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Poppy manages to beat the poison. Raising her bow, she shoots the Imp and strikes it between the eyes, dropping it instantly. She drops a snowstorm onto Red but he manages to grit his teeth against the cold.
Ida joins the fray and chucks a pair of vials at Red. The first misses and splashes him with some sparking elements but the other sails over his head to land on the far side of the cavern
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2
Tactical Map
Before your Turn:
DC 16 Fortitude vs Poison: Tarta
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Those with ** may go
**Tarta Atsal - AC 21 56/58 (Prone, OG)
Poppy - AC 20 33/36 (temp hp - 1/6)
Ida Tappleby - AC 20 13/36[30] (-2 Fort; +2 Acrobatics/Stealth/Thievery/Dex-based attacks; +10 speed; -6 hp)
Red (-43; 20 < AC <= 23)
Squeg - AC 21 33/46
Ephesian - AC 21 (23 w/shield) 33/46 (Shield: H5, 20/20; Concealed)
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CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS REFERENCE
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Max duration: 6 rounds
S1: 1d6 poison, Clumsy 1 (1 rd)
S2: 1d6 poison, Clumsy 1, Slowed 1 (1 rd)
Tarta gets back up and slashes at Red twice.
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Tarta gets back up and slashes at Red. Unfortunately neither strike connects. Red also takes advantage of the opening.
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Red attacks
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Tarta manages to beat back the poison's effects.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2-3
Tactical Map
Before your Turn:
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Those with ** may go
-3-
**Tarta Atsal - AC 21 44/58
**Poppy - AC 20 33/36 (temp hp - 1/6)
**Ida Tappleby - AC 20 13/36[30] (-2 Fort; +2 Acrobatics/Stealth/Thievery/Dex-based attacks; +10 speed; -6 hp)
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Red (-43; 20 < AC <= 23) ** reaction used
**Squeg - AC 21 33/46
**Ephesian - AC 21 (23 w/shield) 33/46 (Shield: H5, 20/20; Concealed)
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Tarta slashes at Red twice and hits with her second blow. She moves away.
Squeg greets his friend, causing Red to turn around. Squeg then puts a shot in Red's arm before moving away to reload.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2-3
Tactical Map
Before your Turn:
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Those with ** may go
-3-
Tarta Atsal - AC 21 44/58
**Poppy - AC 20 33/36 (temp hp - 1/6)
**Ida Tappleby - AC 20 13/36[30] (-2 Fort; +2 Acrobatics/Stealth/Thievery/Dex-based attacks; +10 speed; -6 hp)
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Red (-61; 20 < AC <= 22) ** reaction used
Squeg - AC 21 33/46
**Ephesian - AC 21 (23 w/shield) 33/46 (Shield: H5, 20/20; Concealed)
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With only enough of the good ingredients left for one decent mix, Ida hopes to make it count.
"All your friends have fled or fallen. Sure you want to keep pushing it?" Oh, her delivery was so much better last time. She throws a rather putrid-smelling cake, and another one. Scraping the bottom of the barrel for ingredients, the second one just explodes. And barely at that!
♦ Move to offer flank to Ephesian
♦ Diplomacy
My friend's right, why don't you quit while you're ahead?
"This one isn't much of a talker, we better just beat our way out of em"
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♦
"Woah, you sure are nimble. Are you sure you don't want to join the Pathfinder Society?"
"Those were warning strikes, I don't want to have to kill you"
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Ida and Poppy combine to take down the remaining attacker. He drops without a word.
Searching Maralictor Petra, under Dame Sabina's watchful eye, you find the following note:
"We expect a knight of the Glorious Reclamation to be in the count’s employ. If she is, slaughter her first. But do not trust the maralictor the queen assigned to assist you. I believe Marius Salutio is of the Glyph and cannot be trusted. — Paralictor Ekodyre"
You then follow the twists and turns through the caverns beneath Egorian with help from Arnisant’s skillful tracking and a hastily drawn map that Benedet left with Sabina if she survived. Sabina clutches the map, fighting off tears until the sound of a thunderous explosion far behind the Pathfinders’ announces the destruction of Greensteeples and every being within its walls. With a mournful howl from Arnisant, Sabina no longer holds back her tears, trying desperately to comfort Malla in her own grief.
When you finally return to the Southgate Inn, expecting magical conveyance to Absalom, Nan tells you of what happened inside the city while you were underground. Greensteeples exploded in an eruption of flame and magma, casting a pillar of fire hundreds of feet into the sky that proved viewable even from the inn. No one inside the sprawling manor survived. This brings renewed grief to Sabina and Malla, which Nan shares with them when she is told that Benedet stayed behind, likely setting the explosion off themself.
Sabina, Malla and Arnisant return with you to the Grand Lodge. Once there, Paracountess Zarta Dralneen joins Fola Barun and Valais Durant in debriefing the Pathfinders. One of the items you managed to take out of Greensteeples is a sealed envelope with her name on an attached ribbon, though you don't remember that being with the items Benedet handed you. Inside the envelope is a star sapphire bracelet and a short missive: "The next move is yours, my dear. —Nemete"
Thanks for playing all!
"I can't help but think that this is only the beginning of something far more terrible to come. The Chelaxians aren't known for their mercy as we've seen. Fare well for now my friends. I hope that we will meet again soon and I pray that it will be under better circumstances"