Welcome to Session 17.

CAWWWWWW!!!

(animals oughta be big by the way)

(we don't know that yet)

The whole gang is here, and we've reached the top of the tower. As you climb the steps, you are blinded by an unnatural purple light.

(technically they are always big)

A huge crystal floats here, sparking with magical energy.

"whoa! stay back boy!"
Harika Atesh shield her eyes

Your eyes are drawn to a smouldering campfire, to your right, the only natural light source nearby.

Takaanu:	Perception
Check
38

"Ohhh...Not good"

"I have a suspicion that this floating crystal is a source of great magical energy."

"Does not take magic to realize"

You then notice a man, up on a platform, looking at the crystal. He is surrounded by parchments, used scrolls, and magical tools, some in pieces.

"it's the source of all our problems, that's for sure"

"I mean. You're certainly not wrong about that, Lux."

"I guess that's Aron, up there"

He is sitting down, and doesn't seem to notice you.

"I've never before seen a crystal where the descriptor 'turgid' is appropriate."

"His hair is green."

"...humans have strange hair"

"My hair's blue, lux, it's fine"

"Nuh, uh, we're in black and white."

"Humans do often have bizarre hairstyles, although I suppose I can't speak against that."

"Excuse me."

"hi there"

"Heya, magic man!"

"you, uh, are Aron, right?"
Manu Palila is just gonna, sorta, stay back here.
Takaanu looks around at the magic knickknacks lying around

"...I don't know what you're doing here, but if it's magical loot you want, take whatever. Just leave me alone."

"not here for things"

i dont know who this is

Aron

"we're - well, _I'm_ not here for that"

well yeah i can see his name lol

read the journ- wait not that'd just lag you out

"we came here because there's been problems outside. earthquakes and stuff."

i will die instantly

"and it all traces back here, to this crystal"

He is the owner of this tower, he lives here with his husband, Gylan, but something happened and now he's gone.

"we need to stop it from doing... whatever it's doing."
"...but I get the feeling something is more important to you right now, right?"

Seems Aron activated the crystal, somehow, but has lost his memories of that event, and can't recall how.
So he's trying everything.
Manu Palila drops to a knee and examines some of the books on the ground.

"This lattice's resonance seems to be causing seismic disturbances."
Lux feels proud of that sentence, in and out of universe.

"Oh...you are here for a good reason, then..."
"How are these quakes related to what I am doing?"

"Not only breach..."
"More crystal portals, all connected"

"there's another crystal we've found in a dungeon complex. it behaved in a similar way to how this one is, when magic is cast by it"

Manu, the scrolls you find are all spent. Some scribblings related to the crystal and it's properties also lie here.

"we think they're all connected to the plane of earth, yes"
Manu Palila hmphs and stands back up, looking at the crystal.

"so I think if we help you, we can solve all our problems at once. Is that okay?"

"There are others? I suspected as much. You are quite right. These crystals are fragments of the Crystal Earth plane, a plane largely unstudied by the world's scholars."
"I just wanted to learn more..."
"So these quakes...you traced their cause to me?"

it's okay, it wasn't your fault"
Manu Palila unsheathes his scimitar and kinda scrapes at the crystal a bit.

Lux:	Knowledge (Planes)
Check
26

i know nothing

you got over a 25, that's worth something

"well we don't really know what you've been doing here, so that's a best guess at this point"

"...No matter what I try, I am just causing more misery."

"Ohhh I think you need a therapist, sir."

"Throwing magic without plan is bad idea"
"Crystal do strange things"

"I caused some kind of activity in this crystal. It took my partner from me, but I cannot recall how. I am trying to recreate the event."
"Brute force was all I had."
Takaanu strokes his feathers, seriously thinking about something

well we're here now, so maybe some tactics will help.
""

"...we help"

ok so guys there are five books around here

"...we know the spell"

and five of us
everyone to a tome!

"Mind if I pore over your sick tomes?"

Lux, you study the crystal, but given it's rarity and lack of study, you can't glean any new info.

pour?

pour

pore yes

"...Go ahead, it hasn't really helped me so far, though."

pore is a small hole

and is the word you use in this context

It's also the right word here.

"Excuse me, did you say you knew the spell? How can that be?"

"If crystal activate, what do you do"

you have no room to talk, mr "peak around corners"

pffft
Homonyms are hard, man.

"We hired diviner to examine crystal"
"We find this place with help"
"

"Another piece of the puzzle."

did we actually get the spell

he said what it was
Hold Portal

oh yes!

"Diviner cast spell...hands appeared"

"O-okay, yes, but what spell?!"

"..."
"Plan first"

"...Sorry. Please."

"Don't cast without warning"

"...Of course. A plan."
"These hands, did they try to grab you?"

"the hands tried to pull us into the ground"

"Ability to see invisible good"
"and yes"

"That confirms...a few of my theories then. There are living things in that plane."

Boy, I sure hope Aron prepared that spell today, because none of us can cast it.

we can literally just sleep
and prepare again

"Which is incredibly strange, because the realm is entirely solid crystal."

Boring!

"spectral...probably"

"oh that's unsettling"

"You can't really exist within a solid, not without some really specific magic."

(earth elementals easily can but continue)

that is the specific magic ya boof

You know, fair.

"But then, how do the hands drag you in? They must affect their victim with some magic upon touch..."
"If we can capture one of the hands..."
"I can study it, recreate the spell."

"i'm just glad we clipped back above ground when they were dispelled

"Now have plan...just need spells"

"If we cause the event again, and sever one of the hand's connections, then dispel the magic, we should be able to keep it around."

"they are invisible in this plane, so if you have some sort of mass true seeing or something similar, that'd be a help
"

"Manu see invisible"

"Manu, that is...yourself, down there?"
"Any good at smashing stuff?"

"Feathered half-elf..."
"has dinosaur for smashing"

"I can do some smashing myself, but yes, Kahena does the crushing."

"Yes, that creature could probably do the job."

"and his owl's no slouch either. killed one of your clockwork assassins comin up here"
"we kinda... broke a lot of your puzzles on the way up"

"We broke nothing"
"Puzzles already broke"

"There were a lot."

"They were just experiments I left running. I am sorry if they caused you bother."

"oh it's fine!"

"I didn't really want any interruptions."

"experiments might be helpful"

"I believe you, Cave Johnson."

pffft

"Now... will you tell me the spell?"

"it was Hold Portal"

"Yes. Hold Portal"
"Makes no sense, but neither does crystal"

"Ah..! ...Of course. I...think I remember that now...?"

"Or as we in academia call it, Door Stop"

wrong direction, Lux

"Why on earth would it cause that effect?"

Impede Hole

Hold Portal keeps things closed

"We can answer that later, I suppose."

"Hold Portal...holds door shut"

"So will you help me?"

"I think we reasoned that the hand-things didn't like being cut off"

"maybe people become door?"

"and so tried to eliminate the source of the spell"

"We help"
"Rest. Prepare spells."
Takaanu hops down

"I have literally not cast a single spell today, but that's probably fine."

"Was talking to exhausted wizard up there"

"Ah, that would be more reasonable, yes."

Deciding to take another rest, the party is shown downstairs to a guest area they somehow didn't see, because it was never mapped, so don't even like, worry about it.

unplottable guestroom

You're totally there, though, resting. The beds are amazing.

Fluffy like a cloud.

Aron doesn't join you, he rests up here, preparing his spells for the morning.
And let's skip to that morning.
You return topside. Aron has prepared an area for the procedure. A small walled off area to the south of the crystal is set up, which will secure the lot of you while the event happens.
That's the idea, at least.

oki

I wish I had Abundant Step

Are all of you going to be present for this?

I can't see invisible shit

I do a cool tactical roll

I mean, yes.

Stickin' together!

Manu is required for this

"O-oh, this is pretty high up."
Lux takes the stairs

we are now the wall

"I am ready to cast the spell. When a hand comes for you, attack it and break it's connection."
Manu Palila is uncomfortable being part of this frontline, especially being the center.
Takaanu cracks his knuckles

"I am ready to dispel the magic before any of you are drawn in."

"we probably should step back a bit"

"Im fine with any outcome."

Alrighty, he starts the spell...
Just like before, as the spell is cast, there is a loud booming noise, and hands start to emerge...

tembo get back here

tembo, our hero

he's making space for later
see

are we actually able to see them this time?

Only Manu can.

okay
"Manu, point the way"

The hand rushes towards you, so make an attack roll, Manu and pals.

"Disturbing psychic hand, twelve o'clock!"

roll...initiative?

Wait, do you actually mean me?
Who all gets this attack?

No, just attack the hand.
Manu, and his animals.
Since he's commanding them, they can know where it is too.

Ah yes, those weapons I'm so good with.
One sec.

tell me where they are and I can try and use my New Move

You can just ask Kahena to go first, if you want.

this sounds like Axiom Verge music

[1d20+13] = 15+13 = 28[1d20+17] = 16+17 = 33[1d20+10] = 5+10 = 15
Those are me, Kahena, and Akamai.
Left to right.

Crunch!
Kahena gets it.

rolling 2d8+11 = 4+7+11 = 22

Aron, seeing Kahena chomp down with purpose, casts Dispel Magic.
The event stops, just short of hands grabbing the rest of you.
Kahena has an incredibly long neck apparently.

evolution point into reach
(is that an option?)

Can't, unfortunately.

darn

he's a piscivorous dinosaur of course he does

Not allowed to take pounce or reach.

The other hands retreat back in, but the one Kahena has a grip on doesn't, and the event ends without it.

"Success?"

It twitches a bit, then goes limp and still.

"Spooky!"
Kahena chews a little bit.

As it dies, it becomes visible to the rest of you.
Kahena thinks it tastes very weird.

good luck with that without a mammalian jaw structure

A blue crystalline hand, with sharp fingers.

"Visible when dead..."

Lux:	Knowledge (Planes)
Check
22

"Not normally invisible then"

"oh it's... less goopy than I imagined"

"Oh wow..."
"Good job."
"This is an interesting being."

"Does hand belong to more creature?"

"Hard to say, really."
"Mostly because I couldn't see it."

did manu see anything other than hands?

uhhhh
I don't believe so.

Aron scans it with his magical eyes or whatever, and determines it's safe to poke. So he does.
Then he lifts it up.
"Wow, quite light."
He only saw a bunch of hands.

no arms?
the long arms of the law?

Only hands.

"Now that I have this, I can create a spell that lets us exist within the crystal plane."

Cut off at the wrist.

"Then we can go in and find Gylan."

"I sure hope this is a good idea, because it rather sounds like a bad one."

"I mean, if you are willing to help me further, that is."

"Cannot be worse than dragged in"
"Never been to other plane before"
"Very curious"

"it sounds like the sort of thing we'd _have_ to do
"

"Other planes are mostly fine."
"Depends on the place."

"the laws of nature cannot permit Brave Adventurers to not send themselves into peril"

"It's hard to say what you'd find in there. More hands, of course, maybe more."

"Wonder if hands know martial ats..."
*arts

final boss is just fuckin Master Hand

Gotta be Crazy Hand.

damn! now i have to change it!

will we get Final Smashes?

whoops!

Manu's final smash is just a bigger Kahena.

Giga Kahena

Kahena and Akamai fuse together

Anyway, Aron is going to take another resting period to do his thing.

into a flying dinosaur monster

Gosh, if Kahena could fly.

You all just...hang out.

cast fly on him!

Go play in the Monty Hall Hall.

I was wanting you go give him wings so we could fly off this tower in style

I could give him a 5 ft fly speed, that'd be hilarious.

but that's so far down, aron!!

should we bring some of Aron's robots to help us?

We'll be fiiiiine.

After a while, Aron calls you back.
"I've developed the spell, as well as a few others."

Ah, good thing we moved away from this one spot.
And didn't just stand here for hours on end.

suspension of disbelief, Manu

I just find the image hilarious.
"alright guys go ahead and head out for a while" >party just stands still, unmoving

"This spell will affect you with a field that let's you pass through the crystal. It lasts 8 hours. As a contingency, when it ends, you will be ejected from the plane back to ours."

"Here or anywhere?"

"It should be here, but it might be a little off."

"Always a bit of discrepancy to be had in gating spells."

what if we popped out on some other continent

"I have this scroll, as well, that will let you eject yourselves early if need be. Everyone that's holding onto the caster when it's cast will be ejected."

do we have any wizards that can cast this scroll?
or was it wands that had to be in your spell list

gosh i cant remember

Scrolls.

not important, carry on

i hope one of you can cast this thing
:b

I hope somebody has a good UMD, because I sure don't.

we'll be fiiiiine
I have a negative cha mod, I can't UMD for shit

You also can't do it because it's trained-only.

"Now, I've run the calculations, and I've managed to make the spell strong enough to affect your full party. This was a stretch, considering your animal companion's sizes."

I could totally put a point into it

"Not my fault. Mostly."

"I will have to remain behind, because of that. I'm likely far weaker in combat than all of you anyway."

i find that unlikely mr. built a giant tower but alright

what is everyone's UMD anyway

Unusable.

-2

mine's 6

"I've managed to figure out how to divine into the crystal plane as well, though. I can keep an eye on you."

also unusable

oh well

"Sounds like a good idea."

6 is nowhere near high enough
UMD checks are stupidly high

"I can't guarentee this but if you run into trouble, I can try to break you out myself."
"Also... I found Gylan."

"WHAT!!
"

"Good news?"
"Alive?"

"... he wasn't the hand the entire time, was he?"

"He is in there. So it shouldn't be hard to find him."

I sure hope this isn't a Nier kinda thing.

"Direction?"

"Well. He's...encased in something? It was hard to see."

(also lux's umd is +15 so at least somebody can do it)

you said it was solid crystal
everything in there
is encased

"Might be keeping alive"

"It's confusing. It's like if there was water underwater."

Like a sulfurous benthine flow, those exist.

"Oh, right"

see, it's science

I was gonna say that too manu

"Air is crystal, water is crystal, ground is crystal"

but didn't because
harika doesn't have the discovery channel
or tv

"monsters are crystal"
"crystal plane"

"I'm sure everything will break easily enough."
"Things tend to break around us."
hey harika i don't suppose you know shatter

"I would like to thank you all for this. I was...lost in despair, trying to correct my mistake. Without anyone around to anchor me, I wasn't thinking."

"I've been there before. It's not easy getting out of a rut."

"Indeed. I promise, no matter how this turns out, that I will make up for the damage I've done elsewhere, also."
"Where did you say it was? Gelonde Village?"

"Small place"
"Nice beer"
"Small wizard there too"

"go talk to the treants down in the forest too, they've been suffering, but didn't explain how"

"Oh... I have not spoke to them in a while."
"Rude of me."
"Anyway, are we all ready?"

"Ready to save Gylan"

"Ready as I can be, I suppose."

"I'm ret-2-go! rescue mission set!"

into the crystal realm

ready to hear more Axiom Verge music
it is fitting

I will be sad to leave the LoD soundtrack.

When did poor Lux last speak

He's been out for a while.

Hmm.
Well, looks like we're all ready!

Hopefully we'll pick Golurk back up while we're there

Time for Streak to change maps.

I am prepared for some trippy shit

Aron casts the spell, which takes him a while. After about 30 seconds, you feel yourself enveloped in an energy, which makes you glow pink a little bit.
The light fades, and the spell is complete.
You feel swell.
Takaanu charges forth

"man you gotta teach us how to craft new spells like that"
"you've done all this in a day"

It's generally something only Wizards/Arcanists/Magi/Witches are allowed to do.

can any of our characters even learn spells from scrolls?

Together, the party leaps into the crystal. Rather than smacking against it's surface, you feel like you've just jumped into a lake.

"Feels like home"
"Water feeling, not crystal feeling"

mario 64 portrait sound effect

You fall a little, but the fall is slow, and gentle, as your surroundings shift from Aron's Lab into a crystal backdrop.

letsa go
Harika Atesh and lux work together to push tembo inside

doodo doot doot dodoo

tembo come help me smother taka
dangit nevermind
"Well, this is... dark."

"Different than expected"

why is there a wooden barrel here

Whoa, there's the light.
pffft

You've all found solid ground, which is odd, because everything is solid.

crystal wood

and pots

The world around you is something you've never quite seen before.

crystal pot

At least ceramics are a crystalline structure.

see
science

Everything is crystal, except for...a few things.

are they?!

Yeah.

wow

Like that barrel. The make seems...familiar.

the more you know

"wait a goddamn second"

"Hands steal barrel?"

You look to your left.
Takaanu checks for oil

Some ceramics are amorphous, but they can be crystalline.

"oh"
"that's literally just part of the dungeon isn't it"

"It is"

The floating island nearby looks a lot like the Tomb of Iddmor.
But more crystally.

"Good thing we not taken"

"well this isnt concerning at all!"

"Looks crystalized"

"Strange. Is it taking the physical portions of our plane, or copying it into this one?"

someone roll Lux's Planes knowledge

"I think we'd have noticed the thing growing over more of the tomb"

Lux:	Knowledge (Planes)
Check
25

"unless this happened while we were away..."

Lux just does not know much about crystals
"Bad thought"

"It has been a while since we've been to the Tomb."

"Don't think that"
"Save Gylan, fix crystal portal"

"right"

"Keep simple"

Lux has a hunch, if the crystal's in the Material Plane were slivers of this plane, then maybe these are slivers of the Material?

"Check tomb later"

"oh that tracks"

See, my idea isn't crazy!
"The planes are somehow bleeding together."

"One step at time"

Some of you seem eager to proceed.
Is everyone in agreement?

this is very exciting for Takaanu

Very few of us can fly over to that little island.

this is so very different than what he's seen before

So only one way to proceed.

yeah

You start to cross the little bridge.

can we..."swim" in this stuff?

Roll some percepts for me.

Takaanu:	Perception
Check
29

I am the bird that see's
sees

Harika Atesh:	Perception
Check
17

Manu Palila:	Perception
Check
33

bah
I have been out-birded
how did you get a +24??
haaaaands

Manu sees them. Some hands are ahead.

can we see hands?

Strangely enough, everyone else can see them now too.

oh thank goodness

we got CRYSTAL VISION

They have not seen you yet, which is expected because they have no eyes.

now we have the power to see crystals

So you can prepare for this if you like.

I don't think this is worth burning a potion on

I have 9 ranks, a class skill bonus of +3, a +6 wisdom, a +2 item bonus, and half my level from a class feature.
My perception is my best skill.

Eyes like a hawk.
Maybe literally.

That's literally the name of the class feature, yes.

freaking elves

None of that is from me being an elf!
Anyway, uh.

The ears are basically radar.

Should our animals be embiggened?

Sure should be.

As Akamai can fly, she can flank around if need be.

this is just trippy

Kahena is just gonna wade into battle.
Manu will stand very far back and offer support.

How will Harika and Tembo proceed here?
And Taka.

Taka wants to wait for flanking opportunities

i'll go forward cuz I'm antsy

You may arrange yourselves no further than hte bridge here.

tembo will be quarterback

And also, what do we want Lux to do

probably up front

Lux will help with the frontline, yeah.

are these literally just hands???

I unfortunately can't move his pog for some reason.

where is the rest of them?

They're creepy crawly hands.

i don't know why you were expecting more body over here

can we turn them into gauntlets?

And that's all there really is to say on the matter.

they're probably too big

I expected a horrible creature with thousands of long arms and hands

If you want to stick your hand into the asshole of a hand you can try.

That's just silly.

But yes they're quite big.

I'm good to go.

ready to go

Then let's roll that init.

Takaanu:	Initiative
Check:
19.09

Manu Palila:	Initiative
Check:
17.09

shoot, I forgot about the tracker

Lux:	Initiative
Check:
16

Harika Atesh:	Initiative
Check:
13.02

i'm very sad that I have four third-level spells and only 3 spells per day to use them in

rolling 1d20+4 = 20+4 = 24
Oof.

Wow.

oh dear
this was not expected

our plans mean fuck all

Harika: welcome to being a spontaneous caster.

don't worry I have a backup

However, you're sort of sneaking up on them here, so they don't get their first turn.

oh an actual surprise round, how fun

Remember that if we get a surprise round, you only get one action.
And not a full round.

move or standard then

Yes.

yeah...Imma wait

You do Nothing!

NOTHING GOOD SIR!!
I'll give you a hand when I can move and attack in the same round

Badumtish.
I'm done.

ehehe. hand puns

huehuehuehue

Now Lux
I'm hardly gonna make his decisions so feel free to vote.

Lux charges in

Oh, uh, delete that lower Lux.

um
wut

I just added a second one so I could actually move him.

Harika n Tembo

you can wait for me
let the fools get attacked first
wait *with me
or dance
its a damn good thing I can pass through your spaces

Oh right, the music.
I was just too relaxed by this track.

Oh no, hands!

Left hand notices you now, it's hard not to, really.

da HAAAANDS
catch these hands

Now that it's almost entirely surrounded.

He's gonna attack Kahena.

well, it attacks first
dogpile it

Come at me, son!

[1d20+21] = 20+21 = 41[1d20+21] = 3+21 = 24

...

and so he did

Oof.
[1d20+21] = 10+21 = 31

Well, that second one misses.
That is a confirm though.

also wow that's a +21

Boy, uh, that's a big hitter.
Let's see the damage first.

rolling 2d8+5 = 4+4+5 = 13

what is the point of my AC if they get most of it from their normal bonus
*get through most of it

Do I roll damage twice

That's Pathfinder for you.

gotta fight smarter

You do!

rolling 2d8+5 = 7+4+5 = 16

So gimme more dice.

29!

dice spam
Kahena takes a claw to the throat and loses most of his health.

I do like these electric synth tracks

So it's gonna try and grapple you as well now.

very fitting

Boy, good luck.

Bust out that CMD.

I hope your CMB is amazing.

it has a +21 to attack

rolling 1d20+21 = 14+21 = 35

A miss.

No grabby.
Let's try swipe that bird.
Akamai hoots.

oh dear

[1d20+21] = 18+21 = 39
I am on fire.
Akamai hoots, but in a more perturbed manner.

rolling 2d8+5 = 7+1+5 = 13

Righto.

rolling 1d20+21 = 20+21 = 41
grab

but why though
why the twenty

you gotta grab

we got grabbed...by the Ghoulies

So Akamai is stuck there now.

so uh

Hey, uh.

these are Elementals, aren't they?

Do these guys have Improved Grapple? I bet they do.

Maybe.

I'm just gonna move over to here
time for...the THUNDER CLAP
CRUSHING BLOW
on left guy

You can try to smack them off, or do a CMB or Escape Artist

Takaanu:	Unarmed Strike
Punch/Kick
14vs AC
Damage
3
Electric
2
Lethal Strike
14
Type:
B/S
Melee Notes:	Lethal Strike +3d6
Otherwise:	+3

fuck you game
just...fuck you

Streak has stolen all our luck.

Ki Evasion as well then
I had no luck!
ever

You know what, that's fair.

Yeah that's a miss.
Remind me, what's Ki Evasion

+4 dodge bonus

Good stuff.
Have at it!

Ok, uh, that hand swept off half of Kahena's hp in one hit, so I'm going to just start with the nuclear option.
poke

I tried to lower its defense I'm sorry

Strong Jaw to my friend.
Now to sincerely hope these attacks hit.

We have another healer, Manu

[1d20+19] = 19+19 = 38[1d20+18] = 9+18 = 27[1d20+18] = 18+18 = 36[1d20+16] = 19+16 = 35
True, but still.

nom nom nom

Hey Noven, I found your luck.

I had none to find in the first place

Wow, all hits.
Manu Palila passes some back to Takaanu.

This is gonna hurt.

THANK YOU

Good lord, get ready for the pain.
rolling 4d8+11d6+39 = 2+4+3+1+3+3+4+5+6+3+4+5+6+3+6+39 = 97

Manu: doing some maths

excuse me

that is a good roll

Alright, so.

Disgusting

I can go over each step of this hell if you'd like.

nah, keep the ball rolling
go go go

Because this is 100% legit.

I'm proud of you all.

Ok, Akamai attempts to take control of the grapple.
Because that is a thing I can do.

Ya jerk.

rolling d20+12 = 20+12 = 32
Wow.

and so the bird does it

This is quite the wrestling match.

I'll be honest, that was a fluke attempt, her CMB is awful.

Bird vs Hand
You win it.

Alright, I'm done.

two in the bush

Now the hand is pinned.

a bird and a hand is worth harika in the bush

Well, not actually, that's a separate thing I have to do.

Lux, just in time.

oh ive been watching

Well, it's stuck in place, I mean.

ok
i cast cure light wounds on a- jk jk i full attack

you know CLW?

exactly

also holy shit that hand is still alive

I would hope so.

i dont power attack

Lux:	Thutmose
Attack
20vs AC
Damage
14
2nd Attack
18vs AC
Damage
15
Type:
S
Melee Notes:	Power Attack:
-3 to hit, +9 to damage
Weapon Notes:	Bardiche; brace, reach

amazing

We're level 9, I'd be disappointed if any monsters at this point have double digit hp.

Oh they certainly do not

it scales so fast

And that's a miss.

wait a sec

Harika Atesh:	Gallant Inspiration
Spell Level:	Temple Dancer (Cleric/Bard MCA),2
School:	Divination
Cast Time:	1 immediate action
Components:	V
Range:	55(Close)
Effects/Target:	One living creature
Duration:	Instantaneous
Spell Resistance:	Yes
Concentration:
+18
Rolls
Caster Level Check +13
=29
Overcome SR:	+
:	=em/em18
Original spell level:	Bard 2
This word of arcane-empowered inspiration often ensures success of a crucial endeavor. Cast this spell when a creature fails an attack roll or skill check. The creature gains a +2d4 competence bonus to the attack roll or skill check retroactively. If the bonus is enough to turn the failure into a success, the roll succeeds.

let's do this again

Alright then.

roll 2d4, lux

why do i feel like

I don't believe this can undo crit fails, but it's a cool enough idea that it should go ahead anyway.

eh its worth a shot

he made two attacks

rolling 2d4 = 1+1 = 2

You could boost the other attack.

one of which did- oh

drufle

well then

bravo

Wow.

you ate all the luck

It's literally all mine.

Yeah. that's no good.

this is going to go south quite quickly

There was hope, though!
Manu Palila starts wildly trying to sling poker chips around the table.

Anyway, Harika, it's your turn proper.

I would recommend healing the dino

sigh

He's fine!
I can do heals on my turn, go stab a thing.

you just said he was at half health
in one attack

Half health is fiiiiine.

and if the hand lands two hits?

no it's ok

Remember it was a crit.

a crit and a miss

So it was two attacks anyway, kinda.

I'll use healer's trance
use my move to spin

you used up your swift action

Spin to win.

already

and slap kahena with cure moderate
it's a move action to use this

immediate actions eat up your swift

They do indeed.

Move and Standard is fine.

you used your immediate already

"Using this ability requires a move action and expends 2 rounds of performance."

Yeah, but you're casting a quickened spell, right?

which applies Quickened

That uses up a swift action.

it'd be NICE if the aility descriptions MENTIONED this

It assumes you understand that aspect.
Healing Trance realistically uses up a move plus a swift.

Quickened is a popular metamagic

Well, you still have your normal actions

Like I said, I can heal him on my turn.

rolling 2d8+9 = 7+3+9 = 19
just take the 19 hp and go!

Alright, that's fine too.

Yum.
Go! Amazing Tembo!!

tembo may as well friggin try to hit them
he won't though

a shame elementals can't bleed

Not with that attitude!

we don't actually know what AC these things have

Tembo:	Slam
Attack
27vs AC
Damage
9

Hey! You hit!

we haven't actually missed with a good roll yet

oh that's nice

now we've made some pretty bad rolls
but they were so low that they wouldn't have hit anything anyways

it shatters into a million teeny tiny pieces

Tembo deserves a killing blow.

Let's see here...
Hmmmmm

one hand is in a wrestling match
the other was just eaten

Guess I don't have much choice here.
Attacks all around.
The left hand goes for Lux this time.

Oh dear.

[1d20+21] = 13+21 = 34[1d20+21] = 11+21 = 32

uh oh

lux shatters into a million teeny tiny pieces

rolling 4d8+10 = 6+6+8+6+10 = 36
Oof.

oh dear

its only 2d8+5 per swing you'll be fiiiine

hey
thats rude

oh that's a good roll

That is an evilly good roll.

And that Grab attempt.

i just noticed that i cant select lux
do i have to clone him again

Oh, whoops.
Fix him.

pffft
blame Drufle for that one

Yes Manu stole him

stole his heart

rolling 1d20+21 = 6+21 = 27
Art thou Grabbethed?

Gosh, the average on that roll is supposed to be a 28.

shadow clone jutsu

I would be shocked if that got Lux

Uh.
Fix the- there we go.

sorry im done with hp

It was probably 15

(16 but its the order that matters)

were were we

It hits him.
His CMD is 24.

Oh right, the Grab
you grabbed

Lux is Grabbed by the Goulies
Ghoulies?
I forgot the h

This other hand swipes at Akamai again

You get a -2!

Actually let's try to reverse the grapple.

Oh dear.

rolling 1d20+21 = 11+21 = 32

Sigh.

Ngh!

Yes, that hits.

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Then it's reversed.
Akamai feels a little drained from it's touch...

oh shit

rolling 2d6 = 2+3 = 5

uh oh

5 damages

oh phew its just normal damage

Gosh I thought that was going to be dex damage.

CRUSHING BLOW LETS GO
and full attack

Not yet.

Takaanu:	Unarmed Flurry
Punch/Kick
17vs AC
Damage
7
Electric
4
Lethal Strike
7
Punch/Kick
23vs AC
Damage
7
Electric
1
Lethal Strike
11
Punch/Kick
8vs AC
Damage
4
Electric
6
Lethal Strike
15
Type:
B/S
Melee Notes:	Lethal Strike +3d6
Otherwise:	+3

With the dex damage

Takaanu:	Peck (Secondary)
CAW!!
23vs AC
Damage
1
Electric
4
Lethal Strike
16
Type:
P
Melee Notes:	Lethal Strike +3d6
Otherwise:	+3

:b

DAMN IT
I totally used Crushing Blow on my second attack

Two hits thanks to flanking.

is fine, taka

I need something
I can't get sneak attack on them
13 damage...
I also use Ki Evasion

Okie.
Manu's back again.

Oh gosh.
Who keeps letting me have turns.
Akamai is gonna reverse that grapple.

Match of the century.
Watch now on pay per view.

if Akamai is bigger can she just...fly away with the hand?

(there's no point in having her do anything else her to-hit is awful while grappled)
You can only do that if you're two+sizes larger.

darn

rolling d20+12 = 7+12 = 19

I take it she's not wearing a dire collar

No grappling for me.

It's pulling her down and seems to be rooted to this ground anyway.

She is not, no.

freaking Floor Masters

Ok, uh.

No grapple, no.
Honestly I think that pog image is a wallmaster I edited.

Kahena full attack, I suppose.

It was really hard to find a crystally hand.

[1d20+19] = 6+19 = 25[1d20+18] = 13+18 = 31[1d20+18] = 10+18 = 28[1d20+16] = 9+16 = 25

Eek.

flanking included or?

yeah that's the twilight wallmasters from midna's castle/temple

That is with flanking.

the ones with the fake suns

All hits.

Really?

Yeah.

Gosh, their AC is terrible for this level.

Just.

25 is fine, I suppose.

finish him

it's the placement bonuses you see

They make up for it with HP.

rolling 4d8+11d6+39 = 8+2+5+5+3+4+2+5+5+1+5+1+6+6+4+39 = 101

Not that thats making much of an impact.

and we finally hit triple-digit damage!

Hooray for you.

didn't we do that before?

not while I was here

Kahena had strong jaw and Big

Manu is just gonna save his spell slots and watch, there are gonna be more fights.

got 120 something damage

The hand cracks, and shatters almost completely.

Average is 95.5, for those wondering.

its second nature for Drufle now
roll dice, instantly knows the average
doesn't even have to math it anymore

Lux is up.

eat the hand crumbs

don't forget your Arcane Pool and Lay On Hands

can i reach the other one...

With a reach weapon, sure.

We are perfectly fine on healing for now.

Arcane pool does more than heal, right?

Yeah.
You can also add bonuses to your weapon.
As well as spend points on exploit powers.

Lux:	Arcane ReservoirClass Features
Source Paladin (9)
Frequency
7/7Per day
Attack Type
Touch
Description:	The arcane champion can use her arcane reservoir to heal wounds (her own or those of others) by touch. By spending 1 point from her arcane reservoir, an arcane champion can heal 6 damage. Using this ability is a standard action, unless the arcane champion targets herself, in which case it is a swift action.

still not good luck huh

Lux, please.

i power attack
yoloswag

Lux:	Thutmose
Attack
33vs AC
Damage
15
2nd Attack
16vs AC
Damage
13
Type:
S
Melee Notes:	Power Attack:
-3 to hit, +9 to damage
Weapon Notes:	Bardiche; brace, reach

A hit!

One hit.

weird that im still not getting crits

24 damage!

Was that meant to be a crit?

no

Oh, okay.

No, but his crit range is insane.

just my bad rolls
yea

But he just cannot roll within that range.

just needs to roll a little higher

meowth, thats right

Harika, you have no healing to do, go kill!

Harika!

kill...

Or cast sonic spells, whatever.

Merge with Tembo and unleash your True Form.

summon the inner darkness of Tembo

i wish I had those but instead

become the true self

Harika Atesh:	Dance of GreatnessClass Features
Source Temple Dancer (Cleric/Bard MCA) (9)
Frequency
NA
Description:	Targets 1 ally + 1/3 levels beyond 9 (max of four at 18th level). Affected creatures gain 2 bonus Hit Dice (d10s), the commensurate number of temporary hit points (apply the target’s Constitution modifier, if any, to these bonus Hit Dice), a +2 competence bonus on attack rolls, and a +1 competence bonus on Fortitude saves. The bonus Hit Dice count as regular Hit Dice for determining the effect of spells that are Hit Dice dependent. Inspire greatness is a mind-affecting ability and it relies on visual components.

i dance this on taka!

holy crap

wait!

so a +2 to attacks

actually

and

would it be better
to give this to tembo right now

Hm.

if I land a Crushing Blow it will help a ton more
that'd be a -5 to AC

hm yes
point

for the rest of the battle

boost thyself!

So give yourself 2d10+2*con thp.

tembo is just gonna slam it a bit from over here

rolling 2d10 = 10+9 = 19

oof
Found your luck.
Turns out it all got lost in the d10s.

I have no con mod

That's still 19 free hp.

that is helpful

Tembo hit?

Go get 'im, Tembo!

Tembo:	Slam
Attack
14vs AC
Damage
8

Tembo:	Slam
Attack
27vs AC
Damage
8

Oh.
Well, there's one.

One hit.

no gore?

you're in the way

oh okay
but you're big
use that reach

still doesn't make sense to reach with tusks
when trunk is longer

I mean.

totally makes sense

It doesn't, no, but you still get the attack.

the long tusks of the law

If you want to not take the attack, you don't have to.

I still rankle at when kahena hit that hand that was grappling him with a tail slap

it was grappling Lux

It's like twister, but for fighting.

oh wait it tried and failed

Kahena is immune to grapples, it seems

We're in a crystal plane fighting disembodied dog-sized hands, you can have a 10-ft tusk attack.

oh wait
i see

just reach over Taka

(not immune but his cmd is absurd)

I can't simply use my full attack to use two slams

The hand, continuing to grapple Akamai, continues to drain her health.

I have to use all my attacks

Yeah.

right, sorry

rolling 2d6 = 4+5 = 9

streak my I gore the hand
*may

Go head.
Who needs a's.

Tembo:	Gore
Right tusk
28vs AC
Damage
27
bleed
5
Left tusk
20vs AC
Damage
23
bleed
2
Type:
P/S

Wow.

hm.

um

One hit.
No bleed.

Tembo is mad

Question, Streak, is this a Constrict effect they're using? If it is, you have to still make a grapple check before doing damage.
Although you do get a +5 to the check.

No, it's a drain.

Alright, fair enough.
Damage marked.

The hand starts to jerk and shake wildly, glowing from within, maintaining it's grip on Akamai.

uh oh
time to end this
Akamai hoots concernedly.

5-foot step followed by CRUSHING BLOW
with +2 from song and +2 from flank

Correct.

Takaanu:	Unarmed Strike
Punch/Kick
22vs AC
Damage
5
Electric
3
Lethal Strike
7
Type:
B/S
Melee Notes:	Lethal Strike +3d6
Otherwise:	+3

26 to-hit

Ooof, just made it.

by the skin of your nonexistent teeth
Takaanu slams his hands against the sides of the crystal monster, releasing a thunderous boom

It has to make a Fort save, now.

rolling 1d20+15 = 17+15 = 32

holy fucking hell

Well, that's still 15 damage.

yeah that passes
no its not
I don't get any sneak attack
its 8 damage

Yeah, fort is it's strong suit.

Wouldn't that be 11?

normal + electric damage
no sneak attack damage
oh right
the +3

Otherwise: +3

yeah 11

Yeah.

All marked.

What's your SF DC, anyway?

I am just useless

Like 19?

Manu, things are heating up!

21

Ooh, dang.
That's actually really good.

Mantis Style increases it

do these things have any elemental weaknesses?

but these hands have very good fort saves
sonic damage, probably

Akamai, suplex!

they clearly don't have a crismal's elec resistance

rolling d20+12 = 17+12 = 29

Not that you know of.

also can someone lower the fort saves of these things

:P
We don't have any witches, shockingly enough.
I doubt that hits their CMD.

navi ain't here fam

no one brought any debuff magic
great
wonderful

Manu has lots of buffs and damage.
No debuffs.
Streak, does a 29 hit the hand's CMD?

It actually does.

Wow.

reverse the grapple
drain the hand

This is better than any WWE match.
Alright Kahena, bring it down, please.

it's going to take a few chomps

[1d20+17] = 15+17 = 32[1d20+16] = 1+16 = 17[1d20+16] = 6+16 = 22[1d20+14] = 5+14 = 19

Pro Arm Wrestling

Hey, there's a 1.

Only one hit this time, looks like?

Seems like it.
rolling 4d8+11 = 8+3+6+4+11 = 32

Still very decent.

would you like me to use gallant inspiration on one of those

Nah, we're fine.

ok

Save your extra spell slots for the later battles.
What should Manu do...
Oh, I do have another Vine Strike.
I can come toss that on Taka.

give me entangle powers?
sure, why not
give me something to do

As well as giving you +1d6 to every unarmed strike.

How long does that last?

9 minutes.

Alright.

I'm done.

Luxray!

throw some hands

i wish i had time to do other things other than attack
ok how do i break out of this

out of what?

or is it over...

you aren't grappled

huh

the hand is after Akamai

your grappler got shattered

you still half asleep, man?
but for now just attack

Lux:	Arcane ReservoirClass Features
Source Paladin (9)
Frequency
7/7Per day
Attack Type
Touch
Description:	The arcane champion can use her arcane reservoir to heal wounds (her own or those of others) by touch. By spending 1 point from her arcane reservoir, an arcane champion can heal 18 damage. Using this ability is a standard action, unless the arcane champion targets herself, in which case it is a swift action.

well that's handy

power attack

hecka

Lux:	Thutmose
Attack
23vs AC
Damage
17
2nd Attack
29vs AC
Damage
20
Type:
S
Melee Notes:	Power Attack:
-3 to hit, +9 to damage
Weapon Notes:	Bardiche; brace, reach

i shouldnt have...