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Crystal attempts to slide through Red's legs to get behind it. Unfortunately, both her efforts are in vain and the creature narrows its stance. Frustrated, Crystal stabs Red anyway and connects.
Red lashes out with each of its claws.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
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Those with ** may go
Red (-89; 3d4 Persistent Acid)
**Orin - AC 33 (35 w/shield) 152/185; (AC 35; Shield - H13, 71/104)
Yellow (-30; 13 persistent electricity; OG 1 rd)
Rex - AC 31 164/164
Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 101/129 ** reaction used
Blue
Crystal Schattenauge - AC 29 (31 w/buckler) 67/151 (Resist - 6Co, 10Fi/Ac/El)
Quinoline Silicate - AC 30 (32 w/shield) 140/140 (Shield - H10, 80/80)
Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 153/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo)
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Orin continues his assault on Red, leaving it pretty beaten up but still fighting.
Yellow lashes out at Lydia and Orin.
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Yellow then tries to grab Orin with its teeth.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
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Those with ** may go
Red (-121; 29 < AC <= 33; 3d4 Persistent Acid)
Orin - AC 33 (35 w/shield) 141/185; (AC 35; Shield - H13, 60/104) * extra Shield Block used
Yellow (-43; OG 1 rd - Quinoline's turn; AC <= 35)
**Rex - AC 31 164/164
**Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 101/129 ** reaction used
Blue
Crystal Schattenauge - AC 29 (31 w/buckler) 67/151 (Resist - 6Co, 10Fi/Ac/El)
Quinoline Silicate - AC 30 (32 w/shield) 140/140 (Shield - H10, 80/80)
Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 153/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo)
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Lydia casts a spell to guide her next strike and tries to finish Red by striking twice with her jagged blades, followed by a step towards yellow
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Effect: You apply one of the following debilitations, which lasts until the end of your next turn. When the creature is affected by a new debilitation, any previous one it was affected by ends.
- Debilitation The target takes a –10-foot status penalty to its Speeds.
- Debilitation The target becomes enfeebled 1.
- Debilitation The target can’t use reactions.
- Debilitation The target can’t flank or contribute to allies’ flanking.
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Rex prepares his crossbow to fire more quickly while he casts a spell to try to hinder the uninjured creature.
◆ Coating Rune (Oil of Speed)
◆◆ Cast a Spell (Vision of Death rank 5 vs blue)
Vision of Death
Concentrate Death Emotion Fear Manipulate Mental
Range 120 feet; Targets 1 living creature
Defense Will
You force the target to see a vision of its own death. It takes mental damage with a DC 31 Will save. If the target is reduced to 0 HP by this spell, its vision becomes reality and kills it instantly.
Critical Success The target is unaffected.
Success The target takes half damage and is frightened 1.
Failure The target takes full damage and is frightened 2.
Critical Failure The target takes double damage, is frightened 4, and is fleeing for as long as it's frightened.
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Lydia gets a glimpse of the future and uses it to poke Red once. Her second attack misses, however, as she moves towards Yellow. Rex coats his crossbow with some kind of oil. He then forces Blue to envision its death. Blue appears to be rattled by this and a wound seems to magically appear on its leg...
Blue moves closer and Orin seizes the opportunity to drive his pick into Blue with critical force. Blue responds and slashes out at the Pathfinders.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
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Those with ** may go
Red (-149; 30 < AC <= 33; 3d4 Persistent Acid)
Orin - AC 33 (35 w/shield) 141/185; (AC 35; Shield - H13, 60/104) * extra Shield Block used
Yellow (-43; OG 1 rd - Quinoline's turn; AC <= 35)
Rex - AC 31 164/164
Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 101/129 ** reaction used
Blue (-96; F1; AC <= 33)
**Crystal Schattenauge - AC 29 (31 w/buckler) 17/151 (Resist - 6Co, 10Fi/Ac/El)
**Quinoline Silicate - AC 30 (32 w/shield) 140/140 (Shield - H10, 80/80)
**Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 153/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo)
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Quinoline tries to get an angle on Red and chucks a sticky fire bomb at it. The bomb misses but Red gets splashed by liquid fire. Astrid, however, moves up and finishes Red off with two strikes.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2-3
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
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Those with ** may go
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**Orin - AC 33 (35 w/shield) 141/185; (AC 35; Shield - H13, 60/104)
Yellow (-43; AC <= 35)
Rex - AC 31 164/164
Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 101/129
Blue (-96; F1; AC <= 33)
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**Crystal Schattenauge - AC 29 (31 w/buckler) 17/151 (Resist - 6Co, 10Fi/Ac/El)
Quinoline Silicate - AC 30 (32 w/shield) 140/140 (Shield - H10, 80/80)
Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 153/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo)
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Orin raises his shield and moves to flank Blue. He strikes with his pick but misses completely, burying its tip into the ground. He ends up spending some time extracting it.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2-3
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
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Those with ** may go
-3-
Orin - AC 33 (35 w/shield) 141/185; (AC 35; Shield - H13, 60/104)
Yellow (-43; AC <= 35)
Rex - AC 31 164/164
Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 101/129 ** reaction used
Blue (-96; F1; AC <= 33)
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**Crystal Schattenauge - AC 29 (31 w/buckler) 17/151 (Resist - 6Co, 10Fi/Ac/El)
Quinoline Silicate - AC 30 (32 w/shield) 140/140 (Shield - H10, 80/80)
Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 153/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo)
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Crystal manages to tumble through Blue's space and catch it looking. She pounces, plunging her sword into its torso and finds something vital. It stiffens, expels a gout of ichor and drops.
Yellow again lashes out at Pathfinders within reach.
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Yellow steps back to avoid getting surrounded.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 3-4
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
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Those with ** may go
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**Orin - AC 33 (35 w/shield) 141/185; (AC 35; Shield - H13, 60/104)
Yellow (-43; AC <= 31)
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**Rex - AC 31 164/164
**Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 78/129 ** reaction used
**Crystal Schattenauge - AC 29 (31 w/buckler) 17/151 (AC 31; Resist - 6Co, 10Fi/Ac/El)
**Quinoline Silicate - AC 30 (32 w/shield) 140/140 (Shield - H10, 80/80)
**Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 153/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo)
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Lydia steps towards yellow and quickly strikes. She then flashes her first sword to distract the creature before lunging with Catastrophe.
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Effect: You apply one of the following debilitations, which lasts until the end of your next turn. When the creature is affected by a new debilitation, any previous one it was affected by ends.
- Debilitation The target takes a –10-foot status penalty to its Speeds.
- Debilitation The target becomes enfeebled 1.
- Debilitation The target can’t use reactions.
- Debilitation The target can’t flank or contribute to allies’ flanking.
Critical Success The target is off-guard against all melee attacks until the end of your next turn. If wielding agile or finesse weapon, you can step immediately after the Feint as a free action.
Success The target is off-guard against your melee attacks until the end of your next turn. If wielding agile or finesse weapon, you can step immediately after the Feint as a free action.
Critical Failure Your feint backfires. You are off-guard against melee attacks the target attempts against you until the end of your next turn.
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Lydia tears into the remaining monstrosity and weakens it enough for Rex to put a crossbow bolt through its ... well ... critical parts.
This circular room is brightly lit, the light reflecting off the numerous metallic tiles that form concentric circles, surrounding an enormous golden owl in the center. The owl’s eyes are covered with an intricate masquerade mask; the owl seems to stare through it into an oblivion no one else can see. At the base of the statue is a poem. Its letters shift and swirl, before finally settling on Taldane to share a message:
Silence.
The dark between demands it,
But my thoughts are my own,
My defiance shows through my voice.
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Astrid studies the owl statue intently with a puzzled look on her face. "Silence?" She turns to Quinoline. "Hey Quin. Wasn't that the name of the owl belonging to that girl on my team of young pathfinders during that business with Urxehl in the Finadar Forest? What in the seven hells does Waterfall have to do with those two?"
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Lydia looks the door over but doesn't see anything that stands out. Quinoline pushes the button and...
The owl’s mask falls to the ground, and the beak begins to open impossibly wide, stretching the owl’s mouth to such an unnatural degree that the bottom of the beak reaches the talons grasping the base upon which the owl is perched. In the center of the newly formed 10-foot-tall entryway stands a heavy ebony door with a gold handle, waiting to be pushed open.
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Stepping through the Owl Door, the smell of ancient paper is overwhelming. Once through the door, shelves upon shelves of books are revealed, as well as the patrons perusing them. The whole of this library is lit by soft lighting. The vaulted ceiling soars 50 feet above, with solid rafters 10 feet below it. Off to the side of the nearby entrance there is a large sign which reads, "Absolutely NO food or drink in the library! Violators will face the wrath of The Librarian." Alcoves are built into the walls. They appear relatively cozier than the rest of the library; their ceilings rise only to 20 feet and lack rafters. Bookshelves line every wall, reaching to the rafters of the main library and the ceilings of the alcoves, with built-in ladders that can slide along the shelves from one side to the other. Each shelf is crammed full of books. A gray and white catlike creature lies atop a nearby shelf nonchalantly cleaning itself, while the tentacles sticking out of its legs scritch behind its ears. Several large purple coneshaped creatures carefully peruse the books on the shelves, pulling them out one by one with their large claws. Inside the northernmost alcove, a blue creature with a head resembling a starfish sits at a desk, thoughtfully reading and taking precise notes with a larger-than-average quill on scrolls that seem to be made of dried skin of suspicious origin.
In the center of the room, on a slightly raised platform decorated with a beautiful, hand-woven rug, stands a large desk. Above it hangs a rather terrifying tapestry that appears to be surrounded by smoke. It depicts an obsidian tower rising in the center, surrounded by creatures beyond description; a silent howl seems to emanate from the tower and towards the minds of anyone who could hear. Standing behind the desk itself is a tall, vaguely humanoid-shaped creature with gray skin and no eyes. Clothed in the robes of a distinguished scholar, they seem to be making notes in a large ledger that sits on the desk.
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Before Lydia fully dips into her ancestral roots, she recalls the party received a scroll of Haste. "Rex, is this something you could cast?".
Lydia would instead cast Invisibility (2nd) on herself after Haste is cast, and before door is opened.
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Lydia looks around but being untrained in Occultism doesn't think too hard about what the creatures are.
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Quinoline identifies the catlike creature as an Angoyang and the Blue starfish thingy as an Elder Thing Researcher. She does not recognize the other two.
Rex attempts to identify the remaining two creatures but fails to do so. Astrid also fails to identify the creatures. Finally you are noticed by the tall being behind the desk...
Lifting their head to scan the room, The Librarian looks straight toward the newcomers and hisses, "Ignored all of the warnings and still came, did you? This is no place for simple creatures such as you. We have far more important things to concern ourselves with, so I give you this chance–turn around, and take the door you came through. If you do not, you will instead be at the mercy of the Elder Gods and their researchers. And I can assure you, they are very thorough in their studies, taking great care that their specimens do not die from any of the procedures, no matter how intense the pain."