"Looks like there's an entire tribe of these little pests in here..."
Saissha summons a blast of water to buffet one of the vegepygmies in the airlock.
"Looks like there's an entire tribe of these little pests in here..."
Saissha summons a blast of water to buffet one of the vegepygmies in the airlock.
[dice=ranged attack roll]1d20+3
[dice=damage roll]1d6+4
The quartet of vegepygmies in the waiting area south of the starboard airlock duck to either side of Saissha's water blast! The water splashes over the floor behind them before beginning to quickly evaporate....
Hears the Blast and tries even more to keep under cover.
Nalket brings her spear down, ready to stab at any vegepygmy that closes with the party.
Geirmur grunts with satisfaction at his kill, and reloads his weapon while mentally focusing for the next shot.
pops her had out of cover to see what its going on.
pops her had out of cover to see what its going on.
Geirmur grunts with satisfaction at his kill, and reloads his weapon while mentally focusing for the next shot.
Zed rushes forward to engage the middle plant creature of the trio holding the line.
Zed rushes forward to engage the middle plant creature of the trio holding the line.
[dice=Attack]1d20+7
[dice=Damage]1d8+3
Dashing a few feet ahead of Geirmur and Nalket, Zed cracks the gourd-like skull of the middlemost vegepygmy with a mighty wallop of his morningstar!
CRUUUUNNCCCHHH!!!
The middle vegepygmy collapses in a squishy green pile on the floor between its fellows!
looks to the south seeing the mechanism that closes the door.
looks to the south seeing the mechanism that closes the door.
She takes her time and points her light cross bow at the green critter with the card, then lets lose a shot.
"Grab the brown flat playing card thing from the thing I just shots belt. It can lock the south door."
She reloads.
"Got it."
Gnaarrg reloads her crossbow, fitting it with a barbed bolt affixed to her rope and opens fire on the vegepygmy lady Zal-Azra pointed out.
Once the bolt has impaled the body, she lets go of the crossbow and starts pulling the body over to her position where she can get to cover if needed.
She takes her time and points her light cross bow at the green critter with the card, then lets lose a shot.
"Grab the brown flat playing card thing from the thing I just shots belt. It can lock the south door."
She reloads.
The bolt sinks into the vegepygmy's chest, and it falls motionless, emitting a gurgling rattle before it falls silent!
"Got it."
Gnaarrg reloads her crossbow, fitting it with a barbed bolt affixed to her rope and opens fire on the vegepygmy lady Zal-Azra pointed out.
[dice=Attack]1d20+6
[dice=damage]1d8Once the bolt has impaled the body, she lets go of the crossbow and starts pulling the body over to her position where she can get to cover if needed.
The rope-trailing barbed bolt flies true, hooking the fallen vegepygmy in the pit of its right arm.... The little body is light, and Gnaarrg drags it across the floor toward her quickly and with ease!
While this is going on Saissha sends another blast of water at one of the vegepygmies in the reception area
"Dodge THAT you vegetable nuisance!"
While this is going on Saissha sends another blast of water at one of the vegepygmies in the reception area
[dice=ranged attack roll]1d20+3
[dice=damage roll]1d6+4"Dodge THAT you vegetable nuisance!"
Saissha's hydrokinetic blast slams into the south-most vegepygmy with the force of a sledgehammer, and it falls lifeless to the floor in a quickly-evaporating puddle!
Nalket brings her spear down, ready to stab at any vegepygmy that closes with the party.
As the last vegepygmy standing in the reception area lunges at Zed with its spear, Nalket's readied thrust with her own longspear catches it in the shoulder, and it hisses in pain....
HHIIIISSSS!!!!
....but continues its stab at Zed.... .... piercing Zed for damage!
The three remaining vegepygmies in the waiting area chase the body of the barbed vegepygmy as Gnaarrg draws it into the airlock, making it into the airlock before the artifact miners have a chance to close and lock the airlock door!
One thrusts its spear at Gnaarrg's cyborg horse, Maagun.... , dealing piercing damage!
Another stabs at Geirmur's ox.... , somehow missing the great beast....
The third stabs at Gnaarrg.... , but the hobgoblin dodges the spear thrust!
Zed recoils slightly as the spear grazes his arm. He takes a moment to look behind at Nalket.
"Thanks."
Nalket lunges again, following up on her successful thrust and hoping to strike true a second time.
...but without success.
She nods to Zed, though in the heat of combat she refrains from any lengthy dialog.
As they come into the air lock, Zal lest lose another shot,
Geirmur, hearing his ox's cries of displeasure at being attacked, moves about 10 feet to the side, peering into the airlock from a distance. Seeing his Ox under attack, he lowers his musket and takes aim at the vegepygmy stabbing at his ox.
He looses the shot too quickly, however, and it goes wide of the creature, striking one of the walls of the airlock with a loud clanging noise. Geirmur swears loudly in Kellid and prepares to reload for his next shot.
The ox, startled by the attack and the following gunshot, snorts and stamps its feet unhappily, but without direction from Geirmur is unsure of what to do and takes no action.
Geirmur, hearing his ox's cries of displeasure at being attacked, moves about 10 feet to the side, peering into the airlock from a distance. Seeing his Ox under attack, he lowers his musket and takes aim at the vegepygmy stabbing at his ox.
[dice=Musket]1d20+5
He looses the shot too quickly, however, and it goes wide of the creature, striking one of the walls of the airlock with a loud clanging noise. Geirmur swears loudly in Kellid and prepares to reload for his next shot.
The ox, startled by the attack and the following gunshot, snorts and stamps its feet unhappily, but without direction from Geirmur is unsure of what to do and takes no action.
Outside the Silver Turret and a hundred feet away, on the precipice of the great crater, the shots fired from Geirmur's musket can be heard as sharp reports echoing from the open starboard airlock door....
They have run into trouble already.... Now we shall see whether or not their training was worth the expense. They'd better return with at least something to make this expedition worthwhile.... Captain Zophal mutters this more to himself than to the six hirelings and two gearsman waiting near the slave wagon with him.
As they come into the air lock, Zal lest lose another shot,
The vegepygmy jerks, hissing in pain, as the bolt catches it in the shoulder.... but it remains on its feet, glaring with pupilless yellow eyes at Lady Zal-Azra!
Glancing at the quartet of lifeless vegepygmies on the waiting room floor south of the starboard airlock, another reeled into the airlock by Gnaarrg with her barbed bolt and rope, and a few more lying motionless by the easternmost reception desk (10 down altogether), the remaining vegepygmies (1 in the reception area and 3 in the starboard airlock) suddenly seem to realize as one that they are outmatched by these interlopers!
The single vegepygmy in the reception area withdraws to the west, darting to the port-side airlock door between another pair of weapon-detectors.... The booming feminine voice repeats its alien warning, and an image of the vegepygmy's primitive spear, barely recognized as a weapon by the advanced standards of this place's "warding spirit", appears briefly rotating on the sleek screens behind the curved desks....
The three vegepygmies in the starboard airlock abandon the futile fight, withdrawing from their erstwhile targets to leap out the open entrance door into the great crater and scramble away into the wilderness, observed with some satisfaction by Captain Zophal and his hirelings and gearsmen....
As the creatures flee Zed stands up and moves toward the remaining patch of mold. He points at it and utters a spell.
"W-well that was i-interesting. S-so many of those creatures."
As the creatures flee Zed stands up and moves toward the remaining patch of mold. He points at it and utters a spell.
"W-well that was i-interesting. S-so many of those creatures."
The patch of russet mold sizzles and dissolves in Zed's acid.
"Hmm. Hopefully they don't have too many friends deeper inside the ruins," muses Nalket.
"Did anyone get scratched or bludgeoned? I can help."
Zed looks over himself and notes the cut upon his arm; shiny oil flows slowly from the wound.
"I h-have been damaged. But it is m-minor."
The lone vegepygmy at the port-side airlock door hastily opens it and disappears inside....
A quick initial glance at the bodies laying here and there reveals that these vegepygmies were nearly naked, wearing only leafy loincloths secured with vine-belts around their narrow waists, and armed with primitive javelins and longspears. However, one of the fallen vegepygmies (the one with its skull smashed in by Zed's morningstar blow) has a small bottle fashioned from a stoppered gourd tucked into its vine-belt.... and the one reeled into the airlock by Gnaarrg has a brown card of some horn-like material tucked into its vine-belt....
Zed notices the small bottle tucked into the creatures belt and looks it over while uttering a spell.
Nalket pokes the brown card gently but suspiciously with her longspear, then says, "Zal. The card you wanted."
She also notes to Zed, "Will your injuries impede your ability to function? I can attend to them immediately, if needed."
Zed looks up to Nalket a blank expression on his face.
"N-no I s-should be fine for now."
Nalket nods. "Very well. I shall keep ready in case you have need of assistance."
"Right then, if nobody else is injured shall we get moving?"
"Good. We kill them if they come back." Gnaarrg declares. She turns to her mechanical steed to assess the damage and start patching him up if needed.
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