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Brother Caellus, having full view of Dalsine for a couple of rounds now, notices that the mannerisms of his posture, the laugh, his gaze, all seem as if they are repeating themselves exactly. The lack of any reaction to Lugrok's thrown book, nor any retort, he also finds unusual.
Aside from the blood and the book, the stairs appear covered with an ornately designed rug, without appearance of anything suspicious.
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As Gronak's swing connects with Dalsine he realizes it wasn't a Mirror Image but a Minor Image as his swing passes through the illusion.
As the now discovered image of Chalfon Dalsine fades from the top of the stairs Gronak feels a metallic object piercing their gut, with a burst of electricity at the same time (for electric and piercing damage). A man with a face, sharing that which was previously at the top of the stairs grinning widely, appears suddenly after his invisible strike finds it's mark.
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The instant the electricity stops arcing through Gronak's convulsing oversize form, Brother Caellus hand reaches out and grasps his falling companion, the healing energies just barely offsetting the immense damage done to him. Gronak collapses to the floor unconscious, but still breathing, though smoke wisps from his nose, ears, and mouth, the smell of burnt flesh quite apparent to all.
Round 4
Wrofyx
Urk
Brother Caellus
Dalsine
Gronak (-10hp, stable)
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Round 5
Lugrok (Produce flame active)
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Chalfon's grin widens, and he begins laughing similarly to what his illusion was doing during the previous battle, when the party arrived, just much shorter. "You see! Even size doesn't matter, I...shall...rule!"
As Urk moves in to attack, Dalsine deftly avoids the spiked snout. "Ah, it looks like I'll be having bacon with my supper this evening!"
Shocking grasp
falls short of its mark,
does find it's mark for and
"Smells wonderful, don't you think?" Chalfon adds with glee.
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Round 5
Lugrok (Produce flame active)
Wrofyx
Urk (2hp remaining)
Brother Caellus
Dalsine
Gronak (-8hp, stable)
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The ball of flame strikes Dalsine mid-laugh, causing him to abruptly halt, as he finds a smoking hole in his tunic along with the smell of his now partly burnt flesh. He turns his attention towards the Half-orc below still holding a ball of flame in his hand, and sneers "How dare you! You've become the next to fall!"
Round 5
Wrofyx (Inspire Courage)
Urk (2hp remaining)
Brother Caellus
Dalsine (9hps damage)
Gronak (-8hp, stable)
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Round 6
Lugrok (Produce flame active)
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Seeing Urk severely wounded by Chalfon's rapier-magic Wrofyx moves up the stairs, next to Gronak and Urk, then casts Grease upon the handle of Dalsine's rapier. and Dalsine's rapier slips from his grasp and falls to the ground!
Chalfon's eyes widen as he looks between the burn on his tunic and his weapon lying on the ground next to him.
Wrofyx continues his comedic performance
Round 5
Urk (2hp remaining)
Brother Caellus
Dalsine (9hps damage, disarmed)
Gronak (-8hp, stable)
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Round 6
Lugrok (Produce flame active)
Wrofyx (Inspire Courage)
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Dalsine momentarily looks towards Wrofyx, "Rrr, you got lucky!"
With a fancy shuffle of footwork, Chalfon easily avoids Urk's follow up.
He attempts to pick up his rapier but he is unable to do so.
Dalsine then casts another spell
for
He then recovers one of his spent spells
"Keep trying! There's more where that came from!" Chalfon says with delight.
The burnt flesh on Gronak has partially healed and he is smoking a little less.
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Round 6
Lugrok (Produce flame active)
Wrofyx (Inspire Courage)
Urk (6hp remaining)
Brother Caellus
Dalsine (9hps damage, disarmed)
Gronak (-8hp, stable)
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In the process of avoiding Urk's attack, Chalfon also manages to avoid Lugrok's second ball of flame. Gronak's wounds continue closing with aid from Wrofyx, an unconscious gasp for air can be heard escaping his lips.
Round 6
Urk (6hp remaining)
Brother Caellus
Dalsine (9hps damage, disarmed)
Gronak (-2hp, stable)
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Round 7
Lugrok
Wrofyx (Inspire Courage)
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Caellus lets Shelyn's grace fill him, and channels it into healing his friends.
He then steps around Dalsine, keeping his shillelagh ready to club Dalsine if he goes for his rapier again.
"Give it up, Dalsine! Even if you somehow defeat all of us, you've been unmasked. Your own guards gave you up, and the lady who was here had an entourage as well. Planning on killing all of Absalom?"
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Dasline glances back at Caellus, "All of Absalom? Why no, just the Pathfinder Society as it exists today!" He cackles again, "And you can not stop me."
Seeing the ease at which he has been able to avoid being hit, Chalfon attempts to reacquire his rapier, despite still covered in grease "Curses!" he spits towards Wrofyx.
Caellus swing comes up well short, scraping the carpeted floor.
Urk thought he found an opening but his gore is stopped by an field/shield of force that shimmers at the contact.
Noticing how close Urk was to connecting he begins to cast defensively "Heere little piggy, this is for you!" as he reaches out with his finger, sparking flying.
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Just like Gronak an explosion of electricity flows across and through Urk, causing uncontrolled convulsions of every muscle in his body, before slumping to the ground, well charred and smoldering.
Chalfon then recalls a spell
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Round 7
Lugrok
Wrofyx (Inspire Courage)
Urk (-24hp, extra crispy)
Brother Caellus (5hp remaining)
Dalsine (8hps damage, disarmed)
Gronak (-1hp, stable)
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Wrofyx screams as Urk falls "Ní h-Urcach, bás thú a bhata fealltach". He taps Gronak with his wand
He then moves into a flanking position, making sure to draw the AoO so Gronak may grab his weapon, grabbing his crowbar to use as an improviesed club as he does so.
"Gronak, he killed Urk, take this S.O.B out"
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Somewhat distracted by Lugrok's axe swing, similarly bouncing off the field
Gronak Regains consciousness
Round 7
Brother Caellus (5hp remaining)
Dalsine (8hps damage, disarmed)
Gronak (8hps, prone)
Urk (-24hp, extra crispy)
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Round 8
Lugrok
Wrofyx (Inspire Courage)
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Gleeful as he was after thoroughly cooking his mid-afternoon snack, Brother Caellus penetrates the shield of force, connecting solidly with his staff, a resounding crack emanates from Chalfon's mouth in the process. A look of bewilderment crosses Dalsine's face as he spits out several teeth back at Caellus.
Seeing that Gronak has been receiving healing spells, Chalfon figures he needs to knock someone down before retrieving his blade and begins fuming (and bleeding) from his mouth and looses his shocking grasp spell! He then makes a grab for his rapier and again, it slips from his fingers!
Feeling like he's beside himself, no longer laughing, Dalsine performs his last spell recall of the day.
Gronak (8hps, prone)
Urk (-24hp, extra crispy)
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Round 8
Lugrok
Wrofyx (Inspire Courage)
Brother Caellus (5hp remaining)
Dalsine (19hps damage, disarmed)
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Gronak rolls over, groaning and working to quickly gather his senses. The gnome’s words snap him to attention, and he glares at Dalsine. The already large man stands to his full height. He grins as the man fumbles with his sword, and reaches out with large, armored hands.
”There is no use in fighting Dalsine! You are done!”
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Seeing that his friends appear to have the situation well at hand at this point, Wrofyx will just hold his threatening position ready to swing with his crowbar should the guy be dumb enough to start casting again.
"Nice swing Lugrok, crush his ribs Gronak" The Gnome is so broken up over what has happened to his 4-legged friend that he can even come up with a bad joke at this moment. So he just offers some words of encouragement.
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With a mighty blow, by half-orc standards, Lugrok deals the decisive blow to end the life of this wretched evil-doer. "It's too late!" Chalfon sputters, the last of his leaves his body. "My associates will ensure *cough* the downfall of the Pathfinder Society!" And at that, he is quite dead.
A search of his body reveals (of note) a +1 chain shirt, and a signet ring bearing the emblem of a dark, wispy flame, and his
After a thorough search of the premises, the party is able to locate the items Muesello sent you to locate. With these returned to the Pathfinder Society, there is no longer a known link between them and the Dawnflower Blossoms of Taldor.
Also located is a diary Dalsine kept noting the events of his life, including being brought into the fold of the Shadow Lodge, the Faceless Stalkers he worked alongside (having them placed in "beneficial positions" throughout the Society and Taldor.
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The battle done, Wrofyx will kick the corpse a few times while cursing him out in gnomish. "Maith thú, a Sheáin. Bhí Urk ina laoch i measc fear agus torc araon. Tá súil agam go bhfuil tú ag lobhadh i ngach cineál ifreann atá ann."
He then turns to his Orc friend with tears streaming down his face "I'm so sorry Lugrok. But I have some gold put away that I will happily donate to help bring Urk back to us."
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Watches the last light of life leave Dalsines body, his anger subsiding as his body trembles at the realization of what has happened.
Leaving his axe embedded in the body, he turned to face his long time friend, Urk, and kneels down to cradle his brothers body in his arms. His eyes seem sad; the loss obvious. He hears Wrofyxs words, but seems lost in his pain to fully comprehend them right now.
"Not lost, brother. Not lost. Back you will come. Return to family."
The half orc hugs his porcine brother close once more before standing and carrying his body outside.
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Gronak also deflates, down to his more modest medium sized form. He drops the body of Dalsine to the grounds, groaning as the pain finally overtakes him.
”Did I die? I really felt like I was gone for a moment there.”
He recovers his sword and wand, passing off his curing wand to Brother Caellus for some healing. He eventually peruses Dalsine’s spellbook as the party searches through the room.