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@rainzax - despite the fact that it is sad that we will not continue with the campaign, above all I am glad that you are fine. Congratulations on the big changes, be a hero in your own story!

@Cirri - yeah there were never doubts that Cirri's Coursairs would win!

Full Map + Launch by the end of today, and we'll be cooking with oil...

Hey @rainzax is everything ok? I am not trying to rush you or anything, but I hope that you are ok!

Drockhar looks at Cirri and at his skin, then he nods with a grunt.

He waves his hands and fire wings begin to glow on his armor ◆◆Heroism lvl 6

Then he shields himself ◆ Shield lvl 5 Hardness 15

Initiative(Perception), Heroism: 1d20 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 22 + 2 = 34

◇) Battle Cry

Battle Cry back, Heroism: 1d20 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 22 + 2 = 41

"Are you sure this is wise? To stand in the way of vengeance..." says almost casually but his eyes are burning with hatred.

If demoralize was successful then ↺)Mask of Pain
Pain, mental damage: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 1) = 6

If demoralize was a crit success then Terrified Retreat Could come into play if their lvl is lover than Drockhars (12) they flee for 1 round!

So the rest of us don't do checks since he failed? I figured we all aid and one does the check.

The way with checks is as follows:

That is why I asked if anyone else then me wants to aid. As Drockhar was the best from the math perspective. But sometimes people have a nice post in their head, or simply want to roll. So I was fine giving that spot away.

Intimidation, aid, DC30: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (16) + 22 = 38

Drochhar looks at the human saying "How many of your team members do we need to deal with before we can snatch your feathers?" Asks Drockhar with a menacing voice

Ok, so with the following skills:

(+0 DC) Thievery, Gladiator Lore; (+2 DC) Deception, Intimidation, (+5 DC) Diplomacy, Perception, Performance

The best bet is for us to use: Zurrus as main with Performance +27

And for aid it would be either:
- Drokchar with Intimidation +22
- Ciri with Perception +20
or Max with Gladiator Lore +17 (but I don't know if the DC is any lower for lore).

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So from the purely mathematical perspective, the best bet is again Zurrus and Drockhar for aid.

I will wait for confirmation before I make the roll. I am fine to give away my spot to someone else. So if you want to be secondary please speak. If not like my post and when I hear back from Ciri and Max I will make my roll.

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Regarding rules:
- Our plan was to fight for 2 feathers so I suggest we keep to that
- Terrain (@GM where can we found available maps for a give fight? I saw some extra maps in Bonmu link, are the last 3 available? )
- Distance - 30 ft? (a middle ground between far and close
- Prep rounds - 1 round? I still have bless, heroism +2 and fire shield to cast if needed.

Yeah I was wondering if I should use HP, but it feels off to HP a 10 :|

Drockhar looks angrily at Ysoki

Intimidation: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (5) + 22 = 27

Intimidation, hero point: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (20) + 22 = 42

But he starts coughing. After clearing his throat he against look at Ysoki

"Do not mock me Ysoki. We have been civilized so far, you see that symbols that I carry on my armor, Ragathiel do not forget, he does not forgive!"

These are Individual checks, not Group checks. Everybody rolls open!

Sorry if that was unclear!

No worry, at first I was under impression that it is another negotiation before the fight.

Intimidation: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (10) + 22 = 32

"Look shorty, we haven't crossed the whole island fighting half a dozen of teams to be scared by the barbecue party that you have here. The fat has greased your hands, and food have made you slow and lazy. Give us the feathers and we will be on our way."

Says Drockhar looking at the Ratfolk!

Drockhar looks at the Ysoki looking at him down, he says nothing and barely sniffs the air, he scowls and...

Do nothing.

So, to follow the terms of:
- One main negotiator and one to aid, let us look at the skills:

(+0 DC) Thievery, Gladiator Lore; (+2 DC) Deception, Intimidation, (+5 DC) Diplomacy, Perception, Performance

SInce there is Performance in there, Zurrus seems as our best bet. Which fits very nicely. Drockhar could aid with Intimidation or Perception, but Cirri has the same Perception so I propose that she aids. To swap a bit roles.

Drockhar will practice his mean face now.

Drockhar looks around him again

"That trial baffled me for a moment. If we are supposed to be fighting why not gather us on some arena and let us fight, till the winner emerges? Why should we walk around the island, without many purposes."

He looks back north and then south.

"But, when we get 10 feathers, the trial is not over is it? We are supposed to carry it back. If I were less honorable, I would hide my team next to the mountain and try to 'ambush' the team with 10 feathers, hoping that they are exhausted after the last challenge. And get some feathers out of them."

He pauses

"I think we should be prepared to be close to the mountain after our last fight"

Drockhar looks at the market and then at directions that Cirri pointed

"I would be more inclined to go to the cliffs. Northwest!"

Added an arrow to the map.

Drockhar looks at the tower above. "That is an interesting construction, let us keep going to the lake"

F15!

We have 6 feathers and an island to explore. I wouldn't mind securing the feathers before day 3, if possible. This was a 2 feather challenge and Drockhar was almost burned alive. I'd hate to have to rush during day 3 and fight too much or fight a really tough battle because we wagered too many feathers.

Well, we'll see what happens when we bump into another team.

So the deal is, we are 4 feathers away from the objective. We can't do it in 1 fight.

We could do that in 2 fights for 2 feathers each. There seem to be some weights related to each fight (one of which is a dice roll), and losing one sets us back significantly.

So how about we try to take one fight for 2 feathers that day and the second fight the day after? IF we loose one of those we would still have day 3 as a backup

Any thoughts about my spell usage? I'm trying to find a good balance between using my impactful spells and saving them for other encounters in the day. Totally fine using compositions and slinging cantrips if I run out but I figured I'd ask how fast I should use them.

I am in the same boat ;) At the beginning of the fight I was aiming to not use high level spells but to preserve them. But then the fight got serious so I change my tactic :D

GM said: that he would keep 1 slot available on each level for another fight. So I am following the same rule ;) But at the same time, Drockhar is prepared caster: so he can't swap spells that he is casting.

At the same note, I think we can decide to rest for the day, and a natural counter for how long can we fight is when my healing font get depleted ;) Currently, I used 2/5 Heal spells

Drockhar nods his head "They seemed nice, I thought one of them would kill me during the fight ..."

Second vote for D3

A Small correction to my status: In prep round I also casted Haste: lvl 3 spell. I fixed my status and profile (stroke through that spell)

Well done folks!

A small retro, rambling abut the fight:
- Sorry for rushing so foolishly into them, it made this fight harder than it should have :D I was afraid that they will wait for me and Max to get closer and dive into our backline. That is why when we decided to go in, I used Blink Charge :D

In retro, I should have walked towards them, and left Blink Charge if they would try to dive casters. Live and learn

- I need to be more declarative about my reactions. That was the first time I used Orc Ferocity with all its upgrades, but it threw the combat into that odd state, where GM had to retro almost the whole round.

I will try to declare it beforehand in which case I would use it, as otherwise, it can be disruptive.

Overall, Drockhar still have 3 ouf of 5 of his heals, he has 1 lvl 6 and 2 lvl 5 spells left. So he can comfortably take another fight that day ;)

Drockhar breaths heavily and looks at Rijana healing everyone, nodding his head in gratitude. He cleans his blade and hides it in the sheath on his back looking at Manyala, he puts a fist on his chest and bows his head

"It was an honor fighting you! I did not expect what you unleashed, and it was a fire in which I felt Ragathiel."

He reaches for his healing tools and begin to heal the wounded. Asking the twins for permission. Drockhar has Continual Recovery letting him heal constantly and Ward Medic which on Medicine Master let him heal 4 people at the same time, we have two wounded: Zurrus and Drockhar, so he will be healing twins as well.

It takes 30 mins and Drockhar made sure that everyone in their team was healthy, and doing some progress with Manyala healing as well. With Rijana he couldn't help her "I am sorry, either it is my wounds, but your bandages do not hold. Maybe you will do better."

So we need at min 30 mins to get everything in top shape. Drockhar will loose wounded condition. Drochar has Incredible Ferocity letting him use Orc Ferocity every hour, so I suggest us waiting another 30 mins, just to be safe ;)

Drockhar moves 5 ft and casts a spell:

Vampiric Exsanguination: 12d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 3, 5, 4) = 43

◆ Get up, ◆ stride (hasted action), ◆◆ cast Vampiric Exsanguination

Ugh, sorry about that. It seems that I forgot to roll dmg as well, on it.

So:

1. Instead of step - stride (just 1 square, but it provokes)
2. Rolling dmg.

Drockhar stands up and spits on the ground "This is ridiculous!" He takes a step back and waves his sword

"You are not prepared for Ragathiel vengeance!"

From his back, a pair of massive wings grow and the cone in front of him covers the sister with black flames

Casting Vampiric Exsanguination@Manyala and Rijana, basic fort save DC30. Half of the dmg is converted to my tmp HP. Only dmg to one creature is taken (the one that I did the most dmg).

◆ Get up, ◆ Step (hasted action), ◆◆ cast Vampiric Exsanguination

Drockhar wrote:

I will only shield block if it changes if I stand or not.

It would help then if you posted your shield's hardness!

Yeah, i should have, it is 15! I will add it to my copy paste templates

Max moves and does a triple shot on blue, this time close enough to benefit from inspire courage [dice=hit]1d20+21-4+1 [dice=dmg]2d8+4+1

[dice=hit]1d20+21-4+1 [dice=dmg]2d8+4+1
[dice=hit]1d20+21-4+1 [dice=dmg]2d8+4+1

@Max - all of your attacks are made with -4 modifier. Is it copy-paste error? Or do you have some odd feat?

@99 HP. A lucky round for Drockhar! Thanks Zurrus

Drockhar jumps on his feet, and swings his sword few times before trying to make a connecting blow. His blade begins to burn with black flames

Casting True Strike

Attack@Manyala, true strike, ic: 1d20 + 22 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 22 + 1 = 24
Attack@Manyala, true strike, ic: 1d20 + 22 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 22 + 1 = 33

Damage, slashing, ic: 3d12 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1, 2, 5) + 4 + 1 = 13 If hit, then Drockhar gets +6 temp HP, if crit then +12 temp HP

Then he raises a magical shield

◆ Stand up, ◆ casts True Strike, ◆ (from Haste) strike, ◆ casts Shield

I will only shield block if it changes if I stand or not.

@16 HP, after the attack

Drockhar waves his sword and magical energy yet again heals his wounds

Heal (2-action): 6d8 + 64 ⇒ (3, 2, 3, 7, 4, 6) + 64 = 89

He was certain that he would be tripped but here he was, still standing.

He attacks with his sword trying to make some space

Sword@Manyala, IC: 1d20 + 22 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 22 + 1 = 26
Damage, slashing, ic: 3d12 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2, 5, 10) + 4 + 1 = 22 If hit than gaining 6 temp HP, if crit then 12 HP and Manyala is flat-footed

Then Drockhar moves away.

◆◆ Heal, ◆ Strike, ◆ Move (10 ft due to difficult terrain). @105 HP

Just for you all to know, Drockhar has Diehard making him dying at dying 5 and not 4 ;)

As well as Toughness which makes him roll 9 + Dying value.

Just throwing it out there. Now I will go to wounded 2, if I get another crit, I will go to dying 4. But if they will decide to hit me again when down, I will go to dying 5 and dead.

So far Fire lady is rolling 20s

Punch: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 No crit specialization, as cleric gets one only for their deity fav weapon

Couple of things:
- Sorry for my last week, imperfect posts ;) I was traveling and posting from my phone, so a lot of imperfect elements there
- I confirm my action (and I know that my Orc Ferocity feat messed up the timing, sorry about that, I was not expecting to be taken down so quickly ;))

I will want to challenge the 'unarmed damage'. I will provide my reasoning below, and do unarmed damage in the gameplay to allow GM to decide which route we take.

============ Orc Ferocity and dropping weapons

1st Rules on HP and dying say (fragment taken by me):

Player characters, their companions, and other significant characters and creatures don’t automatically die when they reach 0 Hit Points. Instead, they are knocked out and are at risk of death...

You’re sleeping, or you’ve been knocked out. You can’t act. You take a –4 status penalty to AC, Perception, and Reflex saves, and you have the blinded and flat-footed conditions. When you gain this condition, you fall prone and drop items you are wielding or holding unless the effect states otherwise or the GM determines you’re in a position in which you wouldn’t.

Now the Orc Ferocity say:

Not being knocked out means: that you do not fall prone and you do not drop your items.

Now, this is not the hill I want to die on. If Raizax you read the above differently let us go with me dropping the sword, we can ask for rule interpretation, or simply go with that interpretation. That is the first time I use Orc Ferocity so it is new to me ;)

Whoa tiger - you being not dead changes rijana’s turn as well! - stand bye!

Don't you tiger me! Lol!

Revenge can not be stopped;)

I went with the round, standing up provokes so if they have Aoo they can take me down.. i will update the tagline tomorrow as i am not sure if my round will last to the end :)

i assume it is my turn

◆ Drockhar stands up and spits the blood on the ground.

Then he reaches for his healing magic and closes his own wounds.

Heal 6th lvl, 2-action: 6d8 + 48 ⇒ (6, 4, 8, 7, 1, 7) + 48 = 81

Then he smiles wickedly and attacks the sister that tried to kill him

Bastardsword@manyala,ic: 1d20 + 23 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 23 + 1 = 44
Slashing, ic: 3d12 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (12, 3, 1) + 4 + 1 = 21Crit specialization means that Manyala is flat footed due to crit spec for swords for one round

↺Blinding fury against first one to damage Drockhar

@82 hp, +12 temp hp, wounded 1, Manyala -42 FF

Drockhar gets beaten to pulp, and lies motionless ... But then he begins to laugh. ↺ Undying ferocity orc ferocity he is @1hp +12 temp hp, wounded 1 but conscious and fighting

"Hahaha You punch well, but now it will be my turn!"

In theory since he was not down, i think he should not be moved in initiative but i am fine with rolling with what we have now

Ooof...

Please double check my math!

Yeah i think your math is right;) And that was what i was afraid off:D

A request:
- @Gm could you please include the type of damage on the hits? I am almost certain that the punches are bludgeoning beside being for (Drockhar has resistance to slashing ;))

ok i moved on the map, and i think i made a mess on the Bonmu map :( sorry gm i think you were holding for yourself and i moved there to. Sorry about that. I can't seem to find version history an mobile to revert it.
Since i have haste i still have one action so i will shield ( the first move action would be the hasted one

Drockhar shields himself afterwards. Shield ◆ Hardness 15, +1AC

Drockhar looks at his allies "It seems that we should go in!"

◆ He moves forwards while speaking few words under his breath, then from his back a pair of giant wings made of fire grow and with one movement of them he teleports next to the Manyala and strikes her

Bastardsword@Manyala: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (10) + 23 = 33
Slashing: 3d12 + 4 ⇒ (9, 7, 6) + 4 = 26
Force: 2d8 ⇒ (5, 4) = 9 Replenishment of War: Striking out against your enemies draws praise and protection from your deity. When you damage a creature with a Strike using your deity’s favored weapon, you gain a number of temporary Hit Points equal to half your level, or equal to your level if the Strike was a critical hit. These temporary Hit Points last until the start of your next turn.

◆◆ Casting Blink charge to move 60 ft and attack can someone move me on the map as it was covered with a rectangle. Next to Manyala but it of reach of the other

[dice=Reflex save, bulwark]1d20+17+3

Drockhar tries to dodge the waves but he is hot with the full force of it.

failure so -38 DMG

Reflex save, bulwark: 1d20 + 17 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 17 + 3 = 25

Drockhar tries to dodge the waves but he is hot with the full force of it.

Al the best to you Seishine! That is very mature of you! I am sad that i did not get a chance to play with you.

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With regards to the tactics, there are two of them and for of us. I think only i can't attack effectively from affair. On there end so far only one is attacking.

I am afraid that of Max and myself go in, they will fly around us and go after Cirri and Zurrus

Drockhar looks at the enemies and at the distance between them. [b]"Let them come to us!"[b]

He shields himself with magic and takes out his sword Cast shield lvl 5th

◆) Cast shield
◆) Draw sword

And that is it, can't do anything useful with 3rd action

Is there anything in terms of party composition missing?

As a player who went through the same question. The answer is no ;) the yeah seems well composed,

We have two Frontlines: Max
Healer who is melee, with divine spells: Drockhar
Occult Caster who is a face PC: Zurrus
Primal caster with battle forms Cirri

The real test would be in fights ;)

Hey folks, on this sunday I am going on sort of vacation for a week (sunday to sunday 14th of August to 21st of August). I should be able to post, but at the same time, for three days I will be hiking in a remote area, so if something goes bad, I could go silent for a couple of days. If that happen please bot me.

I am generally passing the tables that I am GM'ing and I will keep only playing (as it requires less effort, for the most part).

Ok, few hours have passed, so I will bot Max, botting Sieshine:

1. I put him on the map, behind Drockhar, bombs do not have great range, so I don't want to put him to far.
2. According to his daily prep: Link he casts false life and longstrider every day in the morning. From the other options I would not cast anything in the prep round.
3. So we are ready to go, I will just roll initiative for him.

So I think we are waiting for Seishine, if I understand the botting tree right: could Max and/or Zurrus bot him?

When I took a look at his sheet, I don't think there is much that he could do. He has drakeheart mutagen that would be good to drink. But I am not sure if he made those for himself or others. Do you recall from the past fights?

Drockhar stands with his sword on his back. He looks at the twins that soon will dive into battle.

"Can you feel it? The thrill of combat..."

It will be too cast shield then

Initiative, Perception: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (14) + 22 = 36 Yeah, forgot that one ;)

Drockhar pats Zurrus "Well done! I saw what you did there." says the cleric and looks as the twins easily get to the island

He turns towards Ingdani "Do you have any boat nearby? Otherwise, we have to build a raft." So according to RAW there is nothing stopping you from swimming in full plate armor, and Drockhar is expert in Athletics +20 so he should be able to swim it. But I don't think he would risk it, and he wound not want to get tired before combat.

When they arrive to the island he takes a place in front of his team.

◆ He reaches for his sword, long blade is filled with runes and symbols of Ragathiel. "General of Vengence would look upon us in this fight."

He reache for some of the magic of the gods and send it towards Max "May your strikes be swift and your legs steady." Drockhar ◆◆ casts Haste on Max. Makes him quickened for 1 minute.

I Drockhar on the map, to put us away from edges (to not be throw into the water) as well as to give 60 ft distance for them.

Diplomacy, aid, DC25: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (19) + 18 = 37 Crit success on aid means +2 to Zurrus

"May Ragathiel's eyes fall upon you and for his wings to shield you from harm!" says Drockhar with zealotry in his eyes

"Before accepting your challenge, in Honor and Respect, Cirri's Corsairs would like to negotiate the terms."

With regards to terms, I have no idea ;) I will throw my vote to whoever have an idea ;)

Since we don't know the team, I don't know what is good for us vs what is not. Since this is a team of two NPC's we can assume that they are stronger than us ;)

I would vote to decide on feathers and something else :D

Edit!

They are martial artists - we should get into range, to make them waste actions on closing distance. But 60 ft is probably enough to eat 2 actions (I don't know the reasonable speed of monk lvl 12+ :|) Rounds of preparation? Among the 4 casters in our team, we probably have a sufficient amount of buffs :| Maybe more than they do.