The DEATH OF MAGIC [A Psionic Game] (Inactive)

Game Master Johnny_Panic

Images of locations
Black stone Monolith - Sitting atop this structure - large Iron sculpture - Inside large Iron sculpture - Golarion Solar-system


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Xeph (most will presume elf) Psychic Warrior of Survivor Path (Traceur) 3/Soulknife (Armored Blade, Cutthoat) 2/Aegis (Ectopic Artisan) 1 ¦ AC:19 Touch:12 Flat:17 ¦ HP:78 of 82, 0 temp. ¦ Init:+4 ¦ PP:4/18 ¦ Focused:x2 (DR 2/-, +1 Bluff/Stealth, +10'/-10'=0 limit mv.), 0/4 custom points: Imp. Dmg., Fortifictn., Med. MindArmor, Astral-Skin, K:Dungeon

Heh, so who's got "Kliff's" suit and who's wearing "Lina's" suit? Mildly curious. ;)

Fidgeting a bit uncomfortably while our newly rescued Dhampir weeps aloud upon learning of the unkind fate of "Lina and Kliff" and lamenting of her people's alleged failure upon distant Golarion, Jamaardi pauses a bit before chiming in, ::"Our condolences to you about your... friends, if I take it correctly that they were? Those names aren't familiar to us but you obviously recognized their... suits"::

Processing through the Dhampir's revelatory thought-words, Jamaardi, not wishing to distress her any further than she already was, decides that a slight change of subject is in order. ::"I'm not entirely sure what you meant by "Lyrock", but we'll take your word for it. Perhaps you might know of a more secure location that we can speak more safely at length?"::

The Xeph then thoughtfully adds, ::"You may want to get armored up in your own suit though... no telling how many more devils are out there roaming about."::


Image (AC: 23/27[T: 18/22 FF: 16/20 | HP: 78/78(0NL) | F+8, R+11, W+8) Init: +5; Perception +14 | CMB: +6; CMD: 22

At word that the gods and vanished she looks up.

"They did it! they must have, they found the Locke and sealed it!!"

She jumps up, hope now replacing sadness,

"IF they did then we have a chance, if our group succeeded the other must have as well. We take out on the our Locke's now"

But then she stands deflated,

"But they are lost, they where our team, Lina, Kliff and little Mirlon, they where trained, as a family they had the talent see, the power range to run the PYS_MECH. No others can, its..."

She turns and looks at you,

"How did you say you got here.. in a craft, a statue, show me, show me how you got here, now. we don't have much time, we have to meet up with the others teams down on my world or it will all be for nothing. so show me the craft."


HP = 36/36|AC=14 (18 Inertial Armor)|PP=23/31|Ki 4 | BP 7 |Ini+2(3)|Per+8|For+6|Ref+7|Will+7 Shadow's Status

Aldon places a hand up, ::Hold for a moment dear Anna. My allies and I must discuss whether to split up or if we will all accompany you to the statue".

The the group ONLY :It seems we have discovered the source of the disappearance of the Gods as well as Magic. Do we wish to assist her in sealing off the Divine or discover how to reverse the effect?"


She nods

::"Yes yes talk but I mean it, we don't have long, the blocking needs to be fixed or they well just work a way past it in time. But if they did it then all this death, all here who pledged there life to save not just my world but your and countless others. It would all be worth it. If the divinity can once and for all be ex-sponged, then we will all be free. Never again enslave..."::

The is a loud crashing sound of outside and something pushes its way into the room.

IMAGE here

In common it says

"Arr survives good I am here to help"

Anna has a look of fear and shock on her face,

::"DIVINITY! FRACK! KILL IT!!::

She go's for one of your guns but before she can get to it, the Angle form moves with speed and smackers her to one side, sending her flying across the room. She slames into a wall and falls in a slump making a moaning sound.

The Angle looks at you,

"You are not of this world, you have the mark, now this, this being is evil and must be destroyed, do to get in may way, for I do the gods will. They will be please you came here to aid them"

It then starts to walk over to smash Anna's head in with its mace.

You can see with detect psionics it has good and holy magic about it. In fact just as the demon like thing reacked of evil so this thing reacks of good.


HP = 36/36|AC=14 (18 Inertial Armor)|PP=23/31|Ki 4 | BP 7 |Ini+2(3)|Per+8|For+6|Ref+7|Will+7 Shadow's Status

Sorry thought I respond to this!

Aldon will use Compelling Voice to convince the creature not to attack her, "Let's all calm down, no need for violence when we can talk through our problems!"

Will save DC 18 spending the 2 power points to raise the DC by 1.

PP= 20/43 - HP = 63/68


GM rolls:

Will save 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31
A skill 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Another skill 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32

It stops and turns to you Aldondrick a look of disgust on its face,
"You are like this THING! you have not the purity of Magic about you, you have the fowl stanch of this worlds heretic ways, the gods of Golarion do not take kindly to those who turn away from the true path. You may have laid wast to the Asmoduses minions, but you shall not do the same to Desna's"

It moves to attack you.

Combat starts.

Angle Init 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

You can roll planes to know what kind of Angle it is


HP = 36/36|AC=14 (18 Inertial Armor)|PP=23/31|Ki 4 | BP 7 |Ini+2(3)|Per+8|For+6|Ref+7|Will+7 Shadow's Status

Initiative 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

Knowledge Planes 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

"Well at least we have his attention..."

Aldon seeing that the creature will not be defeated with Psionics opts to undergo a Metamorphosis.

Increase my Dexterity by 4.

AC 24 w/Armor & Enhanced Dex. PP=15/43. HP = 63/68


Xeph (most will presume elf) Psychic Warrior of Survivor Path (Traceur) 3/Soulknife (Armored Blade, Cutthoat) 2/Aegis (Ectopic Artisan) 1 ¦ AC:19 Touch:12 Flat:17 ¦ HP:78 of 82, 0 temp. ¦ Init:+4 ¦ PP:4/18 ¦ Focused:x2 (DR 2/-, +1 Bluff/Stealth, +10'/-10'=0 limit mv.), 0/4 custom points: Imp. Dmg., Fortifictn., Med. MindArmor, Astral-Skin, K:Dungeon

Listening to the Dhampir essentially admitting to being a party to the occurrence of magic's departure from the face of Golarion, Jamaardi internally notes, with some sense of ruefulness, that his mind seems to be a bit more preoccupied on the rather comparatively insignificant fact that the missing youngling who had been aboard that mysterious statue was apparently called "Little Mirlon" by the very self same Dhampir who had previously mentioned about "Lina" and "Kliff".

Jamaardi ponders upon these latest developments in the back of his own mind, while answering in reply to Aldondrick's private thought conference with the others in the party (excluding Anna) with, ::"So we've finally found our culprits in the problems facing the disappearance of all supernatural effects from the lands, apart from our own special gifts... quite alarming but very intriguing nonetheless; I do have to wonder how Asmodeus seems to fit in all of this though. Our rescued Dhampir does makes it almost sound as if there are other forces involved in all of this."::

Almost on cue, the Angel makes his very timely but terribly inconvenient appearance at that point, which somehow ends up with an escalation of more explanations being uttered, powers being thrown about, and one very distressed Dhampir being knocked unconscious by the Angel and in very real danger of being killed by this supposed servitor of the Goddess of Dreams and Travel.

Alarming that our gifts would seem to draw out such hatred from a planar creature of goodness; and for one such as Desna to be allied with one such as Asmodeus!. The Xeph finds himself scarcely able to contemplate such a turn of events; Luckily, Jamaardi is able to have enough presence of mind to respond accordingly to the threat that the Angel now poses to everyone present.

Initiative: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17.

Know:Religion on Desna: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9.

Jamaardi tries to recall something about Desna's faith as there had been quite a few adherents of her faith among the Elves that he had worked with in the past. Nothing much seems to come to mind at that moment, apart from the incongruity of a Goddess of good openly working with a God of evil.

Jamaardi will move closer towards the Angel, cutting a path directly between it and Anna. If he is close enough to attack, he will otherwise he may try to wait for Aldon, Eisen and Volita to make their move before acting with a delayed reaction dependent upon what the Angel of Desna tries to do next.


Nothing you know off has happened like this other then the great beast that was locked away. Then and only then did the gods work together, they did so to save creation. Yes a god of good working with a god of evil, the shock! but why now?

Volita moves, fast she psycoports to the fallen Dhampir then a silver globe surrounds them both.

Spell craft DC14:

She has used Time Hop and placed herself and the Dhampir into the future.

Comabt
Round 1

Initis:

Angel 24
Jam 17
ALD 17

The Angel looks at the silver orb,

"More Blasphemy! I will end you all by the will of the gods"

Its mace flames into life and it points it at you Jam hold person SU DC20 Will


HP = 36/36|AC=14 (18 Inertial Armor)|PP=23/31|Ki 4 | BP 7 |Ini+2(3)|Per+8|For+6|Ref+7|Will+7 Shadow's Status

Round 1

Aldon draws and fires his sonic weapon at the holy creature. 'I ask for quarter, if you will not give it then you must be brought low".

Ray Gun 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

Damage Force - 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (3, 4) + 2 = 9

4 of 6 charges left.


Half-Giant Soulknife (Cutthroat)

Init: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10


Xeph (most will presume elf) Psychic Warrior of Survivor Path (Traceur) 3/Soulknife (Armored Blade, Cutthoat) 2/Aegis (Ectopic Artisan) 1 ¦ AC:19 Touch:12 Flat:17 ¦ HP:78 of 82, 0 temp. ¦ Init:+4 ¦ PP:4/18 ¦ Focused:x2 (DR 2/-, +1 Bluff/Stealth, +10'/-10'=0 limit mv.), 0/4 custom points: Imp. Dmg., Fortifictn., Med. MindArmor, Astral-Skin, K:Dungeon

Seeing the Angel pointing straight at him, Jamaardi is surprised when the Hold Person spell hits him directly.

Will Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23.

Feeling the instantaneous paralyzation effect subsiding away, the Xeph announces to the group thought-mind network, ::"This being somehow retains its' ability to do magic;everyone... be careful."::

No mistaking that feeling, that definitely was magic right there; may have to ask our Dhampir ally about it when she wakes up.


Xeph (most will presume elf) Psychic Warrior of Survivor Path (Traceur) 3/Soulknife (Armored Blade, Cutthoat) 2/Aegis (Ectopic Artisan) 1 ¦ AC:19 Touch:12 Flat:17 ¦ HP:78 of 82, 0 temp. ¦ Init:+4 ¦ PP:4/18 ¦ Focused:x2 (DR 2/-, +1 Bluff/Stealth, +10'/-10'=0 limit mv.), 0/4 custom points: Imp. Dmg., Fortifictn., Med. MindArmor, Astral-Skin, K:Dungeon

Probably should've done this with the last post, but, as it's been said, better late than never. ;)

Spellcraft on the Angel's Hold Person spell: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7.

While Jamaardi still isn't sure of what type of magical power the Angel tried to use on him, the Xeph does get the familiar sense of magic being used... having had arcane magicks being used on him before on many occasions by both friend and foe.


The magic is is using is all Divine, it has no other kind.

Its stops

"Surrender now abominations, your very souls are lost, beg now for the gods forgiveness and..."

Then its hit with an energy ray and an odd thing happens, the gun locks on and pulls all your psionic power Aldondrick you feel completely drained. The outcome on the angle how ever was dramatic it seems to burn form the inside out, it screams as this happens, turning in dust and falling to the ground.

Aldondrick the gun in your hands is also broken it falls to the ground in bits.

Your suit says

"Directed systems overload, power loss, shouting down"

and also go's dead.

All is silent for a moment then Volita and the girl come back into being and there time stop, stops.


HP = 36/36|AC=14 (18 Inertial Armor)|PP=23/31|Ki 4 | BP 7 |Ini+2(3)|Per+8|For+6|Ref+7|Will+7 Shadow's Status

::What the hell was that?!:

Aldon turns to Anna, "What just took place?"

PP: 0/43


She gaps hurt, Volita passes some power onto her and heals some of the damage.

::"One of the divinity's agents, it was this one that lead the attack our Base Castle here once we dropped our Stealth hide barriers to lunch set free our Mecha Mechanical attack men. Your Psionic Blaster weapons AI Intelligent Item got a lock and did a total power use melt down, it must have got the Power wavelength critical just right and disrupted its plane displacement field stopped its plane shift."::


She waves at the door the thing just came in.

::"can you carry me outside into the hall way, 3 doors down, the red one, get me inside and I will explain everything, the door code is 289171, I really need to rest now::

with that she faints.

Dark Archive

| 49/56 PP | Init: +6 | Per:+8 | HP 35/35 | AC: 21 | F: +3 R: +5 W: +6
Skills:
AutoHyp:+11|Bluff:+7|Perc:+8|Dip:+9|Stealth:+7|Fly:+5
Humavian lvl6 Psion Shaper

Yeah. That's totally what I would do. =)

Volita runs off and enters the code into the door to open it. Then she comes back and lifts Anna up on her shoulder. "Come on, let's get you in to that room, then you can tell us what just happened."

Volita's construct rumbles loyally after them.


Half-Giant Soulknife (Cutthroat)

Eisen assists with getting Anna into the room. "Did we just kill an Angel?" He asks with disbelief.

Dark Archive

| 49/56 PP | Init: +6 | Per:+8 | HP 35/35 | AC: 21 | F: +3 R: +5 W: +6
Skills:
AutoHyp:+11|Bluff:+7|Perc:+8|Dip:+9|Stealth:+7|Fly:+5
Humavian lvl6 Psion Shaper

Volita, ignorant of what exactly happened, fields the question on it's basic merit. "Unlikely. Higher beings like Angels and Demons aren't tied to the material plane as we are. You may have destroyed it's physical body, but it's soul will simply hibernate on it's home plane until a new body has formed. The process takes some time, however.

The term 'overcame' might be more apt."

Volita finds herself doing little work as the Half-giant takes Anna, so she just keeps a re-assuring hand on her back on the way in to the room.


You carry her across to the room she asked for and punch in the code.
A large metal door opens and in you all go, its dark and large from what you can tell. Once your all in the door slides shut and you hear it lock.

Anna calls out in that strange language and suddenly the room lights up.

the room looks like this

She points to a kind of table.

::"place me on there please":: she says.

Once you do, the odd table seems to fold around her so that only her head shows.

She lets out a gaps.

::"That's better pain killers always help"::

She looks over at the center of the room, where a world seem to be hanging, a world made of light. There is a small red dot next to it, She closes her eyes and the world disappears.

You seeking you insides shift as if you had psiported.

::"I have told the ship to move us and bring the psi-shield back online, we should be safe from attack now. When they came we here not ready, we had no idea that could spot us so fast."::

She took a deep breath.

::"You must have lots of questions, I understand, this must seem all very odd to you. I will try and help as best I can. I knows some but not all of what happened. The deeper tech stuff and plans where above my pay grade. But I will do my bast, my hope was that CORE could help but its seems off line or broken. I'm not a AI crafter so that is beyond my fixing. I am just a Mecha mechanic, the metal man you came in, I help build it and maintain it, it and others. We are the 15th unit battle battalion or what is left of it. We and others survived the destruction bright on by the Divinity to my world. We and a few others are all that is left of out culture. My home world now is a barbarous place of savages and Divinity spawn. Like the things you killed, the angel you called it. A thing made by the Divinity for enslavement, how they do it we could not find out. The technology of the Divinity is so advanced it seems like magic. They can do things so far beyond us, things that brake the laws of physics and nature. I went to a talk once, The scientist said the current thinking by our best AI minds was that they where being who lived in a higher dimensional space. he said there where 10 dimensions and that we lived in 4 of them. Thing that lived in higher dimensions could shift in time and space, they could have access to other realities and causality's, they could be able to shift matter, space and information in ways we could only dream of. But they had a plan, they found a way for us to access in a way the same higher dimensions. They called it psionics and they said years before after the 1st intrusions of the Divinity that our AIs had found a way to embed such psionics genetic code. That I and others had that code and this was why I and the rest of us where tested and picked for the new Mecha teams . There was a lot of other stuff but that is why I am here. That thing that came at us, the thing with wings and the dark ones that attacked they come out of no where and started killing. We know there may be a counter attack but this."::

She looked sad and tired,

::"I am sorry I.. its just all been a shock. You them, you are you by the way, I can feel your psionic, are you back opps? Mcreens team, you said you came from our target world, how? you new the techs crew was dead how? Please i need to know, show me, think images and help me understand how you came to be here and why you as well, fight the Divinity?::

Ok now you can ask and tell all you like, you will be getting a lot of back story here


HP = 36/36|AC=14 (18 Inertial Armor)|PP=23/31|Ki 4 | BP 7 |Ini+2(3)|Per+8|For+6|Ref+7|Will+7 Shadow's Status

Aldon is amazed at what he is seeing in the room and takes the sights in as he listens to the woman's explanation considering ow what they have done here has effected their own world.

::The language you use while familiar has many terms which are foreign to us. Perhaps you can explain what they mean so that we may better understand what you are trying to tell us.

What is a Mecha?

What is an AI?

These seem to be critical to your explanation.

Tell me also what is the Divinity? On our world we have many Gods, is the Divinity a single God?::


She nods because that is all she can do.

::"AI means artificial intelligence, a mechanically constructed mind that supposes the intelligence of any single organic mind. Some think and feel at levels beyond our own. A mecha is a mechanically constructed weapons platform that we use in war. Its designed to deliver massive damage my a number of means. Its has a systems AI but also a crew to maintain and operate it when the need arises. The Divinity is a body of beings who for reasons I don't fully understand entrap civilizations and whole worlds. My world, my home, 'Androffa' was once rich and technologically advanced, with had high science and a culture that sort to understand the cosmos. It was to this end we made a number of star craft. Vast ships the traveled between the stars. Seeking new worlds and new life forms. One of out craft the 'Divinity' was lost on one such flight. Only later much later did we find out just how apt a name she had. The Divinity feel and crashed on to your home world. What it was doing there is anyone's guess. Our world is far away in a galaxy far from this one. So our ship was lost but what we did not know is that on your world lurked being that lust only for power and control over lesser beings. No much later agents from the came to 'Androffa' tell us the good news we where saved and that great and good things would come from following the will of the gods. 'GODS' what ""%"&"*, well we know at once they where just more powerful beings seeking to take us over for their own ends. They told us of souls of good and evil or a 1000 other bits of rubbish. The worked marvels and so called Miracle's in the name of their gods. we killed some, others we took to the labs and tested. On and on they went about magic and Divine right to powers. I have seen the tapes, they where drones, no matter what we showed them they new Gods where real gods and magic was real. Good evil the whole fairy tale. That was the nice approach, when it become very apparent we where not going to fall for that kind of C**p and that we know magic was little more than a higher level of being up in the upper dimensions playing silly buggers. They lost changed tack, they would brake us. It was classic stuff, earthquakes, floods, plagues. The whole deal, by then some of the AIs had predicted this and put planes in place to a retaliatory strike. See they had been working out JUST how theses mother &&*&*s where doing it. See they had hidden deep in out world some kind of vault that held the key to the so called gods power. When in the end we did not bend the wiped our world clean of all life and took it over, seeding it with some that they COULD control. We few that got away, hid for a long time, in fact we time jumped, ahead, This was in the hope of not being detected and not being attacked. We did this by getting close to the event horizon of a black whole. Then when we came back to the normal space we headed to home world of the so called gods to wipe the ^"&"** ""&"_ *"" from the cosmos once and for all. The vaults where the key, The AIs with us worked to get our new Psinic tech in place, we made hunter killer units that could find and take out the Vaults. They so I was told act as some kind of gate way to the higher dimensions for the gods. Take them out and just like a power loop they lose power. So tell me, did it work, did we ^"&"* the ^"&"*"( up??"::


Image (AC: 23/27[T: 18/22 FF: 16/20 | HP: 78/78(0NL) | F+8, R+11, W+8) Init: +5; Perception +14 | CMB: +6; CMD: 22

As she talks images come onto the walls, they show the events she talks about.

::"Found it"::

Anna says

I woman comes on the wall comes an image of a woman talking, She is old and wearing a smart uniform.

She seem to be talking to a large meeting of troops, all in uniforms.
Behind her stand four large objects floating in the air, they look like silver balls.

::"To you who have just awakened I have some news of the Shoal and and what they have done. The Shoal attacked and as they threatened they have wiped all life from our world. While we have slept, Life started again, but under the control of self proclaimed gods, with all the enslavement that has comes with that. Our great works are lost, our start craft have like us run to new worlds and other worlds. But we stand as the last to fight back. Our ship the 'Gateway' will stand. AI Keeper has said that the work they undertook while we where in status has been completed, We now know the world most of the new gods came from. The world where the divinity Crashed or should I say was attacked.
They made there move and have banished the Shoal, not all, we have been told some brokered a deal for our world. It matters not, the truth is they killed our world just so they could own it anew. We, we who lived, we who have not hidden like so many others, we will take revenge. Why you ask, well its simple, you can never be free while so called gods lord it over us. They will not stop, No culture can be free, no world beyond their reach. And so we can only fight, and fight we will. Now our science will match them for we know now how they power their so called magic, by means of a network of devices that linked to the top and bottom layers of N-space. AI 'Hope' Here will now take you over the technicality's of our attack and what every attack team will have as a task. Note we will be sending teams out to locations so that our attack can not be pin pointed, The 'gate way' will hold close to the AnZ black hole in case we need to time skip again. "
::

The image stops and now stars fill the room, they spin until they lock and a single red dot comes into being high up.

::"There"::

Anna says.

the red dot blows up and you see this object in space


Xeph (most will presume elf) Psychic Warrior of Survivor Path (Traceur) 3/Soulknife (Armored Blade, Cutthoat) 2/Aegis (Ectopic Artisan) 1 ¦ AC:19 Touch:12 Flat:17 ¦ HP:78 of 82, 0 temp. ¦ Init:+4 ¦ PP:4/18 ¦ Focused:x2 (DR 2/-, +1 Bluff/Stealth, +10'/-10'=0 limit mv.), 0/4 custom points: Imp. Dmg., Fortifictn., Med. MindArmor, Astral-Skin, K:Dungeon

With Eisen and Volita focused on helping Anna to the strange red-door room, that left Jamaardi to either help with assisting Aldondrick (now that his intelligent suit was, for all intents and purposes, deactivated but still physically worn by the Elan) or keeping a quick lookout for more unwelcome astral interlopers.

As the Dhampir is lowered onto the strange table-like device, which led to all the further information that was eventually provided to the group, Jamaardi, being somewhat uncharacteristically silent (both verbally and mind-linked-wise), was busy at getting his own intelligent suit manually removed from his person, as well as internally processing through what has just happened in his own way. Do the Gods, or at least two of them known, really see those with our... gifts as being abominations? If that were true, I would've never been allowed to step through the Elfgates in Castrovel to Golarion in the first place.

Jamaardi will remove his still functional smart vacc-suit with the intention of giving his suit to either Aldon or Anna, whomever will need it the most, plus the psi-gun too.

Of course, once the entire story was underway- with the appropriate prompting from Aldondrick, the task of removing Jamaardi's intelligent suit was left undone about halfway/partway, as the whole implication of what Anna's people had accomplished (no doubt helped by all the scenic/historical moving images) finally sunk in to the Xeph.

::"You could say that something did happen...":: was what Jamaardi could initially reply to, after the entire presentation was given and Anna presented her question of So tell me, did it work, did we ^"&"* the ^"&"*"( up?? but upon a bit of a pause, the Xeph doesn't elaborate any further to Anna other than to change the subject.

::"In answer to your first line of questioning, once we gained access inside, we had found two burnt bodies inside of the statu...mecha sent by your group. It was definitely hell-fire that did them in; after it had begun the journey to your hidden base, we found evidence of a third- a female youngling- that must've been with those other two but as of yet, we've found no trace of her at all. It maybe possible that she got left behind when it flew off."::.


Xeph (most will presume elf) Psychic Warrior of Survivor Path (Traceur) 3/Soulknife (Armored Blade, Cutthoat) 2/Aegis (Ectopic Artisan) 1 ¦ AC:19 Touch:12 Flat:17 ¦ HP:78 of 82, 0 temp. ¦ Init:+4 ¦ PP:4/18 ¦ Focused:x2 (DR 2/-, +1 Bluff/Stealth, +10'/-10'=0 limit mv.), 0/4 custom points: Imp. Dmg., Fortifictn., Med. MindArmor, Astral-Skin, K:Dungeon

Note to self before I or others forget: ask about Shoal and what they were, ask about other possible gods in this divinity group attacking Anna's people, ask about ship/mecha that Anna's people sent crashing to Golarion long ago (it would be kind of funny if the group somehow got it confused with Earthfall instead of Numeria's Rain of Fire), ask about any other possible survivors in the base, ask if magic never truly existed in Anna's world, ask about other suits being available in base, ask about the red dot ship, maybe find some other stuff to ask?

As Jamaardi finds himself more able to better articulate things conversationally after all of the revelations given, he then begins to attempt at finishing with the removal of his vacc-suit on his person.

Once I'm out of this intelligent... artificial intelligent suit, I'll have to check on my Ioun stone- see if it will float here in this base.

Know:Engineer on Table: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13.

Dark Archive

| 49/56 PP | Init: +6 | Per:+8 | HP 35/35 | AC: 21 | F: +3 R: +5 W: +6
Skills:
AutoHyp:+11|Bluff:+7|Perc:+8|Dip:+9|Stealth:+7|Fly:+5
Humavian lvl6 Psion Shaper

::We can emphatically say that, yes, your plan did work. On our planet all contact with gawds or magic has ceased. Indeed, nothing magical worked at all, until your 'metal man' came, and we found that magic did work within a small radius of it.

This divinity, as you describe them, sound evil. But did you already kill them all in your attack? Are there any left to fight?::


Half-Giant Soulknife (Cutthroat)

Eisen says trying his best to process the lengthy explanation, allowing the others to ask their questions while he thinks. When the ship comes into full view Eisen finds himself quite awestruck by the sheer size of it. "Impossible." Is all he is able to say.


HP = 36/36|AC=14 (18 Inertial Armor)|PP=23/31|Ki 4 | BP 7 |Ini+2(3)|Per+8|For+6|Ref+7|Will+7 Shadow's Status

Aldon accepts Jamaardi's aid in removing his suit.

He let's Volita engage with Anna for a moment and then poses a question to his allies, leaving Anna out of course.

::It seems we have found the source of the powers that have stripped magic and the Gods form our world. This woman may allow us to reverse this change or ensure that it stays this way. The question my friend sis, which do we prefer a world with or without magic and the Gods? Would a world where only those of our ilk are able to perform miracles not be better suited for our desires and dreams?::


A look of joy and triumph comes over her face as you tell her of what happened. Then she thinks for a moment. On the walls images come up showing what seem to be areas of the base you are in. There are signs of the attack, a lot of dead devils and what look to be crew of this place. The images flick past fast. Like a 1000 eyes looking over each room and passage. The flick past to fast to follow.

::"You have no idea how happy this news makes me, after all this time and work, we have at last struck back. Kill them, no, what we did was cut off there power and influence for a time. The Divinity or what you know as, as gods just projections of higher dimensional beings. I don't really know how it works, but what you know of as gods are little more tools used by them. There was next stage, if our plan worked, one that would at last set up free, free your world and mine. The talents we have to shape and alter the world are not from outside they are from us. At that part that can go on and be elevated to a higher state of being. But our scientist worked out the divinity hold ALL races back to they can sit on top of them and feed. Our evaluation is stunted the Divinity parasites and the things they craft to keep us stock as livestock for them. A few just a few make it out of the trap, they gain wisdom and power until they pass beyond to the next level of being. But they are the few. Once we learned what the Divinity truly was and what they where doing, they wiped out ALL life on my home-world. All to keep the secret of who and what they are. You can seek to bring them back, set your world back to what it was like and be life stock once more. But me telling you this. Look what the did to a whole world just for a few working out the truth. I am telly you, you will get no thanks, they will hunt you down and eradicate every thing you have touch from her on out. Your only hope it to help us. Some how a few of their agents where able to survive the attack. They must have back tracked is to here and came to counter attack. I have no idea what they where but they killed everyone but me. I can find no others live on this base. Some my still be here, but I need to get home to my city ship. For that I need your help now. I am to hurt to move, and with the bases AI all but down, I have now linked myself into whats life as wetware. I can't be unpluged with out the base's system fuly going off line. That is the bad news, the good news is I have some control of the station again and I am over seeing auto repairs. But there is one area I can't see of fix, The main power unit. Its at the core of this base. This is where I need your help. I need you to trust me, believe what I am saying. I need to follow the red pointers I will light up and make your way to the power room. I am linked to your minds now. Once there I will use your senses see what is wrong and work out how to fix it so we can port fully to the city ship. If you agree let me know and we can start"::

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| 49/56 PP | Init: +6 | Per:+8 | HP 35/35 | AC: 21 | F: +3 R: +5 W: +6
Skills:
AutoHyp:+11|Bluff:+7|Perc:+8|Dip:+9|Stealth:+7|Fly:+5
Humavian lvl6 Psion Shaper

Volito nods, curtly, almost rudely, to Anna. She says, "Excuse us," and huddles with the others.

Since Anna said that she's linked to their minds, she dares some soft speech.

[to Eisen, Al, and Jamaari:]"Guys, I've made no secret of my desire to maintain the current magic-less status of our world. Such a situation will see the School of the Mind rise as the only source of power known. The other caster will atrophy, and we shall have power and riches beyond any of our most wild dreams.

I say we help this woman complete her conquest. We don't know if she's telling the truth, or who did what, but her path will complete the monopoly of our Path. As it should be.

Hence, Aldondrick, I see that we are in agreement.

Jamaari, Eisen, how say you?"

She spares a look at Anna. ::I am skilled in healing of a sort. Are you certain I can not heal your injuries so you could accompany us?::


HP = 36/36|AC=14 (18 Inertial Armor)|PP=23/31|Ki 4 | BP 7 |Ini+2(3)|Per+8|For+6|Ref+7|Will+7 Shadow's Status

Aldon nods at Volita's words, he is indeed in agreement.


Half-Giant Soulknife (Cutthroat)

"I think there is still much to learn but for now I believe assisting her is the best course of action." Eisen replies.


Anna is laying back her eyes closed, her body is slowly breathing.
Then her voice comes from the room itself.

"I have assimilated your core language by means of our mind link. I am sorry there is no fixing my biological body now. It is being maintained but little more. I had to shifted my conciseness to the Stations Mind core. The damage is extensive, if I had not we would all be sucking vacuum now. I am now talking to you by means the stations internal communication systems. Devices in the walls that make and can hear sound. I am blind at the moment but for a few mechanical eyes here and there out in the station. I am having the systems maintain what is still working and trying and fix what I can. But with out the power core fully working we are dead in space and will all die of heat death soon. If you agree to help me I will be with you where working systems allow me. The light here shows the root to the power core."

I light on the side of the wall comes and and winks on and off showing arrows pointing at a door.

"I will send you to the equipment room 1st, there may some left that you can use, once you get there. Take the suit, I can power it back up there. But be careful the arrows will show you the way, but I am blind for the last area around the equipment room and I can not see inside it."

She says from the wall device that looks like a black drum.


Xeph (most will presume elf) Psychic Warrior of Survivor Path (Traceur) 3/Soulknife (Armored Blade, Cutthoat) 2/Aegis (Ectopic Artisan) 1 ¦ AC:19 Touch:12 Flat:17 ¦ HP:78 of 82, 0 temp. ¦ Init:+4 ¦ PP:4/18 ¦ Focused:x2 (DR 2/-, +1 Bluff/Stealth, +10'/-10'=0 limit mv.), 0/4 custom points: Imp. Dmg., Fortifictn., Med. MindArmor, Astral-Skin, K:Dungeon

In answer to that "million dollar" question of should we go along with Anna's plan;)

{to Aldon, Eisen, Volita}::"As much as it pains me to admit, if the gods will truly look upon those of us with our special gifts as being nothing more than abominations to be exterminated... I will have to agree with the rest of you. My own kin are among such that would be targeted by these gods, even if they're not actually native to Golarion.

Now, admittedly, I was sent to your Temple of the Mind by the Elves in the hopes of restoring magic to what it once was; you could say that their tried and true survival-based "exit strategy" was dependent on such happening, if it was possible. Luckily, Elves are just as capable of gaining our special gifts as any other- and they need not be made aware of the ramifications of our choice. Still, I would hope that you three will bear in mind that if the Elves were ever made aware of our agreement to helping our newfound ally to do away with magic... they'd be most likely to be...unhappy... with us."::

The likelihood of very upset Elves coming after us for this...? Guess it will be determined solely by our GM ;)

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| 49/56 PP | Init: +6 | Per:+8 | HP 35/35 | AC: 21 | F: +3 R: +5 W: +6
Skills:
AutoHyp:+11|Bluff:+7|Perc:+8|Dip:+9|Stealth:+7|Fly:+5
Humavian lvl6 Psion Shaper

Volita nods. ::Alright, we are agreed then. Let's be about it.::

"Okay, you have our loyalty for now. We shall stop off at this Equipment Room and then progress from there."

Volita follows the green arrows.


Half-Giant Soulknife (Cutthroat)

Eisen calls his weapon forth and leads the others through the complex. "I have a feeling the fight is just beginning." He says as they progress.


HP = 36/36|AC=14 (18 Inertial Armor)|PP=23/31|Ki 4 | BP 7 |Ini+2(3)|Per+8|For+6|Ref+7|Will+7 Shadow's Status

Aldon steps back into his suit and replies to Jamaardi, "I think your secrets will be safe with us my friend".

Once the suit is powered up again he begins to follow the path that Anna laid out for them.

Good thing I have levels in Monk with 0 PP left! :-)


Xeph (most will presume elf) Psychic Warrior of Survivor Path (Traceur) 3/Soulknife (Armored Blade, Cutthoat) 2/Aegis (Ectopic Artisan) 1 ¦ AC:19 Touch:12 Flat:17 ¦ HP:78 of 82, 0 temp. ¦ Init:+4 ¦ PP:4/18 ¦ Focused:x2 (DR 2/-, +1 Bluff/Stealth, +10'/-10'=0 limit mv.), 0/4 custom points: Imp. Dmg., Fortifictn., Med. MindArmor, Astral-Skin, K:Dungeon

Aldon, do you want to take the flamer gun as well?

Between removing his suit, helping Aldon to remove his old deactivated suit and getting into Jamaardi's suit, the Xeph will take the opportunity to take out his dull grey ioun stone and test to see if it floats.

If it does begin to float, it could mean that magic is still present in the base?

Nodding to Aldon, Jamaardi replies, "Much appreciated- my Elven associates may be without magic back on Golarion but that doesn't make them any less dangerous if crossed.". With that, the Xeph summons up some medium mind-armor while keeping to his astral skin, for now. Will also hand the flamer gun to Aldon if he wishes to take it at this point.

Jamaardi will follow alongside the others, sans the smartsuit and flamer weapon. He will still keep his mindblade unactivated until it's needed again.


having checked the kind of magic Jammaardi

The stone is dead as Jamaardi holds it out. It just drops to the floor.

Then as the group heads outside the green arrows come on and they can see the root down the corridor. There is now a low red glow all around, coming from small lights here and there in the walls. You can see points of deviation, walking some 120' you come to a cross roads of sorts. The arrows pint left. To the right the corridor has collapsed and pinned under it is another of the devil like things. It seems dead but as you get close it suddenly moves on reflex you all shoot the S**t out of it before it can get a shot off. Looking at each other, not a word is spoken as you turn and follow the arrows down the left corridor. Walking some 60' it turns to the left and this some the root is much longer. some 200' it dark down this way but at the end is a light. You all walk down in a line, checking rooms and find personal sleeping rooms. All trashed as if they had been ransacked by someone looking for sleepers. You know this as you find 3 humans and 1 half elf dead in three of the rooms. As you get the end Annas voice low comes from an off looking box with a class eye like thing on the wall.

"This CC cam is working, I can see you now. How is it going? The room you want is past this point and the Red door at the end, there is a large space of kiting out and another door in which is the Armory, let me know when you at the 1st door and I will open it."

You move on and soon get to the 1st red door. But you can her very faintly sounds from the others side. Something is in there and its grunting low, the door is thick looking so what ever it is must be big.

Over to you, if you need to talk to anna she is back at the last working CC camera around there some 60' away, back the way you came.


HP = 36/36|AC=14 (18 Inertial Armor)|PP=23/31|Ki 4 | BP 7 |Ini+2(3)|Per+8|For+6|Ref+7|Will+7 Shadow's Status

Thanks Jamaardi, Aldon will take the Flamer. DM, am I leaving the suit behind to be powered up, I think I may have thought it would be a quick process let me know.

Aldon replies to Anna, "I believe there is a very large threat on the other side of the door. It may be that thing which has destroyed your ability to divine into the room with your devices. Let me check with the others to ensure they are ready for this threat".

Aldon turns to Volita, "I am unable to summon a servant at this time, can you? Does anyone else need to do anything before we face this newest threat?"

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| 49/56 PP | Init: +6 | Per:+8 | HP 35/35 | AC: 21 | F: +3 R: +5 W: +6
Skills:
AutoHyp:+11|Bluff:+7|Perc:+8|Dip:+9|Stealth:+7|Fly:+5
Humavian lvl6 Psion Shaper

Volita nods at Aldondrick. She concentrates briefly, and another construct, bigger and more war-like than the utility construct still following her, forms out of the air.

"Alright, let's see what's behind this. Mind you, if you are fatigued, perhaps we should rest soon? Anna has already waited a long time for us. Surely she could wait a few hours more?"

Construct:

Construct stats(7pts): lvl 4 A: Power Attack, Trip | B: Extra Attack, Muscle(+4)

"Is everyone ready?"


"Ill be here when your done," Says anna


Xeph (most will presume elf) Psychic Warrior of Survivor Path (Traceur) 3/Soulknife (Armored Blade, Cutthoat) 2/Aegis (Ectopic Artisan) 1 ¦ AC:19 Touch:12 Flat:17 ¦ HP:78 of 82, 0 temp. ¦ Init:+4 ¦ PP:4/18 ¦ Focused:x2 (DR 2/-, +1 Bluff/Stealth, +10'/-10'=0 limit mv.), 0/4 custom points: Imp. Dmg., Fortifictn., Med. MindArmor, Astral-Skin, K:Dungeon

After confirming that magic is no longer present in the room that Anna's in, Jamaardi will pickup and place the ioun stone back into the container where he had kept it sequestered away.

As the group reaches the red door where something is behind it (making some kind of ruckus), Jamaardi will take the opportunity to form his two handed mindblade in one hand (the tip of the mindblade balanced against the ground) while using his other to take out his force screen dorje and activating it on himself gaining +4 shield AC before putting the dorje back into his bandolier.

Nodding in response to Volita, Jamaardi replies with "As ready as I'll ever be for our unknown threat." as he prepares to take his mindblade into a more active position.

If anyone else needs a force screen application, just let Jamaardi know and he'll use the dorje on you before going back into battle prep mode.


The sound behind the door slows and then it opens in side the room is this
IMAGE HERE

The sound it makes is horrid, you have 2 rounds while it is flat footed,

GM notes:

1d2 ⇒ 2 rounds
Initi.
1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

Link


HP = 36/36|AC=14 (18 Inertial Armor)|PP=23/31|Ki 4 | BP 7 |Ini+2(3)|Per+8|For+6|Ref+7|Will+7 Shadow's Status

Surprise Round 1

Aldon charges the creature throwing a devastating Kick at the beast, his feet alighting with the Psionic Powers of Sound.

Kick 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Kick Damage 1d6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 1 + (5) = 11 Elemental - Sonic


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Map?


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Sorry guys Im in china and Google docs is blocked, wish I could work out how to make a map

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| 49/56 PP | Init: +6 | Per:+8 | HP 35/35 | AC: 21 | F: +3 R: +5 W: +6
Skills:
AutoHyp:+11|Bluff:+7|Perc:+8|Dip:+9|Stealth:+7|Fly:+5
Humavian lvl6 Psion Shaper

Volita gasps as they spy the unholy monstrosity. "Oh merciful..." she begins, but the words die on her tongue.

To make up for her lack of speech, the combat construct lumbers forward and attacks the thing mightily.

attack: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30
damage: 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17

Free trip attempt: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28


Xeph (most will presume elf) Psychic Warrior of Survivor Path (Traceur) 3/Soulknife (Armored Blade, Cutthoat) 2/Aegis (Ectopic Artisan) 1 ¦ AC:19 Touch:12 Flat:17 ¦ HP:78 of 82, 0 temp. ¦ Init:+4 ¦ PP:4/18 ¦ Focused:x2 (DR 2/-, +1 Bluff/Stealth, +10'/-10'=0 limit mv.), 0/4 custom points: Imp. Dmg., Fortifictn., Med. MindArmor, Astral-Skin, K:Dungeon

What kind of a God or Goddess would associate themselves with such a creature as this?

Know:Religion: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13. Checking to see if any such instances of this creature is associated with any known Golarion deity.

Jamaardi will also move in and attack this representation of chaos when he can. Despite his heavier medium mind armor being presently materialized, his 30' speed has not been too diminished and the Xeph easily keeps pace with the others as they make their move.

Init: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13. When applicable, after Surprise rounds are over..

Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18. Luckily, it was flat-footed? If not, disregard the damage portion.

If hit; Astral Skin adjustment +4 and Improved Damage +3 in effect.

Damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (5, 6) + 7 = 18. Damage type will be Bludgeoning.

I hear you on the whole map thingy myself. Not sure how important it will be but from what can be inferred, at least a 30' move should get you in attacking range of this creature. It was close enough to the red door to be heard behind it but probably not too close to the door to make any bottleneck. Perhaps the door is also larger than normal?

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