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Yep, got the chronicle everything looks good.
Thnks again.

"Glad to see things are getting under control here. I guess our job is done. Got a lot more out of this standard, routine service patrol than I bargained for anyway."

Tanbu would hang out helping to restock alchemical stores for a few days, checking on the recovering soldiers they brought back, and loosing a few silvers each night at the local poker game. He eventually drifts on.

"Commander, please make sure this donation helps the families of the soldiers you have lost or for your cup and flower fund at the least. I must be moving on looking for more work. Take care, Ma'am." With that he drops a sack of 40 gold, salutes, and walks out.

... right up until the demon eats your face. Quoting something, but not sure what movie or show from the 80's.

Anyway, they have a whole scenario special for that, Siege of the Diamond City. You basically defend the city resolving minor problems. It is a cool play through. I think this scenario would be way too long if they tried to squeeze in a final battle an do it justice. But to your point, I am sad they write in hard the death of Sir Ilivan. He never really gets to come back and enjoy his new resolved peace of mind.

Again, this playthrough was a blast! Thanks everyone.

Thank you for running this. It was great. I apologize if my posts were frustrating during our pre battle there. I usually try to at least add dialog. I think Tanbu is my favorite character again. At least until I play another paladin maybe. Being a rogue is just such fun, and your adventure let me feed the beast, stoke the fires, whatever corny cliche you want. I have never snuck into an enemy camp and attacked. That was fantastic. Anyway, thanks again for the opportunity.
Also, thanks to all the other folks in the party. We felt like the guys from the movie, Suicide Squad, to me. Everyone barking orders, the person know should be barking orders not doing so and Makrus just going. It was great fun. Thanks everyone.

Tanbu after the initial rush to leave the area and get some distance from the horde, as they travel, asks questions of the soldiers trying to piece together what happened. He also collects his own thought on how to tell Sir Ilivan's story. He walks and runs as needed to allow the group to move as fast as possible.
As they see the fort in the distance, "Well that is a welcome site" "I am ready for a good meal and a little sleep. We are almost there." "If you all are ever in Absolam near the pathfinder house, look me up. We will drink to this experience and I am buying."
"We did not get everyone home, and I am very sorry for your comrades. I will put a little money aside for their families. I will give it to your commander. She has to write to their next of kin and I do not envy that task."
Tanbu will donate 20g to each of the dead soldiers families through the fort commander. -40g for Tanbu.
"It won't make the guilt go away, but hopefully it will help their love ones."

"Ah crud, Mange can't carry anyone. Well, volunteer to walk? We will switch out every hour." "Let's go."

Tanbu continues to heard the cats to get them going.

Tanbu raises his head and looks at the distant death of the troubled knight. He redoubles his pace leading the horse away shaking his head. "Darn fool ..." He whispers something under his breath. No one really hears what, but it might have been a prayer.
"Let's move! Pathfinders and crusaders, we are leaving. Now!"
Anyone have survival or a way to cover our tracks? We could hustle for an hour then resume normal travel speed? Not sure we can do more than walk. 6 soldiers on 5 horses (two riding Lady A's). We will have to leave the dead. Another patrol will need to get them when it is safer.

"Thanks, Lady A." Tanbu says appreciatatively after getting healed. "Maybe we should give up our mounts for the soldiers as a whole. We can walk probably as fast as they could, as there are not enough horses no matter what we do."
"Greet any word from your dragon? Where is Sir Ilivan? We can't wait long. We need to move." Tanbu walks his pony over and helps a wounded /exhausted soldier into the saddle.
" We have a few extra weapons if you all (soldiers) want any." "My second cold iron sword, more like a dagger to y'll, and an extra vial of holy water are here if you what them." Tanbu starts leading his mount back the way they came towards the fort.
"Hey troop, what's your name?" "We got a while to go and I don't want to call you,'Hey you', the whole way." Tanbu will slowly debrief the soldier asking him what happened and what they knew about why demons were walking them West and stuff like that. He wants to be able to report once they get back. He will do so quietly and not taking his eyes off the surroundings.

Tanbu will run and get the keys and start releasing the soldiers. "I have a small water skin on my pony. You are welcome to the water."

"Are any of you too injured to move out quickly? Cyclic, could you see to them?" There are more demons coming, we believe. We need to clear out."

"Andrelis, search the bodies for anything of use. We need to get Sir Ilivan and get back to the fort."

Tanbu will step into the flank with Mange and stab out twice with this cold iron short swords. Two weapon fights.
"Die, you dastardly fiend. I hope you pay for all the souls you have killed."
sword strike one w/flank and bless: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 7 + 2 + 1 = 26
dmg p cold iron: 1d4 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 4 + (1, 1) = 7
sword strike two w/flank and bless: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 7 + 2 + 1 = 25
dmg p off hand cold iron: 1d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 2 + (1, 3) = 7
"Dang! Can't quite hit the spot hard enough.

"Your doomed, demon!"
if sneak atk lands, Tanbu will disorient the demon making him -2 on attacks, and -4 on attacks against Tanbu.

"Andrelis, move around and let's pick this guy apart."
Tanbu moves over and readies for someone to distract the demon.
Shifts over and readies an attack when someone gets into flanking position.

Tanbu attempts to shield himself in the shadow of others from the fireball and pulling his cloak over himself.
reflex vs fireball: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20
will use res. Boon if you can use it more than once as I used it verses heat metal
"Demons throw fire, surprise."
evasion to avoid fireball

Tanbu will take a quick glance over at the body. perception check to see kays: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21 Just looking and not intentionally searching. I think they are different. Not wanting to spend an action.

Tanbu, not seeing the keys available on the dead dretch, realizes it will take far too long to free soldiers picking locks. He alters his plan. He quickly darts over to and through the chain-linked soldiers appearing next to green seconds later.
"Your next, barf breath."
Double moves 40 feet with the soldiers' spaces difficult terrain.
"How long does this breath cloud last? Minutes or seconds?" "I can't see my friends all anymore."

Two questions before Tanbu goes. What type of action is it to look for keys on the blue dead drwtch? Also, are the soldiers co sidered allies and can we move through their spaces? If Tanbu can move through the soldiers, he will to close on green with a double move. If not he might look for keys.

Tanbu feels his sword warming in his hand. "No, this is my sword. I will bury it in your chest before you can control it."

will save vs heat metal with boon: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 3 + 2 = 16

"I will kill you." Through gritted teeth, Tanbu calms his mind to ignoring the temperature of his sword.

Tanbu realizes too late his attack missed. "No, that should have struct home?" I just realized i disoriented and not bewildered last time and my 11 to hit probably missed. I am sorry for the confusion.
"Run, you fools, run East. Quickly."
Tanbu draws his second short sword after shifting back.

Tanbu stabs out at the dretch again. "Die already!"
cold iron sword stab: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
dmg p: 1d4 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (2) + 4 + (4, 4) = 14
Assuming that hits with the debilitation from last sneak.

Tanbu will search the blue dretch for keys. If keys are not on him, then he will attempt to free the strongest/healthest soldier near himself with picking the manicle lock. If that looks too difficult, he will instruct the soldiers to run towards the party/East and will try to kill the green dretch. And then ... we will see. That is the plan as he remembered it anyway.

Still a week or so before Andrelis will be back from the cruise. But really could use someone to flank with. Andrelis would be great, but I would even take a summoned animal. 2d6 on each sword swing is the only way this is manageable.

Was hoping to a full round attack. But not in a surprise round. So, here is my attack. I will 5' to the North of the Blue dretch and stab the creature.
surprise attack stab: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
dmg p with sneak: 1d4 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (2) + 4 + (4, 6) = 16 If successful, he will decrease the dretch's attacks (disorient) for 1 round, I think it is a -2 and -4 vs Tanbu. I did not include any attack pluses for being invisible.

Tanbu pulls out a potion and drinks it disappearing from view. Drank the potion of invisibility. "I am going to kill the dretch by the prisoners and then I am going to free the prisoners as fast as I can." "Attack when you see the blood."

Tanbu will move forward along the canyon wall North of the enemy traveling group as stealthly as he can.

stealth with invisibility: 1d20 + 15 + 20 ⇒ (5) + 15 + 20 = 40
Moving along the red numbers each round as numbered.

"Yes, I need to get in close to do real damage to these creatures. I am willing to go in invisible. I have said so before. If someone is able they can have my bow with the 17 remaining cold iron arrow. I will attempt to free up the hostages then attack as they flee." "Make sure my name is put on that wall in Absalom should I not make it out."
Tanbu says resolutely.

Cool. I like saving folks. Even though in the first encounter i wanted to ride on. The ptsd thing is hard, it, like other social problems like drugs, I usually don't care for in my fantasy games. This was not over the top. I think i would of not enjoyed fighting Sir Ilivan in a crazed state. That would have bothered me. Too realistic, i guess

"You did great back there Sir Ilivan. No one can question your fighting ability. The holy water choice was key. You got us through it."Thank you." Tanbu smiles at the knight. "I appreciate your pledge to see this through. With help like the holy water idea, we stand a much better chance." "Now let's save some soldiers." Tanbu rides on pulling ahead of Sir Ilivan.

"Cyclic, please tap me once with this wand and tap my pony once. Thanks."
Tanbu hands Cyclic his wand of cure light wounds.
Assuming she does the task, using charges 6 and 7 of this scenario.
my charge: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
pony's charge: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Tanbu pulls out a second vial to throw if the swarm seem still to be dangerous.
Will throw if needed, you can bot Tanbu for me if I am holding things up. Sorry for the delay.

Tanbu closes in on the red wasp swarm haressing Sir Ilivan. He throws the holy water vial at the vermin.
thrown vial at red: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
damage holy: 1d6 ⇒ 5
"Get out of there Sir Ilivan."

Who is up? I think Lady alya??? Also don't see rad swarm in initiative order. It could be up. Not sure.
"Lady A, what are these things? Devil wasps or something? Use holy water. It seems to work." Tanbu yells out to see if an identification of the wasps can be made by Lady A.

"Crud, there is another one." pointing at red swarm. "I hate this place."

Tanbu dismounts. "I can't control the stupid beast."
fort verses poison: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Tanbu pulls out his holy water.
two move actions dismount and draw holy water out.

poison save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
distraction: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
ride check: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Tanbu, poisoned, distracted and unable to control his mount, can only hope his mount runs out of the swarm. He is nauseated and can not do anything about it.

Tanbu continues to ride after the dwarf. "You know it was not your fault, Sir Ilivan." "You where not in control."

Tanbu, again tries ro get the knight to move on with rhe group. "Let's continue our mission Sir Ilivan. We need to follow the demons with our fellow crusaders. Please mount up. We have to go."
sense motive: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

wow, that was nice.
"Sir Ilivan, we are okay right now. Just take it one step at a time. Right foot in the stirrup, hands on saddle horn and up you go. Swing your legs over. Then we are moving again." One step at a time."
Turning to each in the group, Tanbu explains his thoughts that Sir Ilivan is panicked.
"Help me calm him. He is panicked and confused. Reassure him. He needs to talk about what has happened to himself. He is suffering from some recent traumatic experience rhat is amplifying his reaction to the environment."

"Sir Ilivan, just walk your horse for a minute or two until you get alittle stronger. Then give mounting up another try. We need to put some distance away from here. We will all feel better then."

"Sir Ilivan, we are leaving. You need to mount up. If not, you will need to head back ... once you snap out of whatever this is."
Tanbu notices Lady A cast her spell. "What now?"

"Let's get going. We are loosing ground on the demons. We can heal on the way. The anger is coming from the land around. We need to move."
Tanbu will mount back up and prepare to move. He will then get out his wand of healing. "Cyclic, when you can use this to heal Andrelis. Somebody heal the dwarf too. We will need everyone."

Tanbu, wonders what has possessed Andrelis.
sense motive: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
"Andrelis, get a hold of yourself, man! We are not the enemy! Even if some of us are pessimistic." "No!"
Tanbu stares in disbelief.
well that didn't help.

"Lady A or Greet, either of you know what has happened to our good knight? I thought paladins were fearless. Is there anything we can do to counter whatever this is? We are loosing our quarry. " Tanbu looks around again and dismounts. He then aproaches the knight. "Sit Ilivan, you must get up. We must continue on we can't stay here. Remount your horse please."
diplomacy: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12 Probably not successful.
He then walks over to Greet, "Greet, can you put him to sleep? We could tie him in his saddle and continue on."

Tanbu takes a quick look around to see if he can see anything unusual.
perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26
"Something out there just did something to my head."
Tanbu will then pull out his shield of faith potion and will ready to dismount should an enemy show itself.
"Anybody see any enemies?"

will save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

Tanbu shakes his head, "What the heck was that?"

"Get me close and I am willing to scout them out. I have no idea what a demon prince looks like but I will do my best to describe them. You all will have to figure out what type of demon they are, prince or no."
Tanbu is willing to use his potion of invisibility once he gets close. But he wants the group to close within a few rounds away first just in case something goes badly wrong. GM Question: Anyone know if Greet's power to open dimensional gates make noise or is noticable.
"Sir Ilivan, do you think the demons will camp for a rest? Is that something you have seen demons do? We could use that stop to catch up and scout them."

"Lady A, your tactics have much merit, but in this situation if we hang back they will just kill the hostages. We might as well turn around now and admit defeat." Tanbu Sighs, "Unfortunately we have to get in close and strike or remove the hostages from danger then strike. Anything else is a lost cause." "To do significant damage and kill quickly I must strike weak spots from close in. That is my training. My bow is not really that helpful. I have cold iron but even so I must put several arrows into one target to bring it down." "If we can control the dwarf, charm him or something to keep him from charging carelessly and use Greets portal jump thingy, we might be able to get in close quick and strike."
Tanbu shakes his head, "We have to get in close quickly. If you would rather we would circle around infront of them and set up an ambush and attack from cover. Again, myself or Andrelis should be projected in by Greet to work on getting hostages out and to safety."

@Gm Rutseg, what types of checks would be needed to set up an ambush on the enemies current line of travel and pick a good spot? What types of checks would be needed to circle around them to get infront of them.

"Sir Ilivan, what is your plan as you are our patrol leader?"

"The idea is to save as many as we can. But once that see us they may start killing the hostsges anyway. I plan to try using invisibility to get in and start freeing the prisoners telling them to run and hide as soon as the fighting starts." "Do you see the group? I have not picked it out. Are the prisoners all together?"

Tanbu quickly outlines his idea. "Once I get the prisoners ready, I will attack the nearest guard." "That will be the signal to attack something like obscuring mist or fog cloud would be great or just let them have it with loud an confusing stuff."

"If for some reason I can't free up the prisoners in the limited time of my potion, I will attack and try to protect the prisoners as best I can."

"Really could use a flanking buddy, but maybe a prisoner will help. Any ideas, questions or comments?"

Idea two:
"Or alternatively, Mange and cyclic bound right through their group and lead away some of their numbers. We attack the guards while they are distracted."

Tanbu will take one of each Cure Moderate wounds and the shield of faith potions. He takes a holy water vial too. He sniffs it, "Well that answers that question, holy water just smells like water."

Tanbu seeing Makras ready and still wounded says, "Someone hit the dwarf with a heal stick. If nothing else it might improve his breath. He holds out a wand if no one else does.

"Does the fort have any items for people risking their lives? We might get a healing potion or two from them?"

"You don't sound like any paladin that I have ever met, Sir Ilivan. Why are we on this patrol if not to scout the enemy? I am no knight, but if I can safely save some or even one of those unfortunate soldiers, it is my pleasure to help. I can if nothing else use my energy and some shoe leather looking the situation over. "

diplomacy aid: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11 Hoping to elp Andrelis stoke the fires of duty, honor and courage in Sir Ilivan.

sense motive from above: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17

"We could use your help and expertise in the planning, Sir Ilivan. We will have a much better chance of success with your knowledge and help." "First if you know anything about these Dretchs and other common demons we might encounter, that would get us started."

Tanbu stares at the buzzing stone. "Is it normal for a ward stone to buzz like that? Does it have a range? Maybe they are tunneling under us and it is picking them up that way? Really not my area though."

Tanbu frowns as the group is left to discuss this turn of mission. "This seems like another trap. Didn't she just say she tried a rescue and it was a trap? 'Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me.'"
Tanbu sighs, "I like Andrelis's idea. I am willing to see if we can figure out where the prisons are being held maybe tracking them somewhere. Then we give it to the knights for them to use."

Tanbu just listens, not thrilled at the idea of the rescue mission. He seems to be thinking.

"Commander Wardroxan, is this a possible bypass to the ward stones? I would have thought the demons could just polymorph into humans and then cross into Nerosyan and then transform back to attack. Why would they need the bodies?" Not that I am knowledgeable about such. Just seems like something they would have tried already."

Tanbu pauses to listen again.

"Do you have any idea where the demons would take your captured soldiers? We might need a tracker if not. Not sure we can follow their trail elsewise."

Nope. Nothing evil on Tanbu.

"I had forgotten about the pass phrase." "It would have been a scary thing to do if Sir Ilivan had not been with us." "Those knights were very 'no nonsense'."
Tanbu waits patiently for the gates to open. He pats his horse on the neck. "Thanks, for the ride, friend. I still don't know your name. But I owe you one."

"Sir Ilivan, should we hail them? Is there a passwore or something." "Looks like there was an attack of somekind." " Do we stop to help them."
Tanbu rides on in formation with the group.
"Makras, that is some really creepy depressing stuff." "After today's fight it even is more so. Could you just give it a rest? I realize we are heading into trouble, but can you keep the 'I told you so' to yourself."
"Thanks, Lady A, for the humor. Wish I could relax enough to laugh. I am ready to get into the Fort and finish this task."