The group keeps working on the supply line, until Tsuko and Knuckles finally finish what needs to be done to them.
Tk'lali is having trouble to find a secure area for the wounded.
Obstacle: Strategic Landmarks. Thirst and minor injuries quickly accumulate among the Snapdragon’s forces as they start exploring the island.
Chase Points Needed: 4
Overcome: DC 13 Medicine to build first aid stations, DC 15 Survival to locate clean water, or DC 17 Perception to identify good locations for waystations.
Button Bright
Cirri Merryweather
Tk'lalì
Knuckles
Melenia Nightbreeze
Tsuko-chin
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Obstacle: Strategic Landmarks. Thirst and minor injuries quickly accumulate among the Snapdragon’s forces as they start exploring the island.
Chase Points Needed: 4
Overcome: DC 13 Medicine to build first aid stations, DC 15 Survival to locate clean water, or DC 17 Perception to identify good locations for waystations.
Melenia rushes off to find for clean water that they can use. "This one..." she whispers to herself as she places markings around water that is clean and potable.
Tents unfurl banners bearing the Glyph of the Open Road in a neat line to the island’s interior.
Melenia, Tsuko and Button find the right spots for the wounded to be treated and taken care for while exploring the island.
Supply Line Established in effect: The Snapdragon established a supply line from the ship to the temple. All PCs gain the benefits of a successful Treat Wounds between missions.
Obstacle: What's that? Something is on this isle that the Scorched Shark wants. What is it?
Chase Points Needed: 4
Overcome: DC 13 Demon Lore to notice the chthonic rift underneath the island, DC 15 Religion to identify the markings of a temple, or DC 17 Stealth to follow the invading demons.
Button Bright
Cirri Merryweather
Tk'lalì
Knuckles
Melenia Nightbreeze
Tsuko-chin
And then everyone acts for with the same obstacle to meet the chase points needed!
Button Bright
Cirri Merryweather
Tk'lalì
Knuckles
Melenia Nightbreeze
Tsuko-chin
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Tk'lalì takes a long look and tries to see if she can notice anything unusual around.
round 4
round 5
Thankfully Tk'lalì's studies on elemental planar energy into the Universe has taught her to recognize a planar rift when she sees it. And who knew that one course on the sensory distinctions of the planes would come in handy here to recognize that the energy bleeding out of this rift is definitely chthonic.
Thanks to the Pathfinders, the existence of the Chthonic temple is revealed. The temple’s nature isn’t known, but they find a stone structure with two entrances: one of the entrances has a great door sealing it shut, and the other entrance is partially collapsed and flooded.
Having established the foothold and disrupted the demons by winning the chase, the Pathfinders also discover a crate of supplies that contains a bronze bull pendant and an effervescent ampoule.
Calisro points and nearly shoves the closest agent into a jolly boat. “No time to lose,” she says with a smile. “The barrier islands aren’t going to secure themselves. Get a move on.”
The outlying island that Calisro selected is a 10-minute row to shore.
The curve of the barrier island creates a naturally sheltered shore for landing. Past it, clusters of trees bend in the wind from the storm. The sand forms a paste that threatens to rip off boots.
One of the outlying islands to the Isle of Claws and Terror would be a strategic point for a teleport or translocate station. However, it’s currently overrun with Enava’s forces. The Pathfinders need to secure the area by defeating the demons, then signaling its safety. They need to clear out the creatures both on land and in the water.
As the Pathfinders make landfall on their jolly boat, demons mounted on top of aquatic creatures emerge from where they were hiding under water and attack!
Terrain Feature(s): With the intensifying storm, the sand is saturated with water and is difficult terrain. The areas beneath the trees are sheltered and standard terrain.
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP
Note(s):
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT! STRIKETHROUGH NAMES ARE ELIMINATED.
➤ Tk'lalì | |
➤ Melenia Nightbreeze | |
Black |
Red |
Yellow |
Knuckles | |
Tsuko-chin | |
Cirri Merryweather | |
Blue |
Button Bright | |
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"Oh... that's an >Effervescent Ampoule<. You can use it to walk on water or unstable ground. And you won't trigger any pressure plates with your weight. Um... anyone here good at acrobatics? Besides me?"
"If you like to Shove people, the >Bronze Bull Pendant< will let you push them extra far."
"I'm not good at crafting... yet... so someone else will have to apply one of these to our armor."
A demonic island. This must be why Enava has been tempting everyone into treachery. If these demons weren't so bloodthirsty and destructive, Cirri would vote to observe and then leave them alone. But the attackers have different plans.
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Melenia spends time communing with nature as she Refocuses. She also uses this time to attune to the archaic wayfinder with an inserted aeon stone they found earlier. The stone immediately activates and circles around Melenia's head.
The resonant power allows you to cast stabilize as a primal innate cantrip.
Melenia turns her attention to their aquatic foes (Yellow and Black) and casts Electric Arc. She then raises her shield.
"I think we should spread out!" she suggests to the group.
At the supply point tents, each agent is stopped and handed a swirling orb. “We gave up cookware for this,” Calisro laughs as she hands one over. “Use it wisely.”
Melenia electrifies Yellow and Black.
Yellow: vs EA
Black: vs EA
Both dolphins are burned to toast!
Tk'lali moves and launches needles of cold iron but misses to hit her target.
Red slothfully moves toward Knuckles and slashes him with claws!
vs Knuckles AC 19
It rakes nothing but the gap between them.
Terrain Feature(s): With the intensifying storm, the sand is saturated with water and is difficult terrain. The areas beneath the trees are sheltered and standard terrain.
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP
Note(s):
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT! STRIKETHROUGH NAMES ARE ELIMINATED.
Tk'lalì | |
Melenia Nightbreeze | |
Black |
Red |
Yellow |
➤ Knuckles | |
➤ Tsuko-chin | |
➤ Cirri Merryweather | |
Blue |
Button Bright | |
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"Oh, an alloy orb... wish I could mix it with my water..." Cirri frowns. "Well, Four Winds! Move my friends!"
Winds propel Tsuko-chin, Knuckles, Melenia Nightbreeze and herself across the beach. She figures Tk'lali and Button Bright are fine where they are.
Then she fires an icy blast at the Blue fiend.
The Eye of Abendego suddenly quiets as it forms a storm wall around the island. The constant breaking of waves and the pattering rain dies out. At the base of the storm wall, an amber glow collects like sunrise, but its rays burn with malice instead of daylight.
As Enava appears inside the temple with a snap of magic, the ever-existing hurricane fall silent. Outside, a calm descends on the island. An eye forms around it, though the new storm walls roil with malicious energy. A thick amber light illuminates the island and spills into the temple.
The Chthonic temple has been worn clean through years of exposure to the elements. In its center, a sanctuary sinks into the ground. At its nadir, Enava and Sharkskin lay out ritual implements like they’re preparing for surgery. Next to them, a wooden table serves as a replacement for an altar. Beneath the table lays an intricate carving of a Chthonic seal.
Enava’s face tips upward, and an expression of disdain follows. “Ah, guests,” she says. “No time like the present, then.”
“I won’t do this,” Sharkskin says as Enava reaches for her selected dagger. “I have—”
Enava pushes Sharkskin toward the table, cutting off xir statement. A stab of the dagger follows, aimed at xir heart. Xe turns away, xir arm hitting the weapon and causing it to clatter to the ground. Even with the worst of the blow prevented, the strike’s force cuts through armor. Blood wells from the wound. The first drop falls on the ground below.
The water rises.
As if something troubles them, the enemies flee! The Pathfinders then quickly return to regroup with others and await further instructions.
Despite the Pathfinder Society’s efforts, Sharkskin and Enava break into the chthonic temple at the center of the isle. Enava and Sharkskin translocate into the temple and quickly set up their preparations. During this time, Sharkskin attempts to ask Enava about her plan and what xir part is in it. Without enough time to answer xir questions, and alongside seeing the Society’s grand resistance, Sharkskin hesitates to agree to it.
The floor of this vast temple steadily slopes downward. At its center, an inverted pyramid drops down another 10 feet. Four columns enclose a square, where a makeshift altar has been constructed out of a table. Under the altar, a seal craved into the rock cracks open, revealing the core of the island. The same sickly amber that rings the hurricane shines from within. Water spills out of it, flooding this chamber.
The water rises in this chamber from below the altar. When Enava spilt Sharkskin’s blood on the altar, it attempted to reconnect with the Forked Key recovered from the Whippoorwill. As the seal cracks, a great rumbling echoes from far beneath the isle. Even dulled by water and stone, it’s clear that something enormous tries to break out. [ooc
The House needs to defeat Enava, cleanse the Forked Key, and use it to reinforce the seal before it breaks![/ooc] As the chthonic seal breaks, a horde of demons come with it. They seem to bloom from the blood as it spills on the stone, and they appear to be under Enava’s control.
Terrain Feature(s): The spaces filled with 2 feet of water or deeper are treated as difficult terrain. Areas with 5 feet or deeper floods require PCs to DC 15 Swim or find an alternative way of moving through the water (such as walking along the bottom while holding their breath).
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP
Note(s):
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT! STRIKETHROUGH NAMES ARE ELIMINATED.
➤ Melenia Nightbreeze | |
➤ Tk'lalì | |
White Demon |
Button Bright | |
Yellow Demon |
Orange Demon |
Purpl Demon |
Tsuko-chin | |
Knuckles | |
Cirri Merryweather | |
As if something troubles them, the enemies flee! The Pathfinders then quickly return to regroup with others and await further instructions.
Despite the Pathfinder Society’s efforts, Sharkskin and Enava break into the chthonic temple at the center of the isle. Enava and Sharkskin translocate into the temple and quickly set up their preparations. During this time, Sharkskin attempts to ask Enava about her plan and what xir part is in it. Without enough time to answer xir questions, and alongside seeing the Society’s grand resistance, Sharkskin hesitates to agree to it.
The floor of this vast temple steadily slopes downward. At its center, an inverted pyramid drops down another 10 feet. Four columns enclose a square, where a makeshift altar has been constructed out of a table. Under the altar, a seal craved into the rock cracks open, revealing the core of the island. The same sickly amber that rings the hurricane shines from within. Water spills out of it, flooding this chamber.
The water rises in this chamber from below the altar. When Enava spilt Sharkskin’s blood on the altar, it attempted to reconnect with the Forked Key recovered from the Whippoorwill. As the seal cracks, a great rumbling echoes from far beneath the isle. Even dulled by water and stone, it’s clear that something enormous tries to break out. [ooc
The House needs to defeat Enava, cleanse the Forked Key, and use it to reinforce the seal before it breaks![/ooc] As the chthonic seal breaks, a horde of demons come with it. They seem to bloom from the blood as it spills on the stone, and they appear to be under Enava’s control.
Terrain Feature(s): The spaces filled with 2 feet of water or deeper are treated as difficult terrain. Areas with 5 feet or deeper floods require PCs to DC 15 Swim or find an alternative way of moving through the water (such as walking along the bottom while holding their breath).
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP
Note(s):
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT! STRIKETHROUGH NAMES ARE ELIMINATED.
➤ Melenia Nightbreeze | |
➤ Tk'lalì | |
White Demon |
Button Bright | |
Yellow Demon |
Orange Demon |
Purpl Demon |
Tsuko-chin | |
Knuckles | |
Cirri Merryweather | |
Tk'lali's needles miss to hit but she steels herself to be scared.
Melenia send an arc but becomes scared of the enemies' presence
Orange: vs EA
White: vs EA
Both Orange and White manage to not take full current.
White lashes out its trailing dorsal fin to Tsuko-chin which sends a burst of telepathic information about all the possible ways he can be injured in the next minute. It then slowly moves toward him.
Party Condition(s):
Terrain Feature(s): The spaces filled with 2 feet of water or deeper are treated as difficult terrain. Areas with 5 feet or deeper floods require PCs to DC 15 Swim or find an alternative way of moving through the water (such as walking along the bottom while holding their breath).
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP
Note(s):
🚩 BEFORE YOUR TURN 🚩
❗ Tsuko-chin: DC 18 Reflex save vs 5 mental damage (and be Grabbed on a Failure) ❗
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT! STRIKETHROUGH NAMES ARE ELIMINATED.
Melenia Nightbreeze | Frightened 1 | |
Tk'lalì | |
White Demon |
➤ Button Bright | |
Yellow Demon |
Orange Demon |
Purpl Demon |
Tsuko-chin | |
Knuckles | |
Cirri Merryweather | |
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Button performs a few uplifting notes, but one is a little sour. The spell works, but it won't last long. Perhaps he's a little distracted by the threatening whispers.
"Don't just stand there!" he says to the main (or at least closest) offender, "Dance!" He casts another spell, one that will hopefully compel the demon to keep moving, even when it doesn't want to.
Button may have inspired allies but not that long for now. He then compels White to Dance to his a little sour tune.
vs Agitate
It speaks something ancient but it looks from its response that it says 'much obliged' because it dances without hesitation! Button is too stunned by the enemies' presence.
Yellow slowly advances and lashes out with its trailing dorsal fins, looping them around Tk'lali and sends a burst of telepathic information about all the possible ways she can be injured!
Orange does the same to Tsuko-chin too!
Purple also lashes out at Tk'lali!
Party Condition(s):
Terrain Feature(s): The spaces filled with 2 feet of water or deeper are treated as difficult terrain. Areas with 5 feet or deeper floods require PCs to DC 15 Swim or find an alternative way of moving through the water (such as walking along the bottom while holding their breath).
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP
Note(s):
🚩 BEFORE YOUR TURN 🚩
❗ Tk'lalì: DC 18 Reflex save vs 4 mental damage (and be Grabbed on a Failure; double damage and Restrained on Crit Failure); DC 18 Reflex save vs 3 mental damage (and be Grabbed on a Failure; double damage and Restrained on Crit Failure) ❗
❗ Tsuko-chin: DC 18 Reflex save vs 5 mental damage (and be Grabbed on a Failure; double damage and Restrained on Crit Failure); DC 18 Reflex save vs 6 mental damage (and be Grabbed on a Failure; double damage and Restrained on Crit Failure) ❗
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT! STRIKETHROUGH NAMES ARE ELIMINATED.
Melenia Nightbreeze | Frightened 1 | |
Tk'lalì | |
White Demon | 4 rounds under Agitate |
Button Bright | Frightened 2 | |
Yellow Demon |
Orange Demon |
Purpl Demon |
➤ Tsuko-chin | |
➤ Knuckles | |
➤ Cirri Merryweather | |
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All of these demons moving in and pinning her friends... Cirri hates it.
The water isn't helping much as Cirri moves in. She draws some of the water, holds it overhead like a stone and hurls it at the White-skinned demon.
"Go away!" The forces of doom begin to fill her with doubt.
She squawks abruptly to clear her mind.
Tsuko tries to escape, slipping away from White's grasp but not Orange's. Their presence scares him too.
Cirri moves and slaps White with water!
Tk'lali is mentally ready for Yellow's assault but not Purple!
Knuckles moves and knocks out White! He steels himself against their doomed features.
Water bursts forth from the raised altar, filling the chamber!
Party Condition(s):
Terrain Feature(s): The spaces filled with 2 feet of water or deeper are treated as difficult terrain. Areas with 5 feet or deeper floods require PCs to DC 15 Swim or find an alternative way of moving through the water (such as walking along the bottom while holding their breath).
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP
Note(s):
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT! STRIKETHROUGH NAMES ARE ELIMINATED.
➤ Melenia Nightbreeze | Frightened 1 | |
➤ Tk'lalì | Restrained by Purple | |
White Demon |
➤ Button Bright | Frightened 2 | |
Yellow Demon |
Orange Demon |
Purpl Demon |
Tsuko-chin | Frightened 1; Grabbed by Orange | |
➤ Knuckles | 1 action left | |
Cirri Merryweather | |
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Orange: vs EA
Purple: vs EA
Melenia gives Orange and Purple a tingling sensation before raising her shield. Seh continues to be frightened by their presence.
Party Condition(s):
Terrain Feature(s): The spaces filled with 2 feet of water or deeper are treated as difficult terrain. Areas with 5 feet or deeper floods require PCs to DC 15 Swim or find an alternative way of moving through the water (such as walking along the bottom while holding their breath).
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP
Note(s):
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT! STRIKETHROUGH NAMES ARE ELIMINATED.
Melenia Nightbreeze | Frightened 1 | |
➤ Tk'lalì | Restrained by Purple | |
White Demon |
➤ Button Bright | Frightened 2 | |
Yellow Demon |
Orange Demon |
Purpl Demon |
Tsuko-chin | Frightened 1; Grabbed by Orange | |
➤ Knuckles | 1 action left | |
Cirri Merryweather | |
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Tk'lalì tries desperately to shake herself out of her thought paralyzes by trying move and get her head back in the game.
She steels her mind, happy she took all those sessions with the counselor on mental control before going out adventuring.
Then without another moment's thought she opens her mouth, syncing with her inner flames and lets out a gouge of fire on both Purple and Yellow.
DC 18 basic reflex save from P and Y.
She shakes frustratedly in place and lets out a soft whistle asking her little turtle Artemisia for some help and it spends two actions putting a soft flipper on her shoulder.
And given that she can't move her body she just concentrates on the stone of the temple, summoning up a very flimsy layer of fired glass to try and offset her broken defenses.
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"Oh." It's a little disappointing that his spell seems to have worked, but the monster died before it mattered!
He hums his encouraging song, but he's still a little off-balance and it isn't coming out quite right. Both Tk'lalì and Tsuko-Chin are hurt, but he can only heal one and he isn't sure yet which is best.
Instead, Button Bright moves a little closer, casting a defensive spell over himself.
Orange:
Yellow:
Tk'kali is able wiggle herself of the mental conscript. She blows fire as a retailation. Skin burns but they are still alive.
Button bright continues his brilliant inspiration for all.
Party Condition(s):
Terrain Feature(s): The spaces filled with 2 feet of water or deeper are treated as difficult terrain. Areas with 5 feet or deeper floods require PCs to DC 15 Swim or find an alternative way of moving through the water (such as walking along the bottom while holding their breath).
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP
Note(s):
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT! STRIKETHROUGH NAMES ARE ELIMINATED.
Melenia Nightbreeze | Frightened 1 | |
Tk'lalì | [/i][/b] | |
White Demon |
Button Bright | [i]Frightened 1 | |
➤ Yellow Demon |
➤ Orange Demon |
➤ Purpl Demon |
Tsuko-chin | Frightened 1; Grabbed by Orange | |
Knuckles | [i][/b] | |
Cirri Merryweather | |
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Orange:
◆ Strike Tsuko-chin
◆ Strike Tsuko-chin
◆ Stride to move
Purple:
◆ Stride to move
◆ Strike Cirri
◆ Strike cirri
Yellow:
◆ Stride to move
◆ Strike Knuckle
◆ Strike Knuckle
The demons goes into attack knowing that everything they does is doomed to fail. They swing their tail with a few success.
Party Condition(s):
Terrain Feature(s): The spaces filled with 2 feet of water or deeper are treated as difficult terrain. Areas with 5 feet or deeper floods require PCs to DC 15 Swim or find an alternative way of moving through the water (such as walking along the bottom while holding their breath).
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP
Note(s):
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT! STRIKETHROUGH NAMES ARE ELIMINATED.
Melenia Nightbreeze | Frightened 1 | |
Tk'lalì | |
White Demon |
Button Bright | Frightened 1 | |
Yellow Demon |
Orange Demon |
Purpl Demon |
➤ Tsuko-chin | Frightened 1; | |
➤ Knuckles | |
➤ Cirri Merryweather | |
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