Urgeon pauses to see if the source of the noise appears. If not, scans the north door for danger, detects magic, listens at it, and then opens it.
Urgeon pauses to see if the source of the noise appears. If not, scans the north door for danger, detects magic, listens at it, and then opens it.
The android slips into the shadows and disappears almost completely to even those watching him directly. He glides up the stairs silently.
You creep up and are immediately taken by the increase in the intensity of the acrid scent causing your eyes to water and you have to choke down a cough. A wide balcony overlooks a spacious atrium here, its low iron railing wrought with geometric symbols. A window high on the west wall is protected by narrow metal slats. Three doors stand in the east wall, but only the central door remains intact, with a short message written above it. The northern door has a hole burrowed through it about 3 feet in diameter, while the southern one has been completely smashed apart. A couple of the doors are labeled like below. Moving about the room are two massive avian creatures. The bird-like beasts are mostly head, lunging forward on four scaly legs. Wisps of noxious black vapor trail from their hooked beaks. They do not notice you and appear to be rooting around for food
Urgeon doesn't spy the source of the noise from where he is located and moves over to the door. He detects no magic and then opens the door
Oskar is just going to stand there, like bait. He will get his rifle ready.
Kovax moves to keep Razerend in sight, he tends to get himself into trouble when alone
Stealth -
Ridic will draw his rifle as well, and wait to see what happens.
Kovax moves up to keep Razorend just in sight and notices the increase awfulness of the stench.
Razorend assesses the creatures and then moves back down to tell the others. "Two massive birds, like... hideous mutated huge heads with four legs. Black vapor spews from their beaks."
"They seem to be alive, at any rate."
"Are they prisoners, or enemies?
Urgeon shakes his head. "I think its safe to say they're not friendly. But, if they're not an imminent threat, I suggest we clear the third level and then deal with them after."
Razorend nods agreement, then returns to the shadows.
Kovax agrees and moves down
Oskar will keep his rifle ready and follows Urgeon to the next floor
The party quietly explores the floor moving from the unmarked room to Lab 1.
Stealth
Perception
Perception -
As Urgeon rolls out of the first room declaring it empty, the others look in and frown as you all spot another nanite cocoon in the corner of the room, easily visible from the door.
Ridic moves over to the next door and opens it. It is like all the other doors in the tower so far . An oblong metal object with rounded corners, the door is opened by spinning a huge iron wheel in the middle of the door. Ridic spins this one and breaks a bit of rust off, creating a cracking metal sound. A querulous squawk comes out from above the hole and the party hears heavy footsteps with clacking claws moving to and down the stairs.
Looking into the hall beyond, Ridic spies another door at the end of the hallway like the previous ones with one minor exception. This one has a small oval window right about eye level.
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Urgeon will cast grease on the stairs going up where the clacking is coming from.
Initiative
Ridic will draw his weapon and wait to see what slides down the stairs
Oskar focuses on the stairs, and prepares to fire.
Razorend moves to the edge of the stairwell and hides.
Oskar holds fire to see what happens as Razorend slips into the shadows. Urgeon greases the stairs and Ridic stands ready.
Urgeon readies his wand of scorching ray to hit the creature when it reaches the bottom of the stairs.
Init -
Kovax moves up and readies to rage and attack with his chain at range as soon as anything threatening arrives
Razorend will try to improve his stealth.
The party readies itself as the avian-like creatures appear single file down the stairs. The creatures are essentially massive bird heads perched on four scaly legs. Their eyes blaze with red lights as they squawk koudly upon seeing you. The first one hits the greased stairs and skitters for a moment, but moves with amazing alacrity, albeit it slowed significantly. Urgeon catches it in the face with a fiery ray but the fire washes over the creature harmlessly.
The first creature gets close to Kovax who attempts to skewer it in a rage with his chain stabbing deep into the creature.
The bird arrives and exhales a cloud of noxious black smoke that radiates all around it washing over Oskar, Razorend and Kovax. The acrid smoke begins to melt and rot your flesh and the fumes from your own body distintegrating in front of you wreck your mind.
The second bird enters the grease and slips, crashing to the ground.
Fort Save -
Kovax will 5' back out of the smoke, pull his pistol and fire once using Knowledge is Power and a grit point to increase the damage
To Hit Touch AC -
Damage -
Urgeon hits the closer bird again with his wand.
Ridic will cast burning gaze at the bird that is still standing
DC 17 fortitude negates, if failed he will ignite
Spell Penetration
Damage
Oskar moves out of the cloud and fires on the lead creature.
Razorend shakes off the befuddling gas, steps out of his corner and strikes. His kukri flashes between dimensions, slicing deep into the bird-thing's flesh.
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After attacking, Razorend adjusts his stance, taking up the Formless Dance.
Spell Penetration
1d20+7
Oskar holds his breath, moves and fires punching a huge hole in the side of the bird that spurts black blood.
Ridic casts a spell that the creature sluffs off with its innate magic resistance. The same happens with Urgeon's wand ray.
Razorend moves in for some physical assault and while not the best strike, the surprise allow him to carve right through the bird ... a follow up shot from Kovax splits the beak and a piece of shrapnel enters its throat. It is literally on its last legs.
In a desperate panic it bites at Razorend and claws out wildly
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The initial cloud melts into the ground and the second creature stands and then makes its way across the grease provoking an opportune attack from Kovax.
AoO -
Damage -
Razorend retaliates with a time-bending combo.
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Urgeon will use ring of the ram on the creature [ooc](he uses three charges).
Oskar takes the full round to shoot the second bird-thing twice:
Kovax will 5' and attack again if it's still alive, otherwise he will drop out of his rage
To Hit -
Damage -
To Hit Touch AC -
Damage -
To Hit -
Damage -
Razorend finishes off the first bird and then twirls to the second cutting it grievously. The bird then goes down in explosion of black blood and feathers as it is met with bullets, force and steel.
As Urgeon rolls out of the first room declaring it empty, the others look in and frown as you all spot another nanite cocoon in the corner of the room, easily visible from the door. (Str check to remove)
"Another one of those things," Razorend says, pointing at the nanite cocoon. He cleans his blade while checking over the corpses of the birds.
Urgeon again removes the nanites from the cocoon.
He then opens the Lab #3 door.
Remove the cocoon from the wall like last time or are you opening the cocoon ... may want to read the notes before you do that. Strength that check required to pull it off the wall.
Remove from the wall like last time.
Urgeon opens the door to Lab 3 and finds a similar 10x5 room with a door at the other end with small oval window at eye level.