Quinn strikes down the aflame creature before him, the monster attacking Lokilia resists the Poison spell but then falls back as Normonts round lands in its forehead.

The two Faux-Devs both lunge at Quinn trying to drag him down so they can overtake the three wounded and demoralized figures behind him.

Vs Quinn Attack: 11 Damage: 8

Vs Quinn Attack: 11 Damage: 5

It is a simple matter of rinse and repeat for Normont and Amber now. They just needed to drop these creatures before they get a solid hit on Quinn.

Bullets and force bolts fly once more towards the most injured looking creature.

Normont

Action : Shoot the creature that is most hurt with his pistol - To Hit: 1+5=6
Bonus Action: Command Amber

Amber

Action: Force Strike onthe creature that is most hurt - To Hit: 19+4=23, Damage: 1+2=3 [force]

(OOC: This is the most frustrating series of rolls...sigh)

Lokilia will attack the creature closest to her. "I'm not sure this poison is affecting them," she comments, as she again makes an attempt to cast [Tooltip Not Found] at the creature. (CON Save DC 13 or take 4 poison damage) 

Dev takes a deep breath, his expression settling into a focused frown. He reloads his little crossbow, aims, pulls the trigger. (7+2=9). The bolt flashes past its target, clacking and breaking against the floor.

He pulls out another bolt, singing calming words to himself. 

You and I must make a pact

We must bring salvation back

Where there is love, I'll be there

Quinn Attack: 22 Damage: 11

Quinn Attack: 25 Damage: 6

21

Quinn hews one of the creatures before him with mighty blows tearing it asunder, the other is staggered by Lokilias venom and Ambers attack and attempts to break away and flee.

( AoO from anyone and then combat is over.   The way below looks clear currently.)

(OOC: Are we all allowed an AoO, or just those in melee range?)

( All.)

Normont doesn't think twice about shooting as the creature attempts to retreat, after all he doesn't want it to come back.

"Hammer and tongs that was close", he sighs even as the bullet flies.

Normont

Reaction: Shoot the retreating creature in the back with his pistol - To Hit: 12+5=17, Damage: 6+3=9 (magical piercing)

(Wow you are rolling way better than me, on these attacks.) 

As the creature retreats, Lokilia launches one of her enchanted stones (from Magic Stone) at it. 
(Attack: 19, Damage: 9 bludgeoning) 

Normonts shot and Lokilias stone both hit the creature in the back of the head as it flees and its head explodes in a shower of black blood before it slumps to the grating.

All is quiet but for the hum of crystals and the constant roar of the fan below....

"Yes!", Norman exclaims as the creature falls.

"We should move quickly", he adds, motioning for Quinn to lead the way. "We are looking for some kind of control room, remember. Or failing that, a safe place to rest".

He focuses as he moves on, looking out for anywhere the crystals or the rod he has will fit.

Investigation: 12+5+1=18

Dev’s little self-encouraging humming stops. He’s not disappointed that every shot he has fired has missed. He holds at bay the images that come to mind. Boyhood games when he was always the last kid chosen to be on a team. This is just the way it’s always been.

“Wow,” he says, trying to brighten the mood for the others and skirt the fact that he had done exactly nothing helpful in the encounter. “Wow, Quinn! You really showed them what’s what! And Normont and ummm… Lokilia!…” — the teenager is still getting used to her big spider form — “they didn’t have a chance.”

But his enthusiasm quiets quickly as he falls in step after the gnome. 

Quinn will lift his shield and move forward in the front, "Thank you Dev, and Normont what do you see?" 

The four companions and Amber begin descending once more, the air is much warmer down here as they reach the place where Dev found Ubo.

There are no obvious signs of further creatures as they descend, and the formerly faint smell of cooking meat is very strong now as they glance over and see dozens of bodies lying upon the hot metal gridwork above the huge rotating fan blades below.....some fresh and sizzling others little more than blackened bones.

Descending further the heat is now intense and there are no screens or banks of crystal just hundreds of thick black tubes in bundles and lining the walls, the tubes are scorching hot and even passing close to them is slightly painful.

Further below now hot air is rushing up the shaft buffeting those on the gangways, and the roar of the fan threatens to drown out any conversation, Dev points out on the level below a large bank of screens and consoles.....beside it is a silver mirror about seven foot tall and four foot wide.

A number of scattered dusty skeletons lie on the grating here, there are no stairs down here but a hatch from which extends a long ladder down to the slightly reddish metal grid above the spinning blades.

Looking over the console it has a number of crystals set into a glass rack at its base, all of the crystals are cracked and broken.   To the left of the console is a socket....which looks like it may fit the rod Normont is carrying.   The console is dark and the screens not functioning....

"That was certainly a bold move on your part Dev, diving down alone to the depths of the tower," Lokilia says when he's trying to praise her and the others. She seems to mean it quite sincerely.  She then follows others down, growing silent as the rest do. When Dev points out the screens on the next level, she seems excited. "That has to be what we've been looking for, right?" 

Dev smiles modestly but brightly when Lokilia compliments him, and nods assent when she suggests that the item Normont found might fit in the newly discovered socket.

”What do you think it will do?,” he asks no one in particular, his curiosity piqued.

Quinn looks at all of this with amazement, he could never imagine a place like this, "I don't know, lets hope Normont can figure it out. I can stand guard and cut down anything that may come our way."