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River backs away from the slumbering worm as Eska runs into the comfort of her familiar pouch.
Someone is up there with Adril...
He uses his newly enhanced speed to steer clear of the other worm, and concentrates. Two strange portals appear, filled with stars. One by Adril on the Balcony, and one on the ground near River. The one by Adril sweeps over him, and suddenly Adril is on the ground near River.
"There was something up there you hadn't noticed, I feared for your safety"
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The worm suddenly lunges down over Osprey, swallowing him whole. This triggers Morok's readied attack - which unfortunately fails to penetrate it's tough hide.
It also spits out a stone golem, that has the head of a raven, which prepares to attack.
Tessara's Haste then kicks in.
Any PC that hasn't acted may do so.
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Something invisible appears behind Adril and pierces a dagger into his heart, killing him instantly. You see a a tall, dark-haired man in a tattered red robe, a sort of primitive headdress, and red paint upon his face standing over Adril’s motionless body. The villain holds a dripping red knife. As he strikes, he shouts, The Red Raven strikes for the Revolution!
At the same time, eight archers come out of invisibility and fire a volley of arrows at each of you - one of them is shooting random servants who are in the process of fleeing. They let loose terrifying barrage of fire on all foes in area L2, using their Manyshot and Rapid Shot feats to fire two +1 flaming burst arrows and two regular arrows at you. The flaming burst arrows also benefit from the scallies’ Vital Strike feat, meaning their damage dice are rolled twice on a successful hit. Unless you had some way to detect their attack, the first volley are all sneak attacks, with the resulting additional damage being added to enemies within 30 feet. The flaming burst arrows explode with fury, igniting the flammable upholstery and many of the room’s furnishings, adding to the chaos.
So, three attack rolls each (Manyshot, Rapid Shot)
Lucija
+ 4 bleed (2 arrows, vital strike)
+ 4 bleed
+ 4 bleed
Morok
+ 4 bleed (2 arrows, vital strike)
+ 4 bleed
+ 4 bleed
Naghamadi
+ 4 bleed (2 arrows, vital strike)
+ 4 bleed
+ 4 bleed
Percy
+ 4 bleed (2 arrows, vital strike)
+ 4 bleed
+ 4 bleed
River of Stars
+ 4 bleed (2 arrows, vital strike)
+ 4 bleed
+ 4 bleed
Shau
+ 4 bleed (2 arrows, vital strike)
+ 4 bleed
+ 4 bleed
Tessara
+ 4 bleed (2 arrows, vital strike)
+ 4 bleed
+ 4 bleed
Crit confirm on Lucija - x3 if confirmed.
Percy, Shau, Naghamadi, Morok and River get to act.
Hearing sound of combat Mörök's dinosaur companion crashes indoors and attacks the green worm.
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River looks aghast at Adril's murder, but only seconds later has to duck several arrows. He looks darkly at the murderer and utters
"Ferik niklit forenk skoans!"
before casting a spell. As he chants a shadow appears to pass over him as if a dark cloud passing overhead despite being inside, and then Lightning Strikes!
He then begins stepping away from the Golem
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Morlok fails to avoid the AOO from the worm but does succeed in tripping the Red Raven.
+ Grab
The dinosaur hits the worm (GW: -12)
- improved evasion, improved uncanny dodge
evasion, improved uncanny dodge
evasion, improved uncanny dodge
evasion, improved uncanny dodge
evasion, improved uncanny dodge
((RR: -25; Red: -50; Orange: -25; Yellow: -50; Green: -25; GW: -62))
Percy, Shau, Naghamadi still to go.
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Shau wonders where all the enemies came from, and thinks boy those archers can't hit crap. Who is this Red Raven and how does Adril fit into "The Revolution"? Things to consider when it is safe to do so.
Shau 5 foot adjusts to get closer to the golem thingy!
Swift-assume crane style, rage, attack defensively, flurry.
"Have at thee stone beast!"
1d6 acid+ 5 precision
1d6 acid+ 5 precision
1d6 acid+ 5 precision
1d6 acid+ 5 precision
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Percy steps back out of the likely reach of the stone golem and turns his attention on the green worm!
vs GREEN
Slumber (12 rounds, DC 21) (Su) Foe in 30 ft falls asleep for duration, or until damaged or roused by ally (Will neg).
and
Cackle (Su) As a move action, extend the duration of other hexes by 1 rd.
Boffins draws a scroll and covers some of the archers in mist.
Fog Cloud
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With unnatural speed and uncanny prescience, Naghamadi swirls into harm's way, intercepting the first arrow against Lucija!
With yet another jerk to the right and upward, his second head plunges deep into the slumbering worm's mass...
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Here's the relevant rule:
Coup de Grace: As a full-round action, you can use a melee weapon to deliver a coup de grace (pronounced “coo day grahs”) to a helpless opponent. You can also use a bow or crossbow, provided you are adjacent to the target.
You automatically hit and score a critical hit. If the defender survives the damage, he must make a Fortitude save (DC 10 + damage dealt) or die. A rogue also gets her extra sneak attack damage against a helpless opponent when delivering a coup de grace.
It looks like that damage is from a full round action critical hit so,
v 21
And you're lucky. That's a failure so the worm is dead. However, as it slumps, the golem inside it tumbles out and gets ready to join the fray.
Lucija and Tessara are up before the archers' next volley.
"OH NOES! Not more golems! At least the golem doesn't have a worm inside with another golem, like those nesting dolls."
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...and then the strange triangular portal that had been growing over Lucija with every syllable collapses as she is struck deep with another arrow!
She bellows as she looks up at the archers. "Don't you see what you have done!?"
Then the fury in her eyes condense into piercing malice, and her grimace of pain and frustration twists into a vindictive smile.
"Fools! WORMS! Of course you do not see...for BEHOLD!" With another gesture and a final booming incantation, an even greater crackling portal erupts over the stairs, before spitting out...
...a huge wad of goop that lands on the stairs with a wet *PLOP*.
The archers chuckle among themselves for a moment, then ever so slightly lean in to get a better look at this mess...before 8 vicious arms and a monstrous serrated beak emerge from the mass and reach for them with otherworldly speed and unnatural strength!
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The only archer that isn't nauseated is Blue. ((I presume it's the green area)).
One of the other archers exclaims something about 'eldritch horror from the Dark Tapestry' as they are attacked. ((Red: -87, Orange: -56; Yellow: -59; Green: -50)) All of them, except Yellow are grabbed by two tentacles. Yellow is only grabbed by one. Red dies.
The archers that are in the cloud attempt to get out of it. Only Blue is able to fire another volley, the others are still nauseated for . The other archers can't attack either as they are grappled and can't use both hands to fire. All they can do is attempt to escape.
If any of them get free, they will move as far away from the 'eldritch horror' as they can.
Blue uses a standard attack to fire as many regular arrow into the creature as possible.
(Vital Strike)
Percy and Shau are up. Haste is in effect.
Shau, seeing yet another golem appear will do her best to take that down and follow up on the worm holding Morok.
Primary 1d6 acid 5 precision
Haste 1d6 acid 5 precision
Ki-Panache 1d6 acid 5 precision
Flurry 1d6 acid 5 precision
Secondary 1d6 acid 5 precision
Confirm for flurry 1d6 acid 5 precision
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Drawing upon the witchcraft from the frostbound lands of Irrisen, Percy traces a sigil in the air, his breath misting in the sudden chill.
He gestures to line of the archers...
Frost Tomb
Damage
DC 21 Fort for Half.
If the save failed, Paralysed and Unconscious.
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And that's another golem turned into a pile of rubble after the first three attacks, which means the greenish snake holding Morock takes the remaining 87. ((GW: -149))
That snake is still up but the other one is still ... is it softly snoring? Also, something inside the greenish snake seems to be trying to escape from within it.
Magenta(Pink) is still nauseated but that might be the least of their worries now . They are now nauseated, paralysed, and unconscious, but at least they're still alive.
With the golem destroyed, Morock and River are up.
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The first two strikes hit the worm. ((GW: -172))
Morok is easily able to escape as the worm is dead, helped no doubt from a blade cutting the worm open from the inside.
With the worm dead and the other one still slumbering, the remaining Pathfinders are up before the archers - who may be currently reconsidering their decisions.
CMD is 29 for augment giant octopus. Any 29 or above escape as a standard action.
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Only one of the archers has managed to wriggle free of the otherworldly octopus's grip - but it is relentless in its rampage!
Those it has subdued it continues to shred...:
The one who'd broken free finds his victory quite fleeting indeed...:
...and the archer who came over to help realizes too late what a fool he was, as the monstrous arms easily reach him!
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Meanwhile, Lucija gracefully touches ground...and stares daggers at the archers in the corner while laughing a haughty, and surprisingly rich and deep for one of her size, laugh.
"You should be honored - you shall reach your full potential as brush-strokes in my art! FEEL ITS POWER!"
With a speck of saltpeter between her middle and ring fingers, she points to the shattered floor beneath their feet, from which suddenly arises a dreadful, roaring sheet of violet fire spreading across the entire westernmost end of the chamber!
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((Orange: -74; Yellow: -71; Green: -76)) All three of them are killed.
Cyan was just trying to get out of the stinking cloud and is still nauseated. They were not expecting to get grabbed and constricted.
((Cyan: -9 and nauseated)). All they can do is scream in agony.
Magenta is still paralysed. They're not going anywhere.
Violet and Blue duck into the nearest guest room, presumably to escape out the window. Violet barely making it inside (only single moving).
A rather messy looking Osprey staggers out of the worm carcass.
With no active enemy, except for a snoring scarlet worm, all Pathfinders are up, followed by Osprey.
Shau nods and aims a deadly stroke!
"The worm has been dispatched, Peep take us to the armory!"
Peep touches River, Percy, Shau and Lucija as willing into the armory (must arrive in the same formation)
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Magenta is still paralysed. They're not going anywhere.
Violet and Blue duck into the nearest guest room, presumably to escape out the window. Violet barely making it inside (only single moving).
The wall continues to burn...
...and torment those fleeing with a horrible heat-wave!
Lucija gives Peep a curious look, interested in seeing its means of taking them to the armory. She wards herself against whatever fresh hell awaits them there .
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One could always feel a bit sorry for the poor, still nauseated cyan clad archer as they are ripped to shreds and eaten while unable to do anything about it.
Presumably River went with the others and can act upon arrival.
Osprey starts digging in the rubble to help Eliza out from under it. Violet barely makes it out of the window and is currently throwing up in the roses. Blue is sprinting to the back of the lodge.
Those that bampf into the armoury (River, Percy, Shau and Lucija), see a tall elf with long white hair, wearing a fashionable powder blue silk shirt, who stands at the center of the lodge’s Armory. He wears a rapier at his side and holds the Pale Maiden in his left hand, his wide smile creasing his handsome face from ear to ear. Four human men dressed in red leather armor menace three wounded servants of the Woodsedge Lodge, who cluster near the double doors at the south end of the Armory. Two similarly garbed gnomes cavort atop the long tables near the center of the room, cackling as their hands overflow with plundered knick-nacks from among the room’s many magical items. One of these twisted creatures holds a candy-striped rod in your direction, while the other sidearms two tiny black beads at you.
All the doors out of the armoury are closed except for the double doors out to the courtyard.
Meanwhile, as Morock opens the rear doors to the courtyard, he immediately notes a huge hole broken through the northeast corner of the rear wall. Some 300 feet across the Lodge’s meticulously manicured rear lawn looms the Maze of the Open Road, just visible through this rough hole. The double doors to the Armory nearby stand ajar, offering a decent view of the activities within. Most of the enemy's attention is focused on the tables at the center of the room and the three wounded servants standing near the room’s southern doors to the Lower Halls.
How dare you outsiders stand in the way of the People getting revenge against these enemies of the Revolution? the elf asks, gesturing toward the simpering servants.
River is the only one in this round left to act. He goes before the opposition, then all Pathfinders get to go. ((unless you want new initiatives))
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River casts Invisibility Purge, sends his spectral Shoanti toward the door with a thought, and then grabs hold of Peep.
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Nothing else is revealed by the Purge
Two Beads of Force are thrown at the group by one of the gnomes. They explode in ten foot bursts doing force damage
The other gnome activates their wand.
and he turns invisible.
The four archers fire their arrows at random targets
Finally the tall elf, who loudly declares himself as Cale the Calistrian, hurls a web onto the group. (20ft spread, ref dc 17 to negate)
All Pathfinders are up.
Triceratops pushes over furniture and leaves hoofprints on carpet as it stomps forward searching Mörök.