The Psionicle, Part VI

[Dalamar]

"Unless you want to stuff a powerstone in her mouth, I don't have anything suitable.
We should get going now, lady Jhessail must be expecting us already. Stop trying Nathan, it won't do any good to exhaust yourself. I'm sure we can put one of the powerstones we found from the 'Kreen tunnels to good use later."
Syld turns around and tries to remember which way was to the yuan-ti village.

 

[GnomeWorks]

Osius' mace smashes into the construct...

Osius gets a 16, which is a hit. He proceeds to deal 12 points to the golem.

Chunks of metal and various bits and pieces fly off of the construct as the mace makes contact, and the thing shatters into a heap of scrap metal and junk.

 

[Hand of Vecna]

Nathan shrugs and returns to the Yuan-ti village.

 

[GnomeWorks]

Battle at the Temple, Round I

Initiatives
Animus - 20
Goblin - 19
Niko - 15
Jirlai - 9
Golem - 8
Jhessail - 2

Animus waits for Niko's golem to move into position...

Delayed action until 8.


The goblin looks to Jirlai. "Which one?"

Jirlai shrugs. "Either."

The goblin then turns back to the pair, pulling out a light crossbow, and fires at Niko.

The goblin gets a 19 - a crit! It then gets a 16, a hit! The goblin deals 13 points of damage to Niko.


Niko also delays until the golem is ready to go...

Delayed action until 8.


Jirlai surveys the situation, apparently attempting to figure out what the two are trying to do. He then looks to the cleric.

"I am deeply sorry," He says to Jhessail, "but we cannot allow you to stop us from taking the gem."

He points his staff at her, and a wall of solid ice appears, cutting the corner she was in off from the rest of the room.


The golem obeys Niko's order, lumbering up near the goblin.

Suddenly, Animus tumbles through the room, arriving in the square on the opposite side of the goblin from the golem.

Animus gets a 28 on his tumble roll, and manages to avoid any AoO's from the goblin.

Then, Niko moves over to where Animus previously stood, and begins activating a device.

Then, the golem and Animus attack in near-unison.

The golem gets a 10 and an 8, both of which miss.

Animus gets a 16, a hit! He inflicts 9 points of damage to the goblin.


A pounding sound comes from the corner, and it is apparent that Jhessail is attempting to take down the wall.

"We have to hurry." Jirlai says, and he turns to the githyanki. "If you are going to take the gem, do it now."

"Do not rush these things." The githyanki says, closing his eyes in irritation. "It is not what you were hired for. Close the entrance to this room from the outside, then help Lathe deal with those two. All will be done, in due time."

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[GnomeWorks]

Meanwhile, back at the village...

The group arrives, Tori'shel in tow, at the entrance to the yuan-ti village. However, there is no sign of Jhessail, or the two who remained with her.

 

[Jarval]

"You'd have thought Jhessail would have waited for us." Jansson states. "I guess they've gone ahead to the temple." The halfling continues towards the temple, Tori'shel still in tow.

 

[GnomeWorks]

Map of the Battle at the Temple

This is a map of the situation in the temple as it stands after Round I.

 

[Dalamar]

"It is trange. Maybe we should hurry, as Desimus said, Jirlai might be near here."
Syld starts hogging towards the temple.

 

[Creamsteak]

Animus will take any attacks of opportunity presented by the Goblin immediately (hopefully the golem will do the same).

+7 to hit with Flanking, 1d8+3 damage

During his round, if the goblin still stands, He uses his own Ki Energy to empower his weapon. (Psionic Weapon)

+7 to hit with Flanking, 1d8+1d4+3 damage

If the Goblin lays defeated before his round (let the Golem's action go first because of this), then he then runs jirlai through. (Charge)

Charge Bonus +2

+7 to hit, 1d8+1d4+3 damage.

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

Niko motions to his golem, then takes a step over after his device takes effect, drawing his gun and firing it at Jirlai.

(Niko takes a 5 ft. step back to where he was before previously, drawing his gun as a MEA and then attacking once with an attack bonus of +8, recoil of 3, and with the bonus of being invisible, the golem then takes a full attack on the goblin if its visible, otherwise it will move over to where Jirlai is standing and attacks with a +3 attack bonus.

Due to Invisibility of the Cloaking Device, if the Golem attacks the goblin, its attack bonus is +5/+5 -base +1/+1, +2 for Flanking, +2 for being Invisible-, and the goblin loses his dexterity bonus to his AC if he doesn't have uncanny dodge. When Niko attack's Jirlai, his attack bonus is +8, +2 more for being invisible for a total of +10, not including penetration. Jirlai also loses his dexterity bonus to his AC due to his inability to see Niko - who is under the effect of the cloaking device.)