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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Binks" data-source="post: 6587156" data-attributes="member: 6775039">[sblock]Marked 1 xp for Otthor using my Decades of Experience[/sblock]Alright, I guess its up to me to slay this aboleth and rescue the dragon.  I turn and sprint to put some distance between myself and the Aboleth Overseer (AO2) on this creature (out to Far).  I figure it is probably pretty close (maybe just out of Reach range?) when Otthor used his force magic and the dragon wing-buffeted it.  I'll run toward the southern end of the long moraine...so if it wants to get to me it will have to cross the remorhaz's northerly track after it finishes its meal...[sblock]Defy Danger (Dex)1, 3 + 2 = 6.Mark 1 xp.[/sblock]Oh that is not good.[sblock]d6 ignores armor.  Rolled 6.[/sblock]This is really bad.  5 HP left.  I reach out to my animal friends.  Rawr grasps me with his long arms and the dog takes a mouthful of my winter cloak at the wrist and they pull me to the actual permafrost while I endure the roasting...hopefully.[sblock]Using the sheepdog's Intervene so I can only get a 7-9 result at best.  I can't have another hard move.Defy Danger (Con) 4, 1 + 1 (+1) = 7.Success but with a worse outcome, a hard bargain, or an ugly choice[/sblock]Ah screw it.  If I fail and roll a 5 or 6, so be it.  We're going to get to find out Saerie's mettle right now.Searing pain in every nerve of her body, she growls as she reaches into the boiling water to quickly grab her small bundle of arrows before they sink to the bottom.[sblock]Defy Danger (Con)4, 5 + 1 = 10[/sblock]She lets out a feral roar as her hand and arm are again burned terribly...but she grabs the arrows despite it.  In one smooth motion from her knee, she turns and fires a barrage of arrows at the nearest attacking the dragon (AO2 - the one that Otthor injured).[sblock]Volley (Dex) 4, 2 + 2 = 8I'll choose danger as my consequence.d8 damage.  Rolled 5 - 1 = 4.[/sblock]Urg.  I'd like to lure him to the Overseer on the ridge of the moraine, but I have to keep the dragon and aboleths in my Far range.  Wait.  I have an entire satchel filled with rations.  If I empty my satchel of all but 10 of the rations, will that be enough to hold him off for a few while I fire off more arrows?   Alright, I empty the rest of the rations on the ground except for the 10 (marked off 10 rations down to 27), fold the satchel real quick and throw it toward him so it slides nearby.  When he investigates it and begins to eat, I'm firing off more arrows. [sblock]Volley (Dex)2, 5 + 2 = 9I'll take danger again.d8 damage.  Rolled 8 (!) - 1 = 7 damage.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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