Aurora casts Haste for the entire group then backs up into a corner.
Tomaru gives Praxim Bit of Luck then steps into a corner.
"Damn it, I want enemies without bloody spell resistance," Lym grumbles as she backs away from the fight.
Praxim relishes his invisible nature, his speed, and is feeling very lucky at the moment. He takes but one steadying breath before unleashing archery hell on the nearest golem. All five arrows are durable adamantine (which does exhaust his supply until he can pick them up again). The golem is denied its DEX bonus to AC for all attacks because of improved invisibility.
(PBS, BGH, haste, invisible, rapid, DA)
Rexil readies an attack for when the southern stone golem moves in to attack. He then becomes visible.
Veronica almost starts to dance, but then realises that while she's in the invisibility sphere, no one will be able to see her, so she switches to Perform (oratory) and starts inspire courage, eloquently praising the abilities of all the party members and encouraging greater feats of heroics. She then casts see invisibility on herself so she can can keep track of her own party members, and pulls her bladed scarf from her neck.
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Thordak strikes at the golem just a second before he is showered with pieces of rock splattering from Praxim's arrows.
He swears he shallow one of them.
What remains of the golem stands immobile, obviously destroyed.
Rexil attacks the other golem, catching it by surprise, but even so, he is unable to damage the hard stone...
... until Veronica's words of encouragement helps him try again, and he is able, then, to connect with the golem in a significative way.
The golem, not showing any surprise or pain in its stone face, emits a garbled sound, magically causing your arms and feet to feel as heavy as if made of stone.
Then it attacks Rexil with mechanical precision.
Noticing ABSOLUTELY nothing as he's so focused on the task at hand, Thordak fumes under his breath. "Blasted elf. Always takin' me wins." The dwarf moves with amazing speed toward the other one and brings his fury over losing another creature to the paladin down upon the golem.
Missing fantastically horribly, Thordak finds himself thinking quickly in an attempt to cover such a pathetic attempt at an attack. "Um... YOU'RE QUICK, GOLEM, YOU'RE QUICK! THAT'S GOOD! I LIKE A CHALLENGE!" he yells, making sure everyone hears and feeling quite confident they've bought into his clever bluff.
Praxim unleashes more arrows at Rexil’s friend.
Alas, none of those arrows were adamantine, so DR will apply, but he has Focused Shot, so only once for the four arrows.
”Sorry, Thordak. After all, I’d hate to rub basalt in your wounds.”
Rexil then swings again at his new friend, albeit very slowly.
Veronica continues to provide words of encouragement to the group. As she does so, she mixes in the casting of a spell and steps up to touch Rexil, imbuing him with extra ability.
Fuming at her inability to contribute constructively to the battle, Lym watches and waits…
Tomaru stays behind Praxim and will use Bit of Luck. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
Aurora stays invisible and close by Thordak.
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Thordak breaks a good chunk of the golem, just before Praxim's arrows start showering him with pebbles, which he now expects and avoids swallowing (or worst, entering his eyes).
Rexil, on his part, has the bad luck of having a pebble hit his eye making him miss his attacks.
The Golem attack Thordak now, with whatever strength it has left.
A second after that a flurry of hits and arrows turns it to a pile of rubble.
You all relax at your victory, just before Praxil gets attacked by a Golem that somehow arrived unnoticed!
Praxim gasps as the stone golem just appears, but pivots and fires arrows at literally point blank range (Snap Shot, so no AoOs). (also, using the bit of luck from last round)
Since Thordak hit with a 28 earlier, I’m assuming all those hit for only 145 points of damage...minus DR.
Rexil moves up to take his own swing at the golem.
Rexil’s club connects with the golem’s “head” and pulverizes it.
Tomaru calls out to their unseen host. "You're going to have to do better than that. Come out so we can kill you good and proper."
Praxim lowers his bow, both annoyed and proud that he didn’t have to contribute.
”So is this how Thordak feels when he finally gets to something to attack it, and everybody else has already killed it?”
Lym mutters a single Word, conjuring orbs of floating light, which she sends out to dispel the shadows.
"Let's see what's behind this door," she suggests.
Rolling his eyes as these golems just seem to drop faster than rain, his rage subsides and he turns a glare toward the paladin upon hearing his words. Pondering those words, his face then contorts into something angry and, well, weird. His eye begins to tic, some type of strange high-pitched noise escapes his mouth and it looks as if his face is about to explode... or melt... or possibly explode. After several moments he slowly begins to calm. His face returns to normal and he takes a deep breath before brushing himself off and walking over to Praxim. "One of these days, elf, one of these days...," he threatens with a shake of his fist. He then gives a harrumph before turning and walking away, heading for the door Lym mentioned. "Alright, lass, I'm ready ta move in when ya think it's safe. Just say the word."
”More greed traps? I must say I was more impressed with the gem door. It’s not often I find myself lying awake in my bedroll wishing I had a big piece of lumber to make me happy or a giant bone to give my life meaning.”
Praxim scans the parts of the rooms he can see from the doorways for evil auras, but otherwise stays out.
The dwarf raises an eyebrow at the oddity of the elf's words. "What in the blazes are ya goin' on about, elf? Who in their blasted right mind wants a piece of wood or a bone for 'meanin'?" he asks rhetorically. "That doesn't even make any sense. Well, outside of your typical pet dog or whatever." Shaking his head, "Sometimes I wonder about you, lad." Turning his attention back to the room, "Well alright, since this room is borin', let's keep goin'," he says. It takes a moment or two but it finally hits him and a small grin forms. "Hey! Did you lot catch that? 'Since this room is borin', let's keep goin'. It rhymes! I'm a poet and didn't even know it." Another moment or two later, "Hey! Another one! I guess when ya got it ya got it," he winks. He then loses himself in thought to see if that one worked but then just shakes his head and moves on.
"Moving along, yes," Lym says. "Before the mephits' "silver man" shows up, for preference. I do hope it's not a mithral golem. Not unless it's commanded by an amulet and we find that before it finds us."
"Well, whatever this Silver Man turns out to be, I suspect the real trouble we'll have is just Praxim and Thordak arguing over who gets to kill it first."
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"Oh there'll be no arguin', lass. I'll be droppin' Silver Man like a rock that just so happens ta have oil on it and you can't hold onto it so it falls from yer hand and...," he pauses, rubbing his chin in thought for several moments before, "He won't know what hit 'im is all I'm sayin'," he nods emphatically.
”To be honest, I’m less concerned with the kill credit and more that we will be able to handle such a creature, given the worried look behind Lym’s veil.”
Praxim absent-mindledly brushes his hand across the forming bruise from the stone golem and soothes away the hurt.
He also takes a moment to activate his divine bond, making his bow now a +5 giant bane keen seeking bow that hates transmuters.
"Let's keep going. What's in the next area?"
"We could make some nice chairs out of this stuff. Maybe after we see to this metal man."
"A mithral golem is no laughing matter, friends. If we do see one, we might be better off fleeing from this wing."
Tomaru prays to Desna to Teleport everyone back to the game.
There are four rooms in total with the raw materials in them. Workshops of some sorts, but their purpose is beyond you - especially in this place.
The hallway itself leads further east, and makes two quick turns - left, then right - before ending in a fountain room similar to the one you've been in before. Only this fountain does not have its statue, which you now know are golems in actuality.
There is one exit, a door leading north.
Then that's the way we go.
Stroking his beard in thought, "I say we go through the north door," he says with absolute certainty.