[AP] Iron Gods by GM Rutseg

Game Master Balacertar

Yambul moves up to break the circle.

"Now look here, we're not here to fight you, but we will if you insist."

"We found one of your cymbals, no, not symbols, cymbals. Anyway, we found it while investigating that child was killed the other day."

"The townsfolk are going to blame you for this, same as that old guy they've got locked up already. We're trying to clear your names first. So why don't you tell us what you know, and we'll be on our way - and no one will trouble you further. The alternative is much more unpleasant."

Intimidate: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

Ooohh, I hope this works!

Rūha watches with concern as the group takes a more aggressive approach. She'd have rather handled it with more honesty - but by this point with the oddly speaking Varisians on edge, it would be hard to do it any other way than Yambul was taking. She watches the group for any individual member acting oddly, especially if the cymbals are shown off.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16

Ooohh, I hope this works!

Rhoreen doesn't have much to say at the moment, but does cross her arms in support of Yambul.

"Yeah."

1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20 Aid to Intimidate

Yambul's intimidating presence prevents the Varisians from closing the circle around Zzvkgrogk.

The group quickly steps back and start victimizing talking in a cacophony "We are not the guilty ones villager." "Why always have to be us?" "We killed no child"

A woman even feigns fainting to the ground.

When confronted with the real proof of the finger-cymbals though, they all turn towards the only one of them that has not approached you and is holding a low profile, staying behind one of the tents "Those are Ilarris finger-cymbals, villager!"

"We just met her in the road a few days before arriving to Iadenveigh, villager!" shouts one pointing at the woman "We only invited her because of Varisina kinship"

Another one kisses his fist before extending his arm towards you "She is not one of our group, I promise you villager!"

The accused woman, a hot-blooded long haired brunette of clear Varisian ancestry but with some elvish features, does not try to mediate word with you. She just suddenly turns away and starts running towards the village Elkhorn Wall at the edge of the yard.

When she is just a few feet away from the massive rampart of earth and stone, her boots are surrounded by crackling rays of energy and she starts to walk on the air, saving the 15 height before disappearing.

To spice up things, we are going to use a relaxed version of the chase rules. Check the map, to better understand the situation.

With Ilarris on a head start, Zzvkgrogk notices the woman is about to run, and he squeezes below the legs of the Varisians and crosses the yard reaching immediately the wall.

The others need to find a way through the wall of people first that start to yell and move their hands in panic and confusion, before you can cross the yard and reach the wall.

The Varisians: Chaance, Rhoreen, Rūha, Yambul
- Squeeze through: Escape Artist or Acrobatics DC 10
- Force your way through: Intimidate or Overrun DC 20
The Elkhorn Walls: Zzvkgrogk
- Climb the wall: DC 15
- Narrow hole in the wall: Escape Artist DC 25 (DC 15 if you are Small)

The Chase rules allow you to feel creative, try to find alternative solutions or shortcuts, or use powers to pass certain obstacles, for example, you could cast fly to avoid the wall.

Rhoreen quickly gives chase. She's not sure why the woman is running, but feels like she wants to ask her some questions. She races after the crackling Varisian, weaving through people and jumping over others.

1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 + 2 = 20 Acrobatics/EArtist

Squeeze Through
Escape Artist, Untrained: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17

The elf decides that the time for contentious words is at an end, so engages in the pursuit of the faux Varisian, hoping to lay an arrow into the back of her haunch. She doesn't immediately see that an airborne woman might not be slowed as easily. She simply determines to lay eyes on her.

"Yeah, there's always one, isn't there? Ruins it for the bunch!" Yambul yells at the Varisians as he runs.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 12 + 2 = 31 (heroism) vs DC 10 to squeeze through the Varisians

Upon reaching the wall, he climbs with as much haste as he can muster to try and catch up to the woman.
Climb: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 10 + 2 = 25 (heroism) vs DC 15 to scale the wall

He he runs, he studies her before losing sight of her. (It's a swift action if possible.)

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (3) + 20 = 23

"Hold on, Illari? Illari!" Rūha dives through the crowd, heading off in the direction of the fleeing woman. As she moves though, she's disheartened to see the "Varisian" suddenly float up the wall. That was going to be hard to replicate.

Used to action and sudden changes of pace by now, Rhoreen, Chaance and Rūha move in between the Varisians who are frozen in place, surprise by the development of the events.

Meanwhile Yambul, in a derring-do action display, jumps over one of the trunk piles to avoid the gathered people, and running at incredible speed over them, jumps all the distance to grab himself to the Elkhorn Wall and make it all up and down in a controlled way.

At the other side, the Kellid sees the Varisian has disappeared under the cover of the dense canopy of trees, and even once on the ground, he cannot directly see her.

Yambul was so successful that he advanced two obstacles in the same turn.

Turn 2
The Elkhorn Walls: Zzvkgrogk (turn 1 pending), Chaance, Rhoreen, Rūha
- Climb the wall: DC 15
- Narrow hole in the wall: Escape Artist DC 25 (DC 15 if you are Small)
Find the Fugitive: Yambul
- Follow the signs: Survival DC 15
- Deduce where she went: K. geography or nature DC 25

Faced with an annoying wall, and equally annoying weak arms and legs, Rhoreen simply wills her skymetal to offer her a freedom from gravity, and flies over and after the Varisian.

She's not getting away from me.

Climb v DC 15: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

Chaance takes to the wall less out of a sense of urgency to catch the fleeing Varisian, and more out of concern that Yambul might get so far ahead of them all that he might find himself unsupported.

Climb: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (1) + 0 = 1

Rūha sizes up the wall, then attempts to run up the side and grab the lip. Unfortunately, she stumbles on the first step in a bit of uncharacteristic clumsiness. After springing back upright, she takes a quick look around to see if she can spot a larger breach in the wall that has been overlooked by the town's residents. She figures with travelers staying at Heddick's, a more discreet method to enter and exit the town might exist...

Perception: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33

EscapeArtistDC15: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Zzvkgrogk bounces off the wall cursing his ears, and is relieved when he sees Yambul vault over him with the others coming after.

What the hecks!

He tucks his ears in and tries again.

EscapeArtist: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

"Ow!" he cries as the wall pinches a whisker. He looks at it incredulously.

"Are you having any luck?" he calls out to Rūha.

Yambul studies the area, looking for broken branches and other signs of recent travel.
Survival: 1d20 + 10 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 10 + 4 = 32 (heroism, studied)(+3 if tracking) vs DC 15

”This way!” Yambul shouts as he whips out his falchion and rushes into the underbrush, slashing to make a path. He doesn’t immediately notice there’s no one behind him.

Presented to the wall, Rhoreen defies gravity and places her body at the other side just that easily.

Just a bit behind her Chaance climbs briskly over the wall, reaching the top and deciding to press the chase to not leave Yambul alone...

Despite her companions are stuck at the wall, trying to find a way to pass through.

Meanwhile Yambul spots what are clear steps to his well trained eyes, and runs forward, yelling and trying to leave some marks for the others coming behind, making the forest navigation easier for them.
Yambul success reduces the difficulty for the rest of the team

After a few minutes of running, breaking through bushes, and avoiding tree trunks, the Kellid starts to hear the noise of moving water. He presses harder just to see the Varisian land at the other side of the river and disappearing again on the forest, likely after walking again in the air.

Swimming through the running waters seems risky, but a faster success than trying to find a place to ford the river. That is, if the waters do not bring you downstream!

Meanwhile at the yard, Heddick has mobilized his men and they are bringing a wooden stair to the wall "Here! Find that culprit!" and set it up on the walls for Zzvkgrogk and Rūha to follow the rest of the group.

Turn 3
The Elkhorn Walls: Zzvkgrogk, Rūha
- Climb the stairs: DC 0
Find the Fugitive: Chaance, Rhoreen
- Follow Yambul's signs: Survival DC 10
- Deduce where she went: K. geography or nature DC 25
Ford the river: Yambul
- Face the waters: Swim DC 15
- Find a drier path: Survival DC 25

Survival v DC 10: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18

It's easy enough following the swordsman- it's right there in his name. Crystalware store... forest foliage... it's like he wants us to find his path. Of course, his path is her path, so what's to complain about?

Chaance looks over her shoulder, hoping to see the kasatha turn gazelle over the wall, and/or the ysoki turn boneless vertebrate and squeeze through it. She is surprised to see neither.

"Hurry up! Who knows who she may be working with!"

Yambul, mindful of the folks who follow him, keeps blazing a trail looking for a way to cross upstream.
Survival: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 10 + 2 = 18 (heroism) vs DC 25

…but he falters. He considers being heroic but two things caution him - he doesn’t want to be too far ahead of the Zzvkith, and he can only be a hero twice.

Still flying above, Rhoreen tries to figure out where the prey went...by following Yambul. She will climb a bit higher so that she can see where Yambul might be headed as she moves closer.

1d20 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 1 + 2 = 15 Survival

"That way!"

"It would be nice to defy gravity, but I think we will have to make do with that crudely cut set of steps." Rūha calls back, then points out the stairs to Zzvkgrogk. "Perhaps we can catch up."

Climb: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (1) + 0 = 1

She almost falls off the stairs. It just isn't her day.

Zzvkgrogk looks over at the wooden stairs with an expression of hope. He carefully extracates his pinched whisker and heads for the portable wonder.

"Thank you." he says to Heddick and his men. "Next you should fix that hole in the wall. Someone could slip through and -- oh, no, no, nevermind."

ClimbDC0: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

He manages to follow Rūha up the stairs and over the wall.

SurvivalFollowYambulDC10: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

"Remind me to talk to that Cookboy about splitting away from us. At least he left signs, come on -- they went this way!"

knowNatureDC25: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28 Where could she be headed?

"Now that I have had time to think about about it -- I bet she's she's headed to --"

Chaance sees the path opened by Yambul in the forest and follows suit.

Rhoreen hears the yells and follows too, descending at some point to the ground to not spend all her magic miracles of the day.

With plenty of efforts, Rūha manages to climb the offered stairs, which does not delay Zzvkgrogk who follows after her.

Yambul meanwhile keeps away from the river and tries to find a way to cross it without much success, as his first attempt to run east finds no shallow waters or natural bridge.

The ratfolk quickly spots the tracks on the forest and starts following the signs. He thinks the Varisian is likely trying to reach the river in that direction to try her tracks being lost. With a mixture of orientation and deduction, he manages to quickly navigate the forest and slightly recover some pace with the others, although still behind.

Turn 4
Find the Fugitive: Rūha
- Follow Yambul's signs: Survival DC 10
- Deduce where she went: K. geography or nature DC 25
Ford the river: Chaance, Rhoreen, Yambul, Zzvkgrogk
- Face the waters: Swim DC 15
- Find a drier path: Survival DC 25

Yambul continues to try and find the drier path so everyone can follow without having to swim - a tough activity for some.
Survival: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 10 + 2 = 26 (heroism) vs DC 25

...and he succeeds! He hacks a path forward.

Survival v DC 25, Tracking?: 1d20 + 12 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 12 + 3 = 25

Chaance doesn't like the look of the river, let alone the energy she'd need to expend just to reach the other side. She joins Yambul in searching for some way across which helps her and hers avoid becoming drown rats...

Rhoreen 'wastes' more of her magic to fly over the river rather than swim, (though she is a fine swimmer) as she hates to get wet when she can smugly fly over.

With Zzvkgrogk zooming ahead, Rūha's left to try to work out which direction Yambul went. Considering how far ahead the cymbal-owner must be by now, she half wonders whether it would make more sense to return to town proper and ask Illari's erstwhile companions whether they had any idea where the woman would run to. After a moment of consideration, she decides that it's better to stay together if possible.

Survival: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

Yambul and Chaance find a fallen trunk and they quickly push it over the river to create an improvised bridge.

Meanwhile, Rhoreen advances herself as she takes flight over the river and follows up trying to keep up with the escaping Varisian.

Rūha arrives to the scene a bit later after following the trace of the others. With a bit of a search, she soon finds the trunk bridge, which is easy to cross.

As the group keeps running, the forest opens into an area with less trees after a few more minutes and you spot the Varisian once more, running through the trees, she is apparently getting tired and you are shortening the distance. Then, she comes over an area with a sleeping bear, she jumps on him, waking up the beast and then passes over.

The bear stands up furious and roaring towards the next that come behind. You see the bear is strangely mutated, with half his fur turned to scales and two eyes too big for their sockets.

You could probably easily fight the bear, but that would give a chance for the Varisian to escape again. You know she is close by and going directly through the bear space will allow you to finally catch the runner.

Turn 5
Ford the river: Rūha, Zzvkgrogk (on turn 4 still)
- Face the waters: Swim DC 15
- Find a drier path: Survival DC 25
- Cross the improvised bridge: Acrobatics DC 5
Avoid the bear: Chaance, Rhoreen, Yambul
- Force your way through: Acrobatics (tumble) or Overrun maneuver DC 15
- Convince the bear to step aside: Intimidate or Handle Animal DC 25

Chaance is no good with mutoid ursines, so menaces the thing with her bow, hoping to lend Yambul better odds at scaring it away...

Intimidate, Aid Another: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

+2 to your roll, Yambul? It ain't much, but it's honest work...

If I intimidate the bear, can the others squeak by also? If not, I may acrobatics (an automatic make) to try and catch her though I'd rather help the team.

Yambul tries to push the bear back with sheer willpower! He doesn’t want the rest of the Zzvkith to have to face it.

Intimidate: 1d20 + 10 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 10 + 4 = 25 (heroism, aid another) vs DC 25

He just, barely, maybe squeaks by (if the aid is permitted). If he is successful, he hopes it helps the others as he rushes ahead.

Yambul roars back at the bear, and the animal looks down shocked by the keenness of his rival. The Kellid profits the moment of shock to dash forward.

The bear is left confused, not sure on what to do about the rest of the Zzvkith.

Translation: due to Yambul's Intimidation, you will be able to pass through automatically next turn if you fail to pass this one.

Turn four.
Zzvkgrogk shudders when he sees the water. He looks for a drier path.

FindDrierPathSurvivalDC25: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

Frowning he eventually arrives at an improvised bridge.

Turn 5
UseBridgeAcroDC5: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Keeping up the rear, Rūha practically skips over the fallen tree trunk, extremely glad she doesn't have to brave the waters or attempt a more complicated crossing.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (6) + 20 = 26

She thinks she can almost hear the others up ahead.

Rhoreen has no desire to get eaten, much less by a normal, not dire, bear, when she can smugly fly over the predator while her companions decide how they want to be chomped.

She tries to avoid being too smug as she lofts above.

Rhoreen keeps flying over the canopy, avoiding a direct confrontation with the bear.
Rhoreen has used during the chase at least 3 uses of her daily gravity defying mightiness

Meanwhile Rūha and Zzvkgrogk manage to cross the river, and they soon reach the area where the bear is. They find Chaance holding the look of the bear, menacingly pointing it with her bow. The elf slowly crosses the area while still holding her aim, the bear roars at her, and she runs away.

Turn 6
Avoid the bear: Rūha, Zzvkgrogk
- Force your way through: Acrobatics (tumble) or Overrun maneuver DC 15
- Convince the bear to step aside: Intimidate or Handle Animal DC 10

Meanwhile at the front, the trees open into a large clearing, and Yambul's great run places him at near touch range of the Varisian.

Realizing the cook will soon be over her, she then suddenly turns back "You will just not stop running?!" and brings her scimitar on the hand.

Short after Yambul, Rhoreen arrives to the area, still flying over the canopy of trees. Chaance will soon be here too, and only Rūha and Zzvkgrogk are making it late.

The chase lasted for about 10 minutes, and you already spent a couple hours investigating in Iadenveigh. All your magic except the mage armors have expired by now.

Chaance:
Rhoreen: mage armor
Rūha: 4 damage, mage armor
Yambul: 4 damage
Zzvkgrogk:
Round 1: Yambul, Varisian, Rhoreen

New forest map is available!

Rhoreen has used during the chase at least 3 uses of her daily gravity defying mightiness

Oh totally, not only that, she would happily blow her last 3 uses if it gave her more chances to smugly gloat over others facing obstacles as she breezed by. :)

Rhoreen waits to act, hoping that Yambul will be safe until she can get into position to help.

As he already had his falchion out, he’ll stick with it - though he’s really looking forward to using that chainsaw someday. Especially now that it’s got brand new adamantine teeth.

"No. You stop running!" he shouts breathlessly so it comes out rather more like a whimper than he'd like. He charges (if possible, though I doubt it) or double moves to catch up.

With a tree trunk in the middle, Yambul fails to find a charge line, but he comes over the woman, menacingly reaching out on her with his falchion.

Concentration DC 17: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
In fact the woman starts to say words of spell power, but Yambul forces her to dodge a trial swing which breaks the concentration of the spell.

"You meddlers do have no idea of the forces you are meddling with!" she shouts irritated at Yambul and while she swings her scimitar, this one sprouts in hot flames.
Scimitar-Spell combat: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 9 - 2 = 15
Magical/Slashing damage+flaming: 1d6 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 2 + (4) = 11
But Yambul is up and ready and blocks the attack with his falchion.

She steps back.

Chaance arrives to the scene of the action.

Chaance:
Rhoreen: mage armor
Rūha: 4 damage, mage armor
Yambul: 4 damage
Zzvkgrogk:
Round 1: Rhoreen Round 2: Chaance, Yambul, Varisian

Round 1

Rhoreen double flies closer, not yet able to act. She keeps 10’ off the ground.

”Careful there, Yambul! She doesn’t seem friendly!”

Yambul steps closer (5’ step) and swings away, ”Yeah, we’re meddlers. You got us!” He laughs a bit at the quite true label.

Falchion: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 12 + 2 = 26 (studied)
damage S: 2d4 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (2, 3) + 12 + 2 = 19 (studied)

Falchion: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 5 + 2 = 24 (studied)
damage S: 2d4 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (1, 4) + 12 + 2 = 19 (studied)

He grows serious though, ”Look, it doesn’t need to be this way you know. We could, you know, chat a bit. You could tell us what we’re meddling with, and we could try and convince you why you’re wrong. Who knows? Maybe we can come to an accord? At the very least we’d be able to catch our breath from that chase!”

Zzvkgrogk makes his way after all the others through the forest to the bear.

Foo, I have no time to talk, overgrown tailless rat!

He throws his hands in the air, puffs out his fur to make himself look bigger, and yells his way past.

”Don’t you even think about it you mutant Capybara !! I know where you live!”

IntimidateOrHandleAnimal: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

Rūha faces off with the bear for a moment before juking past it. It sounds like the rest of the party is closer now - no more than a clearing away.

Acrobatics to tumble: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (13) + 20 = 33

Since the chase rounds are longer than combat rounds, I assume I'm out of this one?

Round 2

Chaance comes to a stop, spying the back of Yambul and the upper body of Illarris through the numerous trees. She's only too glad there is plenty of air between them, so she might thread the gaps to strike at the shifting shoulders. At the discretion of the GM, Improved Precise Shot ignores anything less than Total Cover. Those are a lot of trees...

Tuilindo, RS: 1d20 + 12 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 12 - 2 = 14 for 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 piercing damage

Tuilindo, RS: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 7 - 2 = 20 for 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 piercing damage

Tuilindo, RS: 1d20 + 12 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 12 - 2 = 25 for 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 piercing damage

The elf hopes that the whistling missiles discourage the gypsy from wanting to fight any further.

Zzvkgrogk tells the bear plainly who the boss is, while Rūha dashes through!

At the clearing, Yambul pushes forward scoring two big hits on the Varisian.

Rhoreen catches up and Chaance shots finding inexistent holes in between the trees, one of her arrows striking through the defenses of her foe.

She slashes once more with her scimitar, despite her wounds she is a cocky one "Ha! I eat men more cooked than you for breakfast! I will talk with your corpse!"
Scimitar-Spell combat: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 9 - 2 = 17
Magical/Slashing damage+flaming: 1d6 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 2 + (6) = 12

She then steps back and 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 images of herself appear around her.

Rūha and Zzvkgrogk just arrive to the scene. You arrive to the edge of the map with a move, and still have a standard action available

Ilarris: 42 damage, considerably wounded
Chaance:
Rhoreen: mage armor
Rūha: 4 damage, mage armor
Yambul: 4 damage
Zzvkgrogk:
Round 2: Rhoreen Round 3: Rūha, Zzvkgrogk, Chaance, Yambul, Varisian

1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23 Spellcraft

Rhoreen's eyes narrow at the arcane craft displayed by the fleeing 'Varisian'. She ponders how to best respond.

Delay until after others have acted. Rhoreen doesn't want her to escape.

Rūha arrives just in time to offer a moment of advice to everyone else engaged with Ilarris. "Now would be the time to grab her and tie her up, yes? Before we find out we have the wrong person. And so we can ask some questions?"

(Enjoy a round of Advice, for +2/+2. You can apply it to a grapple if you'd like :) )

Round 3

Chaance listens to the words being exchanged, less optimistic by half that they'll be able to distill meaningful intelligence from the woman. The elf glides through the trees, arcing south, should Illarris decide she's unwilling to remain in the clearing, and subject herself to interrogation.

"They called you 'Illarris'? My name is Chaance, you've already met Yambul's blade. The floating woman is Rhoreen, and you'll soon hold audience with Zzvkgrogk and Rūha, ysoki and kasatha, respectively. We're injuring you to force your surrender, nothing more. Our friends in Iadenveigh are being held for a murder they didn't commit, and we think you're either the responsible party, or you know who is. We really don't want to drag your body back. Please parlay with us."

Round 2

Rhoreen will ready a Magic Missile should the woman cast a spell or try to escape. If she just tries to clobber Yambul, that's fine...might give him time to knock her out.

4d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 1, 1, 3) + 4 = 10 force damage

Hearing the voices of is companions ahead, Zzvkgrogk draws his laser pistol and eventually makes it to the clearing. He regards the six Varisians and her six flaming scimitars – and is unimpressed.

”What, is that all it does?” He shrugs. "Varisian Roulette it is." He fires at two of the Varisians.

LaserPistol: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 9 + 2 = 27 Touch
for Damage: 1d6 + 6 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 2 + 4 = 18 Fire, Rūha, Deadly Aim

LaserPistol: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 9 + 2 = 27 Touch
for Damage: 1d6 + 6 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 2 + 4 = 18 Fire, Rūha, Deadly Aim

Sorry, no full round here so only one of these attacks counts, but for posteritys sake I am too amused by the mirror image of the attack itself to remove one of them.

Yambul steps closer (5’ step) to keep up, and does what he can to whittle down the Parisian. He doesn’t think she’s going to want to talk - but if she does surrender and drop her weapon, he’ll sheath his. Until then…

Falchion: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 12 + 2 = 33 (studied)
damage S: 2d4 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (3, 3) + 12 + 2 = 20 (studied)
critthreatFalchion: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 12 + 2 = 30 (studied)
damage S: 2d4 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (4, 4) + 12 + 2 = 22 (studied)

Falchion: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 2 = 9 (studied)
damage S: 2d4 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (3, 1) + 12 + 2 = 18 (studied)

Sigh. I bet he crits an image and doesn't even drop one with his backswing.

Rūha arrives to the scene and quickly gives the best possible advice on this situation.

Chaance moves forward while trying to reason with the woman.

Rhoreen says magic words and 4 missiles of pure force go flying and bursting just a few centimeters before the target.

1d7 ⇒ 3
Zzvkgrogk appears in the scene, pistol at the ready, and shots through the trunks, destroying one of the images.

Meanwhile, Yambul brutally destroys another of the images, breaking it up to down with his falchion.
1d6 ⇒ 4

"Ha! I am no fool! I know to well, with what you are to talk!" the woman says arcane words and her blade flames become suddenly black.
Concentration DC 17: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20
She immediately tries to deliver the spell with her sword.
Scimitar-Spell combat: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 9 - 2 = 18
Magical/Slashing damage+flaming: 1d6 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 2 + (2) = 5

Then swings once more at Yambul.
Scimitar-Spell combat: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 9 - 2 = 8
Magical/Slashing damage+flaming: 1d6 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 2 + (4) = 8
But fails to connect and just steps again back.

Party buffs: advise (+2)
Ilarris: 42 damage, considerably wounded, mirror image (4)
Chaance:
Rhoreen: mage armor
Rūha: 4 damage, mage armor
Yambul: 4 damage
Zzvkgrogk:
Round 3: Rhoreen Round 4: Rūha, Zzvkgrogk, Chaance, Yambul, Varisian