The entire area of effect is considered difficult terrain while the effect lasts.
Kovax will move up using a move action and attack using Knowledge is Power
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The troll blinks and almost catches Ridic's blindness in the face but grits her teeth and powers through it only to have Kovax follow it with a fiery pellet that sears through her skin.
Razorend telports over and cuts open her right side and her intestines begin to bulge out of the gash. Urgeon follows up with two rays of fire that burn at her chest and stomach and she pitches forward to hit the ground with a thud. The elemental glides up and under her.
If the troll is down, Razorend will apply a coup de gras until Urgeon can hit it again with fire.
Ridic will dismiss the entangle and approach the downed troll.
Urgeon fires his wand of scorching ray at the troll.
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The elemental attacks from below.
Still in a rage Kovax looks around and yells "Who's F*#KING Next!"
Razorend stabs the creature inn the head and Urgeon burns the body tina crisp.
A strange sound like chattering rises up around you. You look around to see the ratfolk in the crowd cheering and then moving to chase the rest of the crowd out of the Arena.
One of them comes up to you, nose twitching. "Savior! Redtooth passed on her message. We will secure the topside while you root out the rest of the Lords."
Under the stage ahead you note a bound man. Appears to be a dwarf ... alive.
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Once Kovax realizes there are no more threats he drops out of his rage and tries to catch his breath.
He moves over to the dwarf he looks him over, "Who are you and how did you end up here?"
Kovax checks for traps before getting to close to the dwarf
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Korvax, ye turd! Stop foolin around! It's me Oskar!, Oskar Griesgram? I worked at Dolga’s Foundry! In Torch? You visited daily for weeks? You also owe me 5 gold for kicking you arse at darts! But forget that and get me out of this cage! We have to find the others that were taken from Torch! The Bastards even took Val, Khonnir must be going mad err..Madder?, worrying about her.
Urgeon searches the troll and ogre's bodies before joining Kovax to inspect the dwarf. "Do you know him? He knows Val and Khonnir, so he must be from Torch."
Urgeon detects magic and searches for traps. "Oskar, I am Urgeon Porpentine. I was an apprentice under Khonnir for many years. How did you come to be here?"
He begins releasing the dwarf.
Before Kovax starts untying the dwarf, Ridic will ask the Ratfolk what they know about him.
"Does this Dwarf come here often, does he have ties with any of the factions around here? What do you know of him, if anything at all?"
Ridic will look at the boisterous dwarf and say "We will get to tne bottom of this, until then you will sit and wait."
The ratfolk looks over at Oskar and the back to Ridic, "Never seen 'em before. Smilers drug him in last night with the girl."
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"What girl?"
Kovax shoots Ridic a hard look "It was Val you idiot, the head they sent us in a box. Khonnir's daughter"
Assisting Urgeon with Oskar's bindings, "Good to see a familiar face Oskar" Kovax pauses, "Wait, what others from Torch?"
Oskar brightens Urgeon! You're here too! Thank Torag! After you guys left Torch, the Smilers came back, we all tried to fight them off, and we killed a bunch, but there were so many. They knocked me out, and I woke up here. I have no idea whats left, I am really worried. I haven't seen Val since I got here. I thought there were others, from town, but until now. I've not seen anyone.
Korvax, did you say head?
"I hate to break it to you like think Oskar but they killed Val and sent us her head in a box to make sure we would come here to fight." Clearly holding back his emotions, "It worked, I am going to kill them all"
To the Ratlings "Find out where the smilers are keeping anyone else from Torch, I need to know how many and where"
Sonnovab~&$#! Why? Why would they do that? The people of Torch haven't done anything? What the hell do they want. Has anyone seen my stuff? My Musket?
Oskar looks at the door to the east of the stage I haven't seen much while I was kept here, but they used this door alot. Hopefully my gear is in here. I feel naked without my guns
Listen at the door.
A short ladder leads up to the stage, a large wooden platform twenty feet above the battleground to the west. The squat metal tower it extends from is obviously part of a different, much older structure. A large nest of furs and rags and bones, appropriate for something the size of a small giant, sits in the middle of the platform. You find a bag full of Oskar's gear sitting next to the nest.
As you stand around, the 2 glass windows flash with static and a rush of noise. Appearing in the midst of both of them is an image of the head of a wrathful demonic figure appears. Both windows, or rather monitors, move exactly the same. It speaks to you.
Oskar gathers his gear as fast as he can, Musket and Bandolier first.
Urgeon nods to Oskar, "Thank you for defending Torch. Let's see if we can avenge Val."
He pockets the gray card and attempts to identify the autograpnel before placing it in the bag of holding.
Urgeon studies the monitor as the image speaks.
He then speaks to the monitor, "Hellion, we will not bow down to you. You are no god that I know of. You are not even a living creature from what I can tell. We are here to end whatever influence you have been spreading across the land."
He studies the exposed metal tower and tries to find a method of opening a portal.
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Kovax grinds his teeth while he listens to the creature speak and then after Urgeon responds he shakes his head and says "I have never killed a false god before, but I am really looking forward to it now"
He then starts to spin his chain around in faster and faster controled spins until he quickly launches it at each face destroying them if he can
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Ridic looks back at Kovax with a glare of his own "Watch yourself Exner! You know nothing, there could have been another girl that he was referring too, and it sounds likely that there are others here and possibly.....yes a girl!" Ridic is clearly pissed
"Next time you want to run into a damn arena that is a trap and not listen to others, I will let you die alone! You are a fool!"
after Kovax destroys the monitors, Ridic shakes his head....Child.."
Vague threats from a defeated tyrant.
Razorend watches Hellion impassively, unsure of how to react. As Kovax lashes out at the monitor, he moves up and lays a calming hand on the man's shoulder. "Leave it, Kovax. Save your strength for a real foe, not a piece of scrap."
Hellion begins to reply but Kovax shatters both monitors easily with his spiked chain and the party looks at each other as they crackle with spent electricity.
Urgeon shrugs and looks over the autograpnel seeing it as minorly enchanted. He then looks to the doors between the monitors waving his hand in front of the small panel to the left. A small gray lock appears, and the wizard quickly pulls out the gray card and waves it causing the glaucite door to shoot into the ceiling and giving a view into the rooms beyond.
Another building or vessel of some sort similar to that under the Black Hill and Torch awaits you.
The dull gray metal walls of this H-shaped chamber are adorned here and there with rectangular panels of flickering glass mounted at head height. Bits of garbage and rotten food lie strewn across the floor, and the air is thick with the rank stench of unwashed bodies. Attached to the walls are two tethered lengths of chain that end in collars set for a neck the size of Kovax's thigh.
Immediately upon entering the door, Hellion's image flashes up on monitors on the walls facing you. He finishes his speech from earlier.
Lads if you don't mind, can you allow me to get my armor on, and my gear stowed. Then I'd like it very much to cause that voice pain. May I join you?
"Should we get Meyanda? If she is willing to come, her knowledge of this place would be invaluable."
The talking head on the monitor responds to Razorend.
Ridic will look at the talking and head and speak to it "You have a lot to say, but we have seen so far has been little more than street urchins that look up to you. No, you are no god.....just another in a long line of fools"
Ridic will look towards Oskar "Take your time my friend, this talking head is only that....talk."
Urgeon smiles grimly at Oscar, "Armor up. You'll need it where we're going."
Urgeon nods at Razorend. "Yes, let's get her - we need all the help we can get."
He follows Razorend back.
Razorend nods and starts back out of the arena. When they reach Dinaya's hold, he finds Meyanda and explains the situation. He describes Val's fate, the battle in the arena, and their encounter with Hellion. "I appears he is continuing to lure us, likely into some deadly trap within. We could use your knowledge and help there, if you are comfortable with confronting your old master." He nods, affirming the seriousness of the decision before her. "I have yet to face my old masters, the Technic League. I understand what you face, but cannot provide any real advice on how to handle it."
The fiend head laughs diabolically as you depart the Arena, the door slamming shut behind you as you exit.
Leaving the ratling you talked to earlier looks at you askance, "Uh, we can hold this top side for maybe about 24 more hours ... after that, he shrugs, "You're on your own."
Razorend finds Meyanda in the workshop tearing apart some sort of intricate machinery. She frowns as Razorend makes his request, "I owe you my existence, so of course I will come along," she glances forlornly at the tech in her hands, "I had hoped to discover more here, first, but I understand if you need me."
She straightens herself and picks up a warhammer awkwardly and pulls on the scatterlight suit you gave her earlier. "Do you have a spare gun?"
"I believe so," Razorend replies. "I'm happy you're joining us, but if dealing with Hellion becomes too intense, do not hesitate to back out."
He turns to Oskar, "I wish your coming here was under better circumstances. Is there anything you need before we delve into that death trap?"
Oskar says, Not at the moment lad, thank you. he checks his gear one more time and then brushes some lint off his musket and whispers Come on Issa, time to earn our keep
Urgeon hands Meyanda the gunslinger pistol. "I believe this is the only extra gun we have. You're welcome to grenade launcher if you can use it."
He then turns to the group. "Are we ready to do this? We could spend the night and regain spells, but I would just assume get this over with now."
I'm ready!
"I think we should regain spells and head out in the morning. Something tells me, lightning would once again be useful."
He looks at Oskar "Are you ready to go already? You looked like you had a rough time of it, tied up for those fiends. I can't imagine that they were very good to you."
"Well, I've been locked up for a few days, so walking is what I need. They never even asked me any questions. That means I was bait,
I've never been bait before. I don't like it." he looks sad "and I really liked Val. Why did they have to kill her?" He looks up at Ridic "are you sure it was her?"
Razorend nods grimly, "I thought... hoped, that it would be a trick." He swallows and shakes his head.
"It's true....I am not sure why they chose her." Ridic looks towards Razor and shakes his head.
Meyanda looks at the grenade launcher and the broken pistol and shrugs, taking both.
Kovax is torn between wanting to kill anyone having anything to do with Val's death but also understanding the need for all of us to be at our most rested to succeed, "I am too emotionally invested right now to make a rational decision, I will leave our next steps up to you all"
Kovax will offer Meyanda his Blunderbuss, "The other pistols we have found I don't think will be terribly useful to you but you can put this to good use."
15 Buck Shots left, 16 of Bullet and plenty of powder. If we have time I can make more of which ever kind of shot she wants
"It's good to see you again Oskar, I wish it was under better circumstances, what can you tell us about the last few days? Did you see inside of the compound at all? Were you hooded or knocked out the entire time? Who else was taken with you and Val?"
"I prefer to go now, but defer to the casters on whether they need to rest or not. Oskar said others were taken prisoner -- the longer we wait, the more their lives are imperiled."
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This spell functions indoors or underground but not underwater.
Razorend will give Meyanda the few grenades he has.