[ACO] PFS2e - 07-09: The Chitterwood Walks, Parts 1 and 2 (Inactive)

Game Master UncleFroggy

Left vs WHITE in the attack from a copy and paste...sorry. Should be blue

Shimmer nimbly avoids the fire. She lines up the shot on Yellow and drills the dog in the middle of its head and kills it. Lasha dances and gains panache. With a flourish, he sticks Blue right in the face and finishes it off. 2 crits!

Red moves up and tries to bite Mason twice.

Jaws vs Mason AC 23: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26 for Piercing: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 plus Fire: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Jaws vs Mason AC 23: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12 for Piercing: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 plus Fire: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Although the teeth get through, the fire just feels like a warm fuzzy feeling...

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
* Courageous Anthem (+1 atk/dmg/saves vs fear; 1/4 - until Hana's turn 5)

Before your Turn:
DC 19 Basic Reflex vs 14 Fire: Ulfgar, Mason
DC 19 Basic Reflex vs 15 Fire: Hana, Simon
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Those with ** may go

Shimmer - AC 23 44/56
Red (-27; Breath Cooldown: 1/4; AC <= 19)
**Mason Cobbler - AC 23 56/78 (Resist 2 Fi)
**Ulfgar Ironhead - AC 22 (24 Twin Parry, 25 Clan Edge) 85/85 (AC 24)
**Hana - AC 22 62/67 (Resist 5 Fi EoNT)
**Simon Osbourne - AC 25 (27 w/shield) 72/86 (AC 27)
White (-27; Breath Cooldown: 0/1; AC <= 19)
Lasha Tumbai - AC 22 (23 w/Cape, Gauntlet Bow) 65/70

Refl: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

Fire Resistance 2

Ulfgar just shakes his head once but definitively as Lasha comes by with his palm raised.

He then ◆ moves to flank the redder than normal hellhound with Mason before lashing out at it with his axe and protecting himself with his dagger and axe.

◆Dwarven Waraxe: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (9) + 14 = 23
Slashing: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (8, 7) + 4 = 19

◆Twin Parry raises his AC by 2.

Ulfgar avoids the worst of the fire. His tough dwarven hide also deflecting some of the heat. He moves to flank Red and finishes it off.

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
* Courageous Anthem (+1 atk/dmg/saves vs fear; 1/4 - until Hana's turn 5)

Before your Turn:
DC 19 Basic Reflex vs 14 Fire: Mason
DC 19 Basic Reflex vs 15 Fire: Hana, Simon
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Those with ** may go

Shimmer - AC 23 44/56
**Mason Cobbler - AC 23 56/78 (Resist 2 Fi)
Ulfgar Ironhead - AC 22 (24 Twin Parry, 25 Clan Edge) 80/85 (AC 24)
**Hana - AC 22 62/67 (Resist 5 Fi EoNT)
**Simon Osbourne - AC 25 (27 w/shield) 72/86 (AC 27)
White (-27; Breath Cooldown: 0/1; AC <= 19)
Lasha Tumbai - AC 22 (23 w/Cape, Gauntlet Bow) 65/70

Mason moves opposite the white hound (provoking if it has a reaction) and presses the attack.

◆ Stride

◆ Strike

+1 Striking Capturing Spetum: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28
Piercing Damage: 2d10 + 4 ⇒ (5, 1) + 4 = 10

◆ Strike

+1 Striking Capturing Spetum: 1d20 + 12 - 5 ⇒ (10) + 12 - 5 = 17
Piercing Damage: 2d10 + 4 ⇒ (9, 7) + 4 = 20

DC 19 Basic Reflex vs 15 Fire: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19

Hana will dance out of the way as she waves a twister of compressed sound towards white.

◆ Stride
◆◆ Haunting Hymn Fort DC 21: 2d8 + 1 ⇒ (5, 8) + 1 = 14

reflex save DC19: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18 Failure. 15 damage

Simon moves to finish off the final hound.

longsword vs red, OG, CA: 1d20 + 15 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 15 + 1 = 17
damage, slashing: 2d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4, 8) + 4 + 1 = 17

longsword vs red, OG, CA: 1d20 + 15 - 5 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 15 - 5 + 1 = 17
damage, slashing: 2d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (7, 3) + 4 + 1 = 15

◆ stride, ◆ strike, ◆ strike

Hana dances out of the way and gets singed by the flames. She unleashes a sound wave at White and it gets seriously disrupted by it.

Mason Ref: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23

Mason also gets out of the way in time but gets a bit singed. He smacks White and puts it out of its misery.

Simon, however, isn't fast enough and takes the full force of the heat wave.

COMBAT OVER

I'll allow 10 minutes healing before moving us along
btw, if a hellhound would take fire damage, its breath cooldown resets to 0...

As the last hellhound falls, the goblin heads for the party. "I's thank you stopping fire dogs. I's thinking yous need this more than me!" He opens the pickle jar and hands you a Swift Block Cabochon. The item smells a bit briny and a bit sticky but it works just the same.

Shimmer starts treating her own burns. Some of the other Pathfinders are more badly hurt than her, but they're also a bit beyond her skill while she can take care of herself. Hopefully somebody else is more skilled with a medic's tools.

Medicine: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21 Healing: 2d8 ⇒ (4, 5) = 9
Good enough.

Simon can Lay on Hands for 18 HP every 10 minutes.

The Pearly White Spindle Aeon Stone(in Wayfinder) will heal me in 5 of those minutes.
Lasha thanks the Goblin for the contents of his pickle jar.
"Ooh, a pickle. Thank yooo!
He's going to eat it if noone else wants it

"I don't think that's a pickle, Lasha."

Shimmer doesn't use a shield, though, so she can't use it.

The Pearly White Spindle Aeon Stone(in Wayfinder) will heal me in 5 of those minutes.

Lasha thanks the Goblin for the contents of his pickle jar.
"Ooh, a pickle. Thank yooo!
He's going to eat it if noone else wants it

Simon intercepts the gemstone as Lasha raises it to his mouth. "This is not food." He proceeds to attach it to his shield.

Simon manages to grab the cabochon before Lasha eats it and attaches it to his shield. Patched up, you continue moving towards the gate.

A mob of angry conscripts allied with the Hellknights is trying to grab a human priest that has stopped to tend to some fallen goblin soldiers. From their shouting, it's clear that the priest was once among these conscripts, but he experienced a change of heart when he spotted the wounded goblin. Not content to merely denounce the priest for his treachery, the bloodthirsty mob has decided to attack.

As soon as they see you, they turn on you instead...

"Squad! ATTACK!" the leader calls as the mob draws crossbows and shoots at the party!

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
* Courageous Anthem (+1 atk/dmg/saves vs fear)

Before your Turn:
DC 23 Basic Reflex vs 12 Piercing: Mason, Hana, Simon, Lasha
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Those with ** may go

Mob
**Shimmer - AC 23 53/56
**Mason Cobbler - AC 23 51/78 (Resist 2 Fi)
**Ulfgar Ironhead - AC 22 (24 Twin Parry, 25 Clan Edge; Resist 2 Fi) 80/85 (AC 24)
**Hana - AC 22 60/67 (Resist 5 Fi EoNT)
**Simon Osbourne - AC 25 (27 w/shield) 57/86 (AC 27)
**Lasha Tumbai - AC 22 (23 w/Cape, Gauntlet Bow) 70/70

Bolt Salvo; 10' Burst; Piercing; DC 23 Basic Reflex: 2d8 ⇒ (7, 5) = 12

"Squad" sounds overly generous for these buffoons.

...but Shimmer doesn't see a gap in their defenses. She knows if she attacked right now, she'd fail, so she takes a moment to try to find an actionable weakness before attempting to tend to an injured Pathfinder.

Sounds like these guys are more related to my investigations?
◇ Devise a Stratagem: 1d20 ⇒ 3 WELP. None of Shimmer's social skill actions will work against a troop since they're single-target. I'll still make that a skill stratagem
◆ Recall Knowledge to determine the enemies' weak point. Society +13, +1 due to skill stratagem. Due to Kreighton's Cognitive Crossover, if Shimmer would fail (but not critically fail) the secret check, reroll with her Occultism bonus (which is the same).
◆ Assuming someone is hurt by the volley, Stride into their space
◆ Battle Medicine for most injured ally. Medicine: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14 Failure, no effect

Shimmer finds out something about the mob. But when she tries to patch up her most injured comrade, the bandage slips...

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
* Courageous Anthem (+1 atk/dmg/saves vs fear)

Before your Turn:
DC 23 Basic Reflex vs 12 Piercing: Mason, Hana, Simon, Lasha
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Those with ** may go

Mob
Shimmer - AC 23 53/56
**Mason Cobbler - AC 23 51/78 (Resist 2 Fi)
**Ulfgar Ironhead - AC 22 (24 Twin Parry, 25 Clan Edge; Resist 2 Fi) 80/85 (AC 24)
**Hana - AC 22 60/67 (Resist 5 Fi EoNT)
**Simon Osbourne - AC 25 (27 w/shield) 57/86 (AC 27)
**Lasha Tumbai - AC 22 (23 w/Cape, Gauntlet Bow) 70/70

"Smells like a pickle...we see." Lasha mutters slyly.
"What that twanging noise? Someone playing....Aaaaah!"

↺ Charmed Life - React for +2 circumstance to Saves
Reflex Save(E): 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 13 + 2 = 23

reflex save DC23: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20 Failure 12 damage

Simon draws his sword, moves forward and strikes.

longsword: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19
damage, slashing: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (5, 5) + 4 = 14

◆ Draw weapon, ◆ stride, ◆ strike

We can assume you have weapons drawn. Be kinda dumb to not have a weapon out on a battlefield! :)

We can assume you have weapons drawn. Be kinda dumb to not have a weapon out on a battlefield! :)

I had not drawn a weapon in case Simon wanted to use athletics to trip or something. That's unlikely to work against a troop. Besides, he had his shield boss to use if necessary.

Feeling more panachey from his charmed life Lasha bounds up to the mob, sniffing at Simons shield as he passes.
He hacks at the mob shouting "You not need to become undead! We come to stop your evil Hellknight overlords!"
and then tries to dance them along a bit so that they can be surrounded.

Action 1 ◆ Stride
Action 2 ◆ Confident Finisher
Action 3 ◆ Dancing Performance

1) ◆ Stride NW, NW, NW, NW, NW
2) ◆ (+1 Striking Cold Iron Shortsword)#1 Confident Finisher: vs MOB: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32
(+1 Striking Cold Iron Shortsword, Slashing)#1 Damage: Piercing, Agile, Finesse, Versatile S: 2d6 + 3 + 3d6 ⇒ (2, 5) + 3 + (1, 4, 1) = 16
Action 3 ◆ Leading Dance (to move South)
DANCING Performance(E): 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (19) + 15 = 34

Stride should have been NW, NW, NW, NW, N.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

Mason is not a big fan of being shot at, so moves in closer and starts taking down soldiers.

◆ Stride

It's not exactly clear what squares the troop is in, but Mason has reach, so wishes to end 10 feet away.

◆ Strike

+1 Striking Capturing Spetum: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19
Piercing Damage: 2d10 + 4 ⇒ (5, 9) + 4 = 18

◆ Strike

+1 Striking Capturing Spetum: 1d20 + 12 - 5 ⇒ (13) + 12 - 5 = 20
Piercing Damage: 2d10 + 4 ⇒ (7, 4) + 4 = 15

Retconning my treat wounds check for our 10 minutes of downtime.

Medicine: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 10 + 1 = 15
Results: 2d8 ⇒ (1, 4) = 5

When a pack of conscripts try to make trouble, Ulfgar moves in to show them what trouble is.

◆ Stride
◆ Hunt Prey

◆Dwarven Waraxe: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (8) + 14 = 22
Slashing: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (8, 7) + 4 = 19

I think I should have kept the background in for the troops. I'll change it tomorrow.

EDIT - Token is fixed

Lasha do you really want Mason inside that mob? :) You can have your third action back to readjust.

Mason is caught completely by surprise and gets hit with more arrows than anyone else Natural 1; Crit Fail. He moves in but is unable to make any strike connect.

Lasha dodges the worst of the bolts. He moves in and manages to slash at the unruly mob, wounding several soldiers. 3rd action pending

Simon doesn't get out of the way in time and takes a pair of bolts to his arm. He draws his sword and charges, but can't make contact.

Ulfgar moves in but also can't hit anything.

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
* Courageous Anthem (+1 atk/dmg/saves vs fear)

Before your Turn:
DC 23 Basic Reflex vs 12 Piercing:
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Those with ** may go

Mob (-16; 20 < AC <= 32)
Shimmer - AC 23 53/56
Mason Cobbler - AC 23 27/78 (Resist 2 Fi)
Ulfgar Ironhead - AC 22 (24 Twin Parry, 25 Clan Edge; Resist 2 Fi) 85/85 (AC 24)
**Hana - AC 22 60/67 (Resist 5 Fi EoNT)
Simon Osbourne - AC 25 (27 w/shield) 45/86 (AC 27)
**Lasha Tumbai - AC 22 (23 w/Cape, Gauntlet Bow) 64/70 * one action pending

At the time I did it he wasn’t there. I know initiative order is a bit fluid on the boards though. I wanted them a square to the south so we could flank them from the north and south. It’s not that big a deal so can just have a fascinating performance with focused fascination to regain my panache.

Lasha dances and regains panache.

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
* Courageous Anthem (+1 atk/dmg/saves vs fear)

Before your Turn:
DC 23 Basic Reflex vs 12 Piercing:
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Those with ** may go

Mob (-16; 20 < AC <= 32)
Shimmer - AC 23 53/56
Mason Cobbler - AC 23 27/78 (Resist 2 Fi)
Ulfgar Ironhead - AC 22 (24 Twin Parry, 25 Clan Edge; Resist 2 Fi) 85/85 (AC 24)
**Hana - AC 22 60/67 (Resist 5 Fi EoNT)
Simon Osbourne - AC 25 (27 w/shield) 45/86 (AC 27)
Lasha Tumbai - AC 22 (23 w/Cape, Gauntlet Bow) 64/70 (Panache)

Hana quickly brings her anthem up as she repositions herself in order to aim a magical attack.

Reflex Save DC 23: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27

◆ Courageous Anthem
♫ Lingering Composition DC 20: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32
◆ Stride
◆ Cast Shield

With Pathfinders all around them, the mob strikes out at everyone within 5 feet.

Clash of Steel, 3 action, DC 23 Basic Reflex; 5-foot emanation; Slashing Damage: 3d6 + 10 ⇒ (5, 1, 1) + 10 = 17

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
* Courageous Anthem (+1 atk/dmg/saves vs fear; 0/4)

Before your Turn:
DC 23 Basic Reflex vs 17 Slashing: Ulfgar, Mason, Simon, Lasha
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Those with ** may go

Mob (-16; 20 < AC <= 32)
**Shimmer - AC 23 53/56
**Mason Cobbler - AC 23 27/78 (Resist 2 Fi)
**Ulfgar Ironhead - AC 22 (24 Twin Parry, 25 Clan Edge; Resist 2 Fi) 85/85 (AC 24)
**Hana - AC 22 60/67 (AC 23)
**Simon Osbourne - AC 25 (27 w/shield) 45/86 (AC 27)
**Lasha Tumbai - AC 22 (23 w/Cape, Gauntlet Bow) 64/70 (Panache)

"Ole! Wooo! Ha! DANCING! Can't stop me, Imma Pathfinder!"
Lasha strikes a series of poses as he ducks, weaves and twirls away from the attacks as best as present cirsumstance allows.

↺ Charmed Life - React for +2 circumstance to Saves
Reflex Save(E): 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 13 + 2 = 17

Not sure how many of us need to be standing next to them to make them melee rather than range. Maybe we should take it in turns to be meleed rather than all of us end the turn there?

Lasha decides to try something he saw a traveling band of troubadours do in a play one time.
He tangles his cape around his arm, making it look spooky (Sort of) and intones:
"I AM THE DREAD PIRATE LASHA!" before launching another attack.

Action 1 ◆ Interact with Cape
Action 2 ◆ Intimidate Mob
Action 3 ◆ Confident Finisher

1) ◆ Interact to ready Dueling Cape
2) ◆ Intimidate to Demoralize Mob
Intimidation(E): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19
3) ◆ (+1 Striking Cold Iron Shortsword)#1 Confident Finisher: vs MOB: 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 14 + 1 = 16
(+1 Striking Cold Iron Shortsword, Slashing)#1 Damage: Piercing, Agile, Finesse, Versatile S: 2d6 + 3 + 3d6 + 1 ⇒ (6, 2) + 3 + (3, 3, 1) + 1 = 19

Including +1, +1 for Courageous Anthem

Shimmer evaluates her shot. She isn't confident, but it might work. Especially if she lines it up better instead of shooting past the other Pathfinders, which she shifts over to do.

And then after taking that shot, she quickly reloads and fires. Too quickly, risking jamming her weapon, but... it looks better than the first shot, really.

◇ Devise a Stratagem: 1d20 ⇒ 6
◆ Stride
◆ Strike Jezail: 6 + 14 + 1 = 21 for concussive damage: 2d8 + 1 ⇒ (1, 3) + 1 = 5 plus precision damage: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 6) = 12; total of 17 damage... unless they're immune to precision.
◆ Risky Reload Jezail: 1d20 + 13 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (19) + 13 + 1 - 5 = 28 for concussive damage: 2d8 + 1 ⇒ (8, 7) + 1 = 16; on a crit, it instead deals 2xconcussive damage: 2d12 + 1 ⇒ (6, 12) + 1 = 19 plus an extra fatal damage: 1d12 ⇒ 10; if that missed, it becomes a critical failure (probably no difference?) and Shimmer will need to spend an action clearing a gun jam before she can reload again; total of 16 damage on a hit or 48 damage on a crit

Hana will continue her magical attacks on the mob.

◆◆ Haunting Hymn (Fort DC 21) 2d8 + 1 ⇒ (1, 8) + 1 = 10
◆ Cast Shield

Refl: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29

Now that Ulfgar is in proper position, he goes to work, remembering the training of his clan, his axe moving fast but his Clan Dagger a blur.

◆ Twin Strike Dwarven Waraxe: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30
Slashing: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (3, 4) + 4 = 11

+1 Striking Clan Dagger: 1d20 + 14 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 14 - 2 = 26
Piercing: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (2, 4) + 4 = 10

If both hit, combine damage before determining Resistances.

◆◆ Clan Edge +1 Striking Clan Dagger: 1d20 + 14 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 14 - 4 = 27
Piercing: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 1) + 4 = 9

+1 Striking Clan Dagger: 1d20 + 14 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 14 - 4 = 18
Piercing: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (3, 3) + 4 = 10

AC is raised by 1.

Moved mason back one square. As per my prior post, he would not have been within 5 feet of the troop and thus avoid the Clash of Steel. Also still waiting to know about a retroactive healing scene.

Mason keeps hacking at the mob, then angles himself so his armor will better protect him.

◆ Strike

+1 Striking Capturing Spetum: 1d20 + 12 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 12 + 1 = 18
Piercing Damage: 2d10 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (9, 10) + 4 + 1 = 24
◆ Strike

+1 Striking Capturing Spetum: 1d20 + 12 - 5 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 12 - 5 + 1 = 27
Piercing Damage: 2d10 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1, 8) + 4 + 1 = 14

◆ Armored Shelter

+2 AC/Reflex against area attacks until my next turn or I move.

reflex save DC 23: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18

As the mob of soldiers attacks Lasha, Simon calls upon the Inheritor to provide protection and justice.

Retributive strike vs mob
retributive strike vs mob: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (15) + 15 = 30
damage, slashing: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (8, 3) + 4 = 15

Simon prevents 8 damage to Lasha

"Right. That's about enough of that."

Simon strikes twice then raises his shield.

strike vs mob: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22
damage, slashing: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (3, 5) + 4 = 12

strike vs mob: 1d20 + 15 - 5 ⇒ (10) + 15 - 5 = 20
damage, slashing: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (5, 4) + 4 = 13

◆ Retributive strike, ◆ strike, strike, ◆ raise shield

Moved mason back one square. As per my prior post, he would not have been within 5 feet of the troop and thus avoid the Clash of Steel. Also still waiting to know about a retroactive healing scene.

Apologies. I missed the comment where you said he'll end 10' away

Lasha gets out of the way and avoids the worst of the damage. The pirouette he makes as he avoids most of the slashes gives him panache. He then attempts to channel his best Man in Black routine but the mob only laughs at him. His strike also leaves much to be desired as he almost drops his sword.

Simon calls on the Inheritor and shields Lasha from the damage. He strikes at the mob and connects!

Shimmer tries to get an angle on the mob but miscalculates and her shot hits a nearby wall. Reloading quickly, she shoots again and drills some of the mob.

Hana blasts the mob with some strange music.

Although the mob toughs out the music, they still take a bit more damage, indicating a weakness for area attacks!

Ulfgar moves in and his weapons move like a blur. The mob takes a total of three hits from axe and dagger and get smaller!

Mason moves in and with one strike causes the mob to break and run!

116 hp. Disperses at 15 hp. After all that damage, I'm looking at 96 damage so I'm calling it here.

COMBAT OVER!

Healing: 2d8 ⇒ (2, 6) = 8

Healing energy washes over you as the grateful priest casts his last heal spell and heals you. He also hands you his last Moderate Healing Potion.

You can take another 10 minutes to heal/Treat Wounds

”Thank you Healy man. Know where Ilza is?”

Mason's aeon stone will handle all the healing he needs.

"Let's take a look at that," says Shimmer, flying over to Simon and getting out her medical tools.

Shimmer will Aid if there's someone better at Medicine than she is. Otherwise, Treat Wounds.
Medicine: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Success for healing: 2d8 ⇒ (2, 6) = 8

Hana will also help healing Simon with Hymn of Healing for 24HP, and then refocus while Shimmer treats his wounds.

Simon will probably lay on hands and refocus while Shimmer patches him up.

As you arrive at the gate to Logas, they draw the attention of a Hellknight maralictor directing the battle.

A Hellknight maralictor raises his arms and undead Hellknights rise to defend the entry to Logas. He roars to a pair of imps atop the gate, "If we can't stop them, make haste to Ilza and defend her while she finishes the ritual!"

The maralictor is too far away but the undead are right in front of you

A Hellknight with a rotting red tunic shambles up to Simon and tries to clobber him with a flail.

War Flail vs Simon AC 27: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30 for Bludgeoning: 2d8 + 6 ⇒ (2, 1) + 6 = 9

EDIT - Pink is a mistake. Ignore it on the tracker (already removed from the map)

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
* Courageous Anthem (+1 atk/dmg/saves vs fear)
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Those with ** may go

Red
**Simon Osbourne - AC 25 (27 w/shield) 77/86 (AC 27)
**Shimmer - AC 23 56/56
Blue
Hana - AC 22 67/67
Pink
Mason Cobbler - AC 23 78/78 (Resist 2 Fi)
Ulfgar Ironhead - AC 22 (24 Twin Parry, 25 Clan Edge; Resist 2 Fi) 85/85
Lasha Tumbai - AC 22 (23 w/Cape, Gauntlet Bow) 70/70

Simon raises his shield and trips his attacker! "Hurry everyone! We have to disrupt that ritual."

Athletics, trip vs Red: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17
HP reroll
Athletics, trip vs Red: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16

Unfortunately in his haste to press on the paladin overextends himself and falls. He mutters to himself from the ground. "I'm getting too old for this $#!+."

Simon tries to trip Red but loses his footing and face plants! Fortunately, he lands on his shield, preventing any damage. Unfortunately, the shield no longer protects him!
True though...

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
* Courageous Anthem (+1 atk/dmg/saves vs fear)
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Those with ** may go

Red
Simon Osbourne - AC 25 (27 w/shield) 77/86 (AC 27; Prone; OG)
**Shimmer - AC 23 56/56
Blue
Hana - AC 22 67/67
Pink
Mason Cobbler - AC 23 78/78 (Resist 2 Fi)
Ulfgar Ironhead - AC 22 (24 Twin Parry, 25 Clan Edge; Resist 2 Fi) 85/85
Lasha Tumbai - AC 22 (23 w/Cape, Gauntlet Bow) 70/70

This has all been very straightforward, so far. Which isn't bad for a change, but still!

...the one in blue isn't paying any attention to her at all, is it?

Okay, fine. Shimmer can use that. Particularly by letting it think she isn't paying any attention to it, either.

She moves over, eyes focused on the closer one as she takes a shot. And then fires off another, perfectly lined up shot at the farther one before it could realize she was done reloading. As she planned.

◇ Devise a Stratagem: 1d20 ⇒ 20 vs Blue; definitely making that an attack stratagem
◇ Recall Knowledge with Known Weaknesses (which I've been forgetting to use). Religion +6 if necessary. Untrained Lore +9. Hopefully Shimmer can use her +12 Occultism or Society (and roll again with the same bonus on a non-critical failure with the same bonus, thanks to Kreighton's Cognitive Crossover) instead. She's looking for a weakness or weak point. On a critical success, she and all allies gain a +1 circumstance bonus to their next attacks against Blue.
◆ Stride
◆ Strike Red Jezail: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24 for concussive piercing damage: 2d8 ⇒ (4, 2) = 6; on crit, replace damage with crit damage: 2d12 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7 and add fatal damage: 1d12 ⇒ 11 after doubling. Total of 6, or 25 on crit.
◆ Risky Reload Blue Jezail: 20 + 14 - 5 = 29 for concussive piercing damage: 2d8 ⇒ (5, 8) = 13 and precision damage: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 1) = 4. On crit, replace base damage with crit damage: 2d12 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7 and add fatal damage: 1d12 ⇒ 4 after doubling. Total of 17, or 26 on crit.

Shimmer discovers a crucial weakness against the undead creatures. She shoots Blue twice and drills it in the eye with her second shot.

Blue moves in and tries to clobber the prone Simon...

War Flail vs Simon AC 27, OG: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19 for Bludgeoning: 2d8 + 6 ⇒ (8, 2) + 6 = 16

... and slams its flail into the ground.

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
* Courageous Anthem (+1 atk/dmg/saves vs fear)
* +1 to next attack (RK Crit from Shimmer)
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Those with ** may go

Red (AC <= 24)
Simon Osbourne - AC 25 (27 w/shield) 77/86 (AC 27; Prone; OG)
Shimmer - AC 23 56/56
Blue (-32; AC <= 24)
**Hana - AC 22 67/67
**Mason Cobbler - AC 23 78/78 (Resist 2 Fi)
**Ulfgar Ironhead - AC 22 (24 Twin Parry, 25 Clan Edge; Resist 2 Fi) 85/85
**Lasha Tumbai - AC 22 (23 w/Cape, Gauntlet Bow) 70/70