
Mei, Golden-furred Fox Familiar |

Mei squeezes between Gaskar's legs and bites down on blue.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16
Bite: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
Damage: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

GM PaleDim |

Soleil falls to the ground and swipes her blade at the nearby mercenary. She only just misses literally, while you attack at -4, his melee AC is also 4 worse. But still...
Ki-Chin's acid passes over him and burns a patch of grease just past.
However, after both of those the mercenary then begins to feel a nibble on his leg. He looks down and makes a horrified face at the fox munching on it.
Round 2
Bold may act
Battle theme!
Ki Chin
Mei
Magmara
Soleil
Ari-Ani
Gaskar
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Red (-10, prone, sickened)
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Talethia
Tiny
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Blue (-27, sickened, prone; hideous laughter 3 rounds)
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Golden Guardian
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Meux
Ari-Ani is still up!

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Well, I was delaying until a spot opened, but as people are literally falling over each other to get in an attack :), I'll just sit this one out.

GM PaleDim |

Again the mercenary in back tries to stand up...
This time he successfully gets his footing... only to turn and see Mei standing by to munch on another leg!
Mei gets an attack of opportunity on RED.

Mei, Golden-furred Fox Familiar |

Looks like my toy still has some fight in it. Good! Feeling red trying to get up Mei opens her mouth wide and tries to bite red again.
bite: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
damage: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

GM PaleDim |

The other mercenary cries in agony as his legs are sliced up by the fox. He grits his teeth so hard you think you hear one crunch a bit. For the moment he's glaring directly at the fox, and slashes down at it with a handaxe.
Mei just hops out of the way and lets the blade hit the stone floor below, dulling it a bit.
Round 2
Bold may act
Battle theme!
Ki Chin
Mei
Magmara
Soleil
Ari-Ani
Gaskar
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Red (-15, sickened)
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Talethia
Tiny
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Blue (-27, sickened, prone; hideous laughter 3 rounds)
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Golden Guardian
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Meux
Talethia and Tiny are up!

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Not really having much else she can do in the crowded doorway, Talethia continues Inspiring Courage, and attempts to get Red laughing too.
Cast Hideous Laughter on Red. DC 14 will save

GM PaleDim |

And just like that the mercenaries are two idiots laughing in the grease. The original laugher barely grimaces through his deep chuckle when tiny adds more flesh bites to his side.
The great gargoyle seems to believe you now have this well in hand. He nods at Talethia and glides back a distance.
Hmm, I was wary of your over-crowded strategy, but it does seem to overwhelm them.
Round 2
Bold may act
Battle theme!
Meux
Round 3
Ki Chin
Mei
Magmara
Soleil
Ari-Ani (grease 8 rounds)
Gaskar
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Red (-15, sickened, prone; hideous laughter 3 rounds)
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Talethia
Tiny
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Blue (-29, sickened, prone; hideous laughter 2 rounds)
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Golden Guardian
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Meux
Meux, Ki Chin, Mei, Magmara, Soleil, Ari-Ani, and Gaskar are up!

Magmara |

"Pardon me, blessed one," Magmara says, stepping front of Meux. She then slams down with her hammer over her prone "sister" to hit the fallen foe and I believe her penalty for cover would wash out with his penalty for prone, so just making a straight roll on that.
Masterwork Lucerne Hammer: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 161d12 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
I'm hoping that took him out, but I'm going to wait to have Soleil act to give others a chance to get in there to finish off red.

GM PaleDim |

Yup, that'll do it.
The party hears a "crunch", and then half of the persistent laughing ceases as the nearer mercenary goes quiet, his eyes glazed over.
BLUE is down and out. Just laughing RED now.
Meux, Ki Chin, Mei, Soleil, Ari-Ani, and Gaskar are still up!

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Gaskar will attempt to put him out of his misery knock him out.
Move to flank
Dire flail, nonlethal, flank: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 4 + 2 = 21
damage: 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

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Talethia winks back at the gargoyle and works a little 'ta-da' pose into her dance.
"What can I say? I'm entertaining and distracting in many ways." She spins her scarf, letting the razor-sharp metal in it flash in the light. "If there weren't so many people gathered, I'd be attacking the bad guys too."

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Ki Chin moves behind Tiny and throws an acid bolt at the remaining thug.
Acid splash: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
damage: 1d3 ⇒ 1

Mei, Golden-furred Fox Familiar |

Mei is focused on red and attacks again!
bite: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
damage: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

GM PaleDim |

Gaskar hits the last laugher with his flail, and he goes unconscious.
Ki-Chin, based on this, will let you decide whether or not you want to continue doing lethal damage, try a coup de grace, or something else.
Just then, two more mercenaries appear in the door! One of them orange looks down at his fallen comrades, and then at the party before barking orders at the other newly-arrived mercenary. Make them pay!
Orange: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
Purple: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14
???, Init: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
???, Stealth (bonus hidden): 1d20 ⇒ 8
They've been inserted in existing initiative order. They'll start acting in the *next* eligible block. NOTE I've extended the map to attempt to deal with the spillover and crowding.
Round 3
Bold may act
Battle theme!
Ki Chin
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????? (sickened)
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Mei
Magmara
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Orange (-10, sickened)
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Soleil
Ari-Ani (grease 8 rounds)
Gaskar
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Red (-15, -16 nonlethal, unconscious, stable)
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Talethia
Tiny
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Purple (-10, sickened)
Golden Guardian
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Meux
Soleil and Ari-Ani are still up!
Ki Chin and Mei may redo or keep their actions.

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Ari-moves closer to the door and draws her light mace.. "Perhaps everyone might step back, and let them come through the grease?"
Ari-Ani shakes her head at the lack of patience and mad scrambling to rush through the door.

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Soleil stands up from her tumble in the grease.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
And she calls out, "Gaskar, lead them back this way!" as she moves carefully out of the grease hoping that the enemies will come after them and fall. Or if they don't fall, they'll provoke from Magmara as they move forward.

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Can I send the acid splash at orange instead?
Ki Chin sees Gaskar knock red unconscious at the last moment and sends his spell at orange instead.

Mei, Golden-furred Fox Familiar |

Mei steps to the side and out of the grease and readies herself to pounce once one of the two newcomers approach.

GM PaleDim |

Can I send the acid splash at orange instead?
Ki Chin sees Gaskar knock red unconscious at the last moment and sends his spell at orange instead.
Yes, that works.
Ki-Chin sends an orb of acid towards one of the newly-arrived reinforcements. Soleil and Mei move in and out of the grease. Ari-Ani approaches the crowd and draws her weapon.
Round 3
Bold may act
Battle theme!
Ki Chin
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????? (sickened)
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Mei
Magmara
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Orange (-11, sickened)
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Soleil
Ari-Ani (grease 8 rounds)
Gaskar
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Red (-15, -16 nonlethal, unconscious, stable)
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Talethia
Tiny
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Purple (-10, sickened)
Golden Guardian
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Meux
Talethia and Tiny are up!

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Tiny jumps back up on Talethia's back. Talethia dances away from the door, making some room for her companions to maneuver, maintaining her Inspiration. She will ready to cast another Hideous Laughter on the first enemy that walks through the grease but doesn't fall.

GM PaleDim |

Talethia eases the logjam at the door.
mwk handaxe: 1d20 ⇒ 31d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
mwk handaxe: 1d20 ⇒ 161d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Gaskar turns to see one of the newly arrived mercenaries winding up with two handaxes to swing at him! He deftly jumps out of the way of the first, but the second catches him in the arm 4 damage.
The Golden Guardian glides closer to the door, seeing that some of their foes might break through soon.
Round 3
Bold may act
Battle theme!
Meux
Round 4
Ki Chin
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????? (sickened)
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Mei
Magmara
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Orange (-11, sickened)
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Soleil
Ari-Ani (grease 8 rounds)
Gaskar (-4)
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Red (-15, -16 nonlethal, unconscious, stable)
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Talethia
Tiny
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Purple (-10, sickened)
Golden Guardian
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Meux
Meux and Ki-Chin are up!

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Seeing Gaskar flanked, Meux acts quickly to help his big buddy. He reaches and grabs the shimmering scimitar of force circling him and throws it at one of the threatening agents. Orange
Thrown ranged attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17
FORCE Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 2) = 7
"The Blessed Dawnflowah protects her own and their allies...Bet!"
He then moves into the Greased area to be able to offer some personal healing to his ally.
DC10 Acrobatics: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17

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Ki Chin keeps orange occupied by sending another bolt of acid to follow up Meux's scimitar.
acid bolt: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
damage: 1d3 ⇒ 2

GM PaleDim |

Meux's force scimitar slices into the "lead" mercenary just before a globe of acid flies by him.
Just then, Gaskar is surprised to feel something sharp slice into his side. Suddenly, a very savage-looking man stands in front of him, holding a spear with the blade stuck in him. He grins wickedly as he yanks it back out. 7 damage
Round 4
Bold may act
Battle theme!
Ki Chin
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Zaril (sickened)
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Mei
Magmara
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Orange (-18, sickened)
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Soleil
Ari-Ani (grease 8 rounds)
Gaskar (-4)
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Red (-15, -16 nonlethal, unconscious, stable)
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Talethia
Tiny
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Purple (-10, sickened)
Golden Guardian
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Meux
Mei and Magmara are up!

Magmara |

"Pardon me again, brave friend," Magmara says to Mei as she stands over the tiny fox and swings at the suddenly-appearing foe who stabbed Gaskar.
Masterwork Lucerne Hammer: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 1 = 81d12 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 1 = 10
Realized I hadn't adjusted her stats to include the +1 from masterwork, so should have been rolling her at +6, not +5. Oops!

GM PaleDim |

Magmara's proximity to Mei causes her to be too cautious in the swing of her hammer.
The mercenaries look like they're beginning to gang up on Gaskar. The one who originally seemed the "leader" of this wave slashes at him with his two handaxes, but Gaskar is light on his feet. The danger from all sides has his nerves coursing and his senses heightened.
Attack, dmg: 1d20 ⇒ 71d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Attack, dmg: 1d20 ⇒ 81d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Round 4
Bold may act
Battle theme!
Ki Chin
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Zaril (sickened)
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Mei
Magmara
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Orange (-18, sickened)
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Soleil
Ari-Ani (grease 7 rounds)
Gaskar (-4)
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Red (-15, -16 nonlethal, unconscious, stable)
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Talethia
Tiny
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Purple (-10, sickened)
Golden Guardian
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Meux
Mei, Soleil, Ari-Ani, Gaskar are up!

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Soleil moves up toward her sister and says, "We have to save Gaskar, Maggie!" and as she says this, she casts shield on her sister.
Magmara's AC is now 21.

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Gaskar hears Soleil call out to him. He snickers, but then realizes how strong these guys are. He'll strike out at them, then retreat.
Heavy Flail, purple, lethal: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
damage: 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
Can you five foot step onto Grease? If so, he'll move back 5ft to the open space. If not, he'll run back to the spot just south of the guardian and provoke some AOOs

GM PaleDim |

Back!
Soleil approaches the "hot zone" in preparation to support Gaskar, while Mei retreats.
Can you five foot step onto Grease?
Movement into/through grease is half-movement and an acrobatics check, and in general halved movement can't be done with a 5' step. ALSO, running back up to the Golden Guardian still requires a DC10 acrobatics check.
You didn't say who you were attacking, but with this one there are less AOO's and enemy actions in general (let me know if you had a diff. target in mind).
Gaskar lashes at the mercenary next to Zaril, and after his flail slams into his chest he begins gasping heavily. He drops his handaxes before clutching bruised area and finally falling to the floor. ORANGE down
Given that an acrobatics check is required, I'll wait to hear what you want to do about your movement.
Ari-Ani is still up! Gaskar has his move action.

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I mentioned hitting Purple in my dice roll. But orange works for me too!
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Gaskar falls right on his bum!

GM PaleDim |

Oh geez, yeah sorry, lack of sleep getting me there :/
Gaskar now lay in the grease alongside the unconscious mercenary.
Just want to point out that while I can't remove RED from the map yet, you can move through his square.

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Seeing Gaskar go down, Ari-Ani decides, against her better judgment to draw their attention. She moves through the grease and attempts to tumble past the two enemies
+12 on Acro, so since you can't crit fail skill checks, I'm automatic through the grease. Will try and tumble past the two attacks. I'll make the guy with the spear my main and Purple will have the +2 on DC
Acrobatics to Avoid AoO from Spear holder: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25
Acrobatics to Avoid AoO from Purple: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13
Now flanking with the prone Gaskar, Ari-Ani lashes out with a light mace.
Light Mace, GM to add flanking bonus if applicable: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14 Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Sneak Attack : 2d6 ⇒ (4, 4) = 8
If Spear holder takes Sneak Attack Damage, he takes the following penalties
Disoriented: The target takes a –2 penalty on attack rolls. In addition, the target takes an additional –2 penalty on all attack rolls it makes against the rogue.
Slow Reaction[/b]: Opponents damaged by the rogue’s sneak attack cannot make attacks of opportunity for 1 round.

GM PaleDim |

Just to be clear, you wouldn't have been able to get where you ended up without much harder acrobatics DC. Before I reveal the result, is that still what you want to do?
In addition, you can move through a threatened square without provoking an attack of opportunity from an enemy by using Acrobatics. When moving in this way, you move at half speed. You can move at full speed by increasing the DC of the check by 10.
It's already increased a bit by trying to avoid two foes in the same movement.

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Counting double cost for moving out of a threatened square, I get 35'. Ari-Ani has Longstrider on her for a move of 40 feet, so I thought I was good on movement?

GM PaleDim |

Three of the squares along the path are threatened. That costs 30' to go 15', so the total cost to get South of Zaril is 45'. You could make it to the square SE of him. Let me know if that's *not* what you want to do.
Attack of Opportunity, damage: 1d20 ⇒ 201d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
confirm?, damage: 1d20 ⇒ 41d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Ari-Ani passes through the entry way, tip-toeing through the grease. Somehow she holds the spearman's gaze just enough so that he doesn't seem to feel he has an opening. Unfortunately, she feels a clean gash from a handaxe from behind her Purple for 7 damage.
After backing into a corner across the spearman from Gaskar, her mace seems to glance off of his armor.
Round 4
Bold may act
Battle theme!
Ki Chin
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Zaril (sickened)
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Mei
Magmara
Soleil
Ari-Ani (-7, grease 7 rounds)
Gaskar (-4)
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Red (-15, -16 nonlethal, unconscious, stable)
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Talethia
Tiny
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Purple (-10, sickened)
Golden Guardian
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Meux
Talethia and Tiny are up!

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Talethia maintains her inspiring dance. As she does, she decides to try to clear out the field of combat. She goes around the melee and grabs an arm or leg or something of the unconscious Red mercenary and drags him further into the room, out of the grease and out from under everyone's feet.
Tiny hangs out in his familiar backpack and delays.

GM PaleDim |

I didn't see any changes to the map, so I'm going to put you and red where you could have moved him to. Please correct the position if you'd like a slightly diff. position. Also, good move :)
Talethia drags the unconscious mercenary away. The others pay it no mind. The remaining axe-warrior steps in front of Ari-Ani and swings both of his handaxes at her.
attack, damage: 1d20 ⇒ 131d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
attack, damage: 1d20 ⇒ 51d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
He telegraphs it badly enough that she's able to, with keeping focus, dodge both arcs of the blades.
The Golden Guardian continues hovering nearby in case any of them break through the threshold at the doorway.
Round 4
Bold may act
Battle theme!
Meux
Round 5
Ki Chin
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Zaril (sickened)
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Mei
Magmara
Soleil
Ari-Ani (-7, grease 7 rounds)
Gaskar (-4)
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Red (-15, -16 nonlethal, unconscious, stable)
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Talethia
Tiny
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Purple (-10, sickened)
Golden Guardian
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Meux
Meux and Ki-Chin are up!

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Ki Chin turns to look as Talethia drags red to his position. With one eye on the consortium agent he sends an acid bolt at Purple.
Acid bolt: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15
damage: 1d3 ⇒ 1

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Seeing his brutish buddy fall, Meux takes no chance with him in his vulnerable position-knowing he has already taken some damage. The gnome taps the orcish ally on his noggin with his wand.
Wand of CLW on Gaskar: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
He then pulls out his scimitar with his right hand.

GM PaleDim |

Ki-Chin takes a patch of arm-hair (and arm-skin) off of the mercenary with his globe of acid. He grits his teeth and bears it like one would expect of a hardened mercenary.
Meux patches up Gaskar, who feels like new again and draws his blade.
Zaril turns and thrusts his spear down towards Gaskar...
attack, P damage: 1d20 ⇒ 91d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
it punctures straight through his chest and the grease that Gaskar lay on begins to get mixed with a pool of blood... 11 damage
Round 5
Bold may act
Battle theme!
Ki Chin
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Zaril (sickened)
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Mei
Magmara
Soleil
Ari-Ani (-7, grease 6 rounds)
Gaskar (-11)
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Red (-15, -16 nonlethal, unconscious, stable)
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Talethia
Tiny
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Purple (-11, sickened)
Golden Guardian
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Meux
Mei, Magmara, Soleil, Ari-Ani, Gaskar, Talethia, and Tiny are up!

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As she sees the rogue fall, Soleil calls out, "Gassy!" giving poor Gaskar a nickname that he probably doesn't want. She then tries to rush forward to avenge her fallen companion.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
And in her new position standing over her friend, she slashes out at her foe calling out, "You're a doodyhead!"
Elven Curve Blade with Flank: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 5 + 1 + 2 = 181d10 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 7
Again, one of the points of damage is fire in case the baddy has any sort of resistance.

Magmara |

Having a foe straight in front of her and in range of her hammer, Magmara strikes out at them attacking purple.
Masterwork Lucerne Hammer: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 1 = 271d12 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 1 = 17
Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 1 = 261d12 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 1 = 13

Mei, Golden-furred Fox Familiar |

Mei moves behind Ki Chin and stands guard on the unconscious thug. She readies herself to attack in case of movement.

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Gaskar is exactly at 0 which means he's disabled/staggered.
Gaskar grits his teeth then slowly steps back, hoping not to slip and fall on the grease.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
He nearly slips on the grease, but manages to get back!

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With a flanking buddy in place, Ari-Ani goes to work.
Not adding the flanking modifier to the rolls
MW light mace with TWF penalty: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9 Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 Sneak Attack: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7
Will apply Bewildered on this attack -2 to targets AC
off light mace with TWF penalty: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24 Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7 Sneak Attack: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 1) = 7
Will apply Disorient on this attack -2 to targets attack, -4 vs Ari + Slow Reaction

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Talethia moves up (maintaining Inspiration) and uses her CLW wand on Gaskar.
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
How many rounds has this combat been so far? She only had about 8 rounds of Inspiration left when we started this fight. On phone, can't easily move token on slide.