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Holmes moves closer to the Wild Hunt's leader, who is thrashing around in the leaves. Jack chops Clortho on the back. It feels more like chopping into wood than flesh, but he stills manages to do some significant damage. Jilla then expels the last bit of fuel from her magic elixir. Clortho must be tough as nails, because he is still fighting but at this point he is covered in injuries and his fur is smoking.
A wall of wood appears in front of the hunter.
Clortho swings at Holmes with his polearm while trying to smash Jack's feet with his horns, all while still on the ground. Amazingly, both strikes manage to hit.
"You think I can't fight laying down! I'm an expert at it!" he shouts, seemingly oblivious to his wounds.
Round 5 Season - Spring (20% casting failure, verbal components)
Relgar -16 - immune to pipes
-Gregoth
Clortho (black) -46, prone
Ronronne (pink), -5, blind, stunned 2 rds.
Adowyn - immune to pipes, shaken
Leryn -7, panicked
Hell hound 1 - 7
Hell Hound 2
Alecto - immune to pipes
Xox (green) -7
[b]Holmes -9, immune to pipes
Jilla -9, immune to pipes
Bahram -8, immune to pipes
Adowyn fires an arrow at DaDoRonRon.
And then moves to his feet to finish him next round.
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Once per day as an immediate action when the rogue is hit, the rogue can create a single shadow duplicate of herself, as per mirror image. The GM randomly determines whether the attack hit the rogue or the shadow duplicate. The shadow duplicate lasts for a number of rounds equal to the rogue’s level, or until the shadow duplicate is dispelled or destroyed. This ability does not stack with the mirror image spell.
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Jack creates a shadow duplicate of himself, but Clortho's horns still find his leg.
Adowyn fires a shot at the stunned and blinded hunter. It is definitely not a good shot, but the hunter's skill is such that even her bad shots sometimes hit and she manages to graze Ronronne's arm with an arrow. Adowyn then continues moving right up to the hunter.
Round 5 Season - Spring (20% casting failure, verbal components)
Relgar -16 - immune to pipes
-Gregoth
Clortho (black) -46, prone
Ronronne (pink), -10, blind, stunned 2 rds.
Adowyn - immune to pipes
Leryn -7
Hell hound 1 - 7
Hell Hound 2
Alecto - immune to pipes
Xox (green) -7
[b]Holmes -9, immune to pipes
Jilla -9, immune to pipes
Bahram -8, 1 image, immune to pipes
Leryn rushes back to Adowyn.
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The hell hounds tear into Clortho and manage to bring him down.
Leryn runs back to his master, and moves into position and fires her crossbow at the blinded hunter, grazing their head with a bolt.
Hearing Clortho's screams of pain, Xox shouts out, "It sounds like I just got promoted to leader! Don't worry my precious prey! A little wall isn't going to stop an expert climber like Xox!" Suddenly the hunter finds himself awkwardly stumbling through Reglar's "wall" with a surprised look on his face. "Oh, that was a nice trick!"
Round 5 Season - Spring (20% casting failure, verbal components)
Relgar -16 - immune to pipes
-Gregoth
Ronronne (pink), -14, blind, stunned 2 rds.
Adowyn - immune to pipes
Leryn -7
Hell hound 1 - 7
Hell Hound 2
Alecto - immune to pipes
Xox (green) -7
Holmes -9
Jilla -9
Bahram -8, 1 image
As hunters start falling the leaves once again turn into brilliant bursts of fiery colors and a howling sends them whirling around the Pathfinders.
Round 6 Season - Fall -2 Ranged attacks
Relgar -16 - immune to pipes
-Gregoth
Ronronne (pink), -14, blind, stunned 1 rds.
Adowyn
Leryn -7
Hell hound 1 - 7
Hell Hound 2
Alecto
Xox (green) -7
Holmes -9
Jilla -9
Bahram -8, 1 image
Hearing Xox speaking of the group as prey, she's determined to finish this fight - even if it's less than honorable.
Adowyn fires an arrow at XoX.
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Seeing everyone beating up on Ron Ron, who seems to be stunned on the ground, Bahram wants to join in on that and put another enemy down quickly. But it seems too crowded over there for him to join in, so he hot steps his way over to Xox, to whet his axe. Unfortunately, he seems to be all out of luck for the day.
"You might want to save the last one; he mentioned a way to leave the Grove."
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The hell hounds surround the color spryaed hunter and bite at them while Adowyn and Alecto fire missiles into them. Unlike Clortho, this hunter doesn't seem to be bothered by the flames coming out of the hounds' mouths but does seem to be considerably bothered by their teeth and the combined attacks finish him off. Relgar curls up in the leaves, hoping no one attacks him. Holmes moves towards Adoywn and drops Xox's bow at her wolve's feet.
Jack moves up to the last hunter and chops at him with his axe. The blade gets Xox in the shoulder. Grinning wildly, the hunter says "Well, it looks like I'm probably going to die today. So since you put on such a good show I will tell you how to get out of these woods. You just need to retrace your steps, exactly how you got here. But its got to be backwards of course. Otherwise it doesn't count!" As they speak, the Wild Hunter slashes at the half-orc with the long, sharp looking claws on the ends of its fingers.
The first claw destroys the illusory image but the second claw comes in and slashes the half-orc across the face.
Round 6 Season - Fall -2 Ranged attacks
Relgar -16 - immune to pipes
-Gregoth
Ronronne (pink), -14, blind, stunned 1 rds.
Adowyn
Leryn -7
Hell hound 1 - 7
Hell Hound 2
Alecto
Xox (green) -17
Holmes -9
Jilla -9
Bahram -14
The fall reverts back to summer. Thick undergrowth sprouts everywhere and tree branches grow and fill out with leaves and fruit. This makes it difficult to move around or get a good swing in.
Round 7 Season - Fall -2 Melee attacks
Relgar -16 - immune to pipes
-Gregoth
Adowyn
Leryn -7
Hell hound 1 - 7
Hell Hound 2
Alecto
Xox (green) -17
Holmes -9
Jilla -9
Bahram -14
Adowyn moves towards Xox and fires an arrow at it.
Leryn picks up his new stick and follows Adowyn.
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In the midst of chopping into his foe's shoulder, and getting slashed across his own face in return, Bahram seems oddly calm. As if he is just sitting down to have a conversation with a colleague.
"Ah! So we just need to literally walk backwards the way we came to exit this place? What about the pool? Anything special there? Hungh!"
Bahram's question is capped off with another mighty swing.
In the midst of chopping into his foe's shoulder, and getting slashed across his own face in return, Bahram seems oddly calm. As if he is just sitting down to have a conversation with a colleague.
"Ah! So we just need to literally walk backwards the way we came to exit this place? What about the pool? Anything special there? Hungh!"
Bahram's question is capped off with another mighty swing.
[dice=+1 Axe]1d20 + 7
[dice=dmg]1d20 + 4 +1
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In the midst of chopping into his foe's shoulder, and getting slashed across his own face in return, Bahram seems oddly calm. As if he is just sitting down to have a conversation with a colleague.
"Ah! So we just need to literally walk backwards the way we came to exit this place? What about the pool? Anything special there? Hungh!"
Bahram's question is capped off with another mighty swing.
[dice=+1 Axe]1d20 + 7
[dice=dmg]1d20 + 4 +1
lol! I'll fix that, thanks. Funny that it rolled a 12.
[dice=dmg]1d12 + 4 + 1
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At the very end of his magical strength Relgar attempts to dazzle the final opponent with a burst of light.
Flare spell, fortitude dc 15 or Xox will be dazzled for 1 minute.
@Jack - It depends on your point of view. As you already knew the outcome for the d20 roll I would say 1 in 12. What is more important is that 12 is the maximum damage possible for the axe. Good job. :)
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The party surround the last remaining hunter and chop them down. Xox fights to the bitter end and dies with a smile on their strange, bestial face. Snow begins to softly fall on the dead and dying hunters as the season changes into winter.
The party then notices some stirring over where Clortho is lying in the snow
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"There is nothing that builds comraderie like dying together. New life means a new start. I just wish Daisag could be here for this, that monkey faced jerk. Oh well. Her loss." Clortho rolls his head toward the direction of the Pathfinders. "You know how to get out of here, right? Just walk backwards. Now, could one of you do the honor of finishing me off? The sooner I die the sooner I can get back to the hunt."
Adowyn draws her longsword as she walks to where Clortho lies and grants his wish.
"Hmph. It's not enough that we're beat up and tired, but now we have to walk backwards all the way to the pool. We got the colors? Everyone here and ready?"
If everyone is ready, Bahram will begin the backwards trek.
"Didn't we grab an extra bag or two? Wonder what we do with those."
"I say we take every bag back to make sure we have the right one. If Azure is willing he can bring back the bags that aren't his and return them here or do whatever with them."
Adowyn is ready to start the backward walk to the portal.
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Gregor flies back to Relgar landing on his shoulder and he merges with the sorcerer appearing as a colourful tattoo on the gnome's neck. Relgar suspects that the adventure is pretty well over but as his wounds are still aching he draws forth a scroll of Infernal Healing and waits for the appropriate season (not spring) to cast the spell upon himself. He adjusts his equipment to be plunged into the cold water once again.
@GM Badblood - 10 hit points healed.
"Well, time to get back even if we all have to walk backwards."
The gnome shakes his head.
"Those people were hard core. Pranks and shenanigans I can handle but this whole cycle of death and rebirth followed by endless hunting in this strange place is just a little too much for me. Perhaps the gnomes wandering over into Golarion was not the worst thing after all."
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While all of the bags seem to contain something, most of them don't seem to have anything inside them. But three of the bags are unique.
One is obviously Azure's pigments, as this bag is spilling over with rainbow colors. When someone dips their hands into the bag their fingers emerge covered in multicolored ink; but if they think of a specific object or color paint of that specific tint comes out. All the pigments fade away after a few minutes.
Another bag is covered in fur and shakes and growls when it is handled. When someone reaches in, they feel something warm and furry, but about the same size and shape as a large apple.
Finally, there is one bag that is larger than the rest and seems to be stuffed to capacity. When its opened up the party can hear the sounds of a hunting horn, followed by panpipes, joyful cheering and raucous laughter. The voices all seem to belong to different members of the Wild Hunt, including the vanayara archer the Pathfinders encountered by the frozen lake.
The party walks backwards through the woods and within five minutes they have reached the frozen lake. Just as they did before, they have to enter the water withershins and turned about before emerging on the other side. When they emerge in the Material Plane, they see that Jamila and Falbin are finishing up a ritual to seal the Breach.
Azure runs up to the Pathfinders excitedly. "Oh blue skies, you've all returned safely! Do you have my pigments? You must tell me about everything you saw there!"
Adowyn will join Bahram in supplying the details of the opponents the PCs fought, especially the Wild Hunt, and what they saw/felt.
[dice=Well]d6
"I am glad to back here in Golorian where things make sense and if you want to run away you can and not by walking backwards!"
"Indeed, it appears running away is your specialty. I don't think Venture Captain Brackett, or any other Venture Captain, will think much of your conduct."
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Everyone notices that they also received the items back that they marked as gifts; except that all of them are a little odd.
Jilla's rolling pin slips out of her hands and starts rolling down away from her. As it hits the ground, it begins to let out a cry just that sounds just like an infant and does not stop until she rocks it gently.
Holmes' pen is noticely larger and when he touches it several tiny, blinking eyes sprout along the stem. Luckily they make any noise and they just shut when he touches them with his finger.
Alecto's holy symbol is not changed much; except that it now emits a mild pine smell.
Relgar's lucky chestnut looks the same, but when he holds the little nut it emits a stream of iridescent bubbles that float a few feet above him before popping.
Adowyn's flask of acid coos and giggles like a baby when she holds it. The sound is pleasant and its a pity its such a fragile object.
Jack's ring doesn't seem to be changed, but when he takes it off and places it in the palm of his hand, it begins to slowly rotate counter clockwise on its own.