Figgy pulls out one of the grenades, pulls the pit and sets it in front of the door so it will blow up once the door opens.
"Stay back"
While he knew they would be discovered eventually, JJ hoped it wouldn't have been so soon. Still, can't get upset about it now. Instead, he just readied himself for the coming storm, waiting for the first idiot to shot his face so it could be melted.
The central doors fly open and two men wearing Hellions symbol stand there for a brief moment, then die loudly and messily as they are torn to shreds by Figgy's fragmentation grenade.
The south door opens and a further group of the men pour out calling out the name of Hellion loudly. Jeremiah calmly ends one with a shot, while Raktar smashes another to pulp.
The Party may now act again, that was rather short and nasty wasn't it?
Figgy's eyes go wide as the men die, Figgy then cringes as he sees what happens from the grenade.
"That was a little more.... explosive? Than I thought it would be, whoever came up with that creation really didn't want anyone to survive." Figgy moves with the group trying to say in the middle. "I think you could survive that Springy with a metal body you should be able to migate a lot of the effects that take place on a flesh body."
Springy flies along beside Figgy, still holding the potion that he was given.
When the grenade goes off Dilana's mouth drops open and she speaks as she moves into the room eyes ablaze.
"Wow.... better then a fireball and you can use as many as you can make! Impressive."
Once in the room she fixes light blue with an evil stare.
After potting another grunt and watching the grenade fulfilling its intended purpose, JJ swifly moved to help mop us the rest in the room.
The cacophony of Figgy's grenade and JJ's pistol echoes around the room as another cultist steps forward. Raktar lunges in to meet him, his hammer swinging round towards the man with deadly force.
HP 54/57
AC 23, touch 13, flat-footed 23 (+9 armour, +3 deflection, +1 natural armour)
Speed: 30 ft
Fort: +6 (+4 vs disease), Ref: +3, Will: +6 (+1 to all on effects vs technological objects and creatures with the robot subtype)
Conditions: bull's strength, lead blades, shield of faith, protection from technology, expanded armour
Melee attack (+1 earthbreaker): +8 (+4 BAB, +3 Str, +1 enhancement, +2 bull's strength, -2 Power Attack)
Melee Damage (+1 earthbreaker): 3d6+14 (+4 Str, +1 enhancement, +3 bull's strength, +6 Power Attack)
Olimpia stand stealthed and ready at the last unopened door in case enemies come through it.
Shield (+4 Shield Bonus)
DR 2/- for 10 minutes
Keen Edge on +1 Cold Iron Wakizashi
Gravity Clip on +1 Cold Iron Wakizashi
Flaming om weapon to flame.
Shield of Faith for a +3 deflection bonus to AC
Proximity Helmet +5 Perception
"How many guards do you think are in here?" Figgy asks as the dust settles
The last door opens and an imposing figure steps out, he blinks in shock at the complete lack of any other Lords of Rust still standing. "Unbelievers! Hellion will have your souls!"
He notices Olimpia and lashes out.
The nastily spiked gauntlet skittering off the wall by your head.
The party may now act.
The last door opens and an imposing figure steps out, he blinks in shock at the complete lack of any other Lords of Rust still standing. "Unbelievers! Hellion will have your souls!"
"If he wants them so bad, tell him to come get them!" JJ taunted before giving his weapon a quick smack and firing the Facemelter at him.
The last ganger emerges through the far door next to Olimpia and Raktar times his assault to follow on the heels of JJ's shooting. He charges across the room, past Dilana and JJ, his hammer crashing towards the outnumbered cultist.
HP 54/57
AC 23, touch 13, flat-footed 23 (+9 armour, +3 deflection, +1 natural armour)
Speed: 30 ft
Fort: +6 (+4 vs disease), Ref: +3, Will: +6 (+1 to all on effects vs technological objects and creatures with the robot subtype)
Conditions: bull's strength, lead blades, shield of faith, protection from technology, expanded armour
Melee attack (+1 earthbreaker): +8 (+4 BAB, +3 Str, +1 enhancement, +2 bull's strength, -2 Power Attack)
Melee Damage (+1 earthbreaker): 3d6+14 (+4 Str, +1 enhancement, +3 bull's strength, +6 Power Attack)
Nalakai has barely stopped swinging when Jeremiah staggers him with a shot, followed by Raktar caving in his skull.
Loot
Scroll of Unholy Blight
Spiked Gauntlet +1
Access card - Gray.
Nothing important on the others, but they do have a total of 100 silverdisks all together.
R2. Nalakai's quarters.
One item here is of interest to the party:
the half-orc's prayer book. This journal, which sits on a small table next to the cleric's cot, is filled primarily with prayers to Hellion.
The journal is written in Orc, and interpreting its dense, crabbed writing requires a successful DC 20 Linguistics
check.
Reading it reveals a recurring theme in the prayers-Hellion's primary goal, it seems, is to destroy something his worshipers know only as the " Source" or the "Prime."
It is clear that Hellion is some sort of offspring of an even greater menace, one that Hellion seeks to eradicate in part as vengeance for a period of time that Hellion served the Source as a slave, but primarily so that Hellion can take control of this more powerful entity's resources.
By studying the prayers you can deduce that this powerful entity, whom Hellion hopes to kill and replace, dwells somewhere below Silver Mount.
R3. Cultist Barracks.
Nothing of interest.
R4. Backup Batteries.
The north wall of this room is a tangle of ruins and debris, while in the center of the room stand four tall pillars with glowing bands of pale purple light pulsing along their sides.
R5. Sacrifice Disposal Pit.
A bitter stink of chemicals with an underlying reek of decaying flesh fills the air of this cavern. A platform of gray metal, worn smooth and free of dust, extends over a ten-foot-deep pit filled with rubble-strangely polished rubble.
This room is where the cult disposes of the bodies of those Hellion deems unworthy or those it otherwise condemns to death. Dropping sacrificial remains into the pit is one of Nalakai's responsibilities; the actual work of destroying these bodies falls to the advanced gray ooze that dwells in the chamber.
The Ooze is at the bottom of the pit and doesn't bother you unless you jump in? :)
The only way down is the passage off R3.
What are you doing now?
Raktar cleans off his hammer with a rag as he looks round the now open rooms. "Looks like they had a nice set up here," he says. "No wonder they had become so powerful so quickly. Seems these stairs down are our only way forward."
Dilana immediately jumps down to the ooze! - just kidding.
"I worry about what will become of Scrapwall once we are done with this Hellion. Someone could start quite a kingdom with the resources here I would think. Maybe it will become a real community over time."
Looking at the passage she shrugs and gets ready to continue with the others.
Gotta work on my response time.Olimpia blinks as the last Hellion follower is brought low by her companions. As the loot is reviewed she suggests JJ, you should wear this gauntlet so that you are always armed for melee fighting.
When the group is ready she will lead the way down the stairs at R3, stealthing and searching for traps as she goes.
Figgy picks up the card from the body. "I don't have a power cable, but I could make one next time we aren't fighting off these crazy people." Figgy assures Raktar. "So we go down into the lower part of the ship? I could drop some bombs on that Ooze in that other room."
Gotta work on my response time.Olimpia blinks as the last Hellion follower is brought low by her companions. As the loot is reviewed she suggests JJ, you should wear this gauntlet so that you are always armed for melee fighting.
"I won't say no to having a very pointy fist." JJ says as he ejected his weapon's depleted battery and replaced it with a new one, filling it's charges to full, before taking the gauntlet and putting it on. "Still, it would be bad if I got into melee fights.
Figgy picks up the card from the body. "I don't have a power cable, but I could make one next time we aren't fighting off these crazy people."
"That's if we don't find one on any of these other Lords of Rust. If they don't have one, I'll eat my boots." He wagered before following Olimpia downstairs.
With Olimpia scouting silently ahead you make it down the stairs, you are still within a metal structure of some form. The curved passage has four doors.
What are you doing now?
"Let's try this first door, on the left," Raktar suggests, not keen to explore further with enemies potentially able to attack from their rear.
"Let's try this first door, on the left," Raktar suggests, not keen to explore further with enemies potentially able to attack from their rear.
JJ silently nods back to him before creeping past Olimpia to have both sides of the door covered before putting his ear to the door.
Olimpai will cast and maintain Detect Magic, searching the barracks first and then continuing to S6 and then the other S5 before preparing to search and open S4.
Figgy fingers his last mixed vial of fire and acid, ready to throw it if needs be.
"Does anyone need that potion that Springy has?" Figgy inquires
Dilana busies herself casting detect magic around the rooms as they go. Taking her time so nothing is missed. She spends extra time on any of the fallen bodies.
[ooc]I should have said both S5's are empty.[/b]
S6. Kulgara's Quarters.
The eastern half of this room appears to be some sort of workshop, with all manner of metalworking tools hanging from the walls over junk-strewn tables. To the west, a sagging cot sits against a partially crumpled metal wall next to a two-foot-tall metal cabinet.
Dozens of empty tubes from which strange fluids drip lie in a heap atop the chest. What looks like a partially completed and crudely constructed mechanical orc marionette or machine slumps against a metal cage-like frame at the foot of the cot.
As the door opens a large female Orc whirls to face it in shock, oddly her weapon is a finely maintained chainsaw?
A surprise round for you as she has been caught unprepared. What is the party doing?
As the door opens to reveal the orc, JJ blanched at the sight of her weapon. Instead of uttering some kind of one-liner, he let the Facemelter do the talking and opened up with a quick shot.
The workshop is an affront to Raktar, the haphazard mess of half-formed items offensive to his orderly mind. The opening door draws his attention and he sees the dangerous looking weapon in the orc's hands. The curved chain seems wickedly sharp, so Raktar tries to deal with it, channelling the heat of the forge into her weapon before gripping his hammer and preparing to fight.
Still yelping from Jeremiah's shot Kulgara howls even more as her weapon cooks her hand.
As always at the back of the line Dilana cannot see what is going on and so moves forward to get a view.
"What is that weapon? I like it!"
Figgy is in awe of all the new wonderful things that he can play around with and test out.
"DON'T DESTROY THE LAB!" Figgy yells with excitement. "That orc lady looks kinda scary though, mind your her weapon seems like it could be fun to cut trees down with."
Figgy throws his final home made bomb at the orc.
Olimpia charges in and slices at the orc but is as surprised to see to see the orc as she is to see the part and misses completely.
Shield (+4 Shield Bonus)
DR 2/- for 10 minutes
Keen Edge on +1 Cold Iron Wakizashi
Gravity Clip on +1 Cold Iron Wakizashi
Proximity Helmet +5 Perception
Figgy's bomb also hits the Orc. Amid the sounds of combat you hear shouts of surprise in S4.
The round starts and the party has 1st actions.
"What is that weapon? I like it!"
"Chainsaw! Two-handed death incarnate! Kill her! KILL HER!" JJ shouts in a tone indicating his fear of the weapon more than the one who is wielding it. He quickly steps to the side, putting his back to the wall before opening fire to try and put her down quickly.
JJ's fear of the orc's weapon seems reasonable to Raktar. Though he'd never seen one before it looked unpleasantly dangerous. He runs in through the door and tries to smash the orc with his hammer before she can bring her weapon to bear on Olimpia.
HP 54/57
AC 19, touch 13, flat-footed 19 (+5 armour, +3 deflection, +1 natural armour)
Speed: 30 ft
Fort: +6 (+4 vs disease), Ref: +3, Will: +6 (+1 to all on effects vs technological objects and creatures with the robot subtype)
Conditions: bull's strength, lead blades, shield of faith, protection from technology
Melee attack (+1 earthbreaker): +8 (+4 BAB, +3 Str, +1 enhancement, +2 bull's strength, -2 Power Attack)
Melee Damage (+1 earthbreaker): 3d6+14 (+4 Str, +1 enhancement, +3 bull's strength, +6 Power Attack)
Dilana moves into the room, still staring at the very impressive weapon of of the half-orc.
Once in place she locks her eyes on the half-orc as they flash with a green light.
Olimpia tumbles around to flank with Raktar and strikes with her Wakizash.
Kulgara spits bloody froth from her mouth and sways on her feet. Her eyes locked on you with complete hatred.
One hand reaches for her belt and fumbles with something for a second.
She wasn't fumbling. She has just armed a grenade on her belt.
Blue opens the door to the main chamber. "Where dafuq did you come from?" He growls.
The party may now act.
Concentrating on avoiding the chainsaw Raktar sees nothing amiss. He brings his hammer through the air level with the orc's chest to crush the life out of her before she can hurt anyone with the savage looking weapon.
HP 54/57
AC 19, touch 13, flat-footed 19 (+5 armour, +3 deflection, +1 natural armour)
Speed: 30 ft
Fort: +6 (+4 vs disease), Ref: +3, Will: +6 (+1 to all on effects vs technological objects and creatures with the robot subtype)
Conditions: bull's strength, lead blades, shield of faith, protection from technology
Melee attack (+1 earthbreaker): +8 (+4 BAB, +3 Str, +1 enhancement, +2 bull's strength, -2 Power Attack)
Melee Damage (+1 earthbreaker): 3d6+14 (+4 Str, +1 enhancement, +3 bull's strength, +6 Power Attack)
Dilana is take a little by suprise at the new arrival and again forces her eyes to glow with power as she locks her gaze on the newcomer.
"Move coming in from the other room!"
Live Grenade! Olimpia warns as he eyes go wide and she points at the device with one of her swords.
"Get some cover!" Figgy yells throwing his own bomb at the person in the door.
Live Grenade! Olimpia warns as he eyes go wide and she points at the device with one of her swords.
Hearing that the chainsaw wasn't the only dangerous thing in that room, JJ immediately charged in to help her get the thing away from the group.
With JJ's help, Olimpia tries to grab the grenade and toss it into the room S4, landing just to the west of Pink.
Jeremiah hearing Olimpia's alarmed call quickly pulls the corpse around allowing her to reach the belt. Olimpia hurriedly grabs the grenade and throws it skittering out the door into the pack of Orcs.
The Orcs howl as electricity and flame blast them.
A tall frail humanoid, with incredibly pale skin dashes out the other door and calls loudly. "Draigs! Intruders in the control room!"
He is a Darkstalker.
Blue rocks as Figgy's bomb hits him, froathing at the mouth he howls a bloody challenge and charges into the room to attack Raktar, as the only one with a large enough weapon to be a worthy opponent.
The others rush to join the fight, Green is behind Blue in the doorway, swinging at Jeremiah.
The other two orcs make for the other door to get around behind the party.
The party may now act.
The slinger was relieved that he helped the group. He was a bit less relieved when an orc reminded him of the dangerous situation he put himself into by running into the room. Being effectively boxed in, he takes a quick step back and gives his gun a quick smack before opening up on the orc in front of him. "Die already, you Hellion loving freaks!"