The Skeletal Magiker held fast within the entangling flora meets deathly gaze and points a bony finger at Brendar - a black icy bolt shoots forth, chilling him to the bone!
◆) Demoralize
◆◆) Cast a Spell @ Brendar
◇) Sap Brendar's Strength
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Terrain: Dark Tree are Difficult Terrain and provide Lesser Cover
Monster ID: Religion (Monstrosity) and Religion or Arcana (Magicker)
Ongoing Effects: Entangling Flora (bright green) is difficult terrain, if start turn, reflex 19 or -10 speed / immobilized
Valeros @ Enlarged so Clumsy @ -15
Skeletal Magicker @ speed hindered
Brendar @ -3 sap @ Frightened 1 or 2?
Skeletal Monstrosity (AC 17) @ -8 blunt spear, -4 resisted longsword
Zisiro @
Natalu @
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Brendar is Up!
If only Brendar understood what was being said, he might have quaked - instead he bolsters Valeros's shield boss - it gleams with power!
The Skeletal Monstrosity - still dealing with ensnarement - attempts to carve down the heroes with it's mighty polearm!
◆◆) Broad Swipe
◆) Strike
Natalu ducks and clumsy Valeros blocks the mighty blow with help from glimmer palisade, but Brendar is taken aback with the unexpected spasm!
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Terrain: Dark Tree are Difficult Terrain and provide Lesser Cover
Monster ID: Religion (Monstrosity) and Religion or Arcana (Magicker)
Ongoing Effects: Entangling Flora (bright green) is difficult terrain, if start turn, reflex 19 or -10 speed / immobilized
Valeros @ Enlarged so Clumsy w/ Magic Boss @ -15
Skeletal Magicker @ Speed Hampered -10
Brendar @ -3 sap, -11 horn
Skeletal Monstrosity (AC 17, HP 38/50, resist slash 5) @ Speed Hampered -10
Zisiro @
Natalu @
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The Party (except Brendar) is Up!
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Oh sure. A human warrior shows up and he gets all the spells just 'cuz he's tall.
Well, Natalu doesn't need to be tall. He can do just as well at his size. Shifting his spark into his spear, he strikes with the weighted end and channels divine power. The energy flows disruptively through the skeletal creature, and back into his own skin. Where it's not disruptive at all.
DIVINE EXEMPLAR
Frequency once per round
You shift the focus of your divinity, filling one of your ikons with your divine spark. That ikon softly glows with radiant light, emits subtle chimes as it moves, or is otherwise obviously empowered in a way that matches your growing divinity, granting the ikon the divine trait and granting you that ikon’s immanence effects for as long as your divine spark is empowering it. Your spark is indivisible, so it can empower only one ikon at a time. You can also Shift Immanence to return your spark to the depths of your soul, leaving none of your ikons empowered.
Special In addition to the above usage, you can also Shift Immanence as a free action triggered when you roll initiative.
Immanence Your weapon ikon deals 2 additional spirit damage per weapon damage die to creatures it Strikes.
Transcend—Strike, Breathe, Rend [one-action] (spirit) Requirements Your last action this turn was a successful Strike with the noble branch; Effect You channel a pulse of energy down your weapon at the moment of contact. The target of the required Strike takes spirit damage equal to your weapon damage dice.
[spoiler=Tempered in your spirit, your very skin is as a suit of armor, though a single location on your body remains unprotected, a curse and a challenge within your legend.
Immanence You gain resistance to bludgeoning, slashing, or piercing damage equal to half your level. You make this choice when you gain this ikon, and it can’t be changed thereafter. This resistance doesn’t apply against critical hits, which successfully find your unprotected spot. [/spoiler]
Already exactly where he wants to be, Valeros presses the attack. Though he leads with his shield this time.
Zisiro's lance pitters.
Natalua bangs and rings.
Valeros double bonks.
The Monstrous Skeleton remains rooted despite the beatings.
Skeletal Magicker looses a pulse of deafening doom!
◆◆) Cast a Spell @ Everybody
◇) Sap Brendar's Strength
◆) Stride
Teeth chittering at Brendar, It then struggles against the flora, moving north, but only barely.
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Terrain: Dark Tree are Difficult Terrain and provide Lesser Cover
Monster ID: Religion (Monstrosity) and Religion or Arcana (Magicker)
Ongoing Effects: Entangling Flora (bright green) is difficult terrain, if start turn, reflex 19 or -10 speed / immobilized
Valeros @ Enlarged so Clumsy w/ Magic Boss @ -15 @ save panding
Skeletal Magicker @ Speed Hampered -10
Brendar @ -3 sap, -11 horn, -3 sap @ save pending
Skeletal Monstrosity (AC 17, HP 09/50, resist slash 5) @ Speed Hampered -10
Zisiro @ save pending
Natalu @ save pending
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Brendar is Up!
Brendar falls!
The Skeletal Monstrosity carves down the still adjacent pair Valeros and Natalu - then hornbutts Natalu for good measure!
◆◆) Broad Swipe
◆) Strike
Anyone who has not fallen is Up first!
Even as he's hit, Valeros manages to push his shield against the skeleton and shove it off-balance.
Suddenly the last standing, Zisiro reels from the sonic blow and decides what to do!
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Terrain: Dark Tree are Difficult Terrain and provide Lesser Cover
Monster ID: Religion (Monstrosity) and Religion or Arcana (Magicker)
Ongoing Effects: Entangling Flora (bright green) is difficult terrain, if start turn, reflex 19 or -10 speed / immobilized
Skeletal Magicker @ Speed Hampered -10
Brendar @ Prone, Unconscious, Empty-handed, Dying 1
Valeros @ Enlarged so Clumsy w/ Magic Boss @ Prone, Unconscious, Empty-handed, Dying 2
Natalu @ Prone, Unconscious, Empty-handed, Dying 2
Skeletal Monstrosity (AC 17 or 15 off-guard, HP 09/50, resist slash 5) @ Speed Hampered -10, Off-Guard
Zisiro @ save pending
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Zisiro is Up!
Skeletal Magicker's profane aura dampens somewhat, the necromantic fuel burning in it's rotten marrow largely spent...
Reviving each of his allies who lie naked of weapons upon the ground before the great monstrosity that doesn't quake from the blast, the dire situation springs with feeble hope.
Meanwhile, the as-yet unharmed Skeletal Magicker preys upon the strong: Zisiro!
◆) Demoralize Zisiro
◆◆) Cast a Spell
◇) Sap Zisiro's's Strength
A brackish bolt spews forth from his skeletal claw, striking the animist and sapping his strength!
Zisiro is sapped of life and vitality as he saves the entire party but now quakes in fear!
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Terrain: Dark Tree are Difficult Terrain and provide Lesser Cover
Monster ID: Religion (Monstrosity) and Religion or Arcana (Magicker)
Ongoing Effects: Entangling Flora (bright green) is difficult terrain, if start turn, reflex 19 or -10 speed / immobilized
Skeletal Magicker @ Speed Hampered
Brendar (5 HPs) @ Prone, Empty-handed, Wounded 1
Valeros (5 HPs) @ Enlarged so Clumsy w/ Magic Boss @ Prone, Empty-handed, Wounded 1
Natalu (5 HPs) @ Prone, Empty-handed, Wounded 1
Skeletal Monstrosity (AC 17 or 15 off-guard, HP 07/50, resist slash 5) @ Speed Hampered, Off-Guard
Zisiro (-1 sap) @ Frightened 2 @ Save pending!
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The Party (except Zisiro) is Up!
Zisiro nearly collapses as perilous exhaustion pulls down in his limbs with unbearable gravity!
Brendar's magic seems to bathe the entire forest in positive energy - burning into the paired skeletons, turning the Monstrosity to dust, and crumbling the Magicker from outside-in!
It screams in Necril!
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Terrain: Dark Tree are Difficult Terrain and provide Lesser Cover
Monster ID: Religion (Monstrosity) and Religion or Arcana (Magicker)
Ongoing Effects: Entangling Flora (bright green) is difficult terrain, if start turn, reflex 19 or -10 speed / immobilized
Skeletal Magicker (-14 HPs) @ Speed Hampered
Brendar (19 HPs) @ Prone, Empty-handed, Wounded 1
Valeros (19 HPs) @ Enlarged so Clumsy w/ Magic Boss @ Prone, Empty-handed, Wounded 1
Natalu (19 HPs) @ Prone, Empty-handed, Wounded 1
Skeletal Monstrosity (AC 17 or 15 off-guard, HP 07/50, resist slash 5) @ Speed Hampered, Off-Guard
Zisiro (-1 sap) @ Frightened 2 and Enfeebled 3!
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The Party (except Brendar) is Up!
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"Ugly, mean--yeaguhgh!" says Natalu, grabbing his spear and using it to push himself to his feet.
He releases the energy from his body to empower Brendar instead before flowing back into his bangles.
Immanence (aura) You are surrounded by a 15-foot aura that protects you and all allies within the aura from harm, granting a +1 circumstance bonus to AC. This bonus increases to +2 for anyone in the aura who has a buckler raised, or +3 if they have a shield raised.
Transcend—Embrace of Destiny [one-action] (emotion, mental, spirit) You draw an enemy within the aura into your reach, moving them directly toward you into a square within your melee reach unless they succeed at a Fortitude save against your class DC.
Valeros stands, and struggles into the viney area. Before reaching for his weapon, he tries to knock the skeleton mage down instead.
Magicker's feet are swept up from him...
Skeletal Magicker channels dark energy from the ground, taking a page from Brendar's book!
◆◆◆) Cast a Spell
◇) Sap Valeros
His broken shield is a severe hindrance to Valeros, but the fact that the skeleton stayed on the ground certainly helps.
He grabs his sword and tries to stab it--it doesn't seem likely to be effective, but he already knows cutting it doesn't work well. The fact that his sword is now far too small for him to use is also a problem. Well, fine. He has fists and feet! He follows up with a stomping kick.
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"You are done," the not-yet-dead sprite assures the skeleton. Its fate inevitably draws it towards its conclusion as Natalu's energy flows into his weapon.
Valeros lands three unarmed blows against the prone Magicker - it survives yet!
Natalu pulls the prone Magicker closer for easier final pounding - it tries to grip the grass with it's claws as it's pulled across hallowed earth!
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Terrain: Dark Tree are Difficult Terrain and provide Lesser Cover
Monster ID: Religion (Monstrosity) and Religion or Arcana (Magicker)
Ongoing Effects: Entangling Flora (bright green) is difficult terrain, if start turn, reflex 19 or -10 speed / immobilized
Skeletal Magicker (AC 20, 19/58 HPs remain) @ Speed Hampered, Prone, Embracing Final Destiny
Brendar (27 HPs total) @ Prone, Empty-handed, Wounded 1 @ save pending
Valeros (15 HPs total) @ Enlarged so Clumsy w/ Magic Boss @ Prone, Empty-handed, Wounded 1
Natalu (14 HPs total) @ Prone, Empty-handed, Wounded 1
Zisiro (full HPs) @ Frightened 1 and Enfeebled 3 @ save pending
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Brendar and Zisiro are Up!
With Skeletal Magicker hanging on by a thread despite Zisiro's spiritual blast, it chooses to rise here, and feared of the mighty sprite's ability to pull it close to him, unleashes a significant remainder of it's power sending dark perilous energy into the Exemplar's perfect body!
◆) Stand
◆) Touch of Undeath
◇) Sap Natalu
◆) Harm
◇) Sap Natalu
[Reaction to standing] for
Valeros continues trying to stop the comparatively-small skeleton into dust.
Skeletal Magicker falls to Valeros's second attack!
Brendar and Zisiro are Up!
The party takes a moment here to rest...
"Thank you!"
A figure emerges from the wood, and grabs a small Paper Lantern from the pile of bones that was once the Magicker.
"I have been tasked with returning this to it's natural grove - even if complications made the task difficult"
He smiles at the party while placing the expensive relic into his leather fanny pack, and winks.
The Paper Lantern - house to a Kami - is attracting undead to the grove like a signal beacon so long as it remains here!
Each PC can attempt a single check to recover the relic.
Diplomacy (DC 17)
Pharasma Lore (DC 15)
Religion (DC 15)
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It's a little embarrassing to ask others to bask in his radiance after that shameful display, but Natulu tries to shine his brightest all the save while submitting to treatment.
"That thing is what's attracting them in the first place. And you could try talking to us instead of snatching it like that. It just makes you more suspicious!"
While Natalu is being treated, Valeris patches his shield.
He shares everything he knows about Pharasma; it Durant take very long
"Unsure if you could be trusted, foreigner" Dorobu responds to the sprite's scolding comment "But perhaps you are right. Please. Take this Paper Lantern out of this forest, and maybe it will release it's hold upon your friends, as well as restore the natural order"
Handing the relic over, Dorobu turns to disappear back into the wood...
And with that, the Pathfinders are able to guide the missing caravan back to Sakakabe, with all cargo accounted for!
Primary
The PCs fulfill their primary objective if they retrieve the relic and defeat the scenario’s villain, freeing the kami trapped within the item. Doing so earns each PC 2 Fame and 1 Reputation for any faction associated with their currently slotted faction boon.
Secondary
The PCs fulfill their secondary objective if they make a positive impression with their contacts along the Spirit Road. To do so, they must fulfill two out of the three following objectives: Earn the village’s charm prior to Encounter A by successfully dealing with the villagers, host at least one spirit in the forest, and acquire the katana prior to Encounter C by successfully negotiating with the thief. Doing so earns each PC 2 Fame and 1 Reputation for any faction associated with their currently slotted faction boon.
You all earn 10 Treasure Bundles