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Otto sighs and explains his quest to find the missing "dog" to Lord Ranginori. "I know you are a god and all, but I suppose that you might not have seen any sign of him on account of being imprisoned for all these thousands of years?"

Thanks, GM! This is such a great scenario and you did a great job handling all its complexities!

Otto will take 1 Fire affinity boon.

For the boon, Otto will spend 8 Prestige for Wish for Power and will take a permanent +1 to Wisdom.

(Otto will also spend another 1 Prestige to complete his faction mission as noted in a different post, but waiting on GM approval of this.).

I think our interactions with Isah probably do not qualify for this boon but just checking:

"Once per scenario, when you defeat a named Aspis agent in battle or thwart the agent's plans, record the agent's name below."

Unrelatedly, before they part company, Otto inquires whether Isah has ever heard of the... dark archive... "You should come along to our next meeting - Zarta really knows how to throw a party," the Hellknight says expressionlessly.

This is for a Faction Card. Otto doesn't have any chance of making the DC 28 Diplomacy or Arcana check but per the Faction Card rules, he can just spend 1 Prestige to make the check, which is what I'd like to do to check the box for "Recruit a named NPC scholar, knowledgeable spellcaster, or similar figure to the Dark Archive."

Day job - Profession (Gardener): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11
Unless combat is not over, will use reroll for that
Day job - Profession (Gardener), stars: 1d20 + 10 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 10 + 3 = 24

Having run this scenario, I will abstain from any decision making about this.

Otto slices repeatedly at Blue with his scythe from atop Allison.

All attacks are vs Blue's grappled AC (i.e. 2 lower than usual) I believe

+1 keen scythe, haste, elemental might, archivist, higher ground: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (10) + 26 = 36
dmg: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (4, 1) + 13 = 18 + sonic dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 2

+1 keen scythe, haste, elemental might, archivist, higher ground: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (19) + 26 = 45
dmg: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (3, 4) + 13 = 20 + sonic dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 6

+1 keen scythe, haste, elemental might, archivist, higher ground: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (12) + 21 = 33
dmg: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (6, 6) + 13 = 25 + sonic dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 1

CRIT CONFIRM? +1 keen scythe, haste, elemental might, archivist, higher ground: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (1) + 26 = 27
EXTRA DMG FROM CRIT IF CONFIRMED: 6d6 + 39 ⇒ (1, 4, 3, 2, 2, 6) + 39 = 57

Allison tears away at the Blue axiomite, the only foe apparently remaining.

Allison Bite, haste, Greater Heroism, elemental might: 1d20 + 29 ⇒ (12) + 29 = 41
dmg: 4d6 + 14 ⇒ (6, 5, 1, 6) + 14 = 32
Grab: 1d20 + 34 ⇒ (7) + 34 = 41
I don't think Blue is still incorporeal so unless shenanigans, I assume that Blue is now grappled. Allison moves him to an adjacent square. (I've adjusted Blue's position 1 square to the south).

Allison Bite, haste, Greater Heroism, elemental might: 1d20 + 29 ⇒ (16) + 29 = 45
dmg: 4d6 + 14 ⇒ (3, 2, 6, 4) + 14 = 29

Claw 1: 1d20 + 29 ⇒ (3) + 29 = 32
dmg: 3d6 + 14 ⇒ (3, 3, 2) + 14 = 22

Claw 2: 1d20 + 29 ⇒ (1) + 29 = 30
dmg: 3d6 + 14 ⇒ (1, 4, 1) + 14 = 20

Otto's action will probably depend on whether Blue is still standing after that. If Blue is still somehow alive then Otto will also full attack Blue. Otherwise:

Reiko, I'm not sure you can take another 5' step - doesn't the point of elemental might just give you an additional standard action? (Also, thanks for the Greater Heroism!)

Otto's attack target depends on whether or not Allison managed to grapple (and therefore move) Vector. If yes, then Vector is now adjacent to them both and all of Otto's attacks will be directed towards Vector (whose AC should be reduced due to being grappled). If no (and Vector is still in the (Purple) position), then Vector is out of Otto's 10' reach and all his attacks are instead directed against incorporeal Blue.

+1 keen scythe, elemental might, haste, archivist: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (18) + 25 = 43
Blur miss chance, high is good for me (only applies if Vector is the target): 1d100 ⇒ 19
dmg: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (5, 5) + 13 = 23 + sonic: 1d6 ⇒ 1

+1 keen scythe, elemental might, haste, archivist: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (17) + 25 = 42
Blur miss chance, high is good for me (only applies if Vector is the target): 1d100 ⇒ 31
dmg: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (1, 3) + 13 = 17 + sonic: 1d6 ⇒ 1

+1 keen scythe, elemental might, haste, archivist: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (19) + 20 = 39
Blur miss chance, high is good for me (only applies if Vector is the target): 1d100 ⇒ 52
dmg: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (6, 4) + 13 = 23 + sonic: 1d6 ⇒ 3
CRIT CONFIRM? +1 keen scythe, elemental might, haste, archivist: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (2) + 20 = 22
EXTRA CRIT DMG IF CONFIRMED (4X WEAPON): 6d6 + 39 ⇒ (1, 4, 5, 4, 1, 5) + 39 = 59

Otto's AC (vs both Vector and the axiomites) is 36

Sorry - busy day - catching up now.

GM, Otto should be at +40 temp hp, not +30

Otto quickly gestures and Allison grows even larger than she already is. Swift to cast Quickened Enlarge Person on Allison. Otto's archetype allows him to cast Enlarge Person on her even though she's not a "person." Also, my understanding is that Enlarge Person and Strong Jaw stack but let me know if you disagree. Because of the wall, Allison now has to squeeze but because of her Narrow Frame feat she takes no penalties to AC or attacks from this.

Then Otto lashes out at the Yellow axiomite next to him.

+1 keen scythe, haste, archivist, elemental might: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (7) + 25 = 32
magical P/S dmg: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (3, 3) + 13 = 19

+1 keen scythe, haste, archivist, elemental might: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (15) + 25 = 40
magical P/S dmg: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (5, 6) + 13 = 24

+1 keen scythe, haste, archivist, elemental might: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (18) + 20 = 38
magical P/S dmg: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (5, 3) + 13 = 21

Then Allison tries to eat the Green axiomite hiding in the corner. Now that she is enlarged, she has 15' reach

+3 bite, haste, elemental might: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (20) + 25 = 45
magical B dmg: 4d6 + 14 ⇒ (1, 4, 5, 1) + 14 = 25
CRIT CONFIRM? +3 bite, haste, elemental might: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (2) + 25 = 27
EXTRA CRIT DMG? - magical B dmg: 4d6 + 14 ⇒ (2, 6, 3, 4) + 14 = 29
Grab vs CMD: 1d20 + 30 ⇒ (19) + 30 = 49
Assuming that successfully grappled, Allison immediately moves Green to an adjacent square, per the Grapple rules.

+3 bite, haste, elemental might: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (6) + 25 = 31 Using Skirmisher Trick: Upending Strike as a free action
magical B dmg: 4d6 + 14 ⇒ (5, 4, 5, 6) + 14 = 34
If that hits, Upending Strike gives a free Trip attempt; she doesn't have Improved Trip so this would normally provoke an AoO but since Green is grappled they can't take AoO
Trip vs CMD: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (12) + 26 = 38

Allison roars with delight. It appears that axiomites do not taste half bad!

+3 Claw 1, haste, elemental might: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (17) + 25 = 42 vs Prone AC
magical B dmg: 3d6 + 14 ⇒ (1, 3, 1) + 14 = 19

+3 Claw 2, haste, elemental might: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (16) + 25 = 41 vs Prone AC
magical B dmg: 3d6 + 14 ⇒ (1, 6, 2) + 14 = 23

GM, if either Yellow or Green goes down, please redirect any remaining attacks to the other one.

Allison's Skirmisher Tricks: 4/8
Otto AC: 36 vs axiomites, 33 vs Vector
Allison AC: 37
Unless Green is dead, I believe that Allison is now Grappled and Green is Grappled and Prone (unless Freedom of Movement or similar).

I'm not sure Deeper Darkness is a good idea, especially since we've seen that Vector can teleport around. Among other things, this would mean all our targeting would depend on Quenly's telepathy, which means if something happens to you everyone else would be stuck. Also, I'm not sure whether the GM would even allow Allison to target based on telepathy (due to low Int) - I probably wouldn't if I was GM-ing. Lastly, since none of us have a means of getting around Vector's DR, that 50% miss chance from the Darkness will really slow down our ability to grind it down.

Them's my two cents.

GM, I think Otto should still have 40 temp hp - he hasn't spent any charges of Elemental Might and his evasion should have prevented him taking any dmg from the Lightning Bolt.

Using up the 10 temp HP also reduces the bonuses from elemental might from +4 to +3, right?

I don't think so. It's not optional to use the temp hit points when you receive damage - temp hp always go away before regular hp. So I can't see any reason why, for example, taking 10 points of dmg, which come off your temp hp, would actually reduce your elemental might overall.

On the other hand, if you spend your elemental might, that would seem to immediately reduce your temp hp (10 for each point of elemental might you spend), though it's not quite clear what happens if you have already used some but not all of your temp hp to soak up dmg.

Or at least that's how it seems to me.

Ok with me either way.

Otto and Allison both have evasion (Otto's only for 1 minute) so since they both made their saves vs the Lightning Bolt, neither takes any damage. By my tally, Allison has 10 dmg (off her 40 temp from Elemental Might) and Otto has 0 dmg.

GM, how high are the ceilings?

Marta and Quenly, if it's possible for you to move 5' to the right that would be great. That would give Allison enough room to advance forward (plus, it's a little unclear if she's having to squeeze right now so I'm trying to avoid any ambiguity about that). If it's not possible, no worries and I'll make do.

Otto, share spells just allows you to cast personal spells on your animal companion, not that you both get them at the same time. (Assuming it's like the familiar share spells.) Share Spells: The wizard may cast a spell with a target of “You” on his familiar (as a touch spell) instead of on himself. A wizard may cast spells on his familiar even if the spells do not normally affect creatures of the familiar's type (magical beast).

Yep, I wrote too quickly. Otto is using the Improved Spell Sharing teamwork feat, which Allison also has, as long as Otto is mounted, due to the Horsemaster's Saddle. I've been using this throughout the scenario - that's why my self-castings of Barkskin, for example, were expiring so much faster than everyone else's - because the duration was divided between the two of them.

Reiko, are you activating your archivist bardspeech?

Sorry, just noticed that you activated it vs the axiomites. Too much to keep up with in this thread!

I completely missed Elemental Might. Adjustments:

With the luck bonus, Allison would have made her save vs exhaustion.

With the luck bonus, and without being exhausted, each of Allison's attacks would have been +7 higher. I assume that even a 30 probably still misses vs Vector, but just in case:

Bite, 20% blur miss chance, high is good for me: 1d100 ⇒ 3 So it misses, even if it didn't miss. Destiny. And probably just as well - this will be much less interesting if Allison grabs Vector right off the bat...

Claw 1, 20% blur miss chance, high is good for me: 1d100 ⇒ 57
Claw 1's attack should have still hit, and still crit (assuming that it can be crit)
Due to not being exhausted, the claw dmg would be 3 higher, or +6 due to the crit.

Claw 2 attack would have been 7 higher due to the luck bonus and not being exhausted, for a total of 34.
Claw 2, 20% blur miss chance, high is good for me: 1d100 ⇒ 67

Allison's AC, with the luck bonus, not being exhausted, haste, and the lunge penalty, is 37.

Otto's AC is 33.

Edit: just noticed that the GM already rolled the miss chance for Allison's attack - sorry to have missed that.

That’s exactly what happened to me when I ran it. Brutal.

Knowledge (Planes) DC 23: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13

Otto shrugs. "Whatever they are, they shall not interfere."

Otto Fort DC 26: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (10) + 21 = 31
Allison Fort DC 26: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24 Allison is exhausted
GM, what sort of effect is this (e.g. gaze, aura, a spell, etc.? A lot of us probably have an array of conditional modifiers to our saves.

Allison is clearly not used to going so long between meals. Her druid master obviously gave no thought to the lack of tasty meals to be found on the planes of earth and fire and as a result she is starting to look pretty run down, even hangry.

GM, any mechanical effects related to the stairs? We all still have featherstep so I assume even if they are difficult terrain it doesn't bother us?

Otto quickly draws into himself a bit of the quick evasiveness of mice. Swift action: adding Hunter Animal Focus (Mouse), giving him evasion for 1 minute.

Then he attempts to strengthen Allison's jaws: if she is going to dine on these strange creatures she will need all the help she can get!

Cast Strong Jaw defensively, DC 23: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (20) + 20 = 40
Share spells, so it is cast on both Allison and Otto.

GM, I assume Hunter's Blessing doesn't apply to these targets?

Allison then lunges forward and attempts to eat Vector!
Lunge feat to add 5' reach
Bite, exhausted, rattling strike: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (6) + 17 = 23

Claw 1, exhausted: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (20) + 17 = 37
dmg: 2d6 + 10 ⇒ (4, 6) + 10 = 20

Claw 2, exhausted: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (10) + 17 = 27
dmg: 2d6 + 10 ⇒ (4, 2) + 10 = 16

Claw 1 CRIT CONFIRM?, exhausted: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (17) + 17 = 34
EXTRA CRIT dmg: 2d6 + 10 ⇒ (3, 4) + 10 = 17

Skirmisher Tricks: 3/8

Allison's AC (with Lunge penalty and exhausted) is 29

Otto's AC is 28

Round 2:

Otto uses 500 gp worth of his own diamond dust, as well as 250 gp from each other recipient, to cast Communal Stone Skin on himself, Allison, and those other party members who want it. Duration will be 120 minutes divided by the total number of recipients; caster level is 12, so it will provide DR 10/adamantine, up to 120 hp of total resistance for each recipient.

"Does anyone know anything about this Vector or what may lie in store for us?" GM, are knowledge checks possible now, or not until we actually have something in front of us?

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14

Otto glares at the simulacrum as it fades. "It appears that trouble may be coming our way. We had best make ready. Do others wish their skin hardened like stone?"

While he waits for the others to answer, Otto draws out the scroll Zarta had lent him and casts Air Walk on Allison.

Barkskin has expired for both Otto and Allison (and is not renewed due to no more preps remaining). Otto uses another charge of his wands of Longstrider and Heightened Awareness (will dismiss for initiative) on himself. He also reminds the group that he still has Communal Stoneskin prepared but won't cast it until there seems an imminent need - anyone who thinks they might want to be included should give him 250 gp of diamond dust to hold for use as a material component. Buff sheet updated.

Otto and Allison stand around guarding while the others investigate the machinery. Otto seems quite preoccupied with the missed opportunity to use a wish to find his mother's missing dog and bring his quest to an end once and for all, while Allison seems quite preoccupied with how long it has been since lunch.

I'm good with whatever the group decides. Otto grumbles a bit about it being a missed opportunity to find the dog.

If y'all can't agree on the wishes I'm totally spending one on looking for the lost dog! :-)

Otto will abstain from voting due to metagame knowledge of the scenario.

Remember, I think we'll need Fossilblight's power when it's time to break the opal - might not want to use it now.

Re the wishes, Otto will - in character - certainly advocate for using a wish to find his mother's missing dog - feel free to disregard him. (The "dog" is actually a kitsune character of mine who is currently in Ustalav playing The Midnight Mauler).

Otto offers his adamantine lance as a lockpick if it is needed.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (14) + 17 = 31 Is aiding possible?

Knowledge Planes: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

Otto eyes the genie with interest. "I am looking for an escaped dog - it has led me quite the merry chase these many years - have you seen it?"

Otto stands around, looking useless, while Allison considers whether the doohickey might be edible.

Otto watches worriedly, wondering if Reiko knows what she is doing.

If 52+2d4 isn't good enough then uh oh! Otto isn't trained in Knowledge (Arcana) however, so he will just silently kibbitz from behind his eyeless hellknight mask...

Otto has +24 Perception with Heightened Awareness. Allison has +10 with Scent. Happy to follow whatever route the group chooses.

Earlier... at the end of the last fight: Otto uses his wand to heal Allison (1 charge for 4 hp) and allows his own regeneration to heal his own wounds. Both should now be fully healed.

I think everyone is aware of this, but just in case not: the Communal Resist Energy (Fire) that Otto cast during the last fight has expired. So anyone who moves more than 30' from the Breath of Lysianassa (i.e. Quenly's dragon) takes 3d10 fire every round from the Fire Dominant trait. Communal Air Walk has also expired. Otto has two remaining Communal spells: Stoneskin (120 minutes, divided amongst the recipients, costs 250 gp for each recipient) and a "free" scroll of Communal Delay Poison from Zarta; as before, he'll hold off casting any of these until requested or until it seems obvious from gameplay.

When the group enters the complex, Otto uses another charge of his wand of longstrider on himself, as well as one from his wand of heightened awareness (discharge for initiative). Otto uses his final casting of barkskin (shared) on himself and Allison (this is not extended unless someone happens to have an unused charge on a lesser rod of extend, so it only has 60 minutes duration for each of them. Also, if Quenly wants another casting via channel the gift this is the last chance since this is his last prep (out of 6!)

Now that she has resumed her normal large shape, Allison is able to fit her narrow frame into the small stairwell without too much difficulty squeezing and with Otto still riding along. Seeing how skinny she is Otto realizes that it has likely been hours since she has had a proper meal: fire elementals, even mythic ones, are meager pickings for a hungry dinosaur - hopefully there will be better sustenance here...

Sorry for the posting delay - things been a bit hectic. I'll try to get caught up tonight. For reference, Allison has the narrow frame feat (and Enlarge Person should be expired on her, so she's only Large) so it shouldn't be an issue.

@Reiko, how did you get your hands on a CL 9 wand of magic missile? If it's from a chronicle sheet please don't tell me which one - I have some characters who would be too tempted to go fishing! :-)

AoOs:

GMF bite, hunter's blessing, bof, higher ground: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (19) + 27 = 46
magical b/p/s dmg, hunter's blessing, bof: 2d6 + 16 ⇒ (1, 6) + 16 = 23
Grab (if bite hits), hunter's blessing, bof, higher ground: 1d20 + 32 ⇒ (11) + 32 = 43

+1 keen scythe, hunter’s blessing, bardsong, dazzled, bof, higher ground: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (4) + 26 = 30 Possibly vs grappled AC is Allison's Grab was successful
dmg, hunter’s blessing: 2d6 + 15 ⇒ (5, 3) + 15 = 23 + extra dmg from bardsong: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Fort DC 22 vs blindness, heroism, bardsong: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (7) + 26 = 33 Otto is dazzled

Both Otto and Allison continue to take the +2s from Blessing of Fervor

Ref DC 22 vs fire dmg, heroism, bardsong, bof: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (6) + 20 = 26 Otto takes no fire dmg and has not taken any since his last turn, so he regenerates 5 hp.

Will DC 18 vs shaken, heroism, bardsong: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (15) + 26 = 41

Allison Ref DC 22 vs fire dmg, heroism, bof: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (19) + 19 = 38

Allison Will DC 18 vs shaken, heroism: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21

Allison steps 5' upwards and tries again to eat the mythic fire creature...

GMF bite, hunter's blessing, bof: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (5) + 26 = 31
magical b/p/s dmg, hunter's blessing, bof: 2d6 + 16 ⇒ (4, 5) + 16 = 25 + extra dmg from bardsong: 1d6 ⇒ 5
Grab if bite hits, hunter's blessing, bof: 1d20 + 31 ⇒ (12) + 31 = 43

@GM, can Red be tripped? I'm not clear about whether it is flying or ? If it can be tripped, and if the Grab attempt was successful, Allison will use 1 use of Hunter's Tricks to use Upending Strike as a free action before her first Claw attack. If it hits, she gets a free trip attempt (which would normally provoke since she doesn't have Improved Trip, but will not provoke if the elemental is grappled (unless it has some special ability otherwise).

GMF claw, hunter's blessing, bof: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (8) + 26 = 34
magical b/s dmg, hunter's blessing, bof: 1d8 + 16 ⇒ (7) + 16 = 23 + extra dmg from bardsong: 1d6 ⇒ 4
Trip (from Upending Strike), hb, bof: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (13) + 27 = 40

GMF claw, hunter's blessing, bof: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (5) + 26 = 31
magical b/s dmg, hunter's blessing, bof: 1d8 + 16 ⇒ (6) + 16 = 22 + extra dmg from bardsong: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Then Otto slashes at the creature with his scythe...

+1 keen scythe, hunter’s blessing, bardsong, dazzled, bof: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (6) + 25 = 31
dmg, hunter’s blessing: 2d6 + 15 ⇒ (1, 4) + 15 = 20 + extra dmg from bardsong: 1d6 ⇒ 6

+1 keen scythe, hunter’s blessing, bardsong, dazzled, bof: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (15) + 20 = 35
dmg, hunter’s blessing: 2d6 + 15 ⇒ (4, 2) + 15 = 21 + extra dmg from bardsong: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Current AC: Otto 38 (Touch 17), Allison 39 (Touch 13)

If you mess around with skirmisher's tricks be sure to note this errata in the ACG: "The animal companion can use skirmisher tricks when commanded, a number of times per day equal to half its Hit Dice plus its Wisdom modifier." There were also a lot of questions about how the Skirmisher's tricks are supposed to work for an animal companion, since they were written from a ranger's point of view. I'm not sure how many of those questions ever got "officially" resolved but it's clear a bunch of the skirmisher tricks basically do nothing for an animal companion. Which is ok because there are still a bunch that do a variety of fun (and sometimes quite powerful) things and overall they just make animal companions more fun to play.

And yes, finding a way to get good mileage out of single level dip was one of my favorite ways to build PCs in PF 1e and one of the things that I miss about 2e (though I can't deny that the way they've done it in 2e does seem to be more balanced overall).

One level dip in Hunter.

Otto, with 10' reach, gets an AoO vs Red, but Allison only has 5' reach (and Lunge only applies to attack on her turn) so I don't believe she gets an AoO.

AoO +1 keen scythe, hunter’s blessing: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (13) + 21 = 34
dmg, hunter’s blessing: 2d6 + 15 ⇒ (6, 5) + 15 = 26

Gazing up at the enormous monstrosity before them, Otto decides that he needs to level the playing field a bit!

Swift action to cast Quickened Enlarge Person on Allison. Otto's goliath druid archetype allows him to cast Enlarge Person on his companion, even though dinosaurs aren't normally persons (though Allison is really more pleasant than many "people" Otto has known). As a swift cast it doesn't provoke so no defensive casting is needed.

@GM, the rules are little ambiguous about what reach Allison should have when she is huge. As an animal companion, she does *not* gain 10' reach when she grows from Medium to Large at 7th level, so by one reasoning casting Enlarge Person would simply increase her reach from 5' to 10'. However, the Bestiary entry for Allosaurus is Huge (as she is now that she is enlarged) and has 15' reach, and that would be an argument for saying that she too now has 15' reach. Just let me know which interpretation you prefer.

As he watches Reiko nearly catch fire from the hulking creature of mythic fire, he decides that perhaps the mist from the Breath of Lysianassa is not quite enough for such a foe...
Casting Resist Energy, Communal defensively
Concentration check, DC 21: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (15) + 20 = 35
... besides himself, he reaches out to touch those within his reach, Allison, Reiko, Giovanni, Quenly, and Quenly's dragon All of whom now have Fire Resistance 30.

For this round, Otto takes the +2 to AC and Reflex from Blessing of Fervor. Current AC is 35 and Reflex is +17

I've moved Otto and Allison on the map from Bard's Escape but will wait to see where the other PCs are and where Red is before I post my actions.

Really hope your daughter is recovering, Giovanni.

I am 3ish hours East of home, with my 27 year old daughter in a neurological ICU.

She is supposed to be in observation for 24~48 hours. Beennworking this issue since 0500 local this morning. I make no promises about posting on my phone through this.

Whew, that sounds like a really difficult situation. Sending you good thoughts.

Looks like we are adjacent in the initiative order, so Otto can just delay to after Reiko in round 1. That will allow Reiko to teleport us into the action and then Otto and Allison can full attack.

Since Reiko is going to cast Bard's Escape to move everyone, Otto will stick with the casting of Air Walk Communal and Allison won't do anything while we wait for Reiko.

Incidentally, the Breath only gives everyone (within 30') Fire Resistance 10 for regular fire dmg, so Otto would have taken 3 points of fire dmg from that last attack (for a total of 11, and also preventing his regeneration from working this round).

Otto casts Communal Air Walk, including Allison, himself, and whichever of his comrades would like it. (With his 10' reach he should be able to reach everyone but please indicate whether or not you in fact want to be included since the total duration is 120 minutes divided amongst the recipients.)

Then Allison pounce-charges the Green enemy, which she can *just* reach by lunging at it.

GMF bite, charge: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (8) + 24 = 32 +2 if Hunter's Blessing applies
magical b/p/s dmg: 1d8 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20 +2 if Hunter's Blessing applies
grab, charge: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (15) + 27 = 42

GMF claw, charge: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (11) + 24 = 35 +2 if Hunter's Blessing applies
magical b/s dmg: 1d6 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17 +2 if Hunter's Blessing applies

GMF claw, charge: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (18) + 24 = 42 +2 if Hunter's Blessing applies
magical b/s dmg: 1d6 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19 +2 if Hunter's Blessing applies

@GM, some rules clarifications: Allison's movement speed (with longstrider) is 50', which is exactly the distance she needs to move to charge, given the movement restrictions of surprise round charging (you don't get double movement). She normally only has 5' reach, but she has the Lunge feat, which enables her to take all her attacks at an extra 5' of reach (for an AC penalty). Finally, by my reading of Pounce she can full attack even though it's a surprise round; however you may disagree in which case please just use the first attack listed and disregard the others.

Allison's current AC is 35 (touch 9) after the penalties for using Lunge and Charging.

Otto uses his wands of longstrider and heightened awareness again, and again asks one of his comrades to use his wand of heroism on himself and Allison.

Re the question of communal resist energy: note that according to the map slide, due to the fire-dominant trait of the plane of fire, everyone will take 3d10 fire damage every round. As long as the Breath of Lysianassa's mist is active (and there's no reason it can't be active all the time), everyone within 30 of it has fire resistance 30, but only against the fire dominant trait (and also fire resistance 10 in general, but again, only within 30' of the Breath).

Otto also has an adamantine lance.

After the group digs through the blockage, Otto casts extended Barkskin on Marta and also recasts it on himself and Allison (Quenly, do you want to use your ability to receive another casting as well - the one I cast on you earlier will have expired? Otto has one remaining preparation of it but would prefer to hold it in reserve for now) and drops the proffered pearl into his pocket. Otto also uses his wands of Heightened Awareness and Longstrider again. Otto also asks one of his friends to use his wand of Heroism on himself and Allison.

Life Bubble has expired for everyone. Does anyone else have the ability to cast it?

"Comrades, I have prepared three communal spells: communal air walk, communal stoneskin, and communal resist energy. My friend Zarta also gave me a scroll of communal delay poison. I will rely on you to judge when it were best for me to cast any of these spells."