It takes both Emma and Agni, as the two strongest members of the group, a couple of minutes to get the door opened, and it is physically exerting. As the doors open, you all can now see what Vixen saw when she walked through the wall:
The northern wall of this otherwise empty metal room is a tangle of what look to have once been strange cages of some sort. Tangled amid the metal ribs of these cages are ribs of a more organic nature—the ancient bones of some sort of alien creature. Smaller mounds of rubble lie against the opposite wall.
As the group is searching the room, you all notice that anyone who touches one of the skeletons causes it to crumble to dust. Clearly, these skeletons have been here a long time. Given that there are a couple of piles of dust here, it's clear that someone has looked through this room as well.
Both Emma and Sable notice that there were some items that were missed, however:
A set of odd looking Blacksmith's tongs, a cylindrical device that looks similar to an awl without the blade with a blinking light on it, and a pair of smaller cylinders that don't appear to do anything at all.
Two strange machines sit to the north and south against the walls here, their faces appear similar to coils of metal tubes with several nozzle-like protrusions pointing into the room itself.
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Solidifying, "Boring room. Two more Robotic Apple extras which will almost certainly attack. These have weird coil faces and tubes for shooting something. Probably posion gas or darts. Supervillains love their posion. This place is more and more like Gotham, Sable."
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"Uhm, I can." Sable says quietly.
"[/b]We have to go through either way. Let's open the door and throw stuff to get them to come to us.[b]" Vixen draws a "U" shape in front other the door where the enemy would be surrounded on three sides.
I'm an expert tactician, Sable Vixen thinks happily.
I'm sure they are all happy you are here Sable thinks while rolling her eyes.
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Once again it takes concerted effort to get the door to rise, and beyond it each of you see the following:
Two strange machines sit to the north and south against the walls here, their faces appear similar to coils of metal tubes with several nozzle-like protrusions pointing into the room itself.
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Sable will shoot after which Vixen will 5 foot in front of her into her position and ready.
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Even Sable's expertly fired arrows do not cause the machines to stir. As you get closer, you can see that these machines are not designed for movement.
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When the robots don't enter, Agni steals another look. 'They haven't moved at all?'
Motioning to the others to stay quiet, she cautiously approaches one and gives it a solid shove.
"I don't think they work." she advises her companions at the door.
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"Heh, I guess they blue screened. Even in the future nothing works." Vixen shrugs, becomes incorporeal again and peeks through the door further in.
Sable goes and tries to retrieve her arrows. "The society has junky arrows, they break every time you fire them..." she quietly laments.
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Forcing open the door with a loud screech, The area beyond the door appears as follows:
A gray metal door sits in one wall of this short stone tunnel that curves north before opening into a vast sand-filled cavern.
As the group moves near the opening of the cavern, the wall on the left-hand side explodes outward, revealing a writhing mass of tentacles that targets Drisillia.
The other thing that you all notice is that in addition to the rocks (which have blown away from you, out into the cavern), a large amount of liquid that looks like sap comes pouring out, coating the ground near the creature and starting to sink into the earth.
You know the following two special attacks it has:
Entrap: the fluid you see is normally seeped into the ground, making it sort of like Quicksand. basically, moving into the area will require a fort save or you will become Entangled, and if you fail again, you become Helpless.
Leeching Tendrils: as a corollary to their entrap ability, you know that anything Entangled by it for at least one round will have bleed 1 for as long as they are entangled by it.
You know it has the following defense (You think there might be more, but you can't remember them if there are):
Resist (Fire)
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"Oh my gosh! That's a Ghelarn; I saw one on an old StarTrek episode! They have sticky sap goop that sucks your blood and their Phasers barely hurt it, so, you know, probably fire-proof too!"
Sable will try to shoot and step out of the goop as needed.
Vixen will exit the goop moving through walls as needed to avoid it. She pulls a rope from her pack and prepares to throw to anyone stuck.
Remember that this is not a weapon! Weapons all fall through my hands, this is a tool!
"Playing the role of Wonder Woman today is Vixen Noir, no magic sword, no magic rope. Shout if you need a pull out, kids!"
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Druscillia manages to keep her feet moving long enough to avoid really sinking into the sap-infused ground, but Agni is not so lucky.
Sable fires her bow twice while Vixen prepares to throw a rope lasso at anyone who is stuck. She throws her rope at Agni as she sinks into the muck and...
Unfortunately Agni is not really paying attention to Vixen's statements, or more likely doesn't understand them, and so the rope falls near her by not around her as she instinctively attempts to avoid an attack from a tentaclesque thing from behind her. Agni is also preoccupied, and feels her lifeblood slowly seeping into the ground as she prepares a ranged weapon to strike against the creature with cover..
Druscillia attacks the creature with her blade, and lands a solid blow into it's body.
The creature decides to return the favor, slamming a tentacle into Druscillia and one into Agni for good measure.
Finally, Emma targets the creature with a ranged projectile, but her allies and the general nature of combat prove to be a tough deterrant to her attack.
The group begins to respond to the creature's ambush, bringing sword, spell, and blade to bear.
Vixen does her best to help, and Agni takes advantage to pull herself out of the muck, suffering a little damage in the process.
Sable's Arrows both hit and damage the creature and Driscillia uses the distraction of incoming arrows to land a hit of her own,, but Emma's flung rock goes wide.
The creature flails at Driscillia, focusing on the small thing in front of her that keeps poking her.
Druscillia, however, manages to deflect and avoid both strikes.
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Oh come on! That was NOT a weapon! Vixen points her mask at the ceiling and throws her arms up in discontent as the rope slips right through her hands. If I had my crossbows this thing would already be done for.
You say that all the time, and I even got one for you. It is not my fault that weapons fall through your hands.
That is exactly why this is the worst purgatory ever! This world sucks. Even on a spaceship set from a cheesy sci-fi show I still can't use my best skills.
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Carefully, Agni moves away from the creature. Once near Vixen, she gets ready for a clear shot.
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