With the help of the guest adventurers, the tournament resumes quicker than expected that even Demed helps them fix Deka's fishing lines. These does not escape the judges' eyes, that they are given 3 Tournament Points more!
"We are witnessing cooperation here that the judges give our guest adventurer 3 points!" the announcer declares.
Zisiro uses his claws to catch cut some fish to add to their basket.
Vamasu fails to catch any fish with his hook with bait.
Zoila is having trouble poking fish with her spear.
Alleron effectively traps many fish into his well-constructed traps!
Masuuk, though trying the same approach as before, manages to trick some fish into his antic.
Ekundayo manages to spear some fish after trying to copy Zoila.
"It looks like our guest challengers are gaining an advantage in the first half of the competition! But they should not be complacent; we never know what tricks the other team has for the second half!" the announcer comments.
"Let the Round 3 begin!" the announcer continues.
You can:
> distract other competitors with a Deception check
> impress the judges with a Performance check
> can grab fish without disturbing the waters with a Stealth check
> can use improvised traps or baits with Crafting, Fishing Lore, or Survival
> use other appropriate skills justified by your roleplay, be creative!
If you attempt the same skill check you attempted in the previous round, you receive a –2 circumstance penalty to the check. You also take a –2 circumstance penalty to melee slashing or bludgeoning attacks that pass through water. Ranged attacks that deal bludgeoning or slashing damage automatically miss underwater targets, so you can’t use these attacks to catch fish. Also, creatures underwater gain resistance
5 to acid and fire.
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With the contest almost over, Ekundayo figured she might as well put a little flair into her fishing technique.
After readying the nets again, she summoned her kinetic aura and miniature waves seemed to burts out from behind her before erupting into sea foam. She held out her hands above the water, feeling the connection between it and her strengthen. Her focus honed in on the ocean beneath her. She almost felt as if every wave and pulse of the sea was the beating of her own heart or the breath sailing in and out of her lungs... but she was probably overly dramatizing.
Her outstretched hand shifted to a a patch of water housing a group of fish. The water slowly started to bulge, and once it had coalesced, Ekundayo began coaxing it towards the nets, hoping to guide the fish along the newly-created current.
Zoila copies and does better at catching.
Zisiro goes deeper and catches more for the group.
Vamazu believes that patience is a virtue and it pays off, bringing a plenty into their basket.
Judges maybe unimpressed by Masuuk for doing the same thing, but his skill is not failing him to catch more for the group.
Alleron is having a hard time to catch this time.
Ekundayo uses her abilities to gather water and bring with it some fish to add.
Demed is kinda impressed as to how Ekundayo handles the tournament. "You are a water bender?" he asks enthusiastically.
“Ten more!” shouts Demed to Deka.
“It’s not over until the fish are counted,” grumbles Deka as she hoists another catch into her half-full basket.
“Might as well be! You have no hope to catch up,” replies Demed as fish start jumping from the water directly into his overflowing basket.
"Okay, that's weird." he mutters with an eyebrow raised while looking at his basket that keeps getting filled with many fish.
Suddenly three massive crabs have wandered close to the shore, perhaps lured by the bait’s magic. The crabs looks hungry!
Party Conditions: ---
Terrain Features: ---
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP
Other Notes: ☘️ - Hero Points.
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT!
➤ Masuuk
➤ Alleron Treyborne
➤ Ekundayo Afolayan
➤ Zoila
Red Crabby
Vamasu
Blue Crabby
Orange Crabby
Zisiro the Spirit Eater
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Zoila rewinds her personal timeline. What was it? Ah yes, slips between their armor. She timewalks to before the fishing tournament even started, explaining to her allies "When the crabs come, if you get one, make sure to place your hooks between their plates, they are weak there" which, incidentally, at the time, seemed a strange remark. However, a temporal anomaly instigated by her is suitable enough to jug their memory. Everyone has the same passing thought: "Between the plates..." wondering why the memory seems so astute so suddenly.
Grandmother Time simply smiles.
◆) Glimpse Weakness
◆) Glimpse Weakness
◆) Glimpse Weakness
↺) Amped Guidance
You can cast an amped guidance spell as a reaction triggered when your ally fails or critically fails an attack roll, Perception check, saving throw, or skill check, and the bonus from guidance would change the failure to a success or the critical failure to a normal failure. The bonus from guidance applies retroactively to their check.
Zoila shares some tip on how to deal with the crabs.
Masuuk attacks one of them but hits sand instead. Or water.
Alleron draws weapon and surrounds himself with divine blessing.
Red Crabby moves sideway toward Masuuk and swipe him with its claw.
vs Masuuk AC 18
S damage
It also attempts that Grab him.
vs Masuuk Fortitude DC 16
Masuuk manages to evade that.
Party Conditions: : +1 status bonus to attack rolls while within the emanation.
Terrain Features: ---
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP
Other Notes: ☘️ - Hero Points.
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT!
Masuuk
Alleron Treyborne
Zoila
Red Crabby | Glimpse Weakness
➤ Vamasu
➤ Ekundayo Afolayan
Blue Crabby | Glimpse Weakness
Orange Crabby | Glimpse Weakness
Zisiro the Spirit Eater
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"Between the plates.... So that's what you meant about the crabs Zoila!"
and Vamasu will draw his shortbow, and let fly two arrows at the orange crab
◆ Interact (Draw shortbow)
◆ against orange for Piercing (including glimpse weakness)
◆ against orange for Piercing (including glimpse weakness assuming first missed)
The second arrow hits its mark but is not effective at causing complete damage.
Ekundayo opens her gate to the Water Plane and blasts Red with water!
B damage
She sends another one
B damage
◆ Channel Elements (◆ Elemental Blast)
◆◆ Elemental Blast
Ekundayo makes a crack in Red's shell while missing her second strike. The crab ↺ Scuttles toward her!
Blue runs to Vamazu and slices him with its claw!
vs Vamasu AC 18
S damage
It then tries to grab him!
vs Vamasu Fortitude DC 16
Vamasu is too quick.
Meanwhile, Orange attacks Masuuk!
vs Masuuk AC 18
vs Masuuk AC 18
vs Masuuk AC 18
All is miss.
Party Conditions: : +1 status bonus to attack rolls while within the emanation.
Terrain Features: ---
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP
Other Notes: ☘️ - Hero Points.
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT!
➤ Masuuk
➤ Alleron Treyborne
➤ Zoila
Red Crabby | Glimpse Weakness
Vamasu
Ekundayo Afolayan
Blue Crabby | Glimpse Weakness
Orange Crabby | Glimpse Weakness
➤ Zisiro the Spirit Eater
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◆) Amped Glimpse Weakness vs Blue
◆) Interact to Draw Staffsling
◆) Strike vs Blue
↺) Amped Guidance
Though her own strike misses, Zoila mindmelds with her team - they suddenly perceive a vision of a "blueprint" of sorts that details the "parts" of the (Blue) Crabby - several colors indicate through a spectrogram the relative densities of it's exoskeleton - highlighting, notably, exactly one weak point!
Zisiro gets into stance, comes closer, and cooks one of the crabs on his second strike.
Red: vs Void Warp
Alleron sustains Bless and harms Red as well. The crab gives up its ghost.
Masuuk cracks Orange's shell with his sword!
Zoila sees more about Blue, however, that may be, kinda blueprint, though she misses to hit, anyway.
Party Conditions: : +1 status bonus to attack rolls while within the emanation.
Terrain Features: ---
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP
Other Notes: ☘️ - Hero Points.
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT!
Masuuk
Alleron Treyborne
Zoila
Red Crabby |
➤ Vamasu
➤ Ekundayo Afolayan
Blue Crabby | Amped Glimpse Weakness
Orange Crabby | Glimpse Weakness
Zisiro the Spirit Eater
Ekundayo continues to bludgeon the attackers, specifically the Orange one.
B damage
She sends another one.
B damage
◆ Elemental Blast
◆◆ Elemental Blast
Vamasu brings a massive slicing against Blue, cutting it into half symmetrically.
Ekundayo sends a water punch to the remaining crab, still hitting even scuttling away. The shell cracks into half, revealing its tasty innards, if cooked.
The crowd cheers wildly after witnessing the encounter that is easily handled by the group!
Several judges approach once they handle the crab threat.
"Nice job for eliminating those threats. It could have hurt anybody here. But what happened? Why did those crabs suddenly appear? Does anyone know? This has never happened before." one of the judges asks.
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Vamasu nods in satisfaction, pulls out a cloth, cleans the crab ichor from his katana and carefully sheathes the sword. He then looks over to the judge "Ah well, sometimes magic behaves strangely or attracts the wrong sort of attention. But fortunately we were able to resolve the situation without too much concern. Hopefully a lesson has been learnt."
"What magic? Whose magic?" the judge inquires. Then another judge interrogates Demed, who comes clean under the stern gaze of the judges. Deka asks that her brother be allowed to continue in the tournament without his magic bait.
"Demed’s actions endangered other participants, and we are inclined to disqualify him." one soft-spoken judge tells Deka.
Judges consider Zisiro's explanation that the faulty magic of Demed's bait might have attracted the giant crab. They allow Demed to continue without the bait and also take most points from his group while the adventurers earn a Point for being fair.
The announcer then announces to start the last round.
You can:
> distract other competitors with a Deception check
> impress the judges with a Performance check
> can grab fish without disturbing the waters with a Stealth check
> can use improvised traps or baits with Crafting, Fishing Lore, or Survival
> use other appropriate skills justified by your roleplay, be creative!
If you attempt the same skill check you attempted in the previous round, you receive a –2 circumstance penalty to the check. You also take a –2 circumstance penalty to melee slashing or bludgeoning attacks that pass through water. Ranged attacks that deal bludgeoning or slashing damage automatically miss underwater targets, so you can’t use these attacks to catch fish. Also, creatures underwater gain resistance
5 to acid and fire.
Vamasu catches a fish despite being complacent in the competition for taking the lead.
Alleron catches more with snares.
The fish is not interested in Zoila's crab parts bait.
Zisiro uses the old-school spear to catch another for the group.
Meanwhile, Masuuk has trouble catching one, as if still fighting with the giant crab.
Even without Ekundayo's attempt for the round, the group manages to earn a score of 22 points from the judges, while Deka gets a 12 and Demed a 6 for his group.
"And the winner is..." the announcer declares. "What is the name of your group again?" asking for the name's group.
"Right, The Travellers." the announcer confirms, emphasizing on the word so as to not forget it.
The crowd cheers wildly over the declaration of winners.
The twins approach them. Deka and Demed are deeply grateful for and impressed by The Travellers' actions during the event. Demed hands the cracked gem to Vamasu. He then sketches a map to a secluded cave on Smuggler’s Shiv, a small island in Desperation Bay infamous for its reefs and dangerous currents, where he found the gem.
"I found it there. Maybe you can find something more if you explore the island." Demed tells them.
The judges reward the group with 4 gp each for their help with the crabs and for their participation in the tournament. Deka comes second place, while the third place is a Chelaxian woman named Arina, with 9 Tournament Points. The Travellers also earn the title of Silver Sovereigns, and the judges invite them to defend their title during the next season’s tournament.