Linpul keeps her shield raised and Tetsuda continues to gnaw on the creature hoping to deal some damage but to no avail. At least they could keep the creature busy while the others peppered it to it's eventual demise.
"Good work guys, let's keep this going. Taste my steel, ball, thingy you ugly sunuvalich!"
Tetsuda bites the gargoyle but it leaves no mark on the stony beast.
The gargoyle lashes out at Linpul and Tetsuda, ignoring Etha who can't seem to hit anything. His attacks don't do anything against the large beetle and gnome, who deflect his attacks easily.
Etha yells and chops at the gargoyle with her greatsword. She laughs almost maniacally as she misses. "I think I'll just stick to spells."
Thera screams loudly, noticing how much damage the creature has taken and hoping the damaging spell will finish it off.
Thera's scream is enough to take out the gargoyle. He clutches at his ears and tries to speak, but it is drowned out by the sound you all cannot hear and the humming around you. Blood drips from his ears and the gargoyle falls down, nearly onto Tetsuda, before the large beetle skitters away.
The room shakes for a few minutes. You can hear a deep rumbling all around you. The red lights around the dark double doors seem to flash wildly.
Dr Lendaro reloads, and looks over his allies. He nods. "You have all performed beyond what should be expected of mere mortals. One wicked foe remains. Muster the will and venom for one more fight. We will triumph because we must triumph. Nothing of our lives has held such importance."
"Before anything else happens, Linpul, Dr Landro or Thera, tell me how this weapon works, in case I need to use it." the female cleric asks, proffering the techno-mace. Solaria looks at her companions, "How are you all, is anyone hurt?"
Dr Lendaro takes a look at the mace to determine how it functions.
"Seems simple enough...."
There is a button on the side of the mace that causes it to emit a light whining noise. It does not seem to have any electrical properties like from before. You believe it might have come from the gearsman itself. Pushing the button activates the mace, which uses up one charge out of its remaining charges. Since this object is timeworn, it cannot be recharged. When the mace hits a creature while activated, it can jumble their brain functions slightly, decreasing efficacy in motor skills and thought patterns.
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"I still got some fight in me, I can keep going. We have a wand filled with magic, I'm fairly tough, and we have a gun. I'm pretty sure we can handle this. We just have to be careful."
When you are all prepared, Linpul slides the white keycard into the slot. The large doors screech open and slam with a loud thud heard above the humming.
Panels of blinking lights and machinery line the walls of this chamber, but the true spectacle here is the massive machine of metal that looms against the far wall on a ten-foot- high platform. Two immense cylinders of pulsing violet light throb at the machine's core, while above a thinner cylinder extends through the ceiling.
Ladders to the north and south provide access to the machine's platform; while at the center, a smaller machine with several metal spikes protruding from its heart extends from the larger one. The entire room vibrates with a roaring thunder, and the air feels strangely alive, almost as if it were vibrating as well.
A collector robot hovers over the ground on the floor level. On a platform 10 feet above, is a woman with purple hair, pink inhuman eyes and pink circuitry tattoos. She has a red gun pointed at the door.
"Get out. Now!"
"Lady, we come because we have heard there is a priestess with power here, to do her homage and learn from her. Is that woman you? We have had to pass many tests of strength and will to come here and present ourselves to you. My god has taught me to travel and learn the truth of existence from all the gods. Please let us approach and show you our gratitude and learn from you."
She laughs. It seems forced and unnatural. "If only such a thing were true. But it doesn't matter, human. I have no desire or love for your sick kind. Hellion is the only god that matters. He will be victorious against the Enemy, and I will destroy this town for that end."
She fires the gun at Solaria. A swirling mass of gray dust explodes from the gun and suddenly ignites in mid-air.
1. Linpul, Rakdon
2. Enemies
3. Etha, Lendaro, Tetsuda, Thera, Solaria
With her hammer she moves up to the robot. The advantage of having a weapon with reach was something Linpul enjoyed.
"We've fought these before, we need to take this one down now! Tetsuda defend Solaria!"
---Tetsuda---
Tetsuda flies quickly up to the woman and lunges at her. Hoping to bit her in the arm.
Languishing at the back, Thera is the last to move, but she is determined to make it count as she drops a quick Inspire Courage on the party, hoping the buff will allow her friends to swarm this priestess, while granting Thera herself time to think about a more complex strategy.
Linpul jams her lucerne hammer into the rotors preventing them from giving it the ability to move about. It floats slowly downward until it reaches the ground.
Entangled: The character is ensnared. Being entangled impedes movement, but does not entirely prevent it unless the bonds are anchored to an immobile object or tethered by an opposing force. An entangled creature moves at half speed, cannot run or charge, and takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls and a –4 penalty to Dexterity. An entangled character who attempts to cast a spell must make a concentration check (DC 15 + spell level) or lose the spell.
Solaria's hand moves quickly to the hole in the dark tan hide armour she wears, blood spills out from the wound, red sticky and warm it covers her fingers. "That was a big mistake Lady, whoever you are." Her face flushed with pain and anger, she moves forward, with her mace held high, ready to use it's charges to against this base priestess. She circles towards the woman.
HPs: 14/20
Channel 4 used of 7 today
Door Sight 6 min of 6 mins today
Liberation 1 of 3 rounds
Spells used today:
1st: bless, bless, Shield of Faith(CLW), Expeditious Retreat
2nd: Silence(CMW) Aid(CMW)
The robot strikes at Linpul with its metal fists, trying to grab her. The lucerne hammer stuck in its rotor makes it difficult to hit the gnome. It clutches at her futilely, contorting its body as much as it can.
"Oh good. So many humans. Dirty, filthy humans. No wonder I was sent here by Hellion. To exterminate you and burn your city!"
The android points her gauntlet at Solaria and both of them and the cleric is engulfed in a bright light.
"Burn in righteous fire!"
Tetsuda flies up to the platform and bites at the android. She kicks away the insect's mandibles. Thera sings making your attacks stronger and more accurate. Solaria falls to the ground as the light fades around her. The last thought in her head before the darkness covers her eyes is that she has never heard of a being named Hellion.
Etha charges at the now grounded robot and swings her greatsword as it glows a vibrant, violent green.
Dr Lendaro steps up.
"Well tell your master hello from us filth. This world has no need for more self-important fools."
He levels his pistol like a jaded Szcarni and fires at the woman.
Solaria collapses onto the floor as searing light flares through the bleeding priestess. The potions in her bag rattle as she hits the floor.
HPs: -4/20
Channel 4 used of 7 today
Door Sight 6 min of 6 mins today
Liberation 1 of 3 rounds
Spells used today:
1st: bless, bless, Shield of Faith(CLW), Expeditious Retreat
2nd: Silence(CMW) Aid(CMW)
Dr Lendaro immediately moves to Solaria's side as she falls - patting himself to quickly find the healing device.
Lendaro's rage causes him to shoot the reactor base behind the woman. Seeing Solaria collapse he starts looking for his healing device.
Acid splashes on the android. It burns through the stomach of her chain shirt and also a small portion of her actual stomach.
While maintaining her performance, Thera triggers her wand, blasting the priestess with it
Dr Lendaro draws the hypogun, and fires it into Solaria's arm. He growls - not pleased with the results.
Solaria's wounds heal a little and the bleeding seems to stop, but she remains unconscious on the floor.
HPs: -1/20
Channel 4 used of 7 today
Door Sight 6 min of 6 mins today
Liberation 1 of 3 rounds
Spells used today:
1st: bless, bless, Shield of Faith(CLW), Expeditious Retreat
2nd: Silence(CMW) Aid(CMW)
Linpul attempts to escape from the grab but fails miserably.
Why does everything try to hug me to death?
"Etha, while it's got me drop it as quickly as you can."
---Tetsuda---
Following orders Tetsuda bites down on the woman.
Rakdon hurls more acid at the android. It strikes her exposed skin and burns through her line tattoo. She hisses.
Linpul tries to escape from the clutches of the evil Collector Robot, but its metal hold is too tight. The grounded flying drone points focuses its three eyes on her.
The Collector Robot frees the mace from its rotor, as the weapon falls to the ground. It tries to keep a hold of the struggling gnome, while slowly lifting up.
Meyanda ignores the beetle, points her gauntlet into the center of the room at the collector robot and suddenly a burst of loud sound explodes from the center.
Thera fires magic missiles from the wand, both strike the purple haired woman in the chest.
Etha slashes at the grappling robot. Even with magic, it manages to strike but does no noticeable damage on the robot.
The gnome goes limp from damage while in the clutches of the robot.
The first bite from Tetsuda as the android cleric casts magic misses. The second bite digs into the humanoid with pink tattoos. Meyanda curses as the spell fizzles.
Dr Lendaro injects another dose of healing into Solaria, then scrambles to aid Linpul.
Rakdon's acid flies past the robot, over Linpul's head, and strikes the large machine in the background.
The Collector Robot laughs and puts a small piece of metal into Linpul's unmoving body. It then lays her gently to the ground.
The purple haired android looks around for the nearest human, sees the doctor, steps away from the beetle to the north, and fires her inferno pistol. Lendaro moves his hand out of the way of the swirling mass of flame.
Dr. Lendaro injects some healing into Solaria.
Etha seems slightly unaffected by the gnome's unconsciousness, swings her greatsword at the robot. It slices through a few of the robot's fingers.
Thera attempts to duplicate her feat, firing off her Magic Missile wand at Meyanda.
Magic missiles fire from Thera's wand and strike the android again, stabbing at her sides.
Solaria's eyes blink, from her position on the ground she looks around to see what's happening. She looks to see if her friends are close by, Shaking her head, clearing the dark edges of unconsciousness from her mind, she concentrates and sends out a burst of healing for her friends, excluding her enemies from its beneficial power. She mutters as the soft twilight auras enter her injured companions, "No priestess of some unknown god will take Desna's travellers to the boneyard. Hellion will pay..."
HPs: 14/20
Channel 5 used of 7 today
Door Sight 6 min of 6 mins today
Liberation 1 of 3 rounds
Spells used today:
1st: bless, bless, Shield of Faith(CLW), Expeditious Retreat
2nd: Silence(CMW) Aid(CMW)
A burst of healing light touches Linpul pulling her from the darkness.
Rakdon hurls acid at the robot. It touches its metal flesh but does almost no perceptible damage to it.
The android takes a step away from Solaria and Tetsuda. She points her fire gun at Solaria. The cleric feels fire burn through her clothes and stomach.
"I'm going to burn you in righteous flame! Hahahaha!"
fire damage.
The Robot Collector resumes its hovering and fires a burst of sound at Lendaro. The invisible sound is like a punch in his gut. It knocks the air out of his lungs.
nonlethal