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Darin grunts acknowledgement.

A sound strategy I suppose - like hunting a bear in winter.

Not it.

Still alive.

Darin will use communal protection from evil with the lesser extend metamagic rod to protect everyone.

I really need something like a wrist-mounted hourglass to tell me when time has passed...or maybe a sundial.

Bully.

Presuming we get a head's up I'll cast communal protection from evil on the whole team. But especially Elorin, who can't be trusted.

And how!

Darin pauses to look at the other adventurers.

What, was that wrong? Sorry, I've been dead.

We'll be waiting. Probably with a stiff drink in hand.

I say we hit the fort.

Best I've got is the tracking mark spell, but it doesn't give me ranks in Survival.

Darin was just dead, he's got no plan!

First rule, you guys stay near me and I cast Protection from Evil on you before we charge.

Darin pauses.

Actually that's a good rule of thumb. Especially for Sparky there.

Bastard's too cheap for that. If all that he serves is that cheap rotgut I'm in even less of a hurry to go back.

After that he'll roll to his feet and stand up.

Did we kill the mutant tree?

Darin looks at the waterskin dubiously, but takes a swig, then spits it out.

No one ever told me death tastes like sherry.

Darin will slowly come out of his stupor clutching his head.

Oh that damnable bastard. How could he do that to me?

Darin groans as Elorin seems happy to see him.

Waisht - didn't yoush blasht me with a lighstning belt?

He sways a bit.

Lightning belt? That'sh nots righst.

Then he faints.

Promptly throws up.

Didsh anyone gets tha nhumbar ohn that horsh?

We'll dig through Darin's pockets for loose change

No respect I tell ya.

that sack of meat there, Darin

I can't get no respect, no respect at all.

Says Protection from Evil is Touch for me in the PRD?

Well if we'd rolled better it would have been another crushing. They're called save or suck for a reason!

Darin would not want to be in the great Beer Hall in the sky for long - he's not powerful enough to establish his own alcove yet.

Yep - I mean it happens, just hate the save or suck rolls and a monster that can kill a 16 Con cleric with average health is just nasty. But if we always won it wouldn't be much of a game.

Yep, dead. As an important point that would put me 3 points away from flat dead at full health. Not the most balanced encounter.

Note: I mean that towards the author of the AP, not you Mini.

Well next round I can try protection from evil but that depends on you rolling high since you get another save, right?

On another note this reminds me how much I hate save or suck rolls as a player. Hilarious as a GM though.

Edit: and it's touch. Awesome.

General dispel it is.

making that a targeted dispel, so it just fails, rather than dispelling his flight or invisibility. Elorin, you just got magically assaulted by Darin. You know what to do.

How high up is he?

Oh, whoops!

Dispel Magic: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19 Yeesh.

Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22 Oh the irony.

Darin roars in pain as the lightning bolt slams into him.

WHAT IN THE NINE HELLS IS WRONG WITH YOU?!

He turns around and spies Elorin annoyed.

Oh Cayden Cailean, mighty god of alcholic confusion, remove this affliction from my companion who so obviously is consumed with drink that he's willing to try to kill me, your brave and humble servant.

He reaches out with his hand and divine magic slams into Elorin to dispel magic.

Now blast the damn tree!

Did two minutes pass between mutant tree? If so righteous might has expired.

If so:

Darin will cast extended air walk on himself to get out of the water and move towards the mutant tree with his weapon now wreathed in gray flame.

27?! Maybe I should have played paladin.

Will Save: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (17) + 14 = 31

HA! Mini will tell you how rare that is >.>

Surprise Anniversary Gift?: 1d100 ⇒ 19

Oh yeah, that's about right.

Seems to work?

Caster Level: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26

Knowledge (Local): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Knowledge (Planes): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28

Chances were low.

Darin casts Holy Smite on the "tree".

Halve for neutrality, DC 18 Will Save for half damage and to resist blindness.

Could stone shape create a dam in front of it in time?

Perception: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (12) + 22 = 34

I assume the tree is floating towards the church, not walking right?

Not for nothing but is that tree going to smash into that church of Insert Appropriate Deity Here? Is that something we should handle?

Swim: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21

I wasted an 18 on that? Paaaaizzoooooooo!

Darin will pluck the child from the roof and return it to shore.

Ant haul triples your carrying capacity so I'd say yes since you'd be able to throw more but you'd still have to make a Ranged attack or Strength check. That's how I'd rule anyway.

Swim: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

I'll get you for these rolls Paizo. And your little goblin too.

Out of curiosity is there any knowledge check to do to identify the giant snake?

Since Darin is now 12 feet tall and weighs approximately 1,360 pounds thanks to righteous might what is the Swim check? Or is there no longer one?

Darin will wade in to retrieve the kids, picking two up at least.

Well that tears it.

Darin suddenly seems to swell as he grows to a massive size, towering over his companions.

Casting righteous might with the extended metamagic rod.

LET THAT CHILD GO!

Gone is the normally reluctant cleric and instead is substituted the towering anger of a powerful cleric of a mighty and wrathful god.

Darin will look at the children with concern and then look at his friends.

Hold still, I've got something that will help with the rescue.

He begins exhorting Cayden Cailean for strength, recounting many of the Lucky Drunk's feats of strength from his mortal days: lifting a bench with four busty maidens seated on it over his head to win a bar bet, tipping a barrel over to try to drink the whole thing at once after arriving at a particularly isolated tavern and arm wrestling a troll to determine ownership of an ox all feature prominently.

Cast communal ant haul on himself and his companions which triples our carrying capacity.

Also, can I create a dam using stone shape? Plus I've got air walk. Hot damn, I've got options out the wazoo.

How long would it take to reach the kids? I can use Righteous Might to make myself Large and weigh eight times as much which would help ford 3-feet waters but I've got 2 minutes of time at most.

Darin votes for whichever option has tea. He's running out of stone whiskey.

I'm sorry to hear that but hope everything turns out OK!

My tea is very civilized - some dark tea leaves, a bit of lemon, a shot of double-fortified brandy per cup. People love my tea. It comes from an old recipe from Highhelm from the Bronze-belly clan who were the first dwarven tea merchants back to the ninth century!

Darin protests vigorously as Phooka and Tarin try to take his dream of a tea room away from him.