Radim tries to help the mechanism with his basic knowledge of magic.
Thanks to the help of Radim, the group is just able to repair the stasis pod!
Seeing that the group have finish their repairs, Heraxia points at the metal and glass sarcophagus and says We need to move this stasis pod to a location near the Eternity Arch. Somewhere close but isolated. The oval-shaped chamber at the back of the area should work. Lift on three!
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After helping fix the sarcophagus, Dennis puts away his erector set. When Heraxia instructs the group to lift the pod, the lad beams. He raises a strong arm and shouts with glee, "Pick me! Pick me!" Without waiting for a response, the young fighter realizes he's been training his whole life for this and just starts lifting.
Estes just nods silently and joins the others to transfer the pod close to the arch.
It looks like the angel is just all beauty. He is unbothered nonetheless.
Between Dennis' eagerness and Jaxon's efficiency, the team of pathfinder is able to move the stasis pod without incident despite Estes and Princess Clover lack of support!
”That’s it, Pathfinders! The focus is almost in position!”
The Eternity Arch pulses with energy as Heraxia and the Pathfinders congregate near it. Venture-Captain Armeline Jirneau calls for silence. “You’ve done well, Pathfinders, but our mission isn’t over yet. We have to send Heraxia home if we want to go home.”
“That’s right,” Heraxia cuts in. “I have a few more tweaks to make to the stasis pod. Then I need to attune to the Eternity Arch—it should only take a few minutes. Then I can climb in the stasis pod and ride the Eternity Arch home.”
“This is where it gets tricky,” Armeline continues. “Once Heraxia is sealed within the stasis pod, we’ll have moments to get back into the Maze of the Open Road. As soon as she leaves this time, the Eternity Arch’s connection to her will be severed and the Maze will realign—that means this path to the Maze will no longer exist. Anyone who doesn’t make it through will be stranded here, on this distant planet. It should go without saying that the chances of rescue are slim. I want all of our support staff to retreat to the Maze immediately. Bring what supplies you can. In the meantime—”
Armeline’s words are cut short by an eerie howl that issues from the Eternity Arch. Heraxia races back to her stasis pod. “The hounds are coming! We’re out of time!”
Armeline’s face hardens as she draws an alchemical bomb. “Steel yourselves, Pathfinders! We must protect Heraxia!”
While Heraxia prepares her stasis pod, attunes to the Eternity Arch, and seals herself inside, strange creatures emerge to attack!
Incoming! Urwal shouts as purple glowing cracks in reality spread like spider webs across the chamber. Reality shifts and flickers wildly, leaving behind blurred afterimages of people from other times and places. The unstable reflections screech in confusion and surge forward, arms raised to attack.
Meanwhile, one of the cracks widens, tearing open a massive time rift in the floor. Pathfinders leap out of the way, grasping at stone to avoid tumbling through time. Help them! Janira shouts. Hurry!
A host of constantly shifting entities makes its way towards the Eternity Arch from throughout the chamber. These incomprehensible creatures are the
temporal echoes from the past and future that converge to stop Heraxia’s tinkering with time. They advance, attacking the assembled Pathfinders!
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"Let's stop them!" Charlies exclaims and empowers Estes by making him bigger while Estes approaches the enemies! Estes then gives Enemy #2 a holy punch!
bludgeoning damage plus 1 spirit damage (from Hallowed Strikes) vs unholy creatures or those with weakness to spirit damage
◆◆ Act Together (◆◆ Evolution Surge of Charlies; ◆ Stride of Estes)
◆ Strike of Estes
Jaxon fails to demoralize his target and a giant estes completely misses the temporal echoes, certainly not used to his new height!
The creatures shift rapidly between multiple timelines, becoming
concealed then move to gang up on the giant angel.
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Clover tries to analyze one of the strange creatures in her mirror as she moves up to give it a wallop.
On a crit, this attack also disrupts the triggering action (any kind--it's stronger than a typical RS but only works against that specific target).
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Charlies protects his eidolon with his magical aura while Estes brings another holy punch to his target.
vs Enemy #2
bludgeoning damage plus 1 spirit damage (from Hallowed Strikes) vs unholy creatures or those with weakness to spirit damage
He then quickly patches himself to cover his wounds.
HP for Charlies/Estes
Estes bring another punch to the same enemy once again!
vs Enemy #2
bludgeoning damage plus 1 spirit damage (from Hallowed Strikes) vs unholy creatures or those with weakness to spirit damage
◆◆ Act Together (◆ Protect Companion of Charlies for Estes (+1 to AC); ◆ Strike of Estes)
◆ Battle Medicine of Charlies
◆ Strike of Estes
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Seeing Estes getting ganged up upon, Dennis moves into position and warns. "You leave my new friend alone!" Then, in an unusual sweeping manner, the youngster attempts to stab two of the adjacent enemies with a single swing.
In a flurry of attacks, two of the creatures falls under the weapon of the pathfinders
Princess Clover realizes that theses temporal creatures have no particular weaknesses.
The last creature, distorts time again and in the same time, screams, causing time to shudder and bend around it!
You take 6 mental damages and are slowed 1 if you fail for 1 round
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Dennis hears the awful screaming, but he's well-practiced at screaming and tunes out the worst of it. "Oh? Are we having a screaming contest now? Goody! Cuz you're gonna lose!" Dennis moves into a flanking position with Estes. He then screams at the enemy, noticeably louder, and stabs twice.
Estes is just in time to close his ears before he can hear any of the noise that might affect him.
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Charlies continues to protect with magic his eidolon while Estes keeps sending holy punch to the enemy #1
vs Enemy #1, OG
bludgeoning damage plus 1 spirit damage (from Hallowed Strikes) vs unholy creatures or those with weakness to spirit damage
Estes bring another punch to the same enemy once again!
vs Enemy #1, OG
bludgeoning damage plus 1 spirit damage (from Hallowed Strikes) vs unholy creatures or those with weakness to spirit damage
The angel also uses his wings to smack the same!
vs Enemy #1, OG
bludgeoning damage plus 1 spirit damage (from Hallowed Strikes) vs unholy creatures or those with weakness to spirit damage
◆ Act Together (◆ Protect Companion of Charlies for Estes (+1 to AC); ◆ Strike of Estes)
↺ Life Block of Estes, if triggered with 20 or more damage
◆ Strike of Estes
◆ Strike of Estes
The last creature quickly falls under the blades of the Pathfinder.
After a short break, the purple crack widens and then explodes into dozens of smaller rifts!
Each rift reveals a vision of some distant view. From stone walls of unknown architecture to verdant jungles, each vision is entirely different. The ground in the chamber shakes and heaves as a massive dinosaur stomps into view, emerging from one of the rifts.
Now there’s a challenge! Calisro Benarry boasts. Let’s show them what Pathfinders are made of!
The rifts are pulling us into the past, Jirneau counters. We need to force the Eternity Arch to seal these rifts, or we’ll be stranded here.
The Pathfinders decide to get ready for battle!
A group of territorial dinosaurs emerge from the rifts and advance on you! You start fend off some of the dinosaurs, while other Pathfinders battle other attackers all around them.
One giant creature and two "smaller" turn to you! You need to fight them off!
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Zhamie's eyes widen at the emerging dinos. She blanches slightly at Dennis' question.
"Non, Duh-nee! I vill introduce vous to Babs. Babs vill maybe let vous ride 'er!"
She immediately tries to get an angle on the big one, trying to determine what it is.
Discarding the idea she turns on #2 and shoots it.
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She then reloads.
Radim happy to see a worthy opponent hunt the huge dinosaur and throws his hammer at it!
Both hit!
The giant dinosaure charges through the pathfinders, stomping them!
Zhamie recognizes the giant creature as a Stegosaurus, a dinosaur that can trample creatures up to large and can deflect melee attack with its dorsal spines
Finding no weakness in the creautre's defense she shoots at the "smaller" ones and hit, wounding it.
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"Oh. Ow. Okay."
Clover steps closer, and out of such a tight pack, while studying the creature in her mirror. It's a big creature, so she can't see a lot of it at once in the small reflection, but it should suffice.
And then she swings her warhammer... down? It's like attacking a wall. The angle doesn't seem to matter much.
"Your weakness... a smaller creature, that can find the gaps in your armor hopefully!"
If the attack is a crit, it disrupts the triggering action.
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At first, Dennis is excited to see the huge dinosaurs. Then one of them tramples him. "Owww! Bad dino!"
As the stegosaurus passes him by, Dennis stabs with his halberd.
Hearing Jaxon call out to surround the huge beast, Dennis acknowledges, "You can count on me, Mister Jaxon." Excited to please his fellow Pathfinder, Dennis runs into a flanking position with the big man. He stabs twice.
Alas, the pounding from the dinosaur took its toll, and Dennis is wildly ineffective.
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Charlies retreats while Estes rushes forward. Charlies protects Estes with his divine aura while Estes punches the beast!
vs Stegosaurus
bludgeoning damage plus 1 spirit damage (from Hallowed Strikes) vs unholy creatures or those with weakness to spirit damage
He punches again!
vs Stegosaurus
bludgeoning damage plus 1 spirit damage (from Hallowed Strikes) vs unholy creatures or those with weakness to spirit damage
◆ Tandem Movement
◆ Act Together (◆ Protect Companion of Charlies for Estes (+1 to AC); ◆ Strike of Estes)
↺ Life Block is triggered if Estes takes 20 or more damage
◆ Strike of Estes
Despite Estes quickness, Charlies is unable to avoid the stomping stegosaurus as his comrades! But the angel avanges his master by striking twice.
Jaxon even tries to stop by himself, standing still as the creature stomps him! He fails to be a legend and is unable to make the creature fall.
Dennis reacts quickly as the creature tramples him and lefts a big wound on its flank but fails to follow the mementum and is unable to hit the creature.
Princess doesn't remember much against the creature and fails to hit it.
The two smaller creatures charge the Pahtfinders! The first one hits Charlies but fails to pushes him with his head while the other charges Zhamie, with a strike right on the head! followed by another lucky strike on the shoulder .
Radim throws again his hammer on the giant dinosaur, but only his first attack hits it!
Wounded, the Stegosaurus throws his tail at the creature that hurt it the most, Dennsi! then, its tail continues on Princess Clover , then Zhamie who take the full force of the attack!