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I'll be honest; biggest idea I had for this epilogue was actually a character idea for Fists of the Ruby Phoenix later this year. :P

With Alaznist defeated and her temporal meddling resolved, Theo was glad to take some time to relax. He took charge of one of his family's vineyards a few years earlier than anticipated. That it was one near-ish the new boarder between Varisia and New Thassilon was a bonus to his real goal; keeping an eye on the reborn nation and making sure that it didn't fall into the mistakes of its original form. Fortunately Shenuska seemed to be doing a good job so functionally he ended up being more of a troubleshooter for when elements within New Thassilon started getting too big for their boots and Shen couldn't manage being in two places at once.

When Lastwall fell, he had ensured that any refugees fleeing into Varisia had safe places to go, though regretted that he hadn't been there to save Calendula. Ultimately he'd had perhaps the least eventful life of his friends and was glad to find what peace he could get. About the most monumental thing he did was two years later when he managed to get Alika's little sister all the way to Tian Xia for the Ruby Phoenix Tournament (and that was more because of how that particular tournament ended up going than anything else he actually did).

Many years later, Theo tried to reach Rudrik's place upon hearing that his friend was on his deathbed. He missed Rudrik's passing by mere minutes. After losing two friends when he wasn't there to wish them farewell, Theo had gone so far as to start working out how to get into the Boneyard of all places to see Rudrik, only to learn that Tanaris was now speaking in Rudrik's voice. Upon hearing that he figured it might be a better idea to figure out just where in existence Rudrik's soul was before trying to take a trip into the afterlife's waiting room.

Thankfully I got a couple ideas just before but I’ll save posting them for when I can type with an actual keyboard and not my phone.

Nah, I'm still here - I've just been suffering writer's block on what Theo would be doing now. And with my allergies kicking the crap out of me today I wouldn't expect anything for at least another 24 hours.

Either way, thanks for two amazing campaigns everyone. These are hands-down the best RPG campaigns I've ever been in and that's not just because every other actual campaign I've been in has died a premature death. :P

You guys always seem to crank out amazing characters.

It's the first time I've ever used that spell but after Nime's mention I realise that may have been the snag, damnit. Gotten so used to Spell Resistance working for and against me that I forgot to account for other stuff like that.

Hang on; this thing has Spell Resistance north of 40? Bloody hell.

With no other ideas coming to him and frustrated at this creature's ability to negate their spells, Theo took out the diamond they'd salvaged earlier and raised it high, extending his power through it to grasp hold of reality itself and, in particular, the strands of it around the creature they faced.

"I wish your defences against our magic would fail and falter."

Casting Wish, probably a bad idea to reach like this but I'm stumped otherwise. The irony is that Wish itself is vulnerable to Spell Resistance which, for something of this calibre, feels kinda weird to me.

Caster level check to breach spell resistance: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (20) + 24 = 44
O.O Okay; if that doesn't get through his spell resistance then I'm gonna feel useless. :P

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Theo reached deep and hoped this thing wasn't immune to paralysis and tried to force the creature to hold still.

Casting Hold Monster, heightened to 9th level, so that's a DC30 Will save to avoid being paralysed.

Caster Level Check if it has SR: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (16) + 24 = 40

Ah; I keep forgetting about those somehow.

With the sinspawn gone, Theo drifted back over to Calendula as he heard her complain about being unable to fly.

"Here you go, should've cast it on you earlier."

Casting fly on Calendula. Not sure if Rudrik has it on him or not and, if it helps with the turn, he'll put it on Rudrik this turn and Calendula next turn.

DC32 Fort Save: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (11) + 20 = 31
DC32 Fort Save Nine Lives Reroll if needed: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (8) + 20 = 28

Disintegrate damage: 40d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 2, 6, 3, 4, 5, 2, 4, 5, 1, 4, 1, 5, 4, 2, 6, 5, 3, 1, 4, 3, 2, 3, 1, 6, 3, 5, 1, 1, 6, 1, 5, 4, 1, 4, 1, 6, 2, 1) = 135
Woo! Not enough to kill me! I'm at 137/272. Now I don't know what to do, is Rudrik dead or should I use Wish to give that thing a taste of its own medicine?

Wanting to clear the sinspawn off Calendula quickly, Theo raised his metamagic rod and called up fire under them.

Empowered Fire Snake Damage, DC 27 Reflex for half: 15d6 + 15 ⇒ (1, 3, 1, 2, 6, 1, 5, 3, 4, 4, 2, 5, 3, 4, 6) + 15 = 65

Glad to know that the sinspawn weren't immune to fire, Theo decided to go for something a touch flashier.

Double-checking his flight spell was still active by circling around the sinspawn, he suddenly turned into lightning and raced forward through the two sinspawns and reformed about fifty feet away from them.

Move action to get into position, swift action to cast Ride the Lightning, standard to use the spell to hit both of them as a bolt of lightning.

DC30 Reflex for half, if they fail the save then they're staggered for a round.
Ride the Lightning Damage: 10d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 2, 4, 1, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2) = 26

Getting his bearings quickly after the teleport, Theo figured this was as good a time to test the fire resistance of creatures here not innately connected with fire.

Fire Breath DC31 Reflex for half: 20d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 1, 2, 6, 4, 4, 3, 4, 3, 1, 1, 4, 6, 3, 6, 2, 4, 4, 1) = 66

Okay, levelled up.

Nothing particularly noteworthy other than a new 9th level spell, Ride the Lightning (figured I needed something other than fire, only took me 20 levels :P ), and one last point of Charisma for a total of 32 (mainly thanks to that boost from the Sihedron).

I'll update the statline in a sec, but for pre-fight buffs:

-Shield
-Mirror Image
-Blur
-Fly
-Spell Resistance (SR32)

Mirror Images, max 8: 1d4 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

I'll get Theo levelled up tonight after work (and before I get sucked back into Cyberpunk again).

Sorry for my own inactivity - Cyberpunk 2077 came out and I've been carving a bloody swathe across Night City with truly staggering amount of cyberware and a Tech Revolver that feels kinda OP (so satisfying to be able to run at and slide under a walkway some gangoon's shooting at me from and then blowing them away through the floor they're standing on while in slow-mo).

But as for skipping ahead, I say yeah. The next few encounters sound like filler and even if the game didn't quite give the party a chance to rest, Theo has magnificent mansion.

Theo's grasp of magic had reached a degree even he found worrying, at least at the potential thereof. More specifically, one spell he had figured out needed the diamond they found as a material component.

"Don't mean to sound greedy, but do you mind if I have that amulet and the diamond? The former just because it's a better version of the one I've got, but the diamond will let me use a powerful spell in case of emergencies. It's not unlike that one we saw Alaznist use to summon that whirlpool monstrosity thing earlier, though I get the feeling what she used there was an even more powerful version."

That there can even be a stronger version of this spell is something I'd rather not dwell on... especially since I wouldn't be surprised if Sorshen can use it too - she was around for longer and was much more powerful than Alaznist before all this temporal monkeying about got started.

Directing his conjured fist to a new target, Theo looked to the remaining giants and, with a gesture, forced its body to seize up.

Move action to shift the fist to the next nearest target. Standard to cast Hold Monster on nearest giant (DC25 will save).

Clenched Fist attack: 1d20 + 39 ⇒ (3) + 39 = 42
Clenched Fist damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

With no better option thanks to their fire resistance, Theo just kept up the deafening blasts, working to maintain his distance thanks to the extra speed from haste.

Clenched Fist attack: 1d20 + 39 ⇒ (1) + 39 = 40
Clenched Fist damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

Greater Shout damage: 10d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1, 6, 4, 1, 4) = 30
Deafness duration: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 4, 5) = 16

Theo's fist continued its assault on the giant as he moved to perhaps closer than was safe, but their disregard for fire was forcing his hand, and unleashed a blast of sonic force on as many of them as he could.

Move action at hasted flight speed to get into position for a greater shout. DC28 Fort save to avoid being stunned for a round and to halve the damage and the deafened duration.

Clenched Fist attack: 1d20 + 39 ⇒ (1) + 39 = 40
Clenched Fist damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

Greater Shout Damage: 10d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 5, 4, 2, 5, 2, 2, 5, 6) = 38
Deafness Duration: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 2, 1) = 9

Why did it have to be sun giants? I can't burn them!

Frustrated by his foes' non-flammable nature, Theo shifted to plan B and conjured a massive golden dragon's claw in the air and sent it at the nearest of the sun giants or any that don't get caught by Shen's confusion.

Clenched Fist attack: 1d20 + 39 ⇒ (18) + 39 = 57
Clenched Fist damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

DC28 Fortitude Save or target is stunned for a round. If I can't torch these guys then I'm gonna try and stun-lock at least one of them!

Whatever giants Shen missed with her spell would find themselves having a little trouble moving, as Theo reached in to start messing with their mind's connection to their body.

Hold Monster Mass on as many people as he can it, ignoring any that Shen was targeting with confusion. DC29 Will Save.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33

Avoiding the blast by taking to the skies, Theo decided to make sure that thing wouldn't fire again, conjuring a barrage of meteors onto the turret.

"Rudrik, get clear!" he called, holding the spell just long enough to give Rudrik a change to get out of the blast radius.

Move 60ft forward and up (45 degree angle up, basically), empowered meteor swarm
Empowered Meteor Swarm ranged touch attack rolls vs turret
Attack 1: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32
Attack 2: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20
Attack 3: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30
Attack 4: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28

Bludgeoning damage
Meteor 1: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 3) = 9
Meteor 2: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 6) = 11
Meteor 3: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7
Meteor 4: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5

Fire damage, DC30 Reflex for half, -4 on the saving throw if the meteor hit
Meteor 1: 6d6 + 6 ⇒ (2, 6, 2, 4, 6, 5) + 6 = 31
Meteor 2: 6d6 + 6 ⇒ (6, 2, 2, 3, 2, 5) + 6 = 26
Meteor 3: 6d6 + 6 ⇒ (4, 5, 1, 3, 4, 1) + 6 = 24
Meteor 4: 6d6 + 6 ⇒ (5, 3, 2, 6, 6, 1) + 6 = 29

"Bloody hell, and I thought those smaller snapbacks were disorienting," Theo remarked as his invisibility and dragon form faded - the former because it wasn't going to last long enough to matter anyway, the latter because he wasn't sure he'd fit down the stairs otherwise.

As they readied to descend the stairs, Theo restored his defensive spells, surprised they've lasted this long unaware that it was because his player wasn't keeping track of their durations but was using so few spell slots and we were getting so many refreshes that it wouldn't have made a difference if he had remembered to track.

Blur, Mirror Image, Spell Resistance, Shield, Fly.

Mirror Images, max 8: 1d4 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

HP: 192/336 - and hopefully I'll remember about the Sihedron's fast healing.
AC 35, Touch 14, FF 32

I also just realised I forgot about the miss chance from Blur but either these things could see through it or going back to change it now is too much bother so we'll just assume it and Mirror Image didn't help.

Fort save (my best save too) vs Disintegrate: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (2) + 20 = 22
So of course I miss it by one. Shouldn't have noted it as my best save when I was typing the code block.

With a cry of pain that swiftly turned to rage, Theo once more shifted back into his draconic form (if only to make such spells not sting as much next time). He glared at the creature responsible as he shifted, weaving a second spell into his transformation so his draconic form was only visible for a moment before fading from view.

Even while a voice in the back of his head told him these things can probably see through invisibility.

Casting Form of the Dragon 3 again and quickening Greater Invisibility.

"Or, to put it more directly, a time-traveller's tampering with the keystone and we're trying to stop her from messing up the whole gate. Especially because we used the Cyphergate to start going back and fixing her mess so the paradox that could result by the gate not working... not something I'd want to risk, personally."

Theo dropped his dragon form as they returned to the Well, holding his head as the restorative aspect of their return fixed the damage the portal had done to his mind.

"Oh dear gods, that was not pleasant. Felt like my brain was being put through a mill or something."

Ah; if the wis damage is suppressed as well then he's still on 5 Wis.

Cursing in draconic*, Theo moved forward and unleashed another gout of fire across it.

The Bloodline Breath Weapon is a Supernatural ability so I'm not sure if spell resistance affects it or not.
Bloodline Breath Weapon DC29 Reflex for half: 19d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 6, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3, 5, 3, 3, 1, 4, 4, 6) = 63

*Speaking of, thanks to a remark in this video, I now picture draconic as Welsh. :D

Wisdom Damage, even a 1 is gonna knock Theo to zero: 1d6 ⇒ 3
I can't remember what happens to someone in PF1e when they hit zero Wisdom.

Well that's confusion suppressed, now let's see if I survive the other part of failing that earlier save.
Wisdom Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Damn, now I'm down to just 1 Wis.

Shaking his head as Nime's spell kicked in, Theo looked around confused for a moment before remembering what they were there for.

Feeling off, Theo nevertheless decided to unleash a spell he'd had in his back pocket for a little while now. With a roar, four spheres of rock and fire appeared around him and raced into the maelstrom.

Meteor Swarm Ranged Touch Attack (if necessary) 1: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14
Meteor Swarm Ranged Touch Attack 2: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (17) + 12 = 29
Meteor Swarm Ranged Touch Attack 3: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28
Meteor Swarm Ranged Touch Attack 4: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24

Bludgeoning Damage (from direct hits with the touch attacks)
Meteor 1: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 4) = 5
Meteor 2: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 2) = 7
Meteor 3: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6
Meteor 4: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 5) = 10

Fire Damage, DC30 Reflex save for half, separate save for each meteor, -2 on the save for the ones that hit directly and dealt bludgeoning damage.
Meteor 1: 6d6 + 6 ⇒ (1, 5, 3, 3, 4, 1) + 6 = 23
Meteor 2: 6d6 + 6 ⇒ (3, 2, 1, 4, 6, 2) + 6 = 24
Meteor 3: 6d6 + 6 ⇒ (1, 6, 1, 6, 4, 5) + 6 = 29
Meteor 4: 6d6 + 6 ⇒ (1, 2, 3, 2, 4, 5) + 6 = 23

Confusion Duration: 1d6 ⇒ 5
Confusion effect: 1d100 ⇒ 82
Wisdom Damage, Round 1: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Well this is bad. Fair warning guys - Theo only has a Wis of 10. And it's now down to 5.

In the moment between feeling the confusion effect come on and it actually setting in, a part of Theo's mind recognised it and now really regretted not dropping his draconic form. But that part was drowned out by the voices burrowing into his psyche and planting the idea that they had been separated and that his friends nearby were actually doppelgangers. And his claws swung out at the nearest of his friends.

Claw attack: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (15) + 21 = 36
Claw damage: 2d6 + 16 ⇒ (6, 5) + 16 = 27

Will Save DC22: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 15

Oh g~$ d*~n it! Does Nime's spell remove the confusion or are they all about to deal with a crazy dragon?

Sorcerer 9/Dragon Disciple 10.

HP +11

Feat:
Elemental Focus (Fire) Something I probably should've tried to take earlier on.

Bloodline Spell: Wish

Spells:
8) Dimensional Lock
9) Hold Monster, Mass

"It won't last long, but this may help," Theo said as he readied the spell, sure that the Runelord was smart enough to recognise it. "Give the word and I'll cast it just as you teleport away, give you the most mileage out of it. Sorry I don't have anything else to offer, my magic is... rather selfish, for lack of a better term."

Readied Spell Resistance. And making the components as obvious as possible to make sure he knows what it is.

Moving to try and catch both dragons with it, Theo unleashed his breath weapon, hoping that they weren't immune to fire.

Five foot step if it would help catch both without causing friendly fire, 30ft cone.
Sorcerer Bloodline Breath Weapon, DC29 Reflex for half: 18d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 2, 5, 1, 5, 4, 4, 5, 4, 6, 6, 5, 4, 4, 6, 3, 6) = 75

Theo moved to engage one of the dragons, teeth bared.

Going for whichever one Nime isn't.

Bite Attack: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (17) + 21 = 38
Bite Damage: 2d8 + 12 ⇒ (3, 5) + 12 = 20

"Not sure what's worse," Theo said, shaking his head, "getting hit with that many disparate timelines at once or the whiplash of being yanked back here and the effects clearing away."

Casting Shield, Mirror Image, Blur, Spell Resistance, and, for the hell of it, Form of the Dragon 3.

Mirror Images: 1d4 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Will Save: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19
Oh hell.

Confusion duration: 1d6 ⇒ 4
Confusion effect: 1d100 ⇒ 52

Energy coalescing around his hand in preparation for another attempt to dispel the portal, the wave of energy hit him and resulted in his fist driving straight into his face.

Self damage: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Theo kept up the arcane barrage, hoping to bring the gate down quickly.

9th level dispel magic: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (1) + 18 = 19
Balls.

Reflex Save, DC25: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28

Keeping himself steady, Theo unleashed another high-end dispel.

9th level Dispel Magic: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (11) + 18 = 29

With energy to spare, Theo unleashed a high-end dispel on the gate.

Dispel Magic, 9th level: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (20) + 18 = 38

So that should be 19 damage to the portal.

Having dropped his dragon form before they were pulled away from Xin's temporal wound (not able to remember if the "hub" area they were using was large enough to comfortably accommodate his draconic form), Theo quickly took stock of the situation.

"Right, haven't had to do manipulation along these lines before, but may as well give it a go."

I now regret not putting more points into UMD earlier. I'm only using it here because it's actually a hair more likely to succeed than a caster check (+21 as opposed to +18).

UMD: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (17) + 21 = 38

"I'll help Calendula," Theo remarked, flames engulfing his body as he ran towards the rune giant, transforming mid-run into his largest golden dragon form, invoking paralysis on the giant in the process.

Quickened Hold Monster (DC25 Will), Form of the Dragon III, run to engage the Rune Giant. Can't remember what this form's reach is, but Theo'll risk as few AoOs as possible to get into melee with the giant, assuming it's even close enough to him for that to be an option.

"Not sure if that happened or not. Shen?" Theo asked as the rune giant appeared, aiming at another of the tendril.

Dispel Magic: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (1) + 18 = 19

Damnit.

DC19 Reflex Save vs lightning: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30
DC20 Fort Save vs Magical Backlash: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (18) + 19 = 37

Ah, nothing to worry about.

Moving further from the others in case of future chain lightnings, Theo responded with another set of chains of his own.

Empowered Chains of Fire, DC24 Reflex against Primary, DC22 against secondaries: 18d6 + 18 ⇒ (1, 5, 5, 5, 2, 5, 6, 3, 3, 5, 6, 2, 6, 4, 3, 1, 3, 6) + 18 = 89

Primary target is Blue, secondaries should be all of the others.

Drifting up and away from the Mezlans, Theo decided to try and soften up several at a time. Aiming for one nearest him (Red), a bolt of fire launched out at her, spreading out to hit the next nearest three (Orange, Pink, and Purple)

Chains of Fire Damage, DC24 Reflex: 18d6 + 18 ⇒ (4, 5, 4, 2, 6, 1, 3, 5, 6, 2, 2, 6, 1, 5, 5, 1, 3, 6) + 18 = 85
Orange, Pink, and Purple only need to make a DC22 reflex for half.

The idea of time travel was worrying to Theo but he braced himself anyway and trusted that they'd make it through.

Spell Resistance, Fly, Mirror Image, Blur, Shield
Mirror Images: 1d4 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
Mirror Image caps at 8 images, I believe.

Theo was somewhat taken aback by this strange undead individual, but he shook his head at Shen's offer. "I've heard too many stories about what those decks do, I'll pass."