Apsu's benevolence floods the group and all are made whole before the battle.
@Rilkin There was time to rearm and you can treat wounds while someone does another activity.
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"Angered" by the personal attack, Bull Market finds paydirt and cuts and crushes the offending pup - nearly to death. The other pup follows suit and teleports to the column only to step out to challenge the bard.
Male Small Halfling Fighter 4 (He/Him) | HP 45/54 Shield 57/64 (BT 32)| AC 21 (23 with shield) | F +9 R +11 W +10 | Perc +10) | Speed 25ft | Class DC 19
Acting reflexively, Rilkin takes a quick step and a strike at the injured creature.
With a fateful lunge and garbled screech, the pup falls silent.
Do need a DC 20 fort save from Rilkin (gaze attack <visual trait> from the remaining pup) and another from Serj as I look at the distances involved.
Round 1 - Bold can act Orange pup -48 damage <dead>
Serj Need 2 DC 20 fort saves
Bull Market -14 damage Need a DC 20 fort save
Red pup <sickened>
Rilkin Need a DC 20 fort save Peter -15 damage
Eltis
Male Small Halfling Fighter 4 (He/Him) | HP 45/54 Shield 57/64 (BT 32)| AC 21 (23 with shield) | F +9 R +11 W +10 | Perc +10) | Speed 25ft | Class DC 19
Fort DC 20:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20
Rilkin feels a strange tearing from the beast's gaze, but mostly manages to avoid looking at it using the techniques he learned at anything but his aunt Petunia's chin-mole.
@Peter Yes, it appears that if you remain too close to the pups at the end of your turn you will take damage and need the DC 20 basic fort save to reduce the damage of the gaze effect...
@Eltis I assume you healed Peter who was more damaged...
Painful but bloodless wounds rip open in your bodies (seemingly from the pup's gazes) as you remain too close for comfort. Peter props up the battle hymn and wheels a nasty chunk of debris at the remaining lil' pup. Eltis heals his friend and tries to whack it -- but it dodges easily.
Round 2 - Bold can act - Courageous Anthem is up! Serj -7 damage
Bull Market -15 damage
Red pup -11 damage <sickened>
Rilkin -1 damage
Peter -9 damage
Eltis -8 damage? Need a DC 20 basic fort save
His programming re-routed through his creators use of backdoor subscript, Bull Market is momentarily stripped of it's nascent free will, transformed into an obedient machine of death!
Moving on to the last encounter, if you have any spare potions or other healing you wish to apply, we can retcon moving into this last battle...
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The battles rage on in the chamber as more and more foes emerge from the final rift.
"I'm almost ready! Hold the line!" A frantic Heraxia shouts from the pod.
Two strange creatures lumber toward you in the fray, their forms constantly changing as if pages from a child’s flip-book. They appear to be the dead forms of others who have been consumed by the temporal anomalies, and are now filled with only thoughts of remorse and revenge. New pic but same map
Male Small Halfling Fighter 4 (He/Him) | HP 45/54 Shield 57/64 (BT 32)| AC 21 (23 with shield) | F +9 R +11 W +10 | Perc +10) | Speed 25ft | Class DC 19
If we can do a chain of wound Treating, Rilkin can treat Eltis with Assurance while he's treating Peter
Treat Wounds:2d8 ⇒ (4, 4) = 8
"We'll hold em!"
With his small cry as loud as he can make it, Rilkin charges the strange enemy.
Rilkin erases half the threat with a single flash of his blade. The remaining memory amalgam shifts forms rapidly to become harder to target, steps to the fighter and swings its still-transforming arm wildly.
M Dragonscaled (Silver) Kobold Cleric 3 of Apsu | LG | AC 20| HP 30/30 | Fort +7 Refl +8 Will +10 | Perception +8 Cleric 3
Looking at my sheet here and my actual character sheet I have 2 minor healing (d8) that I have had for some time and not used. Before we start I'll give one to Peter and one to Serj, unless someone else has a treat wounds attempt to try.
flat 5 check:1d20 ⇒ 20 Oh, hello 20...
Eltis clearly sees the ramining thing and targets it with a Divine lance.
divine lance:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23 something I need to look up again damage:2d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 2) + 3 = 7
Serj mashes - the engine chokes - then a loud combustion of fumes incinerates the carbon rocks that had clogged the pistons - a secondary cooling system clears the heat - and the contraption attached to both creator and creation sing in noxious oscillating harmony!
◆) Overdrive
◆) Raise Shield (to AC 24)
◆) Stride
Overdrive (Crafting, Expert) vs Level Four DC (19):1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27
Peter flat check:1d20 ⇒ 16 Divine lance extra dice:1d4 ⇒ 3
Peter's song starts in the second verse (from before) and a chunk of rock that has been deposited here from the future whizzes into the temporal echo. It is quickly followed by the holy blast from Eltis. Serj and the machine surround the luckless creature and await the fighter's onslaught.
Round 2 - Bold can act - Courageous Anthem is up! Rilkin <shield>
Gray echo -17 damage <concealed>
Peter -6 damage
Eltis
Serj -5 damage <shield>
Bull Market -5 damage
Remember the DC 5 flat check to target the echo with weapon or spell.
Male Small Halfling Fighter 4 (He/Him) | HP 45/54 Shield 57/64 (BT 32)| AC 21 (23 with shield) | F +9 R +11 W +10 | Perc +10) | Speed 25ft | Class DC 19
Rilkin keeps his shield up despite the creature's clumsy attempt to strike him, and strikes back with two quick slashes!
Moving on to the real, actual, last encounter, if you have any spare potions or other healing you wish to apply, we can retcon moving into this last battle...
From the remaining collapsing rift structure a huge arachnid and one of its young emerge to make one last attempt to halt the proceedings. It blasts a web at the bard and moves in to devour him.
open | NG male (he/him) "human" (DC 23 Perception) bard (maestro) 4 | ◆◇↺♫ | AC 20 (21) | HP 48/48 | P+10, F+7, R+10, W+10 | Explore: Search | NV, 25' | Focus: 2/2 | Spells: 1st (3/3) 2nd (3/3) | Hero (1/3) | Active conditions: swagger 2
♫ The itsy bitsy spider crawled out the Eternity Arch
Down came the fear, but Peter said take heart
Out came the swords, arachnids squirmed with pain
and the itsy bitsy spider crawled in the rift again ♫
◆ Courageous Anthem
◇ Lingering Composition:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26 vs DC 19
M Dragonscaled (Silver) Kobold Cleric 3 of Apsu | LG | AC 20| HP 30/30 | Fort +7 Refl +8 Will +10 | Perception +8 Cleric 3
In the interim Eltis will once again try his healing trick, expending a 1st level slot, full turn cast to heal everyone hopefully fully.
healing:1d10 ⇒ 4
Meh...
Peter sings (again!) but the subsequent stone just whizzes by the hulk. Rilkin raises his shield and digs into the the giant spider's belly. The truly itsy spider scrambles up and punishes Peter for the ditty.
Round 1 - Bold can act - Courageous Anthem is up!
Red spider -13 damage
Peter -16 damage <immobilized> Need a DC 16 Fort save vs poison
Rilkin <shield up>
Orange spider
Serj -1 damage
Bull Market Eltis
Serj and Bull are a tad less effective against the beastly spider but Eltis puts a bolt in the lil' one. The mighty one takes it out on the one who struck it and two slugs of venom wind up in his veins.
Round 2 - Bold can act - Courageous Anthem and bless are up!
Red spider -13 damage
Peter -16 damage <immobilized>
Rilkin -46 damage (shield-12 damage) Need two DC 22 Fort saves vs poison
Orange spider -9 damage
Serj -1 damage <shield>
Bull Market
Eltis <bless>
Male Small Halfling Fighter 4 (He/Him) | HP 45/54 Shield 57/64 (BT 32)| AC 21 (23 with shield) | F +9 R +11 W +10 | Perc +10) | Speed 25ft | Class DC 19
Fort DC 22:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20 Fort DC 22:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
With the first bite punching through his shield, Rilkin is too stunned to get the shield up in time for the second. He wobbles on his feet and looks confused.
If there's damage on that poison he might be down
If he's still up:
"Back to Gallowspire with you Tyrant!"
He's clearly very confused
◆ Raise Shield
◆◆ Sudden Charge Each Stride is short enough for Mobility to avoid reactions Longsword, Anthem vs. FF?:1d20 + 12 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 12 + 1 = 32 Slashing, Anthem:2d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1, 6) + 3 + 1 = 11
“Done!” Heraxia shouts. “Get out of here before—” Heraxia’s words are cut off as she disappears completely, shuddering back into existence a few moments later with a tear-streaked face. Looking confused, she shakes her head, then eyes the vault door with determination. “Seal me inside the vault, then go!”
As the surviving Pathfinders flee through into the Maze of the Open Road, Venture-Captain Armeline and Eando Kline hurry to the vault door, dragging it shut and sealing Heraxia inside the ovoid chamber.
Pathfinders gather inside the Maze of the Open Road, bloodied but alive. As time passes, nervousness flutters through the crowd. Suddenly, Armeline and Eando tumble into the Maze, panting from exertion. “It’s done,” Eando grunts.
“Wait,” Armeline interjects. “We need to give her time to leave...” After a few minutes, Armeline steps through the portal that led to Akiton. She returns moments later, smiling. “It worked! The Maze of the Open Road is repaired. We did it!”
A cheer goes up among the Pathfinders.
“It’s time to go home.”
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The surviving Pathfinders travel through the Maze of the Open Road, back to Woodsedge Lodge. As medics tend the wounded and fresh food circulates among the returning heroes, Venture-Captain Armeline Jirneau takes the podium. “Congratulations, Pathfinders! Each and every one of you has performed exceptionally, showing bravery in the face of danger and teamwork throughout uncertain, desperate, and—let’s face it—downright strange events. You should be proud of yourselves.
“On behalf of myself, Heraxia, and the Pathfinder Society, thank you for your efforts. I can’t tell you what will happen with Heraxia and Felise, but your deeds here today will echo into an unknowably distant future. And as for the present, well, I’m sure everyone back at the Grand Lodge will be eager to hear the tales of what you have accomplished here today.”
That concludes the adventure! Thanks for playing, everyone, and especially all the Table GMs whose hard work made this event possible.
Although a frozen bard and unconscious halfling thrust into the future would make for a great TV pilot, the Society ensures that no one is left behind.
