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I think I've played Midnight Mauler already (though it was one of my first adventures in Society), so I could also run it. I've also been thinking to swap out Grandfrogger for another character - Luli, oracle - who has more personality than "blink big red eyes and croak 'Cooperate!'", and this would be an excellent in-story opportunity for that switch.

I haven't used up the wand, but I wasn't certain how to calculate that Concentration check for a wand and I was worried for Zith.

Concentration vs DC 18: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20
Cure Serious Wounds vs Zithembe: 3d8 + 6 ⇒ (8, 7, 6) + 6 = 27

The Grandfrogger clasps his hands together in prayer and pushes aside the graveknight’s stifling aura to keep the warrior at his feet from passing on just yet.

I realized I had swapped out the fly spell in his profile for a cure serious, but hadn’t finished the process by actually updating the profile. XD

Perfect - I wasn’t certain what would be most helpful this round.

The Grandfrogger surveys the room with red eyes and understands what his colleague of the Sleeping Sword has in mind. "Your lessons, remember," he croaks solemnly. "Cooperate!"

Using Tribal Cooperation to give everyone the effects of Escape Route for 6 rounds.

The Grandfrogger moves along the wall and gives a prayer to the spirits of home and hearth to ward Zithembe in their warming embrace.

Move and cast resist energy (cold - resistance 10) on Zithembe (using tongue to deliver spell at reach).

The Grandfrogger nods and produces a willow wand.

Cure Light Wounds to Hepsubia: 5d8 + 5 ⇒ (7, 8, 6, 2, 6) + 5 = 34

Then as the group prepares for combat, he produces Sleeping Sword's wand from his belt and draws forth its different, but similar magic.

Casting bless.

Knowledge (religion) to Aid vs DC 10: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21

"Walk our paths alone, we all must sometimes. But required to walk them without light, we are not. Be the light to your lady, you can."

The Grandfrogger will certainly make sure folks are in fighting condition - if you need healing and have your own wand, feel free to roll yourself and he’ll activate it on your behalf. If you don’t have a wand, let me know and I’ll use charges from his.

The Grandfrogger watches with unblinking red eyes and waits for Maria to translate.

Ready to use that wand of bless, but I’ll wait for the owner to give the green light before casting.

The Grandfrogger isn’t able to react quick enough as the ghosts reposition, but neither can he call upon other spirits for aid while frost encases his tongue.

Frigid Touch vs Blue Touch AC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21 (Target is staggered for 1 round on successful hit)
Cold damage: 4d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 1, 5) = 16

The spirit above him, meanwhile, continues her barrage of footwear.

Spiritual Weapon vs ??: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23
Force damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

If Green is down, the Grandfrogger will need to use a move action to redirect the spiritual weapon to Blue. Otherwise it will continue attacking Green.

Yep, I can do that once I touch someone with this spell. XD

Spiritual Weapon vs Green: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15
Force damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

The transparent figure above the Grandfrogger pulls another slipper out of her ghostly apron and hurls it at the envious apparition. Below her, the small figure croaks and then lashes out with his tongue around the corner!

Melee Touch vs Blue: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
Cold damage: 4d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 6, 1) = 16

Casting frigid touch, though he’s not touching anything with that roll. XD

The Grandfrogger moves a bit closer to the fray, casting baleful red eyes on the envious phantom attacking Sleeping Sword from the rear. The matronly apparition above him notices and scowls, producing yet another slipper in her translucent hand and hurling it.

Spiritual Weapon vs Green: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20
Force damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

The shaman blinks those red eyes for a moment, concentrating. "Cooperate, we must!" he croaks loudly as they open once more. "Your companions, cover! Your training, remember!"

5-ft step, Move action to re-direct spiritual weapon from Red to Green, Standard action to activate Tribal Cooperation to give everyone the benefits of the Escape Route feat for 6 rounds (hoping that'll let our ranged folks reposition without having to tank any AoOs).

Escape Route: An ally who also has this feat provokes no attacks of opportunity for moving through squares adjacent to you or within your space.

Knowledge (planes) vs DC 15: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26 Ooo! Any other resistances/immunities, or perhaps a weaknesses we should know about?

"Phantoms, those are. Cutting them, do not bother." The Grandfrogger begins to chant, and yet another ghostly apparition appears above him. This one - an elderly grippli matron - scowls at the red ghost, slips the slipper off her foot, and hurls it at them.

Spiritual Weapon: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32
Force damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
Crit Force damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Casting spiritual weapon.

Spellcraft vs DC 18: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (17) + 15 = 32

"A gravewatch pendant, this is. Ward against the undead, it does. Ward against ghosts, it does more. Draw their attention though, it does." The Grandfrogger glances meaningfully at Zithembe and Sleeping Sword.

The Grandfrogger also offers a few prayers, though they are textbook and generic enough to apply to most deities and/or spirits.

Knowledge (religion) to Aid: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21

The Grandfrogger again calls upon the bonds of cooperation and commitment, drawing forth a blessing upon the group.

Casting bless again - this time from Spirit Magic. Hey, if it worked the first time... XD

"Some wards against the cold, I have." The Grandfrogger pulls his heavy woolen cloak tighter around his small body as he follows. "But unlimited, it is not. One person, I can protect."

Resist energy will give one person Cold resistance 10. Sadly he can't bump the CL to 7 for twice the resistance. Oh well!

The Grandfrogger’s red eyes narrow for a moment at the strange sound of cackling. Words begin to fall from his thin lips, not staying in any one language for very long before flowing to another. But even if the syllables are unfamiliar, the golden light that surrounds his small body is not.

Casting bless.

The Grandfrogger nods again. "Ready, I am."

Wandering spirit: Lore. Fits with the book theme, and subs his Wis-mod for Int-based skills.

The Grandfrogger blinks his large red eyes from the corner of the room. When the venture-captain invites the group to investigate the tome, he slowly shuffles forward and clambers onto a chair to better see the table's contents.

Thank you for the PM - I was indeed not getting notifications for this campaign. XD

So if someone else (with access) were to purchase it and you were to use it... XD

No day job for the Grandfrogger, and I've lost track of the faction goals so no worries on that. XD

I think it's the surprise round still?

The Grandfrogger waits to summon a wall of howling wind, knowing it will hamper the Pathfinder archers as much as their attacker. Instead he begins to chant in the Grippli tongue. Above him, a swirl of cloud and sunlight manifests into a sandal that flies at the archer as if hurled by an unseen hand.

Spiritual Weapon vs Red AC: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17
Force damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Standard action to cast spiritual weapon.

"Assist us, the spirits may." The Grandfrogger looks over the nearby woods with large red eyes. "Bend their trunks to create signs of passage, they might."

The Grandfrogger's decent at Survival (+10) and has warp wood prepared. I could imagine it being used as he's describing here to create false signs of passage - scraped trunks, bent saplings, etc. - or to target small-but-essential parts of boats to render them inoperable (perhaps with some guidance from a professional sailor as to what exactly to warp). He's also got the ability to speak with seagulls - if we can somehow get the birds to identify the Aspis folks, just telling them they've got food under their hats and in their hair might be enough to work a flock into a frenzy. XD

Spellcraft vs DC 22: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

“Trying to escape, it is!”

The Grandfrogger’s red eyes shine beneath the hood of his woolen cloak.

Evil Eye to give the asura a -2 penalty to AC for 9 rounds (Will 19 to reduce duration to 1 round).

“You have other spells you want to cast, or shall we proceed with our blades? Can you make his blades burn his hands, or grease them, or something even funnier?”

“Have such powers, I do not,” Grandfrogger responds solemnly. Carefully he dips a hand to the soft soil at his feet, then throws his arm upward in a violent motion. A sudden wind stirs in response, twisting upward into a loose waterspout around the asura that obscures its vision with muddy water and rotting leaves.

Standard action to use Storm Burst spirit ability to make the asura treat all creatures as concealed (20% miss chance) for 2 rounds. It’s a Supernatural ability, so I don’t think we have to worry about SR?

No need Doc - you took care of one half of the problem, Grandfrogger's got the other.

The Grandfrogger looks down at Cherry-Blossom-Tender, and the two nod in sync. Together they begin speaking in a tongue unfamiliar to even the learned Doc. Light gathers around them, swells outward as the pair raise their hands to the heavens, washes over the grass and mud until it reaches the asura, clings tightly to the wicked invader like a second skin of brilliant blue-and-green flame.

Using Spirit Magic to cast faerie fire on the asura.

Thanks for the bot!

The Grandfrogger's voice rises like a storm, calling on the spirits of storm to lend their strength to his companions' arms and those of wind to carry their arrows to the evil plaguing this land.

Casting bless. If someone needs fly, the Grandfrogger can provide that next round.

The Grandfrogger nods affirmatively, brushing off bits of seagull droppings from his woolen cloak.

The Grandfrogger holds up a torn piece of flatbread in one hand, both signaling Maria to pause a moment and catching the attention of the gulls circling overhead. When one dives to snatch the snack, he pulls it back into the sleeve of his woolen robe. As an angry squall of screaming feathered forms begins to take shape overhead, he screams back in perfect mimicry.

Diplomacy to Aid via Seagull rumors: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Lol

The Grandfrogger watches and blinks, red eyes dancing from speaker to speaker as if following a particularly fat fly.

Not really sure who is doing what/taking which approach, so he’ll sit this round out. (This has nothing to do with the fact that I’m in the last-minute rush for the local convention this weekend, nope. XD)

Diplomacy to Aid vs DC 10: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

"Appears calm on the surface, it does. But underneath, in the silt, what stirs?"

Having also shed his halfling guise, the Grandfrogger once again has large red eyes to blink at the archdruid. "Upon you, the blessings of wind and wave be," he croaks. "A druid, I am not. But respect for those who respect the natural order, I have. The balance here, does it rest peacefully?"

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (1) + 18 = 19

I'd be cautious of using any just yet - there's bugs in the system that still need to be worked out. But encouraging to see progress!

“Have another chance to free them, we will not.” The Grandfrogger blinks slowly. “Act now, we must. Happy to see them gone, their captors will not be. Vanish into the crowd, we will.”

The Grandfrogger says nothing, blinking blankly and staring through the guard as if seeing something past him.

No bluff here, lol.

Hah! Thanks for catching that Malachi!

Disguise, Circumstance: 1d20 + 0 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 0 + 10 = 20

Disguise, Circumstance: 1d10 + 0 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 0 + 10 = 19

The Grandfrogger does his best to hide his red eyes in the depths of his hooded cloak. The edges of the waxed fabric twitch every now and then, as if something small was running around underneath.

"Of the essence, speed is." The Grandfrogger lets a nearby seagull snatch the last of his hardtack and fly away before continuing, "Rumors of our involvement due to things happening after we arrived, there will be. Outrun them, we must. Wait for us, the fiend will not."

Also voting for Malachi's idea.

The Grandfrogger watches as Cherry-Blossom-Tender races back and forth across the floor with the energy of a cat possessed by what Hepsubia calls “the zoomies”. When Hugo asks for the group’s opinion, he looks at the blue-skinned man with unblinking red eyes for several seconds.

“Near my tribe’s foraging grounds, we are.” His voice is as dry and cracked as ever, but also colored by an unusual sadness. “Train to become a guardian of the seal, I did. Wish to stay here for the rest of my life… I did not. Left them, I did.” He pauses for another long second before resuming. “Wish to see my tribe again… I am not certain. Wish to help them how I can, I do. Concerns about wrongness of exposing strangers’ wrongdoings, I have none.” The red eyes - not concealed by a heavy woolen cloak this time - shine with an almost feral gleam.

The Grandfrogger has played #7-10 Consortium Compact - or GM credit, I think, but close enough right? XD

Level up in-progress. There's not an option for Wandering Spirit that's really jumping out at me based on the description of our next adventure, so does anyone have any requests? I'm trying to prioritize new spirits before repeating ones if possible, which are:
- Battle
- Dark Tapestry
- Flames
- Life
- Lore
- Nature
- Stone
- Wind
- Wood

(Don't have the books for the other spirits. XD)

"Dangerous themselves no longer, the ruins are. Reinforced them, we have."

Diplomacy vs DC 10 to Aid: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17

No day jobs or faction goals here.

So if you have a swim speed, you just... can't be off-balance?

Reflex vs DC 14: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Knowledge (religion) vs DC 16: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21 (Any weaknesses or vulnerabilities we can exploit?)

Even floating upside down from the force of the waves, the Grandfrogger manages to nod sagely. “Tragic, it is. Set his spirit free, we will. Spirits of sunken depths and crashing waves, your aid, we ask!”

Using Spirit Magic to cast bless. Is there a way to get rid of the off-balance condition?

The Grandfrogger pulls out a wand, then washes a hand through the water surrounding him. The ripples and eddies swirl and grow until they surround the small cloaked figure, pushing and pulling at his clothes like a whole village of excited brownies.

Retrieving wand of cure light wounds and casting slipstream on myself.

Target yourself with the haste @Maria - it doesn't do much for the Grandfrogger since he doesn't make many (if any) attacks.

The Grandfrogger croaks once - a deep, almost warbling sound in the underwater school. "Together, we must work. Guard each other, we will."

Everyone has the Escape Route feat for the next 3 rounds - movement through spaces adjacent to/through an ally will not provoke attacks of opportunity.