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Nal slashes Blue and opens a gaping wound in his neck. He collapses and does not move (). She turns to Red and slashes at him as well, opening a gash in his belly. He gasps and holds the wound closed to prevent his entrails from spilling out. He's in really bad shape but does not collapse just yet.
Neidre growls and drops her crossbow. She pulls out her kukri and slashes at Franzine.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 4
Tactical Map
Terrain Conditions: Forest is difficult terrain
Active Conditions: Inspire Courage (1 rds)
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BOLD may go
Neidre (-16)
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Kyra AC 19, 32/32
Landitho AC 19, 38/44
Rhaegal Dragonkin AC 18 (20 w/ shield), 28/33
Franzine AC 22 (24 w/ shield), 41/56 (AC 25 - Shield + Forbidding Ward)
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Red (-18)
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Nal Bagura AC 20, 37/41
Kyra launches a swirling band of fire against Red. She then moves to another postion.
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Kyra unleashes a band of fire against Red, turning him into a human torch. () Red screams in agony and collapses into a heap of embers.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 4
Tactical Map
Terrain Conditions: Forest is difficult terrain
Active Conditions: Inspire Courage (1 rd)
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BOLD may go
Neidre (-16)
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Kyra AC 19, 32/32
Landitho AC 19, 38/44
Rhaegal Dragonkin AC 18 (20 w/ shield), 28/33
Franzine AC 22 (24 w/ shield), 41/56 (AC 25 - Shield + Forbidding Ward)
Nal Bagura AC 20, 37/41
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Landitho continues her violin music, inspiring those around her.
◆ Sustain Forbidding Ward on Franzine.
Then she focuses on the other gnome. "You are feeling very sleepy! Close your eyes."
◆◆ Cast Sleep. DC 20 Will save.
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Neidre hears Landitho's soothing voice. She feels the urge to take a nap. But the feeling passes and she briefly shakes her head to clear the cobwebs. She sneers at Franzine.
"Your companion is good, I'll give you that."
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 4
Tactical Map
Terrain Conditions: Forest is difficult terrain
Active Conditions: Inspire Courage (1 rd)
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BOLD may go
Neidre (-16)
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Kyra AC 19, 32/32
Landitho AC 19, 38/44
Rhaegal Dragonkin AC 18 (20 w/ shield), 28/33
Franzine AC 22 (24 w/ shield), 41/56 (AC 25 - Shield + Forbidding Ward)
Nal Bagura AC 20, 37/41
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Franzine sneers back, pointing her sword at the gnome's chest.
"You'll find that all of my companions are good, unlike any of yours."
Franzine waves her blade at the fallen thugs, then points her blade back at the gnome.
"Now do you feel like surrendering?"
Franzine smirks.
Franz shrugs.
"Whatevs. You had your chance."
She then snaps her shield in front of her.
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With the blue and red bandits gone, Nal swings wide around Neidre and flanks her with Kyra. She's about to cut her down, when a question pops into her head: Bandits live to steal. What's the point of standing your ground? Why aren't they running? So instead of trying to cut Neidre open, Nal offers: "Surrender! What's the point of dying?" Maybe they have information that would be useful.
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Neidre only grunts as Franzine's blade finds its mark and opens a gash in her shoulder. The idea of surrender sounds good. But her pride and ambition keeps her fighting.
Lashing out with a Kukri, she slashes at Nal.
Grinning triumphantly, she turns and slashes at Franzine.
Frustrated at the miss, she tries slashing at Rhaegal.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 5
Tactical Map
Terrain Conditions: Forest is difficult terrain
Active Conditions:
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BOLD may go
Neidre (-24)
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Kyra AC 19, 32/32
Landitho AC 19, 38/44
Rhaegal Dragonkin AC 18 (20 w/ shield), 28/33
Franzine AC 22 (24 w/ shield), 41/56 (AC 25 - Shield + Forbidding Ward)
Nal Bagura AC 20, 27/41
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Landitho indeed continues playing her violin.
◆ Cast Inspire Courage
◆ Sustain Forbidding Ward on Franzine
◆ Demoralize
"Listen up here, gnome to gnome.". She stares down Neidre. "Whatever you're up to will stop here! Right now."
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"I did warn you! Now prepare to be eaten by A DRAGON!" Rhaegal snarls and his mouth opens as he seems to try and keep his threat of eating the gnome. As he opens his mouth, however, you see the scales shift and bulge. The kobold's snout grows and widens and the small kobold grows in size. You realize Rhaegal might be right as the Dragon prepares to emerge!
As you see the kobold change, though you realize that he's growing sparse fur and no wings. He seems more like a scaly wolf than a true dragon. Regardless, the Rhaegal-wolf does try to bite the gnome's head.
Seeing Neidre won't yield, Kyra clouds Neidre's mind with a mental jolt. She then moves northward.
◆◆ Daze
◆ Stride
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Neidre's slash against Nal suddenly gets turned aside as Neidre feels regret loom in her mind. Shaking her head to clear the illogical feeling, she growls in anger. However, Landitho's words have a numbing effect on Neidre. For some reason, she's affected by Landitho's words and feels fear constricting her.
Neidre yelps in pain as Kyra's mental jolt strikes her. But she growls away the pain in her head and keeps on fighting. Rhaegal tries to attack but his jaws fall short of the gnome's head.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 5
Tactical Map
Terrain Conditions: Forest is difficult terrain
Active Conditions: Inspire Courage (1 rd)
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BOLD may go
Neidre (-28, Frightened 1)
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Kyra AC 19, 32/32
Landitho AC 19, 38/44
Rhaegal Dragonkin AC 18 (20 w/ shield), 28/33 (Temp HP: 5)
Franzine AC 22 (24 w/ shield), 41/56 (AC 25 - Shield + Forbidding Ward)
Nal Bagura AC 20, 37/41
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Noticing Neidre resist the urge to strike out at Nal, Franzine gives the gnome a cocky grin.
"Ha! So there may be some good in that evil heart of yours. Seeing that you will not surrender, we'll just have to kill you. So be it."
She then snaps her shield in front of her.
Your foe hesitates under the weight of sin as visions of redemption play in their mind’s eye. The foe must choose one of the following options:
•The ally is unharmed by the triggering damage.
•The ally gains resistance to all damage against the triggering damage equal to 2 + your level. After the damaging effect is applied, the enemy becomes enfeebled 2 until the end of its next turn.
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With a heavy mental sigh, Nal can see that this is a fight to the death, one way or another, and that frustrates her. Why can't people surrender when it's clear they're beaten?! Arrrgh! Brow furrowed, she attacks the lone bandit again, this time adding some extra precision to her attacks to just get it over with.
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Franzine strikes twice at Neidre but the gnome nimbly dodges out of the way. Nal, however, manages to land a blow on Neidre, opening a gash on her leg.
With nothing left to lose Neidre slashes at Nal and Rhaegal.
For some reason, she again feels guilty at having to do this to an innocent creature. Her Kukri turns aside at the last second, to deliver nothing more than a stinging slap against the Rhaegal-wolf's flank.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 6
Tactical Map
Terrain Conditions: Forest is difficult terrain
Active Conditions: Inspire Courage (1 rd)
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BOLD may go
Neidre (-36)
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Kyra AC 19, 32/32
Landitho AC 19, 38/44
Rhaegal Dragonkin AC 18 (20 w/ shield), 28/33 (Temp HP: 5)
Franzine AC 22 (24 w/ shield), 41/56 (AC 25 - Shield + Forbidding Ward)
Nal Bagura AC 20, 37/41
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The Rhaegal-wolf pounces on Neidre, his teeth sinking into the soft flesh of her neck. Blood spurts and she lies still.
Kyra AC 19, 32/32
Landitho AC 19, 38/44
Rhaegal Dragonkin AC 18 (20 w/ shield), 28/33 (Temp HP: 5)
Franzine AC 22 (24 w/ shield), 41/56 (AC 25 - Shield + Forbidding Ward)
Nal Bagura AC 20, 37/41
Kyra releases a deep sigh of relief after they were almost overcome by the ambush, but feels sad for the killed gnome, hoping she had yielded to them and live.
She takes some time to rest, pray and intercede to Sarenrae for giving them protection and healing to Refocus.
She then checks the killed bodies of Neidre and the others with her for any information as to where they came from, which may lead them as to why they are ambushed.
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Kyra searches the body and finds, apart from Neidre's hand crossbow and kukri, a scrap of paper and a bronze badge embossed with the image of a snake. The note says simply "Stop the investigators. Hide our involvement."
You recognize the badge as the mark of an Aspis Consortium agent.
The other bodies yield a shortsword and dagger, but not much else.
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As soon as the battle is over, Nal offers to patch up people's wounds. "No point using up spells when we'll probably need them later."
Before treating Rhaegal, Nal takes a deep breath. The memory of consistently failing the last few times she tried to treat a kobold's wounds bubbles up in her mind, but she presses it down with a mental reminder of all the training she's done to overcome that since then.
With a giddy laugh, she exclaims: "Hahaha! See? Good as new!" Ohthankgoodness!
As she works, she keeps one ear trained on the conversations around her (except when she's working on Rhaegal; then she's completely focused on him). At the mention of the note and badge, her mind begins whirring. I *knew* it! They *weren't* random bandits! Gosh I wish they would've surrendered! How could this be worth dying for?! And that bronze snake... It looks familiar...
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After all is still, Franzine offers a blessing to Iomedae for a battle well fought under Her watchful eye.
"Now lets find that missive on them telling who sent them to attack us or whatever their plans were."
After the note is found...
"Ha! Well, I wonder if we're the 'investigators'? I thought they assumed we were a rival gang encroaching on their territory."
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After a few more moments of the dragon-wolf shaking the limp gnome's body, it sits and scratches its head before transforming back into the shape of a kobold. Rhaegal winces and uses his arm to scratch along his back, grunting in frustration. "Why is it I'm always so itchy after that? I don't understand how you mammals stand all that hair! I just need to try harder and the Dragon will emerge!"
Rhaegal thanks Nal for his treatment. "Ah good, yes! You've learned how to treat scaled skin as well as smooth!" As the half-elf treats the others, Rhaegal goes to examine the plants that he pulled the herbs from to ensure they were not overly damaged. "Excellent work. If there is anyone who still is injured after a while, I can examine them more closely."
Kyra gets the bronze badge and will keep it in her bag after she shows it to the others.
"This gnome has a bronze badge. Hmmm..." she announces to others. Kyra thinks deep.
"Does anyone can tell what badge is this from?" she shows them the badge. And she also gets to read the note, "And there is a scribbled note here, it says, 'Stop the investigators. Hide our involvement.'"
As she looks into other dead bodies, she finds a shortsword and a dagger. She gets the dagger to include in her arsenal of weapons. "This might be helpful," she says.
Kyra looks again to the badge she is holding, but this time, intently.
”Oh, I remember now. The badge bears the symbol of Aspis Consortium, which means this gnome is an agent of theirs.” Kyra informs them.
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"Hey. Thanks, Nal. That feels better. I should be able to patch myself up a bit more."
Franzine unpacks her medical kit and gets to work.
"Wow! This is some amazing healing salve."
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"Aspis, huh? I've never encountered them before. Definitely heard about them, though. We better hurry to that wreck and get that cargo."
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After another hour’s travel, you arrive at a footpath leading down to the site of the wreck on the lake shore. A pack of undead creatures—the vanguard of the approaching swarm—roam the shallows near the beached ship, too numerous to fight past. Storm clouds loom not far up the coast, giving you a limited window in which to operate before more undead swarm the area.
Phase 1: Get on the boat
Each of you may attempt one check:
Stealth to sneak past the undead,
Deception to pose as undead,
Craft to improvise a raft,
Athletics to quickly swim to the ship.
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Rhaegal hunches by the shore and then suddenly elongates, his golden and coppery scales, taking on a more greenish tone. He looks quite like one of the Tian Xia dragons for a moment, before even his hands and feet disappear. Then a snake slithers through the water before climbing up the side of the boat.
Once on the boat, the kobold returns to his normal draconic form.
Kyra swims to ship, hopung she wouldn't be noticed.
Hero Point Re-roll:
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Franzine and Kyra both dive in and swim quickly to the ship. Rhaegal turns himself into a snake and swims over. Landitho builds a raft and Nal sneaks aboard.
Next, you need to investigate the ship quickly and quietly.
Perception to find cargo,
Stealth to move quietly,
Sailing Lore or Mercantile Lore to know where cargo and documents are usually stored on a trade ship.
Kyra goes low and quiet as she looks around for the cargo that they are looking for.
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"The ship was carrying steel ingots. You just need to get on board, recover the ship's log and some other documents. If you can bring back some cargo, it would be fine as well."
Sneaky works for Nal, so that's what she does. The black-on-black-on-dark gray half-elf slips among the shadows of the wreck, heading first to the Captain's cabin to look for the logbook.
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Franzine struggles in her heavy armor to climb onto the wreck. She takes a quick look around to get her bearings, then begins searching.
"Look everywhere you can!"
She calls out to her teammates over the splashing surf.
"Check every nook and cranny. Tear up floor planks if you need to. There might even be some on the sea floor over the side."
"It sure is difficult to find."
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Nal moves quietly through the ship looking for clues. Meanwhile, Landitho and Rhaegal manage to find the captain's cabin and pick up the log and documents. Franzine and Kyra tear up the planking but find no hidden nooks and crannies.
Phase 3 - Load Cargo
Athletics to carry heavy cargo,
Perception to watch for approaching undead,
Mercantile Lore or Labor lore to make logistical plan,
Nature to time departure with favorable conditions.