Chotka looked at the electric snake, then pointed at his axe and looked at Rikal quizzically.
Rikal shakes his head, and motions Chotka to a spot he can stand and not be next to the necessary wiring.
Spidre scampers in and finds an out of the way corner to hide in. She timidly surveys the surroundings, wary of the robots' devices.
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Rikal thinks back to his visions, his dreams, of the metal men and their strange machines. He remembers one of several strange beings in uniform bunks. Reaching out, Rikal presses the button marked "Crew", to see if this matches his vision.
Rikal thinks back to his visions, his dreams, of the metal men and their strange machines. He remembers one of several strange beings in uniform bunks. Reaching out, Rikal presses the button marked "Crew", to see if this matches his vision.
Rikal frowns before, unbidden a vision overtakes him. He sees the strange 4-armed creatures in an area filled with more of the strange machines. A hum emits from them, and he intuitively understands that this area propels a massive metal device.
Rikal is suddenly back in the elevator with the sworn band, looking at the panel. He presses the panel for deck 4, engineering.
The entire room lurched and the sworn band felt their innards catch up as it...fell? Climbed? With the door shut they couldn't see movement, but they felt themselves moving all the same. For many breaths the feeling continued, until a sense of slowing took over, then a slight, smooth sense of rising that passed in an instant.
The doors slid open before them to let in a cloying, animal stink. Beyond lay a room in the shape of a half circle lit by flickering light. A steady, low hum filled the air. The gray metal walls bore scorch marks, dents, and even cracks in places. Many doors pierced the far wall, all closed.
As Groomahk strode out, a man with a strange skin the hue of a bruise emerged from the shadows almost on top of the orc. He wore leathers and had a strange metal plate attached to the side of his head, with a thin metal hair reaching out from it. His hands held a wide-bladed sword with jagged metal edges. He did something and it roared to life with a low snarl and the metal edges began to spin about. From either side, four overgrown cats with striped hides surged forward, each with a metal plate on top of their skulls and a blinking red light attached. They cut the huge orc off from the rest of the sworn band as the purple man swung his biting blade. It ripped through Groomahk's flesh like cobwebs, spraying blood across the room. Before anyone could react, the purple man swung the biting blade back again and bore down this time, cutting deep into Groo's side and unleashing an incredible shower of gore.
"Finally!" he shouted in Hallit, Some action! Eat up, pretties!" The striped cats launched themselves at Groomahk from two directions, almost tearing him down, while the two that had cut him off from the others rushed into the moving room to strike Chotka and Karek. Chotka reacted quickly enough, despite the surprise, but sharp teeth closed on Karek's leg and tore flesh.
They got surprise because the elevator has indicator lights on the outside. There was a full round of warning on this end.
Bad guys. Surprise actions are moves for the cats and an attack for Purple.
hit
Inits!
oh dear
hit
26 wow
Karek swipes at the beast in his face more in surprise than anger.
Chotka roared and tried to cut a path to the wounded orc. His axe was too slow to catch the agile cat, but he followed it up with a quick snap of his jaws that managed to catch the creature.
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Rikal begins his war chant as he studies the purple man with the strange saw-toothed sword that roared and spun.
[ooc]Move action: studied target. Standard:Inspired Rage.[/ooc{
Karek swipes at the beast in his face more in surprise than anger. To his surprise, his fist continues on from its snout clear through its skull. The beast fell dead to his feet.
Chotka roared and tried to cut a path to the wounded orc. His axe was too slow to catch the agile cat, but he followed it up with a quick snap of his jaws that managed to catch the creature. His tusks closed around its throat and the cat felt back badly bloodied.
Spidre hid behind Karek as the violence broke out. "Help us!" She cried out to some unseen force. Winds stirred, leaves rustled from thin air, and wild dogs appeared behind the cats, barking and biting. They tore down one of the strange cats and badly wounded the other two.
Rikal begins his war chant as he studies the purple man with the strange saw-toothed sword that roared and spun.
Groomahk roared, letting Rikal's battle chant fill him, and struck. His huge axe tore across the purple man's chest, opening a great and gushing wound.
"Steady fires burn me!" the purple man swore. He fled before Groo and the Sworn Band, but got barely a step before Groomahk's axe parted his head from his body. A strange, pale ichor gushed from his neck. He dropped the sword, which fell silent as it hit the ground. An instant after his head hit the floor, some feet from his body, the lights in the metal plates attached to the cats' skulls went out. Soft thumps came simultaneously from each of them, even the dead ones, and the two still alive dropped like puppets with their strings cut.
I redistributed the wild dogs to account for the one dead cat.
Groo. Looks like I forgot his DR, so he has 2 hp back.
miss
Purple lost half his hp in one hit. He tries to bail, provoking off Groo.
don't even need the crit
On the body, the Sworn Band found a suit of armor, two vials of some sort that didn't match the usual liquid found in the caves, his toothed sword, a hand crossbow with bolts, and a brown card like those the band had found before.
mwk leather armor
2 potions cure moderate
1 chainsaw (2 charges)
mwk hand crossbow
20 bolts
brown access card
Pulling out the wand, Rikal ceases his chant and moves to heal Groomahk.
Spidre snatched up one of the potions and eyed it lustfully. "This is worth a lot of money!" She whispered to herself.
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Pulling out the wand, Rikal ceases his chant and moves to heal Groomahk.
[dice=CLW]1d8+1
[dice=CLW]1d8+1
[dice=CLW]1d8+1
[dice=CLW]1d8+1
[dice=CLW]1d8+1
[dice=CLW]1d8+1
Spidre snatched up one of the potions and eyed it lustfully. "This is worth a lot of money!" She whispered to herself.
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"If you wish, you can take it. We will likely sell the majority of this to those who live in torch, " Rikal said, as he applied one more charge of the wand to Groomahk (9 hp healed).
Rikal also takes the access card, since they would likely need it to open the doors on this floor.
"If you wish, you can take it. We will likely sell the majority of this to those who live in torch, " Rikal said, as he applied one more charge of the wand to Groomahk (9 hp healed).
Rikal also takes the access card, since they would likely need it to open the doors on this floor.
Spidre steps out in front of the group with her pack of dogs. "Maybe we should let them go first." She offers, waving her hand in their general direction.
"So, what does everybody think? This one?" Spidre inquires with a finger indicating the southernmost door. "It's safer to open the doors from back here."
The Sworn Band passed through the southern door into a curving hallway which ended with another door. Both doors answered to the brown card, leaving them at last in a new chamber that buzzed and hummed with the sound of machinery. A long track of moving material, almost like cured hide, turned around a metal skeleton in the middle of the floor. To one end, it connected to a looming metal thing fitted with thrashing and twitching openings and blinking lights. Panels on the wall flash with strange writing and images of metal beings. To the other side, a second hide track was smeared with blood and churned through an opening in the wall to a room beyond. The entire place had an air of rot: missing parts, flashing sparks, and occasional clamors of metal on metal.
No less than six metal men toiled within, four of the sort that the Sworn Band battled at Khonnir's home before rescuing him and two of the floating kind that held him captive. None took any interest in the band, instead intent upon doing something with the machines.
"WARNING: Robot Command Core Damaged-Reboot Required!"
After a few long moments of looking at the robots, back at his stunned companions, then back at the robots, Chotka roared as he charged into the room, axe raised.
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After a few long moments of looking at the robots, back at his stunned companions, then back at the robots, Chotka roared as he charged into the room, axe raised.
[dice=Greataxe]1d20+9-1-1+2, [dice=Damage]1d12+7+3-1
With a roar, Groomahk threw himself into the room. His huge axe crashed into the nearest metal man, almost slaying it with the blow. Chotka surged in just behind him, chopping deep into a different metal man with his own axe.
All the metal men began to emit strange noises as they turned toward the Sworn Band and attacked.
The two metal men the orcs cut into pound them with cold fists while the two farther back in the chamber open the tubes on their back and fire glowing webs of light that cling to their bodies and hamper their movements.
The hovering metal men trained tubes slung beneath them at the two orcs. Their mouths spat thundercracks. Chotka felt a hardness in the air rush past him and crash against the wall, but Groomahk was struck full on and knocked from his feet.
Groo is also joining the fun because it's Groo. He wouldn't wait unless someone told him to. Using small words. Very small.
Inits
Groo
Bot for Chotka
miss
Bot for Groo
hit
Net for Chotka
Net for Groo
Hover for Chotka
Hover for Groo
and he's tripped
They are. You should be able to move them now.
"Attack!" Spidre commands the wild dog pack as she fires a pair of arrows at Chotka's target. The room is filled with barks and growls, drowning out the soft twang of Spidre's bowstring.
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Rikal begins his war chant as he studies a hovering robot.
Rikal begins his war chant as he studies a hovering robot.
Karek moves into the room up besides Chotka, who seems to be a bit more Orcish at the moment.
His blow a poor one. :(
Rikal's war chant took hold of Chotka, bolstering his blind rage and guiding his brutal chop to the most vulnerable parts of the robot before him.
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Karek moves into the room up besides Chotka, who seems to be a bit more Orcish at the moment. He swings, but fails to connect.
"Attack!" Spidre commands the wild dog pack as she fires a pair of arrows at Chotka's target. The room is filled with barks and growls, drowning out the soft twang of Spidre's bowstring. Her arrow lodged in Chotka's metal man as her dogs surged forward. None of the dogs manage a solid bite on the metal men.
Rikal begins his war chant as he studies a hovering robot.
Groomahk struggled against his net, rolling around on the floor and roaring in frustration.
Rikal's war chant took hold of Chotka, bolstering his blind rage and guiding his brutal chop to the most vulnerable parts of the robot before him. It collapsed in a shower of sparks.
The surviving drones pressed in, with one kicking Groomahk in the head and the other two dispatching a pair of Spidre's hounds. The two hovering metal men fired their strange tubes once more, missing Rikal but striking Chotka with stunning force. The blow knocked Chotka from his feet.
Groo tries to break out of his net.
no love
miss
Drones
dead
Advances
dead
Hovers
miss
hit
Chotka tore at the net with his great tusks, then struggled to his feet.
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Karek attacks the still upright metal man.
Chotka tore at the net with his great tusks, then struggled to his feet.
[dice=Biting the net]1d20+8-1-1-2, [dice=Damage (does the net have hardness?)]1d4+7-1+3
Rikal looses an arrow at the hoverbot he studied as his own battle chant overcomes him.
Unfortunately, his arrow goes wide and he misses the mark.
Spidre moves into the room to get a better position and finds her last dog attacking a robot next to Groomahk. Without a second thought she fires an arrow in that direction.
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Karek attacks the still upright metal man, but his knuckles strike on unyielding metal.
Spidre moves into the room to get a better position and finds her last dog attacking a robot next to Groomahk. Without a second thought she fires an arrow in that direction. The dog bit deep into exposed wiring as her arrow flew just past the metal man's head.
Rikal looses an arrow at the hoverbot he studied as his own battle chant overcomes him. Unfortunately, his arrow goes wide and he misses the mark.
Snarling, Groomahk swung his huge axe against the floor, parting the strands of his net and flying to his feet. The metal men kicked him as he rose.
Chotka tore at the net with his great tusks, then struggled to his feet. It ripped open as easily as Groomahk's under the might of orcish tusks. He gained his feet again just as the metal men pressed their attack, taking a hard punch to the chest as two others beat Groomahk almost to unconsciousness. The last finished Spidre's final dog.
One of the flying metal men trained its strange tube on Groomahk again. Again the tube spoke and Groomahk fell, thrown from his feet and cracking his head painfully on the floor. He did not stir. The other fired high over Karek's head, doing no more than denting a part of the metal ceiling.
I'm not rolling for Groo because he's going to do more than 5 damage to the net. He provokes for rising, though.
Chotka also provokes for rising.
damn
Bots now.
hit
Hovers
Karek takes a 5 foot step back and wracks his brains, 'Too hard to hit with my hands,' He thinks, deciding to try something else.
He lobs a shock bomb at the metal man beside Groomahk.
Spidre sees Karek's spark bomb and becomes inspired. She shifts behind the others and twists the air between her hands, stirring up a dark cloud. It grows to be as big as her and rolls out into the room, striking out at the robots.
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Rikal moves up behind Groomahk, drawing his wand and tapping the orc warrior with it to heal his wounds.
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Chotka swung his axe in a wide arc before slamming it into the robot before him, hoping to cut the enemy in half.
Karek takes a 5 foot step back and wracks his brains, 'Too hard to hit with my hands,' He thinks, deciding to try something else. He lobs a shock bomb at the metal man beside Groomahk. It misses, but explodes with lightning anyway. The bolts hungrily strike the metal men, nearly slaying one.
Spidre sees Karek's spark bomb and becomes inspired. She shifts behind the others and twists the air between her hands, stirring up a dark cloud. It grows to be as big as her and rolls out into the room, striking out at the robots. It hit the one still facing Chotka hard, sending arcs across its body.
Rikal moves up behind Groomahk, drawing his wand and tapping the orc warrior with it to heal his wounds. Groomahk was roused and roared as he rose. The two metal men beat him almost back to the ground. He swung wildly, but they dodged his axe.
Chotka swung his axe in a wide arc before slamming it into the robot before him, hoping to cut the enemy in half. The blade almost made it, carving so deep into the metal man that for a moment Chotka thought it would fall.
Chotka's robot turned on the elemental and punched it. For an instant the elemental's whole body flickered and nearly died away. The other two pressed the attack on Groomahk and Karek, but neither landed a solid blow.
The hoverers blasted Chotka down again and knocked Karek off his feet.
6 damage
AoOs for Groo
miss
Drones
miss
miss
Hover for Chotka
Hover for Karek