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Yendi drops a hand on Menas's shoulder, "I know you have little love for the Gods and their works, but don't worry, this is a gift from myself, not one beseeched from above." and sends Healing energies into Menas.
Afterward, he looks up at the Ravener bearing down on them, "And you, I think, need to remember why you are really here." He casts another spell, to draw the creature into a reverie of memories of its own previous life, before it became an undead monstrosity.
Spiritual AnamnesisSpell 4
Uncommon Mental Necromancy
Source Pathfinder #147: Tomorrow Must Burn pg. 74
Traditions divine, occult
Cast Two Actions somatic, verbal
Range 60 feet; Targets 1 creature
Saving Throw Will;
Duration varies
Memories of a past life that seem incredibly real (and may even be) overwhelm the target’s mind. This is especially disorienting for undead and creatures that have lived a previous life (such as celestials, fiends, monitors, and many other extraplanar creatures); if such creatures roll a critical success on their save, they get a success instead, and if they roll a failure, they get a critical failure instead.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature is slowed 1 for 1 round.
Failure The target is slowed 1 for 1 minute and babbles about the visions, possibly providing information about what they saw.
Critical Failure As failure, but the target is also stunned 3.
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Thereus shakes off the fear and avoids some of the fire completely, but is slightly singed (10). He heals himself, but then misses with two arrow strikes.
Yendi is grazed by both fireballs (15) and ignores the ravener's aura entirely. He then lays healing onto Menas after the Magus makes his saving throws vs. the fireballs.
He then draws upon the spirits of this ancient land and tries to thrust those memories and feelings at the undead dragon!
The ravener is slowed for a round!
Giggling at all the fireworks, the demon who was first to act waggles the fingers of its free hand and toes, and then disappears in a puff of smoke, suddenly reappearing behind Ukh!
With a grin, it swings its flaming sword at the goblin!
But misses!
ROUND 2
Ukh Reflex Save x2, Will Save
Menas Reflex Save x2, Will Save
Ravener
Demon 1
Demon 3
Yendi
ROUND 3
Thereus
Demon 2
Check to ID Ravener: Arcana or Religion
Check ID Demons: Religion
Menas will be healed for 23hp after resolving the reflex saves.
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Menas once again drops to the ground as fireballs sail overhead. Unfortunately, one manages to still explode close enough to cause injury while the other misses entirely. "My thanks Yendi."
Menas then tries to resist the menacing presence of the Ravener.
Unfortunately, mental resistance is one of the things Menas severely lacks, and he becomes quite frightened by the massive undead dragon; but come on, who wouldn't be?
Regardless, Menas decides it's time to spread out from fireball formation and deal with the enemies in front of him. He takes his quickened stride over to the Brimorak threatening Ukh and unleashes a powerful spellstrike.
Menas then raises his Spellguard Shield, hoping to ward off additional fireballs.
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Reflex:
Reflex:
The goblin tries to avoid the deluge of fire so much he can.
Will:
Then he's frightened by the huge monster coming to them. But he takes all his courage to throw a bomb towards the appearing in front of him demon.
Bottle lightening moderate:
Damage, splash:
Then he goes away and casts Shield.
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Menas is singed by flame but healed swiftly thereafter, but then decides to tactically withdraw away from the frightening ravener a little bit. Taking advantage of Ukh's positioning, he lands a critical hit on the demon! (60 plus 1d4 bleed)
Upon being hit with slashing damage, the demon's boiling blood spurts in Menas's direction!
(Menas, DC 19 Basic Reflex Save)
Ukh is also able to shake off most of the fire damage, but is also scared by the ravener!
His thrown lightning connects with its target, doing full damage and making the demon flat-footed!
Being slowed down, the ravener cannot approach and also use its breath weapon, so it does the next best thing - rushing forward and biting at the person who cast doubt upon it...Yendi!
(15ft reach) (...oof)
(Critical: 48 damage)
Meanwhile, the other two demons follow their battle tactics and follow their lead-ally's. They *bampf* in a puff of smoke, appearing on either side of Menas, both of them attacking with flaming swords! (Demon 3 benefiting from the flanking partner)
(10 damage)
vs. Flat-footed (oy, another crit)
(Critical: 58 damage)
ROUND 2
Yendi
ROUND 3
Thereus
Demon 2
Ukh
Menas Basic Reflex Save
Ravener
Demon 1
Demon 3
Check to ID Ravener: Arcana or Religion
Check ID Demons: Religion
(and let's hope my dice as a GM stop rolling so hot and my dice as a player later this week pick up vs last week!)
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"Erastil! Give me the strength to withstand this evil!"
With the ravener so close (and so large), Thereus alters his stance to aim at close range before letting loose a pair of arrows in rapid succession at the behemoth.
◇ Desperate Prayer (to regain focus point)
◆ Point Blank Shot stance (to remove volley penalty)
◆ Strike
◆ Strike
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Yendi reels back as the creature snaps at him, its attack only barely blunted by Thereus's timely arrow, but sees Menas barely standing amidst the demons. He grits his teeth, hoping to hold on another second as he Strides past Thereus, to get close enough to Menas to help him, (and hoping the Ravener won't be able to spew some horrific breath at them all without catching its allies!) before he draws on the power of his blood to Heal Menas (Two Actions, Divine Evolution bonus slot)
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Thereus's reaction scores a hit on the ravener, dealing full damage and persistent good damage!
The champion follows up with two very accurate strrikes!
Yendi pulls back, learning in turn that the ravener is too slow to react to such opportunities and heals Menas.
The quickest of the demons, following its tactics/instincts, senses that Menas is no longer the most wounded amongst you, so it takes a Step away from the magus then unleashes a roiling breath weapon at Thereus and Yendi (20 foot line, so ignore the final square of the template I put on the map).
NOTE: The squares affected by the breath weapon become slippery, as per the effects of a grease spell.
DC 21 Basic Reflex Save
(CS: 0, NS: 7, NF: 15, CF: 30)
It then stops bleeding from its previous wounds.
ROUND 3
Ukh
Menas
Ravener
Demon 1
Demon 3
Yendi Reflex Save
ROUND 4
Thereus Reflex Save
Demon 2
Check to ID Ravener: Arcana or Religion
Check to ID Demons: Religion
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Menas is a little too busy right now to give his thanks to Yendi once again, but he realizes its time for additional defense and casts Mirror Image. He then teleports behind demon 3 with Dimensional Assault.
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Ukh draws the crossbow and expertly fires, scoring a critical hit against the already-injured demon! (34)
Having finally lumbered to you, peppered by arrows and slowed by spells, the ravener husk can opens its maw and unleashes its breath in a 40-foot cone of dark, draining, negative energy! It doesn't seem to care that it catches one of the demons in the cone; because it is able to target Thereus, Yendi, and Menas all at the same time!
DC 28 Basic Reflex Save
(CS: 0, NS: 11, NF: 23, CF: 46)
The demon escapes the brunt of it, but is still badly injured on the whole!
It then lashes out with its jaws at the closest target within its reach, Thereus!
(...oy)
Thereus takes 38 piercing and 14 negative (52 total) damage from the ravener's critical hit!
The ravener's flat check vs. persistent good damage
It continues to burn with good energy!
The demons' goal is to attack the most wounded person, so Demon 1 will point a finger and cast Produce Flame aimed at Thereus!
Missing, this demon will run between Menas and Yendi to end up behind Thereus!
The last demon, wanting to spread as much fire and carnage as possible, takes a step north then uses its breath weapon where the dead demon did previously, targeting Yendi and Thereus!
DC 21 Basic Reflex Save
(CS: 0, NS: 12, NF: 24, CF: 48)
ROUND 3
Yendi 2x Reflex Saves
ROUND 4
Thereus 2x Reflex Saves
Demon 2
Ukh
Menas 1x Reflex Save
Ravener
Demon 1
Demon 3
Check to ID Ravener: Arcana or Religion
Check to ID Demons: Religion
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Yendi scrambles to avoid the blast, seeing that stopping the beast from breathing has failed, but still catches some of the numbing energy!
"Subtlety be damned! I tried to give you a peaceful way to your rest. But I will give you the quick one, instead. You chose the fire, and it's time to burn!" Yendi spits, as he weaves his hands through the start of the gestures needed to call forth a ray of Searing Light, toward the Ravener.
He spins around, just in time to sidestep another stream of fire and glare at the demon at his back, "And I will be with you, shortly!" but the visible fatigue and color drained from his face after the wave of negative energy washed across him makes the delivery less convincing than it might have been.
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Ukh reloads and fires, striking and killing Demon #3!
Yendi is sapped by the darkness streaming forth from the ravener, but avoids the demon's fiery breath. He brings his full ire to bear on the undead dragon, and lands a critical hit with his Searing Light!!
(Discovering in the process that the ravener has no special defenses against fire damage, but is weak to good damage!)
Fire Damage: 64
Good Damage: 76
Total Damage: 140!
Following this, he very much does succeed at intimidating the sole surviving demon!
Updated Stats:
Ravener (DEAD)
Demon 1 (0 damage, frightened 1)
Demon 3 (DEAD)
If you can follow that act, Menas and Thereus (pending saving throws) are still up!
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Menas dashes in, arms glowing with arcane power as he crushes and gouges the final brimorak, killing it! You are now out of combat!
(Music changed on Roll20)
Moments after you destroy the ravener and its demonic allies, you hear the sounds of fighting coming to an end to the south of you and Pathfinder calls of victory, even as some are redirected through your area to reinforce Eando Kline's forces in the north.
Eliza Petulengro rushes to the four of you along with two other agents. She explains that she can guarantee a brief 10-minute rest for your team, and that the agents she has with her can tend to those in need.
This allows you to regain Focus Points, cast spells, and use consumable items if you want. The agents Eliza brought along restore all of your Hit Points with a combination of spells and elixirs of life. Eliza offers to cast 4th‑level restoration spells on you if any of you require it; she has 3 scrolls available. During this brief rest, you see the combined Pathfinder forces defeat remaining waves of undead and demons, though other shapes still loom in the storm.
When the ten minutes of rest are up, Eliza thanks you for your monumental effort and bravery so far, but states the hardest is yet to come. She casts a 3rd‑level anticipate peril (+2 to your next initiative checks) on each of you. She and Eando will take their forces to your flanks once more to keep the central area clear of other foes, stopping demonic reinforcements from reaching you while you press onward to engage the main threat - the demoniac spirit and ritual.
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"If we're going into the center of this ritual next, I fear it will only become more harrowing. Best that we all go into this bolstered as well as we can. And I think we will need to approach carefully, as much as the situation calls for haste. I have some magics at my disposal that may help. As it is, I believe we're still expecting a dark spirit at the center of this, and a dangerous one. I dont know if any of you have tools well suited to dealing with that sort of thing, but if you do, I would keep them close at hand. I think more demons aren't unlikely, either."
Yendi will cast Heroism on everyone but himself and will try to approach the site stealthily.
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Guarded on your flanks by other teams holding off demons and undead, you press forward to the ritual site, as Pathfinder counter-ritualists fill in behind you to do what they can.
Ablaze trees surround a clearing consumed by flame. A fiery ritual circle, almost eighty feet in diameter, rises two feet from the ground. Small sigils inside the circle further illuminate its interior. An inky black pit at the center of the circle leads into the bowels of the earth. Even looking at the pit invokes a sense of wrongness and vertigo. Outside the circle, five blazing rune are visible, each with trolls bound by iron chains to stand above them. Tendrils of lightning-filled smoke tie the five sigils to a spectral figure hovering in the air above the rift in the earth.
The spirit speaks, its voice booming above the blaze.
“You lesser creatures have hounded me at every turn, but you’re too late! The great Urxehl shall rise and restore us to our rightful place as rulers of this world. You will rue the day you dared to defy me! Now die, and let your souls feed my ritual!”
Crossing into the circle of flame requires a DC 23 Will Save. Critically Failing this save will prevent entry. Failing or Succeeding normally will cause damage but allows you to pass. Critically Succeeding allows you entry without any hindrance.
To disable the runes from feeding power into the demoniac spirit requires you to make a Acrobatics, Arcana, Athletics, Occult, or Religion check. Each of these checks takes 2-actions, and each check requires you to be adjacent to (or on top of) the rune. If you know the Cyclops language, you get a +2 circumstance bonus to your disable checks.
INITIATIVE
(Remember you all have a +2 from Eliza's spell)
Trolls will be rolled into initiative only if they are approached.
If you roll over a 30, you may act! Those of you Avoiding Notice may use Stealth for Initiative
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The rune to the west flashes bright yellow as the demoniac spirit flies in your direction but stays on its side of the flaming circle.
"Let us see just how prepared you truly are...to die!"
Splaying its hands outward, it fires a lightning bolt through Menas and Ukh!
DC 28 Basic Reflex Save
(CS: 0, NS: 14, NF: 29, CF: 58)
ROUND 1
Ukh (Reflex Save)
Menas (Reflex Save)
Yendi
Thereus
ROUND 2
Demoniac Spirit
The check to ID the demoniac spirit is Religion
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Menas holds his shield before him as the lightning bolt slams into the eldritch runes etched onto it. The lightning bolt absorbs into the shield causing it to glow before expelling the excess energy into Menas' arm "You'll need to do better than that if you're actually trying to kill me."
Menas moves to the rune directly north of him and tries to disable it.
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Yendi is slightly slower to react than his allies who are dodging lightning as he's still taking a second to consider his enemy and muttering to himself "Another dead spirit may have memories to call on... but a spellcaster may have a disciplined mind, especially a fanatical priest.. and not even bones left to burn" before electing a method, Striding forward, and calling Down a Pillar of Divine Wrath on and around the spirit.
Evocation
Traditions divine
Bloodlines angelic, demonic
Cast Two Actions somatic, verbal
Range 120 feet; Area 20-foot burst
Saving Throw Fortitude
You can channel the fury of your deity against foes of opposed alignment. Choose an alignment your deity has (chaotic, evil, good, or lawful). You can't cast this spell if you don't have a deity or your deity is true neutral. This spell gains the trait of the alignment you chose. You deal 4d10 damage of the alignment you chose; each creature in the area must attempt a Fortitude save. Creatures that match the alignment you chose are unaffected. Those that neither match nor oppose it treat the result of their saving throw as one degree better.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature takes half damage.
Failure The creature takes full damage and is sickened 1.
Critical Failure The creature takes full damage and is sickened 2; while it is sickened, it is also slowed 1.
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Menas and Ukh shrug off most of the lightning and advance!
The magus rushes north and disables the western rune - the demoniac spirit suddenly loses its ability to fly!
Yendi moves up as well and focuses divine wrath on the demoniac and one of the trolls!
The demoniac avoids most of Yendi's wrath, and his incorporeal nature allows him to resist the damage that remains, even as the troll takes full damage!
Firing over the goblin's head, Thereus hits the southern Troll with his first and third arrow! (18+14 = 32 total damage)
Glowering at all of you, the spirit focuses its ire on Menas and then Yendi, lashing out with Abyssal Spite (this is a 1-action evocation and occult effect) -
vs. Menas
(CS: 0, NS: 7, NF: 14, CF: 28)
vs. Yendi
(CS: 0, NS: 11, NF: 23, CF: 46)
DC 30 Basic Will Save
The spirit then shuffles back to the center of the circle a little bit, but much slower than its lost fly speed.
The western troll regenerates all of the damage dealt to it by Yendi, then strikes out at Menas!
miss
hit
miss
ROUND 2
Ukh
Menas (Will Save)
Yendi (Will Save)
Thereus
Troll 2 *
ROUND 3
Demoniac Spirit
Troll 1
The check to ID the demoniac spirit is Religion
The check to ID the trolls is Society
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Menas feels a minor headache as the spirit assails his mind. However, he doesn't let the spell nor the troll slow him down as he focuses his inner ki into a burst of speed that propels him to the next rune.
Once there, he attempts to disable this one as well. "Getting worried yet as your power slips away?"
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Menas and Yendi reel from the mental assault, but Ukh follows up from Thereus's arrow storm and kills the southern troll with a critically-aimed alchemist fire!
The western troll has nobody in range so it bellows fruitlessly
Yendi prepares to push into the center of the ritual, while Menas rushes forward and disables the northern rune. It appears that a barely-perceptible field of armor around the demoniac spirit disappears!
The troll was not able to react prior to Menas disabling the rune, but attacks afterwards!
It lands a lucky bite on the magus!
The demoniac ignores Menas for the moment, focusing on the pair of you who have drawn near each other. It first throws a fireball at Ukh and Yendi!
DC 30 Basic Reflex Save
(CS: 0, NS: 8, NF: 16, CF: 32)
Then lashes out with Abyssal Spite at Yendi once again! (Evocation, Occult)
DC 30 Basic Will Save
(CS: 0, NS: 11, NF: 23, CF: 46)
ROUND 3
Ukh Reflex Save
Menas
Yendi Reflex Save then Will Save
Thereus
Troll 3
Troll 2
ROUND 4
Demoniac Spirit
The check to ID the demoniac spirit is Religion
The check to ID the trolls is Society