Chamak flies down to join Shengo. "Might be worth a look. but be ready to leave quick if there's something really dangerous inside."
Niloth quickly scans what they can see of the building with his mystical sight. Assuming he doesn't notice anything awry: "I could do a round of the outside of the building like that, but some threats are non-magical, so I suggest we go inside. But if you don't mind moving slowly I can set up a barrier in front of us at all time, for minimal protection."
Showing what he means, he directs crystals strewn around his person to collect into a wall 40ft in front of him, he advances, then the wall vanishes and reforms 40ft away again.
He has Arcane Sight with a 60ft range thanks to his Goggles, so he spots auras immediately, with no wait time.
He uses a simple Barrier ward from Protection, with his Lattice Weaver specialization.
As the group moves in Chamak watching for any invisible or non-corporeal creatures.
"You watch for good-aligned foes, just in case, and I'll watch for evil ones?" Weal and Woe says to Shengo, before activating his own second sight.
In the heart of a forsaken death world jungle, where twisted, gnarled trees stretch their skeletal branches skyward and thick tendrils of toxic vines crawl across the cracked earth, lies the ancient, broken domed building you stand in.
Once a marvel of engineering and spirituality, its massive stone archways and towering columns now stand shattered and overgrown with moss, fungi, and strange luminous flora.
The once-glorious dome, crafted from iridescent materials that shimmer faintly in the dim, eerie light, is now fragmented, with jagged edges and holes that reveal the dark, cloudy sky beyond—an ominous swirl of ash and shadow.
At the structure’s core, amidst the debris and fallen stones, rests a mysterious device of unknown origin.
It radiates an otherworldly glow, pulsating softly with a rhythm that feels almost alive. The device is a complex assembly of shimmering metals, glowing runes, and floating crystalline orbs, suspended in mid-air as if held by unseen forces. Its surface is etched with symbols that seem to shift and shimmer, defying comprehension, hinting at ancient magics or alien technology long forgotten.
You can see the air around it crackles with a faint, humming energy, as if the device is both a relic and a key—waiting silently in the shadows of a fallen civilization. Its power seems to come form the very life around it.
If you have KN Alarna or Spell craft ranks of 6 or more you can tell for all the life round this device its power is Necromancy based.
There are runes on the device, if you have ranks in language skill attempt a roll. Higher the better.
Chamak doesn't like Necromancy....
As you all entered the broken building, nestled in this hostile death-world jungle, enclosed within an immense, smashed transparent dome designed to withstand the planet’s brutal environment, you inspect the large mysterious alien device.
At its center, There seem to be a class chamber, looking over the odd sigils and symbols you spot a unit command attached to this old sleek yet otherworldly design.
looking close you see some sybles very close to enchant elvish, with some runic dwaven. The dwarvish gives you a hint to what it is, and then you get it, the use test is runic dwarven the description enchant elvish, so you identify it as a "Essence Transformer unit," and an additional message signals that it is "ready for a occupancy"—a cryptic indication of its operational status or an imminent activation sequence.
As your reading the text, to brush a surface of the device and it emits a faint, ethereal light that contrasts starkly with the dense, twisted foliage and dangerous fauna lurking just beyond the dome’s protective barrier. A surface composed of unknown materials seems to absorb and refract the dim ambient light, while the alien script pulses rhythmically, as if alive and waiting. The device radiates latent Necromantic energy, promising immense power drawn from the life around it.
This enigmatic unit, poised for connection or activation, hints at a purpose both profound and potentially perilous—perhaps to harness or redistribute life energy in a world where survival is a constant struggle. The presence of the Life Essence Transformer in such a forbidding environment suggests an advanced civilization’s attempt to manipulate or sustain life amid the chaos of a death world, casting a shadow of mystery and anticipation over the domed sanctuary.
Do you want to use the device if so how?
Once they decipher what they can of the device and its purpose, Niloth recoils. "It is anathema to life, and is just as likely to reduce you to an undead husk as it is to empower you. I strenuously warn any of you against using it... But if you cleave to such a path, you should wait until we are well away to do so, lest it tries to draw from our lifeforce.
And if it worked so well... the place wouldn't be abandoned." He recognizes that his warning might tempt some of his companions to make the attempt - out of contrarianism - hence the abundance of arguments to appeal to their self-preservation.
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Shengo Nods to Weal and Woe before activating Detect Good
Shengo circles the device slowly, hands clasped behind his back, eyes following the pulse of alien light like a heartbeat. He listens to Niloth before interjecting.
“You’re not wrong,” he says evenly. “Anything that feeds on life in a place like this isn’t gentle… and it definitely isn’t generous.”
He studies the chamber again, this time longer.
“But power rarely advertises itself as safe. If it did, everyone would have it.”
A faint smile briefly passes his face.
“I’m not eager to climb inside blind,” he adds, “but I won’t pretend I’m not interested in what it offers. Especially here… where life is already being spent freely.”
He steps back, giving the device space but still looking at it, the urge to gain power tempting him.
“Mark it. If something out there starts trying to drain us anyway, or if it can be fed without costing us… then it’s worth remembering.”
Your detect good dose not ping when scanning the object
Chamak backs away. "I don't like necromancy. I know it's just magic...."
Weal and Woe shakes his head and stays well clear, not eager to find out what effects the machine might have on him.
”It is just that, a school of magic like any other. Death is no more unnatural than life.” Fei said offhandedly.
Unable to tell what it actually did, he stared at the device longingly. He truly wanted to use it just to see what it did…
”But what does it actually do?” He asked, hoping another was more knowledgeable.
As you look around and are careful not to enter the odd alien pod.
Fei Wan as you inspect it Something seems to shift in the air.
Something large moves under your feet, something undead and its coming to unlife
You can all do one move action before what comes next comes.
Chamak flies toward the exit....
"Is it me or did something change?" Niloth asks, suddenly on guard. But while he trusts his instinct, he hasn't identified any specific threat, so he just moves away from the device.
Weal and Woe shrugs.
You feel a ripple of pour Chaos, emanate from the device, the life around you seems to wither and die, but become more active.
The very air is full of negative energy.
For all on the ground made a Ref save DC22, the terrain is now hard.
As the ground around you eroups with black undead tentacles made of dead matter, rotting flesh of local beats and bones.
The stench is horrific Con Save DC25 or be Fortitude save or be sickened, this is a supernatural effect and counts as magic.
Each of you on the ground an air faces a tentacle
Roll 1d3 to know how many
Then
Roll 1d6 to see which tylp and hit chance
Surprise attack Black alien Tentacle
1:TH DMG Type [b] + Neg Energy
IF HITS GRAPPLE DMB 30
2:TH DMG Type [S] + Neg Energy
IF HITS GRAPPLE DMB 32
3:TH DMG Type [P] + Neg Energy
IF HITS GRAPPLE DMB 24
4:TH DMG [b] + [ADIC] Neg Energy
IF HITS GRAPPLE DMB 28
5:TH DMG [b] + [Sonic] Neg Energy
IF HITS GRAPPLE DMB 34
5:TH DMG [b] + [Cold Neg Energy
IF HITS GRAPPLE DMB 36
If you are grappled you will take the same DNG next round.
If two or more tentacles have you, the DC to get out is +50% per tentical after the 1st one.
This is a demon, pour undead CE and all around you, its all over the building. Outsider
"A demon!" Fei Wan merrily exclaimed. "With undead all around us. All over the building even." With a grin he took to the air, flying away from the tentacles.
While injured, this only heightened the fey's joy. Reaching out into his reserves of power, he covered the tentacles with growing vines, one after another causing them to rot away.
@Fei Wan, this rounds tentacles that hit you crumble and lose there coherence, Next round you roll only 1d2 Tentacle, that attacked you.
The thing is locked to the device, you thing [ooc]if you can but your way out three rounds of wasting ALL the tentacles attacking you, you are out of its attack range.
So @Fei Wan, wasted the two tentacles attacking
26 29 31 30 25 = 50 Tentacle +50 Tentacle +31 Demon Body / Acid resistance 10 so 21 HP DMG Demon body.
I had stated that I was flying out, moving at 60'. Am I still in the area? If so:
Chamak resists the stench and continues flying out of range of the demon.
Being forewarned by his class ability, he activates his Spectral Shroud to become incorporeal.
Weal and Woe contemptuously slaps tentacles away.
As tentacles erupt from the ground, Niloth dances nimbly among them. He thinks out loud "giant undead limbs can't be blinded, can't be made to fall either... guess I'll go with Time" A lance made from golden light forms in his hand.
Suddenly his form blurs and he moves so fast that he seems to be in several places at once, hacking at a limb there, appearing next to another and piercing it with his golden weapon. Thrash as they may, the tentacles cannot keep up with the sharp turns his tether on the ceiling lets him take.
I had stated that I was flying out, moving at 60'. Am I still in the area? If so:
[dice=Fort Save]1d20 +14
[dice=Know-Planes]1d20 +18Chamak resists the stench and continues flying out of range of the demon.
Being forewarned by his class ability, he activates his Spectral Shroud to become incorporeal.
Yes its the hole building the dome is 400' across
So you will be hit this round, 1st then you can go incorporeal.
Ask: Does going incorporeal need a concentration check?
[dice=Reflex]1d20+21
[dice=Fortitude]1d20+28
1d3
1d6
Weal and Woe contemptuously slaps tentacles away.
No thats fine thats your action.
Do you want to attack back?
Shengo's
EB to hit: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21 MISS
klar to hit: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24 Hit
EB dmg: 3d6 + 8 + 1d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 2) + 8 + (4) = 20 (bludgeon and electric respectively)
Klar dmg: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10 (slashing)
Sorry to ask, Inexorable Knight
Can you roll the number of tentacles and which ones please.
Then I will do your attacks. :)
Thanks
Ask: Does going incorporeal need a concentration check?
I go incorporeal using my Spectral Shroud. It doesn't mention concentration.
First attack 19 misses. ??
Each of you on the ground an air faces tentacles
Roll 1d3 to know how many
Then
Roll 1d6 to see which tylp and hit chance
sorry I put 'A' tentacle should have been the above
If you have rolled 1d3 all ready for how many your ok.
:}
Chamak Yes thats a miss amd yep no concentration needed, ok but I Need a will save DC25 as your mind is flooded with all the undead life bound into this thing.
The morbid burial shroud grants the wearer some affinity with the spectral dead. The wearer can discern invisible or ethereal creatures as though using see invisibility.
They are every where in this space
He calls out to the group, "Guys. This place is full of non-corporeal undead. We should all get out of here fast before they suck the life out of everyone!"
Your all hit by undead native Evil-ness,
Life force suck, ....
Fort save DC25 for half,
Temp Con DMG roll 1d3 round up.
Niloth turns invisible to escape the tangle of tentacles, and flies out swiftly through a break in the wall, then turns around to see if anything visible pursues.
The energy washed over the fey who joined the others in their flight to safety. He almost paused, wondering what might be beneath the ground, as they had only seen the tentacles.
Well done all,
ok last round roll once more in the tentacles,
1d3 unless you took out all the tentacles attacking then 1d2
if last round they missed you roll 1d3 as well.
Then I think all of you are out the building.
yep
One surprise round
Where you got a move actions.
At the start of round 1 the tentacles attacked
And you should all have then acunter attcks/ moved or other.
Round 2
is going to start with tenticals again
and then your actions.
So we are at the statt pf round2
Fei took to the air, flying alongside Chamak.
Niloth, armoured in faith and time magics, makes it out unscathed. He has to refrain from an "I told you so" - since he doesn't believe for one second the presence of undead and the dangerous device are unrelated. Instead, he focuses on the challenges ahead.
Chamak, Fei Wan and Niloth, make it out, as the inside of the broken building.
It's clear this is one of the mad Alien devices used by whatever race was here before the world turned to a death world. What's clear is that the writing on the device was very ancient dwarvish.