Gunn can not help but reflect on how far he has come, and how utterly unprepared he is to tangle with a god. Grateful for his allies, he moves closer to Rosalind, whose purpose he now perhaps finally understands. And a final understanding it may be, as he prepares mentally to perish in this moment. Stazia's face flashes before his eyes, then Garrote's, then countless other foes and adversaries, and he realizes that for all he has achieved, all he has overcome, there is none he could call a friend. Even here, shoulder to shoulder with those he is closest too, he finds himself surrounded by those he considers his allies. (And of course, Perseus, who is more an extension of himself by now.) His goals in the rearview, he realizes that if he must die so theirs will succeed, then it is as the gods have ordained; gods whom he now recognizes as not only existing, but capable of exerting their will upon him. How could he not, engaged as he is in combat against one of them? He removes a scroll from his satchel, and uses its magic to grant a long-withheld boon to his friends, and a perhaps inconsequential bane to his enemy.

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Snowsong. +4 morale to CHA, attack (does not stack with Inspire Courage), +4 insight to AC, Fast Healing 1, Resistance Cold 15, +1d6 cold damage to melee attacks.

Enemies: 20% chance of spell failure for spells with a verbal component, Will save DC 27 negates


Once a novelty but now utterly predictable, Perseus blinks away with his boots, then charges back in.

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Slashy slashy slashy slash. Leap Attack, Power Attack, Raging, Reckless Charge, Haste, Inspire Courage, Flanking with Theo, Snowsong:

(1d20+36)[47], (1d10+44)[49]+(1d6)[3] cold
(1d20+36)[56], (1d10+44)[46]+(1d6)[3] cold
(1d20+31)[40], (1d10+44)[48]+(1d6)[6] cold
(1d20+26)[33], (1d10+44)[51]+(1d6)[2] cold
(1d20+21)[25], (1d10+44)[45]+(1d6)[3] cold