Marcelline picks up the breastplate easily and straps it to her back. It sure is awkward, but it doesn't really encumber her much. "Anyone have a bag of holding or anything?", she inquires.
Kereek stops at the blank wall. "This am a lot of stairs for going nowhere. Maybe it am illusion?" Nodding, he walks straight at the wall, not stopping.
Kereek walks into the wall, painfully bruising his snout.
"OW! It am OW! not illusion. OW!" Kereek starts looking for some sort of secretive door.
A wincing smile crossed Agnar's face as Kerrek ran into the wall. The cleric judged that the kobold was not hurt seriously, however, and stood at the bottom of the stairs with Fang. He kept his eyes glancing back behind them at the corridor that was slowly re-filling with fog.
"Oh, wow! Prazil am for thinking you had figured it out, Kereek! Maybe you am just for picking wrong spot?"
Though Kereek didn't notice it, Marcelline's more hands-on search for secret doors reveals that it is in fact an illusion, masking a pair of locked iron-bound doors.
You're eventually able to open it, despite the magic on it. Beyond the doors, four massive pillars hold up the large dome-shaped chamber’s ceiling, which rises to a height of 50 feet. At the room’s center stands a towering suit of spiked armor.
The statue at the center of the room is crafted to resemble Gorum himself.
"Oh ow. That am looking to be for being very pointy."
Kereek glowers first at Prazil and then at Marcie. He mutters under his breath "Kereek am giving you idea..." before walking into the pillar'd room.
Katerina scoffs, "Strength doesn't compare to skill."
"Hey look, it's Gorum!" says Marcelline, pointing at the spiked armor suit. She casts detect magic again, scanning for magical auras. "I wonder if Our Lord's been made into a golem. Something in me says that's kind of sacrilegious."
As Kereek walks into the room, the statue animates, moving toward the kobold!
You believe it's an iron golem!
Agnar:
Katerina:
Kereek:
Marcelline:
Prazil:
Antagonists:
Marcelline scratches her head. "Not sure what I'm supposed to be doing against things that don't think... Maiderina, I think you're up."
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Kereek makes a ooooo sound as the statue starts moving. "Am this Gorum? Am we fighting a GOD?"
Not sure if this is divine wrath or not, Kereek decides to caste haste on his allies first!
Seeing the large iron thing begin to stride menacingly toward Kereek, Prazil springs into action, galloping forward in his tauric form with his lance leading the way. "Hey! God or not-god, you am for leaving Kereek alone!"
--Prazil--
HP: 72/81
Resist Fire 5
AC: 33 (16 T / 29 FF)
CMD: 28
F/R/W: +8/+10/+8
Cavalier's Challenge uses remaining: 2/3
Tactician uses remaining: 2/2
Knight's Pennon uses remaining: 1/1
+1 arrows remaining: 19/20
-Ongoing Effects-
Colossus Hunter: +1/+1 vs Large/Huge
Challenge (Gorum-golem): +9 damage, allies receive +3 to hit
charge: +4 to hit, no penalty to AC
Haste: +1 to hit, +1 to AC, +1 ref, +30ft movement
Spirited Charge: x3 damage w/ lance (1d6+14 ---> 3d6+42)
Seeing Prazil charge past it, Marcelline grins and launches herself at it, curve blade at the ready. As she runs, she fuels psychic energy into her body, driving her movements even faster, even more precise, and even more powerful. Coming to a stop on the other side of it from Prazil, she pivots, using the momentum from her charge to drive her blade home.
Agnar felt Kereek's haste flow through his arms as he unleashed his bow on the metal statue. Stepping forward only slightly, he couldn't get good aim, however.
"Stay back Fang, don't go in just yet!"
The statue moves and Kat gives a short yelp, Did I make it mad? and then frowns as she rushes in to fight it. She moves to be opposite Prazil and does what she does best. Rather that was her plan. Unfortunately, Gorum frowns on the girl's arrogance and her dress drops free from where it had been tucked into her belt. Kat trips as she runs and barely recovers, standing toe-to-toe with the spiked statue.
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Kereek: 27
Agnar: 21
Katerina: 16
Prazil: 10
Marcelline: 21
Antagonists: 6
On his guard, Kereek reacts quickly to the statue's movement, summoning magic that lends speed to everyone else.
Prazil and Marcelline charge forward -- their weapons scratching it, but not doing as much damage as they might have expected -- followed by a stumbling Katerina.
Agnar's arrows shatter harmlessly on its iron exterior, which it ignores as its solid fists slam into Prazil and Marcelline . Then it turns toward Katerina, a cloud of bilious green smoke pouring forth from its faceplate .
IG: 55, 3 rounds
Kereek sees his friends get pounded and snarls. No one pounds Prazil but him! He casts scorching ray!
for fire damage!
for fire damage!
for fire damage!
Prazil shakes his head in the wake of the gorum-golem's strike and glances at his numb shield arm for a moment before looking back at the iron monstrosity in the middle of the melee. "Prazil am for never being hit that hard before! Wow!"
The knightly kobold doesn't back down though, instead encouraging his allies and harrying the spiky suit of armor with a few jabs from his lance to try and make an opening for Kat.
--Prazil--
HP: 46/81
Resist Fire 5
AC: 33 (16 T / 29 FF) (includes haste)
CMD: 28
F/R/W: +8/+10/+8 (includes haste)
Cavalier's Challenge uses remaining: 2/3
Tactician uses remaining: 1/2
Knight's Pennon uses remaining: 1/1
+1 arrows remaining: 19/20
-Ongoing Effects-
Colossus Hunter: +1/+1 vs Large/Huge
Challenge (Gorum-golem): +9 damage, allies receive +3 to hit
Haste: +1 to hit, +1 to AC, +1 ref, +30ft movement
Tactician (1/4 rounds): +4 when flanking
Marcelline lashes out at the golem monstrosity with a flurry of blows, enhanced by Keerek's speed-spell and by Prazil's encouraging words, she swings with a fury not usually seen.
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Maybe Gorum smiled on the Maid, but it matters not. Katerina takes up the hem of her dress in one hand and uses it to block her mouth and nose from the toxic cloud now enveloping her. Then with unnatural speed added to her preternatural quickness, she lashes out. Her ad hoc stance throws off her first strike, but the rest reflect the hours of endless practice. "Marcy, get back!" she advises to the woman that just took a spiked iron fist to her entire body.
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Ragnar conjures a green, healing mist around his hands and then moves forward to briefly place those hands on Marcelline's shoulders.
Kereek: 27
Agnar: 21
Katerina: 16
Prazil: 10
Marcelline: 21
Antagonists: 6
Kereek blasts the statue with his fiery rays and for a moment it looks like it begins to melt -- only for you to realize that the molten iron has flowed over the rents in the statue caused by the others' weapons, healing them!
Marcelline's blades are barely able to scratch the thing, but Katerina has more luck, her blade causing more gouges, even if not as much as she would expect.
Agnar steps up to heal Marcelline and gets slammed brutally as the god statue lashes out again, this time its fists hitting him and Marcelline, almost as if it were responding to the healing.
IG: 61, 2 rounds
Prazil shouts as the gorum-golem smashes Marcy and Agnar, "Hey! Hey! Spikey-suit thing! You am for smashing Prazil, not Marcy or Agnar!"
--Prazil--
HP: 46/81
Resist Fire 5
AC: 33 (16 T / 29 FF)
CMD: 28
F/R/W: +8/+10/+8
Cavalier's Challenge uses remaining: 2/3
Tactician uses remaining: 1/2
Knight's Pennon uses remaining: 1/1
+1 arrows remaining: 19/20
-Ongoing Effects-
Colossus Hunter: +1/+1 vs Large/Huge
Challenge (Gorum-golem): +9 damage, allies receive +3 to hit
Haste: +1 to hit, +1 to AC, +1 ref, +30ft movement
Tactician (2/4 rounds): +4 when flanking
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Kereek gapes at the statue. "But! WHat! FIRE AM HEALING HIM?!?" Kereek's world falls apart as his very premise, his basic being is subverted!
He lets out a howl of anger and casts dragon's breath: if fire won't work, maybe something else will? !
Bruised and battered in the shadow of the mighty statue, Agnar called on Erastil for succor.
A faint image of swirling leaves, redolent of the forest floor, swept around the room.
"Back out, you two!"
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Bolstered by the continuous healing from Agnar, but also knowing there was little she could do to harm the construct, Marcelline retreats, moving away from combat.
Kereek: 27
Agnar: 21
Katerina: 16
Prazil: 10
Marcelline: 21
Antagonists: 6
Kereek moves into position and blasts the dragon with electricity, which seems to slow the golem, though not hurt it.
Agnar channels healing power as he backs up, followed by Marcelline, who takes a wicked blow from the god statue as she retreats.
Katerina carves more slices in the thing, badly damaging it it seems, but not enough to put it down -- worse, it ignores her attempt to parry her blow, nearly driving her own blade into her chest as it just overwhelms her with the force of her blow.
IG: 61, 1 round (breath), 2 rounds slow
Marcelline shakes her head, knowing that there's little she can do to hurt the golem. She sheathes her curve blade (carefully placing it in its sheath instead of dropping it on the ground like a neanderthal) and draws her heavy crossbow. She can at least try to shoot at it, even if it probably won't do anything.
Kereek will cast dimension door and teleport beside Kat, just in case he has to teleport her out next round to save her life!
"Whoa! HEY! HEY! YOU AM FOR POUNDING ON PRAZIL, NOT KAT!" The knightly kobold needles at the god-golem's calf, trying to draw its attention away from Kat and now Kereek as well.
--Prazil--
HP: 63/81
Resist Fire 5
AC: 33 (16 T / 29 FF)
CMD: 28
F/R/W: +8/+10/+8
Cavalier's Challenge uses remaining: 2/3
Tactician uses remaining: 1/2
Knight's Pennon uses remaining: 1/1
+1 arrows remaining: 19/20
-Ongoing Effects-
Colossus Hunter: +1/+1 vs Large/Huge
Challenge (Gorum-golem): +9 damage, allies receive +3 to hit
Haste: +1 to hit, +1 to AC, +1 ref, +30ft movement
Tactician (3/4 rounds): +4 when flanking
Agnar crumpled from the massive blow that hit Katerina.
Staggering, but overwhelmed with concern for Marcy and Kat, he again flooded the room with healing energy.
Katerina and Agnar grunt in unison as the golem simply crushes Katerina's deft blade with brute strength. Undeterred the Maid keeps her feet and tries to get in even closer to the behemoth, I can't beat him at his arm's length... As she dances with Gorum's champion she feels Agnar's will channel Erastil's endurance into her body. She smiles, knowing that the golem's time is short - for when you fight without allies, you die alone.
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Kereek appears next to Katerina just in time to see the swordmaiden cut down the god statue, severing enough pieces that it grinds to a halt, its magic failing.
A pair of double doors leads to the north and southeast.
Kereek gapes at Kat. "You am for killing Gorum! WOW."
Prazil looks at Kereek wide-eyed. "Whoa, really? That am Gorum? Wow! Am we for being gods now? Prazil am not for being a god before."
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"Prazil am for being god of stupid heads.." Kereek mutters before brightening. "Kereek am for being FIRE GOD! Stupid Gorum am not healing from fire any more!"
Marcelline sighs. "Neither of you are gods, little lizard-men. You're just exceptionally powerful."
"So... right or left?"