"Fists of the Ruby Phoenix" (Campaign) w/ DM rainzax

Game Master rainzax

dmg: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 1) = 5
bleed effect, flat check to end: 1d20 ⇒ 20
I'm confused, what caused me to take bleed damage? Did I take it after they clang to me? or did I move and provoke. Aiobhean had the same message about x number of them attached to her, so what caused me to take ongoing bleed damage and not her?

Edit, affect ended, still a little confused as to what happened. Hp updated 81-5=76.

Going to sleep so I'll just get out of range.

Cirri rotates her shoulders and unfolds her wings, revealing a wingspan longer than her staff. She quickly takes off.

Acrobatics(***): 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (5) + 21 = 26

◆◆ >Juvenile Flight< gives me a fly speed of 35 feet.
◆ Flying 5 feet North, 5 feet East and 5 feet Up.

Assuming Cling is a reaction triggered by movement.

Aoibhean bursts out of the swarms, heading for the chamber's eastern wall. Having bought herself a tiny bit of breathing room, the magus whirls around, her staff already crackling with electricity. She brings it down on a clump of ticks with a powerful overhand swing, and there's a sudden explosion of energy that blasts across the chamber and through each swarm.

Spellstrike vs Yellow: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (19) + 21 = 40 !!!
Bludgeoning: 2d8 + 7 ⇒ (6, 8) + 7 = 21 Total of 42 for a crit. I'll also push Yellow 10 feet directly away from me.
Lightning Bolt, DC 29 basic Reflex: 4d12 ⇒ (9, 3, 1, 10) = 23

Persistent Bleed: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 5) = 12
DC 15 Flat Check: 1d20 ⇒ 19
Fortitude: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (9) + 19 = 28

◆: Stride. ◆◆: Use 3 charges from my staff to make an Expansive Spellstrike vs Yellow with lightning bolt. I've marked the AoE with a very high quality image.
↺: Attack of Opportunity.

Muggy Swarm! (Round One, Concluding)

Cirri takes to the air as bug guts goes flying everywhere! Little "popping" sounds as electrical energy coaxes hundreds of from their shells inside-out and frapping into blackish goo!

Blue Basic Reflex vs 23 Electrical vs DC 29: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (1) + 19 = 20
Red Basic Reflex vs 23 Electrical vs DC 29: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (9) + 19 = 28
Black Basic Reflex vs 23 Electrical vs DC 29: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (12) + 19 = 31

As Aiobhean leaves the area, what remains of the 1d2 ⇒ 1 Blue Swarm Clings to her...

Blue
↺) Cling

Blue Swarm loses Hit Points: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Aiobhean - you now suffer 3d6 Persistent Bleed - please roll immediately!

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Osh!

Yellow Basic Reflex vs 23 Electrical vs DC 29: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (20) + 19 = 39

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Osh!

fort: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (14) + 22 = 36 if 36 succeeds it crit succeeds. Thanks to a reminder about my Juggernaut

Reflex 1: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27
Reflex 2: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26

Osh tries to fling himself out of the swarm, but it's too late! They swarm around him, digging into his poppet flesh.

Fortitude 1, Constructed: 1d20 + 22 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 22 + 1 = 42
Fortitude 2, Constructed: 1d20 + 22 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 22 + 1 = 32

Luckily, Osh manages to stave off the Tick Fever, though the small poppet still coughs. Not wanting to be the subject of the swarm, Osh steps out.

◆ Step

"What's the deal with these swarms!?". Osh tries to smash as many of the swarm as he can.

◆ Rage (gaining Resistance 7 Slashing/Piercing)

◆ Strike

+2 Striking Antler: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (18) + 22 = 40
damage: 2d12 + 7 + 5 ⇒ (8, 4) + 7 + 5 = 24

↺) Cling

Swarm loses Hit Points: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Osh - you now suffer 3d6 Persistent Bleed - please roll immediately!

Sorry, on a brief vacation to visit the parents. Haven't had much of a chance to log on the last day or so! Spending lots of family time. Thanks for being patient. Will have more time this week!

Osh was hit twice. He took 14 damage then 10 damage. So he's at 73/193 hp right now! Since he just started raging, he now has 15 temp hp and has Resistance 7 to slashing/piercing. Will update status bar!

Persistent Bleed: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 2) = 5

Flat: 1d20 ⇒ 10

Still bleeding! At 73/193 hp and 10/15 temp hp

Muggy Swarm! (Round Two)

Blue Swarm chases Osh!

Swarming Bites vs Osh (Basic Reflex 28 vs Piercing): 3d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 2) = 12
Swarming Bites vs Osh (Basic Reflex 28 vs Piercing): 3d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 1) = 11

◆) Stride
◆◆) Swarming Bites x2
↺) Cling

Aiobhean's Lightning serves to funnel all of Red, Black, and Yellow Swarms towards Max - his Entire Body disappears into a Cloud of Bugs!

Swarming Bites vs Max (Basic Reflex 28 vs Piercing): 3d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 3) = 8
Swarming Bites vs Max (Basic Reflex 28 vs Piercing): 3d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 2) = 14
Swarming Bites vs Max (Basic Reflex 28 vs Piercing): 3d6 ⇒ (6, 5, 4) = 15
Swarming Bites vs Max (Basic Reflex 28 vs Piercing): 3d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 3) = 9
Swarming Bites vs Max (Basic Reflex 28 vs Piercing): 3d6 ⇒ (6, 5, 1) = 12
Swarming Bites vs Max (Basic Reflex 28 vs Piercing): 3d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 3) = 7

Osh and Max - for each Critical Failure, Failure, and/or Success on your Basic Saves above, if you take at least 1 point of piercing damage, you are exposed to Tick Fever - please immediately roll a corresponding Fortitude Save vc DC 27 vs Disease!

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The Party is Up!

Cirri takes a moment to identify the bugs.
- Can they swim?
- Do they have a weakness?

Recall Knowledge: Master Nature, +21. That's 1 of my 3 actions.

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reflex save: 6d20 ⇒ (3, 15, 2, 20, 7, 1) = 48 +20 to each, so 8 saves, 18 crit saves.
fail 8 dmg, save 7 dmg, fail 15 dmg, crit save 0 dmg, fail 12 dmg, crit fail 14 dmg. 56 dmg total. 76-56=20 Hp left

5 fort saves needed fort: 5d20 ⇒ (14, 2, 12, 1, 2) = 31 +22 each, so 5 or greater crit saves cause of juggernaunt. Ouch, level 4 tick fever as I fail twice and crit fail once, unless there are no levels of it. Shoot, can't find where you put the link to tick fever.

Muggy Swarm! (Round Two, Continued)

Max's temperature rises somewhat, and his stomach grows queasy, as the disease transmits itself into his system, and while not feeling immediately unwell enough to throw off his aim or stymie his senses, he has a vague sense of coming down with an illness that will plague him later...

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Aoibhean, Cirri (with ◆◆), Max, and Osh are Up!

darn, move out of there and I take damage, stay in there and they will continue to attack me

First action, activate greater healers gloves healing: 4d6 + 15 ⇒ (6, 4, 3, 3) + 15 = 31 sweet, brings me to 51

Second action Hunted shot on blue, (which is two shots at the cost of one action, damage is added together on these first two shots and resistance is applied to the monster once) hit: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (14) + 20 = 34 dmg: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (3, 5) + 4 = 12 hit: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (15) + 15 = 30 dmg: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (8, 1) + 4 = 13 so assuming 34 and 30 hit, 25 damage to it, and its piercing damage applies once 25 damage, not once to each individual attack.

Third action, a normal 3rd shot hit: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16 dmg: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (3, 5) + 4 = 12
If someone has a fireball spell, I'm okay with being hit by it, better than these things biting me.

"Bah. Waterbugs. They're good swimmers, I can't drown them out." Cirri closes her hands together as moisture forms. "I hope you don't mind getting wet, Max. I got something much bigger coming up soon. Attacks that Splash or hit big Areas are really effective." The water finishes forming into a ball, and she hurls it at the swarms harassing Max.

A >Spout< of water splashes upon the Red, Yellow and Black variants, dealing 6d4 + 4 ⇒ (2, 3, 1, 4, 2, 1) + 4 = 17 bludgeoning damage. This hits everyone in a 5-ft Area cube. I'm not hitting Max with it. Basic Reflex Save, DC 29.

Cirri doesn't have time to hover around, so she falls back onto the garden, landing softly on her talons.

◆ Recall Knowledge
◆◆ >Spout<
◇ >Nestling Fall< back to ground level. Cirri takes no fall damage.

Osh attacked the Blue swarm. His antlers deal Piercing damage.

Reflex 1: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (19) + 15 = 34 Success, so 6 damage. With Resistance 7 to piercing, take 0 damage.
Reflex 2: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26 Fail, so 11 damage. With Resistance 7 to piercing, take 4 damage. At 68/193 hp, 11/15 temp hp

Fortitude, Constructed: 1d20 + 22 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 22 + 1 = 31

Osh manages to shake off the effects of the swarm. "Aha! You think you got me, but you didn't! Take this, and this, and this!"

Instead of stepping back, Osh simply smashes as many as he can with his antlers.

◆◆◆ Strike x3 vs blue swarm

+2 striking antler (P): 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (7) + 22 = 29
damage: 2d12 + 7 + 5 ⇒ (11, 12) + 7 + 5 = 35

+2 striking antler (P): 1d20 + 22 - 5 ⇒ (16) + 22 - 5 = 33
damage: 2d12 + 7 + 5 ⇒ (11, 4) + 7 + 5 = 27

+2 striking antler (P): 1d20 + 22 - 10 ⇒ (10) + 22 - 10 = 22
damage: 2d12 + 7 + 5 ⇒ (11, 9) + 7 + 5 = 32

Red Basic Reflex vs 17 Water Blunt (DC 29): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (1) + 19 = 20
Black Basic Reflex vs 17 Water Blunt (DC 29): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (10) + 19 = 29
Yellow Basic Reflex vs 17 Water Blunt (DC 29): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (13) + 19 = 32

Aoibhean drains the last of her staff's magical reserves to summon another bolt of electricity blasting through the swarms of biting insects.

Lightning Bolt, DC 29 Basic Reflex: 4d12 ⇒ (9, 2, 1, 9) = 21

◆: Step. ◆◆: Use 3 charges from my staff to cast lightning bolt (see map for AoE).

Blue Basic Reflex vs 21 Electricity (DC 29): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (3) + 19 = 22
Red Basic Reflex vs 21 Electricity (DC 29): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (7) + 19 = 26
Black Basic Reflex vs 21 Electricity (DC 29): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (13) + 19 = 32
Yellow Basic Reflex vs 21 Electricity (DC 29): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (8) + 19 = 27

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Osh! Please complete your Turn!

I finished my turn! Did three strikes. We posted within a minute of each other, so you might've missed it.

Bleed damage: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 2) = 12
Flat check: 1d20 ⇒ 9

Currently at 56/193 hp and 11/15 temp hp.

Osh - the Bleed Damage represents Biting Bugs - as it seems to have penetrated your resistance, please also roll a Fortitude save!

Muggy Swarm! (Round Three)

Osh's Antlers rake rows of crawlers fro and yonder from the Blue Swarm - scattering it completly! Critical Hit last round for 48, Hit / Hit / Miss for 35 then 27

Meanwhile, Max barely reaches out a single naked hand from the cloud of vermin, activating his magic gloves, and somehow firing a single hail of arrows towards the Red Swarm - scattering it completly! +31 Heal, Hunt/Hit/Hit for 25 combined

Then, intersecting crashes of waves and electricity drown and shock even more of the multitude! And in the wake remains... yet more bugs!...

...which continue to remain where they are and crawl over Max - re-engulfing the lone hand he had just been able to escape out with!

Black
◆◆◆) Swarming Bites x3
↺) Cling

Swarming Bites vs Max (Basic Reflex 28 vs Piercing): 3d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 4) = 11
Swarming Bites vs Max (Basic Reflex 28 vs Piercing): 3d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 5) = 15
Swarming Bites vs Max (Basic Reflex 28 vs Piercing): 3d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 5) = 10

Yellow
◆◆◆) Swarming Bites x3
↺) Cling

Swarming Bites vs Max (Basic Reflex 28 vs Piercing): 3d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 6) = 12
Swarming Bites vs Max (Basic Reflex 28 vs Piercing): 3d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 4) = 9
Swarming Bites vs Max (Basic Reflex 28 vs Piercing): 3d6 ⇒ (4, 4, 1) = 9

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The Party is Up!

reflex: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (9) + 20 = 29 save 1, 5 damage
reflex: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (10) + 20 = 30 save 2, 7 damage
reflex: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (14) + 20 = 34 save 3, 5 damage
reflex: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (13) + 20 = 33 save 4, 6 damage
reflex: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (16) + 20 = 36 save 5, 4 damage
reflex: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (10) + 20 = 30 save 6, 4 damage
Total damage 31. 51-31=20.
fort saves: 6d20 ⇒ (4, 16, 3, 2, 4, 15) = 44 6 or higher saves. Failed 4 times

First action, stow/put away bow
Second action, draw hammer of striking
3rd action, rage (so I can get temp HP giving me Level+con, so 15 temporary HP)

Cirri hustles over and faces the two remaining swarms.

"Waves of the seas, wash these bugs away." She unleashes a >Crashing Wave< against the swarms.

It deals 6d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 5, 6, 6, 3) = 32 Bludgeoning damage to the 2 swarms. This is in a 30 foot cone. Basic Reflex Save, DC 29

◆ Stride
◆◆ Casts >Crashing Wave<

Black Basic Reflex vs 32 Blunt Water (DC 29): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (7) + 19 = 26
Yellow Basic Reflex vs 32 Blunt Water (DC 29): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (5) + 19 = 24

"And out you go, bugs!" Cirri's wave flushes the remaining swarms out of the garden. "Stop sucking my friends' blood!" Cirri shrieks.

"Almost there!" Aoibhean shouts, throwing a ball of fire at one of the swarms still harassing Max.

Produce Flame vs Yellow: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (15) + 19 = 34
Fire: 6d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 2) + 4 = 15

◆◆: Cast produce flame vs Yellow. ◆: Recharge spellstrike.

"And out you go, bugs!" Cirri's wave flushes the remaining swarms out of the garden. "Stop sucking my friends' blood!" Cirri shrieks.

And with that, the party relaxes... until they remember that Osh is still bleeding!

We stay in rounds!

Aiobhean (retcon) and Osh!

Fortitude: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (3) + 22 = 25

Bleed: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 1) = 8
Flat check: 1d20 ⇒ 1

Osh falls flat in a slump, fatigued, bleeding, sore. "Bah! BAH!".

At 65/193 hp, still bleeding.

"Don't worry, Osh, I've got you!" Aoibhean shouts, rushing to the poppet's aid. She quickly brushes off as many bugs as she can, and presses bandages to his bleeding injuries.

First Aid: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (16) + 16 = 32

Pretty sure that's a success, so Osh will get another flat check to end the damage. It might be 10 or 15, depending on whether Rainzax rules this as particularly effective help.

15

The remnants of what was once a great swarm of ticks - perhaps hundreds! - continue to bury their heads into Osh's skin, as he remains partially engulfed!

Max can't aid in any way, sorry Osh.

Bleed: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 6) = 13
Flat: 1d20 ⇒ 9

Bleed: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 1) = 3
Flat: 1d20 ⇒ 4

Bleed: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 3) = 6
Flat: 1d20 ⇒ 9

Bleed: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 2) = 11
Flat: 1d20 ⇒ 16

At 35/193 hp.

Osh struggles to get the ticks off of him! He rubs his body against the ground, rolling. But that doesn't work. He tries to itch himself with his antlers, but again, it's a struggle. The deer rolls around again, and finally enough ticks get off, but he's hurting and sore. "Ooph. Not feeling the best."

Muggy Swarm! (Round Three)

Aiobhean gives some quick first aid (First Aid Success vs DC 29) but Osh bleeds out anyway from ongoing tick engulfment. Fail; 56 minus 8 = 48

Muggy Swarm! (Round Four)

Osh continues to bleed from ongoing tick engulfment! Fail; 48 minus 13 = 33

Muggy Swarm! (Round Five)

Osh continues to bleed from ongoing tick engulfment! Fail; 33 minus 3 = 30

Muggy Swarm! (Round Six)

Osh continues to bleed from ongoing tick engulfment! Fail; 30 minus 6 = 24

Muggy Swarm! (Round Seven)

Osh continues to bleed from ongoing tick engulfment! Fail; 24 minus 11 = 13

Osh - Please make 5 Fortitude Saves vs Disease!

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Muggy Swarm! (Aftermath)

The Swarm finally subsiding, the party takes stock of their situation...

The Party is Up!

Cirri flaps over to Osh. "Okay, hold still, buddy." Cirri looks to him.

Medicine to Recall Knowledge: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (15) + 17 = 32

She takes a moment to diagnose his wounds, to make sure there isn't any long lasting diseases.

Medicine on Max: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (15) + 17 = 32
Medicine on Aoibhean: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (7) + 17 = 24

"That was... invasive. Should we slow down for a bit, or press on?"

Cirri takes a moment to diagnose the party...

...players, if you rolled at least one Fortitude save from Tick Swarm, please post your Single Worst outcome!

Max had tick fever to the highest level, but Cirri possibly just cured it. I think. By worst outcome, you mean worst roll? I rolled a nat 1 on one of my fort saves.

I had a Crit Fail on the save vs the disease.

"I don't feel so hot," Aoibhean says, giving Cirri a wan smile. "Let's take a bit of a break, yeah?"

Muggy Swarm! (Aftermath)

A few in the party, their adrenaline subsided, feel their head with their hand, and, looking down at their bites, begin to feel the weather soon to come up on them...

Meanwhile, the party takes time to...

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The Party is Up!

Max had a crit fail on the tick fever
Max can't really heal anyone so I guess he will be actively searching for the 40 minutes while not going more than 10 feet away from the nearest party member.
He will be holding his longbow in case something happens.

Fortitude vs Disease, Constructed: 1d20 + 22 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 22 + 1 = 33
Fortitude vs Disease, Constructed: 1d20 + 22 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 22 + 1 = 42
Fortitude vs Disease, Constructed: 1d20 + 22 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 22 + 1 = 28
Fortitude vs Disease, Constructed: 1d20 + 22 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 22 + 1 = 35
Fortitude vs Disease, Constructed: 1d20 + 22 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 22 + 1 = 30

Only had a failure, no crit failure.

Osh collapses into a heap, very much exhausted. "Is it over? Please tell me it's over.". His whole body itches but he's too tired to scratch anything.

"What do we do now?"

Don't really have any rest activities. Maybe I'll take Medicine as a skill next time I'm able to.

Tick Fever!

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The swarms never attacked Cirri so she never had to make a saving throw against their disease.

"Okay. Well, let's take care of the short term injuries." Cirri gathers some of the dried plants, crumbles their leaves into a fine paste and tries to Treat Wounds.

>Natural Medicine< lets me use my +21 Nature skill to Treat Wounds. GM mentioned I can get a +2 bonus while on the island for this purpose.

>Treat Wounds<: Gonna try a Expert DC 20 check on Osh. Success means I heal an additional 10 HP. I can't fail this unless I roll a 1.

Osh: 1d20 + 21 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 21 + 2 = 26 Wow
Heal: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (1, 4) + 10 = 15

Aoibhean: 1d20 + 21 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 21 + 2 = 26 Okay then...
Heal: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (5, 8) + 10 = 23

Max: 1d20 + 21 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 21 + 2 = 33 Played it safe. At least this is a crit, so you get 4d8.
Heal: 4d8 + 10 ⇒ (6, 6, 7, 2) + 10 = 31

"Man, the bugs slurped out almost all of the nutrients. I'm so sorry." Cirri pauses.

"My >Staff of Healing< has enough energy to >Remove Disease< from 1 of you. The other two will have to wait..." Cirri frowns.

"Max and Aoibhean seem the worst off. Um... who should I try to help first?"

I can use a bow, though it will do less damage as I can't pull back far enough, do Aoibhean first.

"You're an angel, Cirri," Aoibhean tells the strix, while giving Max a grateful nod. "I don't know what those ticks were carrying, but I don't want to find out firsthand."

"Okay, let me try to... magic this away." She raises her staff over Aoibhean's head. "Make sure to be nice to Max for letting you go first."

"May Aoibhean find calm from the storm within."

Medicine check to counteract disease: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (2) + 17 = 19
Hero Point: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (5) + 17 = 22 Ugh, fine.