Strength of Thousands (PF2 AP) by DM DoctorEvil

Game Master DM DoctorEvil

Retributive Strike, Nonlethal: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 9 - 2 = 14
Reroll: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 9 - 2 = 25
Damage: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

"Pests!"

I just realized that Demoralize is a terrible action here, since I get a -4 due to language barriers...

So, I googled a bit and was not able to find how to get on the table. Don't know if it's a climb, jump or acrobatics check. I would prefer the latter. I will just act as if I can just stride on the table and go from there. Will retcon if needed.

M'baba takes the hit, but understands he must keep fighting. He gets on the table to flank with Ikto and strikes twice with his Rapier.

Strike 1 (non-lethal): 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 6 - 2 = 11
Unluck: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 6 - 2 = 9
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5
Sneak attack: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Strike 2 (non-lethal): 1d20 + 6 - 5 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 6 - 5 - 2 = 15
Unluck: 1d20 + 6 - 5 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 6 - 5 - 2 = 0
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Sneak attack: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Realizing that her passive approach is not proving effective, Nyandra continues her courageous anthem ◆ and weaves in some healing magic this time, specifically the soothe ◆◆ spell, focused on M'baba.

"Not going to let these creatures beat us, not today!"

Sooth: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Storage Barn - Round 4 - continued

Courageous Anthem active: +1 to attacks, dmg and saves vs fear

27 Iovia (unluck)
24 Yellow Pugwampi
23 Blue Pugwampi
23 M'Baba (unluck; 13/17hp)
19 Za Minyahil (18/19hp)
18 Nyandra (unluck)
16 Green Pugwampi
15 Ntuni (16/22hp; unluck)
11 Ikto (unluck; 12/16hp remain)
7 Orange Pugwampi (16hp dmg)

Ntuni, despite the trend towards bad things happening, is able to land a physical blow on Orange Pugwampi as it flees from him, and it is very badly hurt, clearly just about to pass out after the blow.

M'Baba leaps on the table and strikes at one of the pugwampis, but the table leg is shorter than the other, and with his weight on it, the table yaws to one side, making the stabbing attacks both miss despite being from behind.

Nyandra keeps her song going, and is able to weave in a healing spell that gives some relief to M'Baba, though some of his wounds persist.

Green Pugwampi leaps off the teetering table, and rushes to make a strike at Za Minyahil from behind. The hit scores and only the inherent weakness of the gremlin keeps it from being a much worse wound than it is.

M'Baba is back to 13/17 and Za Minyahil now stands at 15/19. Ntuni and Ikto are up once again.

Green shortsword vs ZM, off-guard: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18
Piercing Dmg to ZM: 1d6 - 3 ⇒ (6) - 3 = 3

Ikto is not used to combat, and certainly in not so many hectic conditions but seeing Ntuni has managed to NEARLY down one, he disregards pride and charges the same one hoping to get a NOT Unlucky break and down it so the more experienced fighter can help others.

Action one and two each a stride to get to orange.

Action 3, to hit nonlethally with sickle attempt 1 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Unluck option: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13
If somehow he hits, nL dmg is 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

But the thing is too nimble "Sorry I thought maybe if we dogpiled one at a time?"

Za Minyahil, feeling a burst of confidence, grabs at the gremlin that just stabbed them.

◆ Grapple (WITHOUT Unluck!)

Grapple (Athletics): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14

Will have to see if that catches them before I take my next actions...

Za Minyahil, feeling a burst of confidence, grabs at the gremlin that just stabbed them.

◆ Grapple (WITHOUT Unluck!)

[dice=Grapple (Athletics)]1d20+1

Will have to see if that catches them before I take my next actions...

It's going to be a bit before its ZM's turn again, but will hold this post until then.

I will wait for Ikto's reconsidered action before I end the round.

Undoing last thing..

Ikto sees Za Minyayhil's efforts and decides to try to help them restrain a gremlin.

Aid Grapple? Athletics roll bardic bonus: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Unluck roll to aid/assist 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Storage Barn - Round 4 - concluded

Ikto moves over to try to assist Za Minyahil, but his attempt to hold the small gremlin cause him to over-balance, and the druid ends up sprawled on the floor insted.

Ntuni moves from smashing one gremlin to attack Blue. The dwarven warrior connects with her first hammer blow, but the second cannot make contact. The pugwampi looks much worse for wear after, even if the damage was not intended to kill.

End of Round 4

Ikto falls prone. Blue takes some damage. On to Round 5

Ntuni Strike, NL: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 9 - 2 = 23
Ntuni Strike, NL, Unluck: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 9 - 2 = 21 hit!
Ntuni Dmg strike 1: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Ntuni strike, NL, MAP: 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 5 ⇒ (14) + 9 - 2 - 5 = 16
Ntuni Strike, NL, MAP: 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 5 ⇒ (8) + 9 - 2 - 5 = 10 miss

Storage Barn - Round 5

Courageous Anthem active: +1 to attacks, dmg and saves vs fear

27 Iovia (unluck)
24 Yellow Pugwampi
23 Blue Pugwampi (10hp dmg)
23 M'Baba (unluck; 13/17hp)
19 Za Minyahil (15/19hp)
18 Nyandra (unluck)
16 Green Pugwampi
15 Ntuni (16/22hp; unluck)
11 Ikto (unluck; 12/16hp remain; prone)

Iovia is up now. I did go back and add one damage to what Ntuni did last round for bard anthem.

Iovia walks over to the fallen gremlin, picks it up, and carries it to the cages.

Action 1: Stride. Action 2: Interact to pick up Orange. Action 3: Stride. I don't think I can actually get it into the cage this round.

Storage Barn - Round 5 - continued

Courageous Anthem active: +1 to attacks, dmg and saves vs fear

27 Iovia (unluck)
24 Yellow Pugwampi
23 Blue Pugwampi (10hp dmg)
23 M'Baba (unluck; 13/17hp)
19 Za Minyahil (15/19hp)
18 Nyandra (unluck)
16 Green Pugwampi
15 Ntuni (16/22hp; unluck)
11 Ikto (unluck; 12/16hp remain; prone)

Iovia hustles over to scoop up the fallen gremlin, secures the unconscious foe, and works her way towards the cage near the door.

Yellow Pugwampi attacks with its shortsword against Za Minyahil who stands right in front of it. This time it lands two blows against the grasping ghoran. The damage could be much worse, but Za Minyahil still gets a couple of stinging cuts.

Blue Pugwampi grabs its sore head after Ntuni's strike, and tries to leap down and head for a formerly hidden trapdoor in the floor of the barn. Ntuni can lunge at it again before it gets there. If it makes it there, it opens the hatch and disappears inside, wobbly escaping from the fight.

Za Minyahil tries to grab Green, but even the inspired grapple fails to hold the slippery pugwampi.

NM takes 6hp dmg, and is at 9/19 hp remaining after. Ntuni gets a Retributive Strike vs Blue otherwise it escapes the combat area. ZM can finish their turn with one actin taken. Nyandra and M'Baba are also up now.

Yellow Pugwampi strike: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19 hit
yellow Pugwampi strike, MAP: 1d20 + 8 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 8 - 4 = 19 hit
Piercing Dmg to ZM: 1d6 - 3 ⇒ (6) - 3 = 3
Piercing Dmg to ZM: 1d6 - 3 ⇒ (6) - 3 = 3

@GM: Can we get a status check on the pugs? Who's more hurt and stuff?

M'baba is very frustrated with the fight. Although he is supposed to be focused on it, he keeps thinking of ways they could have handled the situation better. However, seeing Ikto on the ground he moves over to help him.

Afterwards, he makes a menacing gesture at the yellow pugwampi standing next to him.

Actions are Stride, Aid on Ikto to help him get up (here's me hoping I can make this a free action for him, let me know if I need a check for that) and demoralize on yellow.

Demoralize: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5 fml
unluck: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

@M'baba: Only blue is hurt I believe. Their stats are in front of their names in the initiative list.

Retributive Strike, CA, NL: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 9 + 1 - 2 = 21
Reroll: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 9 + 1 - 2 = 19
Damage, CA: 1d12 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 1 = 16

Storage Barn - Round 5 - continued

Courageous Anthem active: +1 to attacks, dmg and saves vs fear

27 Iovia (unluck)
24 Yellow Pugwampi
23 M'Baba (unluck; 13/17hp)
19 Za Minyahil (15/19hp)
18 Nyandra (unluck)
16 Green Pugwampi
15 Ntuni (16/22hp; unluck)
11 Ikto (unluck; 12/16hp remain; prone)

Ntuni's quick strike on the fleeing Blue Pugwampi catches it upside the head, and the almost comically, the gremlin falls over like a stone.

M'Baba moves beside the fallen Ikto and lifts him up to his feet again. Turning to the nearest gremlin, M'Baba makes the most menacing face his tribe could ever come up with, but the pugwampis don't seem fazed in the slightest by this evil visage.

Yes, damage to foes is listed next to their entry. Since Blue is down, none of the rest of the pugwampis have taken any damage so far. Nyandra is up, and Za Minyhail can finish the last two actions of the turn they started already.

Continuing her anthem, Nyandra moves up to flank the yellow pugwampi with Ikto. I wish it didn't have to come to this...but...the show must go on! She pauses her anthem to draw her rapier.

Courageous Anthem ◆, Stride ◆, Interact ◆

Will give ZM till tomorrow afternoon to finish his action or I will bot them to keep things moving.

Za Minyahil endures the strikes from the gremlins and tries once more to grapple the little wretch that keeps eluding them!

◆ Grapple

Grapple (Athletics): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

They dive for the gremlin, only for it to dodge out of the way, making them crash to the floor.

Hee hee, face-plant! :P

Then they get back up and try once more!

◆ Stand

◆ Grapple

Grapple (Athletics): 1d20 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (8) + 1 - 5 = 4

Storage Barn - Round 5 - continued

Courageous Anthem active: +1 to attacks, dmg and saves vs fear

27 Iovia (unluck)
24 Yellow Pugwampi
23 M'Baba (unluck; 13/17hp)
19 Za Minyahil (15/19hp)
18 Nyandra (unluck)
16 Green Pugwampi
15 Ntuni (16/22hp; unluck)
11 Ikto (unluck; 12/16hp remain)

Nyandra continues her inspirational song even though it has been unable to overcome the weird bad luck effects of the gremlins. She also takes a moment to draw her own weapon -- just in case.

Za Minyahil dives at one of slippery gremlins, but cannot make contact and ends up sprawled on the sawdust floor. The ghoran does manage to get himself upright again, looking a bit abashed in the process.

Green Pugwampi makes a stabbing strike at Ikto, scoring a deep stab wound that might have been fatal had it been delivered with more strength. Such as it is, Ikto gets a nasty cut, and the gremlin moves around him toward a heretofore hidden trap door in the floor, opening it with a deft hand motion.

Ikto takes 3hp dmg more, and is at 9/16. Za Minyahil had one actin posted before this round, so their turn ends getting up from prone. Ikto and Ntuni are up to close this round.

Green shortsword vs Ikto: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26 critical
Piercing dmg vs Ikto, critical: 2d6 - 6 ⇒ (4, 5) - 6 = 3

Ikto gasps in pain as he is stabbed. He is aware of just how lucky he is to be alive, and fear and anger both surge through him. Do these idiot gremlins not know he could DESTROY them? He is not a killer by nature but he is beginning to resent this mission. Their foes are using lethal force while he and his allies must fight with one leg..err hand, tied behind their backs?

Then he sees the trap door open and blinks, "I think we know how they got in." He moves to his feet half expecting another onslaught.

Action 1, stand.
He raises his shield for another strike
Action 2, Raise Shield

Then, he strikes at the only one in reach, "I wish to have words with our peers and mentors after this. It is not right to send us with words of restraint into such a lethal challenge."
Still he abides by the request and strikes with the flat of the sickle.

Action 3, non lethal strike on yellow 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Unuck dice 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Dmg if it finally hits: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

"If you fear they will kill you, then retreat and recover!" Za Minyahil chides. "We have the day to accomplish this, we need not throw our lives away for the sake of haste!"

"No you will not!" Ntuni seethes in anger as she steps towards the trapdoor, closes it and then steps on top of it.

Step, Interact, Step

"If you fear they will kill you, then retreat and recover!" Za Minyahil chides. "We have the day to accomplish this, we need not throw our lives away for the sake of haste!"

"I do fear," He admits, "But We are here to learn who we are, and who we will choose to be. I do not wish to be one who deserts his fellow initiates in the face of danger. I'll run if WE Run, but if we fight? I fight."

Ntuni, the pugwampi is holding the door open for now, so rather than Interact, please make an opposed Athletics check. You will have definite advantage over the small gremlins...

@Ikto, I believe you are already standing, you don't need to spend an action standing up. I used one of mine to help you up.

Athletics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
Reroll: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26

@Ikto, I believe you are already standing, you don't need to spend an action standing up. I used one of mine to help you up.

I missed that and I apologize. In that case. Another swing

Second NL Strike on Yellow. 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (5) - 2 = 3
Or UNLUCK option: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (9) - 2 = 7

If both rolls make it, then nonlethal damage is 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Alas, Ikto's swings are still wild. He is, he realizes, well and truly cursed by these things.

It looks like I'll be up next, so just posting early.

Iovia drops her gremlin into the cage with the other two, then she locks that cage so if they wake they can't get out, and she moves to the next downed gremlin.

Action 1: Interact to drop the gremlin in. Action 2: Interact to lock the cage. Action 3: Stride.

Storage Barn - Round 5 - concluded

Ikto strikes at the nearby gremlin, not once, but twice. unfortunately, he cannot connect on either attempt.

At the trapdoor, Ntuni hurries over and stomps the door out of the hands of the gremlin who is trying to escape. The escape hatch slams shut again as the dwarf stands atop it, frustrating the pugwampi.

End of Round 5

Storage Barn - Round 6

Courageous Anthem active: +1 to attacks, dmg and saves vs fear

27 Iovia (unluck)
24 Yellow Pugwampi
23 M'Baba (unluck; 13/17hp)
19 Za Minyahil (15/19hp)
18 Nyandra (unluck)
16 Green Pugwampi
15 Ntuni (16/22hp; unluck)
11 Ikto (unluck; 9/16hp remain)

Iovia deposits one more gremlin in the cage, locking it behind her and heading to scoop up the most recent victim of Ntuni's maul.

Yellow Pugwampi, seeing Ntuni blocking the escape route, launches itself at the dwarven warrior, slashing and stabbing with its shortsword. Ntuni suffers another minor stab wound, but holds off the gremlin onslaught.

Ntuni takes 3hp more dmg, and is at 13/22 now. M'Baba, Za Minyahil, and Nyandra are all up now.

Yellow Pugwampi short-sword vs Ntuni: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Yellow strike MAP: 1d20 + 8 - 5 ⇒ (15) + 8 - 5 = 18
Piercing dmg to Ntuni: 1d6 - 3 ⇒ (6) - 3 = 3

Seeing an open opportunity, M'baba moves up to flank one of the creatures (yellow) and attacks twice.

Is this M'baba's first hit?: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 6 - 2 = 18
unluck: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 6 - 2 = 9
NL damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Sneak: 1d6 ⇒ 4

MAP: 1d20 + 6 - 5 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 6 - 5 - 2 = 10
unluck: 1d20 + 6 - 5 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 6 - 5 - 2 = 14
NL damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Sneak: 1d6 ⇒ 6

He slips on a piece of cloth and misses the pugwampi entirely.

Za Minyahil rushes after the gremlin that's been eluding them so far, flanking him with Ntuni.

◆ Stride

"No escape this time!" they cry as they dive for the gremlin.

◆ Grapple

Grapple (Athletics): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Even surrounded the gremlin is plenty nimble, and Za Minyahil growls angrily as they try one more time!

Grapple (Athletics): 1d20 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (4) + 1 - 5 = 0

They end up sprawled on the floor again.

I'm prone.

Storage Barn - Round 6 - continued

Courageous Anthem active: +1 to attacks, dmg and saves vs fear

27 Iovia (unluck)
24 Yellow Pugwampi
23 M'Baba (unluck; 13/17hp)
19 Za Minyahil (15/19hp)
18 Nyandra (unluck)
16 Green Pugwampi
15 Ntuni (13/22hp; unluck)
11 Ikto (unluck; 9/16hp remain)

M'Baba slinks behind the pugwampi who seem ready to leave the storeroom, but he slips on debris from their vandalism and both his first and second attacks are off-balance, and miss again.

Though not affected by the unluck aura, Za Minyahil's attempts to tackle the slippery gremlins are ill-conceived, and once again, he ends up empty-handed and prone on the debris strewn floor.

Nyandra is up still. I will run her turn tonight if no posting meantime, just to keep this drawn out encounter moving.

Drawn out indeed! I feel like this encounter really strains the PbP format.

Seeing her new friends take so many injuries, Nyandra isn't sure where to focus her attention. She has her rapier ready... glances at it, sighs. It's clear she's not going to be able to wrestle one of them into a cage, so instead she tries to strike the yellow pugwampi flat end of her rapier.

Strike!: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14
Unluck Strike!: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

But it goes terribly wide. She drops it and, not knowing what else to do, resumes the courageous anthem. Many angry notes fill the song now, her frustration clear.

What could they possibly want us to learn from this? Patience? Mine is surely gone!

Storage Barn - Round 6 - continued

Courageous Anthem active: +1 to attacks, dmg and saves vs fear

27 Iovia (unluck)
24 Yellow Pugwampi
23 M'Baba (unluck; 13/17hp)
19 Za Minyahil (15/19hp; prone)
18 Nyandra (unluck)
16 Green Pugwampi
15 Ntuni (13/22hp; unluck)
11 Ikto (unluck; 9/16hp remain)

With Ntuni blocking the exit, Green Pugwampi makes an all-out assault on the dwarf, trying to move her off the hatch. But neither attack hits, and the pugwampi leaps atop the nearby cupboard again, trying to keep others off its back.

No reactive strike since that's a Step, but Ntuni and Ikto are up to close this round.

Green shortsword: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Green shortsword MAP: 1d20 + 8 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 8 - 4 = 5

"Enough, buggers!" Ntuni exclaims, frustrated, as she swings again and again at the flanked pugwampi.

Demoralize: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2
Reroll: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (17) - 1 = 16

Strike, CA, NL: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 9 + 1 - 2 = 15
Strike, CA, NL: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 9 + 1 - 2 = 21
Damage, CA: 2d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2, 1) + 4 + 1 = 8

Strike, CA, NL: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 2 - 5 ⇒ (16) + 9 + 1 - 2 - 5 = 19
Strike, CA, NL: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 2 - 5 ⇒ (4) + 9 + 1 - 2 - 5 = 7

Ikto moves to pay forward the kindness M'Baba showed him by helping Za Minyahil up. He uses his shield in case another attacks him as he does this. "There we go.. M'Baba helped me, now I'm helping you. Grandmother knows we could all use a little help." He chuckles at the absurdity that births such frustration

Stride and Assist for two actions, he raises shield as a third.

Storage Barn - Round 6 - concluded

Courageous Anthem active: +1 to attacks, dmg and saves vs fear

27 Iovia (unluck)
24 Yellow Pugwampi
23 M'Baba (unluck; 13/17hp)
19 Za Minyahil (15/19hp; prone)
18 Nyandra (unluck)
16 Green Pugwampi
15 Ntuni (13/22hp; unluck)
11 Ikto (unluck; 9/16hp remain)

Ntuni shouts at the pugwampi surrounded by initiates, but it seems to not be very frightening. Instead she pummels the target with her maul, smashing it once, but missing with the second blow.

Ikto helps the fallen Za Minyahil up to their feet, then raises their own shield to protect from any blows that might fall his way.

End of Round 6

Storage Barn - Round 7

Courageous Anthem active: +1 to attacks, dmg and saves vs fear

27 Iovia (unluck)
24 Yellow Pugwampi (8hp dmg)
23 M'Baba (unluck; 13/17hp)
19 Za Minyahil (15/19hp)
18 Nyandra (unluck)
16 Green Pugwampi
15 Ntuni (13/22hp; unluck)
11 Ikto (unluck; 9/16hp remain)

Iovia is up again in Round 7 for the heroes.

Iovia moves the fourth pugwampi to a cage, drops it in, and returns to the battle, moving around towards Ikto, as he seems to be the most wounded.

Stride, Interact, Stride

Storage Barn - Round 7

Courageous Anthem active: +1 to attacks, dmg and saves vs fear

27 Iovia (unluck)
24 Yellow Pugwampi (8hp dmg)
23 M'Baba (unluck; 13/17hp)
19 Za Minyahil (15/19hp)
18 Nyandra (unluck)
16 Green Pugwampi
15 Ntuni (13/22hp; unluck)
11 Ikto (unluck; 9/16hp remain)

Iovia continues cleaning up fallen pugwampis and dropping them in the cages. The cage in the hall is now full however, so if you capture the remaining, they will have to go in the cage that M'Baba brought in the room already.

Yellow Pugwampi is now reeling a bit from a bop on the head and it desperately wants to leave the storage barn but Ntuni standing on the hatch prevents it. Therefore it leaps at the dwarf, trying to either fell or push back the dwarf. One attack hits and the other misses. Even the attack is little more than a scratch, though those hits are starting to add up.

M'Baba, Za Minyahil, and Nyandra are all up now. Ntuni is at 12/22hp. Don't forget the bardic bonus.

Yellow shortsword vs Ntuni: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
Yellow shortsword vs Ntuni, MAP: 1d20 + 8 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 8 - 4 = 17
Piercing Dmg to Ntuni: 1d6 - 3 ⇒ (3) - 3 = 0 1 dmg min

I had bought 2 cages. 3 of them were in one, which I locked a couple of rounds back, so the second cage should only have one in it, right?

That's fine. I will assume you are carrying that second cage with you so you don't have to walk around as much, unless you feel differently.

Their pride bruised more than their body, Za Minyahil gets back up.

◆ Stand

They turn their attention away from the pugwampi that's proved so difficult for them, and turn their attention to the remaining one...that everyone has surrounded.

◆ Step to current position

Now was their chance to prove their capability as they try to wrangle the little beast!

◆ One more Grapple!

Grapple (Athletics): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

This gremlin is just as nimble as its kin, however, and Za Minyahil finds themselves once again face-first in the dirt, with the pugwampi cackling at their humiliation.

One of the others used their turn to stand you up, so you could take another action here, or stand up from the latest attempt instead of the first one.

Is the space above me free? There are some markings there so I want to be sure I can stand there safely.

M'baba continues attacking the pugwampi in front of him.

Nonletal rapierwith courageous anthem: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 1 - 2 = 6
Unluck: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 6 + 1 - 2 = 23
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Sneak attack: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Nonletal rapierwith courageous anthem, MAP: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 5 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 6 + 1 - 5 - 2 = 9
Unluck: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 5 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 6 + 1 - 5 - 2 = 11
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4
Sneak attack: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Nonletal rapierwith courageous anthem: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 10 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 6 + 1 - 10 - 2 = 10
Unluck: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 10 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 1 - 10 - 2 = -1
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Sneak attack: 1d6 ⇒ 6

However, he is too unlucky to hit anything.

Is the space above me free? There are some markings there so I want to be sure I can stand there safely.

Going one down could be better. Either way, you get flanking. But, I wouldn't be making an attack. I'll either be using Daze or Heal or grabbing a down pugwampi to cage it. If you go down, both you and Za get flanking.

Nyandra tries to focus on aiding her allies rather than directly fighting; she continues her Courageous Anthem ◆, and tries to Daze ◆◆the pugwampi in front of her that others are focusing on.

DC 17 Will
Daze: 1d6 ⇒ 4