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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brakkart" data-source="post: 2389132" data-attributes="member: 19617">DM's Log of Session Thirty FourHuffing and puffing, Zamtap finally caught up to the group and muttered an apologetic "Sorry, got lost", before his eyes went wide seeing the ongoing battle in the large room. Seeing that Ki wasn't faring too well, Gylippus stabbed his rapier deep into the mechanical innards of one of the electrum horrors threatning him, and destroyed it. As a gold horror scuttled towards Ki, Ash sliced open part of its carapce as it went past him, it then missing the acrobatic monk. Aeron frowned, as neither of his spheres had any effect on the horrors he targeted them at, while Ash followed the gold that he had already hit, damaging it further. Ki used the reprieve, to concentrate his attacks on one of his tormentors, destroying an electrum horror with his dagger and claw bracer. Seeing the platinum horror flee from the audotorium, Jebodiah gave pursuit, charging after it down the side tunnel that lead further south and catching the damaged construct, his axe rending it apart. It was only then that he looked around and saw nearly dozen more horrors surrounding him, a couple electrums, eight golds, and another two platinum horrors...Running into the chamber, Zamtap caught up to Ash and laid an enchantment on him to resist the horrors lightning attacks, as Jebodiahs similar enchantment came in useful when both platinum horrors blasted him with lightning, he suffering only very minor shocks, but then getting swarmed by the gold horrors, several surrounding him while others moved to block any of the rest of the party from getting to the dwarf. Hopelessly outnumbered, the gold horrors began to cut the barbarian in their midst to pieces, as he roared battle cries born of anger and pain, axe swinging around him, tearing gashes in his foes, a gold horror ripped apart by the blows and another damaged. Hearing the bellows of his enraged companion from the corridor, Aeron sent both his spheres towards the golds blocking the passageway, aiming to smash open a route for the dwarf to escape back to the others by. Ash too saw the danger, and finished off the gold horror he was fighting, striding towards the mouth of the corridor where the fresh gold horrors were waiting. Freed of targets for the first time in a while, Ki took the opportunity to try and heal himself with his wand, it doing little to close his considerable wounds though, and he then headed towards Zamtap.Ignoring Ki's wounds, Zamtap used his magic to first patch up Gylippus, who was also in quite a bad way after battling the platinum horror for a while. with his wounds (mostly) seen too, Gylippus headed after the rest of the party as they closed on the corridor entrance, now able to see the fresh swarm of horrors in the entrance and beyond, Jebodiahs battle cries heard from somewhere in the darkness further back. In closing in on the entrance though, he put himself within reach of the platinum horrors lurking behind the front row of golds, they scuttling over their lesser minions and engaging him in melee, badly wounding him between them, a gold horror also scoring a telling blow on Jebodiah, before being smashed to scrap by the berserkers axe, Stormcleaver cutting it apart and tearing into another horror, the dwarf fighting tirelessly to cut himself out of his predicament. One of Aeron's spheres slammed into a platinum then, tossing it away from Gylippus and smacking it into a wall, though it quickly righted itself, the other platinum unaffected by the sphere that assailed it. forced to divert his attention from reaching Jeb, by the platinums threatening Gylippus, Ash tried to aid the wizard, but his sword just couldn't seem to find an opening. Ki tried again to heal himself, his wand proving just as feeble as before. Darting in under the dwarfs swining axe,. an electrum horror sliced into one of Jebodiahs legs with its razor saw.Casting Resist Energy on himself to ward off lightning, Zamtap then headed towards the battle at the tunnel exit from the auditorium. Stepping back from the platinum horror attacking him, Gylippus angrily blasted a fireball into the corridor, but was dismayed to see it have no effect on the platinum and four gold horrors that its fire had enveloped. Ignoring the wizard, both platinum horrors flanked Ash and cut into him, their razor saws finding gaps in his considerable armour plating, and as the paladin staggered, so the dwarf fell, a gold horror cutting down Jebodiah, the raging strength leaving his body, as his life again fled his mortal form, a much bloodied body dropping to the cold stone floor of the passageway, Stormcleaver still held in its deathgrip.Hearing his friends battlesong sudeenly stilled, caused Ash to falter and trip, he grtting his teeth and hauling himself back to his feet then, the Sunite's handsome face drawn into a resolute grimace. Aeron had more luck, his spehrres damaging one of the platinum horrors and smashing a gold to shards, battering it off the walls and ceiling of the passageway, that sphere then vanishing.With their numbers now reduced, Zamtap saw fit to bolster the remaining party members, casting a Prayer to effect Gylippus, Ki, Ash and himself. Gylippus for his part, gestured, and sent a Scorching Ray at a gold horror, the flames though licking harmlessly off its carapace shell. Keeping Ash between them, the platinum horrors continued to cut at him, though both scored only light wounds. Ash and Gyllipus found themselves blasted twice each by lightning bolts, the paladin's enchantment simply absrobing them, while the rogue nimbly avoided the bolts entirely, but in doing so, he stepped squarely into the path of a third bolt, the electricity depleting his own warding against such energy. Seeing that if this battle continued for too long, more horrors would inevitably arrive, Aeron cast a Haste on the rest of the party, and directed his remaining sphere into a platinum, annihilating it. Try as he might though, Ash just couldn't seem to penetrate the remaining platinum horrors carapace, his sword sparking as it struck the automatons metal shell again and again. Ki had better luck though, his claw bracer cutting deep into a gold horror.Drawing his warhammer, Zamtap waded into melee then, lending his strength to Ki, and damaging the already battered gold horror that the monk was fighting still further. another fireball roared from Gylippus's wand, the inferno roasting four gold horrors and succeeding in damaging half of them.. After trading blows ineffectually with the paladin, the last platinum horror fled from the auditorium, heading down the corridor past the gold horrors, whioch swarmed out to surround Ki, badly wounding him. "You're not getting away that easily", Aeron growled, as he sent his sphere after the platinum, the ball of ripping winds damaging the construct, but not destroying it, as the spell expired and it too vanished. With the platinum out of his sight, the genasi sent Magic Missiles at a gold horror, they punching past its magic resistant carapace to damage its innards. Charging into the mouth of the tunnel, Ash engaged a pair of gold horrors in combat, managing to damage one of them, while Ki struck a gold that was threatening him and then fled from it, covered in his blood from many cuts.Smashing a gold to scrap, Zamtap cautoiusly took a step backwards, from another pair of them, Gyllipus then roating them with a fireball, destroying one of them. From further down the corrirdor, the paltinum fired its lightning through the ranks of lesser horrors at Ash, but now warded against electricity, it washed harmlessly over the paladin as he smashed aside another gold, cutting his way towards the retreating leader of the horrors. Sensing the danger to itself, the platinum clicked out a series of commands, a quartet of gold horrors moving in to attack Ash, though none of them could find a gap in his armour to exploit, his tower shield keeping them at bay. Seeking to help Ash batter a way through, Aeron sent more magical missiles into a gold horror, doing some damage to it. Now safely away from the cut and thrust of melee, Ki growled angrily as his wand contunued to prove almost useless in healing his many injuries.Calling out an oath to Gond to guide his hammer, Zamtap charged into the gold horrors, but his swipe at them missed. They did not though, several swarming around him and cutting him twice with theit jabbing saws, while Gyllipus's couldn't seem to find an opening with his rapier either, the tip glancing off a gold horrors shell. As he walked closer to the battle in the tunnel mouth, so Aeron saw fit to conjure a magical Shield into existence to better defend himself. Shaking his wand to try and get it to work, ki then tapped himself with it and grinned as several of the smaller cuts closed up, its magic finally providing a decent dose of healing power.Ash continued his pursuit of the platinum, damaging a gold horror that was in the way.While Gylippus stepped around and drove his rapier deep into a gold horror, Zamtap swung and missed again, his opponent scuttling out of the way of the priests warhammer. Aeron sent another burst of magic missiles into a gold horror, punching them past its resistance to damage the construct. His sword cutting another gold horror out of his way, Ash ran down the corridor after the platinum horror, which had by now retreated beyond the electrum horrors. As he ran headlong towards them, he passed the body of Jebodiah, lying slumped against the passage wall in a pool of his blood. Hanging back from melee, Ki took aim with his ring and unleashed the magic missile spell stored inside it, but it has no effect on the gold horror he targets with it. As Ash ran towards them, so the electrum horrors opened fire at him with their dart launchers, though the projectiles bounced harmlessly off his shield.Snarling in annoyance, Zamtap swung again, and missed again, the gold horror fighting him, continuing to avoid his blows, while nearby Gylippus and the gold horror fighting him traded blows, each wounding the other. Easily destroying one of the electrum horrors, Ash turned to deal with the second which missed in its attack on him, as Ki tapped himself again with his wand, muttering abiout having bought a defective one as it did little good. Aeron blasted another gold with magic missiles, they failing to penetrate its resistant armour cladding though.Calling out loudly "Gond guide my hand!", Zamtap grinned in delight as his hammer smashed down twice in quick succession into his foe, heavily damaging it, but not quite disabling the golden horror. Tripping over a leg from a destroyed horror, Gylippus went sprawling, his rapier dropped also, and as he pulled himself back to his feet, so the gold horror he had been fighting took advantage and cut him down with its saw, the sneaky rogue falling back amidst the wreckage of past foes on the auditorium steps, and not moving. More magic missles streamed from Aerons outstretched hands, targeted at two gold horrors, but damaging only one of them. Away down the corridor, Ash destroyed the remaining electrum horror and peeked into a large lit room, clearly a temple to the dwarven gods, looking for where the platinum had fled too, but not spotting it. Seeing Gyllipus down, Ki leapt into combat, standing over his downed comrade and stabbing at the gold horror. While he missed it again and again, he nevertheless kept the construct from finishing off his friend.Changing opponent, Zamtap brought his hammer down on the back of the horror trying to battle past Ki, smashing it apart. Muttering a curse under his breath, Aeron saw his Horizikaul's Boom spell do nothing to the last gold horror. Seeing an open double door in the temple, Ash guessed that the platinum horror had gone that way, and laid a hand on himself to close some his his wounds before giving chase once more, seeing the platinum across a large room, and a triangular portal beyond, a monstrous black plated horror visible through the shimmering window within the mechanical frame, the portal itself a type of clockwork horror too.As Ki kept the last gold horror at bay, so Zamtap crouched down and saw to healing Gyllipus, the roggue snatching up his rapier and getting back up onto his feet. Seeing Ash in the doorway to the portal chamber, the platinum horror again blasted him with lightning, the paladin not quite quick enough to dodge tis time, and taking the full force of the blast in the chest. While his energy resistant warding spell depleted much of the bolts strength, Ash was still badly hurt by the lightning. not that that stopped him though, he griotting his teeth against the pain and casting Divine Favour on himself, striding into the chamber after the platinum horror, and triggering a trap, a whirling storm of blades and shrapnel suddenly engulfing him. He dived through it towards the lone horror, getting cut up in the process as the doorway behind him filled with the Blade Barrier. Hearing the paladins cries of pain from a distance, Aeron cast Expeditious Retreat on himself and ran at speed down the corridor after Ash...DM's Notes:Well it was beginning to end carnage this week, but the party have the last platinum horror cornered now, and have located the gate that allows this hive to remain in contact with the Adamantine Horror, their emperor (the black plated monster horror visible through the portal). The group will be done with the Clockwork Horror hive early in the next session. It was kind of inevitable that Jebodiah would charge after the platinum and equally so that he would get swarmed and killed (again). Still Matt does love playing that crazy dwarf, so I have little doubt that he'll be back from the dead soon enough (I know this as I know what is in the Horrors treasure pile). I feel the session ended on a nice cliffhanger, and everyone acquitted themselves well in the battle.</blockquote>

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