Dungeon Master Sssssssss's "The Slithering" (Inactive)

Game Master Chris Marsh

Pazur nearly forces the door open. Another hit, just a touch harder will do it!

Unforunately, it spurs someone on the other side to action as the sound of weapons being drawn makes it through to this side...

Will stay in Exploration mode for the moment.

"You do great, Pazzy!"

Heyou! tries to help out by oiling the hinges!
aid DC20 w/ thievery: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25
+1 circumstance to the next check to force open the door

"Heyou, Stand back. I'll show you how to open the door."

Ferrun steps in and uses shear will and strength to open the door.

Athletics: 1d20 + 12 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 12 + 1 = 22

"Good job, Grumpy Kitty!"

The party winds up on the second attempt. Ferrun smashes through the door, leaving Heyou! holding an oil can. The scene on the other side leads to instant regret. Dried blood coats the floor and lower walls in this room.
Several animal carcasses hang from hooks in the wooden ceiling. A low table contains several tools for carving meat, and a large tub contains slabs of it. The room is thick with flies and occupied by two ready cultists and a creature most foul. The emaciated figure looks like a horned human skeleton smothered within a bone-tight hide of slimy leather.

The fiend jabs a barbed longspear at the first person it sees, Ferrun!
ATK: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (17) + 17 = 34 for DOUBLE DMG: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9 and Evil: 1d6 ⇒ 1
ATK: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24 for DMG: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 and Evil: 1d6 ⇒ 2
ATK: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11 MISS

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Round 1:
Party Conditions: None
Terrain: Thick flies force a DC 3 Flat check to cast spells
Battlemap

Fiend:
Chivivit (46/46): Go
Pazúr (80/80): Go
Cultists: TBD
Kicsit (53/53): TBD
Holton (78/78): TBD
Ferrun (56/92): TBD
Heyou! (66/66): TBD

"Well, you're an ugly fellow,"Pazúr quips as the slimy skeleton makes its appearance. "Would look better with a nice suit of fur, eh, Ferrun?"

As he talks, he takes a quick step to his left, then springs right, bounding off the wall and landing behind the spear-wielding foe! He then stabs at the creature with his rapier before raising his buckler to protect himself from the cultists in the room.

Move through critter using Vexing Tumble, Strike with Finisher, Raise Shield.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27 Possible crit, which would make him flat-footed to me

Rapier attack, Finisher: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19
Rapier damage, Precise Strike: 2d6 + 1 + 3d6 ⇒ (4, 4) + 1 + (2, 3, 6) = 20 Assuming the 19 misses, he still takes half the Precise Strike damage, which is 5

Pazúr's skill vexes the fiend, as the creature discombobulates itself trying to track him. He can't capitalize on it though, as his attack barely grazes the creature.

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Round 1:
Party Conditions: None
Terrain: Thick flies force a DC 3 Flat check to cast spells
Battlemap

Fiend:
Chivivit (46/46): Go
Pazúr (80/80): Miss
Cultists: TBD
Kicsit (53/53): TBD
Holton (78/78): TBD
Ferrun (56/92): TBD
Heyou! (66/66): TBD

Chivivit tests the waters by shooting a magic rock at the fiend but he’s badly off the mark.

Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14

Chivivit, taken by surprise, suffers from poor aim as he hastily casts his spell.

The two cultists close in on Pazúr, flanking him and jabbing their short spears at him:
Black 1: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31 for DOUBLE: 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
Black 2: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12 MISS
White 1: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17 MISS
White 2: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15 MISS

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Round 1:
Party Conditions: None
Terrain: Thick flies force a DC 3 Flat check to cast spells
Battlemap

Fiend:
Chivivit (46/46): Miss
Pazúr (54/80): Miss
Cultists: TBD
Kicsit (53/53): Go
Holton (78/78): Go
Ferrun (56/92): Go
Heyou! (66/66): Go

"Hey! Don't you go killing my friend! I will kill you right back!"

Heyou! moves up to get a line of sight. He is unsure of what this thing is, and asks. "What is dat scrawny red thing? How do I kill it?"

He draws and chucks one of his dread ampoules at the red thing.

bomb!: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22

mental: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 6) = 11 plus 2 mental splash, frightened 1 (2 on a crit)
Splash hits Pazur, both cultists, and the red thing

He then draws his dagger.

Ferrun quickly lays hands on himself (12 hp healing) and then steps in to attack red!

Claw Attack vs. Flanked Red: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27
Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (2, 3) + 4 = 9

Step, 2 action Heal on Pazur.

Heal: 3d8 + 24 ⇒ (5, 1, 5) + 24 = 35

"I am unable to gain access to the room. My rage is blocked from being unleashed!"

Sir Holton heals ALL of Pazúr's wounds from afar.

Heyou!'s bomb misses the mark, but some of the strange liquid still causes instant headaches for all it touches.

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Round 1:
Party Conditions: None
Terrain: Thick flies force a DC 3 Flat check to cast spells
Battlemap

Fiend:
Chivivit (46/46): Miss
Pazúr (78/80): Miss
Cultists: TBD
Kicsit (53/53): Go
Holton (78/78): Heal
Ferrun (68/92): Hit
Heyou! (66/66): Miss

Kicsit moves to get a good line of sight, and then chucks a rock at the fiend.

spell attack vs fiend: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20
bludgeoning: 3d6 + 4 ⇒ (6, 3, 6) + 4 = 19

Kicsit's spell is a fair bit wide as the quick fiend dodges it.

The fiend focuses on Ferrun, trusting the humans to handle the other cat:
Jaws: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (1) + 16 = 17
Jaws: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20
Jaws: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
But Ferrun's defense is mightier still!

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Round 2:
Party Conditions: None
Terrain: Thick flies force a DC 3 Flat check to cast spells
Battlemap

Fiend: ATK
Chivivit (46/46): Go
Pazúr (78/80): Go
Cultists: TBD
Kicsit (53/53): TBD
Holton (78/78): TBD
Ferrun (68/92): TBD
Heyou! (66/66): TBD

Pazúr bounds deeper into the room, lining up a strike on the cultist and his demonic leader!

Move around black cultist using Vexing Tumble, Strike with Impaling Finisher, Raise Shield.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17

Rapier attack on black, Finisher: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (20) + 15 = 35
Rapier damage, Precise Strike: 2d6 + 1 + 3d6 ⇒ (4, 6) + 1 + (5, 6, 5) = 27

Assuming the 17 failed on Acrobatics, I don’t have panache, so can’t use Impaling Finisher to hit both targets. In that case, I’ll just do the crit damage of 22 to the cultist.

If the 17 beats the Reflex DC of the cultist, then I have panache and the Precise Strike damage and Impaling Finisher both go, and I hit both targets with the extra damage.

Pazúr tumbles past, but it's not his best work. Still, it wasn't his worst either. He manages to stick one of the cultists pretty well, but there's plenty of fight left.

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Round 2:
Party Conditions: None
Terrain: Thick flies force a DC 3 Flat check to cast spells
Battlemap

Fiend: ATK
Chivivit (46/46): Go
Pazúr (78/80): CRIT
Cultists: TBD
Kicsit (53/53): TBD
Holton (78/78): TBD
Ferrun (68/92): TBD
Heyou! (66/66): TBD

Chivivit moves his hands in rapid movements, conjuring up a shifing, scintillating pattern of rainbow colors.

Casting hypnotic pattern, DC is 22.

Chivivit weaves a pattern of hypnotic colors:
Fiend: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 11 + 1 = 24 PASS
Black: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13 FAIL
White: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26 PASS

The two cultists close on Pazúr, trusting the fiend to keep everyone else out of the room:
Black Short spear 1: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28 for DMG: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (2, 6) + 6 = 14
Black Short spear 2: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25 for DMG: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (2, 6) + 6 = 14
White Short spear 1: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33 for Flank crit: 2d10 + 6 ⇒ (6, 4) + 6 = 16
White Short spear 2: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13 MISS

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Round 2:
Party Conditions: None
Terrain: Thick flies force a DC 3 Flat check to cast spells
Battlemap

Fiend: ATK
Chivivit (46/46): Hypnotic Pattern
Pazúr (18/80): CRIT
Cultists: ATK (Black is Fascinated)
Kicsit (53/53): Go
Holton (78/78): Go
Ferrun (68/92): Go
Heyou! (66/66): Go

Heyou! draws and throws his last dread ampoule.

bomb: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24
mental: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 4) = 10 2 mental splash, frightened 1 (2 on a crit)

He then tries something interesting. He quickly uses some reagents to put together a quick bomb, making an alchemist fire that will burst brightly when hitting, dazzling his target. debilitating bomb

bomb!: 1d20 + 13 - 5 ⇒ (19) + 13 - 5 = 27
fire: 2d8 + 1 ⇒ (3, 8) + 1 = 12 2 fire splash, 3 persistent fire, dazzled until my next turn if it hits

Realizing that his splashing was probably hurting Ferrun, he calls out, ”Sorry, Grumpy Kitty! Me will make it up to you!”

He then steps next to Ferrun.

"I'm not normally grumpy, but splashing fire on me does have that effect!"

Ferrun shoves the Babau further into the room.

Athletics vs. Fort DC: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

Next two actions determined by the success of the first action.

Heyou! scores with a pair of colorful bombs. While the fiend is still full of fight, it's eyes dazzle and its resolve shakes a bit! Then, like a boulder rolling down a hill, Ferrun shoves the fiend into the room

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Round 2:
Party Conditions: None
Terrain: Thick flies force a DC 3 Flat check to cast spells
Battlemap

Fiend: ATK
Chivivit (46/46): Hypnotic Pattern
Pazúr (18/80): CRIT
Cultists: ATK (Black is Fascinated)
Kicsit (53/53): Go
Holton (78/78): 2 Actions
Heyou! (66/66): Bombs away

Holton strides behind a cultist and strikes.
Attack: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20
Damage: 2d8 + 5 ⇒ (6, 2) + 5 = 13

Once Ferrun pushes his way into the room, he steps up and follows the Demon. Out of position, he strikes with his claws but misses!

Claw Attack (2nd): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

"We are in boys! Let's take this fiend down!"

Sir Holton and Ferrun make little headway, but the path is open.

The fiend strikes back, angry at getting pushed by a mere mortal:
Bite 1: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (16) + 16 = 32 for DMG: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16 and EVIL: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Bite 2: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15 MISS
Bite 3: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8 MISS

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Round 3:
Party Conditions: None
Terrain: Thick flies force a DC 3 Flat check to cast spells
Battlemap

Fiend: ATK
Chivivit (46/46): Go
Pazúr (18/80): Go
Cultists: TBD(Black is Fascinated)
Kicsit (53/53): TBD
Holton (78/78): TBD
Ferrun (50/92): TBD
Heyou! (66/66): TBD

”Welcome to the fight, everyone!“ Pazúr cries out as Ferrun makes some space for the rest of the party to join the party. With a quick glance over his shoulder, he decides to get out from between the two angry cultists, and perhaps do some harm to their noisome leader while he’s at it.

He ducks, dodges and flips his way across the room, lines up opposite the less attractive catfolk member of the party, and lunges at the slimy demon.

Move to babau using Vexing Tumble, Strike with Finisher, Raise Shield.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33

Rapier attack on babau, Finisher: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25
Rapier damage, Precise Strike: 2d6 + 1 + 3d6 ⇒ (6, 6) + 1 + (3, 5, 4) = 25

Struggling to edit map on my phone (will only let me select cultists), can someone move Pazúr 2 squares east?

Finally correcting the damage to Pazúr

Pazúr expertly flips around the fiend with panache. When he lands

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Round 3:
Party Conditions: None
Terrain: Thick flies force a DC 3 Flat check to cast spells
Battlemap

Fiend: ATK
Chivivit (46/46): Go
Pazúr (34/80): Hit!
Cultists: TBD(Black is Fascinated)
Kicsit (53/53): TBD
Holton (78/78): TBD
Ferrun (50/92): TBD
Heyou! (66/66): TBD

Chivivit blasts some telekinetically-enhanced rock at the fiend.

Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20

That'll probably miss.

Indeed, Chivivit's magically hurled rock smashes on the wall.

The cultists split their attention now:
Black v. Sir Holton: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16 MISS
Black v. Sir Holton: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18 MISS
Black v. Sir Holton: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9 MISS

White v. Pazúr: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32 for DMG: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (3, 3) + 6 = 12
White v. Pazúr: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14 MISS

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Round 3:
Party Conditions: None
Terrain: Thick flies force a DC 3 Flat check to cast spells
Battlemap

Fiend: ATK
Chivivit (46/46): Miss
Pazúr (26/80): Hit!
Cultists: ATK (Black is Fascinated)
Kicsit (53/53): Go
Holton (78/78): Go
Ferrun (50/92): Go
Heyou! (66/66): Go

The cultist sticks Pazúr once, then misses badly! Pazúr deftly takes advantage of the cultist being off balance, skewering the man with his rapier!

Opportune Riposte!

Rapier attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (19) + 15 = 34
Rapier damage: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (6, 6) + 1 = 13

Ouch, that’s gonna leave a mark.

The swashbuckler sees the opening and seizes it with a deep thrust of the rapier! CRIT!

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Round 3:
Party Conditions: None
Terrain: Thick flies force a DC 3 Flat check to cast spells
Battlemap

Fiend: ATK
Chivivit (46/46): Miss
Pazúr (26/80): Hit!
Cultists: ATK (Black is Fascinated)
Kicsit (53/53): Go
Holton (78/78): Go
Ferrun (50/92): Go
Heyou! (66/66): Go

Heyou! moves up behind Ferrun, and starts applying some salves.
battle medicine DC20, Assurance: 10 + 10 = 20
healing: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (2, 3) + 10 = 15

He then throws a fire bomb at the cultist in black!
bomb! (soft cover): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31
fire!: 2d8 + 1 ⇒ (8, 3) + 1 = 12 Plus 2 splash, 3 persistent fire
If this is a crit, which I doubt... 26 fire and 6 persistent fire to black, 2 fire to Holton

Ferrun smiles appreciatively as the goblin is able to sooth some of his wounds, but it does not delay his claws from ripping into the demon as he flanks with Pazur!

"Prepare to die, you foul creature!"

1st Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (17) + 15 = 32
Slashing Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (2, 5) + 4 = 11
2nd Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25
Slashing Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (4, 5) + 4 = 13

For his third action, Ferrun lays paws upon himself to heal even more damage (12 hit points healed to bring him to 77/92).

Ferrun's opening slash cuts deep. His follow up doesn't connect, but the damage is done.

Heyou! helps the good guys while fighting the bad guys! His bomb strikes the cultist in the face and she screams as se catches fire. Surely she can't survive that for long...

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Round 3:
Party Conditions: None
Terrain: Thick flies force a DC 3 Flat check to cast spells
Battlemap

Fiend: ATK
Chivivit (46/46): Miss
Pazúr (26/80): Hit!
Cultists: ATK (Black is Fascinated)
Kicsit (53/53): Go
Holton (76/78): Go
Ferrun (65/92): CRIT
Heyou! (66/66): CRIT

Kicsit steps over to get a better view and launches a telekinetic projectile.

1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 213d6 + 4 ⇒ (4, 4, 1) + 4 = 13

Attack 1 on black: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 162d8 + 5 ⇒ (1, 2) + 5 = 8
Attack 2 on black: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 262d8 + 5 ⇒ (6, 2) + 5 = 13

Raise Shield.

Kicsit misses as he attacks the fiend, but Sir Holton's remise connects solidly. He hears the sickening crunch of a broken neck as the woman falls dead, still burning.

The fiend turns on Ferrun for a quick pair of bites before stepping out of the flank:
Bite: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (2) + 16 = 18
Bite: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24 hit via flank DMG: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 and Evil: 1d6 ⇒ 3

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Round 4:
Party Conditions: None
Terrain: Thick flies force a DC 3 Flat check to cast spells
Battlemap

Fiend: ATK
Chivivit (46/46): Go
Pazúr (26/80): Go
Cultist: TBD
Kicsit (53/53): TBD
Holton (76/78): TBD
Ferrun (66/92): TBD
Heyou! (66/66): TBD

Pazúr is glad to see one of the foes fall, and does what he can to take out the remaining two! He tumbles around the babau, lining up a strike on the fiend and the cultist both, then tries to stab through both of them![/ooc]

Move around babau using Vexing Tumble, Strike with Impaling Finisher, Raise Shield.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25

Rapier attack on babau and white, Finisher: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (5) + 15 = 20
Rapier damage, Precise Strike: 2d6 + 1 + 3d6 ⇒ (6, 5) + 1 + (2, 5, 4) = 23

Rapier attack on babau and white, Finisher: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25 Hero Point re-roll!

If the Acrobatics roll beats the Reflex DC of the cultist or the babau, then I have panache and can use Impaling Finisher and do Precise Strike damage on both targets. If I don't beat the Reflex DC of the babau, I might still trigger reactions from it, though it doesn't seem to have Attack of Opportunity, so it probably doesn't matter.

Pazúr successfully dodges past the remaining foes and with his blade he sticks not one, but BOTH foes! Neither drops, but the amount of blood and bile is enough to encourage the party to finish them off.

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Round 4:
Party Conditions: None
Terrain: Thick flies force a DC 3 Flat check to cast spells
Battlemap

Fiend: ATK
Chivivit (46/46): Go
Pazúr (26/80): Buckling some swashes!
Cultist: TBD
Kicsit (53/53): TBD
Holton (76/78): TBD
Ferrun (66/92): TBD
Heyou! (66/66): TBD

Chivivit shoots another telekinetically enhanced piece of junk at the fiend.

Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17
Damage: 3d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 5, 5) + 4 = 19

Chivivit's spell is wide. The fiend's defenses are definitely top notch.

The remaining cultist does an end around to get on the far side of Ferrun before jabbing him with her spear:
ATK: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30 for DMG: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (3, 5) + 6 = 14

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Round 4:
Party Conditions: None
Terrain: Thick flies force a DC 3 Flat check to cast spells
Battlemap

Fiend: ATK
Chivivit (46/46): Miss
Pazúr (26/80): Buckling some swashes!
Cultist: ATK!
Kicsit (53/53): Go
Holton (76/78): Go
Ferrun (52/92): Go
Heyou! (66/66): Go

Sir Holton strides across the room, and strikes and the newly flanked opponent.

Attack 1: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (13) + 14 = 272d8 + 5 ⇒ (8, 5) + 5 = 18
Attack 2: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 142d8 + 5 ⇒ (7, 6) + 5 = 18

Ferrun moves closer (step) and keeps his claws shredding the red fiend!

1st Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (19) + 15 = 34
Slashing Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (2, 5) + 4 = 11
2nd Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17
Slashing Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 3) + 4 = 8

Pazur is still looking pretty bad, so Heyou! rushes over to heal him, risking his own safety. He then uses battle medicine on the catfolk.
Assurance for DC20
healing: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (1, 3) + 10 = 14

He then chucks a fire bomb at the fiend!
bomb!: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (4) + 14 = 18
fire!: 2d8 + 1 ⇒ (6, 6) + 1 = 13 2 splash, 3 persistent
Splash to Pazur, Ferrun, Holton

"Oops!"

Sir Holton takes the fiend from behind and strike's it clean in the back of the head killing it!

Will let Ferrun and Heyou! redo their turns.

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Round 4:
Party Conditions: None
Terrain: Thick flies force a DC 3 Flat check to cast spells
Battlemap

Fiend: ATK
Chivivit (46/46): Miss
Pazúr (26/80): Buckling some swashes!
Cultist: ATK!
Kicsit (53/53): Go
Holton (76/78): Kill
Ferrun (52/92): Go
Heyou! (66/66): Go

"Drop you weapons and surrender now and we will discuss terms with you!". Ferrun cries out with authority as if he is completely finished with these cultists!

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30

Ferrun's following two actions will depend on the cultist's response.

Heyou! waits for the response to Ferrun.

Ferrun finds that honeyed words are nothing compared to the fanaticism of the cult!

"So be it!". The catfolk roars as he slices at the fanatic with his own zeal!

1st Claw Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26
Slashing Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (6, 5) + 4 = 15
2nd Claw Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27
Slashing Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 1) + 4 = 6

Heyou! is impressed with the ferocity of grumpy kitty’s first attack… a little less so by the second.

He moves in, hands Pazur a moderate elixir of life, and patches him up with battle medicine