The robot doesn't seem to respond to Taran or any of the other party members.
Libri leads the way into the next chamber. The northern wall of the otherwise empty room before you is a tangle of what look to have once been strange cages of some sort. Tangled amid the metal ribs of these cages are ribs of a more organic nature-the ancient bones of some sort of alien creature. Smaller mounds of rubble lie against the opposite wall.
[ooc]You guys are up!
"Ugh, I'd rather not know what was transpiring here. Cages give me the willies."
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"How exciting... Would thèse Be attempts to create androids? What magnificent work... Yet terrible at the same time. "
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Mefindio peers around the area, seeing nothing in particular. "Odd stuff, this is. I think it warrants closer searching." He says as he begins to lead Trigger anmongs the heaps of refuse.
After a few minutes, his jerks up and he looks backward. "Oh boy, I think I woke up the clockwork!"
Chezwezl wheels Trigger around and moves to the south, firing at the mechanism!
"What in blazes is this all about?" Taran readies an artificer's touch if the critter proves to be hostile
bypasses 1 hardness or DR
Libri charges her blade with electricity while Chezwezl puts a bullet through its metal exterior! Taran prepares to disrupt the robot's workings and Jorac's acid hits the wall (although does not leave a mark).
The robot shoots its net at Taran as it moves up!
But clearly its net has not been folded properly in many years and it simply falls to the ground!
3 dmg
"Hey now, that was downright impolite of you. If you had given us half a chance we might have gone a cleaned up the place for you! I mean, we'll probably still do it anyways, but now we're right compelled to disassemble you too!"
Teos lashes out with his artificers touch again.
ignores 1 hardness
Chezwezl urges Trigger forward, while drawing his hooked hammer and dropping his pistol, then swings at the robot, while Trigger tries to bash it with her hooves.
Taran continues to disrupt its systems while Chezwezl puts a gash across it! Libri's sword hits the robot and discharges a shock which seems to have fried a circuit! Jorac's acid again falls to the ground! :(
The robot slams one of its arm-like appendages into Taran!
22 dmg
Taran falls unconscious.
He moans fitfully, but seems not too grievously wounded.
Seeing Taran fall, Chezwezl and Trigger redouble their efforts to bring down the clockwork!
Chezwezl and Libri take the robot down!
Chezwezl sighs and goes back to searching through the junk, dismounting to pick up his tossed away pistol and reloading it.
To the south you find a small chamber in which the far wall is a twisted mass of metal and rubble; clearly it collapsed many years ago.
Further on through the set of double doors, you find two strange machines to the north and south, their faces appearing similar to coils of metal tubes with several nozzle-like protrusions pointing into the room itself.
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Taran continues his pointed non-participation, clearly using his unconscious state as a clever cover for social protest regarding the group dynamics.
Chezwezl continues searching through the rubbish, noticing Taran, he says. "What's wrong with him? Odd place for a nap."
"Ach... *cough cough* well that was an unpleasant experience. Thanks for not abandoning me to my fate, friends."
Taran will use magic to heal himself further. "I suppose i feel good enough now - what happened to the metal man?"
Mef digs through the found gear and pours a potion down Taran's throat.
Answering the dwarf's question, Chezwezl points. "See that smoking pile of metal over there?"
You find: a set of grippers, a black e-pick, and two batteries.
GRIPPERS; PRICE 100 GP
SLOT none; WEIGHT 5 lbs.
CAPACITY —; USAGE —
Grippers are powerful, long-handled tools that resemble a blacksmith’s tongs. Once they’re set, they can be locked into place to grip an object. Used when attempting to pry open a stuck object (in a manner similar to the use of a crowbar), grippers grant a +2 circumstance bonus on Strength checks. When used to attach two devices, a set of grippers holds on with an effective Strength score of 24. Applying grippers to a creature and then locking the grippers to crush flesh and bone is a standard action that provokes an attack of opportunity and also requires a successful melee attack with an improvised weapon. Once locked, the grippers deal 1d4+7 points of damage.
CONSTRUCTION CRAFT DC 14 COST 50 GP
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E-PICK; PRICE varies
Brown 30 GP
Black 100 GP
White 400 GP
Gray 900 GP
Green 1,600 GP
Red 2,500 GP
Blue 3,600 GP
Orange 4,900 GP
Prismatic 10,000 GP
SLOT none ;WEIGHT 1 lb.
CAPACITY 10 ;USAGE 1 charge
An e-pick (short for “electronic lock pick”) is a small device that can be used to unlock and disable electronic locks and devices, much in the same way that a set of thieves’ tools can be used to dismantle mechanical locks and devices. Brown e-picks allow a user to make Disable Device checks against electronic devices without penalty; those of higher ratings also grant a competence bonus (as indicated below). See page 5 (of the Technology Guide) for more information on how the Disable Device skill works in regards to technology.
Color Bonus
Brown +0
Black +1
White +2
Gray +3
Green +4
Red +5
Blue +6
Orange +7
Prismatic +10
CONSTRUCTION CRAFT varies COST varies
Brown DC 21 15 GP
Black DC 24 50 GP
White DC 25 200 GP
Gray DC 26 450 GP
Green DC 27 800 GP
Red DC 28 1,250 GP
Blue DC 29 1,800 GP
Orange DC 30 2,450 GP
Prismatic DC 31 5,000 GP
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BATTERY; PRICE 100 GP
SLOT none ;WEIGHT 1 lb.
CAPACITY — ;USAGE —
Most Numerian technological items are powered by electricity. While one can use the electricity provided by a generator, these are rare, expensive, and rarely portable. It’s more common and practical to charge such items with batteries. A battery looks like a small silver disk that’s etched with strange lines—the people of Numeria have taken to calling batteries “silverdisks” and sometimes use them as coins. A battery contains 10 charges when full; to charge an item with a battery, one simply slips the disk-shaped device into the proper slot on the item. The battery’s charge instantly fully depletes, and the item’s internal capacitors fill with 10 charges as it does so. If the item had fewer than 10 open slots in its capacity, the excess charges the battery once held are lost. A battery can be kept within an object indefinitely, or it can be ejected from the object for the purposes of recharging it or storing it elsewhere without affecting the item’s charge. Inserting or ejecting a battery is a move action. Placing a battery in a generator’s charging slot can recharge it. However, each time a battery is recharged, there’s a 20% chance that the battery is destroyed in the process. A destroyed battery is worth only 10 gp. The bulk of Numerian “silverdisks” in circulation today are destroyed batteries; one can tell a functional battery from a destroyed one by the way the circuitry seems to shimmer slightly when reflecting light. The circuitry in a charged battery glows with a soft blue radiance equal to that of a candle.
CONSTRUCTION CRAFT DC 25 COST 50 GP
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Taran rubs his head, suffering from a mild concussion from the robot. "Well, I guess the fancy gewgaws are useful after a fashion. Not sure they bring us any closer to finding Khonnir" Taran notes dubiously.
Moving further in, you find that the gray metal door opens to a short stone tunnel that curves to the north. Unfortunately, a strange creature blocks your way! Purple tentacles emerge from a white, coral-like rock formation on the ground, the tentacles writhing and reaching out for you!
Chezwezl waits to see the effect of Jorac's spell.
If the creature shrugs it off, Mef will fire his pistol.
"Watch the sand around him! You'll get stuck in it and then he'll grab you with his tentacles and suck your blood. Oh, and don't use fire - but it's a ghelarn, and so if you got sound it'll hurt it something fierce. I don't know, maybe you can shout loudly."
Taran casts bless .
Jorac mesmerizes the creature with a burst of color while Mefindio puts a bullet through one of its tentacles. The creature, still stunned by the colors, does not move and Taran blesses the party!
6 dmg, blinded and stunned for 3 rounds, stunned for 1 round
The party easily kills the strange alien creature!
Taran wipes the muck of the dead critter off his hammer. "Fine job there, Jorac. Nice to have things easy every once in awhile."
He muses. "Must be a pretty significant connection to Nar-Voth to have so many of these critters in this place. Well, how far do we want to go on today? I could use about an hours rest; catch my breath, if you understand."
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"You're welcome Taran. I know Casting spells can be quite taxing, so if you want to rest, so be it. Anyway, I'm starving - we should definitely eat as well. "
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The party rests for an hour and then heads further down the tunnel.
At first glance, the cold cavern before you presents a strange and disconcerting vista-that of a desert valley under a starless night sky. A stretch of sand covers the ground, a vista broken here and there by bits of strange, spiky shells or contorted, dead fronds that look like branches.
As you turn the corner into this vast cavern, something to your right suddenly jerks to life-or unlife, as its skeletal nature attests! These strange skeletons even have four arms!