"Shall we see where this leads?" Nayce begins moving down the stairs.
Cronin proceeds down.
follows, casting a light spell on his necklace.
Fanned by angels wings, Guldarin follows.
Greeg walked shoulder to shoulder with Cronin, his weapon and shield ready for trouble. Behind him, he listend to the sound of beating wings and the low growl of the great brown bear. These were counter pointed by the high pitched whisperings of the "two" gnomes as they argued who was the real one and who was the "fake" in an argument they called "Metaphyscial realities".
He sighed and hoped they'd find some giants soon. At least they tended to keep things simple.
The staircase does downwards a long way from here, but at the bottom the light of Andaros reveals that it opens into a larger and wider chamber.
Rev
The group descend and see a four-doored chamber below them. The doors in question are heavy, metal and apparantly rusted shut through long disuse. Also present is a floor map and murals depicting a city. Slightly off centre is a rusted grating. The area also contained two beautifully crafted glass golems which turn their heads to look as the group descends. Their mighty fists clench in anticipation.
What would be my best guess as to how magic interacts with these things?
Arcana
The golems resemble nothing Andaros has ever seen or heard of, but he guesses that they may have some kind of relexive response to magic.
I'm going to defer my action until after Greeg goes since he's the frontliner. I'll see what can back his play.
Greeg rushed eagerly into the room, closing with the great glass golem to try and prevent it moving in and targetting its companions. He imagined the thing was likely to hit hard so he attempted to knock it from its feet with his first attack and give his companions some time to assist him or engage the far golem.
Edit - <sigh> , see, the dice bot deserts me when the combat starts :)
Greeg moves happily into the room but is brought up short when his opening attack rebounds off the glassy surface of the golem. The giants shout repeated phrases in a strange accent.
Although what they are speaking is reconisably Giant, it is also archaic. Nobody has used this particular stress patten for centuries.
Cronin calls back,
Giant:
The giants ignore Cronin's interruption and repeat themselves. Clearly the name is unknown to them.
Holding action at the moment since Cronin is keeping this on a talking level. Passing to Nayce
Nayce moves into the room and attempts to hex one of the golems, disguising his presence.
Nayce's attack hits, dazzling the golem, but the glassy surface has a curious effect. As it shakes its huge head in confusion, the psychic damage rebounds of its body impacting on Greeg and Nayce.
Andaros moves to N22 and draws out the Dawnblade as it flares into life. He casts Shadow of the Dawn blade. (his name for the Mordenkaine's Sword power) and a larger twin of that blade assails G1 from square G10
Attack vs Reflex Mordenkain's Sword damage force
Until stated otherwise, Andaros will be using his minor actions to sustain the sword effect.
Andaros conjures a sword of eldritch power to smite his foe and can only watch as it bounces off his glassy enemy.
Unaware of Nayce, G1 pummels fruitlessly at the goliath in front of him.
G2 moves to cut off the foot of the stairs.
The drow hops down from the edge of the stairs.
The paladin lures the golem out of position with some fancy sword work.
Kevaras calls upon his patron to punish the golem as harshly as she would those who cast off the chains of fate.
Passive Perception 19, Passive Insight 19;
AP: 0
Conditions:
Lay on Hands: 1 of 3
Dailies:
Encounters: Compel Obedience
Kevaras moves swiftly to administer a lesson in theology. His pupil is less than appreciative as shards of glass break off and dig into the teacher.
Dram and Dirt stalk forward, and water shoots out from Dram and tries to grasp the legs of the offending golem.
The deadly tag team of druid and bear move closer to the fray as Dram does his best to knock G1 off its feet.
Cronin lumbers down the stairs, considering the defenses these golems have shown. Coming to a decision, he (somehow) sheathes his halberd out of sight, shimmers, and then a great eagle is hurtling toward one of the opponents.
Cronin's transformation and subsequent rapid arrival takes G2 off guard as the goliath clangs into it.
"Has anyone suggested to them that we're with Faez?" Guldarin moves a little further down the stairs, and unleashes a bolt of lightning at the nearest golem.
Guldarin sends a lightning bolt arcing into G2 and receives what he has given in return. So too do Dram, Dirt, Kevaras and Cronin.
Greeg whinced as the reflected psychic damge tore into his mind. He cast a reproachful glance over his shoulder at Nayce, but then shrugged it away. It's not as if anyone knew that was going to happen. Seeing the other creture shatter and throw shards of glass over Kevaris as well, he determined to minimise whatever damge was coming his way next.
The creature hadn't landed a blow, but he felt that was more luck than anything else. Calling on the primal nature of teh earth around him, he hardened his skin to that of a stone wall, enabling him to take more punishment than usual.
He then hefted his weapon and struck at the beast, hoping to knock it off balance enough to throw its aim off when it attacked next.
Greeg's blow lands true, and thanks to his foresight, the flying resulting flying shards do him no harm. The resounding blow is enough to pull the golem slightly off balance, making it harder for the creature to aim its own attacks.
Nayce steps up and slashes at the golem from his blade, taking advantage of the golem's inability to see his approach.
Nayce appears from nowhere and drives his dagger into an almost invisible fissure in the glassy body. As some of the splinters fly towards him, he sees the poison on his blade simply dripping off the shiny surface. Greeg once again has cause to thank his primal ancestors for their protection.
Time to take my share of the pain.
"By the power of the One Sword!" Andaros moves to K20 invokes the One Sword power on his blade (which is doing normal weapon damage btw)
Attack vs. Reflex Damage
Secondary Attack vs. Will If hits, target is dazed until end of my next turn, and the power is not expended.
Andaros moves closer and suffers his share of glassy shards as his blade chips away at the golem. Nayce also suffers, but Greeg remains immune for now.
The golems continue to speak in giant, their phrasing never changing and the mention of Faez making no difference at all.
The pair stay put and smash at their nearest foes, attempting to push them towards the rusted doors.
G2 turns his attention to Kevaras, beating solidly at the paladin as lightning continues to arc around it.
Greeg strikes at the golem while it is distracted by the bright elf. Oi boyo, focus where the real threat is or you'll be so much broken glass eh! he states in giant
Edit - sigh
Greeg's weapon makes a pretty tinkling sound, but has no impact on the giant. The golem's eyes flicker towards the goliath as it roars,
Kevaras girds himself with Virtue and, with disdain, removes big shards of glass stopped by his armour.
Kevaras calmly removes glass shards and crunches them underfoot as he shifts back towards the golem.
Drams sends out another stream of water at the golem, trying to hamper any movement it makes.
Rev
More water conjured from nowhere brings G1 to an unwilling halt as further shards slam into Nayce and Greeg. The massive goliath takes no notice whatever.