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     Wrath Shall Reign!
           The unnamed, cobbled together gang have taken the mission by Field Marshal Cressida Kroft to go to Old Korvosa. There, they made their way to Arkona Palace to seek there whereabouts of Neolandus Kalepopilus (the missing Seneschal of Korvosa), and Vencarlo Orisini (beloved local sword teacher). There, a smooth-talking Vudran - Lord Glorio Arkona - says that both are in his palace, but underground and his deal with his sister is that he never interferes with what happens belowground. He bids the party, though, because he doesn't know how soon the two "guests" of his sister will be put up for "the hunt." 
      
     DRAMATIS PERSONAE     
     Character
[Player]
  
  Speech Color  
  AL
  
  Faith  
  Race [Ethnicity]
(Gender ID)
  
  Side #1
  
  Side #2
  
  Campaign Trait  
 
    Avel'kerihal,
House Aear’hunithneldth
[NPC]
   
   Green
   
 NG (N) 
 Green Faith 
 Advanced Piper (m)
[Elf] 
 Bard 2
[Cultivator]/
Bloodsong Heritor 7/
LA 1 
 Volur 10 
 Dropout
[Framed] 
 
    Brad
(Real Nam    e: Muhbrad Gantir)  
   [Buck Godot]
   
   Blue
   
 NG (CG) 
 Cayden Cailean 
 Eternal (m)
[Garundi, Zombie] 
 Magus 10 
 Zombie 10
[8 SHD/ 2 AT] 
 Missing Child
[Missing Sibling] 
 
    Duskwarp
[NPC] 
  
   Gray 
  
 CN 
 Il'Surrish 
 Protean Attractor Eternal (m)
[Keketar, Mummy] 
 Mummy 10
[9 SHD/ 1 AT] 
 Warpmind 7/
LA 3 
 Love Lost
[Orphaned] 
 
    Saadmyrrh
[NPC]
   
   Teal 
  
 LN (N) 
 Green Faith 
 Oread (m)
[Dwarf, Ironsoul] 
 Druid 10 
 Monk 10 
 Drug Addict
[Personal Addiction] 
 
    Sophia Kadra 
 [Buck Godot] 
  
   Saddle Brown 
  
 N 
 Pharasma 
 Eternal (f)
[Vampire] 
 Fighter 10 
 Vampire 10
[8 SHD / 2 AT] 
 Love Lost
[All Alone] 
 
    Yoon
[NPC]
   
   Fire Brick Red   
 CG 
 Lady of the North Star 
 Human (f)
[Minkaian 
 Pyrokineticist 10 
 ??? 
 Unhappy Childhood
[Religious] 
 
    TBD
[NPC]
   
   Indigo
   
 ??? 
 ??? 
 ??? 
 ??? 
 ??? 
 ??? 
 
    TBD
[NPC]
   
   Dark Orange
   
 ??? 
 ??? 
 ??? 
 ??? 
 ??? 
 ??? 
 
  
lostsole31
The saytr-looking man casts a spell on his blouse, and it glows a nice soft white light. The very young Tian woman concentrates, and does something similar with her shirt, but giving an orange glow. The party then heads down the long spiral staircase to the area below. It is a wide ledge overlooking a deep drop, but it appears there is a ledge 15' below and a rope bridge extending from it, and another one as well.
BuckGodot
Sophia moves south towards the southern bridge. Brad will follow when he sees her begin to move.
lostsole31
With only a single move action (a basic walk), Sophia realizes that she is easily the fastest member of the party. In fact, several of the group - including her friend Brad - are particularly slow (20' speed).

  "This place is WAY bigger than I was expecting for something under someone's house,"   says the Tian girl in an accent.   "I'm Yoon, by the way."  
BuckGodot
  "It certainly appears to be bigger on the inside... Sophia... and this is Br-"   she says gesturing to herself and then to Brad.

  "Hi Yoon! I'm Brad! Nice to meet you! If there's anything I can do to lend a hand anytime, just say the word!"   Brad interjects.

Sophia sighs as she waits for the others to catch up.

When they reach her position, she says,   "Let's keep looking for a way down. I do have rope if needed."  
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  "And this is Gom-Gom,"   says Yoon, holding up her doll.   "Rrrawwr. I am Gom-Gom. Gom-Gom use bridge if it there. Gom-Gom no climb rope. Grrr."  
BuckGodot
Sophia freezes, looking at Yoon baffled and trying to determine if this is serious or not, then glancing around at the others for confirmation that she heard and saw what she did...

Brad busts out in a belly laugh and says to Yoon,   "Pay no attention to her... She's a bit stiff and crusty... Upper crusty..."  
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Everyone except the man with linen wrappings all around him seem to give sudden pause at Yoon's outburst.

  "Strange,"   smirks the satyr-like man.   "I am a member of an elven noble house, and she strikes me as a person whose crust has been cut off."  

As Sophia leads the group, the lights in the party have revealed enough of this upper level for more description overall .... The air in this vast grotto is cool. An iron-framed flight of spiral stairs winds up through a hole in the ceiling in the northwest section of the room from the top of a semicircular ledge. The ledge winds down along the cavern’s inner wall to a series of rope bridges that descend even lower from ledge to ledge. The upper ledge is breathtaking and strangely beautiful—a tableau of all manner of odd-colored fungi, lichens, and molds. The fungi have been cultivated, shaped into symmetrical patterns normally not seen in nature, transforming the ledge into a sort of underground fungal garden. Here and there, unlit torches are burnt out in sconces above the fungi, while from somewhere in the darkness below comes the soft splash of water against an unseen shore.
BuckGodot
Remembering that this is a cultivated garden and not a cave, Sophia feels there is a slim chance the funghi is toxic so she carefully makes her way southwest still looking for a way down.
lostsole31
As she moves around the side of the ledge to the southwest, she sees that the grotto itself to the south actually extends inwards quite a bit.
BuckGodot
  "Let's try to keep on task..."   Sophia says as she continues SW.
lostsole31
The group gets to the single rope bridge extending north across to the north at this point.
BuckGodot
  "Does anyone want to check this bridge? Although why someone would trap their own bridge in a basement garden is beyond me..."   Sophia says.
lostsole31
The wrapped man finally speaks, and it is a strange, terrifying, powerful voice.   "Do not, my friends, be addicted to your own goals that you ignore what else exists. There are several figures to the southeast slowly moving our way."  
BuckGodot
Sophia nods to the wrap star and says,   "Take cover and let us have the advantage of surprise."   and she looks around to see where she can hide.


  "Well, that's not very sportsman-like or sporting for that matter..."   says Brad with a grin before he looks around to find cover.
lostsole31
There is no place to flat out hide behind anything outside of contours of the wall. Where do Brad and Sophia go ... exactly .... in distance and direction?
BuckGodot
  "Right! Everyone, across the bridge quickly!"   Sophia says as she draws her katanas and gestures to the bridge, turning to move

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
FRA: Brad turns around and moves 30' (or his maximum move which I tried to look up but couldn't find) across the northern bridge.

Sophia waits and guards their crossing.
 
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 Begin Round One ...

R1T25-21:   The satyrnine creature follows Brad, as does the green-stone-skinned dwarf-like man.

 R1T17:   Sophia , what do you do?
BuckGodot
Sophia looks to the remaining two and asks,   "Are you going or shall I?"  
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 R1T17:  Sophia looks to the remaining two and asks,   "Are you going or shall I?"  
 R1T16:   Yoon looks like she got pushed by something, but even surprised she  manages to keep her footing where she is.  Now appearing is a somewhat  skeletal creature completely overgrown with all manner of fungus,  mushrooms, lichens, and other growths. Despite the disrepair of the  body, and the presence of the grwowth on its equipment, this skeletal  man wears fine chainmail, bears a fine light steel shield, and an ornate  scimitar.

 R1T15:    "I cannot yet figure out what creature this  was ,"   comes the linen-wrapped man's powerful, but eerie voice,   "but  this appears to some type of fungal creature. It is a plant, not  undead, so don't let the skeleton form fool you. It is as good with its  weapons as it was in life, so don't expect a lumbering swordsman."  

He  steps back and downs something. Seconds later, the laps distend as it  appears that his body is overgrown by thick bark, even bits and bobs of  little branches sticking out.

 R1T11:   Brad ,  you heard Duskwarp speaking clearly, but because you are now about 15'  below the level that you left, you maybe only see the top of Sophia's  helmet. In addition, two people are on the rope bridge between you and  heading back, and this bridge will not allow easy passage between  tokens, even if allied. What do you do?
BuckGodot
Realising he can't go back and sorting out it's not good for them to be targeted out here on a bridge, Brad chooses to continue to the other side.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
MA:Move NE off bridge 5' and then E towards other bridge to give those following space.
 
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 R1T11:  Realizing he can't go back and sorting out it's not good for them to be  targeted out here on a bridge, Brad chooses to continue to the other  side.

 R1T10-9:  Yoon is seemingly tossed some  15' to the east as another of these creatures appear (Green). Yoon  screams as she falls into the blackness, managing to stop herself on a  rope bridge much lower, but wrenching her arm in doing so for  14 . Another one appears after having pushed Sophia for no effect (Brown).

 R1T7:   Yoon does a good job of lifting herself up safely onto the suspended  rope bridge some 40' below, taking her feet unsteadily after that fall.

 R1T6:  Yet another (Blue) appears after having failed to push the linen-wrapped man.

 End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T25:   Avel'kerihal passes Brad and moves down to the next landing.

 R2T21:   The green-stone man does similar, now halfway on the second bridge.

 R2T17:   Sophia , what do you do?

Red on deck, Linen-Man in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Sophia nods to the bandaged man and unleashes her blades on the creature in front of her.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
Attack using Risky Strike

MK (Mithril Katana):  (1d20+17)[ 23 ] 

Dmg:  (1d8+17)[ 25 ] 

CIK (Cold Iron Katana): [rool]1d20+17[/roll]

Dmg:  (1d8+17)[ 19 ] 
 
BuckGodot
 
 Spoiler: Second Katana Attack Roll 


Oops

 (1d20+17)[ 32 ] 
 
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 R2T17:  Sophia nods to the bandaged man and unleashes  her blades on the creature in front of her, slashing Brown hard enough  to bypass its chainmail, but not its hardened bones. Still, this helps  Sophia adjust her follow-up attack into its stomach for  19 . Now homed in, her second attack with her mithral katana (called  Pain  by its maker) stabs into its chest for  25 , and it withdraws in pain enough to block her final attack with  Devastation  (the name its maker gave her cold iron katana).

 R2T16:  Red grows to immense size, becoming a giant of its type.

 R2T15:   The linen-wrapped man steps back 5' to the northwest and holds up his  hand.  The oversized enemy suddenly gets teleported many feet to the  east, and upon appearing, stumbles a few more feet farther while taking  9  from having been splinched some by the rough teleportation.   "You may call me Duskwarp, Sister Sophia, for the reason I have just illustrated."  
 R2T11:   Brad   only saw the very top of one of the monsters (once it grew) suddenly  shift to the east, without understanding why, yet hears Duskwarp's  pronouncement. What does he do?

Enemies on deck and in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Brad, not wanting to get too far from his friend, holds his position but draws his scimitar and shield.
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 R2T11:  Brad, not wanting to get too far from his friend, holds his position but draws his scimitar and shield.

 R2T10-9:   Green steps towards Duskwarp, but instead of attacking with its  scimitar, it seems to expel a nasty cloud! Partially resistant, Sophia  takes   1 mod poison  . Meanwhile, Brown steps away from Sophia and concentrates, but nothing happens.

 R2T7:  Yoon continues below and out of sight.

 R2T6:   Sophia feels something try to push it, and now Blue appears.

 End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T25:  Avel'kerihal also disappears farther below.

 R3T21:  The green-stone man continues his descent.

 R3T17:   Sophia , roll a Fort save vs. the poison trying to work its way in your system, and you take another   1 mod poison   from continuing exposure in the cloud. What do you do?

Red on deck, Duskwarp in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Sophia struggles against the poison as she looks at Duskwarp and says,   "Cross the bridge. Only face one at a time."   and swings at blue with her weaponry.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
First and foremost a Fortitude save.

 (1d20+15)[ 33 ] 

Attack using RS:

Pain 1:  (1d20+17)[ 31 ] 

Devastation 1:  (1d20+17)[ 19 ] 

Pain 2:  (1d20+12)[ 15 ] 

Devastation 2:  (1d20+12)[ 22 ] 

Dmg 1:  (1d8+17)[ 25 ] 

Dmg 2:  (1d8+17)[ 22 ] 

Dmg 3:  (1d8+17)[ 24 ] 

Dmg 4:  (1d8+17)[ 24 ] 
 
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 R3T17:  Sophia struggles against the poison as she looks at Duskwarp and says,   "Cross the bridge. Only face one at a time."   and swings at Blue with her weaponry. Her first strike hits Blue in the shoulder with a crit for  40 , though all other attacks fail against its armor or natural armor.

 R3T16:  Red move up a bit and pushes Sophia off the ledge. She takes a long fall .... and splashes into water far below, taking  3 NL + 15 , and finding herself underwater &amp; off-balance (the underwater version of prone). This includes bopping into the bottom.

 R3T15:   Brad sees Duskwarp withdrawing off the ledge by fling. Duskwarp is not  far from him laterally, but still at the level of the top ledge (15'  above Brad).   "Your friend was  knocked off the ledge to the bottom. I would make haste below, for their  sharp swords likely would cut a bridge an enemy found himself upon."  
 R3T11:   Brad , what do you do? The water you heard below is beyond your darkvision.

Enemies on deck and in the hole ...
BuckGodot
  "There is logic to your advice! Have you considered teaching?"   Brad says with a smile as he moves full-on across the bridge heading south.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
Double move south across the bridge 40'

MA: Move south 20'

SA: Move south 20'
 
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 R3T11:    "There is logic to your advice! Have you considered teaching?"    Brad says with a smile as he moves full-on across the bridge heading  south and turns on the landing to get behind the green-stone man.

 R3T10-9:  Green and Brown give chase.

 R3T7:  ...

 R3T6:  Blue gives chase.

 End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T25-24:  ...

 R4T21:  Green-stone man continues moving below, taking a different split from the others.

 R4T17:   Sophia ,  roll a Fort save to purge the last of the poison from your system. You  are underwater, on the floor of whatever body of water you are in and  off-balance (prone). What do you do?

Red on deck, Duskwarp in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Sophia gets up and if necessary tries to swim to the surface.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
Fortitude Save:  (1d20+15)[ 33 ] 

SA: Get to her feet

MA: Swim to surface
 
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 R4T17:  Sophia rights herself even as her body burns off the last of the poison. She powers up to get within 5' of the surface.

 R4T16:  ....

 R4T15:   Duskwarp allows himself to fall all the way down, and catches himself  with his flying expertise just off the surface of the water.

 R4T11:   Brad , what do you do?

Enemies on deck and in the hole ...
BuckGodot
If everyone is across, Brad heads back NE and begins cutting the ropes on the bridge.   "Anyone else got a sharp blade to help?"   he says with a goofy grin.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
MA: Move NE to Bridge

Attack rope supports on bridge using Risky Strike:

Attack 1:  (1d20+13)[ 21 ] 

Dmg:  (1d8+12)[ 13 ] 

Attack 2:  (1d20+8)[ 23 ] 

Dmg:  (1d8+12)[ 15 ] 
 
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 R4T11:  If everyone is across, Brad heads back NE and begins cutting the ropes on the bridge.   "Anyone else got a sharp blade to help?"   he says with a goofy grin, looking at the first rope having been cut.

 R4T10-6:  Across and up from Brad, the three enemies simply disappear from view even as the rope bridge they were on jostles heavily.

 End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T25:  A loud splash, and Avel'kerihal is now on the surface of the water, 5' above Sophia and holding out a hand.

 R5T24-21:  ...

 R5T17:   Sophia , what do you do?

Red on deck, Duskwarp in the hole ....
BuckGodot
Sophia continues to the surface and when breaching looks for the nearest way to the shore.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
MA: Continue to the surface

Look for way out of the water and head that way.
 
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 R5T17:  Sophia continues to the surface and when  breaching looks for the nearest way to the shore. She takes her time to  look around at where she is and where the nearest shore might be. Above,  a protrusion rises from a rocky beach overlooking the sloshing waters  of a sea cave. Three rope bridges descend deeper into the cave,  connecting three progressively lower ledges on the wall until finally  reaching a stony protrusion at ground level.

At the bottom of the  vast cavern, a wooden pier extends out into a gently sloshing pool of  blue seawater. A shallow draft barge is docked at the pier, an unlit  lantern hanging from its bow. Supporting timbers and brickwork line  parts of the lower edge of the immense cavern to both the west and  south, showing where the original sea cave has been artificially  expanded. To the north, a twenty-five-foot-wide waterway provides an  aquatic exit from the cavern—the distant, muted sounds of the surf and  sloshing water echo down from that direction.

Avel'kerihal is directly above Sophia, offering a hand. Duskwarp is hovering over the water 15' to the east of her.

 R5T16:   Red drops off the ledge 60' above, and controls their flight to stop 5'  above the ground, right above Brad. For Brad to get to the next rope  bridge, he'd have to go underneath the oversized garden guardian.

 R5T15:  Back below, Duskwarp calls to his friends down there while flying to the beach,   "Despite all  of my training, the poison cloud has gotten to me."  
 R5T11:   Brad ,  there is a massive fungal guardian - 5' off the ground - looming over  you. You only cut one of the rope supports of the bridge to the north,  but you don't see the other three fungal guardians above anymore. What  do yu do?

Enemies on deck and in the hole ...
BuckGodot
  "Hullo there! My, you're a big fellow aren't you?"   Brad says with a smile and raises his off-hand as a glow of fire spreads around it. He brings the hand to his scimitar and fire spreads over the blade. Moving deftly he prepares to swing the weapon at the salad in front of him.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
Attack using Risky Strike and 1 AP to activate Pool Strike (Fire)

Attack:  (1d20+13)[ 30 ] 

Melee Dmg:  (1d6+12)[ 13 ] 

Pool Strike Dmg:  (4d6)[ 17 ]  fire damage
 
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 R5T11:    "Hullo, there! My, you're a big fellow, aren't you?"    Brad says with a smile and raises his off-hand as a glow of fire  spreads around it. He brings the hand to his scimitar and fire spreads  over the blade. Moving deftly he prepares to swing the weapon at the  salad in front and above him. He strikes the monster's knee with a soft crit for  18 +  7 mod fire  .

 R5T10-6:  ...

 End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R6T25:  Avel' grabs Sophia by her pauldron and flies slowly to the south, towing her.

 R6T24:   Yoon comes down the rope bridge to the last landing and turns west but  seems to run into something unseen. As soon as she bumps into the  whatever, her right shoulder gets hit by a massive blade for  15 ,  and one of the fungal guardians (Green) - now supersized - is on the  landing. Yoon has enough time to react to touch a fiery hand to herself  for   17 healing  .

 R6T21:  The green-stone man hustles off of one rope bridge and gets to the last one to give aid to Yoon.

 R6T17:   Sophia ,  though surprisingly slow for flying, Avel's towing helps Sophia as her  hands are holding katanas (and thus harder to swim). What do you do?  Delay until Avel' gets you to the shore?

Red on deck, Duskwarp in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Sophia delays until Anvil gets her ashore.
lostsole31
 R6T17:  Sophia delays until Avel' gets her ashore.

 R6T16:   Red floats a few feet to the west, and then expresses out a massive,  noxious cloud. Brad's body resists the initial sting of the poison,  though he still inhales it so that it might still be a problem.

 R6T11:   Brad , roll a Fort save! What do you do?

Enemies on deck and in the hole, Sophia delaying ...
BuckGodot
Brad feigns coughing...   "Oh my... Have you seen a cleric about that? That's foul!"   he says as he steps south while gesturing with his hand again. A cloud of ice forms around his off hand and he passes it to his sword once again. Then he dances lightly around while swinging his sword at the plant.



 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
Fort save:  (1d20+14)[ 24 ] 
Step south 5'
Movement is fluff.

Attack using Risky Strike, Poolstrike (Cold) and Clinging Pool Strike (2 AP total)

Attack:  (1d20+13)[ 30 ] 

Dmg: [roll]1d6+12[roll]

Cold Damage:  (4d6)[ 13 ] 
 
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 R6T11:  Brad feigns coughing...   "Oh my... Have you seen a cleric about that? That's foul!"    he says as he steps south while gesturing with his hand again. A cloud  of ice forms around his off hand and he passes it to his sword once  again. Then he dances lightly around while swinging his sword at the  plant to cut high across its belly for  17 + 13 cold .

 R6T10-6:   Green hits against Yoon's armor and misses its second attack. Brown  appears suddenly, having failed to land a blow while invisible against  Duskwarp.

 End Round 6, Begin Round 7 ...

R7T25:  Avel' continues to two Sophia to the edge, and gets her to that edge.

 R7T24:   Yoon's ferocity grows in proportion to the guardian that attacked her.   She begins to swirl her hands, and the air on that side of the cavern  warps and shimmers, licks of flame burning bits of oxygen suspended in  the air until her incredible focuses lets loose. A pillar of blue-hot  flame erupts from the ground under Green and shoots upwards. The  oversized guardian doesn't know what is happening as it gets blasted for  blasted for   36 mod fire  .

 R7T23:   Sophia , you wanted to come out of delay once Avel' got you to the beach. What do you do?

Green-Stone Man on deck, Red in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Sophia scrambles up out of the water and moves south past the others to take on the foe on the bridge. She lashes out with her weapons wreaking havoc.


 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
MA: Out of the water 10'. Past Avel 5'. (Using the numbers to show overcoming the obstacle not as actual distance traveled)
South past Duskwrap.

Attack Orange if she can reach him

Using RS
Pain 1:  (1d20+17)[ 36 ] 
Dmg:  (1d8+17)[ 18 ] 

Pain 2:  (1d20+12)[ 14 ] 
Dmg:  (1d8+17)[ 24 ] 

Devastation 1:  (1d20+17)[ 28 ] 
Dmg:  (1d8+17)[ 21 ] 

Devastation 2:  (1d20+12)[ 14 ] 
Dmg:  (1d8+17)[ 19 ] 
 
lostsole31
 R7T23:  Sophia scrambles up out of the water and moves  south past the others, but as she passes Duskwarp Brown slashes and hits  Sophia in her upper left arm for  12 . Once she gets past Duskwarp, she lashes out with her own weapon, wreaking havoc with  Pain  by wreaking havoc on Brown with a muscle wound to its right forearm for  29 .

 R7T21:  The green-stone dwarf steps back a few feet on the rope bridge, then starts to cast a spell ....

 R7T16:   Red lowers itself 5' to be at the same level as Brad, but because so  much of its bulk is over the ledge it continues flying "at level"  instead of landing, all while taking   7 cold   from Brad's clinging pool strike. He slashes Brad's forearm for  14 , though the second attack hits Brad's armor.

 R7T15:  Duskwarp scrambles behind Sophia.   "I think the poison is done affecting me, though it has had its effect."  

He quickly knocks back a small vial of something, and turns into a gargoyle!

 R7T11:   Brad , Red moved down so that you can no longer pass under him if you wanted. Roll a Fort save vs. poison. What do you do?

Enemies on deck and in the hole ...
BuckGodot
  "Get a little closer... Now don't be shy..."   Brad says with a wonderful grin. His hand glows blue once again and as he passes it over his sword the radiance transfers to the blade which he then swings at the big red one.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 


Fart Save: (Something only Dads usually have)  (1d20+14)[ 31 ] 

Cast Frigid Touch: Your melee touch attack deals 4d6 points of cold damage and causes the target to be staggered for 1 round. If the attack is a critical hit, the target is staggered for 1 minute instead.


Attack using Spellstrike and Risky Strike:  (1d20+13)[ 23 ] 

Dmg: (1d6+12)[ 16 ] 

Fridge Dmg:  (4d6)[ 18 ] 
 
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 R7T11:    "Get a little closer... Now don't be shy..."    Brad says with a wonderful grin. His hand glows blue once again and as  he passes it over his sword the radiance transfers to the blade which he  then swings at the big red one, but not before the big guy hit his  armor hard first. His armor holding fast, he finds that the fungal  guardian's armor holds fast as well. Brad attacks again, but this time  his blade is deflected. His attacks failed, but his  frigid touch  is still on his weapon.

 R7T10-6:  Green strikes Yoon in the knee for  10 , and then in the elbow for  11 . Brown steps off the pier to south of Sophia, striking Sophia in the thigh for  12 .  When Brown comes in for a second attack, Sophia brings her blades into  scissor form and smashes the guardian's blade into its own armor,  destroying its chainmail. Lastly, Blue appears out of thin air as it  tries to disembowel the green-stone dwarf for  23 + 1 CON ( +1d3 bleed ) , and causing the smaller green man's spell to fizzle. Blue then follows up with a strike to the green-dwarf's face for  20 .

 End Round 7, Begin Round 8 ...

R8T25:   Avel' sees allies being slammed to the west. He takes up his harp and  strikes a furious chord. Green partially resists, but still suffers   12 sonic   in its bones.

 R8T24:   Yoon steps onto the bridge, gathers energy again - fire forming and  swirling within 20' around her - and then despite having issues with the  wobbling bridge, sends off a fan of flames at Green. The guardian,  despite size, ducks a little to be completely unharmed.

 R8T23:   Sophia , what do you do?

Red on deck, Duskwarp in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Sophia concentrates on brown for a moment before striking at it with her weapons.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 

SA: Ring of Foe Focus: AW, SA, designate any foe she can see as her particular foe. +2 bonus to AC &amp; saves vs. attacks made by that foe until new foe designated.

Attack: Using Risky Strike
Pain:  (1d20+17)[ 23 ] 

Dmg:  (1d8+17)[ 19 ] 

Devastation:  (1d20+17)[ 27 ] 

Dmg:  (1d8+17)[ 23 ] 
 
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 R8T23:  Sophia concentrates on Brown, energizing the power in her ring and readying her for her foe.

 R8T21:  Green-dwarf takes   3 bleed  . He tries to jump from the rope bridge across and down to the pier, Blue strikes him in the buttocks for  8 , but your ally does finally make it to the pier below and a few feet extra. He then casts a spell while holding his guts.   "I need healing, if anyone has magical forms of it! Oh, name is Saadmyrhh, by the way."  
 R8T16:  Red attacks Brad, who dodges and deflects the attacks.

 R8T15:    "I have no healing,"    informs Duskwarp as he steps behind Sophia. He aims his finger and a  green beam lances out from it to strike Green in the side. The same  green light covers over Green's hole body and builds to a blinding light  before a second later the light is gone ... but so is Green ... with  only some of its more durable (and now normal-size items) clanging to  the ground and into the water.

 Yoon , who seemed worried  that with Saadmyrrh's jump that she was just about to be sandwiched by  two of these monsters, nods to Duskwarp in gratitude.

 R8T11:  Above,  Brad , you still have  frigid touch   loaded on your scimitar. You have to either discharge it against your  enemy, or get rid of it by casting another spell. Roll a Fort save vs.  poison. What do you do?

Enemies on deck and in the hole ..
BuckGodot
Brad sighs in frustration...   "You're getting boring... Can you find someone else to fight?"   he says as he swings at Red again.

 
 Spoiler: Technical information 

Fort Save:  (1d20+14)[ 26 ] 

Attack using RS

 (1d20+13)[ 22 ] 
Dmg:  (1d6+12)[ 17 ] 

Frigeid TOuch:  (4d6)[ 14 ] 

Cast Frigid Touch: Your melee touch attack deals 4d6 points of cold damage and causes the target to be staggered for 1 round. If the attack is a critical hit, the target is staggered for 1 minute instead.
 
lostsole31
 R8T11:  Brad sighs in frustration...   "You're getting boring... Can you find someone else to fight?"    he says as he swings at Red again, getting through the chainmail but  not through its tough hide, but that brackets his target and he follows  up and strikes the guardian in the hip for  13 +  14 cold .  The enemy seems barely able to stand, but isn't staggered.

 R8T9-6:  Brown releases a poison cloud like others have done, and Sophia takes   1 poison  . Blue steps foward to Yoon and does the same thing, and Yoon takes   3 poison  .

 End Round 8, Begin Round 9 ...

R9T25:  Avel' casts a spell and disappears from sight.

 R9T24:  Yoon takes   3 poison    from continued exposure to the cloud. She acrobatically gets away from  Blue to the landing and then fires a jet of red-orange flame to hit  Blue's knee for   20 mod fire  .

 R9T23:   Sophia , roll a Fort save vs. poison. What do you do?

Saadmyrrh on deck, Red on deck ...
BuckGodot
Sophia stands her ground and swipes at the creature in front of her with her weapons.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
Fort Save:  (1d20+15)[ 23 ] 

Attack using RS
Pain:  (1d20+17)[ 18 ] 
Dmg:  (1d8+17)[ 25 ] 

Devastation:  (1d20+17)[ 21 ] 
Dmg:  (1d8+17)[ 19 ] 




Reminder: Ring of Foe Focus active on Brown.
 
lostsole31
 R9T23:  Sophia stands her ground and swipes at the creature in front of her with her weapons, swords clanging against sword.

 R9T21:  Saadmyrrh takes   1 bleed  . He conducts first aid on himself - not ending the bleed, but minimizing it. He then moves roughly westward on the pier.

 R9T16:  Red slams his sword against Brad's armor, and then misses with the second attack.

 R9T15:   Duskwarp prepares to defend himself and gets onto the pier towards  Saadmyrrh, but the back of his head is still hit by Brown for  2 mod . To the green-stone dwarf he says,   "I have an infusion. I will take it out, but you take it from me and drink it."  
 R9T11:   Brad , roll a Fort save vs. poison. What do you do?

Enemies on deck and in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Brad says,   "You're not worth wasting my magic... Muhbrad bash!!!"   and he swings his sword again.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 

Fortitude save:  (1d20+14)[ 25 ] 

Attack w/RS:  (1d20+13)[ 22 ] 
Dmg:  (1d6+12)[ 15 ] 

If the creature dies then he will move past it S 30' to the next bridge.

Adventurous Imbiber:  +1 trait bonus on saves vs. poison.
 
lostsole31
 R9T11:    "You're not worth wasting my magic... Muhbrad bash!!!"   Brad growls as he swings his sword again, but only hitting through armor to be stopped by a hardened body.

 R9T9-6:  Brown slices Sophia in the stomach for  22 . Blue closes on Yoon and hits her in the face for  20 .

 End Round 9, Begin Round 10 ...

R10T25:   The invisible Avel' exposes his spot somewhere above the water as he  begins playing music, attacking Blue with sonic energy from his harp and  then reappearing. Blue takes   21 sonic  .

 R10T24:   Yoon tries to concentrate, but Blue foils her attempt. She then steps  back a few feet and then falls off the ledge into the water.

 R10T23:   Sophia , roll a Fort save vs. poison, and she takes   1 poison  .  What does she do? She currently is in a poison cloud and fighting off  poison; has both katanas in hand; and foe focus is on Brown.

Saadmyrrh on deck, Red in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Sophia sighs in frustration and strikes at the creature and then steps back.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
Fort Save:  (1d20+15)[ 26 ] 

Attack using RS: Pain:  (1d20+19)[ 20 ] 

Dmg:  (1d8+17)[ 24 ] 

MA: 5' step N
 
lostsole31
 R10T23:  Sophia sighs in frustration and strikes at the  creature, but her self-defeating attitude works against her as she pulls  a muscle for  1 STR  damage and she then steps back.

 R10T21:   Saadmyrrh casts  CLW  on himself for   12 healing   and staunching his bleeding, closing over his abdomen.   "Sophia and Yoon!"   he calls out.   "Come to me, on the pier. I have a spell which blocks plant creatures active."  
 R10T16:  Red slams his scimitar on Brad's left hand with a crit, creating a gory wound for  17 , and in pain Brad blocks the follow-up.

 R10T15:   Duskwarp takes out a small, strange looking container, and does  something with it before throwing it at Brown, hitting the guardian in  the arm. The small container shatters and a lot of powder puffs out on  it and the immediate area. As the powder settles on the enemy, it starts  to corrode bone and fungus both for   12 acid  .

 R10T11:   Brad , roll a Fort save vs. poison. You   FH1  . What do you do?

Enemies on deck and in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Brad yelps and says,   "Fine! You green buffon!"   and draws his hand across his blade again, then swings it at his foe.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 

Attack using Spellstrike and Risky Strike

Attack:  (1d20+13)[ 15 ] 
Dmg:  (1d6+12)[ 18 ] 

Shocking Grasp (Intensified)  (1d20+13)[ 29 ] 
Dmg:  (10d6)[ 31 ] 

Follow up attack:  (1d20+13)[ 28 ] 
Dmg:  (1d6+12)[ 13 ] 

Fast Healing reminder
 
lostsole31
 R10T11:  Brad yelps and says,   "Fine! You green buffon!"    and draws his hand across his blade again while weaving a spell. As he  casts the spell, the guardian strikes Brad in the right shoulder for 9  mod. Brad shrugs off the pain and successfully casts his spell though  his first attack is thrown aside, yet he adjusts and scrapes Red across  the chest for  13 +  31 electricity  .  Red is blasted apart in thick, goopy blood, bone, and fungus ... and  his equipment and body pieces fall below ... surprising everyone below  with splashes, and showering Duskwarp and Saadmyrrh in gore down below  on the pier.

 R10T9-6:   Brown and Blue both disappear from view.

 End Round 10, Begin Round 11 ...

R11T25:   Avel'kerihal floats 5' north over the water and begins to play a war  hymn. 
 Spoiler: War Hymn 
There are bonuses to offense (which I do), but  you do need to know that you get an additional 5' step per round, but  you are still limited as with normal 5' steps.
 

 R11T24:   Yoon finishes burning off the last of the poison in her system. She  kicks off from the wall to get away from where Blue was last seen.

 R11T23:   Sophia  takes   1 poison  . Roll a Fort save vs. poison. What do you do?

Saadmyrrh on deck, Duskwarp in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Sophia ducks SE across the bridge to Saadmyrrh and turns back to face the way she just came, swords at the ready.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
MA using acrobatics to add to defence: Move SE to the square NW of Duskwarp.

Fort Save:  (1d20+15)[ 24 ] 
 
lostsole31
 R11T23:  Sophia ducks away - not very acrobatically,  almost clumsily - but her senses kick in at just the right second to  deflect a blade to glance hard off of her armor as the guardian  reappears. She continues to move across the pier to Saadmyrrh and turns  back to face the way she just came, swords at the ready.

 R11T21:    "Duskwarp, step past me and I'll take your place to better protect Sophia,"   says Saadmyrrh.

 R11T15:   Duskwarp nods and moves past Saadmyrrh. who then takes Duskwarp's  place. Duskwarp then tosses another one of his caustic powder vials at  Brown, hitting the fungal creature in the neck for   8 acid  .

 R11T11:   Brad , roll a Fort save vs. poison even as you   FH1  . What do you do?

Enemies on deck and in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Brad shouts,   "Huzzah!"   and laughs riotously as he moves to cross the rope bridge.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
SA: Laugh riotously

MA: Move SW 20'

Fort Save:  (1d20+14)[ 16 ] 
 
lostsole31
 R11T11:  Brad shouts,   "Huzzah!"    and laughs riotously as he moves to cross the rope bridge, and then his  laughter is cut short as the poison he swallows him with his great big  guffaws affect him, weakening him.  
 Spoiler: Weakened 
  Weakened : A character whose health is weakened by  Constitution   poison  takes a –2 penalty on all  Fortitude  saves and  Constitution  checks. Every time she attempts a  Fortitude  save against the  poison , whether she succeeds or fails, she takes damage as on initial exposure.
 

 R11T9-6:  Brown comes onto the pier, but then seems unable to close on Sophia, so it then stands back.

 End Round 11, Begin Round 12 ...

R12T25:  The war hymn continues (remember you get a bonus 5' step each round).

 R12T24:  Yoon's head pops up from the water.

 R12T23:   Sophia , you are still in the poison, taking 1 poison. Roll a Fort save. What do you do?

Saadmyrrh on deck, Duskwarp in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Sophia looks at brown, anger creasing her face. She lets loose her control, bellows like a beast, and moves towards the creature.


 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
Fort Save:  (1d20+15)[ 20 ] 

FA: Enter Rage

MA: Enter Guarded Stance: MA to enter, she gains a +3 (1 + 2 [1/4SHD])  dodge bonus to her AC for the duration of her current rage.

Reminders:
+2 vs. death effects, energy drain, negative energy, poison, spells/ SLAs.

RAGE POWERS (2+1B)
Beast Totem (Ex):  While raging, she gains a +3 (1 + 2 [1/4SHD]) natural armor bonus to AC.
Guarded Stance (Ex):  MA to enter, she gains a +3 (1 + 2 [1/4SHD])  dodge bonus to her AC for the duration of her current rage.
Lesser Beast Totem (Ex):  While raging, she gains two primary claw attacks that each do 1d6+(STR) B+S damage.

SA: Move west 2 squares.
 
lostsole31
 R12T23:  Sophia looks at Brown, anger creasing her face. She lets loose her  control, bellows like a beast, and moves towards the creature.

 R12T16:  Saadmyrrh casts a spell, and a burst of faint green light bursts on the northern landing, and outlines the invisible guardian.

 R12T15:  Duskwarp throws another vial, but misses the now targetable Blue badly enough to not affect anyone.

 R12T11:   Brad , you FH1. Roll a Fort save vs. poison. What do you do?

Enemies on deck and in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Brad heads west and then north to the next bridge trying to clear out of the cloud of poison.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
MA: Move W 15' Move N 5'
 
lostsole31
 R12T11:  Brad heads west and then immediately turns  around and moves down east on the next bridge trying to clear out of the  cloud of poison. His system fights hard, and holds off any poison, but  he will still be fighting it next round. He is now on the upper,  southern rope bridge and heading down and east to the southwestern  landing on the lower map. As he heads down the bridge, he hears  Avel'kerihal playing a stirring war hymn on his pipes, making Brad eager  for battle.

 R12T9-6:  Sophia brilliant deflects  Brown's attacks. Meanwhile, an invisible but faerie fire-limned guardian  (Blue) steps back on the landing and begins to make his way up the  eastern rope bridge, ostensibly to meet blades with Brad.

 End Round 12, Begin Round 13 ...

R13T25:  Avel'kerihal - a clumsy flyer - works to move only 5' to the east while continuing to play his tune.

 R13T24:  Yoon begins swimming south towards the pier.

 R13T23:   Sophia , you take   1 poison  ,  though you don't really feel it in your rage. You are still in the  poison cloud, so roll a Fort save vs. poison. What do you do?

Saadmyrrh on deck, Duskwarp in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Sophia unleashes her anger and frustration on brown in a flurry of blows.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 

Fort Save:  (1d20+15)[ 17 ] 

FAA:
Attack w/ Pain using RS TWF:  (1d20+16)[ 33 ] 

Dmg: (1d8+16)[ 17 ] 

Attack w/ Devastation using RS TWF:  (1d20+16)[ 23 ] 

Dmg: (1d8+16)[ 22 ] 

Attack 2 w/ Pain using RS TWF:  (1d20+16)[ 25 ] 

Dmg: (1d8+16)[ 24 ] 

Attack 2 w/ Devastation using RS TWF:  (1d20+16)[ 20 ] 

Dmg: (1d8+16)[ 19 ] 

Attack w/ Claw using RS:  (1d20+15)[ 18 ] 

Dmg:  (1d6+14)[ 16 ] 

Attack w/ Claw 2 using RS:  (1d20+15)[ 22 ] 

Dmg:  (1d6+14)[ 16 ] 

Reminders:
+2 vs. death effects, energy drain, negative energy, poison, spells/ SLAs.

RAGE POWERS (2+1B)
Beast Totem (Ex): While raging, she gains a +3 (1 + 2 [1/4SHD]) natural armor bonus to AC.
Guarded Stance (Ex): MA to enter, she gains a +3 (1 + 2 [1/4SHD]) dodge bonus to her AC for the duration of her current rage.
Lesser Beast Totem (Ex): While raging, she gains two primary claw attacks that each do 1d6+(STR) B+S damage.
 
lostsole31
 R13T23:  Sophia unleashes her anger and frustration on Brown in a flurry of blows that completely shreds the fungal guardian!

 R13T16:    "Well done!"   says Saadmyrrh.   "Now come to me, Sophia - the other side of me from the poison cloud - so I can neutralize the poison in you."  
 R13T15:    Gargoyle-Duskwarp flies directly above the pier about 15' and throws  another of those strange dry-bombs to strike the limned Blue in the  chest for   11 acid  .

 R13T6:   Brad , an invisible-but-visible-due-to- faerie-fire   guardian (Blue) is coming up a rope bridge to head towards your  direction. Roll a Fort save vs. poison to overcome the last of poison in  your system. What do you do?

Blue on deck, Avel' in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Brad moves east and then north east towards blue on the bridge while calling out...

  "Hey! Has anyone seen the guy that was down here with me?"   he says in a sing songy voice...

He then reaches into a pouch and pulls something out and chants a little before hurling it towards blue and the bridge to the north.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
MA: Move east 10' then ne one square

SA: Cast Grease on the bridge in the square holding blue and the square(s) with the word "D20" in them. (Assuming these are 5' squares)

Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target one object or 10-ft. square
Duration 1 min./level (D)
Saving Throw see text; Spell Resistance no

A grease spell covers a solid surface with a layer of slippery grease. Any creature in the area when the spell is cast must make a successful Reflex save or fall. A creature can walk within or through the area of grease at half normal speed with a DC 10 Acrobatics check. Failure means it can’t move that round (and must then make a Reflex save or fall), while failure by 5 or more means it falls (see the Acrobatics skill for details). Creatures that do not move on their turn do not need to make this check and are not considered flat-footed.
 
lostsole31
 R13T11:  Brad (who now fully removes the last of the poison from his system and   FH1  ) moves east and then north east towards blue on the bridge while calling out in a sing-song voice,    "Hey! Has anyone seen the guy that was down here with me?"   

He then reaches into a pouch and pulls something out and chants a little  before hurling it towards blue and the bridge to the north. A 10' long  strip of the rope bridge is now covered in a sheen, and the limned  figure falls off the bridge to the water 20' below.

 R13T6:   Though submerged, the glow of the last guardian moves 5' to the SW.

 End Round 13, Begin Round 14 ...

R14T25:  Avel' continues his war hymn.

 R14T24:   Yoon submerges and swims SE.

 R14T23:   Sophia, do you continue raging? One guardian remains (Blue)  underwater). Saadmyrrh had addressed you (above). Roll a Fort save vs.  poison. What do you do?

Saadmyrrh on deck, Duskwarp in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Sophia moves SE to the other side of Saadmyrrh and relaxes her rage.   "I am in need of healing..."  
 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
MA: Move SE 4 squares (Equivalent of 40'?) to the far side of Saadmyrrh.

FA: Stop Raging


 
lostsole31
 R14T23-22:  Sophia moves SE to the other side of Saadmyrrh and relaxes her rage.   "I am in need of healing..."  

Saadmyrrh  was already casting a spell when Sophia passed him and he touches her.  She feels the poison still in her system get shut down.

 R14T15:   Duskwarp (in gargoyle form) lands next to Sophia while he takes out a small vial.   "Here, drink this,"    he says, ready to administer it to Sophia as she has her katanas in  hand. It is assumed by her comment she does so, and he pours the elixir  down her throat. It is hot, spicy, and gritty, but it provides   17 healing   to her.

 R14T11:   Brad  gets   FH1  . What do you do?
BuckGodot
Brad moves north across the bridge, then realises he has blocked his own way...

  "Be there in a jiffy guys... Grease spill here..."  

Were anyone close enough they would hear him singing under his breath...   "Slip sliding away... Slip sliding awaaaayy..."  
 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
MA: Move N 20'
 
lostsole31
 R14T11:  Brad moves north across the bridge, then realizes he has blocked his own way.   "Be there in a jiffy, guys... Grease spill here..."  

Were anyone close enough they would hear him singing under his breath...   "Slip sliding away... Slip sliding awaaaayy..."  

He stops at his own grease puddle, even as he breathes in the fumes of a cloud that a guardian had left here.

 R14T6:   It looks like the outlined guardian tries to swim SW to intercept  Ameiko, but it doesn't make any headway, so instead remains underwater  and swims to the submerged portion of the ruined rope bridge.

 End Round 14, Begin Round 15 ...

R15T25:   Avel'kerihal stops his war hymn and begins flying very slowly towards  the pier. It takes him full concentration just to move 10' south, so he  is not a fast flyer.

 R15T24:  Yoon swims up to the pier and a little SE to be in the water below Sophia.

 R15T23:   Sophia , so nice to have unspoilt air - to not breathe in the toxic fumes. What do you do?

Saadmyrrh on deck, Duskwarp in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Sophia takes a few seconds to breathe the clean fresh air and says,   "Let's get everyone together to take out that last creature."  
 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
SA: Deep breath

Delay action pending group gathering.
 
lostsole31
 R15T23:  Sophia takes a few seconds to breathe the clean fresh air and says,   "Let's get everyone together to take out that last creature."  
 R15T22:  Saadmyrrh casts a spell on his abdomen, clearing the last of the trauma from having been nearly disemboweled (  1 CON healing  ).   "For now, however, I have cast  antiplant shell ,"   he says.   "To finish him off, we must go to him, or strike him from range .... or move more than 10' from me."  
 R15T14:   Duskwarp-gargoyle catches his breath, no longer fatigued. He  concentrates, and in an air burst several feet above the water where the  guard is submerged - and just missing Avel' - there is a multicolor,  leaping, riiotous sphere of energy that catches the guard in the water.  The  faerie fire  goes away.    "It  is done. He is dead or dying, and this travail has ended. Everyone  except Brad stay where you are to let the cloud dissipate."  
 R15T11:   Brad , you FH1. Roll a Fort save vs. the poison cloud you are in. What do you do?
BuckGodot
Brad moves back south out of the cloud to wait for it and the grease to dissipate.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
Fort Save:
 (1d20+12)[ 20 ] 

MA: Move 15' S
 
lostsole31
 R15T11:  Brad moves back south out of the cloud to wait for it and the grease to dissipate.

 End Round 15, Begin Round 16 ...

R16T25:  Avel' stops his war hymn  and floats up to, but not on, the pier.

 R16T24:   Yoon hands over hands along the pier and then climbs up onto it.

 R16T23:   Sophia , what do you do?

Saadmyrrh on deck, Duskwarp in the hole ...
lostsole31
 R16T23:  Sophia takes a knee and a breath. The stench of the gas reaches her, but not the concentrated poison itself.   "We should wait in Saadmyrrh's protection until the gas dissipates."  
 R16T22-15:  Saadmyrrh nods and delays, as does Durkwarp. As they do so, the western cloud dissipates.

 R16T11:   Brad , you are still fighting off the poison. Roll a Fort save. What do you do?

Avel' on deck, Yoon in the hole, Saadmyrr/ Duskwarp delaying ...
BuckGodot
Brad also holds his position whilst waiting for the poisson to clear.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
Something is fishy in Denmark...

Fort Save:  (1d20+12)[ 32 ] 
 
lostsole31
He fights off part of the poison, but it is still in his system.

 Brad , roll another Fort save vs. poison!
BuckGodot
Fortitudinal savedge… 
 Spoiler: Technical Information  
 (1d20+12)[ 26 ] 
 
lostsole31
It takes another 18 seconds for Brad to FH3 and for the last cloud to dissipate.

 Initiative Ends! 

Now  what? Everyone except Brad took the express elevator down. On the  lowest level, there are a set of double doors to the south.  On the last  landing to the north, which is 20' above the waterline and which once  had a rope bridge connecting down below to the pier but is trailing in  the water, there are a set of doors to the north. Brad also saw a  passage on the landing where he is, heading away to the southeast.
BuckGodot
  "Hey guys! There is a passageway here! I'm gonna have a quick look! Wow! Poison clouds! Crazy! Am I right?!?"   says Brad as he moves to the southeast.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
Brad just moves a few feet, say 10, into the passageway to get a feel of where it leads and what may be there.
 

  "No! Brad! Wait! We should stay tog..."   says Sophia. She lets out a sigh as he disappears briefly into the passage.

  "I could use more healing while we wait. Anyone else?"   asks Sophia of the group.
lostsole31
In the two minutes it takes for Brad to fully recover from his own wounds, the rest of the party gathers together while Duskwarp - assisted by Saadmyrrh - triage the group as others do what little they can. It seems that most (not all) of the group has some manner of healing for this or that, but none are dedicated magical healers like holy priests are rumored to be.

Yoon takes a potion and heals   15  . Saadmyrrh apologizes for having used all of his healing magic.

The gargoyle turns back into Duskwarp's normal form and gives Sophia a very bitter curatvie that does   8 healing  .    "That is the only one I had remaining."  

Avel'kerihal looks at Yoon, Sophia, and Saadmyrrh and says,   "I have a handful of lesser healing spells to spare, but I won't use all of them right now."  

He casts a spell on Yoon (  11 healing  ), Sophia (  8 healing  ), &amp; Saadmyrrh (  12 healing)  .

Yoon gives Sophia a potion for her muscle strain, healing   1 STR  .

The triage determines the following
Saadmyrrh:  80%
Sophia &amp; Yoon:  82%

Meanwhile, how far is Brad going to go off on his own .... 20', 50', as far as it will go after 10 minutes of walking?
BuckGodot
Not far. 20' at the most... He's just looking to see what there is. If there is a corner, he will carefully peek around it.
lostsole31
It curves and winds, it seems.
BuckGodot
He heads back and joins up with the others...   "I didn't want to go any further... It has more curves than my late wife..."   he says.

Sophia rolls her eyes and says,   "Let's move on down, then."  
lostsole31
Avel'kerihal asks,   "Do we take the double doors to the south on his level; the door I espied on that platform to the north (out of sight now), or Brad's hidey-hidey hole?"  
BuckGodot
  "I don't want to get distracted from our task... I once heard of a group trying to escape from a prison tower that kept getting sidetracked exploring... They all died... Or so I heard... So which way seems more likely to lead to our destination?"   replies Sophia.

Memskeevie, omni odor siden der forets...

Brad comes strolling back out of the hallway and heads towards the group.   "Broizhny! Broizhny! Broizhny!"  
lostsole31
Duskwarp turns his head slowly to Brad upon his re-entrance. He just looks at Brad with the beady black eyes behind his facial wrappings. Then when it is one second too awkward for Brad he turns back to the rest of the group and begins speaking.   "Being forced below ... being herded ... seemed to be tactical for more than what the fall would do.  We are at the lowest apparent level unless you think the small lake deserves a look. As I don't care to get my wrappings waterlogged if I can help it, I say we use this as our baseline - this lowest apparent level - and search past those double doors to the south."  
BuckGodot
Brad looks back at him with a wink and a grin and when Duskwarp turns away, Brad looks at Sophia, nods towards him, and gestures with his thumb, raising his eyebrows. Sophia just looks away and says,   "That's a sound plan. Let's not waste time."   She does not put her weapons away and heads towards the double doors south.
  "We should resume our previous marching order."  
lostsole31
Not that resuming a marching order really helps given the area around the double doors, but the group - sans Brad - moves off the pier and in front of those doors.

 Brad , what are you going to do to get down to their level (35' below)?
BuckGodot
Brad will jog across the bridges down to the group.
lostsole31
Brad's mentally dispels his grease spell and jogs down the rope bridge, despite the violent motion making it sway. He gets to the last platform (before the lowest level), noting a door near him, and stands at a ruined bridge, unable to walk (or jog) any farther.
BuckGodot
  "Mom! Somebody broke the bridge!!"   says Brad, before adding...   "Hey! There's another door here! Want me to check it out?"  


Sophia responds to the negative and encourages him to get to the group.

Brad then jumps straight into the water, tucking his knees up and yelling,   "CANONBALL!"  

He'll swim to the pier and follow the path around to the others.
lostsole31
It's a clumsy attempt, with his lack of grace in such matters and his armor, but at least Brad doesn't hurt himself.

One the other hand, once in the water he swims easily to the pier, and likewise handily makes his way up on the pier, and around to the others - the group shifting to allow Sophia and Brad to be centermost at the doors.

Now what?
BuckGodot
  "Anyone good with traps? Although why the door would be trapped..."   Sophia says.
lostsole31
  "I don't know why it would be trapped,"   says Yoon sardonically.   "I am sure that the fact we are in a giant deathtrap means that there couldn't possibly be any danger from other than just the flora and fauna."  
  "I sense no traps from this portal,"   says Duskwarp in his grating, enigmatic voice.   "I sense such foils readily."  
BuckGodot
Brad strolls over and opens the door while Sophia jumps to stop him, realises she can't get there in time and raises her weapons instead.
lostsole31
Brad moves over, and has to put his sword away to have a hand free, but opens one of the two double doors.

Four lit braziers illuminate this vast chamber, a cathedral-like space made all the more immense by its lack of benches or other concessions to comfort. The floor is polished tan marble, with the walls rising up to form a domed ceiling sixty feet above. Alcoves line these walls, six in all, inside of which stand human-sized statues of a tiger-headed man. To the south, a few steps lead up to a pulpit-like area with three more statues of the same figure—the central one being twice as tall and holding out before him two lances from which hang flags. The left is the flag of Korvosa, while the right bears the Arkona coat of arms.

Standing atop the dais to the south is a curios figure with backward-bending fingers and a bestial, snarling visage ... leave little doubt as to its fiendish nature.

"More fresh meat for the grind, I see," says a cultured male voice in Taldane with a Vudran lilt, echoing beautifully in the vast space.   "Let us see how this meat does."  
 Begin Round One ...

R1T29:  The tiger-headed man  casts a spell upon himself. It is too far for Brad to see properly, and  the multiple echoes interfere so that he does not know what that spell  was.

 R1T26:  Duskwarp moves up and opens the second door.

 R1T22:    During the battle, the others didn't really get a good look at the  source of Avel'kerihal's flight; it was extremely slow and clumsy, as if  he were balancing on shimmering heat. This time, however, boots appear  at his feet - jet black boots studded with crystals made to look like  the night sky - accompanied not by heat shimmering, but actual flames  which propel him. This time, his aerial movement is faster, with the  average maneuverability of most larger birds as he flies past Brad and  Duskwarp into the strange Arkona temple and into the air 10' and along  the eastern edge of the space, harp in hand.

 R1T20:   Saadmyrrh moves into the space and casts a spell. A large ball made  entirely of flame appears near the tiger-man and rolls into him. As soon  as it touches the tiger-man, something happens to the ball and it  simply disappears. Saadmyrrh nods, unperturbed by the lack of success  with that attack.   "It was just a probing attack. That thing is resistant to magic."  
 R1T15:  Yoon moves into the temple and slightly westwards, teasing the stone-man,   " Your  magic, maybe!"  

She  concentrates, and an eruption of flame bursts upwards from the  tiger-man's feet, only to fizzle out as well. She turns to look back at  Brad and Sophia.   "Uh, deadly sword-people? A little help, please?"  
 R1T7:   Sophia , what do you do?

 Brad  on deck (so you can take his turn as well; note that only shield is out), Tiger-headed man on deck ...
BuckGodot
Sophia focuses her attention on the cat fiend and then closes to attack.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
SA:Activate Ring of Foe Focus [AW, SA, designate any foe she can see as her particular foe. +2 bonus to AC &amp; saves vs. attacks made by that foe until new foe designated.]

MA: Move S into room 40'
 


Brad yells,   "Weep, little lion man! You're not as brave as you were at the start!"   as he runs into the room and draws his sword.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
SA: Move 20' S
MA: Draw sword
 
lostsole31
 R1T7:  Sophia focuses her attention on the cat fiend and then closes to attack.

 R1T6:  Brad yells,   "Weep, little lion man! You're not as brave as you were at the start!"   as he runs into the room and draws his sword.

 End Round One, Begin Round 2 ..

R2T29:    The cat-man draws a kukri and casts a spell, sending a lightning bolt  down the line to light up Brad and Saadmyrhh. Brad gets hit squarely for    27 electricity  , though Saadmyrrh uses the magus' body as a shield to only take   15 electricity  . The cat-man takes a step to the east.

 R2T26:  Duskwarp moves up to Brad and holds a vial.    "Here,  let me feed this to you since your hands are occupied to protect you.  It is a rakshasa, a shapeshifting fiend bound to our world, rather than  from beyond."  
 R2T22:  Avel'  briefly concentrates, and star metal pauldrons gleam now on his  shoulders, glowing brightly, daring an enemy to attack him, even as his  strange footwear becomes less pronounced, reducing the flames as he uses  the jet from the fiery boots to fly to the southwest, 10' above the  ground. From there he concentrates, and chains of cerulean light attempt  to tie the target in place, but immediately upon contacting the fiend  the chains disappear.

  "A 'rakshasa,' you say?"   he asks of Duskwarp.   "I've  heard of the term in stories, but alas my mystic studies of fiends do  not include those of this world. Seems like he resists the magic of this  world, though."  
 R2T20:   Saadmyrrh takes out something and crumbles it over him as he casts a  spell, and his stony green-gray skin now includes striations throughout  not unlike the bark of a tree.   "He can resist the magic of the world but not when the magic of the world protects me."   

He moves forward next to Sophia (below Avel') and looks more carefully.   "I agree. The tiger's head and reverse palms give it away."  
 R2T15:   Yoon sidesteps to gets screened by the warriors Sophia and Saadmyrrh.  She takes out a wand and activates it, a wave of temporal energy washing  over the party as everything around each person seems to slow down in  the world around them except for their fellow party members, who move at  a proper pace. All except for Duskwarp that is, for when the chronal  wave hit him, something about his strange body attacked and destroyed  the magic that would have affected him.

  "Sorry, magic resistant,"   he apologizes.

 R2T7:   Sophia , what do you do?

Brad on deck (you can choose to post his actions as well), Rakshasa in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Sophia closes the distance to her prey and lashes out with Pain shouting to the others,   "Don't cluster up!"  
 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
MA: Move 20' S and 5' E

SA:
Attack w/ Pain using RS TWF:  (1d20+21)[ 40 ] 

Dmg: (1d8+19)[ 20 ] 
 


Brad allows Duskwarp to pour the vial down his throat.
BuckGodot
Critical Severity roll:


 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
Crit Roll:  (1d20)[ 18 ] 

Damage:  (2d6)[ 10 ] 
 
lostsole31
 R2T7:  Sophia closes the distance to her prey and lashes out with  Pain  to break the rakshasa's jaw for  12 mod + 1 CON + special effect . Noting some pretty stout weapon resistance for all of that, she shouts to the others,   "Don't cluster up!"  
 R2T6:  Brad, what do you do?

Rakshasa on deck, Duskwarp in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Brad sings,   "Stoooooned looooooove!"   as he pulls some items from his supplies, concentrates for a moment and tosses what appears to be glittery powder over himself. It adheres to his body forming a coating of stone before disappearing... He shudders and says,   "I like these calm little moments before the storm..."   then rushes to Sophias side, weapon ready.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
SA: Cast Stoneskin (The warded creature gains resistance to blows, cuts, stabs, and slashes. The subject gains DR 10/adamantine. It ignores the first 10 points of damage each time it takes damage from a weapon, though an adamantine weapon bypasses the reduction. Once the spell has prevented a total of 10 points of damage per caster level (maximum 150 points), it is discharged.)

MA: 30' S 5' E
 
lostsole31
 R2T6:  Brad sings,   "Stoooooned looooooove!"    as he puts away his shield to grab some items from his supplies. He concentrates for a moment and  tosses what appears to be glittery powder over himself. It adheres to  his body forming a coating of stone before disappearing. He shudders  and says,   "I like these calm little moments before the storm..."   He then steps forward a few feet with just his weapon in hand.

 End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T29:   His broken jaw making spellcasting a risky proposition, the rakshasa  attacks. Sophia deflects both of his kukri attacks and shoulders away  his claw, but the monster bites hard - only to find that her armor is  nearly impassable! He steps back into the alcove as far as he can and  into the shadows.

 R3T26:  Since Brad didn't get  to where he intended to go (and assuming Brad doesn't fight him off),  Duskwarp pours a very bitter brew down his gullet. Brad feels ....  something .... but nothing happens otherwise, beyond Duskwarp backing  away from Brad.

 R3T22:  Avel' flies southwest over the stairs and is now flying level with the ground on the dais.   "If I can't put magic on  him , I can bestow gifts on the rest of  you ."  

He  begins playing his harp, filling everyone with courage. As this room  seems like some type of temple, despite its vastness the acoustics are  wonderful, and nobody has trouble hearing and being invigorated by his  music.

 R3T20:  Saadmyrrh moves up on the dais and uses her as a defensive screen.   "Sophia, to you I give the power of the mountains!"   he  extols as he takes out something pungent - musk of some type and some  coarse hairs - and casts a spell over her. Sure enough, she feels her  muscles pull and pop and warp and engorge.

 R3T15:   Yoon puts away her wand and rushes up in line behind Saadmyrrh so she  can properly target the rakshasa. She fires off a bolt of blue flame,  but the rakshasa manages to duck away.

 R3T7:   Sophia , what do you do?

Brad on deck, Rakshasa in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Feeling the strength course through her, Sophia stretches and steps towards the cornered kitten. She then lashes out with the full power of her arsenal.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
MA: 5' step

Attack using RS:
Pain Attack 1:  (1d20+20)[ 22 ] 

Pain Attack 2:  (1d20+20)[ 31 ] 

Pain Attack 3:  (1d20+15)[ 29 ] 

Pain Dmg 1:  (1d8+19)[ 20 ] 

Pain Dmg 2:  (1d8+19)[ 23 ] 

Pain Dmg 3:  (1d8+19)[ 27 ] 


Devastation Attack 1:  (1d20+20)[ 21 ] 

Devastation Attack 2:  (1d20+15)[ 31 ] 

Devastation Dmg 1:  (1d8+19)[ 20 ] 

Devastation Dmg 2:  (1d8+19)[ 27 ] 


Reminders: Ring of Foe Focus active
 
lostsole31
 R3T7:  Feeling the strength course through her, Sophia stretches and steps  towards the cornered kitten. She then lashes out with the full power of  her arsenal. As fast as she moves with her first attack, the rakshasa moves faster and  Pain  seems  to just be clipped off target by a deflection field. Sophia expertly  follows the sword's deflection into her routine instead of fighting it  and comes in more surely with  Pain  again, striking the beast-man's right shoulder for seemingly no effect, as if his body were made of the strongest stone.

As she brings  Devastation   to bear, it seems the monster was ready and her attack is sent by a  powerful, chambered claw to push back and down into her own foot for  27 .

Sophia instantly recovers from the force of the wound, unrelenting in her assault and slams  Pain  against its temple, not wounding it, before finally with a solid attack to its midsection for similar lack of result.

 R3T6:   Brad , you   FH1    as you watch the finest warrior you know fail to land a single blow,  even having her weapon turned back on her at one point. Worse, it chose  its terrain well by getting to a point that no other landbound person  such as yourself can get to except by a clumsy angle around a corner.  What do you do?

Rakshasa on deck, Duskwarp in the hole ...
BuckGodot
  "Great! We've got him cornered! Oh no! He's cornered!"   yells Brad, followed by some gesticulation and a series of arcane words. He points at Pain in Sophia's hand and it glows briefly as it slashes about...

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
SA: Cast Unerring Weapon: +2 bonus on attack rolls to confirm critical hits plus 1 additional bonus point per four caster levels (maximum total bonus +7).
 
lostsole31
 R3T6:    "Great! We've got him cornered! Oh, no! He's cornered!"    yells Brad, followed by some gesticulation and a series of arcane  words. He points at  Pain  in Sophia's hand and it glows briefly as it  slashes about.

 End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T29:  The rakshasa continues his attacks. His kukri hits Sophia's right shoulder for  12 ; claws her in the neck for  7 , and then bites against her armor.

 R4T26:   Duskwarp moves up, and then downs something from a vial, and within  seconds his frame bulks up massively from what it was before.   "Uncorner it, Sophia, that all may beat the brush to catch the tiger."  
 R4T22:   Avel' continues to play a vibrant tune on his harp while then alighting  to the ground. Within his song, he weaves magic. Magic to strip another  of theirs. He sends that willed enchantment at the rakshasa, but that  attempt is utterly ignored.

 R4T20:  Saadmyrrh  tries what Avel' did, but using the power of nature over music, but this  time finds success as it appears a force field that was a wider, outer  bubble flares up and then is destroyed!

  "His shield's down!"   celebrates Avel'.

  "Back away, Sophia, but not in a direct line with others,"   says Saadmyrrh.

 R4T15:    "Right,"   says Yoon.   "Because lightning-boy there."  

Yoon  gathers around her a massive, noisy corona of blue flame before  directing it at the rakshasa, but misses so as not to hit Sophia. She  then gets out of her own corner.

 R4T7:   Sophia , what do you do?

Brad on deck, Rakshasa in the hole ...
BuckGodot
Sophia hears and obeys but not before attempting to land a few more choice blows of her own.

 
 Spoiler: Technical Information 
Attack using RS for offense
Pain 1:  (1d20+20)[ 24 ] 

Pain 2:  (1d20+20)[ 30 ] 

Pain 3:  (1d20+15)[ 29 ] 

Pain Dmg 1:  (1d8+19)[ 22 ] 

Pain Dmg 2:  (1d8+19)[ 26 ] 

Pain Dmg 3:  (1d8+19)[ 22 ] 

Devastation 1:  (1d20+20)[ 28 ] 

Devastation 2:  (1d20+15)[ 25 ] 

Devastation Dmg 1:  (1d8+19)[ 27 ] 

Devastation Dmg 2:  (1d8+19)[ 26 ] 

MA: 5' step north
 
lostsole31
 R4T7:  Sophia hears and obeys but not before attempting to land a  few more choice blows of her own. None of them land, with more than a  couple slamming into its impervious hide. She does recognize, however,  that more of her blows hit against its hide, however, than get bound up  in magical defenses (he has another force field that wraps his body like  a close skin).

 R4T6:   Brad , you   FH1  . What do you do?

Rakshasa on deck, Duskwarp in the hole ..