Tyrant's Grasp III: Last Watch

Game Master CrusaderWolf

The captain looks away. "I wish I did. I managed to cut him deeply, then Sanduro used his lightning... but then he vanished and disappeared. Teleportation I think. I'm not sure If I could have done something to stop it."

"...Still, I'm sorry, all of you. We fought on my urging and I failed to finish it. I suppose... all we can do is find whatever information remains here, then warn the surrounding tows and Vigil of this threat. I pray to the Lord of Seasons that he is either too injured or rattled to blow up another village. Or worse."

”It was Dimension Door,” says Garret, ”A spell that could take him out into the fog or elsewhere in the building—we should be cautious, searching here quickly and then recovering the poison fog artifact that we might destroy it.”

As the others back away Rosalind grits her teeth and endures the thousand cuts as the whirlwind of bone slowly lacerates and pierces her skin again and again. It doesn't escape her attention that this would be an excruciating way to die--another marker of Quietus' cruelty.

It's a total of 40dmg spread across 6 rounds

With the immediate threats resolved, the rest of you begin a quick search of the room. Now that you have time to look, you can appreciate the carved mahogany desk depicting knights and priests striking down monsters and fiends, while a thick rug (now bloodstained and scorched) covers the floor. A round wooden table and two shelves filled with religious texts and icons take up the room's corner and walls.

The desk shows signs of a hasty packing; an inkwell has been spilled, and several sheets of parchments have been torn to shreds and scattered about the room. It seems Quietus anticipated that he might need to beat a hasty retreat and gathered up or destroyed whatever documentation he'd had.

Ketra sighs at the result of the fight "We'll have to be careful. Quietus didn't seem like someone who would take a loss well. He might be back with friends to try to finish us off. We've got his weird gem after all." She looks around the room but keeps a knife at hand in case of sudden teleporting maniacs.

She peeks in to the southern room as well, looking for anything Quietus may have left behind. Her mind is already starting toward the next steps - bringing a warning to people who can do something about large scale disasters. And for that purpose any notes or journals or letters would certainly help. He couldn't have been *that* thorough in destroying everything...

"Agreed, we should be ready - and hope he does," Rosalind says as she stands up from her prayer position with some difficulty - the wounds of the teeth swarm were worse than she thought. "Here, just in case he is back," she says, and repeats her channeling of positive energy from earlier. Her injuries disappear nearly instantly, as do those of Sandru. Ketra's vitality also returns after her brush with death.

Incredible healer 2 of 7: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (12) + 23 = 35
Incredible healer 3 of 7: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (16) + 23 = 39

Enough to fully heal everyone in the party to their max hp across two rounds (44 x 2 hp and 48 x 2 hp)

Once finished, she joins the search, looking under the rug, inspecting the bookcase of religious texts, but most importantly perhaps - gathering the scraps of torn parchment from the floor. When all visible ones have been collected, she mutters the incatation of the basic Mending spell, hoping that would restore the letters to a readable state without the hassle of manually piecing them all together. Of course, the spell required that every part of the letter was found...

If nothing happens, I'll try and piece together the torn documentation when we have more time/ reach a safer environment.

Finally, she begins a thorough investigation of the cabinets, bookshelves, walls and floor of the room for anything hidden, including using her magic to sense any magical items out of reach. Using detect magic as part of the serach.

searching the room for anything hidden: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32

Rosalind's search of the room is quick and thorough; she finds a false bottom in the desk (now empty) that was likely used by the original priests of the temple, and gathers enough of the shredded documents to form several complete sheets of parchment. Unfortunately she does need to manually reassemble the shredded documents before the mending magic can do its work--this requires several painstaking minutes but yields one item of value: a letter.

Quietus,
Time grows short, wrap up your research and make your way to Vigil.
The Great Lord's preparations continue apace, and the appointed hour
draws near at long last. You can turn over your findings when we contact
you, and bring your best and most subtle knives. There are loose threads
in need of tying off, and crows whose necks need wringing.
-Y

A note for spell durations: all of this has probably taken the party ~5min since Quietus teleported away

Ketra reads around Rosa's shoulder "Well, we know where he's going next. And it's where we wanted to go next too. I don't know who Y is, but they're probably twice as powerful and three times as miserable." Ketra shakes her head "In which case we should probably not take any longer than we need to."

She heads back to the hallway and listens out for anything approaching, then turns back to wave the party forth.

Perception: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26

I'm thinking we meet up with the injured folks, assuming they're OK, and then head somewhere out of the way to rest.

Ketra's suggestion meets with no disagreement, so you fold up the recovered letter and return to the room where Silvia is guarding Jando and Mirhet. After a tense exchange where the paladin quizzes you all to be certain there is no trick, she lowers her rifle and allows you in. All three of them search your faces for confirmation of your victory--your explanation is met by grimaces and disappointed sighs.

"It is good that you destroyed the walking dead, though. The cult leader...well it is in the gods' hands." Mirhet offers; it's not clear if she's trying to comfort you or herself. She and Silvia help a weak and shaky Jando to his feet, and you all make your slow way back down the stairs.

Reaching the ground floor, you usher your injured members through several rooms out to the nave, preparing to leave the cathedral again--but stop short, confronted by a startling sight. Quietus stands in the large space at the southern end of the room, and he is far from alone. A pair of large yellow-eyed mountain lions--each boasting four tails--flank the cult leader, and it seems the cult thugs you killed have returned for a rematch, greying flesh and ragged wounds betraying their now-undead nature. Even the giggling, gasping crypt thing that evaded you earlier capers in place near one of the nave's pillars, eyeing you all with deranged glee.

"Finally! I thought perhaps I'd need to come hunting for you." Quietus calls. Though the tear in his suit remains, the cut beneath it appears to have been healed. "It seems the powers that be have a taste for the dramatic, or perhaps Sarenrae merely wishes to bear witness to you demise. Return the fetoring maw and I promise to make your deaths quick. Relatively."

Rosalind exchanges a look with Garret and quickly casts a spell!

Channel Vigor. I figure if that also gets dispel magic'd it's another one Quietus does not have for the fireballs.

"Thank you, Lord of Claws, Lady Inheritor, for this gift of a second chance. It will not go to waste," She says, then immediately attacks! "Get the injured ones back inside!" She calls to whomever was in charge of shepharding the injured as she closes in on the enemy.

If the spell goes through, the Channel Vigor effect on herself is haste. With the minute/level buffs still having one minute of duration per discord, protection from evil (and expeditious retreat) are also still up. This would give her a +3 to all AC forms vs evil, a +1 extra reflex save, a +1 extra resistance bonus to all saves and the heroism effect from that spell (+2 morale to attacks, all saves, skills). Or, in statline: AC 27/FF 26/12, all extra +2 vs evil, S: F+10, R+7, W +10, +1 all vs evil.

Garret immediately begins casting an offensive spell, not caring for the murderer’s posturing!

Initiative: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

Finally filed the *#&(% brief I’ve been working on all month.

Sanduro’s eyes widen at the foes spread out before him. “Well, that’s not great. Lady of Graves, help us put down these unliving abominations!”

With his quick prayer, Sanduro casts crypt burning sands, covering a large section of the nave around Quietus and his minions with shifting sand. Bursts of flame erupt randomly throughout the area (yellow ellipse on the map).
Duration: 7 rounds. The area is difficult terrain, and deals 1d4 points of fire damage to any creature that ends its turn in contact with the ground within the area of effect (no save). Any undead creature damaged by a crypt spell is sickened for a number of rounds equal to the spell’s original level (1 round in this case); a DC 14 Will save halves the duration. A living creature killed by a crypt spell is treated as having been killed by a death effect.

Ketra waves Silvia, Mirhet and Jando back, worried that they might be caught in the crossfire in their weakened states. To Quietus she just says "I don't think that's likely. For either of our parts."

Unfortunately, I've not only got no good fight-opening goodies to toss out, but I'm basically tapped out on resources. If it were up to me, I'd suggest retreating and letting the (presumably mindless) portion of the enemy forces get bottlenecked somewhere. Since we've got some aoe left over, that may not be necessary.

Rosalind launches immediately into a spell, and Quietus shrugs. He advances towards the group, making sure to keep the columns between himself and the party. The crypt thing cackles madly and in a flash of purple light appears next to Garret. Its claws flash, one blocked by the halfling's wards but the other tearing flesh.

+ ROUND ONE +
Rosalind
Garret (-10hp)
Quietus
Crypt Thing
Sanduro
Ketra
Nekomata
Zombies

I'll apply Sanduro's spell results once we have input from Garret and Ketra

Assuming the crypt thing still leaps in after whatever Garret does...

Ketra steps swiftly toward the gangly being. Her knife flashes twice toward its chest.

+1 Dagger; w/ PA: 1d20 + 14 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 14 - 2 = 26 Damage (P): 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
+1 Dagger; w/ PA: 1d20 + 14 - 7 ⇒ (17) + 14 - 7 = 24 Damage (P): 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13

Before the foes can move, Garret centers a fireball on them, hoping to fry as many as possible before they can scatter.

Fireball DC 20 reflex for half: 5d6 + 10 ⇒ (5, 2, 1, 4, 2) + 10 = 24

Garret's fireball washes over the cluster of foes around Quietus, but as the flames clear only the zombies have been burnt, leaving the smirking cult leader and the multi-tailed cat unharmed. As the crypt-think appears to claw at Garret, Ketra turns to defend her friend; her blades strike true but the horror still stands.

Your enemies surge towards you, those around Quietus fighting through Sanduro's whirlwind of burning sand and failing to close with you. The cats saunter forward as well, their eyes gleaming with malicious intelligence as they draw closer--one of them hisses something in a dark tongue, and suddenly an unseen force yanks Garret's feet out from under him and sends him crashing to the stone floor!

+ ROUND ONE +
Rosalind
Garret (-10hp, Tripped)
Quietus
Crypt Thing (-25hp)
Sanduro
Ketra
Nekomata
Zombie Cultist P1 (-24hp)
Zombie Cultist P2 (-12hp)
Zombie Cultist P3 (-24hp)
Zombie Cultist B1
Zombie Cultist B2
Zombie Cultist B3

+ ROUND TWO +
Rosalind
Garret (-10hp, Tripped)
Quietus
Crypt Thing (-25hp)
Sanduro
Ketra
Red Nekomata
Zombie Cultist P1 (-24hp)
Zombie Cultist P2 (-12hp)
Zombie Cultist P3 (-24hp)
Green Nekomata
Zombie Cultist B1
Zombie Cultist B2
Zombie Cultist B3

Assuming the cultists are clearly undead, I'll use undead bane here. (round 4 of 7 for the day)

Magically fast, Rosalind moves to intercept the cultists moving up the left flank, hoping and trusting her allies could hold off the strangely yellow cat thing and the already singed undead. Unfortunately, there was no way for her to help the prone Garret with her path to him being blocked on every side...

attack Blue, bane, heroism, haste, -2 PA: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30
damage: 1d10 + 2d6 + 15 ⇒ (4) + (1, 3) + 15 = 23

full attack Blue, haste attack, bane, heroism, haste, -2 PA: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19
damage: 1d10 + 2d6 + 15 ⇒ (4) + (3, 2) + 15 = 24

If the first attack kills the blue cultist to her left, she will step on top of his body to attack his ally right behind with the second attack.

Looking up at the crypt thing, Garret attempts to paralyze it with a silent scream before stumbling to his feet and edging away (5 foot step).

Defensive Casting Level 1 Spell vs. DC 17: 1d20 + 13 - 3 ⇒ (3) + 13 - 3 = 13
Ear-Piercing Scream Sonic Damage, DC 18 Fortitude for Half Damage and no Daze: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (4, 1) + 2 = 7

(Failed to cast the spell due to concentration lapse, move action to stand provokes, 5 foot step away)

Oh dear...

Knocking his head from his fall, Garret's spell attempt fizzles, but as he rises to lurch away from the crypt-thing his wards intercept its opportunistic swipe. Meanwhile Rosalind moves to intercept the zombified Whispering Way cultists, two quick slashes efficiently eliminating the first to reach her.

His hand wreathed in ghostly light, Quietus jabs his hand at Ketra with his fingers crooked into a clawed posture, the gesture mirrored by a phantom hand that manifests next to Ketra before striding her in the chest! As he whispers "Your heart grows weak, your humors clogged, your breath ragged," Ketra feels a surge of righteous anger and contempt for this murderous wretch, brushing aside the strands of dark magic reaching for her.

The crypt-thing hisses its fury at Ketra but doesn't lose sight of its quarry, clawed hands darting past Garret's defending wards to draw still more blood!

+ ROUND TWO +
Rosalind
Garret (-25hp)
Quietus
Crypt Thing (-25hp)
Sanduro
Ketra
Red Nekomata
Zombie Cultist P1 (-24hp)
Zombie Cultist P2 (-12hp)
Zombie Cultist P3 (-24hp)
Green Nekomata
Zombie Cultist B1
Zombie Cultist B2
Zombie Cultist B3

+ ROUND THREE +
Rosalind
Garret (-25hp)
Quietus
Crypt Thing (-25hp)
Sanduro
Ketra
Red Nekomata
Zombie Cultist P1 (-24hp)
Zombie Cultist P2 (-12hp)
Zombie Cultist P3 (-24hp)
Green Nekomata
Zombie Cultist B1
Zombie Cultist B2
Zombie Cultist B3

Ketra persists against the crypt thing, hoping to take it down and then refocus her attention on whatever ghostly hand just gave her that chill. She strikes in quick succession, aiming for joints and soft tissue.

+1 Dagger; w/ PA, hero: 1d20 + 12 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 12 - 2 + 2 = 31 Damage (P): 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
Confirm?: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21 Bonus dmg: 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
+1 Dagger; w/ PA, hero: 1d20 + 12 - 2 + 2 - 5 ⇒ (17) + 12 - 2 + 2 - 5 = 24 Damage (P): 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Just a reminder that the zombie cultists are sickened for 1 round unless they made their Will saves.

"Aaaaah!"

Sanduro leaps back in surprise (5' step) when the crypt thing appears, then pulls himself together to cast his last spell.

Sanduro casts crypt flame blade and waves the fiery scimitar at the thing from the crypt.

"Hey, ugly! Over here!"

I was considering having him cast on the defensive but with a +10 modifier vs. DC 21 and Sanduro's rolls...

RETCON

"Aaaaah!"

Sanduro cries out in surprise when the crypt thing appears, then pulls himself together enough to notice how badly Garret has been injured. He yanks the wand from his belt and draws on its magic to give the sorcerer a little healing.

Cure light wounds (CL1 wand): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Ouch. A very little healing.

“Sorry it isn’t more, Garret.”

Sanduro looks up at the thing from the crypt and gulps.

I really wish Zsofia were here.

Sanduro delivers a small bit of vital healing to Garret, and his work goes unspoiled as Ketra delivers a pair of precise strikes that shatter the crypt-thing's vertebrae and send it tumbling to the ground as a pile of bones and grave dust.

The zombified cultists close in like a pack of wolves, enveloping the bulk of the party in a flurry of flashing knives. Ketra and Rosalind fight back to back like they'd were born to it, expertly fending off their enemies' blades. The yellow-eyed cats creep closer, still chanting in some dark language and directing unseen forces against you. Chunks of paving stone and shattered pew lift into the air and sail towards Sanduro but the druid dodges the clumsy attacks.

+ ROUND TWO +
Rosalind
Garret (-25hp)
Quietus
Crypt Thing
Sanduro
Ketra
Red Nekomata
Zombie Cultist P1 (-24hp)
Zombie Cultist P2 (-12hp)
Zombie Cultist P3 (-24hp)
Green Nekomata
Zombie Cultist B1
Zombie Cultist B2
Zombie Cultist B3

+ ROUND THREE +
Rosalind
Garret (-25hp)
Quietus
Sanduro
Ketra
Red Nekomata
Zombie Cultist P1 (-24hp)
Zombie Cultist P2 (-12hp)
Zombie Cultist P3 (-24hp)
Green Nekomata
Zombie Cultist B2
Zombie Cultist B3

With fire not seeming to work well against Quietus, Garret tries holy damage, centering a Burst of Radiance on him and the nearby green cat creature. He then steps back a bit to nurse his wounds (currently at -23 hp after the healing).

Burst of Radiance DC 19 Reflex to avoid blinding for: 1d4 ⇒ 2 rounds.
If evil, take Holy Damage: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (4, 1, 1, 3, 2) + 5 = 16

""Your heart grows weak, your humors clogged, your breath ragged."

"Oh no: baseless accusations! Truly, how fear strikes me," Rosalind deadpans as the Necromancer's spell does exactly nothing. Thus, she keeps cutting through the undead attempting to surround the group!

Rosalind's goal is to reduce enemy numbers, so she would full attack prioritising the most injured cultists (all of which are purple)

attack, haste, bane, PA, study: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27
damage: 1d10 + 2d6 + 15 ⇒ (1) + (5, 1) + 15 = 22

attack 2, haste, bane, PA, study: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33
damage: 1d10 + 2d6 + 15 ⇒ (7) + (2, 1) + 15 = 25

crit confirm attack 2, haste, bane, PA, study: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16
damage: 1d10 + 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (2) + (6, 4) + 13 = 25

Garret conjures a ball of light that erupts into a flare of holy energy, catching Quietus full in the face, though the nekomata turns away in time. Meanwhile Rosalind proves her mettle against the undead cultists, brutally cutting down first one and then another, earning a bit of breathing room for the group.

Snarling, Quietus' staring eyes are red with keratitus as blisters rise on his face, his flippant mood gone. "Kill them! Kill them all and cut their corpses to pieces! We'll make something useful of them later!" Moving his hand in a wide circle, green lightning begins to cracking along the length of his arm before releasing in a vicious arc towards the party! Whether due to blindness or indifference, one of his undead cultists is caught in the blast along with Ketra and Rosalind! Fortunately for them the dancer and cultist manage to twist out of the way (evasion giveth and taketh away) but the Vigilite captain fails to evade and is blasted rather badly. Quietus stumbles away from the melee, swearing violently in Necril.

+ ROUND THREE +
Rosalind (-33hp)
Garret (-25hp)
Quietus (-16hp; Blinded 1/2)
Sanduro
Ketra
Red Nekomata
Zombie Cultist P1
Zombie Cultist P2 (-12hp)
Zombie Cultist P3 (-24hp)
Green Nekomata (-16hp)
Zombie Cultist B2
Zombie Cultist B3

Ketra turns her momentum from evading the lightning into a step toward one of the zombie cultists, the one closest to the door to her injured charges. She whips her dagger toward the places it's most heavily wounded already.

+1 dagger; w/ PA, hero: 1d20 + 12 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 12 - 2 + 2 = 27 Damage (P): 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
+1 dagger; w/ PA, hero: 1d20 + 12 - 2 + 2 - 5 ⇒ (13) + 12 - 2 + 2 - 5 = 20 Damage (P): 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Sanduro takes a step back. "I need a few seconds to concentrate!"

The druid calls on his goddess to send them an ally as an inadequate replacement for Zsofia.

Sanduro takes a 5' step and begins casting summon nature's ally III, replacing crypt flame blade.

As Sanduro begins a complex summoning Ketra turns to defend her group's flank, blade slashing into the zombified cultist. Badly injured but not quite brought down, it joins its fellows in pressing the assault. Ketra is a whirl of limbs as she dodges or blocks flurry of attacks ahead and behind; meanwhile Rosalind is buffeted by invisible surges of energy from the hissing nekomata, but manages to keep her feet. Unfortunately Sanduro doesn't fare as well, suffering a pair of raking slashes from the knives of the third zombie cultists. Wounded and bleeding, his spell fizzles and the cultists grins through bloodied teeth. Sorry Sanduro :( with two hits it was a DC39

+ ROUND FOUR +
Rosalind (-33hp)
Garret (-25hp)
Quietus (-16hp; Blinded 2/2)
Sanduro (-27hp)
Ketra
Red Nekomata
Zombie Cultist P2 (-12hp)
Zombie Cultist P3 (-24hp)
Green Nekomata (-16hp)
Zombie Cultist B3

Heavily injured (at -23 hp after healing), Garret stays mostly hidden, but he does send a ray of sunlight at the purple zombie through the door.

Ranged Touch Attack Searing Light: 1d20 + 6 - 3 ⇒ (4) + 6 - 3 = 7
Radiant Damage on a hit: 5d6 + 5 ⇒ (6, 1, 6, 4, 5) + 5 = 27

Stepping back a step after missing badly, he says, "I don't feel so great..."

Radiant damage! Shame on the roll.

Per our Discord discussion...
Sanduro Concentration: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21

Close, but alas the spell is still lost.

The cultists close in just as Rosalind sees Quietus stumble around in the background, quickly gaining his bearings. She again contemplates rushing him, even injured as she was - whether his death was worth hers, perhaps even all of theirs, so long as he couldn't use whatever he had on their town anywhere else.

But then the animated cultists begin viciously knifing Sanduro right behind her and she finds she can't leave him to his fate. No one would die again under her watch. Over her second dead body!

Shifting backward, she quickly heals both herself and him and urges him to withdraw! "Back into the building! Leave them to us!"

Healer's hands + Incredible healer 4 of 7, heroism: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (8) + 23 = 31

This action provokes from blue in a non-flanked position. It then heals both Rosalind and Sanduro for 40. I'll study blue as a swift action and Bane fades this round, leaving 2 rounds available for the day.

As Sanduro staggers and loses his spell, Rosalind turns and heals her new ally, casually swatting aside the surprised cultist's attempt to stab her. As both their wounds close the cultists and cats alike hiss is frustration--and perhaps a bit a fear.

Quietus for his part fumbles at one of the pockets of his long coat, producing a vial and drinking down its contents. Immediately most of the burns on his face clear up, and he blinks rapidly while holding out his hand wiggling his fingers to test his returning vision.

+ ROUND FOUR +
Rosalind
Garret (-25hp)
Quietus (-6hp; Blinded 2/2)
Sanduro
Ketra
Red Nekomata
Zombie Cultist P2 (-12hp)
Zombie Cultist P3 (-24hp)
Green Nekomata (-16hp)
Zombie Cultist B3

Ketra finds herself in a "target rich environment". Unable to see much beyond the blades of the zombies that surround her, she ducks and dodges as fights back as best she can while hoping the others are managing to deal with Quietus well enough. Her next two strikes slash out at the more injured of the two flanking her in hopes of finishing one off.

+1 dagger; w/ PA, hero: 1d20 + 12 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 12 - 2 + 2 = 17 Damage (P): 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
+1 dagger; w/ PA, hero: 1d20 + 12 - 2 + 2 - 5 ⇒ (3) + 12 - 2 + 2 - 5 = 10 Damage (P): 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Unfortunately, she's slowing down...

If one doesn't go down, she'll 5-ft step out of the flank.

Ketra attempts to counterattack, but finds herself too focused on defense to land an effective blow. Changing tactics, SanduroBOT draws his sickle and catches one of the cultists off guard enough for a light slash.

Ketra's step away pulls the attention of one cultist who attempts a futile slash before he turns back to join his fellow--though Sanduro parries the stab that comes his way as well. The other two launch further attacks against Rosalind, and perhaps she's getting hired as well for one strike does slip through.

Ketra's relative isolation from her comrades draws the nekomatas' attention and the cats rush in. Their bites are vicious but ill-aimed and the dancer evades them both...for now...

+ ROUND FIVE +
Rosalind (-10hp)
Garret (-25hp)
Quietus (-6hp; Blinded 2/2)
Sanduro
Ketra
Red Nekomata
Zombie Cultist P2 (-12hp)
Zombie Cultist P3 (-27hp)
Green Nekomata (-16hp)
Zombie Cultist B3

Moving to cover in the room to the east as he pulls a scroll from his pocket, Garret peaks around the edge of the door and reads the scroll, targeting the three remaining zombie cultists.

(Halt Undead gives no save to unintelligent undead, intelligent undead get a Will save to negate--not sure what the scroll DC is--and lasts for 1 round per caster level, so at least 5 rounds).

Finished with her healing, Rosalind finds herself absolutely surrounded by undead!

"Just how I like it."

She grins and begins destroying the abominations!

Swift: reactivate undead bane, attack.

attack, undead bane, haste, heroism, -2 PA, vs FF?: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27
damage: 1d10 + 15 + 2d6 ⇒ (8) + 15 + (6, 3) = 32
Sneak attack if paralyzed: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 3) = 9

attack 2, undead bane, haste, heroism, -2 PA, vs FF?: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
damage: 1d10 + 15 + 2d6 ⇒ (9) + 15 + (2, 6) = 32
Sneak attack if paralyzed: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 6) = 11

Rosalind will prioritise the blue and purple undead as such: critically injured > paralyzed > injured > blue (was studied: +2 extra hit and damage) > purple.

The scroll should be DC14 I believe, Garret. 10 base, +3 for the spell level, +1 for minimum assumed casting stat of 13.
Garret unlocks the magic of the scroll in his hand, sending a wave of paralyzing compulsion washing over the undead cultists. One of them (P3) shakes off the arcane effect, but its two companions both lock into place! Rosalind wastes no time in taking advantage of their vulnerability, and in two flashes of her blade only a single zombified cultist remains.

His light attitude entirely gone, Quietus stares with unmitigated hatred at Rosalind and extends a hand towards her. "To think: had any ofyou fought this hard the last time we met, you might have saved your town. Your wrath comes far too late." He clenches his outstretched hand into a fist and Rosalind feels her bones splinter as pain shoots through her body, but she grits her teeth and pushes back against the magic.
A successful save vs Boneshatter halves the damage but still leaves her Fatigued!

+ ROUND FIVE +
Rosalind (-19hp; Fatigued)
Garret (-25hp)
Quietus (-6hp; Blinded 2/2)
Sanduro
Ketra
Red Nekomata
Zombie Cultist P2
Zombie Cultist P3 (-27hp)
Green Nekomata
Zombie Cultist B3

Ketra quickly looks around her, wary of being surrounded but not seeing much alternative with the quick nekomata. She falls into a careful stance and twirls a practiced array of feints and stabs at the green nekomata.

2nd level Routine: Pique > Dart > Sting

Pique (Bluff to Feint): 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17 No penalty vs. non-humanoids, If successful, next Sting deals 2d8 bonus precision damage to target of Pique.
Dart +1 Dagger; w/ PA, hero: 1d20 + 12 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 12 - 2 + 2 = 16 Damage (P): 1d4 + 9 + 2d8 ⇒ (1) + 9 + (1, 7) = 18
Sting +1 Dagger; w/ PA, hero: 1d20 + 12 - 7 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 12 - 7 + 2 = 13 Damage (P): 1d4 + 9 + 2d8 ⇒ (3) + 9 + (7, 6) = 25

No helping bad rolls though.

Turning her attention to one of the cats menacing her, Ketra slashes out twice but the creature is as quick as its natural counterpart and darts out of the way. Sanduro steps back and takes a shot at the last remaning cultist, landing a solid hit. Post from Sanduro below accounted for here, I ninja'd! Whoops!

The cats screen and snarl and redouble their efforts, the further leaping at Ketra and drawing blood with tooth and claw though the dancer keeps the worst of the assault at bay. The one Sanduro feinting decides to pursue the druid and mauls him with multiple painful bites and slashes.

+ ROUND SIX +
Rosalind (-19hp; Fatigued)
Garret (-25hp)
Quietus (-6hp)
Sanduro (-21hp)
Ketra (-15hp)
Red Nekomata
Zombie Cultist P3 (-35hp)
Green Nekomata

Sanduro steps back into the doorway and looses an arrow at the wounded cultist.

+1 seeking longbow: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 211d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

"To think: had any of you fought this hard the last time we met, you might have saved your town. Your wrath comes far too late."

Rosa's expression hardens. "Face it. You got very lucky that day. I didn't have any of my spells left. If I had and faced you by yourself? You'd be dead, no question. Perhaps if I hadn't tried to welcome a stanger into town then, it'd be diferrent too. But it's not like you would know anything about being a decent human being, all your pretense at scholarship aside."

She takes a swipe at the stumbling undead, which unfortunately misses, then disengages to flank the cat-like being with Ketra, who she strikes next!

Arcana, Study, identity monster (monster knowledge, heroism): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (17) + 16 = 33

attack vs Purple, PA, fatigued, heroism, haste: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

damage, PA, -2 fatigued: 1d10 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

attack vs Nekomata, heroism +2, haste +1, flanked +4, study +2, PA -2, fatigued -1: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 31

damage, PA, study+2, -2 fatigued: 1d10 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14

sneak attack damage vs cat: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 2) = 4

If Ketra crits green during her turn, AoO due to outflank:

attack vs Nekomata, AoO, haste +1, heroism +2 flanked +4, study +2, PA -2, fatigued -1: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 31

damage, PA, study+2, -2 fatigued: 1d10 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14

sneak attack damage vs cat: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 6) = 11

Looking around the doorway, Garret doesn’t see Quietus at the moment, but he does see a remaining purple zombie and the green cat creature. Sending a Burst or Radiance to envelop those two, he then steps further to the southeast for a moment (5 foot step into eastern room to get cover) and pulls out his potion of Cure Moderate Wounds (currently at -23 Hp after Sanduro’s healing).

Burst of Radiance Damage against Evil: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (1, 4, 2, 4, 1) + 5 = 17
DC 19 Reflex save or blinded for rounds: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Missing the remaining cultist with a weary slash, Rosalind finally takes a moment to study the great cats--and recognizes them as supernatural creatures called nekomata. Stepping up to confront the monster, Rosalind finds new strength in her arms and deals it a nasty cut.

Per the discord, your questions about Nekomata (NE medium magical beasts, Shapechanger subtype):
Hit Dice: 8HD
Defenses: Immunity to ability damage, ability drain, death effects, disease, energy drain, fear, negative energy
Special Attacks: Nekomata's bites carry a wasting disease that degrades mind and body alike (Con and Wis tracks), they also have SLAs but the specifics would be a separate question

Peering through the doorway, Garret drops another surge of celestial light on a pair of his foes. The wounded zombie cultist is blasted to dust and the nekomata burned though not blinded.

Quietus rolls his eyes at Rosalind's bravado. "Humanity has no decency, whatever you may pretend. The peace of the grave is it's fate, and all it deserves besides." With a murmur and a flick of his wrist, he sends a fusillade of unerring bolts winging into the knight, each landing like a well-aimed punch in rapid succession. From the rafters, his raven screeches and he turns to wave it away before moving into the cover of the pews.

+ ROUND SIX +
Rosalind (-34hp; Fatigued)
Garret (-25hp)
Quietus (-6hp)
Sanduro (-21hp)
Ketra (-15hp)
Red Nekomata(-35hp)
Zombie Cultist P3
Green Nekomata

I think you meant to apply that damage to green rather than red.

Ketra's running as much out of steam as her allies. She does her best to capitalize on the advantageous positioning the party currently has on green...

+1 dagger; w/ PA, hero, flank: 1d20 + 12 - 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 12 - 2 + 2 + 2 = 18 Damage (P): 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
+1 dagger; w/ PA, hero, flank: 1d20 + 12 - 2 + 2 + 2 - 5 ⇒ (16) + 12 - 2 + 2 + 2 - 5 = 25 Damage (P): 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13

...but it's not a particularly impressive counterattack.

Ketra slashes at the nekomata she and Rosalind have hemmed in, one of her strikes getting through for a nasty gash. SanduroBOT joins in, his arrow merely grazing the creature--but it's clearly had enough. With a hiss of pain mixed with fear and hatred, it leaps away and scrambles across the length of the nave. Withdraw action, but it can't avoid provoking from Ketra.

Seeing its companion flee, the uninjured nekomata's face ripples and suddenly Ketra sees her own face sneering at her from the big cat's body! "This isn't over," the nekomata snarls in Ketra's voice before it too turns tail(s) and runs!

"You damned beasts!" Quietus explodes as they rush past him, but neither so much as glances at him.

+ ROUND SEVEN +
Rosalind (-34hp; Fatigued)
Garret (-25hp)
Quietus (-6hp)
Sanduro (-21hp)
Ketra (-15hp)
Red Nekomata (Fleeing)
Green Nekomata (-52hp; Fleeing)

With healing potion in one hand, Garret peeks out and sees the Nekomata fleeing. Emboldened a bit, he steps out far enough to see Quietus through the door and evokes another burst of radiance on his position, trying to light him up for those who can't see the invisible foe.

Burst of Radiance damage vs evil: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (1, 1, 3, 4, 2) + 5 = 16
DC 19 Reflex or blinded: 1d4 ⇒ 1 rounds

Assuming Sanduro is okay with 5ft stepping aside after firing, so Garret is in healing range:

"Humanity has no decency, whatever you may pretend. The peace of the grave is it's fate, and all it deserves besides."

Struggling from having her bones broken and then fired upon by a flurry of magical bolts, Rosalind struggles to stay upright.

But she does!

"And who... are you... to say that. You, who uses the corpses and souls of his own men as disposable puppets." She spits out blood and forced a disdainful laugh. "You wouldn't know hipocracy if it slapped you in the face."

Seeing the injured Garret move up behind her and fire another spell, Rosa contemplates rushing for the wizard here and now despite her injuries. But then she remembered his earlier trick with Ketra and decided to play it safe.

Incredible healer 5 of 7, Garret and Rosalind: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (12) + 23 = 35

Heals both for 44.

Their wounds vanishing from her channeled wave of positive energy, she straightens and grips her Nodachi with renewed strength. "He's weak! Now is the time to finish him!" She says to those near her.