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[dice=Reflex (T), Curse]1d20+4-2
[dice=Reflex (T), Hero Point (Vestments), Curse]1d20+4+1-2
The cloud of acid burns horrendously at Isurus' skin, and the azarketi drops to the ground unconscious before he can even scream.
The fierce rage of battle trapped within his body immediately begins to repair the damage, but the residual acid continues to eat away at his skin as fast as it heals.
[dice=Persistent Flat]1d20
Fortunately, the acid evaporates away soon and his body continues to repair itself.
You don’t take the dying condition here.
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Kyra hears Alaric, and is happy she is already behind cover--
--before seeing that this drake bypassed cover by spitting acid clouds!
As the caustic mist starts to burn, Kyra--
--bounces into the pillar, and is unable to avoid the wave.
Kyra, her skin blistering, is happy to see Samna evaded some-- but frowns when the monk is hit by the tail!
Then she remains speechless upon seeing brave Isurus fall, get up... only to go down again.
And Dyner too!
"NOoo!"
Kyra extends her arms out, and calls upon her own necromantic arts, disperse positive energy in a 30-foot emanation that falls short of the drake, asking the Dawnflower to heal her and her three wounded companions--
--and the help comes, but rather on the light side.
As Kyra smiles, seeing her fallen companions open an eye, the drake's acid burns deeper into her skin--
--and keeps on sizzling.
Thankfully, Isurus' powers helped...
Fight 3, round 1
Bold May go
Alaric
Jaxon
River Drake -8HP
Isurus-18 HP
Kyra -13HP
Samna -12HP
Dyner -12 HP
Both Alaric and Jaxon's attacks fail to penetrate the creature's thick hide.
The creature steps adjacent to Alaric and begins a flurry of attacks.
Fight 3, round 1
Bold May go
Alaric -7 HP
Jaxon
River Drake -8HP
Isurus-18 HP
Kyra -13HP
Samna -12HP
Dyner -12 HP
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Kyra hesitates, but then decides to first try to harm the drake, while Alaric is still close to it with his aura that stokes flames!
Fire is fire, she thinks, be it of the dawn sun, or hellish... and fire is what we need right now!
So she moves past Samna and points her hand at the creature, sending a ray of fire at the drake--
; ;
--hopefully hurting it.
Hopefully she will still be standing to try and heal...
The acid eats away at her--
--nearly taking her down.
But she feels it has run its course, and should not burn her up anymore.
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Feeling a wave of healing wash over her, Dyner gives a groan and rolls around in the dirt, feeling the immense pain of that acid burning at her skin. She digs a small twig of holly out of her belt and gathers energy from the nearby air, chanting a prayer of mercy to Angelweis as she does. The ball of soothing white snowflakes builds for a moment before it flurries out from the tengu's claws and heals everyone in the area.
Despite her dust bath, the acid still continues to burn.
Isurus Misses with his trident
Kyra's blast of fire hits and ignites the drake!
Dynzer heals
Only one of Samna's Shuriken hits home
And just as Jaxon strikes, again the creature's tail seems to lash out, almost of its own volition. However, Jaxon's strike does manage to pierce through.
Fight 3, round 3
Bold May go
Alaric -7 HP
Jaxon -5HP
River Drake -27HP, ON FIRE (Persistent 2d4)
Isurus-10 HP
Kyra -11 HP
Samna -5 HP
Dyner -8 HP
Alaric slams a ball of flame into the drake, which seers him more.
The drake turns on the only remaining creature in its radius and once again enters a Drake's fury
The drake has one bite attack it can make, but can't do anything with it, uses its final action to move up to Isurus
After that they take the burning damage.
The drake is looking really wobbly, really bad shape
Fight 3, round 3
Bold May go
Alaric -7 HP
Jaxon -19HP
River Drake -43HP,
Isurus-10 HP
Kyra -11 HP
Samna -5 HP
Dyner -8 HP
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The azarketi's wounds continue to heal at an accelerated rate as the river drake approaches him. His milk-filmed eyes stare at his foe with determination. "Cho esoum jeoc meg iyuorja geh cho lyubol!" Isurus cries as he reaches over his shoulder to draw his second trident and thrusts it toward the drake with eldritch power. He draws the shaft back and thrusts again .
"ENOUGH!" calls the drake. "I weild!"
Though the drake is concious, it appears that he can't move.
"Oh, for the love of . . . couldn't go a little easy on me could you? It's not like I fired off my breath weapon as often as I could or did arial hit and run tactics."
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Dyner stands up, still sizzling in acid. "Oh don't even start with me, drake. You were fighting a group of people who had been in two fights already and who you took two of them down with your breath weapon alone. I got knocked out and literally did all I could to keep myself alive."
"Speaking of which, I'm still sizzling! Which I should probably be trying to put out but curse you and sure you didn't act extremely aggressive, but it was very much a life and death fight and if you weren't taking it seriously, then that's on you!"
" Now I should probably get this acid washed off before it burns any further! Anyone have some water? Or large amount of dust?"
Dyner collapses back onto the ground.
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Once the drake yields, Isurus' wounds cease healing. "Us take it easy on you?" he says looking around at Jaxon where he sleeps and the painful wounds on all of his allies. "I believe you had the advantage on us even with you holding back."
He looks at his own wounds. "If the ocean had not forced me back to the fight time after time..."
[ooc]Let's just say everyone's presistant damage is done.
"Oh, think six on one is a fair fight? Plus you had healing magic which I don't and, oh yeah, ALL FIGHTS HERE ARE NONLETHAL. So no, in fact we WERE NOT fighting for our lives. Surely your venture captain explained that to you. I know I did."
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Jaxon sits up groggily. "Well, that tail packs quite a wallop." He waves off Kyra, but nods to her in appreciation for the healing. The thug picks up his shortsword and sheathes it. "But nothing like a little schoolhouse brawl to get everyone jumping. Does this place have a bar too? I think I need a drink to clear my head. What about you, drakey? Care for a drink? What's your name anyway?"
Marcus decends the steps and slaps you on the back as some pathfinders come out to heal up the drake.
"Good job, not many pathfinder initiats can say they beat a river Drake. And good job to you too Xukaephon," he says to the drake. "I'm sure the other pathfinders initiates appreciate the experience, even if they are a bit too wound up to say so right now," he shoots you a mean look.
"Kyra, good use of flame spells and healing. Might wanna work on that sword-arm though, I noticed when you used your sword it didn't quite get through the wood of one of those brooms. Might wanna talk to senior pathfinder Ben Goshi Hojoin. He's a cleric of Abadar but also one heckova fighter.
"Isurus, overall solid performance. Good use of Tridents for solid ranged damage, but consider keeping on in reserve in case melee comes to you. If you are having trouble adapting to land and water battles and back again, I suggest talking to senior pathfinder Hana. He's an Undine that has been seeking to master a style of combat that works both above and below water.
"Dyner, great spellwork, but I'd still like to see you work some weaponry into your repotoire. There are some monsters out there like golems that are outright immune to most magic. I suggest speaking to senior pathfinder Taiicho. He's a tengu like you who has magic but has also mastered the art of swordplay through dexterity instead of brute strength.
"Alaric, like I said, go see Senior pathfinder Grundersnutt. He's like you I suspect but over the years he's been able to . . . nudge his curse to align somewhere along his needs.
"Samna, good reaction to what was going on. You saw that melee attacks weren't working and so switched to ranged quite effectively. Solid move, as was staying in range of those that can heal. If you want further training in switching between ranged and melee, seek out Senior pathfinder Jad, he's a halfling but he's damn good at that kinda stuff."
And when Jaxon wakes up.
"Damn brave of you to run in there and try and take a dragon by the horns. But after Samna called out that ranged attacks were a better option, maybe you should have listened. But if you are really into that melee life, I suggest talking to Barrid. He's a lot like you, big, muscle-bound, but also good at exploiting a distracted enemy for maximum damage. He can tell you how to use a shield when you attack, might save your life."
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Kyra thanks Isurus for the healing.
Then, looking at herself and her companions, she sees most are still slightly banged up--
--so she casts a spell of healing to make her companions whole again, and to help relieve Xukaephon hurt too.
Hopefully her companions are better--
So Kyra prays while putting ointment on her skin, to soothe the acid burns--
--and, seeing that it is not enough, she bandages her arm.
Kyra wraps and wraps and wraps the bandages, ending up with an arm that is twice as thick as her other one!
She smiles:
"Okay, that should do it!"
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Dyner gives a stretch and gives a slightly derisive snort at the suggestion that she work on using weapons better. "I know what golems are and I can work around that... but yes I guess using a weapon better would be a good idea. I'll look into a good staff."
She then looks at everyone else and cocks her head. "Well , shall we get going?"
As the Pathfinders sit around talking and enjoying their victory, a messenger arrives and hands something to Marcos, who balks for a second before recovering himself.
"Well well, seems you have attracted the attention of a famous pathfinder indeed! Ahem, it, uh, it seems that Senior Pathfinder Folun Crox has heard of your rising stardom and invites you to have dinner and spend the night at his manor house this evening. It is . . . well, he always has delicious food and his manor is well staffed, so it is a rare opportunity to be pampered . . . I . . . . well I guess i suggest you go."
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Kyra raises an eyebrow:
"Is this not a test to see if we know which fork to use to open a clam?"
Seeing that Dyner is still a little hurt, Kyra will see that a few more minutes are spent before going to be... pampered.
Kyra heals Dyner for more health than she has!
"Who feels pampered, now?!"
Kyra is ready to go:
"Let us go mind our manors..."
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By way of answering your questions, Marcos elaborates:
"Folun Crox is an odd one. He's a pathfinder in good standing, no doubt, so don't worry about that. He's a rather practiced wizard, studied ancient Thassalon for some time, also made some clever investments from his pay in the Pathfinder Society leading to a sizable sum of wealth. In fact his wealth is so great he . . . well he refuses to go on missions anymore unless he has his entourage with him. Porters, entertainers, a veritable zoo. I'm told it takes up a whole sailing ship plus two barges besides.
"Folun is getting up there in age and I've no doubt that he's looking to live vicariously through younger pathfinders now. That may be why he wants to talk to talented upstarts like yourself. And don't worry about using proper oyster forks. . . he worships one of the gods of partying and feasting, he's not one to stand on ceremony. Just . . . treat him with respect and have a good time."