GM ShadowLord's Quest for the Frozen Flame

[GM ShadowLord]

Healing warmth floods the battlefield, closing many of the parties numerous wounds (and burns)!

Desiak completely dodges

Catamoch can see the husk is close to being taken down and slams his tusk into the undead monstrosity, taking it down and out of the fight.

Hakata continues to struggle to find purchase with his arrows, both shots flying high.

Valda lands her single strike on Desiak after a bit of healing.

Desiak had been waiting for Kadosh to take his feet once he saw the healing wash over his enemies. As the half-orc rises, Desiak thrusts his bonespur to finish the creature once and for all. As Kadosh moves, his bell rings out distractedly and the bone spur only scrapes the warrior's shoulder as he ducks under the attack. Once on his feet, Kadosh swings but barely misses.

Frustrated with his miss on Kadosh, Desiak growls and quickly whirl toward the radiant one, surprising her as he rakes her with his claws and buries his bonespur deep into her chest, the second strike critically wounding her.

Damage Valda: 2d10 + 6 ⇒ (7, 6) + 6 = 19
Crit Damage Valda: 4d8 + 12 ⇒ (1, 5, 3, 8) + 12 = 29

GM:

DC25: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (17) + 20 = 37
Bell DC22: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (3) + 20 = 23
AOO AC23: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (2) + 20 = 22
1d20 + 20 ⇒ (14) + 20 = 34
1d20 + 20 ⇒ (20) + 20 = 40

D: 51

Party up!

[Veshka.]

Veshka snarls a curse and metal shards tear free from her surroundings to pierce the dragon's minion!

Needle Darts: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29
Piercing: 6d4 ⇒ (1, 1, 4, 3, 3, 4) = 16

[Catamoch]

Catamoch rejoices in his disciple's wrath, joining in the bloody sacrament by tearing away at Desiak in his distraction.

Tusk: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (9) + 16 = 25
Slashing: 2d6 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (1, 3) + 6 + 2 = 12
Hoof: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30
Bludgeoning: 2d6 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (4, 5) + 6 + 2 = 17

[Strong Jaw]

Strongjaw Heals Valda and they Stride just behind her.
Come on, come on, come on Touch me babe!
Vital Beacon active!

Heal(3), staff: 3d8 + 24 + 1 ⇒ (6, 2, 1) + 24 + 1 = 34

[Kadosh]

Quick stats:

HP 74/74
AC 23
Fort +13, Ref +12, Will +10
Hero points: 2
Effects: Wounded 1

His wounds almost completely closed by his companions, Kadosh snarls at Desiak. "I could do this all day!" he boasts, falling into his fighting stance.

As usual, he fails to inspire, but his ax hits home with a spray of blood!

Inspiring Marshal Stance, Strike x2
Diplomacy (expert): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17

+1 striking battleaxe: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33
Slashing, with implement empowerment, personal antithesis: 2d8 + 5 + 4 ⇒ (7, 4) + 5 + 4 = 20

+1 striking battleaxe, iterative: 1d20 + 14 - 5 ⇒ (15) + 14 - 5 = 24
Slashing, with implement empowerment, personal antithesis: 2d8 + 5 + 4 ⇒ (5, 4) + 5 + 4 = 18

React to Ring Bell if target of Exploit Vulnerability makes a Strike or Casts a Spell that would affect me or an ally (DC 22) or to Implement's Interruption if target of Exploit Vulnerability uses a concentrate, manipulate, or move action, or leaves a square during a move action it's using. Make a Strike against the triggering creature with your weapon implement. If your attack is a critical hit, you disrupt the triggering action. This Strike doesn't count toward your multiple attack penalty, and your multiple attack penalty doesn't apply to this Strike.

[Valda]

Grateful to Strong Jaw for his healing spell, Valda shifts her immanence to her sword and unleashes her signature strike!

Flowing Spirit Strike: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (10) + 16 = 261d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32
Damage: 2d12 + 10 ⇒ (3, 1) + 10 = 142d12 + 10 ⇒ (1, 5) + 10 = 16

[Hakata]

Frustrated, the spirits of battle leave Hakata. He re-centers himself into a more receptive frame of mind and unleashes a blast of fire at Desiak.

Channeler's Stance, Cast ignition

spell attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (17) + 15 = 32 for fire: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (3, 3, 4, 4, 4) + 5 = 23

[GM ShadowLord]

The Hearth roars to life from the cries of victory. As Lieutenant Desiak falls to his knees, battered by Catamoch's tusks and Kadosh's axe, Valda’s sword flashed through the air in a final radiant arc. Desiak lets out a guttural snarl, staggered, and crumples to the floor alongside the necrohusk, dead at last!!! A stunned silence filled the Hearth before erupting into cheers as Blood Owl sympathizers stand from their seats, weapons raised high.

The scouts stood triumphant, battered but unbroken. Tonight, the tyrant’s grip on Lyuba had been shattered!

At dawn, the uprising will begin.

The Blood Owls, villagers, and the Broken Tusks will gather in the mists and march to Ashen Swale’s compound. Before the march, Kezaku and Epaku bestow gifts upon you, expressing their thanks.

Kezaku and Epaku gift the party one moderate quickmelt slick each, one moderate winterstep elixir each, one moderate mud bomb, and one moderate pernicious spore bomb.

I think this is a good opportunity to try and make up for the loot deficit. Let's say that they also give each of you an item of your choice level 7 or below.

And it might be a little early, but ...

When all others knelt in fear, the Broken Tusks stood tall. They earned loyalty not through conquest, but through compassion and strength, stitching broken lives back together in the darkness. They mended broken spirits, fed the starving, and earned the trust of a people too long oppressed. Beneath the endless stars of the Blood Owls' hidden refuge, they forged new alliances and plotted the first sparks of rebellion.

Their blades struck down the corrupted and their words lit a fire of rebellion among the Sutaki. Through mud-choked streets and smoke-filled taverns, the Broken Tusk scouts carved a path of hope through Lyuba’s despair. With Desiak’s blood still fresh on their blades and the fire of revolution burning in their hearts, they now rise stronger, sharper, and more determined than ever — ready to cast down the tyrants of this dying valley and seize the future that waits beyond the glacial walls.

Welcome to level eight!

[Strong Jaw]

Strongjaw walks by the dead husk of Desiak. The small goblin takes out a dagger. Raising it high, he plugged it into the corpse!
Well done everyone.

At the feast, the Songsinger tells tall tales of the Scouts of the Broken Tusks all night long ...Al night....all night long....

[Kadosh]

"I was sure we were all going to die," Kadosh murmurs, awed at what Radiant Valda and the rest of his companions have done, despite his poor contributions.

[Veshka.]

Veshka spits out a gobbet of something unwholesome. "Not with the dragon's blood still unspilt."