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Game Master Agent Eclipse

Perception: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (16) - 1 = 15

Ruslo startles as Lady Naysha shakes him awake. "Huh? Wh-? Huh?"

Ruslo blinks and rubs his eyes. He stands and glares at the tooth fairy. "Why, you sneaky little bugger!"

He moves toward it.

Kiyoko wades her way into the room. Double move.

Eranahu's training pays off as his shot whistles through the air striking the nixie in the chest. The wound digs deep but the archer surely expected it to do more.

Getting Bullseye Shot at level 1 is nice!

It reloads the crossbow and fires back at Eranahu.

Crossbow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

The bolt once again strikes Eranahu, this time in the collarbone, biting deeper than the last.

Further in the room the remaining tooth fairy panics as more of the group sloshes into the room. It says a few words in Sylvan before disappearing completely.

Last known location is on the map.
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Combat Round 2: Bold may act.

Old Man Wilmar & Old Horn
Eranahu (-8)
Lady Naysha
Ruslo
Kiyoko Tamahi
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Red Tooth Fairy (Invisible)
Blue Nixie (15 feet up) (-3)

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Active Conditions:
Water: Deep Bog
Mounted Heads: Climb DC 10 to get on top of the heads around the room.

Ruslo moves forward a few steps and plunges his grappling hook into the nereid.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Piercing Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Eranahu slumps a bit to the side, looking to the tiny quarrel's sticking out of him. but readies another arrow. He pauses for a moment, waiting to see what everyone else does first.

The apprentice porcupine will practice patience.

Lady Naysha points at some empty space at the end of the room.

Faerie fire. She's aiming it as marked on the map, betting that the tooth fairy moved since vanishing.

Kiyoko attempts to climb one of the mounted heads.

Climb: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

Fuzzzy listens.

Perception: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (9) - 1 = 8

Ruslo, the nixie is on a head 15 feet up from the group. Judging by the feat you can hit her but it takes another move action to switch to a reach stance or were you already using it as such? Just wanted to confirm.

The sparkle of colors further in the room last for but a moment before fading with no target to latch onto. The tooth fairy isn't in that area it seems.

Seeing the Nixie still standing, Eranahu takes another shot.

longbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 161d8 ⇒ 1

Seeing that it had little effect, he then skirts around the corner, fearing that another bolt would do him in.

Ruslo had it melee. He says if its high in the air he'll use a move to switch to reach then use his attack as rolled. The damage is +1 higher.

Ruslo steps up and changes stance before flinging his grappling hook up onto the nixie and nearly caches her but the grappling hook crashes into the stone wall next to her followed by an arrow from Eranahu.

Kiyoko has little trouble climbing onto one of the heads as Old Man Wilmar and his trusty companions splash into the room.

Crossbow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

The nixie begins to look nervous and quickly fires off a crossbow bolt at Ruslo but her aim is shaky causing it to splash harmlessly in the water next to him.

The group hears laughter above them and the whir of wings.

"You popped my bruddah...so I will take your teeth to make anotha." it calls out before appearing on Eranahu's head with pliers in hand.

Steal: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 2 = 12

The surprise of appearing out of nowhere gave it just the edge it needed to shove the pliers into the rangers mouth. With a yell it grabs a tooth and yanks it out.

"Oh it is a pretty one! it says holding the new tooth.
1 Charisma Damage and Bleed 1 (Take 1 damage on the start of your turn. Heal DC 15 or magical healing to stop bleed).

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As the group prepares their counterattack Eranahu has to spit out more blood. (1 Damage)

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Combat Round 2: Bold may act.

Old Man Wilmar & Old Horn
Eranahu (-10)(Bleed 1)
Lady Naysha
Ruslo
Kiyoko Tamahi
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Red Tooth Fairy
Blue Nixie (15 feet up) (-3)

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Active Conditions:
Water: Deep Bog
Mounted Heads: Climb DC 10 to get on top of the heads around the room.

Eranahu is at 0 and is about to fall over, blood pouring from his mouth and quarrels jutting out from his torso.

I already added in the -1 for the round to put you at -10. So you should have one more round before you go down. Sorry about the confusion.

Kiyoko hops along the row of mounted heads toward the nixie. The Minkaian samurai slips her katana Reitenseiya free of its saya, delivering a one-handed slash with the blade.

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Eranahu tries to hold his bow in his off hand, above the water line, draw his hand axe and cut this tooth nabber down.

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 31d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Alas, it is all too much for him. He bumbles it all up mightily.

Ten minutes. I have ten minutes He thinks to himself, not even considering that he might not be alive in ten minutes.

Kiyoko attempts to finish the nixie having reached her level but balancing her stance on the animal heads causes her to misjudge the distance. The nixie's eyes go wide for a moment as her katana cleaves a chunk out of the nearby stone wall.

While this is happening Eranahu attempts to fight of the dental thief to no avail.

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Combat Round 2: Bold may act.

Old Man Wilmar & Old Horn
Eranahu (-10)(Bleed 1)
Lady Naysha
Ruslo
Kiyoko Tamahi
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Red Tooth Fairy
Blue Nixie (15 feet up) (-3)

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Active Conditions:
Water: Deep Bog
Mounted Heads: Climb DC 10 to get on top of the heads around the room.

Seeing Eranahu bleeding all over the place, Lady Naysha chatters in a weird language. Soon, her hand glows brightly. She holds her hand up in the air and bobs forward in the water, trying to get closer to Eranahu.

Casting cure moderate wounds and holding the charge. Then moving a bit through the water.

Ruslo yanks back on the rope, gives his grappling hook a twirl and sends it flying right back at the nixie. "Enough of that! Get down here!" Making the nixie his studied target and attacking it.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 7 + 1 = 17
Piercing Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 1 = 6

Ruslo just barely misses his target as the barbed hook pulls out a bit of the nixies hair.

"Eeeeeh watch where you throw that thing! You aren't supposed to reach me up here...it isn't fair." it calls down from above.

Meanwhile Lady Naysha begins to rush through the murk to aid Eranahu as her wake sens bits of paper swirling around in the water.
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Combat Round 2: Bold may act.

Old Man Wilmar & Old Horn
Eranahu (-10)(Bleed 1)
Lady Naysha
Ruslo
Kiyoko Tamahi
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Red Tooth Fairy
Blue Nixie (15 feet up) (-3)

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Active Conditions:
Water: Deep Bog
Mounted Heads: Climb DC 10 to get on top of the heads around the room.

Botting Old Man Wilmar and Old Horn.

Old Horn lumbers through the murk to strike out at the remaining tooth fairy at his masters command.

Gore: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

The tusks crash into the fairy as it holds its prize tooth up causing it to burst into a shower of glitter. Old Horn and Eranahu: FORT DC 10 or be Sickened for 1 round.

Old Horn Fortitude: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

Old Horn shakes off the dust with ease as his master wades through the water slowly.

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The nixie watches fearfully as the last of her minions bursts into a cloud of glitter. She loads her crossbow and shakily fires down at Ruslo.

Crossbow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

The bolt slices his shoulder as it passes.

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Start of Round 3.
The bleeding causes Eranahu to lose most of his strength as he barely holds onto consciousness. Disabled.

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Combat Round 3: Bold may act.

Old Man Wilmar & Old Horn
Eranahu (-11)(Bleed 1)(Disabled)
Lady Naysha
Ruslo (-2)
Kiyoko Tamahi
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Blue Nixie (15 feet up) (-3)

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Active Conditions:
Water: Deep Bog
Mounted Heads: Climb DC 10 to get on top of the heads around the room.

Perception: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (18) - 1 = 17

Fuzzzy hears the battle roar of Old Horn as he finishes the fairy and realizes there is a battle happening.

Fuzzzy can enter initiative and start heading towards the group if he likes or remain guarding the stairs.

Assuming I got an AoO for the nixie using a ranged weapon right next to me...

Attack of Opportunity: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Kiyoko slashes at the nixie again with her katana, following it up with an open-palmed strike.

Two-weapon, Reitenseiya: 1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 6 - 4 = 14
1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Two-weapon, Empty hand IUS: 1d20 + 4 - 8 ⇒ (8) + 4 - 8 = 4
1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Lady Naysha pushes through the water and touches Eranahu on the face.

Healing: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (2, 4) + 4 = 10

"Oh, dear! What is that sound?"

Fuzzzy wanders off after the weird noises.

"Sound!"

fort: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Eranahu barely manages to avert his face at the flying glitter and hold his breath. His eyes stay open, however, as he watches his tooth fall.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

He had it in his sight, but then a hand covered his face. Although it is the warmest touch he as ever felt, his heart still lurches as he struggles to keep his tooth insight.

If he sees it, he will pluck it up before it is lost, and re-attach it. If he does not see it fall, he will surely look for it.

Ruslo whips his grappling hook up at the fey. "Who said anything about fair?!" Ruslo yells back at her with a grin.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 7 + 1 = 18
P Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 = 9

Kiyoko" Ah yes you do. Sorry about that wasn't sure when you jumped to attack if that meant you were going back down, hehe.

Kiyoko punishes the nixie for firing in her reach with a grievous slash across the arm.

After being resuscitated by the healing of touch of Lady Naysha the bleeding in Eranahu's mouth stops. Floating among the waves of glitter he is able to spot a tooth he is almost sure is his own. After putting it back in place the healing effects of Lady Naysha's spell heal the gums around it.

"Ahhhhh" the nixie yells out in frustrating just in time for the grappling hook to grab her head and pull it down into the stuffed bear below her. With a cracking thud she is out cold.
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Combat over!

Injured:
Eranahu (-1)[/b]
Ruslo (-2)[/b]

As the group breathes a sigh of relief when the nixie doesn't explode into glitter like the other pests they remember there is a nearly submerged and almost toothless Virml in a cage on the far end of the room.

Performing a chiburui slash and resheathing her katana, Kiyoko nudges the unconscious (?) nixie with her foot. Satisfied she isn't getting up any time soon, she jumps back down into the water and wades over toward Virml's cage.

"Sneak in ahead of us?" she asks the man, one eyebrow arched.

Fuzzzy enters the room. "What happened?"

....And uh... who are you? I can't seem to recall..."

"Whew! We've got to go get Tricky Fox! He's TOTALLY impersonating Virml up there! Who knows what he's gotten up to while we've been down here." She laughs. "Whew, he sure got us good."

Kiyoko glances over her should at Naysha. "Are you sure about that? What if this one is the fox, and not the other one?"

"Well, that's easy to figure out." Ruslo moves over to the cage. "Hey Virml. Who's the Master of Scrolls? What year is it? And what did I cook for you dinner yesterday?"

He watches for Virml's response as he nears the cage...

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

Virml bursts into tears as his saviors appear. He begins panicking a bit as he spills the story wanting to be free of his cage.

"I admit I was messing with scrolls I shouldn't have...then that kitsune burst out and put me under a spell. He was looking for books to help him get to the plane of the fey which he found before locking me in here with all these other things that poured out of the scroll fragments! He...he looks like me! Have you seen another me. I promise I am real...I will even go with you...just protect me from Master Shaine. He is going to kill me." he says breathless and barely understanndable with his missing teeth.

Ruslo gets the impression the poor initiate is telling the truth even as he looks at him in confusion.

"The year that is an easy one but I have never met you before sir!" he answers the questions quickly.

Multiple members of the group are able to notice a Feather Token (Bird) floating in the cage. However, without a key, the group will have to force the cage open.

Disable Device DC 20 gets it open.

Kiyoko still eyes Virml suspiciously. Finally looking over her shoulder, she looks at each of her companions in turn. "Key, anyone?"

"Lady Naysha, thank you. I thought for sure i'd bit the big one there."

Feeling the side of his jaw with his free hand, Eranahu will check the Nixie for a key, and search her surrounding area.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

"Okay," Fuzzzy says. He starts to look around for a key. "Who are you, by the way? And you? And... Wait. What am I looking for again?"

Looking for a key?: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3

Seeing the toothless man talk about another him, Fuzzzy smiles. "That sounds interesting! Bobby? Have we seen another him around?"

"Him around!"

"Hoooo!"

Fuzzzy nods. "Yes! Yes, we have."

"Well, that settles it then. You seem like the real Virml to me. Certainly more than the other did." He chuckles and pulls out his tools. "Let's see here..."

Disable Device: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

"There ya' go! Boy, they did a number on you... Hey, have you seen anymore scroll fragments?"

"He said bit the big one...I can't bite much of anything anymore." he begins to cry again but climbs out of the cage thanking Ruslo with a soggy hug.

He wipes his eyes with a soaked sleeve accomplishing nothing but gathers his composure enough to answer questions.

"I think the jerk who locked me in here has them...or at least he did. Apparently some of them still have magic in them and he even summoned the creatures here from one of them." he explains quickly.

Hearing the information from Virml the group looks over the scroll fragments they have but most have been expended. One still seems active, Scroll Fragment #3.

When he remembers there is a kitsune impersonating him and likely getting him in more trouble he panics.

"You said you saw me...er him? We have to stop him! Do you know where he is?" he splashes around asking Lady Naysha and Fuzzzy.

The group will remember he was sent to the chamber above the lobby to begin copying documents by Master Shaine at the beginning of the scenario.

Still feeling his replaced tooth with his tongue, Eranahu says "Should we try to find any more of these scrolls before leaving this place? Do we think that we have everything we need to put this kitsune back in his place? If not, we should go. Now."

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 10 + 1 = 18

"Well, I for one, would like to see this kitsune," says Fuzzzy. "Sounds interesting."

"Interesting."

"What's up with that scroll fragment? And how many are there?"

Can someone read magic it? I think Wilmar said he could do that.

Do we know how many fragments there are?

"Don't worry Virml. We'll get this sorted out when we get you topside. Maybe you can guide us around until then. We need to find all the scroll pieces and then get the fox-guy."

@ GM: Did we explore the whole library? Or did we miss a nook somewhere around here?

I can confirm y'all uncovered everything you could with some sharp perception rolls. All the rooms are uncovered minus the one above the lobby.

Judging by the edges of the scroll pieces you currently have you can guess there is likely 2 more fragments to complete the riddle scroll.