Strange Aeons: Lovecraftian Affair [DMOOCH]

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R9T9: With the line blocking the door broken, Flair moves behind the remaining foe, hoping to outflank the remaining enemy. As he passes the table, he has to slow down a bit more than usual to get past the jutting corner, and as Flair concentrates on that part of his acrobatic routine, Blue attacks, but Flair ducks under the corner instead to get behind him. Once Flair gets to the other side, he isn't flanking, but his combat HUD and his own combat inspiration helps him to land a punch in the back of her knee for 8.

R9T6: Dorn steps into flank with Flair, nodding to the agile young man. His first attack misses, and his second attack hits mail.

R9T5: Brother Jaume, what do you do?

Vilma on deck, Cultist in the hole ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 4 hours each. BLESS on bad guys!
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen imbibed (40 min.) Destruction Judgment (+2 damage). THP from Flair til R18T9.
Blue Cultist (m): 18. (-1:44; 11:12 STR, 15:16 DEX). Used 4 NE; Tapped out. Unwilling participant in collective!!! ILW currently on hand. DYING!!!
* Cast bless, CLW, divine favor.
Green Cultist (f): 17. (9:44). Used 4 NE.
* Cast bless, spiritual weapon, hold person.
Jens: 14.
Flair: 9. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. Can't use Milo's major ability til R13T9.
Dorn: 6. Expeditious retreat for 4 min.
Brother Jaume: 5. Shield of faith til R43T6.

DEAD
Red Cultist.

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R9T5: Brother Jaume moves to the NW to make a strike at the remaining cultist, but he punches the side of the building instead.

End Round 9, Begin Round 10 ...

R10T19: Vilma, what do you do?

Cultist on deck, Jens in the hole ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 4 hours each. BLESS on bad guys!
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen imbibed (40 min.) Destruction Judgment (+2 damage). THP from Flair til R18T9.
Blue Cultist (m): 18. (-1:44; 11:12 STR, 15:16 DEX). Used 4 NE; Tapped out. Unwilling participant in collective!!! ILW currently on hand. DYING!!!
* Cast bless, CLW, divine favor.
Green Cultist (f): 17. (9:44). Used 4 NE.
* Cast bless, spiritual weapon, hold person.
Jens: 14.
Flair: 9. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. Can't use Milo's major ability til R13T9.
Dorn: 6. Expeditious retreat for 4 min.
Brother Jaume: 5. Shield of faith til R43T6.

DEAD
Red Cultist.

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R10T19: Now that the last cultist is flanked, Vilma steps in the doorway (getting completely missed by an AOO), and attempts to smash the remaining cultist, but hits against the armor under her robe.

R10T17: The cultist tries tricky footwork against Flair but he sees through the feint at the last minute, only to still get stabbed for a soft crit in his lower right leg for 10. She then circles to the spot that Vilma had just vacated, stepping out of flank.

R10T14: Jens, what do you do?

Flair on deck, Dorn in the hole ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 4 hours each. BLESS on bad guys!
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen imbibed (40 min.) Destruction Judgment (+2 damage). THP from Flair til R18T9.
Blue Cultist (m): 18. (-1:44; 11:12 STR, 15:16 DEX). Used 4 NE; Tapped out. Unwilling participant in collective!!! STABLE!!!
* Cast bless, CLW, divine favor.
Green Cultist (f): 17. (9:44). Used 4 NE.
* Cast bless, spiritual weapon, hold person.
Jens: 14.
Flair: 9. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. Can't use Milo's major ability til R13T9.
Dorn: 6. Expeditious retreat for 4 min.
Brother Jaume: 5. Shield of faith til R43T6.

DEAD
Red Cultist.

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R10T14: Jens reaches out to the remaining cultist, prying at her mental defenses looking for a crack, but is strongly rebuffed.. He retreats behind his allies to avoid any retaliation.

R10T9: Flair clambers over the table to get into position, wincing as he moves to surround the cultist. He throws a fist once he gets there, but it's more of a gambit to distract them long enough for one of his teammates into a secondary flanking position.

R10T6: Dorn obliges Flair, and attempts another onslaught, but neither attack gets through her mail.

R10T5: Brother Jaume, what do you do?

Vilma on deck, Green in the hole ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 4 hours each. BLESS on bad guys!
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen imbibed (40 min.) Destruction Judgment (+2 damage). THP from Flair til R18T9.
Blue Cultist (m): 18. (-1:44; 11:12 STR, 15:16 DEX). Used 4 NE; Tapped out. Unwilling participant in collective!!! STABLE!!!
* Cast bless, CLW, divine favor.
Green Cultist (f): 17. (9:44). Used 4 NE.
* Cast bless, spiritual weapon, hold person.
Jens: 14.
Flair: 9. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. Can't use Milo's major ability til R13T9.
Dorn: 6. Expeditious retreat for 4 min.
Brother Jaume: 5. Shield of faith til R43T6.

DEAD
Red Cultist.

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R10T5: With fierce focus, Brother Jaume steps to the remaining cultist and strikes at him with his staff in a flurry of strong blows, both missing.

End Round 10, Begin Round 11 ...

R11T19: Vilma, what do you do?

Green on deck, Jens in the hole ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 4 hours each. BLESS on bad guys!
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen imbibed (40 min.) Destruction Judgment (+2 damage). THP from Flair til R18T9.
Blue Cultist (m): 18. (-1:44; 11:12 STR, 15:16 DEX). Used 4 NE; Tapped out. Unwilling participant in collective!!! STABLE!!!
* Cast bless, CLW, divine favor.
Green Cultist (f): 17. (9:44). Used 4 NE.
* Cast bless, spiritual weapon, hold person.
Jens: 14.
Flair: 9. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. Can't use Milo's major ability til R13T9.
Dorn: 6. Expeditious retreat for 4 min.
Brother Jaume: 5. Shield of faith til R43T6.

DEAD
Red Cultist.

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R11T19: Sliding aside to give a better opportunity to her allies as well, Vilma hacks at the cultist with her weapon, stiking her soundly in the head for 17, dropping her.

R11T14: Jens, the last cultist just fell. What do you do?

Flair on deck, Dorn in the hole ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 4 hours each. BLESS on bad guys!
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen imbibed (40 min.) Justice Judgment. THP from Flair til R18T9.
Blue Cultist (m): 18. (-1:44; 11:12 STR, 15:16 DEX). Used 4 NE; Tapped out. Unwilling participant in collective!!! STABLE!!!
* Cast bless, CLW, divine favor.
Green Cultist (f): 17. (-8:44). Used 4 NE. DYING!!
* Cast bless, spiritual weapon, hold person.
Jens: 14.
Flair: 9. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. Can't use Milo's major ability til R13T9.
Dorn: 6. Expeditious retreat for 4 min.
Brother Jaume: 5. Shield of faith til R43T6.

DEAD
Red Cultist.

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R11T14: In an effort to show mercy (whether or not these cultists deserve it), Jens will walk up to the recently felled cultist and attempt to stabilize her if she can be saved. His brilliant lifesaving techniques ensure that she will not die this day.

Combat Ends ...

The male cultist (blue) is alive, but self-stabilized.

An issue that was at the back of Brother Jaume's conscience was that he had initially used nonlethal strikes on Red. When he goes to check her, he realizes that he didn't kill her ... the negative energy bursts did.

Flair and Brother Jaume can discuss and determine from the battle that the cultists were able to protect only themself and one other ally at any given time with a negaburst, which is why they started off playing for distance, leaving off the negabursts once all three were close, and then once Red drop, going back to negabursts, and the most seen from any singular opponent is believed to be about four.

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Communal endure elements on party for 4 hours each. BLESS on bad guys!
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen imbibed (40 min.) Justice Judgment. THP from Flair til R18T9.
Blue Cultist (m): 18. (-1:44; 11:12 STR, 15:16 DEX). Used 4 NE; Tapped out. Unwilling participant in collective!!! STABLE!!!
* Cast bless, CLW, divine favor.
Green Cultist (f): 17. (-8:44). Used 4 NE. STABLE!!!
* Cast bless, spiritual weapon, hold person.
Jens: 14.
Flair: 9. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. Can't use Milo's major ability til R13T9.
Dorn: 6. Expeditious retreat for 4 min.
Brother Jaume: 5. Shield of faith til R43T6.

DEAD
Red Cultist.

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Vilma: 19. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.)
Jens: 14.
Flair: 9. Crossbow unloaded and in hand.
Dorn: 6.
Brother Jaume: 5.

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Brother Jaume, followed by Vilma-Jens-Flair-Dorn ... start into the narrow hallway. He doesn't hear anything at the door and opens it, stepping into what seems to be the manor's greeting hall, when ...

Surprise Round ...

S24: ... something hideous, powerful, multi-contact point, and viscous ... bites Brother Jaume in the chest for 24!

Begin Round One ...

R1T24: A horrific creature appears to Brother Jaume, Vilma, and a faint little bit that Jens can see. It is some type of quadrupedal predator that moves with feline grace. It has a toothy maw ringed with lots of toothed semi-tentacles that close together. It gives off a very strange, very disturbing vibe as a too-long tongue slides out to lick the monk's blood from its teeth. It steps back from Brother Jaume, and the manner in which it steps back defies your ability to track it properly. It gives off a horrific and unreal screech-roar that your ears and brain can't quite accept.

Brother Jaume, Vilma, and Jens, roll SAN checks! Roll this here in spoilers and NOT in Discord.

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Hound of Tindalos: 24. (130:130). Haste til R11T24.
* Used haste (1:3).
Dorn: 15.
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand.
Jens: 11.
Brother Jaume: 8.
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.)

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R1T15: Hearing battle having begun again, Dorn moves forward and around the corner, but not close enough to engage. He takes a good look at what he sees and calls out, "It is something that hurts me just to look at. I don't know what it is, but it is evil. It is like a wolf or lion, a mane of tentacle-teeth, and it is hard to look at it properly. I shall smite this thing, for we cannot suffer this horror to live to disturb the thoughts of the innocent."

R1T12: Flair, you have a loaded crossbow. What do you do?

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Hound of Tindalos: 24. (130:130). Haste til R11T24.
* Used haste (1:3).
Dorn: 15. SMITE vs. the hound (+5 attack, +3 dmg, +3 deflection)!!!
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand.
Jens: 11.
Brother Jaume: 8.
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.)

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R1T12: Flair steels himself to see the horror ahead of him, moving into the room past Brother Jaume and Dorn, only to find he has nowhere to go BUT next to the horror. And an indescribable horror it is. The worst part is that Flair tries to force himself to get a good look at the elritch horror, which probably is why things are not going well "upstairs" in Flair's capacious mind right now. One one hand, Flair's mind is so powerful that it is unlikely that any single mental trauma could shake him. But in the wake of all the things that he has faced, perhaps this isn't about a singularity, but the crushing weight of months of mental trauma finally having their way with the polymath, including the weight of knowledge.

Flair's mind fractures, but even insanity cannot completely shut down his intellect as it begins to form various protective compartments. That helps him to easily concentrate on what comes next, as holy beams of arcane light lance out and burn the essence of the monster for 11 force!

Flair continues to take input data from various mental compartments, but it is no longer a glossing affair ... it requires mental effort of him in his semi-fractured state. And then, his mind is flooded with worse than mental misfires, but with cold, static knowledge of the danger they all face!

R1T11: Jens, what do you do?

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Hound of Tindalos: 24. (119:130). Haste til R11T24.
* Used haste (1:3).
Dorn: 15. SMITE vs. the hound (+5 attack, +3 dmg, +3 deflection)!!!
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. CONFUSED til R8T12!!!
Jens: 11.
Brother Jaume: 8.
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.)

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R1T11: Sending healing energy to Jaume, Jens stays where he is. He is quite content to get no closer to that horror than needed.

R1T8: Brother Jaume, what do you do?

Vilma on deck, Critter in the hole ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Hound of Tindalos: 24. (119:130). Haste til R11T24.
* Used haste (1:3).
Dorn: 15. SMITE vs. the hound (+5 attack, +3 dmg, +3 deflection)!!!
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. CONFUSED til R8T12!!!
Jens: 11.
Brother Jaume: 8.
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.)

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R1T8: “Spawn of Chaos, you shall be destroyed!” yells the monk before he clutches his holy symbol and prays for Erastil to aid him. His muscles bulge, grow, and distend, and knowledge of the spell is gone for now. Careful of the table, he steps up to the monster, giving Flair a place to step back to.

R1T7: Vilma, what do you do?

Critter on deck, Dorn in the hole ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Hound of Tindalos: 24. (119:130). Haste til R11T24.
* Used haste (1:3).
Dorn: 15. SMITE vs. the hound (+5 attack, +3 dmg, +3 deflection)!!!
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. CONFUSED til R8T12!!!
Jens: 11.
Brother Jaume: 8. Bull's strength til R41T8.
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.)

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R1T7: Her assurance disturbed by the appearance of this creature, Vilma still utters a prayer to Milani, before moving into melee. "Not free until everyone is!"

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T24: The monster looks angrily at the one that hurt it with radiant energy, staring at Flair with its disturbing eyes. Flair senses it try to put his face at opposing spatial geometries to itself, and despite his current issues, completely undoes the attack. It moves back and against the wall.

R2T15: Dorn tries to pass Flair, but the latter is being unhelpful and Dorn has to go around him. He doesn't waste time on Flair, though, focused on the evil in front of him. He slams his hammer down upon it for 17!

R2T12: Flair, the control you had on your mind erodes and the world swims around you. There is a massive form next to you, and you try to elbow it in the midsection.

To everyone else, a crazy-eyed Flair tries to elbow Brother Jaume in his ample gut, but the monk pulls a great defense ... sucking up his gut to an unbelievable degree so Flair completely misses.

R2T11: Jens, what do you do?

Brother Jaume on deck, Vilma in the hole ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Hound of Tindalos: 24. (102:130). Haste til R11T24. Flair saved against the face-ripping gaze.
* Used haste (1:3).
Dorn: 15. SMITE vs. the hound (+5 attack, +3 dmg, +3 deflection)!!!
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. CONFUSED til R8T12!!!
Jens: 11.
Brother Jaume: 8. Bull's strength til R41T8.
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.). Divine favor til R11T7 (+1 luck bonus on attack & dmg rolls).
* In any case, I get +1 sacred bonus to AC and saves per adjacent ally against evil creatures (mostly in case of AoO during my turn, but will matter afterward).

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R2T11: Seeing Flair turn on them as he steps a little bit forward, Jens holds prepares to deal with him saying, ”Get ahold of yourself, Flair! Or else.”

Should Flair show further aggression, Jens prepares to put him on the ground.

R2T8: Brother Jaume, what do you do?

Vilma on deck, Critter in the hole ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Hound of Tindalos: 24. (102:130). Haste til R11T24. Flair saved against the face-ripping gaze.
* Used haste (1:3).
Dorn: 15. SMITE vs. the hound (+5 attack, +3 dmg, +3 deflection)!!!
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. CONFUSED til R8T12!!!
Jens: 11. READIED action against Flair: Manifest Collapse at 1 PP on Flair if he tries to strike someone. If it occurs it will be a DC 15 Fort save or fall Prone.
Brother Jaume: 8. Bull's strength til R41T8.
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.). Divine favor til R11T7 (+1 luck bonus on attack & dmg rolls).
* In any case, I get +1 sacred bonus to AC and saves per adjacent ally against evil creatures (mostly in case of AoO during my turn, but will matter afterward).

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R2T8: BJ grunts and sucks in his stomach to avoid the swing from Flair. “Watch it!”

He steps forward and strikes the creature with his magic fist for 16 at what he hopes on this strange creature is a nerve plexus, but beyond a crushing blow does no extra effect. Brother Jaume then follows up with a forward left kick that strikes for 13.

R2T7: Vilma, what do you do?

Critter on deck, Dorn in the hole ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Hound of Tindalos: 24. (73:130). Haste til R11T24. Flair saved against the face-ripping gaze.
* Used haste (1:3).
Dorn: 15. SMITE vs. the hound (+5 attack, +3 dmg, +3 deflection)!!!
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. CONFUSED til R8T12!!!
Jens: 11. READIED action against Flair: Manifest Collapse at 1 PP on Flair if he tries to strike someone. If it occurs it will be a DC 15 Fort save or fall Prone.
Brother Jaume: 8. Bull's strength til R41T8.
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.). Divine favor til R11T7 (+1 luck bonus on attack & dmg rolls).
* In any case, I get +1 sacred bonus to AC and saves per adjacent ally against evil creatures (mostly in case of AoO during my turn, but will matter afterward).

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R2T7: Vilma steps into melee before trying to find a spot that can be hit with a morningstar, but completely missing.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T24: The critter does something that is hard to comprehend. It steps into the seam where wall and floor meet, coming out of a similar point to the north, adjacent to Jens and Flair. Its hideous mouth bites Jens in the shoulder for 9 mod. It then claws Jens across the belly for 7 mod, and then another along his left upper arm for 3 mod. It then steps away from Jens.

R3T15: Dorn steps up and begins an onslaught, his first missing and the second strike slamming ineffectually against its hide.

R3T12: Flair is unable to cope with the complete defiance of mathematics and laws of physics that were just flagrantly broken by the creature, he stands there, spitting out mathematical formulae for why it should not have happened.

R3T11: Jens, your readied action didn't happen. What do you do?

Brother Jaume on deck, Vilma in the hole ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Hound of Tindalos: 24. (71:130). Haste til R11T24. Flair saved against the face-ripping gaze.
* Used haste (1:3).
Dorn: 15. SMITE vs. the hound (+5 attack, +3 dmg, +3 deflection)!!!
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. CONFUSED til R8T12!!!
Jens: 11.
Brother Jaume: 8. Bull's strength til R41T8.
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.). Divine favor til R11T7 (+1 luck bonus on attack & dmg rolls).
* In any case, I get +1 sacred bonus to AC and saves per adjacent ally against evil creatures (mostly in case of AoO during my turn, but will matter afterward).

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R3T11: ”You’ll bleed for that!” Jens growls out in anger after being injured. He calls forth earth and stone to attack his foe, but the critter jumps deftly out of the way as rock and earth shred the bookcase behind it.

R3T8: Brother Jaume, what do you do?

Vilma on deck, Critter in the hole....

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Hound of Tindalos: 24. (71:130). Haste til R11T24. Flair saved against the face-ripping gaze.
* Used haste (1:3).
Dorn: 15. SMITE vs. the hound (+5 attack, +3 dmg, +3 deflection)!!!
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. CONFUSED til R8T12!!!
Jens: 11.
Brother Jaume: 8. Bull's strength til R41T8.
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.). Divine favor til R11T7 (+1 luck bonus on attack & dmg rolls).
* In any case, I get +1 sacred bonus to AC and saves per adjacent ally against evil creatures (mostly in case of AoO during my turn, but will matter afterward).

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R3T8: “By Erastil’s fury, die Chaos spawn!” shouts the enraged monk. The big man moves to the west of Flair by the ruined desk and strikes a powerful blow that glances off of its hide ... a disturbing feeling, to be sure.

R3T7: Vilma, what do you do?

Critter on deck, Dorn in the hole ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Hound of Tindalos: 24. (71:130). Haste til R11T24. Flair saved against the face-ripping gaze.
* Used haste (1:3).
Dorn: 15. SMITE vs. the hound (+5 attack, +3 dmg, +3 deflection)!!!
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. CONFUSED til R8T12!!!
Jens: 11.
Brother Jaume: 8. Bull's strength til R41T8.
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.). Divine favor til R11T7 (+1 luck bonus on attack & dmg rolls).
* In any case, I get +1 sacred bonus to AC and saves per adjacent ally against evil creatures (mostly in case of AoO during my turn, but will matter afterward).

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R3T7: Vilma walks back into melee, her armor absorbing an AOO, before hacking once more. This time she strikes it heavily for 20. "Damn it, it can reposition itself easily!"

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T24: And to illustrate this, it steps into the seam of the northern wall's floor-to-wall, coming out on the other side of Jens from another floor-wall portion. It bites Jens in his upper left triceps for 13 mod. Jens spins around to face it only to have claws score across his right bicep for 15 mod. Jens is a bloody mess and still it claws upwards into his groin for 14 mod, dropping Jens. And to add insult to injury, as its movements and speed are hard to track, it bites again, snapping Jens neck. Only Vilma sees the creature snap his neck; Flair and Brother Jaume only see Jens fall and hear a crunching sound. However, everyone feels Jens collective drop.

The creature moves away from Jens' body.

R4T15: Dorn, sensing Jens' death, pushes past Vilma, steps over Jens' body and closes on the creature and strikes it with his hammer for 15. "There's no room to get past," he calls out for anyone not sure of what's around the corner, "though if someone wishes to stand astride Jens' fallen body, there's a space behind me. But I am committed to smiting this creature and will not yield my space."

R4T12: Flair still spews strange formulae, but now his formulaic insights slowly lead to impossible maths of planar eclectism, and his new verbal empiracy no longer refutes, but supports the uncanny movement of the horror.

R4T8: Brother Jaume, what do you do, knowing what Dorn just said? If there is no space but Jens, that means you wouldn't have room to grow to reach past Dorn. However, you have seen a drastic uptic in Dorn's fighting still against this monster, some proof in the pudding that perhaps Torag favors his servant against this threat.

Vilma on deck, Critter on deck ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Hound of Tindalos: 24. (36:130). Haste til R11T24. RS.
* Flair saved against the face-ripping gaze.
* Used haste (1:3).
Dorn: 15. SMITE vs. the hound (+5 attack, +3 dmg, +3 deflection)!!!
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. CONFUSED til R8T12!!!
Brother Jaume: 8. Bull's strength til R41T8.
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.). Divine favor til R11T7 (+1 luck bonus on attack & dmg rolls).
* In any case, I get +1 sacred bonus to AC and saves per adjacent ally against evil creatures (mostly in case of AoO during my turn, but will matter afterward).

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R4T8: BJ readies an action to power-punch the creature should it appear next to him.

R4T7: Vilma, what do you do? Stepping into Jens' square is difficult terrain.

Critter on deck, Dorn in the hole ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Hound of Tindalos: 24. (36:130). Haste til R11T24. RS.
* Flair saved against the face-ripping gaze.
* Used haste (1:3).
Dorn: 15. SMITE vs. the hound (+5 attack, +3 dmg, +3 deflection)!!!
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. CONFUSED til R8T12!!!
Brother Jaume: 8. Bull's strength til R41T8. READIED to BJ will ready an action to RS & punch the creature should it bampf next to him!!!
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.). Divine favor til R11T7 (+1 luck bonus on attack & dmg rolls).
* In any case, I get +1 sacred bonus to AC and saves per adjacent ally against evil creatures (mostly in case of AoO during my turn, but will matter afterward).

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R4T7: "Dorn! Come back here, let's stay grouped! Vengeance can be smart!" Vilma moves toward the rest of the group, but finds that Flair doesn't let her past so she has to adjust her movement. She gets ready to strike if the creatures appears nearby.

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T24: The creature lets out a horrific, unsettling, and definitely unnatural noise. It throws itself against Dorn, its horrific tentacle mouth biting Dorn right in his own face for 15. Its right claw tears against Dorn's hip for 13 while Dorn holds off the other claw.

R5T15: Dorn calls on Torag's favor and puts his hand to himself, healing only 2. He continues calling on His favor as he attacks with another onslaught for 14 and 12. "I will not yield this round to this creature of evil."

R5T12: Flair, Vilma shoulder-checked you but you held your ground and she went around. She likes to throw her physical power around, and this will not inherit. You step away from her and launch a volley of radiant missiles right into her grill for 4 force.

R5T8: Brother Jaume, your readied action didn't occur. What do you do?

Vilma on deck, Critter in the hole ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Hound of Tindalos: 24. (10:130). Haste til R11T24. RS.
* Flair saved against the face-ripping gaze.
* Used haste (1:3).
Dorn: 15. SMITE vs. the hound (+5 attack, +3 dmg, +3 deflection)!!!
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. CONFUSED til R8T12!!!
Brother Jaume: 8. Bull's strength til R41T8.
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.). Divine favor til R11T7 (+1 luck bonus on attack & dmg rolls).
* In any case, I get +1 sacred bonus to AC and saves per adjacent ally against evil creatures (mostly in case of AoO during my turn, but will matter afterward).

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R5T8: “Flair, what has gotten into you?” Brother Jaume asks as he moves up to grapple Flair. Even though he only uses one big, meaty hand (for he has not dropped his quarterstaff), Brother Jaume latches onto Flair.

R5T7: Vilma, what do you do?

Critter on deck, Dorn in the hole ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Hound of Tindalos: 24. (10:130). Haste til R11T24. RS.
* Flair saved against the face-ripping gaze.
* Used haste (1:3).
Dorn: 15. SMITE vs. the hound (+5 attack, +3 dmg, +3 deflection)!!!
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. CONFUSED til R8T12!!! GRAPPLED by Brother Jaume!
Brother Jaume: 8. Bull's strength til R41T8. GRAPPLING Flair, but one-handed while holding quarterstaff.
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.). Divine favor til R11T7 (+1 luck bonus on attack & dmg rolls).
* In any case, I get +1 sacred bonus to AC and saves per adjacent ally against evil creatures (mostly in case of AoO during my turn, but will matter afterward).

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R5T7: Vilma moves closer to Flair. "Flair, get your bearings back! Dorne, come back here!"

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R6T24: The creature, badly wounded, limps away from Dorn. It screeches angrily(?) and then disappears.

R6T15: Dorn delays, looking out just in case.

R6T12: Welp, it's on now. Flair's mind is no longer traversing back and forth. Rather, he is now singularly focused on the destruction of the creature grapping him. He concentrates while in the grapple. Interestingly, Flair doesn't realize how unbalanced he is, but he still manages to pull off the concentrate as he shoots two radiant missiles right into Brother Jaume's grille for 8 force.

R6T8: Brother Jaume, you are grappling Flair one-handed, and he just magicked you in the face. What do you do?

Vilma on deck, Flair in the hole, Dorn delaying ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Dorn: 15. SMITE vs. the hound (+5 attack, +3 dmg, +3 deflection)!!! DELAYING!!!
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. CONFUSED til R8T12!!! GRAPPLED by Brother Jaume!
Brother Jaume: 8. Bull's strength til R41T8. GRAPPLING Flair, but one-handed while holding quarterstaff.
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.). Divine favor til R11T7 (+1 luck bonus on attack & dmg rolls).
* In any case, I get +1 sacred bonus to AC and saves per adjacent ally against evil creatures (mostly in case of AoO during my turn, but will matter afterward).

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R6T8: Brother Jaume drops his staff and attempts to forcefully restrain Flair, pinning him. “Ow! Flair, get ahold of yourself!”

R6T7: Vilma, what do you do?

Flair on deck, Brother Jaume in the hole, Dorn delaying ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Dorn: 15. SMITE vs. the hound (+5 attack, +3 dmg, +3 deflection)!!! DELAYING!!!
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. CONFUSED til R8T12!!! PINNED by Brother Jaume!
Brother Jaume: 8. Bull's strength til R41T8. PINNING Flair, but one-handed while holding quarterstaff.
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.). Divine favor til R11T7 (+1 luck bonus on attack & dmg rolls).
* In any case, I get +1 sacred bonus to AC and saves per adjacent ally against evil creatures (mostly in case of AoO during my turn, but will matter afterward).

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R6T7: Vilma looks around, ready to strike if the creatures attempts to come back.

End Round 6, Begin Round 7 ...

R7T12: Flair looks up at the big man pushing him down, a weird smile coming over his face and a strange giggle. But when he realizes his superior intellect can't set him free, he shouts and screams unintelligibly, spittle frothing about his mouth.

R7T8: Brother Jaume, you are currently pinning Flair. What do you do?

Vilma on deck, Flair in the hole, Dorn delaying ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Dorn: 15. SMITE vs. the hound (+5 attack, +3 dmg, +3 deflection)!!! DELAYING!!!
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. CONFUSED til R8T12!!! PINNED by Brother Jaume!
Brother Jaume: 8. Bull's strength til R41T8. PINNING Flair.
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.). Divine favor til R11T7 (+1 luck bonus on attack & dmg rolls).
* In any case, I get +1 sacred bonus to AC and saves per adjacent ally against evil creatures (mostly in case of AoO during my turn, but will matter afterward).

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R7T8: BJ continues to restrain the struggling Flair. “…a little help…Here!”

R7T7: Vilma, what do you do?

Dorn on deck, Flair in the hole ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Dorn: 15. SMITE vs. the hound (+5 attack, +3 dmg, +3 deflection)!!! DELAYING!!!
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. CONFUSED til R8T12!!! PINNED by Brother Jaume!
Brother Jaume: 8. Bull's strength til R41T8. PINNING Flair.
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.). Divine favor til R11T7 (+1 luck bonus on attack & dmg rolls).
* In any case, I get +1 sacred bonus to AC and saves per adjacent ally against evil creatures (mostly in case of AoO during my turn, but will matter afterward).

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R7T7: Vilma drops her morningstar, and helps Jaume. "What happened to him?"

End Round 7, Begin Round 8 ...

R8T12: Flair ...

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you don't "come to" or "wake up" or anything merciful that shows the binary state of "normal" magical confusion effects in the game. Rather, your mind simply manages to overcome its primal state. Perhaps because being pinned has allowed you to think on your disadvantageous position. The nature of your confusion is NOT a "I was mentally whammied, but now I'm good," but you may play it as you will. Rather, the confusion effect was an outgrowth of a spike of your particular mental affliction(s), which Flair may or may not recognize (your call).

... you are pinned by Brother Jaume with Vilma helping him. What do you do?

Brother Jaume on deck, Vilma in the hole ...

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Communal endure elements on party for 3:45 hours each.
Dorn: 15. SMITE vs. the hound (+5 attack, +3 dmg, +3 deflection)!!! DELAYING!!!
Flair: 12. Crossbow unloaded and in hand. CONFUSED til R8T12!!! PINNED by Brother Jaume!
Brother Jaume: 8. Bull's strength til R41T8. PINNING Flair.
Vilma: 7. STR Mutagen imbibed (25 min.). Divine favor til R11T7 (+1 luck bonus on attack & dmg rolls).
* In any case, I get +1 sacred bonus to AC and saves per adjacent ally against evil creatures (mostly in case of AoO during my turn, but will matter afterward).

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Administrative Tracking...

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Communal endure elements on party (not Kris) for 2 hours each.
Flair: x. Crossbow unloaded and in hand.
Brother Jaume: x. Light on quarterstaff.
Vilma: x. Light on morningstar.

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PRISONER HEALTH CHECKS

Blue Cultist (m): x. (3:44).
Green Cultist (f): x. (-4:44). STABLE!!!
Green Gate Guard: 13. (-2:32; 9/13 CHA). STABLE!!1
* SHATTERED HAND: All attacks and skill checks using that hand suffer a -2 penalty.
** Heal: Restoration spell needed since surgery had failed.
Kuru-Red: x. (19:64).
Kuru-Blue: x. (32:64).