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May as well get Julia's Day Job out of the way.

She has a controlling interest in a shipping company (Three Sisters Transport), allowing her to use Diplomacy for her Day Job checks.
Her Rising Star boon grants a +3 bonus on those checks.

Diplomacy for Julia's DayJob: 1d20 + 20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 20 + 3 = 42

Her 40+ total nets her 150 gp for this mission.

Jules would've triggered her own Mesmeric Mirror, seeming to split into a trio of vexing daredevils as the massive claw swung her way.

Mirror images - a 1 actually connects: 1d3 ⇒ 3

(Of course, this presumes that the beast doesn't have a way to see past the pair of false Jules.)

She claps furiously for Eric's performance.

Cool - we'll just need to keep an eye on the images then when it next attacks.

I honestly expect that Eric's Mirror Images will be ignored, but I placed them on the battlefield just so folks viewing from the outside will see them.

Jules nods grimly & soars around the huge monstrosity into a flank, using her now strangely elongated arms.

"I haven't seen arms like this since that time in the dancing pits in Vudra." she mutters.

As she closes, she glances at the beast long enough to implant her Hypnotic Stare. (-3 to its WIll saves).

Her blade flashes as she strikes, as she averts her gaze.

20% concealment chance low misses: 1d100 ⇒ 2
Mithral Rapier strike vs FF beastie: 1d20 + 13 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 13 + 1 + 1 = 17

Note to whoever hits first - be sure to add the +4 bonus damage from the Painful Stare.

2nd note - Jules is fine with Katswiri having the scrolls.

Jules taps herself with her wand of Mage Armor (incorporeals, don't'cha know) & will offer hits from the wand to all who want one.

She also chugs her potion of Fly (good for 5 minutes - thanks for the reminder).

Eric (or anyone else), do you benefit from Eagle's Splendor, or already have a +4 CHA from headband?

Jules' headband is a mere +2, so that spell would boost her Spell DCs, Will save, & valuable skills by +1. She'd be glad to have the boost.

Also voting for Eshimka.
Restoring 2 uses of Mesmerist Tricks, resetting Mesmeric Mirror on herself & Amwiri (the 3rd still remains set on Eric).

She still has the following spells active at this point:
False Life (17 temp hp)
Death Ward
See Invisibility
Heightened Awareness (She'll be triggering it for the +4 Initiative bonus)
Expeditious Retreat

And tokens have all been moved.

Side note: Jules also has 17 temp HP from her own False Life

And (finally) on the her attack.

mithral rapier attack vs the giant's FF AC: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28
mithral magical Piercing: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Painful Stare bonus damage: 3d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 2, 5) + 4 = 16

Jules moves to gain a flank on the giant, most likely provoking as she moves (at which point she'll trigger her Mesmeric Twins for 3 of her).

Her BoF bonus will stay in the +2 Attack/Reflex/AC slot, which combined with her Expert Duelist trait bumps her AC up from 24 to 27 while she's moving.

Once in the flank, she'll use the Fervor attack boost to power her Combat Expertise (-2 Attk for +2 AC).
Net AC at that point = 29 AC.

With the good doctor not posting for over 4 days, can we just delay him?

Yes - can we?

Hey there cmloble.

Have I misread the composite actions?
The intent was to focus that glitterdust on the giant & with Amwari's permission, drop the spell such that the giant, Amwari, & the bear would be subject to the spell's effects.
If Amwari opts out, the spell should center on the Giant alone, not the bear.

She also has Deathless armor & negates up to 10 negative energy damage per instance.

Jules would have triggered the Mesmeric Mirrors for Amwari as the bear attacked, had he requested it, granting him a pair of false-Amwari targets for the bear.
(I mentioned this earlier in the OOC chat)

Jules is surprised at the giant's alacrity but has a plan for situations like this one. She moves near enough to engage her Hypnotic Stare on her target (reducing his Will save by -3 & removing the memory of it having happened).

Once that's in place, she taps into her angelic ancestry and channels a Glitterdust (DC 19 Will save of be blinded) that catches both the Giant & his bear minion. (I see that Amwari would fall into that spread as well - if he'd rather not be included, Jules can focus on only the giant vampire.)

Note that her BoF bonus would be to AC/Reflex saves this turn.

Since it came up, I feel the need to add Julia's Skills here, for later reference.

Acrobatics +18
Appraise +6
Bluff +25
Craft: Mapmaker +10
Diplomacy +19
Disguise +8
Escape Artist +9
Fly +5
Heal +0
Intimidate +14
Knowledge: Arcana +6
Knowledge: Dungeoneering +7
Knowledge: History +6
Knowledge: Local +6
Knowledge: Nobility +10
Knowledge: Religion +3
Linguistics +12
Perception +12
Perform: Sing +15
Profession: Soldier +8
Ride +5
Sense Motive +6
Sleight of Hand +11
Stealth +11
Survival +0
Swim +0
Use Magic Device +20

Jules' information skills pale in comparison to the rest of the party, so need to waste time rolling them

As she climbs the stairs toward facing off against the vampire & his minions, she casts Expeditious Retreat on herself & drinks her potion of Fly.

Blade in hand, she readies to move onto the platform.

((Jules used her Wand (6 charges) to heal those 30HP damage))

cmlobue wrote:

The witch doctor's possessions were:...Other Gear mwk dagger, sling with 20 stones, belt of incredible dexterity +2, bracers of armor +1, cloak of resistance +1, ring of protection +1, 98 gp.

Hmm, anyone else want any of these?

Failing that, any reason she couldn't keep using these, DM?

Jules' has better versions of all that gear, so she'll pass.

She also has no issues with it staying with the original owner for now.

Are there any buffs that the party desperately could use from the cleric spell list from levels 1st-4th? Clearly, everyone else knows this system way better than I do, so I will leave it to the party.

These would be my suggestions for those extra spells

1st level Liberation Command or Weapons Against Evil
2nd level Align Weapon or Burst of Radiance
3rd level Free Spirit or Sky Swim
4th level Death Ward or Chaos Hammer

Forgot to also dose Jules with an Antitoxin & an Antiplague just before heading into the bad zone.

The wand of ray of exhaustion could be handy for Riddy to take if no one else wants it.

I'm fine with Riddy taking the wand.

Question for our GM - are you ok with using that average value for wand healing? Basically, 2 charges = 11 HP healed? If so, she'll have used 6 charges to heal 33 HP (of 30 needed).

Then, so far as prep spells go, Jules spings up the following on herself.

Mage Armor: from her wand - Duration: 60 minutes.
--- She's got wand charges available for anyone else who asks.
Heightened Awareness: Duration: 90 minutes
False Life: Temp HP for 9 hours or until spent: 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17
See Invisible: Duration: 90 minutes

Jules has been casting her own False Life spell each morning.

Jules knows very little about the natural world and is not much of a swimmer, so she's taking the hard road past this obstacle.

Hard Acrobatics: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (12) + 18 = 30

Fwiw, to speed things up for Jules, she's implanted the Mesmeric Mirror effect into Eric & Amwari again.

It's a free action for her to trigger it (once you get attacked, either by a weapon or a targeted spell), so when you decide you need it, just post "Mirrors" & they'll bip into existence for either 9 minutes or until they've taken a hit apiece for you.

Same situation for her Painful Stare.
If the target of her Hypnotic Stare takes damage & she hasn't used the Stare during her turn, feel free to claim the extra +4 damage for your attack - just comment it into your description.

I'm hoping Expeditious Retreat downgraded that check to easy, and that a 21 is good enough for an Easy skill check.

That was my hope as well.

Jules is usually a fair hand at Stealth.
She'll add a bit of Vanish to boost her efforts.

bolstered stealth vs the life-challenged: 1d20 + 11 + 20 ⇒ (3) + 11 + 20 = 34

Jules has See Invisibility on her spell list & tends to run with it active most of the time.

She also has a 1/day Glitterdust from her Aasimar heritage & a wand of Fairie Fire as a backup as well.

Jules does her best to squirm thru the rocky field, casting Expeiditious Retreat to hasten her advance, bounding from one hiding place to the next.

Escape Artist: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

Back to the earlier conversation, Jules admits to having a potion of Fly tucked away in her kit.

Jules prefers the evasion option as well.

"My armor already carries a Deathless rune, so you may not need to cover me with a Death Ward. Let's see what information we can gather before making that choice." offers Jules.

Based on the pace these scenes are being resolved, I get the feeling that we need to be a bit more on our game.

Frequent check-ins, more actions ready to go, actions with contingencies, that kind of thing.

Jules is still using BoF to boost her AC.

A single step brings Jules within reach of the Blue Mound.

Her Hypnotic Stare sets it up for later pain.

Followed by a pair of rapier strikes.

Rapier strike 1: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32 Piercing damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
crit confirmation: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21 extra crit damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
Painful Stare damage: 3d6 + 4 ⇒ (2, 1, 2) + 4 = 9

Rapier strike 2: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12 Piercing damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Katswiri can Shield of Faith for +3 deflection bonuses. How much do people benefit from that?

JUles has a Ring +2, so not much for her - just a +1 increase.

Happen to have another barkskin? The lotus looks big and tough with a lot of reach. I can't parry what I can't reach so will eat an aoo or two and ac 28 probably wont cover it. It hasn't moved closer, maybe it cannot or just moves very slow. Our alchemist can probably bomb it into oblivion if we want to play safe.

Fwiw, your base of 28 is way better than the 24 AC that Jules has.

And remember, when it swings, Jules can trigger the Mesmeric Mirror implanted in Eric's psyche, giving him 2 mirror images - so just a 1 in 2 chance of getting hit at that point.

I linked it in the post where I gave it to you, but here it is again.

Simply put - you're flank-proof!

Ok - I missed the link in that post.

Ok - the effects of that potion were not what Jules/I expected.

Are there any mechanical benefits?

Or is it just a case of IC distraction due to sensory overload?

Getting Jules' Fort save out of the way, but really hoping that the spell was disrupted...

Fort save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

Being a devout Caydenite, Jules knows her way around a drink.
And, having no cause to distrust her elven companion, she would have tipped back the offered concoction, then handed back the flask.

"Good fortunes!" she offers in way of a toast.

Jules utters a somewhat awkward phrase, wreathing her off-hand in a lambent glow (Casting Touch of Gracelessness) then slips toward the reddish mass of vines to deliver that spell.

ToG vs Red's Touch AC including BoF bonus to attack and AC: 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 11 + 2 = 31
Dexterity penalty: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Fortitude save DC 16 for half Dex penalty
Duration: 9 rounds

Jules told both Eric and Umwari to let her know when they wanted her to trigger their mirror images, noting that they had to be attacked to initiate the figments.

Noted.

Btw - Jules just implanted the Mesmeric Mirror trick - it's not active yet. But she did cycle up a Displacement spell, so though it's just 1 of her, she's not quite where she appears to be.

Looking down the various paths, all Jules sees are roiling mounds of vegetation, though there's someone lurking in the distance.

Jules isn't much of a Nature buff, but she knows a little about the Local scene.

Knowledge Local to ID Yellow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

As a defensive measure, Jules triggers a Displacement spell on herself, then takes a few steps forward.

Jules first casts Expeditious Retreat, speeding up enough that she won't lag behind the team while casting on the move.
(Duration: 9 minutes)

She then pulls her wand of Lesser Restoration on the move & slows a bit as she murmurs keywords for nearly 20 seconds.
She'll do the same for Eric, Undy, & Amwari as well

L Restoration on Jules: 1d4 ⇒ 1
L Restoration on Eric: 1d4 ⇒ 4
L Restoration on Undy: 1d4 ⇒ 4
L Restoration on Amwari: 1d4 ⇒ 4

(4 charges down, 3 remain in the wand)

"Typical."

She also implants another Mesmeric Mirror into her psyche.

And, if time allows, she casts See Invisibility
(Duration 90 minutes)

There are other tables involved.
It's a Pathfinder Special multi-table event.
And, typically, the higher-level tables are the slowest.
So many more options.

Jules lines up several stabs with her rapier against her blinded fallen foe. She almost feels sorry for it, if it wasn't a mindless killing machine.

Mithral Rapier Strike 1 vs Prone/Blinded/FF AC with the BoF bonus: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 13 + 2 = 16 Rapier Piercing & Silver damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

Mithral Rapier Strike 2 vs Prone/Blinded/FF AC with the BoF bonus: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 8 + 2 = 23 Rapier Piercing & Silver damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Paindul Stare on the first strike that connects: 3d6 ⇒ (5, 3, 4) = 12

+4 more damage from the Painful Stare on Blue if it takes damage

Jules focuses her mind inward, implanting the Slip Bonds trick, then triggers it (free action) to slip free from the entangling webs.
Stepping free, she moves to engage the blue-tinged beast of a spider, rapier in hand.

BoF bonus is still boosting her AC - currently 26

Jules would trigger the Pain effect to go with the Fire/Steamball