GM Frost's S06-05 Silver Bark, Golden Blades (P02) (Inactive)

Game Master Frozen Frost

Let's go down south.

south sounds fine to me

South is great

Shalosar starts to head south.

Water laps softly against the docks in this muddy subterranean cavern. Seven boats cluster around the dock, all usable and in good repair, and three tunnels lead back out to the Bunkatsu river. There are curving pictographs over the archways that lead to other parts of the complex. Along one wall is a frieze with several carved hobgoblin figures, each raising a hand in greeting.

DC 14 Hobgoblin Lore, Untrained: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

"I've no clue what this is and it's probably not important anyways. Shall we move on?" Haduo asks, both swords gesturing towards the archways leading deeper in.

No Society and cannot read goblin

Shalosar’s brow furrows. ”Hobgoblin cult?”, he shrugs.

Dakon gets out charcoal and paper. "I'll take a rubbing, I'm sure some scholar back at the lodge will be curious at least."

Payani studies the pictographs before announcing what he's discerned.

Esoteric Lore, tome, diverse lore: 1d20 + 12 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 12 + 1 - 2 = 23

"It appears this was some type of trading outpost of hobgoblins." he says succinctly before moving to follow the others deeper into the ruins.

Nodding at Payani, Vahrn wonders. "Well, I have not seen any hobgoblins so far, so who's using this now?"

Nodding at Payani, Vahrn wonders. "Well, I have not seen any hobgoblins so far, so who's using this now?"

”Let’s find out”, says Shalosar, nodding toward the doors southwest of them.

As they proceed southwest,

Dakon, Maneki, and Vahrn notice a subtly hidden trapdoor (marked in Map). Moreover, some bandits are exiting from the west and notice them.

"Trespassers!" Troublemaker exclaims, but waits to see if they can get past their trap.

⬤ BANDITS AND TRAPS! Round 1 ⬤
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP

➤ BOLD NAMES CAN ACT; STRIKETHROUGH MEANS ELIMINATED.
Red Troublemaker (- HP) | Delaying
➤ Vahrn (AC 21) (50/50 HP)
➤ ⠀⠀⠀Abbadon (AC 21) (44/44 HP)
➤ Dakon Mossriver (AC 19) (26/26 HP)
➤ Shalosar (AC 19) (41/41 HP)
➤ Maneki Pemanah (AC 21) (52/52 HP)
➤ Payani (AC 20) (38/38 HP)
White Sneak (- HP)
Haduo Nue (AC 20) (41/41 HP)
Blue Sneak (- HP)
Subtly Hidden Trapdoor (- HP)

REFERENCES

Payani steps out from behind Dakon and studies the nearest of the troublemakers while flipping the pages of his tome with a well-calloused thumb.

Exploit Vulnerability with Esoteric Lore plus a free RK with Diverse Lore. +12 vs the standard DC for Red's level. Normal result info for Exploit Vulnerability, please. Then also if it's a success, "What's Red's most notable offensive ability?"

Returning Starknife: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
damage: 1d4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 2 = 6
Plus Personal Antithesis +3 unless Payani knows that it has a weakness.

With that knowledge in mind, he flings the starknife at Red. It arcs through the air, (likely missing on an 11) and returns to Payani's oversize hand.

◆ Step, ◆ Exploit, ◆Strike

Vahrn will start the fight by casting Bless, followed by the shield cantrip.

◆◆ Bless
◆ Cast shield.

Maneki drops into a combat stance and lets three arrows fly at White

Ranged Attack;Longbow: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20 for Piercing Damage: 2d8 ⇒ (6, 8) = 14
Ranged Attack;Longbow, MAP: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14 for Piercing Damage: 2d8 ⇒ (5, 5) = 10

Ranged Attack;Longbow, MAP 2+: 1d20 ⇒ 5 for Piercing Damage: 2d8 ⇒ (6, 7) = 13

Critical Hit: Double Damage + Deadly

Crit? Deadly: 1d10 ⇒ 6

◆ Monastic Archer Stance
◆ Flurry
◆ Whiff

Shalosar grimaces as spiked chains erupt from the back of each wrist. They’re ten feet long, shiny black, and weave through the air around him. He cracks them like whips at the nearest foe.

Channel Elements (free 1-action Elemental Blast at Red)
2-action Elemental Blast at Red
Weapon Infusion: reach

Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5S

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 = 5S

Darkon takes advantage of his sniping duo partner Maneki hitting white and follows up with his own arrow right after casting fear.
Whenever you or your spotter successfully Strikes a target, the other member of your duo gains a +1 circumstance bonus per weapon damage die on the damage roll of their next Strike made against that target before the end of their next turn.

Blessed Bow vs White: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 8 + 1 = 19
piercing+Duo: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Blessed Bow vs White: 1d20 + 8 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (6) + 8 + 1 - 5 = 10
piercing+Duo: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Finally Dakon protects himself with a shield spell.
AC 20, will block(5)

Crit Success. Payani knows Red Troublemaker has no weakness to exploit but remembers such halfling throw eggs that contain paint, confetti and glitter on their enemies to throw them off. His starknife miss to hit his mark though.

Vahrn blesses allies and then raises shield.

Maneki goes into her stance, sticking an arrow White Sneaker's arm. hit, 14 P damage; miss; miss

Shalosar lashes Red with his elements, missing on the second instance. hit, 5 S damage; miss

Dakon follows up Maneki's attack with his own, sticking another arrow in the same arm, then misses the second before raising shield again. hit, 4 P damage; miss

Red Troublemaker waits no more and draws out an egg, throwing it at Payani. DC 17 Reflex saving throw or become dazzled for 1 round (or 1 minute on a critical failure) Red then retreats behind the others.

White Sneak draws shortbow and flies arrows toward Maneki.
Shortbow: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29 hit
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4 P damage

Shortbow, MAP: 1d20 + 10 - 5 ⇒ (1) + 10 - 5 = 6 miss

⬤ BANDITS AND TRAPS! Round 1 ⬤
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP

⚠️ BEFORE YOUR TURN ⚠️
❗ Payani: DC 17 Reflex saving throw or become dazzled for 1 round (or 1 minute on a critical failure) ❗

➤ BOLD NAMES CAN ACT; STRIKETHROUGH MEANS ELIMINATED.
Vahrn (AC 21+2 w Minor Reinforcing Shield ) (50/50 HP) | Bless (15 ft emanation): +1 status bonus to attack rolls while within the emanation
⠀⠀⠀Abbadon (AC 21) (44/44 HP)
Dakon Mossriver (AC 19+1 w Shield cantrip) (26/26 HP)
Shalosar (AC 19) (41/41 HP)
Maneki Pemanah (AC 21) (48/52 HP)
Payani (AC 20) (38/38 HP)
Red Troublemaker (-5 HP)
White Sneak (-18 HP)
➤ Haduo Nue (AC 20) (41/41 HP)
Blue Sneak (- HP)
Subtly Hidden Trapdoor (- HP)

REFERENCES

Reflex DC 17: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24

Payani dodges the egg bomb and when it splatters on the ground behind him he raises an eyebrow at the halfling troublemaker. "Don't let those eggs hit you. They don't hurt, but they make it hard to see. And you will never get the sparkly dust out of your clothes," he advises his teammates.

Feel free to read the Payani spoiler above for the full details.

As battle commences, Haduo's spark enters his twin blades. They glow red with his spiritual energy.

◇ Spark Transcendence in Gleaming Blades

"Wow..." He says to Shalosar. "So that's where your weapons were. They were inside you the whole time!"

He's so amazed by the Kineticist's tricks that he stares in awe, unable to act until the Red and White rogues act.

"Huh? Oh, right. We need to defend ourselves."

Haduo Strides up to the Blue Sneak before unleashing a flurry of slashes, performing a Flowing Spirit Strike.

"Sorry, but you need to get out of the way!" He cries out.

FSS 1 vs Blue AC: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23

Spirit Damage, Gleaming Blade: 1d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 2 = 12

FSS 2 vs Blue AC: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 10 - 2 = 9

Spirit Damage, Gleaming Blade: 1d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 2 = 9

His exertion complete, Haduo's divine spark shifts to his Victor's Wreath (15 foot emanation of +1 to attack rolls) . Maneki feels her wounds closing (8 hp healing from The Radiant).

◇ Spark Transcendence, ◆ Stride, ◆◆ Flowing Spirit Strike Blue, ◇ Shift Immanence to Victor's Wreath + Activate The Radiant on Maneki.

Payani manages to evade the egg throw.

Haduo, I would like to know how you get past the trapdoor.

I forgot to note to everyone that there is body of water that is 15 ft deep, I highlighted them on the Map as translucent blue.

Oh, I thought you could just walk through the boat area (now the blue stuff known as water). Thought it was some kind of dry ground. Haduo would just Long jump across.

Running back to take a running start, he Strides forward and flings himself across the water.

Athletics: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

Making it 20 feet from Shalossar's position, he wouldn't have actions remaining to Flowing Spirit Strike. That means he doesn't have his wreath up, the spark is still in the blade and Payani does not heal 8.

He does have one action left to Strike. If you're happy to take the first Strike I made last turn, that will do, otherwise I'll just redo a Strike now.

◆◆ Long Jump 20 feet, ◆ Strike Blue

Haduo vaults past the body of water nearby and, (using roll from previous post), delivers a skillful hack with his blade, the strike biting deep, far beyond mere flesh. 12 S + spirit damage

"Squawk!" Blue is shocked that a tree can jump that far that Blue pecks Haduo with beak!
Beak: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23 hit
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 P damage

Beak - MAP: 1d20 + 10 - 5 ⇒ (18) + 10 - 5 = 23 hit
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 P damage

Blue Sneak then draws a fan.

⬤ BANDITS AND TRAPS! Round 2 ⬤
Terrain Feature(s): Body of water (covered in blue on Map) is 15 ft deep.
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP

➤ BOLD NAMES CAN ACT; STRIKETHROUGH MEANS ELIMINATED.
➤ Vahrn (AC 21) (50/50 HP) | Bless (15 ft emanation): +1 status bonus to attack rolls while within the emanation
➤ ⠀⠀⠀Abbadon (AC 21) (44/44 HP)
➤ Dakon Mossriver (AC 19) (26/26 HP)
➤ Shalosar (AC 19) (41/41 HP)
➤ Maneki Pemanah (AC 21) (48/52 HP)
➤ Payani (AC 20) (38/38 HP)
Red Troublemaker (-5 HP)
White Sneak (-18 HP)
Haduo Nue (AC 20) (33/41 HP)
Blue Sneak (-12 HP)
Subtly Hidden Trapdoor (- HP)

REFERENCES

'Neki winces as the arrow grazes her arm. Taking a few steps back to gain more distance, she returns the favor with three more arrows at White.

Ranged Attack;Longbow: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 10 + 1 = 30 for Piercing Damage: 2d8 ⇒ (1, 6) = 7 Probably a crit for 14
Ranged Attack;Longbow, MAP: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 1 = 11 for Piercing Damage: 2d8 ⇒ (8, 6) = 14
Ranged Attack;Longbow, MAP 2+: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 for Piercing Damage: 2d8 ⇒ (1, 2) = 3
Critical Hit: Double Damage + Deadly

Deadly: 1d10 ⇒ 5 19 total damage vs White

◆ Stride
◆ Flurry
◆ Whiff

Maneki returns the favor and sticks an arrow into White's eye socket, taking it out of the encounter.

White is out. Others are up to act!

Vahrn will stride while sustaining his bless spell and then command Abbadon to long jump to where the foes are.

◆ Stride
◆ Sustain
◆ Long Jump: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Horrible roll, but I think its enough if jumping through the corner

"Wow..." He says to Shalosar. "So that's where your weapons were. They were inside you the whole time!"

Shalosar pauses a moment, then nods. ”I suppose so”, he replies, ”and the real treasure was the blood we spilled along the way!”

He cracks the chains again, and the spiked links at the ends break away and fly toward the closest attacker.

2-action Elemental Blast vs Blue
1-action Elemental Blast vs Blue
Weapon Infusion: thrown

Attack: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 9 + 1 = 13
Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 1 = 11P

Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 1 = 13
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8P

HP 1st attack

Attack: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 9 + 1 = 24

Maneki gets +2 damage on their first strike from my Sniping Duo, increasing damage to 23 after the crit. Although they're down anyway so it doesn't matter.

Dakon uses some magic and his bow against the remaining foes.

First target red, if red is down will target blue instead.

Void Warp Void Damage: 2d4 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6
Basic Fort DC 17. Enfeebled 1 for a round on a crit fail.

arrowed: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 8 + 1 = 26
piercing: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Long Jump is two actions unless you have Quick Jump feat. Leap will suffice if you are jumping through the corner.

Vahrn moves and increases range of his Bless spell before leaping above the water in the corner of the trap.

Shalosar impales Blue with his spikes, while the rest stick on the wall. 11 P damage

Red: DC 17 basic Fortitude save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15 vs Void Warp (Fail, 6 void damage)

Dakon weakens Red and follows it up with an arrow. Crit Hit, 2 P damage Red remains standing.

⬤ BANDITS AND TRAPS! Round 2 ⬤
Terrain Feature(s): Body of water (covered in blue on Map) is 15 ft deep.
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP

➤ BOLD NAMES CAN ACT; STRIKETHROUGH MEANS ELIMINATED.
Vahrn (AC 21) (50/50 HP) | Bless (20 ft emanation): +1 status bonus to attack rolls while within the emanation
⠀⠀⠀Abbadon (AC 21) (44/44 HP)
Dakon Mossriver (AC 19) (26/26 HP)
Shalosar (AC 19) (41/41 HP)
Maneki Pemanah (AC 21) (48/52 HP)
➤ Payani (AC 20) (38/38 HP)
Red Troublemaker (-13 HP)
White Sneak (-37 HP)
Haduo Nue (AC 20) (33/41 HP)
Blue Sneak (-23 HP)
Subtly Hidden Trapdoor (- HP)

REFERENCES

Payani admires the athleticism and combat skills of his allies with a subtle nod of approval. "You should know that my friends will not relent," he states (in Tien, 'natch) to the one in Blue.

Intimidation: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23

Strike, Bless, Range Increment: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 9 + 1 - 2 = 9
Damage, Antithesis: 1d4 + 1 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 2 + 3 = 10

He throws his starknife at the one in Red thinking that he has a better line of attack. But the throw goes wildly awry and the big man huffs in annoyance at his lack of skill. He opts to leave the area of Vahrn's blessing for a better angle next time, and stomps in frustration to the south.

◆ Demoralize Blue, ◆ Whiff Badly, ◆ Stride

Blue Sneak knows that they should not be messed with. Success, Frightened 1 But Payani is having a hard time hitting at all, going somewhere to vent out his frustration.

Red draws out a very big fork and moves to flank Haduo before poking him.
Filcher's Fork: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26 vs OG hit
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 P damage
Sneak Attack: 1d6 ⇒ 6 precision P damage

⬤ BANDITS AND TRAPS! Round 2 ⬤
Terrain Feature(s): Body of water (covered in blue on Map) is 15 ft deep.
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP

➤ BOLD NAMES CAN ACT; STRIKETHROUGH MEANS ELIMINATED.
Vahrn (AC 21) (50/50 HP) | Bless (20 ft emanation): +1 status bonus to attack rolls while within the emanation
⠀⠀⠀Abbadon (AC 21) (44/44 HP)
Dakon Mossriver (AC 19) (26/26 HP)
Shalosar (AC 19) (41/41 HP)
Maneki Pemanah (AC 21) (48/52 HP)
Payani (AC 20) (38/38 HP)
Red Troublemaker (-13 HP)
White Sneak (-37 HP)
➤ Haduo Nue (AC 20) (25/41 HP)
Blue Sneak (-23 HP) | Frightened 1
Subtly Hidden Trapdoor (- HP)

REFERENCES

"Ow! I'll get you later, Halfling. For now, your Tengu friend takes priority."

Haduo steps out of flanking, next to Blue.

"Pecking me was very unhygenic! I'm going to cut you down to size." He says as he unleashes two powerful spiritual slashes into the Tengu with his twin blades.

FSS1 vs Frightened 1 Blue AC, Bless: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 10 + 1 = 21

Spirit Damage, Gleaming Blade: 1d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 2 = 10

FSS2 vs Frightened 1 Blue AC, Bless: 1d20 + 10 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 10 + 1 - 2 = 29 Natural 20

Spirit Damage, Gleaming Blade, Twin: 1d8 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 11 Doubled to 22

Haduo's blades stop glowing red. A green glow starts emanating from his backpack.

Spark has shifted to my Horn of Plenty.

◆ Step, ◆◆ Flowing Spirit Strike Blue

I'm back from the holidays and a weekend event.

Haduo goes into flanking and cuts Blue out with his blade. Blue out

⬤ BANDITS AND TRAPS! Round 3 ⬤
Terrain Feature(s): Body of water (covered in blue on Map) is 15 ft deep.
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP

➤ BOLD NAMES CAN ACT; STRIKETHROUGH MEANS ELIMINATED.
➤ Vahrn (AC 21) (50/50 HP) | Bless (20 ft emanation): +1 status bonus to attack rolls while within the emanation
➤ ⠀⠀⠀Abbadon (AC 21) (44/44 HP)
➤ Dakon Mossriver (AC 19) (26/26 HP)
➤ Shalosar (AC 19) (41/41 HP)
➤ Maneki Pemanah (AC 21) (48/52 HP)
➤ Payani (AC 20) (38/38 HP)
Red Troublemaker (-13 HP)
White Sneak (-37 HP)
Haduo Nue (AC 20) (25/41 HP)
Blue Sneak (-33 HP)
Subtly Hidden Trapdoor (- HP)

REFERENCES

Dakon continues attacking red, with both a void warp and an arrow.

shortbow vs red: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 8 + 1 = 22
Piercing: 1d6 ⇒ 1

void warp damage: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 2) = 4
Basic Fort DC 17. Enfeebled 1 for a round on a crit fail.

Intimidation: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30

From across the dark water, the Yaksha catches the halfling's gaze. The look of death in the tall spirit guardian's eyes fills the little one with dread.

He moves along the waters edge to take advantage of his ally's spell, never breaking eye contact with the one in the Red bandana, before flinging his starknife straight towards his face.

Strike, Bless: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 9 + 1 = 17
Damage, Antithesis: 1d4 + 1 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 2 + 3 = 10

◆ Demoralize Red, ◆ Stride, ◆ Strike

DC 17 Fortitude save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22 vs Void Warp (Success, 2 void damage)

Dakon hits with an arrow further weakens with void. hit, 1 P

Payani scares the poop out of the enemy, and with a sure strike, sticks a knife into its forehead. The enemy falls into the water with a splash.

COMBAT OVER! WELL DONE!

What do you do next, and where do you go? There are three arrows on the MAP (red, blue, and yellow), each marking a possible path forward. Choose which one you’ll take.

"Ow! I've got bits of beak in my wooden body." Haduo complains. "Can someone patch me up, or shall I do so myself? I'm pretty alright at Medicine, but haven't yet learnt how to Continually Recover from wounds..."

He sidles over to Maneki.

"If you treat me, I'll help you. What say you?" He asks the Field Medic Monk.

If Maneki agrees, Haduo brews a fresh pot of medicinal energizing tea to help her get over her minor wounds.

DC 15 Nature Check on Maneki to Treat Wounds, Natural Medicine, +4 from Fresh Ingredients in Wilderness: 1d20 + 9 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 9 + 4 = 27

Critical Success Healing: 4d8 ⇒ (2, 6, 3, 7) = 18

"We should go west, towards red. West is Best!" Haduo baselessly asserts.

AGH. I didn't realize I don't have an aeon stone!

Maneki has a sip of the tea. "This is lovely, " she says with a smile. "You will need to give me the recipe."

Maneki returns the favor and uses herbs to patch up the leshy's wounds.

Medicine: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19
Healing: 2d8 ⇒ (7, 8) = 15

"We should go west, towards red. West is Best!" Haduo baselessly asserts.

Shalosar grunts as the chains retract into his wrists.

He shrugs. ”We’re already here, why not?”

With Haduo's Aeon Stone, that is 18+10 Healing in 10 minutes and so 28 total. Haduo is healed to full.

"Well, now I'm sure we're on the right track. But just what are they doing down here?"

Having said that, Vahrn will search the corpses trying to find any clue about the dead bandits.

Payani fishes the Red one out of the water and joins Vahrn in searching the remains. He seems quite satisfied with how well the party worked together.

Everyone is now fully healed.

Vahrn and Payani search the bodies only to find mundane weapons and armors such as filcher's fork, leather armors, shortbows and bolts, tengu feather fan, and wakizashi, aside from the familiar Golden League coins in their pockets.

Into the next room, the floor is sticky with spilled sake, and crumbs from previous meals crunch underfoot. Dirty dishes from a prior meal spread across the two wooden tables.

"Oy!" a drunken tengu calls out as the Pathfinders enter. "Wanna have a drink? Here, let’s cheer!" he slurs, scooping sake from a massive vessel nearby, large enough to hold several kegs’ worth of the wine. He sets the brimming cups down among the filthy dishes on the table, invitingly close for the Pathfinders to take.

"Come on!" the tengu insists wobbingly, leaning in and gesturing eagerly. "Let’s drink and celebrate!"

Who is going to drink with the drunkard?

Dakon blinks and pauses in shock for a moment before asking "What are we celebrating?"

"What else could it be?" the drunk tengu laughs, wings fluttering unsteadily. "Life! Happiness! Everything worth celebrating!" He shoves the brimming cups across the table, liquid sloshing dangerously close to the rim.

"Come on now, grab those drinks and let’s cheer! Kanpai!"
He squints at the untouched sake and snorts.

"Those cups won’t empty themselves," the tengu insists, jabbing a claw toward them.

"Go on, take one! Let’s drink and celebrate!" he continues, throwing back his own cup in a single gulp. He then swoops up another from the vessel, chugging it just as eagerly, sake dribbling down his beak as he laughs.

"A-are you the owner of this place? You know, you've been down here so long that the mail's piled up and Golden League gangers have taken over. You really ought to go outside."

Haduo urges the Tengu to sober up.

Shalosar sits down at one of the cups. ”Ok, one drink”, he says, raising it up. ”Here’s to our host…who are you again?”

"I really don't like the look of this..." Maneki says softly...

The drunk tengu pays Haduo no mind. When Shalosar settles beside him, he eagerly raises his cup in return, clinking it against Shalosar’s before greedily chugging the sake.

"I’m... I’m, you know… Kanpai!" he slurs as he cheers the empty cup again into the air this time, words dissolving into a lazy mumble. His head droops, and a moment later he slumps forward onto the table, knocking over the remaining sake as he passes out cold.

That’s when the vessels open their mouth into wide grin and begin to move.

Maneki's right, something is wrong in this place.

⬤ KANPAI GONE AWRY! Round 1 ⬤
Terrain Feature(s): Tables are Difficult Terrain. You can’t Step on Difficult Terrain unless a feat allows it.
Map Link: ENCOUNTER MAP

➤ BOLD NAMES CAN ACT; STRIKETHROUGH MEANS ELIMINATED.
➤ Maneki Pemanah (AC 21) (52/52 HP)
➤ Shalosar (AC 19) (41/41 HP)
➤ Haduo Nue (AC 20) (41/41 HP)
Red Large Vessel (- HP)
Blue Large Vessel (- HP)
Dakon Mossriver (AC 19) (26/26 HP)
Payani (AC 20) (38/38 HP)
Vahrn (AC 21) (50/50 HP)
⠀⠀⠀Abbadon (AC 21) (44/44 HP)

REFERENCES