ES#6 - The Clockwork Maze (KS) (Inactive)

Game Master phaeton_nz

"Where to next?" Ebonfather asked the group.

Yes. Where are you going?

Well...these doors are just as good as any other way...want to check it for alarms and the like? No telling what traps that nutter has on it... Carlin says as she points to the recently departed Klarkosh.

moved to the double doors...

The double doors are not not trapped and not locked. They are made of bronze plate. They are inscribed with runic lettering and the images of strange, partially formed creatures with blank faces and featureless bodies.

All you find are a dead end and a door.

If you listen at the door, roll Perception.

perc: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14lol...me not see nothing...

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

"There certainly is something noisy behind that door."

We're going to have to go in there anyway. Thornrose, will you open it, please?

perc1d20+13 lol...me not see nothing...

Good thing you used a double-negative, because you DID see hear something; 'fail on 1' doesn't apply to skill checks (with a few exceptions)!

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28 WOW! What a waste!

"HSSSSSSSSSSSST! The NOISE...!" Wayang are not in the habit of screaming, but as Black Sun suddenly she cradles her head and ears, one gets the sense that is what another would do if subjected to whatever she's experiencing; still, she inches closer to the door, arms still wrapped at absurd angles around her head, as she is tranfixeb by the runes.

"'Glory to the makers, the shapers, the fashioners of servants," She intones once it becomes clear nobody else can read them. "In this crucible let artifice and theurgy be joined in noble purpose for the dominion of Derrokind'."

"Well, lets go in then. Can't wait to see whats up there." Thornrose says as they kicks in the door.

Ebonfeather nodded in agreement and joined the group to check out the room. "Well, at least they will have a hard time hearing us. " he quipped.

You 'open' the door.

Piles of scrap metal and broken machinery lie around this room, organized into tidy rows. Most are disassembled limbs or torsos from human-shaped machines. There’s a panel with a red-handled lever on the room’s east wall.

Two clockwork servants are salvaging parts from several emerald automatons destroyed in a previous skirmish. with unknown assailants. They look up as you enter and prepare to attack.

Initiatives:
Alecto: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Black Sun: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Carlin Ember: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
Ebonfeather: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
Garsita: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Knight Thornrose: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21

Red: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
Cyan: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

Order: Red, Thornrose, Cyan, Carlin, Black Sun, Ebonfeather, Alecto, Garsita

Red launches a net at Carlin.
net: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Thornrose is up.

Thornrose hustles forward and prepares to strike first enemy to come within sword's reach.

Seeing Thornrose prepare the cyan hued clockwork servant also fires a net - at him.
net: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Everyone else is up.

Maybe their net throwers need adjusting.

Carlin waves her hand and mumbles something under her breath as summons a ball of fire directly on the red tinged automaton.

flaming sphere, dc 18: 3d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (5, 4, 2) + 3 + 1 = 15

That should help...

Once again, it momentarily seems as if the universe is made of taffy, and the light flickers from light to darkness to light in unrecognizable colors, and epicenter of the distortion violently shifts from somewhere in their midst, to the automaton on their right, which begins to crumple inward...

5-foot step, move action to Gather Power, and...

Weighing gravity blast (DC 17), Point-Blank, Precise, Void Overflow VS Red Buttons: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15
magic crushing damage: 3d6 + 10 ⇒ (4, 6, 5) + 10 = 25

I'll assume Garsita's blessing has elapsed, but perhaps it hasn't; adjust accordingly if the latter.

Alch fire at red: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 271d6 ⇒ 6
Crit?: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 181d6 ⇒ 1
Grabbing a flack from his bandolier, Ebonfeather sent it flying towards the clockwork servant that he could easily see. The flask smashed into it with a solid crunch, breaking and coating the pile of gears in flaming goo.

Not sure if Red is down

ref: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

Red dodges the flaming sphere but doesn't resist the crushing nor the alchemical fire. (Red: -32). That is enough to send it crashing to the ground.

Alecto, and Garsita still to go. Thornrose can also act.

Thornrose slumbers toward cyan clockwork and swings at it hard.

+1 bastard sword: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18
Slashing: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Garsita casts True Strike and touches a companion (probably Ebonfeather)

Alecto takes a step forward and tries to hook the enemy with his vine arm. As usual.

Tanglevine: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26 - trip; 15 ft

I apologize for the absence, I was doing some real-life quests...

Thornrose does damage to it (-9) and Alecto sends it falling to the ground.

It attempts to get up and slam into Thornrose
slam: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22 damage: 1d4 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

AOOs apply and everyone is up.

The universe continues to flicker and warp around the party before once again taking its distress out upon the remaining automaton, now visibly imploding...

2nd verse, much like the first: 5-foot step, move action to Gather Power, and...

Weighing gravity blast (DC 17), Point-Blank, Precise, Void Overflow VS Cyan-Ara: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
magic crushing damage: 3d6 + 10 ⇒ (4, 4, 1) + 10 = 19

I never got verification about Garsita's blessing; has it really been a full 4 minutes since the prior skirmish?

Carlin gathers herself and screams inaudibly at the remaining automaton.

Ear piercing scream, fort dc 17 for half: 3d6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 5, 5) + 1 = 13

Thornrose narrowly avoids its slam and hits back.

AoO: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
slashing: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

+1 bastard sword: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21
slashing: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

The blessing has elapsed

fort: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (1) + 0 = 1

((Cyan:-68)) Between being battered and crushed - the automaton didn't stand a chance. It is now a mangled piece of metal on the floor.

What now Pathfinders?

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

With the last metal monsters crashing into a heap, Ebonfeather looked around to see if anything caught his eye, but the scrap metal and broken machinery, even if organized, did not appeal to him.

good job, guys...let's see what we can find from here...might be something worthwhile to take back to the Society...
perc: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24
and detect magic as she looks around

Unfortunately it's just all scrap - nothing valuable in here.

Is everyone OK?

"Yep, kinda one sided this time. Next stop, try the doors over there?" Ebopnfeather asked, pointing to the double doors to the west.

Sure..nothing left here but scrap anyways... Carlin says as she scans thd door the tengu indicated for auras.

"I'm ready to continue exploring. Itching to open that large doors on the right." he says and walks to double doors

A large double door, reinforced with iron bands, seals off this room. It looks much newer than the dungeon walls. An emblem in the shape of an automation’s head inside interlocking gears is painted on the door.

Listening at the door

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

"Something with hooves moving behind the doors." Thornrose utters to others

Well, it's likely not going to be a horse... Carlin says sarcastically as she uses her wand of Mage Armour.

Alecto looks thoughtfully at Carlin, but ten seconds later, the unhurried plant humanoid realizes the meaning of her actions and the essence of her joke. She repeats the Magic Armor upgrade on herself after her, and then picks up a wand of magic missiles. I'm ready to meet not-a-horse.

So you open the door.

A small pool of water in a basin of gold tile lies in the center of this chamber, and the walls are decorated with tiled patterns, once colorful but now cracked and faded. Four staggered columns support the vaulted ceiling.

There looks to be a brass statue of a minotaur in here.

perc: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19

Ummm...guys...that's not a statue...and definitely not friendly.... Carlin warns the others as she prepares to cast a spell. initiative, i gather?

Yep - call it what it is

Initiatives:
Alecto: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Black Sun: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Carlin Ember: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Ebonfeathe: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Garsita: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Knight Thornrose: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Minotaur: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (7) - 1 = 6

Everyone is up first.

The rest of you are about to have one of those 'Uh-oh, anybody seen The Little Creep recently?'-moments when another moment of spatial chaos - this time more to the far end of the room, behind Thornrose - makes clear her presence, and some terrible force violently attempts to suck the minotaur toward it!

Pulling gravity blast, Point-Blank, Precise, Void Overflow: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18
magic crushing damage: 3d6 + 10 ⇒ (2, 6, 2) + 10 = 20
Drag (maximum 5 feet): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Thornrose is about to charge the minotaur, but changes plan when blast of force hits him. He decides to step forward and hit in normal way.

+1 bastard sword: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
slashing: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Carlin moves to get a line on the creature. She summons a rolling ball of fire to hit the minotaur in the back.

flaming sphere, dc 18: 3d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (5, 3, 5) + 3 + 1 = 17 can someone m9ve me please? On my tablet...ty

Alecto follows Carlin. Another artificial abomination, trampling on the world of forests and grasses. Begone! And two magic projectiles burst out of the wand.

MM: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (1, 1) + 2 = 4

Black Sun is not able to drag the creature but she is sure she heard a rib break.
Thornrose misses.
ref: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
It doesn't quite dodge Carlin's flaming sphere and those magic missiles actually curve to hit it.
((Minotaur: -41)) Even after that barrage it is still up but looking the worse for wear.

Garsita and Ebonfeather still to go.

Joining Thornrose on dealing with the brass minotaur, Ebonfeather raked a claw across the moving statue.

Claw: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 271d3 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Garsita moves and then swings her scimitar.

attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

And before the creature gets to act, all you lot, working together, bring it down. (-55)

You find: a greataxe, amulet of natural armor +1, pouch, small rubies
(3, worth 150 gp each), 150 gp

Now where?

Well, this will be a good addition....Carlin says as she grabs the axe and hefts it with a grunt.Now...how do you use this thing without blowing your back out... she grins.

The leshy warrior grabs the amulet and wears it. "I'll take this if no one else wants it. There's still some rooms to explore, right?"

Looks like it...let's just follow the wall till we have to turn... can someone move my token when we move please? On my tablet...computer went down last week...