Seventeen shrugs at the uselessness of the wand, but she notices how Omo's electrically charged bombs are putting the hurt on. She wonders 'Maybe a being borne in a lightning storm could work? Only one way to find out...'
She clicks her fingers and murmurs "Zzzap!" and a tiny teeny storm cloud, appears opposite Jarreck. The cloud has sparks suggesting eyes and long (well about a couple of inches) sweeping arms charged with bolts of lightning.
The creature immediately attacks causing miniature lightnings to discharge into the robotic foe!
* 1.5 = 4.5 (round down) = 4 dmg.
Mort will try to escape his precarious situation.
Round 3
Omo hurls a bomb dealing 25! damage.
Collector [grappled] pummels Mort for 7
Jarreck chops down hard, dealing 4 damage to the Robot.
Gearsman attempts to climb once more but fails to climb the pit.
Seven summons a lightning elemental which deals 4 damage to the robot, ending its existence.
Mort
Guaire
Round 4
Omo
Jarreck
Gearsman
Seven
Mort
Guaire
Mort tries to escape the grapple again if he can.
Omo moves closer to the pit and tosses a shock bomb down onto the head of the imprisoned Gearsman.
*1.5=24
Omo hurls another couple of bombs down the pit and slays the fearsome Gearsman.
The Gearsman was carrying a curious weapon, it looks like a mace but has a trigger like switch on the hilt. DC 22Kn:Engineering
The Collector robot has several batteries (3) that can be salvaged.
The room has a discarded item which looks functional. DC 25 Kn:Engineering.
Guaire looks down at the wreckage of the robot.
"Omo, how powerful can you make those explosives of yours? They seem to be doing ok there."
"I don't actually know what this thing does, do you Seven?"
After taking the time to inject hemochem into Mort and Jarreck, Omo leads the party towards the northern passage. "We should investigate it before we return to the surface."
"They will improve as I grow more skilled. I think we were lucky here that these metal men's internal workings were so damaged by the electrical injuries. If we fight many more of them we should get skymetal weapons for you and Jarreck. Perhaps you can afford them after our reward from the town."
Mort looks a little worse for wear, but he still lives and grumbles a bit before answering Jarreck.
"I'm still alive, I don't like these so-called 'robots'. They don't seem to be able to fear or have the usual weaknesses of most creatures I've encountered."
Suddenly he yelps as he's surprised and slightly hurt by Omo stalking up to him with a hemochem injecting it into his shoulder.
"Can't you at least ask before you do that sort of thing?" He adds a bit irritated at the sudden injection of artifical make.
He then shakes the feeling of and chips into the conversation between Omo and Guaire.
"So you're using lightning for those bombs? And they were more effective than the fire ones? Interesting, good to know how to hurt them."
Seventeen casts Tenchnomancy from the wand she bought from Trett and examines the mace.
truncheon functions as a Masterwork light mace.
Once it is activated (this is a free action
that consumes 1 charge), a high-density
power core housed in the weapon's head
generates a high-pitched whine that
causes momentary disorientation in a
creature struck. Each time the weapon
hits a target, it consumes 1 charge and the creature struck must
succeed at a DC 12 Fortitude save or suffer trauma to its central
nervous system. For 1 round, a creature that fails its saving
throw takes a -1 penalty on attack rolls, skill checks, and Will
saving throws, as well as a -4 penalty on concentration checks.
The duration of this effect stacks with multiple hits from the
neural inhibitor. This is a mind-affecting effect.
A chemalyzer is a handheld unit with an extendable wand tipped with a sampling nozzle. It grants a +5 competence bonus on all Craft (alchemy) or Knowledge (engineering) checks to identify an unknown pharmaceutical, poison, chemical, or substance. It cannot aid in the identification of magical effects or items like potions.
"Sorry, Mort, I didn't mean to overstep myself. I just don't like the thought of you injured. Much more effective. Their carapaces are too hard to be hurt by other means, but the wires inside cannot take the excess energy."
Seventeen stops prancing about and in serious tone asks, "What now then? Do we need to destroy the elevator somehow? This place must be sealed off for the good of the town."
"Like I said before. We should check the northern passage to make sure there is no alternative entrance and then disable the elevator. Destroying it may be too risky in case repairs need to be affected on the core in the future."
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Turning to regard Seven and here question...
"There is one tunnel going off to the Northwest, I think, This I, actually disappeared up it. I can work at disabling all of the doors down here to make things harder to access. We can disable the elevator as well but it was disabled and Meyanda was down here, question remains how did she get here.
Was it before or after the elevator was disabled above? The subterranian dogs were also here, that indicates the tunnel may lead elsewhere.
Anything I disable, can with someone of the correct skills, be repaired, short of pouring acid in the controls. Of course at that point we would also not be able to return without some means of destroying the door then for access. More questions than answers I think."
Seventeen listens to their responses and replies, "Lets check the tunnel then and go back for the elevator?"
Assuming they agree, she'll start heading to the north west runnel.
If Jarreck takes 20 at every door...that's 20 minutes per door. Let's assume he only jams the important doors, that is still 8 doors. So 160 minutes. The Tunnel that This I disappeared down you find goes slightly upwards into the Hill and deposits you on the Habitat Module and then into the original Caves. It was this tunnel that served as an entrance for Meyanda and she caused a minor cave in to disguise it. However it looks like some enterprising creature dug out enough space for itself to crawl. With a few hours work you could make room to leave OR you could set off a few grenades with an appropriate Kn:Engineering roll to block this part off. Jarreck could also JAM these doors like he did the rest.
"Jarreck, could you jam the door to this tunnel? Then I will try to trigger a cave-in here."
The party maneuvers back down to the engineering level and takes the elevator up to the Science deck, and then back through the Habitat module to the other side of the doors. Jarreck and Omo plant several grenades and set them off, causing a cave in that reblocks the doors.
The PC's are met at the edge of town by a cheering crowd of townsfolk! Lead by Councillor Dolga Freddert and Councillor Khonnir Baine, they congratulate the party for the job well done!
Dolga Freddert has a bag with 4000GP that she gives to the party and Khonnir Baine promises free drinks at the Foundry Tavern. Bazlundi Otterbie offers a steep discount on forged armor or weapons.
What do you do with the captured Ratfolk?
Guaire hadn't seen such a cheering crowd since the festival back in the city.
Less people, but still a pretty good volume of sound.
"Greetings councillor, good to see you in good health. It's also good to be back on the surface, the things back in there are....two hands full, sort to speak."
"Mistress Freddert, this rogue was in service to the woman who interfered with the torch. He should probably be taken into custody? Also there are things the council should know about the Torch."
After delivering the ratfolk into her hands, Omo will run and embrace his adopted father.
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"Mistress while he has done wrong, I would have it known he also gave us information concerning those that recruited him. Granted most likely for his own selfish reasons but the information was given. Do with him as you see fit. Councillor once the family reunion is complete we have some things to discuss."
Once they have retired to a much less public location Jarreck and the others can explain how the location has been secured and see to it the power connector doesn't get left laying about. As that will represent the most direct and easy access available to the reactor area.
Guard Captain Langer takes Rikkitik the Ratfolk into custody.
After some general celebration the Council of Torch meets in full. All 4 members, Dolga Freddert, Khonnir Baine, Bazlundi Otterbie, Joram Kyte and Samantha Olandir. They explain that Garmen Ulreth was given his possessions (except for the stuff you took) and allowed to take a few of his belongings from his business. After that he was escorted to the edge of town and banished for consorting with enemies of Torch.
Baine, now more restored to his senses and previous good health, says Please, tell us what happened down there.
Omo steps forward to give an account, "There was a priestess of a god whom I am unfamiliar, Hellion, the putative Lord of Machines. She was draining the Torch of its energy for her god so that it could fight another god whom I am unfamiliar with, Unity. Draining the Torch not only threatened the town economically but also put it at serious existential threat. If her plans had continued the entire town might have been consumed in a conflagration caused by the unstable Torch. After defeating this crazed priestess and her minions, we disabled the energy relay and all of the doors leading to the reactor. Unfortunately, Trett did not oblige us by coming for the reactor while we were there. So, the knowledge he possesses is still a threat to our town."
Omo studiously avoids revealing any information concerning what the priestess said about Seventeen. In many ways she is as much his sister as Val, and one does not betray family.
The Councillors are troubled, as they have been since Khonnir Baine told them the truth (mostly) of his past. We will resist the League as well as we can...but they have always coveted the Torch as a means of wealth. Joram Kyte speaks up I have a dear friend who lives in Scrapwall. If this "Hellion" being is there, Dinvaya will know about it. I will make contact with her....but this may take time.
Bazlundi and Samantha both speak almost in unison That rogue Trett won't get far...we will put word out with our Caravaneers to look for him. He will turn up.
Khonnir himself feels certain that Trett won't report at once his findings, he will first try and consolidate his power...afraid that his League Captain will steal his glory.
Much later after the meeting, Seventeen shyly asks Councilor Baine, "Father, Omo suggested I ask if I may copy spells from your book? It seemed a sensible, if slightly presumptuous request. I have discovered a couple of formulae myself that I'd like to offer in return - assuming that is you haven't independently discovered them..."
Omo will be standing near Seventeen looking very eager when she makes her request. He wants to get in on that sweet spellbook action.
3rd-dispel magic, fireball, fly
2nd-acid arrow, pyrotechnics, resist energy, web
1st-corrosive touch, expeditious retreat, mage armor, shocking grasp, unseen servant
Khonnir of course will allow his children free rein of his spellbook.
Mort stands in a corner as Omo and Seven make their use of Khonnir's spellbook.
He lets out a small sigh and then inquires.
"So what can we do in the meantime? Information about Trett or the Technic League will not arrive here tomorrow, so is there anything else we could do or help with? Else I should use my free time to procure something for my studies."
As everyone waits on more news concerning the Technic League and the Torch, Mort heads out towards more wild places, primarily caves and swamps and tries to commune with the creatures there, aiming to collect samples of poisonous creatures to manufacture his own poisons.
Lvl 1 spells: 2x Call Animal, 2x Charm Animal
lvl 2 spells: 2x Lesser Restoration, 1x Bear's Endurance.
Mort ponders on the days of his trip on which animals might be called upon.