GD14 - Under the Eye of the Mantis (T3-4)

Game Master Nomadical

No worries. Life happens, and family is way more important. It was more about me letting the rest of the table know what to expect.

And with Adelmare's success, let's get this ball rolling....

Announced Condition:

Medical Resources: When this condition is in effect, the PCs gain the benefits of a successful Treat Wounds (Expert for levels 1–4) once between missions, as the Pathfinder support teams have now established robust supply lines.

Yeah, you might need that soon...

Knowing my luck this is when I'll start rolling 20s.

...and there we go. Sorry.

So here's how I'm going to rule this. I don't have exact stats for the encounter, only that it's the Rank 4 spell confusion. While it's the same Rank 4 spell for all the tiers of the Special, the DCs get adjusted for different Tiers of PCs. A Counteract check should be based on Rank, but the Rank of the effect should be appropriately scaled to the Tier of the Party.

With that in mind, Eltis' check would be a Success, which would normally counteract an effect up to 1 level above his counteract Rank of 2. So technically not enough, but again, the encounter doesn't give scaling for Tiers nor does it indicate Encounter Challenge (i.e. Moderate, Severe, etc.), so I'm going to rule that it should be enough to Counteract a reasonable threat for your Tier.

Now who's going to heal the Signet, hmm...?

Announced Condition:

Short Skip: When the Short Skip condition is in effect, each PCs regains one Focus Point and also one use of their highest-level spell slot. PCs who do not benefit from either of these may instead recharge a single already expended talisman that lasts until the end of the adventure. This is due to Zarta Dralneen using an artifact she brought with her from the Grand Lodge’s archives.

Your Success on this mission put the House over the next threshold. Congrats!

However, that probably means they will give the "5-minute" warning in the next day or so. We can start the combat encounter, but may not have time to finish it especially with the Halloween weekend. Just FYI.