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Samantha starts by reaching out and heals Nosaj.
Samantha then moves to the opening provided by blue and grabs at the critter with one hands while swinging her katana with the other.
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Tiger and Samantha proceed to completely shred the Blue Snapjaw, scattering the pieces near Nosaj.
Nosaj shakes off the poison again
The Yellow Snapjaw continues to attack Nosaj
◆ First Attack
piercing plus Grab
◆ Second Attack
piercing plus Grab
◆ Third Attack
piercing plus Grab
Round 3-4, Bold may act
Purple (-23 HP)
Professor Serj (Inspire Courage) & Bull Market (-21 HP, Grabbed by Green and Red, Inspire Courage)
Blue (-31 HP)
Red (-3 HP)
Prefect (-3 HP, Slowed 1)
Green (-4 HP)
Loong Laohu
Teki (-3 HP)
Samantha
Kavin Berger
Yellow (-3 HP)
Nosaj (-5 HP, Prone, Concealed/Blurred, Turtle, Inspire Courage)
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Nosaj stands up and whacks the Yellow Snapjaw with his shield, giving it a resounding blow and staggering it for a moment, but it is still functioning.
Round 4, Bold may act
Purple (-23 HP)
Professor Serj (Inspire Courage) & Bull Market (-21 HP, Grabbed by Green and Red, Inspire Courage)
Blue (-31 HP)
Red (-3 HP)
Prefect (-3 HP, Slowed 1)
Green (-4 HP)
Loong Laohu
Teki (-3 HP)
Samantha
Kavin Berger
Yellow (-19 HP)
Nosaj (-5 HP, Concealed/Blurred)
Bull Market tries to runover Yellow Snapjaw, deplaying a nasty sawblade as it topples over the simplistic device!
◆◆) Strike
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Satisfied to see his contruct companion carve the device in two "Nasty little surprise, eh?" automatically looking around to see who is impressed, infatuated with his own ingenuity, arrogantly assuming agreement amongst adjacent associates "Alright Prefect - I shall educate you: The current date is the eve of the 47th century in it's 22nd year, and as I see "the ball" has already dropped on your little friend here, I shall do you the favor, in my and my colleagues' intrusion, to drop a second one on you!"
◆) Command Construct
◆) Raise a Shield
◆) Strike
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↺) Shield Block
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Bull Market manages to dismantle Yellow with its built in saw blades, leaving just a few pieces in the doorway.
Professor Serj misses Prefect with his flickmace.
Prefect tries to respond with his Electrowhip, attacking Professor Serj
◆ Strike
(disarm, finesse, magical, reach 10 feet, trip),
electricity plus Knockdown if the target is wearing metal armor
◆ Knockdown
Red moves to the doorway and attacks the prone Professor Serj
◆ Stride
◆ Strike
piercing plus Grab
◆ Grab
Green continues to chew on Bull Market
◆ Strike
piercing plus Grab
And Missing, tries again
◆ Strike
piercing plus Grab
And Green fishes for Crits, without a fish-mace
◆ Strike
piercing plus Grab
Round 4, Bold may act
Purple (-23 HP)
Professor Serj (-8 HP, Grabbed) & Bull Market (-21 HP)
Blue (-31 HP)
Prefect (-3 HP, Slowed 1)
Red (-3 HP)
Green (-4 HP)
Loong Laohu
Teki (-3 HP)
Samantha
Kavin Berger
Yellow (-19 HP)
Nosaj (-5 HP, Concealed/Blurred)
Raring around with a sprocket loose, Bull Market continues the mechanical flurry!
◆◆) Strike
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Serj - in his composite metal power suit, hits the floor hard - this despite his reinforced shield arm absorbing the majority of the first impact - as the crawling contraption continues to batter him once prone "Blasted Pest!"
↺) Shield Block
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◆) Command Construct
◆) Raise a Shield
◆) Strike
+
↺) Shield Block
"Unfortunate that I am going to have to scrap you for parts!" he boasts from the seemingly-compromised position.
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Bull Market tears into the Red Snapjaw with its primary attack, injuring it significantly. The second attack with the Side Saw goes wide. Professor Serj slams the same Snapjaw with his Flickmace, sending it reeling, but still functional.
Samantha steps in, adjusts her grip on her Katana, and shreds Red into nothingness.
Still round 4-5, Bold may act
Purple (-23 HP)
Professor Serj (-8 HP, Grabbed) & Bull Market (-21 HP)
Blue (-31 HP)
Prefect (-3 HP, Slowed 1)
Red (-36 HP)
Green (-4 HP)
Loong Laohu
Teki (-3 HP)
Samantha (Transparent tokens removed and position finalized)
Kavin Berger
Yellow (-19 HP)
Nosaj (-5 HP, Concealed/Blurred)
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Prefect continues to try and guard the door, taking an Attack of Opportunity on Kavin with his Electrowhip
(disarm, finesse, magical, reach 10 feet, trip),
electricity plus Knockdown if the target is wearing metal armor
Tiger moves into the room, taking advantage of the fact that Prefect has already used its reaction. His blows stagger the Green Snapjaw, as it weakly turns and shows it is still up.
Round 4-5, Bold may act
Purple (-23 HP)
Professor Serj (-8 HP) & Bull Market (-12 HP) (Inspire Courage)
Blue (-31 HP)
Prefect (-3 HP, Slowed 1)
Red (-36 HP)
Green (-23 HP)
Loong Laohu (Inspire Courage)
Teki (-3 HP, Inspire Courage)
Samantha (Inspire Courage)
Kavin Berger (-16 HP)
Yellow (-19 HP)
Nosaj (-5 HP, Concealed/Blurred, Inspire Courage)
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"I am tired of you, but I'd really like your zappy whip," Teki says to the Prefect. "Is it a part of you, or something that we can loot from the heap of scrap that will be left of you when we are done?" She shoots a full round Magic Missile at the Prefect.
◈◈◈ Magic Missile
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Seeing Samantha stepping in the room, and then Kavin and Tiger rushing in, Nosaj takes this opportunity to follows their steps. He stays close to the wall and gets around Bull Market to finally find himself behind Green.
Thinking that it is an opportune time to put the boxy little thing into full retirement, he takes his tower shield with both hands to bash Green.
With an instinctive move, he then raises his shield.
◆ Stride
◆ Strike
◆ Raise a Shield
Bull Market skeerts away to avoid the healing hands of the flaming monk!
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Prior to his turn, Nosaj intervenes when he sees Kavin getting hit hard by the electrowhip (he knows exactly how painful it feels).
He quickly thinks about Milani and something strange appears in the mind (or control panel) of the Prefect.
Kavin is unharmed by the triggering damage.
Kavin gains resistance to all damage against the triggering damage equal to 2 + 3 (Nosaj's level). After the damaging effect is applied, the Prefect becomes enfeebled 2 until the end of its next turn.
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In a desperate move, Nosaj tries to instill some reason into the Prefect and maybe change his behavior, now that the tide of the battle is turning in favor of the Pathfinders:
"You're a faithful servant, but your masters are long gone. This place has been shut down for millenia and the civilization of your creators has disappeared."
"Don't you see we're on the same side? We're not intruders! Haven't you noticed the wayfinders we're wearing and the power of the aeon stones resonating inside them?"
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Teki gestures and fires a series of missiles that ompact Prefect, rocking him back on his heels.
Nosaj moves into the room and crushes the Green Snapjaw into a fine powder.
Prefect speaks: The presence of Wayfinders are not included in my parameters. You are strangers who are not authorized to be here.
Prefect attacks Nosaj
(disarm, finesse, magical, reach 10 feet, trip),
electricity plus Knockdown if the target is wearing metal armor
First attack misses, Second Attack
(disarm, finesse, magical, reach 10 feet, trip),
electricity plus Knockdown if the target is wearing metal armor
Round 5 Continues, Bold may act
Purple (-23 HP)
Professor Serj (-8 HP) & Bull Market (-21 HP) (Inspire Courage)
Blue (-31 HP)
Prefect (-17 HP, Slowed 1)
Red (-36 HP)
Green (-37 HP)
Loong Laohu (Inspire Courage)
Teki (-3 HP, Inspire Courage)
Samantha (Inspire Courage)
Kavin Berger (-11 HP)
Yellow (-19 HP)
Nosaj (-5 HP, Concealed/Blurred)
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Kavin hits Prefect with a resounding blow, but Prefect shrugs it off
Round 5 Continues, Bold may act
Purple (-23 HP)
Professor Serj (-8 HP) & Bull Market (-21 HP) (Inspire Courage)
Blue (-31 HP)
Prefect (-27 HP, Slowed 1)
Red (-36 HP)
Green (-37 HP)
Loong Laohu (Inspire Courage)
Teki (-3 HP, Inspire Courage)
Samantha (Inspire Courage)
Kavin Berger (-11 HP)(Inspire Courage)
Yellow (-19 HP)
Nosaj (-5 HP, Concealed/Blurred
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Prefect is rocked back by Teki's Magic Missiles, but still stands, slightly wavering.
Round 5 Continues, Bold may act
Purple (-23 HP)
Professor Serj (-8 HP) & Bull Market (-21 HP) (Inspire Courage)
Blue (-31 HP)
Prefect (-39 HP, Slowed 1)
Red (-36 HP)
Green (-37 HP)
Loong Laohu (Inspire Courage)
Teki (-3 HP, Inspire Courage)
Samantha (Inspire Courage)
Kavin Berger (-11 HP)
Yellow (-19 HP)
Nosaj (-5 HP, Concealed/Blurred
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the Professor chides the Goblin Goddess "Indeed the coding inhibiting free will renders the network rudimentary in function, but don't let that fool you into thinking the engineering behind such a design decision is equally so!" shamelessly objectifying the prefect with cold calculation, our shrewd hero, from his position upon the ground, yet asserts his supposed intellectual authority!
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Samantha makes a threatening approach towards the Prefect, moving into flank with Nosaj her crest flaring.
Before making a large overhand chop
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Samantha drops Prefect with an overhand chop, after Intimidating the construct. The construct falls to the floor, eyes flashing a few times before going completely dark.
You are out of combat.
As you continue to explore the area, you find a room to the North.
A collection of clockwork tools, shattered aeon stones and rotting piles of vellum fill the shelves in this crowded workspace. Large metal panels removed from the facility’s walls lie in the center of the room; etched into these panels are meticulous blueprints for a wayfinder identical to the one Muesello lent your party. You can deduce that those wayfinders share a safety mechanism to prevent accidental conflicts between undercover agents under the effects of magical compulsion.
A signature on each panel reads “Preserver.”
A vacuum hose protrudes out of our mobile mechanical hero's spherical body - he promptly begins sucking up all the mechanical parts that used to be a prefect and his snapjaws.
On the way back to the ship, the locomotion takes on a "chunky" sound as the scrap tosses and turns like a washing machine.
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"Curious" the blueprints captivate our shrewd hero's attention - he spends the next while in analysis, committing to memory the process of construction "Seems the preserver didn't want his agents to suffer infighting by dweomercraft" announcing to the group his findings "Perhaps that was a more common occurrence" he then supervises the remaining exploration of the complex before the party heads out.
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Teki stares at the blueprints for a moment, holding the paper at different angles to try and make sense of it. "I'd rather face the Starstone..." she mutters. Still, she does make a go of understanding, even willingly taking notes as the Professor expounds upon the inner workings and what they might mean.
"Aeon stones, wayfinders, the Starstone... All transformative examples of Azlanti craftsmanship." The goblin glances up at the Professor. "Did you know that there was a legend that Aeon Stones were among the tools that otherworldly entities -- gods, powerful aliens, and perhaps the angels -- used to construct the universe? They say that wayfinders point the way because they can tap into the universal forces that still resonate from that act of creation, and that the Starstone itself is one big aeon stone with a single purpose -- to find the next generation of those fated to remake the Universe? Or just blow them up indiscriminately and destroy their souls to power its own ghoulish agenda! You never can tell with the Starstone."
Teki shrugs, but remains cheerful. "We still have no idea why the Starstone chose the four people that it did. While Aroden was a good start, its other choices have been interesting so far: a righteous warrior, a thief and a spy, and a drunken adventurer!" Teki hands the plans back to the Professor with a bow. "If you ever made a go of it, just think of the understanding you could bring to the task!"
Every ten minutes, the goblin goddess helps heal the injured, and makes certain to take plenty of notes as her fellow adventurers explore the complex. Before she leaves, she pats her wayfinder a couple of times while commenting, "You know, there have been no previous Pathfinder Agents who've tried the Starstone. I wonder what will happen when I bring a wayfinder along on my journey?"
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As you arrive back on the Kingfisher, Venture-Captain Muesello listens intently to your stories.
I’m thrilled by your discoveries in this lab. I am providing rewards to each of you and I promise you the first opportunity to obtain the next generation of wayfinders.
By the way, we’re having Sea Snake for dinner. We’re taking a hold full back to Absalom, as my automatic fishing rod has been a resounding success.
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After the combat, Nosaj helped the others to explore the room. He listens attentively to Teki when she explains the Azlanti technology and the power of the Aeon stones.
On the way back to the ship, he ask her a few questions:
"Dear Teki, you seem to know a lot about the Azlanti civilization. How did you acquire so much knowledge? You look very young, 6 or 7 years old perhaps."
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"My first job in Absalom was as a temple cleaner in the Shrine of the Failed. I still work there. It's not a bad job, as jobs go. They gave me a dry place to sleep, and I get to eat all the half-rotten food offerings people left at the various little shrines. But no one really talked to me. The people who served there were all silent, tormented types who... just sort of kept the place halfway maintained, you know?" Teki leans forward towards Nosaj. "So I got used to it just being gloomy and silent."
"Then one day -- boom! There was this huge tour group going through, and they were all dressed like a bunch of toffs, and they were carrying wine glasses and picnic stuff, and they were so busy laughing, I thought, 'Score! Fresh food, and they'll never hear me comin.'" Teki imitates the noisy aristocrats, swishing her black robes like it were a ball gown, and carrying imaginary wine glasses. "There was this Professor Panizir with them, and he was lecturing on the Starstone and the ancient Azlantis, and telling all these crazy stories about them. He had this really insane theory, too. He said that what all the Ascended Gods shared was an Azlanti bloodline."
Teki snorts and holds up four fingers. "So this big-headed bigot lists Aroden, who we all kinda know was Azlanti, and then Iomedae, who was a Chelaxian knight, and might have been part Azlanti. Then he claimed that Cayden was Azlanti because of his dark hair, and declared that Norgorber was Azlanti too..." Teki raises an eyebrow. "So. I thought to myself that all anyone knows about Norgorber is that he's a sneaky jerk, and no one has seen him. That sounded more goblin than anything else! What did that Professor really know about Norgorber? Was he just making this stuff up?"
Teki pauses. "I was gonna steal their picnic, but I was so fascinated by Panazir's theories and his Azlanti History lecture that I just kept listening to it. But he kept making me madder and madder, so I decided right then and there that I was going to prove him wrong. Because I was going to ascend, and show that a non-human could totally do it. And I decided that I needed to do my own research, so I joined the Pathfinders so that I could study Absalom's history and maybe learn something about the Azlantis myself."
Teki holds her hands wide. "There you have it. My origin story, and why I keep studying Azlanti stuff. And I'm older than I look -- I'm about eight now. Most people are like that doodoo head, Professor Panizir. They only look at the four who succeeded, and they think that is what is important about the Starstone, but I think they're wrong." Teki takes Nosaj's hand. "Milani's an okay god. She remembers the oppressed. But I... I want to do what no god has ever done before. I want to champion the forgotten and the unlikely." She grins. "And you know what? I am already doing it. I remember them, and I tell their stories."