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Ton runs as well as he is able

On the way out Ton would appreciate some healing in case something happens. I will roll it but assume Garfaulk or Zeke uses the wand on me.

CLW wand: 3d8 + 3 ⇒ (2, 8, 8) + 3 = 21

3 charges used

[dice=ton's reflex+2 aid]d20+6+2

Ton desperately lunges for a rung and they slip through his hand... and for the second time in a day, he plunges downward. This time though, no feather fall is coming his direction. With a crunch he lands on his back.

[dice=3d6]3d6

Garfaulk,seeing that Ton isn't dead... continues up the ladder, and at the proper location secures the see-four, using all the charges. He rigs the detonator, and comes back down.

All he needs to do is... push the button.

Ton groans as he rolls over and pulls himself up into first a kneeling position and then standing. He rotates his arm at the shoulder several times, feeling a savage ache there but no dislocation.

"Weren't so quick on the old Feather Fall that time eh, Zeke?" he grumbles bitterly. "Let's just get out of here...."

Climb: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

"Someone give me a boost up? I'll check it out." Ton says as he tries to reach the hatch.

Climb result is 19 and Knowledge Engineering is 22

Know E: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

Gm, I cast Shield and Mirror Image just as we were entering here and they last 5 minutes. How long do I have left?

Shot 1: 1d20 + 3 + 4 - 2 + 1 - 4 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 4 - 2 + 1 - 4 + 3 = 10 (BAB+Dex-spell combat+arcane pool-soft cover+Arcane accuracy)
Ranged touch attack spell: 1d20 + 3 + 4 + 1 - 2 - 4 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 4 + 1 - 2 - 4 + 3 = 11 (BAB+Dex+spell combat+arcane pool-soft cover+arcane accuracy)

I'm certain those are misses

Ton levels his pistol but in trying to avoid the bulk of Wulf, he also fires wildly, leaving the rust monsters unscathed.

Man if that mace does 1d20 damage, why is it only a backup? :p

So basically, an attended item uses the wielder's saves. So yes Wulf and Garfaulk roll their reflex saves vs DC 15

If the hammer and gun were unattended - such as lying on the floor - they would get no save. Magic items get their own saves even if they are unattended but that's a level of complexity we don't need to worry about right now (A magic item’s saving throw bonus equals 2 + 1/2 its caster level rounded down).

Sorry, I misread, I didn't think you were waiting on me.

Ton has fought all sorts of horrors in his life, not least since he has been rolling with this crew. But now that he has it, nothing scares him so much as the possibility of losing this piece of remarkable technology on his hip.

He withdraws to safety from the metal eating bastards.

With draw south. Will fire from safety next round

"Beware, friends, these scavenging creatures eat metal!"[b] He considers. [b]"I wonder if we could lure them away from the door with 'treats'? Do we have anything substantially metal that we can easily part with?"

"Wulf?" Ton snorts laughter despite the dire situation

So after playing the Prevail game in discord for a couple of weeks I must admit I have got used to that format.

I don't know how people feel about it still, but i for one would approve of switching over.

Ton casts a spell upon himself and suddenly a series of exact duplicates - right down to the stains on the front of his shirt - appear beside him.

He then steps cautiously into the room.

"Someone bring some light up here, I can't see a thing.... think whatever this is can see me though... come one beastie..."

Mirror Image: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

"Yeah maybe..." Ton says looking around still wary. "This all stinks to me. Let's deal with this dish and get out of here."

Ton scans them quickly, moving up to the staked men, before paying more attention to any threats that may still be lurking nearby.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

"Alright, maybe this changes things. Let's move up careful like."

Ton begins moving forward into the scene, Inferno Pistol drawn.

Casting Shield to give me an AC of 22 and recalling Snowball with a pearl of power

Ton shakes the halfling's hand, a deal struck.

Lets head to the tower. I think the good old fashioned Charles + Invisibility + camera plan is a good one

"Done."

Ton looks up from the EMP pistol.

"50 gold says I kill the son of a b*tch." the elf says, one eyebrow cocked wickedly.

It may be in poor taste, but he was a gambler through and through.

It doesnt occur to him in the moment that it is this level of insensitivity that cost him his family

That rifle is really good. And timeworn isn't as bad as I thought.

Garfaulk - any interest in that?

Spellcraft ring: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

Ton glances at the ring but is too preoccupied with the smooth lines of the EMP pistol to pay much attention.

A sly grin spreads across Ton's face.

"Damages robots eh? That's damned useful. Those metal bastards are tough nuts to crack. If you don't mind, I'll find a home for that on my other hip."

Ton really struggles against hardness, this pistol is a godsend. If no one objects of course.

Ton looks up and waves vaguely.

"Yeah... good. I'll ah.... secure the area down here."

He continues smoking in peace.

With the sounds of battle waning, Ton lights up and waits at the base of the tower in a hazy blue cloud of smoke. He wasn't going to climb up there just to climb down again.

Ton drinks his healing potion in one swallow.

And then burps.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Having said that if the group decision was to switch I would go with it obviously

Having said that if the group decision was to switch I would go with it obviously

I have to say my preference is still the forums. It maintains a pace that is quick (by pbp standards) but manageable.

Prevail is a lot of noise at the moment in the official channels and difficult to follow - that's not a criticism by the way, it's great people are highly active in it and want to roleplay, it's going to need those two things to be a success.

Ton drifts slowly to the base of the tower, unable to stop himself falling but equally glad for Zeke's intervention. He reminded himself that the young half drow had helped him out twice in quick succession now.

"F*cking a*shole of a thing...."

He reaches into his bag and pulls out a potion, hoping that it isn't shattered.

Move action to stand, standard to pull out a potion - will drink it next turn

It's ok, Magi are complicated as Hell.

So the inferno pistol does fire damage. I can use my arcane pool to improve the magical enhancement of a weapon by 2 and can use that to pick weapon abilities so I pick frost and shock which both add 1d6 damage of the appropriate element.

It's effectively a +1 frost, shock inferno pistol right now.

Also, the laser sight triples my usual range increment for a single spellstrike shot.

It's the first time I've used it.

Single shot: 1d20 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 1 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 4 + 1 + 1 - 1 + 3 = 13 (BAB+Dex+Magic 1+Arcane Pool 1-deadly aim+arcane accuracy)
Fire Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 and Cold damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3 and Shock damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6 and Snowball: 5d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 4, 5, 6) = 20

With the manticore circling above, Ton knows he cannot unleash a full barrage with any degree of accuracy.

He lines up the pistol and aims along Baine's laser sight before squeezing the trigger.

Stealth: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

"Yeah, Jolga keep it the frek down!" Ton practically shouts over his shoulder.

Arcane Pool activated on the Inferno Pistol

Ton tries to climb up, not as easy as the others given his crippled leg.

Climb: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Someone fly up, secure a rope if they aren't immediately attacked and then it's dc 5

Can we take 10 on the climb check?

Ton cannot get up there without magical aid. He doesn't have any spells to climb or fly anyway so will be relying on someone else

As they pass by, Ton stops before the tower and looks up, squinting against the sky.

"Hey Charles, you up for a climb? Figure if that thing is home you can just slip out if you're invisible. If it ain't, it might have built a nest up there with all sorts of stuff in it."

The elf shrugs. "Just a thought."

Oh sorry, I completely misunderstood. For some reason I thought this tower was the dish tower

Just selecting my spells for the day, other than casting Invisibility on Charles, I'm good to go

This is a really strong group of rp'ers in my opinion.

Ton leans against the wall, eyeing the towering undead for a time.

In response to Jolga's question about his beliefs, the grizzled elf lights up yet another dog-eared cigarette - the one resource he seems to have an endless supply of - and draws deeply.

"Thing is Jolga, my people have all kinds of beliefs and rituals and magic practices going back ten thousand years or more. Fascinating if you're an historian or priest - kind of a headache if you ain't into it. My Mother was. She was about as stereotypically wood-elf as you can get. Wore flowers in her hair right up to the day she died."

"You wouldn't believe all the different crap I had to go through whenever we visited the Old Family outside the city. What a pain in the ass all that was." he shakes his head.

He takes another long drag on his cigarette.

"Over the years I seen an' done enough sh*t to myself and the people I loved most not to believe in much of anything. 'Cept Cayden, if I was on a lucky streak or I needed to bum liquor offa one of his priests - can't deny you a drink, it's one of their tenets." he adds knowingly as if sharing a secret.

He strolls casually up to the undead and feels the heat radiating off it, causing him to grimace somewhat.

"Listen, I ain't one to say that thing's evil. That's just a word anyway, mostly banded about by people who got a guilty conscious themselves in my experience. May as well say a sword is evil. Or a gun. But one thing I do know...."

He takes the cigarette and presses it against the thing's chest. It sizzles for a moment before stubbing out. The creature doesn't move an inch.

"....that's messed up. It's going to be a Hell of a thing in that arena, no denying that, but I don't want to head back to Torch with that thing or another like it in tow carrying all our gear." he is tall when he can be bothered to draw himself up and his leg isn't hurting like the Devil and he does that now, almost squaring up to the undead thing. The he shakes his head and gives Jolga a not unfriendly clap on the shoulder.

"You're full of surprises, Shaman, I'll give you that."

He heads back inside to grab the camera and talk Charles through it's use.

Timezone-wise, I was just finishing in work and the gym when all this really came about so aside from my first post being shocked it was outside, I haven't had a chance to contribute to the debate.

About to make the evening meal for myself and my gf so this is a quick poat.

Ton isn't that cool with it, especially long term. Will elaborate later.

"Listen, I can't say I'm wild about it. Necromancy is a pretty dark art from what I've seen, but I can definitely see the uses." Ton says, sliding the pistol home again.

"And it ain't my place to question your beliefs but just do me a favour and don't 'honour' me like this if I croak, ok?" he adds before turning to the halfling in their group.

"Charles? Sam? One of you up for a little recon today?"

If so I will do the same thing, try to get as close as possible with Same and cast Invisibility so we can maximise the duration. Will also hand over the camera for some recon snaps. It has one full battery and one spare.

It's a burning skeleton but maybe Ton just uses zombie to mean undead. ;)

Jolga nods with a smile. "It will do you no harm. It is here to carry things for us and draw a little enemy attention away from Wulf and the rest of us. Hence the glowing light." He looks at the others with concern "This is not a problem, is it? I thought that we wished to destroy the other honorer of the dead and strange fetishist because she had kidnapped our friend."

I hate to be racist, but all undead are the same to me :D

Is this the next day?

Ton wipes his eyes blearily and stretches, hearing his back crack loudly and satisfactorily.

He stumbles outside yawning and unceremoniously scratching his butt when he suddenly runs into an 8 foot tall, heavily muscled ogre.

"££@£&&&**(!!!*(£@£^^*&)&$)(......!" the stream of curses is barely even understandable as he rips his pistol from it's holster and points it at the thing's chest.

With some dim recollection, before he fires, he recognises the thing not as an ogre - but as a zombie and when it doesn't immediately try to chew through his neck, starts to put 2 and 2 together.

"Jolga...! Is this you?"

"Let's just stay here and take a breath." Ton says, already making himself comfortable. "We've been hitting it hard the whole time we've been here - and I blinded by a necromancer today - figure I've earned a day off."

Yeah, let's enjoy the hospitality here for an extra day and then see what we can do about this dish

Charles - same plan? Invisibility and recon? You can even take my camera if you like :D

Haha I couldn't resist

"Done!" Ton says before the man can change his mind. The technology was, in truth, quite remarkable.

Nice, thanks for the reminder Paul!

Wulf, think of me as an older brother slapping you on the head for picking on our little sister (Ton). :D, :D

Wulf accidently pushes a button as he holds the camera in front of his face, and there is a bright flash of light! He steps back, dazzled momentarily. As he looks at the camera again, he sees a picture of an eye on the back!

It also does video!

Little brother at least... sheesh..!

Ton grabs the contraption from Wulf.

"Give me that, you big lug.." he looks down the glass barrel of the thing and fiddles about with it for moment. He holds it away from himself and flashes a grin, waiting for the burst of light as he presses a button on the top.

"There you go." he says, passing it back - now with a picture of himself displayed on the rear screen. "Think I'll call that an Elfie... see if it catches on." he shrugs.

"Tinker, I'll take all the batteries you've got." he says, handing over the gold.

Do we have anything the nanite canister can power? Or is this future-proofing us?

Ton is going to pick up all those batteries, I don't know when or if we will ever be able to recharge them so for now they are his most important resource

500 taken from character sheet