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Several agitated grunts break the silence until a large white bear stands up then charges down the hill toward you, teeth bared and bloodied from its recent gorging.
Red Bear
Kargen
Erlathan
Luurg
Orange Bear
Agate
Shaneene
Wembly
Whiskers (ridden)
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"Woah! Dem's big bears! Dire polar bears dat claw n get grabby! I tink I know dey got some sorta special attacks." Luurg regrets not expecting danger. Weird how danger always shows up when you get somewheres you gotta go fer big bossmen.
Luurg quickly steps backwards and draws out a pale white fruit and eats it. His form quickly starts to get blurry and hard to pin point.
"So umm... we get yelled at if we kill dez? Can umm, somebuddy say the magic prayer words so its ok? Ok." Luurg then drops Leafy and pulls his 'this means business' axe.
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"Yes, protect yourselves!" Tikasak yells from her safe vantage.
Kargen and Luurg prepare themselves for the fight as Erlathan channels draconic fury at the dire bear. The bear reels in agony as the flames burn through him, surrounding him in a fiery halo. His mate races to the scene, eager to make Shaneene her next victim.
Red Bear -52 damage
Kargen <Divine Favor>
Erlathan
Luurg <Displacement>
Orange Bear
Agate
Shaneene
Wembly
Whiskers (ridden)
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Agate pulls a translucent scale from a pouch and sketches a design in the air. A line of fire springs up across the snow, rushing toward both bears to scorch them, before Agate retreats a little toward the trees.
Cantrips: Read Magic, Detect Magic, Spark, Prestidigitation
L1: Detect Undead, Magic Missile x2, Burning Hands x2, Protection From Evil
L2: See Invisibility, Scorching Ray x3, Protection From Arrows, Blur
L3: Tongues, Dispel Magic, Greater Stunning Barrier, Flame Arrow, Fireball
L4: Arcane Eye, Greater Flaming Sphere, Secure Shelter, Fire Shield
L5: Telepathic Bond,Fire Snake
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A blaze of fire ignites the ground and weaves toward the pair of foes. Wary of flames now, the two scramble from the worst of it. Shaneene is not fortunate with her spell and prepares for the worst. Wembly speeds up the party and finds a better position.
Still enraged, the bear slides forward and mauls the half-orc, ending with a firm grip on his arm.
Red Bear <grappling> -65 damage
Kargen <Divine Favor>
Erlathan
Luurg <Displacement, grappled> -23 damage
Orange Bear -13 damage
Agate
Shaneene <mirror image (5), blurred movement>
Wembly
Whiskers (ridden)
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Kargen's arrows stick deep in the bear's shoulder still holding Luurg. Deathly afraid of the new form of fire rolled toward it by Erlathan, the dire bear contorts to miss it.
Red Bear <grappling> -93 damage
Kargen <Divine Favor>
Erlathan
Luurg <Displacement, grappled> -23 damage
Orange Bear -13 damage
Agate
Shaneene <mirror image (5), blurred movement>
Wembly
Whiskers (ridden)
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"Oky, not Luurg's fault." Luurg lets one hand go from his oversized axe and grabs a coconut on his belt. He quickly chugs the contents and blasts out a cone of fire in the red bear's face. Afterwards he draws out his fruit peeling mithril dagger, just in case.
"Smell of roast meat make Luurg queasy..." He vurps a bit of fire.
Breath Weapon Bomb* (Ultimate Combat pg. 24): Instead of drawing the components of, creating, and throwing a bomb, the alchemist can draw the components, drink them, mix them within his body, and then expel them as a breath weapon as a standard action. This breath weapon is a 15-foot cone and has the same DC as the bomb. Each creature within the cone takes damage as if it had suffered a direct hit from the alchemist’s bomb, but succeeding at a Reflex save (DC = 10 + 1/2 the alchemist’s level + the alchemist’s Intelligent modifier) halves the damage. Unlike throwing normal bombs, drawing, drinking, and expelling breath weapon bombs does not provoke attacks of opportunity. An alchemist must be at least 6th level before selecting this discovery.
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Luurg's flaming vomit blasts the ursine in the face and it recoils in horror at yet another use of dreaded fire. Seeing her mate scorched and singed mercilessly, the other bear squeals an obvious command in "bear-talk" and lumbers quickly away from the explosive melee - nudging her mate along the way to punctuate the warning.
Red Bear <grappling> -108 damage
Kargen <Divine Favor>
Erlathan
Luurg <Displacement, grappled> -23 damage
Orange Bear -13 damage
Agate
Shaneene <mirror image (5), blurred movement>
Wembly
Whiskers (ridden)
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Agate shouts and points at the remaining bear, and twin beams of fire shoot toward it!
Cantrips: Read Magic, Detect Magic, Spark, Prestidigitation
L1: Detect Undead, Magic Missile x2, Burning Hands x2, Protection From Evil
L2: See Invisibility, Scorching Ray x2, Protection From Arrows, Blur
L3: Tongues, Dispel Magic, Greater Stunning Barrier, Flame Arrow, Fireball
L4: Arcane Eye, Greater Flaming Sphere, Secure Shelter, Fire Shield
L5: Telepathic Bond,Fire Snake
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Agate's second firebolt strikes true and the weakened bear collapses under its own weight onto the scorched ground.
Before you can relax, from her perch above the battlefield, Wembly sees another creature approaching from the south. It appears to be one of the Saumen kar, the giants you are looking for.
Agate
Shaneene <mirror image (5), blurred movement>
Wembly
Whiskers (ridden)
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Red Bear <unconscious> -123 damage
Kargen <Divine Favor>
Erlathan
Luurg <Displacement, grappled> -23 damage
Blue Creature
Orange Bear -13 damage
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"Huh? Big frost giant? Did we just kill his friend?" Luurg wonders out loud. Luurg not like this place... too many rules he don't know.
As the big Orc ponders what to do, a bit of his rended flesh starts to mend itself back together. He slides his dagger back into its sheath then bends down to stabilize the bear... just in case.
"Bear's got lotta blood. Way lot. 'So K though, Luurg real gud Med'cin Mang."
Spontaneous Healing (Ex): The alchemist gains the ability to heal from wounds rapidly. As a free action once per round, he can heal 5 hit points as if he had the fast healing ability. He can heal 5 hit points per day in this manner for every 2 alchemist levels he possesses. If the alchemist falls unconscious because of hit point damage and he still has healing available from this ability, the ability activates automatically each round until he is conscious again or the ability is depleted for the day.
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The Saumen kar plants his great walking stick in the frozen ground and steps aside for the frantic creature to pass. Then he continues trudging up the hill toward you. He eyes the rapidly approaching ball of flame with some hesitation, before directing his fingers in a circular motion and creating a solid hemisphere of ice over and around it. In a gruff tone he barks something at you.
Agate
Shaneene <mirror image (5), blurred movement>
Wembly
Whiskers (ridden)
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Red Bear <unconscious, stable> -123 damage
Kargen <Divine Favor>
Erlathan
Luurg <Displacement> -18 damage
Orange Bear -13 damage
Blue Giant
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Kargen looks at the others and decides to cast a spell to understand the giant.
He begins to translate for the others. "We come to find you and your people, known as Winter's Favored to the Erutaki. We need your help. Do you know of the Pilungak? We believe their prison has been tampered with and they are waking. We have a friend who is there and in danger. But we need to know how to reseal them. Would you help us?"
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The strange giant continues his trek up the mountainside, passing the now slowly melting igloo that houses the flaming sphere.
He scowls at the image that Kargen paints.
"That is more than unfortunate. Is the ice rune even still intact? It would look like this." He pulls up some of his fur tufts to display an intricate pattern branded onto his hide. "But why would I help you?"
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Wembly will chime in, but does not speak giantese, so relies on smiles and translations
We were actually looking for you. We do not know if the rune is intact, but fear that it is failing. Any help you provide to us will undoubtedly help you and your people as well
(not sure if this is aid to Kargen or someone else..if not..take it at face value)
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Luurg stows away his still clean axe, patting the snoozing bear gently as he stands. "I'mma Luurg. Sorry about bear, tried to eat me." He takes another few awkward steps away from the bear and washes the blood from his hands in the snow.
Luurg bad at this making friends stuff. Wish Boss Lady Sheelur was here to do the talking.
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"My knowledge is strong, and I will protect my lands from this invasion. You have convinced me. That and the whale meat. But before we dig into that, let us honor Shaktu by dividing him between us for the journey ahead."
With that the giant pulls out his large axe and decapitates the bear with a single stroke to let the blood out.
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The journey to the excavation site carries you along the frozen coast of Whitefang Bay. Several of the days are frightfully cold, and you are are rightfully grateful for the endure elements wands you have brought. But not all is peril and ice, there are some grand vistas that rival any others on Golarion and the native wildlife is plentiful along the way. The giant who accompanies you, who goes by the name Ainamuuren, is a skilled hunter and trades stories and techniques along the way.
After fourteen days of travel, you finally reach the dig site, near mid-day. Cresting a small ice pack, you can see clearly the camp is under siege.
The excavation site sits on a broad plain near the edge of the ice pack. A wide pit dug into the snow and permafrost exposes the top of an ice crystal formation that extends from the ground. A symmetrical series of icy channels are connected to the crystal, forming a geometric pattern marred in several places by digging. At the edge of the pit, several tents and tables have been torn apart, with papers and tools scattered everywhere. A dark, powdery dust lies in patches on the snow, forming a thin crust that seems to resist the wind. Several humanoid bodies lie in the wrecked camp.
Eight zombie-like creatures have overwhelmed the site, several of them wander through the dig site tearing at the protective runes while others attack the excavation team.
Behind a makeshift barricade near the tents, a lone woman tries bravely to fight off several of the creatures but is clearly on her last legs. At her side you see the familiar white feathers of Kuokei the owl who frantically tries to keep the zombies from finishing off her master.
Agate
Erlathan
Whiskers (if not riding)
Svala
Kuokei
Red Zombie
Yellow Zombie
Cyan Zombie
Brown Zombie
Shaneene
Wembly
Luurg
Tan Zombie
Tikasak
Black ???
Pink Zombie
Kargen
Orange Zombie
Ainamuuren
Purple Zombie
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ALCHEMY GOODNESS:
-Formulas Per Day (5/5/3)
1:(Long Arm, Shield, Enlarge, Cure Light Wounds,Ant Haul)
2:(Alchemical Allocation, Resist Energy, Barkskin,False Life, ?)
3:(Displacement, Heroism, ?)
Mutagen Prepared: +4 Str +2 Natural Armor -2 Int (fig)
Boro Bead (1st Level)
Luurg watches the giant cleave the bear in half then shrugs. This place weird sum times.
He really enjoys the trip, much more so even now with the giant along for company. Its the first time Luurg hasn't been the largest person in the team and delights in asking the giant to help pick the fruit off the tallest branches from his boots.
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From his view atop the crest Luurg looks down on the camp and grunts disapprovingly "Not gud, very not gud!" He quickly starts preparing for battle, eating a few snacks and washing his mouth out with his floatie bottle.
"Luurg gunna go fly n help Hoots ok? Ok!" He spreads his wings and prepares for liftoff.
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"Ack! Blackfrost mummies, creatures of the north who are infused with blackfrost poison, which damages both health and constitution! Probably don't want to let them touch you, no, no," Erlathan swings his head to the left as he lazily creates a showy ball of fire in his hand, tossing it at the nearest three zombies.
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"Watch out, they're poison!" Agate shouts as she rushes to the edge of the pit. She waves her snake scale around and the line of fire appears, moving through the spaces between the lines of the rune to touch three of the zombies.
Cantrips: Read Magic, Detect Magic, Spark, Prestidigitation
L1: Detect Undead, Magic Missile x2, Burning Hands x2, Protection From Evil
L2: See Invisibility, Scorching Ray x3, Protection From Arrows, Blur
L3: Tongues, Dispel Magic, Greater Stunning Barrier, Flame Arrow, Fireball
L4: Arcane Eye, Greater Flaming Sphere, Secure Shelter, Fire Shield
L5: Telepathic Bond,Fire Snake
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Four of the zombies are absolutely incinerated by the combined opening salvo from the two mages. There is some collateral damage to the ice rune below however from the massive fireball.
Svala and her owl fight back as best they can, bolstered by your explosive arrival, but the zombies are relentless with their clawing attacks, and poor Kuokei drops under the onslaught. Svala screams.
The remaining zombie in the pit lumbers toward Agate through the receding flames, unaware of the danger she presents.
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Agate
Erlathan
Svala
Kuokei -47 damage <down>
Red Zombie
Yellow Zombie -163 damage <destroyed>
Cyan Zombie -1 damage
Brown Zombie
Shaneene
Wembly
Whiskers
Luurg
Tan Zombie
Tikasak
Black ???
Pink Zombie -163 damage <destroyed>
Kargen
Orange Zombie -163 damage <destroyed>
Ainamuuren
Purple Zombie -100 damage <destroyed>