Heroes identify them as Lore Wardens
N Medium construct (technological)
Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +10
Aura grandiose proclamations (120 ft., DC 15)
DEFENSE HP 43 EACH
EAC 15; KAC 16
Fort +1; Ref +1; Will +5
Defensive Abilities integrated weapons; Immunities construct
immunities
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
Melee bladed slam +7 (1d4+5 S)
Ranged integrated tactical arc emitter +9 (1d4+4 E)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 4th; melee +7, ranged +9)
3/day—hurl forcedisk, inject nanobots (DC 17)
6/day—comprehend languages, jolting surge, magic missile
At will—energy ray, mending
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Da'at giggles. "No food allowed in the library!" he says as he tosses the grenade which explodes, not with a bang, but with a whoosh as suddenly there is now a small earth/ramen elemental in front of one of the robots.
The elemental roars as it moves up and rock-hard pre-cooked noodles shoot out to main its terrifying foe.
Raia glances at the summoned elemental - thinking it might barely be a speedbump to these things - and seeing nobody else eager to engage in melee, decides to whip out her baton and charge in.
The heroes try to attack. Da'at tries to throw a grenade, but he fumbles the ball and it explodes in no place useful, he must have played football for the Cleveland Browns. His monster attacks and it bounces off the enemies natural steel. Spanner forgets to aim, instead he fires from the hip and Raina moves forward.
Reynold didn't believe there would be trouble and wasn't ready, he thought he was exploring a beautiful site.
of 0689 0689 is up
0689 Fires a round into the enemies ribcage causing him some immense pain.
They try to slam vs KAC Raina
VS KAC Robot
Raina takes slashing
Robot takes slashing
All heroes are up
0689 activates his combat tracker and fires another round at the closest target to him.
Most of the heroes miss, except for Reynold who fakes out then shoots the Lore Warden in the leg.
Raina is up
Unsure if she wants to attempt cast a spell when toe-to-toe, Raia instead focuses on swiping with her baton... to little effect.
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Da'at hoists his machine gun, moves away from his companion lest the robots prove to have grenades and lets out a quick burst.
Meanwhile, the elemental is unable to appreciate the finer points of football, being a construct of noodles, salt and unnamed spices in a galaxy far, far away. What it can do is attempt to hit the robot.
Raina can't hit the thing, while Dat hits his target twice damaging both arms.
They go vs Raina, take slashing dmg
vs Da'at
All heroes are up
Da'at just barely misses as he bounces of natural armor, while Reynold hits his target. Spanner targeting EAC shoots once and blast the thing in the head causing it collapse, then misses the other one.
One enemy down
Seeing the first of their opponents fall, Raia nods in satisfaction. She hadn't taken a bad hit yet and was disruptive enough that she was keeping the Warden from using its magic.
Sticking with the plan, Raia steps behind the warden, to ensure a clean line of fire for her comrades, before activating a prepared script on the nearby tech.
Da'at actually kills the robot, causing Reynold to bluff the next one out, hit him, and then Spanner shoots the robot twice since it is flatfotted putting a massive hole in him.
Raina tries to shake the Lore Warden, but figures out it is harder than she thought, better make better Glitches.
0689 is up
Zero-Six-Eight-Nine fires a shot and lands one in the stomach causing some metal to burn away.
It will try to slam Raina but aims too high as all she has to do is duck a few inches, and as she does it misses.
All heroes are up
Seeing no reason to switch things up, Raia once again goes ham with her baton.
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"How you holding up over there" asks Da'at to Raia before adding "You know what? Don't answer. And while you're at it, don't move... Too much" he finishes distractedly as he uses his second set of arms to unsling a sleek-looking Hydra cannon. Punching in a few keys, the various barrels on the weapon whir slightly as they adjust for the technomancer. "Hey! Robot boy!" he calls out as he points the new weapon in its direction. "Say "Cheese!""
Poor Raia misses but spanner lands a shot and so does Da'at causing the thing to collapse on the floor and fall apart. [Combat over
After searching the room and the enemies you manage to find two tactical arc emitters with 1 battery (20 charges), and salvagable metal from the robots.
Heroes take a short rest and head quietly upstairs. Just a few floors up they run into a shy creature. It is a four legged creature with a tail, but it is classified as a plant, as it has a lot of plant like feature, as its head is covered with plant like tentacles. It is out of its cage.
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While most of the Starfinders rest, Da'at looks through the robot debris, picking pieces here and there to rig up another grenade, which he finishes up with an addition from his backpack: a package of Eoxian dried noodles.
Da'at looks to the creature, then to his companions, then back to the creature. "Uhhhh... Anyone have a clue what hydroponic farm that thing escaped from? Do we have any Circle-Up? Anyone? I left mine at home. Actually that's a lie, I never had any. But if I did, I'd probably leave it at home."
As it sees Da'at it barks at him, he gets the feeling it might attack if threatened. You hear a voice on the intercom from the Knights. Don't you dare harm that creature. His name is VINDURTH. Not our pet, but the owner would be very mad and but be careful not to upset it, and it needs put back in its cage. Consider this a training exercise.
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Da'at looks to his companions. "Well, lets do this training exercise by the bozos who don't have authority over us or have any good solutions for us" he states, uncaring if the intercom broadcasts his words through.
Slinging his weapons back over his shoulder he approaches, softly. [smaller]"Alright you big bushel of bullshit, come on; daddy needs to get going, and you are causing a ruckus."
Da'at grabs it provoking an aoo. It uses its action to try to escape and fails, but escapes the 2nd time around
vs KAc
When Zero-Six-Eight-Nine says "Can't we just shoot it?" It barks at him. It didn't seem to understand common before, but now it suddenly seems to behave like it does.
Once it hears Spanner say not to hurt it, it lets you pick it up and put it in its cage.
a living creature with its tentacles, it siphons off a portion of
the target’s genetic code and psychic resonance, temporarily
reshaping its own physiology and psychology to match its
victim’s. This grants the ksarik one of the following abilities
(provided the target has it) for 1 minute: blindsense (up to
60 feet), blindsight (up to 60 feet), darkvision (up to 60 feet),
damage reduction (up to 5/—), resistance to one type of energy
damage (up to 20 points), burrow (up to 40 feet), fly (up to 40
feet, with maximum average maneuverability), swim (up
to 40 feet), or water breathing. Alternatively, the
ksarik can gain the ability to understand
(but not speak) up to three languages
that the target knows, gain the target’s
weapon proficiencies (its tentacles can
operate two-handed weapons in this
state), or change the damage dealt by its
acid spit ability to any one energy type
dealt by one of the target’s supernatural
attacks. A ksarik can maintain only one
adaptation at a time, and gaining a new
adaptation ends the previous one. A ksarik can
spend 1 Resolve Point to extend the duration
of an ongoing benefit by 8 hours. It can also spend
1 Resolve Point to gain a second adaptation and
sustain them both simultaneously.
Treasure Heroes find adaptive serum
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Da'at, readying himself for another push of the beast into its cage, blinks as it just... Goes on ahead and moves back into it. "Oooo-kaayyyyyy? Hellknights in the intercom, care to comment? No? Didn't think so." With a shrug, he moves up to the cage, closes the door gently as he coos "Alrighty, uncle Da'at is just gonna clooooose this door for you so you don't go wandering too far off. I'd give you a snikety-snook but I'm fresh out. They don't refill the vending machines here apparently." The door locks and the Kasathan sighs in relief. "Well. That was nice. I only got smacked in the face once for that." He looks around, expectantly. "So, we allowed to look at the runes on Vindurth or is that grounds for a brain-melt?"
After heroes put the plant animal in its cage they realize they forgot to retrieve the Virus from the Lore Warden so they do that. They realize on the third floor is a familiar voice he heads down, it is Zo. Hey guys up here, follow me, just thought you might want to check this out before leaving the building.