozul strides forward and attacks blue.

Jaw attack vs. blue: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (3) + 6 - 1 = 8
piercing damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

That is correct Lux. Should have indicated that it was flavor.

didn't realize it was Fester's turn, oops

Fester will take the opportunity to deal with his currently burning flesh by pulling out one of his Schools items [one of two scrolls of Soothe] and cast it on himself before hoping the fire burns itself out.

Soothe healing: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
1d4 fire: 1d4 ⇒ 4
DC15 Fire Flat Check: 1d20 ⇒ 17

Fester sighs with relief after the fire overburns itself to nothingness.