Chip and the drone both fire on the elemental. Chip hesitates for only a moment while reaching for his swagger handcannon, and opts instead for his laser pistol, thinking fire damage might be more effective here!
<--or not...
drone is separate--between the big rock & the wall to the right of the elemental
Aldo tricks the elemental, but can't follow up on his own gambit.
Chip's drone nicks the elemental a bit.
ROUND 2:
Angel: Go
Kaz (SP: 36/50): Go
Elemental: TBD
Chip: TBD
Aldo: TBD
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Location: Underwater Cave (In an air pocket)
Elemental: 27
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The Vesk keeps the big water elemental busy. While his doshko isnt doing full damage, he decides its still doing enough damage.
Melee attack
Doshko
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Angel keeps on firing.
Kaz finds the elemental easy to hit, but hard to damage. Still, the doshko is working, just not as well as he'd like. Unfortunately Angel is a little too slow on her aim.
The elemental continues to pound on Kaz, opting for a more recklss attack:
And missing because of it!
ROUND 2:
Angel: Miss
Kaz (SP: 36/50): Hit
Elemental: ATK
Chip: Go
Aldo: Go
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Location: Underwater Cave (In an air pocket)
Elemental: 42
Aldo uses his clever attack to fire at the water elemental with his pulsecaster (with the trailblazer weapon fusion).
Clever Attack (Ex) You can make an attack that throws your enemy off-balance. As a standard action, you can make a single attack against a target within 60 feet and gain the benefits of clever feint (attempting a Bluff check against the target as normal). Apply the effects of clever feint before resolving your attack. You must have the clever feint envoy improvisation to choose this improvisation.
As a standard action, you can fake out an enemy within 60 feet, making that enemy open to your attacks. Attempt a Bluff check. The DC of this check is equal to either 10 + your opponent's Sense Motive total skill bonus or 15 + 1-1/2 × the opponent's CR, whichever is greater.
Even if you fail, that enemy is flat-footed against your attacks (see page 276) until the end of your next turn. If you succeed, the enemy is also flat-footed against your allies' attacks until the end of your next turn. You can't use clever feint against a creature that lacks an Intelligence score. At 6th level, you can spend 1 Resolve Point to treat a failed Bluff check for clever feint as if it were a success.
Chip opts for the laser pistol again, and tries to determine if he hits whether the fire is effective or if he should switch to the Big Gun...
Aldo's skullduggery seems to fail, but he does ever so slightly wound it. This time Chip scores a small hit while the drone misses.
It seems only Kaz's big hits are really doing a lot to destroy the elemental.
ROUND 3:
Angel: Go
Kaz (SP: 36/50): Go
Elemental: TBD
Chip: TBD
Aldo: TBD
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Location: Underwater Cave (In an air pocket)
Elemental: 47
"This thing is tough!"
CRIT!
Angel strikes the center of the elemental, sending water out the back and leaving it much closer to destruction.
ROUND 3:
Angel: Crit
Kaz (SP: 36/50): Go
Elemental: TBD
Chip: TBD
Aldo: TBD
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Location: Underwater Cave (In an air pocket)
Elemental: 57
Kaz shifts his grip on his weapon for a different technique.
Melee attack
Doshko
Kaz's different technique seems to be just what the party needs. When the doshko comes out the other side of the elemental the water pursts into a cascade that lasts just a second....
Nothing left to do but gather the valuable stone, use it, then sell it. So, how much are you going to take?
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Lets split the difference, 6 bulk.
Agreed (but I'd be fine with going for all of it if there's a vote tie...)
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Seven!
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Seven?!?! That's a Lotta toggle flips. But...SEVEN!!!
"Well done, Kaz! Your doshko is very diplomatic! Now let's grab what we can and see if we can make some profit that the EJ's expense!"
Whatever the reason inside, the party opts to go all in on the harvest. It takes a bit longer, but in the end you score 7 bulk of this highly valuable mineral.
With the aglians’ other immediate problems resolved and the pinkstone secured, the crew has everything you need to strike out for the harvester. Maneuvering through the Shadow Sea isn’t easy, however, even with aglian guidance.
Angel will attempt to aid whoever attempts the check first.
Lol
Kaz comes to the front to help find the way. He remembers his time out the in wilds of worlds they were terraforming. He feels it is most polite to simply ignore Angel.
Survival
"Kaz, you look like you have this. Keep up the good work!"
"Kaz, you look like you have this. Keep up the good work!"
[dice=Survival Aid] 1d20
Kaz side eyes all the “help” from Aldo
The party struggles with the best path to the EJ Harvester. An enormous rift in the sea floor slices through the seaweed forest, continuing in either direction until it disappears into the Shadow Sea’s darkness. Near its edge, plant life, tattered at the ends from endless buffeting, bends precariously toward the chasm, drawn by a powerful current.
Can we experiment a bit with swimming in an arc above the trench, to avoid some of the current's pull?
"It seems that every time we have a chance to have a big break, things always get in the way. Sometime, luck is going to have to be on our side! Let's try and swim away with this loot!"
Aldo attaches a rope to connect himself to the others and attempts to push through the current.
Kaz swims after Aldo.
Athletics
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Chip tips his head about 3 degrees farther than normal, but swims after Aldo, ready to grab his rope.
I forgot how high my athletics skill was...
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Angel knows she ain't the best swimmer, so she sticks closer to Aldo & Kaz during her attempt...
Angel is the only one to struggle, and the struggle is real. The current pulls the android down....
the battering takes its toll In the end though, you push through
You push on towards the harvester.
The bones of some colossal creature, larger than even an abynthic, lie half-covered in sediment. A dual ribcage pokes jaggedly from the floor, with softly glowing plant life stretching across the ribs to form a tunnel
the plant is just... so... beautiful. It's ... unlike anything you've ever seen.... it's... it's...
Will Save
”Wake up everyone! Be on high alert.”
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...fascinating...
Only Aldo keeps his wits about them. The other team members are so mezmerized, they don't see the nest of stinging nettles!
It appears that the nettles are growing directly out of a massive corpse. There's something intoxicating about it. Whatever the nature of this gigantic creature, it was lanced with powerful magic that has since dissipated into the nearby sea. Only its bones and massive heart remain, the latter of which looks like a large boulder that pulses slowly with a warm glow.
Chip takes the acid full in the face, only really noticing when his eyes start to melt and his lungs blister.
Reflex The soldier’s reflexes dodge SOME of it.
Angel dodges the worst of it.
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"You are not supposed to walk through the stinging nettles! Keep your eyes open, my friends. I can say things until I'm green, but sometimes experience is the best teacher."
Kaz is still entranced, even after the stinging. When the vesk gets too close everyone sees him slow down and then fall unconscious! His suit looks intact, so he's not in danger of drowning, but time is of the essence!
Status Update after the various hazards...
Angel (SP: 36/42):
Kaz: (SP: 30/50)
Chip: (SP: 13/40)
Aldo (SP: 48/48)
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Careful not to get stung, you rescue the mighty vesk. Panic begins to set in as he stays unconscious. After he finally wakes up.
While unconscious you somply felt.... relaxed. Some residual magic leaps into your soul and overcomes you with a feeling of peace,
You feel like the universe just... makes a little more sense.
The party pulls Kaz back, but the delay is costly. Finally you make it to where the harvester should be...
And indeed, a massive harvesting machine with several mechanized limbs operates next to a glowing clump of seaweed several yards tall. The harvester’s limbs end in grasping claws and serrated circular blades ten feet in diameter. The machine razes the nearby seaweed, depositing it in a large processing tank at the back of the machine.
Aldo looks for ways to jam the gears or permanently disable the machine.
Perception the soldier scans for a weak point, coolant/hydraulic hoses cut, maybe some sort of exhaust point to toss a grenade into…
He also uses the comms to get Chip and Angel moving. Angel! Chip! Can one of you hack into it to stop it? Or help me with engineering weak points?