The homunculus seems completely unaffected by Chandra's evil eye.
Elhona reels in pain, backs up, and slices again at the Homunculus.
Flurry of shurikens
"Fast little buggers aren't they?"
Switching the prioritization of sword and shield, Denenor took in his surroundings and tactics of his enemies. If they are dim enough to continue bashing me, perhaps the others can force them to yield...
"Very well, come! You'll prevail no more with me than against the walls of this very forge!"
Chandra sees that her mind effecting hex is having no effect on the constructs. But the others seem to be having similar luck with nerry a blow landing.
Once again the little clay monsters attack their respective targets, only Elhona who stepped back earning the opportunity to strike as her foe closes. But only one manages to get throughtheir defenses, nipping Gabriel on the arm, for a moment he feels a wooziness take him, but he is able to shake it off.
Flurry of stars.
Seeing that her spells are not working Chandra reverts to what works.
you little scum-bag sporran-suckin ignoramus, why won't you just go away!
as Kibur swings his axe once more
Kibur continues his assault of uselessness
Chandra moves next to Yves
"Now is not the time to sleep" she yells while kicking him awake.
While the rest of the party have no luck against their infuriatingly agile foes, Kibur manages to bring his axe to bear and smashes free one of the clay badgers legs. Despite this damage it attacks again with its fellows.
But everyone is able to evade the miniature monsters fangs, Denenor thanks only to his careful defensive manoeuvring.
Feeling confident in his safety, the elf takes a swing at the agile opponent in front of him.
Elhona swings as the opponent closes, and again dodges back to strike against it.
bout bloody time ya feel me axe...now taste me steel again ya fookin spineless teuchter as Kibur swings his axe once more
School conjuration (creation) [earth]; Level cleric 1, druid 1, magus 2, sorcerer/wizard 1, summoner 1
Casting Time 1 immediate action
Components V, S, DF
Range 0 ft.
Effect stone wall whose area is one 5-ft. square
Duration 1 round
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
A 1-inch-thick slab of stone springs up from the ground, interposing itself between you and an opponent of your choice. The stone shield provides you with cover from that enemy until the beginning of your next turn, granting you a +4 bonus to Armor Class and a +2 bonus on Reflex saving throws. If the opponent's attack misses you by 4 or less, the attack strikes the shield instead. The stone shield has hardness 8 and 15 hit points. If the shield is destroyed, the spell ends and the shield crumbles away into nothingness. Spells and effects that damage an area deal damage to the shield.
[oc]@Gabriel, please try and put some descriptive effort into posts, a bare minimum is fien, but I want to be able to read things as a narrative and rolls alone won't cut it.[/ooc]
Denenor cannot quite connect, his blade whistling by a hairsbreadth from his tiny foe.
Elhona's falcata sweeps through the air and strikes her clay foe with a crack that sends sparks flying and shhers the creatures head from its shoulders. Its wings flutter madly for a second and then it falls to the floor like the stone it is and shatters upon the cobbles!
Kibur just catches his opponent with his axe and clay dust rains down a framework of cracks appearing all over his already reduced foe. And Gabriel to catches his target a sharp blow sending fragments of clay flying in all directions and leaving the dwarven figure looking in bad shape.
Chandra shakes Yves and the barbarian's eyes pop open, realization swiftly dawning and transforming into rage. Stepping forward he bellows and swings his warhammer at the homonculus buzzing about Deneor. He catches the clay thing sending chips flying, but its clear the impact was not as solid as could be hoped.
The battered homonculi's response is as furious as ever, but only one manages to land a bite upon the furious Yves who shrugs off its sleep inducing poison - this time.
Gabriel's eyes narrow timing the tiny creature buzzing about his head. Suddenly his hand flashes out, knocking it out of the air.
"GO DOWN damn piece of s**t GO DOWN !"
Enraged, Yves attack your target wantonly.
Chandra takes careful aim with her sling at the last remaining homonculi
and hits the wall with style.
I have had enough of you Kibur yells as he attempts to slice the critter into dust.
Seemingly ignored by their foes, Denenor takes advantage of the opportunity to bound around the workbench and help his ally.
It seems we have no choice but to put down this resistance. Kibur's slice missing its target, the elf used his positioning to ensure his blade would not meet the same fate.
Elhona runs through the rain of shattered clay, and upon surveying the scene vaults over the workbench in the middle of the room to move across towards the deceased dwarf.
"Was that the last of them?"
Yves shatters his irksome foe with his hammer and Deneror moves to flank the last of the creatures with Kibur dealing it the final blow. Silence falls, the victorious party left alone with shattered remains, their wounds, and the dwarven corpse.
"Kibur, do you know why he died?"
Chandra asks as she begins to look around the forge mumbling as she goes.
"There must be some clues around here. If there are I am sure I will find them."
1st Round: Presence or absence of magical auras.
2nd Round: Number of different magical auras and the power of the most potent aura.
3rd Round: The strength and location of each aura. If the items or creatures bearing the auras are in line of sight, you can make Knowledge (arcana) skill checks to determine the school of magic involved in each. (Make one check per aura: DC 15 + spell level, or 15 + 1/2 caster level for a nonspell effect.) If the aura eminates from a magic item, you can attempt to identify its properties (see Spellcraft).
Magical areas, multiple types of magic, or strong local magical emanations may distort or conceal weaker auras.
Aura Strength: An aura's power depends on a spell's functioning spell level or an item's caster level; see the accompanying table. If an aura falls into more than one category, detect magic indicates the stronger of the two.
Lingering Aura: A magical aura lingers after its original source dissipates (in the case of a spell) or is destroyed (in the case of a magic item). If detect magic is cast and directed at such a location, the spell indicates an aura strength of dim (even weaker than a faint aura). How long the aura lingers at this dim level depends on its original power:
Chandra detects magic and is able to pick out a wand that appears to have rolled from the dwarf's hand onto the floor, where it now rests against the base of the forge. Unfortunately she is unable identify its magic with her spell.
Close to you can all see that the dwarf's skull has been caved in by a blow, blood has trickled from his eyes nose and mouth and largely filled a small depression on the workbench that looks shaped to hold a hammer.
"Hmmm... it's not likely those little homunculus caved in the mans skull."
searching...
Elhona takes a look at the forges themselves, to see if there is anything suspicious there.
Denenor looks to the slain creatures and then to the victim. Something's not right. "I don't think these things were behind the smith's death; we must find who was and bring them to justice!" Doing so would be easier said than done though - and the paladin didn't have an eye for clues.
He turned to those with him. "Agreed," he affirms to Gabriel. "Is there anything about telling us who did?"
Kibur looks over the slain dwarf to determine any details concerning his death.
He also looks over area for signs or clues as to why he was in this state.
In the meantime in which his mates have been looking around, Yves takes a break on one of the workbenches while expects his breath come back to normal.
Anyway, he still looking to help, so, observing the aspects of the body of the slain dwarf and comparing with corpses that had been seeing in his life, Yves tries to give a clew in Kibur deductions.
...
"A hammer, the dwarf __ fell dead due to a hammer."
Chandra begins looking for papers or other items that may contain a reason for this foul act.
"There may be some papers or other information which will give us a clue"
Kibur matches the injury to something approximately the size and shape of the missing hammer from the workbench, making it a prime suspect as the murder weapon.
Elhona finds a partially completed and now ruined axe blade fallen into the coals, and can just make out a symbol upon it, a diamond shape with two crossed picks behind it.
No obvious paperwork can be found, but there is a blackboard at the far end covered in dwarven runes and tallies.
Axes [strikethrough]IIIIIIIIIII[/strikethrough]IIIIIII
Helms IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Shields IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Ozzit - Wealday, sundown.
Elhona grabs a set of tongs to retrieve the axe-blade from the forge and set where it can cool and the others apcan see it.
"I'm not familiar with the local insignia. Anyone recognize this pattern: a diamond with crossed picks? Seems like it' debt for a miners guild, or maybe the merchant'a guild that hires us."
"Interesting markings" Chandra comments as she tries to remember anything about this pattern.
"Can any of you fine dwarfs read this board?"
"Is it a war hammer that's missing, or a hammer from the forge?"
The best Gabriel can discern from the wound and the vacant space is that the hammer was some form of fairly hefty mallet, it looks like it could pass for a decent weapon, though it does not appear to have been designed as such.
Chandra racks her brains, but can recall nothing that seems to match the symbol.
Chandra smiles "I will hold onto the wand for now. Once we determine what it does we can decided who should get it. If that is ok with everyone that is."
"Sure." Gabriel replies absently while pondering the workbench.
Elhona coughs as Chandra pockets the wand. "Only until we identify it. It is this poor dwarf's property, and should be returned to his family, if any reside here." She does not move to pick up anything from the shop, only to make a mental inventory of what is there.
Kibur steps up to take a look at the markings to see if he can make any sense of them.
Refreshed, Yves raises and speaks to everyone
"Leave Chandra keep the wand, if it belongs to someone we´ll refund for the owner.
So, for now...
Let's return to Jacq Hire House and take the clues we´ve collected. Maybe Jacqueline Bright can help us, or else someone can get relevant information about what happened in taverns by Absalom.
What do you think?"