Adventure7

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AdventureMonsters

Hectic, the Shadow:

AC 19, HP 70

• Defense: displacement: disadvantage for attackers until it has been hit once. Renews at start of new turn

• Ability: doppelganger: if engaged with Twitch, mirrors the attacks/damage done by Twitch against the shadow

• Ability: fast movement & init

• Ability: no damage on reflex dodge

• Attack: shadow blade, +12, 6D6

• Attack: shadow arrow, +12, 6D6

Twunch, the Mis-shapen:

AC 20, HP 140 Large, heavily armored, face is like wet clay

• Attack: Club, +12, 4D6, knockback 3, reach 2

• Ability: slow movement and init

Omega Twitch:

AC 19, HP 120 Like Twitch, but better. stands a bit taller, a bit straighter. muscles a little more defined, eyes a bit more bright. It's like there was a copying machine and Twitch was a somewhat blurry copy

• Defense: displacement: disadvantage for attackers until it has been hit once. Renews at start of new turn

• Ability: fast movement

• Ability: free acrobatic movement

• Defense: no damage on reflex dodge

• Defense: Unncanny Parry/arrow - fires an arrow that intercepts another bolt in midflight, once per rounds. Alternatively, uses his sword to deflect a bolt

• Attack: shadow blade, +12, 6D6

• Attack: shadow arrow, +12, 6D6

• Attack: backflips, attacks everyone on path

Twizard:

AC 17: HP 80 Defense: Shield, interrupt, +5AC Attack: TwitchBolt, +10, x2, 4d6 Attack: FireBall: DC19 reflex, 6d6 Ability: Power Word: Stun: 17DC con save. stunned one round, or at disadvantage for one round. 2d6

Black Cat Swarms (2):

AC 15, HP 60 Ability: Get underfoot, difficult movement, interfere with actions Ability: Black fur: dusts targets, prevents invisibility Attack: claws: +8, 1d6

Giant Black cat:

AC 17, HP 120 Defense: Invisibility at will Defense: mobility, does not trigger attacks of opportunity Attack: Claw bat: +14 to hit, 5d6

Adventure8

Clean up:

• turn in their final witch heart, make their final report

• spend several weeks on the border while this is all resolved, while they find a new team of WitchHammers to take over

• report to Terracino, Patricho

  • Patricho, golden chain

• take measurements for their gold bust

• asked by writer about their experiences, so that he can publish a popular account of their adventurers

• asked by bread makers to endorse their bread

• asked by beer maker to endorse their beer

• do they want to sell or buy any equipment?

Grand Ceremony:

• grand ceremony, main city square, 11:00 AM. Swelteringly hot

• guards from the priesthood, retired witch hammers both current and retired, city militia, city guards for crowd control, maybe 200 guards all told. small band not sure how many onlookers, maybe a few thousand

• giant crowd outside the raised wooden platform

• polish national anthem, please rise

• today is a day of honor. today is a day of victory. Today we celebrate these 4(5) WitchHammers, have bravely done battle with the monsters of the Forest. And today they claim their just reward for their vigilance and prowess. Please, present the busts

• bust are unveiled, massive cheers from the crowd

• during the cheers, see a shadow streak out to the busts, difficult to tell, but it is carrying one of those teleportation discs?

• the entire area around the busts starts to rapidly waver. the reality you saw there starts to waver, as the discs magic starts to take effect and teleport the shadow and the entire table away

• what do you want to do?

Forest Clearing:

• you are in a clearing in the forest, a little sunlight filtering through, but seems dark