[X] I'm tired of these motherfucking Formless on this motherfucking Material Plane (paraphrasing Samuel L. Jackson) -[X] From the ship, we'll need a volunteer to use the Horn of the Wearbear to become a Zentragt and our newly hired drummer to play the Drums of Haste, along with Tom, Zaia, and Inge. -[X] Before the fight: --[X] The Zentragt will use its Bear's Endurance SLA (+4 CON) on Roland, Tom, and Swift Pebble (for a total of +2 HP). It will use its Rage SLA (+2 STR & CON, +1 Will saves, -2 AC) on Roland (for a total of +15 HP) and Tom (for a total of +9 HP). --[X] Inge will cast Mage Armor on herself and Zaia, having already cast it on Swift Pebble before the group first explored the "rock". She will use her Guidance cantrip on everyone immediately before combat, this will be used to help resist Formless special abilities or SLAs. --[X] Esha will renew her Shield spell and Twilight Barrier, if necessary, and cast Mage Armor on the Zentragt and drummer. --[X] Zaia will drink his Mutagen (+2 Natural Armor, +4 CON, -2 CHA) and apply a dose of Greenblood Oil (1 CON damage per round for 4 rounds, DC 13 Fort) poison to Roland, Tom's, and Swift Pebble's weapons. He will use his Bomber's Eye and Targeted Bomb Admixture extracts just before combat begins. --[X] The drummer will begin making Perform checks to activate the drums' Haste spell. Once he is successful, this will be the signal for the Great Work to expel the Formless in the desired positioning. The designated targets for the Haste effect will be Roland, Tom, Wanderer, the Zentragt, and Swift Pebble. The drummer will stay well back from combat, along with our other casters. --[X] Tom will use Coordinated Maneuvers to give everyone a +2 bonus to Combat Maneuvers for the next four rounds. --[X] If possible, we're going to want the Great Worm to expel both Formless so that their backs are to most of the group, so that the Zentragt can Bull Rush it from behind as soon as it emerges. Wanderer would be positioned so that the other Formless would be facing him while everyone else is behind it, allowing him to draw its attention while everyone else attacks from behind, granting a party-wide Flanking bonus against it. -[X] Surprise Round: --[X] Roland will use Encouraging Roar as a Swift Action to give everyone a +2 Morale bonus to attack and damage rolls for one round. He and Tom will Power Attack the first Formless immediately after Inge, Zaia, and Esha hit it with their abilities and Wanderer makes the first attack. Roland (+13/+13 Attack vs Flat-Footed AC of 17: 1d8+10+1d6; 17-20/x2) and Tom (+11/+11 Attack vs Flat-Footed AC of 17: 1d8+5; x3) will attempt to keep the Formless Flanked between them and Wanderer (everyone's attack bonuses in this round include the +2 bonus from Flanking the Formless). In the next round, as a Swift Action Roland will use Challenge (+4 damage bonus for Roland, +2 attack bonus for everyone attacking his Challenge target) against the first Formless and continue using Power Attack, unless it is already dead, in which case he will use Challenge and Power Attack against the second Formless. Tom will stop attacking directly after the Surprise Round and instead begin using Aid Another to provide Roland with another +2 attack bonus. ---[X] Inge will use her Guiding Spirit ability as a Swift Action, then target the Formless with a Snowball spell (+9 Touch Attack vs Flat-Footed Touch AC of 9, make 2 attack rolls and use highest result; 4d6 Cold damage, DC 15 Fort save to avoid being Staggered for 1 round). In the following rounds, Inge will use her Fortune or Healing Hexes as necessary, only attempting to hit a Formless with Snowball if a good opportunity presents itself. ---[X] Esha will target the first Formless with a Magic Missiles spell (4d4+4 Force damage, 8th caster level vs Spell Resistance 18) from her staff and maintain a Soulward (+2 Will save bonus) on Roland each round as a Swift Action. She will continue casting Magic Missiles spells as long as her staff charges allow before falling back on her Blindness spells. ---[X] Zaia will target the first Formless with a Firebomb (+8 Touch Attack vs Flat-Footed Touch AC of 9; 2d6+10 Fire damage). He will carefully wait for another opportunity to use his bombs when there is no risk of hitting an ally, providing what healing he can with extracts or potions in the meantime. ---[X] Wanderer will Rage (+4 STR & CON, +2 Will saves, -2 AC) and attack the first Formless using Power Attack and his Reckless Abandon ability while doing so (+13/+13 Attack vs Flat-Footed AC of 17: 1d10+13; x2) as the casters hit it from behind, along with everyone else. He will take the lead against it rather than Roland or Tom, hoping to draw its attention to him. ---[X] Swift Pebble attacks the first Formless, using Piranha Strike when it is Flanked (+11/+11 Attack vs Flat-Footed AC of 17: 1d3+9+1d6 [50% chance this +1d6 Precision damage does not apply]; 19-20/x2). --[X] The Zentragt will use its True Strike SLA then Charge the second Formless, making a Bull Rush against it to push it as far from the rest of the group as possible (CMB of 10 + 2 from Coordinated Maneuvers + 2 from Encouraging Roar + 2 from Charging + 1 from Haste + 20 from True Strike = +37 vs CMD of 25 [28 - 3 due to being denied DEX bonus]). After this initial attack, it will continue to Power Attack with all of its natural attacks while trying to keep the Formless distracted and preventing it from interfering with the fight against the first one.
