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Marigold switches to sword and makes the boar pay. It returns the favor before rearing back from all the sharp knives.
Graeyson -31 damage <orange hunted prey>
Marigold -42 damage
Red Boar -64 damage
Tandang
Elsha
Orange Boar -13 damage
Ulfgar <red hunted prey>
Czav 1 damage <moderate fire energy mutagen>
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Tandang is ashamed of what he just conjured. "Oops! Wrong tree!" He evokes rocks from the sky, hurling them to Red! He then quickly patches wounds of Graeyson.
HP for Graeyson
"Not much, but that will do for now."
◆◆ Cast a Spell, Scatter Scree, Red's DC 19 basic Reflex save vs bludgeoning damage
◆ Battle Medicine
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The druid coats the boar with a harsh crumbling rain while the bomber increases his accuracy and the boar ignites. It steps forward and takes out its aggression on the ranger.
Red Boar -73 damage <difficult terrain under>
Tandang
Elsha
Orange Boar -32 damage <2 persistent fire>
Ulfgar -14 damage <red hunted prey>
Czav 1 damage <moderate fire energy mutagen>
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Graeyson -22 damage <orange hunted prey>
Marigold -42 damage
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The boar's hide is still too tough to pierce for the barbarian but Ulfgar is just able to get through with a dagger thrust.
Graeyson -22 damage <orange hunted prey>
Marigold -42 damage
Red Boar -73 damage <difficult terrain under>
Tandang
Elsha
Orange Boar -42 damage <2 persistent fire>
Ulfgar -14 damage <orange hunted prey>
Czav 1 damage <moderate fire energy mutagen>
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Graeyson and Marigold better their positions, but the acrobat's weapon doesn't dig quite deep enough. The boar turns and snaps at him hard and then Czav before moving out of range.
Graeyson -64 damage <red hunted prey, prone, unconscious, 0 hp, dying 2>
Marigold -42 damage
Red Boar -73 damage <difficult terrain under>
Tandang
Elsha
Orange Boar -42 damage <2 persistent fire>
Ulfgar -14 damage <orange hunted prey>
Czav 1 damage <moderate fire energy mutagen>
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Tandang offers quick relief to the fallen. Elsha is able to just enflame the boar as it races away. The remaining one aims to down the dwarf but he proves too hardy. It gallops back to the fringe of combat, but rounds back around and still looks quite into the fight, grinding its hooves into the ground.
Red Boar -89 damage <2 persistent fire>
Tandang
Elsha
Orange Boar -44 damage
Ulfgar -50 damage <orange hunted prey>
Czav 1 damage <moderate fire energy mutagen>
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Marigold -42 damage
Graeyson -44 damage <red hunted prey, prone, wounded 1>
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Ulfgar closes with his prey as Czav sticks it. Graeyson hurls his club with all of his vengeful might and smacks the escaping swine. It stumbles for a moment but ferocity keeps it fleeing.
Red Boar -103 damage <2 persistent fire, 1 hp, wounded 1>
Tandang
Elsha
Orange Boar -54 damage
Ulfgar -50 damage <orange hunted prey>
Czav 1 damage <moderate fire energy mutagen>
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Marigold -42 damage
Graeyson -44 damage <red hunted prey, prone, wounded 1>
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Tandang leaves a present for the ranger and tries to target the boar, but the icy ray just flies a little high. Elsha's follow-up bomb hits squarely in the boar's chest and catches it on fire once again. It lunges forward and thrusts at the bombmaker.
Tandang
Elsha -20 damage
Orange Boar -67 damage <2 persistent fire>
Ulfgar -50 damage <orange hunted prey>
Czav -1 damage <moderate fire energy mutagen>
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Marigold -42 damage
Graeyson -44 damage <red hunted prey, wounded 1>
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The druid Tandang's well aimed ray finishes off the threat. The boar's flesh continues to crackle from the lingering flames.
Marigold -42 damage
Graeyson -38 damage <wounded 1>
Tandang
Elsha -20 damage
Orange Boar -117 damage <dead>
Ulfgar -50 damage
Czav -1 damage
After patching up wounds from the fight with the two boars, you all continue northward toward Kayajima Fortress.
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The forest gives way to an expansive clearing. A gigantic statue stands in front of what appears to have once been an entryway. Up ahead, ruined spires and ancient stone buildings litter the grounds. To the northeast, a mountain rises toward the sky. To the southeast, the terrain slopes downward and a gap in the tree line reveals a view of the sparkling sea. The buzz of distant cicadas fills the air.
A tengu woman stares at the complex muttering to herself while drawing symbols and runes in the dirt of the clearing. She’s tall and elegant, with dark feathers, clad in simple robes and wooden sandals. A smoking fire pit and a run-down wooden structure are nearby.
The tengu turns and speaks in a soft voice, “Welcome, Pathfinders. My name is Kukuha. Apologies for not meeting you in Sakakabe, but I deemed it necessary to perform some advance observation of Kayajima to see what I could learn about the rumored ley lines. Fola’s information has proven correct. There are indeed ley lines running through the island here, and quite powerful ones at that, though it seems something is interfering with their function.”
Kukuha looks across the panoramic vista, then continues. “It’s quite beautiful, is it not?” She motions to the northwest, toward the trees. “Makuzen Forest, the verdant bounty of the land.” She turns to the sea glittering in the southeast. “Airishin Cove, resting by the sea.”
Finally, Kukuha gestures to the mountain in the northeast. “And Soruseiji Peak, stretching toward the sky. These are not only places of natural beauty; my research and divinations would appear to indicate that each is a kind of gate for natural power. They appear to be damaged or malfunctioning somehow, though, but I believe by placing special focuses at each, we can repair them.”
She taps the ground with a talon. “And when that’s done, here is where I will carry out a final ritual—uniting land, sea, and sky — thus stabilizing the protective powers of the convergence. This should make it safe to establish our lodge."
“Unfortunately, I have not been able to access these locations. That is where I need your aid. I have prepared several ritual focus items that should aid in restoring each gate. Travel to Makuzen Forest’s heart, Airishin Cove, and Soruseiji Peak, and take a ritual focus to each. I do not know what you will find there, but I trust that your instincts will guide you true.”
Kukuha then shakes her head. “We have to do this the right way. Kayajima is home to many creatures. To simply take the island’s powers and position ourselves as its tyrants — I cannot allow that to happen, and besides, honest negotiation is always a better foundation than force. Pay the island and its inhabitants the utmost respect as you carry out this mission. In this way, I hope the Pathfinder Society will be viewed as a welcomed presence rather than a conquering foe.”
Her pose relaxes. "I hope your travels were simple. Perhaps you have some questions of me?"
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After the fight, Czav will clean his weapon and armor and put back some new alchemical items in his collar and on his blade.
"Thanks Elsha for your items. The poison didn't worked but I expect such creatures to be rather resistant to it. The mutagen and the collar worked fine, even if the feeling was a bit unsettling. But my blows were burning and that was definitely a nice thing."
He will be useless to help with healing and as such will stand guard while his companions are taking care of themselves. He'll stay rather upset that the boars ignored him, he prefers when enemies strike back.
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Czav stays silent during Kukuha's briefing. He'll just check the distance towards the three locations, wondering if the party can reach all of them in a single day.
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Ulfgar sees little need to let anything go to waste so, while the healing is going on, he does some light butchering, using his clan dagger to harvest some wild boar bacon and packing it away.
Expectedly, he is as silent as Czav as they receive a more detailed briefing about what is needed.
He simply nods and raises an eyebrow in agreement with Marigold's questions.
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"Hmm, I only know of the general nature of the tasks before you, but the items are quite simple."
With that Kukuha lays out three disparate items on the ground at her feet, pointing to each as she describes their use.
"You must plant a rainbow cedar sapling in the Makuzen Forest. You must place a fulgurite at Airishin Cove. You must place a sky diamond on Soruseiji Peak."
She nods her head as if to convince herself.
“If my intuition is correct, it should be clear once you reach each gate how to honor it properly with the particular focus. The ancient people of this island, too, harnessed the energies of the ley lines, so perhaps there will be sites where they drew those powers from.”
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Elsha exhales in relief after the second boar goes down. He whispers again, this time less confidently.
G-good work team...
He places a hand over his tusk wound and gets to work on it with his healer's kit.
"Thanks Elsha for your items. The poison didn't worked but I expect such creatures to be rather resistant to it. The mutagen and the collar worked fine, even if the feeling was a bit unsettling. But my blows were burning and that was definitely a nice thing."
Elsha smiles weakly through the pain.
Glad to hear it helped. Another will be ready tomorrow.
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Elsha listens intently to the Tengu before finally asking Which do you s-suggest we honor first?
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The tengu nods at Elsha and Tadang. "There is no order, necessarily. The sea cove is as good to start as any."
Bending down, Kukuha picks up the brownish‑green stone shaped like a twisting double helix.
“This olivine fulgurite was created from green beach sand struck by a lightning elemental. It will serve nicely to channel the latent power of the stormy sea.”
Kukuha motions to a path leading to the southwest.
“Follow that path as it turns to rock, and it’ll lead you to Airishin Cove, the location where you must place this focus. I scouted the location yesterday, and it seems a sea dragon has taken up refuge in the cove, right near the Wrathful Tide Gate. From afar, it seemed as though they might be struggling in some way, but I deemed it unwise to approach the dragon regardless. It would be a shame to fight them without parleying first. Perhaps you could earn the Society a mighty ally.”
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The group follows the path blazed by Ulfgar, which slopes downward toward the sea. The terrain grows rocky, and the path shifts from dirt to natural stone steps, winding down a grassy hillside and leading to the cove.
Ocean waves gently lap at the sands of this horseshoe-shaped cove. Rocky outcrops skirt the water’s edges, partially separating the cove’s waters from the larger sea. Near the beach, an azure, serpentine dragon lies on the sand, limbs folded despondently under his body, in front of a rocky peninsula stretching out into the waters.
At the end of the peninsula sits a large dais.