[Gameday X] GM Zin's CORE Blood Under Absalom (Inactive)

Game Master Zin Z'arin

Haste is currently only active on Kaya; it was dispelled on everyone else.

With the white-eyed clown appearing stunned, Bella takes advantage of the opportunity.
She swings the broom in a wide arc as she cackles and gives the half-orc a good whack on the side of his head.
straw broom: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
nonlethal: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (17) + 14 = 31

Kaya frowns, "Slow? Really? Boo."

She looks around, "Uh... I mean... OH YOU CRAZY MONKEY KING HAHA WHAT FUN WE ARE HAVING?!? HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

The crone hobbles up closer, "I SAID MISTER BANDIT, WHAT FUN WE ARE HAVING! HA HA HA!!!"

Move, Cast Hideous Laughter on Blue, DC 16 Will to Negate.

sorry I was not aware the haste was selectively dispelled

Kaya hobbles up, and tries to engage one of the Aspis in a humorous jest!

"Oh yeah," the Cruel Bandit says, no humor in his voice at all. "Just a laugh."

Viridian doesn't take kindly to the man not playing along, and whacks him upside the head a couple of times with his club, sending the man to the floor, blood seeping from one ear.

Pau continues to batter the strange fellow, striking once, though his followup fails to get through the other man's armor.

Bella enjoys having an unresponsive foe, and continues to clean up the room with him.

Round 2 (bold may act!)
Blue Rogue as Cruel Bandit (-7 hp, 27 nl; unconscious, prone)
Red Sorcerer as Monkey King
Kaya as Wizened Crone (haste)
Viridian as Noble Warrior (AoO vs. blue pending)
Pau as White-Eyed Clown (14/51 nl)
Gwen as Monkey King (25/31 nl)
Bella as Black-Eyed Clown
Green Fighter as Warrior Woman
Purple Cleric as White-Eyed Clown (6 nl; blinded 3 rounds, stunned 4 rounds)
Yellow ??? as The General (26 nl)

Active Effects
Haste: make one extra attack with full attack; gain +1 to attacks and +1 dodge to AC/Reflex; increase all mode of movement 30 ft to a max of double base speed
Blind: take –2 penalty to AC, lose Dex bonus to AC, take –4 penalty on most Str/Dex-based skill checks and opposed Perception checks; all checks/activities that rely on vision automatically fail; all opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) against the blinded character; must make DC 10 Acrobatics check to move faster than half speed or fall prone
Stunned: drop everything held; can’t take actions; take –2 penalty to AC; lose Dex bonus to AC

Gwen steps away from the opposing general, and summons up another spell. mirror image: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

If someone could please move her one space southwest. Thanks.

Scooted Gwen 1 space southwest.

Gwen creates some distance so that she can create a multitude of Monkey Kings!

The Warrior Woman character steps towards Gwen. "Too many Kings on the stage! Gotta take them down!" she calls with a strike of her polearm. One of Gwen's Monkey King images fades away as the wooden blade passes through it.

The White-Eyed Clown continues to stand there on wobbly feet, blind and stunned.

The General steps along with the Warrior Woman to keep Pau centered between them, focusing a pair of quick slaps with his wooden sword on the monk's belly, one leaving quite a welt.

The opposing Monkey King tries to send the monk to the ground, conjuring a patch of grease underneath Pau. Reflex save DC 15 or fall prone

Round 3 (bold may act!)
Blue Rogue as Cruel Bandit (-7 hp, 27 nl; unconscious, prone)
Red Sorcerer as Monkey King
Kaya as Wizened Crone (haste)
Viridian as Noble Warrior
Pau as White-Eyed Clown (26/51 nl; Reflex save pending)
Gwen as Monkey King (25/31 nl; mirror image 4 images)
Bella as Black-Eyed Clown
Green Fighter as Warrior Woman
Purple Cleric as White-Eyed Clown (6 nl; blinded 2 rounds, stunned 3 rounds)
Yellow ??? as The General (26 nl)

Active Effects
Haste: make one extra attack with full attack; gain +1 to attacks and +1 dodge to AC/Reflex; increase all mode of movement 30 ft to a max of double base speed
Blind: take –2 penalty to AC, lose Dex bonus to AC, take –4 penalty on most Str/Dex-based skill checks and opposed Perception checks; all checks/activities that rely on vision automatically fail; all opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) against the blinded character; must make DC 10 Acrobatics check to move faster than half speed or fall prone
Stunned: drop everything held; can’t take actions; take –2 penalty to AC; lose Dex bonus to AC

Did Bella not hit the blinded and stunned white eyed clown? Not only does it lose its bonus to armor class but penalties for being blind and stunned do stack so it should be -4 to ac.

Bella enjoys having an unresponsive foe, and continues to clean up the room with him.

...

Purple Cleric as White-Eyed Clown (6 nl; blinded 3 rounds, stunned 4 rounds)

Yes, it was reported in this post; he was at 4 nl before Bella's attack, which did an additional 2 nl for a total of 6 nl damage now.

Reflex 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

Pau navigates the grease, and punches at yellow three more times, using Flurry of Blows. He continues his nonlethal unarmed assault of the yellow leader of the opposition.

FOB Attack with morale bonus 1d20 + 1 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 8 = 14
Damage with morale bonus 1d8 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 5 + 1 = 7

FOB Attack 1d20 + 1 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 8 = 10
Damage 1d8 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 5 = 11

FOB Iterative attack 1d20 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 1 + 3 = 12
Damage 1d8 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 1 + 5 = 14

Kaya moves up next to their big fighter general man, "Oh mighty spirits of our ancestors, grant this great warrior the ability to know when and where to strike to end this combat!"

Move, Cast Diviner's Fortune on Viridian. He pretty much gets +2 on any attacks, skill or ability checks or saves this round.

Bella continues her comedic routine of giggling, swaying, and swinging the broom. She gives her clown opponent another whack, this time in the belly.
straw broom: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
nonlethal: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Her giggling and swaying causes her to be way off target. She takes a hop backwards.

Gwen moves along the southern border of the greasy patch (relying upon her mirror images to protect her from harm) and lines herself for another rainbow blast.

Once in position (assuming she makes it), she casts color spray (DC 16) again, targeting yellow and red.

Kaya moves over to Viridian, granting the big warrior the special insight of her diviner's touch.

Pau continues to try to pummel the apparent leader of the opposition, but can't seem to get a blow past the man's defenses this time. I adjusted damage for the attack last round that I erroneously didn't record. However, this foe is not actually an Aspis agent, so doesn't benefit from the +1 morale bonus. Sorry I didn't catch this earlier.

Bella continues to badger her nearly-helpless foe with the rushes of her broom, only dirtying his outfit this time for the effort.

Gwen nearly catches a sword-blow to her back as she dashes off, but her mirror images protect her once again. She sends forth another scintillating splash of color over another pair of their foes, catching both full-face and leaving both unresponsive!

Round 3 (bold may act!)
Blue Rogue as Cruel Bandit (-7 hp, 27 nl; unconscious, prone)
Red Sorcerer as Monkey King (blinded 4 rounds, stunned 5 rounds)
Kaya as Wizened Crone (haste)
Viridian as Noble Warrior (diviner's fortune)
Pau as White-Eyed Clown (26/51 nl; Reflex save pending)
Bella as Black-Eyed Clown
Gwen as Monkey King (25/31 nl; mirror image 4 images)
Green Fighter as Warrior Woman
Purple Cleric as White-Eyed Clown (6 nl; blinded 2 rounds, stunned 3 rounds)
Yellow ??? as The General (32 nl; stunned 1 round)

Active Effects
Haste: make one extra attack with full attack; gain +1 to attacks and +1 dodge to AC/Reflex; increase all mode of movement 30 ft to a max of double base speed
Blind: take –2 penalty to AC, lose Dex bonus to AC, take –4 penalty on most Str/Dex-based skill checks and opposed Perception checks; all checks/activities that rely on vision automatically fail; all opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) against the blinded character; must make DC 10 Acrobatics check to move faster than half speed or fall prone
Stunned: drop everything held; can’t take actions; take –2 penalty to AC; lose Dex bonus to AC

Viridian will move to either of the color sprayed dudes if they are still up. Otherwise help with blue

”Too many kings? You mean too many monkeys?“

atk, NL: 1d20 + 11 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 11 - 4 = 10 for dmg: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

bleh

Viridian, you didn't include the +2 bonus Kaya granted you from diviner's fortune. In double-checking that, I see you also are including a -4 penalty, presumably for nonlethal. These weapons are designed for nonlethal combat; you don't need to take that penalty.

I only see one of your past rolls where that -4 changed the result--an AoO vs blue that was followed by a full attack that took him down--so there's not really a retcon to do, thankfully.

More importantly, I don't know who to target with your attack. Both color sprayed foes are affected by the color spray, and both are "up" in the sense of not being unconscious yet. Blue is unconscious; attacking him further (unless he gets healed) would disqualify you. We will use your existing roll (as a 16 to attack, not 10), but please let me know where you are going to move and who you are attacking; this isn't a choice I can bot for you.

Sorry, the color spray was throwing me off until I knew if they were down or not
(and I definitely cross-posted with you and did not see your recap).
If he can 'legally' attack the standing ones Yellow

With his padded club he advances on yellow General and smacks the dude.

Keep prior roll as 16, modified as stated.

Not sure this General is coming around any time soon.

The Warrior Woman's head darts around as she begins to recognize that the field of battle is now strongly stacked against her and her allies. She doesn't stop fighting, though. She strikes at Pau again, but any pretense of theatricality has gone away as she just tries to batter the monk, who easily dodges the blow.

White-Eyed Clown still stands motionless on wobbly feet.

The General and the Monkey King both echo their partner's inaction.

Round 3 (bold may act!)
Blue Rogue as Cruel Bandit (-7 hp, 27 nl; unconscious, prone)
Red Sorcerer as Monkey King (blinded 3 rounds, stunned 4 rounds)
Viridian as Noble Warrior (delay; diviner's fortune)
Kaya as Wizened Crone (haste)
Pau as White-Eyed Clown (26/51 nl)
Bella as Black-Eyed Clown
Gwen as Monkey King (25/31 nl; mirror image 3 images)
Green Fighter as Warrior Woman
Purple Cleric as White-Eyed Clown (6 nl; blinded 1 rounds, stunned 2 rounds)
Yellow ??? as The General (32 nl)

Active Effects
Haste: make one extra attack with full attack; gain +1 to attacks and +1 dodge to AC/Reflex; increase all mode of movement 30 ft to a max of double base speed
Blind: take –2 penalty to AC, lose Dex bonus to AC, take –4 penalty on most Str/Dex-based skill checks and opposed Perception checks; all checks/activities that rely on vision automatically fail; all opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) against the blinded character; must make DC 10 Acrobatics check to move faster than half speed or fall prone
Stunned: drop everything held; can’t take actions; take –2 penalty to AC; lose Dex bonus to AC

Doh! Looks like we cross-posted again (almost the same time as yesterday's). Use Viridian's post as his action.

Viridian steps in front of Gwen's flank and whacks the stunned General with his club.

Round 4 (bold may act!)
Blue Rogue as Cruel Bandit (-7 hp, 27 nl; unconscious, prone)
Red Sorcerer as Monkey King (blinded 3 rounds, stunned 4 rounds)
Viridian as Noble Warrior
Kaya as Wizened Crone (haste)
Pau as White-Eyed Clown (26/51 nl)
Bella as Black-Eyed Clown
Gwen as Monkey King (25/31 nl; mirror image 3 images)
Green Fighter as Warrior Woman
Purple Cleric as White-Eyed Clown (6 nl; blinded 1 rounds, stunned 2 rounds)
Yellow ??? as The General (42 nl)

Active Effects
Haste: make one extra attack with full attack; gain +1 to attacks and +1 dodge to AC/Reflex; increase all mode of movement 30 ft to a max of double base speed
Blind: take –2 penalty to AC, lose Dex bonus to AC, take –4 penalty on most Str/Dex-based skill checks and opposed Perception checks; all checks/activities that rely on vision automatically fail; all opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) against the blinded character; must make DC 10 Acrobatics check to move faster than half speed or fall prone
Stunned: drop everything held; can’t take actions; take –2 penalty to AC; lose Dex bonus to AC

Kaya moves up, flitting through the enemies like a ballet dancer, "La La La-Di-Da. Off to fight the war and advise my friends."

She taps the monk on the hip and gives him a friendly blessing.

Move, Cast Diviner's Fortune on Pau. He pretty much gets +2 on any attacks, skill or ability checks or saves this round.

Bella has a new combatant in front of her; The Warrior Woman. She swings her broom around, cackles like a clown, and smacks the warrior in the rear.
straw broom & flank: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 5 + 2 = 20
nonlethal: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Feeling boosted from the halfling, Pau again focuses punches at yellow three more times, using Flurry of Blows.

FOB Attack with boost 1d20 + 2 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 2 + 8 = 24
Damage 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

FOB Attack 1d20 + 2 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 2 + 8 = 26
Damage 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

FOB Iterative attack 1d20 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 3 = 9
Damage 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Gwen moves around the pool of grease (to the space to the west of yellow, if someone would be so kind) and snatches up his wooden sword from the floor at his feet.

I don't see a compass rose on the map. If North is up, Kaya is to the west of yellow.

Traditioally (at least in the northern latitudes) North is up.

Sorry for the delay on this post, Paizo stopped showing me a new post count for this thread again.

Kaya, your movement isn't possible the way you show, there's a "wall" north of yellow that you can't move through. (I interpret that to be the open curtains bunched up at the side of the stage, which would indeed be impossible to move through.) Unfortunately, your action influences both Pau and Gwen, so I need you update your movement before I can resolve this round. You could use Acrobatics to move through the grease (DC 15), or through yellow's square (CMD+5), or through green's threatened squares (CMD), or just do something else entirely. Haste gives you enough movement for any of those options, even at half-speed. Yellow, FYI, is unarmed, so doesn't threaten any squares, but he's no longer stunned, so you still have to roll to move through his square; the penalty for failure would just be lost movement, no AoO.

Bella decides to grant the poor clown a brief reprieve, whacking the Warrior Woman on the bum instead for getting too close.

Pau and Gwen's actions will resolve with the next roundup post after Kaya adjusts.

Round 4 (bold may act!)
Blue Rogue as Cruel Bandit (-7 hp, 27 nl; unconscious, prone)
Red Sorcerer as Monkey King (blinded 3 rounds, stunned 4 rounds)
Viridian as Noble Warrior
Kaya as Wizened Crone (haste)
Pau as White-Eyed Clown (26/51 nl)
Bella as Black-Eyed Clown
Gwen as Monkey King (25/31 nl; mirror image 3 images)
Green Fighter as Warrior Woman (4 nl)
Purple Cleric as White-Eyed Clown (6 nl; blinded 1 rounds, stunned 2 rounds)
Yellow ??? as The General (42 nl)

Active Effects
Haste: make one extra attack with full attack; gain +1 to attacks and +1 dodge to AC/Reflex; increase all mode of movement 30 ft to a max of double base speed
Blind: take –2 penalty to AC, lose Dex bonus to AC, take –4 penalty on most Str/Dex-based skill checks and opposed Perception checks; all checks/activities that rely on vision automatically fail; all opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) against the blinded character; must make DC 10 Acrobatics check to move faster than half speed or fall prone
Stunned: drop everything held; can’t take actions; take –2 penalty to AC; lose Dex bonus to AC

Oh jeeze, that is a solid wall? Ouch. Well I'm assuming I can't move through an enemy's square even if they are stunned without a roll (I don't trust the dice roller to be nice) so I'll just step up and tap Viridian on the shoulder with her buff.

Oh jeeze, that is a solid wall? Ouch.

Not a solid wall, but a bunched-up mess of heavy fabric that is impassable just the same.

Kaya steps over and grants Viridian the same diviner's fortune she had before.

Pau pummels the General all same, with or without a boost from Kaya's magic.

Gwen crosses to Viridian's other side and picks up the General's weapon.

The Warrior Woman continues beating on Pau, trying to draw his attention from their General, and probably finally doing so with a single very powerful whomp on the back of the monk's head.

The General looks around, surrounded, and eyes his weapon in Gwen's hand. Not liking what he sees, he makes a mad dash across the grease.

Pau, Gwen, and Viridian all get AoOs vs Yellow

Round 5 (bold may act!)
Blue Rogue as Cruel Bandit (-7 hp, 27 nl; unconscious, prone)
Red Sorcerer as Monkey King (blinded 2 rounds, stunned 3 rounds)
Viridian as Noble Warrior (diviner's fortune; AoO vs Yellow pending)
Kaya as Wizened Crone (haste)
Pau as White-Eyed Clown (48/51 nl; AoO vs Yellow pending)
Bella as Black-Eyed Clown
Gwen as Monkey King (25/31 nl; mirror image 3 images; AoO vs Yellow pending)
Green Fighter as Warrior Woman (4 nl)
Purple Cleric as White-Eyed Clown (6 nl; stunned 1 round)
Yellow ??? as The General (67 nl)

Active Effects
Haste: make one extra attack with full attack; gain +1 to attacks and +1 dodge to AC/Reflex; increase all mode of movement 30 ft to a max of double base speed
Blind: take –2 penalty to AC, lose Dex bonus to AC, take –4 penalty on most Str/Dex-based skill checks and opposed Perception checks; all checks/activities that rely on vision automatically fail; all opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) against the blinded character; must make DC 10 Acrobatics check to move faster than half speed or fall prone
Stunned: drop everything held; can’t take actions; take –2 penalty to AC; lose Dex bonus to AC

All four of the Gwendolyns look at the opposing General as he flees.

pugil-stick v yellow: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11 nl damage: 1d8 ⇒ 8 Maybe he's Apsis? No bonus added.

"Oh well." She turns to the man behind her, the opposing Monkey King and says "Say, your name wouldn't happen to be Homer, would it?"

The Gwens all wind up like Mickey Mantle...

pugil-stick v yellow (v blind, v stunned): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9 nl damage: 1d8 ⇒ 5 Maybe he's Apsis? No bonus added.

...and take a communal test swing.

Bella stays put, flanking with Pau. After smacking the warrior woman in the rear, she spins around with the broom outward and smacks the bristle end into the warrior's belly.
straw broom & flank: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 5 + 2 = 17
nonlethal whack: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Pau tries to whomp up on yellow one last time, nonlethally of course, before Pau himself is knocked out.

AoO 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20
Damage 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

With yellow out of range, the monk turns his attention to the dastardly green clad villain who has bonked him in the head too many times for comfort. He lashes out in a flurry of fists, and feet, using the distraction provided by Bella.

FOB with Flank 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 8 + 2 = 20
Damage, nonlethal with dirty fighter trait 1d8 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 5 = 11

FOB with flank 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 8 + 2 = 21
Damage, nonlethal with dirty fighter trait 1d8 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 5 = 10

FOB with flank 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 2 = 9
Damage, nonlethal with dirty fighter trait 1d8 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 5 = 7

Pau also expends a ki point to get off more more attack at green.

Ki attack 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 8 + 2 = 30
Damage, nonlethal with dirty fighter trait 1d8 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 5 = 12

Possible Crit on Ki attack 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 8 + 2 = 27
Damage, nonlethal with dirty fighter trait 1d8 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 5 = 7

The opposing General drops at Pau's feet before he can even begin to cross the grease. AoOs did it!

With his main foe down on the ground, Pau wheels around and unleashes the same pummeling fury on the Warrior Woman behind him, dropping the costumed warrior with ease.

Bella was clearly going for the same foe, but shifts seeing her fall, returning to her original object of shame.

Gwen decides to play like Bella, and delivers a sound whap to her senseless foe.

Round 5 (bold may act!)
Blue Rogue as Cruel Bandit (-7 hp, 27 nl; unconscious, prone)
Red Sorcerer as Monkey King (6 nl; blinded 2 rounds, stunned 3 rounds)
Viridian as Noble Warrior (diviner's fortune)
Kaya as Wizened Crone (haste)
Pau as White-Eyed Clown (48/51 nl)
Bella as Black-Eyed Clown
Gwen as Monkey King (25/31 nl; mirror image 3 images; AoO vs Yellow pending)
Green Fighter as Warrior Woman (-6 hp, 38 nl, unconscious, prone)
Purple Cleric as White-Eyed Clown (9 nl; stunned 1 round)
Yellow ??? as The General (67 nl; unconscious, prone)

Active Effects
Haste: make one extra attack with full attack; gain +1 to attacks and +1 dodge to AC/Reflex; increase all mode of movement 30 ft to a max of double base speed
Blind: take –2 penalty to AC, lose Dex bonus to AC, take –4 penalty on most Str/Dex-based skill checks and opposed Perception checks; all checks/activities that rely on vision automatically fail; all opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) against the blinded character; must make DC 10 Acrobatics check to move faster than half speed or fall prone
Stunned: drop everything held; can’t take actions; take –2 penalty to AC; lose Dex bonus to AC

Kaya skirts the grease and picks up whatever weapon the white-eyed clown used to have.

I'm guessing medium sized broomstick aka NL club?

Viridian moves to the red to knock them out.

”Is this the last?“

atk: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 11 + 2 + 1 = 16 for dmg: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

bleh - but may actually hit?

Then turns to assess the others.

As you begin assembling around the two stunned Aspis foes Kiang Zhen stands up and motions her arm in the air for you to stop. "That's enough," she says. "You've proven your worth."

She whistles, and the three aasimar from the opposing side come out of the wings and begin healing and waking your foes, escorting them to their dressing room. Kiang Zhen motions you to your dressing room as well.

When you get there, your tengu liaison is waiting for you. "Time for your costume change," she caws as she hands over a stack of black funerary robes. "Once you get suited up, throw these over your clothes; you’ll need them to enter the next event. Then head to the Petal District. You’ll know the way once you get there."

Status
Bella
Gwen (25/31 nl)
Kaya
Pau (48/51 nl)
Viridian

The next Overseer post won't come until tomorrow evening; you can work on healing Gwen and Pau in the meantime!

"Oh well." She turns to the man behind her, the opposing Monkey King and says "Say, your name wouldn't happen to be Homer, would it?"

The Gwens all wind up like Mickey Mantle...

As you begin assembling around the two stunned Aspis foes Kiang Zhen stands up and motions her arm in the air for you to stop. "That's enough," she says. "You've proven your worth."

"DARN IT!" Gwen says in obvious disappointment. "I've always wanted to hit a Homer."

She pats her opponent on the shoulder to indicate no hard feelings, but the pat is enough to send the stunned man off the stage and into the trombone, flugelhorn, and bagpipe section of the orchestra pit.

"Oops."

Viridian is not much help with healing but will try to assist where possible.

”I am not a fan of this acting out fights. I would rather fight only those enemies who cannot be reasonable. The senseless loss of life for a contest worries me.“

As the party leaves a couple of drum sticks fall off a stand jounced by the other Monkey King, bounce tremulously off a snare then fall crashing onto a cymbal.

Kaya nods at the sorceress as they leave, "I thought that was a bit of a joke fight too. Maybe the next one will be as easy? We've got to be close to the final test, I hope they won't make us fight each other."

She will pick up two vials of antitoxin on their way to the petal district (if we have time).

"Well, thank goodness that's over. Yeah, I do hope the next battles are that easy, too."

Bella watches the drumsticks roll off the kit and make an interesting rhythmic sound.
"Huh. That was pretty neat."

"Who needs healing? I have a wand to cure light wounds if anyone needs it."
Bella holds out her wand.

Pau was pretty beat up from the demonstration. He pulls his own wand of Cure Light Wounds and asks Bella to burn a few charges for him.

CLW 6d8 + 6 ⇒ (1, 6, 6, 2, 4, 8) + 6 = 33

”I think with a little bed rest, I’ll be hale and hearty by tomorrow…”

But will we get a chance to rest, friend Pau? It seems they are keeping us on a tight schedule. he grins.

And that does not count blasted unwelcome visitors in the middle of the night!

"Bibbity-bobbity-boop."
Bella taps Pau a few times with his wand.
"Viridian is right, Pau. Looks like we're being ushered to the next trial."

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Bella is handed a funerary robe and holds it out in front of her to get a good look.
"Oooh. How dreadful."
She says with a wry smile.
"I have just the idea for makeup."
After donning the robe, she goes over to the makeup counter and grabs a stick of black kohl. With the porcelain white clown makeup still covering her face, she enhances the black circles around her eyes to look like a skull's eye sockets. She then draws the nasal cavity of a skull on her nose and a set of teeth on her lips.
She turns to her companions to show them her handiwork.
"How does it look? Scary, I hope."

With the cowl of the robe over her head but showing her skull face, she stands stoically, points a finger at Varidian, then speaks in a sonorous voice.
"I Am Death. I Have Come For You."

She smiles and giggles with glee.
"Tee-hee! Pretty scary, huh, Varidian?"

Viridian nods and dons the black robes as instructed

Pau uses more of his wand, wanting to be at tip top shape for the next challenge.

CLW 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (3, 7) + 2 = 12

**HOUSE GM ANNOUNCEMENT**

A crowd of black-robed mourners gathers in a small, grassy square near the edge of a cemetery within the Petal District. The assembly forms a procession, which winds through the cemetery to one of the oldest and most opulent plots. There, the entrances to an entire row of aging marble mausoleums stand open. Before each rests a coffin.

The procession stops, and a woman in the robes of a Pharasmin cleric steps forward. She approaches the various groups of mourners and, speaking in a solemn tone, requests each of them to hoist a casket and carry it into one of the mausoleums. Then she adds the following instructions: "This next competition is the final one of the qualifier. The Emissary lies somewhere in the catacombs below. All you must do now is seek him out and touch his robes. Good luck."

Then the woman nods and leaves, without further explanation.
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Table GMs, you may now begin Act Six! Barring any additional delays, we are slated to wrap up on October 25th.