"I shall investigate the pile. The creature will have no reason to turn to me as I carry naught but my cloak and my hands".
Lun heads to the pile and looks for something that fits the theme of what they have fund thus far, rubies, gargoyle motifs, etc.
Perception
"I'll watch your back in case it changes it's mind about you." Cedric steps between Lun Tsu and the rust monster.
No Levar quietly sheaths his sawtooth blade, not wanting his only surviving companion to be rusted away by some monster. He rubs his fingers together and tries to conjure up another shocking grasp but his magic is still lacking and instead he's only able to form a little bit of frost at his fingertips, ready to fire it off at the creature if it's a hostile target.
Likewise, Krachxton readies a sling and slides around to make sure he has a shot.
The creature hisses at Lun as he approaches the pile of metal. From where he stands now, Lun can clearly see some interesting weapons in the pile, that look to be of very high quality.
Lun keeps heading towards the pile to determine whether these would be items worth bringing back. He keeps his eye on the monster, just in case.
Bart lurches forward, clutching his wooden shield in two hands.
"Should I just hit it? Maybe scare it off?" Cedric asks as he keeps pace with Lun Tsu.
"Not sure, would that make a fight inevitable? I guess if it thinks we are taking something from it, the effect would be the same. Perhaps it is dull of wit and we can throw something in one direction and have it chase it?"
The creature, standing near the pile of metal, snaps once at Lun Tsu, and wiggles its antenna, as if to discourage Lun from stepping closer.
Lun sighs, "The hard way then..." Lun moves to attack it.
Flurry of Blows
Attack 1 - Damage
Attack 2 - Damage
The monster looks ready to strike as Lun moves ever closer, but the monk is faster than the insectoid creature, and strikes first!
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No Levar
Bart
Lun Tsu
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Monster (9)
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Cedric
Krachxton
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Old Bart charges the monster, but the heavy shield fails to hit the insectoid creature.
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No Levar
Bart
Lun Tsu
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Monster (9)
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Cedric
Krachxton
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The pirate focuses his energy like the Githyanki taught him, forcing it out of his fingertips in a small feeble ray of frost...
cold
The monster doesn't seem to particularly enjoy the non-metallic weapons that are used against it, and No's cold ray doesn't help either. Agitated, it tries to get around Bart's shield so as to bite him
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Cedric
Krachxton
No Levar
Bart
Lun Tsu
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Monster (10)
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He judges that his sling isn't going to do it while it's so close to Bart. But he figures he just might be able to do it with magic.
Cedric will step up and try and bite the creature.
Lun pummels the creature with another Flurry of Blows
Attack 1 - Damage
Confirm Critical
Attack 2 - Damage
"YOWCH! Bit me right where it hurts!"
Krachxton just barely misses, only to see Cedric's battlearmor take a bite out of the monster, and Lun Tsu pummel it silly. If only Bart had hit, then the threat would have been gone.
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Cedric
Krachxton
No Levar
Bart
Lun Tsu
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Monster (25)
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No casts another ray of frost at the creature:
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Cedric
Krachxton
No Levar
Bart
Lun Tsu
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Monster (26)
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Realising his assault is leaving him vulnerable, Bart takes up a defensive posture instead.
Cedric goes full flurry with teeth and claws.
Bart tries to hold the line, while Cedric finishes off the rusty creature.
There's a good collection of swords here, and although many have been damaged by the rust monster - nothing more than useless corroded metal now - several items have remained untouched, among which two rather nice-looking longswords, and an ornate dagger.
"Mighty fine looking swords. Wonder what happened to the poor buggers what carried 'em here?"
"Probably hurt by the other hazards." He says as he focuses on the weapons. "Well made, let's see if there's something more."
Lun looks for symbols which would tie to what they have discovered already whether on the weapons or in some other portion of the junk pile.
Perception
Cedric works on getting the bug guts off his claws while the others looks at the scrap pile.
One of the swords and the dagger show up as magical.
"These two are magical. Anybody interested in them?" He hold them out for others to examine.
"Magical? Let me take a look." Cedric says as he casts detect magic to examine the auras.
"Aye. Lost me ordained blade long ago. Some young berk in the Hive knicked it. Feller probably pawned it for his supper with no idea of its value."
Cedric is fairly certain the dagger and the longsword are magically enhanced weapons.
Lun shrugs, "Well at least the death of this creature led to something positive for us at any rate. Where to now?" Lun picks the Ledger back up and looks around.
"Let's swing around and examine what is left for clues." He says, indicating a path.
No Levar follows the group and ignores the magical weapons; content with his mundane weapon of expertise.
Cedric follows along offering the sword and dagger to any who can use them.
Lun passes on the weapons, "Less is more my friend".
Lun keeps alert for signs of trouble.
Perception
Up on the other side of the junkyard, there are three bodies. Not human ones, mind you, but metallic ones: a dwarven-sized one, a giant-size one and one with the build of an elf. They lie motionless on the floor.
Lun wil relay that to the group, "More constructs. Giant, Dwarf and Elf. Hope those don't come alive as well..."
Bart seems disturbed by the metal men, drumming his fingers along the hilt of his new, magical blade, fixing his twitchy squint on them for signs of trouble.
"Expect them to." he says, keeping his weapon handy. He will circle around to another side to keep them from being too grouped. If they don't move in a couple minutes, he'll use detect magic to see if there are any auras to be concerned about.
The adventurers fully expect the construct to come alive, but they just seem to be missing the right spark. There is a faint transmutation magic coming from the constructs.
Cedric will step forward for a closer look. "For all the talk of warring goblins and such we haven't really seen any."
They look to be formally animated constructs, of which the energy seems to have run ou. Perhaps some kind of spark can revive them?
"Looks like they are inactive. If we wanted we could try to jump start them with a jolt of electricity. Other then that I have no idea what to do with them."
Lun will take a closer look to see if they ave any of the symbology we have been seeing thus far in this area.
If they have none, he will check the rest of the area for clues.
Perception
Perception