The poison courses through Nuvian's blood!
The Goblinoid talks "Thief, Hunter, I'll take it all!" to Channary, watching with delight as the poison takes it's horrible toll upon Nuvian "Starting with you, elf!"
◆) Grab
◆) Maul x2
Grabbing Nuvian by the neck, she punches at him twice, but he somehow manages to block both mauling fist slams with his shield!
"Why you squirrelly little s#&~!"
Glorzia - though the party has yet to learn her name - ignores the swashbuckler for now - as perhaps that thick Galtan accent passes right through her untrained ear...
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Grimmylow (AC 15, HP 20/20) w/ holy symbol
Nuvian (AC 19 or 21 shield, HP 07/16) w/ shield and trident @ Poisoned w/ Stage One (1d6 + Enfeebled 1) plus 2nd Fortitude Save (DC 16) at end of turn!
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Tiny Poisonous Dinosaur
Channary (AC 17, HP 17/17) w/ staff (two-handed)
Mimi (AC 18 or 20 parry, HP 19/19) w/ rapier @ Panache!
Goblinoid
Luz (AC 15, HP 18/18) w/ shortbow
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Grimmylow hits the trail hard, scuttling up the rockface, sending his prayers to his party-mates, that they might smite his foes on his goddesses behalf. Surprising Glorzia, Nuvian shanks her twice , drawing first blood, before succumbing even more terribly to the effects of the tiny dinosaur's poison!
"Kneel? I'll watch you choke!"
"You, Goblin! Help out old Glorzia - we can share the booty!" She offers Grimmy a chance to "redeem" himself here...
Sensing weakness, the tiny dinosaur looks to lunge at the elf again, but...
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Grimmylow (AC 15, HP 20/20) w/ holy symbol @ Blessing 10-ft
Nuvian (AC 19 or 21 shield, HP 03/16) w/ shield and trident @ Poisoned w/ Stage Two (1d8 + Enfeebled 1) plus 3rd Fortitude Save (DC 16) at end of next turn! @ Grabbed by Glorzia
& Umber
Tiny Poisonous Dinosaur (AC ??)
Channary (AC 17, HP 17/17) w/ staff (two-handed)
Mimi (AC 18 or 20 parry, HP 19/19) w/ rapier @ Panache!
Glorzia (AC 19?, w/ HP @ -11 fork, -4 fork) @ Grabbing Nuvian
Luz (AC 15, HP 18/18) w/ shortbow
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There is an example of moving uphill (through Difficult Terrain) on Slide #2, and a Discussion here (LINK).
Please move your token!
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Investigator
Source Advanced Player's Guide pg. 60
Whenever you Devise a Stratagem, you can also attempt a check to Recall Knowledge as part of that action. If you critically succeed at the Recall Knowledge check, you notice a weakness and gain a +1 circumstance bonus to your attack roll from Devise a Stratagem. If you immediately convey this information to your allies as part of the check, each ally gains a +1 circumstance bonus to their next attack roll against the subject, as long as their attack is made before the beginning of your next turn.
Luz's Society is +7
Glorzia is a Bugbear.
Judging from her clothing, you can tell that she usually likes to sneak up on her prey, and as such, is at a disadvantage here, being that both parties became aware of eachother around the same moment. Though brutish, she is also surprisingly spry for a medium-sized muscular creature.
The tiny poisonous dinosaur, seeing it's prey weaken from it's bite, ventures another...
...taking down the wily fighter, and subjecting him to a second exposure, which very gravely threatens his life!
◆) Strike
◆◆) Ready
The tiny dinosaur crouches low, and looks ready to snap at the ankles of the next hero that threatens it's territory!
"That's one!" taunts Glorzia as the elf goes limp in her arms "Who's next?"
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Grimmylow (AC 15, HP 20/20) w/ holy symbol @ Blessing 10-ft
Nuvian (AC 19 or 21 shield, HP 00/16) dropped shield and trident @ prone, unconscious, Dying 1 @ Poisoned w/ Stage Two (1d8 + Enfeebled 1) plus 3rd Fortitude Save (DC 16) immediately!
& Umber
Tiny Poisonous Dinosaur (AC ??)
Channary (AC 17, HP 17/17) w/ staff (two-handed)
Mimi (AC 18 or 20 parry, HP 19/19) w/ rapier @ Panache!
Glorzia (AC 19?, w/ HP @ -11 fork, -4 fork) @ Grabbing Nuvian
Luz (AC 15, HP 18/18) w/ shortbow
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Mary climbs up the last of the cliff and comes face-to-face with the Goblinoid. "Madame, your appearence does not improve with proximité."
Mimi looks down at the unconscious form of Nuvian at her feet. Looking back up at her opponent, she says, "So be it. You have chosen your own destinee. En Garde!" With a set of motions too fast for the eye to follow, Mary wields her rapier like a surgeon wields a scalpel and slides the blade past the goblinoid's guard and deep into her chest.
Not being certain that her surgical strike was sufficient, Mimi withdraws her rapier and quickly redirects it at the goblinoid's throat.
"Et voilà"
Brutally stabbed twice, bloodied but somehow not fallen, Glorzia screams at Mary:
"I will gut you and use your entrails as bait!"
You still get the sense that while she didn't understand the swashbuckler's words, that her actions were sufficient to communicate.
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With Nuvian on the floor, Channary rushes over to help with the goblinoid. The ground is littered with loose rocks, but she does what she can. While running uphill, she pulls out a berry from her backpack. She palms it, and whispers something into her hands. "You are the freezing wind of north. Pummel this fool with your might." She stops, breathes in, puts her joint hands to her mouth, and forcefully blows into them. Instantly, a ray of freezing air is released from the other side, moving in the goblinoid's direction.
Stride once (◆) - 5+5 (difficult terrain towards NW ) and 5+10 (greater difficult terrain towards E)
And assuming those rocks are not impeding my line of sight, cast a 2 action spell (◆◆)
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+ 10 ft speed penalty for 1 round
Nuvian's body writhes on the ground, throwing off some of the poison's effects, but still gravely weakened from the small dinosaur's bite.
Amazingly, Mimi's two stabs and Channary's icy blast through Cover still isn't sufficient to dispatch the mighty bugbear, who yet jeers at her new prey, even as she stumbles about, clearly wounded and on her last leg...
The joke isn't very good, but perhaps her followup actions deliver the punch line best.
◆) Grapple
◆) Draw
◆) Maul
Glorzia bearhugs the mouthy swashbuckler brutefully one-handed, trapping her limbs sideways like a stuck pig, and drawing her bastard sword here,
Splattering her Galtan blood all over the rocks!
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Grimmylow (AC 15, HP 20/20) w/ holy symbol @ Blessing 10-ft
Nuvian (AC 19 or 21 shield, HP 00/16) dropped shield and trident @ prone, unconscious, Dying 2 @ Poisoned w/ Stage One (1d6 + Enfeebled 1) plus 4rd Fortitude Save (DC 16) at the end of next turn!
& Umber
Tiny Poisonous Dinosaur (AC ??)
Channary (AC 17, HP 17/17) w/ staff (two-handed)
Mimi (AC 18 or 20 parry, HP 04/19) w/ rapier @ Restrained by Glorzia
Glorzia (AC 17, w/ HP @ -11 fork, -4 fork, -15 finish, -5 pierce, -13 ice) w/ bastard @ Restraining Mimi @ -10 speed
Luz (AC 15, HP 18/18) w/ shortbow
Please wait until your turn to make your Recovery check and next Fortitude save!
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Grimmlylow's divine energy shoots life back into Nuvian, who opens his eyes to find himself prone and dropped of his shield and trident - but !
After you take your turn, please make another Fortitude save!
If you Succeed, you expunge the poison from your system (Stage Zero).
If you Fail, you advance once again to Stage Two - go ahead and roll 1d8 damage + Enfeebled 1.
Glorzia falls... releasing Mary as she hits the ground... Babs screams!
Nuvian wakes up barely in time to avoid having Glorzia's body fall on him as Luz's arrow slams into the bugbear's head.
He grabs his fallen trident and jumps to his feet.
His eyes then fall on the venomous little creature that was the source of his current woes and he slams his trident home.
All this vigorous activity causes the poison to spread further through his system...
...but apparently this is sufficient to dissipate the poison's malignancy and Nuvian shakes off the last of its effects.
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Mary was trying to concentrate on what she should do next, but the bugbear's iron grip and its attempts to remove her skin the hard way were proving a little distracting. "Madame, I must protest. I am quaite attachéd to my cutis and vould préfère eet to remain een place. Perhaps ve could discuss dees further over a mug of bière."
Fortunately, Luz's well-aimed arrow kills the creature before it can begin in earnest the application of its no-doubt patented skin peel treatment to the swashbuckler. Freed of the bugbear's grip, Mimi lands on her feet and steps back slightly as the corpse collapses at her feet. "Ouf! Merci bien Luz for dat intervention. De idée of 'aveeng my skeen removed vas most unappealeeng."
With Glorzia down, Nuvian easily shanks the tiny poisonous dinosaur dead, throwing it's poison from his system.
Grimmylow (20/20)
Nuvian (11/16)
& Umber (5/5)
Channary (17/17)
Mimi (04/19)
Luz (18/18)
Babs is shaken, and cowers before the party, reaching the end of her rope, which chokes her as she topples over clumsily, and she lets out a cry for help.
"HHOOO
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As the big goblin and bad dinosaur go down, Grimmylow is tempted to give them a dose of Sarenrae's cleansing fire. But there's no way to do it without getting his fellow pathfinders or the good dino in it, too.
So, instead, he pulls out his scimitar and approaches Babs. He takes careful aim, which you can tell because his tongue is sticking out, before chopping down at the rope to cut it.
He really shows that rope the error of its ways...
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Mimi looks over at Babs who is clearly in some distress. "Perhaps all dees excitement 'as been too much for de poor creature. Can someone calm it down? Eet veell make returneeng 'er to Xila a lot easier."
She turns to the approaching Channery. "You 'ave more experience dealeeng vith animals dan anyone 'ere, no? Can you do sometheeng?" Then to Luz, she adds, "Perhaps our grande detecteeve 'ere can figure out 'ow to quiet 'er down. Vat do you say, Luz?"
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Once everyone is safe from harm, Channary slowly walks over to Babs with nice, big, branch of fresh, green leaves, as previously near the enclosure.
She tries to calm her down with a soothing voice. "Good girl. We're here to take you to your herd. Don't worry.", she lets Babs sniff her hand first, and slowly presents the leafy treat, eventually trying to pet the creature as it chows on the offering.
While Luz keeps a lookout...
It appears Glorzia worked alone with her tiny loyal poisonous dinosaur - both of whom are now dead, only leaving behind her bastard sword, 3 javelins, and leather armor.
...Babs is chopped free by Grimmy and calmed down by Channary, the two of whom it now seems the young dinosaur takes turns following back and forth on the party's way back to meet...
...Xila, when suddenly Babs breaks into a clumsy sprint and jumps at the strange druid, toppling her over in tears of joy!
"How did you find her?" she asks a couple moments after the heartfelt reunion.
Xila nods her head eagerly - the braids in her hair click together...
Xila patiently listens to Grimmy's ramblings while Babs darts back and forth between her, him, and Channary, honking with glee.
Paying the party, she asks if any want to remain behind while she roams the land to collect a few more stray steggos, intending to herd them away from the "poaching territory" she considers this section of the valley. "Because it's unregulated here".
And so, each PC either parts ways with her or helps her on her final task, completing the Hillcross Roundup!