"මම ඒ දේ ගැන කිසිම අදහසක් නැහැ, නමුත් අපි Akhnetepi ගේ සොහොන් ගෙය තුළ නැවත මුහුණ දේ මෙන් එහි කිසිවක් නම්, අපි වෙහෙස මහන්සි වී එය පහර කිරීමට අවශ්ය!" Then he pauses. "මෙය ඔවුන් විසින් කිසිදු අවි ආයුධ පාලනය බලාත්මක ආකාරය විය හැක ..."
I have no idea what that is, but if its anything like what we faced back in Akhnetepi's tomb, we'll need to hit it hard! This may be how they enforce the no weapons rule...
Harmose casts Bless on the party.
Shifting on her feet for a moment and mumbling, "I cannot see a damn thing. Reaching over an touch Qari's shoulder and then resigning herself to waiting.
Qari gathers her power and blasts the guardian with her cold ray!
Attack with PBS, Precise shot And Guidance
Damage
Seeing it cast a spell, Kito says in a puzzled voice "Haste?"
Then she quickly announces "It is a graven guardian, some sort of construct that repairs itself in combat! Hit it hard!" She then repeats her statement in Auran.
She peeks around the doorway to focus the powers of misfortune towards the construct.
Click. Whirr.
"That guardian is devoted to Nethys. It has fast healing, and any energy damage to it will cause it to deal extra damage of the same TYPE! Are we sure we want to face this thing?"
Polux takes position, spear readied for an attack should it come close.
Turel sees his attacks will have little effect against the construct, but perhaps he could use the guardians zealousness against it. He steps off to the side and slips into a defensive stance ready for its advance.
Harmose greases the square under the construct.
Click. Whirr.
Polux five foot steps.
(Oh, and the damage roll if the first attack hit in the unlikely event of flat-footedness:
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Aleris may act retroactively. Enemy turn.
Move action to crawl one square west. Provokes AoOs from Polux and Ra-Khefer. I will count Polux's above AoO for it, so only Ra-Khefer needs to roll the AoO for the move. Then it stands up, outside the Grease now, provoking AoOs again in case Polux or Ra-Khefer have Combat Reflexes.
Damage tally to enemy: 5hp from Polux, 12hp from Polux, fast healing heals 2hp -- total damage done 15hp.
Everyone's turn. Aleris has a retroactive turn to spend. Ra-Khefer has at least one AoO.
Click. Whirr.
Polux grins ferally, because he does have combat reflexes!
Crossing her arms and grumbling, H'ave they not killed it yet?.. Stupid design plans. I can not see anything."
Turel sees his chance here. Sprinting around the edge of the room he tumbles to a position where he can help distract the guardian, allowing Ra-Khefer to strike a telling blow.
Harmose casts guidance on Ra and then steps back to give Des space.
Click. Whirr.
Polux five foot steps away, and then positions to attack with his longspear. This will provoke, alas.
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As Polux moves, he provokes an attack of opportunity, which almost becomes a critical but is reduced to a normal hit by Kito's Misfortune. Polux then retaliates with a devastating thrust with his longspear right into the center of the statue, shattering it into pieces.
Combat is over.
Kito starts to giggle, then let's it go as the graven guardian is destroyed.
"That could have gone very badly for us..."
"Who is hurt?" she asks, still peeking around the corner.
Click. Whirr.
Polux raises a hand. "I am, Kito. If you would do the honors?"
"Boo Boo, Be Gone!"
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Grinning at Aleris, "That is one of the perks of having such skilled fighters in the front."
Slow following the others into the room. Staring at the back of Kito's head When did she get so giggly? Not sure if it is creepy or adorable. Kind of both.
Finally moving into the room and looking around, "So which way do we want to go?"
Turel nods in reply to Aleris. "I agree, but since there is little dust in here, the task will be difficult." He then moves to examine first the doors leading east, followed by the western doors.
Kito says "They have been going for all the areas with warnings. Anything written near either door?"
Asking this, she wanders over to look for any sort of inscriptions near either door.
Qari waits while the others clear a safe path for the remainder of the group. She'd love to find some documentation about that last construct they fought. If that creature could take her energy power and use it against her, perhaps there would be something recorded about the source of the elemental powers.
Harmose takes Aleris's hand and kisses it. "If we are doing a random choice, then let's pick that left passage. Shall we?"
Polux moves next to each door at a time, starting with the one chosen by Kito, checking them for traps, if locked or unlocked, and if there are sounds from behind them.
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Polux notices that the eastern doors have signs of having been recently picked. You open the eastern doors out of D13 and can see some corridor going both east and south. (Map revealed.) The corridor to the east has a bend southeastward and then disappears into the darkness. The corridor to the south has double doors westwards (shown on map) and then curves southeastwards.
"These have been tampered with just recently" - Polux comments - "Our 'friends' may have come this way. Be prepared"
He then listens in both directions for a moment.
If he doesn't hear anything, he will check the south path first, before returning to report.
"There, a secret door" - he whispers to the others, moving to peek through it.
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A stone effigy of a humanoid figure stands at the north end of this room, its arms spread in a gesture of supplication, or as if commanding an object to rise in the air. The figure’s face is devoid of detail, with only vague contours where the eyes and nose should be. An extensive series of hieroglyphs covers the western wall, opposite a stone bench that stands against the eastern wall.
Map revealed.
Polux nods at the others and continues going east instead, as stealthily as he can.
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I can do the rolling if you like but I want you to indicate when to, because I would know when to look for a secret door so the character would always just "know" to look at the right times.
Polux creeps further eastward and begins to hear voices up ahead. They sound like modern languages and the voices sound familiar. He believes the Scorched Hand are up ahead along the eastern corridor. Very close by. He catches a glimpse of a gate up ahead, similar to the gate at D12.
Polux doubles back to inform the others.
Once Pollux informs the group, Qari was fired up and ready to charge right into the scrum. "Let's go get those bastards right now!". Her tail fluttered back and forth, clearly agitated.
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"Yes, they are here" - Polux nods with a somber look, then retrieves a flask from his belt.
With a sidelong glance at Kito, whom he knows is perfectly aware of what he is about to do, he smiles - "Bottom's up?" - then quaffs it without a second thought.
What happens is not unlike what did when he had drank the concoction for the first time, but this time around everyone witnesses it - his body contorts, but Polux keeps it under control, even though it seems his frame gets taught as wood at first.
Doubling over slightly, he clenches his hands - "Almost done" - he growls in the same guttural voice Kito had heard before - his muscles bulging immensely, threatening to rip his clothes, as if his arms, torso, neck and legs simply gained mass out of nothing - neck veins bulging in an effort to keep the blood circulating through his brain.
It stops as abruptly as it started, and he stares at the others - "I am ready" - even his teeth seem somewhat... Pointier? Feral like?
Looking to Polux, Kito asks "Think you can creep forward and check the gate? They have been allowing thing to lock behind them, and I would rather not find out the gate is locked during combat."
She then sets up a message spell followed by guidance on Polux before he sneaks off.
"Yes, let's get them," Harmose says with a feral grin. Then he pauses as Polux mutates in front of him. "By Horus, what are you doing, Polux? No. Never mind. Whatever it is... It looks effective. Myself, I'm ready to greet them with open arms and color spray."