Symon, ever more cautious, inspects the doors for traps... he detects nothing untoward in the doors themselves although, beyond the doors, he hears the telltale sound of machinery - much more distinct and mechanical than the general 'ticking' that has accompanied the party around this level so far...
Brent looks around curiously. Such an odd place. he clenches and unclenches his fists.
He watches Symon at his work, standing ready to intervene if something attacks. but is quiet.
In the cool, soothing darkness of the underworld once more, Drusellia lowers her hood and shakes out her hair. She seems to relax visibly, as if entering a familiar place.
Armitron draws his blade, the danger of this place being made abundantly clear, he does not wish to waste precious seconds with such a detail later.
He remains quiet but alert only partially focusing on what Symon is doing. His eyes move to ensure nothing comes from behind at small intervals.
Symon slowly opens the door and examines the space beyond.
Luther realizes the brawler relies on strength. He prepares to give him the strength of a bull.
"Armitron, Symon may need some aid quickly."
Luther casts, and the paladin is the fastest in the group.
As Symon continues to listen at the door , he hears a good deal of clatter and activity: the clang of metal on metal, scraping, rustling, and occasional whirring. Ready for whatever is on the far side of the door, the shadowdancer swings the door open to discover what appears to be some kind of junk yard - Piles of scrap metal and broken machinery lie around this room, organized into tidy rows. Most are disassembled limbs or torsos from human-shaped machines.
Two clockwork servants, of a similar design to the one you discovered in Tarrin Dars’ library, are salvaging parts from several emerald automatons that appear to have been destroyed in a fight. Thus far, utterly absorbed in their task, they have not registered your presence… But the large, sword-wielding automaton standing just inside the door whirrs into action the very moment the door opens…
Continuing to sift through the junk in the room, the two clockwork machines remain oblivious to the violence to come - whilst, setting itself with a 'clank', the automaton nearest to the door raises it's sword.
Luther activates his protection aura. (+2 to AC for all)
Armitron raises his Shield and charges forward with his blade against the clockwork foe.
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Luther moves first to take the strike (3 squares forward). He then shields the paladin.
Armitron's blade rings against the heavy armour of the automaton - his steel scratches the polished surface of the machine but does no actual damage. The Automaton’s blade then comes down hard against Armitron – a bloody initiation in the violence that flares within the confines of the Emerald Spire…
Symon also moves forward to strike at this guardian robot.
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Brent advances straight to the robot and strikes at it, hard.
Dru falls back, not certain that her powers will be of much use against the mechanical monsters of this level. Still, she draws her new wand, points it at the emerald automaton, and speaks the command word.
Moving alongside Armitron, Brent sees a weak spot in the machine’s defences and, planting himself, punches it with a blow that is pure steel… the automaton staggers under the force of the blow, several components break loose before the elegant machine rights itself and presses its attack. It attempts to catch Luther with its sword as he moves past but to no avail… and then a pair of arcane bolts slam into it…
With Luther providing the distraction, Symon moves in to stab at the machine… but misses…
Now alert to the intruders, the Clockwork machines that had been sifting through the junk move towards the combat… and, suddenly stopping, they fire nets at Armitron and at Luther – both miss their target…
Slashing at the opponent that hurt it the most, the automaton brings its sword to bear against Brent… and follows up with a punch…
Brent smiles at the automation on taking the hit.
Brent flicks a kick to trip the automation, and follows up with another punch (flurry attack)
trip attempt
+4 if trip successful, power attack
Brent uses his feet to attempt to trip the machine that struck him… but it is way too heavy and stable to fall – and thus, it’s defences are equal to the task of defending Brent’s follow up punch…
Luther hits with his mornigstar.
Flanking the beast, Symon attempts to jab his rapier into the vulnerable inner of the robot.
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Dru fires another blast from the wand, this time aiming a missile at each of the clockwork machines.
Whilst Luther's attack was wild and lacking in finesse, Symon manages to find a gap in the machine's armour... Turning and twisting his blade as he pulls it back out, it is clear from the sudden sparking across the surface of the automaton, that he has damaged it quite badly...
Meanwhile, seeing the other clockworks enter the fray, Drusellia lets loose with another barrage of Magic Missiles.
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Brent attemps the same attack pattern as earlier
improved trip
power attack
Armitron’s blade cuts down and, finding another chink in the armour, slices into the machine’s inner workings… a shower of sparks pours from the machine but the paladin, even in his heavy armour, weaves away from them…
With a clunk and a popping sound, the strange clockworks fire a second volley of nets at Luther and at Armitron… this time, Armitron finds himself tangled up within the ropes… Further, it appears that the damage caused by Drusellia’s arcane missiles is already repairing itself…
Turning its attention to Symon, the automaton slices downwards – catching the fetchling with a brutal blow…
…retaliating against the attack on his new friend, Brent once more attempts to trip the machine… and once more, finds it to be a difficult adversary to topple…
Despite being entangled, Armitron knows he cannot stop to free himself while his new allies are in peril.
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Luther excludes their foes from his healing aura. The tinkle of keys is heard as divine energy heals all friends for
Annoyed, Dru switches to her own power and intones the words to a magic missile spell. All three missiles strike one of the clockwork men.
Spells Remaining: 6/5
Symon has the very strange feeling of pain, that is almost instantly removed. Its echo rattles around in his mind, but his body responds to the threat before him.
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Armitron, tangled within the net, still manages to slash the the automaton - but Symon, even with the flanking provided by Luther, misses.
The Automaton, with damage slowly accumulating, slashes at Symon again... But this time, the fetchling easily avoids the blow.
...whilst the automaton struggles, the clockwork stand still - internal gears clicking and clacking as they repair internal damage...
Armitron grim faced continues his assault despite his condition.
"This is a dangerous place indeed..."
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Longsword Damage
Brent doggedly continues to attack, abandoning the trip attempts, dropping power for accuracy.
Armitron presses his attack and, even though he remains caught up within the net, manages to land a blow - as the automaton reels from the blade catching its arm, Brent crashes into it once more. His first blow causes a terrible dent in the machine's head... his second, targetting the damaged area, rips the head clean from the automaton's shoulders...
...instantly it stops, standing inert and useless...
Luther advances to confront the net firing automaton. The electricity did not bother his divine nature (electric resist 5).
He moves completely around it to let the others flank it, acting fully defensive.
"Symon, I'm setting you up!!"
"Gotcha ya Luther...be there in a tic!", the young shadowdancer says as he moves to flank the same robot Luther is battling.
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Drusellia snarls as the clockwork men repair themselves and fires another barrage of missiles at #1.
Spells Remaining: 5/5
Symon's stab is deflected by the limited armour of the Clockwork and, for a moment, it seems that the battle hangs in the balance... and then Drusellia's salvo causes some damage and it seems the tide has turned...
...indeed, the clockwork machines fail to land a single blow upon their well-armoured opponents...
Again Dru sends three arcane bolts into the same clockwork man that she targeted last round.
Spells Remaining: 4/5
Armitron, even with the tide turning, dares not to let up his assault, even while still entangled,
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