Gregoth looks up. Again the stone wall of the bakery is collapsing over him, blocking out the light that is too bright, too painful. He reflexively takes a last desperate breath as the flames surrounding him wink out as suddenly as they sprang to life.
Again Gregoth finds himself entombed while still alive. But this time he can think through the pain, can see something to fight, something to bargain with and push against and plead to be released so he can find his family.
He feels the earth release him, takes a breath free of stone and soil and fire. The shield on his hand rises, the sword falls.
“You think you can kill us,” he growls, low voice rumbling through the room like the promise of a summer storm. “Death with his scythe could not kill us. Death with their ghostly screams could not kill us. Now they all rest where they sought to send us - and you will join them there soon!” A release like a lightning bolt plunging to the ground shakes the air and fills the mortals’ souls with brilliant fire and rage.
His mind clearing from the supernatural terror Kaldren looks about trying to figure out where he is. Gritting his teeth he turns and strides swiftly back to his companions.
◆Stride
◆Stride
◆Stride
Moving up beside Gregoth he raises his flail and brings it down on the ghostly abomination.
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Félicité targets the Black chakanaj (Yellow if Black is down).
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plus plus
She will then shield herself ◆ and move up behind Kaldren and Gregoth ◆.
Gregoth breaks out of the strange phantasm affecting him, but his attack on the ghostly-thing is much less effective now, his sword passes through it with little effect. He then buoys the rest of the group with his Heroic Presence.
Bellaluna shoots the injured Chakanaj taking Félicité's advice, and her good-infused bolts seem especially effective against it and it emits an unearthly scream.
She shoots a followup bolt that pierces a sensitive spot, pinning what remains of it to the ceiling.
Kaldren recovers himself and returns to the fray, but his hand is still shaking slightly which causes him to miss.
Félicité carefully studies the injured Chakanaj, and easily puts it out of its misery with a well placed shot, leaving its limp body hanging from the ceiling. She then raises her arcane shield and moves in.
Turrey, still shaken by the fear spell, moves up to give Kaldren a little assistance after watching him struggle with the Sahkil's fear.
◆ Stride [Q]
◆◆ 3rd level Heroism on Kaldren
◆ Shield
In a surprising move, the incorporeal body-part-ghost attempts to grab Gregoth's feet with some of its many ghost-hands and trip him!
The old warrior falls to the ground and it continues to try to pummel him, though he manages to roll around and avoid the blows.
The Chakanajs seem to panic when one of their number falls (or rather doesn't fall because it's pinned to the ceiling), and they lash out at everyone.
Active Effects:
Psychic Pressure: Recall Knowledge DCs are increased by +2 and Stupefied DC is increased by stupefied value.
Inspire Defence: Everyone has +1 status bonus to AC and saves, and resistance 4 to physical damage (until Turrey's turn on round 5)
Haste: Everyone is quickened until Turrey's turn on round 11, and the extra action can be used for a Strike or a Stride only
...
➤Gregoth
Bellaluna
Kaldren
Félicité
Turrey
Body Part Ghost
Black Chakanaj
Yellow Chakanaj
Blue Chakanaj
White Chakanaj
...
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Gregoth rolls to one side and then the other before getting back on his feet as if pulled by some unseen force. He lifts his hand, and the shield in it. He raises his hand, and the sword in it. He stares into the ghostly mass of arms and legs with pitch-black eyes. Shadows and smoke and transparent screaming faces surround him, trailing behind him like a dark cloak as he walks.
Félicité will look at the ghost and try to devise a strategem against it.
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plus plus
◆◆
Taking a moment to try and compose himself, Kaldren nods in thanks to Félicité for her aid and calling on Pharasmas judgement launches a series of blows at the ghost creature.
◆ Smite Evil
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Gregoth bounds to his feet, and finds it in himself to summon his spirit allies again. Moving around the ghost-thing he slices down at it, and his newly imbued sword cuts through dozens of flailing limbs. This time the hungry spirits feed on the peculiar life energy they find in the incorporeal monster.
Bellaluna turns her attention to her nearest flying skin flap, punching a small hole in it with a well-placed bolt. The small amount of holy energy from her brilliant rune is enough to burn the strange fiend.
Unlike most incorporeal things they are only resistant to non-ghost touch physical damage, other damage types affect them normally
Félicité watches the ghost thing, and recognition shows in her eyes. She launches an arrow at it that passes through an area of particularly dense spirit stuff, and it seems to take some with it.
She follows that up by soothing Kaldren's magical fear. His earlier reluctance to receive aid is gone, and he nods his thanks to her.
He swings following Félicité's insights, but his grip on his flail is loose. After adjusting for his backswing he connects. The holy energy suffusing his flail seems to burn the parts of the fiend it touches like sunlight melting mist.
Active Effects:
Psychic Pressure: Recall Knowledge DCs are increased by +2 and Stupefied DC is increased by stupefied value.
Haste: Everyone is quickened until Turrey's turn on round 11, and the extra action can be used for a Strike or a Stride only
Didactic Strike: The Tumblak (ghostly limb thing) is flat-footed to everyone's next strike (save Kaldren) before Félicité's next turn. It will also do precision damage but that does not appear to be effective
...
Gregoth
Bellaluna
Félicité
Kaldren
➤Turrey
Body Part Ghost
Yellow Chakanaj
Blue Chakanaj
White Chakanaj
...
Turrey feels a cold sweat as battle with the unearthly horrors goes on.
He darts over to get a better angle, and sings out a Spirit Song, hoping to bring the three horror's closer to their end. As he does, he continues his song of defense.
Turrey sends an eldritch song at the flying Chakanajs, and two of them seem deeply affected by it, dropping noticeably before catching themselves.
The ghost-body-part thing floats out from between Gregoth and Kaldren, and Gregoth's quick reflexes allow him to take a swing.
After it has repositioned, it renews its attacks on Kaldren, whose goodness it seems to have taken offence to.
The Chakanajs descend as one, enranged, flying at Turrey's face. Their tiny legs are sharp and they try to scratch out his eyes.
Active Effects:
Psychic Pressure: Recall Knowledge DCs are increased by +2 and Stupefied DC is increased by stupefied value.
Haste: Everyone is quickened until Turrey's turn on round 11, and the extra action can be used for a Strike or a Stride only
Didactic Strike: The Tumblak (ghostly limb thing) is flat-footed to Gregoth's and Bellaluna's next strike before Félicité's next turn. It will also do precision damage but that does not appear to be effective
Inspire Defence: Everyone has +1 status bonus to AC and saves, and resistance 4 to physical damage (until Turrey's turn on round 6)
...
➤Gregoth
Bellaluna
Félicité
Kaldren
➤Turrey
Body Part Ghost
Yellow Chakanaj
Blue Chakanaj
White Chakanaj
...
Gregoth's arm swings wildly as the ghost glides away. The shadows seem to pull the man after the apparition like strings on a puppet, lifting one arm to put the shield in front of his face and barely managing to get the feet right so he doesn't trip and fall.
Bellaluna levels her crossbow and shoots at the strange ghost thing.
She then reloads and spins her crossbow by its trigger guard.
She then crosses her arms and fires—one at the strange ghost, and one at one of the chakanajs.
Félicité turns her attention back to the chakanajs.
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plus plus
But she keeps an eye on her friends, slapping a second bandage on Kaldren.
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And encouraging Turrey with some divine power.
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I’m guessing you forgot to delete the “10 feet up”s, GM?
Gregoth follows the Tumblak ghostly fiend and slices away more of the limbs, and when Bellaluna fires an arrow into it, it dissipates with a feint gasp of rage.
"Gaaah! Shelyn, protect me!", Turrey gasps and grimaces as the chakanaj flock to bite him.
He reflexively moves back and then–Calling on some internal grit–he continues to sing of the Beauty of Peace, while shooting at the most wounded chakanaj. Finally, he weaves a Shield spell into his song of defense, and readies to raise it if they keep attacking him.
Turning from the vanquished ghostly amalgamation, Kaldren hurries over to aid Turrey.
◆ Stride
◆ Smite Evil vs Yellow
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Bellaluna performs an impressive display after dispatching the Tumblak, catching the Chakanajs off guard, and she plants one bolt into one attacking Turrey, narrowly avoiding him.
Félicité plants her own arrow in the same Chakanaj, and gives a bit of advice on taking it down. She also heals Kaldren and Turrey in a flurry of activity, one with medicine and one with magic, leaving both looking much better.
Kaldren strides toward the injured Chakanaj, and with holy smite backing his blows obliterates the injured one, leaving little more than a smear. The remaining two quickly skip back through to the ethereal plane, leaving you alone in the room.
As you move around the room to make sure things are secure, you find maps and documents on the table in the centre. A large map very similar to Tristel's shows the current location of all the final blades in Galt, but on this map there are two rings around each. The first, about a mile in diameter, says "gray death confirmed fatalities". The second, about five miles in diameter, is labelled "gray death likely fatalities". Some of the other papers detail plans to attract the population into these sites by various means, most commonly public executions, but also festivals like Litran's Harvest Jubilee, and even paying bandits to make the roads unsafe and driving the population to the towns.
Also amongst the maps and papers is a magic scroll, though none among you recognise the spell contained in it. In addition, the soft sound of chanting appears to be coming from both the north-western door , and the southern most door in the eastern wall
Gregoth pants as he sheathes the sword and fumbles with the pocket strapped around his waist. He pulls out a tattered length of off-white fabric, a jar of pungent ointment, and a piece of leather decorated with multiple sets of teeth marks.
The group settles into the large planning room to gather their strength.
Turrey, Félicité and Kaldren try to clear their minds and refocus their spirit, while Bellaluna studies the scroll and Gregoth checks on everyone's wounds.
The scroll is dense with scribbles, more so than any other she's ever seen, but after studying it for 10 minutes or so she thinks she has the gist, and it's a truly horrifying piece of work.
While the group rests, the constant sound of chanting can be heard. Based on its volume you must conclude that whatever is chanting must have heard the sounds of combat in this room, but it continues unabated an nothing disrupts your rest.
After spending 10 minutes composing a poem about their experiences of the past day, Turrey feels refreshed and refocused, though...
"I'd like to think it was encouraging to hear the sound of singing in these chambers...but something about that chanting sounds quite far from Shelyn's Ways. Given that, let me put Shelyn's blessing on to you again, Gregoth, to acknowledge the hero you are."
Kaldren finds a clear space in one of the corners of the room and with the clang of his heavy armour, sits on the floor. He pulls out a string of beads from a pouch and aranges them in a spiral on the ground in front of him. He closes his eyes and begins to softly pray.
After ten minutes his eyes snap open and climbs to his feet ready to continue onward.
Bellaluna's eyes go wide as she deciphers the magic upon the scroll. "Calistria's sting..." Paranoid about what such a scroll could do, she considers just keeping it herself and lying to the others of what it contained. But her mind keeps going back to the Gray Death and the massive worm back at the ball, and decides that it would be best to possibly use this (as much as she hates to admit it).
Aware that she's seen divine manifestations surrounding Félicité every so often, Bellaluna (correctly) assumes that Félicité is some kind of dabbling divine spellcaster and hands her the scroll and explains what it does. But she since gives Félicité a wide berth, because the elf just gave what is essentially a time bomb to a woman she doesn't fully trust.
When she hears the chanting, she reloads her crossbows and nods to the rest of her companions. "Let's go." And follows Kaldren toward the northeast door .
Kaldren leads the group to the door in the south east from which the muffled sounds of chanting can be heard. The door is solid metal, but Kaldren finds it unlocked and it swings open easily, revealing an opulent chamber that smells strongly of incense.
Tapestries hang on the walls, and a divan festooned with pillows stands against one wall. A brazier in the middle of the room glows with blue fire and emits a sharp scent that the incense doesn't quite cover. A man in a lush silk robe is watching the door and leaning against the wall while three female gardeners throw incense into the flames. He sighs heavily and shouts to them.
"They decided to disrupt our ritual first. To arms! The first to take a life is my favourite!"
The women rush to obey.
Active Effects:
Psychic Pressure: Recall Knowledge DCs are increased by +2 and Stupefied DC is increased by stupefied value.
➤Félicité
Turrey
Red Gardener
Dressing Gown
Gregoth
Blue Gardener
Bellaluna
Yellow
Kaldren
Félicité and Turrey are quicker off the mark though, and act before the women even have weapons cleared from their scabbards.
"Will these Grey souls ever learn? Why seek misery and destruction, when Beauty is always waiting? Is it too much to hope that Beauty could still warm your hearts?"
Turrey sighs, and then begins singing.
"A SONG of the good green grass!
A song no more of the city streets;
A song of farms--a song of the soil of fields.
A song with the smell of sun-dried hay, where the nimble pitchers
handle the pitch-fork;
A song tasting of new wheat, and of fresh-husk'd maize."
Studying the Gardener in yellow, Félicité formulates a plan.
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plus plus
◆ Recall Knowledge on the robed man
◆ Shield
Turrey sings a song of more pleasant things, and the scoffing of the robed man can just be heard above it.
"Save that one for me, I'll enjoy breaking him"
Woven into the song is powerful familiar magic of quickening and protection, and Félicité immediately takes advantage of it.
From their uniforms, and the way they're moving, you think these women might also be Directors General of the Gray Gardeners, like the Barker who attacked you with his gimmerlings. Here's what you already know about them:
The ceramic mask suggests that this person might be an elusive "Director General" of the Gray Gardeners; one of the leaders who rarely leave the monastery except for the most important business. Said to be skillful warriors as well as masterful tacticians, they are known to train to target frightened opponents more effectively. They are likely to have strong wills.
You try to recall more about them, but the psychic pressure is making it too hard to think.
The fact that these are Directors General and are taking orders from someone else is surprising, but you have heard whispers of an even higher echelon of command, so called Worm Prophets, and you suspect the robed man is one of these. Said to be clerics to some unknown deity, you have heard they cast powerful divine spells, and can stupefy with a touch.
She calculates an impressive shot despite Kaldren and a wall blocking most of her target, and she is rewarded with a cry of pain from one of the Directors General, and she quickly shields herself.
The robed man steps carefully forward over the brazier and casts a spell, one you've seen several times from Turrey. A wave of rippling force assaults your very spirits.
Gregoth manages to hold onto his spirit, but everyone else feels the effects like an energy sapping storm. Bellaluna
The first Director General to react gives Kaldren a Stern Glare
◇ Stern Glare
◆ Step
◆ Quick Draw
◆ Strike
Kaldren is unmoved, but she steps up to him, swiftly unsheathes a sword cane, and proceeds to try to skewer Kaldren, but she finds only his armour twice.
Active Effects:
Psychic Pressure: Recall Knowledge DCs are increased by +2 and Stupefied DC is increased by stupefied value.
Haste: Everyone is quickened until Turrey's turn on round 11, and the extra action can be used for a Strike or a Stride only
Didactic Strike: Yellow is flat-footed to everyone's next strike before Félicité's next turn, and it will deal 2d6 additional precision damage
Inspire Defence: Everyone has +1 status bonus to AC and saves, and resistance 4 to physical damage (until Turrey's turn on round 4)
Turrey
Félicité
Worm Prophet
Red Director General
➤Gregoth
Bellaluna
Blue Director General
Yellow Director General
Kaldren
"Look at their uniforms, and the way they're moving. These are likely Directors General of the Gray Gardeners, like the Barker who attacked us with his gimmerlings in the tent.
It's unusual for Directors General to take orders from someone else, but I've heard whispers of an even higher echelon of command, so called Worm Prophets, and I bet Mr. Robe there is one of these clerics to some unknown deity. Don't let him touch you."
Bellaluna shrieks as she feels her very spiritual essence under duress. She staggers away in her own pain . She finally looks up and glares at the robed man that did this to her. She lowers her crossbows over Gregoth’s shoulders and glances at the Red Gardener and simply whispers, more out of demand than concern, ”Duck.”
Bellaluna then reloads one of her crossbows and fires it at Yellow
The wave washes through Gregoth. He supposed it should hurt from how Bellaluna cries out, but he doesn’t feel a thing. Does that mean he’s too far gone? Finally too broken to feel, to hurt, to keep getting up every day hoping to see Saraah’s face and hear Mikel’s snotty giggling and finding nothing but shadows, nothing but a hole in his chest, nothing but a void where his heart should be…
Dark tears fall from pitch-black eyes.
The specter of death stalks across the room, the sword in his hand whistling from the force wielding it as it cuts the air.
Gregoth casually shrugging off his spell and then stalking toward him clearly frightens the worm prophet, though not quite so much that he dies.
The Worm Prophet tries to avoid Bellaluna's shots, moving surprisingly quickly in his robe, though one of them catches him in the shoulder and he shrieks.
"Protect me!"
The Director General she shoots at afterwards has more luck and manages to dodge out of the way.
Gregoth tries to push through, but finds he isn't quite quick enough, and instead slashes at the Director General blocking the doorway, cutting them deeply.
The blue-cloaked Director stares (◇) at Kaldren in the doorway...
This time Kaldren does see something to fear in the gaze. The Director General scoffs and remarks (◆) to Gregoth conspiratorially:
"Look at that coward, can you really trust him?"
The Director General follows that up by circling the others ◆, and trying to stab at Kaldren through the doorway ◆.
The yellow-cloaked Director General stares (◇) at Gregoth in the same fearsome way...
Frustrated, they turn their glare to Félicité ◆
Before angrily striking at Kaldren through the doorway
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Neither her stare nor her strike perturb any of you in the least however, and she becomes flustered as she looks back toward the Worm Prophet, clearly hoping he didn't see her failure.
Active Effects:
Psychic Pressure: Recall Knowledge DCs are increased by +2 and Stupefied DC is increased by stupefied value.
Haste: Everyone is quickened until Turrey's turn on round 11, and the extra action can be used for a Strike or a Stride only
Didactic Strike: Yellow is flat-footed to Turrey's next strike before Félicité's next turn, and it will deal 2d6 additional precision damage
Inspire Defence: Everyone has +1 status bonus to AC and saves, and resistance 4 to physical damage (until Turrey's turn on round 4)
...
➤Kaldren
Turrey
Félicité
Worm Prophet
Red Director General
Gregoth
Bellaluna
Blue Director General
Yellow Director General
...
Gregoth can’t hear the woman’s words over the silent sound of ghosts screaming in his head.
With a song of Shelyn's Beauty on his lips, Turrey manages to shake off the worst of the onslaught, but still feels his own soul warn down somewhat.
He turns his eyes toward the Worm Prophet, and sings out, "Is ought more tragic, in all of Glorious Golarion / Than a soul foresaken to darkness, whilst still alive?"
↺ : Félicité designates the Worm Prophet as a target of a temporary investigation, forgetting about the cave worm for a bit.
Félicité instantly thinks of ways to hit him.
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◆ vs cover?
plus plus
Knowing he's difficult to hit, she sends a second, unplanned arrow at Yellow.
◆ vs cover?
plus
She slaps a bandage on Bellaluna.
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And she'll boost Kaldren.
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Kaldren hesitates, unsure what to do. But as the blows rain down on his armour he pulls himself together and raises his flail. "You all have many crimes to answer for, please lay down your weapons and repent.". Kaldren glares right back at the director general in front of him.
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◆◆ Cast Impending Doom vs Red (Will DC: 38)
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Kaldren infuriates the trio of Directors General who have been trying to strike him by offering them a chance to repent. When they scoff, he casts a spell and strikes.
The Director General shrugs of Kaldren's magic, and then dodges his attack as well.
Turrey casts his own spell, but on the Worm Prophet.
The man reels from his own spiritual shock, but the arrow from Turrey's follow-up strike clatters off the stone wall near his target.
Félicité watches the Worm Prophet suffer through Turrey's spell and calculates.
She fires a shot that is calculated to be deadly, but he moves just in time to turn it into a nasty hit instead of a fatal one. She also gives some advice for striking him.
She fires another quick arrow at one of the Directors General which is also especially well placed , before quickly restoring Bellaluna's lost spirit and giving Kaldren some healing magic.
The Worm Prophet doesn't take kindly to being shot several times and having Félicité give insights into his weaknesses. He withdraws into the corner so only Kaldren can see him unobstructed , and casts a spell on his Directors General which Kaldren does not recognise.
The foremost Director General glares at Gregoth, her expression dripping with hatred. She then continues to harry Kaldren as she holds the doorway against advance.
The Director General finds two weak spots in Kaldren's armour and sinks her sword-cane deep into them, and it comes out glistening with his blood.
Active Effects:
Psychic Pressure: Recall Knowledge DCs are increased by +2 and Stupefied DC is increased by stupefied value.
Haste: Everyone is quickened until Turrey's turn on round 11, and the extra action can be used for a Strike or a Stride only
Didactic Strike: The worm-prophet is flat-footed to Everyon's next strike before Félicité's next turn, and it will deal 2d6 additional precision damage
Inspire Defence: Everyone has +1 status bonus to AC and saves, and resistance 4 to physical damage (until Turrey's turn on round 4)
...
Kaldren
Turrey
Félicité
Worm Prophet
Red Director General
➤Gregoth
Bellaluna
Blue Director General
Yellow Director General
...
Gregoth stares at the masked woman with pitch-black eyes. In their featureless depths, it would be understandable to imagine something moving. Without a word, the grim figure raises the sword and shield in his hands.
”Oh, no. You don’t get to just hide and pretend nothing happened!”
Bellaluna reloads both of her crossbows and repositions to see the worm prophet. . She then levels her crossbow and fires!
Gregoth teaches the Director General of the Gray Gardeners the meaning of fear. The snake who has spent decades learning to wield fear as a weapon, dies of abject terror as she looks into Gregoth's eyes.
Gregoth runs into the room to find the Worm Prophet stood on a bed in the corner, he rushes up to him and strikes, cutting into him and causing him to shriek and wail in fear.
"Get him off me!"
Bellaluna chases the same target, and with Félicité's guidance sinks a bolt just above the prohpet's waist, who doubles over in pain as a dark stain spreads across his robe.
He holds his eyes tightly closed against the brilliance of the exploding bolt.
The blue-cloaked Director General stares at Gregoth as they step over the body of their ally, once again blocking the doorway.
They then stab twice at Kaldren and shout "I'll hold the door, kill that madman!" while looking at Gregoth.
One of the strikes lands while the other Director turns their attention to Gregoth after staring briefly at Kaldren.
Kaldren is shaken by the look in her eyes as she steps up to Gregoth and strikes!
↺ Glimpse of Redemption
↺ Glimpse of Redemption
Somehow though it's the Director that is more unnerved by Kaldren's gaze, and he precise but weak strikes fail to even draw blood
Active Effects:
Psychic Pressure: Recall Knowledge DCs are increased by +2 and Stupefied DC is increased by stupefied value.
Haste: Everyone is quickened until Turrey's turn on round 11, and the extra action can be used for a Strike or a Stride only
Didactic Strike: The worm-prophet is flat-footed to Everyone's next strike before Félicité's next turn, and it will deal 2d6 additional precision damage
Inspire Defence: Everyone has +1 status bonus to AC and saves, and resistance 4 to physical damage (until Turrey's turn on round 4)
...
➤Kaldren
Turrey
Félicité
Worm Prophet
Red Director General
Gregoth
Bellaluna
Blue Director General
Yellow Director General
...
Kaldren unleashes a flurry of strikes at the director general holder the door.
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Félicité thinks of a way to put Yellow out of her misery.
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Without a shot, Félicité will improvise against Blue.
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plus
She touches Kaldren with her gloves, allowing power to flow through.
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She also speaks a word of encouragement to him.
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Kaldren swings his flail furiously at his opponent, managing to land two strikes that thud into the fast-moving Gardener.
Félicité studies one of the Directors General but can't calculate a shot, and her improvised shot misses the other by a whisker.
She heals and guides Kaldren with a spell though very effectively.
Active Effects:
Psychic Pressure: Recall Knowledge DCs are increased by +2 and Stupefied DC is increased by stupefied value.
Haste: Everyone is quickened until Turrey's turn on round 11, and the extra action can be used for a Strike or a Stride only
Didactic Strike: The worm-prophet is flat-footed to Everyone's next strike before Félicité's next turn, and it will deal 2d6 additional precision damage
Inspire Defence: Everyone has +1 status bonus to AC and saves, and resistance 4 to physical damage (until Turrey's turn on round 4)
...
Kaldren
➤Turrey
Félicité
Worm Prophet
Red Director General
Gregoth
Bellaluna
Blue Director General
Yellow Director General
...
While he can't easily get a bead on the prophet, Turrey settles on taking down the nearest Director General.
He draws his bow, shoots, and then sings out a melody attempting to drop the Director General to the ground.
Turrey shoots an arrow into the Director General guarding the door. It grazes their arm, but they wince against the pain of the explosive sound it makes.
The worm prophet grabs at the bolt pinning him to the wall clumsily while keeping his eyes tightly shut.
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His feeble arms pull at the bolt but it's stuck fast! He tries again.
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He manages to get the bolt out and throws it contemptuously to the floor before he makes some gestures and tries to touch Gregoth.
Tremendous waves of negative energy pour out of the worm prophet's fingers as they clasp Gregoth's wrist, but Gregoth barely seems to notice.
In the chaos of battle it's hard to tell, but it sounds as if the chanting coming from the west has ceased.
Active Effects:
Psychic Pressure: Recall Knowledge DCs are increased by +2 and Stupefied DC is increased by stupefied value.
Haste: Everyone is quickened until Turrey's turn on round 11, and the extra action can be used for a Strike or a Stride only
Inspire Defence: Everyone has +1 status bonus to AC and saves, and resistance 4 to physical damage (until Turrey's turn on round 4)
Turrey
Félicité
Worm Prophet
Red Director General
➤Gregoth
Bellaluna
Blue Director General
Yellow Director General
Kaldren