If Beaky is killed, I'm trying to figure out if Dubh is likely to blame you guys for attacking her or himself for letting her out.

She's a monster.  Letting her loose in the countryside is not especially conducive to settlement.

This adventure path gives me absolutely no guidance about what to do if you successfully let the owlbear get away. The various bandit lieutenants, yes; owlbears, no. It's going to lead to some difficult consequences for you immediately, and then it will probably take up residence somewhere you wanted to set up a logging camp or village or something. Maybe by then you can stick it in a zoo?

Dubh's POV: If the creature becomes a problem later we'll deal with it. It is immoral to have released it from captivity with the intent of having it fight an opponent and repay that with immediate slaughter.

My POV: This is probably going to bite me in the ass later, but that's a future me problem. If you guys kill her now, it's kinda rude. She did just help us with what could have been a very challenging battle.

Sophia is mostly aligned with Dubh's point of view to be honest. Beaky helped with Stag Lord. We owe her a chance to go out and live in her natural environment. If she causes trouble later, we'll have to deal with it.

I'm fine with that, and Wilkezag certainly is.

Not sure what I'm supposed to be doing with Falgrim, but I told him to stay put? That has to count for something right? Right?

Be near him so if he bolts you'll get a reactive strike.

Here is the most messed up part. Beaky's scream will not harm any of the enemy now, just us. The ones letting her go.

:P

It makes a lot of sense from her perspective though. It will briefly lower our likelihood of attacking her while she makes a run for it. Really all it does is lower our attacks and save DC's for a round or two against these rotters. Not the worst thing that could happen really. That would have been her deciding to take a swipe at us on the way through! Pretty sure she'd only have to roll about a 5 to hit me.

It completely makes sense, but it's pretty annoying, since I blew the save and I don't have another Focus point for another Counter Performance.  I considered using a Hero Point here, but with the zombies and the guy in the basement, we still have some more action to go.  If I had critically failed, I think I would have.

I reread the effects of being Frightened. Turns out I was mistaken before, it doesn't effect your attack rolls. Just Checks and DC's.

It absolutely does. Attack rolls are a kind of check, just like Armor Class is a kind of DC (it's the DC of attack rolls hitting you). Being frightened is really bad, and the saving grace is that it usually goes away pretty quickly on its own. But this is why dirge of doom is such a strong contender for the best single action in the entire game.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:44, Tue 30 Apr.

Interesting, I thought I was wrong. But I was right!

Dubh will plink away at the zombies. Gotta love multi targeting cantrips!

I also plan to play plinko with the undead.

So the Ocean's Balm doesn't cost you anything to cast?   I see that you can't do it to any one person more often than every 10 minutes, but I guess that means we are all healed up to full whenever we have down time.

In reply to Wilkezag (msg # 1210):

Yes, correct.

Do you actually want me to roll treat injury or do we simply assume that it goes off without a hitch?

You can if you like, but since Telric has unlimited non-combat healing, it no longer matters.  I didn't realize that when I had posted.

I was going to suggest that if either of you two, Dubh and Telric, have any good ideas for bringing him down into Sophia's range, you should do it.  He's using Gecko Grip to stay up out of her reach, according to GM.  (I'm not sure if we would know that, but at least we can see that he is doing the Spiderman thing on the wall.)  Maybe, Telric, you have something that could make the wall he's attached to a little less solid?

Druid's have great Will saves, so my Command is not likely to help.

Otherwise, Sophia, time to give that returning dagger another try.  :-)

In reply to Wilkezag (msg # 1214):

I am not sure I can use my reach from my elemental powers to grapple the guy and drag him down.

I feel that since GM also mentioned a "summon ability" that Sophia might have plenty to do down here very soon...

Yeah, although at this rate he might not get to use his summon! You guys have quite the habit of short-circuiting your enemies' tactics by just blasting them way harder than anyone expected. Even Nugrah, who burned one of his 3rd-rank spells JUST to have a few rounds to buff up, is already having things go poorly for him! Maybe I should have let him summon on round 1 even though he didn't quite have the actions for it (even with his unique 2-action summon ability, because it's one to Dismiss one with stone, one to climb the wall, and then... he only had one left). Oh well. It's not like the final result of this encounter was ever seriously in doubt.... probably.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:52, Thu 16 May.

This is what I get for not checking the map and just imagining the guy over our head. Thank you for moving me and taking an appropriate action!