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Leo, Katrina and Astrid weather the blast well. Leo blasts healing energy in a 30' circle before slashing at the skull swarm.
Leo's blade connects. However, his slash doesn't do as much damage as he'd like to. The vitality damage, however, is not stopped in any way.
Green moves up and envelops Leo in a mass of chattering skulls.
You are suddenly made aware of the maddening sound of chattering teeth.
Pink gets in Astrid's face and attempts to punch her.
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Astrid gets smacked right in the face and gets a faceful of sulfur fumes.
White attempts to do the same to Katrina.
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Katrina also gets punched in the face and gets sulfur fumes to the face.
Red moves up to Lena but can't do anything else.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2-3
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Courageous Anthem
Before your Turn:
DC 29 Basic Reflex vs 21 Piercing: Leo
DC 29 Basic Reflex vs 14 Piercing: Leo
DC 29 Will Save vs Chattering Teeth: Everyone
DC 24 Fortitude vs Blinding Sulfur: Astrid, Katrina
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Those with ** may go
-3-
**Leo - AC 31, 93/107
Green (-13)
Red (-69)
White (-120)
Pink (-50)
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**Marta Sanz - AC 26, 80/80
**Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 33 (35 w/shield), 91/162
**Katrina Caldwell - AC 25, 41/87
**Lena Starstrider - AC 32, 162/162
**Jiki - AC 26, 96/96
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F: Confused, 1 rd
A sulfur zombie burns with putrid inner fire.
CS/S: Unaffected
F: Blinded, 1 rd
CF: Blinded, 1 minute
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The DC is usually a standard-difficulty DC of a level equal to the highest-level target of your composition, but the GM can assign a different DC based on the circumstances.
↺ Cast a Spell
"♪ Dissonant chords, disrupt the flow,
♪ Harmony shattered, your power's woe.
Counter Performance!"
Because that is a success, Performer's Heart gives Jiki a critical success instead without needing to roll the save separately.
◆ Cast a Spell
"♪ Anthem of valor, hearts ignite,
♪ With melody's fire, we rise to fight.
Courageous Anthem!"
Katrina is just out of range of Soothe, so Jiki needs to move to a more tactically advantageous position.
◆ Stride
◆ Shield
His wand fires another missile at Red.
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Astrid blinks the smoke and ashes out of her eyes and slices Pink thrice, hitting with the last two strikes. Jiki manages to drown out the chattering teeth. His wand shoots more missiles at Red (retconned last round) and he moves towards Katrina before casting Shield. Lena shoots Red, burying two shafts into its shoulder. Katrina swings at White thrice but only connects with her second attack.
Leo doesn't avoid the skull swarm's first attack but avoids the second. He blasts out another 30' of healing energy before getting out of dodge.
None of the undead manage to withstand the healing energy. White seems to collapse in on itself before exploding.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2-3
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Courageous Anthem (1 rd)
Before your Turn:
DC 23 Basic Reflex vs 6 Bludgeoning & 14 Fire Damage: Everyone except Marta and Lena
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Those with ** may go
-3-
Leo - AC 31, 104/107
Green (-51)
Red (-131)
Pink (-127)
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**Marta Sanz - AC 26, 80/80
Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 33 (35 w/shield), 108/162
Katrina Caldwell - AC 25, 84/87
Lena Starstrider - AC 32, 162/162
Jiki - AC 26, 96/96 (AC 27)
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Marta drops a small lightning bolt on Red before moving away. Just as well, as Red explodes soon after.
Pink swings at Astrid again with a burning fist.
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Astrid ducks and weaves like a prize fighter and easily avoids the zombie's attacks. Green moves up into a better position and again unleashes a scream that catches Leo and Astrid.
Pink fails to withstand the scream and detonates as well.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 3-4
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Courageous Anthem (1 rd)
Before your Turn:
DC 23 Basic Reflex vs 6 Bludgeoning & 14 Fire Damage (blue kaboom): Lena, Jiki, Leo
DC 23 Basic Reflex vs 6 Bludgeoning & 16 Fire Damage (red kaboom): Lena, Jiki, Leo, Astrid, Katrina
DC 23 Basic Reflex vs 11 Bludgeoning & 16 Fire Damage (pink kaboom): Lena, Leo, Astrid, Katrina
DC 29 Basic Will vs 26 Sonic: Astrid, Leo
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Those with ** may go
-4-
**Leo - AC 31, 104/107
Green (-51)
-3-
**Marta Sanz - AC 26, 80/80
**Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 33 (35 w/shield), 98/162
**Katrina Caldwell - AC 25, 74/87
**Lena Starstrider - AC 32, 162/162
**Jiki - AC 26, 96/96 (AC 27)
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Katrina hurls an alchemist fire at the swarm but the flames appear not to affect it as much. Leo does well and avoids the worst of the damage but still comes out pretty ragged. He unleashes another burst of healing to everyone within 30'.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 3-4
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Courageous Anthem (1 rd)
Before your Turn:
DC 23 Basic Reflex vs 6 Bludgeoning & 14 Fire Damage (blue kaboom): Lena, Jiki
DC 23 Basic Reflex vs 6 Bludgeoning & 16 Fire Damage (red kaboom): Lena, Jiki, Leo, Astrid
DC 23 Basic Reflex vs 11 Bludgeoning & 16 Fire Damage (pink kaboom): Lena, Astrid
DC 29 Basic Will vs 26 Sonic: Astrid
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Those with ** may go
-4-
Leo - AC 31, 82/107
Green (-95)
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**Marta Sanz - AC 26, 80/80
**Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 33 (35 w/shield), 113/162
Katrina Caldwell - AC 25, 65/87
**Lena Starstrider - AC 32, 162/162
**Jiki - AC 26, 96/96 (AC 27)
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 3-4
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Courageous Anthem (1 rd)
Before your Turn:
DC 23 Basic Reflex vs 6 Bludgeoning & 14 Fire Damage (blue kaboom): Lena
DC 23 Basic Reflex vs 6 Bludgeoning & 16 Fire Damage (red kaboom): Lena
DC 23 Basic Reflex vs 11 Bludgeoning & 16 Fire Damage (pink kaboom): Lena
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Those with ** may go
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Leo - AC 31, 82/107
Green (-95)
-3-
**Marta Sanz - AC 26, 80/80
**Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 33 (35 w/shield), 83/162
Katrina Caldwell - AC 25, 65/87
**Lena Starstrider - AC 32, 162/162
**Jiki - AC 26, 75/96 (2 actions)
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Lena gets pummeled by the bits of zombie flying about but the flames only slightly singe her cloak.
She shoots the skull swarm twice, the first arrow skips off the ground in front of it while the second bounces off one of the hard heads, doing little damage.
Astrid spits bits of zombie out of her mouth, realizing she'll need to gargle with some serious mouthwash later on. The scream from the skulls also unnerves her a bit but does not greatly affect her aim. She charges the skulls and slashes at them. Although both strikes hit, the damage seems minimal.
Jiki continues singing, keeping his companions' focus up.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 3-4
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Courageous Anthem (1 rd)
Before your Turn:
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Those with ** may go
-4-
Leo - AC 31, 82/107
Green (-107)
-3-
**Marta Sanz - AC 26, 80/80
Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 33 (35 w/shield), 83/162
Katrina Caldwell - AC 25, 65/87
Lena Starstrider - AC 32, 154/162
**Jiki - AC 26, 90/96 (2 actions)
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Jiki heals Astrid. Marta gets into position and unleashes another lightning bolt at the skulls. However, the skulls easily avoid all the damage.
With Pathfinders on both sides, the skulls clack out the equivalent of "eenie meenie miney moe" as it decides on whether to attack
Its decision made, it moves and attempts to bury Astrid with skulls.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 4-5
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Courageous Anthem (1 rd)
Before your Turn:
DC 29 Basic Reflex vs 14 Piercing: Astrid
DC 29 Basic Reflex vs 15 Piercing: Astrid
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Those with ** may go
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**Leo - AC 31, 82/107
Green (-107)
-4-
**Marta Sanz - AC 26, 80/80
**Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 33 (35 w/shield), 109/162
**Katrina Caldwell - AC 25, 65/87
**Lena Starstrider - AC 32, 154/162
**Jiki - AC 26, 90/96
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Jiki smacks his wand on the side of his leg, causing another missile to come out.
He keeps singing, and chucks a rock at the enemy with magic.
◆ Cast a Spell
"♪ Anthem of valor, hearts ignite,
♪ With melody's fire, we rise to fight.
Courageous Anthem!"
◆◆ Cast a Spell
"♪ Force unseen, object's flight,
♪ Guided by thought, through realms of light.
Telekinetic Projectile!"
And remembers why he is always the comic relief in his tales.
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The exploding swarm causes Astrid the flinch and duck behind her shield. Somehow she emerges completely unscathed.
"Well that wasn't so bad. Let's see how the rest of the army is faring."
She calls upon occult energies to boost her voice once more and shouts out her battle cry to inspire her green-skinned allies.
She leaps into battle to assist the orcs in finishing off any packets of undead that remain.
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Mahja insists on hurrying to Freedom Town. The remaining journey takes several hours, with you and the rest of the forces reaching the town shortly after sunset. Freedom Town is active when you arrive, with many of the citizens milling about, preparing to evacuate. Two half-orcs approach you and Mahja Firehair as you arrive in Freedom Town.
"Ah! Excuse me for a moment. I need to debrief with my scouts, Bovar Ashcaller and Namiri Ashcaller."
Mahja steps away and confers with the twins. She returns with a grim look. "Bovar and Namri hope to prepare the the town for the upcoming ambush. They encountered a fair amount of resistance, however, and eventually dedicated their time to assessing the town’s current defenses. However, we need your help. I need to help find shelter for her people, unload supplies, and generally get the Burning Suns ready for the fight so I need you to take charge on preparing Freedom Town’s defenses."
Mahja hands you a brief list of the major tasks required to prepare Freedom Town. The Ashcallers’ latest reconnaissance determined the undead army was relatively close, with their estimates placing the army at Freedom Town by morning. You have six(6) hours to work with, after which most of the Burning Suns and your other allies will stop to rest for the night. While some individuals will stay up to cover watches and work on small tasks throughout the night, the bulk of the work needs to be done during these six hours.
Tasks:
While Freedom Town has a small fort near its center, most of the town is made of wooden dwellings that lack Fort Freedom’s palisades. PCs can help erect barricades at key locations throughout the town, as well as digging simple trenches or placing smaller barricades outside of the town.
Applicable Skills: Athletics, Crafting, Warfare Lore
Many of Freedom Town’s citizens are still in the town. While many of the citizens are planning to keep out of the way during the attack, they still represent a liability, especially if the fighting spills into the town itself. Mahja prefers that any citizens not willing to fight be evacuated instead. She has set some of her hold’s members aside to serve as escorts for these citizens and lead them toward the safety of Urgir.
Applicable Skills: Deception, Diplomacy, Intimidation, Performance, Society
Expecting much of the ambush and subsequent battle to occur outside of Freedom Town, Mahja asks the PCs to assess the town’s surroundings. The PCs must travel throughout the surrounding wilderness, getting the lay of the land and locating key features of the area. The PCs can invite Bovar and Namiri Ashcaller with them during the scouting attempt. The Ashcallers share what they know of the wilderness and grant the PCs a +2 circumstance bonus to their checks to scout.
Applicable Skills: Athletics, Acrobatics, Perception, Nature, Survival
The Burning Sun hold makes use of several riding drakes as battle mounts. While the Burning Sun orcs typically use only a few drakes at a time, they plan to use all the hold’s drakes for the assault tomorrow. This has left the hold’s wranglers stretched thin as they work to prepare the drakes for combat. Khagrig Daybreak is helping where he can, but even his assistance isn’t enough. The PCs can help by serving as impromptu wranglers for the hold’s younger drakes.
Applicable Skills: Athletics, Diplomacy, Intimidation, Nature, Survival
In addition to any other fortifications, placing snares, pitfalls, and other traps in and around Freedom Town would go a long way to defending the town. Many of the undead marching toward the town are stopped or outright destroyed by simpler traps, so saturating the area with traps is in the town’s best interest.
Applicable Skills: Crafting, Stealth, Survival, Thievery
Many members of the Burning Suns are worshippers of Sarenrae. Using their knowledge of undead and divine magic, the faithful Burning Sun orcs look to create magical wards to repel or weaken the incoming undead. These orcs are led by Uirch, who uses the knowledge he acquired while restoring the Bastion of Light to help fortify the wards. The PCs can offer their magical insight or anatomical knowledge of undead to support in the creation of these wards.
Applicable Skills: Arcana, Medicine, Occultism, Religion
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Upon arrival at the town, Katrina was hoping for a nice warm deep bath where she can frolic underwater to her little heart's content. But no, there is still work to do. Sometimes it seems that a Pathfinder's toil is never done.
But she is a Pathfinder and this is her duty. She joins a scouting party.