Both of the Technic League gearsman stand motionless, gazing impassively at the Silver Turret....
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Smoke billows from the automaton after Gnaarrg's firebomb blasts in its face! It jerks spasmodically and utters a series of chirps and ticks before lurching to one side and crashing to the floor, a threat no more....
Blue sparks shower Zed as he shears into the brass breastplate of the gearsman with the mighty, roaring Chain Sword!
The gearsman seems to think it has succeeded in driving Zed off, so it turns its attention to a new target: Nalket! It drives the electrified spear into the young shaman's belly, dealing piercing and electricity damage! The pain is almost blinding, breath-taking.... Nalket feels her consciousness sliding into the deep, cool gloom of the unconsciousness, but fights against it, her vision darkening at the edges, but not completely fading yet....
Androffan::
Three.... Two.... One.... Commencing enforcement protocol! The brass automaton suddenly retaliates, lunging at Zed with its crackling, electrified spear! The spear plunges into Zed's left shoulder, just above his synthetic heart, dealing piercing plus electricity damage!
Knowledge (engineering) lore: Zal knows that although robots run on electricity, they are also vulnerable to electricity damage, and that unlike some constructs, they are vulnerable to well-aimed blows at "critical" locations on their bodies.
The Chain-Sword tears a gash in the burnished brass breastplate of the gearsman. Which staggers slightly and issues a metallic bleating sound, interrupting briefly the ominous counting....
Androffan:
Seven.... Six.... Five.... Four..,. After what must be counting down to about 3 seconds, Gnaarrg's firebomb bursts on the burnished brass breastplate of the gearsman, but it finishes its countdown before attacking, as a good robot always obeys its programming....
It is a gearsman identical to the pair that accompanied you to the Silver Turret under Captain Zophal's command.... It turns to scrutinize the party with its single, glowing, orb of an eye.... It jabbers at the party in a strange, metallic voice: Androffan:: You are not authorized to be here.... You have 10 seconds to leave the Bridge before enforcement protocols will be employed.... 10.... 9.... 8....
The two gearsmen, armed with wicked-looking glaives, watch the slaves as they emerge from the back of the slave wagon cage.
Their shining metal legs clanking to keep stride with the horses, a pair of gearsmen trudge along on either side of the slave wagon, occasionally emitting metallic clicks and whirring sounds. |