Yambul moves through the cave, the glyphs bursting with a sonic boom that resounds through the cavern walls.
Before the Kellid manages to go over the third one, Rhoreen rushes in taking the glyph herself, the sound deafening her for a second or two.
"Are they always competing for taking the blows?" Zagmaander comments relaxing her longswords over her shoulders "I start to doubt this group is smart enough to understand how to take the task they have promised"
Your sense of orientation tells you the next cave is where the big red dot was located in the holographic map back at the control room. If that was Hellion, it is the last chance to prepare yourselves.
"Are they always competing for taking the blows?" Zagmaander comments relaxing her longswords over her shoulders "I start to doubt this group is smart enough to understand how to take the task they have promised"
Rhoreen, proud, does not take the insult well.
"Spoken like someone who begs for our help? Someone not smart enough to stay on their own plane of existence? Hmph," Rhoreen responds, her ire raised by the insult. "If you do not understand the need to share the burden amongst the many, then I hope your children swarm you with need without any caregivers."
Rhoreen huffs, and tries to move on despite her hot words.
"Let's continue on. Are we close or not?"
"Very close, in fact. If the colorful map we used to identify threats on the mirror is truthful, Hellion is just ahead, big red dot just sitting there, waiting. If you're going to ready anything, now's the time to do so. My bow is still heavy, so I'm ready to see what lies ahead."
Chaance turns to 'Maander. "You're already injured, and we don't have the means to disarm the glyphs left behind by Meyanda. We would be obviously rude if we let you traipse across the warding, be thankful."
Her words are confident, but she still lets Yambul take the lead, his blade a much greater weapon against the likes of Hellion and those damnable monitors...
Weapon Equipped = Falchion
Conditions = None
Falchion: Attack: 6/1 BAB +4 Str +1 Focus +1 MW (-2 PA) Damage: +6 Str (+6 PA) Crit: 18-20x2 DR: Adamantine
Chef’s knife: Attack: 6/1 BAB +1 MW +4 Str / +2 Dex Damage: +4 Crit: 19-20x2 Range: 10’
Studied: (red) (mv/im; +2 att, dam, bluff, knowledge, perception, sense motive, survival)
Spell Like (1/1d, st, Prestidigitation cl1)
Spell Like (1 time, st, Cure Serious Wounds cl5)
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Yambul takes a hit from the wand.
He nods, and looks to the door. ”Finally, the red dot room. Is everyone ready?”
When everyone has done their thing, he opens the doors, falchion out and ready!
Zzvkgrogk shrugs as Zag mocks the group’s strategy.
”It worked…”
He readies his pistol as Yambul prepares to open the door.
Rūha checks the autograpnel, reflecting on just how bad of an idea confronting Hellion now might be. She's absolutely certain that Hellion isn't the god or demon it is claiming to be, but it seems likely that it has at least some power. Sometimes with similar demagogues, that's entirely interpersonal, social power in order to attract followers and enforce a hierarchy. Other times, it's real, physical or magical power - together with a "might makes right" philosophy. Given everything she's seen in Scrapwall, Rūha can't help but feel that the second option is more likely, meaning that the group is in for a serious fight.
"Alright, let's see the face behind the screen then."
The group prepares to bring their fight to Hellion, Yambul heals his wounds and Rūha picks a gun from the stash, while Zagmaander smirks at Rhoreen's words "Just try not to pie on your pants once we go toe to toe with the Iron God. That will suffice, okay sweetness?"
Trying to focus on the task at hand, Rhoreen pushes forward and Yambul leads the group, his ioun torch piercing the darkness in the next cavern. The ones with low-light vision are able to see a metal wheel at the end of the beams.
On the southern wall of this sprawling cavern, a massive wheel of metal buckets lined with sharp edges is embedded, partially buried, in the wall. The latticework of metal girders connects to the wheel. The whole of the device comprises a long mechanical arm ending in a metal wheel far larger than any mill’s waterwheel.
The cavern ceiling raises to a height of 12 feet, where the beams and wheel are lodged. The wheel goes from ground to ceiling blocking completely the space it occupies, but you can easily walk through the 5' space left below the arm beams that support the wheel.
Those of you with low-light vision spot three walking machines patched together from parts of other devices like the ones you fought back in Hellion's temple.
"Surprise, look who came to visit me. " Hellion's metallic voice booms from the darkness at the far side of the cavern "Your is just a bug of your sentient . Turn around now, or I will scrap all your last remnants of thought from those brutish skulls"
Seeing you clearly at the light of Yambul's orbiting torch, Hellion soon finds Zagmaander among you "Zagmaander, you traitorous snake, have decided to join the ranks of the apes? I thought you smarter and more loyal than that!"
Chaance quickly reacts to the voice in the darkness and spotting the scrapyard robots in the dim light.
Chaance will take one pull of the healing wand, understanding that they are about to experience a wall of metal, which bends less often than flesh does.
AC = 17
HP = 40/40
Weapon Equipped = Tuilindo
Condition(s) = None
Chaance considers her options, standing where she is, and where her companions are. She decides to wait for all eyes to accustom to the darkness, while pulling arrows and firing at Blue. "We have three scrapyard robots coming forward to defend Hellion. When they clear to you, let me know. I'll have words about them that might help you wear them down more quickly."
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Being the first one to spot the scrapyard robots in the shadows of the cave, Chaance opens with an arrows barrage, aiming for the soft spots in the broken hulls.
You all hear a clear *clonk* followed by a strong *crash* as the third arrow lodges deep into the hull breaking the battery source that fully discharges the robot with a sudden crackle of electricity.
The clunky sound of the other robots reaches your ears as two scrapyard robots emerge from the darkness and come into the dim light of Yambul's ioun. They put their rotatory saws into movement, menacing to cut you through if you advance further.
Zagmaander moves fast to the front "Shall I remember you our terms? We would find Casandalee. Well it happens, she is here. Our deal is done. Maybe you should have pressed your minions to release me." the xill points towards the first robot in line and a rain of tiny meteorites is summoned over its head, banging its hull but not really achieving anything other than a flashy display.
"I am going to flense your snake skin in the flames of Hell!" a beam of light flashes in the darkness by the far end of the cavern, followed by two others.
Zagmaander manages to dodge two of them, but one burns him in the shoulder.
Not liking the look of those flashes of plasma from the far end of the cavern, Rūha takes a quick shot into the gloom in an attempt to hit the small red bot, then carefully approaches, drawing her sunrod as she does.
Round 1
Rhoreen again mixes the uncertain and malleable properties of her skymetal rod into the very gravities that keep her bound to the earth. And again, she takes flight, moving 15’ up in to the air.
Though the wand is largely useless in this particular fight, she keeps it in hand.
HP: 38/38 + temp - 1 con
AC: 12/12/10 (+4 w/Mage Armor) +4 vs.Ranged
F+4, R+5, W+7
Open spell slots:
Left Hand: nothing
Right Hand: Wand of MM
Lighten Up: 0/1 used
Rod of Extend, lesser: 2/3 used
[ dice]1d20+5[/dice] ranged to hit;
[ dice]1d4-1[/dice] blunt damage
Phasing: The drinker gains the ability to become incorporeal for 1d4 rounds as a swift action, but takes 1 point of Con damage when he does so. Phasing can be extended as a free action by taking 1 additional point of Con damage. Coming out of phase inside a solid object is instantly fatal.
She casts a very simple spell at Arturo.
”I can do it myself!!”
[ dice]1d8+1[/dice] CLW
"zzvkgrogk!"
force damage (9/50 left)
Weapon Equipped = Falchion
Conditions = None
Falchion: Attack: 6/1 BAB +4 Str +1 Focus +1 MW (-2 PA) Damage: +6 Str (+6 PA) Crit: 18-20x2 DR: Adamantine
Chef’s knife: Attack: 6/1 BAB +1 MW +4 Str / +2 Dex Damage: +4 Crit: 19-20x2 Range: 10’
Studied: (xill) (mv/im; +2 att, dam, bluff, knowledge, perception, sense motive, survival)
Spell Like (1/1d, st, Prestidigitation cl1)
Spell Like (1 time, st, Cure Serious Wounds cl5)
- - -
Yambul, and the most forward light source, pushes up to red and gives it a quick slice as he moves into the battle.
Once again he looks truly impressive next to the xill. Sigh.
AC = 17
HP = 40/40
Weapon Equipped = Tuilindo
Condition(s) = Gravity Bow
Chaance takes a single shot at Red, curious to see if Green will cause the xill any bodily harm in the engagement.
"There, see where the arrow sticks between the plates? Angle your blows in the same spot."
A casual viewer would think Rūha's pistol did nothing, for nothing apparently came out of it, but an invisible electro-magnetic pulse actually hits the robot, and works like true poison to it, penetrating its hull with ease and frying it's central processing unit!
Rhoreen defies the very laws of gravity, levitating up into the beams entanglement of the excavator arm. She though only elevates 10' before reaching the ceiling with the top of her head.
Seeing his initial target confused, Yambul instead switches to the other scrapyard robot, striking hard with his adamantine blade, he cuts down one of the defending plates, leaving the robot better exposed to further attacks!
As Yambul pushed forward, his light brought down the darkness further away. Those of you with low-light vision spot a large arachnid robot with a large plasma cannon for a tail shooting the beams at you!
Out of the blue, the plasma beam shots once more even before Chaance has a chance to act again!
Burning once more Zagmaander in the process. The xill grimaces in pain but does not complain.
Chaance then shots once more, further wearing down the scrapyard robot and advising the party were to hit better!
”Thanks Chaance!”
Zzvkgrogk calls out that hidden in the low light in case some can not see it.
”Aaah! A bug/spider robot!”
He shoots at it making his way up the beam in the mag boots if possible.
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Rhoreen flies forward through the beams.
Zzvkgrogk follows the half-elf climbing quick to the beams, his magboots sticking on the metal. He follows up with a shot, the warmth slightly harming his target.
Unable to reach its attackers, the red robot beeps repeatedly **beep** **beep** **beeeeep**
While the other one descends its rotary saw on Yambul.
Whom steps away letting the saw scratch the ground with a terrible sound.
Zagmaander steps forward to help Yambul with the robot.
Without the defensive plate, the xill splashes screws and wires around, reducing the robot legs to a shambling state.
In a mighty show of speed, the aracnid robot continues its beam shots.
But Zagmaander covers himself behind the robot, saving herself from the hurting plasma "Agh! This crap plugin you have uploaded! It is hacking my aim!"
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Confident that Yambul and Zaagmander can tackle the two scrappy bots up front, Ruha moves forward. As she does, she strikes her sunrod against the excavator arm above her and ignites the end. The yellow-white light from the rod washes over the scene.
Weapon Equipped = Falchion
Conditions = None
Falchion: Attack: 6/1 BAB +4 Str +1 Focus +1 MW (-2 PA) Damage: +6 Str (+6 PA) Crit: 18-20x2 DR: Adamantine
Chef’s knife: Attack: 6/1 BAB +1 MW +4 Str / +2 Dex Damage: +4 Crit: 19-20x2 Range: 10’
Studied: (xill, green) (mv/im; +2 att, dam, bluff, knowledge, perception, sense motive, survival)
Spell Like (1/1d, st, Prestidigitation cl1)
Spell Like (1 time, st, Cure Serious Wounds cl5)
- - -
Yambul looks for a flank for his precision damage, but Rüha is up ahead a bit with a ranged weapon. He feels so alone… but at least the xill is keeping him company. Ugh. he thinks to himself as he works with the evil creature. He’ll take a moment to study green (move), make a 5’ step, and swing!
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Round 2
Rhoreen sends the mercurial influence of her skymetal rod at the red ro-butt.
HP: 38/38 + temp - 1 con
AC: 12/12/10 (+4 w/Mage Armor) +4 vs.Ranged
F+4, R+5, W+7
Open spell slots:
Left Hand: nothing
Right Hand: Wand of MM
Lighten Up: 0/1 used
Rod of Extend, lesser: 2/3 used
[ dice]1d20+5[/dice] ranged to hit;
[ dice]1d4-1[/dice] blunt damage
Phasing: The drinker gains the ability to become incorporeal for 1d4 rounds as a swift action, but takes 1 point of Con damage when he does so. Phasing can be extended as a free action by taking 1 additional point of Con damage. Coming out of phase inside a solid object is instantly fatal.
She casts a very simple spell at Arturo.
”I can do it myself!!”
[ dice]1d8+1[/dice] CLW
"zzvkgrogk!"
force damage (9/50 left)
AC = 17
HP = 40/40
Weapon Equipped = Tuilindo
Condition(s) = Gravity Bow
Chaance continues her assault on Red, leaving Green to the adamantine-armed.
"Hellion. These are you last moments, unless you can convince us to spare you. To allow you to continue existing in some form or another, a form that must be entirely harmless. Can you rise above your malevolence, even now? The xill is already begging for death. What about you?"
As Rūha lights up her rod, the darkness recedes, giving a view of Hellion even for those less used to dim light.
With a resolute swing, Yambul ditches the scrapyard robot, leaving only the confused one.
Which Rhoreen focuses with her rod.
Zzvkgrogk moves up and shoots red again from above.
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Zzvkgrogk shot strikes true on the robot causing some more sparks.
With Zzvkgrogk unreachable in the beams, the confused robot tries to fix itself bringing its rotary saw into its head.
The fix is not very effective as the saw grinds against the metallic plates that protect it.
Zagmaander works on the confused robot after you, attacking with all his four arms.
The robot, totally broken, finally falls to the ground.
" You will share these meddlers f-f-fate!" the hulking, arachnid-shaped robot keeps its shots going.
Burning once Zagmaander, who starts to look not that good.
"And you-you , you are going down next! I should have known b-b-better than to trust in minions of weak f-f-flesh to attempt to " the voice comes clearly out of the arachnid robot.
Weapon Equipped = Falchion
Conditions = None
Falchion: Attack: 6/1 BAB +4 Str +1 Focus +1 MW (-2 PA) Damage: +6 Str (+6 PA) Crit: 18-20x2 DR: Adamantine
Chef’s knife: Attack: 6/1 BAB +1 MW +4 Str / +2 Dex Damage: +4 Crit: 19-20x2 Range: 10’
Studied: (xill, purple) (mv/im; +2 att, dam, bluff, knowledge, perception, sense motive, survival)
Spell Like (1/1d, st, Prestidigitation cl1)
Spell Like (1 time, st, Cure Serious Wounds cl5)
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Yambul chuckles as the last robot goes down, though he admits to himself it was more the efforts of the xill than his own. Undeterred, he moves up on their target. Could this be Hellion? He wonders to himself as he studies his foe!
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AC = 17
HP = 40/40
Weapon Equipped = Tuilindo
Condition(s) = Gravity Bow, Hunter's Bond
Chaance watches Yambul rush forward, the distance too far for the elf to risk remaining at the rear. He needs to hear what I have to say about our nemesis... She pays too much attention to the swordsman, she doesn't realize she's sidled up to the xill before she speaks.
"Target the light emitters. Not metal, those lenses. If you damage them well enough, it should tap the wiring, something like its own nervous system. They really should be designed to blink, or shutter themselves against attacks."
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Rūha moves up to better illuminate the arachnid robot, taking what partial cover she can next to the excavator arm. "Quite the body you've chosen for yourself. Smaller though, than I would have expected, given your aspirations." She aims clear at Hellion with her EMP pistol and fires with Chaance's aid.
Zzvkgrogk moves up more and targets the remaining bot.
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Round 3
Rhoreen flies closer, trying to hide herself behind something as she puts the ill-omen upon the remaining foe.
HP: 38/38 + temp - 1 con
AC: 12/12/10 (+4 w/Mage Armor) +4 vs.Ranged
F+4, R+5, W+7
Open spell slots:
Left Hand: nothing
Right Hand: Wand of MM
Lighten Up: 0/1 used
Rod of Extend, lesser: 2/3 used
[ dice]1d20+5[/dice] ranged to hit;
[ dice]1d4-1[/dice] blunt damage
Phasing: The drinker gains the ability to become incorporeal for 1d4 rounds as a swift action, but takes 1 point of Con damage when he does so. Phasing can be extended as a free action by taking 1 additional point of Con damage. Coming out of phase inside a solid object is instantly fatal.
She casts a very simple spell at Arturo.
”I can do it myself!!”
[ dice]1d8+1[/dice] CLW
"zzvkgrogk!"
force damage (9/50 left)
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Yambul moves forward, studying carefully the creature, trying to identify and understand what kind of robot this is. Hellion's voice is clearly coming out of this robot.
This robot remembers you of an arachnid robot, but it is a very large version of it, with an integrated plasma beam instead of just a short range torch.
Also, you think the tail that holds the integrated plasma beam could be sundered to remove this powerful weapon from the equation. You notice the pincers of the robot could easily grab someone of Medium or lower size.
You also have noticed it is acting twice per round. This is not a normal mortal creature, this is a mythic creature, something close to divinity.
Rūha's shot strikes true in the robot, causing full harm to the integrated chips within, but something seems to prevent the vulnerability the other robots suffered. Perhaps Hellion's divinity?
Zzvkgrogk's shot strikes easily on the large target, but the fire does not seem to pierce through the robot's hull.
Rhoreen flies closer, giving good vibes to the large robot.
The robot shots at the closest target this time: Rūha.
But she easily avoids it with incredible agility "Bah! I will deal with you later!"
Chaance also moves forward, with an eye on Zagmaander, she gives good advice on how to deal with this robot.
Zagmaander charges forward, looking to engage the first one "This is your end!!!"
The pincers attack as the xill approaches, hitting her hard!
Then, she slashes forward, and well advised by Chaance, manages to cut a wire!
"If you want something d-d-d-d-done right, !" the robot shots at Yambul this time.
The laser hits him twice, both burning and shocking him.
Meanwhile, the claws keep working with some attention on the xill.
And while Zagmaander blocks one crossing her both swords together, holding back the pincers for a second, the other one strike her in the back. She is looking pretty bad by now.
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"Cut it's tail off! It is what powers that laser! This is no ordinary oversized arachnid robot -- it attacks too often! Also watch those pincers!
"We'll get you out of there Hellion, you worthless scrap robot wannabe!"
He shoots just for the Hellion of it, aiming for what he hopes is a chink in the tail armor.
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5 first, 3 Second
(1st)
(1st) True Strike
(1st)
(1st) Long Arms
(1st)
(2nd) Cure Moderate
(2nd)
(2nd)
Can use craft (alchemy) to identify potions as if using Detect Magic
Hits: 28/33 ()
AC: 17 / 15 / 13 (Normal/Touch/Flatfooted)
AC Current: 22 (26 against bullets) (Mutagen, Bullet Shield)
Wand of Cure Light Wounds: 2/50
Radiation Detector (6/10 charges)
Neraplast Armor Charges: 18/24
Laser Pistol (Charges): 1/10
Antigravity Boots: need to look this up
Batteries Charged): 15/21
Empty Battieries: 6 /21
Zzvkgrogk Special (Alchemical Ordinance): 1 / 8
Round 4
Rhoreen flies closer again, drawing a dagger as she flies. She tries again to affect the foe with her skymetal jinx.
HP: 38/38 + temp - 1 con
AC: 12/12/10 (+4 w/Mage Armor) +4 vs.Ranged
F+4, R+5, W+7
Open spell slots:
Left Hand: nothing
Right Hand: Wand of MM
Lighten Up: 0/1 used
Rod of Extend, lesser: 2/3 used
[ dice]1d20+5[/dice] ranged to hit;
[ dice]1d4-1[/dice] blunt damage
Phasing: The drinker gains the ability to become incorporeal for 1d4 rounds as a swift action, but takes 1 point of Con damage when he does so. Phasing can be extended as a free action by taking 1 additional point of Con damage. Coming out of phase inside a solid object is instantly fatal.
She casts a very simple spell at Arturo.
”I can do it myself!!”
[ dice]1d8+1[/dice] CLW
"zzvkgrogk!"
force damage (9/50 left)
AC = 17
HP = 40/40
Weapon Equipped = Tuilindo
Condition(s) = Gravity Bow, Hunter's Bond
Chaance considers advancing, aware that the battle tactics might change within seconds, forcing her to change directions for how best to damage Hellion's hull.
When Yambul gets charred for his trouble, the elf stays where she is for the time being, and lets loose several splinters, hoping to wear Hellion down before he has the chaance to kill one of them outright.
She watches analytically for signs of damage, any signs at all.
Ruha keeps to her position but switches tactics in hope of at least partially restricting Hellion's movements. She levels her magical autograpnel at the bot, waits for a good opportunity, and fires!
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Weapon Equipped = Falchion
Conditions = None
Falchion: Attack: 6/1 BAB +4 Str +1 Focus +1 MW (-2 PA) Damage: +6 Str (+6 PA) Crit: 18-20x2 DR: Adamantine
Chef’s knife: Attack: 6/1 BAB +1 MW +4 Str / +2 Dex Damage: +4 Crit: 19-20x2 Range: 10’
Studied: (xill, hellion) (mv/im; +2 att, dam, bluff, knowledge, perception, sense motive, survival)
Spell Like (1/1d, st, Prestidigitation cl1)
Spell Like (1 time, st, Cure Serious Wounds cl5)
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Yambul rushes charges forward (provokes, but I don’t have the move to tumble) and focuses his attacks on the lenses, following Chaance’s advice.
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”I could use your flank Rüha, when you’re done with the grapple of course!”
Zzvkrogk's shots both hit the robot, but only his special actually pierces through the hull burning some circuits.
Rhoreen's flight is blocked by the drilling bit.
Her jinx seems it is going to take Hellion, but a sudden mythical surge protects him from the curse!
Rūha's autograpnel adamantine spike pierces through the robot, causing considerable damage and anchoring itself to the plates. With the robot being way heavier, it is unlikely to think the bulky creature would be the one pulled if activating the weapon's trigger. But who knows what a 4-armed heroine might achieve.
Yambul follows in, Hellion reacting to his approach.
One of the pincers bashes on him, but the Kellid castigates back the metal arachnid!
The robot focuses on the Hill, determined to eradicate her first one.
Due to her charge, one of the claws connect and rises the outsider in the air constricting it untill it falls unconscious "Who is next? Yo barbarian or the other 4-armed one?"
Chaance sees all her three arrows landing on target, and all three chipping some damage through the hardness.
Hellion goes again, shooting at Rūha " You are just a pebble in my magnificent path to Glory!"
The Kasatha dodges once and again, but one of the beams catches her for true.
And brings his claws on Yambul.
One of the pincers takes the Kellid by an arm and starts the same maneuver that broke Zagmaander, but the cook has seen this done and pulls his arm with all his strength managing to make it out of the deadly embrace!
Rhoreen assesses the situation, thinking about what to do. She sees the jerk Zagmaander on the ground, but is not yet moved to save the xill.
Weapon Equipped = Falchion
Conditions = None
Falchion: Attack: 6/1 BAB +4 Str +1 Focus +1 MW (-2 PA) Damage: +6 Str (+6 PA) Crit: 18-20x2 DR: Adamantine
Chef’s knife: Attack: 6/1 BAB +1 MW +4 Str / +2 Dex Damage: +4 Crit: 19-20x2 Range: 10’
Studied: (xill, hellion) (mv/im; +2 att, dam, bluff, knowledge, perception, sense motive, survival)
Spell Like (1/1d, st, Prestidigitation cl1)
Spell Like (1 time, st, Cure Serious Wounds cl5)
- - -
Yambul struggles to remain standing under the onslaught, but he does - luckily! He takes on a very much us or them mentality. He does his best to end Hellion before he himself drops. He swings for the rafters!
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"Flank? I don't think we-" Rūha cuts her protest short as Yambul charges in, only to crushed by Hellion's claws. For her part, Ruha considers her options. Moving in might give Yambul the opening he needs, but it would also make aiming her EMP pistol a risky proposition. And reeling in the huge bulk of Hellion's frame anywhere with the autograpnel seems unlikely.
With time ticking, she aims the EMP pistol and fires.
She then calls out "The damage to it's right pincer will leave that side slower to swing in, stay it its side Yambul!"
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”You are just a pebble in my magnificent path to Glory!"
”Awww,” Zzvkgrogk sneers, ”I thought we were apes.”
From the scaffolding above Zzvkgrogk witnesses the devastation taking place below and sighs.
”No, no – like this Rūha!
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He reloads, and looks at his boots, then to Hellion.
Sschhitckt! ”Does anyone see a huge magnet? A big magnet could be really useful right now!!”
5 first, 3 Second
(1st)
(1st) True Strike
(1st)
(1st) Long Arms
(1st)
(2nd) Cure Moderate
(2nd)
(2nd)
Can use craft (alchemy) to identify potions as if using Detect Magic
Hits: 28/33 ()
AC: 17 / 15 / 13 (Normal/Touch/Flatfooted)
AC Current: 22 (26 against bullets) (Mutagen, Bullet Shield)
Wand of Cure Light Wounds: 2/50
Radiation Detector (6/10 charges)
Neraplast Armor Charges: 18/24
Laser Pistol (Charges): 10/10
Antigravity Boots: need to look this up
Batteries Charged): 15/21
Empty Battieries: 6 /21
Zzvkgrogk Special (Alchemical Ordinance): 0 / 8
Rhoreen waits for a better chance to act.
Yambul goes toe to toe with the Iron God, sinking his adamantine falchion on the arachnid's belly and breaking through, then, guided by Chaance advise, manages to cut another one of the plates, leaving Hellion in a truly bad condition!
Rūha follows suit with a shot, her EMP pistol bypassing the hardness, but only causing some mild damage. And she focuses her ki, ready to protect Yambul.
Zzvkgrogk shots over Hellion's head, her special making target, but only slightly piercing through.
Hellion keeps her plasma attacks going after Rūha "You know not what you are doing! I will drill into Silver Mount and ! It-is-my-fate!"
Despite her nimbleness, one more shot burns on Kaska's shoulder, while she protects herself from a second with her mystical energies.
And brings his claws on Yambul trying to end the Kellid.
Yambul deflects one of the claws, but the other one gets badly on him, Hellion surges with divine power trying to hold him up, but he manages to free himself once more!
Now, on a terrible condition both Yambul and Hellion, it is totally on the hands of Rhoreen and Chaance to destroy here and now Hellion and save the Kellid, or give Hellion another chance to end things! What will be?
Round 5
Rhoreen flies closer again, lining up a shot that hopefully won't hurt her colleagues. She chooses to not help Zag at this time, seeing the threat from Hellion.
She casts Lightning Bolt at the monster, and hope it works.
Lightning vs. DC 18 Reflex
HP: 38/38 + temp - 1 con
AC: 12/12/10 (+4 w/Mage Armor) +4 vs.Ranged
F+4, R+5, W+7
Open spell slots:
Left Hand: nothing
Right Hand: Wand of MM
Lighten Up: 0/1 used
Rod of Extend, lesser: 2/3 used
[ dice]1d20+5[/dice] ranged to hit;
[ dice]1d4-1[/dice] blunt damage
Phasing: The drinker gains the ability to become incorporeal for 1d4 rounds as a swift action, but takes 1 point of Con damage when he does so. Phasing can be extended as a free action by taking 1 additional point of Con damage. Coming out of phase inside a solid object is instantly fatal.
She casts a very simple spell at Arturo.
”I can do it myself!!”
[ dice]1d8+1[/dice] CLW
"zzvkgrogk!"
force damage (9/50 left)
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Unable to mythic surge again until he can act, the robot is taken by surprise with the sudden zap. Despite the hull takes a good chunk of the damage the electricity overloads the systems already exposed by Yambul's can opening "*Cri-ti-cal e-ee-error pi-bi-pi 01100111100010111011111101010101011---*" the robot starts to beep and then suddenly explodes with a bursts that takes everything in 20' radius around!
The machine is reduced to small pieces that are mostly consumed by the fire that follows.
The group has defeated the Iron God and fully cleansed Scrapwall from the influence of the Lords of Rust!
"Well done, Rhoreen. The exact element, flown from fingers made of flesh. Quite impressive." Chaance tucks her bow away, evaluating the battlefield, and the damaged but not dead.
"Yambul, your bladework was equally impressive. That you would risk your life... not just anyone would do that."
The elf moves closer to the dying xill, looking at her companions. "What's the verdict? She certainly lived up to her end of the bargain you offered." Chaance picks up the xill's weapons, nonetheless.
"Yeah, thanks...Casa...uh, Chaance. I think it was about to die anyway," she comments back.
Rhoreen goes to see about Zagmaander, and will use her potion of CMW if she feels the xill can be saved...but after that explosion she is not sure (unless Yambul is down, then the potion would go there).
"Is it alive?"
After that, she will check the area for interesting bits of magic and technology.
Rūha ducks as the plasma erupts from the broken chassis. She gets partly singed. Just a few stray laser beams and that final explosion had left her badly scorched. Nevertheless, she furrows her brow in concentration and advances to join Yambul and the fallen xill. "It took that full explosion... but if it's still alive, we should honor our word to the xill. As fiendish as it is, it helped us, and it *wants* to leave anyway." She uncorks a cure moderate wounds potion and goes to feed it to either the xill or Yambul, whoever Rhor didn't get to.
As she's force-feeding the potion, she looks over to the smoking remains of Hellion "I've never seen anything like that before. It really did earn the name Hellion, with the speed it was moving..."
Despite the blast takes him only partially due to her prone position, Zagmaander is bleeding so badly that the explosion takes her.
The xill finally finds rest from its curse. Her equipment is the only only apparent treasure of worth you find in here.
Among the remaining exploded pieces of the arachnid robot, you spot two very similar to the inhibitor facet you have installed in the central processor of the excavator.
These two facets are an aggression facet and an ego facet, both facets were used to enhance the robot here. You start to suspect Hellion was not the robot per se, but something more, some kind of immaterial being that lived in the programming code of the arachnid robot, but that transcended the nature of the algorithms of the code, developing its own consciousness. Some theories calls this an Artificial Intelligence, no one understands this pretty well, but it is apparent it went beyond the capabilities of both normal robots or human consciousness, something humanoids might come to regard as a god.
Aggression Facet: This memory facet enhances an AI’s offensive protocols, imparting a +2 bonus on all attack rolls and weapon damage rolls, and granting Deadly Aim and Power Attack as bonus feats when the AI is controlling a robot.
Ego Facet: An ego facet bolsters an AI’s sense of selfesteem and sense of worth, imparting a +2 bonus on all Fortitude saving throws and a +4 bonus on Intimidate checks, as well as granting Toughness as a bonus feat when the AI is controlling a robot.
These two pieces are kind of unique and priceless, and hence have no value. They are like technological artifacts.
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Weapon Equipped = Falchion
Conditions = None
Falchion: Attack: 6/1 BAB +4 Str +1 Focus +1 MW (-2 PA) Damage: +6 Str (+6 PA) Crit: 18-20x2 DR: Adamantine
Chef’s knife: Attack: 6/1 BAB +1 MW +4 Str / +2 Dex Damage: +4 Crit: 19-20x2 Range: 10’
Studied: () (mv/im; +2 att, dam, bluff, knowledge, perception, sense motive, survival)
Spell Like (1/1d, st, Prestidigitation cl1)
Spell Like (1 time, st, Cure Serious Wounds cl5)
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Yambul takes another blow, and then the robot explodes in a plasma ball!
vs DC 14 for 7hp damage
Yambul staggers to one knee as the blast envelops him, but he does not fall.
He quickly quaffs a spare cure moderate wounds potion so he has something to work with.
Seeing the xill killed by the blast, he shrugs, and takes a few taps off the wand. Well, OK, more than a few.
"Good thing we had that xill around or we'd have been toast!" He takes a moment for a short prayer to Desna over the dead body. And then helps Chaance loot it.