Thera glances up at the hulking monstrosity, and decides it would be best to play this one intelligently. Triggering her Crafter's Wrath blessing, she smiles, fully aware that now her fists should be able to break through any defensive armor the creature might have.
The magic missiles fly towards the golem and as they touch the construct, fizzle into nothingness. There is no damage to the creature.
Dr Lendaro wills an adamantine bullet into his pistol from his bandolier, and fires at the golem.
Lendaro's adamantine bullet pierces through the golem's metal and strikes the southern alcove. The ammunition seems to damage the creature's magical connection.
Linpul digs into her pack and holds up the mask.
"Waaaait, Tetsuda get ready to help me in case this goes wrong. I need to ask a question about this mask. Is there anybody here who can help me? If not, I will reprogram your robots to do funny things!"
Solaria does not know what to do. She is uncomfortable with attacking a creature that has not attacked them yet.
The construct moves up to Lendaro and tries to slam it with its rusted fists. The doctor does not feel anything wrong from the metal besides the force of the blows.
Thera imbues her fists with magical energies, a blessing from Torag.
Thera steps right up and strikes the Golem with a flurry of blows.
Damage bypasses DR/Hardness that the Golem has.
Thera's first punch breaks a hole in the stomach of the female construct, which allows you to see broken circuitry and wires.
Dr Lendaro swiftly reloads, and steps back. He glances at Linpul holding up the mask, as he recovers from the combo of golem slams.
"Any luck? Know any Brigh secret handshake?"
He then fires another adamantine bullet.
Solaria takes her morningstar and moves forward attempting to strike the strange creature. "Linpul, Dr can you do your strange and clever stuff to change this creatures behavior and stop these attacks. Look at those wires and such, can you switch them around?" the cleric asks, knowing both have great skill with this sort of thing.
As the barrel clunks into place, Uran takes aim at the mechanical creature and fires.
Attack-ranged touch:
Damage:
Doctor Lendaro blasts the junk golem with an adamantine bullet through the creature's brain. It explodes, with junk and metal scraps flying in all directions.
Rakdon stops casting his enlargement spell and as soon as Solaria finishes her words she lowers her mace. Uran fires a shot at the construct just in case, causing a small burst of electricity.
The northern door opens and a middle aged female elf with blonde hair enters the altar room. She has a shield with a female face of ivory and bronze on her back, and a light hammer at her hip. In her hands she holds a pen and a notepad jotting as she says, "Well, that was a lot faster than I expected. That golem needs a forcefield to negate adamantine bullets, and pneumaticized boosters to increase its action speed, probably an implemented laser rifle to increase its damage potential-the old man didn't seem to fall down after he was struck..."
She seems to be talking to herself and not really paying you much attention.
"Hmm...Hmmm...excuse me, but are you Dinvaya, the priestess we have come to see? or one of her assistants?" the cleric of Desna asks, bowing her head slightly in deference to the woman. "I hope you won't consider our intrusion into your residence an unfriendly act, as we seek knowledge and assistance to defeat those who would bring destruction on the land." she continues, her voice wafting sweetly through the room. "I am Solaria Jesari, traveller with Desna on the journey through life and dreams. My companions and I were told this is known as a temple to the gnomish gods, is that true?" she continues to engage the woman, if possible to discover the teachings of Brigh, as they indulge in theological discussions about their respective gods.
Once the ground is broken, Solaria starts to delve into the lady Dinvaya's understanding of Hellion, her attitude to the god and with the objective to make her any ally of the party. making a point to introduce Linpul, another gnome with knowledge of the mechanics of robots and other humaniod made machines.
Dr Lendaro arches an eyebrow at the old woman and looks over his significant wound. "No permanent damage, thank you for your concern."
"I can't tell you how relieved I am that you are able to gain insight from this to - with luck - make constructs even more frustrating to demolish."
Sarainy laughs at Dr. Lendaro's comment about making even more frustrating constructs. Not knowing the good doctor too well, it was a side she had not expected from him - and it was comforting somehow.
Interested in learning more about Brigh, Sarainy joins Solaria in conversing about theology. Specifically as to the customs of her worshippers and any aphorisms or greetings.
"Brigh is not a gnomish deity, but one that all can worship. I am sure you are mistaken in your knowledge being a Kellid, though I suppose being a Kellid you are not familiar with a technological deity... I am Dinvaya and I am the one you seek, though I know not why. I could tell you a plan for defeating the Lords of Rust, though for me it was only an intellectual exercise."
Looking over the pieces of the robot, Linpul reaches for her thieves tools.
"This thing isn't half bad although this could use some reinforcement, possibly just a simple weld, or this could use a different size of bolt so you don't impede some of the joints unnatural movement."
As she begins to take apart the robot she is casting mending spells on what can be salvaged for parts.
"Dr, look at all the nifty stuff in here! And Solaria, I mentioned she is a gnomish god, but that doesn't mean the other races don't have their own views of her. To us she is different. Much like the halflings and their views of your lady Desna. Oh and Miss, would you know anything about the owner of the mask near the very large beetle? We are looking for the original owner."
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"You're talking about Joram Kyte? How is the young rascal? Is he causing trouble, or in trouble?"
Dinvaya's attention turns away from Linpul dissecting the metal creature, and she stares at the gnome directly.
Uran, being totally out of his dept here, stands guard after reloading his rifle.
Dr Lendaro resists his "kid in a candy store" urges, and follows up on Dinvaya's mention of a strategy to take out the Lords of Rust. "I often allow myself time for intellectual exercises though rarely upon such an interesting topic. Should you ever feel inclined to share some of your thoughts, I for one would be more than happy to make the time."
"Ah, yes. Thank you for the combat data for my golem. While you are here in Scrapwall, feel free to use this room as a place to sleep and rest."
She continues to work on repairing her golem, and occasionally glances at you, trying not to make eye contact.
-Defeat Birdfood at the Hawk Palace.
-Sleep at the Clockwork Chapel.
-Fight the Mutated Manticore.
-Find the Smiler HQ.
-Find the Redtooth Raiders.
-Explore the Power Relay.
-Explore the Haunted Canyon.
-Something else.
-Explore the Scrapmaster's Arena.
-Challenge the Lords of Rust.
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Linpul frowns that the priestess does not know the current whereabouts of the elf.
No matter, we'll just have to find him the old fashioned way.
"We fear he may be in trouble, Khonnir Baine sent us here to find the elf before anything happens to him. Thank you for letting us rest here, I wouldn't mind checking out the Power Relay."
Smiler or manticore...either is good with me
"I think we can all agree... the Smilers are a top priority. If it's decided we are ready to take them on, I say we do it."
Leaving Dinvaya, you head to the Smiler HQ.
The ridge of refuse and junk is sheer here, like the face of a cliff. A gray metal wall sits at the base of the cliff, with a sizable metallic deck protruding south from its surface. This open-air deck is sheltered by a ragged awning of furs and scrap. Metallic double doors sit in the center of the metal wall, and above these doors protrudes a metallic armature of some sort with what appears to be a tube-shaped device fitted with a red crystal extending from the tip. A few scorchmarks mar the deck’s surface here and there.
You are about 40 feet south of the doors and the armature holding a laser rifle.
Glad to have spotted the armature a reasonable distance away, Sarainy turns to the group and asks, "Well I am no expert on this technology... but even I can recognise some sort of trap or defense system. What exactly is that thing? Is it going to trigger and blast us if we approach?"
Perhaps I should spend some time learning from the others about this technology, should we find ourselves with some rest period... I feel lost in these situations.
"From the scorches on the ground I would agree it is some sort of protection, but if it is manual or automatic I could not say." Uran comments while looking at the thing through the scope on his rifle.
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I'm going to acid splash the thing connecting the laser, but not the laser itself. I'm trying to disconnect it from the wall or whatever, in an attempt to keep the weapon for myself
vs touch
acid.
Assuming the laser does not fire back or nothing bad happens, I keep doing this until I succeed or accidentally destroy the laser, as I want that laser.
Rakdon spends time firing endless amounts of acid at the armature holding the laser rifle. After several minutes, the weapon clanks against the metal ground in front of the door and the armature hangs limp.
Rakdon goes over and picks up the timeworn laser rifle (8 charges).
Dr Lendaro had considered suggesting a different plan, but could not come up with a viable suggestion before Rakdon was successful.
"Well... One obstacle down."
He manifests his camouflaging ability then heads for the door.
Doctor Lendaro looks at the metal doors and sees that through the slit between them a length of chain holding them together. He doesn't see any traps.
Nervous with all the waiting around, Sarainy looks to distract herself talking.
"So Linpul, how did Tetsuda come to like bananas? They must be difficult to find this far north right?"
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"Bananas are his favorite, my parents used to feed the ones that were going bad to him while he was just this big. But beetles such as him are mainly herbivorous preferring fruits and vegetables that are just going bad or overripe. It saves a bit on food since we don't waste any since he'll eat most of it. I still don't know how he got so big though. Maybe it's something in the water?"
Linpul makes many gestures with her hands while describing the beetle and his food.
"He is a beauty, that's fer sure! How long have you had 'em? Since he were a pup, haha!", the gnome quietly laughs at his joke, while keeping his eyes open for any enemies, while the others examine the door.
"Ohhh I see. Where are you originally from, if you don't mind my asking?"
Sarainy laughs at Uran calling the giant beetle a pup, "You're right, he is beautiful. I have never seen anything quite like him."
"Saying that, back home in Varisia we do have giant tics... Not quite as majestic as our beetle friend here," she says, smiling and admiring Tetsuda.
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"Me? I'm from Torch, born and raised. Mom and Dad used to run a business selling beetles. They fell in love with bug fighting since their trip to the Dragon Empires. They stayed there for a few decades before returning here and bringing their new hobby with them. Mom would catch all the bugs and Dad would raise them. Tetsuda was their prize winning beetle. They brought a few of these beetles back with them. I think the word they used was "kabutomoshi" or something like that. It seems like a weird business but it made sense, made them happy, and you'd be surprised by how many people enjoy a cheap hobby or need insects for their experiments. If you think he's majestic watch this."
She puts her hands on her knees and riles up Tetsuda for a moment before the cyberart on his shell begins to glow and spin. The two orange gears spinning whenever his shell closed.
"He's actually quite friendly, and I've had him since the accident that made him so darn big. Unfortunately he isn't very bright, but for a beetle he's smarter than most."
Rakdon moves up to the door and starts repeatedly casting his acid splash cantrip at the chain and the center of the door. After a few minutes a small hole appears in the door, and the chain ends droop downward.
Watching the display on the beetle's shell captivates the gnome.
"That is amazing! How did you go that? Is it some sort of magic, of a ability of the beetle itself?"
Seeing the door can now be opened, Urran clears his throat and draws the two women's attention.
"Looks like the way is clear. Best prepare for whatever is in there."
Dr Lendaro gives Linpul time to dote and gush about her beetle, then nods upon Uran's observation. "Yes. Time to deliver death to subhuman foes beyond redemption. Danger will be plentiful on its own... no unnecessary risks."
He then moves to open the door.
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Rakdon moves up to the door and starts repeatedly casting his acid splash cantrip at the chain and the center of the door. After a few minutes a small hole appears in the door, and the chain ends droop downward.
good botting, anyway, I inspect the laser rifle to see if I damaged it any at all, or if it is somewhat defective now.