Ruins of Azlant IC 2

[u-b]

Laurelata stabs the nearest clockwork humanoid for 5 damage. Jessica blesses Henri's attack, which goes wide anyway. Lightburn's attack goes wide too. A powerful stream of water blasts past Laurelata, past two clockwork humanoids, past Henri, and into the eastern wall. The clockwork humanoids fight back. The eastern fumbles on wet floor and comes nowhere close to hitting Henri. The western does much better. It hits Laurelata in the chest. Hard. Having taken 9 damage, Laurelata doubts she would be able to do any fighting after another hit like this.

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Slam: (1d20+6)[23] for (1d4+6)[9]
Slam: (1d20+6)[7] for (1d4+6)[9]

I see that neither Hewitt nor Lightburn have been updated when the party hit level 3.
I would like them updated some time before Spring.

=> Party

[Farmerbink]

"Shelyn, protect us!" Raising her symbol high, Jessica calls down a pulse of warm, healing energy

Spoiler: Jessica, round 3

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Jessica Cooper
F NG Aasimar (Angel-blooded) Cleric, Level 2, Init 2, HP 20/20, DR Acid, Cold, Elec resist 5, Speed
AC 11, Touch 11, Flat-footed 10, CMD 14, Fort 4, Ref 1, Will 5, CMB +2, Base Attack Bonus 1
Glaive +3 (1d10+3, x3)
Dagger +3/+2 (1d4+1, 19-20,x2)
Abilities Str 14, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 15, Cha 16
Condition +2 CL for divination spells
Supernatural Abilities:
Augery 2/2 (weekly)
Inner beauty: 1/1
Alter self: 1/1
Channel energy: 4/8, 2d6
Caravan Bond: All allies, including Lightburn
-Touch of good: 3/5
-Bit of Luck: 3/5
Consumables:
Talisman of good fortune: reroll natural 1 (once, then it crumbles)
Spells:
Bless: 1/1
Protection from Evil: 1/1
Unprepared slots: 1

Channel energy for (2d6)[6] HP to everyone but the machines

[farothel]

Laurelata screamed when she was hit, but she quickly regained her senses when Jessica's healing energy revitalised her. Going at it again, she tried to hit the construct again.

Spoiler: OOC Laurelate round 3

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Attack: (1d20+5)[6] for damage: (1d6+3)[8]

Laurelata
F CG Elf Rogue (unchained), Level 3, Init 9, HP 18/15, Speed 30
AC 18, Touch 13, Flat-footed 15, CMD 15, Fort 1, Ref 6, Will 2, CMB +2, Base Attack Bonus 2
Rapier +5 (1d6+3, 18-20/x2)
holy, reliquary, Str+1 composite longbow +1 (20 arrows) +5 (1d8+1 (+2d6), x3)
dagger +5 (1d4, 19-20/x2)
masterwork, magical chainshirt +1 (+5 Armor, +3 Dex)
Abilities Str 11, Dex 16, Con 10, Int 16, Wis 12, Cha 14
Condition None

[DarkOne-Rob]

Spoiler: Round 3, Henri's Status

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Henri
Male True Neutral Half-Orc Ranger (Wild Stalker), Level 3, Init 1 (+2 in Jungle), HP 26/30, Speed 20 ft
AC 18, Touch 11, Flat-footed 17, CMD 18, Fort 7, Ref 6, Will 5, CMB +7, Base Attack Bonus 3
Greataxe +5 (1d12+12, 20/x3)
Breastplate (+6 Armor, +1 Dex, +1 Natural)
Abilities Str 18, Dex 12, Con 15, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 7
Condition Power Attack
Touch of Good

With a grunt of frustration Henri swings his two-handed axe again, trying to connect with the water-slick constructs.

Spoiler: Mechanics

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Activate Power attack and then attack: Greataxe (1d20+5)[12] to hit, (1d20+5)[19] (20/x3), (1d12+12)[18] slashing damage, (2d12+24)[37] critical strike damage.

AoO if applicable: Greataxe (1d20+5)[9] to hit, (1d20+5)[19] (20/x3), (1d12+12)[20] slashing damage, (2d12+24)[39] critical strike damage.

[DaOldeWolf]

Hewitt stays back still wanting to keep the last of his magic. Lightburn in the meantime keeps fighting the automatons with fierce determination.

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Slam: (1d20+6)[23] for (1d4+6)[9]
Slam: (1d20+6)[7] for (1d4+6)[9]

I see that neither Hewitt nor Lightburn have been updated when the party hit level 3.
I would like them updated some time before Spring.

=> Party

Spoiler: OOC

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Attack (bite): (1d20+4)[6] Damage: (1d6+2)[7]

I have the changes up in private, I am just waiting till the end of in game day to update the changes.

[SanguinePenguin]

The pain subsists and, from her frustration at missing her target, Taz emits a half-growl, half-scream through her clenched teeth. "RRRROAAAAAAWWWWWW," she fires another blast and gains a bit more control of the feelings, "WWWLLLllll...."

Spoiler: Taz, Round 3

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Free: maintain point of burn - +1/+2 to att/dam of blast, also +5 cold resist.
Standard: water blast on the closer clockwork man (through cover likely)
Attack: (1d20+6)[19] (cover not included)
Damage: (2d6+9)[14]

Spoiler: Taz stats

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Tazmara Stonesong
F NG Dwarf Kineticist (Aquakineticist), Level 23, Init 2, HP 33/33 (NL 3), DR Cold/pressure - 6 (1), Speed 20 / 20 (swim)
AC 15, Touch 12, Flat-footed 13, CMD 14, Fort 7, Ref 6, Will 2, CMB +3, Base Attack Bonus 2
PBS Water Blast +6 (2d6+9, x2)
Dagger +3 (+4 thrown) (1d4+2, 19-20/x2)
Heavy Pick +3 (1d6+1, x4)
Studded Leather (+3 Armor, +2 Dex)
Abilities Str 12, Dex 14, Con 19, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 8
Condition Burn 1
Having a swim speed grants a +8 bonus on some swim checks (most others are not needed)

[u-b]

Jessica heals the wounded companions, which seems to be a good move as everyone fumbles, misses or just gets their attack narrowly dodged resulting basically in the same thing, which is getting a prolonged one-sided fight. The other side does not seem to be made to cause excessive amounts of damage however, even if it manages to hit more or less consistently. Henri gets punched in the shoulder for 7 damage, but at this rate is not in danger of dying anytime soon. Laurelata has more success defending herself, though to be sure the clockwork was somewhat distracted by Lightburn.

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Slam: (1d20+6)[18] for (1d4+6)[7]
Slam: (1d20+6)[8] for (1d4+6)[8]

=> Party

[farothel]

"Stand still and die already," Laurelata shouted as she tried to destroy the automaton.

Spoiler: OOC Laurelate round 4

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Attack: (1d20+5)[18] for damage: (1d6+3)[5]

Laurelata
F CG Elf Rogue (unchained), Level 3, Init 9, HP 18/15, Speed 30
AC 18, Touch 13, Flat-footed 15, CMD 15, Fort 1, Ref 6, Will 2, CMB +2, Base Attack Bonus 2
Rapier +5 (1d6+3, 18-20/x2)
holy, reliquary, Str+1 composite longbow +1 (20 arrows) +5 (1d8+1 (+2d6), x3)
dagger +5 (1d4, 19-20/x2)
masterwork, magical chainshirt +1 (+5 Armor, +3 Dex)
Abilities Str 11, Dex 16, Con 10, Int 16, Wis 12, Cha 14
Condition None

[SanguinePenguin]

The intensity of the source back under her control, Taz breathes heavily before firing another shot past Laurelata and at the second clockwork man.

Spoiler: Taz, Round 4

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Posting quickly while I have a minute to preempt holding the game up in a few days.

Free: maintain point of burn - +1/+2 to att/dam of blast, also +5 cold resist.
Standard: water blast on the further clockwork man (through cover likely)
Attack: (1d20+6)[16] (cover not included)
Damage: (2d6+9)[17]

Spoiler: Taz stats

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Tazmara Stonesong
F NG Dwarf Kineticist (Aquakineticist), Level 23, Init 2, HP 33/33 (NL 3), DR Cold/pressure - 6 (1), Speed 20 / 20 (swim)
AC 15, Touch 12, Flat-footed 13, CMD 14, Fort 7, Ref 6, Will 2, CMB +3, Base Attack Bonus 2
PBS Water Blast +6 (2d6+9, x2)
Dagger +3 (+4 thrown) (1d4+2, 19-20/x2)
Heavy Pick +3 (1d6+1, x4)
Studded Leather (+3 Armor, +2 Dex)
Abilities Str 12, Dex 14, Con 19, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 8
Condition Burn 1
Having a swim speed grants a +8 bonus on some swim checks (most others are not needed)

[DarkOne-Rob]

Spoiler: Round 4, Henri's Status

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Henri
Male True Neutral Half-Orc Ranger (Wild Stalker), Level 3, Init 1 (+2 in Jungle), HP 19/30, Speed 20 ft
AC 18, Touch 11, Flat-footed 17, CMD 18, Fort 7, Ref 6, Will 5, CMB +7, Base Attack Bonus 3
Greataxe +5 (1d12+12, 20/x3)
Breastplate (+6 Armor, +1 Dex, +1 Natural)
Abilities Str 18, Dex 12, Con 15, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 7
Condition Power Attack

"Damn it..." growls Henri as he tries, yet again, to connect with his two-handed axe...

Spoiler: Mechanics

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Activate Power attack and then attack: Greataxe (1d20+5)[19] to hit, (1d20+5)[20] (20/x3), (1d12+12)[22] slashing damage, (2d12+24)[41] critical strike damage.

AoO if applicable: Greataxe (1d20+5)[21] to hit, (1d20+5)[17] (20/x3), (1d12+12)[22] slashing damage, (2d12+24)[37] critical strike damage.

[DaOldeWolf]

Lightburn keeps trying his best to keep the automatons busy. He roars as he opens his maw to shred one of them apart.

Spoiler: OOC

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Bite: (1d20+4)[14] Damage (1d6+2)[6]

[u-b]

Laurelata gets the nearest clockwork pierced through the torso. The rapier does not penetrate too deep, but there is a satisfying grinding sound, so that should be some good. Tazmara blasts another jet of hyper-accelerated water past everyone. The good thing was it hit neither Laurelata nor Henri. The bad thing was it did not hit the clockworks. The eastern wall seems to suffer again, gaining more pits, but who cares... Not Henri, for sure. The half-orc finally does away with the new tradition of every serious attack missing and hits the eastern clockwork man across the chest, cutting it deep all the way and scattering the gears across the floor from the body that seems finally unable to function. Lightburn keeps attacking the other one, but the target defends. The clockwork man tries to punch Laurelata in the face, but the elf only had to lean back a little for the blow to pass by.

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Slam: (1d20+6)[9] for (1d4+6)[10]

=> Party

[farothel]

With the target still not destroyed, Laurelata attacked again, trying to get the one cog that would destroy the whole.

Spoiler: OOC Laurelate round 5

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Attack: (1d20+5)[19] for damage: (1d6+3)[9]

Laurelata
F CG Elf Rogue (unchained), Level 3, Init 9, HP 18/15, Speed 30
AC 18, Touch 13, Flat-footed 15, CMD 15, Fort 1, Ref 6, Will 2, CMB +2, Base Attack Bonus 2
Rapier +5 (1d6+3, 18-20/x2)
holy, reliquary, Str+1 composite longbow +1 (20 arrows) +5 (1d8+1 (+2d6), x3)
dagger +5 (1d4, 19-20/x2)
masterwork, magical chainshirt +1 (+5 Armor, +3 Dex)
Abilities Str 11, Dex 16, Con 10, Int 16, Wis 12, Cha 14
Condition None

[DarkOne-Rob]

Spoiler: Round 5, Henri's Status

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Henri
Male True Neutral Half-Orc Ranger (Wild Stalker), Level 3, Init 1 (+2 in Jungle), HP 19/30, Speed 20 ft
AC 18, Touch 11, Flat-footed 17, CMD 18, Fort 7, Ref 6, Will 5, CMB +7, Base Attack Bonus 3
Greataxe +5 (1d12+12, 20/x3)
Breastplate (+6 Armor, +1 Dex, +1 Natural)
Abilities Str 18, Dex 12, Con 15, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 7
Condition Power Attack

"That's better!" Henri says with a smirk before he slashes at the remaining construct.

Spoiler: Mechanics

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Activate Power attack and then attack: Greataxe (1d20+5)[10] to hit, (1d20+5)[6] (20/x3), (1d12+12)[17] slashing damage, (2d12+24)[40] critical strike damage.

AoO if applicable: Greataxe (1d20+5)[9] to hit, (1d20+5)[21] (20/x3), (1d12+12)[20] slashing damage, (2d12+24)[42] critical strike damage.

[DaOldeWolf]

"Just one more, guys!" Hewitt cheered from behind. Lightburn kept on fighting and ganging up on the last enemy.

Spoiler: OOC

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Bite: (1d20+4)[8]
Damage (1d6+2)[7]

[SanguinePenguin]

With the first one fallen, Taz gets a blast of optimism, "nice... hit, Hen.. ri!" Her speaking is still a bit strained and she scowls when his next attack goes wide, but she launches a blast at the space the clockwork man shifted into.

Spoiler: Taz, Round 5

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Free: maintain point of burn - +1/+2 to att/dam of blast, also +5 cold resist.
Standard: water blast on the remaining clockwork man (through cover likely)
Attack: (1d20+6)[21] (cover not included)
Damage: (2d6+9)[20]

Spoiler: Taz stats

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Tazmara Stonesong
F NG Dwarf Kineticist (Aquakineticist), Level 23, Init 2, HP 33/33 (NL 3), DR Cold/pressure - 6 (1), Speed 20 / 20 (swim)
AC 15, Touch 12, Flat-footed 13, CMD 14, Fort 7, Ref 6, Will 2, CMB +3, Base Attack Bonus 2
PBS Water Blast +6 (2d6+9, x2)
Dagger +3 (+4 thrown) (1d4+2, 19-20/x2)
Heavy Pick +3 (1d6+1, x4)
Studded Leather (+3 Armor, +2 Dex)
Abilities Str 12, Dex 14, Con 19, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 8
Condition Burn 1
Having a swim speed grants a +8 bonus on some swim checks (most others are not needed)

[u-b]

Laurelata makes a good stab for once, bending a couple gears inside the clockwork man's torso and seemingly paralyzing an arm. Henri makes a swing from another side, but the target seems wary enough of that axe after whai it just did, so ducks and evades. Lightburn's jaws close up on a point in the air and then, just as the clockwork man was raising up after ducking, a super-speed jet of water comes in, comes in, and lots of gears come out. Henri barely manages to raise an elbow in time to prevent getting a face-full of parts. He gets all wet though. The two clockwork men are on the floor, gutted and perfectly still.

[farothel]

"Now that was interesting," Laurelata said as she went through the gears to see how they were build and to see if there was something interesting they might be able to use, maybe to make something that could watch out at night. That way they could use less guards if they had some sort of clockwork guard.

[u-b]

Laurelata looks at the damaged duo. The one Tazmara splattered is clearly beyond repair. There is an intact head and two intact legs, but everything else is a total write-off. The one finished by Henri seems to fare better. You guess it would be possible to fix it, with a proper clockwork team in a proper clockwork lab in, like, a matter of months. Failing that, you have two arms, two legs and a head. The most promising parts are the heads. Laurelata is not sure whether they were the seats of consciousness, but they clearly have sensory gear, so maybe you could try to use that.

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Know (arcana or engineering) 20 to say where they had the equivalent of their brains.
Craft (clockwork) 20 to make a head work (either as motion detector or as a complete construct, depending on the above). The same at +2 to do it on another head if the first one is a success. Each attempt takes a day and you can try more than once. There are limits of how many attempts you can make though: the heads have (1d10)[3] and (1d10)[6] hit points respectively and a failed attempt does 1d4-1 damage to the head.
Your call on how you want to use arms and legs. They have similar hit points and clearly no cognitive ability.

[farothel]

"I might be able to get one of the heads working again, Laurelata said, "although I probably need the workshop here. It might be interesting to have one on a guard tower at the village as a night guard, programmed to sound the alarm if something come around. But it will be a long term project. I think we best let these here for now and continue exploring. We have to come back this way anyway and we can still take them with us then without having to carry them all the time."

[Farmerbink]

"What a bizarre development," Jessica comments. "Were they even truly self-aware, or just... content to repeat some series of instructions forever?" She wonders at the fallen machines, her thoughts interrupted by Laurelata's commentary. "Oh, really? That... uh... I think that would be good?" She considers the constructs for a time, trying to make sense of the visible parts.

Spoiler: OOC

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Know arcana? (1d20+5)[14]

As Laurelata does likewise, and Henri keeps guard, Jessica's curiosity turns sour. "I didn't really expect for any of these parts to make sense to me, so I shouldn't be disappointed," she murmurs. "Still, I can't help but feel like these could provide a wealth of information, if only we can figure out how to get at it...."

[DarkOne-Rob]

With a definitive motion Henri begins to shake off the water soaking his form, apparently not too bothered but also not wanting to squeak around as he walks. He dumps out both boots, one at a time, as the others inspect the fallen constructs before setting his attention back to the next door...

Spoiler: Mechanics

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Perception (1d20+9)[26]

[DaOldeWolf]

After hearing Laurelata´s plan, Hewitt decides that he needs to assist on the subject matter too. "This sounds like a job for me, our magical expert. Lets see if I can help bring light on the subject. I will even use my last spell to help our goal."

Spoiler: OOC

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Casting Identify:
Know. Arcana roll: (1d20+6)[14]
Spellcraft roll: (1d20+16)[22]

[farothel]

Laurelata looked on as Hewitt checked out the magical stuff. While she wasn't a mage, not by a long shot, she had some interest in magic and knew a few small tricks. And she hoped she could be able to at least partially rebuild some of them, so any information was good.

[u-b]

The door leading north from the eastern part of this room is closed, but does not appear to be trapped. The constructs... well, you don't know much about them, but Hewitt is able to make some sense about the magics involved. It seems the constructs were not purely mechanical. Mostly mechanical, but not totally so. Hewitt thinks those and now broken things placed deep in the torsos behind thick removable covers were the seats of consciousness of those constructs. He thinks so because the heads seem not up to the task. Still, heads are, too, not purely mechanical and seem like they can do some processing too. Weak one though. Hewitt would speculate that the constructs would remain somewhat functional without the things in the torsos... mindless or such, but capable of something. And those things in the torsos might even have been optional. If so, this is good news, because a sensor as a mostly mindless programmable creature should be much more capable than a sensor utilized raw. Oh, and the limbs are totally dumb. Pure mechanical function. Hewitt is much more sure of that than of anything else.

[DaOldeWolf]

hewitt tries his best to explain himself to Laurelata about what he could analyze and deduct of the automatons. "I hope this information helps you out on the construction of such beings. If you want, I would gladly assist in the creation of such beings." Hewitt replies trying to offer as much assistance as possible.

[farothel]

"Sure, but that's going to be a long term project," Laurelata said, "let's get back to exploring. Maybe we get really lucky and find manuals for these things. That would help a lot. Anything up there, Henri?"

She left the parts where they were for now as they were too heavy to lug around and they had to get back this way anyway, so they could pick them up then. She moved to the door Henri had been looking at.

[Farmerbink]

Jessica eyes Henri a bit warily. As Laurelata approaches the closed door, she speaks up. "Hold, just a moment please. I've still got access to much of Shelyn's power for today, so it seems prudent to use it." Smiling warmly, she conjures another comforting pulse of energy, happy to see some of her allies' injuries lessen.

Spoiler: OOC

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This is my 5th of 8 for today, leaving 3 more.

(2d6)[4] HP to everyone

[DarkOne-Rob]

Henri smiles at the now-familiar feeling of healing flowing through him, nodding gratefully at Jessica. He shrugs at the questions and moves forward to deliberately open the door and see what is on the other side...

[u-b]

Henri opens the door. Behind it is a single dark and featureless chamber with a large and unusual-looking metal circle embedded into the floor. It seems... not quite decorated as the ornamentation seems more like schematic or algorithm... at least it seems to be annotated to some extent, in Azlanti.

Spoiler: If you spend some time to read it

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The thing seems to be a test rig for the constructs created or serviced here. The text briefly describes, without explaining, how to use the thing to achieve this and that, but mostly diagnostics. The thing you can immediately make sense of is "detect magic" mode, where everything placed inside the circle shines, to everyone, as if it was under effect of the spell. There are more modes of operation, but you'll have to spend even more time here, fiddling with some actual construct to really understand how they work.