If Samar gets dealt damage by the leshy crafter, Sir Lawrius uses his retributive strike reaction to give her resistance 3 against that damage and Sir Lawrius attacks the leshy crafter.
If the leshy crafter instead attacks Sir Lawrius and damage him, Sir Lawrius will use his shield block reaction instead.
Gimble circles around to the leshy crafter, passing behind and not through Sir Lawrius' space. (Stride, but he's moving so he won't provoke on the off chance this thing's got AoO). Then he casts a quick spell to help his aim and slashes with his claws at the leshy crafter. Casting True Strike as 1 action. It lets him roll twice and keep the higher result on his next attack roll this turn.
| HP: 15/15 | AC 15 | Shield HP 12/12 | F:+4 R:+4 W:+9 | Hero Points: 1/3 | Perc +7 | Speed 35 ft. | Spells: 1st: 2/2 | Focus Points: 1/1 | Athletics +3, Diplomacy +4, Lore (Accounting, Underworld) +5, Medicine +7, Nature +7, Society +5, Stealth +4, Survival +7 | Active Conditions: None
Makaila backs up a bit and casts her arms out at the red leshy. A blast of lightning shoots from the red fleshy over to the leshy crafter, electrocuting both of them.
If Samar or Gimble would get dealt damage, Sir Lawrius uses his Retributive Strike reaction to grant them DR 3 against the triggering attack and if it's from the boss he also gets a free attack (rolls in spoiler below).
If Sir Lawrius gets dealt damage, then instead he would use his shield block reaction to reduce the damage.
@Gimble: I'll give it to you, but please, remember in future. Note, though, that the *acid* damage can't be non-lethal; just the base claw damage.
Gimble smacks Foxglove around, but the leshy proves disturbingly resilient.
Samar does her best, but only lands a single strike; Foxglove is, however, beginning to look quite roughed-up.
Lawrius then tosses out a pair of strikes; the first misses, and the second connects... but Foxglove directs part of the damage into one of the Plum leshies, which causes it to explode!
1d6 ⇒ 4 Poison damage. DC 15 Fort for half.
This reaches everyone except Trillin.
The remaining Plum leshy, which looks decidedly worse for wear, throws rotten fruit at Gimble...
...scoring a direct hit, which even when partially mitigated by Lawrius' reaction, nearly KO's him.
Between A Rock And A Hard Place, Round 5:
Foxglove (-45)
Gimble (-14; DC 15 Fort save)
Lawrius (-15; DC 15 Fort save)
Samar (-19; Wounded 1; DC 15 Fort save)
Plum (-10)
Trillin (-17)
Gullo (-12; DC 15 Fort save)
Makaila (-4; Wounded 1; DC 15 Fort save)
Happy, that taking distance was the right chose. Trillin Dismount of His horse.He observe foxglove for a weakness and remark that His rock gives it Power somehow. So attacking close to the rock should give him more damage.
"Céréales i need you to go There and attacks the red leshy. Also, you Will flank with Gimble.
...KO'ing the stalwart Dwarf with his third swing.
Between A Rock And A Hard Place, Round 6:
Foxglove (-50)
Gimble (-14; DC 15 Fort save x2)
Lawrius (-21; Unconscious; Dying 1)
Samar (-19; Wounded 1; DC 15 Fort save x2)
Trillin (-17)
Gullo (-14; DC 15 Fort save)
Makaila (-8; Wounded 1; DC 15 Fort save)
Hogweed (-)
Gimble is knocked unconscious by the twin explosions, but manages to stabilise.
Samar is knocked unconscious by the first blast, then takes more damage from the second.
@Samar: Passing a Recovery check just reduces your dying value by 1, unless you roll a natural 20.
Trillin then knocks out the Hogweed Leshy and Foxglove with a single, well-placed crossbow bolt, which is just too damaging for Foxglove's pain transfer ability to overcome!
Gullo completely dodges the second poison blast.
Lawrius - BOT:
Recovery: 1d20 ⇒ 3.
Lawrius slips closer to death.
Between A Rock And A Hard Place, Round 7:
Gimble (-14; DC 15 Fort save x2)
Lawrius (-21; Unconscious; Dying 2)
Samar (-20; Unconscious; Dying 2; Wounded 1)
Trillin (-17)
Gullo (-14)
Makaila (-9; Wounded 1)
Staying in Initiative, because multiple people are unconscious... and until the stone is removed from his eye (requiring an Athletics check), more leshies will keep spawning...
| HP 6/18 | AC 19 | F:+7; R:+9; W:+4 | Speed 25 ft. | Hero Points: 0/1 | Perc: +2 | | Acrobatics +7, Athletics +5, Diplomacy +4, Occultism +4, Society +4, Stealth +7, Warfare Lore +4 | Active Conditions: None
Wait! Don't hurt him! Well done Trillin Gullo will close in on Foxglove, ready to attack should Foxglove go offensive. Perhaps this was all that was needed to heal Foxglove and his perspective on how the forest and the leshy's needed to be healed.
Are our companions okay?
She breathes a sigh of relief. "Whoo! Alright. I'll see if I can tend their wounds now. It will take some time."
If anyone doesn't want me to try healing you with medicine, say so before peeking into the spoiler. Gullo and Trillin: since you don't NEED it, you might want to wait for a less risky way to regain your HP. I could hurt you if I Crit Fail. Rolling alphabetically...
Medicine checks to Treat Wounds:
Medicine (Treat Wound: Gimble):1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13 Not getting healed and not getting hurt. Gimble's still stable at 0.
| HP: 21/21 | AC 19* | F:+6 R:+3 W:+7 | Speed 20 ft. | Hero Points: 1/1 | Focus Points: 1/1 | Perc +5 | | Athletics +7, Crafting +4, Diplomacy +4, Intimidation +1, Lore (Legal) +4, Religion +5, Society +4, Survival +5 | Active Conditions: None
Sir Lawrius regains consciousness with a groan. "Thank you." He sits and prays for a while, then reaches over and lays a hand on Gimble, healing him 6 hp.
"Go look at the monument, Gimble. I don't know how to destroy it. Maybe you'll have better luck."
He prays some more. Then ten minutes later he lays a hand on Trillin, healing him 6 hp.
And... he prays some more if we're still here. Regaining a focus point.
The monument is (effectively) neutralised, since its conduit to Foxglove has been destroyed - destroying the monument itself would be difficult, since it has hardness 15...
The scenario is essentially over - I just need to know if you wake Foxglove up, as it changes the concluding box text ;-)
| HP 6/18 | AC 19 | F:+7; R:+9; W:+4 | Speed 25 ft. | Hero Points: 0/1 | Perc: +2 | | Acrobatics +7, Athletics +5, Diplomacy +4, Occultism +4, Society +4, Stealth +7, Warfare Lore +4 | Active Conditions: None
Can anyone apply your medicine skills or healing powers to Foxglove. Now with the stone removed maybe he truly can be a help to mend this forest and it's creatures
LN (Male) Hafling (Gutsy) Ranger 1 | HP 2/18 | AC 18 (20 now) | F +7 R +6 W +5 | Perc +7 | Stealth +1 | speed 25 foot | Active Conditions: ---
"I am sure they will be able to heal back at the Camp. Also, I am sure after a few moments he will wake by himself. Trillin says as he put an entangled by rope Foxglove on Céréales."[/B]
And another "Lawbreaker" Catch! We are getting pretty good at this.
I am ok that he wakes up. With or without help. Normally, uncounscious creature wake up after 10 minutes minimum as written in the Corebook. So, i am sure we will wake up by himself on the return.
Oooookay... Dragging a bound Foxglove back to camp is certainly *not* covered in the scenario, but I will roll with it.
The party beats a hasty retreat before the literally dozens of leshies in the surrounding area regain their senses...
When Foxglove wakes up on the way back...
The leshy crafter holds stock still for a moment, raising a hand to touch the gaping hole in his face where the cyclopean shard had so recently rested. He gingerly probes the hole, swaying like a sapling in the wind...
“Oh. Oh.” The leshy crafter looks about slowly, taking in the twisted and deformed leshys, the Abyssal plant life, the burnt and ruined valley. “...it’s possible that I might have misinterpreted one or two things.”
Upon arriving back in camp, Urwal and Cenenviel are horrified, and immediately insist on Foxglove being he released.
He nods curtly to them, and disappears back into the forest.
Urwal notes that he would have preferred if things had been resolved without violence, but acknowledges that he wasn't there on the ground at the time, and he is sure that you did what needed to be done.
As a reward for completing your task, Urwal gives you a Beacon Shot (“A warrior’s weapon,” he notes dryly).
The next morning, a still-rather disturbing hogweed leshy trundles out of the woods with a “legendary sword, for the good monsters.”
In this sub-tier the “legendary sword” is a low-grade silver longsword with the image of a grasping arm etched into its blade.
In the weeks that follow, the party learns that Foxglove has taken the surname Thorn, and while the leshies do much to restore Finadar Forest, to the way it is actually supposed to be, they do so on their own, actively shunning outsiders.
Alright, that's a wrap! I'll get chronicle sheets out when I get home from work.
For the record, there were three possible endings: Ultra-success, Success, and Failure. You managed the full 'normal' success :-)
Before they leave, Gimble inspects the monument, taking notes for his superiors back at the lodge. Surely someone would know how to destroy this thing...
