[PFS/DMK/EMS] The Emerald Spire Superdungeon - Table II

Game Master Kludde

"That wouldn't be a bad idea," Ilya replies as she looks at her arms and clothes, which are covered in dried blood.

"Magic heals my wounds, but my clothes are a mess... And I could certainly use a bath myself."

Ilya walks over to the door at the end of the corridor, and opens it when her allies are with her.

The door opens up to a large room.

A padded chair stands on a low dais at the eastern end of this room. A large emblem made from hammered brass hangs on the wall behind the chair, depicting an automation’s head between interlocking gears.

The remaining walls are draped with blue colored tapestries, except in the northeast corner, where a curving wall of green crystal intrudes into the chamber—the Emerald Spire. On the northern wall is a control panel with one black lever. Two doors exit through opposite sides of a small nook to the southeast, and a third is set in the southwest corner. A pair of seven-foot tall automatons armed with polearms stand guard in the chamber. Eerie green light flickers in the joints of their armor.

The two stars are the automatons

"More robots. Great."

Kellan will wait to see if the robots attack us on sight.

The robots remain still.

Vayu readies an adamantine round and his scroll of abundant ammunition ... and whispers, "do you see any kind of trigger ... arcane? Mechanical?"

Vayu squeezes forward to peek ... then squeezes back ...

perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

More damned robots...ugh. I am actually kinda glad Ilya squished Klarkosh. So, any suggestions, other than stepping in to wee what happens?

She touch Ilya on the shoulder again, implanting a thought in her subconscious.

She still has false flanker, and I am adding mesmerist mirror to her

"Well, here goes!"

Kellan steps forward into the room toward the chair. Percep: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19

Although the construct have remained motionless so far, as soon as Kellan steps into the room, they spring to life..

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Vayu
Kellan
Zen;yr
Ilya
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Automaton
Automaton
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UMD 25: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34

Zen'yr against better judgement, moves forward and grabs a scroll as she goes. She then casts from it, with sheer perfection as a small red bead jolts from her fingers, and explodes into a fiery ball of doom, engulfing the automatons.

reflex DC 14 reflex save for half: 5d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 1, 3, 5) = 14

Cast abundant ammunition on an adamantine round and move into the room. Within 30'

Kellan enhances Talon to +1 and keen, then casts a shocking grasp, steps forward, and tries to deliver it using Talon.

Talon: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 1 + 2 = 18 (+2 extra because I assume they're made of meta)l
damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11 plus shocking grasp: 5d6 ⇒ (6, 2, 5, 1, 3) = 17

The automaton manages to evade most of Zen'yrs blast, but when the fire settles down, Kellan stab one of the constructs with her rapier. Immediately, the thing starts malfunctioning, engulfing itself with an aura of sparks.

RFX: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18
RFX: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Anyone near the sparks will take damage at the end of its round

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Vayu
Kellan
Zen;yr
Ilya
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Automaton (7)
Automaton (37)
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Ilya moves into the room and positions herself in a way that'll allow her to attack both automatons. She shifts into a stance that fits the dragon style, then raises her leg to send a kick at the automaton that's received the most damage from her allies.

Dragon Kick: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27 Damage (x1.5 Str; Dragon Style): 1d1d8 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Confirm crit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26 Damage (x1.5 Str; Dragon Style): 1d1d8 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Ilya kicks the crackling construct, and it crashes into the pieces. Unlike clanky - that fight seems like an eternity ago - this one doesn't explode.

The remaining automaton, holding a ranseur, it too close to Ilya to attack her, so instead attacks Kellan from behind the chair that hinders him.

Ranseur: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 10 - 2 = 97 = 7

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Vayu
Kellan
Zen;yr
Ilya
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Automaton (7)
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Waiting to see if Vayu kills this one before I use up another spell.

Ilya places her feet firmly on the floor and throws a punch at the other automaton.

Dragon Punch: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25 Damage (x1.5 Str; Dragon Style): 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

+2 shield bonus for not moving from my square.
Total AC: 27

Mit'l fires two shots ...

Ranged touch, Point Blank, In Melee, Rapid Fire: 1d20 + 10 + 1 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 10 + 1 - 4 - 2 = 15
damage with pb and up close: 1d8 + 2 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (7) + 2 + 1 + (6) = 16

Ranged touch, Point Blank, In Melee, Rapid Fire: 1d20 + 10 + 1 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 10 + 1 - 4 - 2 = 6
damage with pb: 1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 1 = 5

AH! Second shot misfires! (used up my last grit on the first shot)

Ilya kicks the automaton, while a shot hits it in the chest. The next sound coming from Vayu's gun is less dramatic, a kind of clanking gurgle indicates the jamming of his gun.

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Vayu
Kellan
Zen;yr
Ilya
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Automaton (23)
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Kellan casts frigid touch, moves around Ilya, and swings Talon at the automaton.

Talon: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 9 + 1 = 11
damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 plus frigid touch: 4d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 2, 3) = 13 and staggered for 1 round.

ARRGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Kellan's blade is covered in rime as she tries to hit the last automaton. She seems to be under some kind of curse, though, as she fumbles her strike again.

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Vayu
Kellan
Zen;yr
Ilya
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Automaton (23)
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Zen'yr reaches out and touches the constructs "mind", then casts bungle at it.

The hypnotic stare and its penalty can affect creatures that are mindless or immune to mindaffecting effects (such as an undead or vermin). The mesmerist can also partially affect such a creature with his mind-affecting spells and abilities if it’s under his hypnotic stare; it gains a +2 bonus on its saving throw (if any), and if affected it still has a 50% chance each round of ignoring the effect. Ignoring the effect doesn’t end the effect, but allows the creature to act normally for that round.

Bungle is a DC 17 will save or The target takes a –20 penalty on its next attack roll or check that requires a d20 roll. The action must be one deliberately taken by the target on its turn. Creatures with more than 10 HD are unaffected by this spell.

Will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14

The automaton seems to be mesmerised by Zen'yr, and clumsily swings its weapon - it's not even clear at who.

Ranseur: 1d20 + 10 - 20 ⇒ (7) + 10 - 20 = -3

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Vayu
Kellan
Zen;yr
Ilya
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Automaton (23)
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Kellan swings again with Talon, hoping to actually deliver her spell this time.

Talon: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 1 = 16
damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 plus frigid touch: 4d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 3, 2) = 13 and staggered for 1 round.

Really? really? REALLY?

Dropping his double-barrel pistol to let it hang on its weapon cord, Vayu pulls Old Faithful, his original pistol, loads and lets off a couple rounds.

Move action, draw, free actions load ...

Ranged touch, Point Blank, In Melee, Rapid Fire: 1d20 + 10 + 1 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 10 + 1 - 4 - 2 = 22
damage with pb and adamantine: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 + 1 = 9

Ranged touch, Point Blank, In Melee, Rapid Fire: 1d20 + 10 + 1 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 10 + 1 - 4 - 2 = 22
damage with pb and adamantine: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 1 = 8

Kellan narrowly misses, while Vayu switches weapons a single shot at the automaton, creating a gaping hole.

You can only get multiple attacks from rapid shot in a full-round action

The automaton starts crackling and falmunctioning.

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Vayu
Kellan
Zen;yr
Ilya
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Automaton (32)
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draws Ilya's wand of cure light a waits to heal her friends.

[ooc]draw wand and delay, cannot do much against these guys

Ilya throws one more punch at the automaton. "I don't like these things, they're unnatural..."

Dragon Punch: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24 Damage (x1.5 Str; Dragon Style): 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

+2 shield bonus for not moving from my square.
Total AC: 27

With a final punch, Ilya dislodges some hinges and causes a critical failure in the construct. It blows a gasket, and stops moving.

Combat over!

Kellan stares at the stupid destroyed automaton with rime covering Talon, seething at her lack of accuracy. She then swings Talon into the heart of the machine anyway, causing the metal to freeze solid, and she screams loudly with frustration.

...and rightfully so. The room contains two doors in a small alcove on the southeast side, and a black lever.

"We pushed the other up, let's pull this one down," Ilya says as she pulls the black lever down.

Ilya heads over to the two doors in the small alcove and opens the door to the south.

Sure enough, a click can be heard as something moves in motion.

And what about the door? :)

The door opens to a bedchamber, furnished with a desk and plush chairs, a large bed strewn with pillows, a thick carpet, and hanging tapestries in scarlet and gold. A fire crackles in an iron stove in one corner.

Inside the desk is a journal written in a weak, spidery handwriting. It includes designs for new automatons powered by slivers of Emerald Spire crystal, records of explorations of various levels of the Spire (Klarkosh was turned back by the fiendish troglodytes on the next level), and megalomaniacal dreams of dominion over the River Kingdoms with armies of robotic warriors

There's a locked wooden coffer on the desk. DDV DC 25

Still seething from her lack of accuracy in the last battle, Kellan says through gritted teeth "Can someone open that stupid box please? I'm eager to finish with this level."

"Can anyone aid me?" Ilya asks as she tries to disable to chest's lock. She takes her time to work the lock, but can't open it alone.

Disable Device, take 20: 20 + 4 = 24

If no one's able to aid her, Ilya resorts to violence.

"I'm sure someone can help with this?" she asks as she starts kicking the chest's lock.

Strength, take 20: 20 + 3 = 23

Kellan calms down a bit. 'I'm no good with locks, unfortunately."

It takes some mucking about with the chest, but it finally gives way (If you're willing to damage it, it will eventually break). It contains quite a bit of money - 200 gp, 130 pp, five emeralds, a star-shaped ioun stone, and a potion.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

"A potion of invisibility, nice. Does anyone else have an idea what the star-shaped stone's for?"

spellcraft: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

[b]"can't say I've ever seen anything like it ..."[/dice]

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

"I've seen one of these. It lets you disguise yourself, and can make other stones like itself invisible as well."

The other door leads to a set of corridors: one east, that ends in a door, and a corridor north, also ending in a door.

Seeing a door directly in front of her, Kellan waits for the others to be behind her then opens it.

Arming dummies and racks of basic weapons line the walls of this chamber. There is a double door in the northern wall, a single door in the southern wall, and two doors in the western wall. A single black lever protrudes from a control panel on the south wall.

A metal grate behind the lever separates the eastern part of the room from this side. In front of it, near the lever, another automaton is waiting.

"I'm getting pretty tired of these damn things."

Kellan sees the automaton, decides to take it out all on her own, using her sandals of quick action to do both a move and standard during the surprise round, and casts corrosive touch. She then moves up to it and tries to deliver the spell with Talon.

Talon: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17 <- You'd think I'd be due to roll a 15 or higher to get a keen crit, but NOOOOOOOOOOO!
damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12 plus acid: 5d4 ⇒ (3, 3, 2, 4, 1) = 13

Ilya moves into the room, but stays back to give Kellan a chance to get a success experience.

"You can do it, Kellan!" Ilya shouts suppostively.

Ilya motions for Vayu and Zen'yr to stay back as well.

"Don't interfere. Give her the opportunity to shine this time, and be supportive," she whispers to the others.

"Go Kellan!"

Ilya moves into the room, but stays back to give Kellan a chance to get a success experience.

"You can do it, Kellan!" Ilya shouts suppostively.

Ilya motions for Vayu and Zen'yr to stay back as well.

"Don't interfere. Give her the opportunity to shine this time, and be supportive," she whispers to the others.

"Go Kellan!"

LOL. Poor Kellan is getting sympathy shots at the badguys from her allies.

Aaaww, that's sooo sweet ;-)

Ilya allows Kellan a moment to shine, and the automaton seems to agree. Moving with unforeseen speed, it takes a step back and activates the black lever, shutting it to an 'up' position. Immediately, the metal fence behind Kellan rises, while the one behind the Automaton drops. The corridor - Zen'yr is still standing in it - starts to shift, pushing the occultist around the corner, back into the workshop of Klarkosh.

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Kellan
Vayu
Zenyr
Ilya
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Automaton (20)
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"Oh crap." Kellan remarks as she spends a Swift action to give Talon the keen and frost properties, then casts another touch spell, this time chill touch, and makes use of the automaton's proximity to make a full attack on it this time.

Talon: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11 plus cold: 1d6 ⇒ 1 plus negative energy: 1d6 ⇒ 6
crit chance: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20
crit damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11 plus negative energy: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Talon: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20
damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8 plus cold: 1d6 ⇒ 1 plus negative energy: 1d6 ⇒ 6

It needs to make two Fort saves, DC 14 each, or take 1 point of Strength damage for each failed save.

"Nice one, Kellan!" Ilya shouts as she walks over to the door in the southwest corner of the room and opens it.

Hmm, a red wall. It has to be connected to the red levers.

She turns back toward Kellan, to watch her fight and continue to support her. "You go girl!"