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Eating a piece of Val's precious pies and with his left arm around her waist, Zaken started to remember about these last days... They were heroes now, responsible for the continuation of the economy in Torch and his progress with LEEK was really incredible. The amount of intact technology that he would (probably) be able to study and the improvements that they could mean to Torch was really gratifying but, in the end, the most important achievement was Val's smile and hug when he returned with her father's medicine... from that moment he knew he'd go to hell and back again for her smile.

He looked around the table and saw his friends and for the first time he felt at home... there was no need to leave and brave the world like his pathfinder father did... he had everything he wished in his arms reach.

He got up and raised his cup. "To all of you, it was a pleasure!"

Thanks for the wonderful game Fabian! If/when you decide to pick this up, I'll be eagerly waiting!

Sorry for missing my post yesterday. It was my 26th birthday and I got carried on by the preparations for a Mexican themed commemoration (to cook all the stuff...).

Action 1 (previous turn)

With the fight over and the collector drone now in a passive state, Zaken eye him with anger. "Hey, he have a thing here..."

"The collector seems to respond to her commands - someone disable it, so it does not begin to attack again upon her awaking."

"Sure thing! LEEK, lets get to business, I think it won't fight back so full steam now!" The droid was still hardy though and it took LEEK four more well placed piston-punches to break it down.

Action 2 (previous turn)

After reading the screen and hearing Malka's words, Zaken jumped to her side. "Ha, of course I'll be around and helping you! My expertise in this matter is note something to throw away! Let me teach you a thing or two, Malka!" Zaken was smiling the whole time, clearly joking. It seems that any past problem he had with the wizard was long left behind and what remained was a health friendly competition.

Action 1 (this round)

As the reactor activated, Zaken could not stop himself from expressing his thoughts. "I honestly hope no one was looking down the hole up there in the hill or we managed to create a whole new 'advice for kids'..."

"This seems familiar but I cannot quite remember in what context I have read about it. If we can wait until tomorrow, I will be able to study my spell again and hopefully be able to figure this out." Handing it over to Zaken she adds, "Unless you know what it does?"

"Hum, let me see... this is another nanite hypogun, like that we've found before, but instead of being of 'brown class', capable of only removing some sickness, this one is 'white class', capable of completely removing diseases... I image there is a big chance of this thing heal Mr. Khonnir!"

Since Zaken's result was higher, I used Malka's roll as Aid Another if that is ok. Also, since he had already identified a nanite hypogun before, should not make sense for him to gain a bonus, since he is actually only identifying that grades now?
Knowledge (engineering), aid another, bless: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 11 + 2 + 1 = 29

Action 1, Round 8

Zaken once more tried to help LEEK to defend himself but this time he thought he was successful, unbalancing the drone.

Aid Another (AC), bless: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 + 1 = 16

LEEK once more hammered him fist against the drone but no damage was done to the construct.

Attack (slam), bless, entangled: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 1 - 1 = 12

There should be something capable to penetrating these robots... perhaps I can cover LEEK's fists in the future...

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Action 1, Round 7

Zaken reached with his spear to help LEEK to defend himself from the drone but hit his own nuts with the haft of his spear, losing his breath and unleashing an unmanly noise, thanking the noise in the room for camouflaging the humiliating sound.

Aid Another (AC), bless: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 = 3

With tears in his eyes, Zaken sees LEEK missing once more in a clumsy attack, not even close to their enemy.

Attack (slam), bless, entangled: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 1 - 2 = 7

Action 1, Round 6

Zaken approached LEEK once more to activate his nanites but was getting increasingly worried for the charges were ending. "Defensive mode LEEK, this robot is a hard thing to crack so focus on defense to keep it busy... I'll think about a solution..."

Lesser Rejuvenate Eidolon: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

LEEK tried once more to hit the drone but a combined result of being unbalanced and his defensive attacks made him miss it entirely.

Attack (slam), bless, defensively, entangle: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 1 - 4 - 2 = 3

This combination of high ground and hardness is killing us, literally!

Action 1, Round 5

Zaken once more activated LEEK's nanites, sending the microscopic robots to fix him, and the stepped back to stay besides Malka. moving 5ft. left

Lesser Rejuvenate Eidolon: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

LEEK continued to punch at the droid in front of him, pounding and pounding and pounding but the results were minimal...

Looked at the Initiative order and Jeyne acts after Zaken/LEEK so I think her Aid Another from last round wound be applied to this one, right?
Attack (slam), aid another, bless, power attack: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (10) + 6 + 2 + 1 - 1 = 18
Damage (slam), power attack: 2d6 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (4, 2) + 4 + 3 = 13

Actio 1, Round 4

Zaken cursed as he saw that the repair droid moving away from him and soon retreated back to LEEK's side (northwest of LEEK) and then guided LEEK to attack the drone.

Attack (slam), bless, guidance, power attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (17) + 6 + 1 + 1 - 1 = 24
Damage (slam), power attack: 2d6 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 2) + 4 + 3 = 12

He then sighed as their attacks were always hampered by the drones hard cuirass. This is nearly pointless...

Will it be possible, in the future, to make LEEK's slams adamantine?

Action 1, Round 3

"Crap... this is going nowhere..." Zaken saw with frustration as his grenade was ineffective and how the other robot was repairing the drone. Zaken guided LEEK into continuing his attacks before moving towards the north ladder so he would be able to reach the repair robot.

Not sure if LEEK would be able to hit the repair droid from the lower ground... if he can, he would 5ft step southeast and attack the repair drone, if not, he will hit the drone again. Zaken will move as closer he as he can to the repair droid up to his spear reach.

Attack (slam), bless, guidance, power attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 1 + 1 - 1 = 26
Damage (slam), power attack: 2d6 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 5) + 4 + 3 = 15

Action 1

This girl needs to be stopped... Zaken moved quickly beyond Jeyne so he would have a better aim. He then quickly primed the grenade with a quick twist of the dial at one end and then armed it with a click. Soon after the bang grenade was flying forward, hitting against the wall of the elevated platform.

Throw Grenade at grid (AC 5), bless, 2nd RNG: 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 - 2 = 7

Aiming at the grid intersection 5ft south of the two enemies. Since burst hits a 20ft radius it should hit the two enemies but keep Zaken and out of it! On a failed DC 15 Fort check, an affected creature is staggered for 1 round and then deafened for 1d4 rounds.

LEEKs wastes no time and continues to attack the drone in front of him, even if his attacks are not really effective against these constructs.

Attack (slam), bless, power attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 1 - 1 = 12
Damage (slam), power attack: 2d6 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 6) + 4 + 3 = 16

Action 1

"Holy crap... don't lose your head LEEK, I'll fix you in no time!" Zaken had many emotions running through him... curiosity, anger and even shame for thinking in a terrible pun in this situation.

He touched LEEK and activated again his repair system. "I should try to find a way to activate this from afar in the future..."

Lesser Rejuvenate Eidolon: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13 This should probably bring him back to light wounds

Zaken then draws one of his grenades.

The attack at LEEK was magical or some technological weapon? If it was magic, Zaken will draw a bang grenade, otherwise he will draw a flash grenade.

With the hole in his head slowly fixing itself by the action of thousands of nanites, LEEK lifted his powerful fist to slam at the drone in front of him.

Attack (slam), bless, power attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 1 - 1 = 26
Critical?: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 1 - 1 = 12
Damage (slam), power attack: 2d6 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (6, 1) + 4 + 3 = 14

The attack was powerful and precise, sinking into the drone's metallic carcass.

Action 1

Once outside the gargoyle's reach, Zaken retreated even further but not before guiding LEEK towards continuing its assault. LEEK wasted no time and soon after crushed the gargoyle's head, taking full advantage of his magic fists.

Zaken sat on the ground, taking a look at his wounds. "I knew that potion would be handy... I think I need to get one or two again... talking about potion..." Zaken drew one of his healing potions and drunk it at once. "Uh... cherry... I hate cherry..."

CLW potions: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Action 2

Knowledge (engineering), aid another from Jeyne, guidance: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 11 + 2 + 1 = 31 success

"Thanks for the help, Jeyne... Yes, I think it is a veemod goggles fitted with a black veemod..."

Action 1 - The previous room...

I think I have been rolling separately so for so I'll keep doing so unless told otherwise...

Timeworn Autograpnel
Aid Another (k. engineering) - LEEK: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4 fail
Knowledge (engineering), guidance: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 11 + 1 = 25 success

Timeworn Panic Suit
Aid Another (k. engineering) - LEEK: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10 success
Knowledge (engineering), aid another, guidance: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 11 + 2 + 1 = 33 success

Timeworn Emergency Beacon
Aid Another (k. engineering) - LEEK: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9 fail
Knowledge (engineering), guidance: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 11 + 1 = 19 fail

"These are an autograpnel... which works as an automatic crossbow which fires a grappling device... in other words, it is awesome! And this little sphere is a panic suit which envelops the user, protecting him against radiation and elements for some time... single use though. No idea what this other one is for... oh, and two more batteries."

I believe we already have identified batteries before so I guess we need not to check again...

Action 2 (round 1)

"Hey you freaking statue come on! What have I don... outch! COME ON!" Bleeding and beaten, Zaken back stepped towards Malka, drew a potion from his pouch and applied it to LEEK's 'back device for processing arcane potions and oilments' while thinking that he should probably choose a better name for the damned device. Using a potion of magic weapon on LEEK - Fabian, I only picked magic weapon for this sole purpose... but now I'm in doubt if LEEK's slam would be considered a weapon or a natural attack. If you consider it a natural attack, would you be OK if we change the potion to a potion of magic fang?

LEEK's powerful fists started to glow a bit in a greenish color. Soon after he moved forward and punched the creature with all his strength, no order necessary from Zaken... perhaps seeing his master being hit was enough.

Attack (slam), magic weapon, power attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (16) + 6 + 1 - 1 = 22
Damage (slam), magic weapon, power attack: 2d6 + 4 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (6, 3) + 4 + 1 + 3 = 17

The powered punch hit the creature/statue in his chest, sending cracks along its torso.

Action 1

With his tools in his hands, Zaken moved towards the locker and started to work.

Disable Device, guidance: 1d20 + 12 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 12 + 1 = 29 sooo close

When he was almost finishing, he heard a 'click' and all his effort was in vain. "Ah damn it! I almost got it... I could try again but it would take a while... better to go back later I guess."

Action 2

Seeing how fast they explored the other rooms, Zaken was quite pleased. "See, now we know for sure that nothing is coming behind us... well, we can never be sure but I think you got what I mean..."

Moving inside the new room, Zaken honestly did not know where to look first... the blinking lights, the statue, the machine besides the stairs, the door to the east, the lighting discharges to the west... He moved towards the statue first for it was the most bizarre.

Knowledge (religion), guidance: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 2 + 1 = 11

"Hum, looks like we have some sort of religion stuff here... not sure what, perhaps an altar?"

Leaving the statue behind, he moved towards and lower part of the room, inspecting the machine besides the stairs and once more the lighting corridor, looking for a way to disable it.

Knowledge (engineering) - Zaken, guidance: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 11 + 1 = 31 for the machine
Perception - LEEK, guidance: 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 14 + 1 = 22 for where to disable the trap

"This trap doesn't make much sense in my opinion... why to trap a corridor and then lock it? And it wasn't even hidden! And we have easier and safer ways to get into this chamber thanks to the side corridors... I think there is more behind this thing... I think it is not a trap at all! Malka?"

Tag Malka

Action 1

The fight was brutal but in the end Zaken thought it could have gone worse, specially after that ridiculous strike the orc manage to hit on LEEK that almost removed his head! Luckily only a couple cables disconnected and Zaken was able to properly fix LEEK in no time. using a spell slot to cast rejuvenate eidolon.

Action 2

When all was said and done, Malka contemplated the many doors they had to choose from. "I do not have Zaken's divination abilities but I would vote for the southwest door since that may lead to the other side of the electrified hallway."

"Oh, come on... I think you are saying this just to get into my nerves..." He pointed to the northwest door. "Why can't we take a look in that room, leaving nothing behind us? As I thought before, this place seems pretty symmetrical and I agree that this door you are pointing to seems the probable way for us to follow but I really don't like to leave a place behind, specially if we have already encountered orcs and ratfolk twice! There could be more inside this room and I'd rather fight them right now than risk them to sneak behind us..."

Zaken stood in front of the doors, 'concentrating' in his supreme divinatory skills, finishing with a 'eeny-meeny-miny-moe' and pointing to the nearest door. He looked at Jeyne. "The vibration from this room is considera..."he laughed hard, unable to contain his ruse. "I keep forgetting that you don't understand sarcasm, Jeyne... lets keep going..."

I vote for the nearest door, since it has the highest chance of having the switch: Single Door.

A little frustrated, Zaken turned to the others. "I found nothing... perhaps the kill switch is on the other side of the wall... so, next door!" While he passed besides Malka and Jeyne, he smiled and laughed. "I knew from the beginning!"

Zaken looked around, trying to find where he would be able to work in disabling the trap. "LEEK, help me find something... a switch or the source of this power..."

Perception - Zaken: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21
Perception - LEEK: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21

Zaken has a base +12 to Disable Device and LEEK can aid him for another +2.

"You hurt Malka!" he cried, before impaling it with his blade.

Zaken sighed as Seven impaled the ratfolk. "Oh boy... that means we have no answers after all... unless any of you knows that trick about reading the future using a creature's guts..." Zaken looked around, without much hope.

When she had finished, she dug out a few of the cure potions she had purchased in town. "I am glad I had gotten these back in Torch." She handed one to Jeyne and one to Seven. "These will knit most of your skin back together. Let me know if any of you need additional bandaging."

Zaken shook his head in response. "I think I'm good, Malka... nothing too dire that I could not withstand right now. Save it for the big guy."

"Shall we continue with our original plan of trying the white access card on the locked room?"

Zaken shrugs once more. "I'd still prefer to check the doors to the north but if you prefer to try the center one, no problem at all... let me know and I'll open it. LEEK come with me, lets take the lead for now and let them recover their wounds..."

Fabian, I believe the ratman in the north provoked an AoO from Zaken... ignore it if not.

When the ratman in front of him aimed at Jeyne, Zaken took the opportunity to attack him, even if the creature was too fast for his untrained thrusts.

Attack (longspear), bless: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 + 1 = 13
Damage (longspear): 1d8 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1

LEEK, without a target near him after Seven crushed the last orc, he quickly moved towards the two ratman to the south, positioning between them, ready to attack if they choose to shot anyone.

Possible AoO (slam), bless, power attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 1 - 1 = 20
Damage (slam), power attack: 2d6 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (4, 5) + 4 + 3 = 16

With Jeyne also engaged with the ratfolk, Zaken decided that he would do better if he just tried to help her...

Aid Another (+attack), bless: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 + 1 = 16

Action 1 - Zaken, Round 1 (response)

As the orc charged forward in his direction, Zaken lifted his spear and hit it in its shoulder. Unfortunately it wasn't enough to keep it at bay. "Crap!"

AoO (longspear): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20
Damage (longspear): 1d8 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3

Action 1 - LEEK, Round 1

Seeing his 'master' being attack, the construct stepped forward and slammed his fist against the orc's face, crushing its nose and teeth.

Attack (slam), bless, guidance, power attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (13) + 6 + 1 + 1 - 1 = 20
Damage (slam), power attack: 2d6 + 5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 4) + 5 + 3 = 15

Action 2 - Zaken, Round 2

Now, for Zaken's next action, it depends if the orc is down or not at the end of the turn... I'll post as if he is... if not, I'll post a retcon later if that is ok...

Worried about the ratfolk sending bolts towards them, Zaken charged forward towards it. "LEEK, help Malka!"

Attack (longspear), bless, charge: 1d20 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 1 + 1 + 2 = 15
Damage (longspear): 1d8 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2

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Action 1

Zaken nodded at Jeyne's suggestion. "I think you have a good point. Even if Seven is the one getting hurt the most, it is just because he is always trying to protect us... it is more than fair that we make sure to keep him healthy!" Zaken smiled at him before adding. "And he is also a good guy and a good friend!" Zaken extends his hand to him, waiting for a high-five.

tag Seven - I feel this is going to hurt.

He then remembered about the other stuff they found. "Oh, Val, could you do us the favor once more of selling the stuff we won't need? I bet my mom will help you with that... hey she likes you!"

Zaken's mother is indeed the owner of the general store!

Action 2

Fabian, Zaken would have 'upped' LEEK's shield as soon as they entered the elevator once more... Zaken will cast guidance on LEEK or mage armor if you rule that he forgot to cast it before.

"Holy crap! LEEK, get ready..." Zaken then touched LEEK on his shoulder before stepping between him and Seven, readying his longspear.

"Khööye zaluusaa, ta yaagaad ene khaldlagyg zogsooj chadakhgüi bol, bid orond ni yariltsakh? Ta khüchirkheg daichid shig kharagddag khedii ch bid bidentei khamt ükhliin barij baina... yamar ch zevseg ööriin khuyag tsoo bolno, ter makhchin araatan ilüü khüchtei baidag... Ta bidniig yalakh udirdakh baisan ch gesen, ter zutan tand dundaas bolno. odoo orkhij, amar amgalangiin bidniig orkhij!"

Bluff: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

It would be a good thing to wait for him but I'm always worried by 'losing steam' in PBP games.

Action 1

Zaken took some time to comfort Val before going home for a couple hours to tell his mom he was still alive. He took some time to make quit fixes on LEEK before returning to the Foundry starving... his mom learnt her lesson and Zaken wasn't able to steel a snack this time.

He could smell the delicious pies from afar, almost drowning in his own saliva. I'm definitely going to marry that girl! Upon his third piece, Zaken was already able to think beyond his plate. "Oo... aay eews of Ise-er Aam-ad?"

Tag Val.

Action 2

"Right guys, I'm thinking that, if you exclude the double doors to the far left, this floor looks kind-of symmetric... if it is the case, perhaps it would be wise if we check the doors to the left before entering the central ones..."

Tag everyone.

When he talks about left, he is referring to the north ones.

Action 1

Malka took her first good look at the room. "We may want to consider halting our search after this room. I have used up a considerable portion of my resources and it may prove difficult if we continue."

Zaken shrugged. "Even if I could keep going for a bit more and Mr. Baine really needs the medicine, I agree that if we rush forward, there is the chance that neither we nor him will survive... things are getting worse as we find more and more threats down here..."

Action 2

She was intrigued by the other piece of portable equipment that was found. However, she was unfamiliar with such a device. "Hopefully one of you knows what this thing is otherwise we will have to take it back to Torch and ask for help identifying it."

Zaken investigated at the device with a confident look in his face. "Here, let me take a look..."

Knowledge (engieneering), guidance: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 11 + 1 = 31

With a triumphant 'aha', Zaken called both Jeyne and Malka closer to explain how the device worked. "This is a chemalyzer if I'm not wrong... it is a handheld unit with an extendable wand tipped with this sampling nozzle. With it, it is considerably easier to identify an unknown pharmaceutical, poison, chemical, or any substance actually. It cannot aid in the identification of magical effects or items like potions, however... It is also not in a very good condition so, if you agree, it might be better if I handle it... I have a knack for rusty technology, right LEEK?"

The construct bipped twice in an unusual way. "ALL SYSTEMS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. NO SIGN OF RUST WITHIN OR WITHOUT."

Action 1, Round 3

Zaken was starting to get worried about Seven's state. It would be so much easier if it focused his attention on LEEK instead... I can fix him quite easily... but, perhaps, he is not interested in 'subduing' other constructs...

"LEEK, aim at his cheek, in that weak spot!"

Attack (slam), guidance, power attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 1 - 1 = 25
Damage (slam), power attack: 2d6 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (5, 1) + 4 + 3 = 13 Well, I imagine it is finished since he was already at serious wounds.

Zaken left an 'YES' when LEEK's pistol propelled fist connected to the construct's cheek, removing its head from its shoulders. Zaken watched as its arms twitched a bit, possible thanks to some short circuit.

DM, I think you forgot to update the gearsman position... I imagine he is left to LEEK. Also, you missed Zaken's K. engineering.

Action 1, Round 2

With his ears still ringing, Zaken patted once more on LEEK's shoulder. "Nice warm up! Now hit it harder please..."

Attack (slam), guidance, power attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (17) + 6 + 1 - 1 = 23
Damage (slam), power attack: 2d6 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (4, 5) + 4 + 3 = 16

The following sound was even louder but this time Zaken knew LEEK had broken something.

Action 1, Round 1

As Zaken stepped inside the room he quickly examined it, focusing his attention on the gearman. "Oh, we do not know about this protocol of yours but I imagine it is not really pleasant... I think the orcs submitted to this protocol though." Aside from any jokes, Zaken was actually analyzing the construct, trying to discern any weakness they could exploit.

Knowledge (engineering): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

"LEEK, get ready to punch!" Zaken touched his construct in the shoulder but ordered him to stay close. "Wait for it to come to us..."

Readied Attack (slam), guidance, power attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 1 - 1 = 14

Unfortunately, LEEK's attack wasn't able to pierce the creature's hard cuirass, even if the sound from the clash of metal was still ringing in his head after the blow.

Action 1

As Zaken entered the room, it took him some time before he noticed the drones. His first thought was to fight them but since it seemed that they were more interested in repairing the room than of killing them, he held his orders.

Linguistics DC 15, guidance: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 1 = 27

"It looks like this is some sort of manufacturing lab... these leather thinks are responsible for transporting whatever was made here, with workers along the sides... if I'm right and this is a line of production, the other room behind that door..." Zaken pointed to the west door. "...could gives us more clues about what was being built."

With LEEK behind him, Zaken moved towards the other door, paying close attention to the drone's reaction.

Fabian, what is the DC of the Linguistics check?

We also had not discussed about the loot we found on the 'big recap'... I think Zaken will claim one of the holy symbols and one of the mw light hammers. I think Seven should keep the ring of protection, since between him and LEEK, he has the lowest AC and Zaken can always heal LEEK.

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Action 1, Round 3

With only one puppy remaining, Zaken stepped back and tried to distract the dog-thing to help LEEK but was unable to do so. Fortunately, it was not even needed as LEEK hit it hard with his piston fists, crushing its ribs and probably perforating a few organs.

Aid Another (attack) - DC 10: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 fail

Attack (slam), power attack: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (15) + 6 - 1 = 20
Damage (slam), power attack: 2d6 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (5, 4) + 4 + 3 = 16

Action 2

With the combat over, Zaken joined Malka in her planning. "I agree with you... but I'm also curious as how the creatures were able to enter here and how they survived so far. I assume they are not able to open doors, right? This leaves us with two options: there is a way to the surface where they can find game, or someone is feeding them... I think it would be nice if we discover which one of these are the true before pushing on..."

Saying this, Zaken calls LEEK to his side while he inspects the southwest and northwest tunnels.

south
Perception (Zaken): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
Perception (LEEK): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30

north
Perception (Zaken): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
Perception (LEEK): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20

Not intending to go too far in these tunnels, just enough to scout a bit.

Round 2

Seeing the good work LEEK did with the first creature, Zaken could thought a couple encouragement words were necessary. "Nicely done, LEEK, keep the pressure, keep punching them!"

LEEK beeped twice before moving north and attacking once more.

Attack (slam), guidance, power attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 1 - 1 = 13 probably a miss...
Damage (slam), power attack: 2d6 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 5) + 4 + 3 = 15

His next punch was as powerful as the last one but not as accurate.

Zaken noticed the worse in his movements. Perhaps a machine doesn't answers well to nice words... With LEEK out of the way, Zaken readied his spear against the remaining beast.

Attack (longspear): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Damage (longspear): 1d8 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0

I'll also roll a possible AoO, just in case...

Attack (longspear): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14
Damage (longspear): 1d8 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0

Sorry for the delay... when I was about to post my pc crashed and I needed to take a walk before typing again.

Action 1

Sense Motive DC 12: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

Zaken noticed Seven was not telling him the truth but decided not to push things over. "He will tell me whenever he is ready... I guess..."

Action 2

"ELEVATOR... I think this means we are going up! I wonder if to go down we'll need to find a different place... there is no sense for something to be called 'elevator' if it doesn't always 'elevates' us, right?" Then he noticed Seven had thrown up. "Wow! Hold your belongings, dude!"

Action 3

As Zaken noticed the growling creatures, he bolted back to the elevator, taping LEEK in the shoulder before entering. "Your shields are up, LEEK! Get ready to punch if they come closer!"

LEEK lifted his fist and prepared in 'special punch', just waiting for the creatures to come closer.

Zaken: moves back inside the elevator and casts mage armor on LEEK.

LEEK: readies an action to attack if the come closer.

Attack (slam), power attack: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (11) + 6 - 1 = 16
Damage (slam), power attack: 2d6 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (5, 5) + 4 + 3 = 17

When the cat-dog-thing came closer, LEEK brought down his mighty fist propelled by the jets in his elbow and crushed the poor thing.

"Acid," Jeyne called out simply to Zaken, having returned to the room where the Brigh worshippers still lay, grotesque in their repose. "We need to remove the mold, or more vegepygmies will likely appear."

"Ha, I got a few new tricks, Jeyne!" Saying this, Zaken pointed is arm forward and shot the fungus with a new technological device he finally figured out in this garage. acid splash

During the fight against the vegepygmies, for Zaken's amusement, LEEK was able to also demonstrate his new abilities... when a particularly nasty one came closer, probably the leader, LEEK lifted his big fists and a hatch opened in his elbow... soon after a jet of heat appeared, propelling his fist down completely smashing the poor creature... it was messy but quite pleasing, at least in Zaken's opinion. power attack

Aside from the incident in the greenhouse where he could have been strangled if not for Jeyne's warning, Zaken was pretty confident of their abilities, even if they had found no more clue about what was happening to Mr. Baine.

Zaken watched as Jeyne and Malka were looking for a way to use the repaired coupling... he would also have liked to help but LEEK still had the remains of the leader all over him and he would not risk any danger so he meticulously cleaned the construct. "If you need any help, just let me know..." Tag Malka/Jeyne

Aid Another (K. engineering): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18

Seeing that Malka was really concentrated with the coupling, Zaken decided to have a little talk with Seven. "Hey Seven, how are you doing? Everything is alright? So... I realized I have never really asked much about your life before Torch... it is impossible not to notice the bond between you and Malka... could you tell me more about you two?" Even if a bit curious, Zaken was really worried that the close bond between the two could turn sour if they had different expectations of what it should be so it was better to figure it out as soon as possible. The easiest way to discover the feelings one person has about another one is to ask them to describe each other... Tag Seven

Bluff: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17 Zaken is trying to trick Zeven in making him tell about how he feels about Malka

Had not found a way to express Zaken's desire to push on IC... but here is my vote!

I'm also gonna post tomorrow... this post is supposed to be 'bigger' and it is getting late now!

According to Zaken's last post, he votes for continuing the exploration.

Wow, so much dialogue in actions 1 and 2 that I'm a bit confused... it looks like the two actions have already encountered each other.

Zaken remained in silent most of the time. Before the 'event' in the foundry, he had never heard of any 'bad behavior' for the man's part and even if his last action was really suspicious, Zaken was having difficulties to decide if he trusted or not Sanvil, so he decided to let Malka lead the interrogation while he watched for Sanvil's reactions.

Sense Motive - Zaken: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

On his own, he could not tell if Sanvil was being honest so he decided to try something else. He touched a new, tiny device inside his ear and focused on LEEK, closing his eyes... an instant latter he was seeing the same scene from LEEK's 'senses'...

Sense Motive - LEEK: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

...and in another instant he was back to his 'mind'. Now he was sure and he smiled.

If he thinks Sanvil is honest in his intentions: "Right, Sanvil, I think we reached a consensus that we are on the same side and we have the same interests. We'll return down there and, among other things, we'll try to get the 'torch' back as well as a way to fully heal Mr. Baine. While we are out, there is now way we could keep an I on Garmen and his affairs so it would be a good idea for you to keep your eyes on him."

If he thinks Sanvil is lying or hiding something: "Right, Sanvil, is you are true to your words, keep an eye on Garmen while we keep doing what we can... come on guys, we have something more important to do..."

Sorry, even if I'm posting now, I won't be able to participate in this fast paced dialogue between Malka and Sanvil so I tailored my actions to be more on the observant side and not hamper your good RP!

Did I got any info about Sanvil with my k. local check?

Action 1

Headache chance (5%): 1d100 ⇒ 66
While eating, Zaken looked around at his companions. "So... we are going back, right? Will you join us, Camrad?"

Action 2

"LEEK, quickly, scan everything!" As Zaken ordered LEEK, the construct stepped forward and a green light 'scanned' the room. After passing two times by everything, LEEK answered. "NO ITEM MISSING. MINOR DISTURBANCE DETECTED." Zaken smiled at LEEK's new feature that the discovered. "Pretty cool, right?" He then remembered of their situation. "Right... someone was tinkering with our stuff... fortunately they found nothing. I could bet that weasel-faced Sanvil has something to do with it..."

Perception - LEEK, guidance: 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 14 + 1 = 30

Knowledge (local), guidance: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 1 = 21 To remember anything about Sanvil...

Action 1

Zaken nodded at Malka's comments. "I also intend to continue our exploration... LEEK has many more functions and dormant systems still inoperable that I do not fully understand and any knowledge down there could be important... oh, and, after all, you'll need someone who knows about engineering, right?" Zaken smiled and winked at Malka.

Action 2

Zaken listened as Malka talked about the bad nanites in Mr. Baine's body. Humm... this changes everything... I wonder if mom's antiplagues could be useful in this case... even if we can at least slow it down might be of some help...

Knowledge (engieenering), guidance: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 11 + 1 = 28
Heal, guidance: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 + 1 = 16

To know if an antiplague could at least 'slow' the nanites down.

Action 3

Seeing that Jeyne was already staying with Mr. Baine and Val, Zaken decided to help her with the coupling. "Sure, why not, Malka..." As Zaken helped Malka, he actually appreciated this thing of 'working in group'... he knew that he would have been able to fix the coupling without Malka's aid, as he knew she would also have been, but it would take a significant larger amount of time. From time to time, he watched Seven in the distance, observing them... no, just Malka. When they finished and were leaving, Zaken noticed Seven's drawings. Oh boy... this is tricky... perhaps I'll need to talk to them before something goes terribly wrong but for now it would be better just to watch...

Would it be possible for Zaken to assist Malka, perhaps reducing the 8-hour work to half, with a successful check? This way we could go back in right now!

Knowledge (engineering), guidance: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 11 + 1 = 20

Action 1

Zaken noticed how Val was excited for seeing her father again and thought it would be better to let them alone... any possible 'reward' he could receive from his girlfriend could wait. He decided to say hi to his mom, reassuring he was indeed alive, hearing her curses for almost fifteen minutes and then taking a bath, a matter that his mom fully supported.

After the bath, he took some time to relax a bit before facing the council. Grabbing his tools, he started to fix LEEK. He was inspired and was also able to 'finally understand' two new deactivated features that he quickly fixed. "Oh, this is so awesome!" Zaken exclaimed as LEEK used a couple of pistons in his arm to hit and smash a boulder in his backyard.

His belly protested for the lack of food and he soon remembered about the meeting with the council. He left his home in a rush, grabbing his mom's sub. He only heard her yells when he was already reaching the Foundry.

"Good night, Mrs. Dolga and Mr. Joram! I suppose you are eager to know what we found..." Zaken then described all their discoveries and actions, not in a straight line of thought that the councilmen would for sure approve but instead going back constantly as he remembered some new information.

Action 2

Zaken welcomed Val in his arms before talking to her. "He will get better, Val, I'm sure about it... He'll just need some time. I'll take a look in mom's shop for anything that could be useful to help Mr. Baine."

I imagine the town cleric doesn't have high enough level to cast remove disease... so we could try to find a potion of it or, in the worst case, buy an antiplague and attempt a couple of heal checks to bring him back in shape!

Later, when he got some time, he tried once more to identify the "strange tube" they found.
Knowledge (engineering): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31 for the flashlight!

Like I said before, if you feel like it would be better to sell the grenades and the radiation detector, it would give us 1500 gp. I'm only claiming it because no one did.

@Fabian: OK, added the new feature to the sheet and also the two other extra spells known (0-acid splash and 1-feather fall).

You gave me 2 spell slots instead of 3... if we settle at 3, I'm ok with your suggestion of 3 slots to cast a spell of whatever level I want!

Also, Zaken is not worried anymore about Camrad... he this he has a thing for Malka!

Oh, and even if Zaken 'claimed' the grenades, since the have such a high market value, I think we should sell them!

I'd like to claim the radiation detector and the timeworn hypogun (if Jeyne is ok with it). I'm saying this because Zakek took the Scavenger's Luck feat and is more prepared to deal with the glitches that could occur with timeworn technology.

Zaken is sitting at 3088 gp, 5 sp and 6 cp with an additional 4 sp and 4 cp in his pouch... Even so, 2000 of it comes from the 4 grenades in his possession.

@Fabian: When we discussed the trade of Zaken's summon monster class feature for extra spell slots, we forgot to mention the progression of this ability... Can I assume that every time he would get a new level of his former summon monster class feature he gets +1/+2 spell slots instead?

@Jeyne: I'm also intending to take these feats (or at least the technological ones) and even take the Technomancer PrC in the future. Since Zaken needs almost no feats to properly function, could you let me have them instead?

Action 1

Even if LEEK was still 'hurt', Zaken left him alone in favor of seeing Khonnir. "Mr. Baine! What the hell happened?..." Hearing the words from his mouth and the lack of sense on them, Zaken thought for a while before continuing. "You are right, Jeyne, we need to take Mr. Baine out before anything else. Doing so could risk the life of any other member of his expedition that could still be alive but, unfortunately for them, they are not our mission, right? LEEK, could you carry Mr. Baine?" Looking to the others he added. "If any combat occurs during our return, I'm afraid LEEK will be out of it, keeping Mr. Baine safe."

Action 2

Seeing all the 'stuff', Zaken quickly called LEEK to help him to identify the items. "Here, LEEK, give me a hand here..."

"A timeworn radiation detector, a timeworn brown nanite hypogun, two nanite canisters, and a grade I hemochem... I'm not sure what this stuff is though..." Zaken pointed to the medlance.

Fabian, how many charges the timeworn items have?

Action 1, Round 2

Worried about LEEK's state, Zaken tried to use his spear to help LEEK defend himself, but the medical droid wasn't fooled by his attempt. LEEK, on the other hand, landed a mighty blow once more.

Aid Another: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (6) + 0 = 6 fail
Attack (slam), fighting defensively: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 5 - 4 = 20
Damage (slam): 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (4, 2) + 4 = 10