As Jiki mouths the words "I wish... they swell enormously for just a moment, their power vastly exceeding the itty bitty living space of their body as they look exhausted and out of sorts.
Perizia chuckles "Oh, do be ever so careful there little one, wouldn't want to swell your pinkies too much or we'd never be able to tell the difference between your D and your E-flat...."
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Pushed out of the water, Vanetta lets her breath out in a whoosh. She's not happy, nor healthy. She pulls out the healing potion that the quartermaster at the School gave her and downs it. As much as she loves Doc and Maldlethu, they can contribute to the fight in other ways than keeping her on her feet, too.
Vanetta takes the opportunity to insult the remaining nixie's choice of hair color.
Vanetta insults a Nixie and drinks a potion.
Much to Vanetta's surprise Nixie 5 instead swims over to Durg and joins the pile over there, clawing twice.
but can't hit either time.
Perzia -54
Nixie1 -60
Vanetta (25/80)
Nizie5 -16
Maldlethu
Doc Bloodshanks (33/74)
Nixie2 -223
Durg (56/87)
Nixie3 -16
Jiki (39/66) Fatigued, Stunned 1
Nixie4 -11
Maldlethus and Doc are up!
Doc's bomb floats through the illusionary water as it would through air but doesn't quite connect with Perizia but does splash over several targets.
Maldlethu focuses on keeping up their bond with Nethys up. Unfortunately the staff of force does not connect.
Nixie 2 decides to reposition to take a shot at Doc with a watery blast, trying to separate them from Vanetta.
Perizia giggles
Perizia -56
Nixie1 -60
Vanetta (49/80)
Nizie5 -16
Maldlethu
Doc Bloodshanks (7/74)
Nixie2 -23
Durg (54/87)
Nixie3 -18
Jiki (39/66) Fatigued, Stunned 1
Nixie4 -13
Durg is up!
No courage currently, you can still get to +17 to attack by using your own stats +2 as per wild shape. (3 str, 7 level, 4 prof, 1 item, 2status)
I don't see how the striking rune from magic fang would affect the secondary attack cat damage when we already discussed how and why the striking rune from handwraps doesn't.
please let me know if I'm missing something in discussion.
Durg dreams of being a shark, but instead turns into a cat and mauls Perizia, it is not enough to stop the Marid though.
Initiative:
Nixie retaliates with a hydraulic push on Durg but somebody misses at last. They follow up with a claw.
but can't connect with that either.
Perizia -73
Nixie1 -60
Vanetta (49/80)
Nizie5 -16
Maldlethu
Doc Bloodshanks (7/74)
Nixie2 -23
Durg (54/87)
Nixie3 -18
Jiki (39/66) Fatigued, Stunned 1
Nixie4 -13
Jiki, who is not at the top of their game is up!
CS, F, CF, S, S
Perizia seems completely unaffected but Nixie 1 goes pop with a satisfying burst of sound.
Nixie 4 swims around and claws at Durg.
Hitting once, but not doing a whole lot.
Perizia then fires a burst of water point blank at Durg.
Durg gets pushed away from he massive blow of water.
Meanwhile Maldlethu gets a brilliant idea. Things are getting desperate, a wish could turn the tide and save my friends...
Critical Success:
You phrase your wish with the precision necessary to get a good outcome.
Power: Your attacks deal an additional 1d4 bludgeoning damage.
Wealth: A sack appears at your waist, containing obvious fake coins and one of the following, of your choice: 1 moderate healing potion, 1 moderate oil of unlife, or 5 vials of moderate bottled lightning.
Happiness: +1 status bonus to attack rolls and saves against fear effects.
Success:
You resist making a wish
Failure:
Your wish is twisted.
Power: Your body is rapidly pushed to its limits of physical exertion and is fatigued.
Wealth: Your pockets and bags fill with temporary treasures that resist all attempts to discard. You are encumbered.
Happiness: Tiny flashes of pleasant emotions and positive memories flicker across your mind, interspersing with reality in a profoundly disorienting manner. The creature are sickened 1, and can’t reduce this
condition until the effects of the wish end.
Critical Failure
See Failure, additionally you are stunned 1
Perizia giggles and looks to #5 "Oh nixie, I do wish you would heal me."
Initiative:
Perizia -73
Vanetta (49/80)
Nizie5 -24
Maldlethu
Doc Bloodshanks (7/74)
Nixie2 -23
Durg (8/87)
Nixie3 -50 (Deaf 1M, Stunned 1)
Jiki (39/66) Fatigued
Nixie4 -21
Vanetta is up!
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We need to focus on Perizia, although these nixies are pretty damn tough, too.
Vanetta swings around the "water" bubble, then slides in just in front of Perizia, trying to keep in mind what Durg said about it not really being water.
But she just can't seem to keep the thought out of her head, and struggles to push through what feels like water, even if she knows it's not.
"You got what you wanted when we brought you Corvius. Now you're just being greedy. Exactly as you accuse those guests of his as being. Take what you came for and just go home, B$++$!" Vanetta snarls the last at Perizia.
Vanetta pushes through the watery illusion as best she can and drops Perizia with her rapier!
With Perizia down the Nixies panic and rout as the manor starts reverting to an unassuming not particularly well kept large house.
It's easy enough to escape with the remaining survivors as well as grabbing Perizia's trident.
Outside, guard captain Sauda takes the rescued party goers into custody for questioning so that they can properly hold everybody accountable for this disaster and collateral damage.
While the wheels of justice move slowly the Qadiran government is impressed with your work resolving the issue wastes no time throwing their full support behind the new Sedeq lodge.
Returning to Katheer you each receive a personal commendation from Venture-Captain Esmayl ibn Qaradi for a job well done.
Feel free to wrap up any RP etc as desired.
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Vanetta ushers the guests out as she hands Perizia's trident to Maldlethu with the assurance that it's probably verrrrryyyy magical. It's sore recompense, but she's just happy it's all over.
At the gate of the now pleasantly less tacky manor, Vanetta thanks Captain Sauda for the guards' hard work before going in search of Rashid-al-Marah the baklava maker. She buys a nice sized tray which she shares with the rest of the team over drinks that evening to celebrate their hard-won victory.
The next morning, the rises with the early tide to board a ship out of Sedeq. She hadn't even really noticed where the brightly painted freighter was going, since she's sure the Pathfinders will find her whenever and wherever they may have need of her....
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Jiki has to practically drag himself out of the mansion, but he makes sure everyone is properly healed. He gives his account of the event to the authorities and checks the list to see how successful they were in getting people out. He thanks his companions for their assistance before heading off for the next adventure.
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Durg heaves a huge sigh of relief as Vanetta downs the genie. She rubs her head against Vanetta again, then shifts back into her usual surly form and gingerly feels her ribs. "Ow." is all she says, but the bruises say much more.
She will answer all the questions she can with as few words as possible, but seems more interested in spending time with Vanetta. Apparently, the swashbuckler made a good impression on her. :)