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Whatching So'ren and the others flee from the Magma Elementals, Zhang hops on Shere Khan's back and follows after them.

Lady So'ren!

When Zhang opens the trap door he flinches

"Lava? Are you kidding me that those creatures managed to push lava into this place!"

He turns to the half-dragon beast and says

"Think you can carry us over?"

Zhang and Shere Khan blast away the Elementals one by one untill the beast starts to breath harder, if Zhang wasn't undead he'd likely have started to feel tired by now

"It doesn't matter how many of you are there! We'll destroy you all!"

"What the old man said!" - Shere khan shouted

Are we moving along? Or is this combat still going?

The undead mage skillfully dodges the attacks of the Elementals before striking at them with his sword

"You filthy pieces of charred cobblestone!"

Spellstrike Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18
Slashing Damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12
Cold damage: 5d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 6, 1, 4) = 18

Attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28
Slashing Damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14
Cold Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

"That's one for me and zero for you! Do try to keep up with this old man, hahaha! - He provoked Shere Khan as he watched the elemental escaping.

As Shere Khan releases the deadly miasma of negative energy, Zhang breathes in blisfully, as an undead the cloud did nothing but give him a pleasant feeling, what he would describe as being wrapped in a gentle breeze.

"Now that's more like it! - He declares as he strikes the next Elemental closest to him

Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19
Slashing Damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12
Cold Damage: 5d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 4, 4, 3) = 21

Second attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21
Slashing damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

One of the elementals rolled a nat 20, so I believe that hits. You didn't roll the burn damage so I'll do that if you don't mind.

Burn: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Reflex: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 15

One of the Elementals gets Zhang out of guard and manages to get a lucky hit in

"Humpf! You mongrels! Think this is enough to stop me? A creation of the Great Ones?!"

He then strikes again at the same Elemental he was hitting since the start with the frost spell once again

Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18
Slashing damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18
Cold damage: 5d6 ⇒ (5, 4, 3, 1, 4) = 17

And does a second normal attack with the penalty from the Magus dual wield

Attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15
Slashing damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12
cold damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6

"What is it? Getting cold feet already?"

He then strikes again with his sword

Attack: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (17) + 14 = 31

That's a crit, so let me confirm
Crit confirmation: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20

Slashing damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
Cold damage: 1d6 + 1d10 ⇒ (3) + (4) = 7

OHH YEAH, THAT'S A CRIT! Thank you Keen weapons! The slashing is doubled so 32 slashing, but the cold damage is not because Icy Burst just give an extra 1d10 on a succesful crit and that I already added. I was going to make a second attack with a spell but I guess I won't need it Lol

Zhang skillfuly dodges out of the way of the elementals, positioning himself right next to the one who attacked last.

"You should cool down a little" - He cackles, knowing that these creatures are vulnerable to cold, Zhang casts a cold spell on his weapon and raises it to strike at the elemental.

As a swift action Zhang will use one point of his arcane pool to add the Icy Burst enchantment to his katana and use spellstrike to deliver a Frigid Touch through his sword as his standard action

Attack: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (9) + 14 = 23
Slashing Damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
Cold Damage: 5d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 1, 3, 3) = 11

Zhang's stealth: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (6) + 24 = 30
Shere Khan's stealth: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

"Quick! Hide so we can steal the first attack." - Zhang whispers to Shere Khan, attempting to get the get the jump on the enemies

I'm assuming that 27 was the perception check of the elementals? If so yeah, they definitely noticed Shere Khan, big ass tiger is hard to hide XD

However, the large tiger fails to do so, quickly being noticed by the elementals

"You clumsy beast!" - He sighs, watching the enemies come closer

"Where the hell was I supposed to hide in this hallway?!" - Shere grunts, annoyed

"Well, there's no point into hiding it now" - He says, his aura of fear seeping into the corridor as he prepares to fight

This is a passive skill, all enemies with 5 HD or more within 60ft that have seem Zhang must make a DC 21 Will save or become Shaken for 5 rounds. Meaning they will get a -2 penalty on all attack rolls, saves and skill checks. If they have less than 5 HD they become afraid instead and must flee from Zhang. But I don't think anyone here has less than 5 HD.

Zhang sees the flickers of light in the distance and raises his sword

"Well, if it isn't our lucky day" - He chuckles, Shere Khan not looking nearly as enthusiastic, it's fur standing on edge as it prepares to pounce

Knowledge (Planes): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20 - To identify exactly what type of elemental and evolution stage are they (Large, Huge, Greater, etc..)

"Perhaps because this is your home as well...

At those words he saw Shere Khan's ears perk up

A strong creature, but so proud...

"Will you let those creatures defile your house?"

A moment of silence followed by a grunt

"Hehe, you're a smooth talk old mage, fine, I'll follow you, but I expect to be rewarded for this!"

With this, Zhang lowered the doors to Shere Khan's keep and the huge tiger followed along with him to scout for potential intruders in the guild.

I just wanted to include this scene, have them look around the floors where So'ren, Fyr and the others aren't. But there's no need for the GM to do anything with this, I know there's already a lot going on.

On the top of the huge barred door sat a stone tablet with graved words in the draconic alphabet.

"Tyger Tyger, burning bright
In the forests of the night
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies,
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What hand dare seize the fire?"

As he approached it, he could hear a chuckle coming from a huge black mass laying at one the large cushions scattered around.

"Things must be truly dire if you have come to me... - A deep guttural voice said in a mocking tone

Zhang suppressed the urge to click his tongue

Out of all the NPCs from the Seeds of Slaughter this was likely one of the most troublesome ones, it wasn't a problem when his personality was just a bunch of lines in a backstory, but as an NPC himself, Zhang didn't knew it, to him this was always how Shere Khan had been

"If you can already tell the situation, then I must not need to explain myself" - The undead mage retorted, much to the creature's amusement

A shadow suddenly rose from the cushion and the black dark mass suddenly stood up, revealing a huge tiger with pitch black fur and umbral dark wings, it's eyes shining with a dangerous glow.