>>78475
"Does... Sending even work here?" The shaman frowns, and then turns to the rest of the group. "It would take ten minutes... What do you think?"

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Sid considers for a moment. "So long as he's actually somewhere in Gordias... yes, it should be possible!"

The ranger pick ups his belongings and it takes an instant for him to understand the situation.

"Samel must be somewhere. Could you try sending, shaman?"

"Consider that even with the use of Sending, finding Mister Samel will likely be impossible. It may well be advisable to commit the time required towards reaching the Knot earlier. Surely his first instinct would be to find a safe location, even without our instruction?"

"Well, he should be capable of casting the ritual as well..." Sureiya says, still concerned.

"Let's not waste any time then. Sid, can you operate the lift?" the ranger asks.

In response to Sureiya's query, the goblin strides forward and presses a few buttons on the panel. The frame you are all standing in shudders, and begins to ascend. After a short while, it shudders to a stop, and before you lies a passage.

The frame opens, so you can exit the front of it, facing north. There is a short, narrow passage in front of you that opens into a larger room. From this larger room you hear the hiss of rushing steam, and every now and then jets of stream cover the area at odd, yet seemingly not random, intervals. You can see that this room leads to another narrow corridor, which goes for quite a bit before the view is cut off by a large pipe.

OOC: See the roll20 map for a layout. You can move to the edge of the wider room in front of you, but passing through that room is not possible at this time. You may want to do Perception checks to more thoroughly check out the room, once you have moved further into the passage.

Since the rest of the party appear to be comatose, the ranger moves up, takes his spy glass and takes a look to the room ahead.

Perception: (35)

Sureiya gets a good look at the room ahead of him. It would appear to be a square room with a low ceiling (only about eight feet high), with pipes jutting out of the walls. These pipes appear to have been dislodged from their original configuration, and are spewing jets of steam across the room at odd intervals. However, Sureiya's keen perceptive abilities do see a pattern that could be exploited to navigate the room without being blasted by steam, though one would need to be light on their toes to do so.

OOC: Navigating the room without danger requires a hard DC Acrobatics check. Thanks to Sureiya's high Perception check, he gets a +2 bonus to this check. If one person successfully navigates the room, the DC is lowered to a moderate DC for everyone who observes them doing so, and successfully studying the pattern of steam blasts by passing a moderate DC Perception check gets the same +2 bonus. Failing the Acrobatics check will subject you to fire damage from steam blasts as you pass through. Alternative modes of movement may also lessen your risk in various ways.

"I can see a pattern behind the steam blasts, but crossing this tunnel unharmed will still not be easy" the ranger says, while deciding between removing his leather armor or not.

"Any creative ideas here? Maybe if I could find a safe path it would be easier for all of you."

>>78485

Myn places a hand on Sureiya's shoulder and provides his best nod of false confidence as he pushes him toward the room.

Aid another acrobatics: 26
Use Knack for Success on Sureiya.


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Seeing no further responses besides the fake encouragement by the man who sleeps with the devil, the ranger muster up all of his courage and decides to momentarily take off his leather armor.

"Alright, all of you better pay attention, I won't try this more than once" he says.

Once he stores the spyglass and his armor, he takes a strange-looking crystal from his bag. Now he feels light as a feather.
Sureiya looks again into Myn's direction and gives him a"thank you" nod as response, and strides ahead once he sees an opening.

Acrobatics check: 10 base without armor, +2 from perception bonus, +2 from talent shard, +6 from aid another and knack for success. And still, just rolled a freaking (23)

Sureiya takes care to navigate the dangerous room, but unfortunately, his timing is slightly off, and he takes a direct hit to the face from a blast of scaling steam just as he was about to reach the opposite side of the room. Unfortunately, it seems that following his movements will not aid the rest of the party.

Sureiya takes 14 fire damage.

Myn shakes his head in feigned disappointment for an extended moment, having previously prepared himself by having no expectations from the start. Although burdened with the stiffness of his body from his idling habits, he supplements his movement with teleportation to ease the journey through the room.


Short rest.
Use Knack for Success on self.
Acrobatics: 21
Use Ethereal Stride(5) and two Ethereal Sidesteps(3+3) to cross room.

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Myn's teleportation effects help him avoid the worst of the steam, though he still suffers a bit from a nearby blast that he just manages to teleport out of in time to not take the full brunt of it.

Myn takes 9 fire damage.

>>78490
The shaman learns from their failures.

Perception to observe steam patterns (28) https://orokos.com/roll/565888

Sid carefully observes the pattern of steam blasts, and then quickly scampers from one side of the room to the other, seemingly miraculously avoiding every blast of steam along the way.

The entire party now has the benefit of having seen Sid pass through, making it significantly easier on them.

OOC: Sid roll 24 on Perception, getting the bonus to his Acrobatics, on which he rolled 27. This clears the hard DC and reduces it to a moderate DC for the rest of the party.

Torinn grabs the shaman and prepares to charge straight through after readying themselves for protection from the steam.

Grab Bernkastel and situate her on Rutger
Keep up shield
Take total defense action
Have shaman point out what she saw to Torinn
Double move on next turn
Acrobatics check: 5

Widely embarassed by his failure, Sureiya brushes off the mild scalds and instead congratulate the small dude on his amazing performance.

"Well, maybe try following Sid's example instead" he admits.

Though Rutger's swift speed allows his passengers to avoid some of the damage, his lack of agility on the ground means that he and his passengers to be blasted by a fair amount of steam along the way.

Torinn and Bernkastel take 27 fire damage, Rutger takes 17 fire damage.

On the other side, you are startled to find that the goblin Bluehand is already there, waiting for you. Even Sureiya, Sid, and Myn seem caught by surprise by this revelation. "Yes, uplanders finished here? Much of Gordias remains to explore."

As the goblin turns to leave, Sid manages to sputter out, "W-wait a sec! How in the Nine Hells did you get over here?!"

The goblin has already turned to begin moving once more, but looks over his shoulder as he says, "Sssshtock... it was written, so it is. Psssh-tock, Enigma Codex's powers are many!"

>>78495

"Wasteful. Hopefully another chance to observe the use of that book will present itself. At least our improved average odor presents a small consolation."

Almost an afterthought, Myn snaps his fingers, and the owlbear passes through the realms to rejoin him.

Use Fey Barding power standard and minor actions.
(for reference)
Power (At-Will): Standard action. If your companion is a fey creature, you can
send it to a safe location in the Feywild as long as it is in your line of sight. You
can recall it to an adjacent square at any time as a minor action.

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The ranger takes a break to see if anyone will stop to treat their wounds, and instead focuses on the suspicious mini droid following the group.

"I'm sure there's a whole section about my incredulity in there as well" , the ranger complains. "But the next time tell us about the shortcut, if you wish to remain our ally."

"Psssh-tock," comes the announcement of more conversation from the goblin. "Uplander hear-think well: if uplander suffered steam-blasty, was always going to happen. My warning not change that." Looking towards the corridor ahead, Bluehand does add, "Now ready-stock, tough-fight ahead. Powerful automaton blocks way."

"Does that mean that even with knowledge of the future, he can't change it?"

Myn feels conflicted, with the reduced goblin danger evaluation accompanied by a reduced artifact utility evaluation.

"The last time we faced a prophet it wasn't too hard to prove him wrong."

Sureiya is obviously not amused by Bluehand's delirium, but is glad to see something useful coming from his metal mouth. Then he equips himself properly for combat.

Equip leather armor, acrobat boots and circlet of second chance.

Scalded and embarrassed, Torinn readies himself for combat and makes sure he's the first one in.
equip everything relevant, including the helmet
stay at the front of the party

The shaman is not happy about being grabbed and used as a steam shield. She begins to scream as she is scalded, but manages to cover her mouth in time.

Furious, she kicks herself away from Torinn, shoves the battle standard to the ground, and swings her healing mace to try and undo some of the damage.

Move Action: Get off Torinn. Move the Spirit Companion next to Torinn.
Standard Action: Draw and plant the Battle Standard of Healing, somewhere with every damaged character in the area.
Minor Action: Healing Spirit. Target self, spend a surge to heal for 19+2+2=23 HP (Healer's Brooch, Sid's set bonus). The shaman and each ally in the area heals for 1+2=3 HP from the Battle Standard.
- Secondary healing goes to Torinn. 3d6+2+2=14 HP healed. https://orokos.com/roll/566503

The shaman will then request a short rest to recover these resources.

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Once the group seems on better shape and the Shaman's complaints have stopped, Sureiya silently moves ahead and scans the area with his eyes and his ears.

Perception: 33
Stealth: 30

After the group takes a breather, Sureiya advances slightly to do some scouting. He finds that the walkway seems to loop back around both sides before turning north once more. There is no sound save for the low hum of machinery, the rhythmic tink of cogs in motion, and the occasional hiss of steam.

Once the ranger finds the path is clear, he motions to the rest of the party to follow him, and he takes a look into the tunnel at the center

As Sureiya rounds the corner and the group moves up, the ranger spots a hulking, metallic golem of some sort. It appears to be a stylized humanoid soldier-type wielding a metal quarterstaff. It instantly reacts to Sureiya's presence, gripping its quarterstaff tightly with both hands and emitting jets of steam from its metal joints.

It would seem battle is to be joined, and Torinn immediately notices Sureiya's reaction, gripping his weapon tightly.

OOC: Once you can see the creature, the related Monster Knowledge check is arcana or dungeoneering.

>>78506
Torinn catches sight of the large mechanical enemy up ahead. The creature looks as if it's about ready to attack, but Torinn is quick on the draw today. Rutger flies Torinn adjacent, where Torinn places his divine challenge on the foe. Then, taking a defensive stance, he lashes out with his sword and attacks the automaton,
landing a decent hit against the creature and bolstering his own defenses significantly against its attacks. He also blocks off the passageway, so that it is (probably) unable to harm his allies.

Move adjacent to Faust
Use Divine Challenge on Faust
Attack Faust with Brash Strike (31, 16)

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Torinn quickly rides his steed close to the metal golem, and his magical weapon has no trouble smashing a small dent in the automaton's shoulder. The machine makes a whirring sound as it retaliates swiftly, and blows rain upon Torinn despite his hefty defensive boost, leaving him badly wounded.

As Torinn entered the room, he noticed that it was largely an empty, open area, lined with metal pipes jutting out of the walls. Though the pipes are too small for anyone other than Sid to crawl through, many are open and facing the room, though none seem to be emitting deadly steam or anything dangerous. Behind the metal golem is a narrow tunnel lined at the bottom with what appear to be two metallic rails, which lead down a winding path out of Torinn's sight. Torinn and Rutger could squeeze into the tunnel behind their foe if they wished, though there's no telling where it leads. To the right of the rails is what appears to be a control panel of sorts.

Torinn moves and uses divine challenge, marking Faust.
Torinn uses brash strike, hitting for 16 damage and gaining a +5 bonus to all defenses until the start of his next turn.
At the end of Torinn's turn, Faust uses legendary action, attacking with its metal quarterstaff and missing.
At the start of Faust turns, he gains one stack of increasing pressure. This grants Faust a bonus to attack and damage!
Faust uses double attack, swinging its metal quarterstaff twice. It misses once and crits once for 24 damage.
Faust spends an action point! Faust uses double attack, swinging its metal quarterstaff twice. It misses once and crits once for 24 damage. Torinn is bloodied.

Player Characters
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 72/78 HP
Apsaumbas (Myn's Owlbear): 39/39 HP
Disembodied Hand (Myn): Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 31/89 HP, resist 5 necrotic, +5 to all defenses
Rutger (Torinn's Mount): 30/44 HP, resist 5 all when mounted/10 vs close/area attacks
Sureiya (Anonkun): 75/86 HP
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): 73/74 HP (7/8 surges)
Spirit Companion (Voyager): Summoned
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): Not summoned, allies within 2 have resist 5 (Not Present)
Sid Silversprocket (NPC): 83/83 HP, resist 5 lightning

Enemies
Faust (Enemy): -16 HP, increasing pressure 1, divine challenge

"How far away is the enemy?" the shaman calls to the ranger.

However, Torinn decisively intervenes with a counter-attack that slices into the robot's exposed joint before a bash from his shield drives it back. This throws one of the machine's swings wild, and it fails to land what would've been a critical blow. It has to stumble back forward before continuing its assault, and as a result the dragonborn does not suffer nearly as much pain.

Torinn uses disciplined counter on the first miss of the first double attack, which hits for 11 damage and slides Faust out of range for its second attack. It uses its move action to close the gap and continues its assault. Faust also grants combat advantage until the end of Torinn's next turn.
Sureiya knows that Faust is a level 12 solo brute. Its highest non-AC defense is Fortitude and its lowest defense is Reflex. It is immune to fear and poison, and it has resist 10 fire and resist 10 lightning.

Player Characters
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 72/78 HP
Apsaumbas (Myn's Owlbear): 39/39 HP
Disembodied Hand (Myn): Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 55/89 HP, resist 5 necrotic, +5 to all defenses
Rutger (Torinn's Mount): 30/44 HP, resist 5 all when mounted/10 vs close/area attacks
Sureiya (Anonkun): 75/86 HP
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): 73/74 HP (7/8 surges)
Spirit Companion (Voyager): Summoned
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): Not summoned, allies within 2 have resist 5 (Not Present)
Sid Silversprocket (NPC): 83/83 HP, resist 5 lightning

Enemies
Faust (Enemy): -27 HP, increasing pressure 1, divine challenge, granting combat advantage

"It is about fifty feets from me" The ranger replies, hesitating for a second, while trying to observe the menacing construct.

Delay after the shaman (maybe more)

>>78511

Myn waits for the meatshields to decisively draw attention.

Delay until after "Bernkastel".

As the adventurers delay, the machine continues to attack with alarming alacrity. Torinn manages to deflect one blow, but a second catches him right on the top of the head, and for a moment the paladin thinks even his magic helmet might crack under the stress.

When Sureiya and Myn delay, Faust uses legendary action to attack at the end of each of their turns. The first swing misses, but the second crits for 24 damage. Torinn is bloodied.

Player Characters
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 72/78 HP
Apsaumbas (Myn's Owlbear): 39/39 HP
Disembodied Hand (Myn): Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 31/89 HP (bloodied), resist 5 necrotic, +5 to all defenses
Rutger (Torinn's Mount): 30/44 HP, resist 5 all when mounted/10 vs close/area attacks
Sureiya (Anonkun): 75/86 HP
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): 73/74 HP (7/8 surges)
Spirit Companion (Voyager): Summoned
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): Not summoned, allies within 2 have resist 5 (Not Present)
Sid Silversprocket (NPC): 83/83 HP, resist 5 lightning

Enemies
Faust (Enemy): -27 HP, increasing pressure 1, divine challenge, granting combat advantage

"Then Mr. Sureiya, please move with Mr. Sturmgust's assistance."

Finally able to see the target, the shaman draws a dagger, mumbles in Primordial as she moves, and as the other spirit companion appears near Torinn, a storm archon chucks the storm-infused knife at the robot.

Free action: Sid's Bag of Holding power. Draw Goblin Totem Dagger.
Move action: 4sq west, 2sq north. SC moves 4sq west, 2sq north.
Minor action: Spirit of Athas. Conjure 5sq north and 2sq west from the shaman's position, in elevation 1. Shaman and allies get +1 power bonus to defenses while adjacent to it, and only allies get resist 5 all while within 2 squares of it.
Free action: Bracers of Mental Might. Use mental stat for str-based attack/skill/ability.
Standard action: Relentless Wounding. Target Faust.
- Attack roll: 25 vs. AC (miss)
No action: Heroic Effort. +4 to the attack roll.
- Attack roll: 29 vs. AC (hit)
- Damage: 12
- Until the end of the encounter, allies gain +5 power bonus to damage rolls against the target.

No action: Monster knowledge.
- Arcana (19) https://orokos.com/roll/567266
- Background reroll (38) https://orokos.com/roll/567267


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The shaman approach quickly and calls forth her spirits, with the elemental spirit providing a defensive aura for her allies. She then shores up her allies' attack by hurling her storm-infused dagger, which just manages to strike Faust in whatever passes for the golem's face.

Another strike on the paladin manages to catch Torinn off-guard, and it's clear the dragonborn is fading underneath the machine's surprisingly relentless onslaught. He will need succor, and soon.

Bernkastel draws her goblin totem dagger and moves, moving her spirit companion.
Bernkastel uses spirit of athas to conjure her second spirit.
Bernkastel uses relentless wounding with bracers of mental might, missing but with heroic effort turning it into a hit for 12 damage. Her allies get a +5 power bonus to damage rolls against Faust for the rest of the encounter.
At the end of Bernkastel's turn, Faust uses its legendary action to attack Torinn with its metal quarterstaff, hitting for 16 damage (reduced to 11).

Player Characters
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 72/78 HP, +5 power to damage vs. Faust
Apsaumbas (Myn's Owlbear): 39/39 HP, +5 power to damage vs. Faust
Disembodied Hand (Myn): Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 20/89 HP (bloodied), resist 5 necrotic, +5 to all defenses, +5 power to damage vs. Faust
Rutger (Torinn's Mount): 30/44 HP, resist 5 all when mounted/10 vs close/area attacks, +5 power to damage vs. Faust
Sureiya (Anonkun): 75/86 HP, +5 power to damage vs. Faust
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): 73/74 HP (7/8 surges), +5 power to damage vs. Faust
Spirit Companion (Voyager): Summoned
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): Summoned, allies within 2 have resist 5
Sid Silversprocket (NPC): 83/83 HP, resist 5 lightning, +5 power to damage vs. Faust

Enemies
Faust (Enemy): -51 HP, increasing pressure 1, divine challenge, granting combat advantage

As he warps into view of the creature, Myn's disembodied hand is a blur as it moves in and out of his bag, supplying magical implements at opportune moments. Taking a brief moment to properly curse his foe, he places a hand on Sureiya's shoulder and provides his best nod of false confidence as he gestures towards the robot. The considerable expectations he channels into the orc twist his features into a hideous visage of dark magic.

Move action: Use Ethereal Stride to teleport 4 west, 1 northwest. (Darkspiral Rod +2 (accurate), Incisive Dagger +2)
Minor action: Curse Faust. (Rod of Cursed Honor +1, Rod of Dark Reward +1)
Standard action: Use Hellsworn Blessing on Sureiya. (Aversion Staff +1)
Move owlbear northwest.

Knowledge (Arcana): 20


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The warlock teleports forward, leaving the goblin idling in the corner, and places his sinister curse upon the automaton before infusion the nearby half-orc with fiery wrath.

Sid quickly acknowledges the shaman's plan with a nod, and quickly uncorks his slippery concoction, sliding an infusion onto the ground beneath Torinn. The canister hardens Torinn's resolve in the face of the metal monstrosity, and the gnome then triggers his device, sending his allies sliding into more advantageous positions.

Myn knows what Sureiya knows about this automaton. In addition, Bernkastel has the following information about its powers: it has the action recovery trait, which removes dazing or stunning effects at the end of each of Faust's turns. It can also spend two of its legendary action uses to end any dominating or stunning effect preventing it from taking free actions. It also has the pressurized attacks traits, which grants it 1 charge of increasing pressure at the start of each of its turns after it rolls initiative, and these stacks remain until the end of the encounter. Each stack gives Faust a stacking +2 bonus to attack rolls and +5 bonus to damage rolls. Its metal quarterstaff is a hard-hitting melee basic attack with a reach of 2 that requires a standard action. Also as a standard action, it can use double attack to attack twice with its quarterstaff. Its blitztrahl attack is also a standard action, area burst 1 within 20 power that doesn't provoke opportunity attacks for using an area power, and is vs. Reflex. It deals moderate lightning damage to creatures in the burst. Finally, its last standard action power is called pressure strike, which it can only use when bloodied. Once it uses pressure spike, it can't take any more standard actions for the rest of the turn, even if it spends an action point. Pressure strike sets increasing pressure stacks to 10, the maximum value. Its legendary actions are free actions that trigger at the end of another creature's turn, allowing it to use its metal quarterstaff or, if no enemies are adjacent to it, blitzstrahl as a free action. It can only use its legendary actions three times per round. Faust has a move speed of 6 and darkvision.
Myn teleports into position with ethereal stride and curses Faust.
Myn uses hellsworn blessing, causing Sureiya to assume hellsworn form until the end of the encounter or until Myn dismisses the effect as a minor action. Hellsworn form grants Sureiya a +2 power bonus to attack rolls, darkvision, and causes his melee attacks to deal 2d8 extra fire damage.
Sid moves. Sid uses resistive formula on Torinn, granting him a +1 power bonus to AC.
Sid uses slick concoction, sliding Sureiya, Myn's owlbear, Myn, and Benrkastel around and giving them a +4 bonus to Reflex until the end of his next turn.

Player Characters
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 72/78 HP, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +2 defenses vs. cursed, +2 all defenses, +2 AC, +2 Reflex, +4 Reflex
Apsaumbas (Myn's Owlbear): 39/39 HP, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +4 Reflex
Disembodied Hand (Myn): Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 20/89 HP (bloodied), resist 5 necrotic, +5 to all defenses, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, resistive formula
Rutger (Torinn's Mount): 30/44 HP, resist 5 all when mounted/10 vs close/area attacks, +5 power to damage vs. Faust
Sureiya (Anonkun): 75/86 HP, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +4 Reflex, Hellsworn Form
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): 73/74 HP (7/8 surges), +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +4 Reflex
Spirit Companion (Voyager): Summoned
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): Summoned, allies within 2 have resist 5, adjacent allies get +1 power to all defenses
Sid Silversprocket (NPC): 83/83 HP, resist 5 lightning, +5 power to damage vs. Faust

Enemies
Faust (Enemy): -51 HP, increasing pressure 1, divine challenge, granting combat advantage

Once the ranger's initial nervouness is gone, he takes Nightfall from his holding bag and applies one of the frozen whetstones in an instant. However, sooner than later, Sureiya's body composition suffer an extreme change from the Warlock's demonic blessing. He grows a few inches taller than before and the spooky looking bats flying around him certainly make an impression.

His face looks all pale now and his usual simple clothing morphed into a more formal attire; a charcoal colored suit and pants, a wide red tie with a cross-shaped end, and classy looking shoes. The ranger's appareance is not the only thing that has changed, as Nightfall is blended in flames, even if some cold energy paradoxically seems to remains around.

He throws the construct a challenging smirk and enthusiastically charges ahead, he splits Nightfall into two medium-sized swords and fiercely attacks once with each blade. Losing no time, the ranger teleports behind the robotic guardian. "Nothing personal, Roomba-kid."

Free action: Take Nightfall (broadsword) from magic bag.
Minor action, take and use cold whetstone on Nightfall, adds +2 cold damage giving his attacks fire/cold keywords.
Minor action, Hunter's Quarry on Faust.
Free action: Split Nightfall into two blades.
Standard Action: Attacks on the Run! (25, 58 damage) (40, 49 damage) Then 3 more damage from Hunter's Quarry.
Free action: Teleport into flanking position with Torinn, using Nightfall's power.

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Using his new hellish form to his advantage, the half-orc quickly applies a whetstone to his legendary blade and splits it in two, then dashes into the fray, slashing twice mightily with the twin blades he is known for. As he connects, he vanishes from sight and appears in a flanking position with Torinn. The first strike did not land as solidly as the ranger perhaps would've liked, but it still inflicted some damage upon the automaton, who is finally beginning to reel a bit from the continued adventurer aggression.

Sureiya does some stuff with Nightfall and a whetstone.
Sureiya sets his quarry and uses attacks on the run, missing once for 29 fire and cold damage and hitting once for 49 fire and cold damage, plus 3 extra damage from quarry.

Player Characters
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 72/78 HP, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +2 defenses vs. cursed, +2 all defenses, +2 AC, +2 Reflex, +4 Reflex
Apsaumbas (Myn's Owlbear): 39/39 HP, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +4 Reflex
Disembodied Hand (Myn): Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 20/89 HP (bloodied), +1 racial bonus to attack rolls, resist 5 necrotic, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, resistive formula (35)
Rutger (Torinn's Mount): 30/44 HP, resist 5 all when mounted/10 vs close/area attacks, +5 power to damage vs. Faust
Sureiya (Anonkun): 75/86 HP, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +4 Reflex, Hellsworn Form
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): 73/74 HP (7/8 surges), +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +4 Reflex
Spirit Companion (Voyager): Summoned
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): Summoned, allies within 2 have resist 5, adjacent allies get +1 power to all defenses
Sid Silversprocket (NPC): 83/83 HP, resist 5 lightning, +5 power to damage vs. Faust

Enemies
Faust (Enemy): -120 HP, increasing pressure 1, divine challenge, granting combat advantage, Sureiya's quarry

In spite of the beating he's received, Torinn stands firm against the mechanical beast and- wait, did Sureiya just become a demon?

Questions for later. He glares at Faust intimidatingly, putting fear into the fearless android automaton, and belittles it, making the machine feel shame on top of everything else. To it, Torinn is effectively invisible, for it cannot bear to face him after such humiliation.

Use Glowering Threat: Faust takes a -5 penalty to attack rolls against allies
Use Mocking Smite with Brash Strike (34, 24 psychic damage) and become invisible to Faust as well as +5 to defenses

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At the instant the machination turns around and focuses on the Paladin and the rest of the party, Sureiya swings again one of the elementally infused Nightfall blades. This time, some of the shadow bats flying around attack Faust as well, distracting it as it throws a lighting blast.

Disruptive strike! 32 damage and -5 attack penalty

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Torinn's surgical strike and deliberate provocations seem to stir something in the android to fixate heavily upon the dragonborn, but then Torinn takes it a step further with a potent psychic smite that scrambles what passes for Faust's brain.

Unable to detect the paladin for a direct attack, Faust reaches behind its back as if to pull out a javelin, and makes a throwing motion. Though no javelin is produced, it seems to hurl a bolt of lightning that strikes the ground near the pegasus and explodes violently! Sureiya takes this opportunity, however, to launch a distracting attack that throws off the construct's aim, and only Rutger ends up caught in the blast, with the other nearby creatures evading.

Torinn uses glowering threat, causing Faust to take a -5 penalty to attack rolls against creatures other than Torinn until the end of his next turn.
Torinn uses brash strike with mocking smite, hitting Faust for 24 points of psychic damage. Torinn is also invisible to Faust until the end of his next turn.
Faust's increasing pressure stacks increase to 2.
Faust uses blitztrahl, hitting Torinn and Rutger for 28 lightning damage, and missing the owlbear and Bernkastel. However, Sureiya hits with disruptive strike for 32 fire and cold damage, which makes the attack miss Torinn and he takes no damage. Rutger reduces the damage taken to 18.

Player Characters
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 72/78 HP, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +2 defenses vs. cursed, +2 all defenses, +2 AC, +2 Reflex, +4 Reflex
Apsaumbas (Myn's Owlbear): 39/39 HP, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +4 Reflex
Disembodied Hand (Myn): Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 20/89 HP (bloodied), +1 racial bonus to attack rolls, resist 5 necrotic, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, resistive formula (35), invisible, +5 to defense against Faust's attacks
Rutger (Torinn's Mount): 12/44 HP (bloodied), resist 5 all when mounted/10 vs close/area attacks, +5 power to damage vs. Faust
Sureiya (Anonkun): 75/86 HP, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +4 Reflex, Hellsworn Form
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): 74/74 HP (7/8 surges), +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +4 Reflex
Spirit Companion (Voyager): Summoned
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): Summoned, allies within 2 have resist 5, adjacent allies get +1 power to all defenses
Sid Silversprocket (NPC): 83/83 HP, resist 5 lightning, +5 power to damage vs. Faust

Enemies
Faust (Enemy): -176 HP, increasing pressure 1, divine challenge, Sureiya's quarry, -5 to attack against creatures other than Torinn

"Mr. N, what did you do to him?" The shaman calls back at the warlock, alarmed by the ranger's transformation.

Alarm or not, there's a robot to be fought. The smaller spirit does its job as the shaman climbs onto Rutger, first infusing Torinn, and if opportunity allows, Rutger as well.

[Free action]: Stow Goblin Totem Dagger.
[Free action]: Draw Chieftain's Short Spear.
[Move action]: Mount Rutger. Spirit Companion 3sq north, 1sq west, elevation 1.
[Standard action]: Sly Fox Spirit. Target Torinn first, then if he hits, Rutger can attack too.
- Chieftain's Weapon: My attack grants have a +1 item bonus to attack.
- Infernal Pincer: When you and an ally are both flanking an enemy, you and that ally gain a bonus to melee damage rolls against that enemy equal to [+5]. (Doesn't say the ally and I have to be flanking together!)
[Minor action]: Call Forth the Spirit World. (Fear effect, so it doesn't work on the robot). Close burst spirit 3.
- Effect: The burst becomes a zone until the end of your next turn or until your spirit companion is destroyed. The zone moves with the spirit companion, remaining centered on its space. Enemies within the zone take a -2 penalty to attack rolls. Any bloodied ally that starts its turn within the zone regains 5 hit points. (+4 to healing from Weapon of Healing and Healer's Brooch, for a total of 9.)


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>>78523
Torinn lashes out at the machine, and his mount follows suit, rearing up before delivering a sharp kick to the mechanical foe.
Torinn hits with melee basic attack (39, 28)
Rutger hits with kick (27, 25)

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When the machine targets Sureiya, Torinn becomes a flurry of divine retribution, lashing out with two devestating attacks as the robot is seared with divine light.
Hit for 26 damage
CRIT for 36 damage
Divine challenge deals 14 damage

The shaman quickly climbs on Rutger's back, overcoming her reluctance from the earlier jaunt through the steam vents. She then maneuvers her spirit to empower both Torinn and his mount, which strike out at the automaton, knocking it somewhat off-balance. However, when it turns to swipe at the ranger who backstabbed it, Torinn unleashes a true flurry of punishment, first striking deftly twice with his blade and then searing the robot with radiant energy. Faust is clearly now badly damaged, and Sid adds insult to the injury by firing a lightning-infused crossbow bolt directly into the center of its chest. The energy, though not terribly damaging for Faust, disrupts it enough to weaken the strike from its quarterstaff against Sureiya.

Bernkastel moves and moves her companions. Bernkastel uses sly fox spirit, allowing Torinn to attack, hitting for 28 damage with a melee basic attack. Rutger then hits with kick for 25 damage.
Bernkastel uses call forth the spirit world. Lasts until the end of Bernkastel's next turn.
At the end of Bernkastel's turn, Faust attacks Sureiya with its metal quarterstaff. This triggers Torinn's divine challenge, combat challenge, and in the defense of order, which deal 14 radiant damage, and hit for 31 damage and crit for 42 damage.
Sid uses shocking feedback, hitting for 20 lightning damage (reduced to 10) and granting Sureiya resist 5 all against the triggering attack, which hits for 22 damage (reduced to 17).

Player Characters
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 72/78 HP, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +2 defenses vs. cursed, +2 all defenses, +2 AC, +2 Reflex, +4 Reflex
Apsaumbas (Myn's Owlbear): 39/39 HP, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +4 Reflex
Disembodied Hand (Myn): Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 20/89 HP (bloodied), +1 racial bonus to attack rolls, resist 5 necrotic, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, resistive formula (35), invisible, +5 to defense against Faust's attacks
Rutger (Torinn's Mount): 12/44 HP (bloodied), resist 5 all when mounted/10 vs close/area attacks, +5 power to damage vs. Faust
Sureiya (Anonkun): 58/86 HP, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +4 Reflex, Hellsworn Form
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): 74/74 HP (7/8 surges), +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +4 Reflex
Spirit Companion (Voyager): Summoned
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): Summoned, allies within 2 have resist 5, adjacent allies get +1 power to all defenses
Sid Silversprocket (NPC): 83/83 HP, resist 5 lightning, +5 power to damage vs. Faust

Enemies
Faust (Enemy): -329 HP (Bloodied), increasing pressure 2, divine challenge, Sureiya's quarry, -5 to attack against creatures other than Torinn

Myn shoots magic at the thing, fairly certain that in the worst case the meatshields will hold until he can kill it.


Immediate reaction: Use Life Siphon off Sureiya's damage.
Bloodied Boon from Faust.
(Same item switch pattern)
Minor action: Use Warlock's Curse on Faust.
Move action: Ethereal Sidestep to teleport north 3 squares.
Standard action: Cast Shared Agony against Faust.
Attack(will): 25
Damage: 41


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The warlock again vanishes from sight briefly before reappearing, drawing power into himself before scrambling the automaton's programming with a powerful psychic blast. Sid joins in, firing a bolt from his crossbow that infuses Myn as it passes by, allowing the warlock to throw forth an eldritch blast without even thinking about it. Meanwhile, Faust tries twice fruitlessly to bash the invisible paladin, but is only succeeding in looking more and more beat up. It seems to be stumbling now, barely functional.

Myn uses ethereal step to move and then curses Faust again.
Myn uses shared agony, hitting Faust for 41 psychic damage.
Faust misses Torinn with metal quarterstaff.
Sid uses spell tracer, hitting Faust for 23 damage. Myn is granted a basic attack, with a +2 power bonus if using an arcane attack power.
Faust misses Torinn with metal quarterstaff.

Player Characters
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 77/78 HP, Darkspiral Aura 1, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +2 defenses vs. cursed, +2 all defenses, +2 AC, +2 Reflex, +4 Reflex
Apsaumbas (Myn's Owlbear): 39/39 HP, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +4 Reflex
Disembodied Hand (Myn): Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 20/89 HP (bloodied), +1 racial bonus to attack rolls, resist 5 necrotic, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, resistive formula (35), invisible, +5 to defense against Faust's attacks
Rutger (Torinn's Mount): 12/44 HP (bloodied), resist 5 all when mounted/10 vs close/area attacks, +5 power to damage vs. Faust
Sureiya (Anonkun): 58/86 HP, +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +4 Reflex, Hellsworn Form
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): 74/74 HP (7/8 surges), +5 power to damage vs. Faust, +4 Reflex
Spirit Companion (Voyager): Summoned
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): Summoned, allies within 2 have resist 5, adjacent allies get +1 power to all defenses
Sid Silversprocket (NPC): 83/83 HP, resist 5 lightning, +5 power to damage vs. Faust

Enemies
Faust (Enemy): -431 HP (Bloodied), increasing pressure 2, divine challenge, Sureiya's quarry, -5 to attack against creatures other than Torinn, cursed

Sureiya, or whoever is in place of the ranger finds himself rather disappointed to see their adversary is so weak. Or perhaps the party is too strong? In any case, it's not fun anymore.

To finish things up, he starts making a quick swing, cutting deep inside the armor of the robot.
Then he disappears and appears back a few feets to the right, and makes a second attack, further weakening the construct.
Finally, showing more enthusiasm than required, he teleports once again on top Faust. This time stabbing through the core of the machinery, breaking it appart.

...Once he is done, he merges back the swords and the larger broadsword falls from his hands. He takes a good laugh and loudly claps his hands. The bats around him fly faster, as if celebrating.

"Hahahahaha. Wasn't that interesting? I just hoped our friend wasn't so poorly constructed. I don't visit the mortal world very often" he explains.

With a flurry of quick blows to the construct's center, "Sureiya" shatters what is left of it into pieces, which scatter across the floor. It would seem this confrontation is over.

Final Combat Stats
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 77/78 HP (9/9 Surges), Darkspiral Aura 2, +2 defenses vs. cursed, +2 all defenses, +2 AC, +2 Reflex, +4 Reflex
Apsaumbas (Myn's Owlbear): 39/39 HP, allies get +2 power to damage against adjacent foes
Disembodied Hand (Myn): Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 20/89 HP (bloodied) (11/11 Surges), +1 racial bonus to attack rolls, resist 5 necrotic, resistive formula (35), invisible
Rutger (Torinn's Mount): 12/44 HP (bloodied), resist 5 all when mounted/10 vs close/area attacks
Sureiya (Anonkun): 58/86 HP (10/10 Surges), Hellsworn Form
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): 74/74 HP (7/8 Surges),
Spirit Companion (Voyager): Summoned
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): Summoned, allies within 2 have resist 5, adjacent allies get +1 power to all defenses
Sid Silversprocket (NPC): 83/83 HP (11/11 Surges), resist 5 lightning

Enemies
Faust (Enemy): -547 HP (Destroyed)

Sid nervously approaches the group, and Bluehand follows behind. Sid looks to Myn and asks, "Are you sure that's safe?!"

The goblin begins to softly clap. "Well-handled, uplanders. The fighty-can was one of our finer make-works. A shame-waste it is, but needed-be."

>>78531

"If you mean our orc friend, perfectly so. I must admit I find magic of that nature somewhat boorish, however."

Myn is briefly nauseated by a memory of his imp.

Seeing the concern behind Sid's words, the ranger speaks up.

"There is no need to be alarmed, your friend is unharmed. The time I am allowed to stay in your plane is quite brief, and still, it is never the same experience."

As he talks, an old fashioned pipe appears between the fingers of the "devil", which lightens up by itself and he places it in his mouth.

"Now, if you allow me. Your partner is asking me to investigate the machinery at the end of the right rail" he says, walking all the way up to have a closer look on the control panel.

Walk to the control panel. Perception (28)

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Sureiya examines the control panel, but its workings are completely alien to the half-orc. The tinker gnome walks up beside him, and noticing Sureiya bending down to operate a panel clearly designed for goblins and gnomes, takes over.

After a moment's examination, Sid declares, "Ah, this operates transportation further into Gordias via those rails." He nodes to the twin rails that are attached firmly into the platform you currently stand upon, and lead into a windy tunnel. "We'll need to use these to proceed. Hmmm." Pressing some buttons and adjusting some knobs, he then confirms, "Seems it leads to a hangar. From there we can access a service elevator that will take us to the next level up, closer to the knot."

"Uplanders should take pause-break before continuing," Bluehand suggests. "Guardians of Gordias will not relent easily."

It is about this time that Sureiya receives a Sending--Samel's voice in his head. It informs the half-orc that he seems to be in some sort of library. Perhaps sounding a bit eager to hoard the knowledge contained therein, he says he'll stay put until the others locate him, for risk of getting further lost, as he appears to not be in immediate danger.

The shaman gets off the high horse and uses her usual magic items and healing. "Maybe next time, Mr. Tormine should receive the infusion before we begin fighting."

CFTSW heals Torinn to 47/89 and Rutger to 30/44.
Plant Battle Standard of Healing.
Healing Spirit, target Torinn, secondary target Sureiya.
Torinn heals to 85/89. Rutger is at 33/44. Everyone else is at full.

>>78533
Torinn regards the... whatever is possessing his friend, with an icy glare.

"Is that so?" he says slowly. "Then pardon me for asking why you're still here." Demons, undead, dragons, thieves... Torinn doesn't like them. Not one bit, with few exceptions.

"Good, that should bring you closer to your destination","Slayer" responds with a smile to Sid's show off of nerdery. Then he turns to the paladin, feeling curious about his hostility.

"Indeed. My business here is now over. But regardless of my own volition, the pact forces me to keep you company for a few minutes. Nothing more, nothing less", he explains with a voice full of calm and serenity.
Then, the bats around the nightwalker blend together and morph into a fancy looking chair, where the ranger appears pleased to rest.
A papyrus and a quill appear from the ranger's bag, and the summoned entity turns his entire focus into them, writing something.

Perhaps around two minutes later, the vampire looks troubled, inspiration is not here just yet.

"I'll be in your debt... It's been forever since the last time I tried to write. Might our next meeting be more fruitful" he says with a bow, before vanishing into a storm of bats. Leaving Sureiya in his place, rather confused about the whole experience.

Once the vampire disappears, the papyrus stays, falling into the floor. If one looks into it, the following poem can be read on it:

Be wary of your friends
Trust who dares fighting along
Protect who needs love.

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>>78537

Assuming Sid spends a surge to recover his used infusion, that triggers the Battle Standard of Healing. So the Healing Spirit's secondary target should be Rutger, not Sureiya.

Final HP totals are Torinn 88/89, Sureiya 81/86, and everyone else full. Torinn,
the Shaman, and Sid are each at 1 less than full surges.

With the party fully healed after their short rest, Sid presses a few buttons on the control panel and announces, "Once I activate this, we should move through quickly. While the other side should be stable enough, we don't know how long it'll stay that way once we get there. As for exactly how it works... well, observe!"

Sid suddenly jumps on one of the rails, planting both feet firmly atop it, one in front of the other. He is immediately "fired" forward along the rail, down the tunnel, and out of sight.

>>78542
The shaman has even less patience with this thing than the imp, and is glad when it leaves. At least the imp didn't talk at her.

She observes Sureiya for a bit, though nothing seems to be wrong... yet. She turns to Myn. "...Mr. N, if that thing shows up again, could you please swiftly remove it, rather than allow it to linger?"

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>>78545

Myn makes no motion towards the rails.

"If you insist, Miss Bernkastel. I suppose there are some sacrifices when trying to extract the maximum utility from this magic."

>>78546
"Right..."

The shaman turns to the rail, staring into the opening. The smaller spirit wanders into it, exploring for some distance, but as Sid has already gone in, there isn't much time to check.

Eventually, the shaman uses a string to tie a ponytail, and holds on to her hair as she steps onto the rails.

"That demon actually wasn't too evil, but god how obnoxious."

Sureiya takes the papyrus left in the room, takes a sigh and keeps it inside his bag, then he turns to Myn.

"That spell made me hit like hell, literally. Just tell me next time you plan to aid me, right?", he says, still feeling somewhat dazzled from the experience.

Then he follows the gnome and the human, and gets railed into somewhere else.

>>78548

Completely ignoring Sureiya, Myn notes that sufficiently many decoys have proceeded, and proceeds to proceed. He keeps a firm hold on the owlbear's beak as they traverse the rails simultaneously.

I guess that's that for now.

Torinn eases Rutger onto the platform.

The party rides the rails--it would seem that, somehow, once you hop on them, match latches your feet firmly to the raid so you will not fall, despite sliding along it at a high speed through a metallic tunnel. After a short ride, you emerge into an open area--about thirty feet above the ground. You shoot out into the room, gliding safely to the floor in what seems to be a sort of feather-fall effect. The ceiling here is about fifty feet high, and the room has rectangular dimensions. On the other end of the room appears to be a large, circular hatch that resembles perhaps a vault of sorts.

You have barely had time to gather yourselves when the sirens begin to sound.

Myn mystically inspects the stuff thats apparently in the room.

(Arcana) Alarum lore:23
Oppressor lore: 28

The ranger takes a glance on the larger robot and exclamates, "I'll take the big one!"

Dungeoneering on mini robots (23) Dungeoneering on The Oppresor (20)
Begin the hunt on The Oppresor.

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Suddenly, the hatch in front of you lurches open, and out pops a very large mechanical monstrosity of some sort. It would appear to be a miniature walking fortress of some sort. It halts a short distance in front of you, and as you ready your weapons and Sid reinforces Torinn against attack, four spheres are deployed from hatches on the side of the automaton's body, which roll out and deploy tiny legs and antenna on the top of their heads. It would seem that this walking fortress brought some reinforcements, and is clearly hostile in response to the wailing alarm!

Knowledge check results: Myn knows the oppressor is a level 12 elite skirmisher. Its traits include sniper scope, which means it doesn't provoke opportunity attacks when it makes ranged or area attacks, as well as singularity core, which renders it immune to the core collapse power of the alarums. It also has the heavy treads trait, which allows it to make a saving throw whenever it falls prone, and is not knocked prone on a success. Its standard actions include autocannon, a ranged basic attack that can target one, two, or three creatures, making three attacks against AC that it distributes between these targets, each dealing moderate damage. It can also use photon spazer, a close blast attack that affects a line that is 3 squares wide and 10 squares long. The attack is against Reflex, and deals heavy radiant damage on a hit, or half damage on a miss. Photon spazer recharges on a d6 roll of 5/6.

As a move action it can use scramjets. This attacks in a close burst 2, affecting creatures in the burst, targeting their fortitude. On a hit, it deals moderate fire damage and pushes the target up to 2 squares. After making this attack, it flies up to 12 squares, hovering, without provoking opportunity attacks. At the end of this movement it can descend up to 6 squares without taking falling damage, and can land in spaces occupied by enemies. Enemies that share its space upon landing are attacked with an attack versus Reflex, on a hit they take heavy damage and are knocked prone. They cannot stand from prone until escape (escape DC 20), and each prone creature takes ongoing 20 damage while prone. On a miss the creature can move out of the oppressor's space as a free action, but if it doesn't or can't do so it is instead hit. This is an encounter power. When it uses scramjets, it ends any immobilizing, slowing, or restraining effect and is immune to such effects for that turn.

As a triggered action, when the oppressor fires its autocannons, it can choose one creature it targets and launch a hydrothermal missile at that target. This is an attack that is an area burst 1 centered on the chosen target, and explodes in an attack vs AC which deals some fire damage on a hit, and half damage on a miss.

Finally, as a free action that can be used while the oppressor is flying due to scramjets, the oppressor can drop a Medium bomb in an occupied space within 20 squares using bomb drop. The bomb is dropped at ground level and has 2 fuse counters. At the start of each of the oppressor's turns, it loses 1 fuse counter. When it has 0 fuse counters remaining, it immediately explodes, attacking everything within 20 squares for massive fire damage (attack vs Reflex, half damage on a miss). The bomb can be moved and explodes even if the oppressor is destroyed. This is also an encounter power.

"Bernkastel" knows the alarums are level 11 artillery. They have only about half as many hit points as a normal monster of their type and level, but they are still potent offensively. They have the sniper scope and singularity core traits of the oppressor. Its shrink ray is a standard action basic ranged attack versus Fortitude, and on a hit the target takes force damage and is weakened (save ends. If it fails a saving throw, it is shrunken until it saves. While shrunken, the creature's speed decreases by 2, its size category decreases by 1, it becomes vulnerable 10 to all damage, and it grants combat advantage. It also can use lock on as a standard action, when allows it to moves it speed towards a target. It then uses shrink ray against that target with combat advantage.

When the alarum is destroyed its core collapse leaves behind a zone in a close burst 1 centered on the alarum. Any creature or object that enters the zone or ends its turn in the zone is shrunken (save ends), as above. If the bombs dropped by the oppressor are shrunken, their burst radius and damage decrease to almost nothing. The zone lasts until the end of the encounter.

Both of these creatures have resist 10 fire, darkvision, and are immune to fear, poison, and disease. The alarum has a speed of 5 and the oppressor has a speed of 8. They have very simple intelligence and will not attempt complicated battle plans.

Immediately two of the smaller constructs spring into action, firing beams of forge energy at Sureiya and Rutger. Rutger manages to wholly resist the beam, though Sureiya is not so lucky, and he feels his strength sapped away by the shrink ray. The automatons clatter towards their targets, seemingly unwilling to take advantage of their long range.

Myn is first to react.

Sureiya uses begin the hunt and sets his quarry. Alarum 1 moves and hits Sureiya with shrink ray for 18 fore damage and Sureiya is weakened (save ends). Alarum 3 moves and misses Rutger with shrink ray.

Combat Stats

Player Characters
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 78/78 HP (9/9 Surges), Darkspiral Aura 2, +2 defenses vs. cursed, +2 all defenses, +2 AC, +2 Reflex, +4 Reflex
Apsaumbas (Myn's Owlbear): 39/39 HP, allies get +2 power to damage against adjacent foes
Disembodied Hand (Myn): Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 85/89 HP (10/11 Surges), resist 5 necrotic, resistive formula (35)
Rutger (Torinn's Mount): 33/44 HP, resist 5 all when mounted/10 vs close/area attacks
Sureiya (Anonkun): 63/86 HP (10/10 Surges), weakened (save ends)
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): 74/74 HP (7/8 Surges),
Spirit Companion (Voyager): Summoned
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): Not Summoned, allies within 2 have resist 5, adjacent allies get +1 power to all defenses
Sid Silversprocket (NPC): 83/83 HP (10/11 Surges), resist 5 lightning

Enemies
Oppressor (Enemy): resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison, Suireiya's Quarry
Alarum 1 (Enemy): resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison
Alarum 2 (Enemy): resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison
Alarum 3 (Enemy): resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison
Alarum 4 (Enemy): resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison

>>78554

Myn chooses not to be the first one to react.

Delay until later or something.

"That's a quick alert system. Mr. Sureiya, can you recover?" The shaman calls out while waving her spear around.

The taller spirit appears with a gust of wind and directs lesser air spirits to move the party members around, before getting into position itself. The smaller spirit focuses on enabling Sureiya to attack... for some unknown reason, since Sureiya can't hit as hard at the moment.

[Free action]: Draw Chieftain's Short Spear.
[Move action]: Reorient the Axis. Shift targets according to the picture. Spirit companion moves as well. Elevation 1.
[Minor action]: Spirit of Athas where I put it in the roll20, which should be below Torinn after the move. Elevation 2.
[Standard action]: Sly Fox Spirit, targeting Sureiya to grant a (weakened) basic attack. If he hits, Torinn can basic attack as well. +1 item bonus to both attacks.

"Tsk, those robots are just an annoyance."
Move according to reorient the axis.
MBA from Sly Fox Spirit (37, 29 damage, before weakened substraction)
Teleport behind The Oppresor.

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>>78557
Torinn's Sly Fox Spirit attack vs. AC and damage. (36, 25) https://orokos.com/roll/568972

"Hmpt, the Fell king had it easy with these swords, didn't he?" After getting in position with the aid of the shaman's spirits and teleporting behind the huge robot guardian. The magical pendant on the half-orc's neck begins to glows and a purple colored mist surrounds the ranger for a second, cleaning off the harm done by the Alarum.

Then, he decides to put in test his training at the temple. Holding tight a curved shaped magic coin inside his left hand and focusing on his spiritual side, Sureiya whispers, "Tymora, grant me your holy favor!" , which forces the coin to react, shinning even through the ranger's hand. Now bathed in his deity's blessing and free of the robot affliction, he spins and slashes the robot circuitery without any mercy.

Minor action: Periapt of Cascading health
Minor action: Oath of Enmity
Standard action: Twin strike! (one hit of 20 damage plus 11 from quarry)
Action Point Twin strike!: (33 and 31 damage) (Bern uses resourceful presence)
Minor action (Converted from movement) Sohei Flurry!: (36 or 38 if already bloodied, plus 8 from furious assault)

Thanks to the shaman getting him into position, Torinn quickly goes to work by drawing all enemies in range to him. Then smacking them when they fall for his goading. The big one, in particular, feels the burn of his holy symbol restricting its actions to almost nothing. Finally, to soften up the other targets, Torinn breathes a cone of lightning breath at the robots, lightly damaging them.


Use Come and Get It on all targets in range
Use Symbol of the Champion's Code daily item power on the Oppressor
Use dragon breath on thing 1 and thing 2 for 7 damage

Myn teleports forward, brilliantly exploding in a truly mediocre display of force.

Move action: Teleport 3 north.
Minor action: Curse Alarums 1 and 2.
Standard action: Cast Stellar Debris centered directly north of Myn, targeting Alarum 1,
Alarum 2, Oppressor.
Attack hits Alarum 1 (24 damage), Oppressor (20 damage). (Until the end of your next turn, the target treats all creatures as having concealment.)

Usual item switch pattern.

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With some strategic planning, the shaman quickly re-positions the battlefield while Myn waits for a chance. With aid from her spirit, Torinn and Sureiya rain blows upon the massive machine, taking it apart piece by piece until Torinn also confuses the programming of the alarums long enough to draw them close and deliver a whirling blow that hits just about everything nearby. Myn rains destruction upon the grouped-up machines, and though the oppressor unleashes a veritable barrage of blasts from its cannons upon the dragonborn, his magical armor and shield keep him safe. Sid then adds a whirling barrier to Torinn that pulses violently, putting one of the machines down. The alarums begin to fire their shrink rays once more, and the one that exploded leaves behind a dangerous-looking singularity.

Myn delays.
Bernkastel uses reorient the axis, adjusting positioning of herself and her allies.
Bernkastel uses spirit of athas, conjuring her elemental spirit.
Bernkastel uses sly fox spirit, granting Sureiya a melee basic attack that hits the oppressor for 14 damage (reduced from 29), and he teleports behind the oppressor. Torinn hits the oppressor for 25 damage.
Sureiya uses periapt of cascading health to remove weakness, then uses oath of emnity against the oppressor. Sureiya uses twin strike, hitting once for 31 damage (after quarry is added).
Sureiya spends an action point! Sureiya hits twice with twin strike, for 33 damage and 31 damage. Sureiya uses sohei flurry, hitting for 36 damage. All hits are on the oppressor.
Torinn uses come and get it, hitting the oppressor and 3 alarums, pulling them adjacent and dealing 8 damage to them. Torinn uses symbol of the champion's code on the oppressor. Torinn uses dragon breath, hitting alarum 1 and 2 for [yellow]7 lightning damge[/yellow. All of the alarums except 4 and the oppressor are marked by Torinn.
Myn teleports. Myn places his curse on alarum 1 and 2. Myn uses stellar debris, hitting alarum 1 and the oppressor but missing alarum 2. The oppressor takes 20 damage, and alarum 1 takes 24 damage, the damage type is radiant and fire. The oppressor and alarum 1 treat all creatures as having concealment until the end of Myn's next turn.
The oppressor spends an action point and attacks Torinn six times with its autocannons, hitting twice for 8 damage each time (reduced to 3 damage per hit).
Alarum 2 misses Torinn. Alarum 4 hits the owlbear for 16 force damage (reduced from 21), and the owlbear is weakened (save ends).
Sid moves and uses gale-force infusion, granting Torinn +7 AC until the end of Sid's next turn. It hits alarums 1, 3, and 4 for 17 damage (+2 for 4), and misses alarum 2 and the oppressor.
Alarum 1 is destroyed, creating its core collapse zone. Creatures that enter the zone or end their turns within are shrunken (save ends).
Alarum 3 uses lock on and attacks Torinn with shrink ray, but misses.

Player Characters
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 78/78 HP (9/9 Surges), Darkspiral Aura 1, concealment, +2 defenses vs. cursed, +1 power bonus to all defenses, +2 AC, +2 Reflex
Apsaumbas (Myn's Owlbear): 23/39 HP, allies get +2 power to damage against adjacent foes, weakened (save ends)
Disembodied Hand (Myn): Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 85/89 HP (10/11 Surges) + 4 THP, resist 5 necrotic, resistive formula (35), +7 AC (Gale-Force Infusion)
Rutger (Torinn's Mount): 33/44 HP, resist 5 all when mounted/10 vs close/area attacks
Sureiya (Anonkun): 63/86 HP (10/10 Surges)
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): 74/74 HP (7/8 Surges),
Spirit Companion (Voyager): Summoned
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): Not Summoned, allies within 2 have resist 5, adjacent allies get +1 power to all defenses
Sid Silversprocket (NPC): 83/83 HP (10/11 Surges), resist 5 lightning

Enemies
Oppressor (Enemy): -210 HP (Bloodied), resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison, Suireiya's Quarry, Oath of Emnity (Sureiya), marked (Torinn), Symbol of Champion's Code, cursed (Myn)
Alarum 1 (Enemy): -56 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 2 (Enemy): -15 HP, resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison, marked (Torinn), cursed (Myn)
Alarum 3 (Enemy): -25 HP (Bloodied), resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison, marked (Torinn), cursed (Myn)
Alarum 4 (Enemy): -19 HP, resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison

>>78562
The shaman falls and rolls off Rutger to avoid the shrinking effect, and the spirit companion helps Myn blast a smaller robot. "Please stay out of those shrinking zones," the shaman warns.

[Minor action]: Fall prone, dismounting to the northeast square of Rutger's space.
[Free action]: Draw Goblin Totem Dagger.
[Move action]: Move SC next to Myn.
[Standard action]: Spirit Infusion for Myn. Eldritch Blast vs. Alarum 2. SC is dismissed. (27 vs. Reflex, 31 damage) https://orokos.com/roll/569303

"Hmpt. The other robot was quite more threatening" the ranger complains. But then he realizes; the other gnome is not around. So he lazily breaks apart the rest of the huge robot guarding in front of him, he teleports around.
Then he merges Nightfall into a single blade, gets his eyeglass out of the bag of holding and takes a look around.

Twin strike: 19 and 24 damage
Teleport to the right side.
Merge Nightfall into a single sword.
Take eyeglass of perception
Perception check: 34
Stow eyeglass inside bag.

With the shaman's spirit infusion, Myn is able to destroy another of the alarums. The singularity that results seems to strongly tug at the nearby mounted combatants, and "Bernkastel" falls to the floor to avoid being sucked in and shrunken.

With a pair of quick strikes from Sureiya's artifact blades, the oppressor collapses facedown on the ground. There is a pause as Sureiya makes ready to do something, but there is a sudden flash of light that envelops the oppressor. Then, a feminine voice fills the chamber:

Input accepted. Seven... two three, two three... commencing Gordias reactivation...

Suddenly, the enormous machine begins to rise back to its feet... looking battered, but still very much in the fight. Then, suddenly another machine slowly descends behind you, seemingly out of nowhere, and deploys an additional four alarum drones. Sid, for his part, looks slightly dumbstruck.

"E-eh? Was that--?" the gnome manages to stammer out before turning to face a more immediate threat.

Bernkastel drops prone. Bernkastel uses spirit infusion, and Myn's eldritch blast hits and destroys the alarum 2.
Sureiya hits the oppressor for 19 damage and 24 damage. This destroys the oppressor.
As a special lair action, the oppressor is restored, with hit points equal to its bloodied value. The oppressor v0.5 joins the fight, and deploys four additional alarums.

Player Characters
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 78/78 HP (9/9 Surges), Darkspiral Aura 3, concealment, +2 defenses vs. cursed, +2 AC, +2 Reflex
Apsaumbas (Myn's Owlbear): 23/39 HP, allies get +2 power to damage against adjacent foes, weakened (save ends)
Disembodied Hand (Myn): Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 85/89 HP (10/11 Surges) + 4 THP, resist 5 necrotic, resistive formula (35), +7 AC (Gale-Force Infusion)
Rutger (Torinn's Mount): 33/44 HP, resist 5 all when mounted/10 vs close/area attacks
Sureiya (Anonkun): 63/86 HP (10/10 Surges)
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): 74/74 HP (7/8 Surges), Prone
Spirit Companion (Voyager): Not Summoned
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): Not Summoned, allies within 2 have resist 5, adjacent allies get +1 power to all defenses
Sid Silversprocket (NPC): 83/83 HP (10/11 Surges), resist 5 lightning

Enemies
Oppressor (Enemy): (Bloodied), resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison, Suireiya's Quarry, Oath of Emnity (Sureiya), marked (Torinn), Symbol of Champion's Code
Oppressor v0.5 (Enemy): resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison,
Alarum 1 (Enemy): -56 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 2 (Enemy): -46 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 3 (Enemy): -25 HP (Bloodied), resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison, marked (Torinn), cursed (Myn)
Alarum 4 (Enemy): -19 HP, resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison
Alarum 5 (Enemy): resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison
Alarum 6 (Enemy): resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison
Alarum 7 (Enemy): resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison
Alarum 8 (Enemy): resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison

(Arcana)New oppressor lore: 17.
New alarum lore: 33.

>>78565
"What? Is it going to keep doing that? Mr. Sturmgust?" the shaman sounds alarmed, looking to the expert.

Monster knowledge: Other oppressor (Arcana, 33) https://orokos.com/roll/569342
Rolling to figure out why the oppressor revived itself (Arcana, 18) https://orokos.com/roll/569349

The ranger who seemed bored just a second ago readies himself to keep the fighting going.
"What the hell? What's going on? And where's Bluehand!?" He says, cutting through the same circuits he had tore apart a moment ago.

Ruffling Sting: 27 damage
Off-hand Strike: 30 damage after hunter's quarry.

"Ah...!" Sid seems taken by surprise by the shaman's question. "Well, I--no! No, the hangar was only big enough for two of them. Just wondering how this one caught us by surprise!"" comes the gnome's reply.

Bernkastel: You think the v0.5 Oppressor has as many hit points as the original currently has, which is to say, about half. Otherwise, it fights with the same power as the original.

Torinn's as shocked as everyone else that there's suddenly another oppressor. He has to get over it quickly, though, as he notes that Sid is wide open to attack. "Sureiya, I leave this one in your hands," Torinn calls out, having Rutger fly away as Torinn leaves a parting slash. He repositions himself over the smaller mechanical creatures, and challenges the new giant before making a law-enforcing attack.

It misses, until an intervention by the shaman's spirits guides his strike towards his foe. The power of his devotion greatly weakens and disrupts his enemy, scrambling its system. Torinn takes an aggressive stance, ready to lash out at all of his enemies in range.

Use Flyby Attack to reposition and deal 24 damage to oppressor, ending movement at elevation 1
use divine challenge against oppressor 0.5 action point: miss with certain justice,
Bernkastel grants reroll with AP
hit with certain justice for 13 damage
activate rain of steel - enemies that start their turn within reach get hit for [1W] damage

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Feeling secure in his web of arcane defenses, Myn takes decisive action against the new enemy group, destroying one of the small robots to send a wave of curses throughout the room.
Warping ahead to further extend his range of influence, he unleashes a magic to give physical form to his curse, giant shadowy beaks that peck at the robots severely.



Life Siphon off of owlbear's damage.
Move action: Ethereal Stride 2 south, 2 southwest. (+2 power bonus to all defenses)
Minor action: Curse Alarum 5 and Alarum 6.
Standard action: Cast Shared Agony against Alarum 3, applying life siphon bonus to attack.
Attack: 33
Damage: 29
(when dies, corruption curse spread to Oppressor, Oppressor v0.5, Alarum 4, Alarum 7).
(AP) Standard action: Cast Cursebite against Oppressor, Oppressor v0.5, Alarum 4, Alarum 5, Alarum 6, Alarum 7. Master of the Starry Night AP daze cursed enemy until EONT on Oppressor.
Attack: Oppressor: 29, Oppressor v0.5: 31, Alarum 4:27, Alarum 5: 28, Alarum 6: 31, Alarum 7: 27
Base Damage: 19
Alarum 4: 21
Oppressor: 37

Once the Oppresor is down again, after an extensive team work, the ranger immediately moves up to the new one.
Teleport with Nightfall
Resume the Hunt! Move next to Oppresor 0.5. +2 to all defenses until end of my next turn.

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Sureiya isn't too stunned by the reactivation of the oppressor to stop attacking, and delivers another pair of savage strikes from his artifact blades. Torinn, on the other hand, leaves this fight to Sureiya, giving the oppressor a parting shot before engaging with the older model that suddenly appeared behind the party. Infusing his blade with divine power, the dragonborn strikes with radiant power that scrambles the oppressor's circuits and greatly weakens its power. He then adapts a slashing stance to strike at anything nearby.

Myn continues to teleport around the battlefield, enshrouded in mist, and overloads one of the smaller automatons with a psychic surge, which enables his corrupting rod to spread his curse around. He then delivers a new attack that greatly damages anything still affected by his curse, which damages nearly every one of his foes. However, it's at this point that the owlbear shrinks to a much smaller size, becoming quite vulnerable. When the oppressor attempts to use its rocket jets, the shaman is quick to spot the opportunity that Sureiya takes to land a final slash that shatters the machine's casing and sends its robotic innards spilling across the ground. This time, it does not get back up.

The alarums fire their shrink rays, but don't manage to land any hits here. Sid launches a bolt into the older oppressor that spurs Myn on to blast it once more, and removes the weakness from Myn's owlbear with a healing canister. When the second oppressor tries to fire its own rocket jets, Sureiya, Sid, and Torinn all strike out, ending its threat prematurely. This machine never even got a chance to attack.

The other alarums continue to follow their rigid programming, despite the destruction of the oppressors, and Rutger is weakened by a shrink ray.

Sureiya resumes his attack on the oppressor, hitting with ruffling sting and off-hand strike for 27 damage and 30 damage.
Torinn hits the oppressor with flyby attack for 24 damage. Torinn uses divine challenge on the oppressor v0.5, and then spends an action point, missing it with certain justice. Bernkastel grants a reroll for this attack via felling action, allowing certain justice to hit for 13 damage. It is weakened and dazed until it is no longer marked by Torinn.
Myn uses life siphon. Myn teleports with ethereal stride. Myn curses alarums 5 and 6.
Myn uses shared agony, hitting the alarum 3 for 29 psychic damage, destroying it. It creates the core collapse zone.
Myn spends an action point! Myn uses cursebite, hitting the oppressor for 37 damage, alarum 4 for 21 damage, and alarums 5, 6, 7, and the oppressor v0.5 for 19 damage.
Myn's owlbear fails its saving throw against being weakened and shrinks.
The oppressor uses scramjets, which would hit Sureiya and owlbear, but the shaman interrupts with powerful warning. Sureiya's melee basic attack hits for 28 damage, destroying the oppressor again.
Alarum 4 misses Bernkastel with shrink ray. Alarum 6 misses Myn with shrink ray. Alarum 8 misses Rutger with shrink ray. They all use lock on first.
Sid uses spell tracer, hitting for 18 damage. Myn's eldritch blast hits for 31 damage, bloodying it.
Sid uses swift mender on Myn's owlbear, and it succeeds on the save.
The oppressor uses scramjet, hitting Torinn, Rutger, Sureiya, Alarum 5, and Alarum 7. Sureiya interrupts with disruptive strike, causing it to miss Torinn and dealing 24 damage.
Rutger, Sureiya, Alarum 5 and Alarum 7 take 2 fire damage and are pushed, though Torinn's belt negates the 1-square push on Rutger. Rutger takes no damage. Torinn takes 1 fire damage.
Torinn's disciplined counter hits the oppressor v0.5 for 16 damage, destroying it.
Alarum 5 uses lock on on Myn, and attacks with shrink ray, missing.
Alarum 7 uses lock on on Rutger, and attacks with shrink ray, hitting for 22 damage, reduced to 17. Alarum 7 takes 9 damage from rain of steel, which bloodies it.

Player Characters
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 78/78 HP (9/9 Surges), Darkspiral Aura 5, concealment, +2 defenses vs. cursed, +2 AC, +2 Reflex, +2 power bonus to all defenses
Apsaumbas (Myn's Owlbear): 23/39 HP, allies get +2 power to damage against adjacent foes
Disembodied Hand (Myn): Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 84/89 HP (10/11 Surges) + 4 THP, resist 5 necrotic, resistive formula (35), Rain of Steel, elevation 1
Rutger (Torinn's Mount): 16/44 HP (Bloodied), resist 5 all when mounted/10 vs close/area attacks, elevation 1
Sureiya (Anonkun): 61/86 HP (10/10 Surges)
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): 74/74 HP (7/8 Surges), Prone
Spirit Companion (Voyager): Not Summoned
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): Not Summoned, allies within 2 have resist 5, adjacent allies get +1 power to all defenses
Sid Silversprocket (NPC): 83/83 HP (10/11 Surges), resist 5 lightning

Enemies
Oppressor (Enemy): -146 HP (Destroyed)
Oppressor v0.5 (Enemy): -130 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 1 (Enemy): -56 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 2 (Enemy): -46 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 3 (Enemy): -54 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 4 (Enemy): -42 HP (Bloodied), resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison
Alarum 5 (Enemy): -21 HP, resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison
Alarum 6 (Enemy): -19 HP, resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison
Alarum 7 (Enemy): -28 HP (Bloodied), resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison
Alarum 8 (Enemy): -14 HP, resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison

>>78573
They weren't getting up again, were they?

"Let's finish up," suggests the shaman, staring at the owlbear shrink and regrow.

<Minor action> Acrobat Boots to stand from prone.
<Move action> Move Spirit of Athas, ↓↓↘.
<Free action> Sudden Call spirit companion next to Myn.
<Standard action> Spirit Infusion for Myn. Eldritch Blast vs. Alarum #6's reflex. +2 power bonus to attack, +5 power bonus to damage.


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Myn struggles to maintain control over his body, the shaman's vile magic nonetheless forcing him to blast the harmless robot beside him.

Attack:25
Damage:34

The shaman begins to direct the battle's cleanup by infusing the warlock with her resummoned companion. Myn destroys the hapless alarum with a quick, brutal eldritch blast.

Bernkastel stands from prone. Bernkastel moves the spirit of athas and uses sudden call to call back her spirit companion.
Bernkastel uses spirit infusion, and Myn's eldritch blast hits alarum 6, destroying it.

Player Characters
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 78/78 HP (9/9 Surges), Darkspiral Aura 6, concealment, +2 defenses vs. cursed, +2 AC, +2 Reflex, +2 power bonus to all defenses
Apsaumbas (Myn's Owlbear): 23/39 HP, allies get +2 power to damage against adjacent foes
Disembodied Hand (Myn): Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 84/89 HP (10/11 Surges) + 4 THP, resist 5 necrotic, resistive formula (35), Rain of Steel, elevation 1
Rutger (Torinn's Mount): 16/44 HP (Bloodied), resist 5 all when mounted/10 vs close/area attacks, elevation 1, weakened (save ends)
Sureiya (Anonkun): 61/86 HP (10/10 Surges)
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): 74/74 HP (7/8 Surges)
Spirit Companion (Voyager): Not Summoned
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): Not Summoned, allies within 2 have resist 5, adjacent allies get +1 power to all defenses
Sid Silversprocket (NPC): 83/83 HP (10/11 Surges), resist 5 lightning

Enemies
Oppressor (Enemy): -146 HP (Destroyed)
Oppressor v0.5 (Enemy): -130 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 1 (Enemy): -56 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 2 (Enemy): -46 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 3 (Enemy): -54 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 4 (Enemy): -42 HP (Bloodied), resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison
Alarum 5 (Enemy): -21 HP, resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison
Alarum 6 (Enemy): -53 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 7 (Enemy): -28 HP (Bloodied), resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison
Alarum 8 (Enemy): -14 HP, resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison

"I still can't see that Bluehand... is he waiting ahead somehow again?"
More relaxed now, Sureiya throws one blade against the robot nearby the Shaman, and charges against the one nearby Myn. Then he moves east.

Throw and Stab: 13 ranged damage against 4.
Move and MBA agaisnt 5. 17 damage.
Move near Torinn.

Torinn attempts to give his mount succor from the strange affliction, but it fails to take. Fearing the worst, the paladin moves out of the air and into a position to smite the wounded alarum. The automaton breaks, and the other is sanctioned with the promise of more damage if it attacks anyone else, but that's all he can do before Rutger succumbs to the strange effects of the ray.

Rutger fails save from Divine Mettle
Move to ground level
Hit Alarum 7 with Valorous Smite for 16 damage,
destroying it and sanctioning 8
Rutger fails save against weakening at end of turn

The tension gone, Myn escapes the shrinking zone and begins to take potshots at the remaining robots. After a miss, he resolves to try harder.

Move action: Ethereal sidestep two east, one northeast.
Standard action: Cast Eldritch Blast against Alarum 5.
Attack: 20.
Minor action: Knack for Success on Myn (attack bonus).

Sureiya and Torinn begin the work of destroying the last few alarum bots, though Rutger shrinks in the process, succumbing to the lingering effects of the shrink ray and shrinking to a size that forces Torinn off the pegasus' back. Myn is unable to capitalize on the ongoing victory, however, and leaves it to Sid to finish off one of the last remaining alarums. The single alarum still standing endures a quick slash from Torinn's weapon before turning its shrink ray on the paladin, hitting and greatly diminishing the dragonborn's strength.

Sureiya uses throw and stab, destroying 4 and damaging 7.
Torinn uses divine mettle but Rutger fails its save. Torinn uses valorous smite, destroying 7 and sanctioning 8. Rutger fails its end of turn save and shrinks, dismounting Torinn.
Myn misses with eldritch blast and uses knack for success.
Alarum takes 7 damage from Torinn's rain of steel.
Alarum 8 hits Torinn with shrink ray for 15 force damage, and Torinn is weakened (save ends).
Sid hits alarum 5 with magic weapon for 18 damage, destroying it and granting Myn the effect of magic weapon.

Player Characters
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 78/78 HP (9/9 Surges), Darkspiral Aura 7, concealment, +2 defenses vs. cursed, +2 AC, +2 Reflex, +1 power bonus to all defenses, magic weapon (+1 power to attack, +5 power to damage), Knack for Success (attack bonus)
Apsaumbas (Myn's Owlbear): 23/39 HP, allies get +2 power to damage against adjacent foes
Disembodied Hand (Myn): Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 69/89 HP (10/11 Surges) + 4 THP, resist 5 necrotic, resistive formula (35), Rain of Steel, weakened (save ends)
Rutger (Torinn's Mount): 16/44 HP (Bloodied), resist 5 all when mounted/10 vs close/area attacks, elevation 1, weakened (save ends), shrunken
Sureiya (Anonkun): 61/86 HP (10/10 Surges)
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): 74/74 HP (7/8 Surges)
Spirit Companion (Voyager): Not Summoned
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): Not Summoned, allies within 2 have resist 5, adjacent allies get +1 power to all defenses
Sid Silversprocket (NPC): 83/83 HP (10/11 Surges), resist 5 lightning

Enemies
Oppressor (Enemy): -146 HP (Destroyed)
Oppressor v0.5 (Enemy): -130 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 1 (Enemy): -56 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 2 (Enemy): -46 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 3 (Enemy): -54 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 4 (Enemy): -55 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 5 (Enemy): -56 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 6 (Enemy): -53 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 7 (Enemy): -44 HP (Destroyed)
Alarum 8 (Enemy): -21 HP, resist 10 fire, immune disease, fear, poison, sanctioned

As the shaman steps out of the shrink zone, this time, the ranger is infused for a disappointingly weak throwing attack. Why isn't this thing cursed?

<Move action> Walk →→↘↓↓↓.
<Minor action> Call SC next to Sureiya.
<Standard action> Spirit Infusion for Sureiya. (26 vs. AC, 21 damage) https://orokos.com/roll/569885

"Just break already and give us a rest, will you?"
The ranger throws his blade against the robot twice from a safe distance.

Ranged twin strike: One hit for 10 damage

With the aid of one of the shaman's infusions, Sureiya is able to shatter the leg of the last alarum robot by hurling his blades at it. It crumples to the floor, twitches briefly, then shorts out and stops moving for good.

It would seem the encounter has ended. Sid looks around nervously, saying, "Great googly-moogly, I sure am glad you're here with me! These hostile bots were quite formidable, but you make them look like a joke!" He looks back towards the rail that you rode into the hangar and adds, "Say, has anyone seen Bluehand?"

Final Combat Stats
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 78/78 HP (9/9 Surges), Darkspiral Aura 2, concealment, +2 defenses vs. cursed, +2 AC, +2 Reflex
Apsaumbas (Myn's Owlbear): 23/39 HP, allies get +2 power to damage against adjacent foes
Disembodied Hand (Myn): Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 69/89 HP (10/11 Surges) + 4 THP, resist 5 necrotic
Rutger (Torinn's Mount): 16/44 HP (Bloodied), resist 5 all when mounted/10 vs close/area attacks
Sureiya (Anonkun): 61/86 HP (10/10 Surges)
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): 74/74 HP (7/8 Surges)
Spirit Companion (Voyager): Not Summoned
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): Not Summoned, allies within 2 have resist 5, adjacent allies get +1 power to all defenses
Sid Silversprocket (NPC): 83/83 HP (10/11 Surges), resist 5 lightning

>>78583

"I suppose they were meant merely to appear menacing, to deter the faint-hearted."

Myn watches in disappointment as his excess aura evaporates.

"As for Mister Tribunus, I should hope he does not intend to abandon us at this point. Assuming his absence to mean a betrayal, perhaps we would be wise to take hostile action should we meet again? It is a shame, considering our cordiality until this point."

>>78583
With the battle wrapped up, Torinn poses a question.

"What if he already knows what we're doing, but doesn't see any reason to stop us?"

>>78585

"If he can read the future, being aware of our intentions is hardly surprising. However, the purpose of our arrangement was to keep track of Mister Tribunus, as a form of insurance. Now that we are unable to subdue him if the need arises, we must assume that he is attempting to wrest control of the situation into his favor. Given the stakes, letting him roam about is quite the risk."

"Surely this is enough basis to shoot on sight."

The ranger merges back Nightfall and throws a look around the area. Finding no track of Bluehand, he says.

"Aren't you taking his claims for granted too easily? Until now, anything he has revealed to us would require greater powers."

"After all, great power comes to those willing to go and find it. I couldn't care less about that destiny crap."

>>78587

"While those ignorant of the arcane may be justified in not knowing, his claims do have some basis. I would not be surprised if the book indeed granted him some measure of foresight."

"Hah. We've seen divination magic working, and it wasn't all too powerful", the ranger laughs.

"Even with the assistance of the Far Realms, he might be deluded with his own power." He makes a short pause and adds. "Wasn't this Hemah idiot like that? All words, but he wasn't so tough."

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>>78583
The shaman gets through the healing routine. "Even if this future sight is not completely reliable, knowing what is merely likely to happen would still be a boon, I think."

Call Forth the Spirit World (without applying +healing items, it ticks at +5 per round, healing Rutger twice for 10 HP total)
Plant Battle Standard of Healing
Healing Spirit targeting Sureiya, healing for surge value+4+3 (with Sid's set bonus).
Secondary target is Rutger, healed for 14 HP.
Sid spends a surge to recharge an infusion.
Battle Standard is triggered twice total, healing everyone for 6 HP.

Bottom line: Everyone's at full HP. Sureiya and Sid spend 1 surge each here, so cumulative surge spendings are Torinn 1, Sureiya 1, Shaman 1, and Sid 2.

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While the party rests, it seems that Sid has more to say. "You all... heard that voice, right? When we were fighting? That was... unexpected, to say the least!" He looks lost in thought for a few moments, then adds, "Did Bluehand activate Gordias...? I don't see how he could have, if he came in with us. Not unless this whole thing was a trick, in which case, why? And if not Bluehand, then what was that activation message?"

>>78594

"I had assumed the damage to that large machination to be the trigger, but it is of little matter. Our best course of action remains to hurry to the Knot as quickly as possible."

With the prospect of real profit in a venture for once, Myn channels his excitement into an air of urgency.

"Rushing into the enemy's trap? Well, it should be fine."
Once the healing spirit finishes healing the ranger, he explores the room,
checks if the rails would allow them to go back, and what lies ahead.

Perception around the room: 19

Sureiya has difficulty perceiving much about the rails, as they are about thirty feet above the ground from your current position. However, Sid notices where Sureiya is looking, and comments, "If we needed to get back, I can possibly find a way to shut down the rail effect, but it'd be an impractical journey. I think Myn is right, the best thing is to keep moving forward."

Pausing here, the gnome again looks troubled. Then, as if overcoming a great obstacle within himself, he adds, "That... that was my daughter's voice. I suppose that's why it's troubling me so much." Shaking his head, he continues in a low tone, "I knew she was heavily involved in the project even after my departure, but exactly to what extent and what happened to her I do not know. This is troubling..."

"That was your daugther?" "...damn", the ranger manages not to say outloud.

"Do you have any idea what she was saying? She mentioned a code, and a reactivation."

"A code of some sort... I'm afraid I don't know what for," Sid comments as the group finishes its quick rest. Standing up and brushing himself off, the engineer nods towards the heavy hatch that seems to have sealed itself up after producing the oppressor. "You strong-types might handle this particular hurdle better than I."

The ranger stows Nightfall and moves up to aid Sid. "Hmm, what's next?"
Strength take 10 for 20

The owlbear, sensing Sid's need and noticing Sureiya's feeble attempts, comes to his aid. Utilizing its mighty bestial strength, it direly pecks at the hatch.

Strength take 10 for 20

With some assistance from the owlbear, and direction from Sid, Sureiya manages to turn the massive wheel on the front of the hatch far enough such that it slides open--slightly. The way is now clear, and all you see on the other side is an empty metallic chamber about forty feet in all dimensions, with another of the ascending rooms on the other side of it. Sid moves forward, motioning for the party to follow.

>>78602

Myn follows.

The rangers tumbles inside the hatch and looks around.

Perception: 20

"Shaman, you got good eyes. Can you see anything suspicious here?" Sureiya asks.

>>78605
"Okay," the shaman agrees, looking inside. The spirit companion floats in to look, too. Perception: 1d20+15=31

The thorough search done by Sureiya and the shaman does not turn up any apparent traps or hazards in the immediate area nor in the ascending room itself. The best he can tell by the marks on the floor is that this is where the two oppressors were stored prior to attacking you.

Sid moves forward and enters the elevator alongside the rest of the party. He then begins to activate the machine, saying, "Bluehand's disappearance has me quite suspicious, my friends! I hate to just say 'be ready for anything', but in particular we should make sure to examine any further mechanicals for signs of tampering."

"Well, does anything seem strange on this elevator? If not, let's keep moving."

>>78608
"Nothing I could see. If there were to be tampering, only Mr. Sturmgust would have the expertise to know."

>>78610
New thread!