CH. 6: Clockwork Horrors

[Breila]

Ouragana remembers Brock's gift and pulls it out. Pointing it at the spider, she releases a bold of magical energy.

[HorizonsDream]

Jocelyn sucks in a deep breath as she is caused some pain, but she continues on with her attack. "Oh, if I didn't follow Octhanus, I would kill this clockmaker for this," Jocelyn says.

Init Roll, Hit Roll (2, 6)

[Nuke]

Foregoing any attack, the warrior dives for her trident and moves to defend herself.

init (1d10 =2)
dex check (1d20 =2)

LOL, good thing I rolled that as a check rather than a hit.

[JadedDM]

Val's opponent rears back suddenly, as if somehow understanding she was now unarmed--and therefore vulnerable. The spider lurches forward toward the half-orc, but she dives forward, avoiding the attack, and performing a perfect cartwheel in the process. She lands with her hands right on her coral trident and grabs it, and so once she's back on her feet, the trident is at the ready, in her hands.

Jocelyn swings her hammer at her own opponent, but it again skitters away before she can hit it, much to her chagrin. Ouragana utters the command word, and a bolt of green energy blasts from the tip of the wand, flies under the nearby table, swerves around the acolyte and then slams into the spider, knocking it back at least a foot from the impact and leaving a nasty dent in its shell. Screeching, whether in pain or anger--can this device feel such things?--the spider leaps right at Jocelyn and bites into her neck. She manages to knock it off her, but crimson stains the collar of her robes.

Areilon's opponent zig-zags toward her, keeping her off-balance, and bites at her shin as it passes by. The elf spins about, her cloak flapping around her, but her sabre merely bounces off the creature's iron shell without harming it.

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Initiative
Areilon (1d10+5): 11
Ouragana (1d10+3): 9
Jocelyn (1d10+4): 6
Val (1d10+3): 5
Clockwork Spider 01 (1d10+3): 4
Clockwork Spider 02 (1d10+5): 6
Clockwork Spider 04 (1d10+5): 12

Round 4!

Clockwork Spider 01 attacks Val (1d20): 6, miss.
Val picks up her fine trident.
Jocelyn attacks Clockwork Spider 04 with her warhammer (1d20): 6, miss.
Clockwork Spider 02 attacks Areilon (1d20): 16, hit for (1d4): 1 damage.
Ouragana fires a single bolt from her Wand of Magic Missiles at Clockwork Spider 04 for (1d4+1): 3 damage.
Areilon makes a called shot (-2) at Clockwork Spider 02 with her sabre (+2) (1d20): 8, miss.
Clockwork Spider 04 attacks Jocelyn (1d20): 20, critical hit! for (2d4): 6 damage.

(OOC: Positions are still the same, so no map again. Actions and Initiative for Round 5?)

[Breila]

"These things are tenacious!" Ouragana mutters as she releases another bolt of energy, this time aiming for the clockwork spider's diamond eye.

Init: 1d10=5

[Jenara]

Side stepping Arei uses her cloak to distract the creature, like she heard men taunting Bulls might she flips her blade down and skewers the gem from behind.

1d10, 1d20, 1d6+1=[10], [19], [3, 1]

init 10, hit ac 0 for 3 damage, but a called shot on the glass eye

[HorizonsDream]

"AHHH!" Jocelyn screams out as the spider bites into her. Her free hand goes to her neck after she pushes the spider off of her. "Oh, this damnable thing is going to die!" she says while looking at her blood covered hand. Enraged at this point, Jocelyn continues with her attack.

Init Roll, Hit Roll (5, 14)
DMG Roll (5)

[Nuke]

Val presses the attack, determined to end this.

init, hit and damage. (1d10, 1d20+2, 1d6+3=[5], [16, 2], [1, 3])

[JadedDM]

Val's opponent skitters underfoot, sinking its iron fangs into her leg. Kicking it off her, the half-orc spins her trident twice, keeping it at bay, then slams the center prong right into the construct's eye. The spider screeches, then suddenly drops and goes silent, spilling oil all over the floor.

Areilon's opponent does likewise, only it jumps up at her, stabbing her in the stomach with its sharp legs. She knocks the spider aside, bleeding from her wounds. Using her cloak to try and distract the spider, she then stabs it in the eye, shattering it and coating Telsa with so much oil that the blade is now as black as the hilt. The spider shudders then collapses into a heap at her feet.

Ouragana fires another missile at the spider fighting with Jocelyn, but it's not enough. Although it leaves a severe dent in the creature's thorax. One more hit would probably dismantle it for good.

Jocelyn attempts to do just that, but the spider skitters aside before she can hit it again. It then bites her leg as it passes, leaving another bloody mark on her robes.

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Initiative
Ouragana (1d10+3): 8
Areilon (1d10+5): 15
Jocelyn (1d10+4): 9
Val (1d10+7): 12
Clockwork Spider 01 (1d10+3): 4
Clockwork Spider 02 (1d10+5): 6
Clockwork Spider 04 (1d10+5): 9

Round 5!

Clockwork Spider 01 attacks Val (1d20): 16, hit for (1d4): 3 damage.
Clockwork Spider 02 attacks Areilon (1d20): 19, hit for (1d4): 4 damage.
Ouragana fires a single blast from her Wand of Magic Missiles at Clockwork Spider 04 (1d4+1): 3 damage.
Jocelyn attacks Clockwork Spider 04 with her warhammer (1d20): 14, miss.
Clockwork Spider 04 attacks Jocelyn (1d20): 16, hit for (1d4): 4 damage.
Val attacks Clockwork Spider 01 with her fine trident (+2) while moderately encumbered (-1) (1d20+1): 17, hit for (1d6+3): 4 damage. Clockwork Spider 01 is destroyed.
Areilon makes a called shot (-2) to Clockwork Spider 02's eye with her sabre (+2) (1d20): 19, hit for (1d6+1): 4 damage. Clockwork Spider 02 is destroyed.

(OOC: Only one left to go.

Actions and Initiative for Round 6?)

[Breila]

"You have to use things while they last" Ouragana mutters and releases another bold of engery.

dmg roll: 1d4+1=3

[Jenara]

Spinning on her heels Arei vaults over the table, realising the one before Val is dead.

(Can she make it to the other one? Rolled a successful called shot if she can.)1d10, 1d20, 1d6+1=[4], [16], [6, 1]
init 4, hit Ac 3, 7 damage on its eye.

[JadedDM]

(OOC: Yeah, she can move 60 feet and still attack, and by my calculations, she can reach the 4th clockwork spider within 50 feet.)

[HorizonsDream]

Jocelyn takes a few steps back away from the battle with the spider, and prays to Octhanus to heal herself.

Cure Light Wounds (1) (Yeah, that figures)

[Jenara]

(Then that is what she shall do)

[JadedDM]

Ouragana fires one more blast from her wand, and this one hits the spider hard enough to knock it apart. It falls to pieces, just as Jocelyn heals one of her lesser wounds partially.

Areilon hurries toward the door to assist, but as she does, she walks over the purple rug in the bedroom and notices at one point her footstep sounded a little different, as if she had walked over something hollow.

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Initiative
Ouragana (1d10+3): 4
Areilon (1d10+5): 9
Jocelyn (1d10+5): 12
Clockwork Spider 04 (1d10+5): 13

Round 6!

Ouragana fires a blast from her Wand of Magic Missiles at Clockwork Spider 04 for (1d4+1): 3 damage. Clockwork Spider 04 is destroyed.
Areilon has no target. (DM makes a secret roll.) Passes a concealed door and notices.
Jocelyn casts Cure Light Wounds on herself, restoring (1d8): 1 HP.

(OOC: Apologies to Nuke for not waiting, but I figured since either Ouragana or Areilon killed it, depending on who won initiative, I'd just move forward for the sake of pacing.

It only had 1 HP left, so...)

End melee.