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Hammid thins his gaze, and thinks back over his long life... Have I seen these before?...
Scholarly Recollection (↺, Focus) Roll twice to Recall Knowledge, use better die result
Arcana (*) +8 via Ancestral Longevity
Lore: Desert (*) +8
Lore: Herbalism (*) +8
Lore: Osiria (**) +10 or +11 to Recall Knowledge about ancient history, peoples, and cultures.
Medicine (`) +3
Religion (*) +8
Society (**) +10 or +11 to Recall Knowledge about ancient history, peoples, and cultures.
Survival (*) +8 w/ Experienced Tracker
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↺) Scholarly Recollection
◆) Recall Knowledge vs Filth Fire
◆) Recall Knowledge vs Cinder Rat
◆) ??
Best of
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"From the Elemental Plane of Fire, these - their bodies are of unique constitution, possessing not flesh, and drawing sustenance from else than what the lower races may" he must mean "non-elves" here... "Prone to subduction via cool temperature. I see to that their senses are adjusted to their own peculiarities!"
↺) Scholarly Recollection
◆◆) Recall Knowledge x2
◆) Strike
His crossbow drawn the moment the harbormaster frowned, Hammid takes a shot at the Filth Fire in Cal's hands!
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As she rolls her eyes at the desert elf's comment she grabs a hold of her holy symbol and entreats to Calstria to keep Callistos safe, as the image of Calistria's holy symbol manifests over his head and the soft buzzing of hornets can be heard.
2 action:
casting forbidden ward on him with the creature he is fighting as the foe:
You ward an ally against the attacks and hostile spells from the target enemy. The target ally gains a +1 status bonus to Armor Class and saving throws against the target enemy's attacks, spells, and other effects.
she then draws her whip.
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"Thanks for the information, Hammid." Sif says to him. With a long twirling of her hand in an upward motion, her snowy owl patron turns its eyes glowing and sends freezing sleet and heavy snowfall that collects under the Filth Fire and Cinder Rat's feet. She then raises her shield to protect herself.
◆ Cast a Spell, Clinging Ice to Filth Fire, DC 17 Reflex Save vs cold damage
◆ Cast a Spell, Clinging Ice to Cinder Rat, DC 17 Reflex Save vs cold damage
◆ Cast a Spell, Shield
Critical Success The target is unaffected.
Success The target takes half damage.
Failure The target takes full damage, and takes a –5-foot circumstance penalty to its Speeds until the spell ends.
Critical Failure The target takes double damage and a –10-foot circumstance penalty to its Speeds until the spell ends.
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The cleric once again prays to her goddess to maintain the protective ward over Callistos and then prays that the goddess. She then prays that the goddess protect Samantha as well against the rat.
2 action:
casting forbidden ward on him with the creature he is fighting as the foe:
You ward an ally against the attacks and hostile spells from the target enemy. The target ally gains a +1 status bonus to Armor Class and saving throws against the target enemy's attacks, spells, and other effects.
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Sif continues to perform long twirling hand movements to sustain her Clinging Ice spell against Filth Fire and Cinder Rat. She casts another Shield spell as well.
◆ Sustain a Spell, Clinging Ice to Filth Fire, DC 19 Reflex Save vs cold damage
◆ Sustain a Spell, Clinging Ice to Cinder Rat, DC 19 Reflex Save vs cold damage
◆ Cast a Spell, Shield (+1 to AC)
Critical Success The target is unaffected.
Success The target takes half damage.
Failure The target takes full damage, and takes a –5-foot circumstance penalty to its Speeds until the spell ends.
Critical Failure The target takes double damage and a –10-foot circumstance penalty to its Speeds until the spell ends.
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Hammid cringes as the Filth Fire drops Callistos with a single stroke, then continue to beat him while he is on the ground, nearly killing him outright!
He first "reloads" his Dying On-Fire companion, then his Crossbow!
◆◆) Heal
◆) Reload
The sensation of a gentle sun whose rays refract over a cool oasis revive the fallen man, and his burned whip marks slowly fade back into his normal healthy skin color, as he awakens once more upon the ground.
Atae @ 30/30
Callistos @ 22/29
Hammid @ 33/38
Lokaloka @ 28/28
Samantha @ 44/44
Sif Liv @ 24/24
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Sif still sustains her Clinging Ice spell against the Cinder Rat. She also throws a magically propelled and chilled ball of dense snow to it.
cold damage and –5-foot status penalty to its Speeds for 1 round
◆ Sustain a Spell, Clinging Ice to Cinder Rat, DC 19 Reflex Save vs cold damage
◆◆ Cast a Spell, Snowball spell
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The zombie misses the cinder rat but the snowball hits.
and all that cold puts out the cinder rat.
--- Combat over ---
You have time to help the deckhands put the fires out. Once that is done, you are approached by Harbourmaster Molnesh. She is distraught at the sudden loss of several members of her team, and at first she believes the crew of the Sixwing Drake perished as well—then she corrects herself, vigorously shaking her head as if to clear her mind of unpleasantness. She explains that she remembers the ship’s crew seemed unfamiliar to her, which was odd, because she has known Captain Zendrani—the ship’s captain and a veteran Pathfinder—for many years. The crew rapidly disembarked and vanished into the city. Before she could determine what was going on, she recalls that a pale-skinned man arrived from the city and somehow convinced her that his companions—who hid their features under dark hoods— should be allowed to take the shipment and leave several barrels behind in its place. She remembers thinking this was a perfectly normal idea, despite how foolish it sounds now, and she readily complied with the request.
One of the surviving dockhands, a young Taldan man with light skin and dirty brown hair steps forward, wiping his sooty hands on a rag. He explains that he arrived just in time to help fight the fire, and Harbormaster Molnesh demands to know where he’s been. He explains that he hid when the strangers came to take the shipment, avoiding whatever “foul magic” they used on the rest of the dockhands. He tried to speak with Molnesh at the time, but as she had no memory of what had occurred, he set out to follow the strangers himself. He followed them all the way to an abandoned tavern in the Puddles district and waited a while, but finding no easy way in and seeing no further activity, he returned to the docks. He shares the tavern’s precise location with Molnesh and you all.
After learning this, Harbormaster Molnesh goes to give her report to the port authority officials who’ve gathered to assess the situation. She urges you to be on your way and find those responsible for the attack.
((Callstos receives a Hero Point))
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Hammid looks to make sure the rest of the dockworkers are ok.
Hearing about "foul magic", he tries to understand before speaking. He takes time to pray to his strange god, blessing his long memory with divine recollection.
~) Refocus (10 minutes)
↺) Scholarly Recollection
◆) Recall Knowledge about "Foul Magic"
Scholarly Recollection (↺, Focus) Roll twice to Recall Knowledge, use better die result
Arcana (*) +8 via Ancestral Longevity
Lore: Desert (*) +8
Lore: Herbalism (*) +8
Lore: Osiria (**) +10 or +11 to Recall Knowledge about ancient history, peoples, and cultures.
Medicine (`) +3
Religion (*) +8
Society (**) +10 or +11 to Recall Knowledge about ancient history, peoples, and cultures.
Survival (*) +8 w/ Experienced Tracker
Atae @ 30/30
Callistos @ 15/29
Hammid @ 33/38
Lokaloka @ 28/28
Samantha @ 34/44
Sif Liv @ 24/24
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Once you are ready, you follow the directions you were given. Your path to the abandoned tavern takes you through a crowded market square in the Puddles district. A few dozen merchants and shoppers mill about, going about their daily business.
Merchants hawk their wares from colorful stalls as a few dozen shoppers mill about a cramped market square, selecting goods, haggling, and making trades. The eclectic vendors here sell everything from clothing, food, and spices to alchemical items and weapons.
The dockhand’s directions indicate you should take the relatively empty street directly north of the market, which leads toward an obviously run-down neighborhood in the distance. When you begin to head down the street, you hear a strange rush of air followed by sudden shouts of alarm and an incessant buzzing. What look like black stirges have suddenly appeared and are attacking the civilians. Several people at the edge of the market manage to flee immediately, but numerous patrons remain in the area, trying in vain to hide under and behind the market stalls. If you want them to flee too, make a Diplomacy, Intimidate, or Performance check on your turn (takes two actions).
Initiatives:
Hammid gets to go first
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Hammid begins a low guttural chant, a volume that starts off low and slowly growing, syllables between mystic words slow and lingering before growing with intensity of speed and completion, when suddenly a humanoid hand reaches out of the ground ahead of him - right in the middle of the marketplace! - and a pallid skinned open-mouthed slack-jawed corpse with glowing purple eyes crawls forth from the earth!
◆◆◆) Animate Dead
"BGHGGKKBGHKBGHHHHKKKKBGGGKKKK!!!"
◆) Stride
◆) Strike