Cat 2 is still up at -89 HP (47+4 bleed (then stop bleeding with 18 flat); then miss. Then 19+19 on crit and d12 bleed. Thanks for the reminder! It is now bleeding again.
Thievery DC 24 (expert) or Nature DC 28 (trained) to rearrange the mushrooms to disrupt the portal (2 actions), or dispel magic (4th level, counteract DC 26) to counteract the magical properties; three successes are required to disable the portal.
The ring has object hardness and immunities, and a break threshold.
Thievery DC 24 (expert) or Nature DC 28 (trained) to rearrange the mushrooms to disrupt the portal (2 actions), or dispel magic (4th level, counteract DC 26) to counteract the magical properties; three successes are required to disable the portal.
The ring has object hardness and immunities, and a break threshold.
The portal shuts down at last. Berwick hears the angry yowl from dozens of cats on the other side.
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The remaining cats are gonna do their thing. Pounce, strike, move away. The closer one sees Algrim is more hurt and focuses on him. Healed 11 so at 40 HP
N Small Humanoid Cleric (Warpriest) 8| HP: 80 | AC: 25 | Perception +16 | Fort +13 Reflex +12 Will +16 | Move 25’ | Pilgrims Token
Berwick grabs his Holy symbol and uses a three action heal to hit all of his allies with positive energy. He uses Selective energy to exclude the cats. Healing:4d8 ⇒ (6, 5, 6, 6) = 23 "Algrim, lay hands on me for more healing, you need it." 4d8 for the next charge of Vital Beacon.
Male N Twilight Halfling Necromancer 7 hp 43/62 | AC 22 |Fort 10•, Ref 14••, Will 13•• | Speed 25 ft., Perception +11• (Init +13), low-light vision | Spell Attack +15•, Spell DC 25 | sheet
The necromancer sprints to closest cat and touches it with negative energy.
Vampiric touch on cat 5:6d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 6, 5, 3, 2) = 2110 temp hp unless the cat has resistance to negative damage
N Small Humanoid Cleric (Warpriest) 8| HP: 80 | AC: 25 | Perception +16 | Fort +13 Reflex +12 Will +16 | Move 25’ | Pilgrims Token
Berwick continues to hold his Holy symbol and casts a three action Harm emination doing Negative damage to the cats. He uses Selective energy to exclude his allies.
DC 24 Basic Fort Save from both cats please. Due to cast down if they take any damage they are knocked prone. Harm:4d8 ⇒ (2, 8, 7, 2) = 19
A Pathfinder comes and channels a burst of healing before moving on. Algrim and Grum each do damage while the cleric Harms, but neither cat drops. Elainder's frustrations continue.
You then finally kill these horrible creatures. They each had 10 or fewer HP left. I think we're good to call it here instead of playing out a foregone conclusion.
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You have 2 hours to heal up.
Current Status:
Berwick Winetrout 80/80 HP
Algrim Panaryn 47/99 HP
Eliander Underhill 55/55 HP, Drained 1, 10 temp HP lastys for rest of day
Grum Skoljar 55/124 HP
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Where to next?
A. THE MUSHROOM RING: the Monarch is summoning reinforcements. B. IT TALKS!: Nature Speaks; find out what it has to say. C. BEFUDDLED PATHFINDERS: Help out some new recruits. D. MURDEROUS PLANTS: Stop an opportunistic group of carnivores. E. CHART A COURSE: Trailblaze a better path to the gate. F.THE DISGUISED FORCES: Not everything is what it seems….
Befuddled it is. And it's a non-combat one (hopefully).
“In times of crisis, it’s all hands on deck,” Venture-Captain Torrsen says, watching another group of Pathfinders head off. “Still, I worry about some of our newer agents who may not be as ready for such a mission. Please, keep an eye on them as you’re able.”
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You travel out to meet this group of agents. You see them walking ahead through a wide meadow full of flowers.
Everyone, please make a DC 25 Will save. Grum and Elainder take a -2 on this as their blood resonates with the fey magic happening here.
Elainder notices that this isn't a field… it's a CLIFF! And the Pathfinders are going to walk straight over the edge!
You shout, and the leader of the other party puts up a hand to pause her group. She turns to face you. What's up? We're kinda in a rush here, runnin' over that way to help save some agents in trouble! Heard their whistles, and we got the healing they need! The leader points over the clif-edge, oblivious.
You can convince them to stop with:
- A DC 21 Fey Lore check to explain that the Thorned Monarch is using fairy magic to be tricky.
- A DC 23 Diplomacy check to convince the Pathfinders that fording the river is a bad idea.
- A DC 23 Intimidation check to cow the Pathfinders into going a different way.
- A DC 25 Nature or Survival check to give evidence that the river is much more swiftly than it looks.
- Some other check that makes sense; I'm an easy sell.
3/4 of you must succeed at this check. For now, we'll forgo the battlemap.
Male N Twilight Halfling Necromancer 7 hp 43/62 | AC 22 |Fort 10•, Ref 14••, Will 13•• | Speed 25 ft., Perception +11• (Init +13), low-light vision | Spell Attack +15•, Spell DC 25 | sheet
"Surely you have heard of illusion magic, right? At least one of you has basic understanding what magic can achieve to deceive the unwary? Stolen goods are often concealed using spells to look like something innocuous. Don't ask me how I know this, but essentially same kind of spell is at work here. And you're literally walking into a trap here." Eliander explains
WHOAH. So THIS is what “illusions” are. We just graduated from our confirmation and would have broken a leg!
The neophyte Pathfinders are amazed with your wisdom.
success! Where to next?
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Where to next?
A. THE MUSHROOM RING: the Monarch is summoning reinforcements.
B. IT TALKS!: Nature Speaks; find out what it has to say.
C. BEFUDDLED PATHFINDERS: Help out some new recruits. D. MURDEROUS PLANTS: Stop an opportunistic group of carnivores.
E. CHART A COURSE: Trailblaze a better path to the gate.
F.THE DISGUISED FORCES: Not everything is what it seems….
Fola Barun returns from a trip to the front of the caravan. “Please, I’d like you to go and relieve the vanguard for a while. Beware, though, as we travel deeper into this forest. Some things are not meant to be found, and not all who guard them are what they seem.”
You move ahead. Near a river in the forest you see a pair of prairie owls caught in hunting traps, hooting mournfully. So tragic. Of course you approach cautiously. As you get nearer, the creatures change into horrible plant-monsters! Grim screams and demoralizes 1d2 ⇒ 2
Not much you can do here other than fight them. They remove their disguises once you start on the map.
Each creature has an Aura that effects each PC at the start of their turn. The aura gets all of you (30').
DC 22 fort vs a Primal Aura:
Allergen Aura (aura, primal) A blodeuwedd exudes a 30-foot aura of pollen and irritating allergens. A non-plant living creature that begins its turn in the aura must succeed at a DC 22 Fortitude save or become sickened 2. A creature that succeeds at its save is then temporarily immune to the allergen aura for 24 hours. [/ooc]
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Poorly Disguised Forces Trees/rocks are difficult terrain
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Algrim Panaryn99/99 HP, 2 DC 22 fort saves needed at start of turn
Plant Person 1 -0 HP
Berwick Winetrout 80/80 HP, 2 DC 22 fort saves needed at start of turn
Plant Person 2 -0 HP, Frightened 2
Eliander Underhill 55/55 HP, Drained 1, 10 temp HP, 2 DC 22 fort saves needed at start of turn
Grum Skoljar 124/124 HP, 2 DC 22 fort saves needed at start of turn
Recall Knowledge - Fey (Nature): DC 24:
This is a Blodeuwedd, a Fey Plant. They are weak to cold iron.
DC 22 fort vs a Primal Aura:
Allergen Aura (aura, primal) A blodeuwedd exudes a 30-foot aura of pollen and irritating allergens. A non-plant living creature that begins its turn in the aura must succeed at a DC 22 Fortitude save or become sickened 2. A creature that succeeds at its save is then temporarily immune to the allergen aura for 24 hours. A blodeuwedd can suppress this aura or activate it again as a free action.
if the first attack is a crit then, On a critical hit, the kukri deals 1d8 persistent bleed damage. If the target didn’t already have persistent bleed damage when you scored the critical hit, you also gain 1d8 temporary Hit Points.
The ranger almost crits again but his nausea gets in the way. The plant makes a wall of thorns appear in the open spaces in front of the party, trying to cut the party off!
See below for wall of thorns stuff.
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Poorly Disguised Forces Trees/rocks are difficult terrain. Wall of thorns is up (see spoiler)
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Algrim Panaryn 99/99 HP, Sickened 1, Disrupt used
Plant Person 1 -27 HP Berwick Winetrout80/80 HP, 2 DC 22 fort saves needed at start of turn
Plant Person 2 -0 HP, Frightened 2
Eliander Underhill 55/55 HP, Drained 1, 10 temp HP, 2 DC 22 fort saves needed at start of turn
Grum Skoljar 124/124 HP, 2 DC 22 fort saves needed at start of turn
Recall Knowledge - Fey (Nature): DC 24:
This is a Blodeuwedd, a Fey Plant. They are weak to cold iron.
DC 22 fort vs a Primal Aura:
Allergen Aura (aura, primal) A blodeuwedd exudes a 30-foot aura of pollen and irritating allergens. A non-plant living creature that begins its turn in the aura must succeed at a DC 22 Fortitude save or become sickened 2. A creature that succeeds at its save is then temporarily immune to the allergen aura for 24 hours. A blodeuwedd can suppress this aura or activate it again as a free action.
The Wall of Thorns:
- Everything on either side of the wall is difficult terrain.
- The wall is 5' thick and 10' high.
- It provides cover
- Each 5-foot-by-5-foot section of the wall has AC 10, Hardness 10, and 20 Hit Points.
- It's immune to critical hits and precision damage.
- A destroyed section can be moved through freely.
- Ehen you move through the squares you take piercing damage
Berwick makes is hisedno savee, making him immune to the auras but not their effects. Thus, he is Sickened 2 for his turn and then Sickened 1 at the end.
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The second plant runs over t he Algrim and slashes twice!
Poorly Disguised Forces Trees/rocks are difficult terrain. Wall of thorns is up (see spoiler)
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Algrim Panaryn85/99 HP, Sickened 1
Plant Person 1 -27 HP
Berwick Winetrout 80/80 HP, Sickened 1
Plant Person 2 -0 HP, Frightened 1 Eliander Underhill55/55 HP, Drained 1, 10 temp HP, 2 DC 22 fort saves needed at start of turn Grum Skoljar124/124 HP, 2 DC 22 fort saves needed at start of turn
Recall Knowledge - Fey (Nature): DC 24:
This is a Blodeuwedd, a Fey Plant. They are weak to cold iron.
DC 22 fort vs a Primal Aura:
Allergen Aura (aura, primal) A blodeuwedd exudes a 30-foot aura of pollen and irritating allergens. A non-plant living creature that begins its turn in the aura must succeed at a DC 22 Fortitude save or become sickened 2. A creature that succeeds at its save is then temporarily immune to the allergen aura for 24 hours. A blodeuwedd can suppress this aura or activate it again as a free action.
The Wall of Thorns:
- Everything on either side of the wall is difficult terrain.
- The wall is 5' thick and 10' high.
- It provides cover
- Each 5-foot-by-5-foot section of the wall has AC 10, Hardness 10, and 20 Hit Points.
- It's immune to critical hits and precision damage.
- A destroyed section can be moved through freely.
- Ehen you move through the squares you take piercing damage
Grum is immune to the pollen and takes piercing damage as he pushes through the wall 8 samage, so 2 temp hp left. However even with the flank and frightened enemy his greataxe misses by a hair's breadth.
Algrim retches into the bushes and then strikes twice. If you haven't figured it out yet, ac 24.
Plant 1 is at -55 HP.
Elainder is up: 2 fort saves vs 2 auras and then take your turn. There's a wall of thorns between you and the enemies.
