Sylvia manages a brief nod to Itka as she adjusts her glasses and sends her skeleton to the rune of death to try and finish off the hawk.
Sylvia focuses her magics on embiggening Thrass.
AC 17; Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +5
HP 16 (negative healing); Immunities death effects, disease, mental, paralyzed, poison, unconscious; Resistances cold 5, electricity 5, fire 5, piercing 5, slashing 5
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Thrass critically strikes one of the rats twice before backing up. Kamil takes the opportunity to finish it off.
Celestia calls upon more blessings to aid Itka, Kamil, and Thrass.
Sylvia commands the skeleton to slice the other rat. The fetid fumes weaken its aim, but not by enough to matter.
She then focuses her embiggening energies on Thrass, and he rapidly expands in height, weight and mass.
Itka scares the Zephyr Hawk before blasting it with another projectile.
The remaining rat scampers up to Kamil, obscuring both of them in nauseous smoke. Even with the rune's protection, the rat finds a critical weakpoint in his stance and chomps hard. He's thankful for the Fire Resistance.
"Barbecue chicken would be wonderful, thank you..." Lashweather pulls out an ink quill and continues scribbling in his book.
The flash flood comes to an abrupt halt as two sharks made of water wash into the observatory. Azu realizes he has a chance to attack before they gain their footing and attack.
Was the observatory always this dusty? Small pockets of mud are suddenly apparent throughout the room.
Azu (Gravity Weapon)
Zephyr Hawk (Yellow-White 26 damage, Frightened 1, Evil eyed)
Brine Sharks (Flatfooted)
Thrass (Barkskin, Blessed, Enlarged)
Celestia (Bless 10ft, Shield)
Kamil (3 Temp HP, Fire Resist 5, See Invisibility, Haste, Blessed, 1d4 Persistent Fire)
Sylvia (8 damage, Blood Vendetta reaction, Skeletal Champion is Sickened 1, Guidanced)
Itka (Blessed, Evil eye on Yellow-White)
Cinder Rats (Concealed, Red-White 5 damage)
Azu destroys the other hawk with a well placed hammer before turning his attention to one of the sharks. He knocks it prone with another weapon before focusing all his attention upon it.
The shark aligns itself to recover its balance before swimming up to Azu and trying to bite him.
The other one swims right up to Celestia. The first chomp seems more like a playful nibble before it makes a critical lunge for her leg. She holds her magical shield close by and wonders if she should sacrifice it to absorb the blow.
Azu (Gravity Weapon, Hunt Prey: Blue-white shark)
Brine Sharks (Blue-white 24 damage)
Thrass (Barkskin, Blessed, Enlarged)
Celestia (Bless 10ft, Shield, Can Shield Block 30 damage)
Kamil (3 Temp HP, Fire Resist 5, See Invisibility, Haste, Blessed, 1d4 Persistent Fire)
Sylvia (8 damage, Blood Vendetta reaction, Skeletal Champion is Sickened 1, Guidanced)
Itka (Blessed, Evil eye on Yellow-White)
Cinder Rats (Concealed, Red-White 5 damage)
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"Thanks Azu! I nearly got fried there-Whoa!" He can barely finish his sentence before Sylvia's magic takes hold and he doubles in size.
"This is amazing. Thank you, whoever did this!"
He aims his feet down and his kicks now turn into stomps, hopefully flattening the sharks beneath his giant feet.
He then realises Celestia is pretty hurt. His giant claws are no good for first aid anymore, but he does have some magical help. He reaches down and tries to pat her on the back (hopefully in a non-weird way). His gloves start to shimmer and magic pours into Celestia.
Celestia takes all the damage from the shark before giving some back. Thrass gets to stomp on the shark twice before healing some of her wounds.
Kamil holds his fortitude and critically slices the rat before applying a fine follow-up to flay the fink.
The rat's burn continues to tickle his resistances.
Azu (Gravity Weapon, Hunt Prey: Blue-white shark)
Brine Sharks (Blue-white 24 damage, Blue-Black 35 damage)
Thrass (Barkskin, Blessed, Enlarged)
Celestia (Bless 15ft, 17 damage)
Kamil (3 Temp HP, Fire Resist 5, See Invisibility, Haste, Blessed, 1d4 Persistent Fire)
Sylvia (8 damage, Blood Vendetta reaction, Skeletal Champion is Sickened 1, Guidanced, Blessed)
Itka (Blessed)
Lightning arcs from Sylvia, flying towards both sharks.
Then motions for her skeleton to go finish it one off.
Sylvia's electricity and the skeleton's blade combine to shatter the shark. Not wanting to be left out, Itka finishes off her own shark.
"Lumki, more ground coffee." Lashweather sticks one arm to his side, his hands expecting some kind of mug.
The observatory ground rumbles as the dirt swirls around the ground and builds up into two quadrupeds the size of a large watermelon. They howl at Lashweather.
"Oh, fine, let it percolate. I'm not busy unlocking the secrets of the stars or anything." He grumbles and returns his hands to the book.
Azu (Gravity Weapon, Hunt Prey: Blue-white shark)
Thrass (Barkskin, Blessed, Enlarged)
Sod Hounds
Celestia (Bless 15ft, 17 damage)
Kamil (3 Temp HP, Fire Resist 5, See Invisibility, Haste, Blessed, 1d4 Persistent Fire)
Sylvia (8 damage, Blood Vendetta reaction, Skeletal Champion is Sickened 1, Guidanced, Blessed)
Itka (Blessed)
Azu's well aimed throws obliterate one of the sod hounds before they get a chance to act.
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Thrass steps forward, leaving the empowering constellations, then stomps the beasts back into the ground. But now he finally gets to stand on the Fire constellation!
As soon as he steps on the Fire constellation, he realises his mistake: his wooden body does not play well with the power of the constellation, and he misses. warmth shoot out in literal fireballs as his kicks connect to the creature. He then steps back into the safety of the other two runes.
Thrass stomps the Sod Hound twice before the hound reclaims its wits. Then it burrows into the observatory before emerging in front of him and biting back.
Nibbling his leg, the Sod Hound tries to knock him down, but Thrass holds upright.
Azu (Gravity Weapon)
Thrass (Barkskin, Blessed, Enlarged, 7 damage)
Sod Hounds (29 damage)
Celestia (Bless 15ft, 17 damage)
Kamil (3 Temp HP, Fire Resist 5, See Invisibility, Haste, Blessed, 1d4 Persistent Fire)
Sylvia (8 damage, Blood Vendetta reaction, Skeletal Champion is Sickened 1, Guidanced, Blessed)
Itka (Blessed)
Sylvia fires off a black ray from beyond the grave at the sodhound.
You fire a ray of sickening energy. Make a spell attack roll.
Critical Success The target becomes sickened 2 and slowed 1 as long as it's sickened.
Success The target becomes sickened 1.
Failure The target is unaffected.
The skeleton the heads over to the fire rune and attacks.
Sylvia and Itka's efforts destroy the last Sod Hound before it can harass anyone else.
"Oh! Here it is. I could use some warm toast..." Lashweather pulls out a magnifying glass. "I've almost figured it out, one moment..."
Celestia and Kamil have a moment to prepare.
Azu (Gravity Weapon, Guidance)
Thrass (Barkskin, Blessed, Enlarged, 7 damage)
Sod Hounds (29 damage)
Celestia (Bless 15ft, 17 damage)
Kamil (3 Temp HP, Fire Resist 5, See Invisibility, Haste, Blessed, 1d4 Persistent Fire)
Sylvia (8 damage, Blood Vendetta reaction, Skeletal Champion is Sickened 1, Guidanced, Blessed)
Itka (Blessed)
The flames tickle Kamil some more as he raises a magical barrier.
Two more very confused rats appear, engulfed in smoke and flame.
Azu (Gravity Weapon, Guidance)
Thrass (Barkskin, Blessed, Enlarged, 7 damage)
Celestia (Bless 20ft, 1 damage, Shield)
Kamil (3 Temp HP, Shield, Ready Attack, Fire Resist 5, See Invisibility, Haste, Blessed, 1d4 Persistent Fire)
Sylvia (8 damage, Blood Vendetta reaction, Skeletal Champion is Sickened 1, Guidanced, Blessed)
Itka (Blessed)
Cinder Rats (Flat-footed)
Thrass punts the rat out the window where it disintegrates into ash.
One very confused rat remains.
Sylvia holds her breath for a moment.
Panicking for a moment due to the adjacent rat Sylvia reaches out and attempts to suck in its very life force.
Basic Fort DC 22 24 vs Vampiric Touch
Sylvia then holds her ground and sends her sickened skeleton into the bless to try and finish it off.
Azu doesn't critically hit the remaining rat, but...
One of his hammers hits the rat.
Sylvia takes a chance and squeezes the rat.
She feels some of its energy now hers to absorb.
The skeleton enters the fog and swings at the rat.
Azu (Gravity Weapon, Guidance)
Thrass (Barkskin, Blessed, Enlarged, 5 damage)
Celestia (Bless 20ft, 1 damage, Shield)
Kamil (3 Temp HP, Shield, Ready Attack, Fire Resist 5, See Invisibility, Haste, Blessed, 1d4 Persistent Fire)
Sylvia (8 damage, 6 Temp HP, Blood Vendetta reaction, Skeletal Champion is Sickened 1, Blessed)
Itka (Blessed)
Cinder Rats (34 damage, Flat-footed)
Itka and Celestia destroy the last rat, only to see more smoke and dirt flow into the observatory, forming a veritable army of elemental critters.
The elemental creatures wane and falter as they break up into their prime components, swirling around Lashweather before he hurls them into the night sky and laughs uncontrollably. "YES! I've done it! I am one with the stars! Bouldstrom said I couldn't do it, but now who's laughing! HAHAHAHA!"
He turns around. "Oh. You're still here. Good news, everyone! The Cho'aatan was a success! I will only need a few hours to compile my results. Then, after a good night's rest, I will join the Pathfinder Society during their trade negotiation. Or, whatever you needed me to to do. Take this reward."
He hands one of you a >diplomat’s badge< as thanks.
"Now, I'll see you tomorrow. Toodles!" He waves you off before turning back to his book and his sky.
The hatch opens just in time for Lumki to emerge with a pot of coffee, a jar of fig jam and several slices of toast. "The professor always gets hungry..."
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"Ooh, jam and fish, lovely!" Thrass stomps around a bit before realising he is still large and is knocking everything over. He sits down into lotus position and waits until the magic wears off.
"Well done everyone. I'm not sure what we did exactly, but it seems the professor is happy with it. I'd offer to help bandage people up, but I'm a bit uncoordinated at the moment." He unhooks a fish from his belt, the fish now the size of a medium-sized dog, grabs a knife between thumb and forefinger, and carefully starts spreading jam on the fish.
Lumki nods. "There are two ways to get his attention: reading the stars and a chance to mock his rival. Tomorrow he gets to do the latter."
As you leave the observatory, you notice a group of athletic iruxi grumbling about themselves. One of them spots you. "Ah, perfect! The outsiders. My name is Leilin, star of the Ekkeshikaar Dunkers. Could you help us practice?"
The locals lead the way to a large building, built from stone at the bottom, but with an enormous glass dome covering the top. Inside is a sophisticated arena with rising stands on the outside surrounding fenced-off pens for standing crowds to watch at ground level, and in the middle a large, muddy oval set to house the main attraction. Today, the crowd is relatively small—only about a quarter of the stands are filled with cheering Iruxi who watch as a number of giant, lumbering lizards are led onto the arena floor.
"Ah, there you are. We could use your help." It doesn't take long for the iruxi spectators to crowd around you. We need practice against... unorthodox players like you. We must defend ourselves against the Globetrotters." As the athlete mentions the name, the crowd hushes.
"Astrologers believe they travel across Golarion. No, they travel beyond the planes, to new worlds! They have defeated us every time they arrive, staking their claim of absolutely nothing!" The iruxi stamps her foot against the hard earth. "This year, they have challenged us to a game of Exuto, and it is due next week.."[/b
[b]"Exuto is a beloved sport where you ride massive lizards and direct them to knock a ball into your opponent's side of the field. Were this another iruxi team I would crush them easily, but the Globetrotters are so unorthodox. We must think outside the box."
"We need to practice against unorthodox opponents. Like yourselves. Can you participate in a practice game?"
"Thank you. Let me show you how you can help." Some of the teammates enter the arena atop the backs of large lizards. Leilin points to them. "This is an ankylosaurus. Mind the tail and its feet. I've seen too many rookies fall off underneath its feet." She shakes her head. "Stay on for as long as possible."
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Feeling cocky after the last fight, Thrass is happy to help out. "Sure, this seems fun. Let's see how I can help."
When they bring out the anykolsauruses, Thrass's jaw drops. "Er... You see, the trick is..." he looks around, looking for inspiration, then his eyes fall on the fish at his belt. "Ah, yes, the trick is twofold. Maybe threefold, I dunno. But part of any team exercise is bonding with your teammates. Trust in your mount and they will trust you. See?"
Thrass grabs another fish from his belt and offers it to the ankylosaurus. If the dinosaur doesn't accept it, he will look for something else the beast would like to eat.
Only afterwards does he climb onto the beast's back. "The second trick is anticipating your partner's movements. Like this." Thrass tries a sitting version of the crane stance, raising his arms high for balance. "By spreading my arms out like this, I can distribute my weight as the dino shifts, anticipating and counteracting their movements."
Sylvia adjusts her glasses but decides to stay out of the dinosaur infested mud.
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Celestia eyes up the ankylosaurus. Oh, okay, why not. I'll give it a go. How many do you need for a team anyway?
Her robes are probably not the best outfit for riding and she ends up hitching up the hem a bit once she is on the dinosaur.
Unless anyone else wants it, she is also wearing the diplomat badge
Thrass offers a fish to the ankylosaur. The beast sniffs his hand and almost chomps it off along with the fish. The ride seems a bit more calm, at least for now.
He gets on, and Celestia also hops on her own animal. The ankylosaurs seem startled and bounce back and forth, but the riders are able to maintain their grip.
"Excellent!" Leilin claps as the audience cheers. "Keep it up!"