The warforged advances to the front of the line and launches a sparking ball at the armored man. On reaching him, the ball explodes.
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"It has been some time since I have been referred to as armor," Tinker remarks casually as he works.
Tinker is in his element repairing anything physical, and so works on the barricade.
Tinker moves to what might be a more advantageous position, and returns to his favored lightning attack versus the bloodied creature.
Tinker pauses in the fray to make some minor adjustments to himself, repairing some of the damage he has taken. At the same time, he sends a small automaton scuttling toward Phenia, which injects her (slightly painfully) with a restorative formula. Finally, Daria, the hammer, frees herself and hovers next to Tinker.
Tinker extracts yet another small mechanism from himself and sends it unerringly at the thing that seems to be controlling the zombies. It shatters on impact, shielding Tinker's allies near it.
Tinker advances calmly toward the melee, readying a small gadget. Before he launches it, though, he suggests spreading out, and ejects the now-familiar mass of marbles. "Please duck!"
Danea, Phenia, GM: Spoiler:
Tinker, apparently unperturbed by his continued immobility, reaches out once more with a jolt of lightning at the remaining antagonist.
"If you are certain, Danea . . ." Tinker replies as he considers his options. The warforged releases a tiny construct which begins work around his leg joints. Meanwhile, he reaches out to the thing in front of him and a small arc of lightning emerges from his rod.
Tinker pauses in mid-fight, seeming to stand still even as parts of him shift around, repairing the fresh damage -- including to his vision.
Wishlist: Spoiler: Runic Leather +3 (13)
Counterstrike Leather +3 (15) Shield of Deflection (12) Hypnotic Shield (14) Familiar's Baldric (13) Homing Collar (15) Rogue's Gloves (12) Goggles of Night (14) Deep-Pocket Cloak +3 (12) Necklace of Keys +3 (13) Healer's Brooch +3 (14) Periapt of Cascading Health +3 (15) Grace Ring of Lightning (14) Muleback Harness (12) Barbed Baldric (15) Stone of Storms (12) Flying Hook (15)
Tinker reaches out with his rod to touch the zombie next to him. He then steps back from the melee next to Phenia, taking the briefest moment to effect some repairs to himself as he releases the tiny spheres again, enabling Danea and his other allies to move around the battlefield as needed.
Tinker, finding himself surrounded, concentrates for a moment. Two thing happen. "Dara," the flying hammer, releases herself from his side and hovers next to him protectively. Second, a burst of crackling blue electricity fans out from his body fifteen feet in all directions, engulfing the enemies in lightning. The artificer then discreetly backs away from the cloak-like monstrosities.
Ghetto, were the changes to Tinker acceptable? (Sorry I didn't post here first -- I couldn't find this thread, and later realized it was because I was searching on "ghettowedge," rather than "ghetto dm") Thanks.
Spoiler: Cool. I'd like to trade Crossbow Caster for Light Shield Proficiency, and, accordingly, pick up a mundane light shield and trade the magic crossbow for an equivalent level rod -- Rod of Repair +3. That work? Thanks.
Spoiler: Given that we've been through a "shakedown" combat with these characters, is it ok if I make a change? I'm not satisfied with the crossbow setup. Thanks.
Tinker re-attaches the floating hammer to his side and follows amiably.
"No," Tinker answers simply, apparently distracted in making minor repairs.
"That was eventful," Tinker observes, "If not entirely surprising."
Tinker's head swivels to regard Phenia. "I do not know. I will attempt to adjust." Suiting actions to words, Tinker moves forward while making small adjustments to his own mechanical workings. As he passes Danea, the artificer reaches out one hand to her shoulder and seems to somehow inject her with something -- momentarily painful, but then restorative. He then calmly loads his crossbow and regards the wight, but does not fire.
Tinker, seemingly puzzled at the failure of the sonic tactic, repeats the attack, but to no greater effect. He then moves to interpose himself between the dog and Phenia.
"Disconcerting. Dara, I need you." Tinker makes an adjustment to some of the mechanisms at his side and frees up a small hammer, which proceeds to float between himself and Phenia. The alchemist then reloads his crossbow and aims it at the hound immediately next to him. Before he fires, though, his armor and ceramic shell begin reverberating noisily, culminating in a blast at the dog even as Tinker fires.
Tinker calmly loads his crossbow once more, this time with a quarrel that appears to be of blue light. He steps out of reach of the dogs and triggers it, launching the bolt at the space where the warfoged stood moments ago. The quarrel is enveloped in an array of arcing lightning that sends sparks at the two dogs.
"Intriguing." Tinker reloads his crossbow while advancing towards the fray. He launches a dart at the wight that crackles with tiny blue arcs of light as it flies, but it vanishes into the darkness with no apparent effect.
"Izera, I will try to help you move," Tinker declares. "This may also help." The warforged extracts a tiny cube, no more than an inch on a side, from some hidden compartment and places it in his crossbow, launching it at the new-come undead. Even as he does so, he rises almost imperceptibly from the ground on a field of tiny metal spheres which scatter fifteen feet in all directions, similarly lifting his nearby companions and allowing them to slide to new positions.
DM: Spoiler: Did you see my post at the bottom of page 1?
"Interesting, but not terribly surprising," Tinker remarks. He returns to the gates to inspect for either a mechanical or detectable arcane mechanism.
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