Iron Gods: Forged into Legends

Game Master polyfrequencies

Varilien spies the ratfolk limping away, but is brought back to attention by the half-orc viciously slamming Basil with a metal pipe. He drops his bow, pulls out his hammer, and with a loud "Brigh guide my strikes!", the professor lays into this new threat.

Swift: change judgment to Destruction (+2 weapon damage). Free: drop bow. Move: pull +1 light hammer. Standard: single attack.
Hammer attack against F3: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Bludgeoning damage w/ judgment: 1d4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 2 = 4

The much larger than normal gnome swings her hammer at the foe between herself and Gauntlet.
hammer: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 2 = 12 damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
I got my computer back, just didn't see that it was my turn. And to come in with complicated math!
Current STR 19, AC 18 (-2 from rage, +2 from Thawn, -2 from enlarge)... edit: actually her AC may be 19. Her revelation Nature's Whispers lets her use CHA for AC instead of DEX. Since it's her DEX dropping with enlarge, it may not affect her AC. GM's call, I'm okay either way

Dirissa,hey, if you replace your AC from dex with wisdom, I don't think your AC goes down with enlarge. Not bad! You have other penalties with lower dex, but not AC

Varilien's strike misses the creature, even with the holy judgement.

Dirissa's sudden boost in size puts her off a bit and and she misses her target.

The half-orc swings down on the enlarged Dirissa, but misses!
F2 Dirissa Flank: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 2 = 12

Round 3
R5(-11, Disabled)
Viarilien, Dirissa
F2(-7)
Basil <--
F4(-14), F3(-5)
Gauntlet, Thawm

Basil takes a hefty hit, but only moments later, she recovers her balance and returns to her stance - her wounds glowing eerily blue as the tissue knits itself back together.
For a moment, she considers taking a step back and firing, but then simply slams the butt of her weapon into the face of the opponent in front of her.

Melee(R5): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19 Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 6
Melee(R5) Confirm: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7 Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 8
The hit she took triggered healing nanites, so -13 and +6 for a net -7

Looking at the map I think you hit F3, He is the one who hit you, and the one who was in your face before. So you hit with your melee and backed up.

The half orc flanking Dirissa continues his assault, but misses the enlarged Gnome.
F4 Dirissa flank: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 2 = 11

After getting clocked in the face with the butt of Basil's weapon the half orc shifts his focus to Viarilien. Striking him in the head with a large dull silver bar of metal that is bent half way through. It strikes with deady force.
F3 Viarlien: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
Confirm: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Crit damage: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (4, 3) + 6 = 13

Ouch!

Round 3
R5(-11, Disabled)
Viarilien, Dirissa
F2(-7)
Basil
F4(-14), F3(-11)
Gauntlet, Thawm <--

geez, even the +2 deflection wasn't enough against those rolls xD
Also... he was at 12, and now at -1 then?
Also, I guess I should lob something painful @F3 then, huH?

Seeing the orc knock Viarilien over head, Thawm decides to attack directly.
She shouts "Man down!" before pointing her finger and launching a dart of acid at the orc.

Ranged Touch (@F3): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21
crit? Ranged Touch (@F3): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20
Damage (Acid): 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
crit? Damage (Acid): 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

WOW, orc isn't the only one rolling high today...I'm pretty sure his touch AC is under 20, so I think I just murdered him to death real good :D

Rinse and Repeat! Attacking F2 again!

Seeing his friends being beaten by...junk...Keldor swing's Gauntlet's fist high again trying to get the enemy's attention.

"Fear me! Fight me!"

Slam Attack!+Flank: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 2 = 27
Damage(Magic): 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (6, 4) + 4 = 14

If F2 goes down, then Gauntlet will take a 5 foot step towards F3!

Thawm's acid ball strikes the half-orc in the chest. Melting a hole, exposing his rib cage. The orcish blood flares and the creature's eyes bulge, he remains standing.

Gauntlet's strike hits the half-orc in the head, who now seems stunned. One eye burst from the injury. The other eyes goes red and he remains standing, beyond human limit. He is still up, so I didn't move you, but he does not look good

The limping rat folk in the back takes a painful step forward toward the door, but the half-orc is in the way. Disabled move speed is 10, but can only move 5. No other action

Viarilien will need to do a stabilization check. 1d20 + Con. DC is 10 + negative health. You where at 12 and I hit 13. So -1. DC 11

Round 4
R5(-11, Disabled)
Viarilien, Dirissa <--
F2(-21, Disabled)
Basil
F4(-14), F3(-22, Disabled)
Gauntlet, Thawm

Varilien finds himself having lunged too far forward in his first swing, and is rewarded with the half-orc's hammering blow to his exposed right temple. He drops to the floor hard, limbs splaying out in all directions.

CON check, DC 11: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (1) + 0 = 1

Welp. Glad it's not 2nd edition rules at least!

If she wasn't so pissed off, Dirissa would admire her opponents ability to remain standing with that kind of damage. She swings again.
hammer: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 2 = 11 dam: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
OMFG---we've got some great dice rolls going

Varilien does not quite stabilize himself puts you at -2hp

Dirissa misses her target, still not used to this larger size.

One of the half-orcs, who is bleeding out takes one final swing at Dirissa!
F2 Dirissa Flank: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 = 8
As the half orc swings down, the blood leaves his brain enough for it to pass out mid swing. Falling to the floor.

Round 4
R5(-11, Disabled)
Viarilien, Dirissa Basil <--
F4(-14), F3(-22, Disabled)
Gauntlet, Thawm

Deciding to pick off the enemy ahead of her, Basil raises her gun again after having used it as a bludgeoning implement, then pulls the trigger.
There is a 'click', but no 'bang'.
This is a precise tool. Why did I consider it a good idea to try and hit someone with it, then expect it to resume normal operation? I should look into options to make this more reasonable. Maybe a shorter barrel with a knife attached?
Attack: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 - 4 = 2 1d8 ⇒ 6
Misfire! Next round, need to clear gun.

The half-orc by the door looks over at his ratfolk companion "Weak rat, stop yelling and howling attack"

He swings down on Dirissa.
F4 Dirissa Flank: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 2 = 11
Missing again with a gutteral growl "Stupid big gnome! Just die! You don't belong here!"

The disabled Half-orc next to Viarilien's uncontous body howls in pain, looks to the group in front of him and yells "For Scrapwall!" and steps forward and swings at Thawm.
F3 Thawm: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
As he takes a step forward and swings the massive bar of metal his eyes glaze over and he drops right at the floor of Thawm, Gauntlet, and Basil. Now Dying. Assumed dead

Round 4
R5(-11, Disabled)
Viarilien, Dirissa Basil <--
F4(-14)
Gauntlet, Thawm <--

Keldor steps up and attacks one (R5) of the ones still attacking Dirissa!

Slam Attack!: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Damage(Magic): 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 4) + 4 = 13

After shrinking away from the failed swing of the now-unconscious half-orc, Thawm looks at the enemy combatants and decides that it's safe to revive Varilien.

Stepping around the android and the fallen elf so that she can have a wall behind her, Thawm bends down and mends the inquisitor.
"Cure Light Wounds."

CLW @ Varilien: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 I don't have second level spells, but I do have +3 to CLW xD
Also, actions:
Move Action: move diagonally 3x (20')
Standard Action: spontaniously casting CLW (sacrificing Bless)

The Ratfolk is still being blocked by the half orc, being attacked by the strange merged creature to its side. "Why wont you move Orc? Always risking your terrible green skin. MOVE! Let us regroup.

R5 is stuck there. Holding onto the last thread of life.. unable to do anything

Round 5
R5(-11, Disabled)
Viarilien, Dirissa Basil <--
F4(-14)
Gauntlet, Thawm

Basil spends a couple valuable seconds clearing the jam from her firearm.
She could, of course, try pulling the trigger again...but something in the back of her mind told her that doing so was not a good idea.
Quick Clear gunslinger deed, as standard action=> no grit cost.

Varilien's eyes open and are met with Thawm's purple-and-green mismatched set. "Thank you," he says barely above a whisper, yet even that small noise sets off bursts of pain in his head. The pain is all the more bracing when he hears the half-orc threatening Dirissa - "Stupid big gnome!" - and he nearly passes out again. Somehow he manages to hold onto consciousness, and with a free hand he grips his holy symbol atop his hat, and vanishes.

While prone, Varilien uses his Disappear ability and moves at a crawl. Will update the map when I get home from work tonight.

hammer: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 dam: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
OMFG! GM, my dice roller is broken and I'd like a new one please
A swing and a miss. Now she's REALLY mad.

wow
It's funny 'cause I was going to give Dirissa a +2 to hit until I remembered our fallen ally...
At least there's only one effective enemy left?

Man! Those dice!

The half orc by the door just bares his fangs t the small ratfolk and strikes again at Dirissa.
F4 Dirissa: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
But misses again!

Round 5
R5(-11, Disabled)
Viarilien, Dirissa, Basil
F4(-14)
Gauntlet, Thawm <--

oh hey! :D
@Dirissa & DM Nex:
Blessing of the Faithful: +2 sacred bonus to attack for Dirissa until Thawm's next turn
...because Keldor/Gauntlet can get his own buffs; not related to Dirissa's position by the door ;p

Thawm smirks as Viarilien disappears, then turns her attention to the giant miniature person swinging wildly at the remaining enemies.
"May Nethys guide your hammer." she prays as Dirissa's hooked hammer seems slightly more wieldy.

Slam Attack!: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
Damage(Magic): 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (6, 2) + 4 = 12

seeing those damage dice, I kinda wanna buff Gauntlet's to-hit next xD

He's great...IF he hits. Can't roll worth a damn.

The ratfolk who is bleeding out, looks around the room and sees Gauntlet standing tall in front of him. "Shit"

He drops his crossbow to the ground and lays down. "I give up

The half-orc next to him just spits on the ground.
[b]Round 5 [/b[
R5(-11, Disabled)
Viarilien, Dirissa, Basil <--
F4(-14)
Gauntlet, Thawm

On the verge of exhaustion and just plain tired of this crap, Dirissa goes all in against the half-orc.
hammer,PA: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (17) + 7 - 1 = 23 1d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 2 = 7

Suddenly that +2 sacred bonus to-hit for Dirissa seems unneeded xD

Basil moves up to the Ratfolk, keeping his chest to the ground with her knee, the barrel of her Blunderbuss in his face.
"Tell us all you remember about the layout of this floor and further opposition we should expect. If you cooperate, your life may be spared. If you resist, you will be exterminated."

Assuming Dirissa downs the Orc, there. Move next to him, ready action to blast him if he does anything but lay on the ground or talk.

The gnomes strike hits and you see the half orc's eyes go blank.. Then fair up again. He seems to be bearly standing up, but still very agressive.

He is using this Orc Ferocity, and is likely going to go down fighting. So feel free to use that attack Basil.

Round 5
R5(-11, Disabled)
Viarilien, Dirissa, Basil <--
F4(-21 Disabled)
Gauntlet, Thawm

Is everyone else getting ready for finals too? xD

grading them... the bane of my existence

Yeah its been a week. Viarilien.. You out there? Going to give it a day or two more, before I Bot the AoO and Viarlien's turn

Viarilien takes a shot at the remaining orc who is still standing.
Viarilien Longbow F4: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 7

As the orc goes down, the small ratfolk winces as the body slaps the metal plating of the floor.

"Please spare me. Or maybe spare a healing potion.. I really don't feel well"

Combat over. Just one disabled Ratfolk left.. whatcha going to do?

Moving to stand over the still-living ratfolk, Keldor tries to look intimidating.

"Looks like we have a servant to question. Where is the android! We know she's down here and she might be the one causing the Torch to stop functioning. Talk...and we might find that potion you asked for."

Intimidate(Unskilled): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

He's leaving off the fact they intend to take him to the authorities afterward too.

Dirissa kicks the orc and then slumps to the floor to catch her breath. When she feels a little less winded, she casts a quick healing spell on herself.
clw: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
As her wounds knit together, she stands up again and stretches. "Let's make sure you don't drop again," she says to Varilien.
clw: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
She intentionally does this in front of the wounded ratfolk.

another 15 rounds or so of Enlarge Person

Thawm protests at the offer "No need to waste a potion on him, I can mend everyone at once with the magic Nethys has gifted me. That is, if he talks."

It's not like it costs extra if he is in range anyway...

Twitching a bit on the floor, "Ah... Meyanda is here, somewhere. But so are a bunch more of my friends. I don't think you can stop them all, especially that 'Android'. She has a way of things. Also who cares about your little Torch. Quant little town you have here, by the way"

He watches Dirissa healing wounds while holding in his own blood.

intimidate(aid): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
"How many is a bunch? And what the hell are they up to?"
is Meyanda the android? Do we know that?

Thawm strolls past the rat and the collapsed orcs, counting her steps to make sure that none of the insane orcs are in range.

"This side of the prisoner, please." she says as she beckons to her teammates.

Once the orcs are out of range and her allies move into range, she holds out her shiny platinum holy symbol and causes healing light to pour thirty feet out in all directions.
Channel Energy (heal living): 1d6 ⇒ 6
that hits everyone on our team + the ratman :3
Also, been a while since Varilien posted, does he know he's at... maybe 2+5+6=13 hp?

Keldor starts rifling the dead for anything valuable after being healed.

"What are those clubs made from? Those things were very effective!"

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Looking over to the enlarged Gnome "What do you want? There are a bunch.. And Meyanda's robots and her weird Devil thing." His voice gets a bit louder and he seems to talk to the wall "And if they knew what was smart they would go pray to Hellion!"

---

Keldor takes a look at the metal rods. They look like scrap metal pieces. Some bend out of shape or oddly shaped. Not worth anything of note, just improvised.

"Lower your voice. You may accidentally alert any remaining allies of your to our presence. If such happens, it would be necessary to terminate your existence as you would suddenly turn into a liability. Since the surrounding area is sufficiently silent, a whisper will be sufficient. Who or what is Hellion?", Basil inquires, keeping the end of her blunderbuss's barrel aligned with the Ratfolks face, matching his every movement with machine-like reaction-times.

With a bit of a huff the Ratfolk just lowers his head, "Hellion.. If you don't know now its power will consume you later. Don't you worry. Meyanda has gained immense power from it.... I think" He looks a bit confused at this point.

"uug.. What now? Release me?"

"You are under arrest Rat-man. Be glad we have the scruples to turn you in to the Torch authorities rather than just slay you for convenience."

Keldor/Gauntlet lifts the man by his scruff of his neck.

"Don't give us a reason to change our minds."

Scruples, aka an annoying an excuse to get yourself killed just so you can feel superior to everyone else.
yes, Thawm is conflating virtue with virtue-signalling, just a bit xD

Thawm sighs and then looks at each of the others in turn. "Speaking of being slain, is anyone going volunteer to look after him and make sure he doesn't get us all killed?"

That's good setup for Varilien's benching, yeah? :D

The Ratfolk lowers his head "My work is done. Hellion will judge me... I guess. Get me out of here, before the android sees me. The last bit is under his breath.

Varilien speaks up, "yes. I can bring him back to town. Keep him from getting in your way. I hope to be back soon"

Varilien grabs the ratfolk, and backtraces his steps here. Leaving out the elevator.

As things go calm for a second, you get another look around the room. To the north west, you see a tunnel leading deep away. Almost seems like it would have been a better exit for Varilien. A way to skip the entire rest of the ship back out to the entrance into the tunnels, but he does not realize this, and maybe wants to look at some of the tech on the way out.

There are 4 sets of doors. To the north, a set of double doors. A single access door all of the enemies came out of. another set of double doors that seem centered, likely the "main" path from the elevator. And another single access door to the south.

Where to?

Keldor moves toward the previously open door.

"We should check the room they came out of first. There could be more enemies cowering there, or intelligence on this...cult?"

After Varilien takes the elevator down, Thawm inspects the panel on their floor and pushes a button. She gives a pleased "Hm" when the door opens showing the empty noise-making room.

Finally she responds to Keldor "That's a great idea, I'll follow you."
just not too closely

As you open the door you see a long hallway with a door at the end. Continuing down the hall. You side the door open.

Cushioned chairs and metal tables are situated throughout this small room. To the north ar several doors, while a few broken machines lie against the walls. Broken panels cover the ceiling, and mounds of what look like shattered glass have been pushed under the tables.

You also see discarded food stuffs. That look fresh.

There are quite a few doors.