Alright so, session 13 is here.
I kinda wish I had shadow clone jitsu
did we roll for initiative already?
I guess you can all do that now.
the great bird of Fast is here
Nice try, but only I can be the Fast
hoi
I think your avatar broke
and now mopp is gone
very cool
probably crashed
give him a moment
hmmm
I pushed a button
a robot appeared
what are these blue tiles
some kind of puzzle
we don't know yet
yes the sentinel is primed and ready to fight taka there
the door is locked so you gotta do something
give Golurk the full rundown
we've got time it seems
So you know how we left Gelonde and fought an ent
or should i sum up before that too
I forget which session was golurk's last...
well we're in the tower
we found doors
it was a Monty Hall trap
we passed with flying colors
we found a note
you can find it in our notebook
apparently a pair were here
not sure if they're alive anymore
also 13 extra Takaanu's showed up somehow
not sure how that happened
they're gone now
rolling 1d20+7 = 9+7 = 16
Alright, Taka, a small threatening orb has just rolled out of a chute next to you.
Someone spooks easily!
Off you go.
I refuse to take responsibility for my actions
Indeed.
Is that your turn?
swift and move, yeah
the bot is just super confused
there was a bird here just a second ago
The bot loses it's target, aquires some new ones, and floats towards them.
good luck guys
you got this
Manu sends Kahena in to attack.
So now it's Lux.
Golurk, you're up.
Assuming you haven't gotten bored and left.
looks like he did
god damn it people
this is why we can't get a game started
I'm not controlling more than half the party. :b
give me Lux
I'll just have him punch something
supppose ill put the cool battle music on
Let's get this started already :p
right!
i dozed off waiting for golurk to show!
don't run over me I'm poofed
ah, I see
well Golurk did show...and seems to have done the same thing
well seeing as three men and a dinosaur are bearing down on a single volleyball, I go and investigate yon purple flame
three?
I'm invisible
ghost bird
no one knows where I am
or i would if i had control of my character
go ahead and place yourself
now, what roll would this be...
It appears to be magical.
spellcraft would be my guess
fire usually isn't purple
we don't have Consolidated Skills
i have zero ranks in this
oh well!
(can you roll spellcraft without ranks?)
i have one rank in that :P
It's a purple flame, burning on top of a fancy stone pillar, that reaches about waist high.
You try blowing on it and it doesn't seem to budge.
So it's probably not a normal flame.
I forgot about the elephant...
I'm sorry
he just has no presence
okay
tactical positioning go
beep
I wait
the literal elephant in the room
my turn is over
The bot takes aim at Kahena, and fires a bolt at him.
rolling 1d20+10 = 14+10 = 24
lightning bolt or metal bolt?
Lightning, probably.
It hits!
rolling 1d8 = 5 = 5
congrats
you did it
good job
rolling 1d20+14 = 8+14 = 22
rolling 2d6+10 = 2+2+10 = 14
It takes some damage from the claw attack,.
Manu stays his ground for the moment, thinking Kahena can handle it.
I was about to ask if I could use my Heal skill to see how badly wounded it was...
foolish...
It's a construct so I don't think that would work.
Lux asks what you're looking at.
"just tryna see what this fire over here is doing"
| Knowledge (Arcana) |
| Check |
| 27 |
"there's an identical pillar over there, see? but flameless"
"my guess is we gotta get it over there"
A good observation. He sees a link between the flame and the tile the pillar is nearest to.
It seems to be charging the panel with magical energy similar to what the flame gives off.
It's also more of an electrical flame, which is off.
odd*
He's done observing.
h right my turn
I take out my sword and put it in the fire
it feels weird when the turns go quickly
Your sword's metal right?
handle is probably wood, though
I was joking about touching it, you know
CG boys
emphasis on C
You do now note that your sword is still cold, the flame is not hot.
"well i guess we're not carrying it that way..."
"and if it didn't heat the blade then it probably wouldn't make wood catch fire, either"
next turn then. Tembo keeps shadowing kahena
I'll do what I must then
CAW!!!
Nothing personel, kid
| Unarmed Strike |
| Punch/Kick |
| 25vs AC |
| Damage |
| 7 |
| Electric |
| 2 |
| Lethal Strike |
| 7 |
|
| B/S |
| Lethal Strike +3d6 |
| +3 |
Looks like you're crackin that shell.
It turns to attack you, now.
does it have typed damage reduction?
just asking
The electric went through if that's what you're asking
[1d20+16] = 3+16 = 19[1d20+16] = 17+16 = 33
I mean does it fall to blunt or slashing?
were those ranged attacks?
hmmm, well it stayed right where I wanted it to
now the fun begins
(damage noted, by the way(
Kahena goes for it.
[1d20+14] = 1+14 = 15[1d20+12] = 15+12 = 27[1d20+12] = 15+12 = 27[1d20+12] = 17+12 = 29
rolling 2d6+1d8+25 = 4+1+7+25 = 37
I c
I hope it tastes good
now Lux touch it
"maybe we need to get the ballbot over here?"
It looks like all the panels are linked to their adjecent panels.
Worth a try, he thinks.
"alright. HEY GUYS! stop fighting the thing and lure it over here!!"
are constructs susceptible to none-lethal damage???
I know undead are immune
damn it
figured as much
very well then
"Minor shock, not serious"
"okaay"
so imma go here and shoot an arrow through the flame
| Shortbow |
| Attack |
| 12vs AC |
| Damage |
| 3 |
The arrow passes through the flame.
It doesn't catch it, though.
what is tembo doing?
weren't we luring it?
is this a medium creature?
It wriggles free, not quite enough.
wow
grappling is indeed worthless
all CMBs are worthless
mine is even worse than tembo's...
you aggroed it last, just run away and down here!
I'll try the luring
big move, triggering AoO
rolling 1d20+16 = 8+16 = 24
actually
one moment
I can make it with a withdrawl
not that it matters, you missed
not sure why you italiced that but okay
I was surprised
I forgot I could move so far
beause it silly distsance
It makes chase, and Manu tells Kahena to let it go.
Everyone just moves out of the way and watches.
same, i back up by akamai
"just let nature take its course"
rolling 1d20+16 = 18+16 = 34
it passed through
did that do anything
also hit
it did not because it moved to hit you
You note it charge with a purple energy as it approaches the flame.
Manu wonders what we should do now.
"Feeling singed..."
"Push orb"
"ok its glowing a bit, now let's try getting it over to the other pillar!"
"everyone hustle!"
"In case robot not hold flame"
"Got zapped...not doing for nothing"
well we wont know until it leaves the area so for now, I'll heal you
can i just channnel energy normally?
or do i have to dance
I don't really know your character.
i cannot
so spells it is!
ok so no
rolling 2d8+8 = 6+3+8 = 17
medium1
alright then
thank you
41/43
prepare up top, if you would
I'm gonna bolt
i forget if cure is a touch spell
if not, then I'll stay here
tembo is kinda lost so he'll stand still too
It is so I guess you should actually have moved there
thar
Takaanu bows and sprints away
Withdraw this way
vrroooom
I am beyond speed
It floats on past Lux, and he observes it pass over the panel, which lights up with a purple energy. It then disappears as it moves over, and the bot loses the charge as well.
we gotta lure it over the panels
this is one of those maze thingys
The charge only lasted while it was on the panel.
see i thought this would be the case but I didn't want it to be because
kiting a hostile enemy over specific tiles is really obnoxious
let me and the bot do our thing?
Ya'll giving this bird a lot of work
I'll sum it up. The bot is charged when it's near the flame. The panel charges when a charged bot is on top of it.
Make of that what you will.
do we have to charge all the panels?
"Taka, you stay over here and keepit occupied
"
"I'm just gonna run over to the switch in a little bit"
I could just push it
I'm fast enough
you forget I have like 43 hp
well alright
don't take too long
this thing's accurate as hell
run back to the fire and stay out of its way
I assume you're staying put, Harika?
center thyself in case something goes wrong
i am actually
oh right yes
i can try and pavane everyone if i go in the middle
use a move and attack to run over by kahena
and that's me
tembo is gonna follow
its silly that i'm keeping this quiet so I'll tell
if the button works again, I think we need to form a chain of bots.
The bot and panel are charged with purple energy.
each one charges the other until we get to the other side
oh are they now?
okay, two robots then
hopefully that works
I don't want 10 of these our
I also would rather not get zapped
so I'm going to run back and forth to keep it busy until you get that one down here
Kahena rushes to his defense.
rolling 1d20+14 = 14+14 = 28
rolling 2d6+10 = 2+4+10 = 16
this is...so silly
I can run up to 200 feet
wtf
Lux thinks you've got the right idea, so he's gonna get his own bot.
turns out yer mother was an ostrich
clearly
what shall you do, Harika?
welp
good luck guys
ZOOOM
I'm up here now
The top bot claws at Kahena.
rolling 1d20+16 = 15+16 = 31
rolling 1d20+16 = 6+16 = 22
I thought it was just zapping me
I am...confused
spheres with claws
its aggroed on the dino
Manu orders Kahena to move.
so that solves the riddle of if it targets the button-pusher or not
Kahena attacked it remember
it ignored me once I turned invisible
it didn't chase me again until I hit it
uh oh
the bots tumble over each other
"manu! stay there and keep pushing! don't want your fragile butt get-yeah ok you got it"
It bounces off the first and falls to the right.
Lux should take one, probably
whack that one pls
on the right
aggro it so it doesn't hit manu
| Neith |
| Attack |
| 11vs AC |
| Damage |
| 1 |
| 2nd Attack |
| 8vs AC |
| Damage |
| 9 |
|
| P |
| Heavy crossbow |
The right one is up for grabs.
Although right now it wants to kill Manu.
Lux is an awful shot, it seems
| Slam |
| Attack |
| 26vs AC |
| Damage |
| 12 |
smack the right one
Bamf.
It's very annoyed now.
| Grayflame Temple Sword |
| Attack |
| 13vs AC |
| Damage |
| 8 |
|
| S |
| Trip (drop on failure instead of going prone) |
whoops!
that was for the left one
good thing that was after the dino
that could've been trouble for manu
rolling 1d20+16 = 17+16 = 33
rolling 1d20+16 = 16+16 = 32
rolling 2d8+8 = 1+8+8 = 17
"Three is good"
"Three a lot"
Then he'll just cast CLW on Tembo
"we're gonna need five eventually but save it for now"
"heal up!"
do these panels work in diagonals?
Only one way to find out.
Lux, having disgraced his clan, bows his head in shame
Tembo's up.
Actually Lux just wants to push the button.
He's about to shove Manu out of the way.
Then he's gonna stuff him in a locker.
next time i shall remember...
and take his place!
All engines, full power
Nyhooom
its a good thing bots don't get tired
or annoyed
rolling 1d20+16 = 4+16 = 20
Miss.
rolling 1d20+16 = 9+16 = 25
welp, here's hoping this works
im sure of it
hold up a sec
"When you are adjacent to your animal companion and an attack is made against it, if you are also adjacent to the attacking creature, you can attempt a Handle Animal check as an immediate action to negate the hit. The hit is negated if your Handle Animal check result is greater than the attacker’s attack roll."
i thought i had more ranks!
And a click from Lux here.
guess we gotta line them up a bit
did Lux only push the button?
he could've moved
dang it
this is bad timing
alright, here we go
Tembo's probably going to have to take another hit
hold position, men
and lady
Yeah.
Does Tembo have a gun?
If you shoot it you'll aggro it, remember
| Shortbow |
| Attack |
| 17vs AC |
| Damage |
| 2 |
I'm aiming for one of the ones that lux dispensed
the one on the right
I hope one of them is after Manu
he's in position
ZOOM FOR GREAT JUSTICE
git yer shiny round butt down here, robot
As the sentinel moves over the panel, it once again charges, and lights up the panel. A current forms between that panel the one Kahena is on, charging the sentinel on that panel.
yay
it works in diagonals
Speaking of, that newly charged bot attacks.
It tries it's bolt again.
can you imagine how impossible this would be if it didn't
rolling 1d20+10 = 2+10 = 12
rolling 1d8 = 6 = 6
I was expecting to have to use two to water-bucket the charge up
did that breach his touch AC?
Not that he has to move anyway.
thankfully the DC is low
the chain is now at three
rolling 1d20+16 = 11+16 = 27
turns out my last attempt was illegal since I wasn't adjacent to the attacker as well
good thing it failed
damage noted
hang in there, buddy!
rolling 1d20+15 = 20+15 = 35
Oof.
rolling 1d20+16 = 5+16 = 21
don't worry, Manu's AC is stupidly high
rolling 1d8+4 = 3+4 = 7
It is. The crit isn't confirmed.
rolling 1d20+16 = 15+16 = 31
rolling 1d8+4 = 5+4 = 9
Hmm...
I guess Manu will cast Barkskin on himself?
we just need Lux in place and we're good
+4 ac to manu then.
Kahena sticks still.
By the way the middle one is charged but you knew that.
Lux withdraws.
Any actions?
time to shake dat booty!
actually
delay
an appropriate reaction to robots
oh?
very well then
wait a bit
how hurt are you?
5-foot step and Ki Evasion
me?
I've been dodging this entire time
I'm at full, don't worry about me
I wanted you to move up one tile anyway to get inside pavane radius :P
now booty!
rolling 2d6 = 3+3 = 6
poor
below average
but it'll do for now
6hp to all allies in 30ft
I accept your sweet moves
Just to be mean I'm just gonna attack everyone one last time.
I planned for that
you cannot fool the bird
rolling 1d20+16 = 7+16 = 23
rolling 1d20+16 = 18+16 = 34
secone one hit
first did not
rolling 1d8+4 = 6+4 = 10
Now Kahena.
rolling 1d20+16 = 17+16 = 33
rolling 1d20+16 = 4+16 = 20
rolling 1d8+4 = 2+4 = 6
Tembo, dear sweet Tembo.
rolling 1d20+16 = 17+16 = 33
rolling 1d20+16 = 5+16 = 21
these bots are very 50/50
Don't suppose you want to try and nullify that?
Harika is physically incapable of doing so
Cmon, you might get a 20...
Well, suit yourself.
rolling 1d8+4 = 2+4 = 6
And now Manu.
with how you're rolling we'll be fine
rolling 1d20+16 = 8+16 = 24
rolling 1d20+16 = 9+16 = 25
Bark Skin
and high Dex
and Druid
I'm at 30 right now
The final sentinel moves into place...
The current moves through them all, reaching the one near Manu...
The flame on the bottom grows, and a crack of thunder booms, a purple bolt weaves through each bot, dancing around everyone else.
The end of the bolt hits the unlit pillar, and a purple flame appears.
The bots all fall to the ground, broken to pieces from the electrical shock.
Click! The door opens.
"boy im glad that hunch worked!"
"Weird security"
"How do wizard go anywhere?"
Lux remarks that this is very standard for a wizard tower.
They're just kind of Like That.
"probably bought from a catalogue"
Takaanu opens the door
rolling 2d8+8 = 2+4+8 = 14
Lux kneels down at the wreckage in front of him.
| Consume Magic ItemsClass Features |
| Source Paladin (8) |
| Frequency |
| NA |
| The arcanist can consume the power of potions, scrolls, staves, and wands, using them to fill her arcane reservoir. Using this ability is a move action that provokes an attack of opportunity. When using this exploit, the arcanist adds a number of points to her arcane reservoir equal to 1/2 the level of the spell contained in the item (o-level and 1st-level spells do not recharge the arcanist’s arcane reservoir). If used on a potion or scroll, the item is destroyed. If used on a wand, the wand loses 5 charges; if it has fewer than 5 charges, the wand is destroyed and the arcanist gains no benefit. If used on a staff, it loses 1 charge and the arcanist gains a number of points to his arcane reservoir equal to the level of the highest-level spell the staff can cast using only 1 charge; if the staff has no spells that require only 1 charge, the arcanist cannot consume that staff’s magic. No more than 1 charge can be drawn from a staff each day in this way. Points gained in excess of the arcanist’s reservoir’s maximum are lost. This exploit has no effect on magic armor, weapons, rings, rods, wondrous items, or other magic items besides those noted above. |
ew????
"EHHHH!!!?"
"Shiny man eats shiny things!?"
I was expecting someone to try and eat the remains
just not lux
Gotta fill the tank somehow.
Don't judge!
that heal was for tembo btw
im out of CMW
Takaanu opens this door as well
A hallway curves around, at the end, some more stairs.
There's a door.
You open the door into a library.
"who left books just lying on the ground?"
There's a massive collection of books here, some appear to be scattered around, sitting on tables or on the floor.
what do my bird eyes see?
Some lie open on their tables.
You all have a little look around.
Harika Atesh reads the one in front of her
The contents of these books are beyond you, for the most part, although you do find a fiction series from an author called Putrine Pimplerear...
No time for that, though.
what languages are these books in
Mostly Common, but some are written in other magical languages.
Planar and such.
oh ok
just really dense boring magic theory
Fairly typical for a wizard's bookstore.
we all speak something
if there was something here worth reading we would have been notified
he said planar so I listed my planar languages
fiiiiiine
Harika finds a diary, lying open on one of the tables, near a lit magical candle.
oh ok it just took time
ooh
uh
"The tower is complete, and my intial studies of the crystal are absolutely fascinating. I stayed up for 3 nights performing some basic experiments on it, and Gylan has suggested I take a break, so as not to overexert myself. I am very tired, in fact, and I did not even notice. That man knows me better than I know myself. While I am more than eager to get right back into studying tomorrow morning, I should delay that and spend some time with him instead. He's the only thing more important to me than my magical studies, but I have in the past neglected him in pursuit of knowledge. He has endless patience for my shenanigans, to the point of moving to these remote plains and building a tower, just to indulge me... - Aron"
Another entry, although it seems to be from another person.
"aww, this is sweet"
"CLEARLY this can only end in tragedy."
"Read many stories"
"Yes...always tragedy"
Manu comments that that is the trope.
"what in neith's name is a trope"
"common pattern in literature"
You look around some more, and Lux looks for secret entrances because he's also trope-savvy.
But nothing of interest is found.
i neglected to do so on account of not wanting to fight a bookcase monster
"No book levers here, pals."
we solved the bookcase puzzle
"Would read, but no time now"
"alright, time to manage stairs with an elephant again!"
Now, this is where the session ends, because if you listen carefully, you can hear the thuds of tiny gnomes still constructing the next floor because their foreman is a busy boy.
anything of note near or up the stairs?
I'll propose this though: would you like to rest?
It's perfectly safe to do so, from what you can tell.
Tembo, barricade the stairs
You can sleep on the books.
Harika Atesh phases through the wall at the prospect of sleep
The party decides to rest in the library for a little while.
the world won't end while we dawdle
Someone makes a stew out of the books, maybe.
You don't, no.
i can make a fire if you want
I will not cook or burn these books
Harika Atesh casts spark before going to sleep
also a fire in a library is a bad idea
Imma just
grab some books and go over here
It's probably reasonable to say you all brought bedrolls and such, given the magic backpack.
probably
the little things I just say I have
So you're quite able to rest comfortably.
like a pencil or such
because who wouldn't have one
but who would think of it...
Taka and Akamai struggle for nest territory. It's a whole saga.
I don't build nests
I sleep standing up
Manu probably doesn't sleep, right
I think that's an elf thing.
ummm
I'm not sure
its an elf thing in DnD
he's an aasimar not an elf
Despite simply meditating, he still snores.
Let's say thats canon.
he only half sleeps then
like a dolphin
We'll call it here then, unless there's anything else?
(also btw it was totally me who made all those extra takaanus)
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