Chillblame's iron gods game (Inactive)

Game Master chillblame

Valia slips into a flank with ayla and strikes

Going all out he strikes

greatsword: 1d20 + 7 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 7 - 2 + 2 = 12

Barely hitting

damage: 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (4, 2) + 8 = 14

When Anody scoots away, screaming for help, Boz looks puzzled. Why gnome fixy guy run? Make boz work more. Come back here so Boz can eat and kill you. Never tasted gnome. Then he gets hit by Valia.
Boz smiles, a terrifying sight with blood streaming down his face. To your shock you can see his flesh healing in front of you.
Me Like Pain! Smash you Elf! Eaten lots of elfs and humys and ratmen. You spoil boz meal!

He strikes at Valia while moving five feet. He seems to have forgotten creik, or at least isn't interested right now.

greataxe: 1d20 + 12 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 12 - 2 = 27

damage: 1d12 + 16 ⇒ (4) + 16 = 20

Boz The Brusier
HP 19/48
AC 14 currently 12 raging
DR 2/-

obvious gear
leather armor and great axe

Sharea to act then round one

Valia
Criek
Ayla
Anody
Boz the Bruisier
Sharee

GM - has Boz acted this turn? He made an AoO but don't think I have seen his normal actions? Obviously quite happy for him to delay if he wishes ;)

He just struck (above). I copied the basic info over, then did his action due to page turn over. Sorry for confusion. sharae can now act.

…it is sometimes the better thing to end the fight quickly rather than to bolster failing allies…

Fretting at the ferocity of the orc’s attacks, Sharae moves past Ayla and touches Valia on the shoulder, ”May Desna’s fortune be your own”

Sharae casts Bit of Luck on Valia – any time Valia rolls a d20 this round, he may roll 2d20 and take better result

Valia attacks, seeking to end the orc

greatsword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
greatsword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

damage: 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (6, 4) + 8 = 18

Boz staggers as valia's blow hits.
you not kill boz! Boz not die!

Hp 3/48

Ayla returns the favor
Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Ayla slashes boz's back and he spins.
me kill you next. Bet you taste delicious.
Despite his terrible wounds, he remains standing.

Hp -5/48
staggered

Oh dear he's going to swing again! Anody raises his crossbow and fires.

Crossbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 191d6 ⇒ 1

The bolt nicks the hulking foe, but does not seem to phase him. in fact he doesn't seem to notice.

Huddled against the wall behind Boz Cornered! -- must get out!, Criek attempts to slip past the brute.

Can I 5-foot-step diagonally through the door to the west? If not, I'll try a tumble.

Acrobatics, avoid AOO: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

bomb, bomb again: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 7 + 1 = 23
fire damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 5) + 4 = 12

um...I'll allow the five foot step as it a curve not a straight corner

Me can't die, Me am invincible! Erk!

Crieks bomb catches him in the face. Through the flame, you see him look confused. Then his head literally explodes. Despite this his body keeps fighting...

1d4 ⇒ 3 the wall. Flesh cooking the headless corpse pounds the wall for nearly a minute, before crumbling to burnt orc and a metal laced body sheaf. Finally it gas stopped.

Actions?

Heal myself
Dice: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Anody gasps. Oh dear. Oh dear. These Lords of Rust are brutish beyone measure. There are going to be even more up ahead!

”Desna, please strengthen us for the journey ahead of us”

Sharae, Channel Energy: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 6) = 10

Current HP for Party
Sharae, 30/30
Anody, 31/31
Criek, 30/32
Ayla, 30/32
Valia, 32/42

…a burst of light pulses from Sharae, washing over her friends with a feeling of wellbeing…

”Now… this ‘Elevator’ Professor? Is it working? Time, I think, to introduce ourselves to these so-called ‘Lords of Rust’ properly”

Yes, I believe it is us Sharae. Hopefully there are no more hidden Barbarians around. My word. Engineering?

Ready to go to Engineering.

Anody jury rigs the elevator. It is ready to work once, but needs to be fixed again once you have reached your destination.

It is obvious now that Boz had sabotaged the elevator by pulling wires out. Then he waited to target the repairer. Not a bad idea, but obviously not his.

Actions? Preparations?

I'm pretty sure we're going to be heading into a fight. Everybody ready?

Anody will try to keep quiet and unobtrusive when the door opens on the Engineering level.

Stealth: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

"If we must." sighs Criek glumly, gulping down an extract as the elevator rises.

shield, +4 AC, 4 minutes

Sharae tries to relax as the ‘Elevator’ goes up… or down… or whatever it is doing. Yet, as the elevator finally slows down, she realises she has been holding her starknife so tightly she has cut her fingers..

Will all of the doors (N, E, S and W) that led to the Elevator be available when we arrive at the new level? Or will we have less options?

I'm baack. Quicker to resolve than I thought

The elevator ascends smoothly and you marvel at a technology that functions so well after so long.

Genni says We are approaching engineering. I am downloading a copy of the deck map to your tablet Anody. Of course I cannot detail conditions currently in play on the deck as I have no sensor data.

map here

Then you arrive.

The doors of the elevator slide open. A cloying, animalistic stink fills the air of this hemispherical room. To the north and south, curved ramps lead up to hallways leading out of the room, while several doors sit in the east wall. Flickering lights flash and strobe on the ceiling, and the gray metal walls are scorched, dented, and partially broken in places, exposing colorful wires or metallic struts within. six mounds of rubble, cloth, and bones lie scattered about the room.

The whole area also vibrates with power, and a constant, low thundering noise can be heard.

NB. This room has dim lighting conditions, so there is a 20% miss chance unless you have low light or dark vision. Also due to the constant noise, there is a -5 to all hearing perception rolls

Genni says this was a security check point. The crash damage here looks extensive. Be wary of structural stability.

At the point you hear a loud series of growls and barks as six dog like figures emerge to confront you.

anody: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17
creik: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15
valia: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
sharee: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15
ayla: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Thylacines: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

sorted

Valia
Anody
Creik
Sharea
Thylacines
Ayla

round one
Valia steps forward and sets himself to strike any who draw near.

five foot step, readied action

Valia
Anody
Creik
Sharea are next

idly rolling dice: 1d20 + 6 - 5 ⇒ (7) + 6 - 5 = 8

idly rolling dice: 1d20 + 6 - 5 ⇒ (16) + 6 - 5 = 17

"Any chance those things are friendly do you think?"

Sharae readies herself, unwilling to attack the animals unless they attack first....

Sharae, readied action, Starknife vs any hostile creature within reach: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22 for 1d4 ⇒ 2

Oh dear I highly doubt it. These are native to our world so I can only surmise that these are guard animals used by the lords of rust and unless we have some way of calming and befriending animals they are going to attack

Taking 10 to identify animals and starting Naturalist performance

So that's my turn done. +1 to AC, attack, and saves versus these animals

know(nature): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

Unable to identify the snarling coming from out of his sight, Criek hesitates to step forward into possible danger.

Delay until after critters + Ayla.

With a series of menacing growls the thylacines attack!

And they swamp valia, charging him.

Valia slams onto one with his sword.

greatsword: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 2) + 4 = 11

bite, flank: 1d20 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 + 2 + 2 = 21

damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

bite, flank: 1d20 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 2 + 2 = 7

damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

bite: 1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 + 2 = 11

damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

bite: 1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 + 2 = 18

damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

bite: 1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 + 2 = 13

damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Valia's sword slashes through one of the raging marsupials, ending its life, but the others swarm around. Using his armor, and with quick footwork, Valia avoids most of the attacks, taking a injury on his leg, and on his arm.

Valia has taken 8hp

Thylacines (five left)
AC13 current 11

Hp7

Ayla is up, then round two

Ayla uses her Nodachi on a Thylacine

Atk: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Ayla strikes out, and the snarling beast drops.

Round two
Valia's initiative shifts due to completed readied action.
Anody
Creik
Sharea
Valia
Thylacines
Ayla

delayed action after Ayla:

Now seeing the dog-things clustered around Valia, Criek lobs a bomb into their midst, hoping to clear some space for his friend.

targeting the one just east of V, splash to the other three, selective bombs to avoid V.

ranged touch, point blank: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 1 = 16
fire damage: 2d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1, 1) + 4 + 1 = 7
6 points splash damage to the rest, DC 16 reflex for half.

Creik throws a bomb, that arcs gracefully in the air, shattering over one of the thylacines. For an instant it looks confused, then it ceases to exist as flame blasts out.

reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Sharae stays towards the rear, ready to provide healing should anyone become badly injured...

Readied Action to Starknife any enemy that moves into melee range

The remaining thylacines break and flee, back to their mounds, whimpering in pain.

Do you pursue?

Ceasing his lecture Anody says I believe that they would go back to their masters. I am not learned in tactical matters but should we not pursue? They should lead us to the people we are pursuing and the route they take should be free of traps and such Anody opines.

It seems that the thylacines have retreated to the mounds in the room, and are trying to hide.

Stepping forward to watch the creatures retreat to their burrows, then looking to Anody hopefully, "I've no wish to slaughter these beasts unnecessarily--do you think the fear of fire will be enough to keep them from attacking us again?"

Assuming we have a moment to catch our breath:

"Genni, I assume the Reactor is in the large room at the far end of this floor, through all the double doors? What should we expect in the rooms between here and there? Er, under normal operating conditions, that is? Are there any (shudder) Biolocks or other hazards on the various paths between here and there?"

Well I suppose if they don't bother us anymore we can leave them alone. Shame they tried to eat us when they did. Shall we head on?

"We don't know what lies a head, so the quicker the better since we are also going against the sundial."

"I wonder whether they were set as a sort of a guard dog? I agree with Criek though, it would be a poor thing to attack a beast in such a way... Which way then?"

The thylacines cring if you approach, and seem badly burned. The fight seems to have been (ahem] burnt out of them. If you wish to kill them, at hit by a missile weapon would be the safest.

The fastest way to the reactor is the centre doorway. The others lesd to support rooms. The map shows alternative access points. gennie says

Well no reason not to take the direct route I think. Anody says peeking into the main room. Where would we go to fix the security cameras Genni?

Perception main room: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

Ready to go in

Could you please turn me so I can examine the room?
Anody holds her up and moves in slow circle.

Perception take ten, 21
the cameras have been physically destroyed. They will need replacing.