Jetro moves to M-19 and fires
"Venja! Have you any magic not susceptible to natural resistance? If it would be resisted, the golem is immune, but there are spells that should still work..."
Hoping to demonstrate, Duardlara moves and casts acid splash at the golem.
Duardlara tries to demonstrate how to hit the golem and affect it with a spell but acid splash was a little off on its targeting and flies into the clouds in the back of the room.
Jetro fires again after moving forward but can not pierce the defenses of the golem and the arrow simply shatters against it.
"I'm fairly tapped of most magic for the day, but perhaps i can summon something that can at least provide flank for someone."
She begins casting summoning spell.
Seeing that his bow isn't being much use, Jetro draws his adamantine warhemmer(move) and then moves to J-19
and beck takes the shape of a Lizardfolk and 5'steps to H:20
Sheelah tries to make contact with the creature with tooth and claw
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Jetro pulls his hammer and moves up to where he will be able to provoke and assault the golem next turn but is not open for a counter attack as he moves. Beck moves into position to flank with Sheelah as she begins to flail at the bone golem. Both claws just scratch the bone but the bite is able to get a hold of the leg as her sharp teeth are able to score some minor damage but nothing too substantial.
Helgash moves into the combat along with Greta as they unleash their attacks hoping to bring down the golem.
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Helgash is unable to hit the golem but Greta is able to land the first real solid blow. Part of the damage is still resisted but it was enough to cause a crack in the femur.
Almost surrounded by foes the bone golem is finally able to act fully as the slow effect has worn off. He focuses on Greta who did the most damage last time with 2 slams and a bite attack
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All 3 of the attacks hit her leaving her reeling as she makes to retreat and take some cover and get some healing hopefully from someone.
"Helgash! Heal it again!"
Venja moves up and summons a celestial dog and places it so it flanks with Helgash... and it attacks
Then she extends her hair and taps Greta, healing her.
HP 30/57
AC 19
Spells in effect:+2 Saves vs. Cold +5 Survival, -2 perception to hear when hatflaps pulled down.
Jetro 5'steps up and bashes with his hammer
Duardlara tries to maneuver for a clear shot and flings another acid splash at the construct.
Venja summons a dog that while ineffective at harming the golem itself does start growling and yipping causing a distraction and allowing Helgash to gain a flanking partner. Venja then hurries over and heals Greta relieving some of the damage that she just took.
Jetro, warhammer in hand, wades into the fight. His first swing is wide as he adjusts to the weight of the hammer so used to the bow is he. His second swing is right on as it lands squarely on the hip. The combination of adamantine and bludgeoning does the trick as it bypasses its DR.
Duardlara aims a glod of acid and smiles as the acid burns into the bony surface causing some damage.
Listening to Duardlara, and absorbing the pain from his companions, Helgash again sheds a soft healing glow all around him.
His companion's and his own wounds are mend by the power of Iomedae as the Paladin smiles - "We stand fast then! Take it down!"
Greta grits her teeth at the onslaught from the golem, but feels also the healing power mending her wounds - first from Venja, and then from Helgash.
With a bloodied smile, she roars and continues assaulting the creature - "Very well!"
Helgash channels energy again keeping the bone golem from swiftly attacking and slowing its speed greatly. Greta uses this to her advantage as tries to capitalize on the opportunity presented to her. Unfortunately she is not able to strike true enough to hit the golem and doo any damage.
The Bone golem surrounded and outnumbered takes a swipe at Jetro as Jetro was able to hit him and bypass its damage reduction.
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The golem swings mightily as well but Jetro ducks in time and brings the hammer up once again.
Good guys up
HP 36/57
AC 19
Spells in effect:+2 Saves vs. Cold +5 Survival, -2 perception to hear when hatflaps pulled down.
As for your present everyone gets a 1 time use surge of d6 to add to any d20 roll.
Jetro swipes again at the golem
Venja's celestial dog continues to harry the golem, providing some flank.
Venja just stays out of the creature's reach and readies to heal anyone who needs it by using her hair to reach out and touch.
"Venja, if it speeds up again, your healing should work to slow it, too."
Steeling herself visibly, Duardlara draws the enchanted short sword and tries to tumble into a flanking position with one of her friends.
"I can only affect it once, but I of course will do so if it speeds up again."
Seeing the hammer cracking bone while his blade was not tending well...
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Helgash wades forward with the adamantine sword in hand, healing himself and swinging as hard as he can at the golem - "Down monstrosity!!"
Greta continues on swinging her axe, each time a single, mighty attack - "Just DIE!" - she roars.
Sheelah manages to get a claw to sink in and catch on some bony protrusion. The result. Is her almost wrenching the femur off the golem. Greta, healed and revitalized wades in again and uses the flank provided to lay down a heavy blow. Jetro continues to bypass the golems defenses as his adamantine weapon shatters a kneecap. Helgash with aid of the flanking partner in the form of a dog and Duardlara settles the combat by landing e killing blow reducing the bine golem to nothing but crumbling bits of bone. As the noise of the bones quiets down you all can see the kikamora from the other room watching in wide eyed astonishment.
About time this thing went down.
Yeah. Sure is! Sheesh. Good job girl! You got a tasty bone?
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Huh, some of these are actually kinda interesting... Beck says looking at the scattered parts and pieces of the creature.
The dog poofs out of existence after a few rounds of gnawing on fallen bones.
"Well done to all of you my friends" - Helgash smiles as his friends continue to recover from their wounds.
The paladin then heals himself, his body glowing softly.
Duardlara crouches down, elbows on her knees, as the short sword dangles from a loose grip. She shudders.
"My impetuousness could have cost us dearly. I am so sorry - I completely did not understand our new friend's warning for what it was."
Although the bone golem is defeated the kikamora is still not willing to enter into the room. She watches you all wondering what you plan on doing next. She does offer up a celebratory whoop though. Wow, I thought for suer one of you was going to die and be added to the pile bones.
"Heh, No worries, D'lara! we managed alright thanks to Helgash and Greta taking the brunt of the beating and bashing the thing. And Jetro's Hammer too, that was impressive pal! Beck manages, distractedly sifting through the piles, looking at the bones, picking several up to examine. Yeah, there's some good bones in this pile tho
Lets take us a good look-see around tho. Any remnants of the Witches work here? beck asks the Kikamora.
He starts making a circle of the bones, and taking the bits of sinew and some of his own supplies and ties bone together setting up tetras and and tossing mistletoe around in piles as Cheelah gnaws on the femur she was was clawing at contentedly.
Please call me Zorka. The kikamora smiles broadly at you with apparently having already forgiven your offense at blinding her before, such is the capricious nature of fey. The witch who left that bone thing in there didn't do much but said a name over and over and then looked behind those cloud things back there. She would wait a bit and watch the floor then and leave to come back another day.
"Zorka. Pleased to meet you. I am Duardlara, or as you heard Beck call me, D'lara is acceptable. What name did the witch keep saying, if I may ask?"
Jetro holsters his hammer and then keeps watch with his bow in case something else comes out.
Venja was about to ask the same question, so listens carefully for the answer and wracks her brain for any indication of what might be behind the cloud things and on the floor... if she needs to, she'll go look at them (the area behind the clouds and the floor), but not without an escort of someone stronger and more martial, just in case.
Illarion Matveius. Then she would watch and look for the owner of that name. Then once she spotted it then she would go back behind the clouds. She did that for quite a while but a few weeks back stopped saying that name. The new name she said was Radosek but even that stopped 2 weeks ago.
To the allies, "Those names, are they familiar to you? If this is a crystal ball of sorts, maybe we can see how fares Variel. As a test. Maybe we should try those same names."
Duardlara you study the floor and with Venja look at the clouds as well. The floor seems beyond your ability to figure out magically but with detect magic you know it has divination properties. The longer you look though the more you realize that he floor is a map of Irrisen complete with towns, villages, and even extremely tiny dots that you conclude are people. While the dots are too small to determine what type of creature or who it you can still see if large masses of creatures are in one place. Finding Whitethrone you se a constant flow of dots moving too and fro in the streets.
the clouds though are a real mystery until you go through them. As they envelop you, you get a 'feel' for the magic and realize that the clouds are really just a crystal ball that is usable 3 times a day. It dawns on you as well as you analyze it that it is restricted though. Only those people that are within Irrisen can be scryed upon in this fashion.
Jetro's eyes start to glaze as people start talking magic.
Well, that's impressive! Beck syas, as the arcanists discuss the scrying-clouds.
Think you can use them to track down the witch-queen when I'm done here? he asks as he makes a few adjustments to his bone-alters, now that he realizes that he'
s standing on a map, moving things to correspond to various natural loci represented therein.
Seeing as Duardlara and Venja are busy looking at the map and the clouds, and Sheelah and Beck are doing some strange ritual with bones and locations on the map, and Helgash and Greta are staring deep into each others eyes at the moment (creative license with him being gone lol), Zorka looks to Jetro and motions him back into the room that she was waiting in. Once he gets there she looks a little sheepishly at the floor before gathering herself again. Reaching into her apron she pulls out a wooden bowl and what looks like a chicken egg only 4 times the size. Sorry I tried snatching these. You have shown your allegiance to my Master and defeated the guardian in the other room. Please take these. She hands them to you reverently as if they were great jewels of immaculate worth.
As you take the items from her you brush against her hand. At the touch you are inundated with knowledge of the true meaning behind the egg and bowl. These, when used properly together, are the controls for using the Hut. Jetro you also get the sense that Zorka can easily control the Hut if properly persuaded and respected.
Approximately 15 feet tall and 15 feet square, this crude
hut sits atop a pair of gigantic chicken legs that when not tucked beneath the structure at rest idly pick and scratch at the Hut's surroundings. The life like legs aren't the only thing that makes the hut remarkable however. The small buildings only door opens into a room that can be significantly larger than what the structure can naturally contain, for the hut possesses countless configurations of extradimensional rooms that change depending on the hut physical location. Nothing that transpires outside of the hut has any effect on those inside.
Defensive Abilities:
At its most basic level the Hut is a unique CR 17 construct. A creature inside the hut can command the structure to move, attack, use its special abilities, or immediately perform any other function it is capable of by emplying the Dancing Hut's unique controls, The egg and the wooden bowl. Both teh bowl and egg can be destroyed but manifest again in a random location in the Hut's current configuration after 1 hour. Any creature that makes a Use Magical Device check DC 30 can command the Dancing Hut. Failing this check casues the hut to dance erratically potentially trampling creatures nearby. the Dancing has not effect on creatures inside the Hut. To change the orders to the Hut requires another DC 30 check for each change in orders. TheHut can be commanded simple standing commands to follow such as to attack any humanoid that approaches, patrol and area, head in a certain direction, flee if damaged. It can not be assigned commands that require it to follow multiple instructions, recognize specific individuals, or seek a specific location.
Transportative Abilities:
The Dancing Hut can physically move on its own but it also possesses the ability t slip between planes and even travel to other planets, carrying any inside the hut with it. This remarkable ability is activated using the cauldron within the Hut, which links the hut to countless-maybe even infinite- locations across the planes. To use these transportative abilities a creature must stand before the Hut's cauldron, place 2 ingredients inside and stir the ever bubbling stew within. This process is a full round action though finding the ingredients might take much longer. The 2 ingredients act as keys to specific destinations and each destination require 2 unique keys. Each key always appears to be a relatively normal item located inside the Hut. Keys can be removed from the Hut but are deactivated upon leaving. Unless specifically deactivated while in the Hut the keys will reactivate upon entering the Dancing Hut. Upon using the keys they disappear and appear again 1 hour later withing the Hut. At each new location the interior layout of the Dancing Hut changes although every layout has a cauldron and the Hut's controls. When the Dancing Hut changes is layout the other layout still exist but are inaccessible from within the hut itself. Spells such as plane shift allow passage between the different layouts.
Jetro blinks in amazement. Huh, well this is a mighty fine gift here Zorka. Much obliged, we might get ourselves out of this pickel after all. Lets just talk to my friends about this.
Jetro will inform everyone about the egg and bowl.
Bump?
Zorka nods in appreciation of her efforts and knowledge of the Hut. As Jetro goes to tell the others Zorka chimes after him, Just make sure not to make a mess of anything or I won't be any help till it is all cleaned up and then some.
"Very interesting. But where do we want to go?"
Well, maybe we should get the hut out of the city.
"That sounds like a great plan... let's depart...and soon before these guards come after us.. and try to chain the hut again."