Mandower struggles to play the part, but Lydia's smooth talking quickly lures the guards out. They seem astonished when they discover Pathfinders instead of Aslynn herself waiting for them, and you're quickly able to subdue them.
Entering the vault, you find an array of items sits on plinths in this chamber, apparently trophies of the night hag. Among them are a crystalline, eight-spoked wheel that appears likely to belong on the airship; a ledger with the name “Thurl” written on the demonhide cover with writing in Abyssal ; a frayed scrap of tapestry; a leather bracelet with a number too faded to read; and a tropical lotus flower.
Finally, there are several Stasian items, one of which seems likely to be the item stolen from the Ardis Scholars' manor.
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The mentions of opal and the notes on spheres and 'gyroscopes' seem to be about this creation Vella says pointing towards the globe. Though I'll be honest and say I'm a bit foggy on what 'wood' or 'metal' have to do with a plane map.
the dwarf moves about the room, looking at several of the objects grimly. Worst case us just having the wheel means Aslynn'll need to waste time crafting a new one. But do we think the dock is even close enough for us to investigate before she returns? Stealing a ship out of here would be a true stick in Aslynn's eye - if you can pilot it - she adds looking to Dinetrie but getting the Scholars and Narcela out is what's most important. It would be better to ensure all return to Ustalav safely rather than gamble for more and risk everything.
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Lydia pauses and carefully studies the objects with an obvious look of being out of her element. Notwithstanding, she scrutinizes the objects against the notes "This one... it is round, with dials, has a gyroscope inside glass, appears handheld, and has an inner gimbal...." She points to the fist-sized glass globe.
Moving as quickly as you can, you head for the skydock, with Narcela anxiously leading the way. You don't find any obstacles, but it still takes you 20 minutes to arrive.
Narcela looks almost like she's going to be sick. "Do we have time? She could be back any minute!"
This strange space vaguely resembles a dock, but with metal piers jutting into the shadow beyond the castle walls. What looks like a sailing vessel is tied to one pier. Its two masts are angled backward at a steep angle, making the raised sails look more like a covering canopy than something intended to catch the wind. The ship’s name is marked in blood-red writing: the Gale’s Claw.
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Zazu looks around and puts his backpack on the floor
"Ok! This is where we will make it. I was training for this my whole life. You take care of Aslynn henchmen, and I will challenge her to a fist fight, my right jab is lethal!" Zazu looks at other faces
"I tried to cheer you up, unless someone wants to write Aslynn stinks on the side of that ship why don't we prepare for exit"
With time running short and Narcela looking more and more anxious, you decide that as tempting as it is to more closely investigate the ship, you're better off leaving. You gather the scholars, but before you can start the ritual, Narcela lets out another scream.
She collapses, looking up in pain -- and seems to resist the magic! For an all too brief moment, it seems like Aslynn's plan has been foiled, but Bremix lets out a snarl. The air seems to ripple as the magic seems to latch on to him, antlers growing from his head as his expression turns to rage. "I TOLD you!" he growls. "I warned you, but you didn't listen to me! Now look at what's happened!" He jabs at Mandower before retreating a few steps back and pulling out a chain that seems to pulse with malevolent shadow.
Two more horned men quickly rush in, calling out, "Yes, brother, join us!"
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Surprised by the sudden transformation of Bremix, Vella isn't quite sure what to make of him. Hells! Did he get afflicted while he was here? she calls back to the other gathered Ardis scholars as she adds to her colleagues. Stand strong. We just need to buy a bit more time for Lumna!
then nodding to Lydia, she moves over to one of the newly-arrived horned men and strikes down at it (and ready to distract it to make it off-guard for her ally)
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Lydia follows Vellas lead and moves into the flanking position. She tries to strike twice with her jagged swords!
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Debilitation The target takes a –10-foot status penalty to its Speeds.
Debilitation The target becomes enfeebled 1.
Debilitation The target can’t use reactions.
Debilitation The target can’t flank or contribute to allies’ flanking.
Bremix: 36
Vella: 31
Lydia: 28
Green and Yellow: 27
Zazu: 27
Mandower: 26
Quinoline: 20
As the remaining Ardis scholars scatter and Narcela crawls away from the fight, still clearly fighting her own battle even if she's also clearly winning, Lydia and Vella move into action. Surrounding one of the newly arrived attackers, Vella lands a vicious blow that distracts the creature just enough for Lydia to hit as well.
The man lets out a cry of rage, and lashes out at Lydia, catching her full in the chest and knocking her down, before moving away. He roars in frustrating as Vella forces him into a difficult choice.
The second, seeing Lydia take advantage of the flank, moves closer and casts a spell!
Critical Success The target is unaffected.
Success The target believes everyone it sees is a potential threat. It becomes unfriendly to all creatures to which it wasn't already hostile, even those that were previously allies. It treats no one as an ally. The spell ends after 1 round.
Failure As success, but the effect lasts 1 minute.
Critical Failure As failure, except the target believes that everyone it sees is a mortal enemy. It uses its reactions and free actions against everyone, regardless of whether they were previously its allies, as determined by the GM. It otherwise acts as rationally as it normally does and likely prefers to attack creatures that are actively attacking or hindering it over those leaving it alone.
Yellow: 40, no rx for 1 round, enfeebled 2
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Zazu stretches his paws to the side and looks at the sky. He begins to chant, making complex gestures which begin to leave firey marks in the air . Soon the flames begin to wrap his posture and follow after his hands in shape of flame missiles comet-like shape
He waves his paw and missile flies towards first enemy
Then he waves his other hand and the missile flies towards the other creature
His first missile is not that accurate, but the other two fly true!
Vella: 31
Lydia: 28
Green and Yellow: 27
Zazu: 27
Mandower: 26
Quinoline: 20
Bremix: 36
Quinoline misses Bremix, though he lets out a cry of pain as the nearby bottles splash acid on him. Still, he's able to duck under Zazu's scorching ray. The other two attackers, the new arrivals, aren't as lucky, and Zazu hits them full on, scorching them badly -- the second one especially ! Mandower adds to the pain with a pair of arrows.
Moving quickly, Bremix circles around to take on his attackers, lashing out with his chain at the ratfolk wizard! As it swings through the air, directly at the unexpecting spellcaster's head, a series of shadowy afterimages follows it, though it seems to leave him off-balance slightly! "How do you like it, being left all alone with nothing but enemies around you?!" he rants.
Yellow: 51, no rx for 1 round, enfeebled 2
Green: 60
Bremix: 14
Zazu: temp immune to isolating lash
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Lydia quickly kips up with ease and double takes Vella for a moment before running after the man that is messing with her head. Once she's closed the gap, she raises Catastrophe in the air to strike, but fakes out and stabs Exposition with intent to skewer the man. The flaming, jagged sword strikes true.
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Debilitation The target takes a –10-foot status penalty to its Speeds.
Debilitation The target becomes enfeebled 1.
Debilitation The target can’t use reactions.
Debilitation The target can’t flank or contribute to allies’ flanking.
With a misleading flourish, you leave an opponent unprepared for your real attack. Attempt a Deception check against that target’s Perception DC.
Critical Success On a critical success, the target is flat-footed against all melee attacks until the end of your next turn, not just yours.
Success the target is flat-footed against melee attacks you attempt against it until the end of your next turn
Critical Failure Your feint backfires. You are flat-footed against melee attacks the target attempts against you until the end of your next turn.
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Lydia, wait! Vella calls out as the rogue runs off, acting a bit odd. Seeing Zazu vanish from sight from a single strike the dwarf looks around nervously. I'm not sure what sort of strange magics are going on here, but we should stick close together. Don't let them pick up off!
She then moves opposite her companion to try and quickly drop one of the horned foes.
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Vella: 31
Lydia: 28
Green and Yellow: 27
Zazu: 27
Mandower: 26
Quinoline: 20
Bremix: 36
As Zazu suddenly is replaced by a wooden replica that's shattered -- is the wizard dead?! -- Vella and Lydia gang up on one of the antlered creatures, blades hitting home over and over. But despite the grievous injuries -- and being on fire! -- the foe still stands, and turns to Lydia with a blow of his antlers. But his wounds appear to be too much, and he misses horribly! Stepping out from between the two, he punches at her again, but it's clear the fire is causing him far too much pain!
Still, the second of the creatures appears unwilling to help, instead using his burning companion as a distraction to get behind Vella and deliver a devastating blow, knocking her to the ground.
Yellow: 51
Green: 118, pers fire 10
Bremix: 14
Zazu: temp immune to isolating lash
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Quinoline, unaware that Zazu is merely invisible and not banished to the depths of the Abyss, cries out "Nooo!"
However, she focuses on the most wounded (currently Green, but Yellow if Green goes down), trying to focus on their numerical advantage. She moves up to get a better shot on either.
plus 7 splash electricity plus flat-footed
2 acid plus 7 splash acid plus 2d6 persistent acid damage
Vella: 31
Lydia: 28
Green and Yellow: 27
Zazu: 27
Mandower: 26
Quinoline: 20
Bremix: 36
A look of horror suddenly crosses the green-garbed figure's face for no visible reason, and it collapses bonelessly in death. That leaves the yellow-garbed foe for Mandower and Quinoline to focus on, and they hit him with electricity and arrows, though the figure still stands, a snarl on his face.
Bremix closes in on Quinoline, his chain again trailing shadowy duplicates as he swings at her with a vicious blow! "This is all your fault!" he rants.
Yellow: 76
Bremix: 14
Zazu. Quinoline: Isolated
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Lydia runs into a flank with Vella. She simply does a quick one-two slice with her trusted swords, eagerly wanting to move towards Bremix next. "Hold on!" she says, starting to look towards Quinoline with a vague sense of awareness for both Quinoline and Zazu.
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Debilitation The target takes a –10-foot status penalty to its Speeds.
Debilitation The target becomes enfeebled 1.
Debilitation The target can’t use reactions.
Debilitation The target can’t flank or contribute to allies’ flanking.
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Knocked to the ground, Vella shoves herself up and stares out at the frothing Bremix. It's the fault of Aslynn! And at this point yourself; we have risked our lives to rescue all of you, but if you refuse to accept the hands given out with generosity then I pity you. But I cannot let you hurt any more!
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Lydia murders the antlered creature in a way that almost certainly made Achaekek smile, spraying blood everywhere. Seeing her services aren't needed there, Vella takes the battle to Bremix, slashing him before raising her shield.
Bremix: 14
Zazu: Isolated; Quinoline immune
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Zazu looks as his spell takes down the enemy, it has to be it as his friends vanished, maybe pulled to another plane
"Ok, chap, not it's your time. Are you impressed by my performance, come on, show some enthusiasm. Cheer, clap when you are in first row to experience greatness!"
Than he shields himself
Vella: 31
Lydia: 28
Green and Yellow: 27
Zazu: 27
Mandower: 26
Quinoline: 20
Bremix: 36
With nothing left to distract you, and the sand in the hourglass rapidly falling to one end -- meaning Aslynn is about to return -- you focus your attention on the monstrously transformed Bremix.
Quinoline tries to spray hit him with acid, but despite the close proximity, she can't quite hit -- instead spraying electricity and acid all around. Mandower fires arrows, but again, Bremix seems to have some strange protection; perhaps the same magic that transformed him. Oddly, he starts applauding your misses, laughing uproariously. "Is that all you have? No wonder Aslynn isn't afraid of you!" he rants.
He moves away, still clapping, and lunges at what appears to be nothing. What most of you can't see is him hitting Zazu.
Bremix: 28, target applauds you so vigorously that it can't use reactions and is slowed 1. The applause is so involved that it has the manipulate trait. This triggers reactions based on the manipulate trait at the start of the target's turn.
Zazu: Isolated; Quinoline immune
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Quinoline pulls out two empty bottles, and they begin magically filling.
She rolls the first one towards first base, and hopes Bremix doesn't Buckner it.
plus 7 splash electricity plus flat-footed plus DC 29 Fortitude vs dazzled
"We're at the one yard line!" she assures the team. She takes the acid flask and hands it off to Beastmode - just kidding, she throws it.
vs flat-footed, presumably
1 acid plus 7 splash acid plus 1d6+7 persistent acid
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Lydia rushes over into the flank, "What are you going on about?" She asks. She focuses for a moment in attempt for her blade to land true before slicing at Bremix.
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Debilitation The target takes a –10-foot status penalty to its Speeds.
Debilitation The target becomes enfeebled 1.
Debilitation The target can’t use reactions.
Debilitation The target can’t flank or contribute to allies’ flanking.
With a misleading flourish, you leave an opponent unprepared for your real attack. Attempt a Deception check against that target’s Perception DC.
Critical Success On a critical success, the target is flat-footed against all melee attacks until the end of your next turn, not just yours.
Success the target is flat-footed against melee attacks you attempt against it until the end of your next turn
Critical Failure Your feint backfires. You are flat-footed against melee attacks the target attempts against you until the end of your next turn.
Vella: 31
Lydia: 28
Green and Yellow: 27
Zazu: 27
Mandower: 26
Quinoline: 20
Bremix: 36
Vella and Lydia close in on Bremix, the latter's blade cutting deep. Still, he's able to avoid the two dwarves' attacks, sneering down at them. "No wonder you've made a mess of this!" But his words are cut short as Quinoline's bombs slam into him, just missing his face!
If Zazu were here, the rest of you feel certain he would be healing himself to Bremix's strange applauding. Still, he stops for a moment and lashes out with his strange shadow-y chain, this time at Lydia. The chain looks like it's headed for a sure strike, but he blinks at the last moment and she's able to duck out of the way!
Bremix: 74, 1d6+7 persistent acid, target applauds you so vigorously that it can't use reactions and is slowed 1. The applause is so involved that it has the manipulate trait. This triggers reactions based on the manipulate trait at the start of the target's turn.
Zazu: Isolated; Quinoline immune
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Lydia smirks when Bremix remains off-guard. The scoundrel quickly slices with exposition and then pauses for a moment to ensure catastrophe strikes true.
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Debilitation The target takes a –10-foot status penalty to its Speeds.
Debilitation The target becomes enfeebled 1.
Debilitation The target can’t use reactions.
Debilitation The target can’t flank or contribute to allies’ flanking.