Hmm's Against the Aeon Throne -- The Adventures of The Teapot!

Game Master Hmm

Technomagical Lab

Pon leads the way. The door opens automatically as he approaches, and the first thing that he notices is that the room is pitch dark and has a horrid smell -- stale air and maybe slightly rotten?

Right behind him, Prosper with his dark vision notices the two dessicated corpses, still in Azlant gear as they try turn towards the door, and mutter, "दि-मा-मा-मा-ग!"

★ --- ★ --- ★ --- ★

Round 1
Active conditions:

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Spec
Dalinar
Rush
Prosper
Wint
Minos
Pon

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Green Braiiiins
Red Braiiiins

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Minos pops his head in the room. Mysticism: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

He looks at Prosper "Zombies. Very dangerous. You go first."

"Kill it with fire. Or magic. Well any energy will be better than smashing them"

As he throws a small ball of flame at the closest one.

Energy Ray: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Energy Ray damage: 1d3 ⇒ 3 Fire

"Like that. Though hitting may be a bit more effective"

"Gah!! Zombies???? I thought they only happened in bad Vids. You mean they actually exist?? Aaaaggh"

Wint cowers in his spot, and barely manages to fire a laser blast at Green

stealth for trick attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16
laser pistol (EAC): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 for
fire: 1d4 ⇒ 4 plus trick attack: 1d4 ⇒ 1
miss chance (high hits), not sure if necessary: 1d100 ⇒ 84

Scared at the mere thought of fighting monsters who are undead, Wints shot goes wide.

Pon, with trained efficiency raises his rifle to his shoulder, aims at the one directly in front of him, and fires.
Pew: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
1d8 ⇒ 8

Spec hops up and down at the back of the group like a small child at the fair.
"I ..... can't .... see......but,"
He stops bouncing and sniffs deeply

Mysticism: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

"That smells like old zombie guys .... these have been here longer than the cadets"

Then he turns to the terminal to see if there is a way to get the lights on in the room (without reactivating the AI).

Computers: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

"Wha? The Lieutenant just left these guys here? I thought the azlanti would be too obsessively tidy to leave zombies lying about." Prosper comments "We're just going to have to do their tidying for them! Get them!" After his call to action, he steps to the south to give the rest of the team a clearer line of sight to attack.

Get 'em on green.

"Zombies?" Dalinar is almost as incredulous as Wint. "Let's see how much they enjoy Stag Render's song."

Attack vs EAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Damage: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Photon. I'm not sure how my sword will do with DR since it's slashing and sonic damage.

Minos misses. Wint misses. Spec tries to activate the computer, and discovers that this room's hardware is completely blown out. Nothing works in here, and it would take a bunch of rewiring to get working again.

Pon fires into the darkness, where he thinks the zombies might be.

Miss Chance, High hits: 1d100 ⇒ 98

Pon hits, but not all his damage goes through! Prosper calls Get 'em! Dalinar also misses.

★ --- ★ --- ★ --- ★

Round 1
Active conditions:

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Spec
Dalinar
Rush
Prosper
Wint
Minos
Pon

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Green Braiiiins (-3)
Red Braiiiins

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Click. Whirr.

BOTTING RUSH

At Lingston's urging, Rush raises not his bone blade but his wailing blade. He unsheathes it.

Moooooooaaaaaannnnnnn!

Attack Wailing Blade on Red: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Sonic & Slashing Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Alas, the process of switching blades throws his aim off!

Green Slam vs Dalinar: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
Bludgeoning Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Red Slam vs Rush: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
Bludgeoning Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Dalinar manages to dodge his, but Rush gets slammed by the Red Zombie! It mutters, "दि-मा-मा-मा-ग!"

★ --- ★ --- ★ --- ★

Round 2.
Active conditions: Darkness

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Spec
Dalinar
Rush
Prosper
Wint
Minos
Pon

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Green Braiiiins (-3)
Red Braiiiins

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"Why won't these things DIE?"

stealth for trick attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15
laser pistol (EAC): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22 for
fire: 1d4 ⇒ 2 plus trick attack: 1d4 ⇒ 4
miss chance (high hits): 1d100 ⇒ 62

Dalinar lights his blade aflame and tries again.

Attack vs EAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Fire Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Activating plasma sheath

Prosper ducks into the room, mentioning "Those of you who can't understand them: they're uh, asking for 'brains'. I'd suggest not giving them any though, even if you have extras." He fires his flare rifle at almost point blank range at the zombie Dalinar is fighting.

Dazzler Flare Rifle; vs EAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Flare rifle damage (F): 2d4 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5

Running very low on flares, unfortunately, despite how many I bought before the start of the campaign :<

Spec trots over to try and get a glimpse of the (hopefully) flare-lit zombie.

"Uh, Prosper ... pretty much nobody has extra brains hanging around"

And he promptly proves this point by hauling out his static arc pistol, then stopping to figure out how to take the safety off.

Pon turns on the flashlight that is on his armor.

"Brains? BRAINS!!! I need ALL of my brains. I REALLY do!"

Minos spots some fixture in the room and uses his token spell to have it radiate some additional light around the zombies. "Here is my bright idea"

dim light fills the room around the yellow dot.

Click. Whirr.

BOTTING RUSH

At Lingston's urging, Rush raises not his bone blade but his wailing blade. He unsheathes it.

Moooooooaaaaaannnnnnn!

Attack Wailing Blade on Red: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Sonic & Slashing Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Alas, the slashing part of his attack gets eaten by the Zombie's DR.

Wint hits Red with a bit of fire damage! Dalinar misses the dodgy zombie in front of him, but Prosper lights him right up! Rush slashes at the zombie with the wailing sword, and half of his attack goes through! Meanwhile the rest of the party lit up the room!

★ --- ★ --- ★ --- ★

Meanwhile, the zombies should have been surprised to find themselves still up after 2 full rounds, but they're mindless and so continue their plaintive wail for the cerebral delights they hope that you'll provide them.

Green Slam vs Dalinar: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
Bludgeoning Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Red Slam vs Rush: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Bludgeoning Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Dalinar gets slammed!

★ --- ★ --- ★ --- ★

Round 3
Active conditions: Light! So much light!

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Spec
Dalinar (-9)
Rush (-7)
Prosper
Wint
Minos
Pon

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Green Braiiiins (-8)
Red Braiiiins (-5)

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Spec flaps up high enough to try and sneak a shot at Green

Zap: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Electrical Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

.... But crashes drunkenly into the ceiling, discharges the weapon directly into the bulkhead, and in general contributes very little.

stealth for trick attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14
laser pistol (EAC): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13 for
fire: 1d4 ⇒ 3 plus trick attack: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Wint goes to the corner of the room, ducking under the table
"Ha! No way they'll be able to see me now!"

He fires at green and, while he hits, its obvious that the zombie saw it coming
"These things can obviously see life forms wherever they hide! Why didn't you tell me THAT??"

"Well Time to see if I can get this to work for once"

Minos levels the arc pistol at Green zombie

Arc Pistol Attack, v EAC: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Arc Pistol Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3 E

He hits a near by terminal.

"Nope"

Rush once again swings the blade that sings its song of pain and misery.
Wailing Blade Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
Wailing Blade Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

"Don't let it make you look like a bumbling Azlanti cadet Dalinar!" Prosper calls out, attempting to be encouraging. "Nice Rush! Keep it up!"

Get 'em vs. both zombies

Spec's ray goes wide, as does Minos's shot, but Wint's shot hits! Rush also hits, though only the sonic damage goes through!

Prosper encourages his team onwards!

★ --- ★ --- ★ --- ★

Round 3
Active conditions: Light! So much light!

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Spec
Dalinar (-9)
Rush (-7)
Prosper
Wint
Minos
Pon

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Green Braiiiins (-11, Get 'em)
Red Braiiiins (-8, Get 'em)

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Pon aims at the one directly in front of him, and fires.
Pew: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
1d8 ⇒ 2

Click. Whirr.

BOTTING DALINAR

Dalinar lights his blade aflame and tries again.

Attack vs EAC: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 5 + 2 = 21
Fire Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Activating plasma sheath

Blade aflame, Dalinar slices through his zombie!

Although Pon misses, Dalinar cleaves his zombie in two!

Red Slam against Rush: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

It tries to hit Rush, but in its damaged state it slams into a piece of furniiture instead! It moans, sadly, imagining the delights of Rush's tasty shrimp brains, still untasted.

★ --- ★ --- ★ --- ★

Round 4
Active conditions: Light! So much light!

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Spec
Dalinar (-9)
Rush (-7)
Prosper
Wint
Minos
Pon

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Green Braiiiins (DEAD)
Red Braiiiins (-8, Get 'em)

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Dalinar steps over to the next zombie. "These things must be quicker than they look."

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
Fire Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Spec scurries into the room and shoots past Rush
"I'll show you bumble ..hrrmph"

Zap: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 = 4
Electric Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

... And of course bumble is exactly what the professor does...(hopefully noone needed that wallscreen)

Well, at least he makes sure Dalinar looks suitably epic by comparison.

"Well, since you can see me anyway I might as well just SHOOT you"

With that, Wint stands up to his FULL height of just under a metre and unleashes a fusilade of shots while waving his baton menacingly

Shoots 3 weapons. Ignoring the semi auto since I only get 2 ACTUAL chances to hit

laser: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 5 - 4 = 11 for damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2
static arc pistol: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 5 - 4 = 13 for damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

"HAH!!! Take THAT. And Die"

Both Dalinar and Wint hit! Red goes down in a whirlwind of fire and perforations of energy!

COMBAT OVER!

You now have the opportunity to look through this former technomagical lab.

Although much of what was in this lab has long since crumbled or broken, your group does find some interesting things as you search the place.

I don't see why not.

The professor looks quizzically at his pistol for a moment, shrugs, and holsters it. Maybe it would be useful for curvy trick shooting at one of those Castrovellian roh-day-yohz he read about in Pact Travel Quarterly a while back.

"Anyhoo..." he grumbles as he looks around the ruined lab

Mysticism: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

"Ah, those poor creatures have been stuck in here since the crash... How awful....

...On the bright side, they seem to have left us a few spell ampoules for moving and recovery, so that's nice!"

Might as well go

Minos studies the ampules

Mysticism A: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 1 = 21
Mysticism B: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 1 = 26

"These should be useful" Lets eveyone know what they are.

Engineering DC15: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24

"Observation: Most coincidental that they would have died and then be left in here due to a life detecting door system."

"One would think there would be more of them outside somewhere. Very odd." Dalinar doesn't dwell on the problem long and is ready to move on.

Prosper wrinkles his nose at the freshly re-killed zombies and says "Yeah, I'd rather not hang around here."

While the team is busy identifying spell ampoules, he adds "The big thing that's weird to me is that the other Azlanti didn't put these guys to rest earlier." He straightens and does his best Olajra impression "It's our fateful duty to grant our forefathers a dignified repose!" and then runs an awkward hand through his black hair "Or, uh, something like that."

Rooms aboard the Royal Venture:

1. Engine Room
2. Port Walkway
3. Technomagical Lab
4. Central Corridor
5. Parapept's Chamber
6. Cargo Hold
7. Crew Quarters
8. Galley
9. Medical Bay
10. Washroom
11. Bridge

★ --- ★ --- ★ --- ★

It's time to go. The doors whoosh open automatically for you as you leave.

Central Corridor

This short corridor connects the engine room to the other areas in the aft section of the ship, including the technomagical lab to the north and the noble's chamber to the south. Although a door at the east end once led to the ship's cargo bay, that end of the corridor collapsed in the crash and is impassible.

Wint notices that with all the rubble at the end of the hallway, this place could really use a cleaning.

Parept's Chamber

Unlike most of the doors in the Royal Venture, which are unmarked, the doors to this room are engraved with a large image of a flaming trident, indicating the room's special status.

Whoosh.

The door opens. This large chamber appears to have been luxurious accommodations for a single occupant, with a single large bunk in the northwest and a desk of smooth metal to the east. Standing upright near the desk is a trident. The trident balances on the end of its haft and glows with white flames.

Compared to the hallway outside, it is conspicuously clean. Do you go in?

Culture: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

Hmm..curious..

Pon steps inside the door, giving the room a thorough scan.

As Pon peeks inside the door, he notes a number of holographic pictures on the walls of a gorgeous and rather tall Azlanti woman -- some in uniform, and some in civilian clothes. In the ones in civilian clothes, she's being rather athletic: climbing trees and mountains, riding a lithe reptilian creature in some sort of competition, swimming. There are a number of sappy couple pictures of her in some sort of ball gown with a man in very fancy garb.

As he is looking around, he notices a barrel-chested robot with four arms, tracked wheels in place of feet, and a blank faceplate containing a metal grill that resembles a full, curving mustache. It suddenly activates, blinks in surprise, and then scans Pon in return. "अशिष्टता!" it shouts.

"कैडेट्स, मैंने आपसे कहा कि आप पेरेप्ट अमोंड्रिया के निजी कक्षों से बाहर रहें। आप चेतावनियों से बाहर हैं!" It raises an arm with a laser rifle, pointing it at Pon.

★ --- ★ --- ★ --- ★

Round 1
Active conditions:

Wint

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Adjutant

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Rush
Prosper
Spec
Minos
Dalinar
Pon

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Right, got this in time to delete old, now obsolete, post :-)

"Robots again? And this one doesn't seem anywhere NEARLY as nice as the chef is"

Wint steps into the room, ducking under the bunk and then fires his static arc pistol

stealth for trick attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17
static arc pistol (EAC): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11 for
electricity: 1d6 ⇒ 3 plus trick attack: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Wint's shot go wide, pinging off the decorations in the room. The robot stares in shock as a green cup shatters. "बेवकूफ! वह कप सम्राट की मां का था। आप इसके लिए भुगतान करेंगे।"

The robot shifts his aim at the skittermander.

Integrated azimuth laser rifle: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22
Flame damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

★ --- ★ --- ★ --- ★

Round 1
Active conditions:

Wint (-11)

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Adjutant

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Rush
Prosper
Spec
Minos
Dalinar
Pon

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Spec finds a gap in the press of bodies around the door, and darts into the room,

Culture: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

where he is momentarily distracted by iconography having something to do with burning dinner??

He looks up at the impressively mustachioed robot, and fumbles his rifle up into a ready position, muttering "Starless night! Of course we managed to upset someone's butler ..... nothing good ever comes of upsetting a butler.."

Culture: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17

"That is certainly always a bad idea Professor," Dalinar says as he moves through the corridors towards the robot. Once there the room brightens a bit from his armor and he makes an attack at the butler.

Attack vs EAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
So&S Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Photon

"HEY!!! That hurt! STOP That. Uh, how do you say that in Azlanti?"

Wint shuffles a little under the bed. Surely THAT will hide him :-)

stealth for trick attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30
Arc pistol (EAC): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 for
Electricity: 1d6 ⇒ 4 plus trick attack: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Sigh. EVENTUALLY I'll roll 9 or 10 on BOTH the stealth AND to hit rolls. On the SAME turn, even. Eventually. Paizo dice roller hates me :-(

Culture: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

Minos notes the symbol, it is familiar but just cant place it.

Engineering: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

"That is curious. It consumes Aeon Stones usually they are disrupted by electricty, but not sure about this one."

He shoots his Arc pistol at it

Arc Pistol Atk: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
Arc Pistol Dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 1 E

"See. Vunerable to Electricity"

To be fair, the dice roller seems to hate everyone but Prosper. It's that Envoy charisma and charming smile that works its magic for him.

★ --- ★ --- ★ --- ★

Spec moves into place, and advises the group on the etiquette of upsetting robotic butlers. Dalinar agrees that butlers should not be upset, but since this one already is, he shoots it anyway and then misses. Wint tries to hide from butler and shoots, but diving under the bed affected his ability to aim.

★ --- ★ --- ★ --- ★

Round 1 / 2
Active conditions:

Wint (-11)

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Adjutant

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Rush
Prosper
Spec
Minos
Dalinar
Pon

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Spec shakes his head at the robot "While I appreciate dedication to etiquette as much as the next bird, this level of hostility is just inappropriate" and fires in it's general direction.

Pacify!: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 6

Then blusters "So inappropriate in fact, that I simply cannot even engage in it .... such a disappointment sir!"