The dwarf grabs his ears as they bleed. "Somebody stop that racket. It's like I'm listening to Galtan opera.... what's that piece? Hanging Tough by New Kids on the Block?"
From the room beyond you begin to hear mechanical whirring and clicking....
"Oh, looks like someone itching to meet their maker. Torag protect me, Torag bless this hammer, Torag " Taran calls out the dual blessing.
On the southern wall of this sprawling cavern, a massive wheel of metal buckets lined with sharp edges is embedded, partially buried, in the wall. The latticework of metal girders connects to the wheel. The whole of the device comprises a long mechanical arm ending in a metal wheel far larger than any mill’s waterwheel.
Near the waterwheel is awakening a large metallic arachnid, lights firing and scorpion-like tail raising to reveal the plasma gun mounted on the end.
The plasma gun fires off three rapid shots at everyone but Taran.
The dwarf trundles up with uncharacteristic speed, stopping briefly to summon a shield of faith followed by a furious bull's strength.
Taran and Jorac prepare for Hellion's wrath!
Mef urges Trigger forward as he issue a challenge to Hellion. "Come on then, you two bit pseudo god of God's damned nihilists!"
Taking aim with his pistol, he fires three shots at the wannabe god.
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Libri winces as she takes the full force of the sonic blast.
"I feel more ready than I ever have to destroy Hellion. We will be successful." Libri transfers some of her arcane energy to her longsword.
As the party enters the cavern, Libri sheaths her sword, and takes out her mwk composite longbow for the time being.
With Hellion in sight, she moves forward and takes aim at the pseudo god.
Mef's bullets richochet off of Hellion's chassis, not quite hard enough to leave more than minor dents. Libri's arrow has the same effect, not being hard enough to hard the tough metal exterior.
Hellion's inhabited metal spider sneaks forward and fires off its plasma cannons again.
He then commands Libri in a harsh electronic voice to run away!
4 dmg
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"Damn," Libri murmurs, as she watches her arrows bounce off Hellion's tough exterior.
With haste, Libri high-tails it out of there.
Libri drops her bow and moves toward Hellion, pulling out her now +2 longsword in the process. It may not be her best decision, but she isn't going to stand idly by while her arrows bounce off Hellion.
Libri attacks!
Taran yells the pure cry of the avatar of Torag: he has become the hammer to smash the ill made things of the world! Electricity wreathes his hammer.
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Hellion's chassis claws at Libri as she moves in:
She hits the spider-robot with her sword but it is not strong enough to harm him. Taran's blessing, however, allows his hammer to put a large dent in the side of the robot!
27 dmg
Mef steps closer and fire four more shots at the robot.
It seems that Mef can't miss but his bullets are only doing minimal damage to the metal robot. Jorac tries to trip the robot up by digging a spiked pit beneath it but the robot leaps to the side.
Hellion focuses his claws on Taran.
Still balanced on the edge of the pit, Hellion then slips down and falls on the spikes! Unfortunately they don't harm the spider but it traps Hellion for a while.
Hellion then easily climbs out of the pit.
42 dmg
Mef keeps firing at the robotpsuedogod! "Eat lead ya gods damned sassafrassin' nihilist!"
Mefindio keeps chipping away at the robot as Jorac drops the wannabe-god down into another pit!
49 dmg
Taran takes a moment to channel the divinity of Torag, and within the same breath calls upon the god to give him the strength of a bull.
Before Jorgan whisks Hellion away Libri quickly hits Hellion with a shocking blow that burns up a few of his circuits! Taran then heals the party as Hellion tumbles down into Jorac's pit!
Hellion emerges from the pit enraged-or at least showing as much anger as a giant robot spider can emote-and puts his full force against Libri and Taran!
78 dmg
Mef keeps blasting away at the robot.
....but his first shot gives of a soft pop as the pistol misfires. "Son of b&#!~in'....." Cursing loudly, Mef grits his teeth and quickly clears the offending cartridge.
Mefindio fights with his firearm as Jorac starts a spell from the background.
78 dmg
The smell of dwarf flesh - a bit like roast boar - wafts through the air, but it doesn't do much more then annoy the enlarged dwarf.
"Yeah? That it? Come on you coward!"
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Taran hits the would-be god with the full might of his hammer!
100 dmg
A grappled character who attempts to cast a spell or use a spell-like ability must make a concentration check (DC 10 + grappler's CMB + spell level), or lose the spell.
Libri tries to cast a spell to shock Hellion into submission but is unsuccessful. He drops Libri into the pit and she falls down on the spikes!
The spider robot then attacks Mefindio:
With the gnome in his grasp, he then backs away and also tosses Mefindio into the pit.
And then fires his plasma beam at Taran.
100 dmg
[evil GM laugh]
Only one of the beams sears Taran, protected as he is by energies arcane and divine. He drives his hammer forward again over and over, like a smith driving his tool into a piece of metal warm upon the forge.
Taran's swings are dodged by the robot-spider-god, as is most of Jorac's fireball.
112 dmg
Mef stifles a cry as he tumbles into the pit. Looking around, he gives Libri and embarrassed look. "Sorry about landing on ya, lass. Had some difficulties managing my trajectory." He says without any notice of the spike poking through his leg.
Trying to stand up, he finds he's pinned to the bottom of the pit. "Looks like I'm a wee stuck." He says, the with a grunt of pain, takes his leg in both hands and yanks it off the sharpened spike. Standing, but favoring his hole-y leg, he tries climbing out of the pit.
Mefindio tries to pull himself up but finds that the pit is quite difficult to climb.
112 dmg
Libri has trouble trying to climb out of the pit.
Hellion fires a few more plasma beams at Taran before stepping up and clawing at the dwarf.
112 dmg
Mef tries scaling the wall once more. "Eh, sorry lass...if you'd move right over, oof!, no over....ah!, how bout..."
"....hold right there!"
Using Libri as a living ladder, Mef manages to scramble about halfway up the pit wall, clinging on to the side for all his worth.
Mefindio continues to struggle against the pit as he watches a ball of flame explode above his head. A crash of metal is heard and as the smoke clears you see the giant twisted remains of the robot-spider lying useless on the ground. Seconds later, you hear an ominous creaking as the chassis explodes!
With the destruction of Hellion’s robot chassis, it is unlikely the AI-cum-wannabe-god could be resurrected without significant effort to restore his memory banks and processors. Of course, more enemies abound in Numeria but your mission has been accomplished and for now you have saved the looming threat against Torch.