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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tecklenburg" data-source="post: 6605322" data-attributes="member: 6781356">Alright, lets start this thing off.As we approach the horde of enemies that await us, my bow is ready with an arrow strung.  By the light of the moon, I take in the vastness of the task before us and breathe a steadying breath.  If this is to be my last fight, I vow to take every last enemy with me that I possibly can.[sblock]Volley (Dex) on the Unfettered Kraken near the bluff4, 3 + 1 = 8d8 damage and I'll go with reducing ammo by 1.  5 - 2 = 3 damage.[/sblock]From my position on his upper back, I shout to Averandox.  "The left one!  Near the bluff!  Bring me in as close as you can!"As the creature's 60 foot long tentacles come at us, Averandox buffets the blow with his mighty wing while I stand up and take evasive maneuvers.  Preparing for my leap onto the creature, I crouch for a short sprint.  I then make a diving leap through the air, tucking and spinning between the thick appendages, hoping to land on the mantle.[sblock]Otthor Defy Danger (Dex)5, 5 + 1 = 11Averandox Defy Danger (Con)1, 5 + 2 = 8Success but a worse outcome, hard bargain, or ugly choice.[/sblock]First me on the back of the injured kraken.Upon landing on the spongy body of the creature, with my feet firmly beneath me I begin my blade dance, moving to the silent dirge of the creature that only I can hear.[sblock]Flawless Bladework (Int)3, 1 + 3 = 7d8 damage, 1 technique, and counterattack.  7 - 2 = 5 damage.Torrential: Your attack ends with a flurry of strikes that your opponent must dedicate effort to blocking or avoiding. If they instead attack you in response to your attack, deal your damage again (this does not apply techniques).d10 + 5 (Forceful) Counterattack on me.  7 + 5 - 2 = 10 damage.  Ouch.d8 Torrential damage.  8 - 2 = 6 damage.[/sblock]Well, then lets not roll a 7-9 eh?  A 10 + would have really been nice there.  I don't get the chance to roll for any Bladesong...which could get me out of this mess with some a port...I lose an extra technique...and I eat 10 damage and a deadly grapple!  I'm at 6 HP...I writhe and wriggle but can't get my sword free or get to my knife.  With all the strength I can muster I attempt to burst the creature's grasp![sblock]Defy Danger (Str)4, 4 - 1 = 7Success but a worse outcome, hard bargain, or ugly choice.[/sblock]Alright, to Averandox right quick.The mighty dragon has rarely felt such strength before.  He has dueled many other wyrms who would challenge his right to rule.  Only those worthy challengers have wrenched him so.  He dives to gain speed and lift, intent on circling around and raining frozen hell down upon the aboleth's army of fish-men![sblock]Defy Danger (Str)6, 5 + 2 = 11[/sblock]He swoops hard right as he regains his speed and left, in a broad turn.Averandox doesn't fear puny javelins!  Are you kidding me?!  And the other 20 will know fear as the force of his flyby and his mighty roar send their ranks into a terror-stricken panic![sblock]Defy Danger (Con)5, 1 + 2 = 8Success but a worse outcome, hard bargain, or ugly choice.d6 + 4 + 5, 1 piercing.  4 + 4 + 5 - 2 = 11 damage.Frozen Breath2, 3 + 2 = 7.2d6 damage, ignores armor to 15 Sahuagin.  1 + 4 = 5 damage.  10 Sahuagin dead.- 1 ongoing to Frozen Breath.Aura of Terror3, 6 + 2 = 11They flee in terror of your awful presence for a moment.[/sblock]I'll do Otthor again and we'll pick up on Averandox later.I land soft on the flying kraken's body.  As the other one quickly approaches, I realize that I have to finish this one off or it will be me that is finished.  Sword and spell tear into tentacles that assail me and my dance takes me to one of the eyes for a messy gouging![sblock]Flawless Bladework (Int)6, 5 + 3 = 14d8 damage, 2 techniques.  6 - 2 = 4 damage.Burst * 2: Your attack deals an additional 1d4 damage and gains the ‘forceful’ tag. 2 * 2 = 4 damage.  Dead.[/sblock]Can I use both forceful tags from Burst * 2 to use force magic and throw the creature near the edge of the bluff so I can just jump down to it?Alright, as I slay the first kraken, I fling my hand out wide toward the edge of the bluff and the falling body makes it to the edge before it splats onto the earth far below.  As I step off, I feel the pull of the Bladesong rhythmically guiding my movements.[sblock]Bladesong (Int)4, 1 + 3 = 81 Bladesong for any of:    * Void Note - Teleport somewhere nearby within your line of sight.    * Guarded Flourish - When you have no weapon or shield in your offhand and you take damage, take + 2 armor.    * Blade Crescendo - When you deal damage to an enemy within your melee weapon's range, gain 2 piercing.[/sblock]Going to stop with Otthor at the edge of the bluff, caught up in the trance of the bladesong, second Unfettered Kraken coming into Near range.Here is Averandox's Defy Danger for the powerful aboleth enchantment:[sblock]Defy Danger (Wis)6, 3 + 2 = 11[/sblock]Averandox scoffs at the pathetic mental intrusion, beats his wings once hard and flies a bee-line for the foolish, squishy aboleth!</blockquote>

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