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Wealth Tracker @ LINK
Bonmu: LINK
Temple of Irori: LINK
Tactical Map / Slides: LINK
Action Symbols > Single (◆), Double (◆◆), Triple (◆◆◆), Free (◇), Reaction (↺)
Status Symbols > ♥️ hit points, ☘️ hero points, ✋ held items, ⚕ status conditions
Challenge Matrix @ 5 PCs = Trivial/Low/Moderate/Severe/Extreme @ 50/75/100/150/200
Terrain Difficulty @ (◆) Plains, (◆◆) Forest or Shoreline, (◆◆◆) Mountain or Swamp, (◇) by River lowers one step
Houserules > (LINK)
↺ Elemental Bulwark for electricity resistance 5.
55 damage, 2d8 persistent electricity, and deafened.
”Ahhhhh!!” Zurrus throws up her arms against the blast; some of the electricity is deflected into her bracelets but she is quickly overwhelmed. ”Hello? Hello!? Oh, I hope this isn’t permanent, how will I tune my harp?” Zurrus frets as she tries to mime to the apparition that they mean no harm, before retreating with her tail between her legs.
◆ ◆ Occultism to Disable:1d20 + 17 ⇒ (10) + 17 = 27
◆ Stride out of the room
reflex:1d20 + 20 ⇒ (3) + 20 = 23
Max will spend a hero point, as I recall having three and I had to give one away, now down to 2 reflex:1d20 + 20 ⇒ (6) + 20 = 26
Again believing he is screwed, Max leaves, he doubts he can get rid of it by attacking, this seems like a haunt and he is taking persistent damage.
This thing has a like a 50 foot radius considering it still reached him. So he triple moves away, off the map. flat check:1d20 ⇒ 17 yeah he saves after leaving, but I believe I still take the 2d8 dmg dmg:2d8 ⇒ (5, 1) = 6
edit, Oh, full damage, not double damage on a crit, so I took 66 damage. 60 from the effect, and 6 from the persistent. 173-66=107
Tactical Map | Action ◆◇↺ | Checkbox ➤ (□□□) vs (☑☑☑) | Auntie Wu (☘️☑☑☑☑☑☑□/□), Kazuki (☘️☑☑☑☑☑□□□/□), Lan (☘️☑☑☑□□□/□), Sigurd (☘️☑☑☑☑☑☑☑☑☑□/☑), Vekka (☘️☑☑☑☑☑☑□/☑) | Status Symbols ➤ ♥️ hit points, ☘️ hero points, ✋ held items, ⚕ status condition | Spell Templates
Wronged Monk's Wrath (Round Two / Three, Continuing)
The eardrums of nearly everyone in the party bleeds openly from the shocking sound - before the party stands an Ethereal Warrior shouting with Ki Power! - and while Zurrus struggles an attempt to appease the Spirit ineffectually, he and Ryushi make their best attempt to leave the room - the latter at treble speed!
Ryushi:
Will you share what is in your spoiler above?
Also, how did you calculate 56 damage? Is there a resistance I'm missing?
Too, please tend to the end of turn Persistent Damage checks (linked above)
Finally, I am expanding the Map so as to accommodate your full retreat - please tend to your Token!
Max doesn't know medicine and can't really attack this thing and is only trained in religion occultism, so he raises shield and waits where he is at. Sorry guys, but I'm useless in this battle, 100%, this one is beyond me.
Max does not have a ghost touch weapon, or expert or master in those skills, and he can't heal anyone, so you can assume he is waiting in the room he is in raising shield each turn, until his allies call him or need him for something that he is capable of doing.
Cirri was hoping the ethereal figure would retreat to its room once they left, but it gives chase. Cirri shakes off the sparks and considers her options.
How high up is the ethereal monk? If it's lower than 10 feet, Cirri should be high enough to attack with her ghost touch handwraps.
d20 rolls:
1d20 ⇒ 16 1d20 ⇒ 2
The monk is low enough to melee:
With a hoot she can't hear, Cirri punches and kicks the monk, hoping to slow it down.
Tactical Map | Action ◆◇↺ | Checkbox ➤ (□□□) vs (☑☑☑) | Auntie Wu (☘️☑☑☑☑☑☑□/□), Kazuki (☘️☑☑☑☑☑□□□/□), Lan (☘️☑☑☑□□□/□), Sigurd (☘️☑☑☑☑☑☑☑☑☑□/☑), Vekka (☘️☑☑☑☑☑☑□/☑) | Status Symbols ➤ ♥️ hit points, ☘️ hero points, ✋ held items, ⚕ status condition | Spell Templates
Wronged Monk's Wrath (Round Three / Four, Continued)
Max hides in the next room...
...Meanwhile, Cirri gut-punches the Ethereal Warrior, and stunned a moment, it then ducks her followup roundhouse - she dashes through the mucky water...
...Ryushi calls upon his divine font to... ...pending...
Zurrus desperately plucks at her harp strings, weaving wards into a song that she's not sure anyone can even hear.
◆◆ Occultism to Disable, expert:1d20 + 17 ⇒ (16) + 17 = 33
◆ Step back
If the blast goes off again, I'll cast ↺ Shadow Siphon. Basically half damage for everyone if I successfully counteract.
Shadow Siphon:
Exchanging material energy with that of the Shadow Plane, you transform the triggering spell into a partially illusory version of itself. Attempt to counteract the target spell. If the attempt is successful, any creatures that would be damaged by the spell instead take only half as much damage, but the spell otherwise works as normal. Treat shadow siphon's counteract level as 2 higher for this attempt.
Counteract:1d20 + 20 ⇒ (11) + 20 = 31 Counteracting Rules Assuming DC 37, I only counteract if the counteract level of this effect is 6 or less (creature level 12 or less?), since my spell's counteract level is 7.
...but the Ethereal Warrior rebukes the field with an rising uppercut, sundering a 30 degree "chip" as the energy brooks around it! (Critical Success)
Meanwhile, Zurrus weaves weird wards into her music - the frequency - despite the deaf discordance (or perhaps, because of it) - seems to rip at the very fabric of the Spirit, which visibly shrinks in power before her very eyes! (Success > adding Weak template including -20 HPs!)
Botting Osh. I assume he has his ghost touch runes on his antlers.
Osh runs down and tries to prevent the spirit from flying. He enters a rage, runs up, and then...
reflex:1d20 + 18 ⇒ (6) + 18 = 24
Unable to get away from the damage still Ryushi takes the full brunt not blocked by Zurrus. 11 damage, persistent doesn't matter as higher 2d8 is still around lol
The power of Shizuru compels you rest! Ryushi yells as the same technique as before bursts out of him.
Finally, understanding what Zurrus has done Ryushi realizes he can do something similar!
Prep ↺ to cast 30 foot range scintillating safeguard on 5 willing targets for 10 electric resistance, trigger is another electric Ki blast from monk.
Cirri runs up to the spirit and tries to pummel it while Osh keeps it in place.
Target should be immobilized and grabbed, hopefully lowering its AC. Unsure about flanking since the ghost is in the air. Handwraps with Ghost Touch, Lethal:1d20 + 21 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 21 - 2 = 22 Bludgeoning Damage:2d4 + 4 ⇒ (2, 3) + 4 = 9
Reflex:1d20 + 20 ⇒ (15) + 20 = 35 Success, half damage halved by my spell = 12 total
Zurrus is prepared for the blast this time. She strums a silent chord; the sound waves intersect just right with the waves of energy, converting them into harmless shadows. After a quick hop to avoid the vestiges of the blast, Zurrus goes back to strengthening her wards with the harp's vibrations.
Max will stay put and raise shield as he still doesn't have ghost touch. He is still deafened from round 1, so if any of you shout his name he won't hear you.
>Osh< has the etheral monk stuck in his antlers, only to bear witness the release of energy!
Reflex:1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23Critical Failure, halved by Zurrus's Shadowstuff to 24 damage. I assume he takes 2d6 persistent and 1 minute of deafened.
Osh can't hear a thing. But he CAN Suplex the damn thing.
Because of >Pack Tactics<, the monk is flat footed against Osh. It is within reach of Cirri and Zurrus.
Unarmed Strike, Raging:1d20 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 22 + 2 = 43 Ghost Touch damage:2d12 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (1, 6) + 5 + 2 = 14
The monk is weakened at a critical moment, and Osh takes full advantage, slamming it into the ground, knocking it prone (and dealing an extra 2d6 ⇒ (6, 2) = 8 bludgeoning damage!)
Grapple, Raging, MAP:1d20 + 22 + 2 - 5 ⇒ (13) + 22 + 2 - 5 = 32
Osh tries to grapple again but barely avoids getting flipped himself.
Demoralize vs Will DC:1d20 + 19 ⇒ (11) + 19 = 30
Osh stares down the monk and lets loose a litany of literary curses that would make Cirri blush if she could hear them.
Tactical Map | Action ◆◇↺ | Checkbox ➤ (□□□) vs (☑☑☑) | Auntie Wu (☘️☑☑☑☑☑☑□/□), Kazuki (☘️☑☑☑☑☑□□□/□), Lan (☘️☑☑☑□□□/□), Sigurd (☘️☑☑☑☑☑☑☑☑☑□/☑), Vekka (☘️☑☑☑☑☑☑□/☑) | Status Symbols ➤ ♥️ hit points, ☘️ hero points, ✋ held items, ⚕ status condition | Spell Templates
Wronged Monk's Wrath (Aftermath)
The combined efforts of the party dissipate the apparition...
...but the static electricity remains a few moments more as those still afflicted continue to have their equilibrium disturbed...
...
Party Status:
□ Cirri
□ Max
□ Ryushi
□ Zurrus
...
1) We are exiting Encounter Mode after resolving lingering Persistent Damage!
2) After resolving those, please report out your end-of-combat status (HPs, Focus, Slots, etc...)
3) Then we will move into Rest activities
4) And finally, where is the party heading next?
90-12-4+18=92 hit points for Zurrus, no more persistent damage. Used one 5th-level spell slot. I think it's just Ryushi left with persistent damage?
Zurrus smooths down the fur that's still sticking up from the static and runs over to Ryushi, ears still ringing. "This might help," she mouths, removing some of her metallic bracelets. She tries to use the jewelry to redirect the remaining electricity away from Ryushi and into the ground.
◆◆ Assisted Recovery if that's possible with this kind of damage:
You can take steps to help yourself recover from persistent damage, or an ally can help you, allowing you to attempt an additional flat check before the end of your turn. This is usually an activity requiring 2 actions, and it must be something that would reasonably improve your chances (as determined by the GM). For example, you might try to smother a flame or wash off acid. This allows you to attempt an extra flat check immediately, but only once per round.
The GM decides how your help works, using the following examples as guidelines when there's not a specific action that applies.
The action to help might require a skill check or another roll to determine its effectiveness.
Reduce the DC of the flat check to 10 for a particularly appropriate type of help, such as dousing you in water to put out flames.
Automatically end the condition due to the type of help, such as healing that restores you to your maximum HP to end persistent bleed damage, or submerging yourself in a lake to end persistent fire damage.
Alter the number of actions required to help you if the means the helper uses are especially efficient or remarkably inefficient.
Ryushi gets zapped for 16 more damage before Zurrus is able to help him end the darned lightning.
66hp left
Ryushi is quite beat up, but sighs as he puts his katana away and takes out his staff of greater healing. [b]Let me heal us up before we continue, and we certainly should grab that feather![/ooc]
"Thank, Ryushi." Cirri flexes her wings. "Now I'm feeling much better. And we have an extra feather!"
"If I remember correctly, we have maybe 3 more places to look through, all of them outside. We also have that ghost meditating under a tree, but we need one heck of a negotiation effort to calm her down."
"Maybe we can check on those spider webs, outside. We don't want any more of those Goliath Spiders ambushing us."
Yeah, thanks for the healing and I agree to find this Goliath spiders nest. Holding shield and air repeater. Watch out, they are probably high up there in the trees.
Tactical Map | Action ◆◇↺ | Checkbox ➤ (□□□) vs (☑☑☑) | Auntie Wu (☘️☑☑☑☑☑☑□/□), Kazuki (☘️☑☑☑☑☑□□□/□), Lan (☘️☑☑☑□□□/□), Sigurd (☘️☑☑☑☑☑☑☑☑☑□/☑), Vekka (☘️☑☑☑☑☑☑□/☑) | Status Symbols ➤ ♥️ hit points, ☘️ hero points, ✋ held items, ⚕ status condition | Spell Templates
Web of Eggs (Part One)
Limits indeed! Ryushi exhausts his divine connection to the Positive Plane, leaving his party fully refreshed, and himself in decent enough condition to proceed on. And proceed on the party does, soon arriving at the south-western wall around the outside of the temple, where a thick nest of webbing guards what seems to be 3d6 ⇒ (6, 5, 6) = 17 eggs, each the size of a small horse!
...
Rest Tracker (1 minute) + Exploration Tracker:
Cirri @ 151/151 w/ Staff & Shield (✋✋) to Avoid Notice w/ Trapfinder
Max @ 173/173 w/ Hammer & Shield (✋✋) to Search
Ryushi @ 136/140 w/ ?? & Shield (✋✋) to Detect Magic
Zurrus @ 140/140 w/ Harp (✋✋) to Scout
...
1) Please place your Token on the Map!
2) Supply any changing data for the Exploration Tracker
3) Go ahead and roll Initiative (if you haven't already)
"Okay, everyone. Keep your eyes peeled. As soon as we touch a web, a spider is going to hop out. I wish we didn't have to do this, but I can't stop the tide." She sighs.
Initiative via Perception:1d20 + 19 ⇒ (16) + 19 = 35Add +1 for traps
