Strange Aeons: Lovecraftian Affair [DMOOCH]

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Brother Jaume enlarges and with full focus of power he strikes the eastern of the two double doors twice to do a total of 10 damage to it.

Shouts from within.

Round One ...

R1T25: An arrow flies out of the western murder hole next to the entrance to hit Brother Jaume in his left knee for 8 + 4 fire.

R1T23: Krisztina casts a spell on herself, holding a hardened leather strip as a force field shimmers over her momentarily before disappearing. She flies west and up to a height of 15' by the southwestern turret, hopefully out of sight of arrows.

R1T20: Brother Jaume, knowing that nothing is helped if the party doesn't break open the crab shell to get the meat, keeps his size and pounds away, doing another 16 to the eastern of the two double doors. The door can only take about another round or so of this punishment.

R1T18: Winter, what do you do?

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Undead Mercenary: 25. (48:48). Stance of piercing rays. Arrows (19:20).
Kris: 23.
Brother Jaume: 20.
* Eastern Double Door: Hardness (8). HP (14:40).
Winter: 18.
Undead Mercenary: 15. (48:48).
Vilma: 12.
Ms. Wrentz: 11.
Lillian: 9.
Vessex: 8.
St. Dorn: 7.

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R1T18: Winter clicks her tonhue angrily, a shouted, "You in there, you are a coward... open the door and face us!" She draws a dagger and and casts a spell on the massive Brother Jaume, tapping the side of his injured knee for 11 healing.

R1T15: "I got something coming out for you!" shouts a heavily accented voice from inside the eastern arrow loop, with an arrow flying out to hit Brother Jaume in the chest for 10 + 3 fire.

R1T12: Vilma, what do you do?

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Undead Mercenary: 25. (48:48). Stance of piercing rays. Arrows (19:20).
Kris: 23.
Brother Jaume: 20.
* Eastern Double Door: Hardness (8). HP (14:40).
Winter: 18. Dagger in hand.
Undead Mercenary: 15. (48:48). Stance of piercing rays. Arrows (19:20).
Vilma: 12.
Ms. Wrentz: 11.
Lillian: 9.
Vessex: 8.
St. Dorn: 7.

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R1T12: Vilma drinks her mutagen, before stepping close to the door while taking out her morningstar. Her muscles engorge and distend, barely constained by her metal armor.

R1T11: "Any day now,..." says Ms. Wrentz, delaying.

R1T9-8: Lillian casts a spell on herself as she gets behind St. Dorn, with her wasp following.

"... Brother Jaume," continues Ms. Wrentz.

R1T7: St. Dorn moves right up to the western arrow slit. "I sense his evil .... moderate ... and that's not usual except for undead and those devoted to evil powers."

Foolish though it might seem, he looks into the arrow slit and he calls out as he backs his head up from the hole, "Juju zombie! Undead! Hardy as a zombie, but sapient, fast and with a powerful fist."

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T25: As expected, an arrow flies out of the western murder hole at dorn to strike him in the upper right arm for 2 mod + 2 fire. "Yeah? But what the hell are you? My arrow shoulda' skewered you, target practice!"calls this man's similarly accented Taldane.

R2T23: Kris delays...

R2T20: Brother Jaume, still enlarged, strikes the eastern of the two doors twice, and with his second hit he splinters the door and the bar that was holding it into place!

R2T19: Kris comes out of delay to cast a second protective spell on herself before she flies into the main entrance. A heavy fist swings at her clumsily as she flies past and then up again, now at a height of 10' inside.

R2T18.5: Ms. Wrentz double moves inside while drawing her hand crossbow. "I concur. Juju zombies. So, anti-undead tactics are best," she calls from inside.

R2T18: Winter, what do you do?

Blue (eastern) on deck, Vilma in the hole ...

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Red Undead Mercenary: 25. (48:48). Stance of piercing rays. Arrows (18). RS.
Brother Jaume: 20.
Kris: 19. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (4 min.)
Ms. Wrentz: 18.5. Hand crossbow.
Winter: 18. Dagger in hand.
Blue Undead Mercenary: 15. (48:48). Stance of piercing rays. Arrows (19). RS.
Vilma: 12. Mutagen active (40 min.).
Lillian: 9. Divine favor til R11T9.
Vessex: 8.
St. Dorn: 7.

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R2T18: At mention of the ju-ju zombies Winter tries to recall what knows of them before scowling, "Vile creatures. You have escaped the boneyard long enough, let me bring you the rest you so wrongly flee from." Darting forward she steps into the doorway and darts to the left or right (depending on where makes the most sense when she enters) and then surveys the room before releasing a pulse of her own holy power in a wave around her. Though she faces down Red, he resists to to only take 6 PE, but Blue takes the full force of 12 PE.

R2T15: Blue drops his bow, draws his longsword, steps up to Winter while changing into a different fighting stance more suitable for a sort of cautious melee. He seems to be trained in some unorthodox fighting style. He begins with a two-handed power strike of his longsword, but he seems to wink in and out of reality, making him hard to track or counter, and he hacks at Winter's upper left arm for 15 + staggered + 2 WIS as something about the strike seems to corrupt her senses and focus. As keenly developed as her own life energy is, Winter finally realizes that it was a type of poisoning of her ki, her life force.

R2T12: Vilma, what do you do?

Lillian/ Vessex on deck/ in the hole ...

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Red Undead Mercenary: 25. (42:48). Stance of piercing rays. Arrows (18). RS.
Brother Jaume: 20.
Kris: 19. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (4 min.)
Ms. Wrentz: 18.5. Hand crossbow.
Winter: 18. Dagger in hand. Staggered til R3T15!!!
Blue Undead Mercenary: 15. (36:48). Bow dropped, longsword in hand. Arrows (19). RS.
* Body of the Night stance. Expended: dimensional strike + dizzying venom prana (R2).
Vilma: 12. Mutagen active (40 min.).
Lillian: 9. Divine favor til R11T9.
Vessex: 8.
St. Dorn: 7.

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R2T12: Calling upon Milani's guidance, Vilma dashes inside, pushing Blue deeper into the room (below Kris).

R2T9-8: Lillian tells her wasp to stay and closes into the gap, blasting away with positive energy that does 7 PE to Red, and 14 PE to Blue.

Vessex delays.

R2T7: St. Dorn carefully casts a spell on himself to increase his battle speed and darts in, tumbling NE to be in a position to cover Ms. Wrentz, his warhammer now in hand.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T25: Red drops his bow and takes out his longsword and shifts his fighting stance to one similar as the other. He then does the same attack, though without as much decoration, where his sword is impossible to keep track of and scores a crit to Winter's right tricep that does 22.

R3T20: Brother Jaume, you return to normal size to be in line to go through the door. What do you do?

Kris on deck, Ms. Wrentz in the hole ...

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Red Undead Mercenary: 25. (35:48). Deadly Strikes vs. Winter til R4T25. RS.
* Bow dropped; arrows (18).
* Body of the Night stance. Expended: dimensional strike (E3).
Brother Jaume: 20.
Kris: 19. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (4 min.)
Ms. Wrentz: 18.5. Hand crossbow.
Winter: 18. Dagger in hand. Staggered til R3T15!!!
Blue Undead Mercenary: 15. (22:48). Bow dropped, arrows (19). Longsword in hand. RS.
* Body of the Night stance. Expended: dimensional strike + dizzying venom prana (R2).
Vilma: 12. Mutagen active (40 min.). Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls). Morningstar in hand.
Lillian: 9. Divine favor til R11T9.
Vessex: 8. DELAYING!!!
St. Dorn: 7. Warhammer in hand.

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R3T20: Normal-sized Brother Jaume moves into the keep without his trusted oak staff. It seems abandoned there, lying in the dirt. BJ moves in trying to avoid the swinging combatants. He steps to the side of the JuJu zombie and he clasps his holy symbol and releases a burst of positive energy. This time, it is Red who takes all (14 PE), which Blue resists (7 PE).

R3T19: Kris brilliantly comes down in an aerobatic maneuver while drawing her rapier. She lands in flank, her sword lashes out like a viper to strike in the back of the left knee with such deadly speed that the undead mercenary burns from within before turning to dust, his equipment scattering on the ground.

R3T18.5: Ms. Wrentz shoots her hand crossbow at red, but the bold is deflected by its studded leather. She speed reloads her weapon. "Doctor Klasczka, get away from him! He 'has' you. Ask why later; do now."

R3T18: Winter, i.e. "Dr. Klasczka," you are staggered, and an ally just gave you warning/ advice. What do you do?

Vilma on deck, Lillian in the hole ...

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Red Undead Mercenary: 25. (21:48). Deadly Strikes vs. Winter til R4T25. RS.
* Bow dropped; arrows (18).
* Body of the Night stance. Expended: dimensional strike (E3).
Brother Jaume: 20. Quarterstaff dropped.
Kris: 19. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (4 min.)
Ms. Wrentz: 18.5. Hand crossbow.
Winter: 18. Dagger in hand. Staggered til R3T15!!!
Vilma: 12. Mutagen active (40 min.). Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls). Morningstar in hand.
Lillian: 9. Divine favor til R11T9.
Vessex: 8. DELAYING!!!
St. Dorn: 7. Warhammer in hand.

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R3T18: Winter staggers at the first blow, her power diminshed, her light faltering. Distracted the second one is able to slash her heavily as well, trailing blood and disoriented, she blindly lashes out at the one beside her (Red) with her dagger. Shaking her head trying to clear the feeling of sluggishness from the first one's strike. In her delirium, her blade clacks off of its studded leather armor.

R3T12: Vilma, what do you do? Note that you are currently presumed to be two-handing your mace as your shield is stowed.

Lillian on deck, St. Dorn in the hole ...

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Red Undead Mercenary: 25. (21:48). Deadly Strikes vs. Winter til R4T25. RS.
* Bow dropped; arrows (18).
* Body of the Night stance. Expended: dimensional strike (E3).
Brother Jaume: 20. Quarterstaff dropped.
Kris: 19. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (4 min.)
Ms. Wrentz: 18.5. Hand crossbow.
Winter: 18. Dagger in hand. Staggered til R3T15!!!
Vilma: 12. Mutagen active (40 min.). Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls). Morningstar in hand.
Lillian: 9. Divine favor til R11T9.
Vessex: 8. DELAYING!!!
St. Dorn: 7. Warhammer in hand.

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Undead Mercenary (1).

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R3T12: Her morningstar in hands, Vilma moves toward Red before bashing it with all her might, her morningstar smashing through its arm and into its body ... dusting it and releasing the soul splinter.

Combat Ends!

Ms. Wrentz is able to recover the bolt with which she missed. Lillian calls Vessex to her side.

What do the rest of you do?

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Brother Jaume: 20. Quarterstaff dropped.
Kris: 19. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (4 min.)
Ms. Wrentz: 18.5. Hand crossbow.
Winter: 18. Dagger in hand. Staggered til R3T15!!!
Vilma: 12. Mutagen active (40 min.). Justice judgment (+1 attack rolls). Morningstar in hand.
Lillian: 9. Divine favor til R11T9.
Vessex: 8. DELAYING!!!
St. Dorn: 7. Warhammer in hand.

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Undead Mercenary (1).

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Brother Jaume: 25. Quarterstaff dropped. Bow in hand.
Kris: 25. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (4 min.)
Ms. Wrentz: 5. Hand crossbow.
Winter: 15. Dagger in hand.
Vilma: 16. Mutagen active (40 min.). Morningstar in hand.
Lillian: 14. Divine favor til R5T9.
Vessex: 7.
St. Dorn: 16. Warhammer in hand.

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While waiting for an answer from Vilma regarding illumination, Lillian enters and moves north past Vilma, and opens the door ... revealing another mercenary on the other side!

Surprise Round ...

S23: Though Lillian and her wasp seemed primed for danger, the mercenary still strikes first, hacking her in the upper left leg for 17 + staggered!

S12: Lillian, still riding a spell (barely) from the last fight, stabs the merc in his own lower leg, but doesn't seem to really hurt it.

S7: Vessex moves in to sting, but the merc clips the wasp for 10. Vessex continues, but misses the sting.

Begin Round One ...

R1T25: Hearing the sounds of battle, Kris zooms west into the hallway and then calls for those not yet there, "There's no more room in here!" before she flies back out into the entry hall.

R1T24: Brother Jaume, your staff is outside, and you still have the bow in hand that you had just picked up (quiver worn). What do you do?

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Kris: 25. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (4 min.)
Brother Jaume: 24. Quarterstaff dropped. Bow in hand.
Brown Mercenary: 23. Longswrod in hand. RS.
* Stance: Body of the Night. Expended: dizzying venom prana (RS).
Vilma: 16. Mutagen active (40 min.). Morningstar in hand.
St. Dorn: 15. Warhammer in hand.
Green Mercenary: 14.
Winter: 13. Dagger in hand.
Lillian: 12. Divine favor til R4T9.
Pink Mercenary: 11.
Vessex: 7.
Ms. Wrentz: 5. Hand crossbow.

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R1T24: Brother Jaume knocks an arrow and readies to shoot, “Lillian, retreat to us!”

R1T23: Brown steps back and tries to swat the annoying wasp using some type of focused attack, but misses.

R1T16: Had Brown been smarter, he would have held his position, but he just unwittingly opened up a place for Vilma to go if she wants to press forward, rather than fall back. What does Vilma do?

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As an "ally" two sizes smaller than you, you may share/occupy the same square as Veress, the wasp, the green-ringed, black-field token.

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Kris: 25. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (4 min.)
Brother Jaume: 24. Quarterstaff dropped. Bow in hand.
* READIED: Shoot arrow if a foe shold appear.
Brown Mercenary: 23. Longswrod in hand. RS.
* Stance: Body of the Night. Expended: dizzying venom prana (ES); shards of iron stike (E1).
Vilma: 16. Mutagen active (40 min.). Morningstar in hand.
St. Dorn: 15. Warhammer in hand.
Green Mercenary: 14.
Winter: 13. Dagger in hand.
Lillian: 12. Divine favor til R4T9.
Pink Mercenary: 11.
Vessex: 7.
Ms. Wrentz: 5. Hand crossbow.

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R1T16: Profiting from the mistake, Vilma presses forward, swinging her morningstar at the mercenary. She overcommits with all or nothing and misses wildly. This throws off and enrages the juiced up woman, possibly leading her to make mistakes in the future.

R1T15: St. Dorn looks to the others still in the gatehouse with him, after Vilma disappears to engage to the north and says, "I don't think anyone's coming back into this room."

He then tears west and north at his enhanced speed and tries to jump directly over the mercenary! It's not pretty as he just barely clears over the zombie's head, but it works and th zombie wasn't ready for it. He slams his warhammer onto the helm of the mercenary for 20 and calls out, "Another undead foreigner to the northwest!"

R1T14: Green enters the battle, as if mystically called forth to do so by St. Dorn, and now has Dorn in a flank ... as Dorn and Vilma have Brown so flanked. It slashes Dorn in the back with some type of special maneuver with his sword for 10 mod + staggered.

R1T13: Winter lets forth holy power to slam into the mercs. Brown resists (4 PE), but Green takes it all (9 PE).

R1T12-7: Lillian casts a spell on Vessex for 6 healing, and directing Vessex to her familiar satchel. Vessex returns to the satchel, which Lillian secures.

R1T5: "Let's stop woolgathering, folks," Ms. Wrentz says to the others still in the gatehouse. She moves to just the other side of the doorway and shoots at Brown, her bolt deflected by armor. She speed reloads her crossbow.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T25: Kristina flies out of the gatehouse into the corridors with everyone else while getting to a height of 10' - out of reach of the undead - flying to a point above Brown. She casts a spell and a beam of heat leaps forth from her finger to strike Brown in the upper arm 4 mod fire. "They have a strong fire resistance!" calls down Kris, a bit miffed at the minimal effect of her spell.

R2T24: Brother Jaume, nobody listened, and your action didn't go off. What do you do?

Brown on deck, Vilma in the hole ...

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Kris: 25. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (4 min.)
Brother Jaume: 24. Quarterstaff dropped. Bow in hand.
Brown Mercenary: 23. (20:48). Longsword in hand. RS.
* Stance: Body of the Night. Expended: dizzying venom prana (ES); shards of iron stike (E1).
Vilma: 16. Mutagen active (40 min.). Morningstar in hand.
* All or Nothing: She takes a -1 penalty on all attack rolls until she scores a critical. May make a free Will save (DC 20) at the top of each round to end penalty.
St. Dorn: 15. Warhammer in hand. Expeditious retreat til R36T15. RS. STAGGERED til R2T14.
Green Mercenary: 14. (39:48). Longsword in hand. RS.
* Stance: Body of the night. Expended: dizzying venom prana (E1).
Winter: 13. Dagger in hand.
Lillian: 12. Divine favor til R4T9.
Vessex: 7.
Ms. Wrentz: 5. Hand crossbow.

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R2T24: Brother Jaume moves into the hallway and sees that not only is there nowhere for him to go, but there's nowhere for him to take a breath to channel positive energy, and he steps back just inside the gatehouse.

R2T23: Brown does some type of special maneuver against St. Dorn when he hacks into Dorn's right foot for 12 mod and then suddenly disappears from his position.

R2T16: Vilma, what do you do? Vilma sees that Brown suddenly teleported on top of a rack that still threatens Dorn. Meanwhile, you are still in that weird overcommittal state that might make mistakes with an attack.

St. Dorn on deck, Green in the hole ...

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Kris: 25. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (4 min.)
Brother Jaume: 24. Quarterstaff dropped. Bow in hand.
Brown Mercenary: 23. (20:48). Longsword in hand. RS.
* Stance: Body of the Night. Expended: dizzying venom prana (ES); shards of iron stike (E1); dimensional strike.
Vilma: 16. Mutagen active (40 min.). Morningstar in hand.
* All or Nothing: She takes a -1 penalty on all attack rolls until she scores a critical. May make a free Will save (DC 20) at the top of each round to end penalty.
St. Dorn: 15. Warhammer in hand. Expeditious retreat til R36T15. RS. STAGGERED til R2T14.
Green Mercenary: 14. (39:48). Longsword in hand. RS.
* Stance: Body of the night. Expended: dizzying venom prana (E1).
Winter: 13. Dagger in hand.
Lillian: 12. Divine favor til R4T9.
Vessex: 7.
Ms. Wrentz: 5. Hand crossbow.

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R2T16: Her morningstar still in hands, Vilma attempts to move through the enemy lines to help Dorn, but Brown is standing on top of a cot that she wold have had to go to. Vilma pushes past the enemy. Brown's sword clangs against her armor, but Green's sword dings the back of Vilma's helmet as she goes by for 12. Vilma finally gets past that gauntlet, unleashing her wrath to strike Brown in the upper right arm and into his chest to destroy him!

R2T15: Dorn says a quick prayer on himself to heal 10, and then swings at Green.

R2T14: Green strikes St. Dorn's lower left arm for 11 mod + staggered, but holds its position.

R2T13: Winter moves forward and then releases another positive burst, but this time to heal allies.

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Lillian and Vilma get 9 healing.
Dorn gets 12 healing.
Vessex is now fully healed.

R2T12-7: Lillian moves in and hops up on the cot where Vilma had destroyed Brown and crosses blades with Green. Vessex closes with its mistress.

R2T5: Ms. Wrentz (5'8", 135 lbs.) moves up carefully, taking careful position to hide behind the slimmer Winter (5'8", 105 lbs.).

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T25: Kris maintains her 10' height and flies to the north and botches a spell really badly, and then babbles to herself incomprehensibly, but only for about three seconds or so before she recovers.

R3T24: Brother Jaume ... who does NOT have the powers of speech ... what do you do?

Vilma on deck, St. Dorn in the hole ...

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Kris: 25. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (4 min.).
Brother Jaume: 24. Quarterstaff dropped. Bow in hand.
Vilma: 16. Mutagen active (40 min.). Morningstar in hand.
* All or Nothing: She takes a -1 penalty on all attack rolls until she scores a critical. May make a free Will save (DC 20) at the top of each round to end penalty.
St. Dorn: 15. Warhammer in hand. Expeditious retreat til R36T15. RS. STAGGERED til R3T14.
Green Mercenary: 14. (39:48). Longsword in hand. RS.
* Stance: Body of the night. Expended: dizzying venom prana (E1); shards of iron strike (E2).
Winter: 13. Dagger in hand.
Lillian: 12. Divine favor til R4T9.
Vessex: 7.
Ms. Wrentz: 5. Hand crossbow. Stealth!

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R3T24: Brother Jaume will attempt to enter the fray once more. He moves in and down the hall, looking for a spot to strike the zombie, and getting up behind Dorn. The remaining merc is being mobbed by allies, so Brother Jaume takes aim and shoots. Not being any kind of a CQB archer, though, the arrow goes high and skips off the wall.

R3T16: Vilma, what do you do?

St. Dorn on deck, Green in the hole ...

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Kris: 25. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (4 min.).
Brother Jaume: 24. Quarterstaff dropped. Bow in hand.
Vilma: 16. Mutagen active (40 min.). Morningstar in hand.
* All or Nothing: She takes a -1 penalty on all attack rolls until she scores a critical. May make a free Will save (DC 20) at the top of each round to end penalty.
St. Dorn: 15. Warhammer in hand. Expeditious retreat til R36T15. RS. STAGGERED til R3T14.
Green Mercenary: 14. (39:48). Longsword in hand. RS.
* Stance: Body of the night. Expended: dizzying venom prana (E1); shards of iron strike (E2).
Winter: 13. Dagger in hand.
Lillian: 12. Divine favor til R4T9.
Vessex: 7.
Ms. Wrentz: 5. Hand crossbow. Stealth!

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R3T16: After taking down Brown, Vilma attempts to bash Green down, but the undead proves much more agile and trained in defensive combat than expect as her morningstar is blocked. With an eye to her own defense, Vilma dons her shield.

R3T15: St. Dorn lays a hand on himself for 8 healing. Staggered, he puts all of his faith and will behind a single swing against the monster's lower right arm, striking true for 18. Immediately afterwards, St. Dorn manages to catch himself and is no longer in irons.

R3T14: The merc hits Lillian in the left shoulder with a powerful downswing for 15. No sooner is that strike delivered than the undead appears directly behind Ms. Wrentz to the south, seemingly blocking off all other routes to it.

R3T13: Winter lets off another posi-blast to hurt the thing, getting it fully for 11 PE.

R3T12-7: Lillian steps to where the juju was to be able to look south, her wasp following. She casts a spell on herself for 11 healing.

R3T5: Ms. Wrentz withdraws north and northwest into the barracks.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T25: Kris flies south as far as she can and once there, descends a few feet to attack with her rapier. She blades stabs through its arm and into its chest, destroying it. It combusts and disappears, its equipment clattering to the ground.

Combat Ends!

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Kris: 25. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (4 min.).
Brother Jaume: 24. Quarterstaff dropped. Bow in hand.
Vilma: 16. Mutagen active (40 min.). Morningstar and shield.
* All or Nothing: She takes a -1 penalty on all attack rolls until she scores a critical. May make a free Will save (DC 20) at the top of each round to end penalty.
St. Dorn: 15. Warhammer in hand. Expeditious retreat til R36T15. RS. STAGGERED til R3T14.
Winter: 13. Dagger in hand.
Lillian: 12. Divine favor til R4T9.
Vessex: 7.
Ms. Wrentz: 5. Hand crossbow.

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Kris: 25. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (2 min.).
Brother Jaume: 24. Quarterstaff dropped. Bow in hand.
Vilma: 16. Mutagen active (38 min.). Morningstar and shield.
* All or Nothing: She takes a -1 penalty on all attack rolls until she scores a critical. May make a free Will save (DC 20) at the top of each round to end penalty.
St. Dorn: 15. Warhammer in hand. Expeditious retreat til R16T15.
Winter: 13. Dagger in hand.
Lillian: 12.
Vessex: 7.
Ms. Wrentz: 5. Hand crossbow.

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Not hearing anything, Brother Jaume opens the northeastern door (i.e., the door that is east, but slanted to north. In opening the door, he sees a courtyard ... and three large dogs that were sitting calmly on the cloudy day all stand and growl menacingly and bay loudly.

Begin Round One ...

R1T25: "It won't do to just close the door on them just to let them starve," says Winter. "Best to make quick work and give them mercy, as their training probably can't be deprogrammed."

She begins to recite a dramatic monologue to steel the hearts and minds of the party for this unpleasant work of killing dogs. She steps out of the way.

R1T22: Brown charges Brother Jaume and bites him in the left calf and shin for 7.

R1T21: Kris' body seems to evaporate smoothly into something like a raincloud as she goes past Brother Jaume and floats to a height of 5' off the ground.

R1T19: St. Dorn moves up, ducking past Brother Jaume outside, but not quickly enough as the older man gets bit in the right shoulder for 1 mod. He zooms out into the courtyard and north to threaten a pooch, bringing his warhammer down on the upper back of Green for 17. "For the record, this is honorless work, Winter, but necessary," Dorn sighs, before his eyes track to the southeast. "Heads up! There's a fourth dog out here as well."

R1T17: Lillian looks at her wasp and nods her head before she takes a small vial of fluid and has an interesting, almost orgiastic response, to its effects before moving behind Brother Jaume while taking out her whip.

R1T16: Blue moves to engage St. Dorn, his armor keeping him safe.

R1T15: Vessex flies out and at Brown, who was too focused on snacking on the balding man. The dog is stung for 1 NL + 1 poison.

R1T14: Red now appears and closes towards St. Dorn.

R1T12: Brother Jaume, you recover from being jacklighted by a charging dog. What do you do?

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HEROES: +1 morale vs. charm/ fear; +1 competence weapon attk/ dmg.
Winter: 25. Dagger in hand. INSPIRE COURAGE!!!
Brown Ustalavic Hound: 22. (19:20, 1 NL). Charged! AOO used. POISONED by Vessex through R7T15!!!
Kris: 21. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (2 min.). Gaseous form.
St. Dorn: 19. Warhammer in hand. Expeditious retreat til R16T15.
Lillian: 17. Heightened Awareness (50 min.).
Blue Ustalavic Hound: 16. (20:20).
Vessex: 15.
Red Ustalavic Hound: 14. (20:20).
Brother Jaume: 12. Bow in hand.
Ms. Wrentz: 11. Hand crossbow.
Vilma: 9. Mutagen active (38 min.). Morningstar and shield.
* All or Nothing: She takes a -1 penalty on all attack rolls until she scores a critical. May make a free Will save (DC 20) at the top of each round to end penalty.
Green Ustalavic Hound: 4. (3:20).

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R1T12: Wincing from the bite, Brother Jaume unleashes a flurry of strong kicks at the dog attacking him. He doesn’t seem to display the tendency towards non-lethal attacks that he does against other foes. By the time he is done, the dog is completely dead.

R1T11: Ms. Wrentz gets on top of one of the beds, carefully holding her skirt as she slowly and stealthily moves to the next bed, looking out the open door as she readies her hand crossbow. She hunkers down behind the mass of Brother Jaume. She mutters to those adjacent to her, "Pity. They were good Ustalavic hounds - now starving. Be careful. They can pull a grown man to the ground."

R1T9: Vilma, what do you do?

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HEROES: +1 morale vs. charm/ fear; +1 competence weapon attk/ dmg.
Winter: 25. Dagger in hand. INSPIRE COURAGE!!!
Kris: 21. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (2 min.). Gaseous form.
St. Dorn: 19. Warhammer in hand. Expeditious retreat til R16T15.
Lillian: 17. Heightened Awareness (50 min.).
Blue Ustalavic Hound: 16. (20:20).
Vessex: 15.
Red Ustalavic Hound: 14. (20:20).
Brother Jaume: 12. Bow in hand.
Ms. Wrentz: 11. Hand crossbow.
Vilma: 9. Mutagen active (38 min.). Morningstar and shield.
* All or Nothing: She takes a -1 penalty on all attack rolls until she scores a critical. May make a free Will save (DC 20) at the top of each round to end penalty.
Green Ustalavic Hound: 4. (3:20).

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Ustalavic Hound (1).

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R1T9: Her shield finally in place, Vilma enters the court, but by the time she gets past the fallen dog in her heavy armor, she doesn't have anything else in this breath for her prayer to be cast.

R1T4: Green circles St. Dorn and snaps at him.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T25: Winter, do you keep inspiring courage (FA) with your dramatic monologue? What do you do?

Kris on deck, St. Dorn in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale vs. charm/ fear; +1 competence weapon attk/ dmg.
Winter: 25. Dagger in hand. INSPIRE COURAGE!!!
Kris: 21. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (2 min.). Gaseous form.
St. Dorn: 19. Warhammer in hand. Expeditious retreat til R16T15.
Lillian: 17. Heightened Awareness (50 min.).
Blue Ustalavic Hound: 16. (20:20).
Vessex: 15.
Red Ustalavic Hound: 14. (20:20).
Brother Jaume: 12. Bow in hand.
Ms. Wrentz: 11. Hand crossbow.
Vilma: 9. Mutagen active (38 min.). Morningstar and shield.
* All or Nothing: She takes a -1 penalty on all attack rolls until she scores a critical. May make a free Will save (DC 20) at the top of each round to end penalty.
Green Ustalavic Hound: 4. (3:20).

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Ustalavic Hound (1).

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R2T25: Continuing the dramatic monologue, Winter strides forwards into the couryard to finish a dog herself. ”The cold embrace of Pharasma’s realm little beasts,” she offers in her melodic voiceas she stabs at Blue wildly.

R2T21: Kris' gaseous body floats out into the courtyard.

R2T19: St. Dorn slams a hammer into the pooch that he flanks with Winter, rocking it for 20 + disabled before he steps back against the courtyard wall.

R2T17: Lillian moves out to the yard with whip in hand and snaps it at Blue, almost tripping it but for its four legs. She seems to gesture to her wasp.

R2T16: Blue turns and snaps at Winter, misses, and the exertion from the bite after having been hit so hard is too much as Blue passes out.

R2T15: Vessex enters the square with Blue and tries to sting the hound.

R2T14: Red closes on St. Dorn, biting him in the groin for 3 mod. The pain of the bite is too much for the old man as he falls to the ground ... not unconscious, but still prone.

R2T12: Brother Jaume, what do you do?

Ms. Wrentz on deck, Vilma in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale vs. charm/ fear; +1 competence weapon attk/ dmg.
Winter: 25. Dagger in hand. INSPIRE COURAGE!!!
Kris: 21. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (2 min.). Gaseous form.
St. Dorn: 19. Warhammer in hand. Expeditious retreat til R16T15.
Lillian: 17. Heightened Awareness (50 min.). Whip in hand.
Blue Ustalavic Hound: 16. (-1:20). DYING!!!
Vessex: 15.
Red Ustalavic Hound: 14. (20:20).
Brother Jaume: 12. Bow in hand.
Ms. Wrentz: 11. Hand crossbow.
Vilma: 9. Mutagen active (38 min.). Morningstar and shield.
* All or Nothing: She takes a -1 penalty on all attack rolls until she scores a critical. May make a free Will save (DC 20) at the top of each round to end penalty.
Green Ustalavic Hound: 4. (3:20).

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R2T12: Brother Jaume moves into the courtyard stepping over the deceased dog at his feet and moving to flank another dog with Dorn. He gives a powerful snap kick to the Red's shoulder for 18.

R2T11: Her hiding barrier gone, Ms. Wrentz hops off the bed and out into the courtyard, shooting at Green for 3 + disabled with her hand crossbow before speed-loading it.

R2T9: Vilma, what do you do? The weird mental fog you suffered in last battle no longer affects you.

Green on deck, Winter in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale vs. charm/ fear; +1 competence weapon attk/ dmg.
Winter: 25. Dagger in hand. INSPIRE COURAGE!!!
Kris: 21. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (2 min.). Gaseous form.
St. Dorn: 19. Warhammer in hand. Expeditious retreat til R16T15.
Lillian: 17. Heightened Awareness (50 min.). Whip in hand.
Blue Ustalavic Hound: 16. (-1:20). DYING!!!
Vessex: 15.
Red Ustalavic Hound: 14. (2:20).
Brother Jaume: 12. Bow in hand.
Ms. Wrentz: 11. Hand crossbow.
Vilma: 9. Mutagen active (38 min.). Morningstar and shield.
Green Ustalavic Hound: 4. (0:20). DISABLED!!!

DEAD/ OOC
Ustalavic Hound (1).

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R2T9: Stepping into the brawl, Vilma swings her morningstar at Red, hitting it in the forward back area for 15 with a resounding crack ... dropping Red.

R2T4: Green bites St. Dorn with a soft crit to his right shoulder for 4 mod before its own wounds catch up to it and it falls.

With all dogs down, it is short work to put them to the sword.

Combat Ends ...

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HEROES: +1 morale vs. charm/ fear; +1 competence weapon attk/ dmg.
Winter: 25. Dagger in hand. INSPIRE COURAGE!!!
Kris: 21. Mage armor (4 hours) and shield (2 min.). Gaseous form.
St. Dorn: 19. Warhammer in hand. Expeditious retreat til R16T15.
Lillian: 17. Heightened Awareness (50 min.). Whip in hand.
Blue Ustalavic Hound: 16. (-1:20). DYING!!!
Vessex: 15.
Red Ustalavic Hound: 14. (-13:20). DYING!!!
Brother Jaume: 12. Bow in hand.
Ms. Wrentz: 11. Hand crossbow.
Vilma: 9. Mutagen active (38 min.). Morningstar and shield.
Green Ustalavic Hound: 4. (0:20). DISABLED!!!

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The door is unlocked, and Brother Jaume opens it, but as soon as he does, at the far end, he sees something moving. "Intruders!" comes the shout from the west.

Begin Round One ...

R1T29: Hearing the call echoing around the stone fort walls, Kris immediately takes to the air, zooms past Brother Jaume at the doorway, heads west and a little north and climbs to a height of 10'. She is heard casting a spell, and Brother Jaume sees a beam of heat hit the foe for 8 mod fire. "More of these dead fighty guys; still heat-resistant," Kris calls out. "I think I see at least three of them."

R1T28-26: Yellow (the one BJ sees) gets into a stance and shoots Kris in the head for 7 + 5 fire. "More around the corner, down the hall," it says.

Purple comes around the corner to close on Brother Jaume while entering a different fighting stance and drawing his longsword, and then strikes Brother Jaume in his left upper leg for 18 + staggered. Then, from around that corner, an arrow flies up to hit Kris in the right shoulder for 8 + 6 fire.

R1T25: Brother Jaume, these damn mercs know some sneaky fighting arts. Either that, or it's something to do with them being undead. Either way, you are staggered so you may take a MA or a SA, but not both (nor a FAA or FRA). Your bow is in hand. What do you do?

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Kris: 29. Mage armor (4 hours).
Yellow Undead Mercenary: 28. (48:48).
* Stance of piercing rays. Expended: dimensional strike (E1).
Purple Undead Mercenary: 27. (48:48).
* Body of the Night. Expended: shards of iron strike (E1).
Pink Undead Mercenary: 26. (48:48).
* Stance of piercing rays. Expended: dimensional strike (E1).
Brother Jaume: 25. Bow in hand. STAGGERED til R2T27!!!
Ms. Wrentz: 23. Hand crossbow.
Winter: 17. Dagger in hand.
St. Dorn: 16. Warhammer in hand.
Lillian: 13. Whip in hand.
Vilma: 12. Mutagen active (32 min.). Morningstar and shield.
Vessex: 10.

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R1T25: Brother Jaume winces at the painful injury but holds it together well enough to grasp his holy symbol. A wave of golden Energy bursts from him in all directions. Purple sees what you are doing and prepares itself, and another way down the hall is barely visible (5 PE each), but Yellow was focused on Kris and gets sideswiped (11 PE).

R1T23: Ms. Wrentz repositions herself and then shoots at the zombie, but the bolt shatters against the wall. She speed loads her crossbow.

R1T17: Winter, you have your dagger in hand. What do you do?

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Kris: 29. Mage armor (4 hours).
Yellow Undead Mercenary: 28. (29:48).
* Stance of piercing rays. Expended: dimensional strike (E1).
Purple Undead Mercenary: 27. (43:48).
* Body of the Night. Expended: shards of iron strike (E1).
Pink Undead Mercenary: 26. (43:48).
* Stance of piercing rays. Expended: dimensional strike (E1).
Brother Jaume: 25. Bow in hand. STAGGERED til R2T27!!!
Ms. Wrentz: 23. Hand crossbow.
Winter: 17. Dagger in hand.
St. Dorn: 16. Warhammer in hand.
Lillian: 13. Whip in hand.
Vilma: 12. Mutagen active (32 min.). Morningstar and shield.
Vessex: 10.

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R1T17: Winter steps up to beside Jaume and lunges through the door at the undead beast, hitting only its armor, she rests a hand on Jaume, "You are injured, step back and let it join us and we can surround it." she steels herself and hopes not to suffer anymore mental injuries.

R1T16: St. Dorn moves up, readying a hammer blow.

R1T13: Lillian, with Vessex in the familiar satchel, moves up well east of Brother Jaume snapping her whip overhead to try and disarm the merc.

R1T12: Vilma, what do you do?

Vessex on deck, Kris in the hole ...

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Kris: 29. Mage armor (4 hours).
Yellow Undead Mercenary: 28. (29:48).
* Stance of piercing rays. Expended: dimensional strike (E1).
Purple Undead Mercenary: 27. (43:48).
* Body of the Night. Expended: shards of iron strike (E1).
Pink Undead Mercenary: 26. (43:48).
* Stance of piercing rays. Expended: dimensional strike (E1).
Brother Jaume: 25. Bow in hand. STAGGERED til R2T27!!!
Ms. Wrentz: 23. Hand crossbow.
Winter: 17. Dagger in hand.
St. Dorn: 16. Warhammer in hand. READIED!
Lillian: 13. Whip in hand.
Vilma: 12. Mutagen active (32 min.). Morningstar and shield.
Vessex: 10. Familiar satchel.

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R1T12: Vilma gets ready to act once Jaume has freed the way.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T29: Kris concentrates, and a peal of thunder cracks in the middle of the two archers to do 2 sonic to Yellow and 5 sonic to Pink. She then flies south out of view.

R2T28-26: Yellow steps south. Purple does some maneuver of his blade, and then attacks Brother Jaume. His blade appears at the beginning of the arc, and doesn't reappear until after it almost hits Brother Jaume, but the monk is wary of strange trickery and dodges before being struck.

R2T25: Brother Jaume, while defending against that last attack, you regained your composure over the pain and are no longer staggered. What do you do?

Ms. Wrentz on deck, Brother Jaume in the hole ...

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Kris: 29. Mage armor (4 hours).
Yellow Undead Mercenary: 28. (27:48).
* Stance of piercing rays. Expended: dimensional strike (E1), dizzying venom prana (E2).
Purple Undead Mercenary: 27. (43:48).
* Body of the Night. Expended: shards of iron strike (E1), dizzying venom prana (E2), dimensional strike (E2).
Pink Undead Mercenary: 26. (38:48).
* Stance of piercing rays. Expended: dimensional strike (E1), dizzying venom prana (E2).
Brother Jaume: 25. Bow in hand.
Ms. Wrentz: 23. Hand crossbow.
Winter: 17. Dagger in hand.
St. Dorn: 16. Warhammer in hand. READIED!
Lillian: 13. Whip in hand.
Vilma: 12. Mutagen active (32 min.). Morningstar and shield. DELAYING ...

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R2T25: Brother Jaume smiles at the half dead zombie fighter before taking a five foot step to the East and shooting him in the face for 12.

R2T23: Ms. Wrentz hops up on the stairs behind Winter, trying to hide.

R2T17: Winter, what do you do?

St. Dorn on deck, Lillian in the hole ...

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Kris: 29. Mage armor (4 hours).
Yellow Undead Mercenary: 28. (27:48).
* Stance of piercing rays. Expended: dimensional strike (E1), dizzying venom prana (E2).
Purple Undead Mercenary: 27. (32:48).
* Body of the Night. Expended: shards of iron strike (E1), dizzying venom prana (E2), dimensional strike (E2).
Pink Undead Mercenary: 26. (38:48).
* Stance of piercing rays. Expended: dimensional strike (E1), dizzying venom prana (E2).
Brother Jaume: 25. Bow in hand.
Ms. Wrentz: 23. Hand crossbow. HIDING!
Winter: 17. Dagger in hand.
St. Dorn: 16. Warhammer in hand. READIED!
Lillian: 13. Whip in hand.
Vilma: 12. Mutagen active (32 min.). Morningstar and shield. DELAYING ...

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R2T17: Winter lunges again with the dagger, barely scratching its armor after reaching past the doorjamb, cursing inwardly that she had neglected her martial training when she was training for the priesthood. She then steps back, gesturing at the beast.

R2T16: St. Dorn re-readies himself.

R2T13: Lillian snaps her whip past Brother Jaume, trying to trip the merc.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T29-26: Purple shots the door.

R3T25: Brother Jaume, what do you do?

Ms. Wrentz on deck, Winter in the hole, Vilma delaying ...

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Kris: 29. Fog cloud will last til R43T29.
* Mage armor (4 hours).
Yellow Undead Mercenary: 28. (27:48).
* Stance of piercing rays. Expended: dimensional strike (E1), dizzying venom prana (E2).
Purple Undead Mercenary: 27. (32:48). READIED to strike person opening the door.
* Body of the Night. Expended: shards of iron strike (E1), dizzying venom prana (E2), dimensional strike (E2).
Pink Undead Mercenary: 26. (38:48).
* Stance of piercing rays. Expended: dimensional strike (E1), dizzying venom prana (E2).
Brother Jaume: 25. Bow in hand.
Ms. Wrentz: 23. Hand crossbow. HIDING!
Winter: 17. Dagger in hand.
St. Dorn: 16. Warhammer in hand. READIED!
Lillian: 13. Whip in hand.
Vilma: 12. Mutagen active (32 min.). Morningstar and shield. DELAYING ...

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R3T25.8-.5: Vilma steps in toward the door, and reopens the door, and as soon as she does so, the merc on the other side tries to trip her, but fails.

R3T25: Brother Jaume, what do you do?

Ms. Wrentz on deck, Winter in the hole ...

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Kris: 29. Fog cloud will last til R43T29.
* Mage armor (4 hours).
Yellow Undead Mercenary: 28. (27:48).
* Stance of piercing rays. Expended: dimensional strike (E1), dizzying venom prana (E2).
Pink Undead Mercenary: 26. (38:48).
* Stance of piercing rays. Expended: dimensional strike (E1), dizzying venom prana (E2).
Purple Undead Mercenary: 25.8. (32:48).
* Body of the Night. Expended: shards of iron strike (E1), dizzying venom prana (E2), dimensional strike (E2), brawler's attitude (E3).
Vilma: 25.5. Mutagen active (32 min.). Morningstar and shield.
Brother Jaume: 25. Bow in hand.
Ms. Wrentz: 23. Hand crossbow. HIDING!
Winter: 17. Dagger in hand.
St. Dorn: 16. Warhammer in hand. READIED!
Lillian: 13. Whip in hand.

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