The Shipyard Shuffle

**The Shipyard Shuffle** is the twentieth episode of *Another Bad Side Quest*. The party faces off with another figure marked with the Ruin Moon and several sirens in hopes of liberating The Shipyards and saving Kylan and Damen.

## The Shipyard Shuffle

### **Synopsis**

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### **Part One**

The episode opened as Quincy, seeing the flash of light from Jelly Bean's dropped flashbang, ran to them, leaving Seren's *Silence* radius and clambered into the mostly finished ship. After climbing through to the other side in search of Killian, she dashed through the other side and found Killian walking, *Enthralled* toward the siren at the end of the set. Jelly Bean followed after Quincy, but still under effect of the *Slow* condition, only made it to the window that Quincy had climbed out of. Killian stepped closer to the siren in front of him as he was compelled to do. Alaerith, on the far other side of set and 40 yards away, swayed in front of another siren, took in her rotting form, which helped him break free from the enthrallment, realized the situation and quickly scrambled away, as the siren used her reaction, but missed hitting him with their claw. As Alaerith ran he spotted RX, the lights of his eyes dimmed and unfocused, evident of being also *Enthralled*, tried to force RX to grab *Vile's Fang* in hope that he would be shocked and break out of the enthrallment, to no effect, then planted his feet and stood between RX and the siren.

RX, compelled to move toward the same siren Alaerith ran from, believing she had all the answers he wanted, pushed Alaerith to the side with ease, despite his efforts to halt his movement, before he continued on his path. Tabernacle, still stationed on top of the small building and able to see most of the platform and partly into the mostly finished ship, knowing Killian moved onto the other side of the ship though out of his sight, took aim at the foremast of the ship, cast *Eldritch Blast* and snapped a thin piece of wood at the very top of the mast, before the second blast knocked the dislodged wood in the direction of Killian and the siren, which Killian manages to dodge, while the siren was smacked clear across the face and knocked into the water and hearing the small scream and splash moved to the far side of the rooftop's arch and laid *Prone* to give himself cover. Seren, on the opposite and adjacent side of the mostly finished ship from Killian and Quincy, noticing the sirens had closed their mouths and assuming their song was over, dropping *Silence* from around him and Yashani, used *Ob's Charm* to ask where everyone was and who was enthralled, including Tabernacle who said he was on the roof and Quincy who said they had eyes on Killian, then with that knowledge, Seren cast *Misty Step* through the mostly finished ship to Quincy's side and slammed his staff down as he activated his *Channel Divinity :* *Twilight Sanctuary*.

The siren that had been knocked into the water by Tabernacle's incredible aim and luck, climbed out of the water, moved in front of Killian, wrapped her hands around his face and kissing him, instantly filling Killian's lungs with water, which left Killian with a point of *Exhaustion* as he begins to drown on the platform. The siren who was between the ones near RX and Killian jumped into the water and disappeared, while the siren in front of RX tried and failed to kiss him as well which in the struggle helped RX to break from his enthrallment. The three other sirens on the opposite end of the docks advance forward, with one getting especially close to Yashani. Yashani spotted the siren coming and closed the distance, struck her with one of her two unarmed strikes to the sirens chest, then activated her *Flurry of Blows* and again hit them with one of her two extra strikes. Across the platform as Seren's purple glow washes over the scene, Quincy rushes to Killian and the siren, raised her original pistol that undergone workshopping to withstand specialty bullets, that she had named, *Panache*, loaded it with a *Black Powder Bullet,* fired on the siren holding Killian, which caused the bullet to erupt from the pistol's chamber and slam into the siren like an explosion and which broke Killian out of his enthrallment as he was splattered with gore, then warned Killian to get back before holstering *Panache* and pulled out *Peril & Pain.*

Near the center of the set, Tabernacle, RX and Alaerith saw the Hooded Figure (The Reaper)*,* that Killian and Jelly Bean met in the mostly finished ship, materialize on the walkway between where they are and the rest of the party was, muttered something as they spun their sickle turning it into a wicked looking scythe, then focused their attention on Alaerith. Jelly Bean activated *Deed : Dodge Roll* to clamber out the mostly finished ship next to Seren, who offered him a lift, but Jelly Bean politely declined before he ran to Quincy's side, hit the siren near her with one of his two shot with his revolver at the siren. but failed to push them back when he activated *Battle Maneuver : Pushing Attack*. Killian, who was aware that the Reaper had re-entered the battle field 70 feet away, having used the *Shadow Twins* to *Mark* them, used the *Shadow Twins* teleport to the Reaper, missed with his two strikes, but landed his third attack, while he activated a 2nd level *Divine Smite,* as it slammed into the figure's chest. The Reaper activated their *Legendary Action* to retaliate with their scythe, *Snuff,* that slashed Killian and left him *Unconscious*. Alaerith, seeing Killian went down, raised up his illusory replica of *Peril* from his cast of *Disguise Self,* told the Reaper to get away from Killian as he missed with his cast of *Fire Bolt,* then activated his *Metamagic : Quickened Spell* to recast *Fire Bolt* as a bonus action and missed again, but regained the attention of the Reaper as he moved closer to the small building.

The Reaper activated two *Legendary Actions* to initiate a *Soul Gaze* with Alaerith, which caused his body to lock up and left him *Stunned*. RX seeing and hearing Alaerith's commotion, saw the Reaper and Killian's *Unconscious* form, dropped any attention he had on the siren as he ran to them, as the siren used their reaction but missed hitting him with their claw, dash closer, activated his *Action Surge* and *Grappled* the Reaper, but missed when RX tried slam the Reaper with the pommel of his sword. Tabernacle stood back up, called to the Reaper to pick on someone his own size and that he burned their book they were looking for, had his seagull rush the Reaper to distract him while he cast *Eldritch Blast*, while invoking his prior activated *Form of Dread* to give one of his blasts attacks extra necrotic energy damage, but as the attack landed, the sickly green necrotic energy seems to be absorbed as the Reaper laughed, then Tabernacle laid *Prone* again on the roof again. Seren, on the other side of the mostly finished ship, moved and dashed through the ship and to Killian's side, opposite the Reaper and RX, looked down to Killian and cast *Healing Word* to get Killian back up, but a green flash shone as the Reaper used their reaction to cast *Counterspell* to cancel out his healing magic and stated *"He's mine"*.

The sirens all advanced on the nearest party members, with one heading to Alaerith, one who stood in front of Quincy, one heading to Tabernacle and one that headed to Quincy and Jelly Bean. The siren near Quincy missed her with their bite and claws. Yashani, still where she started, grabbed the siren in front of her by the back of the head, slammed the siren's face into a nearby stack of wood twice, then activated her *Flurry of Blows* and struck it again, but missed on her forth attack when her grip on the siren's head slipped. Quincy faced the siren that attacked them, fired *Peril & Pain* into her face, while activating *Sharpshooter* to nail them between the eyes, leaving them barely standing, then turned to the siren advancing on them, and asked if she would like to be fish food as they activated *Peril & Pain's* *Barrage* feature slamming them with necrotic and lightning energy. On the other side of the mostly finished ship, the still *Grappled* Reaper activated their *Invoke Authority* : *Aspect of Ruin,* which Seren and RX resisted the brunt of the damage, but helped the Reaper escape the grapple, while the seagull familiar near by was obliterated and Killian's Unconscious form took a hit, then turned his attention to Seren.

Jelly Bean told Quincy he had their back, circled around the siren closest to them so he was behind them, missed with both of his shots from his rifle, then activated *Deed :* *Covering Fire* to negatively effect the siren's next attack. Seren, as his glow emanated and attempted to coalesce over Killian found it had nothing to latch onto as their was no life left within his body. Seeing Killian's last breath leave his body, Alaerith's eyes flared as he snapped out of the stun, missed in his cast of *Fire Bolt,* activated his *Metamagic : Quickened Spell* to recast *Fire Bolt* as a bonus action and missed again, then angrily shouted for the Reaper to get away from Killian as his final words distorted into a deeper, darker sound. RX, not taking the time to process what transpired, *Grappled* the Reaper again, attempted to knock him prone but as the Reaper hovered in the air and found he was immune to being knocked off his feet, then frustrated, used his continued grip on the Reaper to drag him away from Killian and Seren. The Reaper activated their *Legendary Action* to use *Snuff* and slashed RX with their scythe. Tabernacle stood up, threatened the Reaper that he would pay for laying a hand on his Captain, cast *Spirit Shroud* which caused a flash of white light to coalesce into the vague shape of a woman at Tabernacle's shoulder and also caused him the *Flock of Familiars* to disappear, then cast *Eldritch Blast* with a vengeance, with the *Spirit Shroud* adding radiant energy to the attack, but the Reaper used their reaction to activate *Corpse Armor,* which summoned the Siren near Quincy and Jelly Bean in front of him, to deflect part of what would have been a critical hit.

Seren, looking down on Killian's still body and knowing he was dead, used *Ob's Charm* to ask everyone to keep the Reaper off him, pulled Killian's body behind him to put himself between the Reaper and Killian, then pulled out the iron tower shield he was gifted from Damen, slammed it against the platform, called for "Barricade" which transformed the shield into a 15 foot tall and 15 foot wide barricade between Seren and the Reaper and began to pull out components to cast *Revivify*. The sirens moved around the map, one moving next to Alaerith, another climbing to the roof where Tabernacle was and the one behind Quincy and Jelly Bean moved next to Quincy. The siren next to Alaerith missed with their attempts to bite and claw him, but the siren with Yashani successfully slashed across her shoulder with her claw and sunk her fangs into her arms. The siren near Quincy missed with their claw but managed to bite into them, but only encountered Seren's protective glow. The siren that had dropped into the water earlier reappeared at the other end of the dock and climbed up to rush Yashani.

Yashani, unhappy with being bit, grabbed the closest siren by the jaw and applied pressure, but missed with a punch attack as the siren squirmed in her hold, then activated her *Flurry of Blows* and landed two more solid blows against the siren that cracked her jaw sideways. The Reaper activated their *Legendary Action* to use *Snuff* and slashed RX with their scythe.

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### **Part Two**

At the top of the round, Quincy, having heard Seren's call for cover ran around the front of the mostly finished ship to see what was happening, as the siren used their reaction but missed hitting them, fired back on the siren while activating *Sharpshooter,* then as she made her way to the bow of the ship was unable to see over Seren's barricade shield, but saw Killian's lifeless body on the ground. The Reaper looked to RX beside him and Alaerith just beyond him, and exhaled a cloud of noxious gas as he cast *Cloudkill* and while Tabernacle resisted it's effect and the brunt of the poison, RX and Alaerith took poison damage and were left *Poisoned*, though RX's warforged body naturally allowed him to resist the brunt of the poison as well. On the other side of the mostly finished ship, Jelly Bean spun his pistol back into his belt, pulled out his shotgun, fired the special ammunition he had loaded before the start of combat but missed as the blast of white light went wide past the siren and the recoil sent Jelly Bean off his feet backwards 10 feet and *Prone* on the ground, then activated his *Second Wind* as he scrambled in Quincy's direction.

Alaerith, still in the poison gas from *Cloudkill*, reached out and missed in his attempt to strike the siren near him with his Ruined Moon marked palm, then knowing he couldn't handle being in the poison for long, cast *Misty Step* to escape it and appeared beside Seren's barricade. The Reaper activated their *Legendary Action* to use *Snuff* but missed RX with their scythe. RX, having been damaged greatly, with his lights blinking wildly and his movements jerky, activated *Second Wind* to heal up, then struck the Reaper with one of his two attacks, as the Reaper used their reaction to activate *Corpse Armor,* which caused the siren in Yashani's grip to crumble to dust and reappear in front of him to deflect part of the attack, then moved to leave the poisonous gas from *Cloudkill*. The Reaper used another *Legendary Action* to use *Snuff* to strike RX with his scythe causing him to shudder and nearly fell, but remained standing though many of his systems were beeping wildly. Tabernacle stood up on the roof, backed away from the poisonous gas of *Cloudkill* and closer to nearby siren, aimed his rifle at the Reaper, cast *Eldritch Blast* that slammed against him hard enough to break his concentration on *Cloudkill,* but missed on his second cast of *Eldritch Blast* on the siren, then dropped and reactivated *Form of Dread* again to regain his temporary hp.

With one arm trapped in the straps of the shield holding the barricade up, Seren placed a diamond in Killian's mouth, sprinkled diamond dust over the rest of his body, reached out to place his large clawed hand over Killian's face, as he cast *Revivify* Seren prayed while using *Ob's Charm -*

*"Killian, you are needed here. Samara needs you and this crew needs you too. Broneli, grant our captain life again."*

As Killian's soul floated in the grey void of space and heard Seren's prayer and message to him, the familiar voice of Avranti rang out as she asked what he had gotten himself into. Killian joked that he had to die to get her to answer him, but Avranti replied that they each had things they had to do, that he caused some of his own problems and they make it harder to contact him. Killian accepted this and admitted that he knew he was needed back on the battlefield, but admitted he had been fighting since he was a boy, that he was tired and would love to rest. Avranti asks why he would call on her then, if he could make that choice on his own. Killian said he wanted to know if she thought it was right, and she replied

*"I cannot discern what you choose as right or wrong. I uphold what you promised people and you would break those promises."*

Avranti warned him that he had promised many people to come back alive, that he would be selfish by dying now and that she would also be upset by him wasting the power she had granted him. As she left she reminded him that she had no control over his free will. Left in the limbo space, Killian looked around and though that he thought it was is his time to go, there were people out there who depended on him and he needed to stay alive for. As the limbo space left him, a dark voice bubbled up in his ear -

*"There are more options to live, Wrath."*

Killian's soul returns to his body.

Seren smiled down over Killian as his chest began to rise and fall again, stood up, turned on the Reaper and as he approached them his purple glow shifted and wavered before turning into a crimson red and cast *Shillelagh* as he spun his staff. The Reaper activated their *Legendary Action* to use *Snuff,* but Seren batted away the scythe with his new tower shield easily as he told Alaerith that Killian was his to deal with. The sirens advanced, one next to Tabernacle on the roof, one next to Jelly Bean, one advanced towards Seren and the Reaper and the other towards Yashani. The siren near Tabernacle missed with their claw, but managed to bite him. though the bite doesn't cut through the barnacle growth of his *Form of Dread*'s temporary health. The siren near Jelly Bean missed with their claw but managed to bite him though the attack just barely bypassed Seren's *Twilight Sanctuary* protection*.* The siren near Seren and the Reaper cast *Watery Sphere* on Seren but resisted the trapping force and was pushed out of the sphere closer to the siren.

Yashani closed the distance between her and the siren near her, struck her with an uppercut to her jaw and a kick at her legs, then activated her *Flurry of Blows* and struck one of her two strikes as she slammed her palm into the siren's chest. Quincy leapt from off the platform to avoid the difficult terrain, ended up next to Killian, raised *Panache*, turned to Killian, and with hair sparking and in the most aggressive way they ever spoke to an ally demanded, Killian stay back, hit the Reaper with one of her two shots, then stowed *Panache* to pull out *Peril & Pain* and activated *Barrage* in preparation for their next shot. The Reaper ignored everything else around him, reached out to touch Seren with their hand marked with the Ruin Moon while activating their *Charnel Touch,* nearly knocking Seren down, but he remained up as the Reaper then turned invisible.

Jelly Bean quickly reloaded his shotgun, turned it on the siren who just bit him, missed with the first shot but activated *Trick Shot : Ricochet* to reroll the attack and hit the siren in the back, fired again and was blown back 10 feet by the recoil and knocked *Prone*, then stood up and continue to make his way around the mostly finished ship to where the rest of the action was. Killian moved past Quincy where the Reaper disappeared, used his 10 feet of *Blindsense* to confirm that the Reaper was no longer there, activated *Lay on Hands* dividing the restoring energy between himself and RX, then activated his *Honor Crest* charge to reload the healing pool and looked at Quincy as he gave them *Bardic Inspiration*. Alaerith cast *Firebolt* at the siren nearest to Seren, which made them lose concentration on *Watery Sphere,* then moved to Killian, grabbed Killian's arm and cast *Misty Step* in an attempt to them get both of them out of the area, unaware that the spell only affected himself and frustratingly ended up alone 30 feet away.

RX approached Seren stuttering comments on needing repairs, noticed that there was a black hole in Seren's shell and noting that was not normal, RX moved to the siren in front of them and missed with his longsword as his eyes glitched from his damaged state. Tabernacle, unable to see the Reaper, put the barrel of his rifle in the mouth of the siren on the roof with him and cast *Eldritch Blast* hitting her with one of his two blasts which knocked her back 10 feet off the roof and left her *Frightened* from his *Form of Dread*. Seren cast *See Invisibility,* spotted the invisible Reaper 45 feet away, hovering over the water, then moved along the dock past Killian and towards Quincy as he called out where the Reaper's general area was. The sirens closed in on prey, with one getting back up onto the roof with Tabernacle, one closing in on RX and another following after Jelly Bean. The siren near RX missed with their claws but managed to bite into him with their shark-like teeth. The siren near hit Jelly Bean managed to hit with their claws and bite despite him activating *Deed : Skin Of Your Teeth*. The siren near Yashani missed with their attempts to bite and claw her.

Yashani, not pleased with the new siren's attempt to bite her yet again, grabbed the new siren by the jaw and applied pressure and struck them as the siren's jaw cracked and snapped under her grip. Quincy turned to Seren at her side, muttered that Killian was suicidal before running across the dock past Killian to RX's side, who stuttered out a hello, fired and missed her *Barrage* attack against the siren as they fretted over the damage RX has taken, then put *Peril & Pain* away, pulled out her whip, stepped back five feet, as the siren used her reaction and missed them with their claw, and cracked the whip against the siren to get its attention off RX. Seren as the only one to see able to see the invisible Reaper, saw them continue to retreat out over the water between sections of the platforms. Jelly Bean swiftly reloaded his shotgun, blasted the siren in front of him hitting with the first shot, missed with the second, but activated *Trick Shot : Ricochet* to reroll and caused the bullet to slam into the siren's back.

At this point, the Reaper reappeared hovering over the water and used three *Legendary Actions* to activate *Corpse Engulfment*, which caused the lights around the docks to glow red and the remaining sirens on the docks disappeared from where they stood as the Reaper sucked in the green energy that seemed to bolster him. Killian watched this happen and floundered as to what to do and Seren suggested regrouping, which Killian agreed to as he ran to Seren just a little past to get a better view of the Reaper, then activated *Lay on Hands* to heal himself and then gave *Bardic Inspiration* to Seren. Alaerith, not able to see where the Reaper stood, cast *Misty Step* to appear at the end of the platform and shouted for the Reaper to show himself. RX stumbled towards Seren with little else he could do and stuttered asking for help. Tabernacle moved to the edge of the roof, hopped down, pursued the Reaper, demanded to know why he was there and shared the mark they did, then cast *Eldritch Blast* when he gave no response.

Seren, having been angrily craning his neck to follow the direction of the Reaper, noticed RX approaching him, and as his glow dimmed and fizzled out from the crimson red to its familiar purple and Seren cast *Cure Wounds* on him, which though RX didn't understand how the spell worked on his metallic components he is grateful, then moved up to Killian*.* Yashani, torn between following directions to regroup and trying to finish this fight, decided to follow after Alaerith and prepared to defend him if necessary, and up close to him, noticed Alaerith's right eye seemed unstable and flickered between it's regular shape and a more slit shape. Quincy rushed down the platform closer to Tabernacle and with her *Sharpshooter* skills aimed through the crane and hit the Reaper with two shots, but seemed to do little against his continuing retreat. The Reaper seeing Alaerith and Yashani as he moved further away, began to cast a spell, waving his hands through the air, but Alaerith shouted at the Reaper as his voice became distorted like before and used his reaction to cast *Counterspell*, cancelling out the spell as it fizzled in the Reaper's hands. The Reaper merely continued to retreat, unbothered as he made it far beyond anyone's range despite Alaerith and Tabernacle's attempts to magically attack from afar.

With the immediate danger long out of sight, the party began to regroup and relax when they remembered that Kylan and Damen are still missing and between those uninjured able to help and Hobble's keen nose, Kylan and Damen were found in the small building Tabernacle had stood on most of the fight where the crane could be operated. Killian being exhausted passed out next to Seren who caught him, lowered him to the floor and sat near him. Alaerith asked Tabernacle what he meant about the figure having a mark and Tabernacle replied that they had the Ruined Moon mark they shared, though he was unsure as to it's color as the seagull familiars can't see in the dark, but was sure Killian might have more detail to that. Seemingly from shock of the response, Alaerith's eye returned to normal and suddenly started to wobble from the damage he took as he muttered about picking a fight with one of them, while Yashani braced him and activated her *Hand of Healing* to ease his pain. After a little time to catch their breaths, the group headed back to shore and to the *Drunken Lantern*, Quincy kept a hold of Kylan and Damen the whole way while Alaerith moved a little faster then the group at a slightly quicker speed wanting to be far away.

Back in front of the *Drunken Lantern*, Killian asked if they as a group had anything left to do in *Krapjess* or if it would be better to just head to *Vayilcor* with *The Misty Moon,* as Kylan under the circumstances agreed to take Jelly Bean at least. Tabernacle said he had some things he wished to accomplish, but could likely manage it through the night while everyone else rested. Quincy says they have information for Tabernacle, but it could wait until morning. Tabernacle insisted on hearing it now and while Quincy relented stumbled through explaining not being able or willing to answer all of Tabernacle's questions that may come. Tabernacle cut her off to tell her to get on with it and Quincy lashed back, but Seren jumped in to remind them it has been a long day for everyone. Tabernacle apologized, admitting that he was frustrated the figure got away and they did nothing useful and Seren countered they at held their own and least showed them they were harder to kill than he might have assumed and prompted Quincy to continue.

Quincy explained that they may know where Tabernacle's daughter was headed when she left *Krapjess*. Abigail had been directed to the *Eveed Hunting Camp* in the *Maltrop Strip* through a proxy in *Ki'Kasesh* in the Skorian Empire. The hunting camp was given certain liberties with magic because they hunted monsters and there his daughter could learn how to control her abilities freely, but Quincy didn't know much more than that, as the *Maltrop Strip* was on the clear other side of the Empire making the trip there very long. Tabernacle lamented that his daughter left because of him, but Quincy corrected him, saying she left because the Empire was prejudiced against magic. As he tried to make sense of it, Tabernacle asked Seren where his last lead to his sister was and Seren replied that the trail ran cold in *Kra'Kash* and *Vayilcor* was his next option. Jelly Bean added that if his daughter were still alive, finding her would be his top priority, which Tabernacle agreed with, but noted he couldn't make the journey alone with age.

Killian pointed out it would be best to head to *Vayilcor* as soon as possible and Quincy reminded him that there were magical records kept there of those who use magic, which Jelly Bean could attest to from his time as a Technomancer there. Tabernacle chose to believe his daughter was out there somewhere and asked Quincy what his daughter's name is and though a bit confused, Quincy readily replied *Abigail Grey.* Tabernacle then turned to the group and says would head to *Vayilcor* find what they needed and that the time to sail there would be nothing but training to be ready for next time a marked individual showed up. The party dispersed to go to bed, with Quincy taking Kylan and Damen back to *The* *Misty Moon* and stayed the night there, the whole time purposely avoiding looking at Killian even once since the end of the fight. The rest of the party up to their room, except Killian who tried to find Flamecannon in hopes of talking possibly getting a reward for dealing with the sirens, but was nowhere in the area, having closed up the bar since they left. RX spotted him along the way and tried to usher him to bed, reminding him that they had over 3000 gold after the bare knuckle boxing and Killian finally relented. Upstairs, Alaerith approached Killian, and somewhere between anger and tears, launched forward and hugged Killian, asking him to not do *that* again, and when Killian replied he had too many promises to keep before leaving so soon, Alaerith walked off afterwards. The night closed as they all went to bed for their long rests, with Tabernacle having Hobble sleep on him.

**END OF EPISODE, LEVEL UP TO LEVEL 7!**

**Rolling for hitpoints for Level 7:**

* Seren rolled a 7
* Alaerith rolled a 5
* Tabernacle rolled a 6
* Quincy rolled a 3
* Yashani rolled a 7
* RX-5284 rolled a 3
* Killian rolled a 4

1. ↑ As what happened to Seren and Tabernacle when they tried to touch it in "Tales from a Dead Man".
2. ↑ In reference to the 1/2 book of demon summoning that they found in *Quarry Hold* that Vicar Espex Gonth destroyed in "Krapjess".
3. ↑ At this point in the VOD, you can spot Haelley's spare dice container which is a glass terrarium shaped like a d20!
4. ↑ At this point it was believed that RX was *Unconscious*, but a reminder came from the Twitch chat that RX was within Seren's *Twilight Sanctuary* and would be granted temporary HP at the end of his turn before the attack, which was just enough temp HP to absorb the hit and keep RX standing.