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Tenpot quickly draws his pistol in one hand and pulls the bell from his belt in the other, studying the yellow blob as he tries to determine any weakpoints.
Your implement sings out abruptly, disrupting your foe. The piece played depends on whether the trigger was a Strike or Spell, and it applies to the triggering Strike or Spell, except where noted otherwise.
Both of Ennillee's attacks strike the blob, which is not terribly agile. Vardenor recognizes the blobs as cosmic amoeba, a type of giant amoeba. Ey knows that they are immune to acid, cold, critical hits, mental, precision, unconscious, and visual.
The ritualist grunts as Rekk's arrow sinks into his shoulder.
The blobs attack Ennillee, hoping to absorb and digest her.
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The blobs slap at her, but none of their attacks connect.
"Leave, you fools! I almost have it," the spellcaster shouts, as he launches an empty box at Ennillee.
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The sudden shout startles her, and the box clips her shoulder.
~+~Combat Round 2~+~
Arjol
Tenpot
Ennillee (-5, frightened 1)
Rekk
Vardenor
Yellow Blob (-13)
Blue Blob
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Tenpot tries to take advantage of what he learned of the ooze, loading some flecks of mica into his pistol as he aims at the yellow-tinged blob and fires. He follows that with a jolt of electricity at each of the blobs.
Your implement sings out abruptly, disrupting your foe. The piece played depends on whether the trigger was a Strike or Spell, and it applies to the triggering Strike or Spell, except where noted otherwise.
Pistol: unloaded
Ammunition Remaining: 49
The barrage of attacks takes down the yellow blob!
~+~Combat Round 2~+~
Arjol (-4)
Tenpot
Ennillee (-5)
Rekk
Vardenor
Yellow Blob
Blue Blob
The electricity gives the blob a good zapping, and pinches Arjol, who winces in pain.
Rekk casts gravity weapon and unleashes two shots at his hunted prey.
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The two arrows are enough to put the robed figure down, but the blob keeps coming at Ennillee!
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It smacks her once but cannot get a grip on her slippery form.
~+~Combat Round 3~+~
Arjol
Tenpot
Ennillee (-8)
Rekk
Vardenor
Blue Blob (-8, off-guard)
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Tenpot studies the remaining blob for a moment, hoping to confirm that it has the same weaknesses. He then quickly reloads his pistol and takes a shot.
[spoiler=↺ Ring Bell (if target of Exploit Vulnerability makes a Strike or Casts a Spell within 30 feet of me that would affect me or one of my allies)]
Your implement sings out abruptly, disrupting your foe. The piece played depends on whether the trigger was a Strike or Spell, and it applies to the triggering Strike or Spell, except where noted otherwise.
Pistol: unloaded
Ammunition Remaining: 48
Rekk unleashes more arrows at the blob.
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The hail of arrows breaks the surface tension on the creature, causing it to ooze away into a slippery puddle.
Quiet falls on the room, and any remaining occult energy fades from the runes scratched into the floor. The room still seems strange, with the tar daubed into its corners and the smear of beings from outside the Universe on the floor.
A thick journal sits on Arjol's desk, and the doors of the desk are tightly closed, but not locked.
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Tenpot looks to the fallen Arjol, then to his allies. "Is he still alive?"
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"Hm. Looks like he took precautions against hounds of Tindalos. Good thinking, but it implies he was involved in some strange things."
He quickly rifles through the drawers, pulling out a strange bronze medallion from one of them. After a few moment's examination, he sets it down and opens the journal.
"Oh yeah, definitely involved in some strange things. Looks like he was messing with time magic, trying to figure out where this medallion came from. No wonder he was worried about things like hounds of Tindalos." Closing the journal again, he gestures to it and says "I think we've found the source of the Tide's troubles."
Despite Arjol's defeat, a feeling of wrongness still hangs over the Tide. Perhaps the secret to unsticking the boat from its current predicament is within the coded journal?
It takes a few hours, but Vardenor deciphers the remaining notes in the journal. Ey discovers that Arjol’s journal contains a ritual he believed could free Yesterday’s Tide from the time-loop. To enact the ritual, the sailors must replicate their exact routines as they were the day the time-loop started. Because the Pathfinders aren’t the ones stuck in time, they can’t participate in the ritual directly—the crew must perform the ritual themselves.
They'll likely require some convincing.
Before you can act on this new knowledge, a strange howling shivers through your ears. It seems to emanate from somewhere...beyond...the ship. And, it's growing louder!
Suddenly, there are shouts from belowdeck!
You rush down to the deck and see a strange, canine creature menacing a few members of the crew at the far end of the room.
~+~Combat Round 1~+~
Rekk
Gray
Tenpot
Vardenor
Ennillee
Rekk's arrow sinks deep into the creature, and it hisses in pain, though the damage seems less than might be expected.
The creature's form shimmers for an eyeblink, and it disappears, only to reappear behind you, in the doorway!
The creature casts a spell on Ennillee, and the monk feels her limbs grow heavy, as if drawn into another dimension.
The creature's eyes seem to bore into you with a stomach-churning intensity!
~+~Combat Round 1~+~
Rekk
Gray
Tenpot
Vardenor
Ennillee
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Tenpot quickly sizes up the strange creature, then backs away and fires.
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Your implement sings out abruptly, disrupting your foe. The piece played depends on whether the trigger was a Strike or Spell, and it applies to the triggering Strike or Spell, except where noted otherwise.
Pistol: unloaded at end of turn
The shot from Tenpot's gun pierces the creature, barely missing a vital area.
Vardenor suspects that these are some sort of unusual hound of tindalos! Luckily, it seems they are weaker than most, though still formidable! Ey knows that it is dangerous to use mental effects on the creature--it can hurt the attacker more than the hound!
As the creature growls at the bop on the snout from Ennillee, two more hounds appear next to the bulkheads of the ship! Each hound casts a spell on itself, and their bodies seem to blur, moveing slightly faster than all that surrounds them.
~+~Combat Round 2~+~
Red (haste)
Blue (haste)
Rekk
Gray (-13)
Tenpot
Vardenor
Ennillee
Rekk finishes off the first hound, though his arrow misses the mark on his new target.
~+~Combat Round 2~+~
Red (haste)
Blue (haste)
Rekk
Gray
Tenpot
Vardenor
Ennillee
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Tenpot quickly reloads as he examines the blue-ish newcomer, then fires!
Your implement sings out abruptly, disrupting your foe. The piece played depends on whether the trigger was a Strike or Spell, and it applies to the triggering Strike or Spell, except where noted otherwise.
Pistol: unloaded
With a loud bang, Tenpot puts a bullet right through the creature's brain, downing it in one strike!
The strange creature viciously bites and claws at Ennillee, then blips over to attack Vardenor!
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~+~Combat Round 2~+~
Red (haste)
Rekk
Tenpot
Vardenor
Ennillee (-20)
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Tenpot reloads, moves for a better view, and studies the creature attacking Ennillee.
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Your implement sings out abruptly, disrupting your foe. The piece played depends on whether the trigger was a Strike or Spell, and it applies to the triggering Strike or Spell, except where noted otherwise.
Rekk's shot takes out the last enemy and the hound crumbles to a pile of dust.
Without this distraction, you have time to recover and try to convince the crew to carry out the ritual that you pieced together from Arjol's notes.
You must convince the crew members that the ritual is their only chance of returning to their former lives. To enact the ritual, the sailors must replicate their exact routines as they were the day the time-loop started. Because the Pathfinders aren’t the ones stuck in time, they can’t participate in the ritual directly—the crew must perform the ritual themselves.
To convince the sailors, each PC can attempt:
• A DC 15 Diplomacy check to Make an Impression or Performance check to Perform can inspire the crew to attempt the ritual or lift their spirits while they work.
• A DC 13 Intimidation check to Coerce or Sailing Lore check to Recall Knowledge can shout orders and rouse the more shiftless crew members into action.
• A DC 17 Occultism or DC 20 Arcana, Nature, or Religion check to Recall knowledge can explain to the crew how the magic of the ritual works.
• A DC 15 Acrobatics, Athletics, Crafting, or Sailing Lore check can help set the ship in order by rigging sails, hauling supplies, making repairs, or scrubbing the decks.
Because the ritual takes a couple hours to perform, you will only have two chances to convince the sailors to rally.
You rally the entire crew to participate, even the most despondent. As they start replaying their actions, the Tide begins to flicker in and out of existence as the time-loop tugs at the ship. While the sailors have experienced this temporal anomaly hundreds of times before, this day the Tide fails to disappear immediately. The ritual is clearly working, but the crew must see it through to its completion if they want to escape the cycle once and for all.
While in this vulnerable half-real state, the ship resonates with the rituals that Arjol has attempted over the last hundreds of cycles, attracting the attention of otherworldly beings! You'll have to hold them off until the crew completes the ritual.
Two strange flickering blobs, much like the ones you fought earlier, and a creature with the head and torso of a goblin but the lower have of an octopus appear on deck and advance on the sailors, intent on devouring their prey.
~+~Combat Round 1~+~
Rekk
Vardenor
Blue
Tenpot
Ennillee
Red
Green