Marin smiles as she draws the healing magic out of her wand, placing a soft hand on Meleren's shoulder.
"Ylimancha teaches us to be calm and at peace, like the vast sea. Let my healing magic wash over you like a cool wave."
Diplomacy:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Eventually, Marin makes her way over to the lift with the others. All of these mechanisms and devices are clearly beyond what she has experienced before.
"Van, Vailis, we're all putting our safety in our hands. Be careful."
M Gnome Arcanist 6 - HP 38/38 - AC 16/T: 15/FF: 13 - Perception: +1; Darkvision 60 ft. - Fort: +6, Ref: +7, Will: +6 (+2 vs. Illusions) - CMB: +2, CMD 15 - Speed 20 ft. - Init. +3
"Um, yeah. That's no good guys. It means there's no air in there, I think. At the very least, we won't be able to breathe." Van explains with a troubled frown.
"There's no other way to go, thus push the button I would say. We will hold the breath if necesaire." and Vailis uses his shield wand over Eidi. Eidolon can be affected by personal spells
Then he draws another wand and readies himself to use it over Valeros to enlarge him in case of fight danger.
"I remember the hologram said something about atmosphere when we first activate it. Do you think there is any possibility there is some control we left there we can activate that helps with the problem?" points out Vailis.
M Gnome Arcanist 6 - HP 38/38 - AC 16/T: 15/FF: 13 - Perception: +1; Darkvision 60 ft. - Fort: +6, Ref: +7, Will: +6 (+2 vs. Illusions) - CMB: +2, CMD 15 - Speed 20 ft. - Init. +3
"Thinking back on what that message said, I'm pretty sure it was telling us the thing we're looking for in the room with no air. I think we're on the right track, assuming this room doesn't kill us."
Eidi punches the button twice, and the door flies open with a sound rivaling a sonic boom. The limited air in the lift is vastly insufficient to fill the room ahead, leaving the entire area in a near-vacuum. The shock to your lungs is considerably painful Damage:1d6 ⇒ 6(to everybody, including the bandits) and you immediately begin suffocating.
Room Description:
A series of glassy panels form a semicircular array along the southern walls of this circular room. Some of the panels are lit but blank, while others flicker with a jarring, black-and-white dotted pattern. Many are cracked or simply dark. A throne-like chair sits before a mechanical table in the center of the room. A skeleton slumps in the chair, one bony hand grasping a large lever. Its other hand, wearing a
strange, silvery glove, rests upon a glowing plate.
Suffocation rules are here; the short version is that you can hold your breath for 2 rounds times your Con score and strenuous actions reduce the time. Please be very precise about your actions until such a time as the air is restored (Ex: "move action, move action, standard action, free action," etc.).
M Gnome Arcanist 6 - HP 38/38 - AC 16/T: 15/FF: 13 - Perception: +1; Darkvision 60 ft. - Fort: +6, Ref: +7, Will: +6 (+2 vs. Illusions) - CMB: +2, CMD 15 - Speed 20 ft. - Init. +3
Unsure how close to death the group is, but mostly certain he isn't long for his world, Van finds himself moving into the room to the skeleton and trying to remove the glove.
1st round action: Move action to move to skeleton, Standard to grab glove.
Breathing again Vailis says "Good job gnome!". Looking at Eidi, the eidolon perfectly know what is needed and starts to carefully register the room, now with oxygen in his lungs.
Perception:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
If nothing is found, they just come back to the lift with the others.
Vailis doesn't find much of interest up here; all of the displays are dead and the one hologram that was showing earlier flickered out when Van disturbed the skeleton.
"Let's get out of here. This place is making my nerves to go mad. Perhaps the goblet will help us with the controls below as the other one did with the lift." without much waiting Vailis goes into the lift.
Once everyone is inside he presses the down button.
M Gnome Arcanist 6 - HP 38/38 - AC 16/T: 15/FF: 13 - Perception: +1; Darkvision 60 ft. - Fort: +6, Ref: +7, Will: +6 (+2 vs. Illusions) - CMB: +2, CMD 15 - Speed 20 ft. - Init. +3
"Well, that almost killed me, but at least it'll be a good story to tell to our grandkids, right?" Van says with a smirk as he join Vailis in the lift and waits to return to the main level.
Assuming Vailis healing still went through, sitting at 4/8 HP.
"That certainly was a great one. I've never before been in a room without air to breath!" Vailis gets his wand out another time and tries to heal the gnome.
UMD+previously used:1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 12 + 2 = 31 CLW:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
With everything in hand, the group heads back down through the lift without further incident. You are once again in the central chamber of this bizarre sublevel.
"Those things make me chills. Better you go with it, I am sure you are the best to do it. " the half-elf readies himself with his two wands on hand knowing something big can happen "I don't see any opportunity for us to go out of here."
Van takes a gloved hand to the hologram, which very much moves under his touch--Van can even feel a sort of weight or resistance to it, as though manipulating a real object. The carousel only seems to move in one direction, but just a gentle push in enough for it to settle on a hangar aligned with the main chambers--and for the flashing red to turn green. This motion is once again accompanied by a great screeching and grinding of gears all around you, completed with a loud, satisfied 'click.'
According to the hologram here, you can now exit this area again.
M Gnome Arcanist 6 - HP 38/38 - AC 16/T: 15/FF: 13 - Perception: +1; Darkvision 60 ft. - Fort: +6, Ref: +7, Will: +6 (+2 vs. Illusions) - CMB: +2, CMD 15 - Speed 20 ft. - Init. +3
"See, there's nothing to it. Let's get out of here before the place tries to trap us again." Van suggests, using the hologram as a mental guide to find the way out.
Vailis grins with hope "Yeah, that seems to work. You are real genius Van, if we get out of here alive I promise you a good dinner a the best Absalom restaurant."
That said, Vailis advances to the exit and tells Eidi to go first. The eidolon looks for traps and other dangers before entering into the next room.
Perception:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
The party heads out the way it came, trailed by Meleren and Shechera (who look desperate to get out of here). Exiting through their former refuge, you find that the room you came through has been replaced with a similar hangar full of inactive guardians--except for the one standing in the center of the room as you approach. It whirs to life, standing tall atop its pile of metal rods and ceramic plates. But its face, oh its face...!
Meleren and Shechera both huddle away from the creature, unwilling or perhaps unable to fight it.
Good question, thanks for asking. Out of order is fine so long as you don't go out of turn with the baddies. I do generally resolve things in initiative order, however. So basically post whenever and I'll figure it out.
The creature is unlike anything you have ever seen or read about, and you cannot as yet fathom its abilities. Rare creature, so DC 15+CR.
Van's bolt zips past the guardian and smashes into an inactive robot in one of the alcoves, crumpling it. The active one does not appear to have noticed.
Marin!
Round I
(Ginessa: CURRENT)
Van: miss
Marin: CURRENT
Baddies:
Vailis:
As the group prepares to fight their way out, a leering skull flashes across the monstrosity's faceplate, jaws open... waaay too open... and the most awful gnashing sound, full of anger and terror...
DC 14 Will save needed by everybody at the start of every turn, so long as you are looking at the creature. Failure means that you are fascinated--bolted to the spot by fear--and can't do anything.
The machine clanks menacingly towards to the group.
Vailis! Remember to start of with a Will save!
Round I
(Ginessa: CURRENT)
Van: miss
Marin: draws, readies
Baddies: fearmongerer!
Vailis: CURRENT
Vailis Will DC 14+halfelf enchantment resistance:1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 + 2 = 24
Vailis, seeing the big terrible thing, brings strength from his deeper self and tries to focus only in the shadows of the creatures around, avoiding to directly look at the thing.
That usually brings only 50% chance of looking at the price of 50% failure when attacking
Stepping to one side behind Eidi, the half-elf starts moving his wand in order to cast enlarge person from it.
Yep, that's a good idea. Feel free to post out of order too, just to speed things along.
Valeros enters the fray! Will:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18 SUCCESS Thinking quickly, he shakes Van out of his stupor. "Don't look directly at it!" He then moves around, circling the monster.
Round II
(Ginessa)
Valeros: shake and move
Van: CURRENT
Marin: Will save!
Baddies:
Vailis (Eidi fascinated):
Reflex:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8 FAIL The construct clatters to the floor! Ginessa aids... somebody?
Ginessa:
You... might... have read something on something somewhat similar to this thing. Used at the very end of Karamos's assault on Absalom. Constructs that triggered intense fear in their foes. Like all of Karamos's constructs, it is vulnerable to electricity and fire.
Initiative
Baddies @ 6 dmg: hit Ginessa
Vailis (Eidi fascinated): CURRENT
Valeros: full attack
Van: CURRENT
(Ginessa @ 6/11hp: two Will saves!)
(Marin: one Will save!)
Ginessa/Marin:
I've left you in the parenthetical, plus just take a turn when you have a chance. I'll keep things moving in the meantime.
