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Adium joins Damian in watching for a chasing Iapetus.

Katherine heals Keli and drinks 1/3 of her potion after making sure Keli doesn't drink what she has.

Phet readies her Chain of Winter, prepared to fire more briny shards at the spear-having-guy should he reappear.

Katherine snatches the bottle from Keli's hands, healing her injuries with the blooded rings instead. Katherine drinks a third of the potion, minimizing the wounds taken onto herself.

Adium joins Damian at the tunnel's mouth, watching closely for Iapetus. For a long, tense moment, nothing further happens.

???: 4 + 5
???: 5 + 10

From the utter darkness of the hallway flies two shining spears. Damian and Adium duck behind cover, and the javelins strike nothing but rock.

Damian: 16 + 4
Adium: 12 + 6

The pair coordinate, Damian conjuring a blizzard and Adium raising a wall of bronze. Heavy impacts from the other side shake the wall, but for the moment it seems to hold.

Phet: 14 + 7 - 4(blizzard)

Phet stands on Ugress's back and launches a torrent of ice shards down over the wall. She can't see through the blizzard, but is reasonably sure that they were aimed roughly towards Iapetus. (-1 Vitality)

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Statuses

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Jack, Dryad Lord[D-G]: Arm injured(-1 attack)

AC: 18
Attack Modifier: +5
Will Modifier: +5
Agility Modifier: +7

Leafy Robes: +0 AC, has pockets with a variety of seeds, bulbs, and other assorted plant pieces. (Armour)
Shattered Eternities: +? attack, opens gates between realms. (Weapon/Major Talisman)
Song of Serpents: +3 willpower and control of two pets, currently Jack the Hypnatralx and Bubbles the Sea Hydra. Can play to summon a horde of small animals. (Major Talisman) (Disarmed)
Lesser Amulet of Schizon: Increased magic range. (Minor talisman)

Dryadism: +7 agility, +2 willpower, AC and attack are averaged between party members, can propel sharpened leaves as an unarmed attack, can plant roots to heal, can control plants, and has enhanced senses. Negated if armour is worn.
Keeper of Forgotten Secrets: Rune magic.
     Frulthar(Fire): Spray of sparks, uses will.
     Baraxis(Shield): Creates a forcefield in front of the caster.
     Drdax(Warding): Creates a field in front of the caster in which magic is less effective.
     Yvet(Thunder): Can use twice per action. Places a rune that triggers a boom of thunder when an enemy nears it. When two Yvet runes have line of sight, electricity arcs between them.

First, Second, Third, and Fourth Shards

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Phet[D-S]: Arm injured(-1 attack)

AC: 16 (18 with shield)
Attack Modifier: +5 with sickle
Will Modifier: +7
Agility Modifier: +1

Chain of Winter: +2 willpower, ice magic (Weapon). Can be worn around the neck to imbue magic with ice, in which case it becomes a minor talisman.
Orichalcum Shield: +2 AC (Shield)
Chain-Sickle: +5 attack, can manipulate chain at will. (Weapon)
Dragonling Hide: +16 AC, +1 agility. (Armour)
Broken Soul: +5 willpower, able to transform into a creature by touching its corpse. (Major talisman)
Anchor Amulet: Imbues magic with brine. (Minor talisman)

Fifth Shard

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Mageking Adium[D-L]: Chest critically injured (-3 AC)

AC: 18
Attack Modifier: +3 with dagger
Will Modifier: +6
Agility Modifier: -2

Ornate Orichalcum Dagger: +3 attack (Weapon)
Orichalcum Plate: +16 AC, -2 agility (Armour)
Shield of Stone: +2 AC, +3 will, grants Shaping of stone and rocks. (Major talisman)
Brazen Amulet: Imbues magic with bronze (Minor talisman)
Spouting Stone: Constantly generates a stream of water.

Mageking's Crown: +3 innate will. Magekings can create and manipulate "Magelight", a destructive energy. Attacks with Magelight are quite powerful and can be used as AoEs.
Mageking's Mark: Magic can be made more powerful by channeling the user's own lifeforce. Channeling lifeforce inflicts injuries on the user proportional to the amount channeled.

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Damian, Winterlord[C-P]: Chest critically injured (-3 AC)

AC: 19
Attack Modifier: (1 + weapon attack)
Will Modifier: +4
Agility Modifier: +1

Ice and Blood: +5 attack, ??? (Weapon)
Ornate Orichalcum Dagger: +3 attack (Weapon)
Crystal Mace: +4 attack, converts objects it strike into solid crystal. Slowly does the same to its wielder when held. (Weapon)
Boreal Armour: 18 AC, easier movement in deep snow, resistance to fire. (Armour)
Helm of Focus: +3 will, +1 AC, magic is more precise.
Amulet of Diamach: Imbues magic with necrosis. (Minor) [DISARMED]

Godling: +1 to all rolls, immunity to cold, resistance to fire.
Storm Within: Magic and weapons are imbued with cold. Cold magic is more powerful.
Winterlord: Can create or disperse blizzards and adverse winter conditions over an area. Can also manipulate freezing winds, including using them to achieve flight.

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Pricey[C-S]: Head superficially injured, leg injured(-1 agility)

AC: 17
Attack Modifier: +7 with sword, +6 with axe
Will Modifier: 0
Agility Modifier: -2

Cleaver: +5 attack, summons a spectral twin that can be used for another attack in the same turn.
Splintered Axe: +4 attack, wielder can switch between a gentle magnetic pulling effect or a powerful magnetic repulsion. -2 attack when the head is broken. (Weapon)
Ornate Orichalcum Dagger: +3 attack (Weapon)
Orichalcum Armour: 16 AC, -2 agility (Armour)
Automatum's Eye: +2 attack, glancing attacks do more damage. (Major talisman)
Nalr's Bracers: +1 AC, limited telekinesis. (Minor talisman)

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Keli[Ch-S]: Healthy

AC: 16
Attack Modifier: +5 with bow, +3 with daggers
Will Modifier: 0
Agility Modifier: -2

Bladed Orichalcum Bow: +5 attack, biological enemies receive a DoT bleeding effect. (Weapon)
Ornate Orichalcum Dagger x2: +3 attack (Weapon)
Shadow Drykl Armour: +15 AC, better sneaking while in darkness. (Armour)
Whisper: -2 attack when fired. The shooter is concealed in shadows for the remainder of the turn. Enemies struck are immobilized. Returns to its shooter's quiver. (Projectile)
Clockwork Bracer: Three modes: Square, triangle, and circle. Pressing the button in circle mode slows down time in the immediate area. Line mode slows down a target, and triangle mode imbues magic with slow. (Minor talisman)

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Katherine, the Red Queen[C-G]: Torso injured(-1 AC), leg injured(-1 agility)

AC: 17
Attack Modifier: +3 with knife
Will Modifier: +3
Agility Modifier: -1

Blooded Knife: +3/+6 attack, steals a small amount of damage dealt. (Blooded Weapon)
Orichalcum Shield: +2 AC
Lifeplate: 14 AC, -2 agility, heals two injuries or one severe injury at the end of combat. (Armour)
Blooded Rings: +2/+5 will, touch to an ally to heal injuries and take on yourself half the injuries healed. (Blooded Major Talisman)
Blooded Circlet: Magic is empowered and imbued with blood. (Blooded Minor Talisman)
Blooded Coin: The square glyph can be rubbed to increase the strength of the Blooded Knife, or the round glyph to increase the will bonus of the Blooded Rings.

Red Queen: +1 to AC and all rolls. Can use Blooded equipment, which cannot be disarmed and does not function when used by others.

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Jack(Snake): Healthy
AC: 12
Attack Modifier: +3 with acid
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Bubbles: Healthy
AC: 15
Attack Modifier: +4
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Ugress the Dracogriff: Healthy
AC: 21
Attack Modifier: +8

Silver Drake-Hide: +4 AC
Halvrathr(Mounted): +3 attack, bolts are extremely forceful. Can be fired while attempting another action, but reloading takes a full turn.
Slip n' Spike: Can be deployed to coat an area of floor in slippery balls and spiked caltrops. Also blood.
Leaf Parachute: Can be opened to slow a fall

Fire breath: Can breathe fire.

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Iapetus

Vitality: 37/40

AC: 17

Special Capabilities:

Javelins: As an action, Iapetus can create and throw two javelins at a distant target. If the first javelin misses, the second javelin has its attack roll doubled.
Spearpoint: Anyone attempting to strike Iapetus with a melee attack must first defend against a spear attack.
Sidestep: Upon dodging a ranged attack, Iapetus can hurl a javelin at the attacker.

Pricey is spinning while he is using the cleaver on Iapetus to slice it up

Under the cover of the blizzard, Damian fires large shards of ice at Iapetus.

Phet disarms her anchor and tries to form ice around Iapetus's legs to decrease his mobility.

Adium shapes the floor of the hallway in front of the wall to become sharp like caltrops.

Kelli helps  support the wall.

Attack Rolls

Iapetus: 18 + 5
Pricey: 14 + 5, 19 + 5

Damian: 18 + 4

Phet: 9 + 7

Adium: 3 + 6

Keli: 6

Iapetus: 20
Iapetus: 6 + 5

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Pricey swiftly scales the bronze wall and vaults over into the blizzard on the far side. A figure appears from the storm. A lance darts forth, surpassing his defenses and opening a wide gash on his chest. Undeterred by the red flow that issues from the wound, Pricey strikes twice: Once low, once high. The Cleaver in his right hand cuts into Iapetus's leg, drawing its attention from the spectral blade that cleaves downward into its shoulder. Iapetus reels back, left arm nearly completely severed. (-10 Vitality)

Standing atop the wall, Damian looses a barrage of icy spears. Four shards find their marks, met with meaty thuds. Iapetus retreats deeper into the blizzard. (-5 Vitality)

Phet takes off the anchor and attempts to form ice on the ground in the general vicinity of Iapetus. Though she can sense the ice forming, she cannot see if Iapetus is affected.

Adium and Keli reinforce the wall with their respective magics, but to little effect.

A mangled shape appears from the blizzard, spears in hand. Seeing it face him, Damian ducks down beneath the wall. Not fast enough.

A javelin strikes Damian dead center in the chest, razor head piercing deeply and great momentum throwing him backwards off the wall. The Magi lands flat on his back, weapon still embedded in his torso. Stars spin overhead, ribs crack and shift, and his breathing comes ragged and short.

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Phet[D-S]: Arm bandaged

AC: 16 (18 with shield)
Attack Modifier: +5 with sickle
Will Modifier: +7
Agility Modifier: +1

Chain of Winter: +2 willpower, ice magic (Weapon). Can be worn around the neck to imbue magic with ice, in which case it becomes a minor talisman.
Orichalcum Shield: +2 AC (Shield)
Chain-Sickle: +5 attack, can manipulate chain at will. (Weapon)
Dragonling Hide: +16 AC, +1 agility. (Armour)
Broken Soul: +5 willpower, able to transform into a creature by touching its corpse. (Major talisman)
Anchor Amulet: Imbues magic with brine. (Minor talisman)

Fifth Shard

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Mageking Adium[D-L]: Healthy

AC: 18
Attack Modifier: +3 with dagger
Will Modifier: +6
Agility Modifier: -2

Ornate Orichalcum Dagger: +3 attack (Weapon)
Orichalcum Plate: +16 AC, -2 agility (Armour)
Shield of Stone: +2 AC, +3 will, grants Shaping of stone and rocks. (Major talisman)
Brazen Amulet: Imbues magic with bronze (Minor talisman)
Spouting Stone: Constantly generates a stream of water.

Mageking's Crown: +3 innate will. Magekings can create and manipulate "Magelight", a destructive energy. Attacks with Magelight are quite powerful and can be used as AoEs.
Mageking's Mark: Magic can be made more powerful by channeling the user's own lifeforce. Channeling lifeforce inflicts injuries on the user proportional to the amount channeled.

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Damian, Winterlord[C-P]: Chest critically injured (-3 AC), head injured(-1 will)

AC: 19
Attack Modifier: (1 + weapon attack)
Will Modifier: +4
Agility Modifier: +1

Ice and Blood: +5 attack, ??? (Weapon)
Ornate Orichalcum Dagger: +3 attack (Weapon)
Crystal Mace: +4 attack, converts objects it strike into solid crystal. Slowly does the same to its wielder when held. (Weapon)
Boreal Armour: 18 AC, easier movement in deep snow, resistance to fire. (Armour)
Helm of Focus: +3 will, +1 AC, magic is more precise.
Amulet of Diamach: Imbues magic with necrosis. (Minor) [DISARMED]

Godling: +1 to all rolls, immunity to cold, resistance to fire.
Storm Within: Magic and weapons are imbued with cold. Cold magic is more powerful.
Winterlord: Can create or disperse blizzards and adverse winter conditions over an area. Can also manipulate freezing winds, including using them to achieve flight.

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Pricey[C-S]: Head superficially injured, chest severely injured(-2 AC), leg injured(-1 agility)

AC: 17
Attack Modifier: +7 with sword, +6 with axe
Will Modifier: 0
Agility Modifier: -2

Cleaver: +5 attack, summons a spectral twin that can be used for another attack in the same turn.
Splintered Axe: +4 attack, wielder can switch between a gentle magnetic pulling effect or a powerful magnetic repulsion. -2 attack when the head is broken. (Weapon)
Ornate Orichalcum Dagger: +3 attack (Weapon)
Orichalcum Armour: 16 AC, -2 agility (Armour)
Automatum's Eye: +2 attack, glancing attacks do more damage. (Major talisman)
Nalr's Bracers: +1 AC, limited telekinesis. (Minor talisman)

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Keli[Ch-S]: Healthy

AC: 16
Attack Modifier: +5 with bow, +3 with daggers
Will Modifier: 0
Agility Modifier: -2

Bladed Orichalcum Bow: +5 attack, biological enemies receive a DoT bleeding effect. (Weapon)
Ornate Orichalcum Dagger x2: +3 attack (Weapon)
Shadow Drykl Armour: +15 AC, better sneaking while in darkness. (Armour)
Whisper: -2 attack when fired. The shooter is concealed in shadows for the remainder of the turn. Enemies struck are immobilized. Returns to its shooter's quiver. (Projectile)
Clockwork Bracer: Three modes: Square, triangle, and circle. Pressing the button in circle mode slows down time in the immediate area. Line mode slows down a target, and triangle mode imbues magic with slow. (Minor talisman)

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Katherine, the Red Queen[C-G]: Torso injured(-1 AC), leg injured(-1 agility)

AC: 17
Attack Modifier: +3 with knife
Will Modifier: +3
Agility Modifier: -1

Blooded Knife: +3/+6 attack, steals a small amount of damage dealt. (Blooded Weapon)
Orichalcum Shield: +2 AC
Lifeplate: 14 AC, -2 agility, heals two injuries or one severe injury at the end of combat. (Armour)
Blooded Rings: +2/+5 will, touch to an ally to heal injuries and take on yourself half the injuries healed. (Blooded Major Talisman)
Blooded Circlet: Magic is empowered and imbued with blood. (Blooded Minor Talisman)
Blooded Coin: The square glyph can be rubbed to increase the strength of the Blooded Knife, or the round glyph to increase the will bonus of the Blooded Rings.

Red Queen: +1 to AC and all rolls. Can use Blooded equipment, which cannot be disarmed and does not function when used by others.

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Jack(Snake): Healthy
AC: 12
Attack Modifier: +3 with acid
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Bubbles: Healthy
AC: 15
Attack Modifier: +4
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Ugress the Dracogriff: Healthy
AC: 21
Attack Modifier: +8

Silver Drake-Hide: +4 AC
Halvrathr(Mounted): +3 attack, bolts are extremely forceful. Can be fired while attempting another action, but reloading takes a full turn.
Slip n' Spike: Can be deployed to coat an area of floor in slippery balls and spiked caltrops. Also blood.
Leaf Parachute: Can be opened to slow a fall

Fire breath: Can breathe fire.

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Iapetus

Vitality: 22/40

AC: 17

Special Capabilities:

Javelins: As an action, Iapetus can create and throw two javelins at a distant target. If the first javelin misses, the second javelin has its attack roll doubled.
Spearpoint: Anyone attempting to strike Iapetus with a melee attack must first defend against a spear attack.
Sidestep: Upon dodging a ranged attack, Iapetus can hurl a javelin at the attacker.

Katherine takes Damian's chest injury upon herself and makes sure her injury doesn't become critical with health potion

Phet reequips the anchor and sends another barrage of briny ice shards at Iapetus because whittling down the enemy is better than nothing.

Keli attempts to reinforce the wall again.

Pricey should be very careful about his chest injury before he cuts up Iapetus with his cleaver, hoping not to get stabbed a few times

Damian creates some icy shards to complement the wall, being careful to watch out for any danger.

Adium attacks Iapetus with magelight, reinforcing the attack by channeling his four limbs.

Attack Rolls

Phet: 11 + 7

Keli: 5

Iapetus: 5 + 5
Pricey: 9 + 5, 15 + 5

Damian: 10 + 3

Adium: 20

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Power masses in Adium's extremities, consuming his vitality and growing with every passing moment. Pain builds in his arms and legs, but he holds on to the energy. Not yet.

Katherine touches Damian's shoulder and focuses. Five rings on her fingers glow softly with a scarlet light, and the chains connecting them hum quietly. The pain in Damian's chest eases as bone, flesh, and skin knit themselves back together. Katherine finishes the contents of the potion vial grasped in her other hand, dampening the effects of Damian's wound upon her own body.

Phet dons the anchor talisman and extends her hand. A thin veneer of frost creeps outwards onto the stone nearby, and a salty breeze wafts through the cavern. Slivers of ice, as hard and sharp as broken glass, burst forth from her palm to seek the throat of her uncanny foe. Iapetus dodges and weaves, but two splinters of ice pierce his shoulder and calf. (-1 Vitality)

Adium still does not release the power mounting within him. He holds on.

Keli quiets her mind and focuses on the task at hand, but still fails to summon the concentration necessary to reinforce the bronze wall before her to any meaningful degree.

Pricey lunges forward, ducking beneath Iapetus's outstretched spear, and performs a pair of swift cuts. The first blow rings on the shaft of a spear, but the second finds its mark in Iapetus's side. (-2 Vitality)

Adium holds on.

Damian grows a set of defensive spikes on the exterior of the bronze wall in an attempt to stave off further advances and keep Iapetus within the blizzard.

Adium lets go.

Howling light and searing wind. Magelight erupts from Adium's limbs, striking Iapetus with the force of a falling meteor. His body begins to disintegrate even as it is lifted off the ground and hurled backwards, the force of its impact spreading cracks through the stone wall.

A second explosion of Magelight shatters the rock face, sending what remains of Iapetus backwards into the newly-made dent in the wall. A third turns the dent into a deep hole, and a fourth collapses the roof.

When the dust settles, the wall lies in a pile of rubble. The only sign that Iapetus was ever there is the faint glint of something metal, half buried beneath a rock.

The red lines in Katherine's Lifeplate pulse gently. A wave of relief washes over her as the armour heals her wounded torso.

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Statuses

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Phet[D-S]: Arm bandaged

AC: 16 (18 with shield)
Attack Modifier: +5 with sickle
Will Modifier: +7
Agility Modifier: +1

Chain of Winter: +2 willpower, ice magic (Weapon). Can be worn around the neck to imbue magic with ice, in which case it becomes a minor talisman.
Orichalcum Shield: +2 AC (Shield)
Chain-Sickle: +5 attack, can manipulate chain at will. (Weapon)
Dragonling Hide: +16 AC, +1 agility. (Armour)
Broken Soul: +5 willpower, able to transform into a creature by touching its corpse. (Major talisman)
Anchor Amulet: Imbues magic with brine. (Minor talisman)

Fifth Shard

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Mageking Adium[D-L]: Arm injured(-1 attack), arm injured(-1 attack), leg injured(-1 agility), leg injured(-1 agility)

AC: 18
Attack Modifier: +3 with dagger
Will Modifier: +6
Agility Modifier: -2

Ornate Orichalcum Dagger: +3 attack (Weapon)
Orichalcum Plate: +16 AC, -2 agility (Armour)
Shield of Stone: +2 AC, +3 will, grants Shaping of stone and rocks. (Major talisman)
Brazen Amulet: Imbues magic with bronze (Minor talisman)
Spouting Stone: Constantly generates a stream of water.

Mageking's Crown: +3 innate will. Magekings can create and manipulate "Magelight", a destructive energy. Attacks with Magelight are quite powerful and can be used as AoEs.
Mageking's Mark: Magic can be made more powerful by channeling the user's own lifeforce. Channeling lifeforce inflicts injuries on the user proportional to the amount channeled.

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Damian, Winterlord[C-P]: Head injured(-1 will)

AC: 19
Attack Modifier: (1 + weapon attack)
Will Modifier: +4
Agility Modifier: +1

Ice and Blood: +5 attack, ??? (Weapon)
Ornate Orichalcum Dagger: +3 attack (Weapon)
Crystal Mace: +4 attack, converts objects it strike into solid crystal. Slowly does the same to its wielder when held. (Weapon)
Boreal Armour: 18 AC, easier movement in deep snow, resistance to fire. (Armour)
Helm of Focus: +3 will, +1 AC, magic is more precise.
Amulet of Diamach: Imbues magic with necrosis. (Minor) [DISARMED]

Godling: +1 to all rolls, immunity to cold, resistance to fire.
Storm Within: Magic and weapons are imbued with cold. Cold magic is more powerful.
Winterlord: Can create or disperse blizzards and adverse winter conditions over an area. Can also manipulate freezing winds, including using them to achieve flight.

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Pricey[C-S]: Head superficially injured, chest severely injured(-2 AC), leg injured(-1 agility)

AC: 17
Attack Modifier: +7 with sword, +6 with axe
Will Modifier: 0
Agility Modifier: -2

Cleaver: +5 attack, summons a spectral twin that can be used for another attack in the same turn.
Splintered Axe: +4 attack, wielder can switch between a gentle magnetic pulling effect or a powerful magnetic repulsion. -2 attack when the head is broken. (Weapon)
Ornate Orichalcum Dagger: +3 attack (Weapon)
Orichalcum Armour: 16 AC, -2 agility (Armour)
Automatum's Eye: +2 attack, glancing attacks do more damage. (Major talisman)
Nalr's Bracers: +1 AC, limited telekinesis. (Minor talisman)

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Keli[Ch-S]: Healthy

AC: 16
Attack Modifier: +5 with bow, +3 with daggers
Will Modifier: 0
Agility Modifier: -2

Bladed Orichalcum Bow: +5 attack, biological enemies receive a DoT bleeding effect. (Weapon)
Ornate Orichalcum Dagger x2: +3 attack (Weapon)
Shadow Drykl Armour: +15 AC, better sneaking while in darkness. (Armour)
Whisper: -2 attack when fired. The shooter is concealed in shadows for the remainder of the turn. Enemies struck are immobilized. Returns to its shooter's quiver. (Projectile)
Clockwork Bracer: Three modes: Square, triangle, and circle. Pressing the button in circle mode slows down time in the immediate area. Line mode slows down a target, and triangle mode imbues magic with slow. (Minor talisman)

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Katherine, the Red Queen[C-G]: Leg injured(-1 agility)

AC: 17
Attack Modifier: +3 with knife
Will Modifier: +3
Agility Modifier: -1

Blooded Knife: +3/+6 attack, steals a small amount of damage dealt. (Blooded Weapon)
Orichalcum Shield: +2 AC
Lifeplate: 14 AC, -2 agility, heals two injuries or one severe injury at the end of combat. (Armour)
Blooded Rings: +2/+5 will, touch to an ally to heal injuries and take on yourself half the injuries healed. (Blooded Major Talisman)
Blooded Circlet: Magic is empowered and imbued with blood. (Blooded Minor Talisman)
Blooded Coin: The square glyph can be rubbed to increase the strength of the Blooded Knife, or the round glyph to increase the will bonus of the Blooded Rings.

Red Queen: +1 to AC and all rolls. Can use Blooded equipment, which cannot be disarmed and does not function when used by others.

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Jack(Snake): Healthy
AC: 12
Attack Modifier: +3 with acid
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Bubbles: Healthy
AC: 15
Attack Modifier: +4
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Ugress the Dracogriff: Healthy
AC: 21
Attack Modifier: +8

Silver Drake-Hide: +4 AC
Halvrathr(Mounted): +3 attack, bolts are extremely forceful. Can be fired while attempting another action, but reloading takes a full turn.
Slip n' Spike: Can be deployed to coat an area of floor in slippery balls and spiked caltrops. Also blood.
Leaf Parachute: Can be opened to slow a fall

Fire breath: Can breathe fire.

"Well. That was neat." Phet says, guiding Ugress to bring her back over the protective wall so that she may continue onward and upwards, examining the metal thing left behind.

Damian carefully approaches the remains of Iapetus.

"Are you sure it's safe to touch this thing?" he asks, cautiously.

"I can say without a doubt that this entire dungeon is not safe to touch, so I mean, might as well tempt fate." Phet replies.

Keli watches to see what happens.

Damian and Phet crowd around to inspect the metal object. It appears to be a spear buried in the rubble, only a section of coppery haft left exposed. Jack opens his tome.

"Thorn"

"Pierce the flesh of a man or monster, and this weapon will branch out within its blood like a thistle-brush. Its thorns of bronze will spare no mortal foe, but there is no reversal to its effect. Once used, the spear is useless."

Phet pulls Thorn out from beneath the rocks. There is no spearhead or edge, the haft simply tapers down to a conical point. Polished bronze, etched with indecipherable runes, glints in the dim light.

"That goes in the bag." Phet says, putting it in said bag. "Onward and upwards, everyone?"

oh also phet uses the book on the shards because why not

Phet places Thorn, very carefully, into the bag. Holding out a Shard, she flips open the book in Jack's hand.

The book lies open, one page filled with illustrations and the other with text. Strangely, the diagrams do not show the broken fragment of metal: They provide a view of the completed weapon.

A great two-handed sword with seven points: A single tapering tip at the end of the blade, and six thorn-like shapes that jut forwards from each edge of the weapon. It glints brightly, blue light shining from silver steel.

"Arbiter

The blood and will of twelve gods, given shape and form. Creation, change, and destruction embodied. The hope and doom of all. None may stand in the way of Arbiter, nor dare defy its purpose.

Or s-"

Something odd happens as Phet reads. Starting at the bottom of the page, the paper begins to dissolve, disintegrating into dust. There was more lines of text to be read, but it is too late. She can only watch as the destruction spreads to the rest of the page.

The ashes disperse on a faint breeze, leaving no sign that the page on Arbiter had ever existed.

Katherine walks around the party, taking their wounds upon herself. When all her companions are healthy, she finishes the remainder of the group's healing potions to put herself back in fighting shape.

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Statuses

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Phet[D-S]: Healthy

AC: 16 (18 with shield)
Attack Modifier: +5 with sickle
Will Modifier: +7
Agility Modifier: +1

Chain of Winter: +2 willpower, ice magic (Weapon). Can be worn around the neck to imbue magic with ice, in which case it becomes a minor talisman.
Orichalcum Shield: +2 AC (Shield)
Chain-Sickle: +5 attack, can manipulate chain at will. (Weapon)
Dragonling Hide: +16 AC, +1 agility. (Armour)
Broken Soul: +5 willpower, able to transform into a creature by touching its corpse. (Major talisman)
Anchor Amulet: Imbues magic with brine. (Minor talisman)

Fifth Shard

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Mageking Adium[D-L]: Healthy

AC: 18
Attack Modifier: +3 with dagger
Will Modifier: +6
Agility Modifier: -2

Ornate Orichalcum Dagger: +3 attack (Weapon)
Orichalcum Plate: +16 AC, -2 agility (Armour)
Shield of Stone: +2 AC, +3 will, grants Shaping of stone and rocks. (Major talisman)
Brazen Amulet: Imbues magic with bronze (Minor talisman)
Spouting Stone: Constantly generates a stream of water.

Mageking's Crown: +3 innate will. Magekings can create and manipulate "Magelight", a destructive energy. Attacks with Magelight are quite powerful and can be used as AoEs.
Mageking's Mark: Magic can be made more powerful by channeling the user's own lifeforce. Channeling lifeforce inflicts injuries on the user proportional to the amount channeled.

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Damian, Winterlord[C-P]: Healthy

AC: 19
Attack Modifier: (1 + weapon attack)
Will Modifier: +4
Agility Modifier: +1

Ice and Blood: +5 attack, ??? (Weapon)
Ornate Orichalcum Dagger: +3 attack (Weapon)
Crystal Mace: +4 attack, converts objects it strike into solid crystal. Slowly does the same to its wielder when held. (Weapon)
Boreal Armour: 18 AC, easier movement in deep snow, resistance to fire. (Armour)
Helm of Focus: +3 will, +1 AC, magic is more precise.
Amulet of Diamach: Imbues magic with necrosis. (Minor) [DISARMED]

Godling: +1 to all rolls, immunity to cold, resistance to fire.
Storm Within: Magic and weapons are imbued with cold. Cold magic is more powerful.
Winterlord: Can create or disperse blizzards and adverse winter conditions over an area. Can also manipulate freezing winds, including using them to achieve flight.

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Pricey[C-S]: Healthy

AC: 17
Attack Modifier: +7 with sword, +6 with axe
Will Modifier: 0
Agility Modifier: -2

Cleaver: +5 attack, summons a spectral twin that can be used for another attack in the same turn.
Splintered Axe: +4 attack, wielder can switch between a gentle magnetic pulling effect or a powerful magnetic repulsion. -2 attack when the head is broken. (Weapon)
Ornate Orichalcum Dagger: +3 attack (Weapon)
Orichalcum Armour: 16 AC, -2 agility (Armour)
Automatum's Eye: +2 attack, glancing attacks do more damage. (Major talisman)
Nalr's Bracers: +1 AC, limited telekinesis. (Minor talisman)

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Keli[Ch-S]: Healthy

AC: 16
Attack Modifier: +5 with bow, +3 with daggers
Will Modifier: 0
Agility Modifier: -2

Bladed Orichalcum Bow: +5 attack, biological enemies receive a DoT bleeding effect. (Weapon)
Ornate Orichalcum Dagger x2: +3 attack (Weapon)
Shadow Drykl Armour: +15 AC, better sneaking while in darkness. (Armour)
Whisper: -2 attack when fired. The shooter is concealed in shadows for the remainder of the turn. Enemies struck are immobilized. Returns to its shooter's quiver. (Projectile)
Clockwork Bracer: Three modes: Square, triangle, and circle. Pressing the button in circle mode slows down time in the immediate area. Line mode slows down a target, and triangle mode imbues magic with slow. (Minor talisman)

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Katherine, the Red Queen[C-G]: Arm injured(-1 attack), Leg injured(-1 agility)

AC: 17
Attack Modifier: +3 with knife
Will Modifier: +3
Agility Modifier: -1

Blooded Knife: +3/+6 attack, steals a small amount of damage dealt. (Blooded Weapon)
Orichalcum Shield: +2 AC
Lifeplate: 14 AC, -2 agility, heals two injuries or one severe injury at the end of combat. (Armour)
Blooded Rings: +2/+5 will, touch to an ally to heal injuries and take on yourself half the injuries healed. (Blooded Major Talisman)
Blooded Circlet: Magic is empowered and imbued with blood. (Blooded Minor Talisman)
Blooded Coin: The square glyph can be rubbed to increase the strength of the Blooded Knife, or the round glyph to increase the will bonus of the Blooded Rings.

Red Queen: +1 to AC and all rolls. Can use Blooded equipment, which cannot be disarmed and does not function when used by others.

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Jack(Snake): Healthy
AC: 12
Attack Modifier: +3 with acid
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Bubbles: Healthy
AC: 15
Attack Modifier: +4
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Ugress the Dracogriff: Healthy
AC: 21
Attack Modifier: +8

Silver Drake-Hide: +4 AC
Halvrathr(Mounted): +3 attack, bolts are extremely forceful. Can be fired while attempting another action, but reloading takes a full turn.
Slip n' Spike: Can be deployed to coat an area of floor in slippery balls and spiked caltrops. Also blood.
Leaf Parachute: Can be opened to slow a fall

Fire breath: Can breathe fire.