[PFS2, Outpost08] 1-24 Lightning Strikes, Stars Fall (Inactive)

Game Master Watery Soup

“Okay, I’ll take you to see Baric. And here I thought I was going to find a worthy foe.”

The Pathfinders are taken to Baric the Bloodfist, a robust man with short silver hair, armor made from an exotic reptile, and thick scars on the backs of his fingers. He carries no weapons save for his massive fists and a bandolier full of alchemical bombs. He welcomes them into his tent and offers them Numerian Blue Whiskey, then asks them about their trip.

“So you’re friends of Dagur, eh? Don’t look like much, but then again, I don’t have her eye for talent. Hope your trip here was full of hardship, to make you stronger!”

He pours a bright blue fluid into shot glasses, offering one to anyone assembled.

“You made it here on time, that shows respect. Tell me of any troubles on the way; I’ll mark it on my map."

What are you going to tell him, and what are you leaving out?

"Master Steelwheels here acted as our primary scout, and I think he did an excellent job finding an efficient route. We saw some krooths, but they gave us no trouble. There were some geysers that we weren't equipped to deal with; we had to retreat and route around. And we were ambushed by some bandits, presumably Blue Streaks. They had this letter."

Clover reviews the letter for a moment before handing it over. "I think I misinterpreted this before. I thought it meant that they were hoping to find something underhanded in our ledgers, which didn't make any sense since the ledgers are copies we are openly sharing. Perhaps they just intended to prevent the delivery, though. Though I should say this letter may well be a decoy. Our instructions were to make reaching you our priority and not to pursue the Blue Streaks more then necessary, so we've done no additional investigation as yet.

"Let's see... there were some pools of acid and some damaged machines that were rather dangerous, near where the bandits ambushed us. We smashed those up, though. The machines, not the acid. That might linger a while."

Clover looks at the others. "Am I forgetting anything?"

Apparently you owe Dagur favor? We cash it in to be taken to Starfall! Arfsnarf adds enthusiastically. He figures a place with that name has to be hip.

"Those bandits and damaged machinery were obviously most serious threat we faced. Acid pools also were quite challenging." Morrin states

"Hmp. Don't make us sound too tough." Itka grumbles sarcastically, knowing how Gorumites think. Then again, she's the one hobbling with a cane, so she's in no place to throw stones.

Baric listens carefully to Princess Clover's stories, and chuckles.

“Well, you were told not to mess with the Blue Streaks until you got the caravan here, and the caravan's here now. You’ve got to show them blue bastards what you’re made of. Respond to strength with strength. If you don’t, not only will no one here respect you, but those piss spray Technic League rejects won’t leave you alone. We’ve got an extra day, so you can go and destroy them. Unless, you're chicken."

Apparently you owe Dagur favor? We cash it in to be taken to Starfall!

"We'll take you to Starfall. The question is whether you walk on your own two feet like warriors, or whether we should wrap you in swaddling clothes and carry you on our backs like helpless babies."

"Hmp. Don't make us sound too tough." Itka grumbles sarcastically, knowing how Gorumites think. Then again, she's the one hobbling with a cane, so she's in no place to throw stones.

Baric laughs and laughs. "At least you've got one warrior amongst you."

He turns to his comrades and points towards Itka's cane. "You see that cane? You know what that means? That means she only needs one leg to kill you all. If we end up fighting them, watch out for her."

Would you like to assault the Blue Streaks base?

Arfsnarf gulps, then quickly stands up straight.

Uh, yeah! Of course we go blue streaking first!

Baric laughs and laughs. "At least you've got one warrior amongst you."

He turns to his comrades and points towards Itka's cane. "You see that cane? You know what that means? That means she only needs one leg to kill you all. If we end up fighting them, watch out for her."

Would you like to assault the Blue Streaks base?

Wise enough to know that her chances of undermining Baric's estimation of her worth would increase dramatically if she tried to show off or boast right now, Itka simply glowers menacingly and utters her characteristic "Hmp."

In response to the challenge to destroy the Blue Streaks, she replies: "Hmp. They still intend to hit the caravan, per the note we recovered, and we were instructed to foil their plans once we are certain the caravan is safe. Baric, if you and the other Gorumites guard the caravan while we're gone, we will go end their threat. Permanently. Hmp."

He turns to his comrades and points towards Itka's cane. "You see that cane? You know what that means? That means she only needs one leg to kill you all. If we end up fighting them, watch out for her."

Ra'uf chuckles softly at this comment. With one leg he could have been a proper seaman, or at least pirate.

Would you like to assault the Blue Streaks base?

"I'm happy to go another round with them."

"They seemed almost entirely harmless," Clover says dismissively (she expects that will go over well), "though I suppose they may still be a threat to noncombatants. The ones we fought are in no condition to assault the caravan, but there must be more of them." The poppet nods. "Very well, that does sound like it should be our next objective."

"So, we will have one more round against Blue Streaks? I'm ready to go if you are." Morrin nods

A long canyon runs south to north and ends at an abrupt cliff face. Paths have been carved into the sides of the canyon, creating ledges that look down on the damaged remains of a massive scorpion-shaped robot, its six legs bolted and strapped to the canyon walls. Below the robot, against the eastern end of the canyon, stands a small, sturdy shack with a single door. Metal pylons protrude from the canyon walls, leading a thick black cable from the remains of the scorpion robot to one of the northern ledges.

See Slide 7.

The rough-hewn stone stairs along the canyon walls function as difficult terrain and lead up to ledges looking down into the canyon floor. Climbing the steep canyon walls requires successful DC 22 Athletics checks. The northern path raises up into an upper and lower path. The upper path’s roughly hewn steps lead up to a narrow ledge 25 feet above the canyon floor, then up further steps to a wider ledge 30 feet above the canyon floor. The lower path only raises 5 feet above the canyon floor before reaching a second set of rough-hewn stairs leading another 5 feet up. The lower ledge ends at a steel ladder bolted to the cliff wall, leading up 20 more feet to the top ledge. On the south side of the canyon, the stone stairs leads up to a single platform, 10 feet above the canyon floor. The robot is suspended 20 feet above the canyon floor and is 10 feet tall. Creatures can climb one of the robot’s limbs with a successful DC 19 Athletics check.

I've tried to make clear the different heights - please let me know if anything is confusing on the slide. Well, if it's unnecessarily confusing (I know it's busy).

When the Pathfinders arrive, the leader (white box) calls out to them. “FOOLS! You’ve come here, to my base? Where I am STRONGEST? Ah ha ha ha ha! I’m going to enjoy smashing your smoldering corpses into dust. Attack—hehe! Murder—hoho! DESTROY—HA HA!”

--Round 1
Arfsnarf (69/69)
Robot (Recall: Arcana, Crafting, Perception, Disable: ???)
Ra'uf (90/90)
Yakuthiel (90/90)
Red Mage (-0 hp)
Yellow Mage (-0 hp)
Green Mage (-0 hp)
Leader (-0 hp)
Blue Bandit (-0 hp)
Clover (72/72)
Morrin (50/50)
Itka (80/80)

"Hmp. Someone has a few screws loose." Itka remarks dryly.

That's like, your OPINION, Blue Streakers! Arfsnarf say you cooked!

With that he incants a fireball in front of him. At first it starts at a typical size but he continues to breath into it until it grows a size larger before he sends it speeding towards the upper back left side of the bluffs where he perceives their leader is.

◆◆ Cast fireball, heightened to rank 4 (20ft burst between WHITE/YELLOW)
Fire damage, WHITE/YELLOW (DC25 basic reflex): 8d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 2, 3, 1, 4, 3, 3) = 25

Okay, how that feel? Any different opinions on how we proceed?

He manifests a disc of arcane force to float in front of him while he waits for their response.

◆ Cast a spell Shield

White Reflex: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13 vs DC 25
Yellow Reflex: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23 vs DC 25

Yellow at least attempts to dodge that attack, but it doesn't seem like White even tries, just standing there. As the flames engulf him, though, he seems less damaged than he should have been.

White has hardness (!) 10. Recall Knowledge (Crafting) check to figure out why.

The robot whirrs to life. Mechanically, it will function as a Hazard. As with all Hazards, it's likely that Thievery could be used to Disable, but you'd have to be on top of the robot to attempt it. Recall Knowledge (Arcana or Crafting) or Perception (higher DC) to figure out how else to Disable.

1d4 ⇒ 1

The whirr rises in pitch rapidly, seeming like something might be ready next round. In the meantime, though, two chain guns burst with action, firing a stream of bullets at 2d6 ⇒ (4, 2) = 6 Clover and Yakuthiel.

Chain Gun: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17 vs Clover
Piercing: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 3, 5) = 14

Chain Gun, no MAP: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23 vs Yakuthiel
Piercing: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 6, 4) = 14

--Round 1
Ra'uf (90/90)
Yakuthiel (90/90)
Red Mage (-0 hp)
Yellow Mage (-25 hp)
Green Mage (-0 hp)
Leader (-40 hp, hardness 10, Recall: Crafting)
Blue Bandit (-0 hp)
Clover (72/72)
Morrin (50/50)
Itka (80/80)
--Round 2
Arfsnarf (69/69)
Robot (Recall: Arcana, Crafting, Perception, Disable: ???, waiting 1/1)

Is the status counter correct, or really zero damage on a crit-failed save? I guess there's more than hardness there!

I think you caught me pre-edit. It took 40 damage, and Yellow took a big chunk, too.

Yakuthiel strides three times, ending up on the bottom of the upper stairs to the north. His route took him to the west of the rock formation trying to avoid the Robot shooting spider.

Rau'f plans to attack the giant enemy crab's weak point for massive damage. But first he has to get there.

◆ Stride

◆ Stride

◆ Stride

And just in case any friends get close...

Just so everything is clear, Ra'uf, the robot, which is actually more of a scorpion than a crab, is suspended off the ground, so you are headed underneath the structure. The bottom of the robot, which I didn't think would come up, is about 20' off the ground. It is where the chain guns are, but it'd be a ranged attack, and nobody's done a Recall Knowledge as to what you'd need to do. If I haven't described things well, feel free to revise your actions.

Different three Strides, then. Maybe this fellow can help me get on top of the giant robot.

I think you caught me pre-edit. It took 40 damage, and Yellow took a big chunk, too.

Yup! :) Now Arfsnarf feels better about his fortunes :P

Different three Strides, then. Maybe this fellow can help me get on top of the giant robot.

You can climb the legs with a DC 19 Athletics check.

Red, Yellow, and Green take positions, and begin firing lightning bolts at the party.

Red vs Clover, Arfsnarf, Itka. The line passes through Yakuthiel, but Red is +25' so Pythagoras would scold me if I said Yakuthiel was in line.

Electricity: 4d12 ⇒ (11, 2, 3, 6) = 22
DC 21 basic Reflex save

Yellow vs Yakuthiel.

Electricity: 4d12 ⇒ (5, 8, 2, 8) = 23
DC 21 basic Reflex save

Green vs Ra'uf, Morrin.

Electricity: 4d12 ⇒ (12, 2, 4, 10) = 28
DC 21 basic Reflex save

The leader Strides twice, and discharges an bolt of electricity at Yakuthiel. Not a spell, it's a ranged attack.

Discharge: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (10) + 16 = 26
Electricity: 5d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 5, 5, 5) = 27 plus stunned 1
lol 27 on a 5d6, sorry

Blue fires his plasma rifle at Ra'uf point blank. This triggers OA if Ra'uf has them.

Plasma Rifle: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28
Electricity: 1d6 ⇒ 1 plus Fire: 1d6 ⇒ 5

He then Swaps his rifle for a shortsword, and swings.

Shortsword, agile: 1d20 + 14 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 14 - 4 = 30
Piercing: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

--Round 1
Clover (72/72, Reflex vs -22)
Morrin (50/50, Reflex vs -28)
Itka (80/80, Reflex vs -22)
--Round 2
Arfsnarf (69/69, Reflex vs -22)
Robot (Recall: Arcana, Crafting, Perception, Disable: ???, waiting 1/1)
Ra'uf (60/90, Reflex vs -28)
Yakuthiel (63/90, Reflex vs -23, stunned 1)
Red Mage (-0 hp)
Yellow Mage (-25 hp)
Green Mage (-0 hp)
Leader (-40 hp, hardness 10, Recall: Crafting)
Blue Bandit (-0 hp)

Reflex: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25 10 damage (Clover has resist 1 electricity from her Touched by the Storm boon)

Clover assesses. Ra'uf might be having more trouble then Yakuthiel, but Yakuthiel is closer to more foes, including the leader. The south looks to be the best way to get onto the scorpion--but is she even the best equipped to deal with that anyway? She follows to reinforce Yakuthiel.

◆ Stride
◆ Stride
◆ Stride

DC21 Reflex: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31 crit!

Sweet feet! Can't touch this!

At the end of his nimble dodge, his feet lift off of the ground.

◆◆ Cast a spell: fly (Duration 5m/50 rounds)

◆ Stride/fly 25ft

As he floats forward and up, Arfsnarf's skin begins to take on the texture of scales, and their outline glow slightly.

Draconic scales grow briefly on you or one target, granting a +1 status bonus to AC for 1 round.

Fly round 1/50

Reflex save: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24

After evading worst of lightning, Morrin approaches mouth of the right tunnel and targets blue with a spell predicting his imminent death. "Ra'uf! That mage needs to be taken out before he blasts more bolts at us!" she shouts

mental damage after 3 rds: 6d6 ⇒ (2, 6, 4, 1, 4, 6) = 23

◆ Stride
◆◆ cast Impending doom (Will DC 22)

Reflex DC 21 vs 23 electricity: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15

That's a shocking development!

DC 21 basic Reflex save vs. 22 electric damage: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15
Failure for 22 damage.

Itka's lip curls contemptuously as she's zapped. "Hmp." She casually pulls a scroll from her pack and reads its incantation aloud, her gravelly voice resounding in the canyon like a granite boulder grinding over irregular pebbles. Her eyes film over with solid black, and fingers of frost spread across the parchment before it disintegrates into snowflakes that fall from her hands.

Using her Society-issued scroll of Fly.

◆ Interact, ◆◆ Use Scroll

Arfsnarf and Itka take to the skies. A reminder that flying upward is difficult terrain. I think Arfsnarf accounted for that.

Clover charges up the old fashioned way.

Morrin, the range on Impending Doom is 30'. Blue is a bandit, and 35' from your placement; the closest mage is Green, 50'.

--Round 1
Clover (62/72)
Morrin (36/50)
Itka (58/80, flying +0')
--Round 2
Arfsnarf (69/69, flying +15')
Robot (Recall: Arcana, Crafting, Perception, Disable: ???, waiting 1/1)
Ra'uf (60/90, Reflex vs -28)
Yakuthiel (40/90, stunned 1)
Red Mage (-0 hp)
Yellow Mage (-25 hp)
Green Mage (-0 hp)
Leader (-40 hp, hardness 10, Recall: Crafting)
Blue Bandit (-0 hp)

Arfsnarf and Itka take to the skies. A reminder that flying upward is difficult terrain. I think Arfsnarf accounted for that.

he did not. Adjusting to 5ft forward and 10ft upward.

Morrin, the range on Impending Doom is 30'. Blue is a bandit, and 35' from your placement; the closest mage is Green, 50'.

Ok, I didn't account for height. What I had on mind was incapacitating the blue bandit and then concentrating attacks on the mage. Since I don't have many spells which have better range I'm instead casting force barrage on the mage.

2 action force barrage heightened to 3rd rank: 4d4 + 4 ⇒ (3, 2, 2, 4) + 4 = 15

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19

Arfsnarf and Itka take to the skies. A reminder that flying upward is difficult terrain. I think Arfsnarf accounted for that.

Itka hasn't moved yet, but I'll keep that in mind.

Morrin returns fire, and Ra'uf takes the full brunt of the attack.

The squealing reaches a fever pitch, and a burst of plasma fires from the scorpion's tail at Clover and Yakuthiel.

Fire: 6d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 2, 6, 6, 6) = 27
DC 26 basic Reflex save

The humming begins rising again.

Recharge: 1d4 ⇒ 3

--Round 2
Ra'uf (32/90)
Yakuthiel (40/90, stunned 1, DC 26 Reflex vs -27 fire)
Red Mage (-0 hp)
Yellow Mage (-25 hp)
Green Mage (-15 hp)
Leader (-40 hp, hardness 10, Recall: Crafting)
Blue Bandit (-0 hp)
Clover (62/72, DC 26 Reflex vs -27 fire)
Morrin (36/50)
Itka (58/80, flying +0')
--Round 3
Arfsnarf (69/69, flying +15')
Robot (Recall: Arcana, Crafting, Perception, Disable: ???, waiting 0/3)

Reflex 26: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22

Yakuthiel takes the attack from the robot. Looks around shaking his head, and climbs the stairs.

Attack Red: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (17) + 17 = 34for: 2d10 + 4 ⇒ (7, 5) + 4 = 16

Reflex: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18

"Wait your turn!"

Yakuthiel rushes up the steps and swipes at Red, critically injuring him.

--Round 2
Ra'uf (32/90)
Yakuthiel (13/90, stunned 1)
Red Mage (-32 hp, AC <= 24) <50%
Yellow Mage (-25 hp, AC <= 24)
Green Mage (-15 hp, AC <= 24)
Leader (-40 hp, hardness 10, Recall: Crafting)
Blue Bandit (-0 hp)
Clover (35/72)
Morrin (36/50)
Itka (58/80, flying +0')
--Round 3
Arfsnarf (69/69, flying +15')
Robot (Recall: Arcana, Crafting, Perception, Disable: ???, waiting 0/3)

"I want to be on a robot, but everyone else is over there!"

◆ Stride (provoking)

◆ Strike vs. Blue

+1 Striking Greataxe: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (1) + 16 = 17
Slashing Damage: 2d12 + 6 ⇒ (5, 7) + 6 = 18

◆ Strike vs. Green

+1 Striking Greataxe: 1d20 + 16 - 5 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 16 - 5 + 1 = 31
Slashing Damage: 2d12 + 6 ⇒ (10, 9) + 6 = 25

Ra'uf Strides around with no reaction, and then cuts the Green mage in half with a single swoop. Crit, which I only mention because it caps their AC at 21.

Red speaks a word and a shield rises around them. Does not provoke OA. They reach out and touch Yakuthiel. Does provoke OA, and make a DC 21 Fort save.

Void: 6d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 4, 5, 2, 6) = 24

Yellow moves up and casts a spell at Clover. She feels cold. DC 21 basic Fort save.

Cold: 4d4 ⇒ (2, 3, 3, 4) = 12

I'm going to have to pause here, because what the Leader does depends on whether Yakuthiel or Red is up.

--Round 2
Leader (-40 hp, hardness 10, Recall: Crafting)
Blue Bandit (-0 hp)
Clover (35/72, Fort save vs -12 cold)
Morrin (36/50)
Itka (58/80, flying +0')
--Round 3
Arfsnarf (69/69, flying +15')
Robot (Recall: Arcana, Crafting, Perception, Disable: ???, waiting 0/3)
Ra'uf (32/90)
Yakuthiel (13/90, OA vs Red, then Fort Save vs -24 void)
Red Mage (-32 hp, AC <= 21) <50%
Yellow Mage (-25 hp, AC <= 21)
Green Mage (-65 hp)

Fortitude: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19
My resistance cold 1 will save me.

Reactive Strike: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (13) + 17 = 30for: 2d10 + 4 ⇒ (8, 8) + 4 = 20

If that was critical, then, he was pushed five feet away, and could not touch Yakuthiel. Oh, and he took double damage. <<grin>>

Fort Save, just in case: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30

Yakuthiel crits the mage and the mage falls.

The leader steps up to feel the void created by Red's demise, launching into a pair of Strikes in a pre-programmed combo.

Combo Stormfist: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (15) + 20 = 35
Bludgeoning: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (2, 4) + 6 = 12 plus Electricity: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 1) = 6 plus off-guard (1 round)

Combo Stormfist, no MAP: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (9) + 20 = 29
Bludgeoning: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (4, 6) + 6 = 16 plus Electricity: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 2) = 7 plus off-guard (1 round)

The first hit will send Yakuthiel to the ground. Crit, so Dying 2. It's a 2-action special attack, so the second attack goes to waste.

Blue desperately slashes at Ra'uf.

Shortsword: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17
Piercing: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Shortsword, agile: 1d20 + 14 - 4 ⇒ (7) + 14 - 4 = 17
Piercing: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Shortsword, agile: 1d20 + 14 - 8 ⇒ (19) + 14 - 8 = 25
Piercing: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

--Round 2
Clover (24/72)
Morrin (36/50)
Itka (58/80, flying +0')
--Round 3
Arfsnarf (69/69, flying +15')
Robot (Recall: Arcana, Crafting, Perception, Disable: ???, waiting 0/3)
Ra'uf (32/90)
Red Mage (-62 hp)
Yellow Mage (-25 hp, AC <= 20)
Green Mage (-65 hp)
Yakuthiel (0/90, prone, unarmed, Dying 2)
Leader (-40 hp, hardness 10, Recall: Crafting)
Blue Bandit (-0 hp)

"Hmp." Itka's hunched form, draped in worn black cloth, rises ominously into the air. Her beady eyes dart over the battlefield. Noting Yakutheil's fall, she soars in his direction. She's mildly surprised at this turn of events. It seemed the bandits they fought earlier were simply lucky in their placement, rather than particularly skilled on their own. Their leader, however, is proving to be a pest. She shoots him a contemptuously threatening glare.

Itka will rise 15 feet into the air. I think she'd be able to see Yakuthiel fall, since he's right at the edge of that ledge.

◆ Fly, ◆ Fly, ◆ Fly

"Oh."

Clover draws out the scroll that she was issued and reads it, activating its magic to heal Yakuthiel.

[ooc]◆ Draw 3rd-rank scroll of heal (Clover can do this with the same hand holding an implement due to Scroll Thaumaturgy)
◆◆ Cast heal from the scroll Healing: 3d8 + 24 ⇒ (2, 2, 4) + 24 = 32

Clover revives Yakuthiel, and Itka flies towards the action.

--Round 2
Clover (24/72)
Morrin (36/50)
Itka (58/80, flying +15')
--Round 3
Arfsnarf (69/69, flying +15')
Robot (Recall: Arcana, Crafting, Perception, Disable: ???, waiting 0/3)
Ra'uf (32/90)
Red Mage (-62 hp)
Yellow Mage (-25 hp, AC <= 20)
Green Mage (-65 hp)
Yakuthiel (32/90, prone, unarmed, Wounded 1)
Leader (-40 hp, hardness 10, Recall: Crafting)
Blue Bandit (-0 hp)

Arfsnarf sees that there's still one mage in back. That could be a nuisance.

He glides forward for a better look.

◆ Fly forward 25ft

He causes another fireball to erupt in the back corner.

◆◆ Cast fireball, heightened to rank 4 (20ft burst around YELLOW)
Fire damage, YELLOW (DC25 basic reflex): 8d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 3, 6, 4, 6, 6, 4) = 34

Morrin moves up the the stairs and curses the bandit.

◆ stride
◆◆ Ill omen on blue (Will DC 22)

Arfsnarf, White and Yellow are 35' apart, so you can fireball them both (without hitting Yakuthiel). Do you have a reason for only targeting Yellow?

Looks again... So they are. No I had no other reason than not realizing they were within a fireball radius. White is 5ft down from Yellow in height... checks a 40ft radius diagram Yeah seems that should still work.