PFS(2) 4-14: Shattering Golden Chains (Inactive)

Game Master Blake's Tiger

DC 26 Refl: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13 I VOLUNTEER THIS HERO POINT AS TRIBUTE
DC 26 Refl: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30 YAAS

While the thousand cuts hurt, none are deep enough to slice a main artery.

"I'm not much for the arty stuff, but I can do something about that injury."

Battle Medicine on Hampton, Expert: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24

HEaled!: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (5, 4) + 10 = 19

She moves to Hampton if necessary.

She puts up a magical shield of her own.

flat check: 1d20 ⇒ 15

Ref (T), clumsy: 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (18) + 8 - 1 = 25 Curse you, Clumsy!

DANCE!? Knights never DANCE. I'll string your shredded wings on my lance!

The tiny knight flies into a rage, then skewers the swarm with his lance!

Ghost Touch Striking Lance +1, Rage: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27
P, Raging: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (1, 7) + 10 = 18
Deadly: 1d10 ⇒ 10

Precious might be mad but he's not stupid… he mo ves out of the swarm and glares at them.

Flat: 1d20 ⇒ 4
Bleed: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6

108-50-6+10=62HP

Olov Slashes at the swarming birds with his falchion, the retreats out of the swarm beside Thimble. "May the Dawnflower ease your pain, brother" he says, laying a glowing hand upon the tiny knight's shoulder, infusing it with a feeling of cleansing warmth that spreads throughout the poppet's body.

◆Strike, ◆Stride out of hazard, ◆Cast lay on hands.

Falchion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30
Slashing: 2d10 + 6 ⇒ (7, 6) + 6 = 19

Flat check to cast spell: 1d20 ⇒ 19

Thimble heals for 18 and gets +2 Status to AC for 1 round.

Precious courageous puts himself forward and stabs his lance at the paper birds. They prove hard to skewer (hardness 14).

Unusk moves forward to heal Hampton and then concentrates enough through the raging storm to invoke her own magical shield.

Olov slashes at the magical paper birds. They tatter readily under his blade (hardness does not apply to slashing). He is also able to concentrate through the storm enough to heal Precious.

Go Back! Round 1. Bold may act.

Effects: -2 to Perception and ranged attacks.
Fire effects fail.
Casters must succeed a DC 6 flat check or lose the spell.

Disable Options:
Crafting (trained) DC 26: swiftly make beautiful flying objects to join and complement the flock of paper birds.
Acrobatics (untrained) DC 28: join the flock in its dance.
Performance (trained) DC 26 (21 if you use a flute): join the flock in music or dance.
Three (3) successes required.

Ithuriel
Hampton (54/56 hp)
Trap (-23 hp)
Precious (76+4/108 hp) (+2 status AC) (bleed 2d6)
Unusk (shield)
Olov
Bella

Go Back! Round 1-2. Bold may act.

Effects: -2 to Perception and ranged attacks.
Fire effects fail.
Casters must succeed a DC 6 flat check or lose the spell.

Disable Options:
Crafting (trained) DC 26: swiftly make beautiful flying objects to join and complement the flock of paper birds.
Acrobatics (untrained) DC 28: join the flock in its dance.
Performance (trained) DC 26 (21 if you use a flute): join the flock in music or dance.
Three (3) successes required.

Trap (-23 hp)
Precious (76+4/108 hp) (+2 status AC) (bleed 2d6)
Unusk (shield)
Olov
Bella
--2--
Ithuriel
Hampton (54/56 hp)

Ithuriel raises his staff, slowly looping it around to try and mesmerize and gain control of the birds. (Or at least look like he is.)

Performance: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

Ithuriel feels like he almost had it for a moment.

You have 1 more action left, if you'd like to use it.

Go Back! Round 1-2. Bold may act.

Effects: -2 to Perception and ranged attacks.
Fire effects fail.
Casters must succeed a DC 6 flat check or lose the spell.

Disable (2-actions) Options:
Crafting (trained) DC 26: swiftly make beautiful flying objects to join and complement the flock of paper birds.
Acrobatics (untrained) DC 28: join the flock in its dance.
Performance (trained) DC 26 (21 if you use a flute): join the flock in music or dance.
Three (3) successes required.

Trap (-23 hp)
Precious (76+4/108 hp) (+2 status AC) (bleed 2d6)
Unusk (shield)
Olov
Bella
--2--
Ithuriel
Hampton (54/56 hp)

Hampton tries to join the dance. And by "join the dance" he means slash at the paper birds with his slashing weapons. (It's a sort of dance, no?)

He draws one blade and strikes in a single fluid motion.
+1 shortsword: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13
slashing: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

He draws his second blade, which appears mundane at first but instantly shines with the same dweomer as its twin once in Hampton's hand.
+1 shortsword: 1d20 + 11 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 11 - 4 = 21
slashing: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Stride (I presume), Quick Draw ◈, Quick Draw ◈.

Bella-bot, being rather cunny and wise, assesses their skills to be inadequate to the current moment and retreats in a different direction than the others.

They then call upon their deity's power to shield Hampton from the flock of paper cuts.

Flat DC 6: 1d20 ⇒ 19

<> Stride
<><> Cast forbidding ward

Hampton finds the paper birds difficult to pin down.

The flute's music, which you can hear despite the raging rain storm, increases in tempo, and the paper birds weave rapidly around Unusk, Precious, and Hampton. This time, despite her magical shield, Unusk is slashed by paper cut upon paper cut.

Precious and Hampton manage to protect themselves.

Go Back! Round 2-3. Bold may act.

Effects: -2 to Perception and ranged attacks.
Fire effects fail.
Casters must succeed a DC 6 flat check or lose the spell.

Disable (2-actions) Options:
Crafting (trained) DC 26: swiftly make beautiful flying objects to join and complement the flock of paper birds.
Acrobatics (untrained) DC 28: join the flock in its dance.
Performance (trained) DC 26 (21 if you use a flute): join the flock in music or dance.
Three (3) successes required.

Environment: Door is closed but unlocked.

Trap (-23 hp)
Precious (76+4/108 hp) (bleed 2d6)
Unusk (-23 hp vs. -13 hp if shield blocked) (Reflex DC 26 vs. 2d6 Bleed)
Olov
Bella
--3--
Ithuriel
Hampton (54/56 hp)

Having had a moment to size up the situation, Olov mutters a prayer to Sarenrae, surrounding himself with a protective glow before charging back into the birds, hacking at them with his Falchion.

◆Cast shield, ◆Stride, ◆Strike.

Flat check for shield: 1d20 ⇒ 8

Falchion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17
Slashing: 2d10 + 6 ⇒ (3, 7) + 6 = 16

Falchion (HERO POINT): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14

Olov's fierce falchion finds the fast flying paper birds difficult to strike.

Go Back! Round 2-3. Bold may act.

Effects: -2 to Perception and ranged attacks.
Fire effects fail.
Casters must succeed a DC 6 flat check or lose the spell.

Disable (2-actions) Options:
Crafting (trained) DC 26: swiftly make beautiful flying objects to join and complement the flock of paper birds.
Acrobatics (untrained) DC 28: join the flock in its dance.
Performance (trained) DC 26 (21 if you use a flute): join the flock in music or dance.
Three (3) successes required.

Environment: Door is closed but unlocked.

Trap (-23 hp)
Precious (76+4/108 hp) (bleed 2d6)
Unusk (-23 hp vs. -13 hp if shield blocked) (Reflex DC 26 vs. 2d6 Bleed)
Olov
Bella
--3--
Ithuriel
Hampton (54/56 hp)

Hampton dives back in against the paper bird menace, slashing...

+1 shortsword: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14
slashing: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

...then bustling into the hedgerow.

This is not exactly how I had planned to spend my morning...

Stride, Strike, Stride.

Unusk's Reflex (E): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20

Unusk does not block with shield.

Unusk slashes at the birds twice, then retreats. On her first attack, she places her free hand on the sword to give it extra power.

+1 striking scimitar, dual-handed assault: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19
ouch!: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (7, 1) + 4 = 12

Hero Point Reroll

+1 striking scimitar, dual-handed assault: 1d20 + 16 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 16 + 1 = 31

+1 striking scimitar, forceful: 1d20 + 16 - 5 ⇒ (6) + 16 - 5 = 17
ouch!: 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1, 3) + 4 + 2 = 10

bleed: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 3) = 8
Flat check vs bleed: 1d20 ⇒ 15

Hampton leaps back into the flock of birds valiantly, but Fasiel clearly put more money into his traps than his locks. The half-elf finds the birds as hard to strike as Olov.

Unusk slashes at the birds with her scimitar. She sheers the animated folded paper creations in a wide swath. Suddenly, the flute music and rain stops and the remainder of the paper birds fall to the ground. Most of them become sopping piles of paper.

"Oh," Safa pouts a moment as the birds they were dancing with fall away but then smiles and says. "Well, challenge overcome. That one still has some of the elemental essence. It will be useful in overcoming Fasiel's barrier." They point at a folded bird that managed to not land in a puddle and that still twitches occasionally with animating magic.

You hear a thump over in the hedges and can see something silver glinting in the returned sunlight.

Status

Precious (76+4/108 hp) (bleed 2d6)
Unusk (46/77 hp)
Hampton (54/56 hp)

Ithuriel lays his gentle hands upon the injured. "Razmir saw us through this obstacle. Of that I am sure. Please, accept his blessing to heal your wounds." He smiles reassuringly.

Cast Lay on Hands for 18 +1d6 for Healers Halo every 10 minutes.

"Let's take care of this bleeding injury first of all." He kneels down by Precious.

The divinely blessed tend to the wounds and after a short delay have everyone in fighting shape.

You collect the magical paper bird. The glinting metal in the hedges is a finely crafted silver flute with iconography from the elemental plane of air. Beautiful and valuable but not magical. Of the breath that played the flute or the voice that warned you away, there is no sign.

Healed and prepared, you search the door for another trap but none is apparent. Bracing for resistance, you open the door but find nothing waiting for you.

The foyer is pillared with elegant carpets and statues of noble, but subservient, genies. The entrance’s enormous double doors face a large statue. It depicts Fasiel, his towering figure sneering arrogantly down at onlookers. Large tapestries depicting battles between Qadira and Taldor emphasizing the use of genies now also feature the skelm commanding the battlefield.

Map Updated

Hampton steps in and goes to investigate the dinner statue to the right of the entrance.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

The smaller statue reveals no secrets. Spreading out and searching cautiously, you discover nothing of danger nor particular value to your cause. One odd detail is that the plaque underneath the statue of Fasiel reads Sulesh the Great.

Ithuriel recognizes the name as the best known and most hated genie binder in Casmaron's history. Clearly not Fasiel. The skelm must have had the statue altered.

None of the doors have locks or apparent traps.

I've labeled the doors A, B, C, D.

"Hmph, let's just pick a direction" Olov says, heading for door D.

Precious is grateful for the healing. Razmir sure must be a generous god!

He sticks the twitching bird on his helmet. He's always shivalous to his enemies. Never mind the birds kebobbed on his lance.

Inside, he looks around. He runs over to the rightmost door.

This door opens to reveal displays of different tools and methods genie-binders use to force recalcitrant genies to obey their commands. There is writing scrawled in charcoal on the floor near or bases of the displays. However, before you can consider or inspect the room, you hear the sound of movement from your left (east).

Display cases surround the hall to your left, framing a granite obelisk decorated with cartouches and hieroglyphs. The petrified wood of the walls and floors glitters with small quartzes. Several scarred Keleshites lounging in the chamber reach for weapons.

A rumbling voice from an armored shaitan seated behind the obelisk stills them. "Only fools rush to battle against an unknown foe." They carefully move another piece on a carefully laid out game of Kingmaker before standing. "I am Chaliz Farour, captain in the armies of the Sultana Ashadieeyah bint Khalid, and now servant to Fasiel ibn Sazadin. The master of this house commands me to best any who dare intrude, but I would know your names before our contest begins."

The tiny knight stands taller. I'm Sir Precious a real knight and knights always rush into battle. Is there a checkers board anywhere?

"I do not have one, do you?" the towering shaitan asks the diminutive knight.

"I am Olov, of hold Burning Sun" the orc says with a respectful nod of the head. "If we intruders you must best, then we shall meet your challenge, though we may be bested."

Chaliz Farour waits patiently for each of you to introduce yourselves. The mercenaries are frozen in position like painted miniatures in someone's game.

You are all quite certain that the use of the word best could be subverted to a challenge other than battle with the shaitan.

Ithuriel offers a small bow of his head. "I am the angel, Ithuriel. What contest do you propose?"

"I have pieces on my board already," Chaliz says with a broad gesture at the frozen mercenaries.

Hampton raises his right hand with his palm facing them in the traditional Osiriani greeting. I am Hampton Candlewood, Pathfinder and special envoy to the Society from the Risen Guard of the Ruby Prince. We accept your challenge, faithful guardian.

"Perhaps we need not come to a contest of blows? If you were to best us in a contest of chance, or perhaps a game of Kingmaker, would that fulfil your terms?"

"That would fulfill my instruction," Chaliz says with a nod. "It would be far more entertaining than commanding these unruly brigands in battle against you. You will need to give it your all. It would not count for you to simply let me win."

He waves his hand and the pieces on the kingmaker board reposition themselves into the starting squares.

"Who shall be your champion?" he asks. The poor, frozen brigands remain in their positions.

Games (or similar) Lore, Warfare Lore, or Society. Or Thievery to cheat to lose.

Of course I Sir Precious Thimble real actual knight am the champion, that is a Knight's shivalrous duty.

The tiny knight pole vaults onto the table with his lance.

He stands atop a teacup and pretends to be a battlefield general commanding phalanxes of troops and calvary, pointing here and there with a stirring-spoon.

He tries to puts up a fair fight without making it too obvious. If this was a real war I'd be down there in all the carnage, Chaliz. He taps his thimble helmet.

Precious Thimble's Warfare Lore (T): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

It is an amusing image to see the towering shaitan crouched over the human-sized kingmaker board while the toy knight stands on the edge of the board. The two wage an intense game of kingmaker. The pieces move at the direction of Chaliz's finger and Precious' spoon. The more pragmatic spectator might suspect that it was the shaitan who was making the pieces move in response to the poppet's instruction rather than any magic in the board. Precious is careful to make an appropriately worse choice every few moves so that the shaitan is able to slowly overcome his gambit.

"Ha!" the shaitan booms as he leaves the poppet with no more options. "It was a good game. You should not feel bad that you lost to a captain in the army of the Peerless Empire! I have bested you, the invaders, and my task is fulfilled." He snaps his fingers, releasing the mercenaries from his hold. They immediately grab their weapons and move to assault you. Interacting with genies truly is a double-edged sword.

Chaliz floats up and away from the conflict. Safa drifts over to join him, and the two begin chatting.

The three mercenaries apparently feel that they can handle you despite your numbers. After all, it is really just two orcs, a hunger, two men in robes, one of whom looks rather elderly, and a toy. Or they are perhaps already affected by the skelm's hatred and resentment and not particularly worried about the odds.

The brigand in a red vest reaches Precious before anyone else can react. He slashes the poppet with a rough swing of his sword. Precious easily parries the backswing.

The brigand in a blue vest dashes for the weakest looking of your group: the old man in robes. He drives his blade deep into Ithuriel's side (critical hit) and looks far too excited by the violence.

Round 1. Bold may act.

Environment: Furniture is 3 ft tall. White rectangles are closed doors.

Effects: - -

Battle Map

Everyone may have their weapons in hand except for Precious, who is holding his lance one-handed while holding a stirring spoon in the other.

Red
Yellow
Precious (97+10/108 hp)
Blue
Bella (44/44 hp)
Hampton (56/56 hp)
Ithuriel (10/32 hp)
Olov (67/67 hp)
Unusk (77/77 hp)

What kind of Shivalry is this?!

Precious screams, crushing the teachup as he grows in size, becoming ten feet tall.

Well… this is a game I like.

He doesn't have his lance in hand so he smacks the guy with the tiny spoon. Hard.

Tiny Teaspoon in a Large Gauntlet, Improvised Weapon vs Red: 1d20 + 14 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 14 - 2 = 29
B: 1d4 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9 Just assuming d4 B here.

Precious smacks the brigand on the head with the spoon. It makes a satisfying thwack and bends under the force of the blow.

. . . and you would not believe what--," Chaliz pauses in his gossiping about the Opaline Vault with Safa and looks to the unfolding battle. "Pardon me, Safa, Fasiel's riff-raff are acting up." He makes a gesture with one hand. You all feel power thrum through the floor. Then he returns to the janni. "What was I saying? Oh, yes. . ."

The brigand in the yellow vest begins to bolt after the one in blue in order to gang up on Ithuriel. However, when he tries to move, it looks like his boots weight several stones and it is all he can do to clomp past Olov. Panting, he glances at the plate armored orc and opts to stab at Unusk. Taken unawares, his blade slips between a gap in her armor and bites deep (crit).

Round 1. Bold may act.

Environment: Furniture is 3 ft tall. White rectangles are closed doors.[/ooc]

Effects: - -

Battle Map

Everyone may have their weapons in hand except for Precious, who is holding his lance one-handed while holding a stirring spoon in the other.

Red (-8 hp)
Yellow
Precious (10+97/108 hp)
Blue
Bella (44/44 hp)
Hampton (56/56 hp)
Ithuriel (10/32 hp)
Olov (67/67 hp)
Unusk (55/77 hp)
Hazard

Is this your idea of hospitality? For shame! Hampton barks, shaking his head as focuses on Blue, and lets fly a volley of arrows.

+1 striking composite shortbow (flurry 1): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22
+1 striking composite shortbow (flurry 2): 1d20 + 11 - 3 ⇒ (14) + 11 - 3 = 22

piercing: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (4, 5) + 1 = 10
piercing: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (5, 6) + 1 = 12 if both hit, combine for resistances/weaknesses

+1 striking composite shortbow: 1d20 + 11 - 6 ⇒ (15) + 11 - 6 = 20
piercing: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (4, 5) + 1 = 10

Hunt Prey ◈, Hunted Shot w/Flurry edge ◈, Strike.

Lay on Hands ↺ Healer's Halo: 18 + 1d6 ⇒ 18 + (3) = 21

Ithuriel brushes off the injury and instantly heals all of his wounds. "But another illusion. And another step closer to Razmir's triumph." He calmly walks away, shielding himself.

◆ Lay on Hands
↺ Healer's Halo
◆ Stride
◆ Shield

The mercenary in the blue vest flips out of the way of Hampton's first arrow only to catch the second arrow in his calf muscle. The brigand just barely escapes the third arrow.

Ithuriel pretends the blood on his robes does not exist while making space between himself and the mercenary whose sword is painted with his "illusionary" blood.

Round 1. Bold may act.

Environment: Furniture is 3 ft tall. White rectangles are closed doors.[/ooc]

Effects: - -

Battle Map

Everyone may have their weapons in hand except for Precious, who is holding his lance one-handed while holding a stirring spoon in the other.

Red (-8 hp)
Yellow
Precious (10+97/108 hp)
Blue (-22 hp) (reaction used)
Bella (44/44 hp)
Hampton (56/56 hp)
Ithuriel (31/32 hp) (shield spell)
Olov (67/67 hp)
Unusk (55/77 hp)
Hazard

"You are pawns of a foolish creature. If you had any sense you would flee; instead, you face the judgement of the Dawnflower."

Olov decides that Unusk and Precious can take care of themselves, instead repositioning to engage the brigand that attacked Ithuriel. The false priest may be a heretic, but he is still a Pathfinder!

Falchion vs. blue: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25
Slashing: 2d10 + 6 ⇒ (2, 6) + 6 = 14

Recognizing the dangerous position in which he's placed himself, between two foes, he then mutters a prayer to Sarenrae for protection, raising a magical shield around himself.

◆Step, ◆Strike, ◆Cast shield.
↺Shield Block if hit (hardness 10).

Unusk narrows her eyes at the mercenary who stabbed her. "Trying to be sneaky? You'll need to do better than that!"

+1 striking scimitar, snagging strike: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (4) + 16 = 20
ouch!: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (2, 1) + 4 = 7

+1 striking scimitar, snagging strike: 1d20 + 16 - 5 ⇒ (15) + 16 - 5 = 26
ouch!: 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (6, 4) + 4 + 2 = 16

She finishes by summoning a magical shield.

Strike, Strike, cast shield

If she hit, than he is flat-footed while in reach of Unusk.

Olov moves to deliver divine retribution, cutting a line across the brigand's arm. Unusk turns her attention to the mercenary who stabbed her. He narrow avoids her scimitar with her first strike, but he is caught by her second.

Round 1. Bold may act.

Environment: Furniture is 3 ft tall. White rectangles are closed doors.[/ooc]

Effects: - -

Battle Map

Everyone may have their weapons in hand except for Precious, who is holding his lance one-handed while holding a stirring spoon in the other.

Red (-8 hp)
Yellow (-16 hp) (flat-footed)
Precious (10+97/108 hp)
Blue (-26 hp)
Bella (44/44 hp)
Hampton (56/56 hp)
Ithuriel (31/32 hp) (shield spell)
Olov (67/67 hp) (shield spell)
Unusk (55/77 hp) (shield spell)
Hazard

Bella withdraws to safety for the time being.

The blue vested brigand suddenly slides across the ground against his will to be positioned in front of Unusk. The other two brigands spin in place three times. If you were not distracted by the battle, you might notice Chaliz's finger on his right hand occasionally gesturing while he and Safa catch up.

The now dizzy mercenary in the red vest tries to stab the towering toy whacking him with a tea spoon. He manages to get past the armor once, but Precious ignores the pain. The brigand then tries to withdraw, but he finds his feet as heavy as the fellow before him.

Round 2. Bold may act.

Environment: Furniture is 3 ft tall. White rectangles are closed doors.

Effects: - -

Battle Map

Everyone may have their weapons in hand except for Precious, who is holding his lance one-handed while holding a stirring spoon in the other.

Red (-8 hp) (flat-footed)
Yellow (-16 hp) (flat-footed)
Precious (97/108 hp)
Blue (-26 hp)
Bella (44/44 hp)
Hampton (56/56 hp)
Ithuriel (31/32 hp) (shield spell)
Olov (67/67 hp) (shield spell)
Unusk (55/77 hp) (shield spell)
Hazard

Precious glares at blue, crushing the spoon in his fingers.

Intimidation (E): 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 14 + 1 = 22 Intimidating Prowess, Glare

Then re-hands his lance and strikes! 15' reach

Ghost Touch Striking Lance +1, Rage: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28
P, Raging: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (4, 8) + 10 = 22
Deadly: 1d8 ⇒ 3

Shaken by the power of the "toy," the brigand needs to nimbly dodge the lance headed for his heart. Even then, the point still catches him in the shoulder, wounding him grievously.

The mercenary in the blue vest moves ponderously around Unusk. It proves a fatal error as she separates his head from his neck with a powerful swing (crit AOO).

The yellow vested brigand stabs Unusk repeatedly and deep, though the invisible force in front of her slows the blade to prevent anything vital from being struck.

Round 2. Bold may act.

Environment: Furniture is 3 ft tall. White rectangles are closed doors.

Effects: - -

Battle Map

Red (-8 hp) (flat-footed)
Precious (97/108 hp)
Yellow (-16 hp) (flat-footed)
Bella (44/44 hp)
Hampton (56/56 hp)
Ithuriel (31/32 hp)
Olov (67/67 hp)
Unusk (38+/77 hp) (Block with shield spell? Refund 8 hp if yes)
Hazard

Ithuriel pulls out a strange lantern with eldritch sybols eteches all throughout the shutters. He opens a single shutter as a pale blue light iluminates across the red-cloaked mercenary's face. "We don't wish to harm you. Stand down." The pale light makes the man's face turn serene, though his mind races with the paranoia of being watched by unseen eyes.

Red- DC 20 Will save vs Lantern of Empty Light.

◆ Draw Lantern of Empty Light
◆◆ Lantern of Empty Light (Living) Will DC 20

The mercenary frowns angrily. "Your mind tricks won't work on me, old man!"

Round 2. Bold may act.

Environment: Furniture is 3 ft tall. White rectangles are closed doors.

Effects: - -

Battle Map

Red (-8 hp) (flat-footed)
Precious (97/108 hp)
Yellow (-16 hp) (flat-footed)
Bella (44/44 hp)
Hampton (56/56 hp)
Ithuriel (31/32 hp)
Olov (67/67 hp)
Unusk (30+/77 hp) (Block with shield spell? Refund 10 hp if yes)
Hazard

"Stand strong in the Dawnflower's light, Unusk!" Olov shouts, clapping his holdmate on the shoulder. For a moment, a fiery handprint shines on her armor, before slowly infusing into her body. As it does, Olov turns his attention back to her assailant.

Falchion vs. yellow: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22
Slashing: 2d10 + 6 ⇒ (9, 8) + 6 = 23

Falchion vs. yellow (2nd): 1d20 + 12 - 5 ⇒ (11) + 12 - 5 = 18
Slashing: 2d10 + 6 ⇒ (5, 2) + 6 = 13

◆Cast lay on hands on Unusk (18 healing), ◆Strike, ◆Strike.

Olov cuts the mercenary in yellow deeply with his sword. Despite his unsteady footing and dizziness, the mercenary manages to avoid the backswing by a hair.

Round 2. Bold may act.

Environment: Furniture is 3 ft tall. White rectangles are closed doors.

Effects: - -

Battle Map

Red (-8 hp) (flat-footed)
Precious (97/108 hp)
Yellow (-39 hp) (flat-footed)
Bella (44/44 hp)
Hampton (56/56 hp)
Ithuriel (31/32 hp)
Olov (67/67 hp)
Unusk (48+/77 hp) (Block with shield spell? Refund 10 hp if yes)
Hazard