"I do not believe that these will be going anywhere anytime soon. We can investigate more of the complex before freeing them."
"I agree"
"What if they're drowning?!"
"If they would drown, they have been in the solution long enough to be dead already."
"I don't think they're drowning. Not thrashing around. They're either alive and paralysed or dead. In either event; no rush to release them."
Nyssa pulls on the sliding door, using the strange metal handle affixed to the metal door.
This large chamber contains several metal tables adorned with tangles of strange devices sporting metallic, articulated arms, many of which end in blades, needles, saws, or other implements of surgery. The whole area reeks of blood and old guts, and telltale rusty brown stains besmirch the floor and walls. Lighting is provided by several burning skulls sitting here and there throughout the room.
On the sides of the room are undead creatures with drill arms, metal jaws and other attachments on their bodies.
There is a hobgoblin on the eastern end of the room beside a wooden drawer and behind a table. She is wearing leather surgeon's clothing.
"Oh good timing. I was running out of experiments." The hobgoblin brandishes a glowing wand in her hand, and yanks at a blood-stained lever beside her.
Suddenly, you hear exhaust being vented from the tubes in the other room. The glass on the tubes lowers and the strange humans are freed. They moan incomprehensibly and shake as they stir awake. The naked ratfolk's tube does not open.
1. Alexis, Kharamell, Kraig, Valt
2. Enemies
3. Cemifobbar, Nyssa, Tessara
Valt and Iophiel stride away with total coordination, and while the summoner positions himself out of reach from the strange creatures and starts chanting to energize his allies, the angel faces two of them and swings her sword taking advantage of the exteme speed the spell gives to her.
Sorry for the sudden burst of violence, Kraig, but we are surrounded and I'm not feeling feeling friendly since the moment I entered this room.
Alexis has little time to swear as she and her comrades find themselves surrounded. She readies her defenses and stats to sing.
Iophiel's greatsword slashes into the human twice, cleaving through flesh and bone. The creature moans softly from each attack, then falls to the ground dropping the greatclub.
Kharamell quickly steps inside the sliding doors to get away from the gunshys. He brings his weapon to bear on the hobgoblin and fires. An intense gout of flame surrounded by a spiral of electricity shoots forth from the muzzle.
Arcane Gun (Musket): mage bullet (+1, shock), bardsong
Scorching Ray
Confirm Crit (Musket): mage bullet (+1, shock), bardsong
Scorching Ray
"I guess they're not drowning anymore...Why is everyone so nonchalant about us breaking into their homes?" Kraig doesn't want to kill the tube people, but their untimely release from their watery prisons is disconcerting. Kraig moves to protect Alexis from being surrounded by the tube people. Sometimes you had to hurt people a little to save them.
Kharamell's spiral of electricity and fire strikes the hobgoblin necromancer incinerating her instantly.
Kraig strikes the lobotomite twice with his fists, trying to hit noncritical spots. The human shrugs off some of the pain and remains standing, looking through the burly brawler.
The lobotomites stir from their tubes and swing greatclubs at whichever hero is next to them.
The strange undead creatures move towards the door by Nyssa.
Valt is struck by a surprisingly nimble lobotomite. The greatclub makes a cracking noise against his back. The other humans recently freed from the tubes swing sluggishly and either miss the adventurers, or tap against their armor. Nyssa knocks aside the non-spinning metal drill but feels the other Rust Risen sink its metal jaw into her shoulder.
Kharamell forgoes reloading and casts DC 16 to hit the robo-undead in front of Nyssa and himself.
Alexis steps and cast a spell, blistering invective
You disgusting pieces of #$#% will rue the day you decided to face us. You will be cast to the hells and burn forever.
DC16 or catch on fire. Cannot use a reflex roll to extinguish the fire if demoralised.
Tess releases two arrows at the insane creature.
Valt groans as he feels the terrible pain the club hit inflicted to him.
That feels like a bronken rib, damn it. Thinks the summoner while focusing on evading the next strike.
Urgh!...
Iophiel, finish your oponent, and then let's switch positions. -Commands the wounded summoner.
"Good! I've got three! All clumsy ones!
Čemifobbar goes into a bloodrage and attacks the one between him and the doors with Gunshy's Greatclub.
He then backs up a bit to the wall to make sure he's not flanked.
Gets one HP back from fast healing ability.
Bardic magic flares from Alexis as she hurls insults at all the enemies around her. Some of the creatures burst with flame and catch on fire.
Tessara's first arrow stabs into the brain of the human by Valt, and the creature plops to the ground.
Iophiel cuts through the wounded lobotomite, severing it into three large gory pieces.
Cemifobbar slams the greatclub into the eastern human. It grunts barely as his weapon strikes the creature, a massive bruise covering half of its face, but it remains standing.
"Dammit Valt, you're always in trouble." Kraig unleashes another barrage at the tank person in front of him, amplified by Valt and Alexis' magic.
Nyssa shrugs her shield onto her arm, catching the hand grip as the shield settles into place. She studies the awfully modified walking corpse as it attacks. Then she strikes back with her sword.
"Ha! Die!
Kraig strikes at the creature three times, the first two blows missing, the third knocks the lobotomite in the face, knocking it down and out.
Nyssa's target is cut across its neck and metal jaw and then burns to death.
The four lobotomites swing at their opponents (Cem and Kraig) with slow, unskilled attacks. They all miss with laggard attacks. One of the Rust Risen gets closer to Nyssa, and the two of them attack at the Suli viciously, one of them attacking with both his drill and jaw. Their metal pieces strike against her armor and shield.
Nyssa watches the rust risen go down in flames. She wastes no time, attacking the next one, after watching how it moves itself.
Tess crouches and points at the arrow that lobotomized the lobotomite. "Vaess virednith!" The arrow erupts into four copies that each shoot out at the constructs.
Čemifobbar will continue his bloodrage and swing at the lobotomite he already hit the last time.
alexis steps back into combat, still singing of triumph over vast evil
arcane strike
"Alexis, my dear, I will leave this last one to you." Kraig leaves Alexis' side and joins Cem.
Nyssa's blade cuts through the burning undead creature. It falls down and twitches as it dies.
Tessara's magic creates arrows that burst from the lobotomite corpse and fly out to the other strange humans in the room.
Cem easily knocks down the human with the borrowed greatclub. A large purple bruise covers its face.
Alexis stabs at the human, the rapier stabs through cleanly, but doesn't seem to hurt the human as much.
Kraig moves past the human, which doesn't try to strike him, and punches one of the humans by Cem. It falls down with little sound.
Kharamell fires his pistol and misses the undead machine abomination.
Valt commands Iophiel to take down the creature at Alexis side, so the angel moves swift and swings her sword agains it, slashing at the creature with efficiency.
Čemifobbar will continue his bloodrage and swing at the remaining lobotomite beside him, using Gunshy's club again.
Iophiel gracefully slices through the altered human with her greatsword. The lobotomite sputters and collapses, spitting blood onto Alexis' clothes.
The remaining human lobotomite strikes Cemifobbar with his club. Nyssa is assaulted by the two Rust Risen she is fighting.
Tess releases another two arrows into Cem's assailant.
Nyssa jumps back away from the very dangerous bionic dead. She uses Sarenrae's gift to heal her wounds, even as she studies her next target.
Kharamell casts his last Burning Hands spell, targeting the two rust risen. He then moves back.
DC 16
Čemifobbar stays in his bloodrage and hits the last lobotomite standing by him. Using Gunshy's great club again.
Tessara's arrows stab into the glass tube behind Cem and the creature, cracking the glass and falling to the ground.
Cemifobbar bashes the last human, its body distorting as the bones and flesh underneath are broken. It lets out a sigh as it dies.
Forgot last turn. the creatures are still burning.
While Valt remains out of danger, Iophiel moves to the place where Nyssa engaged the strange creatures, and tries to strike them with her sword, but the blade bounces without effect on some of the strange metal parts.
Alexis strikes with her blade, arcane power flowing in the blade.
"Thank you. Nyssa. I'll take it from here." Kraig maneuvers between the Suli and the other-worldy creature and tries to grab the undead.
Kraig grabs onto the metal creature, feeling its dead flesh and cold metal parts against his body.
Alexis stabs into the lobotomite, rapier making a small hole where its heart should be. The creature opens it mouth but is silent.
The two Rust Risen stab and bite at Kraig and Iophiel.
The angelic eidolon feels a drill stab into her shoulder, colorful light spilling from the wound.
"Hello Kraig." Nyssa lets her shield fall to the ground. With a flourish, she scabbards her sword. "It's time for hug, and kill."
Nyssa drags her bow from it's case and looses an arrow at the drill-swinger that Kraig has grabbed.
Kharamell reloads.
Kraig leans away from the chomping jaws. "They're still dangerous, even when hugged, unlike you, Nyssa." Kraig pins the creature against the wall, hopefully its weapons cannot reach him now.