Amy shakes her head and she tries to clear the effects of the bomb in her face. The first cloudy image that she sees after her sight starts to return was a Golem made out of books forming in front of her. It starts to stomp in the direction of the group and seems to be bend on destruction. The first sound was Silvio's voice from a long ways off sounding like he was asking how she was.
"WHAT! MY EARS ARE STILL RINGING! I WILL BE ..... yells Amy before she disappears. Her weight on the book case caused it to spend around and disappear from sight. She now was facing what seemed to be a tunnel that had the sent of fresh air.
I AM IN A TUNNEL THAT SEEMS TO LEAD OUT OF HERE! Amy calls out to the trap door, hopping that her friends can hear her.
She lights her staff to look around.
[occ] after you cast it, the spell is revoked by your deity. You cannot cast the spell again until you commune and have it granted to you. [/occ]
The end of her staff turns a light blue and cast shadows down the tunnel ans she uses it to provide light in the darkness of the tunnel.
[occ] What here is not what it appears to be? [/occ]
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Hank turns, "Why are we saying Lockd--" but his voice is cut off as part of the books take on a mind of their own.
"Oh, great, this is just great! I'd say something like 'can't we go back to fighting the ghouls' but I have a feeling we've not seen the last of them, so I won't bother."
Hank takes a few steps back and launches a few shots with his Zero Canon.
"Fire! Attack it with fire! Silvio shall keep it occupied", Silvio calls out. The dashing noble then proceeds to parkcour up a book case and jump up on the back as the magical construct animates. He thrusts his rapier into the back of where the neck should be, before tumbling out of harms way.
Unfortuneately Silvio's weapon of choice proves ineffective against the conjoured guardian and the strike he counted on giving him some room to manuevuer with did not help at all. Mid tumble our dashing hero finds his ankle locked in a vice like grip and he is thrown to the floor.
The hidden passage behind the bookcase seems to end in a blank wall, but the light shed from your staff reveals a lever hidden in an alcove. Pulling it will probably reveal the way out.
Empowered by Roman's magic, Silvio leaps at the golem ... only to find that a rapier isn't particularly effective against a bunch of books. The construct doesn't even seem to notice as one of the volumes forming its neck is skewered. Silvio's body seems to do much more damage, as the force of his impact sends the golem crumbling to the ground - books flying everywhere . Within seconds, however, the construct has reformed itself - just as Hank's blast catches it squarely in the chest. Turning towards him, the golem carefully extracts the scorched book and gently places it on the appropriate place on a shelf. Then it launches a fist formed of heavy dictionaries at Hank's face.
Roman watches as Silvio's rapier virtually bounced off the Golem. He frowned, and then focused his singing on empowering Profesdor Reardon's deadly, scientific creation.
Hank's gadget expels a veritable hailstorm of projectiles, decimating everything in the way. Both volumes explode in a shower of paper as time returns to its normal speed. Then Hank's body slams into the bookshelf behind him, which begins to rock precariously backward....
"Wow, that was loud! Keep at it, professor!"
Roman sings another magical song to empower the professor's weapon.
But his ear is still ringing and so he's slightly out of tune.
Watching the golem meticulously put the book back in its proper place on the shelves behind it gives Fleet an idea.
"TO HELL WITH THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM!" the necromancer shouts, wildly pointing at it. "Plant-zombie! Begin tearing books off the shelves! Do it now!"
*cough cough* Uh-oh...
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As the rest of the team seems to flounder, Hank rejoices in his destruction of the attacking books, and, unaware of the tottering bookcase, decides to do take off the kid gloves.
"Alright, I've done all I can to avoid this, but it seems we have no choice."
He sets his Molec-o-tron on "Agitate" and aims a wide-beam of microwaves at the golem, trying to set it on fire!
"Fire, finally! Burn the shelves and the books, but be careful not to scorch Silvio or any of his good friends!", Silvio says and attempts to knock the down the book case behind the professor.
The chelaxian gentleman notices a couple of holes in the ceiling he can use as hand holds. Aided by his discovery Silvio swings himself across the room feet first against the book case.
Roman's song is slightly off-key, creating a different effect. When Roman fires his weapon, it emits a weak freeze ray that's effortlessly brushed aside by the golem. With all the commotion, the majority of Fleet's command is drowned out, and his undead minion only hears, "... books ... shelves ... now!" It obediently begins placing the books on the nearest shelf. At least Silvio meets with some success, as his quick reactions prevent a falling bookcase from crushing the necromancer.
Focusing on the closest threats, the golem sends massive fists at Hank and Roman!
"Sweet Starsong!"
Roman dives to the side to avoid the incoming fists from the golem.
"Thanks, Silvio," pants the necromancer after he climbs back to his feet after getting rescued by the dashing rogue.
Wanting to put his brief moment of not being the focus to good use, he studies the golem carefully, looking for a book that serves as a locus to the golem's animating magic. There must be a core, within the golem's body somewhere!
What here is useful to me?
What should I be on the lookout for?
What here is not what it appears to be?
Assuming he sees something useful to defeating this golem, Fleet will cup both hands over his mouth to make a loudspeaker shape and SHOUT at his zombie to be heard. If there's a core, he's going to order his zombie to target it with an attack. I'll post that action after I see the answers to my DR roll, don't want to cram too much into any one post.
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"Oh balls here we go again."
Like a sequel that didn't get as much attention that it deserved, and left multiple plot hooks unanswered and a few interesting new characters without nearly as much time as they deserved, time slows down, the room seems to rotate, and Hank falls back in slow motion while shooting at the huge dictionary-filled fist coming at him!
"You are welcomed, my friend. Heroics is what Silvio does", Silvio replies to John. "Now, how do we defeat this creature? What does it want? Except for our deaths...", Silvio adds and looks around the room for something he can use to defeat the golem.
Unfortuneately he only catches his own reflection in a shiny surface and stops to admire his pearly smile.
"Now's no time to get distracted!" John shouts, knocking the mirror out of Silvio's view.
When I'm done doing that, I want to try and think back through the memories I got from the enchantress' brain and try to remember the word that shuts the golem down, if I can. But I'll save that for after the next GM post.
You're in-between bookshelves, so there isn't much room to maneuver. If you flatten yourself against a shelf, you'll only be grazed . Otherwise you'll have to roll under the fist - which will put you dangerously close to the golem.
You see a likely prospect for a golem core: "101 Defenses for your Secret Library - vol IX". It's a thick book with a locked metal cover. The only problem is that it's built into the golem's forehead and is currently almost 11ft off the ground. On a totally different note, a bookshelf to your right has swiveled open, revealing a hidden passage.
There's a glint of metal under one of the books near the dead snakewoman's original location. It looks like a small key. Unfortunately, based on the golem's current movement pattern, it's about to be buried under a giant foot.
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Roman flattens himself against the bookshelf, and manages to mostly dodge the fist.
He then sings a single note to instill the professor's weapon with a little arcane assistance.
With a swift kick Silvio looses a board from the closest book shelf and slides the plank across the floor, aiming to knock the key out of the path of the golem.
"Look what Silvio found!" he says in triumph and holds the key for all to see.
Silvio dives beneath the crushing foot, sliding away just as it comes crashing down. Augmented by Roman's song, Hank's cannon blows one of the golem's arms completely off its body. It freezes for a few seconds in apparent confusion before scooping books off a nearby shelf and beginning to rebuild its arm.
"GET THAT BOOK!" Fleet shouts at his zombie, pointing at it. "The METAL BOUND ONE! Go! We're gonna need that key soon, Silvio!"
The zombie clambers up onto the golem's face, but is just barely unable to reach the proper tome...
"Ah, Silvio sees what you mean", the dashing hero says and sports a a mischievous grin. "Silvio will get it, do not worry."
With a few brave leaps the nobleman finds himself standing face to book with the library guardian. He flings a book at the construct before settling to a confident stance. "So, you think you have the meddle to go toe to toe with Silvio Callgari Pazzi?", he taunts. His tease is meet with a pair of bookish fists slamming down on our dashing hero.
The flurry of the golem's attack is so vicious that it sends Silvio backward. Both combatants move with such quickness that it is impossible to tell if any of strikes land or if the chelaxian managed to dodge them all. Silvio's last dodge come in the form of a acrobatic tumble. When he regains his footing he stands defiantly holding the key in one hand and the metal bound book in the other.
"So, what does Silvio do with this newly required knowledge?" he asks as he tries to unlock the book with the key.
Roman trades stares between the golem and his rapier, feeling utterly useless.
"Come on, come on! There's gotta be something I can drop on this thing. Where's a precariously placed chandelier when you need one?!"
There's no chandelier, but the bookshelf Hank hit earlier isn't looking so good. It's missing a crucial board near its bottom and is barely staying upright.
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Boosted by Hank, Fleet's zombie dislodges the metal-bound book. That's when a golem fist smashes into the animate corpse, sending it flying across the room. As if by magic, Silvio tumbles by, the book landing delicately in his outstretched hand.
Fully rebuilt now, the library golem looms large over Silvio and Hank. It's clearly fed up with these intruders as it simply falls forward. Due to its size and the cramped confines of the selves, there's no room to dodge. But if there was a way to buy a precious few seconds, the book could be unlocked....
Roman notices the bookshelf wobbling.
"Well, it's no chandelier..." he says right before rushing off to give it a shove with all his might.
The falling bookcase intercepts the golem, knocking it into a shelf - which promptly topples over into another shelf - which promptly topples over into another shelf - which ...
The cascading wall of toppling bookshelves is heading straight for Roman and Fleet!
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Unhurt, the golem begins to pick itself up, but Roman's bought Hank and Silvio several precious seconds.
"Oh, CRAP!" the necromancer shouts, as he dives to the side, trying to get out from under the cascading shelves.
Silvio seizes the opportunity to push Hank out of harms way. He then opens the book and looks somewhat dumbfounded. "What is Silvio supposed to do with this?" he asks John.
As Silvio opens the book, it begins to glow. There's only a single page: a diagram of the golem.
Roman watches the book cases fall like dominoes with a proud smile on his face, until he realizes that he's about to get trampled himself.
"Oh, boy."
Silvio’s immediate gut reaction tells him to act heroic and decisively by either stabbing the book with his stiletto or ripping out the page. That should stop the golem since naturally its life force is connected to the book. Perhaps tearing the paper into little bits is necessary before the creature realizes that its time on this planet has come to an end. But before he can unleash his valiant ways on the unsuspecting text he pauses for a moment. Perhaps this is a time to take a page from Hank’s book, Silvio’s pun indended, and use SCIENCE! Instead of tearing into the book with his trusty blade he instead studies the text, looking for a way to disable the golem.
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Hank uses the momentum of Dilvio's push to try and scramble out of the way of the falling bookcase.
He charges around the room trying to line up another shot, but, as an emanate man of science, he can -smell- Silvio concentrating hard on the book in front of him. He catches a glimpse of the shown diagram, but he can't see enough of it by himself to get any data.
As Hank dodges falling books and flailing golem, he calls out to Silvio. "Does the diagram have anything with what looks like two parallel lines? That would be a capacitor! If we can nail that, we might have a chance!"