i love that roll20 doesnt beep until i look at the tab then it beeps 60 times in a row

Amazing.

hello

pffft
welcome streak

bello
let's get to topiary
arze is antsy

Grumble grumble.

I'm ready when ya'll are

plants don't have b l o o d to drink

is Rylar clothed this time?

Not mechanically.

alright then

"Let's get goin'!"
Najka pushes up her glasses

did you tell ol zircon about the critical tanking disparity yet
i demand patch notes

I'm waiting until the playtest is over to throw all my info at him.

ok

Roll your initiative!

it shall be an infodump

is there music now it just cut out for me

looks like there is none

Not yet.

what was Initiative again?
SPD?

Yep.

it cut out when i clicked so i thought maybe i did it somehow

rolling 1d20+13 = 16+13 = 29

rolling 1d20+6 = 17+6 = 23

Oof.

we need to go faster

rolling 1d20 + 10 = 5+10 = 15
oh nooo

uh oh

rolling d20+11 = 17+11 = 28
rolling d20-1 = 18-1 = 17
Wow.

as long as I outspeed the plants I'm good
time to relearn my spells
Blink?
I think Blink would be good

"Plants!"

Alright then, Najka is first!

Blink on Softpaws

me blunk

(remember your facing!)

rolling 1d2 = 2 = 2
the cat has two shields now

whered that slash go

"I hate eatin' me greens, but if I must..."
how does the facing work with these tokens

You should probably say whether high or low is good beforehand, Noven.

I guess thats forward?

Yes.

high
always high

my horns point the way

if I say nothing, assume its high

Alright, I just recall that you had a problem with me not declaring it ahead of time :P

or just assume I'm rolling for how many shields I'm giving

Also fair.
Anything else?

uhhh
Knowledge???
identify the plants???
rolling 1d20+8 = 13+8 = 21
I mean I'm a scholar I feel like this is my main goal
that was a Nature roll

It's a giant Venus Flytrap! It doesn't really move, and it likes to throw statuses around.

I wonder if the miniplants can move..

The little offshoots enjoy dragging people around.

"We are fighting some kind of carnivorous plant. Watch out for tendrils"
was that an action?

I'll say it was.

very well then!

Gosh, uh, Sestina.

shoot a thing

Ok, that isn't going to work.
I'll just shoot the little plant normally.
rolling d20 = 3 = 3
Yep.

shooting stumps is generally ineffective

maybe it wasn't Rylar's fault in the last battle

rolling 2d8+24 = 8+3+24 = 35

oh

22 damage it is.

it has...no evade
I c

Your turn, Rylar.

Let's get busy...
Actually, I'll move here..
I'm gonna attack now.
rolling 1d20 = 13 = 13

Hey look, he can roll high!

rolling 2d8+28 = 1+6+28 = 35

really starting to think this is less of a problem for Rylar

And now...let's ground myself.
I gain Stability I think

Oh, that power.
Well then.

neat

Oh its dead
well whatever

you stabbed it real good

The tiny guys are very squishy.
Alright, uh.

I bet it'll make more

probably

rolling 3d4 = 3+2+3 = 8
Sestina, Softpaws, Sestina.

damage?

I want the two of you to rollAGI saves.

Should we just buff up and go for the main target, then, or wait it out to see what it does?

how the heck does Blink work...

rolling 1d20 + 9 = 4+9 = 13

[20+5] = 10+5 = 15[20+5] = 1+5 = 6

does blink apply to this?

It's not an attack, so no.

alright
I'm learning

"Take that, cabbage!"

Alright, Sestina saves once and all the others are fails.

Rylar has never seen a cabbage.

im just not into it today
oh we've been dragged

Yes!

"I did warn you about the tendrils"

Tiny vines leap from the ground, grabbing at your ankles and dragging you towards the big guy.

"fool! this is where I wanted to be!"

he's got a point

And then uh...
Ok that's actually it, apparently.
His only ranged attack I made 2 AP for some reason so he's done.

past Drufle did not create many options

Hmm...

well then

curse you past Drufle

Softpaws is up then!

5 mp for fire swords!
then move up and attack

why not Fire and another element?

oh wait yeah

or does this thing have an element already?
hey droof
would my Nature roll have found that out?
or are we just gonna roll with it

i'd have to us an action myself to know that I think

It probably would've told you.
This guy has no natural element.

alright

but it is a plant
is that a thing?

just pokemon it
set fire to this small woodland

There are no elemental weaknesses in this game aside from the wheel ones.

Fire to Water

oh okay then

I assume

yeah fire and water swords

that's some cool imagery there

Like that one boss from DS3.

i hated that guy

He's a huge pain.

then i beat him and i was okay again
Make it pay!

You can just roll your 2d20.

rolling 1d20 = 16 = 16
rolling 1d20 = 3 = 3

Both hits, just barely not a crit.

(hey Drufle what does Protect do?)

cool

That's a bonus to PD, I believe.

so 2d6+22

Twice, yes.

welp...Etude is better then

rolling 2d6+22 = 5+2+22 = 29

The first one does normal damage, the second will do 1.25x.

rolling 2d6+22 = 2+1+22 = 25
second hit is with the water sword
on the now fire monster
yeah

28 damage total.

as you said

The flytrap is not happy!

its on fire

Largely because it is now somehow made of fire.

"oh joy, neither am I!"

that can't be confortable

Alright scholar lady.

reaction to step forwar
the 5-foot step
Etude to the cat's TGH
+8 TGH

thanks

Helpful.
Anything else?

Refresh

Poor Rylar trying to get his tiny body to the fight.
Alright, uh, bow time.

I can make it.
I forget though, can you move twice with your 2 AP?
I know the BA can move you too

yes

okay cool

Yes.
You can move a total of double move +10 feet that way.

gotta hustle

The BA step has no weird restrictions like the PF 5-foot step does.

(Etude lasts for 2 rounds, btw. Keep track of that Softpaws)

Largely because BAs are actually useful in this game.
Alright, let's just Precise Shot.
Er, Precise Pierce.
rolling d20 = 18 = 18
Oof, crit.

nice

wonderful

So that's very annoying because a Ranger's crit inflicts Daze.

pffft

rolling 2d8+24 = 4+7+24 = 35

its a plant

31 damage.

by pf rules its immune to sich

Oh, you'd think so.

the plant has been dazzled

pf who???

But without a proper bestiary yet, there are no monster rules.

of course

get in there, Rylar

"Stay on yer feet, comrades! I'm comin'!"

I could use a movement-boosting spell

charge

So one AP to move 25ft, then BA to move 10.

"how wonderful of you to care now"

Righto.
Thank you for remembering facing.

Now I'm gonna Roar

Rylar the lion

gonna Fus that thing right on outta here

Oh.
Good.

He loses -3 to his crit range for a round.

Well that's a pain.

That's me.
See, I'm more than just a helmetrack.

(so I forgot that the dragging thing was actually the mini-plants, whoops, I definitely could've done his ranged attack last time)

oh well

I can't even remember the functions of the monsters I literally created.
rolling 3d4 = 1+2+2 = 5

spray someone with nuclear sap or something

blame Past Drufle for not making that clear

Najka, Softpaws, Softpaws.
AGI saves!

rolling 1d20+6 = 18+6 = 24

Gosh, your AGI is pretty high for a caster.

rolling 1d20 + 9 = 16+9 = 25
rolling 1d20 + 9 = 14+9 = 23

Well then.

it really isn't

No failures this time around.

I started with 13 and got 2 a level
Softpaws stabs the tendrils creeping to him

So he'll just do a regular tentacle smack to Softpaws.
rolling d20 = 17 = 17

"bring it, shrub"

shrublord

Right, not a crit, roar thing.
rolling 2d10+31 = 5+3+31 = 39

I'm gonna go ahead and react to that.

Oh?

Sentinel lets me I think
I can't prevent the attack but i can counter.

You sure can.

rolling 1d20 = 20 = 20

its a good thing the kitty has 8 extra PD

Ah.

oh gosh

Roll damage, then.

rolling 2d8+28 = 4+5+28 = 37

Rylar was holding back last fight

And he has halved PD...

so

oh dear

i feel that

Well, uh.
The flytrap is not doing great.

Streak knows the Pain

39 damage is a bit high
i am wearing armor
is that accounted for?

it isn't

In what respect?

the roll drufle made is the damage before PD

You subtract your PD

Yeah, you need to subtract that yourself.

oh wait

Still a big hit, I'm sure.

Blink
the cat has blink

right

Oh, true.

and yes

roll that first

Miss on low.
rolling d2 = 1 = 1

Y'all know you can mark the tokens, right

rolling 1d2 = 1 = 1
nice

plink

Alright, down to one shield then.

that's one shield down, one to go

Anyway, uh.
Ignore that damage then, Softpaws.

:P

aye-aye

And now it is your turn.

go full aqua

(note to self: enemies need more hp)

aqua vitae

5 more MP yes to change the fire sword to watter

make it go super saiyan
its got the hair for it

you made the SotDL mistake, Drufle

(i know this game is supposed to have super fast-paced combat but this is too fast)

one big enemy versus a party

I mean, to be fair.

you never learn...

That's the way to go in Pathfinder.

i forget, can I cast a spell and attack?

Yes.

since I have not used AP

in pathfinder hitting things is an actual chore

right

I keep forgetting Duskblades have spells.

they magic lads

For what it's worth I'm feeling the fast pace of this and I'm liking it.

I like it too

stab stab

nice and snappy
though that could easily turn around on us

(when i say this is moving very fast though i mean that it's at like 8% hp already)

rocket tag
oh gosh
seriously?

I mean I did get really lucky there.

He did roll a high crit, true.
But still.

I cast Elemental Ward on Rylar, and activate my War Magic trait to hit the plant with one sword

I guess we're fighting to golems

What's the ward do?

resistance to fire element?

Nope.

"The first creature to hit the target with a melee attack before the spell ends takes 1d10 elemental direct damage."

It's a Thorns-ish thing.

one round duration

nice

Note: that should be 2d10.

i choose water element for this

Due to the die scaling.
Right.

and War Magic hit

And here's one thing I do need to check.

hm?

Wow, nevermind.
I thought war magic's attack didn't stack with the normal attack but it does!
Holy crap.

good action economy

ehehe

we made a damn fine team

Definitely a high incentive to use your buffs, huh.

ok roll to hit

You know I'm wondering if big monsters could have 3AP or something

Alright, roll 3d20 then.
Ooh.
I hadn't even thought about that.

there's an idea

rolling 3d20 = 15+5+9 = 29

that would help a lot

Don't forget your Killing Frenzy, that first one is a crit.

oof

So, uh, roll damage three times and I'll deal with the math.

ok

I think this might kill it...

Gee, you think?

:P
what was it's max hp?

He still has bloody Vulnerability!

pffft

Uh, it was like 130ish I think.

gosh

what's the mod on one sword?
6?

I was planning on using Helix on the plant next

It's still that +22.

what!

All of your attacks are 2d6+22.

war magic specifies I hit with a single one-handed weapon

Thinking about the 3AP thing, I also have a pretty solid way to inflict Daze, so maybe it's a good idea on that front as well

so I thought id have to halve the swords

Yeah, so you make three attacks.

I think that is one of your attacks

You have a single one-handed weapon in each hand, so you just make one attack instead of your usual two.
The math is otherwise identical.

normally I do 2d6+22x2, total 4d6+22
+44

Yes.

so now I do 3d6+44?

6d6+66.

spooky

you know what I'm not gonna question this

its dead either way, man
you've won

rolling 6d6 + 66 = 5+1+5+6+3+5+66 = 91

One attack does 2d6+22, and you're doing three attacks!

Unless it goes super...

we have one more fight

i want rylar to attain ultra instinct

im so confused

you hit like a truc

Seems pretty simple to me? whats confusing you

truck
look at Combat

yeah but its not fitting in the square hole in my head. can we go over it after the session druf?

what is your Melee score?

36 from the first hit, 32 from the second, 28 from the third, 96 total.

Yeah let's go over it after.

I'm a scholar and I have 8 somehow

That is 76.2% of its max hp in a single turn.

I'm guessing your's is better

Duskblades, man.

You gotta beef these dudes up lol

Clearly, gosh.

we took a lot long with the spiders

"Is this thing not dead yet?! I want to go home, I'm hungry!"

this is the gnolls all over again

"the trials of an obligate carnivore..."

"Bah, wasn't very tough, was it?"

(that was like 45 minutes good grief)

I clean up.

Ok, uh, I had a lot of other tricks up my sleeve with this guy that he just.
Did not get to use.

rolling 1d20 = 7 = 7

rylar broomdriver

"This creature was hardly worth the effort"

rolling 2d8+28 = 5+3+28 = 36

"Why were we fighting it again?"

sorry for rigging the system :P

He liked to deal Poison a bunch, screwing with any healing you might've tried.

"Gardenin' with a spear...I think that's right."

maaan, we even had ways of dealing with that

And he would CL anyone that got near him, and he had a power that would deal automatic PD-piercing damage to CL'd targets.

nice

That's cool

Hence why he kept dragging you guys.

Did you actually CL anyone

what a neat list of features we never saw

I was considering it, but uh.

Daze happened

Actually I wanted to ask, is CL a free action

Honestly you guys were hitting so hard it would not have mattered.
It is!

I would have done it but it can't even move anyway.

Yeah.
This was more a target of enemy CL than player CL.
And I even gave it a reason to make you guys want to get away but it didn't get a chance to use it!

we're too strong

Right, so, that was basically no time, do we want to finish up with the last fight?

lets go

yeah

refresh HP/MP?

Sure.
This isn't exactly a test of your endurance.

"Time to...rock?"

Although it could be, if I had set it up as such.

"stone men now? fore the love of"

I'm gonna wave to them.

The giant stone men snarl back.

Also I'm going in front if you don't mind.

can I knowledge them?

Go ahead.

Scanning...

I would use Arcana.

alright
rolling 1d20+13 = 13+13 = 26

These are Clay Golems! Big, slow, tanky Earth boys.

Finally, some dudes I can party with.

"Clay golems. Earthen as well"

And aw fuck I forget the Duskblade's innate power.

"Be mindful of that, Softpaws"

does this make them "elementals"

Yeah, I was just wondering that.

ahahahahahah

oh dear

I think for the purpose of letting you use that power, why not.

what have you wrought

thank you!

I did make them Earth-innate.

Good thing they're Super.

Alright, back to initiative!

rolling 1d20+6 = 2+6 = 8

my Elemental Chaos trait makes all elemental creatures roll with disadvantage against me

rolling d20+11 = 6+11 = 17

Slow Start...

rolling 1d20 + 8 = 2+8 = 10
oh noooo

rolling d20+3 = 16+3 = 19

uh oh
oh wait
rolling 10+5 = 10+5 = 15

Softpaws, roll! Maybe you can go first!

rolling 1d20 + 10 = 5+10 = 15

I keep forgetting my feat

nah

I'm actually at 15

Hm.
Softpaws has more innate AGI, right?

I assume so?
this is SPD though

29 total, 9 mod

Oh, speed, right.
Silly me.

I have a +8 SPD mod

30 total, 10 mod

with +5 from my feat

Softpaws is faster then.

shit
I can't
cut in front of the golems then

Golems!

this is bad

So...this is the power of Ultra Instinct...

Alright, left guy launches a boulder at Rylar.

"Look out!"

(did we even get hurt last fight?)

technically no

damn

rolling 2d6+23 = 4+3+23 = 30
You take 30 earth elemental damage.

what is Dirt weak to?

Does that get reduced by MD of PD

Wind.
MD.

uh oh

16 damage then.

but its a boulder :(

Technically it was the Stone Shards spell.

ok

"Tough bastard..."

But, you know.
Gonna come smack Sestina.

hello charles

rolling d20 = 1 = 1
Ah.

it appears as though he will not

shatters to pieces

Reaction!

pffft

rolling 1d20 = 16 = 16

Wait, oh, right.
That one.

Let's see how high this PD is...
rolling 2d6+28 = 4+5+28 = 37

6 damage.

Oh, that's meant to be 2d8.

augh

Uep

"Might I suggest holding back for a moment"

rolling 1d10 = 4 = 4

"I can't believe stabbing a rock wasn't effective..."

The clay golem loses confidence in his attacks, and has disadvantage on rolls until his next turn.

"Clay, actually"

Aw.

"Sestina, hold on a moment"

Cheer up buddy.

"Let me finish this spell"

I thought you did great

I'm asking you two to hold

Uh, ok.
Sestina will do so.

"You to Softpaws"

Let's see what you got up your sleeve.
Softpaws sharpens his nails

I've really wanted to do this for a while
ummm
who's turn is it?

Softpaws, unless he actually defers.
He hasn't said as such.

oh do i have to ok
I defer to you

if you want to you have to say
thank you
Helix on the golem's TGH, please
and I'll back up a little

What penalty is that?

-8

"Hrm, more magic?"

"Its defense has been reduced"

Right, Softpaws.

"That should make this go more smoothly"
this is just one round so make it count

Go ahead and windsword it up.

ok
windy-swordy activate
reaction to back up
oh wait
not actually in front of it
am I still in range?

You're in range for a frenetic rip.
But not for a normal attack.

yes but am i in range of IT
for IT's attavks

Oh, yes.

hmph

The clown guy?

Yeah, the clown guy.

This is a weird crossover.

oh well FRENETIC RIIIPPPP

Let it rip!

rolling 4d6+44 = 2+3+1+4+44 = 54

nice

You, uh, should roll to hit first.

pfft

rolling 1d20 = 3 = 3

aw...

Twice, remember.

rolling 1d20 = 9 = 9

One hit.

ok so
halve the damage

I'll just take those second two dice.

i get excited when I use razor wind im sorry

5 damage.

wow

with the -8 to PD?

Yes.

and the weakness?

Yes.

Me thinks magic is the way to take these things out.

"...this is not working as intended"

Anyone...got any of that.

what magic?
I'm got...one spell that does terrible damage

Probably better than our attacks.

Ok, uh, probably time for Sestina to step away.
Cast Hunter's Mark on the front guy for extra damage.

the barrier would do 2d6+8

Then Precise Pierce to cut away at this PD a bit.
rolling d20 = 13 = 13
Hit, so he's vulnerable for a round, and...
rolling 2d8+2d6+24 = 6+1+5+6+24 = 42
19 damage.
Rylar!

uh oh

Oops
I'm here.

careful there

Okay so...
I'm gonna cast Law's Restitution
See how this works out...
So I pick two allies
or is it random allies

shrug

then they each get a random boon for a round

Picked allies, random boons.

I'll pick the cat and the ...elf?

Elvor, yes.
Roll a d13.
They both get the same boon.

rolling 1d13 = 13 = 13

Stoneskin.

huh

alright

Not bad.

That's...
10 thp for both of them.

better than mine...

"Stand firm, my comrades!"
Now I'll turn on Solid Hit
And let's go for a hit.
rolling 1d20 = 3 = 3

Miss.

No...!

The curse returns.

That's me, then.

Front clay golem is angry, and takes a big swing at Rylar.

(what can Reactions be used for?)

Depends on if you have any powers that use them.
If you don't have any, then reactions are pointless for you.
rolling d20 = 16 = 16

I think you can make a regular action into a reaction on a trigger, if you wanted?

welp

Ooh, hit on Rylar.
Yeah, that is true.

But I can't imagine that'll be useful here.

rolling 2d8+27 = 2+4+27 = 33
Kerclunk.

physical or magic?

18 damage.

Physical.

"Heh.."

The other one launches a stone shard at Najka.

you fool

Oh crud, right, I combat lock this guy.

rolling 2d6+23 = 3+5+23 = 31

Not that it matters

did you even roll to hit???

Good idea, Rylar.
You don't roll to hit for spells!

ow

Subtract your MD.

oh, btw, you're cursed now

Figured.
That's them.

She said a curse word.

Najka, you're up.

19 damage
right so
wtf do I do
why is Blade Barrier concentration?

Unleash your rage.

what does that mean in this game?

use the kaio-ken

drufle?

Uhh.
Interesting.

what is Concentration?

Ah, ok.
What that means is that the spell lasts for the given duration unless one of the following happens.
A: you cast another spell that needs concentration; B: you take damage; C:you get knocked out

well, Blade Barrier is my only Concentration
getting hit is a pain though

If you take damage, you have to make a VIT save equal to half the damage you took to keep the spell up.

yeah that's...not going to happen

So what'll it be then?

uhhh
fine, Blade Barrier
there I guess

a literal one?

Righto.
Yeah.
Just a wall of spinning magic swords.

also Shared Learning on my MND
wait...can I do that?

hsien-ko up in here

MND to MND?
"another stat" so I'm thinking now
not

incepted thinking

Yeah, no.
They have to be two different stats.

shit, add my INT to MND then

Righto.

+4 MD

Softpaws!

and Reaction to move my butt a little

are you going to roll damage on this spell yet

That movement is a BA, not a reaction, remember.

oh, BA
what the heck are BAs used for?

Well, I'm not sure that actually casting the spell on an enemy hurts them.
Tons of things.

well that's dumb

they take damage...on their turn?

I got lots of abilties that use a BA

because they are NEVER going to walk into it

The spell specifies that you take damage if you attempt to move through them.

Movement is one of them.

shit, that doesn't help at all

Yeah, Rylar has tons of BA powers.

its just there

Softpaws, you're up.
You'll have to actually move in now.

If only I could push it through.

it doesn't help because one is combat-locked and I was going to lock the other one right now

cast some magic

To be fair, you can push enemies, Rylar.
You're even pretty good at it.

if you want to lock them go ahead

Softy, remember I can CL two dudes at once.

He sure can.

I'll just cast Blink a bunch

You can CL if you like though.

it's free so no big

Oh, right, Lift/Move

1 ap to move here
1 ap to cast elemental ward on Rylar again
BA to hit the golemonce

Righto.

rolling 1d20 = 18 = 18

I assume you're casting Wind Elemental Ward?

yes it didn't change from last time

Right.
Crit, roll damage.

literally none of my abilities use bonus actions...

quick question

Mhm.

sword elelment trait doesnt specify duration
i've been using it like i only spent MP when switching

Yeah.

alright so no MP spent on that then
rolling 1d6+22 = 3+22 = 25

As far as I know, your weapons stay elemented until you change them.
Alright, that should be a 2d6.

rolling 1d6 = 5 = 5

30 then.
Zero damage.

and then I combat lock this golem
wait hang on
i do not lock it down

Alright.

I wanted to use dark presence to poison it at the end of the turn
but it need an AP i don't have

Fair.
Although remember that Poison is kind of a useless status on enemies.

true

Alright, Sestina.
I can't inflict vulnerability again.

pierce then?

What else ya got

just shoot them both

druf do you know what the ward spell's cost is?
for some reason my sheet has it at 0

Piercing shot isn't helpful, since that halved damage is gonna be 0.

oh right...
just shoot then

The book says 0 MP as well.
I think it means 10.

ok

Right, Sharpshooter this right guy.
rolling d20 = 5 = 5
Whoops.
That would be a miss.

oh no

Rats.
Rylar, your turn.
(note to self: physical defense is worth its weight in gold in comparison to hp)

So if i were to try and push this guy, what kind of action would it be and would it actually trigger damage from the sword wall?

It's 1 AP, and yes.
You make a Lift/Move check opposed by his Lift/Move or Acrobatics check.

And what damage does it do?

the blades?

well how much

Well Shove does nothing, but that barrier does like.
2d8+AM?

2d6 + 6 for me

Hrm..

err

2d6, not 2d8.

2d6+8

But that is magical damage.

it is

I'll give it a shot.
Hng!

(although dang their MD isn't terrible either...)

dang you Past Drufle

It's a lot worse but not abysmal.

So my roll is...1d20+15?
Can you check that for me

Yep.

rolling 1d20+15 = 3+15 = 18

rolling d20+11 = 19+11 = 30
He is not interested in moving.

Nope.
Well, in that case...
I'll just attack with my remaining Ap

Go ahead.

rolling 1d20 = 19 = 19
Crit!

Oh dear.

does anyone have a magic attack in this party?

Roll damage.

rolling 2d8+28 = 8+5+28 = 41

Uhhh...

i have some DOT

better than nothing

"Fine, have it your WAY!"
I also cast Stability on myself.

21 damage.
This right golem is finally not looking good.
Speaking of which, golems!
This left golem is gonna try and get around Softpaws.

move through the blades then
oh dear

Smart guy here

Launch a stone shard at Sestina.

roll twice, boy

I guess that would be disadvantage on damage too, huh.

yes

rolling 4d6 = 6+4+2+5 = 17
6 from that then.
So 15 total to Sestina.
Right guy just punches Rylar.

was that disadvantage?

rolling d20 = 2 = 2
Yeah, I rolled two dice twice and took the lowest two numberes.

oh, you didn't add the mods in that roll
okay

So that hits Rylar.
Because his evasion is bad.

Just as planned.

missing Rylar is very hard to do

rolling 2d8+27 = 6+1+27 = 34
And the golems are done.

I explode.
What was the damage on that ward?

2d10

Oh right, that.
Just a flat 2d10?

rolling 2d10 = 8+6 = 14

bypasses defense too

Yeah, suer does.

hey, Softpaws? are your DOTs boosted by any mods?

17 damage it is.
Najka! Your turn!

they are yes

Int?

ys

Etude on Softpaw's Int, please
+8 to your Int
which is a +8 to Magic Attack

Anything else?

Refresh

Softpaws!
(gosh this left golem literally hasn't been touched yet)

we've been busy, okay

time to fix that
I cast Bleed on it

Makes sense.

perfectly reasonable

no bestiary no rules

if it can bleed, we can kill it

What's that saying...

So... 9 damage?

yup

Squeezing blood from a stone?

yes that one

its red clay, see

that is per round I hope?

Alright, that'll be 9 instant damage on his turn then.
For 1 round, yes.

ok
...

wtf
that's a terrible spell

The spell does not specify a longer duration.
If a longer duration is not specified, all conditions last 1 round.

is true

wow that's...awful

So, your other AP? Two swords, I imagine.

i will then combat lock the golem and cast dark spikes on myself

Oh geez.

Sounds edgy.

I mean... I guess you can use your free attack then?
Wait, hold up.

o i guess I can
o

You can't cast two spells in one round!

aww

well he did cast one spell

Only if one of them is a cantrip.

so there is a free attack

that's the rule I was thinking of and couldn't place

He only gets the free attack if the spell was a non-attacking one.

...

I would consider Bleeding Touch to be an attack spell.

bleed is direct damage yeah
so I'll just smack the bastard!

You can just use your- yeah.
Just do that.

wind blades go

rolling 2d20 = 17+6 = 23

Two hits.
One crit.

rolling 4d6+44 = 2+2+4+4+44 = 56

Hm.
I think I need to continue dropping their PD.

we have no magic attackers

oh you doing that thing again?

Because otherwise you just dealt a total of 3 damage.

I noticed that their PD wasn't like...30 anymore

Well, they sure are rocks.

I'll drop it more.

druf i thought these things started with 31

They did.
It is quite a bit lower now.
Here's something you're probably not realizing.
PD is applying twice to that damage.

They too have taken off their shirts.

ohh
two hits....

Yep.

damn

we need more Vulnerability

Rocky pecs are dancing

so 26.5 PD

Alright, this is now a total of 14 damage.

ok

Sestina!
Vulnerability on left boy, please.
rolling d20 = 20 = 20

ask, and it shall be delivered

Man, it really hurts that natural 20s aren't quite as beautiful in this system what with the big crit ranges.

its green though
that makes it great

Very true.

Yeah its green!

rolling 2d8+24 = 2+4+24 = 30

Well, it's green here. It won't be in the log

28 damage.
Shot between the eyes.
Rylar!

Let's try that push again.

rolling d10+11 = 1+11 = 12

rolling 1d20+15 = 1+15 = 16

...

...

Well.

Rylar pushes himself

Technically you win.
I guess.

they ram into eachother, butt heads, and stumble backwards

Oh, you don't move too.

Oh.

Unless you're moving back into range.
Najka, roll that sword damage please.

rolling 2d6+8 = 3+2+8 = 13

Yeah I want to move into his range.

Right, uh, 2 damage.

I'm glad I spent a turn on that

Now for the followup.
rolling 1d20 = 5 = 5

Hit.

Lovely.

...have you been dropping their EVD too?

rolling 2d8+28 = 5+8+28 = 41
I used my BA to move btw.
So that's me.

Oof.
Now, It's always been 5.

ya got stabbed, mah clay man

Sestina missed that one time because she used Sharpshooter.
Which gives -5 to hit.

oh
very well then

18 damage it is.
The golem finally crumbles away.

at wast

At wong, wong wast.

welmer fudd is here

The golem is angry!

hunting wolems

"Guess I rocked...the most...? Hrm."

How dare you hurt his friend!

HIT ME DAMMIT

rolling d20 = 8 = 8
-2 to a 6.
That's a miss?

what are you aiming for on me

A club.

evasion? pd?

The d20 is always against evasion.

ok my evasion is 9

Miss then.

yay!

He just fires a stone shard at you.
He is getting annoyed.
rolling 2d6+23 = 3+1+23 = 27
Oh, and he takes his 9 bleed damage.

I feel like that's something that needs to change

15, oof

9 is small

Najka's turn.

...
I guess Helix?

do i still have the thp from stoneskin?

its a bit late for Blink

Yeah.

cool

That thp lasts until it's destroyed.

Helix on the golem's TGH

well its fone now

Righto.
Anything else?

BA to move

Righto.
Softpaws, then.

Heal Wounds on Sestina too
rolling 1d8+6 = 2+6 = 8

Can't do two spells in one turns, man.

Cantrip!

Oh nuts.

:P

You caught me in my own trap.
Now Softpaws.

you have activated your own trap card

how do you know its a cantrip

because I labeled it as such

ok so

also it costs no MP

i didn't label mine. so I can't reme-oh
well that's fine

the golem is weakened
go for the gullet

I don't still have your +8 do I?

uhhh
you might, actually
it lasts 2 rounds
when did I etude you...
it was an Int Etude about...2 rounds ago?
I'd say this is your last turn of it

well alright

quick, break the game while drufle is away

Arzenik Depanier is allergic to non-max HP.
so he will cast Drain on the golem

delicious

rolling 2d4+18 = 3+1+18 = 22
slorp

their MD was...12 last time?
no. 11
wait
yeah, looks like its 11

ok

wait, its Vulnerable though
so halve that?

that's PD

5 now

surely?

no Rylar, Drain is against MD
PD is like...in the 20s

yeah but vulnerability affects PD

I meant the condition, but it does affect both.

only PD?

Nope.
It's both.

okay so

weird

Just check.
ed

5 MD now
against that drain

drufles brb'd btw

yeah I know

so 17 damage to the golem

we can finish the fight without him
we know what's up

memo to drufle

I'm here.

welcome back

and i am restored

So then Rylar, he flies up
turns out, he's a dragoon

im not done fam

was the whole time

oh right

you drained, so thats...1 AP?

yeah I activate my shadow clone technique
yeah

shadow clone jitsu!

Amazing.
So what was that, 17 damage? Got it.

but yes for action #2 I attack

Go ahead!

rolling 2d20 = 6+7 = 13

Both hits.
Roll your damage.

rolling 4d6+44 = 1+4+2+3+44 = 54

does my Helix debuff apply before or after Vulnerability?

...
Hm.
I think before.
That would make more sense.

I would agree

So that's 25 and 25, 50 damage.
Squish.

there we go

Finally done.

when the combos work, they work really good

clay softened

(he had like 24 hp left but good job)
Najka spams Heal Wounds on Rylar

Rylar, just about to turn and run to help Softpaws, stops.
"Oh, you got yours as well."
"Well done, then!"

"yeah, sure"

"Ah, thank ye."

"We floundered a bit in the middle"
Softpaws pulls out a cardboard box and goes to sleep in it

How is everyone doing on hp at the end?

"We should have focused more"

79/132
So about halfish

62/81

I am utterly untouched because you hit me all of once and I Mega Drained it all back

Gosh.
These poor golems.

it took a while to take them down

Well that was a significantly longer fight, but still only a bit over an hour.

That was an interesting fight, though.

I should've just lead with Blink

how to deal with high PD

The problem there though.

we need another caster
a Black Mage or something

Is that what if you don't have someone that can cast Helix or inflict vulnerability?
Enemies like this with high PD are just gonna be invincible.

Vulnerability was the game changer here
it did far more than Helix

It'd be nice if it drained over time or something

PD and MD are just too good of stats, and thus Vulnerability is too good of a condition.

Like everyone just gets tired as a fight drags on

Yeah.

TGH and MND seem to be very good stats to invest in

Or maybe some rebalancing is in order

its like SMT's debilitate spell but not gated to high levels

But between the golem fight and the flytrap fight, I can clearly see that having high PD and poor hp is significantly better than having high hp and poor PD.

we didn't really get to test MD

Being an exclusively-hp tank is just not viable here.

but I assume its the same

Not really, no, we just don't have any real offensive casters.
Just buffers and debuffers.
Well, that was enlightening.