Perrik doesn't stop, racing through the trapped cave and sliding over the barrel at the exit to reach the cave where Jeji and Kricker wait. Drahlneep is right behind, barely outracing the pursuing barbaric humans. The injured one a step behind the other who swings at Drahlneep's heels with a long sword. Drahlneep hurtles over the barrel and up to Kricker who waits with his rifle.
Kricker shoots at the lead barbarian.
There is a crackle and a flash as the lead barbarian spasms a moment from the electricity surging through his body. Both of the savage humans approaching through the tunnel look badly damaged.
Emerging from her hiding spot, Jeji fired her arc pistol at the nearest human.
Drahlneep hops forward a few feet then turns and grins before letting his rage loose and emptying the battery on the barbarians.
The crackling beam from Jeji's pistol dances across one of the savage's arm causing it to spasm as he lifts his blade high to leap forward, but is struck down by the barrage of lasers. The second barbarian falls immediately after with a smoking hole through his face. The brass robots step heavily forward crunching the bones of the fallen humans beneath heavy metal feet. They are backlit from the arcane light of the Technic League boss lingering behind.
Jeji! Now!
Kricker lines up and shoots the nearest robot.
Kricker's shot grazes the metal man, but electricity arcs from where it touches and sparks fly.
Falling back, Jeji draws a grenade and primes it.
"FALL BACK!" she shouts to her kin just before tossing the grenade just short of the oncoming brass robots.
Kricker will move backwards after his previous shot.
Jeji tosses a grenade and moves back with Kricker to where Perrik already waits behind the corner. Despite their weight, the bronze men appear agile enough as they quickly move over the barrel. The second one pauses climbing over the barrel. A weird buzzing voice like shearing metal comes from it. "Caution! Explosives!" it warns.
Jeji's grenade goes off throwing hardening resin everywhere. The material traps the BOTs to the barrel. The human is not seen behind them yet.
Kricker fires again then retreats farther back.
Drahlneep likewise pulls back in an attempt to clear the blast zone, drawing one of the Smiler pistols in the process.
Here goes nothing...
Jeji retreated a little further, clearly nervous about just how big the explosion would be when she pushed the button. Well, nervous and eager to find out.
The kobolds all take cover around the corner and Jeji sets off the bombs. Blinding dust rolls through the mines and rock shakes off the walls and falls from the ceiling.
Perrik slips around the other way, alert for the return of the other attackers.
Drahlneep stops when he sees Jeji's claw raise with the detonator. The concussion and force washes over his back like a welcome friend. His rage keeps his face contorted into a snarl, but inside he smiles thinking of the ingenuity of the kobold people. As the shockwave of dust flows over the scene he turns slowly about, peering into the darkness for signs the League or the TEK golem survived the blast.
The swirling grit chokes and blinds while the explosion continues ringing in the kobolds' heads. Pieces of rock rain down and the band pushes back toward the entrance. The air begins to clear a little in the entrance chamber.
The air is still murky with dust and the sound of falling debris hisses behind the kobolds as they enter the clearer air and dim light of the entry chamber. Only Perrik remains half blinded and deafened by the concussion. Another light rises opposite the entrance as the human staggers out of the trapped cavern!
Perrik:
Kricker: ;
Drahlneep:
foe:
Knicker takes his shot.
The electric bolt flies wide of the hazy figure of the League leader. The man shouts an arcane phrase and the hazy air suddenly sparkles around the kobolds.
Despite the whole coughing and half-blinded thing, Perrik manages to avoid being blinded. He snarls out a guttural invocation to his unknown patron, bolstering the party and hampering their enemies. On completing the spell, he spits out a wad of dust-laden phlegm loosened by his Orcish speech, wipes his eyes, and is back to normal.
Oho! So you want to play that way!
Drahlneep blinks with the sudden sparkling from the League magic, clearing his eyes. He snarls and takes a potshot at the magic user, slowly advancing on the human.
Everyone but Jeji shakes off the glittering dust that whirls around them. Instantly, Drahlneep draws and fires hitting the human pointblank in the gut. He staggers, but remains standing as Perrik prays for a quick victory.
Kricker casts a spell of his own.
Cause Blindness DC16
"AHHH, I'M BLIND!" Jeji screamed in panic. She hunkered down, unsure of her exact surrounding but hoping that the others were faring better than she was and would be better targets as she tried to rub the dust from her eyes.
Jeji is stricken by the dazzling motes and Kricker retaliates with a more direct approach. The human leader shouts in outrage, as he is blinded in return and then cast a spell and vanishes from sight. The rock dust still settling in the room eddies as the man charges forward nearly hitting Kricker.
The empty pistol hits the mine floor and the fresh one is leveled by Drahlneep at the swirling dust left behind by his foe's movement. He fires before the man can evade the kobolds.
Blood splatters from the air near Kricker as the Technic League mage cannot avoid another bullet though the hit is apparently not fatal.
Jeji continued to hunker down, rubbing her eyes and trying to hide from whatever was happening around.
"AHH, WHAT'S HAPPENING? I CAN'T SEE A THING! I'M STILL BLIND..."
"...wait, no I'm not!"
Perrik brings up his light crossbow and fires at the invisible thinskin.
However, he can't quite target the concealed enemy.
Kricker dives in front of the feet of the fleeing blind mage, hoping to trip him up.
Kricker dives for the unseen legs , but feels only air as the human dodges aside. The dust eddies behind as the technic league boss reaches the mine entrance.