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Astrid fails to avoid the tower of spirits and feels the cold touch of the grave. She tries to calm the spirits but her words fall on deaf ears. Rex attempts to find out if he knows anything about the spirits. He, too, attempts to disable the spirits and weakens them somewhat.
The Spirit Cyclone continues to move around and convince you to join it
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 4
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
* Courageous Anthem (Rd 1/1; ends at the start of Rex's turn 2, though Astrid will get the benefit even if Rex acts first)
* +1 atk/+2 defense vs Red
Terrain:
* Entire Map past the bridge is difficult terrain
* Pink circles are 60' towers covered in sticky webbing (DC 30 Reflex or get stuck, same DC to escape)
* If you enter a square full of webbing (the conical structures), you need to make a DC 30 Reflex save or get stuck, same DC to escape)
Disable the Haunts: DC 30 Occultism/Religion (Trained); 3 successes
* Yellow: 1/3
Before your Turn:
DC 32 Basic Reflex vs 21 Void Damage: Astrid, Lydia, Rex, Quinoline[/b]
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Those with ** may go
**Arrus Lionus - AC 33 149/176
**Quinoline Silicate - AC 31 (33 w/shield) 140/140 (AC 33; Shield - H10, 80/80)
**Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 129/129
**Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 143/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo; Paragon's Guard; Moderate Dread Rune)
**Rex - AC 31 164/164
Yellow
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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.
CF: You are swept up into the cyclone, becoming grabbed (Escape DC 32)
A creature grabbed by the cyclone moves along with the cyclone and takes 1d10+6 additional void damage at their beginning of its turn, and it must attempt a Reflex save against the cyclone on the cyclone’s turn, no matter where the cyclone moves.
A creature that successfully Escapes from the cyclone falls from a height of 1d12 × 5 feet.
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Lydia manages to calm the spirits. With a scream, the spirit cyclone dissipates.
You have time to investigate the web bundles in the inner courtyard. Most of the bundles here contain the remains of the people who once lived in the fortress, primarily kayals and humans, but also several people of other ancestries.
Though most of the victims’ possessions are heavily damaged and covered in webs, you manage to recover some personal effects. These items reveal that the humans and other natives of the Universe were a mixture of Knights of Ozem (the precursor to the Knights of Lastwall) and civilians under their protection. Meanwhile, the kayals’ inky-black equipment features externally facing barbs, a style that is more popular in the Netherworld than the Universe. In an exception to the overall battered quality of the gear, the body of one middle-aged human man whose a face is adorned with old battle scars still wears a set of gleaming full plate armor. This is a +2 resilient dawnsilver full plate emblazoned with Iomedae’s holy crest.
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"These bodies were severely injured by void damage, and then killed by something that didn’t leave a physical mark. The spider-inflicted wounds didn’t occur until after they were killed."
vs DC 26
"I detect traces of magic that suggest these people’s souls were extracted from their bodies."
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Arrus works on their longstrider wand after resting.
Arrus looks around for any sign of what took these people's souls.
[ooc]Wondering if there's any signs to Hunt Prey with
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Beyond the spider-infested courtyard, a stone castle looms. This fortress is a shadowy mirror of a defensive structure built in Lastwall by the Knights of Ozem several centuries ago. Some of the finer details of the building look smudged out, as if they had been rendered in charcoal and then blended by mistake, but you can still make out an engraving of the flag of Lastwall hanging over the fortress’s doors. You enter the castle via its front gate, or else break in through its boarded-up windows or back entrance. There is no light source inside but after lighting your wayfinders, you discover the ceilings are 10 feet tall. The wayfinder’s needle points the way toward the fortress’s center.
You are currently in the castle's foyer. The fortress’s entryway was recently the site of a sizable battle — the conflict between Penumbra and her undead allies against the fortress’s inhabitants. Though dried, rust-red blood spatters and deep gouges mar the floor in large numbers, no bodies remain. Hallways to either side lead to what appear to be barracks (or what's left of them). The wayfinder points straight ahead but there's a wall in front of you
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When they wake up, Quinoline cooks up a liquid breakfast.
1. Greater darkvision elixir [24 h] (Quinoline, consumed immediately)
2. Greater mistform elixir [5 min] (Arrus)
3. Greater mistform elixir [5 min] (Astrid)
4. Greater cheetah's elixir [1 h, 10'] (Astrid)
5. Greater darkvision elixir [24 h] (Lydia)
6. Moderate bravo's brew [1 h, +2/+3] (Lydia)
7. Greater mistform elixir (Quinoline)
8. Moderate bravo's brew (Quinoline)
9. Greater eagle-eye elixir (Quinoline)
Quinoline follows Arrus clockwise.
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Following Arrus, you find yourselves in what appeared to be a barracks. The place is a shambles. While simple clothing items remain here, the room is noticeably devoid of coinage or anything of significant personal or monetary value.
-- PLANNING/MAP ROOM --
The walls of this room contain a map of the nearby terrain on the wall, with pins marking various locations. Scraps of paper attached to the pins bear notes in Common, with statements like "zombies spotted here—origin to the west?" "ghouls eliminated," and "possible weakness in reality?" The people who until recently occupied this fortress used this room to chart out dangers in their surroundings.
-- ARMORY --
The equipment in this armory is a mishmash of armor and armaments, with nothing more powerful than a few non-magical weapons and armor. Notably, there is no weaponry made of special materials, and the most impressive display stands are empty.
The room to the north appears to contain statues...
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Quin chugs her eagle eye elixir but can't really spot anything out of the ordinary. You enter the statuary. Stone statues of valiant knights with heavy armor stand vigil over a set of nine interconnected rooms. Red carpet runners inlaid with gold thread decorate the floor.
You recognize that some of these statues have long shadows, indicating that these statues are guardians with shadowpacts. Well, you also realize they're guardians because they've also started moving...
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Special Conditions:
* Shadowpacts (see spoiler below)
* Sever the Shadowpact (see additional spoiler below; 1 action)
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Those with ** may go
**Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 129/129
Blue
Quinoline Silicate - AC 31 (33 w/shield) 140/140 (Shield - H10, 80/80; +3/4 Perc)
Red
Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 176/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo; Paragon's Guard; Moderate Dread Rune)
Rex - AC 31 164/164
Pink
Arrus Lionus - AC 33 176/176
Orange
Green
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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.
With a new source of mythic power at her disposal, Penumbra has been developing a means of strengthening her allies. Nonsapient creatures and willing sapient creatures can enter into a shadowpact with her, swearing loyal service in exchange for a fragment of her mythic essence. Other than Penumbra herself, all of the creatures the PCs fight within the fortress or its courtyard are under a shadowpact, which manifests in the form of an unusually dark shadow that animates to assist them in performing a newly granted ability.
But these creatures aren’t the only ones benefitting from borrowed mythic power. Thanks to their own mythic infusion from the mystical berries at the beginning of the adventure, the PCs can interface with these altered shadows. In so doing, they can sever a creature’s connection to Penumbra while simultaneously freeing it from the obligation to fight until slain or destroyed on her behalf.
Gruasha’s account of the fleeing shadow allow you to automatically recognize how to use Sever the Shadowpact when you come across the shadowpact creatures
* Must be Mythic and within 30' of a shadowpact creature
* Within 30 feet of the creature: DC 28 Occultism/Religion to metaphysically cut the shadowy link
* Adjacent of the creature:
-- DC 30 Athletics to wrestle the shadow away
-- DC 32 Thievery to steal the shadow
* Success: the creature permanently loses the ability granted from its shadowpact
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Lydia tries to steal the closest statue's shadow, and then cut the link between Red and its shadow. Once freeing them of their shadows, Lydia attempts to slice pink
"This might make them angry! Should we reposition?" Lydia asks while holding her ground for now.
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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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Lydia steals the long shadows from Pink and Red before slashing Pink. A loud crack can be heard as large flakes of stone shellacking fall from Pink. The underlying stone yields to Lydia's weapon.
Blue reaches out and attempts to pound
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Special Conditions:
* Shadowpacts (see spoiler below)
* Sever the Shadowpact (see additional spoiler below; 1 action)
Shadowpact Severed: Pink, Red
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Those with ** may go
Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 129/129
Blue
**Quinoline Silicate - AC 31 (33 w/shield) 140/140 (Shield - H10, 80/80; +3/4 Perc)
Red (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; Moderate Dread Rune)
Rex - AC 31 98/164
Pink (-44; AC <= 28; Broken Armor; No Reactions)
Arrus Lionus - AC 33 176/176
Orange
Green
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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.
With a new source of mythic power at her disposal, Penumbra has been developing a means of strengthening her allies. Nonsapient creatures and willing sapient creatures can enter into a shadowpact with her, swearing loyal service in exchange for a fragment of her mythic essence. Other than Penumbra herself, all of the creatures the PCs fight within the fortress or its courtyard are under a shadowpact, which manifests in the form of an unusually dark shadow that animates to assist them in performing a newly granted ability.
But these creatures aren’t the only ones benefitting from borrowed mythic power. Thanks to their own mythic infusion from the mystical berries at the beginning of the adventure, the PCs can interface with these altered shadows. In so doing, they can sever a creature’s connection to Penumbra while simultaneously freeing it from the obligation to fight until slain or destroyed on her behalf.
Gruasha’s account of the fleeing shadow allow you to automatically recognize how to use Sever the Shadowpact when you come across the shadowpact creatures
* Must be Mythic and within 30' of a shadowpact creature
* Within 30 feet of the creature: DC 28 Occultism/Religion to metaphysically cut the shadowy link
* Adjacent of the creature:
-- DC 30 Athletics to wrestle the shadow away
-- DC 32 Thievery to steal the shadow
* Success: the creature permanently loses the ability granted from its shadowpact
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Quinoline tries to sever the shadowpact from all the remaining statues.
◆ vs Blue, DC 28
◆ vs Green, DC 28
◆ vs Orange, DC 28
vs Orange, DC 28
Your heroic moments grant others the will to keep fighting. When you spend a Hero Point, you and any allies within 30 feet who can see you regain 4d6 Hit Points. This healing also affects dying allies, even if they cannot see you due to being unconscious.
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Quin manages to rip away the shadowpacts of the other statues. Arrus enters the room slightly out of focus...
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Shadowpact Severed: Pink, Red, Blue, Green, Orange
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Those with ** may go
Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 129/129
Blue
Quinoline Silicate - AC 31 (33 w/shield) 140/140 (Shield - H10, 80/80; +3/4 Perc)
Red (No Reactions)
**Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 176/176 (Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo; Paragon's Guard; Moderate Dread Rune)
**Rex - AC 31 114/164
Pink (-44; AC <= 28; Broken Armor; No Reactions)
Arrus Lionus - AC 33 176/176 (Concealed)
Orange
Green
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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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Astrid kicks Blue's foot out from under it. The statue topples over with a loud BOOM! However Astrid appears to be too busy hopping on one foot to properly strike the prone statue.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Shadowpact Severed: Pink, Red, Blue, Green, Orange
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Those with ** may go
Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 129/129
Blue (Prone, OG)
Quinoline Silicate - AC 31 (33 w/shield) 140/140 (Shield - H10, 80/80; +3/4 Perc)
Red
Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 176/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo; Paragon's Guard; Moderate Dread Rune)
**Rex - AC 31 114/164
Pink (-44; AC <= 28; Broken Armor)
Arrus Lionus - AC 33 176/176 (Concealed)
Orange
Green
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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 stands his ground, tapping into Mythic Power to try to hinder the enemy.
◆ Mythic Casting (2 mythic points remaining)
◆◆ Cast a Spell (Slow rank 6)
DC 37 Fortitude
Critical Success The target is unaffected.
Success The target is slowed 1 for 1 round.
Failure The target is slowed 1 for 1 minute.
Critical Failure The target is slowed 2 for 1 minute.
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Rex blasts the statues with his Mythic powers and causes Pink and Blue to drastically slow down. Orange and Red somehow weather the storm while Green is slightly more affected.
Pink tries to pound into the ground.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Shadowpact Severed: Pink, Red, Blue, Green, Orange
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Those with ** may go
Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 113/129
Blue (Prone, OG; Slowed 2)
Quinoline Silicate - AC 31 (33 w/shield) 140/140 (Shield - H10, 80/80; +3/4 Perc)
Red (Slowed 1 - 0/1)
Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 176/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo; Paragon's Guard; Moderate Dread Rune)
Rex - AC 31 114/164
Pink (-44; AC <= 28; Broken Armor; Slowed 2)
**Arrus Lionus - AC 33 176/176 (Concealed)
Orange (Slowed 1 - 0/1)
Green (Slowed 1)
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Arrus marks Green as prey and tries to put a crossbow bolt into it via Blue. His bolt drills through Blue and hits Green
Orange lumbers forward and tries to pound Arrus into jam.
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Arrus dives out of the way and stares at the crater in the floor.
Green tries to stomp Astrid into a flat disk.
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Astrid doesn't even need to move as the statue fails to come close.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2
Tactical Map
Shadowpact Severed: Pink, Red, Blue, Green, Orange
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Those with ** may go
**Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 113/129
Blue (-35; Prone, OG; Slowed 2; AC 30)
Quinoline Silicate - AC 31 (33 w/shield) 140/140 (Shield - H10, 80/80; +3/4 Perc)
Red (Slowed 1 - 0/1; AC 30)
Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 176/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo; Paragon's Guard; Moderate Dread Rune)
Rex - AC 31 114/164
Pink (-44; AC <= 28; Broken Armor; Slowed 2)
Arrus Lionus - AC 33 176/176 (Concealed)
Orange (Slowed 1 - 0/1; AC 30)
Green (-25; Slowed 1; AC <= 28)
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Lydia takes the silence from her teammates as the answer. Stand ground, got it, she thinks to herself as she begins a tirade of attacks against the statue with broken armor.
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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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Red turns into dust, squashed by Astrid's monstrous ego. However, when you turn around, you noticed that Rex has also disappeared.
Lydia slices and dices at Pink and also reduces it to rubble, before turning on Orange. Although she hits Orange, her blade appears to encounter some resistance penetrating.
Blue attempts to reduce Arrus to paste.
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Arrus lazily steps to the right and Blue's massive fist slams down where he used to be.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2
Tactical Map
Shadowpact Severed: Pink, Red, Blue, Green, Orange
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Those with ** may go
Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 113/129
Blue (-35; Prone, OG; Slowed 2; AC 30)
**Quinoline Silicate - AC 31 (33 w/shield) 140/140 (Shield - H10, 80/80; +3/4 Perc)
**Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 176/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo; Paragon's Guard; Moderate Dread Rune)
**Arrus Lionus - AC 33 176/176 (Concealed)
Orange (-16; Slowed 1 - 0/1; AC 30)
Green (-25; Slowed 1; AC <= 28)
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Quinoline will raise her shield and throw a Sticky Acid Flask at Blue if Blue is prone, or else, a Dazzling Bottled Lightning.
plus 11 splash acid plus 3d6+11 persistent acid
plus 11 splash electricity plus off-guard (1 round) plus DC 31 Fort save vs dazzled (1 round)
If Blue has persistent acid, then Quinoline will throw a Sticky Bottled Lightning. If Blue doesn't have persistent acid but is off-guard, she'll throw a Sticky Acid Flask. If Blue isn't off-guard, she'll throw a Dazzling Bottled Lightning.
plus 11 splash acid plus 3d6+11 persistent acid
plus 11 splash electricity plus off-guard (1 round) plus DC 31 Fort save vs dazzled (1 round) OR 11 persistent electricity
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Quin smashes an acid flask onto the horizontal Blue. The acid sticks to the rock and starts eating into the statue. She tries to follow up with a lightning bottle but it fails to stick.
Arrus shoots Green through Blue and connects, doing damage to both statues. The hit on green results in some sort of shellacking layer falling off
Astrid for whatever reason tries to scare a ROCK and learns that rocks have no feelings whatsoever. She then smacks Blue with her sword and connects once cleaving a chunk out of it, though the blade has difficulty pushing through.
Green tries to punch Astrid.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 3
Tactical Map
Shadowpact Severed: Pink, Red, Blue, Green, Orange
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Those with ** may go
**Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 71/129
Blue (-111; Prone, OG; Slowed 2; AC 30; 3d6+11 Persistent Acid)
Quinoline Silicate - AC 31 (33 w/shield) 140/140 (Shield - H10, 80/80; +3/4 Perc)
Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 176/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo; Paragon's Guard; Moderate Dread Rune)
Arrus Lionus - AC 33 176/176 (Concealed)
Orange (-16; AC 30)
Green (-51; Slowed 1; AC <= 28; Broken)
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Arrus also sets Green on fire. Flames can be seen licking the side of Green, probably some sort of reaction with the bolt and the armor?
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 3
Tactical Map
Shadowpact Severed: Pink, Red, Blue, Green, Orange
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Those with ** may go
**Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 71/129
Blue (-111; Prone, OG; Slowed 2; AC 30; 3d6+11 Persistent Acid)
Quinoline Silicate - AC 31 (33 w/shield) 140/140 (Shield - H10, 80/80; +3/4 Perc)
Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 176/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo; Paragon's Guard; Moderate Dread Rune)
Arrus Lionus - AC 33 176/176 (Concealed)
Orange (-16; AC 30)
Green (-59; Slowed 1; AC <= 28; Broken; 1d10 Persistent Fire)
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Lydia reels from being punched and decides to try to stop blue before it can act. She steps towards blue and strikes repeatedly trying to finish it off
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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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Lydia retaliates against Blue, carving it up but not totally destroying it. Blue punches out at Lydia...
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 3
Tactical Map
Shadowpact Severed: Green, Orange
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Those with ** may go
Lydia - AC 30 (32 Nimble Dodge) 71/129
**Quinoline Silicate - AC 31 (33 w/shield) 140/140 (Shield - H10, 80/80; +3/4 Perc)
**Astrid Gertasdottir - AC 34 (36 w/shield) 176/176 (AC 36; Shield - H13, 104/104; Resist - 4Pi, 1Co/El/Vo; Paragon's Guard; Moderate Dread Rune)
**Arrus Lionus - AC 33 176/176 (Concealed)
Orange (-16; AC 30)
Green (-59; Slowed 1; AC <= 28; Broken; 1d10 Persistent Fire)