Tarin immediately understands what to do.
a rune of alacrity understands
that effects that would impede a creature’s speed and
mobility can disrupt and destroy the rune. The following
can disable the rune: being entangled by a magical or
alchemical effect for 8 rounds being staggered or paralyzed for 5 rounds
or dealing
30 points of cold damage in one round
Tarinhil smiles, "This one, I can handle. ", and mixes up a tanglefoot bomb, mentally shaping the blast away from his companions.
how long does the entanglement last on those bombs?
Maybe we should check the others, in case we hit all of them we can at once?
The next one up is identified as a rune of defense, then life, then armor, then control.
One of the statues has a flail that is not stone wrapped around its neck like a noose.
just you and vinny
Defense
A PC who identifies a rune of defense understands that
effects that batter and shock can disrupt and destroy
the rune. The following can disable the rune: dealing
30 points of electricity, force, or sonic damage in one
dealing 30 points of
bludgeoning damage from a single attack or casting dispel magic at the rune (CL 12th,
Armor
Tarin only has vague ideas on this one
A PC who identifies a rune of armor understands that
effects that scorch, tear, or sabotage can disrupt and
destroy the rune.
Control
A PC who identifies a rune of control
understands that it is vulnerable
to servant creatures and powerful
commands. The following effects can
disable the rune: or casting a spell
at the rune of 4th-level or higher
with the compulsion descriptor
dealing
50 points of damage
from summoned
or called creatures
in one minute or making
a successful DC 30 Use Magic Device check
Vinny looks at the Defense rune, raises his spear and slams it into. "You said force, right?" He is none the wiser that this isn't the right force, but he gives it a few more shots before looking at Tarin. "I think I might need help..."
When presented with the opportunity to sabotage something, Vinny grabs his tools and drops down to it, knowing beyond doubt he has this. He quickly tries to figure out a way to ruin the rune. Chuckling to himself as he works, "Ruin the rune..."
Vinny slams the rune and there is a flash of light Vinny make me a Will save of 20
You lucky bastard
dex damage
After that i will assume someone grabs a hold of vinny, before he messes with another rune?
BOOM!
Fernus looks at the rune of armour as well before heading over to Vinny and tugging at the side of his pants.
"Vinny? That's not the kind of force they meant, most of these runes are disabled through magical means, so magical force spells are needed to destroy them. No offense, but you don't look like a spellcaster to me, leave those runes to me Tarin and Bear okay?"
Fernus then heads over to the rune of control and a big grin appears on his face.
"Leave this one to me guys. Piece of cake."
Fernus quite easily deactivates the rune without any danger to himself.
"All done." he says quite bviously pleased with himself.
Both of the other runes take damage to disrupt them...I don't have much that can help with this.
What about your club Unalaq. If you go two handed, we make you large and give you bulls STR. Can you focus your attack to do enough damage?
Darin tries to dispel the magic on the Defense Rune.
And fails spectacularly.
Tarinhil says, "If the armor rune needs to be scorched, I can probably handle it.. Especially now that I can mix up two bombs quickly. I can try the dispel, or we can let Bear smash it.... I don't want to run out of bombs, but at the same time, one resist energy sleek really reduced my effectiveness."
He pauses, then turns to Fernus, "Grease impedes movement... Do we think that might undo the rune of alacrity? "
Good idea, worth a try Tarin.
Darin's spell fails and he must make me a will save of 20
huzza
dex damage
Ok no one said anything to vinny so he tries to disable the rune and fails there is a flash of light
Make me a will save of DC 20 vinny
Up to you but did recommend it after he attacked the tube and got zapped
Ah he did. I missed that second part. Well keep tabs on him
Also lets do something
Tarinhil takes a moment then nods, his hands deftly mixing together an Explosive Bomb and a standard one, hurling them both at the armor runes as quickly as he can, while sharing the explosions away from himself and his allies. He smiles with delight as he whispers,"Burn."
in case you miss
Tarin's blasts disable the rune, which crumbles to dust
"Bear, you going to see about that one we need to hit hard or want me to try it?"
And cue vinny announcing how hard he can hit it!
Growing to huge proportions and creating his magic club, Bear strikes out at the Rune.
Seeing Bear prepared for combat, Vinny lifts his spear and readies his assault, only to see that the large druid stops after one blow. "When I do that, I'm told to stop," he says with a huff.
Tarinhil says, "So, Fernus, do you want to try Grease on the alacrity rune? Or should I use 3 tanglefoot bombs? And Bear, any thoughts on wildshaping into something with enough venom to do in the life rune? I never took the time to distill the venomb sacks I grabbed earlier... And we don't have time for me to mix up some poison. "
Well, in Bear's defense Vinny, he didn't cause the thing to explode.
Vinny grumbles like a petulant child.
Darin, seeing Vinny's response, will offer him his flask of spirits like handing candy to placate a petulant child.
If Vinny drinks, he'll discover that the stuff is vile - Darin was described it as "stone spirits" and it certainly tastes like you're drinking gravel. It does have a hell of a kick however, and your vision will swim a bit after you take a drink. The good news is it has an aftertaste vaguely reminiscent of turpentine, which may well be a primary ingredient.
Taking a sip, he grimaces. [b]"What the heck are you trying to poison me with?!?" Gagging over and over again he throws the flask back.
Fernus thinks about it for a bit, then shakes his head, he does not think Grease will work
We should prepare ourselves for combat. I can then cast the entangle. Does it need to last more than a minute, is that why my spell may not work Fernus? I am fine trying it anyways...just a scroll.
Darin will snag the flask in the air.
Well, it's not a Donguni Basalt mind you - not enough olivine. But I think it's a perfectly acceptable Quartzite, from Janderhoff!
He'll stopper the flask and put it back in his satchel.
Fernus replies Oh, sorry Mr Bear sir. I meant my Grease spell wont work, I bet the entangling spell will work if it lasts a minute.
Bear casts the spell to test it...
One minute later the rune crumbles to dust
"Anyone going to try an idea on those remaining life runes or shall we see if we can find the Runelord?"
I'll give it a bit and then we will move on as if you can't do it. Had plenty of time
I can summon a giant Scorpion to sting it? That is the best I can do...Bears are the best creatures I can bring to fight for me.