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A slight grin appears on the woman's face. "Yeah, but... Where's the fun in that?" she shrugs, looks at Guba, smirks a bit further and continues her work. "I'm not going to entertain that thought. No worries."

"I wouldn't concern myself with that, Sulee. I bet they taste terrible. Ever licked a toad? Quite bitter with terrible texture." Yasami smiles. "Though the after-effects... That's a different matter."

Hey everyone! Just a quick note. With the solstice tonight, I have officially kicked off the holiday season. I may be posting at a slower rate than usual, but I am still here. Whatever it is you celebrate, I hope and wish you have a good one.

I gather Yasami can heal herself and three others simultaneously? The walkway is just barely wide enough for you all to gather in a close circle. I believe Oren and Lisi will no longer be flying after 5 minutes.

Of course. Yasami knows how to do two things very well. Dance of death, and medicine. Ward Medic with Master proficiency.

Dripping wet and smelling of what she secretly hopes is only duckweed, Yasamina climbs onto the platform. She lays down on her belly next to the former-boggard-turned-ash pile as the wind lifts and blows the ashes in her face. She coughs a bit when Lisi addresses her. She offers a quiet, but honest thumbs up without turning her head to face the half-elf.

It takes a few seconds, but she turns around. "Thanks." she nods and wipes the ashes from her face, then looks at the rest of her attire and just... you can see the point where she just gives up the attempts to keep an appearance in this environment. It took a while, but in the end, using nasty spear-wielding primages, acid-lobbing overgrown frogs, the everpresent mud, muck, and insects - the jungle is simply stronger. And there are other priorities now. She cleans up her hands, at least, at the expense of her clothing.

"Alright, everyone. Good job so far." she spits out saliva mixed with ash and a little blood. "Climb up. We took some hits and some self-care is necessary before moving on."

Yasami picks up her rope dart, coils the thing and stores it on a carabiner on her belt before unpacking her medical supplies.

"If anyone not injured can fly, maybe a -very careful- circle around might be helpful. If that's something you're up to, that is." Yasami scans everyone's faces and bodies for signs of injuries.

"Get this one." Yasami shouts at the crew before jumping into the lake. She swims towards the platform wall and attempts to climb to the boggard on the ledge.

Swim, Athletics: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25
Climb, Athletics: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21
Climb, Athletics: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23

Swim rules
Climb rules
Yasami's speed is currently 45 ft/action. I don't know what's the surface I am climbing, so I'll leave that up to you.

AC 26, HP -83, Panache

"Nice of you to come closer." Yasami smirks as she plunges her dagger through the gate to stab the (purple) boggard. Then she pulls the blade back and spins it on her palm with a flourish before stowing it back in her belt and getting ready to dive into the water.

◆ Strike, ◆ Perform (Fascinate), ◆ Manipulate (Sheathe weapon)

Main Gauche: 1d20 + 16 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 16 + 1 = 32
1d4 + 4 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 3 + 3 = 12

Perform, Fascinate, Stylish Combatant: 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 19 + 1 = 23

DC 23 reflex vs 5 damage and 1 persistent acid
Reflex: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (2) + 18 = 20

DC 21 will vs fear?
Will: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28

AC 26, HP -47
(started round at -27; - 5 acid - 15 sonic - 1 persistent acid) Hope I got all of it. Let me know if there's any more, statuses, etc.

Am I able to swim across to yellow or are there any barriers?

House cleaning: I guess the first attack would have been at purple.

Yasami yanks at the rope to pull it back, but the boggard holds tight. Not wasting precious time, the rope goes limp as she lets go and instead pulls out her backup dagger to slash at the boggard that decided to approach (orange). "You're gonna tip the boat over, frog-boy. Get off!"

◆ Manipulate (Pull rope dart), ◇ Drop item, ◆ Manipulate (Draw Main-gauche), ◆ Bleeding Finisher

Athletics: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16

Bleeding Finisher, Main Gauche: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (16) + 16 = 32
Bleeding Finisher: 1d4 + 4 + 3d6 ⇒ (4) + 4 + (6, 6, 4) = 24 + 3d6 persistent bleeding

Edit: Forgot about the reflex. Note I also have this:

Reflex: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (10) + 18 = 28

AC 26, HP -27

Also, could you colour code the enemies when you get the chance, please? Because it's 6 identical images. Thank you!

Yep yep. No worries.

Yasami, as I understand the rope dart, if you're using it as a thrown weapon (which you're doing here), you need to use an action to retrieve it back into your hands. I'm assuming you want to end the round with the dart back in your hand ready for use again. Is there any significance to losing the second fascinate attempt, rather than just not fascinating another boggard?

I don't think it's particularly important to have the blade in hand at the end of the turn. She's got the rope part, so I'll just interact next turn to get it. Think of it as reloading a crossbow/firearm situation.

I wanted to make sure they don't use summon magic or whatever they have available to make our situation worse.

"Wohoo! That's awesome, Lisi!" Yasami shouts as she starts swinging the rope dart in a circular motion in a steady rythm along with her own gyration. Suddenly she puts her elbow into the line's path to reduce the diameter, gather momentum and create some tension before suddenly extending her arm towards one of the boggards. The blade flies towards the creature for a strike. Before you know it, she is pulling it back and focuses her attention and dance on the boggard west of the gate.

Trying to fascinate both of the nearest boggards so any concentration stuff goes on me and nobody else.

◆ Fascinate, ◆ Bleeding finisher on the nearest boggard, ◆ Fascinate

Fascinate + Stylish: 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 19 + 1 = 29
Bleeding Finisher: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (12) + 17 = 29
Damage if hits: 2d4 + 4 + 3d6 ⇒ (2, 1) + 4 + (1, 6, 2) = 16 + Persistent Bleed 3d6 on their turn
Fascinate + Stylish: 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 19 + 1 = 31

Is there any mechanism connected to the gate that needs to be lowered? Can you mark the gate itself on the map?

Okay that is closer hgan I imagined. I shall pull out my tioe dart instead.

"Bring us closer, Caiten. I want to slash them with my blade." Yasami lets out a manic chuckle during the approach.

"Oh, well..." Yasamina stores her parrying blade and starts stringing her bow. "I was hoping to sneak inside and THEN start the murder spree, but we'll have to do it the hard way, I suppose."

And to have the full picture, the fortress is on some sort of artificial island? No peninsula-ish patches of ground we could use to park the boats?

Let's do that. In my head, she was dragged underwater and it makes sense to use an action to get back onto the boat.

I'd like to climb onto the boat, if that is one action. Do I need a roll?

Yasami breaks the surface, taking a deep breath. "Son of a... I think I made him mad. Get ready." she shouts as she rushes to the boats to get out of the water.

Well, I can't really do anything else while restrained, so let's go for another go? That would be my 2nd action.

The beast spins violently with Yasamina in it's mouth, creating waves in the water. If there are bubbles coming from below the surface, you can't see them. But knowing your companion, you imagine she's probably screaming colourful names at the overgrown reptile.

Acrobatics, Escape, MAP - 4: 1d20 + 19 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 19 - 4 = 33

Alright, first of all, my attempt to escape. One action, and se'll see where that gets us.

After being pulled down into the muck, Yasami attempts to weasel out of the creature's grasp.

Escape, Acrobatics: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (9) + 19 = 28

"Oh my. That's a big buoy." Yasami quickly jumps over to the other boat to position herself between the reptile and the others. "Keep your distance. I got it!" With a few quick motions, she twirls her parrying blade - hoping to reflect some light into the creature's eyes, and goes for a twisting jab. Preferably in an eye.

◆ Stride (with acrobatics), ◆ Fascinate, ◆ Bleeding Finisher

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (14) + 19 = 33
Fascinate: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (6) + 19 = 25
Strike, Bleeding Finisher: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (13) + 16 = 29 | Damage: 1d4 + 4 + 3d6 ⇒ (4) + 4 + (4, 4, 2) = 18 + 3d6 persistent bleed if the strike hits. I am doing piercing damage for purposes of resistances.

"Okay. Thanks for the heads up. That explains Guba acting so weird, I guess?"

She pulls out a blade and looks in the direction Sulee indicated.

I'd like to Seek. Perception +12.

"Is Guba okay?" Yasami whispers to Lisi as she watches the leshy in the water. "Is it struggling or something? Should I pull it out of the muck?"

I have some athletics if you guys feel like you need me there. Otherwise I can row solo.

With her hand on her weapon belt, Yasami watches the creatures walk past the camp overnight. She doesn't talk, doesn't move, and tries to breathe as slowly as possible. The only thing moving is her eyes as she watches the patrol walk by. And possibly her hair in the wind. The fly on her nose is performing its own little dance, and Yasami is barely able to hold in the sneeze. She twitches her head ever so slightly to get rid of the pesky vermin.

She swipes at the fly only after the boggards move on into the jungle and exhales slowly before sliding onto her back to relax a bit.

In the morning, she starts packing her belongings. "We had a patrol here overnight. Well, not here. They walked past. I could've probable take them, so I didn't wake you up." she chuckles.

"Caiten, you are amazing and I trust you completely. You know what you're capable of, and I am sure you will do your best." she pats him on the shoulder. "That goes for all of you."

"As for stone barriers and golems..." Yasmai looks at Oren. "We have a guy with a maul. Those things don't stand a chance. And they probably can't hurt us when they're on the floor, smashed to a thousand pieces."

"Lisi, you're a force of nature. And we are in the middle of a jungle. This is your turf. Embrace it."

"Yes, even Catalina has something to offer." Yasami throws a playful grin in Catalina's direction. "Her knowledge, and balls of steel! Just aim for the eyes, girl." Yasami touches her forehead with her index finger.

"That said, slow and steady wins the race. I hope. We rushed in the mine, and it didn't go well. So let's learn from our mistakes. Let's save our boys, and honour Dario's memory with Belmazog's head on a wall back in Alterein."

She pauses for a moment, then smiles thinking about it.

"Possitive attitude." Yasami nods to herself.

Yasamina looks at Sulee as she unpacks her bedroll. "You okay over there? That sounded strange."

I can take a late watch, since I have darkvision.

Survival: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

"Alright then. Let's get to it." Yasami pulls out her own backup blade to help with the boats. "What you need me to do?"

Aid, Crafting: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

"Can we do that today and have you in full force tomorrow?" Yasami looks to Lisi. "I assume it would tire you somewhat? I'm not sure how that stuff works."

"On that topic, I know you have your own tricks, guys." she looks to Caiten and Lisi. "What do we have to work with? Can it help us get in unnoticed? Get out unnoticed? Make a hole in a wall if needed or something? I'm just a girl that can dance. At least I like to think so. Anyway - you know what I'm hinting at."

Sitting by the fire, Yasami ponders the current situation. She sighs, stands up, and starts walking in circles. "Alright. I like the boat idea. But let's put our cards on the table. See what we have, know, and can use."

"First, Belmazog?" she looks at the party for confirmation. "Stop me if I say something dumb."

She continues walking in the circle around the fire, hands behind her back, and speaks slowly. "Belmazog. Part boggard, part dragon. Somehow. Don't ask me. I know it sounds preposterous. Leader of the local cult to..." she looks at the destroyed pillar. "Well, you know. Gods, I can't even speak the name without getting angry." she sighs. "But we don't really know what she is capable of. Whether she is a spellslinger, or just bites and claws people to death. She may have summoned demons to guard the mine. Or help facilitate that somehow. So if it's not her, there may be someone else to look out for."

"We know that the boggards venerate Belmazog. Loyalty bordering on worship. Meaning we won't be able to dissuade them from protecting her and we will have to take them all out. It's probably the same with the monkey people - charau-ka."

"We know she has a golem made of clay and a red dragon called Kyrion. Supposedly, she raised this dragon since it hatched. Hezle asked us to spare it if possible." She sighs, and adds a quiet "If possible."

"We don't really know what's in that fortress. Besides Joran and Cev. They were alive a few days ago, but someone was aware of our discussion, so I hope that did not put them in more danger."

She pauses. "Actually, we know -something- about it. It's deep in the swamp, near some sort of newly-formed large rock dais, it's made of red clay and low to the ground. But surrounded by a perimeter wall roughly 15 ft high with tall watchtowers. There are also more dragon pillars around the fortress. Their purpose is a mystery for the time being. Maybe just a source of light, but we should be careful around them. Maybe they spew fire like this one."

"Speaking of pillars, we may have one ace up our sleeve. I don't know the purpose of the pillars surrounding the fortress, but we might ask the elves for help. If the pillars causing problems for them are now cleared up, we could have them attack the fortress to distract the cult and make it easier for us to do our thing. Although that would take a few days to set up, potentially be pointless if the pillars affect the elves, still." She raises both her hands and imitates balancing scales with her palms.

"Any time, dear." Yasami smiles and walks to the bida to take a nice chunk of raw leather. She goes in, making wide cuts to pull out as much as she can, and stuffs the leather into the bag of holding. "This should do. For multiple people." Yasami leans to the corpse. "Told you you'd become a fashion statement, you bastard." she flashes a wicked grin and stands up again, forearms covered in blood and viscera. She swings her arms for a moment to remove as much as possible, then looks to others with a satisfied sigh. "Right. Any ideas for the near future?"

Yasami chuckles again. "It's a big snake. I'm sure we'll have enough for at least a few sets of boots and cloaks."

She leans against the wall, slowly slides down into a sitting position, and takes a breath. "Alright. Let's look at those slashes and burns." She opens up her medicine kit.

I'm at 71 / 112. So missing 41.

I can treat 4 creatures at once.

10 min
2d8 + 10 ⇒ (8, 5) + 10 = 23
2d8 + 10 ⇒ (2, 3) + 10 = 15
2d8 + 10 ⇒ (1, 7) + 10 = 18
2d8 + 10 ⇒ (1, 3) + 10 = 14

20 min
2d8 + 10 ⇒ (7, 5) + 10 = 22
2d8 + 10 ⇒ (1, 1) + 10 = 12
2d8 + 10 ⇒ (8, 3) + 10 = 21
2d8 + 10 ⇒ (7, 3) + 10 = 20

30 min
2d8 + 10 ⇒ (2, 3) + 10 = 15
2d8 + 10 ⇒ (2, 1) + 10 = 13
2d8 + 10 ⇒ (4, 2) + 10 = 16
2d8 + 10 ⇒ (1, 5) + 10 = 16

I'll take the 14+12+16. It's enough for me. The second lowers roll in the series of 3 is 15+20+13=48 (Catalina?). Everything else is more if someone needs healing.

"Oh come on... They're not THAT big." Yasamina chuckles, but stops abruptly as she grabs her wounds. "Yeah, I need to look into that. The bastard had a strong nibble. Can we waste some time here?"

And is anyone else injured?

Reflex (Evasion): 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (20) + 18 = 38

Chuckling at Lisi's counter, Yasami barely notices the blazing fire heading in her direction. "I really should have anticipated that." she comments as she pats herself down to ensure she is not burning again.

As she glances at the pillar, she notices Oren has almost finished turning the thing into a piece of rubble. And the black gemstones embedded in the face. "Whoah whoah whoah! Hold up!"

She walks closer and pats Oren on the shoulder. "Good job, my man. But what are THOSE?!" and she points next to Oren's feet. Not touching the jewels, she leans over towards the ladder. "Seems safe now!" she half-shouts, and starts pulling out her dagger.

Once everyone is on te platform, she has her dagger in hand, and eyes the corpse of the creature. "You, uh, take a look at those gems if you're interested. I'm gonna go try cut a piece of this thing."

She turns to Caiten and Lisi. "You guys have experience with this, right? Suppose I want to make two boots roughly..." she put out her left leg. "this sized. Rouhgly knee-high. How much material are we talking? And should I cut more?"

She flashes a wink at Catalina. "What do you think? New boots? New coat? Some padding?"

Yasami lets out a modest [i]"Oh..."[/b] as the creature rears its head to snap at her. She dodges one strike but involuntarily takes the other, and suddenly... the creature just keels over for some reason. Yasami checks her wounds, grunting. "Hey, guys!" She seems concerned for a short moment. "Do I have a poisonous personality or something? Did that kill it?" her nature bubbles up and she chuckles at her own joke. "Yeah Sulee, I suppose we will have the privilege of naming this bastard. I nominate going with "Chomps". And I am actually hoping we will have enough material for a nice pair of boots at least. Chompie-Stompies. Hehe."

"Wait until we deal with the pillar, please." she shouts towards the ladder, then looks at Oren. "Man, I would love to help you, but the weapons I use don't seem to do much to it. I do like... artery cuts and whatnot. Nothing like that here."

Hey all, I am leaving for the weekend. I probably won't be available until late Sunday, potentially Monday. Just a heads up.

Reflex, Evasion: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (12) + 18 = 30

This time, the fire dancer anticipates the gush of flames in her direction. She dodges expertly, without the flames touching her.

"That's how you do it." she looks at the hulking man with a maul. "Oren... Smash!" she winks back.

"Alright..." Yasami sighs as she pats the embers off herself. "Let's take down a totem, then?"

◆ Quick Draw, ◆ Strike, ◆ Strike

She reaches for her rope dart and starts slashing the statue.

Rope Dart: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (11) + 17 = 28
Damage: 2d4 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 2) + 4 + 3 = 10 Piercing, 3 of that is precision

Rope Dart: 1d20 + 17 - 5 ⇒ (11) + 17 - 5 = 23
Damage: 2d4 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 2) + 4 + 3 = 10 Piercing, 3 of that is precision

Rope Dart: 1d20 + 17 - 10 ⇒ (9) + 17 - 10 = 16
Damage: 2d4 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4) + 4 + 3 = 12 Piercing, 3 of that is precision

Reflex: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (3) + 18 = 21

Paying attention to the sky in case her future handbag snake returns, Yasami misses the totem spewing fire at her. She takes the full brunt of the attack. She hisses as she pats out the fire. And then the rain starts and she hears Lisi from below.

"I had better days, but I'm doing okay. Thank you."

HP 68/112 / AC 26

"Damn pansy..." Yasami chuckles through gritted teeth, sprawled on the floor. Then she's hit by Caiten's spell and some of her ribs pop back into place. She takes a deep breath. "Thanks."

She stands up. "Well, no time to waste, I guess. Time to topple a pillar." She rushes to the totem to take it out of commission before the dragon gets back.

◇ Kip Up, ◆ Stride 3x? I don't know if there are actions left to attack the thing, depending on how close it is.

HP 95/112 / AC 26

Fort: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28
Escape, Acrobatics: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (4) + 19 = 23
Demoralisr, Intimidation: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26
Fascinate, Perform: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19

◆ Escape, ◆ Demoralise, ◆ Fascinate

The creature swipes at Yasami and coils the tail around her as she is lifted in the air. She grunts, and you swear you could have heard something crack as the tail smacked her to lift her up. She looks at the creature while trying to weasel her way out of the grip. "What's your name, snake? I want to know what to call the purse I'll have made out of what's left of you after we're done here.", Yasami makes an attempt to catch the dragon's attention and shatter it's resolve at the same time.

Yasami may take a third action if she wants.

Sure. Prepping the rope dart (manipulate draw weapn)

"I love how you are trying to dodge the question and failing. Miserably." Yasami smirks, reaching for the coiled weapon on her belt.

"Oh crap." Yasami's eyes go wide as the creature makes its presence known with a booming voice. "That doesn't look good at all." She runs full sprint towards Oren, running through the underbrush and stopping near the treeline. "Hey! What claim do you have on these lands?", she addresses the thing.

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Her eyes filled with a strange combination of dread and anticipation, Yasami watches as Oren just walks up to the pillar with malicious intent.

Yasami offers a shrug in return "No idea. But we can fire off from a distance." she points out the clearing surrounding the temple. "I have a bow, you have pistol."

"Or we could go around it again, tie some rope over the top, and just pull it down."

"Or maybe fire?"

Is it made of stone or wood?

Yasami chuckles at Sulee's note. "I would never. We need a dragon slayer for this, after all.", she gives a playful wink to Sulee. Her face returns to a pensive expression soon after that. "I remember..." Yasami's eyes narrow. "I recall Mr. Pendergrast disabling the stone pillar by cracking the gem. But that boomstick of yours is pretty loud, Cat."

With her index finger on her chin, Yasami thinks on it more. "Anyone has a sling? Or maybe we can just try to topple it with rope? I won't lie to you, I don't want anyone to go near that thing if we don't have to."

Yasami shakes her head. "Absolutely not. Not much for me to do with a statue, for example."

She looks around. "I was thinking we maybe find some forest animal? Something like a rabbit or whatever lurks around this place."

Voomer needs to create character entries for us. Once that is done, you will have the character available in the journal, and you can assign a token to the character.

I have been hunting for a VTT for our other game and found a potential solution.

https://bagofmapping.com/

It would be similar to using google slides. Hosting is done externally, so you need to use an external hosting site for stuff you want to put on the map. Such as imgur.

You share the map with anyone via an URL. I made this just now. The map was a preset, but I did upload Yasami's token there to test it out.

https://bagofmapping.com/gm/b6ad712b-d5fc-4b52-9191-9898739a3e35/

Just make sure you don't lose the URL or it will have to be remade.

I think I will be using this from now on. I am still contemplating foundry, but I am a little hesitant to open a PC port for people online, especially since it would be posted on a public forum.

Once both of them return to the group, Yasami sighs. "Still don't know what it does. But we have an approach. There is a bridge leading to the totem. and it MIGHT be a way to approach it while remaining behind a wall. I'm honestly not sure. And then there's a series of ladders that allow scaling the cliff on which it sits. But it seems the moment you poke your head up, you will have a direct line of sight." she looks around. "I'm not sure if there is a way to test what it does. The totem, I mean. Any ideas?"