1. Is the relay sending the power to another device? A weapon or something? Does it have available yield so that Richard can link his stungun to it?
2. If Garmen is involved with whatever is going on in the hill we can't just let him go - and I'm not sure we can trust Sanvil to guard him. Do we have other options to secure him while we go back into the hill? Will the Town Council detain him with the evidence we found?
3. Regarding loot: should we return any to Sanvil? Does anyone want to make any purchases? Personally, I'm considering a magic or adamantine rapier.
Around town, you find a few items for sell:
Torch Guildhouse:
A +1 cold siccatite longsword, a masterwork mithral-inlaid
heavy crossbow with a metal tension string (worth 500 gp), a large supply of adamantine bolts (worth 60 gp each), a +1 construct bane adamantine dagger, a +2 breastplate, a +1 mithral chain shirt, and a +2 spiked light steel shield.
Temple of Brigh:
A flare gun, a scroll of find traps (CL 10th), three scrolls of restoration, a scroll of raise dead, and a wand of rebuke technology (11 charges).
Tempting Tonics:
Offers a wide range of poisons, antitoxin, healing potions, and even a few technological pharmaceuticals (such as cureall, all four grades of hemochem, and two doses of cardioamp) along with a half-dozen medlances.
General Store:
cloak of the hedge wizard (abjuration), five trauma packs, a wand of technomancy (44 charges), a +1 flaming warhammer, and a filter mask.
To his companions, Richard says, "I don't think this is enough evidence to prove Garmen is guilty of anything. However, we have little choice but to keep him under wraps until we can find out what's really going on in the Hill. I think we should secure him at the Foundry for now and get back in there after resupplying."
Before leaving the warehouse Richard links his stungun to the relay.
The power relay consumes 1 charge of the generator’s available yield per hour to maintain its own power supplies, and can be programmed to transmit any remaining charges of available yield to any object capable of receiving broadcast power, to a maximum distance of 150 miles. This distance is halved for every 5 feet of metal or 20 feet of solid stone between the generator and the power relay. Power transmitted by this device is lost unless the device is programmed to transmit to a specific target capable of accepting a charge in range. Before a power relay can transmit, it must be linked to the target of its transmission to establish the transmission protocols. This consumes 10 charges and takes 1 minute to complete. Once completed, the distance between the power relay and the target of its transmissions can vary up to its maximum range. A small screen on the side of the power relay provides constant updates on the link, including bearings, distances, and the nature of the object to which it is linked.
This device essentially functions as a power generator that provides an hourly yield of charges to its target. For example, if a power relay that provided a yield of 40 charges was linked to a laser pistol, that laser pistol could be fired 40 times per hour without needing an additional charge. Power relays can only function a limited number of times before their delicate internal mechanisms burn out. Each time a power relay is used to initiate a new energy transfer, there’s a cumulative 2% chance it burns out and becomes useless. Once a new transfer begins, a power relay can maintain that link between the generator and its target indefinitely (as long as there’s always an available yield of at least 1 charge from the generator to keep itself powered).
1. I don't see an option in the relay description to recharge tech devices, only "link" them. Am I recharging the stungun or linking it like the laser pistol example?
2. If the stungun can be linked, what is the hourly yield?3. Does the readout screen show any other devices linked to the relay?
4. Would linking a device (like the stungun) to the relay risk a "burn out", or is that only when it is connected to a generator?
"That is logical."
Maruf snarls, "Letd get back down there then. This power it's relayin' is coming from somewhere, right?"
"Yes, but where is it going? They must need it for something."
"If we figure that out, we can determine whose behind dis mess!"
Maruf strips off his armor and hands it over to Richard. Although it is fairly new, it already has a distinct Cobbler stench to it and there are bits of filth stuck between the chains.
His mouth half-open in anticipation of a conversation with a lot more resistance, Richard accepts the shirt between pinched fingers. Breathing through his mouth, he thanks the Cobbler and works his way out of the heavier shirt taken from Sanvil.
"My thanks, Cobbler. I owe you."
Later, Richard disinfects and cleans the Cobbler-tainted armor with some hard alcohol and a prestidigitation.
Returning to Black Hill, Richard readies his stungun and takes the lead, moving quietly and lookin for trouble.
"F%~$ yeah!" Maruf heaves his spear into the air and runs off towards the Hill.
"Alright, let's settle this and get Torch back to normal!", Kharax getting some of the energy from the Cobbler's simple battlecry.
Returning to the underground complex, you are able to repair the elevator and go up to another floor, the Engineering Deck. As you enter the first room, a cloying, animalistic stink fills the air of this hemispherical room. To the north and south, curved ramps lead up to hallways leading out of the room, while several doors sit in the east wall. Flickering lights flash and strobe on the ceiling, and the gray metal walls are scorched, dented, and partially broken in places, exposing colorful wires or metallic struts within. Four mounds of rubble, cloth, and bones lie scattered about the room. Four dog-like creatures in this room, look up, growl, and begin stalking toward the party!
The dog things begin howling and dart forward, jaws snapping, though only one lands a strike, biting Maruf.
Alpha strikes one of the canines with his shield.
Richard tries to raise his stungun for a shot, but the dogs are on the group too quickly. Drawing his rapier, he makes a feeble stab instead.
Maruf quaffs his mutagen before heading in.
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"Erryah!" Maruf takes a bite to the leg. He kicks the thing back and then claws at its face.
Alpha slams his shield into one of the creature, sending to the ground, unconscious!
Richard stabs, but misses!
Maruf strikes twice, clawing a dog and putting it down!
"What the heck are these?", asks Kharax as he pulls out his longsword and slices at the dog in front of him.
[dice=Bardic Knowledge to ID "dogs"]1d20+2[/dice]
"Some kind of dogs?"
Kharax slashes, but misses with his blade!
Richard has no idea what sort dogs these are!
Clearly frightened after seeing the other dogs so easily dispatched, the remaining animals half-heartedly try to bite.
With a snarl nearly as mean as the dogs' Maruf comes up from behind and tears at one of them!
Richard steps to the side and nearly drops his rapier, juggling it and his stungun for a moment.
Maruf and Richard have trouble hitting the dogs!
Alpha steps forward and slams his shield into another dog.
Alpha and Kharax have little luck attacking the remaining dogs.
The dogs have equally poor luck in biting.
"HRRRRRAAAAAAAAA!"
With a snort of rage, Maruf is able to claw one dog, dropping it, then step over and drop the other with his second claw!
Searching the room turns up nothing of interest. The are four different sets of doors in the east wall.
Maruf picks up his spear and tears open the doors in the middle of the room.
Richard sheaths his rapier and moves to cover the Cobbler from the side of the doorway. Noticing a little blood on the tiefling he asks, "Do you need any healing?"
"Of course I do!"
Maruf opens the middle doors to a short hallway. This hall hums and buzzes with the sound of machinery. Four glowing and flashing nodes are attached to the walls to the north and south, each periodically firing off bolts of electricity.
Richard examines the corridor from the safety of the doorway.
"Good job, fellas!", quips Kharax as he heals the Cobbler with the wand
"Anything of interest, Richard?", he asks the inquisitive android.
"This doesn't look welcoming" Richard replies, inching forward to peek at the tech. "I'm hoping this can be deactivated. If not, we should try a different door."
Richard fiddles with the sparking nodes, but can't manage to shut them off. The second attempt, his hand slips, touching the node and shorting himself to ground, as the electricity arcs through his body!
Richard's body appears to have drained the charge held in the nodes, as they have quit sparking.
"If I can just avoid touching the conductive riNNNNNNNNNHH!!"
Richard manages to pull his hand away before the charge lays him out, though it leaves his hair standing on end.
"Ok. I think it's disabled now." He shakes his hand with a wry smirk.
After begging healing from their wand, he moves to check the far door before Maruf kicks it open.
After begging healing from their wand, he moves to check the far door before Maruf kicks it open.
While Richard is getting healing, Maruf kicks the door open with a snarl.