The King flies and back up 20 feet and then casts a spell at Grum. His senses are suddenly rewired in unexpected ways, causing them to process noises as bursts of color, smells as sounds, and so on.
DC 27 Will Save vs Divination, Mental Spell Effect for Grum:
This spell has 3 effects:
1. Due to the distraction, the target must succeed at a DC 5 flat check each time it uses a concentrate action, or the action fails and is wasted.
2. The target's difficulty processing visual input makes all creatures and objects concealed from it.
3. The creature has trouble moving, making it clumsy 3 and giving it a –10-foot status penalty to its Speeds.
Critical Success The target is unaffected.
Success The target is affected for 1 round.
Failure The target is affected for 1 minute.
Critical Failure As failure, and the target is stunned 2 as it attempts to process the sensory shifts.
Blood drips down into the river. Bleed:1d12 ⇒ 6 Flat:1d20 ⇒ 8
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The King In Thorns: Round 5
Party Conditions: Timely Inspiration 2/3 Cloud provides concealment. Water / plants difficult terrain; plants (green) provide cover / difficult terrain.
King in Thorns -82 HP, Bleed 1d12, 20 feet in air
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Algrim Panaryn3/99 HP, Clumsy 1, Bleed 1d4 (2), Immune to Aura, Stage 1 poison Berwick Winetrout51/80 HP, Stupefied 1 , Clumsy 1, DC 24 Will vs Aura (Enfeebled) Eliander Underhill17/62 HP, 3 Images Grum Skoljar119/124 HP, Clumsy 1, Enfeebled 1, DC 27 Will vs Spell, DC 24 Will vs Aura (Stupefied)
_________ ONGOING SPELL EFFECTS:
Monarch 30' Aura (aura, illusion, mental):
Fey glamours shed from Qxal’s wings like scale dust, causing hallucinations. A creature entering the aura or starting its turn in the area must attempt a DC 24 Will save.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected and is temporarily immune to the scale dust for 24 hours.
Success The creature is unaffected.
Failure The creature hallucinates that it is beginning to transform into a plant or animal native to their homeland, becoming either clumsy 1, enfeebled 1, or stupefied 1, at Qxal’s choice. Casreers will be stupefied. Melee will be Clumsy. Casters will be Stupefied. The condition lasts for 1 hour. Each time a creature fails this save, Qxal can choose an additional condition. (second fail for melee is enfeebled; second fail for casters is clumsy).
Critical Failure As failure, but the condition value is 2.
Cloudkill:
It moves int he direction notes on the map (u[ and to the right) every round. DC 27 Fort vs poison at the start of your turn, you can hold your breath as an action for a +2 circumstance on the save.
[spoiler=Entangle]The area is difficult terrain. On a failure, you take a –10-foot circumstance penalty to your Speeds until you leaves the area, and on a critical failure, you are also immobilized for 1 round.
Male CN Orc Barbarian 7 | HP 124/124 Temp: 10/10 | AC 25 / 24 Raging (Deny Advantage) | Fort +16; Ref +11; Will +12 |Per: +12(E) ; Darkvision | Speed 25ft | Hero Point 0/3 | Active conditions:
Will saves...my weakness
Will save vs Spell:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14 last hero point on this one will save vs spell:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13 will save vs aura:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13 so does that mean stupefied 2 or does all of them drop to two?
Grum's head swims as he fights through the fey king's mental trick. He pulls his javelin off his back.
stunned 2 drops me to just one action...will use it to draw my javelin
Male N Umbral Gnome Ranger 7|HP 99/99|AC 24|Fort +13 Ref +14 Will +13|Peception +15 (Darkvision)|30ft Move|Exploration Activity: Scout (Scout Dedication +2 Initiative)
First Action Algrim will stride.
Free Action Drop my Hatchet.
Second Action to pull an elixir.
Third Action to touch Berwick for healing.
Healing:4d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 3, 4) = 14
N Small Humanoid Cleric (Warpriest) 8| HP: 80 | AC: 25 | Perception +16 | Fort +13 Reflex +12 Will +16 | Move 25’ | Pilgrims Token
Berwick draws a potion. He drinks the potion.
Moderate Elixir of Life:5d6 + 12 ⇒ (3, 4, 2, 1, 4) + 12 = 26
The he attempts to Battlefield Medicine Algrim. Aiming for DC 20. Medicine:1d20 + 15 ⇒ (15) + 15 = 30 "Praise Nethys!" Healing to Algrim:4d8 + 10 ⇒ (8, 6, 6, 8) + 10 = 38
The King in Thorns waves their proboscis about; Algrim's blood flows through the air like a river and rejuvenates the Thorned Monarch. Bled 2 at EoT
Monarch should be -84 not -82. because of Elainder's Persistent. They then heal for 14 by drinking Algrim's blood before he stopped bleeding, brining them to -70 HP.
Berwick heals himself Only down 3 now! and then Algrim. Praise Nethys indeed. 3+14-2+38=59/99 HP
Grum continues having an awful day. Crit fail Synesthesia is a bad time…
The monarch burns again! +1 inspire They are furious that this wizard is pestering them with spells from so far away, and they have avoided their hallucinatory dust!
They Flutter their wings, exposing the wizard to the dust as they do so. Elainder will be exposed a second time at the start of his turn. 2 DC 24 Will saves, or stupefied 1 then clumsy one.
They then cast Dispel magic on Elainder's images, easily unraveling the figment.
Countereact:1d20 + 20 ⇒ (18) + 20 = 38
Bleed:1d12 ⇒ 10 Flat v Bleed:1d20 ⇒ 17 Flat v Acid:1d20 ⇒ 18
They stop bleeding and burning.
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The King In Thorns: Round 6
Party Conditions: Timely Inspiration 3/3 Cloud provides concealment. Water / plants difficult terrain; plants (green) provide cover / difficult terrain.
King in Thorns -116 HP
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Algrim Panaryn59/99 HP, Clumsy 1, Immune to Aura Berwick Winetrout77/80 HP, Stupefied 1 , Clumsy 1, Enfeebled 1, Immune to Aura Eliander Underhill17/62 HP, DC 24 Will vs Dust (Stupefied), DC 24 Will vs Dust (Stupefied or Clumsy) Grum Skoljar119/124 HP, Clumsy 3, Enfeebled 1, -10 Speed, everythign Concealed , Stupefied 2, Stunned 2
_________ ONGOING SPELL EFFECTS:
Monarch 30' Aura (aura, illusion, mental):
Fey glamours shed from Qxal’s wings like scale dust, causing hallucinations. A creature entering the aura or starting its turn in the area must attempt a DC 24 Will save.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected and is temporarily immune to the scale dust for 24 hours.
Success The creature is unaffected.
Failure The creature hallucinates that it is beginning to transform into a plant or animal native to their homeland, becoming either clumsy 1, enfeebled 1, or stupefied 1, at Qxal’s choice. Casreers will be stupefied. Melee will be Clumsy. Casters will be Stupefied. The condition lasts for 1 hour. Each time a creature fails this save, Qxal can choose an additional condition. (second fail for melee is enfeebled; second fail for casters is clumsy).
Critical Failure As failure, but the condition value is 2.
Cloudkill:
It moves int he direction notes on the map (u[ and to the right) every round. DC 27 Fort vs poison at the start of your turn, you can hold your breath as an action for a +2 circumstance on the save.
[spoiler=Entangle]The area is difficult terrain. On a failure, you take a –10-foot circumstance penalty to your Speeds until you leaves the area, and on a critical failure, you are also immobilized for 1 round.
Flat to stop Persistent Enervate:1d20 ⇒ 15 Flat to stop Bleed:1d20 ⇒ 9
The Monarch is on their last legs; if someone can damage them just once they will surely fall.
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Long Live the King… The is Dead: Round 7
Party Conditions: Timely Inspiration 2/3 Cloud provides concealment. Water / plants difficult terrain; plants (green) provide cover / difficult terrain.
King in Thorns -169 HP, Bleed 1d12, Draind 2
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Algrim Panaryn86/99 HP, Clumsy 1, Immune to Aura, DC 27 Ref vs 35 cold Berwick Winetrout77/80 HP, Stupefied 1 , Clumsy 1, Enfeebled 1, DC 27 Ref vs 35 cold Eliander Underhill17/62 HP, DC 27 Ref vs 35 cold, DC 24 Will vs Dust (Stupefied), DC 24 Will vs Dust (Stupefied or Clumsy) Grum Skoljar119/124 HP, Clumsy 3, Enfeebled 1, -10 Speed, everythign Concealed , Stupefied 2, Stunned 1, DC 27 Ref vs 35 cold
Grum is caught in the worst of the blast, taking a massive amount of damage but left still standing tall thanks to his barbarian stubbornness. Algrim too is caught in the blast as he darts through the icicles towards the Monarch with a blade in each hand. Elainder and Berwick duck down and void the worst of it.
The party moves foward through the rimed foliage, led by Algrim. They blast the Thorned Monarch with bright bolts of force, streaks of dark energy, and a sharp javelin that wings through the air's glittering ice-cystals. The attacks batter Thorned Monarch backwards — Qxal seems to hover in the air for a moment before falling the earth with a bone-chilling shriek of frustration.
Their wings shudder and fold over their body as they die. The King in Thorns now lies at your feet, nothing more than a pathetic husk.
You have defeated the King in Thorns!
Status :
Algrim: 51/99 HP Berwick: 60/80 HP Eliander: 27/62 HP Grum Skoljar: 49/124 HP
N Small Humanoid Cleric (Warpriest) 8| HP: 80 | AC: 25 | Perception +16 | Fort +13 Reflex +12 Will +16 | Move 25’ | Pilgrims Token
Berwick finally catches up to Eliander and uses herbs and leaves to create a poultice to treat the wizards wounds.
Aiming for DC 20 Natural Medicine:1d20 + 16 ⇒ (4) + 16 = 20 Healing:2d8 + 10 ⇒ (5, 1) + 10 = 16
As you recover, you hear a shout of alarm! You smell something acidic on the breeze… there's a shout of alarm and fear from fellow pathfinder in the distance, such as: Eeeew! and Will this ridiculousness ever end!? and WHY!? WHY!?
Out from the foliage sloshes… SLUGGO!
Somehow a huge slug gets the jump on you. Maybe you were too busy healing up or reveling in your victory.
Its four eyestalks rotate, fixating on you. It moves closer, leaving a slippery trail of slime before disgorging mucus at Grum.
Disgorge Mucus:1d20 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18
Spittle hits a nearby bush and begins to melt it.
Disgorge Mucus, strike 2:1d20 + 17 - 5 ⇒ (18) + 17 - 5 = 30 Acid:3d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 5) = 14 Persistent:1d4 ⇒ 4 and -5 speed while persists
Splash:1d6 ⇒ 2Luckily you started a bit spread out so only grim takes the splash
The slug gets wholloped by Grum and singed in the searing light but is still hale. It seems to bleed too. Unfortunately it also seems very good at fort saves.
The slug is enraged, and tramples all the nearest creatures! It leaves behind a gross slimy trail. It's difficult terrain and you will be exposed to the persistent acid damage if you end your turn in it.
Trample Foot:2d8 + 10 ⇒ (6, 7) + 10 = 23
and Persistent Acid:1d4 ⇒ 3 and a -5 foot to speeds while taking persistent.
Bleed:1d12 ⇒ 8 Flat:1d20 ⇒ 14
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Hugs From Sluggo The Friendly Slug
Terrain: Water/foliage/ ooze trail difficult terrain and ending your turn in there is bad
────────── BEFORE YOUR TURN: ────────── Eliander: DC 27 Ref vs 23 Trample Algrim: DC 27 Ref vs 23 Trample Grum: DC 27 Ref vs 23 Trample
Male N Umbral Gnome Ranger 7|HP 99/99|AC 24|Fort +13 Ref +14 Will +13|Peception +15 (Darkvision)|30ft Move|Exploration Activity: Scout (Scout Dedication +2 Initiative)
Not sure if Disrupt Prey would apply with the movement of the Sluggo. Disrupt Prey AoO to Hunted Prey:1d20 + 16 ⇒ (16) + 16 = 32 Damage Slashing:2d6 + 6 ⇒ (1, 2) + 6 = 9
Algrim slashes the slug as it stomps on his allies.
He then dashes over and slashes it onece — hit it's! Crit… can you solve the AC puzzle?
Sluggo is unperturbed by Grum's demoralize. Perhaps it's stubborn, The barbarian's greataxe bounces off the creature's malleable hide. Elainder avoids the worst of it and throws a missile at the creature; its impact sends slimy ripples across Sluggo's skin!
Berwick offers guidance to his allies. He knows what's coming next…
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Flat for Elainder:1d20 ⇒ 5
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Trample DC 27:2d8 + 10 ⇒ (4, 5) + 10 = 19
Persistent Acid:1d4 ⇒ 2
Bleed:1d12 ⇒ 5 Flat to stop bleed:1d20 ⇒ 14
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More Hugs from Sluggo the Frierndly Slug
Terrain: Water/foliage/ ooze trail difficult terrain and ending your turn in there re-exposes you to acid
────────── BEFORE YOUR TURN: ────────── Eliander: DC 27 Basic Reflex vs 19 trample Algrim: DC 27 Basic Reflex vs 19 trample Grum: DC 27 Basic Reflex vs 19 trample
N Small Humanoid Cleric (Warpriest) 8| HP: 80 | AC: 25 | Perception +16 | Fort +13 Reflex +12 Will +16 | Move 25’ | Pilgrims Token
Berwick casts a Forbidding Ward between Grum and the Slug which grants a +1 status bonus to Grum for his AC and saving throws against attacks, spells, and other effects from Slugo. 10 minutes duration.
"Scatter! You make too tempting a target all clustered up like that!"
There is a strange sensation throughout the demiplane of tension being released. It’s as though the plane itself had been holding its breath for a long time and finally exhaled. The Thorned Monarch has fallen. Gregaro Voth, now freed from his planar prison, stands before the assembled group.
“Pathfinders, there are no words to thank you for coming to my rescue. I have talked with Venture-Captain Tolal, and I understand I’ve been trapped here for a great many years. Unfortunately, I cannot return with you to Absalom. If I leave this place, the weight of time would suddenly bear down upon me, and I would immediately die. So, I shall remain here, though I imagine I can make this a more palatable prison.”
Voth, still wearing the crown, looks around him, and the landscape suddenly changes. In an instant, where before there was a copse of trees, there now stands a brand-new Pathfinder lodge with sprawling grounds. The scene is beautiful, with dozens of small buildings dotted across a verdant landscape complete with tall trees, colorful flowers, and chirping birds. “I suppose the adventure can come to me! Please, Pathfinders, stay and enjoy a well-deserved rest. Tell me of all the journeys you’ve taken and the discoveries that you’ve made!”
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After a full night’s rest, though perhaps with a few odd dreams, Oraiah Tolal and Gregaro Voth ask everyone to meet the next morning. Agents assemble in a garden on the new lodge’s grounds.
Gregaro Voth begins, “Pathfinders, you have done amazing work, defeating the Thorned Monarch and his forces after making the arduous journey out here.” Oraiah Tolal continues, “But if Alseta smiles upon our work, you will have a much easier journey home.” Together, they cast a spell, and a shimmering archway appears. After a few moments, Master of Spells Sorrina Westyr and Decemvirate member Eliza Petulengro walk through. Westyr exclaims happily, “Well done, Pathfinders, all of you!” Petulengro explains more. “We’ve established a link between this new lodge and the Maze of the Open Road, a hedge maze and portal network that used to be carefully restricted by the Decemvirate. The Decemvirate is planning to add new nodes to the maze, allowing Pathfinders to swiftly travel to places far from the Society’s current reach. And so, if you are ready to go home, please follow me. You have more than earned a swift trip home!” Petulengro and Westyr lead the way through the portal, into the maze, and through another archway that leads straight back to the Grand Lodge.
That’s the end! Thank you for all your hard work, GMs, and thanks to everyone for playing!
