[Outpost IV] PF2 Special 2-00 King in Thorns 3-4 GM Sedoriku (Inactive)

Game Master Sedoriku

For the first time since this whole expedition began, Zabu seems to be fully aware of his surroundings and what happened.

"What? Where am I? What happened? How did I get here? Ugh! I knew there was something strange about that barkeep. But how was I supposed to know the chef was her sister? Or that we were in her bedroom?"

"Oh, you like knocking people down huh? Well let me show you how it's done," he says, turning his attention to the current situation.

He reaches out a taloned hand to sweep at the legs of the closest fairy.

Athletics (Trip vs. Black) plus IC: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 10 + 1 = 20

Then, follows up with a couple of slashes with that hand and the other.

Claw plus IC minus MAP: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (11) + 9 + 1 - 4 = 17
Slashing plus Rage plus IC: 1d6 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 11

Claw plus IC minus MAP: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 8 ⇒ (9) + 9 + 1 - 8 = 11
Slashing plus Rage plus IC: 1d6 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 10

Ignoring the newly arrived fey, Teja concentrates hard on disrupting the magic that keeps summoning new ones.

"We can't fight an unending supply of these things.." she notes, dryly.

Then, goes back to work, trying different patterns..
thievery,guidance: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 9 + 1 = 29

If I can try multiple times, then I will do so. Otherwise I guess I'll attack
thievery,: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19
thievery,: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Horatio will take a second to consider what's going on with the fey.

"I don't wish to get wet," he sniffs and blasts one of the fey.

Produce flame vs Black: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28
Fire Damage: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (3, 1) + 4 = 8

Thanks for botting me. Unfortunately, I don't think I can inspire competence will inspire courage is still going on (unless I want IC to end). However, I could have cast Guidance instead, with the same net effect.

Oskar sends another stone hurtling at Black...
telekinetic projectile, inspire: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 10 + 1 = 26
B dmg, inspire: 1d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 1 = 11

Then he moves towards his wounded comrade. Oskar has 25' movement speed - I think the movement I marked doesn't hit any difficult terrain squares but please adjust as needed. He's trying to move towards Roumatha to heal him next round.

"It's really getting crowded in here!" Maximilian says as he moves closer to the ring and wades through the pool of water.
Thievery: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 10 + 1 = 14
"Keep it off my back Ruby!" he shouts as he attempts to disable the ring.

Ruby stands between Maximilian and black fey swiping at it to keep it away from the rogue.
Claws: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 10 + 1 = 30
damage: 2d4 + 3 ⇒ (4, 4) + 3 = 11
Claws: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 10 + 1 = 12
damage: 2d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 1) + 3 = 6

Zabu! Good to have you back!
Zabu seems to finally wake up from whatever the barkeep did to him before he boarded the ship. He does show that he can react to a situation in record time by tripping the black fey creature and then slashing it with his claws. The fey gives a gurgle as is dies from the wounds.

Teja has a spark of inspiration over the mushrooms, and quickly pulls apart some of the summoning magic. However she can't seem to find the rights ones to pull after the burst of insight.

Horatio recalls what he can about the fey, realizing they must be nuglubs, the largest of the gremlin family and lovers of killing the way most other gremlins are interested in tinkering with things. They also have an instinctive reaction to kneecap anyone taller than them moving around. He also pegs the last standing nuglub with a massive flame. Critical hit

Oskar moves in closer to the fight as he sends a rock spiraling into the head of the remaining fey.

Maximilian moves in closer and tries to help disable the mushroom, but he can't quite grasp how the magic is working and pulls a mushroom at random. It doesn't help.

Ruby however proves her ability by digging her claws into the nuglub and killing it outright. A second crit.

BotRoumatha stands back up and tries to fix the mushroom ring now that there are no enemies to focus on.
Roumatha's Nature (E): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

He quickly picks out the last mushroom that had been pinning down the summoning spell, as the field collapses. The bodies of the nuglubs also disappear.

Four successes, done and did.

Benarry gives a grin as your party joins up with everyone else, she stands over a few remaining fey corpses but her blade is covered in some familar looking blood. "We routed them well and truly. Seems when the ring is destroyed all of the fey go home. There's a few more groups out there, but the main force of the fey have retreated for now."

That's one encounter down. Votes on where to go next. First one with two votes will be where we go. I remember that Horatio wanted to go to encounter E, Horsey. I'll move us along in 10 hours (it's night time for me)

"Of course we did. They were just fey," the gnome says to Benarry without the least hint of irony in his voice or expression.

"Still not sure how I got here, though..."

"Can anyone help with this?" he asks, pointing to the wound he took in the battle.

I could use some Treat Wounds, if anybody's got it. Looks like there are 2 votes for the horse on the slides, but to make it more official, I'll throw my vote in for it.

GM, how much time - in game - between encounters? Oskar has Assurance Medicine, so he can give 2d8 healing automatically to both Zabu and Roumatha, via Treat Wounds. If we have at least an hour before the next encounter then he can do so again if needed.

If we have less than an hour before the next encounter, I could also use Battle Medicine to give Roumatha another 2d8 healing, but then I won't be able to use it on him again for 1 day.

Treat Wounds, Roumatha: 2d8 ⇒ (4, 8) = 12
Treat Wounds, Zabu: 2d8 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6

After he binds up his comrades' wounds to the best of his ability, Oskar takes a few moments to jot down notes for his upcoming opera. "This scene is sure to be a hit - I see it having an almost psychedelic vibe - the mushrooms will need to be painted as garishly as possible."

Refocus to regain 1 focus point. I think I was only down 1 point (from Lingering Composition) because the other point (from Inspire Competence) was not actually spent. So I should be back to a full complement of 2 focus points.

Teja offers a smile to the groupl. "Well done everyone. That wasn't as hard as I thought it might be."

As the group considers the next mission she chimes in with "Horse sounds good to me too."

You should have enough time to heal up between encounters. You can take time as you need, within reason. It's all on the same day so no 8 hour long rests, but an hour or two is not a problem. Go ahead and roll for those medicine checks.

The force moves on when you hear a mangled scream in the distance and Blackthane immediately calls for the group to halt. He moves up to a high vantage point and looks around. Pointing at your group he calls you up. ”Good work on those mushrooms. But seems there’s something that has been taking down some of our scouts by the sound of that scream. I want you to go see if you can’t find what happened to them and report back if the way is clear.” The dwarf then puts a finger to his lips and speaks quietly. “There’s things here that aren’t what they seem. Some of those fey are real tricky...looking like things they aren’t. Don’t trust your eyes.”

The tracks of the scouts are fairly easy to follow until they hit a patch of rocks that lead to a downed tree across a river. It takes a few seconds to figure out but it seems like the scouts kept to the path and across the tree. As you reach the tree though, a brilliant white horse in full bridle and gear waves its mane in the sun glinting off the river. It seems to be terrified of having lost its master and shies away from the path.
Map and visual are upon slide 1 Please place yourselves in the red box as you wish. I'll auto add you if initiative gets rolled.

Zabu however feels a deep pull in his soul as if the horse was calling to him to jump into its saddle and claim it for his own.

DC 23 Will save from Zabu please.

"Oh my. What a magnificent horse!" says the scholar.

Then, wary of the warning given, looks closer.

Is the horse *in* the river, or floating on top of it?

The horse splashes around in the river, shy but seemingly playful as well.
You can take a Seek action to try a Perception check to check for more information.

With all the other prey dead and the portal closed Ruby takes a bite and tears the fey apart. Blegh! What is this??? Blegh! It tastes horrible!

Dropping the corpse Ruby follows as Maximilian calls her and they rejoin the others.
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At the sight of the horse Ruby tries to hide among the bush, ready to pounce.
Avoid notice. Stealth: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23

"Are you hurt anywhere Ruby?" Maximilian asks as he looks his companion over. Not seeing any injuries he gives her a pat and they rejoin the others.

Following the tracks the rogue stops and remembering the warning is immediately suspicious of the horse. He looks around and investigates the area for any traps or ambush.

Someone forgot perception checks are secret checks.

Teja peers at the horse long and hard, but ultimately finds it to be nothing more than a horse.

Max looks for traps, but finds none. He does however find a suspicious mud puddle in the middle of the path ahead. Looking at it for a long moment he swears he could see the thing move without the wind or air. He doesn't see anything else out of place or unusual.

"What an astounding mare!" Phillipton exlaims. "I really hope it is a real horse, exactly like we see, contrary to the Venture Captian's warning."

After about an hour, as the group trudges towards the pasture where they have heard tell of some special horses, Oskar stops to check on his comrades' wounds.

Treat Wounds, Roumatha: 2d8 ⇒ (3, 4) = 7
Treat Wounds, Zabu: 2d8 ⇒ (8, 4) = 12
Zabu should be fully healed; Roumatha still down 5

If there's time for another round of healing...
Treat Wounds, Roumatha: 2d8 ⇒ (1, 2) = 3 Lol

Oskar eyes the horse with a frown, wondering how in the world he is going to work a horse into his opera. Just think of the grief I'll get from the union! Not to mention those animal rights druids...

"Is it just me or is that puddle moving?" Maximilian whispers quietly to the others as he points out the suspicious puddle to the others.

"Who cares about a puddle? Look at that magnificent animal! I don't even care about horses and I know that is a perfect mount!" Zabu says.

Will: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

Still, he manages to not rush headlong at it, instead, keeping an eye out for the trouble that is taking out scouts around here.

"Don't worry! We'll keep you safe!" he calls out to the horse.

Horatio sees a beautiful horse. Actually looking closer it could be a unicorn that had it's horn taken off by some evil person or perhaps mean-spirited fey.

Zabu is able to resist the sudden and overpowering urge to got to and ride the horse, but the sensation does linger in the back of his mind, leaving him a little slowed and muddled.
Zabu is Stupified 1 for one round.

The mud puddle does nothing at being pointed out.

What would you like to do next. You could investigate the mud puddle, try rescue the horse(unicorn?) from the stream, or do something else.

Teja looks around for a convenient fallen branch, and uses it to poke at the puddle.

"They did say that nothing may be as it seems.."

Then, after a first poke, remembers. "Cold iron is sovereign against the fey!" So she drops the branch, and then tries to poke the puddle with her cold iron rapier, hoping if there is magic, the cold iron might disrupt it.

Teja moves in closer to the mud puddle, finding that an area of 10 feet near the puddle is also muddy and seems to cling to her shoes, making moving difficult. As she gets in close to poke the puddle nothing happens with the branch, but as soon as she pokes in the rapier a hand reaches out and tries to punch her.
I'll say you can roll damage against the puddle, but it's going to take a swing at you too.
Fist vs. Teja: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22
Damage, Bludgeoning: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

The mud then forms into a shambling almost humanoid figure that seems to be annoyed that someone stuck a weapon into it. It gives squelching roar at the rogue. In the river the horse gives a neigh of fear at the monster that appeared.

The mud creature seems to be quick on its feet, probably waiting for someone to get close enough to hit, and then immediately swings it's other fist as the rogue. He gives a rumble of annoyance as the rogue dodges back from the second hit. He swings a second time, and then an annoyed third time.

Fist vs. Teja: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15
Fist vs. Teja, agile: 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 10 - 4 = 18
Fist vs. Teja, agile: 1d20 + 10 - 8 ⇒ (16) + 10 - 8 = 18

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Round 1
General Active Conditions: None

Mud man
Zabu
Roumatha -14
Horsey
Oskar
Maximilian
Teja: -6 grabbed Rapier damage on mud man
Philipton

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"Oh my!" cries the surprised scholar.

cold iron rapier: 1d6 ⇒ 4

"Sorry."

WAIT! Teja is not grabbed. I was expecting at least one of the first two attacks to hit. They didn't so it couldn't grab her.
Teja's rapier hits something int he mud man, but seems less deadly than she'd expect.

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General Active Conditions: Inspire Courage

Mud man -1
Zabu
Roumatha -14
Horsey
Oskar
Maximilian
Teja: -6
Philipton

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"It wants to get my horse!" Zabu shouts as the mudman forms and attacks Teja.

His face and hands transform, his mouth and nose extending into a short muzzle and his canine's lengthening to protrude below his chin, his fingers forming talons.

He charges across the log and lashes out with his fangs.

Jaws: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
Piercing plus Rage: 1d10 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 2 = 9

Actions: 1-Rage, 2&3 - Sudden Charge (Jaws Strike)

Inspire Courage is not active yet (but will be once Oskar's turn comes). Also, GM, does Roumatha's dmg total take into account the additional Treat Wounds I posted last night?

I hope it doesn't! I like being at -7 much more than at -14...

We need to be careful! It surely wasn't the mud man who has sawed off the horn from that unicorn... Stay on your guard!

Roumatha will try to see what he knows about the mud puddles which turn into men.
Hunt prey vs the Mud Man, giving +1 AC against it. And a free Recall Knowledge check:

Roumatha then crosses the stream and takes position around the mud man, setting up a good flanking position for the others.
2 Strides

Inspire Courage is not active yet (but will be once Oskar's turn comes). Also, GM, does Roumatha's dmg total take into account the additional Treat Wounds I posted last night?

Oop no that did not. For some reason I thought those were the rolls, not additional. He's down to -2.

Zabu rushes into the combat as his body shifts oddly. He takes a quick bite of mud and it almost seems to hit a critical spot. The mud seems to recover some of the glgaping hole but not fully.

Roumatha marks his prey and remembers that this is a mudwretch, a lowly elemental that needs water to survive. Enough fire damage or some kind of wilting spell would severely hurt the thing. Also it creates an aura of mud around itself the means within 10 feet of it difficult terrain.
I described it in character but forgot to say so directly. If it would have made your movements different, don't worry it was my mistake.

The horse panicked that the mud creature is going to get it timidly approaches the group. It slides up to the group and seems to catch notice of Ruby. It gives a neigh of dismay and tries to hide behind Oskar. As it does, it opens its mouth the inside not the normal red and white of a mammalian mouth but a mossy blue and green. It then tries to clamp down on Oskar's shoulder.

Bad Horsey Bite vs. Oskar: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18
Bludgeoning: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (5, 5) + 7 = 17
Hrmm, I'm not finding any rules that state Oskar would be flat footed to this so I believe it would miss.
The horse instead accidentally hacks up a human rib bone and a mangled Wayfinder lid. Having cleared its throat the horse doubles down.
Bad Horsey Bite vs. Oskar: 1d20 + 13 - 5 ⇒ (20) + 13 - 5 = 28
Bludgeoning: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (3, 5) + 7 = 15
Oof
With its mouth clear the horse can truly chomp down hard tearing a huge chunk of Oskar's shoulder muscle off in its mouth. It then slowly starts to mull over the meat.

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Round 1
General Active Conditions: None

Mud man -7
Zabu
Roumatha -2
Bad Horsey
Oskar -30
Maximilian
Teja: -6
Philipton

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Note that Inspire Courage is not yet active and, after that opening, probably not going to be, at least this turn!

Oskar shrieks with alarm, "A critic, A CRITIC!!!!!!"

He steps away from the "horse" before hurrying to get away from it and patch his wounds, trusting that his comrades will prevent it from following now that it has got the delicious taste of halfling in its mouth.

Step 5', Stride, Battle Medicine with Assurance (self)
Oskar healing: 2d8 ⇒ (1, 8) = 9

"Ruby! Go around and attack from behind." Maximilian shouts as the draws his rapier and attack the horse keeping its attention on him.
Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Cat support benefit: If my attack hits the horse is flat footed until the end of my next turn.

Ruby quickly moves around the fight and pounces on the horse from behind with a roar.
Claws: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21
Damage + Fire Precision: 2d4 + 3 + 1 + 1d4 ⇒ (4, 1) + 3 + 1 + (3) = 12

Teja, rapier already out, tries a fancy move she read about in the description of a battle between two swordmasters.
feint: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21
attack maybe vs FF?: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
damage (p,cold iron): 1d6 ⇒ 5
sneak damage?: 1d6 ⇒ 6

She then draws her dagger in her off hand.

"That was not nice of you at all."

"I reckon this isn't a normal horse! They usually don't bite so hard!" Horatio calls upon Halcamora's bounty and blesses Maximillian's Rapier.

Magic Weapon, Max's rapier is now a +1 striking rapier

He then calls upon her protection.

Shield, AC is currently 19

Oskar rightly gets away from the critic of a horse and patches up the hole in his shoulder enough to keep the bleeding down and get some mobility back into the arm.

Max uses his rapier the cold iron one I'm assuming and lands a solid blow on the horse. It shies away some from the cold iron as its form shudders. The wound seems to bleed more profusely than it should. You hit a weakness

Ruby then also racks her claws down the side of the horse as well. She digs in deep, but the thing resists the fire in her claws as water seems to ooze out he wounds along with blood. It resists fire

Teja fients the mud thing already partially distracted by Roumatha and then stabs through what sounds like a very tender spot. That's a crit with FF, EDIT: but the pile of living mud is immune. It seems obvious in hindsight.

Finally, Horatio proves his ability to serve even in battle by quickly applying a bountious blessing of Halcamora onto Maximilian's blade, a small symbol of grapes and a wine jug appearing on the weapon. He then throws up a barrier between himself and the rogue horse.

The mudwretch then steps out of the way of Roumatha's flanking and in line with Zabu and Teja and then spews a stream of mud all over them.
Spew Mud, two actions: 2d10 ⇒ (3, 9) = 12 bludgeoning to Teja and Zabu. DC 18 Basic Reflex Save.
Again?: 1d4 ⇒ 2
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Round 2
General Active Conditions: None

Mud man -15
Zabu DC18 basic Reflex
Roumatha -2
Bad Horsey -24
Oskar: -21
Maximilian
Teja: -6 DC18 basic Reflex
Philipton: Shielded

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**HOUSE GM ANNOUNCEMENT**

The mushroom rings have been disabled! The Thorned Monarch’s tide of reinforcements has slowed.

GMs, the Mushroom Ring Disabled condition on page 8 is in effect.

"Ugh. Well, if I'm going to get muddy, I might as well wrestle!" Zabu declares as the mudman barfs up some of its essence on him.

Refl: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

He avoids the worst of the mud, but not all of it then launches himself at the mud man's throat, wrapping an arm around and yanking as he goes by.

Athletics to Trip: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30

After slamming the creature down to the ground, he lays into it with his claws.

Claw plus MaP: 1d20 + 9 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 9 - 4 = 17
Slashing: 1d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 1 = 6

Claw plus MaP: 1d20 + 9 - 8 ⇒ (19) + 9 - 8 = 20
Slashing: 1d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 1 = 9

Actions: 1. Attack (Trip); 2. Strike (Claw); 3. Strike (Claw)
If that trip is a crit (and I really hope it is,) it takes 1d6 Bludgeoning Damage.

Teja tries to duck away from the flow of painful mud..

ref: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13

But the mud underfoot messes with her mobility and she takes it full in the face.

It's not quite been 24 hours, but I'll bot Roumatha to get us moving along again.

BotRoumatha moves behind the mud man and tries to take off it's head with his regular great sword.
+1 greatsword: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
Damage: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
+1 greatsword: 1d20 + 10 - 5 ⇒ (9) + 10 - 5 = 14
Damage: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

From the mushroom rings being disabled: At the beginning of one combat encounter, you are able to use this to make the encounter slightly easier. This effect must be used in Part 1.

Zabu and Teja both try to avoid the mud spray. Zabu is able to duck under the worst of it, only getting a little muddy in the process, but that leaves Teja to take the full blast and get absolutely caked in it.

Zabu then shifts to wrestling the mud man and quickly drops him to the ground with a terrifying sounding crack. That was a crit! 1d6 ⇒ 4 The gnome then tears into the mudwretch leaving him looking wretched with claw marks up and down it's body. He does realize the damage from the fall seems to have really hurt compared to his claws. Again some resistance to physical, but apparently not bludgeoning.

Roumatha steps up behind and takes some massive swings at the prone figure, missing once but then scoring deep into the muddy pile. It seems to barely be able to hold itself together after that.

Horsey on the other hand seems perfectly chipper, as it finishes the shoulder of Oskar and seems to still be hungry. It lunges in for a bite on Maximilian, taking a bit of the man's quadriceps in the process.
Bad Horsey Bite vs. Maximilian: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25
Bludgeoning: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (4, 4) + 7 = 15

It gives a small nibble on the human flesh in it's unnaturally strong maw, before it waves its mane enticingly at Horatio. The butler has a moment of an intense need to go and serve the horse, brush it's flanks, get the little bit of Oskar blood splatter cleaned up from around it's mouth before the beautiful white fur gets stained.
DC 23 Will save from Horatio, if you fail you are fascinated and have to move closer or try and mount the creature.
Nature to recognize the horse, should have included that earlier.

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Round 2
General Active Conditions: None

Mud man -37
Zabu: -6
Roumatha: -2
Bad Horsey -24
Oskar: -21
Maximilian: -15
Teja: -18
Philipton: DC 23 Will save

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Teja, injured, wades forward, trying to confused the mud-mud with her rapiers fancy-work. Then, while he is befuddled, strikes home.

deception to feint: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28 If this is a crit, then he is FF vs everyone, but given the others are flanking, that may not be relevant
attack vs FF?: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
damage(cold iron,p): 1d6 ⇒ 6
sneak damage?: 1d6 ⇒ 1

"What is that horse behind us doing?"

Oops didn't specify but mud man is prone and therefore flat footed period.

Teja is able to move up a finish off the mud man, piercing some crusted ball of mud inside the figure and causing all of the mud around it to slop to the ground, inanimate.

Now that he is at a safe distance - he hopes - from the Horsecritic, Oskar angrily sends three bolts of force at it.

3 Magic Missiles: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4, 3) + 3 = 11

"That's what I think of your review! You shall never understand the work of a true artist, you horse's... you horse's... horse!"

Oskar's magic flies straight and true puncturing the horse in several places. It starts to ooze green algae or seaweed from it's wounds along with its much redder blood.

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Round 3
General Active Conditions: None

Bad Horsey -35
Oskar: -21 Rebutted the critic!
Maximilian: -15
Teja: -18 Downed the man in mud 1 action left?
Philipton:
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Mud man sleeping with the mud
Zabu: -6
Roumatha: -2

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Teja, having downed the mud man, turns and eyes up the horse.

nature: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

Will Save, DC 23: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17
Gosh, I'd like to use my hero point.
will save: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24

Just barely, Phillipton is able to ward his mind from the horsey's enticement.

He focuses his divine connection at the horse, hoping to incapacitate it with a huge amount of wine and cheese.

casting overstuff, DC 20 Fortitude Save

He then scuttles back a bit,

Teja, don't forget that recall knowledge are secret checks, I'll take this open one, but next time spoiler it for me, or tell me you want to roll and I'll roll for you.

Teja looks at the horse. It's plainly obvious now that she stops to think. It's enticing nature. The pure white horse with bridle. The biting power and strength. The way it bleeds moss, lichen or algae of some sort. This is a kelpie, and one transformed into a horse. The thing is a fey creature and thus weak to cold iron. Also it is resistant to fire.

Horatio has a moment of mental weakness where he almost moves to start serving the horse, before he snaps back and realizes jsut how low he was about to stoop.
That new save saved you from being drawn in, but you are Stupefied 1 for a turn. Your spell DC will go down and you'd need to roll a Flat DC 6 check to cast a spell. Do you still want to cast or not?
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Round 2/3
General Active Conditions: None

Kelpie -35
Oskar: -21 Rebutted the critic!
Maximilian: -15
Teja: -18 Downed the man in mud
Philipton: Cast and move or wait a turn?
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Mud man sleeping with the mud
Zabu: -6
Roumatha: -2

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eh, I'll take my shot. If we have the chance to heal between encounters, then surely I'd have the chance to refocus as well.

Flat Check DC 6: 1d20 ⇒ 18