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[Stush]

Francisca shakes her head. "How pathetic. You were only a threat when you had your drones protecting you, now you're running off like a thief in the night."

She draws her new sword, swinging it out towards him, the blade emitting a tune with each movement. the structure jolts a little as a pure beam of white light pierces through the roof, striking sigilus, burning him.

Song of the new dawn

1d20 +6 > 19
20 + 6 = 26 ... success

Song of the new dawn damage

2d8 +4
7 + 3 + 4 = 14

She slides the sword back into its sheathe. "Give up, tell us why you seek what we carry, you cannot escape us, you cannot defeat us, if you cooperate, you may escape with your life."

Second diplomacy roll (Master diplomat)

1d20 +19
19 + 19 = 38

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~ Forge (10 fire damage to enter or start round)
= Table (+1 atk to stand on, -1 movement)
^ Edge (steep fall, almost certain death)
# Wall covered in chains

S   Sigilus           HP29/68 AC20 F19 R19 W17 P15  Cursed(-2 to hit Vivi), Immobilized until end of Gus' next turn
D   Duodrone guard    HP11/54 AC20 F18 R18 W18 P14 Restrained -20 health on release
  Marked by Briar
C   Cogs/Kazrac       HP52/52 AC21 F17 R17 W17 P14

&   Ampersand         HP33/38 AC17 F13 R20 W17 P17
B   Briar             HP32/49 AC19 F18 R13 W13 P14
F   Francisca         HP31/41 AC19 F15 R17 W18 P14
G   Gus               HP19/24 AC19 F14 R17 W15 P14
P   Pitamaha          HP51/51 AC15 F17 R13 W19 P16 (damage reduction 4 until end of next turn)
V   Vivi              HP37/43 AC18 F15 R17 W16 P12 Standing on Table (+1 Attack), Concealed(+2 Defense)

[JDigital]

"Ha! Very well, human. Your doom is inevitable. I see no harm in telling you the truth."

"I serve the Shadow, that ancient, dead god. He hides us, his followers, so that neither magic nor the gods can find us. He waits for us, chained at the end of the world."

"But those pages of the holy book, the Pantheon... they are the light that casts out the Shadow and allows the truth to be seen. They cannot be destroyed, so we keep them hidden, in the secrets hidden by errors that mortals have allowed to creep into the texts over time."

"But our numbers are increasingly few, and we have become impatient waiting for this world to end. We have decided to speed things up a bit. To play with the cogs of time, so to speak. The orc shaman Kalor is our willing pawn."

"For you, it is too late. There is a way to stop it, but it involves the sacrifice of one of your own. I know humankind. You won't do it."

[Stush]

Francisca grins defiantly at Sigilus "If you knew humankind so well, why did you go up against us? You should have known it would end like this."

Pointing towards him, she draws her sword and swings it in the air "Forwards, my friends, First we take down this guy, and then it's Kalor's turn!" Infusing her friends with fighting spirit.

[JDigital]

Ampersand, Pitamaha and Vivi to go.

[Doom]

Throw a spare rib at the Duodrone to curse it, move three spaces to maintain concealment, zap at Sigilus with an Eldritch Blast.

Eldritch vs Sig Reflex

1d20 +6
17 + 6 = 23

Damage

1d10 +3
2 + 3 = 5

Curse

1d6
2

Vivi looks shocked when her traditional gun finger point gesture actually produces a tangible burst of angry red energy that crashes into Sigilus from behind with a burst of chicken-flavored smoke.

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~ Forge (10 fire damage to enter or start round)
= Table (+1 atk to stand on, -1 movement)
^ Edge (steep fall, almost certain death)
# Wall covered in chains

S   Sigilus           HP22/68 AC20 F19 R19 W17 P15  Cursed(-2 to hit Vivi), Immobilized until end of Gus' next turn
D   Duodrone guard    HP11/54 AC20 F18 R18 W18 P14 Restrained -20 health on release, Cursed(-2 to hit Vivi)
  Marked by Briar
C   Cogs/Kazrac       HP52/52 AC21 F17 R17 W17 P14

&   Ampersand         HP33/38 AC17 F13 R20 W17 P17
B   Briar             HP32/49 AC19 F18 R13 W13 P14
F   Francisca         HP31/41 AC19 F15 R17 W18 P14
G   Gus               HP19/24 AC19 F14 R17 W15 P14
P   Pitamaha          HP51/51 AC15 F17 R13 W19 P16 (damage reduction 4 until end of next turn)
V   Vivi              HP37/43 AC18 F15 R17 W16 P12 Standing on Table (+1 Attack), Concealed(+2 Defense)

[Büge]

Briar's stomach rumbles.

[Bongo Bill]

Pitamaha said, "How can we sacrifice that which was already given to the gods? A fool though thou art, thou hast not miscalculated. May this thought console thee in Hell!"

He walked around the Duodrone contemptuously (possibly provoking an attack of opportunity, but his damage reduction hasn't warn off yet) and attacked Sigilus, evoking an image of an army of martyrs marching behind him under a holy banner. (Spectral Legion augment 0: 1d20+10 = 16, a miss, no effect. Oh well. It was a nice thought, anyway.)

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~ Forge (10 fire damage to enter or start round)
= Table (+1 atk to stand on, -1 movement)
^ Edge (steep fall, almost certain death)
# Wall covered in chains

S   Sigilus           HP22/68 AC20 F19 R19 W17 P15  Cursed(-2 to hit Vivi), Immobilized until end of Gus' next turn
D   Duodrone guard    HP11/54 AC20 F18 R18 W18 P14 Restrained -20 health on release, Cursed(-2 to hit Vivi)
  Marked by Briar
C   Cogs/Kazrac       HP52/52 AC21 F17 R17 W17 P14

&   Ampersand         HP33/38 AC17 F13 R20 W17 P17
B   Briar             HP32/49 AC19 F18 R13 W13 P14
F   Francisca         HP31/41 AC19 F15 R17 W18 P14
G   Gus               HP19/24 AC19 F14 R17 W15 P14
P   Pitamaha          HP51/51 AC15 F17 R13 W19 P16
V   Vivi              HP37/43 AC18 F15 R17 W16 P12 Standing on Table (+1 Attack), Concealed(+2 Defense)

[Beat Bandit]

Throwing Sigilus into the pit was feeling more and more like a bad idea. Never mind that he might be able to just float away unharmed from a fall the way he's been moving around, or that Pitamaha would have to go down with him at his current position, but it seemed like the guy had some powerful artifacts on him, and it'd be a shame to see them go to waste down there.

Brushing his sword against the ground, an unusually thick and dark cloud of dust kicks up around Ampersand. (Cloud of Darkness)

Jumping past the now blind and lame Duodrone, Ampersand Strikes out from the darkness at Sigilus. His blade piercing the shaman's side, he twists both of them, tossing Sigilus into the cloud Ampersand had just emerged from with the blade following after him. Grabbing at the darkness, Ampersand pulls something off Sigilus before he slumps to the ground off the short sword.

(Note: I forgot to add CA bonus to both attack rolls so it looks like I failed the second one, so here's a breakdown of my roll bonuses: +5 for dex mod +2 for 1/2 level +3 for weapon mod and +1 for daybreaker's mod = +11 the forgotten +2 CA means even the second roll failure in dicelog hit)


(Cloud of Darkness to blind Duodrone and create a square of total concealment next to Sigilus)

bait and switch
1d20 +11 >= 17
17 + 11 = 28 ... success

damage (plus backstab)
4d6 +5
3 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 5 = 15

(shift to Sigilus' space and him into cloud cover, blinding him and granting a second combat advantage. Ampersand uses his action point for the encounter)

thief novice
1d20 +11 >= 17
5 + 11 = 16 ... failure (+2 = 18 and success)

damage (NOTE: I am the worst ever at remembering to add CA +2 to attack rolls)
3d6 +5
5 + 3 + 2 + 5 = 15

(Thief Novice kills Sigilus, but I roll thievery for the secondary effect anyway)

stealing from a corpse
1d20 +12
7 + 12 = 19

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% Dark Cloud (total concealment, blindness [& not affected])
~ Forge (10 fire damage to enter or start round)
= Table (+1 atk to stand on, -1 movement)
^ Edge (steep fall, almost certain death)
# Wall covered in chains

S   Sigilus           HP-8/68 AC20 F19 R19 W17 P15  Cursed(-2 to hit Vivi), Immobilized until end of Gus' next turn, Blind, Bloodied, Dead
D   Duodrone guard    HP11/54 AC20 F18 R18 W18 P14 Restrained -20 health on release, Cursed(-2 to hit Vivi)
  Marked by Briar
C   Cogs/Kazrac       HP52/52 AC21 F17 R17 W17 P14

&   Ampersand         HP33/38 AC17 F13 R20 W17 P17
B   Briar             HP32/49 AC19 F18 R13 W13 P14
F   Francisca         HP31/41 AC19 F15 R17 W18 P14
G   Gus               HP19/24 AC19 F14 R17 W15 P14
P   Pitamaha          HP51/51 AC15 F17 R13 W19 P16
V   Vivi              HP37/43 AC18 F15 R17 W16 P12 Standing on Table (+1 Attack), Concealed(+2 Defense)

[JDigital]

The pinned duodrone flails wildly, striking Pitamaha as he passes.

Pitamaha takes a reduced 5 damage.

The duodrone tears its upper itself off the spectral spear, and what's left of its smashed body immediately stumbles backwards into the pit. Sigilus slumps to the ground in a pool of black blood, leaving Ampersand clutching a steel scroll tube. The chain devil coughs his last words.

"Too late."

The army of modrons marches in from the direction you came. You see them now, dozens of monodrones, marching in from the walkways all around.

Kazrac lets go of Cogs, who seems back to normal, and looks around at the marching drones. "There must be at least a hundred. Well, it was an honour fighting with you."

[JDigital]

Suddenly, a shout goes up.

"For Derke Taarsen!"

A stream of dwarven warriors pours down a stairwell and clashes with the modron army. A robed spellcasting dwarf banks force shots off the wall, knocking monodrones into the bottomless pit.

A familiar squad of dwarves hustles over to meet you.

"Thank the gods, you're alive! We feared the worst. The druids' spies tracked you to this tower, but they said that was quite some time ago... nobody's seen you for over two years!"

[Bongo Bill]

Two years!? But we've only been in here since November!

[Stush]

Francisca spreads her arms, grinning wide. "My friends, and now, my saviors! Great to see you!"

She raises an eyebrow. "Two years? It doesn't feel that long.. although I have been known to lose track of time."

[Beat Bandit]

Ampersand lets out a very forces gasp and presses his hands (well, hand and steel tube) to his face.

"Two years? But dark unknown magics never mess with the passage of time." and under his breath "your wives are gonna' be oooold when we get out of here."

He motions to Vivi with a sideways nod of his head while pulling open the scroll.

"By the way you probably don't have to destroy all those things, this one here is the next-in-command... for... wait a minute."

Realizing the only robots they tricked were a heap of scrap now he twists the scroll around into a tube before he has a chance to read it, and shouts through it. "50979! 27272! I am your new god! OBEY ME!"

[Büge]

"Thank the gods, you're alive! We feared the worst. The druids' spies tracked you to this tower, but they said that was quite some time ago... nobody's seen you for over two years!"

Briar looks relieved, then confused. "What?"

"50979! 27272! I am your new god! OBEY ME!"

"WHAT?"

[JDigital]

Cogs whirs his cogs. "Unit 'Cogs' now at your disposal... Just kidding. Cogs does what he likes!"

The modron army shows no signs of stopping.

"Then you've been down here for the whole two years? A lot has happened in your absence," says one of the dwarves. "The Urk-Ril orcs have moved north to conquer new land - the camp around this tower was long abandoned when we got here. King Taren disappeared last winter and not even the greatest oracles can find him."

A loud slam shakes the hallways. It comes from a chamber down the corridor in the opposite direction to the modron army, and sounds very close.

"By the Hero's beard, what is that? I don't like the sound of it."

"From the timbre of the sound," says the other dwarf, "It's a very heavy, flat-faced stone... rock crystal, perhaps? No, that can't be right, can it? No creature alive can lift something that heavy."

[Stush]

Francisca reaches out to ampersand, holding her hand out for the scroll, "Mind if I hold onto that? I imagine I have more training in regards to handling ancient important irreplaceable documents than you do."

[Büge]

"These things're are as alive as water mills,"  Briar responds to the dwarf. "That chain demon had 'em working for him. How'd you guys get in? Can we get out that way?"

[JDigital]

"Stairs lead up to the surface. You can escape that way, if you're quick. But the Berg clan won't run. Our cleric's been running divinations for months now and he's convinced there's an orc shaman down here who's close to unlocking a terrible secret that could threaten all of Rynwold."

[Büge]

"That's who we're after! Did he say where the shaman was?" Briar cranes her neck and tries to see what's in the direction of that slamming sound.

[JDigital]

"He didn't say. But I'll bet you a bag of gems he's somewhere near whatever's making that sound."