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No extraordinary weaknesses so Personal Antithesis only
Maru attempts to discover if Red has any weaknesses before punching it in the face. Apparently the tanuki's blows have some effect as Red appears to be confused and wondering what it's doing here.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Special Conditions:
* Pink is tiny. Token enlarged for visibility
Shaken: Red
Surrendered:
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Those with ** may go
Red (-29; Prone, OG; AC <= 16; Shaken)
Tempest in a Teapot - AC 18 (20 w/shield) 28/28 (AC 20)
Blue
Maru - AC 18 16/28
**Kordak - AC 20 (23 w/shield) 23/32
Guiseppino - AC 18 (19 w/shield or cape) 24/24
**Calla tilly - AC 18 19/19
Irina Valishnakova - AC 20 32/32; Squirrel AC 18 38/38
Pink
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CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS REFERENCE
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You call out to a visibly shaken foe and attempt to convince them to surrender. Depending upon your strategy, attempt a Deception, Diplomacy, or Intimidation check against the foe's Will DC to make your case for the foe's surrender.
CS: Foe surrenders, +1 bonus to future checks for 1 minute
S: Foe surrenders
F: Foe doesn't surrender
CF: Foe doesn't surrender, -1 penalty to future checks for 1 minute
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Realizing the situation, Kordak knows what he must do.
"I'll hold them back, you calm them down!"
Kordak calls on his divine spark which leaves his feet and travels up through his core, his arm and then to his shield.
◆ Shift Immanence (Mirrored Aegis)
Kordak's shield creates a 15-foot emanation granting him and all allies a +1 status bonus to AC.
He plants the shield firmly onto the ground and braces himself behind it.
◆ Raise Shield
◆ Take Cover
Kordak currently has AC 25.
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Tilly pulls out her crossbow and shoots Blue. Unfortunately, the bolt misses and buries itself in a nearby tree.
Kordak provides everyone some extra protection before raising his shield and hiding behind it.
A small mote of light flies across the log bridge and hovers in front of Tilly. It suddenly sprays a rainbow of colors over most of the party!
Red continues to try to batter down the object in front of its face.
for
for
for
Its hooves make a lot of noise pounding on Kordak's shield but it makes no progress.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Special Conditions:
* Pink is tiny. Token enlarged for visibility
Shaken: Blue
Surrendered:
Before your Turn:
DC 16 Will vs Dizzying Colors: Tilly, Tempest, Long-Nose, Irina, Squirrel
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Those with ** may go
Red (AC 18)
**Tempest in a Teapot - AC 18 (20 w/shield) 28/28 (AC 20)
Blue (-29; Prone, OG; AC 18; Shaken)
Maru - AC 18 16/28
Kordak - AC 20 (23 w/shield) 23/32 (AC 25)
Guiseppino - AC 18 (19 w/shield or cape) 24/24
Calla tilly - AC 18 19/19
Irina Valishnakova - AC 20 32/32; Squirrel AC 18 38/38
Pink
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CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS REFERENCE
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You call out to a visibly shaken foe and attempt to convince them to surrender. Depending upon your strategy, attempt a Deception, Diplomacy, or Intimidation check against the foe's Will DC to make your case for the foe's surrender.
CS: Foe surrenders, +1 bonus to future checks for 1 minute
S: Foe surrenders
F: Foe doesn't surrender
CF: Foe doesn't surrender, -1 penalty to future checks for 1 minute
CS: Unaffected
S: Dazzled 1 rd
F: Stunned 1, Blind 1 rd, Dazzled 1 minute
CF: Stunned 1 rd, Blind 1 minute
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Tempest gets an eyeful of colors and ends up with a bunch of floaties in her eyes. She blinks rapidly, trying to clear her vision. She does, however, manage to convince Blue to stand down.
Long-Nose also gets hit by the rainbow but manages to shut his eyes and is not as affected. They still have floaties though...
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2
Tactical Map
Special Conditions:
* Pink is tiny. Token enlarged for visibility
Shaken:
Surrendered: Blue
Before your Turn:
DC 16 Will vs Dizzying Colors: Tilly, Irina, Squirrel
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Those with ** may go
Red (AC 18)
Tempest in a Teapot - AC 18 (20 w/shield) 28/28 (Blind 1 rd)
**Maru - AC 18 16/28
**Kordak - AC 20 (23 w/shield) 23/32 (AC 25)
**Guiseppino - AC 18 (19 w/shield or cape) 24/24 (Dazzled)
**Calla tilly - AC 18 19/19
**Irina Valishnakova - AC 20 32/32; Squirrel AC 18 38/38
Pink
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CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS REFERENCE
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You call out to a visibly shaken foe and attempt to convince them to surrender. Depending upon your strategy, attempt a Deception, Diplomacy, or Intimidation check against the foe's Will DC to make your case for the foe's surrender.
CS: Foe surrenders, +1 bonus to future checks for 1 minute
S: Foe surrenders
F: Foe doesn't surrender
CF: Foe doesn't surrender, -1 penalty to future checks for 1 minute
CS: Unaffected
S: Dazzled 1 rd
F: Stunned 1, Blind 1 rd, Dazzled 1 minute
CF: Stunned 1 rd, Blind 1 minute
Squirrel shakes her head then steps up and tries to knock down her foe.
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If it doesn't work at the large enemy, maybe it would work against Pink, Long-Nosed thinks that they send a mental jolt to Pink this time.
vs Concealed
◆◆ Daze, DC 18 basic Will save vs mental damage, and Stunned 1 (on Crit Fail)
They then provide advice for Calla, sending their words through faint dust of magic toward her. "You shoot vewy weww, but we awe not supposed to kiww them, so shoot theiw foot instead." they advise.
◆ Guidance to Calla Tilly -
↺ Death’s Call –
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Irina and Squrrel manage to shut their eyee. Squirrel tries to trip Red but fails. Irina's kick also doesn't connect.
Maru manages to determine what Pink's weaknesses are and punches it in the face, knocking it clean out...
Long Nose tries to give Red a headache but the creature shrugs it off.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2
Tactical Map
Special Conditions:
* Pink is tiny. Token enlarged for visibility
Shaken:
Surrendered: Blue
Before your Turn:
DC 16 Will vs Dizzying Colors: Tilly
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Those with ** may go
Red (AC 18; -1)
Tempest in a Teapot - AC 18 (20 w/shield) 28/28 (Blind 1 rd)
Maru - AC 18 16/28
**Kordak - AC 20 (23 w/shield) 23/32 (AC 25)
Guiseppino - AC 18 (19 w/shield or cape) 24/24 (Dazzled)
**Calla tilly - AC 18 19/19 (Guidance)
Irina Valishnakova - AC 20 32/32; Squirrel AC 18 38/38
Pink (asleep)
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CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS REFERENCE
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You call out to a visibly shaken foe and attempt to convince them to surrender. Depending upon your strategy, attempt a Deception, Diplomacy, or Intimidation check against the foe's Will DC to make your case for the foe's surrender.
CS: Foe surrenders, +1 bonus to future checks for 1 minute
S: Foe surrenders
F: Foe doesn't surrender
CF: Foe doesn't surrender, -1 penalty to future checks for 1 minute
CS: Unaffected
S: Dazzled 1 rd
F: Stunned 1, Blind 1 rd, Dazzled 1 minute
CF: Stunned 1 rd, Blind 1 minute
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Still blinking away the lingering rainbow haze, Tilly nods at Long-Nosed’s advice. She steadies her aim, the faint shimmer of magical encouragement guiding her hand as she takes another shot — this time aiming low at red’s foot.
Tilly keeps her crossbow trained low, watching the spirit’s stagger. She exhales slowly and speaks with steady calm, trying to reach whatever remains of reason inside the shaken kami. “Please — stand down. We don’t want to hurt you anymore.”
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Tilly blinks away the rainbow. She reloads her crossbow and shoots Red but misses.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2
Tactical Map
Special Conditions:
* Pink is tiny. Token enlarged for visibility
Shaken:
Surrendered: Blue, Pink
Before your Turn:
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Those with ** may go
Red (AC 18; -1)
Tempest in a Teapot - AC 18 (20 w/shield) 28/28 (Blind 1 rd)
Maru - AC 18 16/28
**Kordak - AC 20 (23 w/shield) 23/32 (AC 25)
Guiseppino - AC 18 (19 w/shield or cape) 24/24 (Dazzled)
**Calla tilly - AC 18 19/19 (1 action; Dazzled)
Irina Valishnakova - AC 20 32/32; Squirrel AC 18 38/38
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Kordak maintains his defensive posture and smacks Red in the foot, hitting.
Tilly reloads her crossbow.
Red decides to attack this armored creature that just smacked its foot.
for plus
for
for
Its horn and hooves raise an almighty racket slamming against Kordak's shield.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 3
Tactical Map
Special Conditions:
* Pink is tiny. Token enlarged for visibility
Shaken:
Surrendered: Blue, Pink
Before your Turn:
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Those with ** may go
Red (AC 18; -6)
**Tempest in a Teapot - AC 18 (20 w/shield) 28/28 (Dazzled)
**Maru - AC 18 16/28
**Kordak - AC 20 (23 w/shield) 23/32 (AC 25)
**Guiseppino - AC 18 (19 w/shield or cape) 24/24
**Calla tilly - AC 18 19/19
**Irina Valishnakova - AC 20 32/32; Squirrel AC 18 38/38
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With floaties no more in their eyes, Long-Nosed focuses their attention at Red. They jolt a mental magic at Red to give it a headache.
◆◆ Daze, DC 18 basic Will save vs 1d6 mental damage, and Stunned 1 (on Crit Fail)
"Go fow it, Kowdak!" Long-Nosed encourages the dwarf exemplar.
◆ Guidance to Kordak -
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Maru attempts to see whether Red has any weaknesses.
Maru smacks Red between the eyes hard enough that Red pauses as if clearing the cobwebs.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 3
Tactical Map
Special Conditions:
* Pink is tiny. Token enlarged for visibility
Shaken: Red
Surrendered: Blue, Pink
Before your Turn:
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Those with ** may go
Red (AC 18; -24)
**Tempest in a Teapot - AC 18 (20 w/shield) 28/28 (Dazzled)
Maru - AC 18 16/28
**Kordak - AC 20 (23 w/shield) 23/32 (AC 25; Guidance)
Guiseppino - AC 18 (19 w/shield or cape) 24/24
**Calla tilly - AC 18 19/19
**Irina Valishnakova - AC 20 32/32; Squirrel AC 18 38/38
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CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS REFERENCE
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You call out to a visibly shaken foe and attempt to convince them to surrender. Depending upon your strategy, attempt a Deception, Diplomacy, or Intimidation check against the foe's Will DC to make your case for the foe's surrender.
CS: Foe surrenders, +1 bonus to future checks for 1 minute
S: Foe surrenders
F: Foe doesn't surrender
CF: Foe doesn't surrender, -1 penalty to future checks for 1 minute
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Tempest shoots off some fireworks and manages to talk Red down. Red blinks, as if waking up from a fog. It casts a healing spell and closes Maru's wounds. The sprite also regains consciousness as if from a horrid nightmare and the fey creatures retreat back into the woods.
Right before you enter the village, a glowing cherry blossom sprig falls to your feet. This sprig is a sign of Sakura’s favor and is a holy talisman.
Searching the area, you also find a backpack containing a aerial cloak, a floating four-person tent and a polished pebble aeon stone. This must have been left by one of the merchant caravans trying to traverse the fog.
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Silvertree is a simple village; in addition to the ancient silver tree that gave the village its name, it also features a tiny inn, fisher’s cottages, several shrines, and a successful tofu shop that doubles as a pub and village meeting space.
As the you stride out of the fog, you meet bewildered villagers coming out of their humble homes, some of whom blink their eyes as if they haven’t left their dwellings in a long time. The villagers cry with joy as they see you, but also the Risucho squirrel-rabbits, who run around for at least half an hour delivering a month’s worth of mail to the lost villagers. A woman squeals as she gets a letter, "My daughter gave birth to a healthy girl! I’m a grandmother!" Other villagers shout their joy as they receive letters from friends, family, or even just trading partners in other villages. "We’ve not been forgotten by everyone!" one man says, clutching his letter to his heart. "Has Sakura forgiven us?" Mayor Kimi, an elderly tengu woman asks.
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Maru does his best to let her down gently.
“We have found out what angered Sakura.” Showing off the sprig, he then says “They have even given us this to help resolve the problem.”
“With help from the village, hopefully we can find the source of the evil taint that disturbed Sakura and get rid of it.”
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“Did anyone see or hear anything unusual before the fog settled in? Strange noises in the woods— anything at all? It doesn’t have to be something big. Even the smallest little odd thing might point us in the right direction. Has anything felt… different, even if you weren’t sure it mattered?” Tilly gives the mayor a warm but steady smile.
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Long Nosed discusses with the villagers the situation.
"The fog is not a cuwse, but wathew a pwecaution of what is dangewous! Fwet not fow we awe hewe to pwotect evewyone and bwing the mawignant cuwse that is festewing youw viwwage to end!" they say in lies.
w Charming Liar
But their lie is buried with all these w's that they do not even understand them.
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Irina holds a brief press conference with several of the villagers to address their concerns. "The case is progressing swiftly. I have received a tip from a pair of blue jays. This information was confirmed by a friendly spruce tree. I am confident that everything will be wrapped up in no time and Sakura will be appeased. No further questions." She turns and abruptly leaves.
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Tilly takes a small breath before approaching a cluster of anxious villagers. She softens her voice, careful not to overwhelm them.
“It’s alright — we’re here to help. Sakura hasn’t abandoned you. We just need to understand what happened so we can set things right. Anything you remember, even little things, could help protect the whole village.”
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Mayor Kimi sighs. "Sakura was right to choose you as you are persistent. Recently, my two adult nephews, Kenji and Daisuke, have vanished. I'm not sure what happened to them, honestly. They work for the tofu shop in town delivering tofu to other villages. I wonder if they ran afoul of any hostile kami out in the fog. I did notice that some of the risucho have been hanging around the shop. Maybe you can check it out?"
The front door of Silvertree Tofu is locked and no one answers if anyone knocks.
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Tilly heads for the tofu shop and casually kicks the door in...
The appetizing scents of fresh tofu, candies and beer permeate this room. Silvertree Tofu is a clean shop filled with comfortable—if well-used—furniture, some worn throw rugs, and a counter filled with freshly stocked tofu and other treats. Wooden placards on the wall list a variety of local dishes, along with tea and local beer and sake.
Despite being locked, this shop looks like it is ready for business. On the south side of the tofu shop, there are two obvious doors.
Map is below and also linked at the top of the page:
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As Maru enters the shop, he takes a moment to look at the broken door. “At least it was a clean break, hopefully someone can fix the door later.”
With a shrug, he admits “Not like I could have done any better. I would have had to break the door open as well.”
He then looks around the shop. The various food stuffs are interesting, but it wouldn’t be right to steal from another merchant.
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"Oh, no! Hewp! I am no mowe Wong-Nosed! Whewe did my nose go?!" Long-Nosed panics immediately, spitting out what remains of the candy they were munching as their hands fly to their face, finding only smooth skin where their impressive nose used to be. They look around in growing alarm, as if the missing nose might simply have fallen off while everyone else is busily looking around the shop.
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Irina dismounts her moose and peers inside the tofu shop. She frowns and turns to speak to Squirrel. "Mooo moo moooo moooomooo moooooooooo." The detective peers out into the surrounding woods and whistles shrilly. "Grrr grrr grrrrrrr grrrrrr." She folds her arms and taps her foot, clearly waiting for something...
One minute later...
Bear comes ambling out of the woods, clearly in no hurry.
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Tempest asks the mayor... "Do you know who owns the tofu sho--"
Then she hears the smashing sound of the door. and smiles brightly at the mayor. "Never mind. Why, would you look at that? The door just fell in."
She then hastily rejoins the party in their explorations.
"Um... Is that a sliding door behind that placard?"