Iva takes a step where she can get into a flank on the golem. She swaps her Kukri to her left hand. (her main hand), and attacks.
Iva brings down the golem.
Kvartiy says, "We need to get out of here that big damned golem is going to cave this place in!"
Femi and Chretien
Femi has little that can effect a golem, and there is still an entire complex to fight their way out of, so he waits for Cretien's methods.
Chretien is unable to see anything to help him stop the Colossal Golem he also stands up. Femi also stands up.
The soldiers in the elevator press the button to go further up back the way you came.
Round 7
The colossus strikes the ceiling, roars, then punches several times into the stone above it.
Reflex DC 14 to avoid falling prone:
Chretien pass, Rognar pass, Femi pass , Iva pass, Soldiers fail ,, Kvartiy pass
Reflex DC 14 to avoid debris from the ceiling:
Chretien pass, Rognar pass, Femi fail , Iva pass, Soldiers pass ,, Kvartiy pass
Femi takes damage from the falling debris.
Party
Kvartiy says, "That frigging golem is going to collapse the whole damned facility, we need to take cover!"
"Well, I guess he's doing our job then. Let's go!"
Femi casts a quick Infernal Healing from the wand, and takes advantage of the last round of haste to get the group moving to safety.
"South. Let's go through the double doors south. I don't think we're going to get back up the elevator." Iva points south, and if there are no objections run toward them. "Hopefully they open."
Femi nods, "South it is then." and he rushes after Iva.
You all move to the south and the doors are closed.
Perception DC20
Femi waits for one of the tougher members to open the doors as he stands back a few feet. If the door is locked, he'll cast Knock to open it.
"There's someone in the walls. Let's see if we can find him. It could be an escape route for us." She starts looking around for seams or hidden doors.
The person on the other side of the wall says, "You people are far too big to fit in here. You want to escape, eh... Borne must be free... Well, that does represent a quandary... hmmm... Yes... delightful."
The collosus tears a tunnel free to the surface and heaves itself up until its head peeks out of the hole. The massive weight of the colossus causes massive chunks of stone thirty feet or larger to cleave free from the walls. You can see that they’re about to collapse, and they have until the start of the next round to seek cover.
"Quickly now, please open the door or we're all doomed!"
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"Come now we're all going to die if you don't open that door. We'll see what we can do about freeing you yes." Iva responds to the person.
Whomever it is on the other side of the wall says, "Thanks but I shan't need your assistance. But I mayn't let you all die either... te hehehe."
You hear the sound of copper knocking against steel and the voice says, "Oddcog, here... yes, yes, yes... open the double doors."
Perception DC 30
You hear the person continue, "Quital is as good as dead, you might also consider leaving as well."
The doors start to open.
Femi anxiously tries to encourage the doors to open more quickly with his mind. Not that he has any such power, but he's worried about falling debris, and it seems to be increasing.
Once the door is open enough, he'll rush in after the lead warriors (just in case there's trouble). He'll call the guard to follow as quickly as they can, standing by the door and rushing them all in for their safety. Far too many are already bloody on the floor of this unholy place.
As you step into the area with the double doors opening, Borne the giant collosus pulls itself to the surface. Everything out in the open is crushed. The resulting destruction shatters the various wards surrounding the facility, transporting the broken remnants of the complex, Borne, and all those inside the Cauldron Hill region of the Bleak Gate back to the material plane. Light from outside pours through the hole overhead— you see rays of the start to pour in fore it is sunrise ca. 5am making it clear to the party they’ve transitioned to the real world.
Within the complex there is utter pandemonium, alarms sound and technicians and guards run in every which way. Bleak Gate creatures cower in the corner hiding from the sun( an entity wholly foreign to them only vaguely remembered upon by when the creatures were alive).
Iva looks at the sky and sighs. "That did NOT go as planned, and I'm sure my new dagger is somewhere in the rubble." she looks perturbed.
You realize that only a part of the facility was transferred back onto the material plane and that going further into the facility would be dangerous because of a potential cave in.
"we must stop that thing. Warn the city if you can. Full firepower needs to hit it."
Weapon Equipped = Quarterstaff
Crossbow Bolts = 10/10
Conditions = Mage Armor (5/7h), See Invisibility (2/80m), Fly (1/9m)
Melee: Attack: BAB +4, Str +0 Damage: +0
Ranged: Attack: BAB +4, Dex +1 Damage: +0
Reconnaissance (1/1)
Arcane Reservoir (su): 5/7(max11) (+1 DC or caster level (free), quick study (full))
Consume Spells (su): 2/2
Runestone of Power (first) 0/1
Spells (Caster Level 8, Concentration +12, SR +10)
Special: (7/7) Force Missile*
Zero (14): Dancing Lights, Detect Magic, Ghost Sound, Light, Mage Hand, Prestidigitation, Read Magic, Spark
First (15): (3/5) Burning Hands*, Charm Person, Feather Fall, Infernal Healing, Mage Armor, Magic Missile*
Second (16) (3/5) Admonishing Ray*, Invisibility, Knock, See Invisibility
Third (17) (4/5) Fireball*, Haste, Invisibility Sphere
Fourth (18) (3/3) Ice Storm*, Scrying
* +1 DC, +4 Damage
”With a short preparation, I can make as many as four people capable of flying - speed our way out of here to spread a warning and confront the beast. That or the ladders which will take a while. What do you think?” he asks the group.
If folks agree, he’ll relearn Fly in place of Invisibility Sphere and cast it on the party, boosting it with his arcane reservoir. Everyone can fly for 9 minutes.
Femi agrees, "Cretien, fly ahead and warn those who need to be warned, then come back as we'll be trying to slow it down as well - or destroy it if we can."
He starts climbing the ladders.
"Cretien go. We'll follow as fast as we can." she moves toward the ladders.
Cretien reaches back to his metallic pack, unfolding and locking into place the control arms for his rocket backpack. Ensuring fire crystal levels were appropriate, he looked up into the bright sky and blasted off, leaving a trail of smoke in his wake. He spiraled out of the way of the behemoth and turned towards the city.
Chretien launches up out through the newly made crater in Cauldron hill and makes his way towards Hotel Aurun, where he knows the King is still staying overnight.
You fly by the collosus and it is well bigger than the largest ship in the fleet.
The colossus almost waves at Chretien, intrigued by what he is doing and then stares off at the sunrise, its base primitive mind marvels at the beauty of a world it has never seen. It stands still for a few minutes.
The rest of the party, the soldiers and Kvartiy start to climb up to the top of the crater first by using the ladders on the side of the walls and then the soldiers start to brandish grapples and ropes to traverse the last 100 ft or so.
They’re ladders, then ropes, so taking-10 should be sufficient. If not…
Chretien will take a little time, actually, to try to communicate with the colossus now that it appears to not be single-mindedly trying to destroy the city.
"Can you hear me? Understand me?"
The colossus grabs Chretien, puts him on his shoulder and then traipses off downhill toward the city. Not really understanding anything.
Chretien Perception DC 10
Eventually Borne continues moving, slowly stomping its way down the mountainside. It triggers massive rockslides that would kill anyone still on the mountain, though luckily the natives of The Nettles fled here months ago, thanks to the warnings of the skyseer Nevard(from Adventure 2).
The colossus stumbles several times, having never actually walked before, and eventually it stops at level ground between the base of Cauldron Hill and Stanfield Canal.
The party gets to the top of the crater and Kvartiy says, "Guys, I wish you all luck but this looks as if the world is going to end and I think I need some Samogon or how you say... White Lightning."
Cretien will use the brooch of the spectacled boar to shoot off to the side hoping to draw the colossus's attention away from the direction of the city and direct him another way. If that doesn't work he will try to lob some grenades off of the creature's shoulder and down to the ground to redirect the creature's curiosity.
The collosus seems wholly unaffected by the laser and the grenades he stumbles a bit and seems to play hop scotch on some buildings near Stanfield Canal and then walks around the Nettles.
By this point the rest of the party runs into Asrabey and he says,"Thanks for the assist... I need to bring my wife back to the Dreaming." and then he poofs off.
Cretien then blasts off to alert the King
Femi follows as best he can, wheezing with the effort to keep up with the rest of the group.
Chretien flies on his rocket pack towards the Hotel Aurum where the King has been staying throughout the summit. It takes him about 20 minutes to arrive and panic has of yet to set in and most people are still sleeping. You go up the stairs to go to the King's quarters. You see that the Danoran contingent no longer has guards on post.
The guards let him in.
Chretien
The rest of the party make their way down Cauldron Hill.
"Massive construct headed this way. It has a child-like mind, not malicious seeming but also not careful with its movements and such is likely to annihilate any structures in its path."