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Clover looks at Stitch and calls out, "Hey, I fling fire, but that doesn't mean that I can't dabble in other things too!"
"Maybe a bit of a heads-up so we keep our linens fine and fresh." He grins, enjoying the healing flames this time. Both Stitch and his steed are fresh as daisies poking through the streets of the smelting district.
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Stitch manages to get Meat back up and running and you continue your journey.
The hike continues for four days, with Urwal leading you past a draconic graveyard, over streams, around waterfalls and up into a mountainous section of Finadar Forest. Anyone foraging finds game and edible plants in abundance. You occasionally catches signs of far-off wolves, bears and the occasional lone centaur shaman who waves from the distance but never seeks to directly engage with you or the wandering Urwal. Urwal seems peaceful so long as he moves, but struggles if you stops his movement for more than a few minutes. Occasionally, he falls over with exhaustion and sleeps for a few hours, but always tosses and turns. Unless secured, Urwal rises in the middle of the night and starts walking.
If he's tied to one of you or another light object, Urwal drags these slowly behind him. At night, to prevent him from wandering off, you tie Urwal to a tree. Urwal at first lays out pebbles or leaves in the pattern that haunts his visions.
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On the fourth day, dark clouds and a pungent tang in the air signal a looming storm. Heavy rains fall in earnest, soaking you. Lightning strikes parts of the forest and sets the blood-red pines ablaze. Before you can successfully run for cover, a smoky fog pours over you. As the smoke clears, you see a manifestation of Urxehl’s demonic realm of Verakivhan: a burning forest lashed by terrible storms. Shortly after entering this new landscape, you notice that Urwal is nowhere in sight, and any ropes they might have lashed to him now hang loose and empty. A centaur from the prior tests, Tombu, arrives.
"Urwal is not here. He’s so far off in his own world I could not transition him."" The centaur grins wildly, backlit by another flash of distant lightning. "The demon lord Urxehl bids you welcome to this small portion of great Urxehl’s majestically burning Abyssal realm. You are nothing but twigs of tinder in the face of my lord’s great power! So long as these fires burn, you will never see home again!""
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Sections Disabled: 0/3
Special Conditions:
* Anything that enters or starts their turn within the yellow boxes needs to make a DC 22 Fort save or be sickened 1.
* Anything within the yellow boxes the Old Yeller or Pinky is concealed.
* Old Yeller and Pinky are immune to the above effects (of course)
* Old Yeller is concealed (DC 5 to target)
* Creature within the flames takes damage (I'll roll each round)
* Creatures adjacent to the flames takes damage (DC 20 Basic Reflex)
Within the flames: 13 Fire Damage
Before your Turn:
DC 20 Basic Reflex vs 10 Fire Damage (beside the flames):
DC 22 Fortitude Save vs Sickened 1:
After your Turn:
DC 15 Flat Check vs Persistent Fire:
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Those with ** may go
**Nicole Flames - AC 23 (24 w/shield) 58/58 (AC 24)
**Vardarel - AC 21 (22 w/shield) 51/51
Hazard (Flames)
Clover - AC 20 45/45
Tombu
Old Yeller
Pinky
Stitch Steeltoe - AC 23 (25 w/shield) 65/65; Meat Wagon AC 21, 55/55
Fran Rosemont - AC 18 (19 w/Mage Armor) 53/53; Mr Midnight AC 18, 25/25
Bella Sidare - AC 23 78/78; Khiari AC 23
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CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS REFERENCE
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* Need to stand beside each flaming section
* DC 20 Nature/Performance to remind the Finadar forest of its true self
* DC 20 Religion/Occultism/Demon Lore to disrupt the connection to the imposed realm and extinguish the flames
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"Ah, nothing better than a hike." Bella skips along, she's quite comfortable.
Or maybe she's rubbing it in for Khiari, who is stuck on Urwal duty. To alleviate the boredom, Khiari walks quickly place at double Urwal's pace.
"Yeah, would be REAL fun if I could prance..." Khiari grumbles and clicks her hooves.
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Weather turns for the worst. Then it gets hellish.
Bella frowns. "If you're going to start a fire, you need to control it. Flora and Fauna deserve to be treated with respect."
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"Yep, the tall pointy eared one is spot on: Forest Dragon constellation, let's hope its just a random bad dream." Stitch continues to lounge, either on top of Meat Wagon or by a fire. He's either resting up or determined to increase the size of his new found pot-belly.
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Stitch looks around at the sudden flames and fog, scratching his chin in thought on just what to do..
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"I recognize the pattern! It is the Forest Dragon constellation." Nicole exclaims in excitement. But the others have already given the same answer.
Unless they want to be burned alive, Nicole immediately stands next to one of the burning areas to extinguish the flames by severing the connection to its source realm. She can feel the heat burning her but she continues to work out the process.
to Disable
◆ Stride
↺ Resist Harm ,
◆◆ Disable hazard
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Nicole and Valdarel disable two areas of the flames. Valdarel gets slightly singed by the burning tree beside him. Suddenly a column of fire drops from the sky right at Valdarel.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Sections Disabled: 2/3
Special Conditions:
* Anything that enters or starts their turn within the yellow boxes needs to make a DC 22 Fort save or be sickened 1.
* Anything within the yellow boxes the Old Yeller or Pinky is concealed.
* Old Yeller and Pinky are immune to the above effects (of course)
* Old Yeller is concealed (DC 5 to target)
* Creature within the flames takes damage (I'll roll each round)
* Creatures adjacent to the flames takes damage (DC 20 Basic Reflex)
Before your Turn:
DC 20 Basic Reflex vs 13 Fire Damage (Rain of Fire): Valdarel
DC 22 Fortitude Save vs Sickened 1:
After your Turn:
DC 15 Flat Check vs Persistent Fire:
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Those with ** may go
Nicole Flames - AC 23 (24 w/shield) 58/58 (AC 24)
Vardarel - AC 21 (22 w/shield) 46/51
Hazard (Flames)
**Clover - AC 20 45/45
Tombu
Old Yeller
Pinky
Stitch Steeltoe - AC 23 (25 w/shield) 65/65; Meat Wagon AC 21, 55/55
Fran Rosemont - AC 18 (19 w/Mage Armor) 53/53; Mr Midnight AC 18, 25/25
Bella Sidare - AC 23 78/78; Khiari AC 23
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CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS REFERENCE
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* Need to stand beside each flaming section
* DC 20 Nature/Performance to remind the Finadar forest of its true self
* DC 20 Religion/Occultism/Demon Lore to disrupt the connection to the imposed realm and extinguish the flames
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◈ With the full force of her daily tailwind, Clover strides to the flames at the bottom of the map and sings to the Finadar forest.
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♬ Once there was a way,
to get back homeward,
Once there was a way,
to get back home
Wake yourself darling do not cry,
and we'll be back to days gone by
Pine-scented boughs
and scarlet trees
Leshies who verge on
monstrosities
Wake yourself darling do not cry,
and we'll be back to days gone by ♬
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Clover manages to convince the Finadar Forest of what it was prior to Urxehl's arrival. The fires die away.
Pinky heads down the western stairs and circles around to the party. Old Yeller comes straight down the steps and attacks
for plus
The jaws connect and Meat begins to smolder.
Tombu enters the fray and attempts to bite
for
Tombu's jaws close on where Meat previously was and the attack does not succeed.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Sections Disabled: 3/3 (Disabled)
Special Conditions:
* Anything that enters or starts their turn within the yellow boxes needs to make a DC 22 Fort save or be sickened 1.
* Anything within the yellow boxes the Old Yeller or Pinky is concealed.
* Old Yeller and Pinky are immune to the above effects (of course)
* Old Yeller is concealed (DC 5 to target)
Active Conditions:
Before your Turn:
DC 22 Fortitude Save vs Sickened 1: Vardarel, Stitch, Bella
After your Turn:
DC 15 Flat Check vs Persistent Fire: Meat Wagon
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Those with ** may go
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**Nicole Flames - AC 23 (24 w/shield) 53/58
**Vardarel - AC 21 (22 w/shield) 46/51
**Clover - AC 20 45/45
Tombu
Old Yeller
Pinky
-1-
**Stitch Steeltoe - AC 23 (25 w/shield) 65/65; Meat Wagon AC 21, 40/55 (1d4 Persistent Fire)
**Fran Rosemont - AC 18 (19 w/Mage Armor) 53/53; Mr Midnight AC 18, 25/25
**Bella Sidare - AC 23 78/78; Khiari AC 23
"Sis! Watch out for the smoke!" Khiari calls out.
Bella scoffs, turns up her nose and ignores it entirely.
Human arrogance pays off everyone once in a while.
Khiari hustles ahead, right to the limit of the smoke. "I can't see that rat, but I bet it's in the middle of this cloud!" She stamps her hoof as a decaying scorched tree erupts. "Huh, I guess the tree adjusts to the region I'm in."
"Anyway, TIMBERRRRRRR!" She kicks it on top of the rat covered with Pink smoke.
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Pinky is caught completely off guard and gets clobbered by Khiari's falling tree.
You realize that Tombu is occupied by a fiend known as a Vermlek. It's definitely unholy. It's vulnerable to holy damage, sonic and cold iron. It's obvious that the real Tombu has been dead for quite some time.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Sections Disabled: 3/3 (Disabled)
Special Conditions:
* Anything that enters or starts their turn within the yellow boxes needs to make a DC 22 Fort save or be sickened 1.
* Anything within the yellow boxes the Old Yeller or Pinky is concealed.
* Old Yeller and Pinky are immune to the above effects (of course)
* Old Yeller is concealed (DC 5 to target)
Active Conditions:
Before your Turn:
DC 22 Fortitude Save vs Sickened 1: Stitch
After your Turn:
DC 15 Flat Check vs Persistent Fire: Meat Wagon
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Those with ** may go
-2-
**Nicole Flames - AC 23 (24 w/shield) 53/58
Vardarel - AC 21 (22 w/shield) 46/51
**Clover - AC 20 45/45
Tombu
Old Yeller
Pinky (-22; Dazzled)
-1-
**Stitch Steeltoe - AC 23 (25 w/shield) 65/65; Meat Wagon AC 21, 40/55 (1d4 Persistent Fire)
**Fran Rosemont - AC 18 (19 w/Mage Armor) 53/53; Mr Midnight AC 18, 25/25
Bella Sidare - AC 23 78/78; Khiari AC 23
"Haha! It's seeing stars, I bet! How does it feel? Bet you'll miss!"
Bella hears Vardarel mention cold iron, and she looks to her father's dagger.
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Nicole draws out a versatile vial and throws it at Pinky!
acid damage, and 4 acid splash damage fr Bomber Field Discovery, and ignore Lesser Cover fr Alchemist Goggles
She then tries to remember if she can recall weakness of rat-like Yellow and big Blue enemy.
◆ Quick Bomber w Far Lobber
◆ Recall Knowledge about weakness of Yellow, Nature(?) +0
◆ Recall Knowledge about weakness of Blue, Society(?) +11
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Clover shoots a ray of light at Tombu but he easily dodges.
Old Yeller and Pinky are cinder rats. These oversized rodents are made of smoldering charcoal and elemental fire, and noxious fumes continually bellow from their flaming flesh. Obviously, they're vulnerable to cold and water.
Nicole throws a vial of acid into the smoke where she thinks she saw something solid. Unfortunately, the vial smashes with little result.
Fran takes aim at Tombu's rump with a pointy tree branch and lets fly.
for
She then moves away to get out of the line of fire...
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Fran tries shooting a pointy branch at Tombu but it goes over his head.
"So are you all done trying to get my attention, little ones?" he taunts...
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Sections Disabled: 3/3 (Disabled)
Special Conditions:
* Anything that enters or starts their turn within the yellow boxes needs to make a DC 22 Fort save or be sickened 1.
* Anything within the yellow boxes the Old Yeller or Pinky is concealed.
* Old Yeller and Pinky are immune to the above effects (of course)
* Old Yeller is concealed (DC 5 to target)
Active Conditions:
Before your Turn:
DC 22 Fortitude Save vs Sickened 1: Stitch
After your Turn:
DC 15 Flat Check vs Persistent Fire: Meat Wagon
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Those with ** may go
-2-
Nicole Flames - AC 23 (24 w/shield) 53/58
Vardarel - AC 21 (22 w/shield) 46/51
Clover - AC 20 45/45
Tombu
Old Yeller
Pinky (-26; Dazzled)
-1-
**Stitch Steeltoe - AC 23 (25 w/shield) 65/65; Meat Wagon AC 21, 40/55 (1d4 Persistent Fire)
Fran Rosemont - AC 18 (19 w/Mage Armor) 53/53; Mr Midnight AC 18, 25/25
Bella Sidare - AC 23 78/78; Khiari AC 23
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Not normally bothered much by smoke, Stitch catches a particularly strong wiff and starts coughing. "Its gotta be the pine needles!" Regardless, he hauls out his patent pending WD4332 can and lubes himself and Meat Wagon up for more damage.
Overdrive ◆:
*Success: +3 damage to personal and construct damage rolls for 1 minute.
He ◆ raises his large steel shield and gives the ◆ order: "ATTACK THE BIG ONE!"
Meat Wagon happily obliges, rolling into the big blue Tombu and taking a swipe with his mower blades.
Unfortunately, fate again craps on Stitch and Meat Wagon's heads.
Meat Wagon's luck is finally about to change...
As the sound of the mower blade changes after hits something soft and juicy!
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Meat plows straight into Tombu, doing serious damage. Tombu roars in pain.
"You will regret that, mortal!"
Pinky moves up and tries to bite Nicole.
for plus
for plus
The jaws connect and Nicole's clothing catches fire.
Old Yeller moves out of Tombu's way and tries to bite
for plus
for plus
But the jaws fall short.
Tombu goes after
for
for
for
"You were lucky this time, mortal!"
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2-3
Tactical Map
Sections Disabled: 3/3 (Disabled)
Special Conditions:
* Anything that enters or starts their turn within the yellow boxes needs to make a DC 22 Fort save or be sickened 1.
* Anything within the yellow boxes the Old Yeller or Pinky is concealed.
* Old Yeller and Pinky are immune to the above effects (of course)
Active Conditions:
Before your Turn:
DC 22 Fortitude Save vs Sickened 1: Nicole, Bella, Khiari
After your Turn:
DC 15 Flat Check vs Persistent Fire: Nicole
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Those with ** may go
-3-
**Nicole Flames - AC 23 (24 w/shield) 27/58 (1d4 Persistent Fire)
**Vardarel - AC 21 (22 w/shield) 46/51
**Clover - AC 20 45/45
Tombu (-28)
Old Yeller
Pinky (-26; Dazzled)
-2-
**Stitch Steeltoe - AC 23 (25 w/shield) 65/65 (Sickened 1; +3 dmg); Meat Wagon AC 21, 38/55 (+3 dmg)
**Fran Rosemont - AC 18 (19 w/Mage Armor) 53/53; Mr Midnight AC 18, 25/25
**Bella Sidare - AC 23 78/78; Khiari AC 23
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vs Sickened 1
Nicole quickly throws a versatile vial that has cold properties to Pink!
vs Pink
cold damage, and 4 cold splash damage fr Bomber Field Discovery, and ignore Lesser Cover fr Alchemist Goggles
vs Concealed Pink
She then smothers the flames that are burning her clothes by putting loose dirt she gets from the ground.
◆ Quick Bomber
◆◆ Assisted Recovery
vs persistent fire
vs persistent fire
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Bella and Khiari both suffer coughing fits from the smoke. Bella moves up to flank Tombu.
Nicole manages to hold her breath against the smoke. She hurls a cold vial at Pinky, which hits and puts out some of the rat. Khiari's tree drops on it and turns its head to paste.
Nicole drops to the ground and rolls but doesn't quite smother the flames.
Vardarel shoots some healing energy at Tombu, who manages to grit his teeth against the pain. He still roars as some of his flesh burns from the 'gift'.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2-3
Tactical Map
Sections Disabled: 3/3 (Disabled)
Special Conditions:
* Anything that enters or starts their turn within the yellow boxes needs to make a DC 22 Fort save or be sickened 1.
* Anything within the yellow boxes the Old Yeller or Pinky is concealed.
* Old Yeller and Pinky are immune to the above effects (of course)
Active Conditions:
Before your Turn:
DC 22 Fortitude Save vs Sickened 1:
After your Turn:
DC 15 Flat Check vs Persistent Fire: Nicole
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Those with ** may go
-3-
Nicole Flames - AC 23 (24 w/shield) 25/58 (1d4 Persistent Fire)
Vardarel - AC 21 (22 w/shield) 46/51
**Clover - AC 20 45/45
Tombu (-41)
Old Yeller
-2-
**Stitch Steeltoe - AC 23 (25 w/shield) 65/65 (Sickened 1; +3 dmg); Meat Wagon AC 21, 38/55 (+3 dmg)
**Fran Rosemont - AC 18 (19 w/Mage Armor) 53/53; Mr Midnight AC 18, 25/25
Bella Sidare - AC 23 78/78 (Sickened 1); Khiari AC 23 (Sickened 1)
Mulching the big horse in front of him is all that reverberates through Meat Wagon's artificial intelligence. Lucky for him Bella distracts it.
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Stitch attempts to clear his digestive tract but doesn't succeed. Meanwhile, Meat Wagon continues beating on the dead horse in front of him. Tombu roars in pain and promises more death and destruction...
Fran concentrates briefly and stares into the future (◆ Sure Strike). She then grabs a particularly sharp rock and wings it at Tombu (◆◆ TKP)
for
for
The rock smacks Tombu right in the face, drawing ichor.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2-3
Tactical Map
Sections Disabled: 3/3 (Disabled)
Special Conditions:
* Anything that enters or starts their turn within the yellow boxes needs to make a DC 22 Fort save or be sickened 1.
* Anything within the yellow boxes the Old Yeller or Pinky is concealed.
* Old Yeller and Pinky are immune to the above effects (of course)
Active Conditions:
Before your Turn:
DC 22 Fortitude Save vs Sickened 1:
After your Turn:
DC 15 Flat Check vs Persistent Fire: Nicole
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Those with ** may go
-3-
Nicole Flames - AC 23 (24 w/shield) 25/58 (1d4 Persistent Fire)
Vardarel - AC 21 (22 w/shield) 46/51
**Clover - AC 20 45/45
Tombu (-73)
Old Yeller
-2-
Stitch Steeltoe - AC 23 (25 w/shield) 65/65 (Sickened 1; +3 dmg); Meat Wagon AC 21, 38/55 (+3 dmg)
Fran Rosemont - AC 18 (19 w/Mage Armor) 53/53; Mr Midnight AC 18, 25/25
Bella Sidare - AC 23 78/78 (Sickened 1); Khiari AC 23 (Sickened 1)
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vs Yellow
cold damage, and 4 cold splash damage fr Bomber Field Discovery, and ignore Lesser Cover fr Alchemist Goggles
vs Concealed Yellow
She misses to hit that she curses and continues to get rid of the flames burning her clothes by putting more loose dirt she gets from the ground.
◆ Quick Bomber
◆◆ Assisted Recovery
vs persistent fire
vs persistent fire
"Help!" she screams while she continues to burn.
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Clover drops a lightning bolt onto Tombu's head. Tombu is temporarily fixated by the bolt before he falls over in a heap. Stitch yelps as he gets small shocks from the electric sparks dancing up and down Meat's metal shell.
Old Yeller moves down and gets Nicole into its smoky field again. It then tries to bite
for plus
for plus
Nicole desperately throws another vial of ice into the smoke but doesn't hit anything. A soft sizzle is heard as Old Yeller is hit by some of the vial's contents, but it's obvious that it wasn't the full bottle. Nicole continues to try to smother the flames with dirt but one burning spot is out of reach.
She does manage to hold her breath against the smoke, however.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 3-4
Tactical Map
Sections Disabled: 3/3 (Disabled)
Special Conditions:
* Anything that enters or starts their turn within the yellow boxes needs to make a DC 22 Fort save or be sickened 1.
* Anything within the yellow boxes the Old Yeller or Pinky is concealed.
* Old Yeller and Pinky are immune to the above effects (of course)
Active Conditions:
Before your Turn:
DC 22 Fortitude Save vs Sickened 1:
After your Turn:
DC 15 Flat Check vs Persistent Fire: Nicole
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Those with ** may go
-4-
Nicole Flames - AC 23 (24 w/shield) 7/58 (1d4 Persistent Fire)
**Vardarel - AC 21 (22 w/shield) 46/51
**Clover - AC 20 45/45
Old Yeller (-9)
-3-
**Stitch Steeltoe - AC 23 (25 w/shield) 65/65 (Sickened 1; +3 dmg); Meat Wagon AC 21, 38/55 (+3 dmg)
**Fran Rosemont - AC 18 (19 w/Mage Armor) 53/53; Mr Midnight AC 18, 25/25
**Bella Sidare - AC 23 78/78 (Sickened 1); Khiari AC 23 (Sickened 1)
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Old Yeller is a cinder rat. These oversized rodents are made of smoldering charcoal and elemental fire, and noxious fumes continually bellow from their flaming flesh. They're vulnerable to cold (obviously!) :)
Vardarel finds out what Old Yeller is and sends Nicole some much needed healing.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 3-4
Tactical Map
Sections Disabled: 3/3 (Disabled)
Special Conditions:
* Anything that enters or starts their turn within the yellow boxes needs to make a DC 22 Fort save or be sickened 1.
* Anything within the yellow boxes the Old Yeller or Pinky is concealed.
* Old Yeller and Pinky are immune to the above effects (of course)
Active Conditions:
Before your Turn:
DC 22 Fortitude Save vs Sickened 1:
After your Turn:
DC 15 Flat Check vs Persistent Fire: Nicole
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Those with ** may go
-4-
Nicole Flames - AC 23 (24 w/shield) 41/58 (1d4 Persistent Fire)
Vardarel - AC 21 (22 w/shield) 46/51
**Clover - AC 20 45/45
Old Yeller (-9)
-3-
**Stitch Steeltoe - AC 23 (25 w/shield) 65/65 (Sickened 1; +3 dmg); Meat Wagon AC 21, 38/55 (+3 dmg)
**Fran Rosemont - AC 18 (19 w/Mage Armor) 53/53; Mr Midnight AC 18, 25/25
**Bella Sidare - AC 23 78/78 (Sickened 1); Khiari AC 23 (Sickened 1)
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Clover shoots a snowball into the cloud surrounding Old Yeller. A scream and a loud hiss can be heard as the snowball hits fire.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 3-4
Tactical Map
Sections Disabled: 3/3 (Disabled)
Special Conditions:
* Anything that enters or starts their turn within the yellow boxes needs to make a DC 22 Fort save or be sickened 1.
* Anything within the yellow boxes the Old Yeller or Pinky is concealed.
* Old Yeller and Pinky are immune to the above effects (of course)
Active Conditions:
Before your Turn:
DC 22 Fortitude Save vs Sickened 1:
After your Turn:
DC 15 Flat Check vs Persistent Fire: Nicole
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Those with ** may go
-4-
Nicole Flames - AC 23 (24 w/shield) 41/58 (1d4 Persistent Fire)
Vardarel - AC 21 (22 w/shield) 46/51
Clover - AC 20 45/45
Old Yeller (-29)
-3-
**Stitch Steeltoe - AC 23 (25 w/shield) 65/65 (Sickened 1; +3 dmg); Meat Wagon AC 21, 38/55 (+3 dmg)
**Fran Rosemont - AC 18 (19 w/Mage Armor) 53/53; Mr Midnight AC 18, 25/25
**Bella Sidare - AC 23 78/78 (Sickened 1); Khiari AC 23 (Sickened 1)