[3/20/2026, 4:06:57 PM] Nicolae
When we last left our intrepid heroes, Imran had just converted a new follower for his deity. The Nocticarantula.
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[3/20/2026, 4:07:05 PM] Crion
ban
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[3/20/2026, 4:07:18 PM] Nicolae
i understand and accept my fate
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[3/20/2026, 4:07:36 PM] Gul Banana
spider afraid :)
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[3/20/2026, 4:09:16 PM] Dammitwho
Right now it's just in a lot of physical pain! That's Nature for you
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[3/20/2026, 4:09:34 PM] Dammitwho
We all here and ready?
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[3/20/2026, 4:09:41 PM] Crion
rdy
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[3/20/2026, 4:09:53 PM] Zarick
i live
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[3/20/2026, 4:10:32 PM] Gul Banana
sort of
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[3/20/2026, 4:10:51 PM] CBN
yes. yes
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[3/20/2026, 4:11:34 PM] Nicolae
nicolae has been eaten by wolves. this is the wolf posting. lol this guy was a nerd
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[3/20/2026, 4:12:18 PM] Dammitwho
Inside the wolf there are two wolfs, and so on
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[3/20/2026, 4:13:30 PM] Dammitwho
Well! You've defeated slash driven off the giant spider. There's a pile of scrap metal made of the same peculiar gray alloy as you've seen in some of the silver mount machines elsewhere in the mines, and a shed that was built perilously close to the rockfall. There's also the rest of the room to your southeast. Where now, brave adventurers!
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[3/20/2026, 4:14:01 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Looks like she's headed for the lightless void we don't care about. I wonder how spiders squish their bodies like that?"
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[3/20/2026, 4:14:17 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Being unable to squeeze through the rockfall gaps around here is still bugging Lindal, obviously.
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[3/20/2026, 4:14:51 PM] Imran Traveler
"Well, I hope that spider has learned its lesson. And that we don't run into any more of such."
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[3/20/2026, 4:15:13 PM] Imran Traveler
"What's in this shed, I wonder?"
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[3/20/2026, 4:15:43 PM] Dammitwho
Only one way to find out.
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[3/20/2026, 4:15:48 PM] Tak Ironflame
"Tools or mining mechanisms, typically."
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[3/20/2026, 4:16:01 PM] Tak Ironflame
"But this ain't a typical mine."
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[3/20/2026, 4:16:30 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran moves to the door...
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[3/20/2026, 4:16:35 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Might be those, just weirder tools."
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[3/20/2026, 4:17:23 PM] Dammitwho
You may roll Perception to search for traps, if that's what you're of a mind for
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[3/20/2026, 4:17:26 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom stands ready beside Imran near the door, to probably dive away from something bursting forth.
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[3/20/2026, 4:17:47 PM] Tak Ironflame
24
1d20 + 14 = 10 + 14 = 24
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[3/20/2026, 4:18:02 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak examines the door for traps as he and Imran approach.
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[3/20/2026, 4:18:28 PM] Dammitwho
Tak sees nothing in the way of traps.
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[3/20/2026, 4:18:42 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran will raise his shield with one arm and get the door with the other.
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[3/20/2026, 4:19:30 PM] Gul Banana
Lindal will search for a place to stand that's unlikely to be subject to traps in the first place. Seems easier,
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[3/20/2026, 4:20:45 PM] Dammitwho
Inside, you see... the sort of thing Tak suspected to be in there. Picks, shovels, mining supplies, equipment for workers long dead, quit, or fled. Lindal, now that he's back on his Detect Magic beat, can detect a faint aura of magic from inside the ancient dusty piles.
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[3/20/2026, 4:21:34 PM] Imran Traveler
After a quick check, Imran will step away and let the rest take a look.
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[3/20/2026, 4:21:39 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"LOOKS boring, but there's a bit of leftover enchantment inside..."
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[3/20/2026, 4:21:56 PM] Dammitwho
There are spiders inside, but just the regularly-sized ones. Not even a swarm, thank goodness.
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[3/20/2026, 4:22:19 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom might take this as a vindication of a Be Small, Be Safe philosophy.
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[3/20/2026, 4:22:26 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Let's see- hot, cold, hot- it's definitely something within."
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[3/20/2026, 4:22:50 PM] Dammitwho
Are you going to search about within the shed? Who is going to do it?
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[3/20/2026, 4:22:51 PM] Crion
is detect magic an arcana skill check or something more specialized
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[3/20/2026, 4:22:59 PM] Dammitwho
It's a spell
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[3/20/2026, 4:23:05 PM] Dammitwho
A cantrip
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[3/20/2026, 4:23:06 PM] Crion
then i leave this to da spellsters
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[3/20/2026, 4:23:08 PM] Gul Banana
a cantrip, which tells you Whether there is magic within 30 feet
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[3/20/2026, 4:23:24 PM] Gul Banana
which is why lindal is playing marco polo
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[3/20/2026, 4:23:35 PM] Zarick
i will search
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[3/20/2026, 4:24:11 PM] Crion
remember 2 refresh hero points
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[3/20/2026, 4:24:35 PM] Brun Rentclaw
30
1d20 + 14 = 16 + 14 = 30
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[3/20/2026, 4:24:53 PM] Zarick
are we still doing 3? i thought we were back down to 1 because they're good now
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[3/20/2026, 4:25:12 PM] Dammitwho
I think we can go back down to 1
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[3/20/2026, 4:25:24 PM] Nicolae
going back down to 1, bos
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[3/20/2026, 4:25:24 PM] Dammitwho
It won't matter too much because we're probably going to change the system AGAIN after this dungeon
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[3/20/2026, 4:25:50 PM] Dammitwho
But anyway: good roll! Brun carefully and systematically sorts through the detritus of mineworkers past.
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[3/20/2026, 4:26:44 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Seems boring. Lindal carelessly and recklessly wanders around the area instead. "There might be a set of rails that hasn't collapsed."
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[3/20/2026, 4:27:33 PM] Dammitwho
A lot of the tools either have rotten handles or rusted heads, but about half a dozen of the picks are still in working order and could be resold. There's a small footlocker probably belonging to a foreman which contains a small vial with a rich ochre liquid inside - this seems to be the magic Lindal detected - and inside some spare protective gear has been hidden two chunks of stone that glimmer brilliantly in your light!
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[3/20/2026, 4:27:55 PM] Gul Banana
*seemed boring
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[3/20/2026, 4:28:20 PM] Imran Traveler
"Lindal be-- well, yes. There might be."
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[3/20/2026, 4:28:56 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun hefts the two chunks of stone. "Interesting"
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[3/20/2026, 4:29:25 PM] Party Loot
I need to change the color of this thing's token image or something, it gets washed right out and hard to see
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[3/20/2026, 4:31:04 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun Rentclaw takes 2 × Glimmering Stone Chunk from Party Loot.
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[3/20/2026, 4:31:11 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun Rentclaw takes Unusual Liquid from Party Loot.
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[3/20/2026, 4:31:27 PM] Nicolae
what can we roll to ID these things?
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[3/20/2026, 4:31:38 PM] Dammitwho
Glimmering Stone Chunk
Silver Chunk
Identify item: Skill checks [[/act recall-knowledge dc=14 stat=crafting show-dc=gm item=Actor.nUk05XZyWrPUgg2Y.Item.Gy1EtWawl8OE4TKX]]
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[3/20/2026, 4:32:05 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom is at a complete loss. He's pretty sure this is a rock.
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[3/20/2026, 4:32:13 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Does anyone really, really want to carry a pick around? It's so heavy..."
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[3/20/2026, 4:32:17 PM] CBN
crafting at a +1, absolutely Anyone else could do it better
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[3/20/2026, 4:32:30 PM] Zarick
+0!
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[3/20/2026, 4:33:08 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
here's an occult identification roll. or i guess two rolls in a row, assuming both chunks are the same kind of chunk
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[3/20/2026, 4:33:09 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
18
1d20 + 12 = 6 + 12 = 18
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[3/20/2026, 4:33:11 PM] Tak Ironflame
16
1d20 + 10 = 6 + 10 = 16
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[3/20/2026, 4:33:15 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
31
1d20 + 12 = 19 + 12 = 31
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[3/20/2026, 4:33:26 PM] Imran Traveler
24
1d20 + 14 = 10 + 14 = 24
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[3/20/2026, 4:34:57 PM] Dammitwho
Lindal is pretty sure he's barking up the wrong tree (or equivalent Vudrani saying) entirely by analyzing this from an occult perspective. These are rocks, but not especially esoteric rocks. Tak, on the other hand, takes a minute to concentrate and remember his dwarfish upbringing to realize what Imran gets more or less immediately - this is silver!
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[3/20/2026, 4:35:30 PM] Dammitwho
You may proceed to hoot and holler like Yukon Cornelius if you're of a mind. Yahooo and so on.
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[3/20/2026, 4:35:33 PM] Dammitwho
Unusual Liquid
Oak Potion
Identify item: Skill checks [[/act identify-magic dc=24 stat=arcana show-dc=gm item=Actor.nUk05XZyWrPUgg2Y.Item.orRjBqWhsEYBT2Be]] [[/act identify-magic dc=19 stat=nature show-dc=gm item=Actor.nUk05XZyWrPUgg2Y.Item.orRjBqWhsEYBT2Be]] [[/act identify-magic dc=24 stat=religion show-dc=gm item=Actor.nUk05XZyWrPUgg2Y.Item.orRjBqWhsEYBT2Be]] [[/act identify-magic dc=24 stat=occultism show-dc=gm item=Actor.nUk05XZyWrPUgg2Y.Item.orRjBqWhsEYBT2Be]]
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[3/20/2026, 4:35:43 PM] Brun Rentclaw
29
1d20 + 15 = 14 + 15 = 29
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[3/20/2026, 4:36:34 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
10
1d20 + 9 = 1 + 9 = 10
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[3/20/2026, 4:36:33 PM] Dammitwho
Anybody else going for the vial of liquid or just Brun?
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[3/20/2026, 4:36:39 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak lets out a low appreciative whistle and smiles.
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[3/20/2026, 4:36:47 PM] Nicolae
i was about to but wanted to remember which of my rolls was best
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[3/20/2026, 4:36:58 PM] Tak Ironflame
24
1d20 + 12 = 12 + 12 = 24
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[3/20/2026, 4:37:04 PM] Nicolae
(it's nature)
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[3/20/2026, 4:37:05 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
23
1d20 + 12 = 11 + 12 = 23
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[3/20/2026, 4:37:20 PM] Imran Traveler
26
1d20 + 12 = 14 + 12 = 26
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[3/20/2026, 4:38:05 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom knows exactly what this is. That vial is full of bourbon! Fairest of the brown liquors!
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[3/20/2026, 4:38:32 PM] Zarick
is it magic bourbon?
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[3/20/2026, 4:38:40 PM] Dammitwho
Tak and Imran have a better idea. It's a potion that hardens the skin, protecting the wearer.
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[3/20/2026, 4:38:58 PM] Dammitwho
(Tak and Imran and Brun, excuse me)
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[3/20/2026, 4:39:02 PM] Imran Traveler
You know, metaphorically, one could say that would be the function of a magic bourbon.
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[3/20/2026, 4:39:52 PM] Dammitwho
The magic works through sympathetic resonance with ancient oaks, so anyone drinking it becomes resistant to attempts to batter or pierce them, but a dangerous vulnerability to fire.
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[3/20/2026, 4:40:01 PM] Dammitwho
Though some might say that vulnerability to fire is the mortal condition.
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[3/20/2026, 4:40:13 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Ironically, it's also the undead condition.
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[3/20/2026, 4:42:44 PM] Dammitwho
Sorted the shed? Moving on?
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[3/20/2026, 4:42:59 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran's satisfied!
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[3/20/2026, 4:43:19 PM] Imran Traveler
Where else is there to look in here? What's to the west? Crags into darkness?
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[3/20/2026, 4:43:36 PM] Dammitwho
In the southeast corner of the room, Lindal first and now Tak find another minecart and another set of tracks. They lead off into the dark, but by the lights you carry you can see that... this rock bridge doesn't seem to have collapsed yet.
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[3/20/2026, 4:43:55 PM] Imran Traveler
Hmm.
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[3/20/2026, 4:44:01 PM] Imran Traveler
Single file into the darkness?
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[3/20/2026, 4:44:07 PM] Dammitwho
To the west, there's rubble and rock walls and holes up and out into darkness. Though of course the spider fled that way.
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[3/20/2026, 4:44:11 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak noticed the cart earlier, but things came up (spiders, specifically).
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[3/20/2026, 4:44:12 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
*Yet.*
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[3/20/2026, 4:45:33 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Lindal, wistfully: "It'd be fun to ride the cart. The cart is probably rusty, and might weigh enough to break the bridge..."
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[3/20/2026, 4:45:45 PM] Imran Traveler
"We could walk across."
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[3/20/2026, 4:45:49 PM] Imran Traveler
"If it'll support the weight."
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[3/20/2026, 4:46:10 PM] Imran Traveler
We're out of paths forward otherwise, to Imran's recollection.
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[3/20/2026, 4:46:22 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Maybe one at a time?"
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[3/20/2026, 4:47:02 PM] Imran Traveler
"Best practice here is what, smallest first, ties off a rope, then one by one?"
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[3/20/2026, 4:47:16 PM] Nicolae
can tak roll engineering lore to see if the bridge looks like it'll hold?
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[3/20/2026, 4:47:22 PM] Dammitwho
Yes!
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[3/20/2026, 4:47:40 PM] Dammitwho
DC 22
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[3/20/2026, 4:47:47 PM] Zarick
a mine is a good place for engineering lore
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[3/20/2026, 4:47:50 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Dubnoom has a plan. Hold."
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[3/20/2026, 4:48:01 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
He tugs his beard thoughtfully. "Hrm. Hrm."
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[3/20/2026, 4:48:07 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Gross Old 'Discreet Wizard's Friend'
Arcane Invested
This false beard is a mat of hair that's been sitting in Quinthus' lost and found for goodness knows how long. Straightened out and squeezed dry, it manages to look broadly tolerable as an arcane prosthetic, of the sort popular in Taldor. Albeit much less expensive and stylish.Activate-Wizardly Musings 1 minute (manipulate); Frequency once per day; Effect You stroke the beard sagely, then make an imperious gesture. It casts a 1st-rank phantasmal minion spell, which for the purposes of decision making acts as though you had cast it. In order to sustain the spell, you must occasionally stroke the beard again, pronounce impressive sounding mumbo-jumbo, ponder an orb, etc.
Item 2 Price: 30 gp
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[3/20/2026, 4:48:16 PM] Dammitwho
Oooh, good idea
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[3/20/2026, 4:48:25 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Why do work that a minion could do, friends?"
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[3/20/2026, 4:48:24 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Can it really be a better plan than scampering?"
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[3/20/2026, 4:48:27 PM] Imran Traveler
"Wise!"
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[3/20/2026, 4:48:37 PM] Tak Ironflame
1d20 + 10
1d20 9 9
19
1d20 + 10
1d20 5 5
25
1d20 + 10 + 10 = 5 + 10 + 10 = 25
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[3/20/2026, 4:49:05 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Minion. Go stomp around on that." He gestures vaguely towards the bridge and tracks. "Really put your back into it." Pretty sure he heard someone yell that at a hireling once.
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[3/20/2026, 4:49:14 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
The minion trudges forth, in its way.
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[3/20/2026, 4:50:03 PM] CBN
see, it has no "physical weight" but can "move and use interact actions" so i would like it to stomp on the bridge, with its mighty -4 str. it also cannot pass through solid objects.
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[3/20/2026, 4:50:03 PM] Dammitwho
Now, while I a mere humble gamemaster would not dream of questioning the wisdom of Dubnoom's tactics, I feel obliged to point out that a phantasmal minion is weightless
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[3/20/2026, 4:50:12 PM] Dammitwho
I see!
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[3/20/2026, 4:50:35 PM] Zarick
i guess it will see if a mouse would collapse it?
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[3/20/2026, 4:50:44 PM] Dammitwho
Well, the minion does not cause the bridge to collapse.
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[3/20/2026, 4:50:50 PM] Dammitwho
Regarding Tak's engineering lore:
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[3/20/2026, 4:51:18 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Give it something heavy. But not...too heavy. Minion, attend me." It trudges back ethereally, wringing translucent, mitt-like hands.
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[3/20/2026, 4:51:24 PM] Imran Traveler
The minion should, however, be able to run across with a rope, tie it off on something sturdy, and run the line back to us.
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[3/20/2026, 4:51:36 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Yes!
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[3/20/2026, 4:51:36 PM] Zarick
a regular snake has a str mod of -3 lol
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[3/20/2026, 4:52:24 PM] Dammitwho
It's hard to say with certainty from all the way over here how safe it is. It's certainly *plausible* that you could all get across, but the best way would be something that minimizes putting weight too far off the center of gravity at any one point of the bridge. That means each of you would have to carefully observe which parts of the bridge have rotted away or broken off and shift your weight to accomodate it as you traverse.
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[3/20/2026, 4:52:32 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Lindal is moments away from just flitting across the thing, but if the ghost can actually a rope, sure.
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[3/20/2026, 4:52:47 PM] Gul Banana
*can actually carry
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[3/20/2026, 4:52:59 PM] Dammitwho
The Imran/Dubnoom plan of a rope assist will help in that regard, Tak is confident.
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[3/20/2026, 4:53:04 PM] Zarick
can we see the other side? is the blue part the only part that's over a gap?
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[3/20/2026, 4:53:45 PM] Dammitwho
So quite a long bridge
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[3/20/2026, 4:53:48 PM] Zarick
so it's 4 squares
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[3/20/2026, 4:54:50 PM] Dammitwho
That sounds right
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[3/20/2026, 4:55:24 PM] Zarick
should i Leap
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[3/20/2026, 4:56:01 PM] CBN
that seems...fraught. unless you can guarantee clearing that distance, and not hulk stomping into the center of the bridge
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[3/20/2026, 4:56:05 PM] Gul Banana
lindal's confident he can Balance across, although if the wizardghost has already brought us back a rope this won't particularly help the others
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[3/20/2026, 4:56:28 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
, but if it has in fact anchored a rope then he's going to grab the thing and go anyway
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[3/20/2026, 4:56:32 PM] Crion
the rope plan is wisest but if people have special tricks to bypass having to do it, go ahead
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[3/20/2026, 4:56:37 PM] Zarick
if we do have a rope how do we get across it? people making athletics checks?
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[3/20/2026, 4:56:41 PM] Nicolae
which of the two smalls has better acrobatics? they should go first, with the help of the robe
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[3/20/2026, 4:56:41 PM] Crion
imran doesn't so he wants the rope
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[3/20/2026, 4:56:44 PM] Nicolae
rope
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[3/20/2026, 4:57:24 PM] CBN
shockingly dubnoom has a +12 acrobatics, but lindal outright has a Climb speed doesn't he
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[3/20/2026, 4:57:21 PM] Crion
to be clear my intent with the rope plan is to give us an ath check backup if the thing collapses
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[3/20/2026, 4:57:33 PM] CBN
which might explicitly help, but i FEEL LIKE it should.
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[3/20/2026, 4:57:47 PM] Dammitwho
Zarick: Right, athletics or acrobatics checks, with additional business to see if you accidentally damage the bridge. Tak's learning and Dubnoom's rope will both help you in that
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[3/20/2026, 4:57:48 PM] Crion
if it doesn't collapse it shouldn't be necessary
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[3/20/2026, 4:57:54 PM] Gul Banana
lindal has climb, it might not apply to walking across a thing. however, he also has 15 acrobatics
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[3/20/2026, 4:58:05 PM] Crion
or perhaps it will grant an item bonus idk
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[3/20/2026, 4:58:16 PM] Dammitwho
if Lindal walks across the rope itself he'll still have to roll acrobatics but won't have to worry about the bridge
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[3/20/2026, 4:58:24 PM] Zarick
i assume a climb speed means you can flawlessly climb a rope
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[3/20/2026, 4:58:29 PM] Gul Banana
! that would also look cool
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[3/20/2026, 4:58:47 PM] Dammitwho
oh i assumed that's what you were suggesting lol
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[3/20/2026, 4:58:47 PM] Crion
let us emote having a rope first,
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[3/20/2026, 4:58:58 PM] Dammitwho
yes, a climb speed will do it without need for rolling. monkeyman supremacy
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[3/20/2026, 4:59:00 PM] Nicolae
yeah, monkey man goes first, then maybe dubnoom, then tak
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[3/20/2026, 4:59:15 PM] Gul Banana
alright, not even rolling then
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[3/20/2026, 4:59:27 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Watch this... if you dare!"
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[3/20/2026, 4:59:34 PM] CBN
sounds good, once we get some eyes on the other side dubnoom will follow
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[3/20/2026, 4:59:35 PM] Zarick
brun will go last. pretty confident i can clear this even if the whole thing collapses
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[3/20/2026, 4:59:47 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom watches, bravely, through his fingers.
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[3/20/2026, 5:00:11 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Lindal grips the rope with both hands and both feet, swarming along it without even touching the dubious bridge. Who even cares, about bridges.
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[3/20/2026, 5:00:27 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"No immediate dangers here! Take your time."
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[3/20/2026, 5:00:31 PM] Zarick
brun could literally carry dubnoom
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[3/20/2026, 5:00:41 PM] Nicolae
could brun... throw him...
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[3/20/2026, 5:01:07 PM] Crion
misread who was up
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[3/20/2026, 5:01:10 PM] Nicolae
i'm assuming this is acrobatics, what kind of bonuses do the rope and my earlier engineering roll give me
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[3/20/2026, 5:01:17 PM] Nicolae
ah, nvm for now
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[3/20/2026, 5:01:18 PM] Dammitwho
Whoever goes next, pause when you get to the tile over the blue bits
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[3/20/2026, 5:01:18 PM] Zarick
don't think there's any rule that helps me throw
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[3/20/2026, 5:01:28 PM] Crion
its dubnoom time i believe
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[3/20/2026, 5:01:33 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Minion, away. Hrmph." Dubnoom brushes his fingers through his beard, dismissing the minion.
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[3/20/2026, 5:01:32 PM] Zarick
(until Whirling Throw)
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[3/20/2026, 5:01:45 PM] CBN
rolling quick and then grocerytime brb!
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[3/20/2026, 5:02:00 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
For what it's worth Lindal will take up position by the tied end of the rope, checking the minion's knot and gripping it to help pull people over if it becomes necessary. He's relatively strong... for a 14-year old vanara.
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[3/20/2026, 5:02:28 PM] Gul Banana
which is to say +1 instead of -4
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[3/20/2026, 5:02:40 PM] Dammitwho
I will wait until our goodgob returns from grocerying
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[3/20/2026, 5:02:54 PM] Gul Banana
also brb
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[3/20/2026, 5:03:05 PM] Dammitwho
Future bridgecrossers: you will be (at first) rolling either athletics or acrobatics, with a +2 bonus because of Tak's engineering lore
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[3/20/2026, 5:03:22 PM] Dammitwho
So Dubnoom rolled a 22
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[3/20/2026, 5:04:42 PM] Nicolae
was that enough... did dubnoom Plummet...
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[3/20/2026, 5:05:11 PM] Crion
he can hero on he point til he pass check if necessary,
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[3/20/2026, 5:05:31 PM] Zarick
you can only hero point any given check once
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[3/20/2026, 5:05:51 PM] Crion
well that doesn't work with the meme template
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[3/20/2026, 5:06:01 PM] Crion
but with the low reroll his floor is 24
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[3/20/2026, 5:11:52 PM] Nicolae
groceries...!
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[3/20/2026, 5:12:11 PM] Nicolae
though when a goblin does it, they're grosseries
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[3/20/2026, 5:12:09 PM] Crion
making an important roll and walking away...The Game-Player's Contempt
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[3/20/2026, 5:12:21 PM] CBN
i return!
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[3/20/2026, 5:12:26 PM] Dammitwho
Well well well.
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[3/20/2026, 5:12:55 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
and will reroll, it seems!
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[3/20/2026, 5:13:17 PM] Dammitwho
You have rolled a 22... Dubnoom makes it halfway across the bridge, and stumbles! You may expend one of your precious hero points to reroll, or make an Acrobatics check!
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[3/20/2026, 5:13:42 PM] Nicolae
!!!!!
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[3/20/2026, 5:13:48 PM] CBN
!!
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[3/20/2026, 5:13:57 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
1d20 + 12
1d20 8 8
20
1d20 + 12
1d20 19 19
31
1d20 + 12 = 19 + 12 = 31
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[3/20/2026, 5:14:05 PM] CBN
(nodding)
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[3/20/2026, 5:14:06 PM] Crion
effortless. unbothered. true wisdom
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[3/20/2026, 5:14:33 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom stumbles, and it would be a terrible situation...if not for his poise, his dignity, his skill. His...heroic nature.
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[3/20/2026, 5:15:12 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"The beams are uneven and thin!" He lies, waving to his compatriots.
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[3/20/2026, 5:15:18 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom wobbles a little, but he doesn't go down and he doesn't waver enough to trouble the bridge. It might be because he's a Lil' Guy. But he's across!
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[3/20/2026, 5:16:19 PM] Dammitwho
Who's next?
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[3/20/2026, 5:16:24 PM] Imran Traveler
Now Tak is up, I believe.
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[3/20/2026, 5:16:27 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak volunteers.
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[3/20/2026, 5:16:28 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"One of you two is up. I'm definitely the heaviest."
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[3/20/2026, 5:17:03 PM] Tak Ironflame
26
1d20 + 16 = 10 + 16 = 26
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[3/20/2026, 5:17:35 PM] Nicolae
i hope that made it because i spent my one hero point on the engineering check :I
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[3/20/2026, 5:18:57 PM] Dammitwho
Tak follows his own advice, shifts his weight to the rope when necessary, keeps a good eye out on the bridge, and makes it across fine.
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[3/20/2026, 5:19:28 PM] Tak Ironflame
"I'm across!" he calls back to the other side.
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[3/20/2026, 5:21:06 PM] Imran Traveler
"It's me then."
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[3/20/2026, 5:21:13 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran takes up the rope.
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[3/20/2026, 5:21:22 PM] Crion
this can be athletics or acrobatics right, the first check
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[3/20/2026, 5:21:29 PM] Dammitwho
correct
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[3/20/2026, 5:22:20 PM] Imran Traveler
29
1d20 + 15 = 14 + 15 = 29
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[3/20/2026, 5:22:38 PM] Crion
item bonus lifting belt, circum bonus tak
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[3/20/2026, 5:24:09 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran moves across...
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[3/20/2026, 5:24:29 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom inspects the floor. Do the tracks only run the length of the bridged gap, or have they been Upheaved or somesuch over here?
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[3/20/2026, 5:24:48 PM] Dammitwho
The rope is anchored sturdily and is strong enough to hold Imran's weight, so on particularly dicey sections he decides to just go hand-over-hand across. It's difficult, but he makes it with room to spare!
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[3/20/2026, 5:25:03 PM] Imran Traveler
"Clear! Brun!"
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[3/20/2026, 5:25:23 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom examines the tracks. It looks like they're not so much broken as never finished. They were probably *intended* to continue on into the dark, but... well. Things arise.
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[3/20/2026, 5:25:35 PM] Zarick
so two squares to my east is the first unstable square?
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[3/20/2026, 5:25:41 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"I wish the spirits had taught Ram Banaram some levitation spells... good luck, Brun......"
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[3/20/2026, 5:25:42 PM] Dammitwho
Right.
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[3/20/2026, 5:25:49 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom strokes his beard. Not magically, just in contemplation. It's already becoming very useful for this.
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[3/20/2026, 5:26:01 PM] Zarick
how tall is the mine cart. how do you feel about me pushing off the mine cart for a Long Jump
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[3/20/2026, 5:26:06 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Long Jump 2
Move
You Stride, then attempt a DC 15 Athletics check to make a long jump in the direction you were Striding. If you didn't Stride at least 10 feet, you automatically fail your check. The GM might increase or decrease this DC depending on the situation.Success You Leap up to a distance equal to your check result rounded down to the nearest 5 feet. You can't jump farther than your land Speed. Failure You make a normal horizontal Leap. Critical Failure You make a normal horizontal Leap, then fall and land Prone.
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[3/20/2026, 5:26:10 PM] Dammitwho
Beyond that, deep, deep below you, you can barely make out the underground stream, or perhaps river, that you heard earlier.
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[3/20/2026, 5:26:33 PM] Dammitwho
Tall enough, give it a try!
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[3/20/2026, 5:26:43 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Athletic Rush 1 Focus 3 Cleric Divine Focus Manipulate Duration 1 round Your body fills with physical power and skill. You gain a +10-foot status bonus to Speed and a +2 status bonus to Athletics checks. As a part of Casting this Spell, you can use a Stride, Leap, Climb, or Swim action. The spell's bonuses apply during that action. Spell Effect: Athletic Rush Base: 1st Heightened: +2
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[3/20/2026, 5:26:58 PM] Zarick
hm. do i get the bonus for this?
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[3/20/2026, 5:27:09 PM] Zarick
i guess the lore could tell me where exactly i can push off of
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[3/20/2026, 5:27:43 PM] Nicolae
or how to land, maybe
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[3/20/2026, 5:27:48 PM] Brun Rentclaw
36
1d20 + 19 = 17 + 19 = 36
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[3/20/2026, 5:27:54 PM] Crion
booya
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[3/20/2026, 5:27:58 PM] Gul Banana
good rather than bad roll!!
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[3/20/2026, 5:28:17 PM] Zarick
so i jump from here...
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[3/20/2026, 5:28:20 PM] Zarick
to here
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[3/20/2026, 5:28:30 PM] Dammitwho
Clears it!
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[3/20/2026, 5:28:33 PM] Dammitwho
Damn, son!
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[3/20/2026, 5:28:41 PM] Nicolae
now that's a flex
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[3/20/2026, 5:29:04 PM] Dammitwho
Congrats, you all made it across the bridge without injuring yourselves or making it more difficult for your friends to cross without injuring themselves
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[3/20/2026, 5:29:14 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun leans against the mine cart, and bares his fangs in what is clearly a roguish grin. His feet pound the stable part of the track briefly before a tremendous leap clears the entire bridge, landing right in front of the assembled others.
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[3/20/2026, 5:29:22 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom reconjures the minion to applaud, inaudibly but emphatically, for Brun's leap. "Impressive thews!" He saw that word in a book.
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[3/20/2026, 5:29:21 PM] Imran Traveler
"Never get tired of seeing that. Damn." Imran, having already taken down the rope, turns, draws and raises steel. "Let's form up."
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[3/20/2026, 5:29:49 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Wow!" Lindal hops back so that Brun's mighty leap doesn't end with the two of them crashing into one another.
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[3/20/2026, 5:30:05 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Good thing we didn't all performatively grab the rope, make worried comments, etc.
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[3/20/2026, 5:30:41 PM] Imran Traveler
It's pragmatic and wise to have a safety rope.
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[3/20/2026, 5:31:04 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Also, helpful if we have to navigate across it on the way back!
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[3/20/2026, 5:31:36 PM] Crion
actually that's a good question, should we leave the rope tied off in case we have to run out of here
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[3/20/2026, 5:31:48 PM] Dammitwho
As Imran moves north, he notices a light coming from around the cave corner...
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[3/20/2026, 5:32:03 PM] Imran Traveler
Quietly: "Light ahead. Up on the right."
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[3/20/2026, 5:32:22 PM] Tak Ironflame
"I'll be goddamned, Brun, that was a hell of a jump."
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[3/20/2026, 5:33:07 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"There's nothing quite like it, honestly. Highly recommend."
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[3/20/2026, 5:34:31 PM] Imran Traveler
"Tak--"
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[3/20/2026, 5:34:33 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Lindal will douse his own light, then.
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[3/20/2026, 5:35:47 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"I've done some pretty good roof-to-roofs, but nothing quite that dramatic."
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[3/20/2026, 5:36:20 PM] Tak Ironflame
"There's someone here, and they look hurt," Tak says quietly to whoever hasn't gotten around the corner yet.
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[3/20/2026, 5:36:34 PM] Dammitwho
As they round the corner, they will see a man, dirty and trailworn, sitting on the cave floor favoring what appears to be an injured leg. He's leaning against the the cave wall in a pitiful attempt to hide, though in front of him an everlight crystal glows brightly. He squints at you as you come around the corner and then says "Hello... hello?"
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[3/20/2026, 5:36:52 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran sighs. "Hello, sir."
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[3/20/2026, 5:37:19 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Impressive that you're alive down here. Are you okay?"
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[3/20/2026, 5:37:47 PM] Injured Merchant
He winces painfully and gestures to his leg. "The beams are uneven, and thin."
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[3/20/2026, 5:37:49 PM] Imran Traveler
Alright so what do we have here. "Dubnoom? Lindal? Advice?"
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[3/20/2026, 5:37:54 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak says a quiet oath in Dwarvish out of habit. You say it when you find someone injured in the mines.
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[3/20/2026, 5:38:24 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Oh, it's a gooblin."
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[3/20/2026, 5:38:32 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"It's saying what Dubnoom said!"
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[3/20/2026, 5:39:17 PM] Injured Merchant
The man looks confused, but doesn't say anything.
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[3/20/2026, 5:39:16 PM] Imran Traveler
"How did you come to get all the way back here, sir?"
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[3/20/2026, 5:39:22 PM] Brun Rentclaw
The beams are uneven and thin? Brun looks around, does it look like it's in danger of collapse?
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[3/20/2026, 5:39:28 PM] Imran Traveler
"Can we move you?"
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[3/20/2026, 5:39:39 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Huh. It's not like there's NO reason to come in here, but...
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[3/20/2026, 5:39:56 PM] Imran Traveler
Yes, this could be the old False Merchant ruse. However, a good man still trips the wire.
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[3/20/2026, 5:40:22 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"What is your name, gooblin man?" Dubnoom indulges. From the furthest distance.
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[3/20/2026, 5:40:27 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak was about to go help the man, but Dubnoom's observation stops him in his tracks. Dubnoom did comment about the beams with that exact phrasing.
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[3/20/2026, 5:40:49 PM] Gul Banana
i would like to "gain knowledge about the immediate social situation"
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[3/20/2026, 5:40:56 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Read the Air 2 Cantrip 3 Cantrip Concentrate Manipulate Occult Duration 1 minute You take a deep breath as you survey a social situation, showing courtesy to all around you as your intuition swiftly picks up clues about social contexts and unspoken assumptions of behavior. Your body language subconsciously changes to take advantage of this information and use it in your own interactions with those creatures. As part of Casting this Spell, you Recall Knowledge using Society to gain information about the immediate social situation. You also gain a +1 status bonus on your next Diplomacy check to Make an Impression on those creatures present when you cast this spell, as long as the check occurs during the duration of the spell. You can read the air only once in a given social situation; casting it again has no effect. Spell Effect: Read the Air Base: 1st Heightened: +2
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[3/20/2026, 5:41:13 PM] Dammitwho
You may!
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[3/20/2026, 5:41:24 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
1d20 + 12
1d20 2 2
14
1d20 + 12
1d20 6 6
28
1d20 + 12 + 10 = 6 + 12 + 10 = 28
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[3/20/2026, 5:42:13 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Lindal makes himself small against the tunnel corner and watches this injured(?) person(?) very, very closely.
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[3/20/2026, 5:42:38 PM] Dammitwho
Lindal is almost fooled... but then he re-examines. Yeah, this guy is visibly having difficulty forming sentences that he hasn't heard before, and isn't at all acting the way that a normal person might in this situation. However he *is* acting in the way something pretending to be an injured human trying to drag for prey would...
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[3/20/2026, 5:42:59 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
The spirits of light whisper in his ear... "Yeah, it's an ooze. Mimic. Fake thing."
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[3/20/2026, 5:43:12 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"The body language is all *off*. Draw your weapons!"
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[3/20/2026, 5:43:13 PM] Tak Ironflame
"If it is one of the gooblins, it's a better imitation than the ones outside. Almost fooled me."
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[3/20/2026, 5:43:23 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran raises his shield and sword.
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[3/20/2026, 5:43:36 PM] Imran Traveler
"Tak, step back, let me move over."
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[3/20/2026, 5:43:41 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak unslings his jezail from his back with a twirly little flourish.
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[3/20/2026, 5:44:12 PM] Injured Merchant
The man looks frustrated. As you draw your weapons, he says: "Impressive that you're alive down here."
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[3/20/2026, 5:44:33 PM] Imran Traveler
"Yes well. We aim to do harder things than please."
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[3/20/2026, 5:44:44 PM] Imran Traveler
"...But you know."
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[3/20/2026, 5:44:48 PM] Imran Traveler
"You can still be saved."
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[3/20/2026, 5:45:08 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun pulls out his shining symbol again. "It's strange. Like it doesn't want to fight?"
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[3/20/2026, 5:45:14 PM] Imran Traveler
"The offer is given once, and when laughed off it doesn't come a second time. But even you can be redeemed."
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[3/20/2026, 5:45:20 PM] Imran Traveler
"My mistress was."
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[3/20/2026, 5:45:25 PM] Dammitwho
Behind him, an impossibly narrow gap in the wall leads into the dark, moving down into black water. From within it, a sound like "drr... drr... drr..." emerges!
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[3/20/2026, 5:46:36 PM] Dammitwho
Two more faceless stalkers squeeze out of the gap like raw meat through a grinder!
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[3/20/2026, 5:46:41 PM] Dammitwho
Roll for initiative!
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[3/20/2026, 5:46:51 PM] Brun Rentclaw
17
1d20 + 14 = 3 + 14 = 17
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[3/20/2026, 5:46:54 PM] Faceless Stalker
29
1d20 + 10 = 19 + 10 = 29
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[3/20/2026, 5:46:52 PM] Imran Traveler
18
1d20 + 10 = 8 + 10 = 18
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[3/20/2026, 5:46:55 PM] Faceless Stalker
27
1d20 + 10 = 17 + 10 = 27
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[3/20/2026, 5:46:55 PM] Faceless Stalker
16
1d20 + 10 = 6 + 10 = 16
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[3/20/2026, 5:47:02 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
25
1d20 + 10 = 15 + 10 = 25
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[3/20/2026, 5:47:34 PM] Tak Ironflame
17
1d20 + 16 = 1 + 16 = 17
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[3/20/2026, 5:47:48 PM] Nicolae
jesus fuck what
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[3/20/2026, 5:47:49 PM] Gul Banana
b
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[3/20/2026, 5:48:02 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
17
1d20 + 8 = 9 + 8 = 17
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[3/20/2026, 5:48:18 PM] Crion
we're so good at rolling init
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[3/20/2026, 5:48:33 PM] Zarick
we were too hesitant i guess
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[3/20/2026, 5:49:03 PM] Crion
3, 8, 15, 1, 2
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[3/20/2026, 5:49:08 PM] Crion
quite the distribush
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[3/20/2026, 5:49:24 PM] Gul Banana
, 9
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[3/20/2026, 5:49:39 PM] Crion
yes i did that math english-majorly
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[3/20/2026, 5:49:42 PM] Dammitwho

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[3/20/2026, 5:49:51 PM] Gul Banana
:D
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[3/20/2026, 5:50:30 PM] Faceless Stalker
30
1d20 + 12 = 18 + 12 = 30
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[3/20/2026, 5:50:46 PM] Dammitwho
oops, that was against imran
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[3/20/2026, 5:50:54 PM] Nicolae
fortunately, since dammitwho forgot to cho-- ah, damn
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[3/20/2026, 5:51:02 PM] Gul Banana
another case of the Redeemer's Reward
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[3/20/2026, 5:51:15 PM] Imran Traveler
Shield Block R
General
Trigger While you have your shield raised, you would take physical damage (bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing) from an attack. You snap your shield in place to ward off a blow. Your shield prevents you from taking an amount of damage up to the shield's Hardness. You and the shield each take any remaining damage, possibly breaking or destroying the shield.
Feat 1
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[3/20/2026, 5:51:19 PM] Gul Banana
let's chokepoint these faceless fuckers
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[3/20/2026, 5:51:25 PM] Crion
h8
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[3/20/2026, 5:51:45 PM] Faceless Stalker
17
2d6 + 6 slashing = 17 = 17
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[3/20/2026, 5:52:03 PM] Dammitwho
That's nine damage?
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[3/20/2026, 5:52:09 PM] Crion
yep to both, do you want to apply it or should i
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[3/20/2026, 5:52:16 PM] Dammitwho
You may
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[3/20/2026, 5:52:26 PM] Faceless Stalker
Grab 1
Requirements The monster's last action was a successful Strike that lists Grab in its damage entry, or the monster has a creature Grabbed or RestrainedEffect If used after a Strike, the monster attempts to Grapple the creature using the body part it attacked with. This attempt neither applies nor counts toward the creature's multiple attack penalty.The monster can instead use Grab and choose one creature it's grabbing or restraining with an appendage that has Grab to automatically extend that condition to the end of the monster's next turn.
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[3/20/2026, 5:52:38 PM] Faceless Stalker
17
1d20 + 12 = 5 + 12 = 17
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[3/20/2026, 5:52:44 PM] Crion
phew
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[3/20/2026, 5:53:01 PM] Dammitwho
The creature slices at Imran with its claws, but is unable to grab hold of him!
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[3/20/2026, 5:53:18 PM] Faceless Stalker
19
1d20 + 12 = 7 + 12 = 19
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[3/20/2026, 5:53:16 PM] Imran Traveler
"Gah! The offer goes for you two miserable mopes as well."
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[3/20/2026, 5:53:27 PM] Faceless Stalker
12
1d20 + 8 = 4 + 8 = 12
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[3/20/2026, 5:53:36 PM] Zarick
i like the glow being in one of their faces
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[3/20/2026, 5:54:09 PM] Crion
if this is gonna be the fulcrum of action then brun i could give you AC since you're probably staying adjacent to me for this fight
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[3/20/2026, 5:54:15 PM] Crion
given the close quarters
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[3/20/2026, 5:54:30 PM] Crion
like you're gonna move to my right unless dubnoom takes that spot right
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[3/20/2026, 5:54:37 PM] Zarick
yeah
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[3/20/2026, 5:55:01 PM] Tak Ironflame
"Imran, I don't think these fellas have the sense the gods gave that spider."
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[3/20/2026, 5:55:03 PM] Crion
dubnoom where do you wanna stand
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[3/20/2026, 5:55:09 PM] Imran Traveler
"She pays me to try, Tak."
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[3/20/2026, 5:55:13 PM] Zarick
alternately i could go around for the Flank
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[3/20/2026, 5:55:26 PM] Crion
yeah if dubnoom wants to take the spot to my right you could freelance
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[3/20/2026, 5:55:40 PM] CBN
yes! if that's an option
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[3/20/2026, 5:55:37 PM] Crion
and i could devoted guardian him +1 AC
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[3/20/2026, 5:56:05 PM] CBN
i forget, can i move through allied squares? but actually...this turn, i don't think i'll move yet.
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[3/20/2026, 5:56:22 PM] CBN
instead, first! Recall Knowledge/Exploit Knowledge against one of the stalkers (the one SE of Imran)
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[3/20/2026, 5:56:36 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Tumble Through 1
Move
You Stride up to your Speed. During this movement, you can try to move through the space of one enemy. Attempt an Acrobatics check against the enemy's Reflex DC as soon as you try to enter its space. You can Tumble Through using Climb, Fly, Swim, or another action instead of Stride in the appropriate environment. Success You move through the enemy's space, treating the squares in its space as difficult terrain (every 5 feet costs 10 feet of movement). If you don't have enough Speed to move all the way through its space, you get the same effect as a failure. Failure Your movement ends, and you trigger reactions as if you had moved out of the square you started in.
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[3/20/2026, 5:56:42 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
29
1d20 + 14 = 15 + 14 = 29
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[3/20/2026, 5:56:45 PM] Zarick
don't forget about this, acrobatics-havers
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[3/20/2026, 5:56:59 PM] Faceless Stalker
Success! Your question?
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[3/20/2026, 5:57:50 PM] Faceless Stalker
(you already know from before that they are resistant to bludgeoning damage)
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[3/20/2026, 5:57:51 PM] CBN
: "Will these things ever flee, or do they always fight to the death mindlessly?"
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[3/20/2026, 5:58:06 PM] Tak Ironflame
"Oh, I understand. If you've got a code, you've gotta stick to it."
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[3/20/2026, 5:58:20 PM] Nicolae
do these things have any elemental weaknesses?
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[3/20/2026, 5:58:39 PM] Tak Ironflame
"I do feel badly that you don't seem to get many takers, though."
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[3/20/2026, 5:59:10 PM] Imran Traveler
"Oh, not me."
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[3/20/2026, 5:59:37 PM] Imran Traveler
"I did feel bad for that spider though."
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[3/20/2026, 6:00:06 PM] Faceless Stalker
You've been able to examine them before and combined with the attempted ruse now, you're starting to get a handle on what these things are. The fact that they can perfectly (physically) imitate other humanoids suggests this is their hunting strategy- these guys are pretty bad at it, since they came to life in a mine and you're probably the second (or third? at most?) group of humanoids they've ever encountered. They're probably pretty hungry.
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[3/20/2026, 6:00:47 PM] CBN
hm. so noted. then i will feed them this.
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[3/20/2026, 6:01:09 PM] Faceless Stalker
The long and short of it is, now that you've "discovered" them, they're going to fight to the death to prevent you from "revealing" them to others. All instinctual.
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[3/20/2026, 6:01:38 PM] Zarick
bludgeoning resistance...
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[3/20/2026, 6:01:48 PM] CBN
can i target a Caustic Blast (a 5ft burst) 1 square south of the stalker SE of Imran, to hit all 3 of them with it?
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[3/20/2026, 6:02:05 PM] Faceless Stalker
Of course, a powerful mage with a firm hand on their development could probably overcome these instincts... they could serve as a masterful infiltrating force... with faceless stalkers under your control, who could stop you? You could RULE THE VERY--
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[3/20/2026, 6:02:12 PM] Nicolae
In other words, we're like a vending machine with a fucked up change return. We're giving no quarter.
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[3/20/2026, 6:02:47 PM] Nicolae
SMASH CUT TO: gm fiat, tak is eaten by nineteen level 20 horrors
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[3/20/2026, 6:02:49 PM] Imran Traveler
Rule the very planets of the sky desmense, which are nicely in your examining machine. In your...mine.
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[3/20/2026, 6:02:58 PM] Imran Traveler
Wizards.
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[3/20/2026, 6:03:28 PM] Dammitwho
Yes, it looks like you have light of sight/effect there
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[3/20/2026, 6:03:34 PM] Dammitwho
*line* of sight
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[3/20/2026, 6:03:41 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Caustic Blast 2 Cantrip 3 Acid Arcane Cantrip Concentrate Manipulate Range 30 feet; Area 5-foot burst Defense basic Reflex You fling a large glob of acid that immediately detonates, spraying nearby creatures. Creatures in the area take 1d8 acid damage with a basic Reflex save; on a critical failure, the creature also takes 2 persistent acid damage. Heightened (+2) The initial damage increases by 1d8, and the persistent damage on a critical failure increases by 1. Save DC 22 basic Reflex
Roll Damage
Place 5-foot burst
Base: 1st Heightened: +2
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[3/20/2026, 6:03:50 PM] CBN
against all 3!
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[3/20/2026, 6:05:09 PM] Faceless Stalker
13
1d20 + 9 = 4 + 9 = 13
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[3/20/2026, 6:05:17 PM] Faceless Stalker
13
1d20 + 9 = 4 + 9 = 13
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[3/20/2026, 6:05:35 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
4
2d8 acid = 4 = 4
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[3/20/2026, 6:05:48 PM] Faceless Stalker
Faceless Stalker takes 4 damage.
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[3/20/2026, 6:06:13 PM] Dammitwho
All three hit!
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[3/20/2026, 6:06:27 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom points: "They are mindless! Almost entirely! Let us see how they like this!" A blast of acid zips, blorps really, in an arc just behind the line of stalkers...as intended!
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[3/20/2026, 6:06:43 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"If they're mindless, they won't really like or dislike it on a rational level."
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[3/20/2026, 6:06:52 PM] Imran Traveler
United Assault 1
Uncommon Fighter Flourish
Through countless battles, you've learned you're stronger when working alongside your allies. Make a Strike. Your Strike gains a circumstance bonus to damage rolls equal to the number of other different creatures that damaged the target since the end of the target's last turn, to a maximum of a +4 circumstance bonus.
Feat 2
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[3/20/2026, 6:07:10 PM] Imran Traveler
33
1d20 + 17 = 16 + 17 = 33
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[3/20/2026, 6:07:37 PM] Imran Traveler
36
2 * (2d8 + 5) slashing = 36 = 36
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[3/20/2026, 6:07:58 PM] Imran Traveler
Exacting Strike 1
Fighter Press
You make a controlled follow-up attack, fully accounting for your momentum. Make a Strike. The Strike gains the following failure effect. Failure This attack doesn't count toward your multiple attack penalty.
Feat 1
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[3/20/2026, 6:08:21 PM] Faceless Stalker
Faceless Stalker takes 36 damage.
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[3/20/2026, 6:08:22 PM] Nicolae
oh, hold on, whose trigger goes off first, because my sniping buddy got a crit
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[3/20/2026, 6:08:27 PM] Crion
pausing
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[3/20/2026, 6:08:39 PM] Zarick
your reaction happens now
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[3/20/2026, 6:08:47 PM] Nicolae
which one did imran hit
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[3/20/2026, 6:08:55 PM] Crion
directly south of me
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[3/20/2026, 6:08:58 PM] Zarick
also imran's target is off-guard now
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[3/20/2026, 6:09:05 PM] Zarick
in case that didn't get applied
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[3/20/2026, 6:09:57 PM] Tak Ironflame
29
1d20 + 19 = 10 + 19 = 29
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[3/20/2026, 6:10:20 PM] Tak Ironflame
10
2d8 + 1d4 piercing = 10 = 10
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[3/20/2026, 6:10:25 PM] Faceless Stalker
Faceless Stalker takes 10 damage.
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[3/20/2026, 6:11:05 PM] Zarick
hello ram banaram
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[3/20/2026, 6:11:10 PM] Crion
what is the circumstance of his ongoing damage, is the smart play to switch to the other guy and let him die top of the round or w/e
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[3/20/2026, 6:11:21 PM] Ram Banaram
crk
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[3/20/2026, 6:11:24 PM] Zarick
no ongoing, the acid only does ongoing on a crit
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[3/20/2026, 6:11:31 PM] Crion
then time to waste him
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[3/20/2026, 6:11:36 PM] Imran Traveler
Exacting Strike 1
Fighter Press
You make a controlled follow-up attack, fully accounting for your momentum. Make a Strike. The Strike gains the following failure effect. Failure This attack doesn't count toward your multiple attack penalty.
Feat 1
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[3/20/2026, 6:11:41 PM] Imran Traveler
24
1d20 + 12 = 12 + 12 = 24
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[3/20/2026, 6:11:54 PM] Imran Traveler
10
2d8 + 4 slashing = 10 = 10
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[3/20/2026, 6:12:02 PM] Faceless Stalker
Faceless Stalker takes 10 damage.
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[3/20/2026, 6:12:16 PM] Imran Traveler
15
1d20 + 7 = 8 + 7 = 15
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[3/20/2026, 6:12:30 PM] Crion
turn
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[3/20/2026, 6:12:55 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Snagging Strike 1
Fighter
Requirements You have one hand free, and your target is within reach of that hand. You combine an attack with quick grappling moves to throw an enemy off balance as long as it stays in your reach. Make a Strike while keeping one hand free. If this Strike hits, the target is Off-Guard until the start of your next turn or until it's no longer within the reach of your hand, whichever comes first.
Feat 1
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[3/20/2026, 6:13:05 PM] Brun Rentclaw
24
1d20 + 13 = 11 + 13 = 24
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[3/20/2026, 6:13:13 PM] Brun Rentclaw
11
2d6 + 4 bludgeoning = 11 = 11
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[3/20/2026, 6:13:33 PM] Zarick
this dude is also off-guard
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[3/20/2026, 6:13:43 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Grapple 1
Attack
Requirements You have at least one free hand and your target is no more than one size larger than you.You attempt to grab a creature or object with your free hand. Attempt an Athletics check against the target's Fortitude DC. You can grapple a target you already have Grabbed or Restrained without having a hand free.Critical Success Your target is restrained until the end of your next turn unless you move or your target Escapes. Success Your target is grabbed until the end of your next turn unless you move or your target Escapes. Failure You fail to grab your target. If you already had the target grabbed or restrained using a Grapple, those conditions on the target end. Critical Failure If you already had the target grabbed or restrained, it breaks free. Your target can either grab you, as if it succeeded at using the Grapple action against you, or force you to fall and land Prone.
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[3/20/2026, 6:13:59 PM] Brun Rentclaw
16
1d20 + 10 = 6 + 10 = 16
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[3/20/2026, 6:14:13 PM] Zarick
rip
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[3/20/2026, 6:14:24 PM] Faceless Stalker
Faceless Stalker takes 6 damage.
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[3/20/2026, 6:14:35 PM] Gul Banana
ok, let's see...
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[3/20/2026, 6:14:57 PM] Gul Banana
let me just measure how far lindal can move back and still target these guys with a ranged burst
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[3/20/2026, 6:15:08 PM] Nicolae
i think the weird geometry of the walls on the tile i'm standing in, makes it so i can't actually see anything east of me, it's like i'm standing in the middle of the wall
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[3/20/2026, 6:15:07 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun slips through his allies and past the faceless men, and hits one from behind with a quick jab that throws it off-balance. Not off-balance enough for the follow up grab, though.
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[3/20/2026, 6:15:55 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
casting this, SW of the SW stalker, to hit both:
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[3/20/2026, 6:16:07 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Noise Blast 2 Spell 2 Concentrate Manipulate Occult Sonic Range 30 feet; Area 10-foot burst Defense Fortitude A cacophonous noise blasts out, dealing 2d10 sonic damage. Each creature must attempt a Fortitude save. Critical Success The creature is unaffected. Success The creature takes half damage. Failure The creature takes full damage and is Deafened for 1 round. Critical Failure The creature takes double damage, is deafened for 1 minute, and is Stunned 1. Heightened (+1) The damage increases by 1d10. Save DC 22 Fortitude
Roll Damage
Place 10-foot burst
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[3/20/2026, 6:16:29 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
9
2d10 sonic = 9 = 9
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[3/20/2026, 6:17:36 PM] Faceless Stalker
18
1d20 + 9 = 9 + 9 = 18
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[3/20/2026, 6:17:36 PM] Faceless Stalker
29
1d20 + 9 = 20 + 9 = 29
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[3/20/2026, 6:17:48 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Lindal skips backward as the tallfolk move to engage the revealed stalkers. He blows through his flute, but this is no song - it's a hex, creating a pinpoint line of sound that explodes into wracking vibrations.
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[3/20/2026, 6:17:53 PM] Nicolae
ah, thank you, God of the Mines, for revealing the path unto me
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[3/20/2026, 6:18:10 PM] Faceless Stalker
Faceless Stalker takes 9 damage.
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[3/20/2026, 6:18:48 PM] Gul Banana
turn over, but also Familiar of Balanced Luck - who wants +1 ac?
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[3/20/2026, 6:18:50 PM] Dammitwho
One stalker shrieks and clutches its head, but the other is utterly unaffected!
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[3/20/2026, 6:19:01 PM] Zarick
give it to imran imo
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[3/20/2026, 6:19:10 PM] Gul Banana
wait, that that spell didn't actually qualify
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[3/20/2026, 6:19:19 PM] Gul Banana
familiar triggers are for hexes proper, not mere spells
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[3/20/2026, 6:19:23 PM] Crion
rip
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[3/20/2026, 6:19:50 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Dumb thing..." Lindal grumbles at the other. "Hasn't learned to imitate humanoid pain yet."
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[3/20/2026, 6:20:20 PM] Nicolae
ah, i'm up
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[3/20/2026, 6:20:29 PM] Crion
tak shot out of turn so stepping over to see the guy imran hit, reloading, and shooting doesn't mean he gives up any attacks this turn...
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[3/20/2026, 6:20:49 PM] Crion
and we might have ended it by next!
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[3/20/2026, 6:21:09 PM] Zarick
plus he's off guard to you as well
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[3/20/2026, 6:21:43 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak Ironflame loads +1 Striking Fearsome Jezail with Rounds (Jezail).
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[3/20/2026, 6:22:03 PM] Tak Ironflame
30
1d20 + 17 = 13 + 17 = 30
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[3/20/2026, 6:22:11 PM] Tak Ironflame
17
2d8 + 1d4 piercing = 17 = 17
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[3/20/2026, 6:22:15 PM] Gul Banana
these things have a pretty good fort save, i think
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[3/20/2026, 6:22:19 PM] Crion
the bang bang gang
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[3/20/2026, 6:22:25 PM] Gul Banana
beware, shovers
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[3/20/2026, 6:23:16 PM] Faceless Stalker
Faceless Stalker takes 17 damage.
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[3/20/2026, 6:23:16 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak Ironflame loads +1 Striking Fearsome Jezail with Rounds (Jezail).
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[3/20/2026, 6:24:05 PM] Faceless Stalker
29
1d20 + 12 = 17 + 12 = 29
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[3/20/2026, 6:24:14 PM] Faceless Stalker
18
2d6 + 6 slashing = 18 = 18
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[3/20/2026, 6:24:20 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun Rentclaw takes 18 damage.
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[3/20/2026, 6:24:25 PM] Faceless Stalker
16
1d20 + 12 = 4 + 12 = 16
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[3/20/2026, 6:24:40 PM] Dammitwho

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[3/20/2026, 6:24:51 PM] Faceless Stalker
22
1d20 + 12 = 10 + 12 = 22
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[3/20/2026, 6:25:03 PM] Faceless Stalker
20
1d20 + 8 = 12 + 8 = 20
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[3/20/2026, 6:25:11 PM] Faceless Stalker
18
1d20 + 4 = 14 + 4 = 18
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[3/20/2026, 6:25:45 PM] Faceless Stalker
One creature slips behind Brun to slash at his back, while the other wails when its claws bounce off Imran's shield!
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[3/20/2026, 6:25:43 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran leans his head down behind his shield as the blows hit, moving with the flow of combat. It is, his goddess says, an art.
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[3/20/2026, 6:25:56 PM] Dammitwho
My art? Murder.
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[3/20/2026, 6:26:07 PM] Crion
that guy absolutely exists in pathfinder world
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[3/20/2026, 6:26:18 PM] Zarick
dubnoom this guy is off-guard even without flanking
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[3/20/2026, 6:26:18 PM] Crion
neutral evil imran
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[3/20/2026, 6:26:26 PM] CBN
having done exploit vuln LAST turn...dubnoom can move over here and stab, with personal antithesis already set up! huehue
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[3/20/2026, 6:26:54 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
25
1d20 + 15 = 10 + 15 = 25
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[3/20/2026, 6:27:34 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
19
(2d6 + 5) slashing + 5 = 19 = 19
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[3/20/2026, 6:27:43 PM] CBN
and again!
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[3/20/2026, 6:27:45 PM] Faceless Stalker
Faceless Stalker takes 19 damage.
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[3/20/2026, 6:27:50 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
17
1d20 + 11 = 6 + 11 = 17
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[3/20/2026, 6:28:02 PM] CBN
fair enough! stabbed. turn!
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[3/20/2026, 6:28:25 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom runs in and, wisely, stabs once. Twice would be greedy. "Hyah!"
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[3/20/2026, 6:28:45 PM] Imran Traveler
United Assault 1
Uncommon Fighter Flourish
Through countless battles, you've learned you're stronger when working alongside your allies. Make a Strike. Your Strike gains a circumstance bonus to damage rolls equal to the number of other different creatures that damaged the target since the end of the target's last turn, to a maximum of a +4 circumstance bonus.
Feat 2
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[3/20/2026, 6:28:59 PM] Zarick
think it's literally 4
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[3/20/2026, 6:29:01 PM] Crion
do i have to set off guard
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[3/20/2026, 6:29:07 PM] Zarick
no
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[3/20/2026, 6:29:16 PM] Crion
sadly it's not, it's end of TARGET's last turn, so it's just big dub
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[3/20/2026, 6:29:33 PM] Dammitwho
flanking gives you off-guard (or rather, gives THEM off-guard) automatically
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[3/20/2026, 6:29:37 PM] Crion
an ability that has weird init sorting shit
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[3/20/2026, 6:29:51 PM] Imran Traveler
37
1d20 + 17 = 20 + 17 = 37
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[3/20/2026, 6:29:58 PM] Zarick
he also has it specifically until he leaves my reach or until my turn
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[3/20/2026, 6:30:09 PM] Imran Traveler
24
2 * (2d8 + 5) slashing = 24 = 24
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[3/20/2026, 6:30:21 PM] Crion
they're saying "make way for the prince" more and more
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[3/20/2026, 6:30:26 PM] Nicolae
lmao
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[3/20/2026, 6:30:36 PM] Nicolae
my gun's loaded, so, here goes
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[3/20/2026, 6:30:40 PM] Faceless Stalker
Faceless Stalker takes 24 damage.
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[3/20/2026, 6:30:45 PM] Nicolae
or not
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[3/20/2026, 6:30:44 PM] Crion
i think he's
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[3/20/2026, 6:30:46 PM] Crion
yes.
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[3/20/2026, 6:30:50 PM] Crion
move
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[3/20/2026, 6:30:56 PM] Nicolae
well, thank you anyway
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[3/20/2026, 6:31:00 PM] Gul Banana
Bodiless Stalker
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[3/20/2026, 6:31:07 PM] Imran Traveler
21
1d20 + 12 = 9 + 12 = 21
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[3/20/2026, 6:31:15 PM] Imran Traveler
15
2d8 + 4 slashing = 15 = 15
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[3/20/2026, 6:31:31 PM] Faceless Stalker
Faceless Stalker takes 15 damage.
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[3/20/2026, 6:31:34 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Snagging Strike 1
Fighter
Requirements You have one hand free, and your target is within reach of that hand. You combine an attack with quick grappling moves to throw an enemy off balance as long as it stays in your reach. Make a Strike while keeping one hand free. If this Strike hits, the target is Off-Guard until the start of your next turn or until it's no longer within the reach of your hand, whichever comes first.
Feat 1
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[3/20/2026, 6:31:38 PM] Brun Rentclaw
28
1d20 + 13 = 15 + 13 = 28
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[3/20/2026, 6:31:45 PM] Brun Rentclaw
10
2d6 + 4 bludgeoning = 10 = 10
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[3/20/2026, 6:31:51 PM] Faceless Stalker
Faceless Stalker takes 5 damage.
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[3/20/2026, 6:31:53 PM] Zarick
he has off-guard now
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[3/20/2026, 6:31:53 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran lowers the shield, still low, and just drives his sword arm up through the Stalker's guts. Lift, turn, dump, sweep.
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[3/20/2026, 6:31:59 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Trip 1
Attack
Requirements You have at least one hand free. Your target can't be more than one size larger than you.You try to knock a creature to the ground. Attempt an Athletics check against the target's Reflex DC.Critical Success The target falls, lands Prone, and takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage. Success The target falls and lands prone. Critical Failure You lose your balance, fall, and land prone.
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[3/20/2026, 6:32:19 PM] Brun Rentclaw
28
1d20 + 11 = 17 + 11 = 28
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[3/20/2026, 6:32:17 PM] Imran Traveler
Then he steps up to the next guy. To Brun: "Guy behind us dead. Last one."
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[3/20/2026, 6:32:41 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Harm 1 Spell 1 Divine Manipulate Void Range touch; Targets 1 living creature or 1 willing undead creature Defense basic Fortitude You channel void energy to harm the living or heal the undead. If the target is a living creature, you deal 1d8 void damage to it, and it gets a basic Fortitude save. If the target is a willing undead creature, you restore that amount of Hit Points. The number of actions you spend when Casting this Spell determines its targets, range, area, and other parameters. 1 The spell has a range of touch. 2 (concentrate) The spell has a range of 30 feet. If you're healing an undead creature, increase the Hit Points restored by 8. 3 (concentrate) You disperse void energy in a 30-foot emanation. This targets all living and undead creatures in the area. Heightened (+1) The amount of healing or damage increases by 1d8, and the extra healing for the 2-action version increases by 8. Save DC 22 basic Fortitude
Roll Damage/Healing
Select Other Variant
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[3/20/2026, 6:32:53 PM] Faceless Stalker
16
1d20 + 9 = 7 + 9 = 16
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[3/20/2026, 6:33:07 PM] Faceless Stalker
roll your damage!
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[3/20/2026, 6:33:11 PM] Zarick
sorry that was meant to be rank 2
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[3/20/2026, 6:33:13 PM] Brun Rentclaw
15
2d8 = 15 = 15
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[3/20/2026, 6:33:18 PM] Faceless Stalker
Faceless Stalker takes 15 damage.
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[3/20/2026, 6:33:32 PM] Zarick
it's void damage in case they resist it
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[3/20/2026, 6:33:40 PM] Faceless Stalker
they'nt
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[3/20/2026, 6:34:02 PM] Gul Banana
one left.. let's bolt him
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[3/20/2026, 6:34:33 PM] Gul Banana
first of all, lindal will nudge fate *himself*
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[3/20/2026, 6:34:35 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Nudge Fate 1 Cantrip 3 Cantrip Concentrate Hex Occult Witch Range 30 feet; Targets 1 creature Duration 1 minute The barest spin of your patron's spool is enough to alter fate. When the target fails an attack roll, skill check, or saving throw and a +1 status bonus would turn a critical failure into a failure, or failure into a success, you grant the target a +1 status bonus to the check retroactively, changing the outcome appropriately. The spell then ends. If you cast nudge fate while a previous casting of this hex is still in effect, the previous effect ends
Spinner of Threads Familiar of Balanced Luck When you Cast or Sustain a hex, one creature within 15 feet of your familiar gets your choice of either a +1 status bonus to its AC or a –1 status penalty to its AC until the start of your next turn. Effect: Familiar of Balanced Luck
Base: 1st Heightened: +2
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[3/20/2026, 6:34:44 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun spins, snarling, and sends the stalker staggering into the wall with a hard cross, then sweeps his legs out from under him. Touching the medallion around his neck, he shouts, "Not good enough!" Then he swings his hand in the thing's direction, and a claw of crackling darkness slashes it.
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[3/20/2026, 6:34:50 PM] Ram Banaram
this also applies -1 ac to the faceless stalker
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[3/20/2026, 6:35:23 PM] Gul Banana
then he'll cast phase bolt, against the reduced ac, gaining +1 to hit if it misses by 1
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[3/20/2026, 6:35:29 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Phase Bolt 2 Cantrip 3 Attack Cantrip Concentrate Manipulate Occult Range 60 feet; Targets 1 creature Defense AC You point your finger and project a bolt of magical energy that stutters in and out of phase until it reaches the target. Make a ranged spell attack roll against your target's AC; if the target has any circumstance bonuses to AC (such as from a shield or cover), reduce that bonus by 2 for this attack. On a success, you deal 3d4 piercing damage.Critical Success The target takes double damage. Success The target takes full damage.Heightened (+1) The bolt's damage increases by 1d4.
Attack MAP -5 MAP -10
Roll Damage
Base: 1st Heightened: +2
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[3/20/2026, 6:35:36 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
25
1d20 + 12 = 13 + 12 = 25
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[3/20/2026, 6:35:46 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
14
5d4 piercing = 14 = 14
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[3/20/2026, 6:35:50 PM] Faceless Stalker
Faceless Stalker takes 14 damage.
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[3/20/2026, 6:35:59 PM] Dammitwho

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[3/20/2026, 6:36:28 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
From the edge of the shadows beyond Brunlight, Lindal invokes curses. Of justice. Streaks of the light take solid and sharp form.
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[3/20/2026, 6:36:29 PM] Dammitwho
The last faceless stalker collapses into a dissipating flesh-goo. The everlight crystal, cracked in the fighting, fizzles out.
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[3/20/2026, 6:36:35 PM] Imran Traveler
"Hh."
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[3/20/2026, 6:36:40 PM] Imran Traveler
"Everyone good?"
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[3/20/2026, 6:36:48 PM] Imran Traveler
"Tak, can you help me repair this shield?"
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[3/20/2026, 6:37:13 PM] Brun Rentclaw
While that's happening, Brun starts to patch himself up.
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[3/20/2026, 6:37:25 PM] Brun Rentclaw
29
1d20 + 15 = 14 + 15 = 29
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[3/20/2026, 6:37:25 PM] Brun Rentclaw
2d8 + 10 = 23 = 23
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[3/20/2026, 6:37:31 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun Rentclaw is healed for 23 damage.
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[3/20/2026, 6:37:51 PM] Zarick
oh right ward medic. so one for imran also
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[3/20/2026, 6:37:55 PM] Crion
nice
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[3/20/2026, 6:38:15 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Lindal slings his own glowing crystal back around his neck. Where did the faceless fake get one, anyway?
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[3/20/2026, 6:38:17 PM] Brun Rentclaw
20
1d20 + 15 = 5 + 15 = 20
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[3/20/2026, 6:38:17 PM] Brun Rentclaw
2d8 + 10 = 16 = 16
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[3/20/2026, 6:38:19 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran Traveler is healed for 16 damage.
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[3/20/2026, 6:38:55 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun claps Imran on the back. "Well done, soldier. Impressive swordsmanship as always."
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[3/20/2026, 6:39:14 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak nods and slides his pack off his back, and begins digging around for his kit.
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[3/20/2026, 6:39:55 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Even more passages and doors back here!"
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[3/20/2026, 6:40:06 PM] Tak Ironflame
31
1d20 + 11 = 20 + 11 = 31
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[3/20/2026, 6:40:19 PM] Nicolae
says the gm sets the dc, quick repair says it takes a minute
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[3/20/2026, 6:40:34 PM] Nicolae
i do not know what the dc is but i Suspect it might be less than 31
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[3/20/2026, 6:40:35 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran winces, but the pain is passing. "Thank you. Your ability to open up the battlefield makes my job easy."
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[3/20/2026, 6:41:06 PM] Zarick
it's weird that repair isn't just treat wounds but for objects
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[3/20/2026, 6:41:20 PM] Crion
i will assume that a natural 20 crit heals uh 9 points of shield hp
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[3/20/2026, 6:41:34 PM] Crion
and simply top it off
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[3/20/2026, 6:42:19 PM] Imran Traveler
To Dubnoom, grimly: "Do you or your beardtugger want to explore that grimy hole?" He indicates where the stalkers came from, to the south.
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[3/20/2026, 6:42:36 PM] Dammitwho
You restore 10 Hit Points to the item, plus an additional 10 Hit Points per proficiency rank you have in Crafting
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[3/20/2026, 6:42:41 PM] Dammitwho
thanks to the crit
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[3/20/2026, 6:42:54 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"That sounds like a perfect job for a minion holding a torch while we look in from a polite and reasonable distance, friend Imran."
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[3/20/2026, 6:43:18 PM] Imran Traveler
"Reasonable and correct."
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[3/20/2026, 6:44:05 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun's watching Lindal's back. What's this weird pattern to the northeast?
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[3/20/2026, 6:44:08 PM] CBN
actually...realizing now that these may be useful here, for navigating in even smaller quarters
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[3/20/2026, 6:44:11 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Charlatan's Gloves
Invested Magical
Tiny silver hooks decorate these fine silk gloves. They grant a +1 item bonus to Thievery and allow you to cast Telekinetic Hand as an innate occult spell.
Item 3 Price: 50 gp
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[3/20/2026, 6:44:20 PM] Nicolae
tak is trained in crafting so i think that's an additional 10?
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[3/20/2026, 6:44:48 PM] Dammitwho
yep, 20hp repair
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[3/20/2026, 6:44:55 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Tak! You are our looking at stuff from far awaysman, yes?"
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[3/20/2026, 6:44:55 PM] Nicolae
also if anybody is still able to take a Battle Medicine and needs one, let met know before we start poking around
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[3/20/2026, 6:45:08 PM] Crion
im full
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[3/20/2026, 6:45:19 PM] Tak Ironflame
To Dubnoom: "You could say that."
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[3/20/2026, 6:45:36 PM] Nicolae
i take it dub needs a spotting buddy to keep an eye on him down in the amigoblin fault
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[3/20/2026, 6:45:44 PM] Zarick
battle medicine is for Battle, treat wounds is better out of combat
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[3/20/2026, 6:46:21 PM] Crion
while imran dubnoom and tak are exploring the idiot hole, lindal and brun should carefully scout above
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[3/20/2026, 6:46:32 PM] Crion
we can probably resolve this in a roll or two
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[3/20/2026, 6:47:34 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Dubnoom shall. Here. With the power of touch, at a distance..." Dubnoom pulls his gloves on a little more snugly, and picks up a torch. Then lets go of the torch, which remains hanging in the air.
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[3/20/2026, 6:47:44 PM] Gul Banana
what if... we carelessly scout
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[3/20/2026, 6:47:51 PM] Dammitwho
Your phantasmal minion won't be able to carry a torch very far in the hole, as it travels down into water quickly.
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[3/20/2026, 6:47:57 PM] Zarick
if anyone would it's the fur team
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[3/20/2026, 6:48:13 PM] CBN
but can telekinetic hand...? or is it more just, a Water issue
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[3/20/2026, 6:49:10 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"4726AR, going back for more Cave."
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[3/20/2026, 6:49:15 PM] Dammitwho
Lindal and Brun, on the other hand, are pleasantly surprised! The cavern they enter is not particularly cold, and the rising tunnel they travel through to get to it means it's pretty dry, as well. Carefully examining the walls, you see no rockfalls or squeeze-gaps for more faceless stalkers to get through... you could set up camp here, if you'd a need.
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[3/20/2026, 6:49:39 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom: it's a water issue. The torch would go out.
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[3/20/2026, 6:49:54 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Pretty nice for being in a creepy cave."
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[3/20/2026, 6:49:55 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"This really is a purist's ideal of a cave, isn't it? Philosophically contained."
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[3/20/2026, 6:50:23 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Seeing the water, he brings the torch back at hand. "Ah, well. Nevertheless. Wet down there."
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[3/20/2026, 6:50:43 PM] Imran Traveler
"Alright, let's head north."
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[3/20/2026, 6:50:48 PM] Tak Ironflame
"That'll happen."
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[3/20/2026, 6:51:06 PM] Dammitwho
The faceless stalkers didn't have any, uh, orifices that you noticed. Except ones created ad hoc for shrieking, wailing, etc. Probably amphibious as well.
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[3/20/2026, 6:51:12 PM] Dammitwho
Who is Searching?
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[3/20/2026, 6:51:16 PM] Crion
imran
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[3/20/2026, 6:51:23 PM] Dammitwho
Group Perception Roller Name Roll + Mod Total Dubnoom "The Wise" 13 + 10 23 Brun Rentclaw 15 + 14 29 P. P. Lindalsivranragdya 10 + 8 18 Tak Ironflame 12 + 14 26 Imran Traveler 1 + 10 11 Ram Banaram 14 + 3 17
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[3/20/2026, 6:51:27 PM] Tak Ironflame
What's that crosshatching to the northeast?
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[3/20/2026, 6:51:29 PM] Dammitwho
!!!!
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[3/20/2026, 6:51:31 PM] Imran Traveler
"Door to the--"
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[3/20/2026, 6:51:50 PM] Zarick
brun is also Searching
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[3/20/2026, 6:51:51 PM] Dammitwho
oh, uh, shit hang on
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[3/20/2026, 6:52:08 PM] Nicolae
Technical Difficulties! *intermission music plays*
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[3/20/2026, 6:52:39 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak will take the opportunity to hang back and avoid notice, in case there's more gooblins or other alchemical abominations around.
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[3/20/2026, 6:52:42 PM] Gul Banana
*ctrl-drags Wall tool*
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[3/20/2026, 6:53:01 PM] CBN
little card of dubnoom stabbed apart with knives with "We'll Be Right Back" over it
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[3/20/2026, 6:53:00 PM] Dammitwho
Never mind any of that.
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[3/20/2026, 6:53:14 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom will also attempt to Avoid Notice, such as it is.
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[3/20/2026, 6:54:00 PM] Dammitwho
Anyway! As Imran is passing by the door to his east, he notices an odd little hole in the wall. It's designed to look natural, but with his keen observer's eye and darkvision goggles, he knows it isn't. It doesn't appear to be a trap...
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[3/20/2026, 6:54:08 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Lindal's given up on notice-avoiding while the light situation pertains.
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[3/20/2026, 6:54:12 PM] Dammitwho
Oh my god. The door to his east. Fucking---
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[3/20/2026, 6:54:16 PM] Nicolae
oh lol is the crosshatching the "inside wall" texture
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[3/20/2026, 6:54:36 PM] Nicolae
oh dear
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[3/20/2026, 6:55:39 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Could this door be a secret door?
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[3/20/2026, 6:55:45 PM] Dammitwho
Sorry lmao. ANYWAY! Yes, Imran thinks it might be a keyhole or latch mechanism of some kind, but probably not one that can be actuated with a hand. Maybe there's some kind of way wizards manipulate things?
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[3/20/2026, 6:56:10 PM] Dammitwho
Well, Lindal, it's not secret anymore
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[3/20/2026, 6:56:25 PM] Imran Traveler
"Door to the east. Or something that sure looks like a facade hiding a secret door."
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[3/20/2026, 6:57:21 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak, as the de facto Traps and Doors guy, takes a look.
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[3/20/2026, 6:57:43 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran raises his shield, ready to switch with Tak when he's done examining.
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[3/20/2026, 6:58:29 PM] Nicolae
you want perception or thievery?
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[3/20/2026, 6:58:34 PM] Dammitwho
Either!
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[3/20/2026, 6:59:12 PM] Tak Ironflame
24
1d20 + 14 = 10 + 14 = 24
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[3/20/2026, 7:01:40 PM] Dammitwho
Tak is able to get a decent look inside, though he has to jury-rig some of his tools (including attaching a small mirror to a rod) in order to do it. It's not a proper lock, exactly. The hole is long, narrow, and twists and turns before ending in a flat metal panel with tiny switches and wheels on it. It would be trivial to get open if it were right in front of you, and extraordinarily difficult now.
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[3/20/2026, 7:01:58 PM] Dammitwho
Anyone that Tak describes this to can roll arcana!
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[3/20/2026, 7:03:14 PM] Zarick
brun doesn't know about magic
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[3/20/2026, 7:03:11 PM] Imran Traveler
28
1d20 + 12 = 16 + 12 = 28
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[3/20/2026, 7:04:56 PM] Gul Banana
lindal doesn't know about *formal* magic. he does have thievery and lockpicks... but no way to use them telekinetically prepared
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[3/20/2026, 7:05:12 PM] Gul Banana
if we rest, though, he can memorise Knock
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[3/20/2026, 7:05:47 PM] Dammitwho
Anyone else rolling? D'bnoom?
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[3/20/2026, 7:06:23 PM] CBN
worth a shot!
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[3/20/2026, 7:06:28 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
11
1d20 + 9 = 2 + 9 = 11
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[3/20/2026, 7:06:47 PM] CBN
not much of a shot!
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[3/20/2026, 7:08:44 PM] Dammitwho
Well, Imran gets it, at least. Wizards - or maybe many kinds of magic-user? - have a fondness for a cantrip called "Telekinetic Hand", which creates a hand of force floating in the air that lets them pick up and move things, like filling up their wine glass without physically standing up to go get the bottle.
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[3/20/2026, 7:09:08 PM] Dammitwho
If any of you had access to that spell, they could pop one down inside the 'lock' and open 'er up.
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[3/20/2026, 7:09:28 PM] Imran Traveler
"Dubnoom!"
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[3/20/2026, 7:09:32 PM] Imran Traveler
"You have that TK Hand?"
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[3/20/2026, 7:10:09 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom, fiddling with his gloves, levitates the torch again. "Yes?"
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[3/20/2026, 7:10:19 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Kuh. Conceivably the spirits of light could teach this power to Ram Banaram, but, they haven't."
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[3/20/2026, 7:10:27 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Oh. For the DOOR yes. Certainly. Tak spottingsman. Please point the way for Dubnoom."
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[3/20/2026, 7:10:26 PM] Imran Traveler
"This is a 'wizard's lock.' It's annoying and stupid, and you have to trip it trivially but only in the way a wizard would."
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[3/20/2026, 7:11:31 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Annoying and stupid, and from a wizard. Yes. This is consistent." Dubnoom steps up and prepares to magic it up.
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[3/20/2026, 7:12:38 PM] CBN
any additional rolling required to fiddle and jiggle it with the tk shiv?
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[3/20/2026, 7:13:12 PM] Dammitwho
The mechanism is, as Imran noted, trivial once you know what it is, and Dubnoom's summoned hand makes short work of it. There's a click, and a segment of cave wall - apparently carefully balanced to easily swing - moves inward, revealing a room beyond!
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[3/20/2026, 7:13:29 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran takes point.
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[3/20/2026, 7:13:44 PM] Imran Traveler
He is Searching.
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[3/20/2026, 7:14:31 PM] Nicolae
got a graphics glitch with the textboxes, refreshed the page, got logged outta foundry, back
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[3/20/2026, 7:14:37 PM] Dammitwho
Inside is a small, cozy room. Nicer than anything you've seen so far, albeit long abandoned and given over to damp and rot. A bed, an end table with the extinguished stub of a candle, a set of bookshelves.
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[3/20/2026, 7:14:51 PM] Dammitwho
The moment the door opens, Lindal feels the ping of magic.
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[3/20/2026, 7:15:03 PM] Nicolae
ah, fortunately i did not have to roll to help dub get a dub
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[3/20/2026, 7:15:09 PM] Dammitwho
How is Imran choosing to search this room?
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[3/20/2026, 7:16:19 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun is looking over the bookshelves.
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[3/20/2026, 7:16:18 PM] Imran Traveler
He starts with the bed. Under, against the wall, between the mattress and frame, then a brief search of the sheets and pillows. After that, the end table. After that, he'll help with the books.
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[3/20/2026, 7:17:29 PM] Nicolae
foundry's dislike of diagonal movement is making it a lil hard to move around in here
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[3/20/2026, 7:17:35 PM] Nicolae
diagonal through corners, i mean
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[3/20/2026, 7:17:49 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"The wizards' chamber! Excuse me, I mean the Wizard's Chamber! And he's too dead to care if we go through it!"
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[3/20/2026, 7:17:50 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak will also look at the books.
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[3/20/2026, 7:18:16 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Lindal tries to track down the source of that ping by playing the hot-cold game again.
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[3/20/2026, 7:18:12 PM] Crion
lindal and dubnoom can sit on shoulders,
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[3/20/2026, 7:18:17 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom will drop all pretense of hiding, and also begun rummaging through wizardly books.
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[3/20/2026, 7:18:39 PM] Crion
i have moved to search the bed
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[3/20/2026, 7:19:06 PM] Dammitwho
Under the bed, nothing. The room is tidy, or at least it was before it was abandoned to the cave-elements. The end table has but one drawer, and inside it is a slim volume, comparatively protected from mold by the wood. Ah ha! Between the mattress and frame, a magic wand!
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[3/20/2026, 7:19:53 PM] Nicolae
a magic wand tucked between the bed and the wall... oh. oh my. 😳
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[3/20/2026, 7:19:54 PM] Party Loot
Right here
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[3/20/2026, 7:20:19 PM] Crion
imran can roll to ID with arcana
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[3/20/2026, 7:20:33 PM] Zarick
who knows what kind it is
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[3/20/2026, 7:21:25 PM] Imran Traveler
"Wand here."
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[3/20/2026, 7:21:34 PM] Party Loot
Looks like Dubnoom or Lindal can spend a single Recall Knowledge action and autosucceed
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[3/20/2026, 7:21:50 PM] Zarick
spell lists
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[3/20/2026, 7:21:53 PM] Party Loot
Or so the Item Identification Tracker tells me
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[3/20/2026, 7:21:56 PM] Party Loot
Ah, yes
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[3/20/2026, 7:22:13 PM] Zarick
presumably it's an occult spell
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[3/20/2026, 7:23:17 PM] Crion
imran's occult roll is just as good,
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[3/20/2026, 7:23:35 PM] Party Loot
Which of you shall do so?
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[3/20/2026, 7:24:32 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
13
1d20 + 12 = 1 + 12 = 13
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[3/20/2026, 7:24:40 PM] CBN
lmao
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[3/20/2026, 7:24:52 PM] CBN
THE UNKNOWABLE WAND
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[3/20/2026, 7:24:58 PM] Imran Traveler
1d20 + 12
1d20 1 1
13
1d20 + 12
1d20 20 20
32
1d20 + 12 = 20 + 12 = 32
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[3/20/2026, 7:25:25 PM] Crion
incredible variance mr dicebot
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[3/20/2026, 7:25:38 PM] Party Loot
Imran, return your hero point
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[3/20/2026, 7:25:39 PM] Crion
i asked for the identify prompt twice through the inventory menu
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[3/20/2026, 7:25:50 PM] Crion
o k
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[3/20/2026, 7:26:03 PM] Party Loot
As I said, a single recall action allows either LIndal or Dubnoom to autosucceed, I was just waiting to see which would claim it
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[3/20/2026, 7:26:15 PM] Party Loot
So! Dubnoom knows what kind of wand it is: a wand of Shardstorm!
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[3/20/2026, 7:26:21 PM] Party Loot
First-rank, but that's not bad
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[3/20/2026, 7:27:13 PM] Gul Banana
brb, but b.
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[3/20/2026, 7:27:26 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Shards! Those are useful to hurl.
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[3/20/2026, 7:27:33 PM] CBN
and what of...any books....
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[3/20/2026, 7:27:58 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran passes the wand to Dubnoom. "Bed's clear." Imran sits down on the bed and lets the others check the books.
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[3/20/2026, 7:28:20 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom regards the wand. "Hm. Yes."
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[3/20/2026, 7:28:29 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom "The Wise" takes Wand of Shardstorm (1st-Rank Spell) from Party Loot.
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[3/20/2026, 7:30:27 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Strange that a wizard would have quarters so small. Even if one takes as given that a mine is a big wizard tower but pointed into the earth instead of up..."
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[3/20/2026, 7:30:41 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Maybe an apprentice?"
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[3/20/2026, 7:30:55 PM] CBN
wait a sec. dwho did the guy we saw earlier, look at all like the statues or depictions of this asshole wizard back in town
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[3/20/2026, 7:31:07 PM] CBN
did the *gooblin pretending to be a guy to ambush us,
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[3/20/2026, 7:31:21 PM] Crion
oooh
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[3/20/2026, 7:31:32 PM] CBN
trying to narrow down how many wizards and wizardlikes (roguelikes but with fewer hp) they've had in here
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[3/20/2026, 7:31:40 PM] Tak Ironflame
"Maybe he just liked being cozy."
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[3/20/2026, 7:31:42 PM] Dammitwho
Apart from that, sadly, the books on the bookshelves are all rotten through. Whatever lore the archmage Highleaf left behind here is gone... no, wait, that's not true. A couple of books are still in half-way decent shape. There's "Decay Of The Law", a book on Cheliaxian legal traditions before and after the rise of the Thrice-Damned House of Thrune (probably banned in Cheliax itself); Memory of the First, a collection of speculations on the nature of ancient Aztlanti civilization based on offhand remarks attributed to the god Aroden both before his ascension and during the period when he still walked the earth. An Inner Sea Irorite text, The Rewards of Patience and Diligence... that one appears to be mostly about preserving health and vigor through exercise and meditation.
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[3/20/2026, 7:31:50 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Wizards find power 'cozy.'"
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[3/20/2026, 7:31:52 PM] Dammitwho
CBN: he did not! Looked like some other guy.
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[3/20/2026, 7:32:16 PM] Dammitwho
And, of course, there's the book in the end table. That one doesn't have a title on the spine.
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[3/20/2026, 7:32:20 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun takes that last book and examines it, and then likely puts it in his pack.
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[3/20/2026, 7:32:30 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom takes all the books that are still in half-decent or better shape. And then looks at The Book In The End Table...
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[3/20/2026, 7:32:31 PM] Zarick
no need to record it
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[3/20/2026, 7:32:37 PM] Imran Traveler
"Some wizards love asceticism. It both lets them preen on their humbleness and, admittedly correctly, disconnects them from material concerns so they can pursue the Aeternal."
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[3/20/2026, 7:32:45 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom concedes the third book to Brun without issue.
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[3/20/2026, 7:33:05 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
But the meditation secrets..
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[3/20/2026, 7:33:25 PM] Imran Traveler
"And in my lands, a room like this isn't an apartment. It's what's called a 'safe room.'"
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[3/20/2026, 7:33:28 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom opens the slim volume. Unfortunately, some of the pages (mostly in the middle) are damaged, but the handwriting is identical to that of the commonplace book written by Cecilus Highleaf back in the archives. Looks like you've found another journal.
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[3/20/2026, 7:33:56 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"JOURNAL!" He exclaims, too loud for the small space.
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[3/20/2026, 7:33:58 PM] Imran Traveler
"Ah!"
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[3/20/2026, 7:34:14 PM] CBN
jamming the joystick towards "Tell Me More" so hard it almost breaks
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[3/20/2026, 7:34:24 PM] Dammitwho
It begins:
"Night-swimmers, we:
Witnessed by angles and uncertain halves.
For behold, upon waking: does the mind not cover-up in haste;
contriving to hide from its own judgment?"
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[3/20/2026, 7:34:47 PM] Imran Traveler
"Bad dreams."
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[3/20/2026, 7:35:08 PM] Zarick
you're not reading this out loud are you. that would seem like a bad idea
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[3/20/2026, 7:35:09 PM] Nicolae
brb
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[3/20/2026, 7:35:57 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom is mouthing as he reads but not reading it out loud. He wants the mouthfeel of the words, but not to share.
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[3/20/2026, 7:36:16 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Classic wizard poetry in this one." Not sure if excited or sad.
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[3/20/2026, 7:37:17 PM] Crion
the 4-10-15-9 haiku verse
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[3/20/2026, 7:38:03 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom doesn't like how this tastes. He squints. Is it all written so...elvishly?
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[3/20/2026, 7:38:12 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
The nice thing about irresponsible wizards is that they're typically *aware* of their own hubris.
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[3/20/2026, 7:38:41 PM] Dammitwho
What you can make out gives you a bit more understanding of what Highleaf was up to. He was obsessed - utterly - with a project of his. He describes it thus: "Each time I fall to frailty, I seem to verge on a breakthrough. On, I thought! On, to level the field of play, to best our Accusers and stand esquired in the heavenly courts! What price is too high, to reveal the calculus of sin to mortal kind? The tally-marks of vice and grace at last made plain?"
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[3/20/2026, 7:39:07 PM] Gul Banana
what
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[3/20/2026, 7:39:12 PM] Crion
oh hell yes
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[3/20/2026, 7:39:26 PM] Crion
the shotgun leaving wizard is authentically big speech insane
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[3/20/2026, 7:39:51 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran, over Dubnoom's shoulder: "Accusers? Capital A?"
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[3/20/2026, 7:40:34 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"I'm sort of on board? It would be way better if the criteria of Judgement was up front."
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[3/20/2026, 7:40:33 PM] Dammitwho
"So. One more wizard's soul put to pawn. To me, another lifetime tendered. But I knew it would be not enough. Not near. Quickened anew, with the knowledge I bartered all to gain, I sought endless life in those whose mastery of basest matter exceeded ours as my mastery of the aetherial exceeds the rawest apprentice."
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[3/20/2026, 7:40:52 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Doesn't sound like his methods were great."
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[3/20/2026, 7:40:54 PM] Nicolae
highleaf's greatest wizard dream: seeing santa's naughty and nice lists
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[3/20/2026, 7:41:07 PM] Dammitwho
brb fire alarm went off
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[3/20/2026, 7:41:12 PM] Nicolae
!!!!
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[3/20/2026, 7:41:15 PM] Imran Traveler
"Quickened. Lifetimes tendered. Souls put to pawn."
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[3/20/2026, 7:41:22 PM] CBN
this guy was sephiroth posting For Himself
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[3/20/2026, 7:41:36 PM] Imran Traveler
"He was eating his apprentices, wasn't he. That's what it sounds like he was doing."
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[3/20/2026, 7:41:45 PM] Imran Traveler
"The way wizards eat."
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[3/20/2026, 7:41:53 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Quickened anew... endless life... yeah. Just another one of Those."
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[3/20/2026, 7:42:20 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Eating them or feeding them to demons for soul power. But, wizards, so probably eating ~*with maaagic~*" Dubnoom innovates jazz hands here.
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[3/20/2026, 7:42:28 PM] Imran Traveler
"Maybe not apprentices. If he had even a shred of honor, maybe just peers he lured into a trap."
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[3/20/2026, 7:43:41 PM] Dammitwho
back
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[3/20/2026, 7:43:52 PM] Dammitwho
not sure what the deal was, but I've opened a window
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[3/20/2026, 7:44:02 PM] Crion
opening a window ftw
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[3/20/2026, 7:44:17 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak scowls. "If that is what Highleaf was up to... looks like the folks back in town are going to need to replace that statue."
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[3/20/2026, 7:44:55 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Cannot say Dubnoom sanctions luring and killing people...but wizards....ehh....." He flips to the end of the journal. The final entries in these are always the funniest.
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[3/20/2026, 7:45:57 PM] Imran Traveler
"Maybe, maybe not."
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[3/20/2026, 7:46:02 PM] Imran Traveler
"He still built that down."
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[3/20/2026, 7:46:26 PM] Dammitwho
Later he writes with great enthusiasm of "Precursor material, that great font of potential kept by the Visitors. And why not? Even our poor scholarship here on Golarion tells of the vast abysses that separate the stars, each from another. How could one life be enough to pass between them. They must have lived, and lived, and lived on. If I could but tap a little from that river of Life, I would have enough time to finish my work, to free men from Hell forever."
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[3/20/2026, 7:46:29 PM] Imran Traveler
"And frankly, I don't know that we want to stick around long enough to get into an argument over the town statue."
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[3/20/2026, 7:46:55 PM] Tak Ironflame
"If his definition of 'wizard' included anybody who knows a little magic, well, that'd include most of us here."
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[3/20/2026, 7:48:21 PM] Dammitwho
He mentions the building of this mine-laboratory, in frustration at the expense and difficulty involved, but apparently the location "with regards to divination" was ideal - it could be set nowhere else. Interestingly, he also mentions sending away his apprentices, on the grounds that he was so focused on his work he could no longer reasonably devote any time to instructing them.
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[3/20/2026, 7:48:38 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"OH." Dubnoom exclaims. "He stopped eating wizards and then tried to eat, the things that were flying in the big, the thing that was drawn earlier? Orbship?"
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[3/20/2026, 7:49:23 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Because he wanted to go fly into the Dark Reaches or what have you."
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[3/20/2026, 7:49:28 PM] Imran Traveler
"The Void...?"
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[3/20/2026, 7:49:36 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"The infinite tapestry of black. All that." He gestures upward.
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[3/20/2026, 7:49:48 PM] Imran Traveler
"Wizards."
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[3/20/2026, 7:50:10 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"He even got rid of his apprentices. Not killed but, sent away. So there are probably lesser weirdos out there that know SOME of this. Maybe."
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[3/20/2026, 7:50:38 PM] Dammitwho
Well, this was all a century ago at least.
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[3/20/2026, 7:50:50 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"I wonder how, or whether, all this relates to the oozeplague." There's only so much of interest in any given mage's mad plans for eternal life.
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[3/20/2026, 7:50:53 PM] Imran Traveler
"I am not unlearned in what can come from the space between the stars. I am not educated in it either. And I don't want to be."
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[3/20/2026, 7:51:11 PM] Imran Traveler
"If he found out, then he paid for it in ways that dwarf our punishment."
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[3/20/2026, 7:51:23 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"The conclusion one can safely draw, is that the gooblins linger as failed experiments on immortality. Healing magic that isn't godbothering is a path to gooblinism." This is a syncretic belief system forming.
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[3/20/2026, 7:51:32 PM] Dammitwho
The latter parts of the book trend toward despair.
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[3/20/2026, 7:51:32 PM] Imran Traveler
"Yes, this sounds correct."
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[3/20/2026, 7:52:14 PM] Tak Ironflame
"I'll buy that. I don't suppose he talks about where he kept his stock of gooblin material, does he?"
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[3/20/2026, 7:52:41 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Between this, and the containers earlier, and the cart outside, it seems safe to assume greedy adventurers (not us, we are virtuous souls seeking to right wrongs) raided here, poorly or very-well, and went a different way than we did and probably broken a big gooblin stock somewhere."
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[3/20/2026, 7:52:58 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"And then got gooblined in turn."
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[3/20/2026, 7:53:28 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Also seems safe to assume that the head wizard did not fly to the stars. Or else there would not be all of this still here."
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[3/20/2026, 7:53:30 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"There is healing that comes from the mind, and from the wilds. Not only the gods."
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[3/20/2026, 7:53:59 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom nods to Brun. "Amended. Book healing is wicked and false. Other healing, maybe okay?"
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[3/20/2026, 7:54:38 PM] Imran Traveler
"...I'm interested in what comes from the rest of this place. On this wizard's meditations on the Void."
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[3/20/2026, 7:54:44 PM] Dammitwho
"I have spent four generations stacked end to end in this study. I have learned things men would kill for, and I know nothing. I summon" And here a word has been removed. Literally, the paper has been cut out like with shears. ", and his mocking courtesy only rankles. He hints that my just punishment comes anon. When have I harmed an innocent? I, evil? A word bloated with contradictions. What is evil's mass? Against whom am I weighed? Those I have undone were far more vile in the judgments of men. I look within, and see evil not."
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[3/20/2026, 7:55:34 PM] Dammitwho
And here a line is written in the margin in a different hand. Strong and clear where Highleaf's writing is thin and crabbed.
"Who could blame you? Many of a certain age must bend and squint to see what is nearest."
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[3/20/2026, 7:55:44 PM] Imran Traveler
"I don't like that."
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[3/20/2026, 7:56:11 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"That would definitely tip the scales."
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[3/20/2026, 7:58:30 PM] Dammitwho
"Yet -- I peer at the smallest piece of precursor material. I see the animalcules swimming in their growth medium as I have seen them many times before. But how do I interpret what I see? How can I bend their stupendous power for my own benefit, and that of all folk? Monsters rise from it easily! By accident, it seems! But I cannot use it to remove even one year from my tally!"
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[3/20/2026, 7:59:27 PM] Imran Traveler
"Growth medium?"
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[3/20/2026, 7:59:42 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"I think that's wizard-speak for goo."
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[3/20/2026, 7:59:52 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom points at the page. "'How can I bend thing to my own benefit?' this is the first and last thought of all wizards."
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[3/20/2026, 7:59:58 PM] Dammitwho
Morosely, he adds: "We are children before the coming of Old-Mage Jatembe, looking at the works of the ancients. I would have to be as great as him to even begin my work. The game was rigged from the start. In all of history or fiction, how often does he who challenges the Devil walk free? Can I pull the wool over the eyes of Heaven? Or Hell, for whom lies are the coin of the realm?"
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[3/20/2026, 8:01:36 PM] Dammitwho
And again, a marginal note: "Close. 'Tis hope. And this dear donation of mine comes free, reader years hence: Snuff that candle. Seek no further."
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[3/20/2026, 8:01:40 PM] Imran Traveler
"Who is this second writer?"
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[3/20/2026, 8:02:40 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"...Someone whose advice we should take seriously, even if we don't agree with it."
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[3/20/2026, 8:02:42 PM] Tak Ironflame
"I think it's the, ah, blank space"-- Tak gestures to the earlier page with the rectangle missing after the word "I summon".
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[3/20/2026, 8:02:46 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom mutters. "Dubnoom hates this guy." as he pages through the journal.
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[3/20/2026, 8:02:55 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Which one?"
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[3/20/2026, 8:03:11 PM] Dammitwho
The physical removal of some name or reference doesn't just occur once, by the way. Highleaf regularly refers (with increasing frustration) to consulting with some entity, and every instance of that entity's proper name or title or something has been carefully cut out of the book.
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[3/20/2026, 8:03:25 PM] Imran Traveler
"I've known those who write 'Tis. I don't respect them. But some of them I fear."
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[3/20/2026, 8:04:18 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Yes" Dubnoom responds to Brun.
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[3/20/2026, 8:04:25 PM] Tak Ironflame
"I figure Ol' Scratched-Out there found the journal after Highleaf met his end, added his own commentary, and then cut himself out."
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[3/20/2026, 8:04:34 PM] Imran Traveler
"I am happy he consorted with a hideous creature to his regret. But I do worry about that creature, and Tak may be right."
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[3/20/2026, 8:04:44 PM] Imran Traveler
"Lindal absolutely is right."
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[3/20/2026, 8:05:15 PM] Dammitwho
The book ends. "I have failed. I shall battle my fate with what resources remain. My hope is that this mine collapses behind me, that my experiments threaten none, that the name of Archmage Highleaf, now only Fool Highleaf, has no cause to be cursed by latter generations. Let it end."
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[3/20/2026, 8:05:49 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"I am becoming increasingly concerned we will find the archmage or some remnant of him here."
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[3/20/2026, 8:06:21 PM] Imran Traveler
"We should be prepared for that. But we're not leaving."
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[3/20/2026, 8:06:28 PM] Imran Traveler
"...Are we leaving?"
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[3/20/2026, 8:06:43 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"No."
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[3/20/2026, 8:06:52 PM] Imran Traveler
"Then we must prepare to kill a lich-wizard."
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[3/20/2026, 8:07:24 PM] Dammitwho
There's something to your north. A door, like the bulkhead doors you went through on your way in, but much heavier. A light seeps through the gaps in the metal.
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[3/20/2026, 8:07:24 PM] Imran Traveler
"And if whatever waits for us at the end of this is less horrific than a lich-wizard, then we over-prepared."
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[3/20/2026, 8:07:35 PM] Imran Traveler
"So yes. The north door."
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[3/20/2026, 8:08:11 PM] Tak Ironflame
"The second writer insists we should seek no further, and I suspect he means we should stop looking through the mines. But Highleaf was wrong: his experiments have threatened many already. I don't think I'd like myself very much if I let that state of affairs continue."
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[3/20/2026, 8:08:21 PM] Imran Traveler
"Correct. I agree."
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[3/20/2026, 8:08:27 PM] Imran Traveler
"Tak, check this door?"
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[3/20/2026, 8:09:00 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom, pocketing the journal: "The job was to make there not be gooblins. So we must hunt and eradicate the gooblin, wherever it takes us."
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[3/20/2026, 8:09:07 PM] Tak Ironflame
28
1d20 + 14 = 14 + 14 = 28
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[3/20/2026, 8:10:12 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Well. That's something."
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[3/20/2026, 8:10:12 PM] Imran Traveler
"Tak, switch. I'll go through."
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[3/20/2026, 8:10:35 PM] Nicolae
oh shit it has star trek noises
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[3/20/2026, 8:10:36 PM] Dammitwho
Tak notices no traps, and it swings open easily.
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[3/20/2026, 8:10:46 PM] Imran Traveler
This place has a different mien.
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[3/20/2026, 8:11:51 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Well, his name isn't cursed by the current generation. If we do our job right, it may never be."
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[3/20/2026, 8:12:04 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"You're welcome, old man."
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[3/20/2026, 8:12:23 PM] Dammitwho
When Imran steps into the next hall, he finds a much, much larger room than any he's entered thus far. Four pillars hold up the roof, and there's an arcane circle seared into the floor. At the rear of the room, four huge tanks, of the type you've seen before but much larger- no, sorry, three. One of them is basically shattered.
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[3/20/2026, 8:12:46 PM] Imran Traveler
He steps forward again, cautiously.
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[3/20/2026, 8:13:04 PM] Dammitwho
How stealthily you goin'?
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[3/20/2026, 8:13:42 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak hangs back against the wall, keeping an eye on Imran. His jezail is unslung and loaded.
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[3/20/2026, 8:13:40 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran is not stealthly. In fact he says to the others: "Magic circle in the middle of the room. Avoid its borders."
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[3/20/2026, 8:14:00 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Ooh, let me see."
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[3/20/2026, 8:14:27 PM] Imran Traveler
He is armed and fully operational, however.
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[3/20/2026, 8:15:04 PM] CBN
dubnoom trapped in the door.....
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[3/20/2026, 8:15:07 PM] CBN
ty
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[3/20/2026, 8:15:09 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Any way to discern the ~arcane purpose~ of this particular circle?
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[3/20/2026, 8:15:23 PM] Dammitwho
The light - a blue coruscation that illuminates almost the whole room - becomes clearer once you go further in. Behind the tanks is a bank of machinery, similar to that which you saw in the first minecart room, though it - like the tanks - is much larger. A great hole has been punched into one of its sides, and within it you can see arcs of electricity leaping.
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[3/20/2026, 8:15:29 PM] Nicolae
what about the source of those noises. gms don't splurge on noises unless something is about to get real
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[3/20/2026, 8:15:40 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Three more gooblintanks. Not great!"
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[3/20/2026, 8:15:49 PM] Dammitwho
Roll Arcana to examine the symbol, if you wish!
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[3/20/2026, 8:15:54 PM] Imran Traveler
"Four. One's loose already, perhaps."
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[3/20/2026, 8:16:05 PM] Dammitwho
(the noises are just from selecting 'Metal' from the dropdown list of possible dooropen noises. it's neat!)
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[3/20/2026, 8:16:06 PM] Imran Traveler
17
1d20 + 12 = 5 + 12 = 17
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[3/20/2026, 8:16:11 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
1d20 + 12
1d20 3 3
15
1d20 + 12
1d20 2 2
24
1d20 + 12 + 10 = 2 + 12 + 10 = 24
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[3/20/2026, 8:16:34 PM] Crion
his die knocked my die to a 13, that should stand,
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[3/20/2026, 8:17:10 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom doesn't have a damn CLUE what-- oh wait, yes he does. This is a summoning and binding circle, ages old, specifically tuned to the powers of Hell. So that's nice.
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[3/20/2026, 8:18:12 PM] Dammitwho
A weak, trembling voice calls out from somewhere behind the tanks. "Run, run for gods' sake...!"
It's too late, of course. The goo has noticed you.
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[3/20/2026, 8:18:44 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Demon circle!" He points. "Secondary to the situation."
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[3/20/2026, 8:18:59 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"So the meeting room, then."
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[3/20/2026, 8:19:13 PM] Imran Traveler
"Goo!"
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[3/20/2026, 8:19:19 PM] Dammitwho
The three remaining tanks spray green ooze as though they had suddenly experienced incredibly high pressure. The grotesque liquid pools in the rear of the room, building a creature... no, two creatures... no, three! Enormous, they rise out of the liquid!
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[3/20/2026, 8:19:45 PM] CBN
oh, no thank you.
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[3/20/2026, 8:20:13 PM] Zarick
guess we should have used the rest cave
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[3/20/2026, 8:20:12 PM] Nicolae
*gets out the hachi machi meter* hachi machi
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[3/20/2026, 8:20:16 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
❤️ ok ❤️ yay ❤️
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[3/20/2026, 8:20:20 PM] Imran Traveler
"My goddess bids me -- lords, you're ugly -- my goddess bids me offer you redemption. She thinks that even creatures such as you can turn your lives around. She thinks you don't have to be what you were made to be."
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[3/20/2026, 8:20:55 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran rolls his shoulder and swings his sword. "So let's get on with it, and you can tell me when you agree."
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[3/20/2026, 8:21:03 PM] Tak Ironflame
It would be so, so convenient if Imran's goddess decided that right now was the right time to put a little effort of her own into these conversions.
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[3/20/2026, 8:21:27 PM] Young Fleshwyrm
A hideous amalgam of flesh with many-parted jaws rises over the twin black oozes flanking it! It lets out a hideous roar, an emanation of fury that makes the walls shake!
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[3/20/2026, 8:21:46 PM] Young Fleshwyrm
It spreads four leathery wings, belching acid towards the ceiling in a spray of defiance!
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[3/20/2026, 8:21:58 PM] Dammitwho
Having completed this dungeon, you must now face.... a Dragon
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[3/20/2026, 8:22:03 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun roars back. It doesn't make the walls shake, but it's a good effort.
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[3/20/2026, 8:22:02 PM] Dammitwho
Ahaha! Ahahahahaha!
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[3/20/2026, 8:22:05 PM] Crion
hmm
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[3/20/2026, 8:22:10 PM] Crion
that's probably fine
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[3/20/2026, 8:22:26 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak doesn't roar. He lets the gun do that.
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[3/20/2026, 8:22:27 PM] Crion
let's do it two weeks from now so i can get another hero point,
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[3/20/2026, 8:22:47 PM] Dammitwho
6
1d8 = 6 = 6
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[3/20/2026, 8:22:55 PM] Young Fleshwyrm
Young Fleshwyrm takes 6 damage.
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[3/20/2026, 8:23:06 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Oh, good, it's young.
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[3/20/2026, 8:23:20 PM] Nicolae
did it just take 6 damage from its own acid spray
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[3/20/2026, 8:23:36 PM] Dammitwho
From out of the darkness, a crossbow bolt flies, hitting the fleshwyrm under one of its wings! It shrieks in rage!
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[3/20/2026, 8:23:44 PM] Dammitwho
(and will take a penalty to its init)
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[3/20/2026, 8:23:46 PM] Nicolae
!!!!
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[3/20/2026, 8:23:50 PM] Crion
ah thank god, a setting npc
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[3/20/2026, 8:24:12 PM] Crion
i'm not so proud to refuse one of those
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[3/20/2026, 8:24:32 PM] CBN
more like a...blative shielding, for us
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[3/20/2026, 8:24:33 PM] Dammitwho
don't expect much more help from them, however.... they sounded pretty weak when they warned you to flee
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[3/20/2026, 8:24:44 PM] Dammitwho
You will face the dragon... next week!
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[3/20/2026, 8:25:10 PM] Nicolae
except not because that's when zarick is moving
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[3/20/2026, 8:25:18 PM] Zarick
yeah sorry
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[3/20/2026, 8:25:21 PM] CBN
HELL yes. hell yes dragon
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[3/20/2026, 8:25:44 PM] Nicolae
i look forward to it!
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[3/20/2026, 8:28:41 PM] Gul Banana
same! death to someone
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[3/20/2026, 8:28:51 PM] Gul Banana
possibly us, possibly them
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[3/20/2026, 8:29:10 PM] Dammitwho
You will face the dragon... two weeks from now!