Unhappy with his last swing But with it now on the floor, he lifts his hammer high.
Smashing it into the robots head.
hp = 44/50
ROUND SUMMARY
Garfaulk's bullet hits, but it bounces off the heavy armor. Wulf, on the other hand, has the right tool for the job. His warhammer hits hard.
The robot struggles to his feet (provoking AoO by Charles and Wulf, go ahead and do that on your next turn), and swings his arm at Charles. He decides to not fight the grapple, but simply kill the grappler.
The fist connects, dealing Charles 9 damage!
ROUND 2/3
ROUND 2
Gearsman
Ton'iel
Charles
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ROUND 3
Wulf
Zeke
Garfaulk
LaRA [delayed, go twice]
Go if you are bold!
Zeke thinks some choice epithets for his luck so far, and shoots another platinum coin at the robot's metal head.
Upon seeing the rest piling onto the robot, LaRA attempts to get a clear shot. Statistical Analysis: minute chance of positive effect on the situation.. "Opening fire.", she blurts out, as her crossbow snaps at the robot.
Seeing the bot didn't make him let go, daggers spring from Charles' wrist.
Wulf smiles to himself as the robot starts to stand up, swing his hammer wide Wulf connect hard.
"Charles get off him!" He shouts out, as the large robot slams into the halfling. Lifting his hammer up again he desperately hopes to put it down.
Garfaulk and Ton'iel!
Knowing that his arrows are unlikely to damage the robot without magical aid, Ton dashes into the room and just sends a bolt of ice toward the robot instead.
To his horror, Ton realizes that the robot's armor repels ice too!
Watching as the bullets and spells bounced off the robot like it was nothing, the dwarf swore, though kept up his chanting-there wasnt much he could do to it either. Unless... looking to the spinning, whirring leather things that looked incredibly dangerous, Garfaulk focused on them, muttering a phrase in old Dwarvish as he cast a spell.
Suddenly, coming from the ceiling was another spinning device! And this one was coming straight at the robot!
ROUND SUMMARY
The robot, now back on its feet, is hard to end. Spells and bullets go bouncing off his armor, as do Charles' daggers. Garfaulk's illusion has no impact whatsoever...
Wulf connects on his AoO and does damage, and his primary attack does too!
LaRA has a terrible shot with her crossbow! It goes straight toward Wulf!
[crit fumble= Friendly Fire: Roll to hit nearest ally to target.]
Misses!
The robot ignores the grapple again, and attempts to slam both Charles and Wulf. Charles is hit for 5! Wulf is hit for 10
ROUND 3
Gearsman
Ton'iel
Charles
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ROUND 4
Wulf
Zeke
Garfaulk
LaRA
Go if you are bold!
Zeke takes a moment to center himself, whispering a prayer to his apocalyptic god . Then he casts his spell again, enchanting three more platinum coins, and launching one of them with great force at the robot.
The robot sees the conveyor belt of death descending on him, but chooses to ignore it.
and
Ton fires twice, knowing his arrows are unlikely to have much effect.
Wulf shouts out again. "Get back! I'll hold it!" As he swings at its chest.
Standard action Rage Power Attack Hammer Swing
Rage Hammer damage
hp - 36/50
With a crunch!!!!, Wulf brings down the robot. Permanently.
Overall, the battle against the robot titan was more scary than dangerous. Scary to know that of all of you, only Wulf had the strength and weaponry to damage it, and surely there are similar robots in your future.
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LaRA watches as the robot is pounded into the ground. As it is confirmed to no longer be moving anymore, she snaps back at the rest. "Translation: The robot mentioning 'purging' at vocation of entity Divinity." She blinks twice, as her eyes start fluttering. "Resuming Divinity Hypothesis: Divinity appears to have authority over Androffan technology. Previous data indicates activity of entity Divinity stretching back 8,000 years." Her eyes seem to strain for a moment, as she tries to remember something, then shakes her head. "No data regarding Divinity found in memory banks.", she informs, a sliver of disappointment in her voice.
"Hypothesis: entity Divinity unknown as a deity to local civilisation. It exhibits power to inflict debilitating effects on a large population of sentients, as well as control over technology.". She points to the orcs corpse just outside the room. "It appears to be in conflict with entity Hellion."
She looks around, eyes fluttering once more. "It appears to have once had near complete control of this vessel's inhabitants and crew... Please hold."
Straining once more as if trying to remember, LaRA's head snaps at the party once more. "Multiple hypotheses stored and altered. Will reinitialise upon new data input.", she says in a calm voice, accompanied by a horridly out-of-place smile. "Observation: Capturing Meyanda may grant a large amount of useable information."
Zeke notices two of his platinum pieces escaped warping and should still be usable. He slips them into his pocket.
"Good work, Wulf. Was close."
Zeke looks over the area where the robot had been, checking for loose items or unusual technology.
To Ton and LaRA he says quietly, "I'd be happy to teach you folks my spell that hurts constructs, if it hits of course-- I imagine you'd use it just as well as me, and probably better."
"Aye, not a bad idea Zeke. I don't mind wasting a few silverdisks if it means we can take down things like that." he idly boots the robot. "Let's compare notes after we're done."
With the robot deactivated, you have a chance to look around.
An immense machine looms to the south in this room, its upper portion obscured by tangles of hanging cables and cords. The device looks something like an enormous oven, its front open with a rotating belt of green leathery material connecting to a wide metal table. Metal desks with flashing lights sit to the east, while a second rotating belt of leather moves through an opening in the east wall Two dead orcs lie at the base of this second belt.
You also see a mace like tech weapon covered in grease.
Ton moves back into the previous room and begins looking for a the way to progress.
"Looks nice," Charles indicates the mace.
The mace looks finessable... that is, nicely usable by dextrous folk. It hums with a quiet "vroom" as Charles swings it around.
This is the end of the line. There are no doors or other ways out of this room.
Garfaulk raises an eyebrow at the sound the weapon makes when Charles swings it back and forth. "Charles, cab I see tha fer a minute?"
"Charles what was that?" He grunts out, taking a few deep breaths. "It's my job to take the hits, don't be acting stupid now. You have your skills. I don't want to see you going down."
"Hm? worked, didn't it? Sides ..." Charles trails off, lost in thought.
It is magical!
It is a light mace +1, but there is a tech component to it too that you do not understand. Amazing! A combination of magic and technology!
Charles realizes he hasn't even searched the room yet.
Charles discovers a red access card behind one of the desks. A clumsy technician must have accidently lost it millenia ago.
A search of the large machine to the south reveal dozens of fragments of strange, partially completed devices lodged within the machine. Looks like this machine was some type of... device builder. One of these little gadgets looks complete, though rusty and old, and you take it with you.
There is nothing else of interest in the room.
Wulf looks over at Charles shaking his head. He's going to get himself killed.
Keeping a close eye on the small man he spots the red card he pulled from behind a desk. "That's it, the red card. We should go straight to that door no more messing, I only care about putting her down and getting the torch started again."
Zeke nods at Wulf's enthusiasm, close by where he was gathering his fallen coins off the floor. "She'll be ready for us, right? Seemed like she had a scrying sensor on us when we first landed on this level. Might be wise to prepare ourselves a bit first, too, if only to keep things even."
LaRA's eyes raise up in the air, and they begin to glow. "Initiating arcane counterintelligence.", she blurts out, as she begins to look around the room for scrying sensors or traces of divinatory magic. "Statement: No visible traces found. Please inform this unit about scheduling a magical scan.", she turns towards the rest. As the walk out of the room, she continues. "Observation: Preliminary preparation concluded by this party has been with the purpose of combat with entity Meyanda. The more time the opposing force is given, the more likely it is that their priority and preparation shift towards repelling our efforts." She reloads her crossbow. "Suggestion: Two alternative methods appear: Assaulting the red door now, or attempting to find out an alternate means of ingress."
"Need healing. Anyone else?"
LaRA's brain computes...All doors on the floor have been opened and no alternative means of ingress have been discovered. Conclusion: A frontal assault is the only means of entry. Warning: It has been at least 12 hours since we departed this location, and any inhabitants in the closed door must know their army is destroyed.
Garfaulk was too busy looking over the weapon to look for the red card. "I'd anyone wants the mace ere, speak up. If not, I wouldn't mind havin it, but I've gotten some cool stuff as it is, so soak now, or she's mine"
Then, in regard to their upcoming assault, a flash of gunpowder went off in the dwarf's head. "Oy. They don't know this robit is busted, right? What if,when we open the door, I send in an illusion of him in first, maybe distract em. Shot a flare or two in as well. Really go fer an all out assault. Thoughts?"
"I could use a little patching up." He then turns to LaRA. "It's all or nothing here LaRA, I'm going in head first. We take her out then it's done, we've given her to much time already."
Holding his hammer up to Garfaulk he smiles."I've got this hammer, it seems to be doing the job." He hefts it about still trying to get used to it. "I guess that could distract them if they knew he was there. I'm going in right after it tho."
"Hang on a second, Wulf. We know she's an android so the rest of us can take a shot at her - you should prioritise any robots in the room. You and that hammer are our best weapon against them. LaRA, if there's mobs of ratfolk and orcs then some control is gonna help a lot, drop some grease and knock 'em bandy with your glitterdust."
Zeke and Garfaulk, we could sure use a little magical help in there so any singin' and blessin' is gonna be great before things get dirty. After that I figure just blast anything that moves."
"Charles, I know things are rough, but you got to hold it together in there. Don't do anything crazy like you did jumping on that robot, just get in there and hit 'em where it hurts - like you do best."
Ton then runs his hand along his bow and arcane sigils begin glowing along it.
"Let's keep those firing lines open for eachother, we should try to always have a clear shot on our target. I'm gonna open with one of these exploding cannisters though, reckon that'll rock 'em. 'Less anyone has any better ideas of course."
"I didn't."
After a rather strange pronouncement by Charles-- he obviously DID try to tackle the robot-- the group prepares for whatever lies behind the sealed door. Charles swipes his card... the access panel pings to green, the door slides open... Garfaulk casts silent image and lets the fake Gearsman go through first.
Panels of blinking lights and machinery line the walls of this chamber, but the true spectacle here is the massive machine of metal that looms against the far wall on a ten-foot-high platform. Two immense cylinders of pulsing violet light throb at the machine’s core, while above a thinner cylinder extends through the ceiling. Ladders to the north and south provide access to the machine’s platform, while at the center, a smaller machine with several metal spikes protruding from its heart extends from the larger one. The entire room vibrates with a roaring thunder, and the air feels strangely alive, almost as if it were vibrating as well.
You see two of the collector robots hovering about. You remember these-- you fought one when you were saving Khonnir Baine.
Toward the back off the room, there are a series of crates set up in a line 6 feet tall. There is a small gap between two of them. Meyanda knew you were coming, and she obviously prepared. A voice rings out... once again, it seem amplified in some fashion.
"I knew you were coming, fools! Destroy my army perhaps, but you shall not kill the high priestess of the almighty Talon, the god Hellion...! Oh my Hellion... how did you get that robot on your side??? Attack, collectors! Attack!"
Zeke bonus: +2 when underground
ROUND 1
Charles
Wulf
Meyanda
Zeke
Ton'iel
Collector Robot
Garfaulk
LaRA
Go if you are bold! , or if it is not your turn, feel free to do those buffs and heals now.
Zeke will take the wand and patch everyone up before they enter.
Then he will check that his gun is loaded, and use his pearl of power to re-prepare another casting of coin shot.
Before they enter, he'll cast shield off of his scroll. As they burst in, he will cast bless.
Wulf nods at the plan but knows if he see's a clear line on the android he's going for her.
When the door opens up Wulf cries out. "It's OVER! Hellion isn't here to help you!" He then charges into the room. "Everyone stay back! I'm taking that cover down! Let them all come to me!" Past the robots and to the cover at the back of the room.
Charles strikes at Wulf's foe with silent fury.
"Ton, here, take this" He hands the elf one of the flare guns with a wink "In case ya need a firearm" seeing Zeke healing everyone up, Garfaulk nods and makes sure hours weapon is loaded to single shot, the scatter not doing well cs constructs. As they were just outside the door, he began a low chanting, then cast the spell, bringing into vision the gearman. Then the door opened,and they were off!