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Tonny gulps and draws his dagger, trying to ward off the flyby attacker.

Draw dagger and total defense.

Knowledge (nature), IML, Inspiration, Take 10 vs DC 14: 10 + 8 + 1d6 ⇒ 10 + 8 + (2) = 20
Fortitude vs DC 16: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17

Tonny opens his mouth to speak when a deafening clap of thunder cuts him off. "Oof! That'll wake you right up, huh? Professor Cqipth used something similar that one time I dozed off in Advanced Agrarian Symbology and boy let me tell you it was effective - I don't think I slept for a week afterwards! Oh, but that's not important right now, not when we've got a school of kerakinsi. Or is it a flock? Swarm? Anyway, don't try to shock them or we'll get more sound bursts like that. They're kinda lightweight, so they don't have a lot of momentum to deal with, but that means you can counteract it by moving into their attack rather than away. Yes, it's counterintuitive, it's a physics thing, I'd be happy to show you the diagrams and equations later." One long arm whips an equally-long whip past Tewa towards the fish-person in the lead.

Whip, Spirit, Cover vs AC 10: 1d20 + 8 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 2 - 2 = 11

Move action to activate Opportune Advice (+2), standard to Aid Tewa's next attack against Yellow.

“Oh, start with those two! Three!” Tonny waves an obnoxiously-long arm towards Tewa, Adriana, and Jonah, though with his eyes glued to the platform where the elemental had been standing moments before, his aim leaves something to be desired.

Knowledge (arcana), Inspiration vs DC 20: 1d20 + 15 + 1d6 ⇒ (9) + 15 + (1) = 25

“Oh, it’s a summoning circle! Well, kinda. You’d have to charge it, see, probably with magic like a spell. I don’t think it cares about a specific spell, but that probably means you’d have to do a bit of finagling to get the energy to stick. Always a trade off, as Professor Volms would say. Anyway, I don’t think we can take it back with us, and we can’t recharge it, so…” Sadly he turns his gaze upwards, waiting for Magdi’s ministrations.

Tonny desperately tries to block the elemental's arms... wings... appendages?

Dagger vs AC 10 to Aid: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
Dagger vs AC 10 to Aid: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Standard and Move actions to Aid - Adriana gets +2 to her next attack and +2 to her AC against the elemental's next attack.

Tonny inches further down the steps, then waves his arms distractingly at the elemental.

Dagger to Aid vs AC 10: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

5-ft step and Aid Adriana's next attack.

Tonny inches further along the wall, trying to get to a spot where the dagger now in his hand can reach the elemental.

5-ft step and draw dagger

Tonny gulps and runs further along the stairs, then points at the elemental. “It’s drawn to metal, so use that to make it go right where you need it to go! Like, it’s pulled toward your blade, so lean into that and don’t let it try to redirect its momentum!” he yells, fumbling at his belt for a banana-yellow bottle that he gulps desperately in one long swig before choking and coughing in a panic.

Move (provoking an AoO), swift action and Inspiration point to activate Inspirational Advice (everyone gains a +4 insight bonus to attacks for 1 round), and standard to drink extract of longarm.

Tonny already acted this round. XD

Tonny gulps and runs further along the stairs, then points at the elemental. “It’s drawn to metal, so use that to make it go right where you need it to go! Like, it’s pulled toward your blade, so lean into that and don’t let it try to redirect its momentum!” he yells, fumbling at his belt for a banana-yellow bottle that he gulps desperately in one long swig before choking and coughing in a panic.

Move (provoking an AoO), swift action and Inspiration point to activate Inspirational Advice (everyone gains a +4 insight bonus to attacks for 1 round), and standard to drink extract of longarm.

Tonny continues edging carefully around the edge of the room.

5-ft step.

Tonny likewise tries to not draw the creature's ire, edging carefully up the steps towards Magdi.

5 ft step. Not too much Tonny can directly do against this elemental unfortunately - he'll provoke an AoO if he tries to use his whip to Aid or drink an extract, and he doesn't have the AC to stand next to it and threaten it with his dagger. When he can get within 30 ft of everyone, he'll use Inspirational Expertise to give folks a bonus to hit for one round.

Knowledge (planes), IML, Inspiration vs DC 12: 10 + 13 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ 10 + 13 + 1 + (1) = 25

“Oh, a lightning elemental! And a big one too. Probably summoned by those runes - I don’t know if disrupting them would be enough to send it back to the plane of air, but it doesn’t seem likely it’ll give us the opportunity to do so. I’ll ask, just in case.” Tonny clears his throat and tries to yell in the nicest and most annunciated way possible.

As he waits for a response, a stream of consciousness flows nervously from his mouth. “Big one, probably fourth stage of Professor Elzim’s classification chart, that means resistance to all weapons and electricity, alright, that last one isn’t really because of its size, kinda like how its electricity is drawn to any metal, like weapons or armor, regardless of its size, watch out for that, maybe Magdi has more of that warding against shocks available, that seems like it could be really useful right about now…”

Activating Opportune Advice.

Survival vs DC 20: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13

Tonny somehow resists the urge to shove every book and parchment on the shelves into his pack, though the effort makes him vibrate slightly as he stands in the center of the room. “Not… enough… time… now…” he mutters to himself through gritted teeth.

Tonny’s eyes widen and a smile creeps across his face like the ivy climbing the broken tower walls.

I love it! Pick the place Tewa and let’s go!

“Oh! Here, before we go in - these are ready!” The scholar carefully picks vials out of their carrying case and stands passing them out to his companions. “Jonah, this one has some camomile and milk thistle extract in it - well, and some mint, but that’s to help with the taste because some folks don’t like the taste of thistle and that one lady said that she expected it to taste minty because it’s green, which is odd, but it was easier to add it than to try to convince her…”

Jonah gets an extract of heroism, good for 80 minutes.

“Tewa, you’re familiar with these two, but this one is new - it’s the same one Magdi used back at the egg’s cove, though I did adjust the amount of moth scales in this one after consulting with him on the texture.”

Tewa gets extracts of shield (8 minutes), ablative barrier (8 hours), and displacement (8 rounds).

“I don’t believe there was any indication. However, based on the location and environment, I would be surprised if there was not at least one sea hag integrated into the coven. According to Professor Drillic, they have a predilection for electricity and, well, storms.” Tonny shrugs helplessly from the ship’s deck where he sits fussing with bottles and packets of various powders.

“I don’t know that any of us can fly - well, besides Rosemary, but can she carry the end of a rope up to the top and tie it to something so the rest of us can climb up safely? Otherwise we might try that broken wall on the north side - it looks shorter at least.”

Knowledge (nature), Inspiration vs DC 15: 1d20 + 8 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 8 + (5) = 17

Tonny translates almost mindlessly, twisting his fingers nervously as the stormbird lends more and more credence to his third-worst hypothesis. Hags. And enough to make a coven. Professor Silintate had all those lists to memorize of what magic each combination of hags could create, but most had weather manipulation and many could manipulate or infest dreams. That’s… not good. But why would they be wanting artifacts? Stockpiling power? An excuse to cause fear and take children? That part doesn’t make sense yet.

Aeassra‘s last words derail his train of thought, and he gulps. “Attack? Um, well, thank you for the warning! And thank you for believing us long enough for us to find your egg. Uh… best of luck with the kid! I hear they’re quite the handful! Wingful! Talonful… Uh, bye!”

Sense Motive, Inspiration vs DC 20: 1d20 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (15) + 2 + (4) = 21

When the sound of massive wings has subsided enough for his voice to be heard again, the scholar brings his gaze back down to sea-level. “I don’t know about taking down a coven of hags - that requires at least three, but there could be more, it’s not an upper bound per-see, but there is some inherent difficulty in forcing folks who don’t work well together into cooperation, and it gets worse the more faculty you add to a committee - sorry, that’s beside the point. Uh, but we need to warn the Enclave. Maybe see if we can find some folks to help defend it - oh, like the mermaid and the dragon! I do wish Aeassra had been able to stay too, but I absolutely understand her wanting to make sure her egg is safe after everything the two went through. Let’s get the sails turned around and head back?” For a moment, it almost appears that his worry for the Enclave - and their expedition to the Throne - has made him forget about his seasickness.

Almost.

Leveled up! Apologies for the delay. XD

Regarding Adriana, having her become an NPC makes the most sense to me. If the GM wants to run her in encounters, she'd be welcome to continue "actively" adventuring with us. Otherwise, it might make sense for her to shift to helping the townsfolk and pop into the story for special occasions or when we specifically call on her for aid.

“If we head straight to the tower, we might be able to avoid notice from the coven.” Tommy’s face still has tinges of sickly green as he un-leans from the railing. “I mean, they still might be able to scry on the egg itself like we did, but they’d probably only do that if they thought someone had moved it, which they probably wouldn’t unless the ghost-hag was part of their coven or linked somehow, but then there’s not much we can do about that except try to not be somewhere where innocents wouldn’t around to be harmed, and I don’t think there would be any at the tower.” He finishes, takes a deep breath, and then leans back over the railing.

Knowledge (nature), Sickened, Inspiration vs DC 18: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (7) + 8 - 2 + (6) = 19

“It’s… it’s her’s,” Tonny pants, hands on his knees as if about to throw up. “Well, that or it’s some other thunderbird’s egg, but that seems unlikely. Or at least improbable. Oooh oh oh oh oh, careful there! Let’s, uh…. Ropes! Let’s make a sling to carry it to the boat. You can sail us gently, right Tewa? Maybe we should look for some sort of padding… Bedrolls!”

Tonny flails haphazardly after the ghost, breathing a sigh of relief when he sees Magdi still moving on the other side. Well, perhaps more of an absentminded sigh that turns into a frantic gargling and gagging and coughing out water than a sigh. But it’s the thought that counts, right? Certainly that’s a better thought than wondering if Magdi’s movements were his own and not simply spasms from the electricity certainly coursing through his body…

Whip, Sickened, Bless to Aid vs AC 10: 1d20 + 6 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 6 - 2 + 1 = 16

Move action to swim, standard to Aid Tewa’s next attack.

Tonny fumbles again at his belt, extracting a slate-gray vial after a few seconds of digging. "Tewa, open up!" he yells.

Full-round action to feed extract of ablative barrier to Tewa.

"Adriana, can you heal her? The rock salt and powdered shells should help reduce the force of the electric shock - well, I hope they will, this is kinda a test run in the field under less than ideal circumstances, but let's think positively - no, that's not part of the experiment, but we can still hope for the best anyway, right?" His other hand desperately cracks his whip, hoping to distract the ghost long enough for the massive warrior next to him to put it to rest.

Whip, Sickened, Bless to Aid vs AC 10: 1d20 + 6 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 6 - 2 + 1 = 9

And then Swift action and Inspiration point to use Effortless Aid to unsuccessfully Aid Tewa's next attack (not the AoO).

"Magdi! Take the egg!" Tonny yells as he reaches waaaaaaaay out to grab his whip from the ground. "Tewa! I'll distract it!" Shakily he cracks the braided leather, though the aftershock travels back from the end of the weapon through the grip and into his arm in an inadvertent wave.

Whip, Sickened, Bless to Aid vs AC 10: 1d20 + 6 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 6 - 2 + 1 = 21

Move action to pick up whip, standard to Aid Tewa's next attack. Magdi still has the displacement, correct?

Tonny does have an effective Strength score of 11 for the purposes of carry capacity, but that’s not going to make too much of a difference here. XD Also, does the witchlightning provoke an AoO from Tewa for making a ranged attack?

Will, Advice vs DC 24: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 1 = 13

Tonny gags, then gasps as his arms involuntarily flex around the egg. “Tewa!” he blurts, eyes watering and twitching uncontrollably. “Take it! Get outside! Call… her!”

I’d like to use my turn to pass the egg to Tewa so she can double-move, but that might not be possible due to its weight. It’s incredibly unlikely that Tonny will not die from a second blast, but this is very much on-brand for the poor fellow.

Tonny gulps again and drops his whip. His long arms reach out and try to wrap themselves around the egg, pulling it in tightly to his chest. Before he can second-guess himself, he dives beneath the waves, holding his breath and hoping the brackish water would help dilute the inevitable lightning that is sure to follow in retaliation.

The mental image I have is of him wrapping his elongated arms around the egg and his torso, but they’re long enough that there’s enough left to paddle like a dog in the water. XD

Tonny takes a deep breath and plunges back into the green water. Eventually he surfaces, having taken an exorbitant amount of time to swim from shore to shore.

Double move.

Tonny gulps as he watches Magdi’s hair turn into an orb around his head. “Wait, here!” He fumbles at his belt pouch again before finding a bottle of clear shimmering liquid. “Catch! Wait, no, hold still…” A long arm snakes its way to the shaman, aiming for his mouth and trying to not dump the open bottle en route.

Using an extract of displacement on Magdi.

Oh, thanks for catching that! We can change the Aids to boost AC instead, no problem.

"She won't leave the egg!" Tonny yells, cracking his whip and hoping the witchshock won't realize it can't affect her until too late. "That means her mobility is limited - pin her in!"

Whip, Insight to Aid Tewa's Next Attack vs AC 10: 1d20 + 6 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 4 = 29
Whip, Insight to Aid Adriana's Next Attack vs AC 10: 1d20 + 6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 4 = 12

Swift action and Inspiration to activate Inspirational Expertise, giving everyone a +4 insight bonus to hit the witchlightning for 1 round, Move action to Aid, Standard action to Aid.

“Well, because metal is conductive - it, uh, electricity flows through it really easily. Usually. Okay, not all metals, but I don’t think any of us have any of those because they’re horrifically expensive…”

It’s just flavor for the Opportune Advice - no worries about arrowheads and swords and the like. XD

Knowledge (religion), IML, Inspiration, Take 10 vs DC 20: 10 + 11 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ 10 + 11 + 1 + (4) = 26

Tonny flounders up onto dry land next to Magdi, finally able to look at the green electric ghost. "A... witchfire..." he gasps. "Uh... try not to... point anything... metal at it?"

Move action to move, move action to activate Opportune Advice.

Tonny continues to swim after Jonah - albeit with more splashing and flailing than is strictly necessary.

Double move

Earlier:
With the prospect of more swimming ahead, Tonny gets to work brewing himself a vial of monkey fish extract. (Takes 1 minute to brew, but will give the drinker 10 ft climb and swim speeds.)

Now:
"That doesn't sound good!" Tonny almost ties himself in a knot as his elongated arms search for something. "I just put it away, where did it go, is that it, maybe, yes!" He gulps down the extract, then shivers as his fingers begin to grow webbing and hooked nails. "Ooo, that's... an experience." Carefully he walks along the shore as far as he can before plunging into the water, remembering at the last minute to keep his head above the waves.

Standard to drink extract of monkey fish, move action to move.

"Um, maybe?" Tonny continues coiling his whip, squeezing water out of it as he goes. "Those globsters probably didn't come here naturally, so it would make sense that they'd be some kind of protection for the egg by the coven. Their destruction might have alerted the coven to our presence, but we might be able to evade them if we grab the egg quickly and move. We also need to get back to the thunderbird before they can intercept us."

I don't think the globsters are undead, so it'll also be healed by the effect. No worries on my end.

“Don’t… stop…” Tonny wheezes.

Whip, Bless to Aid Tewa vs AC 10: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 1 = 10

Whip, Bless to Aid Adriana vs AC 10: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 1 = 13

+2 to Tewa and Adriana’s next attacks!

Tonny cracks his whip again and again - once directly at the blob, then in the air to its left to distract it from Adriana's (much more effective) attack.

Whip, Bless: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 6 + 1 = 17
Nonlethal Slashing damage: 1d3 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0

Whip, Bless to Aid vs AC 10: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 6 + 1 = 25

I love all the descriptions with the waves and what they're doing!

Tonny gulps, steps in behind Tewa, and flails his noodle-arm wildly!

Whip, Bless vs Yellow: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 6 + 1 = 18
Nonlethal Slashing damage: 1d3 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1

Tonny uncorks another bottle and gulps it down, shaking his arms reflexively as they lengthen and grow. Only then does he have the presence of mind to actually draw the whip from his belt - though the process is somewhat hampered by the extravegent length of his arm.

Standard to drink extract of longarm, move to draw whip.

Fortitude vs DC 18: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
Knowledge (dungeoneering), IML, Inspiration, Take 10 vs DC 15: 10 + 14 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ 10 + 14 + 1 + (3) = 28

So then I think Tonny gets to act in the surprise round?

“Eaugh! That’s as bad as the time Professor Clipsi brought a bottle of decomposing globster to class… Oh, because it’s the same thing! Uh, but not decomposed. Ish. It’s complicated. Watch, um, the… base? It’s a physics thing - they’ve got to push from somewhere to move. And there was something else… Oh! Chop chop chop the glop. Sorry, mnemonic. But they’re too bouncy to bash and too… soupy? to pierce, so cutting’s the only way to injure them.”

Surprise Round - Activating Opportune Advice.

The globsters’ swift approach - and the wave of stench - knocks a bit of wind out of the scholar’s sails, but he push on. “Now, if you do get hit, they’ll try to grab you. Uh, try to not let that happen. Here, Adriana!” He fishes a vial of pale white liquid out of his pocket, shakes off the seaweed that somehow managed to wrap itself around the bottle, flips open the cap, and tries to feed it to Adriana with one hand while the other fumbles for the whip at his hip.

Standard to use extract of displacement on Adriana, Move to draw whip.

“Oh, I think this is it!” Tonny almost falls off the boat in his excitement before catching himself. “Um, but that doesn’t look tall enough to fit a boat through. Not unless it was a very flat boat, I suppose, but then you have to consider whether that even is a boat and not a raft or something else entirely, like, if you’re balancing on a log in a river, is that a boat?”

As we’ve seen before, Tonny’s not the best at swimming - so maybe someone else should go first? XD

“Well, we can ask around here then. I’ll ask about the tendrilutus - that’s plenty distinctive, and I would love to get my hands on a sample or three…” Tonny pauses and clears his throat sheepishly. “Though, uh, maybe someone else should come too? I might, um, get off-topic.”

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

Knowledge (arcana), Inspiration vs DC 28: 1d20 + 14 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 14 + (3) = 18

“Um… Maybe something went wrong?” Tonny holds his hands helplessly as he watches Magdi work.

Knowledge (dungeoneering), Inspiration vs DC 18: 1d20 + 14 + 1d6 ⇒ (11) + 14 + (2) = 27

The scholar starts bouncing up and down excitedly as the shaman conducts his next divination and the image of the egg is revealed. “Oh! That one I recognize! It’s, uh… tenta, tectra, Tendrilutus! Needs lots of moisture, so it can be found in and near swamps. However, it seems to grow best in dark caverns where the water level follows a periodic cycle of high and low depths.” He pauses to clear his throat and grin sheepishly. “Sorry, I just, uh, you know how sometimes it’s easier to learn things by rote memorization? Uh, anyway, we’ve got a bit of something to work with. The water was moving, so probably something connected to a river or the ocean. But the fungus is a native species in swamps, so maybe where those two biomes meet? I didn’t see anything out of the ordinary with the rock the gravel was composed of, so no help there. Oh! Maybe the nymph we met earlier would have heard about such a vividly green cave? Or maybe someone here?”

Knowledge (arcana), Inspiration vs DC 23: 1d20 + 14 + 1d6 ⇒ (15) + 14 + (4) = 33

"Oh, look, there's some onyx embedded there. And there. And there. I mean, given the size of this thing, it would make sense that someone would need to use a lot of it with their spell to animate it. The corpse, I mean, not the onyx."

Scrying sounds like a good idea! Maybe their leader, since we met her?

Tonny gulps. “Now zombies in particular are well-known for the way their flesh sloughs off their bones, but what exactly does this mean for zombies created from creatures that have almost no bones?”

Move action and Inspiration to re-activate Opportune Advice, then Standard action to immediately un-activating it to trigger Knowledgeable Strike again.

“Looks like they’re keeping tabs on us!” Tonny yells over the hubbub. "But they didn’t send Aeassra, so that’s… a good thing, right?” A tentacle crashing on the dock in front of him quickly brings him back to the current threat. “Aaah! Chop them off! The tentacles! Without them, it’s only got its beak!”

Activating Knowledgeable Strike to give everyone’s next successful attack against the zombie an extra 1d6 precision damage. Unfortunately, just about everything else Tonny does would provoke an AoO with no way to negate. XD

Knowledge (religion), IML, Inspiration, Take 10 vs DC 5: 10 + 11 + 1d6 ⇒ 10 + 11 + (3) = 24
Knowledge (nature), IML, Inspiration, Take 10 vs DC 10: 10 + 8 + 1d6 ⇒ 10 + 8 + (1) = 19

“Aaah! It certainly is dead!” Tonny fumbles with his belt pouch and starts frantically passing out vials. “Adriana, I’m pretty sure I’ve got this shielding potion correct this time. Cut it down, they’re like little rubber mats. Well, at least the little ones are. Remember to to watch the base of the tentacles to see where they’re moving. Oh, and then move in the other direction!”

Giving Adriana an extract of shield and activating Opportune Advice.

“Well, we have her name…” Tonny’s voice trails off for a moment. “So that should help us avoid getting information on some other thunderbird’s egg. It’s not something like asking ‘where is her egg’, is it? Maybe you can ask about the steps to finding her egg? The actions we must take in order to find her egg? Yes, that might work!”

Sense Motive vs DC 25: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15

“I’m guessing the Stormreaders stole her egg and hid it, then told her they’d help her search for it in return for aiding them,” Tonny whispers (or whispers as much as one can over the thunderbird’s tempest) to his companions. “But she seems on board with us looking, so let’s not press our luck too much.”

“Great… uh, what may we call you? Um, anyway, uh, we will do everything in our power to bring your egg back safely to you!”

Magdi’s plan of divination sounds like a great idea!

“She’s asking us why we’re defying the Stormrraders!” Tonny voice is hoarser than would be expected as he translates, though the greenness on his face suggests a probable cause. “And a warning that continuing to do so will bring down her wrath on Lirgeni.”

As he passes a small vial of glowing golden liquid to Tewa, he continues, “She hasn’t attacked us outright yet, so that’s a good sign, right? I do wish we’d been able to catch her name, but that’s water under the… boat? Uh, anyway, wish us luck!” He gulps, then turns his attention to the tower where the thunderbird perches.

Giving Tewa an extract of heroism.

“نگهبان توانا آسمان ها! ما می خواهیم به شما کمک کنیم تخم مرغ خود را پیدا کنید!”

Diplomacy, Inspiration to Aid vs DC 10: 1d20 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 4 + (2) = 11

Sounds good! Tonny’s worried it’ll tip our hand to the Stormcallers, but it might be time to start pushing back (and if we’re successful, they’ve have lost a significant resource).

"Um, well, as said earlier, these Stormtreaders are unlikely to ignore such magnificence as yourself for very long," Tonny offers hesitantly. "You've heard of their sway over the, ah, humanoid settlement, how they force the inhabitants to pay tribute. To them, I mean." The scholar lets the fact that this tribute is not going to Kaijong go unsaid.

"But I'm sure they'll get bolder. Imagine if the Stormtreaders stop demanding tribute and start demanding the settlers assault yourself and your holdings. I am certain you would be as troubled by such things as I would be swatting a fly, but a whole swarm is beyond bothersome. Besides, the Stormtreaders also hold sway over the thunderbird - imagine what she might be pressed into doing while your attention was focused on swatting pests?"