The 'metal statues' seems to be a clockwork creature as you hear gears grinding. It tries to move and remains stuck where it is. The front of the clockwork creature does rotate a bit so the front metal portion is pointing at Helgash. An explosion is heard from it as metal explodes out in the direction of the other party members.
Hotchkiss 6 pound gun at Helgash's hex for damage to all within 30ft reflex dc 20 for half
Maxim M1910 machine gun for
Duardlara stays hidden as she has not seen anything to alarm her until the tank went off with a Cynehelm casts his spell while Jetro retreats back into the woods.
The troops fire upon Helgash using a standard action to hit with a line attack at range 200ft. He takes 2 lines for a total of reflex dc 23 for half and again from the other troop for reflex dc 23 for half.
Duardlara you would be able to hear voices coming from the inside of the clockwork device. If you were up near where the explosion came from you think you could try a disable device to keep it pointed in one location or plug it from exploding again.
I need reflex saves from Cynehelm and Helgash for the tank shell.
Cynehelm tries to throw himself to the ground and seek cover from the debris!
Duardlara casts fly on herself and studies the clockwork further. Hearing the voices within, she looks for a door or some sort of opening to get inside. If it's not otherwise obvious, she suspects such an entrance might be on the underside.
Helgash manages to duck behind a piece of ground to avoid the worst of the blast and gunfire. Then he heals himself (lay on hands free action) and moves deeper into the tree line to remove himself from a direct line of fire.
Without a viable target the clockwork device sits quietly waiting for the chance to act.
Jetro keeps moving through the woods.
Cynehelm doesn't know who these strange soldiers are or why they're attacking, but he knows that blast was lethal, so he returns fire on the giant clockwork mechanism. He aims so that his blast will detonate above the heads of the infantry in hopes they may surrender when they see their clockwork defeated.
"Merciful Sarenrae, Let these men know your power and fill their hearts with wisdom."
Reflex save fail
The clockwork device takes the full blast of the fireball turning the metal into a white hot glow. Yet the sheer mass and size of the clockwork device keeps it functioning as normal. Cynehelm you thinking would take another 3 such fireballs to disable the gun!
The troops see the explosion of fire but are encouraged by the sight of it still standing. They turn their weapons on Cynehelm and open fire.
Troop 1 attack for reflex dc 23 half
Troop 2 attack for reflex dc 23 half
Helgash again uses lay on hands on himself and then begins creeping back toward the battle.
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his spell functions as create pit, except that the pit is lined with wickedly sharp spikes along its bottom and walls and has a maximum depth of 50 feet. Creatures who fall into the pit take falling damage as normal, plus 2d6 points of piercing damage from the spikes. Any creature or object coming into contact with the spikes along the walls, such as a creature trying to climb out, or rope or other typical aids to climbing, takes 1d6 points of piercing damage each round they are in contact with the walls. For those willing to accept the damage incurred while climbing, the pit’s walls have a Climb DC of 20.
Create Pit
You create a 10-foot-by-10-foot extra-dimensional hole with a depth of 10 feet per two caster levels (maximum 30 feet). You must create the pit on a horizontal surface of sufficient size. Since it extends into another dimension, the pit has no weight and does not otherwise displace the original underlying material. You can create the pit in the deck of a ship as easily as in a dungeon floor or the ground of a forest. Any creature standing in the area where you first conjured the pit must make a Reflex saving throw to jump to safety in the nearest open space. In addition, the edges of the pit are sloped, and any creature ending its turn on a square adjacent to the pit must make a Reflex saving throw with a +2 bonus to avoid falling into it. Creatures subjected to an effect intended to push them into the pit (such as bull rush) do not get a saving throw to avoid falling in if they are affected by the pushing effect.
Creatures who fall into the pit take falling damage as normal. The pit’s coarse stone walls have a Climb DC of 25. When the duration of the spell ends, creatures within the hole rise up with the bottom of the pit until they are standing on the surface over the course of a single round.
Seeing the clockwork glowing like a sword in a forge, Duardlara thinks again about getting closer. She casts message and points at Cynehelm.
Yesh, we could have just snuck away Jetro moves back so he can get into position.
"Understood," he says in response to Duardlara's spell. "I need to seek cover anyway.
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Reflex save
The troop in the first building dives out of the way through a doorways, broken windows or holes in the wall to avoid the pit of death that opened up below them. While the pit did not do any damage it did effectively nullify any cover and defensive bulwark the troop had.
The tank needs to reload its main gun so all it can do is open up with one of the machine gun sponsons at Cynehelm.
Machine gun attack for
Iterative for
Cynehelm hot-foots it for cover, running into the trees. Once there, he channels energy to heal himself and Helgash.
Jetro starts shooting the troops
Duardlara casts greater invisibility on herself and flies to the top of the clockwork.
Helgash moves south taking the time to cast ironskin (standard action) and then healing himself (swift action).
Cynehelm heals himself and Helgash while the rest try to put some hurt on the troops. Jetro hits with his first attack but misses with his second arrow.
reflex save
Baub hits the troop with a massive bolt of electricity that cuts the squad down in half but it seems like the damage does not prevent it from fighting back at full effect.
Duardlara flies up invisible while Helgash continues to heal himself and move closer to the action.
With everyone having retreated or invisible the only target is Jetro. The troops turn their attention to him as the both fire their machine guns in a burst striking him for reflex dc 23 for half and another blast for reflex dc 23 for half
The tank fires off a round at Jetro's hex with the machine gun...
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iterative for
"Thank you, Baub. I do not like killing common soldiers. They are so rarely evil. And I can't help but feel they must be fighting merely for a flag or king. Let us see if we can find their leaders and end this!"
Cynehelm casts air walk on himself and ascends into the sky, looking for a grouping of commanders.
My liver is flopping on the ground!
Invisible, Duardlara has her hand on a hatch atop the clockwork. She opens it, moving to the side so that the hatch is basically between her and whoever was speaking within.
Duardlara you see a group of 6 people in the clock work mechanism. 3 are manning the gun sponsons while the other 3 are working at loading a giant projectile into a large metal tube. They don't notice you at all since you are invisible and you could easily hit them all with a fireball.
You are in the woods minding your own business when you just realized that you are no longer on Golarion. The magic you were using to commune with nature to determine the abnormal freezing temperatures in your wood caused a ripple in the fabric of space. You were instantly transported to a very similar forest covered in ice and snow. However the trees themselves seem slightly off as they seem to be both in this realm and in a different realm simultaneously. As you ponder this dilemma, and also where this is and how did you get here, you hear the sounds of explosions to the south of you. With your woodland stride you are able to move easily in the forest and can be at the edge of the trees in 3 move actions (1 1/2 rounds is nothing but moving)
Hearing the explosions Titan smells combat and transforms into an ice Troll and moves through the woods as quickly as he can.
The men in the clockwork hear chanting in a strange language. Any that turn to see the cause of the sound see an ember fly in through the open hatch before they can react. Suddenly, their world is fire and hopefully some of their munitions finish the job started by the magical fire!
The rest of the party see a flap of metal atop the strange wheeled golem rise up just before a gout of fire and screams of surprise and anguish issue forth!
The invisible arcanist will try to shield herself from her own blast behind the hatch because she doesn’t feel her friends can take another shot from the golem’s breath weapon. She only knows these men are responsible for the creature’s actions.
reflex save individual troopers in the tank...
1 success
2 fail
3 fail
4 fail
5 fail
6 fail
steering mechanism
cannon shells fail doing reflex half dc 20
1 fail
2 fail
3 fail
4 fail
5 success
6 fail
trooper 1: 44 damage
trooper 2: 62 damage
trooper 3: 62 damage
trooper 4: 62 damage
trooper 5: 48 damage
trooper 6: 62 damage
Jetro moves further into the woods, away from the troops and chasing the raccoon that stole his liver