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Pink moves in and goes after Lydia.
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White heads towards Astrid.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 3
Tactical Map
Before your Turn:
DC 31 Will vs Wave of Despair (Slowed 1 for current round): Astrid, Rex, Lydia
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Those with ** may go
Arrus Lionus - AC 33 150/176 (Red Prey) ** no reactions
Red (-121; AC 27, OG)
Blue (-11)
Pink (-30; AC 27)
White (AC 27)
**Rex - AC 31 143/164 (Invisible; Slowed 1) ** no reactions
**Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 176/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo; Slowed 1; Paragon's Guard) ** no reactions
**Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 84/129 (Slowed 1) ** no reactions
Yellow (-11; AC 27)
Quinoline Silicate - AC 31 (33 w/shield) 94/140 (AC 31; Shield - H10, 80/80) ** no reactions
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CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS REFERENCE
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* Radius of all light from light sources and the areas of light spells are halved.
* Penumbra’s power affects the area within a mile of her castle, enhancing shadow magic while impeding light magic for the rest of the encounters you face in this adventure.
* Spells with the shadow trait gain a +1 circumstance bonus to their spell DC or spell attack roll with that spell.
* Spells with a Light trait need to succeed at a DC 6 flat check or the spell or activation is disrupted.
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Lydia slices her jagged sword at red and then having temporarily recovored from her sobbing, she makes some quick mental calculations before swinging her sword every which way.
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Effect: You apply one of the following debilitations, which lasts until the end of your next turn. When the creature is affected by a new debilitation, any previous one it was affected by ends.
- Debilitation The target takes a –10-foot status penalty to its Speeds.
- Debilitation The target becomes enfeebled 1.
- Debilitation The target can’t use reactions.
- Debilitation The target can’t flank or contribute to allies’ flanking.
Critical Success The target is off-guard against all melee attacks until the end of your next turn. If wielding agile or finesse weapon, you can step immediately after the Feint as a free action.
Success The target is off-guard against your melee attacks until the end of your next turn. If wielding agile or finesse weapon, you can step immediately after the Feint as a free action.
Critical Failure Your feint backfires. You are off-guard against melee attacks the target attempts against you until the end of your next turn.
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Lydia strikes Red twice and kills it. She then moves towards Pink and stabs it as well.
Astrid scares the heck out of Blue. She then slashes it with Stormstriker, leaving a jagged gash in Blue's body. Lightning arcs out and zaps White.
Rex waits until the battlefield is clearer...
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 3
Tactical Map
Before your Turn:
DC 31 Will vs Wave of Despair (Slowed 1 for current round): Astrid, Rex, Lydia
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Those with ** may go
Arrus Lionus - AC 33 150/176 (Red Prey) ** no reactions
Blue (-47; F2; AC <= 34)
Pink (-53; AC 27)
White (-5; AC 27)
**Rex - AC 31 143/164 (Invisible) ** no reactions
Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 176/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo; Slowed 1; Paragon's Guard) ** no reactions
Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 84/129 ** no reactions
Yellow (-11; AC 27)
Quinoline Silicate - AC 31 (33 w/shield) 94/140 (AC 31; Shield - H10, 80/80) ** no reactions
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CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS REFERENCE
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* Radius of all light from light sources and the areas of light spells are halved.
* Penumbra’s power affects the area within a mile of her castle, enhancing shadow magic while impeding light magic for the rest of the encounters you face in this adventure.
* Spells with the shadow trait gain a +1 circumstance bonus to their spell DC or spell attack roll with that spell.
* Spells with a Light trait need to succeed at a DC 6 flat check or the spell or activation is disrupted.
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Rex causes another burst of sound to affect the same area.
◆ Sustain Phantom Orchestra
Basic Fortitude DC 31.
Rex then regales the group with an encouraging anecdote before using a magic rune to help ease the loading of his crossbow.
◇ Lingering Composition
◆ Cast a Spell (Courageous Anthem)
◆ Coating Rune (Oil of Swiftness) Quickened 1 for strikes with weapon.
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Both White and Blue manage to cover their ears (assuming they even have ears) against Rex's overture. Rex tells a tale of encouragement while spreading some oil on his crossbow.
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Yellow projects some nightmarish images and gives Arrus a splitting headache.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 3
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Courageous Anthem (1/3)
Before your Turn:
DC 31 Will vs Wave of Despair (Slowed 1 for current round): Astrid, Rex, Lydia
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Those with ** may go
-4-
**Arrus Lionus - AC 33 129/176 ** no reactions
Blue (-60; F2; AC <= 34)
Pink (-53; AC 27)
White (-18; AC 27)
Rex - AC 31 143/164 (Invisible; Q1 strikes) ** no reactions
Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 176/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo; Paragon's Guard) ** no reactions
Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 84/129 ** no reactions
Yellow (-11; AC 27)
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**Quinoline Silicate - AC 31 (33 w/shield) 94/140 (AC 31; Shield - H10, 80/80) ** no reactions
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CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS REFERENCE
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* Radius of all light from light sources and the areas of light spells are halved.
* Penumbra’s power affects the area within a mile of her castle, enhancing shadow magic while impeding light magic for the rest of the encounters you face in this adventure.
* Spells with the shadow trait gain a +1 circumstance bonus to their spell DC or spell attack roll with that spell.
* Spells with a Light trait need to succeed at a DC 6 flat check or the spell or activation is disrupted.
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Quinoline considers the trajectories involved in attacking Blue.
She discovers an uncanny combination of angle, velocity, and angular momentum.
plus 11 splash electricity plus off-guard (1 round) plus DC 31 Fortitude vs dazzled (1 round)
Pushing her luck, she'll throw a second bomb. (A persistent acid flask at Blue, if still up, or a debilitating bottled lightning at Pink, if Blue goes down.)
plus 11 splash acid plus 3d6+11 persistent acid; OR
plus 11 splash electricity plus off-guard (1 round) plus DC 31 Fortitude vs dazzled (1 round)
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Arrus moves up to the next cannon, fires, and does devastating damage to Pink.
Quinoline catches the perfect angle on Blue and zaps it.
She follows up with an acid bomb and hits, doing more damage to it...
Blue concentrates and bombards Astrid's mind with confusing ideas.
It then tries to slash at her with a claw.
But it can't see past the floaties in front of its eyes.
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Pink tries to project nightmares into Quinoline's head but is unable to focus.
White's limb morphs into a large pointy object and it tries to poke Astrid with it.
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It tries to poke her twice more.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 4
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Courageous Anthem (1/3)
Before your Turn:
DC 30 Will vs Wave of Despair (Slowed 1 for current round): Astrid, Rex, Lydia
DC 30 Will Save vs Confusion: Astrid
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Those with ** may go
Arrus Lionus - AC 33 129/176 ** no reactions
Blue (-124; F1; AC <= 34; Dazzled; OG; 3d6+11 Persistent Acid)
Pink (-155; AC 27)
White (-18; AC 27)
**Rex - AC 31 143/164 (Invisible; Q1 strikes) ** no reactions
**Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 150/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo; Paragon's Guard) ** no reactions
**Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 84/129 ** no reactions
Yellow (-11; AC 27)
Quinoline Silicate - AC 31 (33 w/shield) 94/140 (AC 31; Shield - H10, 80/80) ** no reactions
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CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS REFERENCE
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* Radius of all light from light sources and the areas of light spells are halved.
* Penumbra’s power affects the area within a mile of her castle, enhancing shadow magic while impeding light magic for the rest of the encounters you face in this adventure.
* Spells with the shadow trait gain a +1 circumstance bonus to their spell DC or spell attack roll with that spell.
* Spells with a Light trait need to succeed at a DC 6 flat check or the spell or activation is disrupted.
CS: unaffected
S: Babbles incoherently, Stunned 1
F: Confused 1 minute; Will Save end of turn to end the spell early
CF: Confused 1 minute; no save
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Rex tears up again for some reason. But he dashes the tears away and drops another fanfare on top of White and Blue. They manage to plug their ears while Rex moves towards the cannons.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 4
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Courageous Anthem (1/3)
Before your Turn:
DC 30 Will vs Wave of Despair (Slowed 1 for current round): Astrid, Rex, Lydia
DC 30 Will Save vs Confusion: Astrid
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Those with ** may go
Arrus Lionus - AC 33 129/176 ** no reactions
Blue (-139; F1; AC <= 34; Dazzled; OG; 3d6+11 Persistent Acid)
Pink (-155; AC 27)
White (-33; AC 27)
Rex - AC 31 143/164 (Invisible; Q1 strikes) ** no reactions
**Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 150/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo; Paragon's Guard) ** no reactions
**Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 84/129 ** no reactions
Yellow (-11; AC 27)
Quinoline Silicate - AC 31 (33 w/shield) 94/140 (AC 31; Shield - H10, 80/80) ** no reactions
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CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS REFERENCE
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* Radius of all light from light sources and the areas of light spells are halved.
* Penumbra’s power affects the area within a mile of her castle, enhancing shadow magic while impeding light magic for the rest of the encounters you face in this adventure.
* Spells with the shadow trait gain a +1 circumstance bonus to their spell DC or spell attack roll with that spell.
* Spells with a Light trait need to succeed at a DC 6 flat check or the spell or activation is disrupted.
CS: unaffected
S: Babbles incoherently, Stunned 1
F: Confused 1 minute; Will Save end of turn to end the spell early
CF: Confused 1 minute; no save
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Astrid and Lydia feel the despair wash over them and they spend some time sobbing uncontrollably. However, they recover with deadly precision. Astrid's two swings cleave Blue in half while Lydia finishes Pink before stepping towards Yellow.
Yellow forms its arm into a hammer and attempts to clobber Quinoline with it.
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Quinoline effortlessly avoids both strikes.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 4-5
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Courageous Anthem (2/3)
Before your Turn:
DC 30 Will vs Wave of Despair (Slowed 1 for current round): Astrid, Rex, Lydia
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Those with ** may go
-5-
**Arrus Lionus - AC 33 129/176 ** no reactions
White (-33; AC 27)
Rex - AC 31 143/164 (Invisible; Q1 strikes) ** no reactions
Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 150/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo; Paragon's Guard) ** no reactions
Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 84/129 ** no reactions
Yellow (-11; AC 27)
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**Quinoline Silicate - AC 31 (33 w/shield) 94/140 (AC 31; Shield - H10, 80/80) ** no reactions
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CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS REFERENCE
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* Radius of all light from light sources and the areas of light spells are halved.
* Penumbra’s power affects the area within a mile of her castle, enhancing shadow magic while impeding light magic for the rest of the encounters you face in this adventure.
* Spells with the shadow trait gain a +1 circumstance bonus to their spell DC or spell attack roll with that spell.
* Spells with a Light trait need to succeed at a DC 6 flat check or the spell or activation is disrupted.
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Quinoline Devises at White ().
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Quinoline knows how to deal with this - she's going to hide behind her shield, and ricochet a flask off of Astrid's face!
◆ Raise Shield
"Bank shot!"
◆ Quick Bomber
plus 11 splash electricity (not doubled on crit) plus off-guard (1 round) plus DC 31 Fortitude vs dazzled (1 round)
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Quin grins and bounces a flask right off Astrid's forehead and onto White. White freezes for a brief second, limbs going rigid.
Arrus, meanwhile, gets to another cannon and fires another shot into White.
Morphing its limb into a large club, White tries to brain Astrid.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 4-5
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Courageous Anthem (2/3)
Before your Turn:
DC 30 Will vs Wave of Despair (Slowed 1 for current round): Astrid, Rex, Lydia
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Those with ** may go
Arrus Lionus - AC 33 129/176 ** no reactions
White (-120; AC 27; OG 1 rd)
**Rex - AC 31 143/164 (Invisible; Q1 strikes) ** no reactions
**Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 150/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo; Paragon's Guard) ** no reactions
**Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 84/129 ** no reactions
Yellow (-11; AC 27)
Quinoline Silicate - AC 31 (33 w/shield) 94/140 (AC 31; Shield - H10, 80/80) ** no reactions
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CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS REFERENCE
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* Radius of all light from light sources and the areas of light spells are halved.
* Penumbra’s power affects the area within a mile of her castle, enhancing shadow magic while impeding light magic for the rest of the encounters you face in this adventure.
* Spells with the shadow trait gain a +1 circumstance bonus to their spell DC or spell attack roll with that spell.
* Spells with a Light trait need to succeed at a DC 6 flat check or the spell or activation is disrupted.
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Lydia takes a skirmish strike by stepping towards yellow and then slicing with her jagged sword. She then follows up with two more rapid strikes
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Effect: You apply one of the following debilitations, which lasts until the end of your next turn. When the creature is affected by a new debilitation, any previous one it was affected by ends.
- Debilitation The target takes a –10-foot status penalty to its Speeds.
- Debilitation The target becomes enfeebled 1.
- Debilitation The target can’t use reactions.
- Debilitation The target can’t flank or contribute to allies’ flanking.
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Astrid capitalizes on White's temporary disability to finish him off. Lydia moves in and strikes Yellow twice, weakening it terribly.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 4-5
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Courageous Anthem (2/3)
Before your Turn:
DC 30 Will vs Wave of Despair (Slowed 1 for current round): Astrid, Rex, Lydia
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Those with ** may go
Arrus Lionus - AC 33 129/176 ** no reactions
**Rex - AC 31 143/164 (Invisible; Q1 strikes) ** no reactions
Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 150/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo; Paragon's Guard) ** no reactions
Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 84/129 ** no reactions
Yellow (-113; AC 27)
Quinoline Silicate - AC 31 (33 w/shield) 94/140 (AC 31; Shield - H10, 80/80) ** no reactions
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CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS REFERENCE
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* Radius of all light from light sources and the areas of light spells are halved.
* Penumbra’s power affects the area within a mile of her castle, enhancing shadow magic while impeding light magic for the rest of the encounters you face in this adventure.
* Spells with the shadow trait gain a +1 circumstance bonus to their spell DC or spell attack roll with that spell.
* Spells with a Light trait need to succeed at a DC 6 flat check or the spell or activation is disrupted.
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Rex shoots Yellow and ends its existence.
The effects of the Wave of Despair fade and you recover. Eando steers the ship out of the transitory dimension and into the Netherworld proper. He apologizes on behalf of the venture-captains for not noticing that the ship would travel through another extradimensional space on its way to the Netherworld, and he promises that the Society will investigate what happened once they’ve returned to the Grand Lodge.
"The group that first recovered the Gale’s Claw from the Netherworld did not experience any planar anomalies. I hope we don't have to go through that again!"
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The blue fog parts, revealing a vast sea of dust below. In the distance, a metropolis looms, surrounded by black walls. Tall spires puncture its skyline. While most are made of stone, others are more akin to towering termite mounds decorated with glowing patterns of light. The wayfinder’s compass points away from the umbral city. The compass points north-northwest toward the Netherworld’s equivalent of the Gravelands. As you soar through the skies, the landscape beneath them shifts. Often, it blurs into an indistinguishable shroud, punctuated by moments of stability. Standout features include a boiling black lake, a mountain that looks like its summit has been bitten off by some apocalyptically large beast, and a forest whose branches reach up into the sky toward the airship, but are not fast enough to catch it.
Eventually, you reach your destination. Here, the wayfinder’s needle points toward an inky black dome, a barrier that completely obscures the top of a rocky hill. The hill is surrounded by sheer cliffs. At the bottom of the cliffs, you see a camp that belongs to a band of nomadic shadow giants and their herd of domesticated dinosaurs. This herd includes both stegosauruses and tyrannosauruses, but the dinosaurs exhibit some unusual features that reflect their ties to the Netherworld. Their bodies are primarily in grayscale, incorporating wisps of shadow. Additionally, the shadow giants have decorated the dinosaurs with jagged iron adornments that evoke the giant’s favored spiked chain weaponry. These include iron caps on the tyrannosauruses’ teeth and rows of iron spikes along the stegosauruses’ tails.
In either case, Eando Kline hands you the Wayfinder and tells you to let him know when to pick you up. "It's my duty to guard the ship"
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Astrid grins at the ranger. "What? You don't want to go and have high tea with the giants, Arrus?" Astrid turns and punches Quinoline lightly on the arm. "Look Quin! They have dinosaurs. I haven't ridden one of those since that crazy iruxi game in Ekkeshikaar, remember that? Ha! That was fun, wasn't it? I wonder how Stinky is doing? He was a good dino. I say we go down there and pay our respects."
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Lydia takes a minute before her battle with despair fades and she acts as though nothing happened. "If it were just me I'd prefer sneaking but.." She pauses and looks at Arrus, "perhaps we might find more success with 'diplomacy'"
"Heh, 'Diplomacy,' sure." She shouts down to the giants. "Hello down there. I'm sure you've heard of me. I'm Astrid Gertasdottir, shield maiden and famed adventurer, stealthier than moonlight and fiercer than a thunderstorm. I've killed more men than winter and drunk enough ale to sink an armada. I've frightened a demon lord back into hell and ridden dinosaurs into battle."
She frowns a bit and reconsiders her words. "Actually my dino had thick armor plates and wasn't quite as shadowy but you get the idea. We're taking our new airship for a shakedown cruise and seem to have gotten a bit lost. Do you mind giving us the lay of the land so to speak?"
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You decide to head down to talk to the giants. As you approach their camp, the giants send a representative ahead to speak with you, accompanied by a small guard of several other giants and dinosaurs. Based on you gear and bearing, she’s determined that you may be strong enough to be worth her time.
A shadow giant woman dressed in dinosaur hide and wielding a barbed spiked chain steps forward. "Halt!" she barks, in Shadowtongue-accented Common. "State your business here. If you come for war, we will slay you to the last and feed your bodies to the tyrannosaurs. If you come for peace, then show me your valor. After, we talk." She reaches into a pouch at her belt, offering a clay vessel filled with a black salve. "First, apply this. Then, we fight."
You determine that when the salve is applied, it creates a thin, shadowy shroud around its wearer’s body. For the next 10 minutes, when the wearer takes damage from someone who doesn’t have lethal intent toward them, the damage they take is nonlethal.
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You determine that when the salve is applied, it creates a thin, shadowy shroud around its wearer’s body. For the next 10 minutes, when the wearer takes damage from someone who doesn’t have lethal intent toward them, the damage they take is nonlethal.
If we go the Diplomatic route, Quinoline will Aid by translating euphemisms into Shadowtongue.
vs DC 15 (?)