Seoni tries to put some ice on the fire.
Cast frostbite (DC 17)On 1 blue, 2 red:1d2 ⇒ 1 Cold damage:2d4 ⇒ (1, 3) = 4 Flaming Moss Monster, Fort:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17
An orb of biting cold coalesces around one of the monsters, freezing its body, but only a moment.
Seoni then casts shield.
One of the flaming moss monsters (red) continues to attack the Pathfinder in front of it.
Melee, flaming fist v Hepcut:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31 Damage bludgeoning plus persistent fire:1d8 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7 Melee, flaming fist v Hepcut:1d20 + 13 - 5 ⇒ (18) + 13 - 5 = 26 Damage bludgeoning plus persistent fire:1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11 Melee, flaming fist v Hepcut:1d20 + 13 - 10 ⇒ (13) + 13 - 10 = 16 Damage bludgeoning plus persistent fire:1d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
The other (blue) tries to ignite the flittering fey.
Melee, flaming fist v Folmyr:1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25 Damage bludgeoning plus persistent fire:1d8 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12 Melee, flaming fist v Folmyr:1d20 + 15 - 5 ⇒ (13) + 15 - 5 = 23 Damage bludgeoning plus persistent fire:1d8 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 Melee, flaming fist v Folmyr:1d20 + 15 - 10 ⇒ (11) + 15 - 10 = 16 Damage bludgeoning plus persistent fire:1d8 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
ROAD RAGE! - Round Two Begins!
PCs in bold may act Party Buff: bless
Elite Flaming Moss Monster (red)
Flaming Moss Monster (blue) -2 HP
Folmyr -22 HP (persistent fire) Soguchi
Seoni(shield'd) Hepcut -30 HP (persistent fire) Glenda
Female Orc Swashbuckler 6 (Gymnast, Martial Artist Dedication) HP 84/84 Hero Points 1/1 AC 24 (25 Shield) Saves F+12 R+14 W+10 Perc +10 (Darkvision) Exploration Search Active Conditions: - Reactions: Oppurtune Riposte
Hepcut screams in pain as the flames licks her skin. She needs to get this one on the ground.
Athletics to Trip Red, vs Red's Reflex DC:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (9) + 14 = 23 Stumbling Strike vs Red's Off-guard AC, Confident Finisher:1d20 + 14 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 14 - 4 = 22I've never noticed this, but if a creature hits me when I'm in Stumbling Stance, they are off guard to the next Stumbling Strike I make. Bludgeoning Damage, Backstabber, Confident Finisher:2d8 + 4 + 1 + 3d6 ⇒ (3, 7) + 4 + 1 + (6, 1, 6) = 28
She'll throw her cape up to try to get in between her attack.
Glenda's icy blast finishes the final flaming foe.
COMBAT OVER
"What the blazes were those things?!" The stagecoach driver cries out as the last crumbles into frozen chunks. "And, here, I was foolish enough to think that my day couldn't get any stranger. First, that Ottos gentleman--and I use the term loosely--hired me to pick up some 'special package'. He called it that. Me? I never was told exactly what it was--at a nearby farm. And, here, I had always thought that old place had been abandoned."
"Well, the original plan--per his instructions--was to pick up this 'package' after dropping off the passengers in town. As if that weren't all strange enough, things got stranger." The stagecoach driver continues. "Ottos later flagged me down along the road--must not have been more than an hour ago. He insisted that I come pick up the 'package' at once and make the passengers walk the rest of the way."
"Why, I barely had time to even consider the matter before Ottos ran off into the bog." The man shakes his head. "Then, those weird moss monsters attacked!"
"I'm glad that you came along when you did." The stagecoach driver concludes, clearly grateful. "But, forgive me, I 've forgotten my manners. The name is Gribolt."
Gribolt offers a hand in appreciation. "And, I must admit, I am in your debt."
Tengu Skills Acrobatics +10, Arcana +10, Athletics +13, Intimidation +11, Lore: Warfare +10, Medicine +12, Nature +9, Occultism +10, Religion +9, Society +10 AC 21; Fort +10, Ref +10, Will +11 HP 85; Resistances: Electricity 3, Fire 2 Perception +9; Low-Light Vision Languages Common, Tien, Tengu
So he was wanting you to go to the farm but ran off before you could, You still have passengers?. Take the passengers back to town. If you see the constable tell him the pathfinders have gone after Otto and to meet us at the farm. Keep yourself and your paassengers safe we will deal with this
Please dont tell me the constables name is Otto
Also happy to treat wounds at dc 15 with +13 modifier in addition to the fruit
So he was wanting you to go to the farm but ran off before you could, You still have passengers?. Take the passengers back to town. If you see the constable tell him the pathfinders have gone after Otto and to meet us at the farm. Keep yourself and your passengers safe we will deal with this
Please dont tell me the constables name is Otto
"We are still here," one of the passengers chimes in.
"I plan to take the passengers quickly and safely back to town." Gribolt explains. "I am happy to leave that 'special package' for you to deal with. If I see Constable Fieru, I can send her your way."
The constable is Doryn Fieru. Otto is someone different.
Hepcut Cloudsteel wrote:
"Can you describe your passengers for us? They happen to have a little bronze snake badge? Or any other features that would be important?"
"My passengers are here." Gribolt replies. "If you want to inspect them, I won't stop you. I didn't see any bronze. But, to be honest, all I was looking for was gold and silver. My interest was coins, not badges."
If you investigate the passengers:
Each is a traveler to Anactoria, most for the first time. Some have come to see the Maid, having heard of its magical powers.
They all deny any ties to the Aspis Consortium. None of them have any weapons or badges within their possession.
Seoni by Redelia wrote:
Seoni's ears perk up at the mention of this Ottos and a 'package'. She suggests that perhaps the team should investigate this.
"I was to pick it up at the farm, less than half a mile down the road." Gribolt adds, "I can draw you a map, if you'd like."
Gribolt sketches a map and provides it to the party.
If I am reading Seoni and Soguchi correctly, it looks like I have two votes to head straight to the farm.
Following Gribolt’s directions and map from the site of the moss monster attack, the party soon arrives at an abandoned farm where little still stands beyond a ruined cottage.
During the trip, nightfall has come. The full moon and stars provide dim light.
As the Pathfinders approach the farmstead, you find a narrow trail that ends at the stone ruins of what was once a farmhouse. Most of the walls have fallen in, and a circular outbuilding is overflowing with peat harvested from the surrounding bogs.
Recent boot tracks lead down the trail and to the doorway of the only intact building in the overgrown yard.
What do you wish to do, Pathfinders? How do you wish to approach the farmhouse?
Tengu Skills Acrobatics +10, Arcana +10, Athletics +13, Intimidation +11, Lore: Warfare +10, Medicine +12, Nature +9, Occultism +10, Religion +9, Society +10 AC 21; Fort +10, Ref +10, Will +11 HP 85; Resistances: Electricity 3, Fire 2 Perception +9; Low-Light Vision Languages Common, Tien, Tengu
Soguchi casts a couple of prepartory spells Darkvision and claws of the otter both last 1 hour (claws give 1d4 slashing plus 1d6 cold agile unarmed attack
We dont have the skills to pretend to be aspis Kick the door open ?
Having burned through my third level spells i cant give anyone else darkvision. I have 2 second 2 1st reamining so will probably kick off with bless when action starts also Folmyr is immune my battle medicine Healers gloves charge unused
Ottos wants to abandon the Maid and flee before they are beset by bog creatures or angry villagers, but Evgeni is adamant that they follow through with the plan.
As the rest of the party approaches, decisively less stealthily than Hepcut, Evgeni and Ottos hear the approach.
"Could the stagecoach have arrived?" Evgeni says, motioning to Ottos to place the lid onto the coffin containing the Maid. As Ottos obliges, Hepcut catches view of blood red tears beginning to pour down the Maid's face as Ottos sets the lid in place.
Evgeni's attention has already turned toward the door. Once he reaches the door, he opens it immediately as Ottos pushes down on the coffin lid to ready the Maid for transport.
Soguchi wrote:
We want to do come out quietly and noone get hurt the stage aint coming whispers Soguchi to the others
Realizing that it’s a tengu and not the driver he expected, Evgeni stops suddenly, frozen in panic. He neither moves nor speaks.
"Could you give me a hand here?" Ottos asks Evgeni, having bent over to begin to lift the coffin and clearly having not heard the tengu's whispers.
Glenda Tickleberry wrote:
"Let's sit down and talk it over..." shaking Fishy, who produces some root vegatables "rutabaga!" Glenda says.
"Who? Wha--" begins a startled Ottos. Not expecting to have heard Glenda's voice in response, he starts to stumble backwards,
"Rutaba--!?" Ottos cries, surprised and disoriented. Rushing for an escape, he trips over the coffin, knocking off the lid and sending the coffin onto its side. By now, however, the tears have nearly filled with the coffin and blood from within the coffin spills onto the ground.
There, the blood begins to boil and evaporate, causing a red mist to coalesce and roil along the ground.
Immediately after the blood spills, a shrill cry rises from the bog to the west, and streams of red mist along with a faintly glowing ball of light begin to drift towards the farmhouse. As the cloud of crimson vapor approach, they reek of fresh blood as tendrils snake out from them, hanging in the air like lashing claws. Bobbing gently in the air near, the ball of light bears the nebulous image of what might be a skull visible somewhere in its depths.
Tengu Skills Acrobatics +10, Arcana +10, Athletics +13, Intimidation +11, Lore: Warfare +10, Medicine +12, Nature +9, Occultism +10, Religion +9, Society +10 AC 21; Fort +10, Ref +10, Will +11 HP 85; Resistances: Electricity 3, Fire 2 Perception +9; Low-Light Vision Languages Common, Tien, Tengu
Soguchi casts Bless and listens to the spirits about the red mist
Whispers of weakness
Voices whisper to you how to best lay a creature low. You target one creature within 60 feet; if it has any weaknesses, you learn them, as well as which of its saving throw modifiers is lowest. You also come to understand its movements, gaining a +2 status bonus to your next attack roll (or skill check made as part of an attack action) against that foe before the end of your turn. The target is then temporarily immune for 1 day.
Soguchi will speak what she learns as she becomes clumsy
Folmyr enters the cloudy creature, which is composed of a semisolid red mist similar in consistency to thick foam. He strikes at the wispy foe, dissipating it some.
Soguchi's appeals are heard. The spirits confirm that this creature (red) is more powerful than its kin. Still, flames can curb its tendrils and its wispy form can give readily.
Weakness fire 5; lowest Save Fort
The remaining mists approach. One (blue) flies toward Glenda.
Fly x2 Melee, misty tendril (agile, finesse):1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23 Damage, slashing plus 1d6 persistent bleed damage and blood siphon:2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6
Another (blue)drifts toward Hepcut, forming swiping claws.
Fly Melee, misty tendril (agile, finesse):1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20 Damage, slashing plus 1d6 persistent bleed damage and blood siphon:2d6 ⇒ (2, 5) = 7 Melee, misty tendril (agile, finesse):1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 10 - 4 = 14 Damage, slashing plus 1d6 persistent bleed damage and blood siphon:2d6 ⇒ (2, 6) = 8 Need a Fort save from Hepcut
TEARS OF BLOOD, FARM OF DOOM! or Farm of Mist-eerie-s! - Round One Cont'd!
PCs in bold may act Party buff:bless
Mist (purple)
Ball of Light (yellow)
Glenda -21 HP (Fort save v. blood siphon; persistent bleed)
Mist (red) -24 HP
Folmyr
Soguchi
Mist (blue)
Mist (green)
Hepcut Seoni -6 HP (Fort save v. blood siphon; persistent bleed)
Glenda raises Fishy, and the fish spits water at the red and blue mist.
"These things are nasty!"
Folmyr occupies the same square as Mist (red). Unless he consents to the potential damage, I will apply it only to Mist (blue); if he consents, I will also apply it to Mist (red) and the Ball of Light.
Mist (blue), Reflex:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13
Glenda loses a bit more blood before it clots.
Glenda, persistent bleed:1d6 ⇒ 1
With Folymr flying within it, one mist (red) ties to envelope the fey.
Melee, misty tendril (agile, finesse):1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32 Damage, slashing plus 1d6 persistent bleed damage and blood siphon:2d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 4) + 2 = 8 Melee, misty tendril (agile, finesse):1d20 + 12 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 12 - 4 = 14 Damage, slashing plus 1d6 persistent bleed damage and blood siphon:2d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 1) + 2 = 8 Melee, misty tendril (agile, finesse):1d20 + 12 - 8 ⇒ (5) + 12 - 8 = 9 Damage, slashing plus 1d6 persistent bleed damage and blood siphon:2d6 + 2 ⇒ (3, 5) + 2 = 10
Folmyr must attempt a DC 20 Fortitude save against the Blood Siphon. Since the Strike was a critical hit, the outcome of Folmyr's save is one degree worse than the result of the saving throw.
Success:
Folmyr is unaffected.
Failure:
Folmyr is drained 1 and the mist grows.
Critical Failure:
Folmyr is drained 2 and the mist grows, taking on an intense red.
TEARS OF BLOOD, FARM OF DOOM! or Farm of Mist-eerie-s! - Round Two Cont'd!
PCs in bold may act Party buff:bless
Mist (purple) -33 HP
Ball of Light (yellow)
Glenda -22 HP (drained 1)
Mist (red) -24 HP
Folmyr -48 HP (Fort save; persistent bleed; consent to Tidal Hands?) Soguchi
Mist (blue) +5 TP -11 HP
Mist (green) -29 HP
Hepcut -6 HP (dueling cape'd; Fort save; persistent bleed)
Seoni -9 HP (persistent bleed)
