Strange Aeons: Lovecraftian Affair [DMOOCH]

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R4T17: ”Sorry Dorn,” Jens apologizes in advance before once again summoning a cloud of dirt and stone. He condenses a blade from the surrounding matter and slashes at the remaining enemy, but his stone blade cuts some leaves but for no real damage.

R4T16: Green tries to get away, but Dorn grazes it with his silver dagger for 4. It gets away, and then jumps into the trunk of the tree to the east and disappears!

R4T9: Dorn hesitates .... "Is it gone?"

End Round 4, Begrin Round 5 ...

R4T28: Kris delays ...

R4T25: Brother Jaume?

Vilma on deck, Jens in the hole, the others delaying ...

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Kris: 28.
Brother Jaume: 25. RS. Vigor til R43T17.
Vilma: 22. STR Mutagen for 40 minutes. RS.
Flair: 18. DELAYING!!!
Jens: 17.
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.
Dorn: 9. Vigor til R43T17. DELAYING!!!

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Red Topiary: 24. (-1:60). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Blue Topiary.

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R4T25: BJ grasps his holy symbol and prays to Erastil for aid, getting 7 healing.

R4T22: Vilma, what do you do?

Jens on deck, Kris in the hole ...

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Kris: 28.
Brother Jaume: 25. RS. Vigor til R43T17.
Vilma: 22. STR Mutagen for 40 minutes. RS.
Flair: 18. DELAYING!!!
Jens: 17.
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.
Dorn: 9. Vigor til R43T17. DELAYING!!!

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Red Topiary: 24. (-1:60). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Blue Topiary.

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R4T22: "Let's see..."Vilma moves closer to the tree. She sees a tree.

R4T18: Flair calls out, "They can teleport amongst big plants and hedges, remember! Let's get back to what we were doing. Either it will come at us again, and we destroy it, or we've chased it away."

Everyone, do we want to end combat here, but just be "wary" (which you already were, anyway)?

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Kris: 28.
Brother Jaume: 25. RS. Vigor til R43T17.
Vilma: 22. STR Mutagen for 40 minutes. RS.
Flair: 18.
Jens: 17.
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.
Dorn: 9. Vigor til R43T17. DELAYING!!!

OOC
Red Topiary: 24. (-1:60). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Blue Topiary.

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With one powerful burst, Brother Jaume fully heals Kris and Jens. A second, equally powerful burst fully heals Flair so now only Brother Jaume has the slighest line of abrasions.

Brother Jaume, do you still want to burn a spell for that little bit?

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Kris: 28.
Brother Jaume: 25. RS. Vigor til R43T17.
Vilma: 22. STR Mutagen for 40 minutes. RS.
Flair: 18.
Jens: 17.
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.
Dorn: 9. Vigor til R43T17. DELAYING!!!

OOC
Red Topiary: 24. (21:60).

DEAD
Blue Topiary.

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The man looks shocked, but not enough to not react, and calls out in horror, "Lady Daelene, they're attacking with spells!"

The man rushes forth to Vilma, his dagger drawn. Brother Jaume's spell finishes his spell behind Vilma, and looking into the doorway he does detect an evil emanation. The woman casts a spell and a multitude of visions of her glimmer and in and out of each other, obscuring her actual position.

Begin Round One ...

R1T31: Kris looks confused as she casts mage armor on herself. "I missed the message. Were we supposed to just open up with spells?"

R1T24: The nobleman looks at Vilma and then reaches out to touch her left elbow right where the humerus meets it. Dark energy surges forth from the man's hand to do 20 negative energy, her skin ripping open to bleed profusely.

R1T22: Brother Jaume, you are currently concentrating on detect evil, and there is evil within your cone of effect (only covers the man right now).

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Kris: 31.
Asa Lalith: 24. SMITE vs. vilma.
Brother Jaume: 22. Vigor til R33T17. Concentrating on detect evil (1 round complete).
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. 2 BLEED!!!
Flair: 13.
Jens: 16.
Dorn: 6. Vigor til R33T17.
Daelene Spence: 5.

OOC
Red Topiary: 24. (21:60).
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.

DEAD
Blue Topiary.

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R1T22: “We mean no harm. Cease your attack.”

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You can't see the woman from your vantage. But you sense one evil aura coming from the nobleman.

R1T19: Vilma, you take 2 bleed. What do you do?

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Kris: 31.
Asa Lalith: 24. SMITE vs. vilma.
Brother Jaume: 22. Vigor til R33T17. Concentrating on detect evil (1 round complete).
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. 2 BLEED!!!
Flair: 13.
Jens: 16.
Dorn: 6. Vigor til R33T17.
Daelene Spence: 5.

OOC
Red Topiary: 24. (21:60).
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.

DEAD
Blue Topiary.

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R1T19: Vilma steps back, and casts a spell as well, despite the pain of her bleeding wound. "Let's show those powdered asses what's in there for them!"

R1T13: Flair takes out the crossbow and readies an attack should the man continue to prove hostile.

R1T16: Jens, what do you do?

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Kris: 31.
Asa Lalith: 24. SMITE vs. vilma. Failed vs. anticipate peril.
Brother Jaume: 22. Vigor til R33T17. Concentrating on detect evil (1 round complete).
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. 2 BLEED!!!
* Anticipate peril on Asa: +2 insight bonus on AC vs. his attacks, as well as attack/ damage.
Flair: 13. READIED attack to shoot Asa if he acts in a hostile manner.
Jens: 16.
Dorn: 6. Vigor til R33T17.
Daelene Spence: 5.

OOC
Red Topiary: 24. (21:60).
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.

DEAD
Blue Topiary.

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R1T16: Having a momentary flashback to the memory of dying while 'giving peace a chance' Jens quickly leaves the area threatened by the noble. He moves to the space south of Dorn beside Vilma's new position and quickly puts pressure on Vilma's bleeding wound. Jens sudden movements have the man moving threateningly gets a reaction from the man that Flair perceives as hostile. Flair misses wildly with his crossbow shot, nearly hurting his fingers through bad placement on the firing mechanism. Meanwhile, the man doesn't stab Jens, but simply trips him. But when Jens tries to get up, that's when the man stabs Jens in the shoulder for 6 mod. Jens gets on his feet.

R1T6: At first, the man made a prudent reaction - tripping - a nonlethal attack that does not injure. But when he stabbed someone when they're trying to regain their feet, that's the point that Dorn figures their all in. "You stink of evil!" Dorn shouts at him, "not even a little bit, but a strong stench of perfidy that you shall give answer for, for I am Torag's servant!"

There is a faint glow limning Dorn and his weapon now as he steps forward and swings. But despite the man's finery, as Dorn's hammer descends on his chest, there is the sound of fine, tinkling chain underneath those noble clothes that stop that hammer cold.

R1T5: "Oh, I guess we won't get to play the way I'd prefer," purrs a woman's voice from inside (for those that can't see her). "I guess Him Who Is Not To Be Named is giving us a different kind of fun to enjoy!"

The woman casts a spell and calls out, "Hello, there, little girl! There's a lovely rainbow over the lake right now, a once-in-a-lifetime vision."

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T31: Kris looks at her weird. "Um, okay? I mean, I don't know how you would know that, sitting here in Creepsville."

She then looks at Dorn and Brother Jaume with half a scowl, "I really don't care about stupid rules right now. I'm pretty sure He Who Is Not To Be Diddled is about what to expect here, and I'm tired of not having something to skewer baddies with."

She zooms down to the gatehouse, picking up the fallen man's rapier.

R2T24: The nobleman steps back from the door, takes out a small vial, and downs it. In doing so, he disappears from view.

R2T22: Brother Jaume, do you maintain concentration for the third round of this spell? or do you do something else?

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Note that last round in your spoiler you concentrated on the spell (SA), and discussed taking a readied action (also a SA). Concentrating on a spell was noted first, which is why readied didn't happen.

Vilma on deck, Flair in the hole ...

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Kris: 31.
Asa Lalith: 24. SMITE vs. Vilma. Failed vs. anticipate peril. Invisibility til R32T24.
Brother Jaume: 22. Vigor til R33T17. Concentrating on detect evil (1 round complete).
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. 2 BLEED!!!
* Anticipate peril on Asa: +2 insight bonus on AC vs. his attacks, as well as attack/ damage.
Flair: 17.
Jens: 16.
Dorn: 6. Vigor til R33T17. SMITE vs. Asa Lalith.
Daelene Spence: 5.

OOC
Red Topiary: 24. (21:60).
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.

DEAD
Blue Topiary.

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R2T22: “Fine, a fight it is!” Brother Jaume grasps his holy symbol and prays to Erastil in a loud clear voice. He then takes quick step to the south, watching their southern flank for the woman, though after he moves he ends up seeing her inside the little two-story lodge.

R2T19: Still bleeding (2 bleed), Vilma casts a healing spell on herself (5 healing), more to stop the bleed than to cure her wounds. Though she was sure she would earn a strike from where she thinks the nobleman was last standing, no blow if forthcoming. That said, while she cannot be sure of his position, the man seems like a total blackguard, which makes his lack of attacking her when she gave him an opening more of a stymy, even though her mind is filled with all manner of possibilities on how to fight this man.

R2T17: Flair reloads his crossbow, and moves to a point where if the woman stays put, he might have a clear shot at her.

R2T16: Jens, what do you do?

Dorn on deck, Noblewoman in the hole ...

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Kris: 31.
Asa Lalith: 24. SMITE vs. Vilma. Failed vs. anticipate peril. Invisibility til R32T24.
Brother Jaume: 22.
* Vigor til R33T17. Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. 2 BLEED!!!
* Anticipate peril on Asa: +2 insight bonus on AC vs. his attacks, as well as attack/ damage.
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow.
Jens: 16.
Dorn: 6. Vigor til R33T17. SMITE vs. Asa Lalith.
Daelene Spence: 5.

OOC
Red Topiary: 24. (21:60).
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.

DEAD
Blue Topiary.

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R2T16: Recovering from his beating, Jens moves into the room so that he can see the noblewoman while remaining out of Flair's line of fire if possible. There is a spot he tries to go to, but something is there, so Jens closes on the female spellcaster, who has no weapon in hand to threaten him. Jens calls on his mental powers, collecting energy from around him, and in doing so, a host of spectral figures surround Jens, crying out in pain and anguish. One spectral figure of particular note ... less spectral so much as previously unseen and now visible ... is that of the nobleman that went invisible a few seconds ago. For he is now visible, and his dagger has struck Jens in the lower back, near the right kidney, for 21 mod (+ bleed) + hampered. It is too well placed of a cheap shot, and all the psionic power that Jens gathered is now lost.

If there is a wan bright spot, at least the man revealed his position.

R2T6: Seeing his quarry appear, and with so dastardly an attack on Jens, Dorn moves into the lodge. "Torag, bless your servant against this miscreant!" he calls out as he begins his onslaught. His warhammer catches the nobleman in the side of the neck for a stunning 18, holy power arcing through his weapon to demonstrate his wrath. Dorn nods, "Now I see why your evil is so strong, blackguard ... for blackguard you are!" Another attack hits the man in the left quad for 20.

R2T5: The woman looks to the nobleman. "Poor Asa. For Hastur, I commit you to finish until you are finished." She draws a dagger, but she reaches out to touch Jens, a dark field surrounding her hand. Her hand is wonderfully perfumed as she brings it under Jens nose, and when she touches Jens neck, her hands are deliciously supple and soft, even as the dark energy leaps into his body to do 14 negative energy, corrupting wounds appearing about his body. In this moment against so calm and beautiful a viper, Jens knows fear (shaken).

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T31: Kris moves up, looking in the door way and casts a spell of protection on herself, using a strip of cured leather as a focus. Seeing Jens in peril, she yells, "Get Jens outta' there!"

R3T24: But timing is not on the party's side. The nobleman, barely standing now, forcibly coughs from his fast closing throat, looking at Jens' sorry state, trying to discern something. He then looks to Dorn, making a few cough-chuckles. "I don't know your god, old man. But as I am Asa Lalith of Caliphas, you get to live the rest of your years knowing that you failed to keep me from helping your friend know his god sooner than he should have!"

Asa reaches out to touch Jens with the same dark energy on his hand as the noblewoman had, but at the last second Dorn uses the haft of his hammer to hook the man's wrist into his own face to do 6 negative energy to himself. The man shrieks in pain, and now barely stands.

R3T22: Brother Jaume, what do you do?

Vilma on deck, Flair in the hole ...

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Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Asa Lalith: 24. SMITE vs. Vilma. Failed vs. anticipate peril.
Brother Jaume: 22.
* Vigor til R33T17. Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. 3 BLEED!!!
* Anticipate peril on Asa: +2 insight bonus on AC vs. his attacks, as well as attack/ damage.
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow.
Jens: 16. 3 BLEED!!! SHAKEN til R8T5!!! HAMPERED til R3T16.
Dorn: 6. Vigor til R33T17. SMITE vs. Asa Lalith (+5 attack, +3 damage (x2 avail), +5 deflection to AC). RS.
Daelene Spence: 5.

OOC
Red Topiary: 24. (21:60).
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.

DEAD
Blue Topiary.

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R3T22: Brother Jaume looks for a space to move to in the tiny cottage. Finding no good area , Brother Jaume opts to instead pray for Erastil’s blessing. The Hunter fills the heroes with a sense of battle focus and purpose.

R3T19: Vilma takes 3 bleed. Vilma, you do sense possibilities open up for you should seek to strike down Asa. But, you're also bleeding. What do you do?

Flair on deck, Jens in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Asa Lalith: 24. SMITE vs. Vilma. Failed vs. anticipate peril.
Brother Jaume: 22.
* Vigor til R33T17. Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. 3 BLEED!!!
* Anticipate peril on Asa: +2 insight bonus on AC vs. his attacks, as well as attack/ damage.
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow.
Jens: 16. 3 BLEED!!! SHAKEN til R8T5!!! HAMPERED til R3T16.
Dorn: 6. Vigor til R33T17. SMITE vs. Asa Lalith (+5 attack, +3 damage (x2 avail), +5 deflection to AC). RS.
Daelene Spence: 5.

OOC
Red Topiary: 24. (21:60).
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.

DEAD
Blue Topiary.

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R3T19: "In the name of the Everbloom, your reign is over!" Vilma cries. Unleashing her zeal, Vilma strikes at Asa. He does an odd enrobement with his daggered arm so that by the time Vilma's morningstar connects hard against the chain shirt under his fine clothing, there is little dangerous impact.

R3T17: It was now too congested of a mess for Flair to even bother shooting. Instead, he moves up to the one combatant he can reach. He touches Dorn on the shoulder, and Ubro's power flows into the older man to fortify him.

R3T16: Jens, you take 3 bleed. You are no longer hampered (so can move freely), there is a blessing up on you, but you are shaken. What do you do?

Dorn on deck, Noblewoman in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Asa Lalith: 24. SMITE vs. Vilma. Failed vs. anticipate peril.
Brother Jaume: 22.
* Vigor til R33T17. Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls) active.
* Anticipate peril on Asa: +2 insight bonus on AC vs. his attacks, as well as attack/ damage.
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow. Can't use Ubro's major ability til R8T17.
Jens: 16. 3 BLEED!!! SHAKEN til R8T5!!! HAMPERED til R3T16.
Dorn: 6. SMITE vs. Asa Lalith (+5 attack, +3 damage (x2 avail), +5 deflection to AC). RS.
* Vigor til R33T17. Ubro's blessing (+4 THP) til R8T17.
Daelene Spence: 5.

OOC
Red Topiary: 24. (21:60).
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.

DEAD
Blue Topiary.

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R3T16: Surrounded by enemies and near collapse from his wounds, Jens makes a desperate attempt to escape and heal. Asa catches him by the calf with the dagger as he leaves for 5 mod. Jens barely stumbles outside. The same terrible sighs are heard as before as Jens then heals 12, which stops the bleeding and hampered condition as well.

R3T6: Dorn continues his onslaught against Asa. The first is a probing attack that allows the second to land for 11 on his left shoulder, crumpling the man to the ground.

R3T5: The noblewoman sighs, "I will miss that monster between his legs."

She concentrates, glaring at Vilma.

Vilma, roll a Will save ....

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Asa Lalith: 24. SMITE vs. Vilma. Failed vs. anticipate peril. DYING!!!
Brother Jaume: 22.
* Vigor til R33T17. Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls) active.
* Anticipate peril on Asa: +2 insight bonus on AC vs. his attacks, as well as attack/ damage.
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow. Can't use Ubro's major ability til R8T17.
Jens: 16. SHAKEN til R8T5!!!
Dorn: 6. SMITE vs. Asa Lalith (+5 attack, +3 damage, +5 deflection to AC). RS.
* Vigor til R33T17. Ubro's blessing (+4 THP) til R8T17.
Daelene Spence: 5.

OOC
Red Topiary: 24. (21:60).
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.

DEAD
Blue Topiary.

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Vilma feels the basest part of her mind - her primal impulses - at war with her conscious self.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T31: Kris flies in and stands atop the table. She stabs down at the woman, removing one of the images.

R422: Brother Jaume, what do you do?

Vilma on deck, Flair in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Asa Lalith: 24. SMITE vs. Vilma. Failed vs. anticipate peril. DYING!!!
Brother Jaume: 22.
* Vigor til R33T17. Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls) active. CONFUSED via id insinuation I.
* Anticipate peril on Asa: +2 insight bonus on AC vs. his attacks, as well as attack/ damage.
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow. Can't use Ubro's major ability til R8T17.
Jens: 16. SHAKEN til R8T5!!!
Dorn: 6. SMITE vs. Asa Lalith (+5 attack, +3 damage, +5 deflection to AC). RS.
* Vigor til R33T17. Ubro's blessing (+4 THP) til R8T17.
Daelene Spence: 5. Concentrating on id insinuation I vs. Vilma.
* Mirror image active.

OOC
Red Topiary: 24. (21:60).
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.

DEAD
Blue Topiary.

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R422: BJ notes Jens healing himself.

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“Take it easy, Jens. I will finish this.”

BJ moves into the small house to Chris’s Kris' right, bulling his way past the fallen body and the other combatants. His stabs at the evil woman with his awesome staff, and missing just as awesomely.

R4T19: Her first target down, Vilma realizes there is movement all around her. One is on a table and one stands looking intently at her, a much older man with a bald pate and white hair around the sides. He seems wildly self-righteous, and must die! She swings her morningstar at him with all of her power in the left knee for 8 mod ... she hit him, and yet his vow of tyranny espousing the "greater good" gives him protection, or makes him inured to pain. And even after that terrific blow, he doesn't really look like he's wounded at all!

R4T17: Flair calls out, "Everyone clear away from Vilma if you are next to her. Dorn, back out ... don't engage her. The witch didn't visibly cast anything but Vilma seems confused and liable to strike at anyone."

Now with friend-vs.-friend and the woman apparently concentrating behind a screen of mirror images, Flair shoots at her to try and thin the illusory protection, but completely misses and he steps back some and reloads.

R4T16: Jens, you are still shaken. What do you do?

Dorn on deck, Noblewoman on deck ...

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Asa Lalith: 24. SMITE vs. Vilma. Failed vs. anticipate peril. DYING!!!
Brother Jaume: 22.
* Vigor til R33T17. Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls) active. CONFUSED via id insinuation I.
* Anticipate peril on Asa: +2 insight bonus on AC vs. his attacks, as well as attack/ damage.
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow. Can't use Ubro's major ability til R8T17.
Jens: 16. SHAKEN til R8T5!!!
Dorn: 6. SMITE vs. Asa Lalith (+5 attack, +3 damage, +5 deflection to AC). RS.
* Vigor til R33T17. Ubro's blessing (+4 THP) til R8T17.
Daelene Spence: 5. Concentrating on id insinuation I vs. Vilma.
* Mirror image active.

OOC
Red Topiary: 24. (21:60).
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.

DEAD
Blue Topiary.

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R4T16: Jens moves behind Flair and looks past him to get eyes on the remaining foe. He then attempts to join her to the collective, but her mind seems powerful and she flicks his attempted intrusion away.

R4T6: Dorn stays where he is, and prays to Torag to let the woman know the wages of sloth. Confident the bruisers have it, he turns and moves to Flair and Jens. Saying a prayer, he puts his hand on Jens' shoulder for 3 healing.

R4T5: But the woman, recognizing the prohibition Torag's servant laid upon her, simply concentrates as before on Vilma.

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T31: Kris casts a spell and fires point blank at the woman, destroying an image with a line of black energy.

Sensing a change in the status of the opponent against whom he smote, Dorn simply calls out, "The nobleman's dead."

R5T22: Brother Jaume, you are feeling good and your staff is amped. What do you do?

Vilma (confused) on deck, Flair in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Brother Jaume: 22.
* Vigor til R33T17. Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls) active. CONFUSED via id insinuation I.
* Anticipate peril on Asa: +2 insight bonus on AC vs. his attacks, as well as attack/ damage.
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow. Can't use Ubro's major ability til R8T17.
Jens: 16. SHAKEN til R8T5!!!
Dorn: 6.
* Vigor til R33T17. Ubro's blessing (+4 THP) til R8T17.
Daelene Spence: 5. Concentrating on id insinuation I vs. Vilma. Affected by litany of sloth til R5T6 (can't take AOOs, or cast spells defensively).
* Mirror image active.

OOC
Red Topiary: 24. (21:60).
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.

DEAD
Blue Topiary. Asa Lalith.

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R5T22: “Your evil ends now!” shouts Brother Jaume as he kicks low for a nonlethal stunner that knocks out one of her images. He follows up with two hard thrusts with the quarterstaff of awesomeness, one of which misses, and the other which reduces another image. His final, ki-driven attack takes out yet another image.

R5T19: Vilma stands in place, singing a hymn to Milani with an almost rapturous look on her face.

R5T17: Flair's combat display is lit up regarding the noblewoman. He shoots, and luck is with him as he gets rid of her last image.

R5T16: Jens, you are still shaken despite the death of the nobleman. Man, he was scary. What do you do?

Dorn on deck, Noblewoman in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Brother Jaume: 22.
* Vigor til R33T17. Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls) active. CONFUSED via id insinuation I.
* Anticipate peril on Asa: +2 insight bonus on AC vs. his attacks, as well as attack/ damage.
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow. Can't use Ubro's major ability til R8T17.
Jens: 16. SHAKEN til R8T5!!!
Dorn: 6.
* Vigor til R33T17. Ubro's blessing (+4 THP) til R8T17.
Daelene Spence: 5. Concentrating on id insinuation I vs. Vilma. Affected by litany of sloth til R5T6 (can't take AOOs, or cast spells defensively).

OOC
Red Topiary: 24. (21:60).
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.

DEAD
Blue Topiary. Asa Lalith.

[lostsole31]

R5T16: Hoping that the others can handle the lone noble, especially now that her illusions are gone, Jens will again attempt to force the lady into the collective. The battle is a bit more involved, but she still tosses him out.

R5T6: Dorn tries something that is a complete "Hail, Milani" pass. He steps in better line with where he can see her, and casts a spell, but shakes his head. "I tried to charm her on the off chance ... but failed."

R5T5: The woman shrugs off the effect Dorn hit her with previously. She releases her concentration on Vilma (though Vilma is still spouting glories to Milani mid-battle right now).

"Oh, you ridiculously misguided, fat peasant," she says, her features hardening the more she speaks and takes out a dagger in an off hand, "you are my plaything now." A faint glow surrounds her, and a darker glow surrounds her hand, which plants itself on Brother Jaume's chest for 20 negative energy.

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R6T31: Kris concentrates on a spell, but in doing so it fizzles out.

R6T22: Brother Jaume, roll a Fort save. Assuming everything is okay, what does he do?

Vilma on deck, Flair in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Brother Jaume: 22.
* Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls) active. CONFUSED via id insinuation I til R6T5!!!
* Anticipate peril on Asa: +2 insight bonus on AC vs. his attacks, as well as attack/ damage.
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow. Can't use Ubro's major ability til R8T17.
Jens: 16. SHAKEN til R8T5!!!
Dorn: 6.
* Vigor til R33T17. Ubro's blessing (+4 THP) til R8T17.
Daelene Spence: 5. SMITE vs. Brother Jaume! (+4 attack rolls [CHA], +6 damage [CL], +4 deflection bonus to AC)

OOC
Red Topiary: 24. (21:60).
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.

DEAD
Blue Topiary. Asa Lalith.

[lostsole31]

R6T22: Brother Jaume, when the woman touched you with power to completely obliterate the large amount of fortification Jens had on you, even if the wound remaining was light, you were fed a vision. It wasn't one that you can do much with or even articulate, though you know it involved the color yellow. It was terrifying, and while she didn't shake your faith, she did shatter your resolve (shaken). What do you do?

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Brother Jaume: 22. SHAKEN til R12T22!!!
* Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls) active. CONFUSED via id insinuation I til R6T5!!!
* Anticipate peril on Asa: +2 insight bonus on AC vs. his attacks, as well as attack/ damage.
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow. Can't use Ubro's major ability til R8T17.
Jens: 16. SHAKEN til R8T5!!!
Dorn: 6.
* Vigor til R33T17. Ubro's blessing (+4 THP) til R8T17.
Daelene Spence: 5. SMITE vs. Brother Jaume! (+4 attack rolls [CHA], +6 damage [CL], +4 deflection bonus to AC)

OOC
Red Topiary: 24. (21:60).
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.

DEAD
Blue Topiary. Asa Lalith.

[lostsole31]

R6T22: BJ will take a step back and place a calming hand on the wound on his chest, and feeling his resolve return.

R6T19: Vilma realizes that Kris is a creature of freedom, but more freedom than compassion, for storms hurt people, and yet Kris seems to embody those storms...in Vilma's broken chain of "logic." Vilma swings her morningstar at Kris only to have her weapon bonk against a forcefield surrounding the sorcerer.

R6T17: Flair takes a slight step back and lets loose with a burst of positive energy for 6 healing to those that need it.

R6T16: Jens (still shaken) ... what do you do?

Dorn on deck, Noblewoman in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Red Topiary: 24. (27:60). PRONE!!! Being very still right now.
Brother Jaume: 22.
* Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls) active. CONFUSED via id insinuation I til R6T5!!!
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow. Can't use Ubro's major ability til R8T17.
Jens: 16. SHAKEN til R8T5!!!
Dorn: 6.
* Vigor til R33T17. Ubro's blessing (+4 THP) til R8T17.
Daelene Spence: 5. Dagger in hand. SMITE vs. Brother Jaume! (+4 attack rolls [CHA], +6 damage [CL], +4 deflection bonus to AC)

OOC
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.

DEAD
Blue Topiary. Asa Lalith.

[lostsole31]

R6T16: Jens tries to wear down the noblewoman’s will and bring her into the collective and he ... just barely ... manages to finally ... get her mind into the collective.

R6T6: Dorn steps up to Jens and calls on Torag to give the man 4 healing. "How are you feeling, lad?"

R6T5: "I am Daelene Spence of Caliphas, and I will not be bested by a peasant friar!" she says, stepping out from behind the table to then touch Brother Jaume on the upper arm for 15 negative energy.

End Round 6, Begin Round 7 ...

R7T31: Kris tries to stab down at the woman, missing.

R7T24: As if there wasn't enough going on right now, the Red topiary stands, steps over and attacks Flair with a hoof.

R7T22: Brother Jaume, roll a Fort save ....

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Red Topiary: 24. (27:60). PRONE!!! Being very still right now.
Brother Jaume: 22.
* Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls) active. CONFUSED via id insinuation I til R6T5!!!
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow. Can't use Ubro's major ability til R8T17.
Jens: 16. SHAKEN til R8T5!!!
Dorn: 6.
* Vigor til R33T17. Ubro's blessing (+4 THP) til R8T17.
Daelene Spence: 5. Dagger in hand. SMITE vs. Brother Jaume! (+4 attack rolls [CHA], +6 damage [CL], +4 deflection bonus to AC).
* Unwilling participant in collective.

OOC
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.

DEAD
Blue Topiary. Asa Lalith.

[lostsole31]

R7T22: BJ grits his teeth and tries to resist the ... the ....

R7T19: Vilma, what do you do now that your mind is fully your own again? Something is off with Brother Jaume who is just standing there and staring off.

Flair on deck, Jens in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Red Topiary: 24. (27:60). PRONE!!! Being very still right now.
Brother Jaume: 22. DAZED til R8T5.!!!
* Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls) active.
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow. Can't use Ubro's major ability til R8T17.
Jens: 16. SHAKEN til R8T5!!!
Dorn: 6.
* Vigor til R33T17. Ubro's blessing (+4 THP) til R8T17.
Daelene Spence: 5. Dagger in hand. SMITE vs. Brother Jaume! (+4 attack rolls [CHA], +6 damage [CL], +4 deflection bonus to AC).
* Unwilling participant in collective.

OOC
Green Topiary: 16. (11:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.

DEAD
Blue Topiary. Asa Lalith.

[lostsole31]

R7T19: Vilma gets closer, and attempts to pummel the noblewoman into the ground. She hits her in the upper left thigh for 15. This is the first successful attack scored on her, as she has done an excellent job of using standoff tactics and terrain to her advantage.

R7T17: Flair sputters in anger at having been attacked by a shrubbery horse that was playing 'possum. Not to be a not-a-team-player, but his combat HUD has been focused on the woman, so he withdraws into the cottage to leave Dorn and Jens, both infinitely more qualified than he to hand physical threats, to handle that physical threat.

R7T16: Jens, you are still shaken from whatever terror you face with the dead nobleman. What do you do?

Dorn on deck, Daelene in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Red Topiary: 24. (27:60).
Green Topiary: 23. (33:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.
Brother Jaume: 22. DAZED til R8T5.!!!
* Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls) active (incl. on sheet).
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow. Can't use Ubro's major ability til R8T17.
Jens: 16. SHAKEN til R8T5!!!
Dorn: 6.
* Vigor til R33T17. Ubro's blessing (+4 THP) til R8T17.
Daelene Spence: 5. Dagger in hand. SMITE vs. Brother Jaume! (+4 attack rolls [CHA], +6 damage [CL], +4 deflection bonus to AC).
* Unwilling participant in collective.

DEAD
Blue Topiary. Asa Lalith.

[lostsole31]

R7T16: Still feeling scared, but feeling better now with his wounds recovered somewhat, Jens says, ”Thanks Dorn. I feel alright for now. Shall we tend to the garden?”

Jens concentrates a moment to rip vitality from the noblewoman (12 damage) through the collective and heal BJ with it (12 healing) before drawing his dagger and encircling the bush to aid Dorn.

R7T6: Dorn looks at Jens going the opposite way with a questioning expression. He shrugs, takes out his dagger, and steps forward but an offset so Jens has a clear line of fire. He makes a brilliant cut to a thicker branch along the pony-shrubbery's brow, and a lot of sap or other vital plant effluvia splashes down on what passes for the bush's "eyes" for 7 + (1d2 bleed + blind once it takes bleed).

R7T5: The woman seems a little shocked as wounds appear on her, but her hatred is focused and she touches a painful spot on Brother Jaume's right hand with a soft crit for 24 negative energy. She looks over at Vilma, "You, too, shall receive the King's ministrations for your insolence."

End Round 7, Begin Round 8 ...

R8T31: Kris finally lands a blow with her new toy, grazing Daelene along the jaw with a lightning-fast strike for 6.

R8T24: Outside, Red topiary gets plant-goo in its "eyes" to blind it as it takes 1 bleed. Instead of attacking, it feels out the fallen topiary next to it and puts its forehooves on it, and seems to take up some of the plant material in itself for 3 healing, which stops the bleed and blindness effect.

R8T23: it seems that Jens was possessed of a strange clairvoyant vision (must be them psionics) and out of the tree - just as it had gone in - Green topiary has returned. While not fully healed, Green does appear to be much better off than before. Its use of coming out of the tree must have taken focus, though, because it doesn't attack Jens.

R8T22: Brother Jaume is dazed ...

R8T19: Vilma, what do you do?

Flair on deck, Jens in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Red Topiary: 24. (22:60).
Green Topiary: 23. (33:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.
Brother Jaume: 22. DAZED til R8T5.!!!
* Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls) active (incl. on sheet).
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow. Can't use Ubro's major ability til R8T17.
Jens: 16. Dagger in hand. SHAKEN til R8T5!!!
Dorn: 6.
* Vigor til R33T17. Ubro's blessing (+4 THP) til R8T17.
Daelene Spence: 5. Dagger in hand. SMITE vs. Brother Jaume! (+4 attack rolls [CHA], +6 damage [CL], +4 deflection bonus to AC).
* SMITE vs. Vilma for same, but she has yet to collect on the double damage effect.
* Unwilling participant in collective.

DEAD
Blue Topiary. Asa Lalith.

[lostsole31]

R8T19: "No kings! No masters!" Vilma roars with a new strike of her morningstar, striking the woman in the 14.

R8T17: Flair shoots at Daelene, misses, and reloads.

R8T16: Jens, you are still shaken, though it is starting to wear off. And you are facing down a topiary grasshopper .... alone. What do you do?

Dorn on deck, Daelene in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Red Topiary: 24. (22:60).
Green Topiary: 23. (33:60). Elsewhere in hedges, healing.
Brother Jaume: 22. DAZED til R8T5.!!!
* Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls) active (incl. on sheet).
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow. Can't use Ubro's major ability til R8T17.
Jens: 16. Dagger in hand. SHAKEN til R8T5!!!
Dorn: 6.
* Vigor til R33T17. Ubro's blessing (+4 THP) til R8T17.
Daelene Spence: 5. Dagger in hand. SMITE vs. Brother Jaume! (+4 attack rolls [CHA], +6 damage [CL], +4 deflection bonus to AC).
* SMITE vs. Vilma for same, but she has yet to collect on the double damage effect.
* Unwilling participant in collective.

DEAD
Blue Topiary. Asa Lalith.

[lostsole31]

R8T16: Wondering how he made such a mistake to end up where he is, Jens quickly snaps out of it when an enemy appears right next to him. Dropping his dagger to free his hands, he gathers energy in a loud display as earth and stone heed his call. He forms the gathered power into a blade to slash at the grassy grasshopper before him, tearing into it for 18!

R8T6: Dorn slashes at his opponent with his silver dagger.

R8T5: Daelene again forms a dark energy around her hand, "All shall fall before the King!" but she makes a conspicuously awkard attack jammed into the corner as she is, and leaves an opening that might be exploited.

Brother Jaume is no longer dazed.

End Round 8, Begin Round 9 ...

R9T31: Kris breathes lightning right down at Daelene. Though vulnerable to weapon attack in positioning, Daelene moves well enough to only take 3 electricity against that attack.

R9T24-23: Outside, Red Topiary hits Dorn twice for a total of 6 mod, though it doesn't really look like it hurt him. Green Topiary, on the other hand, hits Jens in center of mass with a moderate wound to rupture an organ, doing 8 mod (+1d4 bleed). The second slam almost crits as well, hitting Jens in his left lower arm for 8 mod.

R9T22: Brother Jaume, you shook your head a few seconds ago to regain your senses. You saw Daelene scrub her attack badly enough that you might be able to exploit that vulnerability (AC penalty). What do you do?

Vilma on deck, Flair in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Red Topiary: 24. (22:60).
Green Topiary: 23. (15:60).
Brother Jaume: 22.
* Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls) active (incl. on sheet).
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow. Can't use Ubro's major ability til R8T17.
Jens: 16. Dagger in hand. SHAKEN til R8T5!!!
Dorn: 6.
* Vigor til R33T17. Ubro's blessing (+4 THP) til R8T17.
Daelene Spence: 5. Dagger in hand. Awkward (-2 AC) til R12T5 (DC 20 Acrobatics check removes). Currently has touch of corruption+daze on hand.
* SMITE vs. Brother Jaume! (+4 attack rolls [CHA], +6 damage [CL], +4 deflection bonus to AC).
* SMITE vs. Vilma for same, but she has yet to collect on the double damage effect.
* Unwilling participant in collective.

DEAD
Blue Topiary. Asa Lalith.

[lostsole31]

R9T22: Recovering from shock of the grievous wounds received from the evil woman, Brother Jaume shouts. “Your beauty only hides the wickedness beneath. You shall pay!”

Brother Jaume's first punch has to fight through a wave of nearly palpable malice that pushes his strike far enough off that her magical defenses then block it. He furiously continues his attacks, each one worse than the last, and he finds his supernatural store of ki expended with the last attempt.

R9T19: Vilma, what do you do?

Flair on deck, Jens in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Red Topiary: 24. (22:60).
Green Topiary: 23. (15:60).
Brother Jaume: 22.
* Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls) active (incl. on sheet).
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow. Can't use Ubro's major ability til R8T17.
Jens: 16. Dagger in hand. SHAKEN til R8T5!!!
Dorn: 6.
* Vigor til R33T17. Ubro's blessing (+4 THP) til R8T17.
Daelene Spence: 5. Dagger in hand. Awkward (-2 AC) til R12T5 (DC 20 Acrobatics check removes). Currently has touch of corruption+daze on hand.
* SMITE vs. Brother Jaume! (+4 attack rolls [CHA], +6 damage [CL], +4 deflection bonus to AC).
* SMITE vs. Vilma for same, but she has yet to collect on the double damage effect.
* Unwilling participant in collective.

DEAD
Blue Topiary. Asa Lalith.

[lostsole31]

R9T19: Vilma presses the assault, striking again with force, but being repelled - much the same way Brother Jaume was - by an unseen force that is as thick as her hate. Nay, made of that hatred. Vilma, not letting the miss get the best of her, snarls, "It's too late for you!"

R9T17: Flair shoots and misses again, then reloads quickly.

R9T16: Jens, you have internal hemorrhaging and take 1 bleed. The by-product of the shock you are feeling is that you are no longer shaken, at least. What do you do?

Dorn on deck, Daelene in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Red Topiary: 24. (22:60).
Green Topiary: 23. (17:60).
Brother Jaume: 22.
* Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls) active (incl. on sheet).
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow. Can't use Ubro's major ability til R8T17.
Jens: 16. Dagger in hand. Organ rupture (1d4 BLEED!!!)
Dorn: 6.
* Vigor til R33T17. Ubro's blessing (+4 THP) til R8T17.
Daelene Spence: 5. Dagger in hand. Awkward (-2 AC) til R12T5 (DC 20 Acrobatics check removes). Currently has touch of corruption+daze on hand.
* SMITE vs. Brother Jaume! (+4 attack rolls [CHA], +6 damage [CL], +4 deflection bonus to AC).
* SMITE vs. Vilma for same, but she has yet to collect on the double damage effect.
* Unwilling participant in collective.

DEAD
Blue Topiary. Asa Lalith.

[lostsole31]

R9T16: Wounded and bleeding, Jens pulls vitality from Daelene to recover. However, she is more wise to the sensations of this weird wounding and resists to only take 6 damage while Jens heals 6.

R9T6: Dorn recognizes that with a three-front battle, he needs to give himself a little boost. He steps away from his enemy and casts a spell on himself, but in doing so suffers a nosebleed.

R9T5: Daelene tries to adjust to minimize her vulnerability but fails. She then caresses Vilma's cheek, doing 23 negative energy to the Milanite. It isn't just the corruption there, it seems that an incredible amount of hatred was poured into that single strike as well.

Vilma, roll a Fort save!

End Round 9, Begin Round 10 ...

R10T31: Kris changes her tactic and tries to cast a spell, successfully forming her own dark energy and knowing it will draw an attack towards her tries to shoot the woman with that energy. With the worst luck Daelene slams her dagger into Kris' foot with a soft crit for 7. But the spell was already cast, and Kris just grits through the pain, and with a finger the black energy shoots in a line at Daelene's left shoulder for a mere 1 STR damage.

R10T24-23: Outside, the topiaries continue their assault. Dorn gets slammed in the left shoulder, but doesn't feel it, but then takes a crit as it stomps on Dorn's right foot for 5 mod, taking the last of the fortification he enjoyed from Jens. Jens, meanwhile, gets hit in the neck for 4 mod, but the second insectoid leg misses.

R10T22: Brother Jaume, what do you do?

Vilma on deck (roll a Fort save), Flair in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Red Topiary: 24. (22:60).
Green Topiary: 23. (17:60).
Brother Jaume: 22.
* Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls) active (incl. on sheet).
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow. Can't use Ubro's major ability til R8T17.
Jens: 16. Dagger in hand. Organ rupture (1d4 BLEED!!!)
Dorn: 6. Divine favor til R19T6 (+1 luck attack & damage rolls).
Daelene Spence: 5. Dagger in hand. Awkward (-2 AC) til R12T5 (DC 20 Acrobatics check removes). Currently has touch of corruption+daze on hand.
* 1 STR damage from ray of enfeeblment til R14T31.
* SMITE vs. Brother Jaume! (+4 attack rolls [CHA], +6 damage [CL], +4 deflection bonus to AC).
* SMITE vs. Vilma for same, but she has yet to collect on the double damage effect.
* Unwilling participant in collective.

DEAD
Blue Topiary. Asa Lalith.

[lostsole31]

R10T22: Frustrated by the unnatural defensiveness of this so called noblewoman, BJ concentrates on landing his strikes. His first strike is the real hero of his focus on accuracy as he lands a soft crit on her jaw for 13 NL. While it rings her bell, she is remarkably resilient and keeps her focus. So, Brother Jaume takes his big stack and smacks her along both breasts with it for 9, staggering her.

R10T19: Meanwhile Vilma's vision and thoughts are overwhelmed with terrifying thoughts of a orange-yellow world filled with despair, and she is unable to respond to the present.

R10T17: Flair shoots, misses, and reloads.

R10T16: Jens, you take 3 bleed from internal organ damage. What do you do?

Dorn on deck, Daelene in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R43T22: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Kris: 31. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Red Topiary: 24. (22:60).
Green Topiary: 23. (17:60).
Brother Jaume: 22.
* Weapon of awe on quarterstaff til R42T22. If it scores crit, target is shaken for 1 rd, no save.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen for 39 minutes. Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls) active (incl. on sheet).
Flair: 17. Loaded crossbow.
Jens: 16. Dagger in hand. Organ rupture (1d4 BLEED!!!)
Dorn: 6. Divine favor til R19T6 (+1 luck attack & damage rolls).
Daelene Spence: 5. Dagger in hand. Awkward (-2 AC) til R12T5 (DC 20 Acrobatics check removes). Currently has touch of corruption+daze on hand.
* 1 STR damage from ray of enfeeblment til R14T31.
* SMITE vs. Brother Jaume! (+4 attack rolls [CHA], +6 damage [CL], +4 deflection bonus to AC).
* SMITE vs. Vilma for same, but she has yet to collect on the double damage effect.
* Unwilling participant in collective.

DEAD
Blue Topiary. Asa Lalith.