[PF2/Farol] #1-19: Iolite Squad Alpha - Delta Squad (high tier) (Inactive)

Game Master Farol

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You begin the adventure late in the morning after several days of travel from Heidmarch Manor in Magnimar to Kaer Maga, on orders from Venture-Captain Sheila Heidmarch. The City of Strangers and its 80-foot-high walls loom far above them from atop the Storval Rise.

Please introduce yourself in character and read the handout (page 3)

A blue-skinned goblin pants as the last of the stairs to Kaer Maga are summited. He was a jovial fellow who introduced himself as Jiki at the beginning of the journey, always happy to play a tune on his flute or share a story of a previous adventure, but the climb was obviously not kind to him. "You'd think that a place this high up would have the decency to have a bit of snow, or at least a refreshing breeze," he complains. Rallying, he continues, "But at least civilization is ahead. Let's get to the Sorry Excuse and see if we have a moment to ut our feet up."

"No offense to all of ya, but I gotta find a tavern to play in, and fast." The human strums his lute and strokes his blond hair. "At least we didn't have to deal with too much trouble along the way."

A few zombies were too many for his comfort. This entire mission reeked of betrayal, but Manny had to make up for his earlier failures. He forsook a band of Aspis agents who were legitimate in their efforts. The other Pathfinders disagreed and he found new allies.

It's a lesson he had taken to heart. These hobgoblins deserve a chance. If they are legitimate, then they will prove powerful allies against the greater threat. If they are duplicitous, it's best to deal with them now, before the Tyrant is breathing down civilization's neck.

Along with Jiki and Emmanuel, a halfling is climbing the stairs. "Phew, this is quite the workout," he says as they've finished climbing. He's wearing well-worn travel clothing that's been patched up many times over, and looks as if he hasn't had a bath in a few weeks. Despite the effort, he doesn't look too out of breath. "I've recently been to Arcadia and Tian Xia by boat, it's nice to travel using my own feet once again. Luckily we don't have to stay in here too long, I'm looking forward to that training grounds outside."

Around his neck dangles a holy symbol of Gozreh.

He pulls at Emmanuel's waistcoat. "Wait, the Venture-Captain said to not keep the hobgoblins waiting too long. Can't you play in the Sorry Excuse?
Also, why do you need to play that bad? Am I not good enough company for you?"

He looks at Emmanuel with big, round eyes.

Oh no, not again.
No, don't do it Arlo.
Oh no, those big eyes. Reminds Manny of his early days when he would beg for sweets. His mom would laugh and bargain for a day of chores (or spy duty) for a cookie, and he'd do it.
Dammit mom, always playing him like a fiddle-

"Okay, okay. We'll play at the Sorry Excuse. That was my plan, anyway." He exhales.

A deep red-scaled Kobold enters the room, scanning the floor for trash. He doesn't speak for an uncomfortably long moment, then looks up, surprised to find himself where he is.

"Hello, new friends! I am the Doctor Actor Mighty Dragon Zizark! You are pleased to meet me! Is nice for to be... um..." He trails off, lost inside his own mind.

Perhaps last up the stairs is a tall (human) woman. She wears the robes of a scholar, and the ink on her fingers certainly tell the tail of someone familiar with the use of a quill, and not scared of their sharp ends.

However hanging at her waist there is another sharp object, a rapier. And the calluses on her hands show that the quill is not the only pointed object she is familiar with wielding.

Her height and build give mute testimony to her Kellid ancestry, however her face is finer and her eyes are violet, almost purple, indicating a strong varisian influence in her makeup.

And then there is the way she moves, almost like a dancer. Gliding across the ground she seems to flow more than step.

"Greetings!" she says in Taldane.

"I'm Teja Khellekdottir. Your assigned scholar and chronicler for this expedition."

The Heidmarches are likely glad when Zabu leaves. A shameless and persistent flirt, a woman as lovely as Sheila is irresistible to him and he has no problem persistently pitching his woo in front of her husband.

He also has no real ambition so he ambles along casually on the trip to Kaer Maga and is later even than Teja.

He nods to the men but flashes the woman a grin. "Well, aren't you a tall drink of water? You know, climbing is one of my favorite hobbies," he says.

"I'm Zabu, by the way," the gnome with the wild hair and feral features says. He's wearing armor but, other than the spiked gauntlet covering his right hand, he is unarmed.

Teja peers closely at Zabu. "Ahh... I knew you looked familiar. From the burning forest?" she prompts him.

"That's me. Unforgettable, as always," he replies.

Zabu's definition of grace involves chomping a badger with a single bite. Every time Manny has tried to get a date Zabu sinks it with one of his aggressive one-liners.

Between Arlo's charms and Zabu's "charms" Manny hasn't gotten a chance to do much more than the mission. Getting this over with would get them out of his hair sooner rather than later.

"So the Sorry Excuse must be... that way, right?" Manny is eager to lead.

Inside Kaer Maga, a cheerful leshy approaches the group. "Got your message, boss," she says to Jiki. "I'll help out how I can. Which includes the denizens of this pub you're headed for, right?" She then turns to the rest of the party. "Sneezewort. A pleasure."

As you make your way towards Kaer Maga, some of you chat as they go up, while others try to focus don't the breathing part.

Finally, you get to and through the gates and begin the search for Sorry Excuse. You pass some other Inns called Blood Invasion, Helpless Charms and Badger Chomp when finally you see a small Inn called Sorry Excuse. You can hear some humans saying "I tell you, Drumbar. Someone should kick those Hobgoblins out of this inn. We could round some boys and teach them a less" you hear as they depart.

With nothing better to do you enter inside.

Laughter and shouts rise from the boisterous crowd that occupies the cheaply furnished tavern room at the Sorry Excuse inn. The staff moves from table to table with practiced efficiency to take orders and deliver pints of frothing ale. Four hobgoblins seated near the entrance size up everyone who enters and ignore the mugs on their table.

Seeing you, one of the hobgoblins stands up and approaches your group.

"I am Sergant Drussem, squad leader of Iolite Squad Alpha. You can call me Sergant. Who is your commanding officer?" she says in a military voice looking at the six of you

Drussem is slightly taller than the rest of the hobgoblins, her armor is well made, and her equipment—from her cloak to her sword and shield—is utterly unadorned save for the flag of Oprak at her shoulder.

Drussem image added to the slides

Ugly crowd. Also, they're hostile towards Hobgoblins.

Manny thinks about the many inns he could have played at today. Opportunity by him, but he has a mission to complete.

The hobgoblin squad sticks out, and Sergant Drussem makes no effort to blend into the crowd.

"Wait, we have a leader?" Manny wonders. Zizark is too absentminded. The last thing he's doing is giving Arlo more control over him. Zabu... no, just no.

So he points to Teja. "You're the boss?"

Zizark notes Emmanuel's hesitancy to take charge and decides to show how easy it is.

"Greetings, Sir gentleman! I am the Mighty Dragon Doctor Zizark! You are pleased to meet me! You may call me... um... Doctor? Or Master Thespian! These are friends! Here is friend E. Manual, friend Arrr Low, friend Ze Boo, friend Sneezy Wart, and friend Teja, who is someone's daughter! They are nice people! Take turns leading! Super fun! You are ready for training ex... uhh... training thing?"

Zizark notes Emmanuel's hesitancy to take charge and decides to show how easy it is.

"Greetings, Sir gentleman! I am the Mighty Dragon Doctor Zizark! You are pleased to meet me! You may call me... um... Doctor? Or Master Thespian! These are friends! Here is friend E. Manual, friend Arrr Low, friend Ze Boo, friend Sneezy Wart, and friend Teja, who is someone's daughter! They are nice people! Take turns leading! Super fun! You are ready for training ex... uhh... training thing?"

Sergeant Drussem looks at Manny and his consternation for a moment her expression shows no emotions. Her hands behind her back and armor in the impeccable state.

Sarge turns towards Zizark when he begins to speak, looking down at him "Master Thespian, very well! You seem to have two tall scouts in your team, I recognize the practicality of that action!" She nods to Arlo, Zabu, Teja, Manny, and Sneezwort. She looks at Jiki standing nearby and asks

"Master Thespian, you seem to have a follower. The minis... little green fellow with a flute."

Unsure of that introduction included him, Jiki steps forward. "A pleasure to make your acquaintance. I am known as Jiki, and w will be accompanying you on your mission.

"May I say, I have heard much about General Azaersi's efforts and am highly impressed. I look forward to working with one of her trusted squads."

"Oh yes, Jiki! Jiki is our flatulist! He make good music! Jiki is good friend also! I pologies, Jiki, not mean to get for you."

"Just like humans, amIright?" Zabu mutters to the team as they pass the group with a racist attitude.

"Well, I don't know who the leader is," Zabu replies to the sergeant's question.

"But I'm a take charge kind of guy and I'd love to be your liaison with our group," he continues with a grin and a wink.

Arlo snaps a salute back at Sergeant Drussem, only half in jest. "My name is Arlo, and I guess I'm the medic of our squad. It'll be my responsibility to keep you all in tip top shape."

He plops down on a seat and grabs an apple and a knife from his bag, and starts offering apple slices to anyone who will accept.

"And I am Teja Khellekdottir." nods the scholar.

"And your first training lesson is in, ahh, distributed command. While we are on an expedition while there is often a leader - each in turn takes a lead in areas of their expertise."

She nods to the other hobgoblins. "And in the Pathfinder Society we try to make friends rather than show off our strength. Think of it as tactical deception if you must. Anyway - what are your names?" she asks of the others.

As they reply, she does her best to remember then before pointing out the other people in the pub. "These people are all potential allies, but as we arrived a group left that were unhappy with you. That was not a good first impression."

She takes out a few coins. "Drussem - let us try to avoid titles of rank for the moment. Take these, and then go up to the bar and offer to buy a round of drinks for everyone. Politely."

Sorry folks, was under the weather today. I should be fine now

Unsure of that introduction included him, Jiki steps forward. "A pleasure to make your acquaintance. I am known as Jiki, and w will be accompanying you on your mission.

"May I say, I have heard much about General Azaersi's efforts and am highly impressed. I look forward to working with one of her trusted squads."

Sergeant Drussem seems surprised for a moment, but very quickly she goes back to her professional military way of acting "It is a pleasure. I had the honor to meet General Azaersi when she was decorating our squad." She points out to one of the medals on her chest. "She is the best general that I have ever met."

"But I'm a take-charge kind of guy and I'd love to be your liaison with our group," he continues with a grin and a wink.

"I am glad to hear that, Agent Zabu!" the red eyes of Sergeant Drussem looking at gnome

Arlo snaps a salute back at Sergeant Drussem, only half in jest. "My name is Arlo, and I guess I'm the medic of our squad. It'll be my responsibility to keep you all in tip-top shape."

Sergeant returns the salute "Great to hear that, Combat Medic"

...

She nods to the other hobgoblins. "And in the Pathfinder Society, we try to make friends rather than show off our strength. Think of it as tactical deception if you must. Anyway - what are your names?" she asks of the others.

As they reply, she does her best to remember them before pointing out the other people in the pub. "These people are all potential allies, but as we arrived a group left that were unhappy with you. That was not a good first impression."

She takes out a few coins. "Drussem - let us try to avoid titles of rank for the moment. Take these, and then go up to the bar and offer to buy a round of drinks for everyone. Politely."

"We are always polite..." she turns around and begins to sign to one of the other Hobgoblins. He looks surprised and signs back. Sergeant Drussem repeats her signs. One of the hobgoblins, the one with a massive scar on his head, goes to the bartender and speaks with them. Soon after everyone gets a pint, the inn owner yells "A round on Iolite Peace Squad Alpha"

Sergeant Drussem takes you to the table. She calls her soldiers to attention before introducing each of them by name. Akrag grins broadly and extends his lanky arm to shake hands with each of the Pathfinders, his belt bristling with small bladed weapons.

"This is Akrag, he is our drill instructor. Very much interested in practicing his knowledge and skills."

Gintka, their sapper, gives a quick nod as Drussem introduces her before she returns to fidgeting with the metal buckles and sealed vials adorning her gear.

"This is GIntka, she is an engineer. She is great at what she does, just at times she lacks focus."

Finally, the Sergeant introduces Ozaril, their veteran scout, who gives a perfect salute, his fingers coming close to the many scars that cross his head.

"This is Ozaril, the oldest of our squad. He is our Scout."

Teja nods as the introductions are made. "Thank you Drussen, and a pleasure to meet you Akrag, Gintka and Ozaril."

She leans closer to Ozaril for a moment. "And a pleasure to see a mature scout. From what I hear young scouts are a self-correcting problem. What I'd like you to do is poke your head out the door and see if you can spot any troublemakers. Take a note or who is where, and when we leave, we'll see who is still there."

Then directing a grin to the sergeant "And to avoid confusion... can you tell me what your instructions are? Our own management has told me what they think your instructions are, but... sometimes these things get confused. Best we are all of the same understanding, eh?"

When they get to the table and go around the introductions, Zabu shakes hands all around and eyes Gintka with the same frank, appraising look he did Drussem. He takes a seat next to her actually sitting on the back of the chair with his feet on the seat so that he'll be taller.

He let's Teja take charge with no argument. In truth, he's barely paying attention.

"Got anything in any of those vials to make a woman more attractive? If you do, you better not take it, I wouldn't be able to stand it."

He does pay attention to his drink, too, enjoying it at a pace calculated to let him enjoy each mouthful while getting him inebriated quickly.

"Sup Akrag. Sup Ginktka. Sup Ozaril. Good to meet ya'll. I'm Manny, I learned how to use this whip and a bunch of different weapons. I'm here to raise morale."

Manny sits down and takes a pint. "Let's enjoy our drinks before we plan our route, eh?"

Arlo chimes in with Teja. "Yeah, what do you think is going to happen? We won't just accept anyone, you know."

Arlo tries to be menacing and supports that statement with a wave of his apple knife, but then happily offers apple slices to the hobgoblins.

Ozaril does like he is asked, he looks outside and does a check of all of the creatures that are there.

Gintka looks at Zabu and smiles with her dagger-like teeth. She raises her hat with hair attached to it "I always thought that hair gives a lot of character to a woman." She reaches to her bag and gives something that looks like a dynamite stick to Zabu

"Hold it with you, it is my lucky charm, It should not explode, I think." she goes back to tinkering

All Hobgoblins enjoy the drink with Pathfinders and Sergeant Drussem responds to Teja

"Our orders are clear, met with you. Head to the training ground and pass the training with flying colors!" Drussem says that with all of the beliefs of a soldier.

"It is not too dark to leave, or we could go early morning if you prefer the comfort of spending a night in the inn."

I will let you spend the night in the inn and RP it however you like

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As you leave the tavern Ozaril takes a look and nods that it is safe. You depart and quickly leave the city without any incident happening.

The journey from Kaer Maga to the training grounds many miles of varied terrain and should take multiple days. During one full day of travel, you have a chance to see how well do Iolite Squad Alpha operates. They set up a camp in no time and set up watches. Sergeant Drussem orders are done without bickering or delay, the wood is collected, a fire set up and meals prepared.

Ozaril usually scouts ahead to learn the lay of the land while the rest set up the perimeter.

The first day passes by, uneventful. But during the second, when Ozaril was scouting ahead, he quickly came back

"There are troubles ahead! Some caravan is set up near an abandoned building and a pack of wolves is threatening to overrun them." Ozaril speaks to Seargeant Drussem who turns towards you.

"It seems that some humans are in a pickle. We could make our perception of ourselves better by helping them. What do you think?"

Please put your avatar in the PCs Start Here box, the map is on Slide 2.

"I certainly prefer beds to bare ground," Jiki comments, "though I am familiar enough with both. But I do try to earn my board, if only by making sure the customers stay put as long as possible.

"Emmanuel," he then says, turning to the group's other bard, "perhaps we could have a little contest to see who can sell the most ale for our host?"

Regardless of the response he gets, Jiki will take a turn entertaining the crowd.

Performance: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17

He hopes the round Iolite Squad bought put the patrons in a good mood, because it wasn't his best work.

"It certainly does," Zabu says with a grin as Gintka demonstrates her hair.

He takes the lucky charm without hesitation or fear, tucking it into his pocket.

"I'm just happy to see you," he tells her with a wink, though she doesn't seem to get the joke.

The night continues in that way, with Zabu making passes at the discombobulated woman and her largely oblivious to them.

But he is persistent and continues to chat her up the next day.

"Unpickling people is what we do," Zabu replies to Drussem. The feral grin on his face suggests that it's not the rescuing that he's looking forward to.

He pulls a mask down over the upper half of his head, the face it presents that of a terrifying, savage demon. It is a sharp contrast to the relatively ordinary shape of his lower face...for now.

Zabu is distracted and Manny has a contest on his hands. Perfect timing! He winks at one of the guests and begins jamming on his lute.

Performance: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19

Emphasis on jam. It's better than Jikl, but just barely.

Manny enjoys one night in the inn before they leave for the barren wilderness. Shylye tells him to hike and get outside of the city, but it's so boring.

Unless there's an opportunity to save people in danger. "Of course. Let's help them out before they are overrun!" He pulls out his whip.

Arlo looks comfortable with either decision of camping outside or sleeping in a bed Manny and Jiki seem to prefer the inn, so he decides to treat himself as well. He has an ale or two during the evening, but eventually switches to water. He will, however, try the dessert list of the Sorry Excuse, or whatever passes for that. He happily cheers on Manny and Jiki as they perform and encourages others to do the same.

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As Drussem and her squad set up camp and watch, he looks towards the rest. "Should we set a watch as well? I trust them completely, but considering we're supposed to set a good example, I guess it's good form to not seem to be slacking off."

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On the road, as soon as he hears people are in danger, he almost runs forward immediately. "Doesn't matter how people see hobgoblins, people on the road need to stick up for each other. That's road code, you know. You can hate each other as much as you want, but on the road, you're all friends that protect each other."

Zizark spends the evening looking for prime trash to take with him on this adventure, and thinking to himself what wonderful people these new friends are.

Teja listens to the sergeant before suggestion "We'll have lots of time on the road. A good bed for the first night would be appreciated."

While on the trail she tries to work her way through the various hobgoblins, spending an hour or so with each, walking or talking as they see fit. Just getting to know each of them.

As Ozaril returns with the news of the wolves she nods. "Excellent thinking Drussem. Lets go help them out."

She draws her own rapier as the group head towards the sound of yowls and snarls.

You run to intercept the 'wolves' You see stopped carts and some humans moving in between. A glimpse of an eye tells you that few of the humans are already hurt, the rest are trying to hide.

As you stop between two piles of rocks, you see three beasts approaching, two of them are large canines with black fur, the other is white as snow with shining eyes.

Sergeant Drussem yells "We will stop those two coming from the right, you hold the center. We will help you when we can." See discussion for details.

Not waiting for the strategy meeting to be over, the white beast runs forwards, stops just in front of Zabu and spits could form his jaws.

Cold breath@Zabu, Jiki, Teja, Arlo: 5d8 ⇒ (3, 2, 5, 2, 4) = 16 Basic Reflex save DC23 for half
Rounds: 1d4 ⇒ 2

The cold hits Zabu, Teja, Jiki and Arlo.

Round 1 - Of Wolf and Man [Bold can go]

Green [can breath in round 4]

Jiki Reflex DC23 -16
Arlo Reflex DC23 -16
Zizark

Red
Blue

Zabu Reflex DC23 -16
Manny
Teja Reflex DC23 -16
Hobgoblins

Arcana or Nature to recall knowledge about those things

reflex: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31
"You call that cold? I come from the True North!" sneers the would-be-scholar at the white beast.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23 plus resist cold 2

Just 7 damage for me, thanks.

"Seriously. You think I'm blue because of the tropical waves?"

Guess it's time to start bard-ing. But not barding, because I don't have a horse.

◇ Cast lingering composition

Performance: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26

All level 5s, so DC 20 means 3 rounds of...

◆ Cast inspire courage

+1 status bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, and saves against fear effects

"I was hoping the attack would come from the other side, though..."

◆ Stride

◆ Recall Knowledge on the cold-breather

Arcana +10T

I will write what you learn in the open text, to save you from reposting that.

Jiki recognizes the Creature as a Winter Wolf, it is a powerful creature, completely immune to cold. But as you could suspect it is vulnerable to fire.

Zizark will fish out a particularly pungent fishhead from his pocket, and hurl it while muttering

Cast: Sudden Blight
Target takes Negative Damage: 2d10 ⇒ (6, 1) = 7, pending basic Fortitude save at DC21.

Jiki, 8 minus 2 is 6. :)

Reflex save: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22
Gah, so close!

Arlo's teeth chatter as he is enveloped by the blast of snow. But, as the mist evaporates around Arlo, you see sparks coming off of him. Arlo's casting a spell, and the air starts smelling of ozone. A loud crack echoes through the air, and the Winter Wolf is struck by lightning!

Cast Tempest Surge. Wolf may make me a Reflex save, DC 21.

Lightning damage: 3d12 ⇒ (8, 6, 4) = 18

Basic save, so success is 9, etc. Also Clumsy 2 on a fail and 3 persistent electricity.

For his final action, he casts Shield on himself.

"Thanks Jikl! Give me a heads up if they can understand our speech- I like to rile them up!"

Many plays a power chord on his lute and casts >Haste< on himself.

His whip already drawn, and he quickly runs up and lashes at the white wolf.
Whip: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 11 + 1 = 18
Nonlethal Slashing: 2d4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (2, 1) + 3 + 1 = 7

Manny keeps his whip ready, prepared to trip the first wolf in range.
With the >Opportunist< feat, Manny has an AoO. His whip has a 10 foot reach, so he will Strike the first enemy who provokes (probably by getting within range.

◆◆ Cast >Haste< on Manny
◆ Stride
◆ (Haste Bonus Action) Strike
↺ >Opportunist<

Teja is able to avoid most of the damage. Success so -8

Jiki is less agile than Teja but his natural resistance makes up for his short legs. He inspires his allies with a song that seems to last longer than expected. Success on save so -6 (you first divide by 2 due to save and then apply resistance, I think :D)

Zizark begins to cast and throws a fishhead towards one of the wolves.

Blue Fortitude Save, DC21: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16 Failure so Blue -8 (adding 1 from inspire courage, in my games +1 apply to all damage rolls)

Arlo gets blasted with the cold breath but soon sends a spell of his own.

Green Reflex Save, DC21: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33

But this wolf jumps out of danger's way with a grace that rarely can be seen. Crit success so no dmg

The first canine run for Zabu and tried to bite him

Attack@Zabu: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32
Damage, piercing: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11 What a lucky duck, if Zabu was raging that would have been a crit. Hit for 11

His jaws lock on Zabu's leg and hold him Grabbed

The other wolf runs towards the kobold and tries to swallow him as a whole.

Swallow whole@Zizark: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14
Damage, bludgeoning: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

But the creature trips and misses Zizark completely. Yet it try again

Swallow whole@Zizark, map: 1d20 + 13 - 5 ⇒ (6) + 13 - 5 = 14
Damage, bludgeoning: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Failing.

Round 1 - Of Wolf and Man [Bold can go]
Inspire Courage till Jiki's end of round 4.

Green [can breathe in round 4]

Jiki -6
Arlo -16
Zizark

Red
Blue -8

Zabu (Reflex DC23 -16) -11 grabbed (Escape DC20)
Manny (can redo his action, keeping his rolls)
Teja -8
Hobgoblins

@Manny, you posted out of order ;) I will let you reposition and use the same rolls against a different target. As it is hard for me to resolve your action now, as that would put you in a tight spot.

Sorry about that, I got pretty excited to try out my new spells.

Manny keeps his whip ready as the wolves assault the front line. One of them holds onto Zabu. "Hey! Let him go!" and issues a >Liberating Command< to Zabu.
Zabu can use his reaction to Escape the grab.

HOOOOOWWWWWWL

He yells at the white wolf. "I bet you spent your entire life sucking on your momma's teat, you little baby!" He casts >Blistering Invective<, hurling more insults its way.

DC 21 Will Save. The wolf gets a +4 if it doesn't understand Common. It deals 2d6 Persistent Fire Damage and Frightened 1 on failure. On success the wolf takes half persistent damage.

Manny keeps his whip ready for anyone approaching him.

◆ Cast >Liberating Command< on Zabu
◆◆ Cast >Blistering Invective< on the White Wolf
↺ >Opportunist<

Athletics (Escape): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17

Despite Manny's advice and his own advanced knowledge of wrestling, Zabu is unable to to escape the wolf's grasp.

That makes him angry and he flies into a rage, his face and hands shifting into a muzzle and talons.

He slashes at the beast with both claws.

Claw minus MAP plus IC: 1d20 + 14 - 4 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 14 - 4 + 1 = 31
Slashing plus IC: 2d6 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5, 1) + 4 + 1 + 1 = 12

Claw minus MAP plus IC: 1d20 + 14 - 8 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 14 - 8 + 1 = 18
Slashing plus IC: 2d6 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6, 6) + 4 + 1 + 1 = 18

Hopefully that first attack is a crit so the wolf must succeed at a Fortitude save against DC21 or be slowed 1 until the end of my next turn.

◆ Rage
◆ Claw Strike
◆ Claw Strike

Teja also has resist cold/1. I totally forgot about that. So one less point of damage

The scholar moves around the size of the battle, trying to get behind the red-wolf. Then she drives in her rapier into its flank.

◆ Stride
◆ Strike attack vs FF: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18 damage,sneak: 2d6 + 2d6 ⇒ (1, 3) + (5, 5) = 14

Then, seeing her first blow was perhaps not as effective as she might wish, tries again.
◆ Strike attack vs FF: 1d20 + 13 - 5 ⇒ (10) + 13 - 5 = 18 damage,sneak: 2d6 + 2d6 ⇒ (1, 5) + (4, 4) = 14

...with similar results.

Jiki, 8 minus 2 is 6. :)

Math is hard when you're a goblin.

Manny sends a couple of spells. First to help Zabu, the other seems to be targeted at the white wolf, probably to irritate it.

Will save, DC21: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14 Failure so frightened 1 and 2d6 persistent fire damage

@Zabu - you forgot reflex save so I will do it
Reflex save, Zabu, DC23: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20 Fail so full 16 dmg

Zabu tries to escape the hold but he fails to do so. The gnome is filled with rage, and his claws and jaws are growing to a size that the warg would not be shy to have. He claws the warg twice. The first attack strikes and leaves a massive hole in the neck of the canine

Fortitude save DC21: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20 Failed so slowed 1

The other attack misses.

When Zabu was attacking the wolf, the white beast of the north reacted immediately with his attack. Reactio, Avenging bite: Trigger A creature within reach of the warg’s jaws attacks one of the warg’s allies.

Warg@Zabu: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (11) + 16 = 27
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 6 + (3) = 10 The 3 dmg is cold. Hit Zabu for 10

The wolf bites Zabu but it does not seem to slow him down.

Teja, threading silently walks behind the warg and strike him twice with her rapier. Both attacks just barely hit, taking down the enemy. The body falls to the ground no longer holding Zabu.

You hear Hobgoblins fighting on their end of the field. Sergeant Drussem yells orders, and all of them seem to be fighting. At one moment you hear Gintka yelling

"They are mauling my Zabu-toy!" An arrow flies towards the white wolf

Gintka@white wolf: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (20) + 15 = 35
Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

The arrow hits the neck of the creature. Crit green -24

The snowy creature annoyed with the situation bites Zabu first

Attack@Zabu: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 6 + (3) = 10

But misses, then it attacks Teja

Attack@Teja,map: 1d20 + 15 - 5 ⇒ (20) + 15 - 5 = 30
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 6 + (1) = 11 Crit Teja for 22 dmg (2 cold) so 21 (due to cold resistance)

Then the creature pulls its jaws and brings Teja down. Knockdown on hit, so Teja is prone

Persistent fire damage: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6
Flat check, persistent fire, DC15: 1d20 ⇒ 10

The creature burns with bright flame, brought by Manny's spell.

Round 2 - Of Wolf and Man [Bold can go]
Inspire Courage till Jiki's end of round 4.

Green -35 [can breathe in round 4] 2d6 persistent fire

Jiki -6
Arlo -16
Zizark

Red -52 slowed 1 (for 1 round)
Blue -8

Zabu -37
Manny
Teja -28 prone
Hobgoblins

@Teja you forgot to apply IC, but that was still two hits that would take the creature down

Zizark, upon noticing the creature RIGHT BESIDE HIM, will "Yip!" and swing with the +1 striking Light Pick he carries.
◆Strike
vs Blue: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13
Piercing: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 2) + 4 = 10

If a critical success, use instead: 5d8 + 8 ⇒ (8, 6, 8, 5, 6) + 8 = 41

◆Strike
vs Blue: 1d20 + 12 - 5 ⇒ (8) + 12 - 5 = 15
Piercing: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (3, 3) + 4 = 10

If a critical success, use instead: 5d8 + 8 ⇒ (7, 2, 6, 1, 1) + 8 = 25

Zizark will then take a step back to discourage retaliation.
◆Step

Well, so much for his physical prowess...

Jiki sees an opportunity to line up the enemy and takes it.

◆ Step

◆◆ Cast Grim Tendrils

Negative Damage: 2d4 ⇒ (1, 2) = 3 plus 1 persistent.
Fortitude DC 21

Arlo's eyes snap back and forth as chaos erupts around him. Who to help first? Zabu's hurt, but with him no longer half in a wolf's mouth, Arlo guesses he'll be fine. His eyes then land on Teja, who's prone on the ground in front of a big angry wolf. She introduced herself as a scholar, and those tend to be more fragile. Teja it is, then.

Arlo Steps away from Blue, then casts a ranged Heal on Teja.

Heal: 3d8 + 24 ⇒ (2, 7, 8) + 24 = 41
Er, wow. Hadn't realised how much a third-level Heal heals.

Sorry Zabu, hope they don't have a flank thing, but I'd rather not end my turn right next to a very angry wolf. Plus, you have about double Teja's HP.

"You okay for the next while, Zabu?" Arlo calls to the blood-drenched gnome. Most of the blood isn't his, thankfully. Hopefully.