When combat breaks loose upstairs, Roo doesn't hesitate. He spurs Glory of Morning and sends her racing up the stairs and behind Virro and Reya, forcing her into the corner near the stairs, just past Reya. His sword is still in his hand, but he doesn't attack. Instead, golden magic swirls over his body.
"Well I guess it's going to be like that, then! Buck!" Roo says, his more mellow disposition from earlier fading. "Very well then! I'll peck out your clucking eyes!"
Movement: Dash Glory of Morning to the corner next to Reya
Wilfred sees guard E coming. "Do you mind, we are having a conversation!" He just raises up his glaive and watches at guard E impales himself on it. With a thrust, he slides the body off, then turns back to guard B. "Like I was saying, there's a whole bunch of dead guards downstairs."
Reed takes a breath, pats Slobberchops on the head, turns around and runs back up the stairs. Staying behind the others, he slips an arrow onto his bowstring, sights along the shaft and lets the arrow fly at Guard B (or E if B is down), closest to Roo and Reya.
He then slips behind Virro, to stay out of the way, and out of sight of the other guards.
Action: Shortbow: (8+6) = 14 to hit for (2+4 + sneak attack of 6+6)= 18
Bonus Action: Cunning Action to Hide: Stealth: (5+8) = 13
"Hey Iron Maiden, any chance you can eject the source so we can make sure she is ok? How does she get out?", Corlith asks as he makes his way passed and up the stairs just far enough to see one of the guards. Once he does, he reaches out a hand and sends radiant fire down upon it.
Movement: Up the stairs to the corner, hopefully in sight of guard B Action: Cast Sacred Flame - DC15 Dex Save or take 8 [radiant] damage.
With Guard's B & E dispatched, Guard D takes it upon himself to take care of the intruders and rushes forward. He noticed how E was impaled, so he doesn't go to Wilfred, but the closer Corlith, though he doesn't realize that is still within his range..
So worried about Wil, he completely whiffed his attack on Corlith.
As Corlith passes and ask his question, the IronMaiden follows half way up the stairs, "EJECTION OF SOURCE IS NOT RECOMMENDED, YOU HAVE INFORMED ME THAT THE SOURCE IS SENTIENT, THIS IS ALSO NOT RECOMMENDED, ASSIMILATION IS IN PROGRESS." With that the IronMaiden hisses and begins opening down the middle, the blue flame glinting and flickering within shines out.
Guard C runs into the frey and decides to attack the crazy looking rooster. But what is happening on the stairs with the suit of armor distracts him so much he completely misses his mark and gets his spear stuck in the wall.
Reya attacks Guard C now that he is in range, pulling her longsword and shortsword from their sheathes. Her first strike slices right across his body, dealing enough damage (10) to leave him standing an inch away from death. Unfortunately, she is so happy about this, she misses her next two attempts.
Wilfred hears what's happening behind him, but doesn't take his eyes off of the guards. "Hey, IronMaiden. Don't hurt Archie, yea?" He focuses back on the guards "Sorry, where was I?" He swings once at guard D, missing his mark. However, Wilfred uses the momentum to move south one step and deliver a vicious blow to guard C, cracking his skull with the butt of the glaive.
Virro says “I’ve had about enough of these people. When will they learn?” He steps forward, drawing his rapier and ends up in the square just south of Corlith. He stabs at the last guard with his rapier, gritting his teeth as he does so.
Rapier : 13 to hit, for 11 points of piercing damage.
The yuan ti construct dances and seemingly hisses at the guard as well, shooting a huge mote of force at the guard, the pearl in the center of the construct seems to glow, pulsating blue and red for a moment. It wiggles in pure joy as the bolt of force hits the guard.
Force strike : 24 to hit (Nat 20!), for 11 points of force damage to the guard.
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Virro's rapier misses the guard in his frustration of all the guards they have had to deal with. But his new little friend, enjoying their power, slams the force into the guard so hard, it pushes him back five feet and he crumples on the floor.
Corlith sees the last guard fall, then spins around. "What do you mean, assimilation is in progress? What are you doing? We don't have time for these shenanigans, we have to clear these rooms. There is no way whoever is in them didn't hear all the commotion", he calls down to Iron Maiden.
Looking at the others, "For all we know the Duke is escaping out the window right now, or about to call for more guards".
"ASSIMILATION BEGAN WHEN THE SOURCE FIRST ENTERED THIS BODY, ITS PROGRESS CANNOT BE STOPPED, AS I STATED, A SENTIENT SOURCE IS NOT RECOMMENDED. EXTRACTION WILL RESULT IN DEATH" the suit slowly opens more, revealing Archie within, shrouded in blue flame as opposed to the red flame that she showed off when using the Masque charm. Other differences are stark and shocking, Archie looks malnourished, her skin paling and melded in places where it has begun sinking into the machinery within, metal has pierced her limbs in places and from the lumps under her sallow skin, it appears to have fused to the bone. The Archie she projected on the way to this house has been dying since before you all met. "THE SOURCE NEEDS ASSISTANCE" IronMaiden states flatly once again.
Reya looks at the suit of armor and gasps, holding her hand over her mouth and eyes growing wide as she witnesses the fire genasi inside. She looks to the others to see what their reactions are as well.
Then in a meek voice she asks, "How do we assist?"
Virro puts away his rapier, starts to rub the back of his right hand, looking at Archie/Ironmaiden and thinking, concentrating. “I have two….no. Three more spells that I can cast. Do you need healing Archie? If we can’t rest here for an hour, I probably should heal you… what do you think?”
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Reed looks at IronMaiden and Archie as he continues up the stairs.
"That's a whole lot of magic going on and way beyond me," Reed says. "But what happens if you do just assimilate Archie?"
Reed moves up to the second floor to get out of the way of all the spellcasters and healers.
"Does she still keep living then? If so, I think that would be best," Reed says. Then adds in a whisper "I don't need her ghost talking to me all the time too."
Reed slips Slobberchops another treat and then begins listening at the closed doors for any sounds. He does a quick search of the guards' pockets too.
"I am not so sure Archie would want to live like that. I am not sure you can class that as living at all in fact", Corlith says looking wide-eyed at the so called source inside the construct that is Iron Maiden.
Wilfred looks back at Archie, finally, now that the last guard has fallen. His eyes go wide and he instinctively reaches up, as if he is going to attempt to pull her out. He doesn't move forward though, he just lowers his hand, still staring.
"What can we do, how do we help her? Who did this to her? Who put Archie in you, IronMaiden?"
He finally looks away and back to the now empty hallway. "Let's finish up here, so we can rest safely. I can take point, who else isn't hurt? Reed, you said your cat can see those annoying flying things, right?"
"I don't think Slobberchops likes the Imps too much," Reed says in answer to Wilfred, "and she seems fine now, so I think we're clear of them. At least for now."
Virro listens to the discussion and now looks more intently at Archie/Ironmaiden, the pathophysiology and anatomy curiosity about the situation getting the best of him. “How is this connected? With incision, would it be possible to extract her…?”
Medicine check : 13
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"HEALING OR REST IS NECESSARY" IronMaiden states, closing the armour encasing what is left of Archie once more, "WHEN ASSIMILATION IS COMPLETE, THE SOURCE WILL POWER THE IRONMAIDEN FOREVER, WE WILL BECOME ONE, HOWEVER I CANNOT ANSWER QUESTIONS REGARDING SITUATIONS BEFORE MY AWAKENING, RE-ESTABLISHING SOURCE CONSCIOUSNESS." The blue flame begins flickering out, the suit of armour loosens up and crouches down on the floor.
Once Archie has regained consciousness and the red flame taken over once more, she coughs, holding her head with one hand and balancing herself against the banister with the other. "AGH! It happened again didn't it, F*ck! F*CK!" Archie's familiar tinny voice echoes out once more, with a mixture of anger and despair.
When combat breaks loose upstairs, Roo doesn't hesitate. He spurs Glory of Morning and sends her racing up the stairs and behind Virro and Reya, forcing her into the corner near the stairs, just past Reya. His sword is still in his hand, but he doesn't attack. Instead, golden magic swirls over his body.
"Well I guess it's going to be like that, then! Buck!" Roo says, his more mellow disposition from earlier fading. "Very well then! I'll peck out your clucking eyes!"
Movement: Dash Glory of Morning to the corner next to Reya
Action: Lay on hands to heal 5 HP
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Wilfred sees guard E coming. "Do you mind, we are having a conversation!" He just raises up his glaive and watches at guard E impales himself on it. With a thrust, he slides the body off, then turns back to guard B. "Like I was saying, there's a whole bunch of dead guards downstairs."
Reed takes a breath, pats Slobberchops on the head, turns around and runs back up the stairs. Staying behind the others, he slips an arrow onto his bowstring, sights along the shaft and lets the arrow fly at Guard B (or E if B is down), closest to Roo and Reya.
He then slips behind Virro, to stay out of the way, and out of sight of the other guards.
Action: Shortbow: (8+6) = 14 to hit for (2+4 + sneak attack of 6+6)= 18
Bonus Action: Cunning Action to Hide: Stealth: (5+8) = 13
"Hey Iron Maiden, any chance you can eject the source so we can make sure she is ok? How does she get out?", Corlith asks as he makes his way passed and up the stairs just far enough to see one of the guards. Once he does, he reaches out a hand and sends radiant fire down upon it.
Movement: Up the stairs to the corner, hopefully in sight of guard B
Action: Cast Sacred Flame - DC15 Dex Save or take 8 [radiant] damage.
With Guard's B & E dispatched, Guard D takes it upon himself to take care of the intruders and rushes forward. He noticed how E was impaled, so he doesn't go to Wilfred, but the closer Corlith, though he doesn't realize that is still within his range..
So worried about Wil, he completely whiffed his attack on Corlith.
As Corlith passes and ask his question, the IronMaiden follows half way up the stairs, "EJECTION OF SOURCE IS NOT RECOMMENDED, YOU HAVE INFORMED ME THAT THE SOURCE IS SENTIENT, THIS IS ALSO NOT RECOMMENDED, ASSIMILATION IS IN PROGRESS." With that the IronMaiden hisses and begins opening down the middle, the blue flame glinting and flickering within shines out.
Guard C runs into the frey and decides to attack the crazy looking rooster. But what is happening on the stairs with the suit of armor distracts him so much he completely misses his mark and gets his spear stuck in the wall.
Reya attacks Guard C now that he is in range, pulling her longsword and shortsword from their sheathes. Her first strike slices right across his body, dealing enough damage (10) to leave him standing an inch away from death. Unfortunately, she is so happy about this, she misses her next two attempts.
Wilfred hears what's happening behind him, but doesn't take his eyes off of the guards. "Hey, IronMaiden. Don't hurt Archie, yea?" He focuses back on the guards "Sorry, where was I?" He swings once at guard D, missing his mark. However, Wilfred uses the momentum to move south one step and deliver a vicious blow to guard C, cracking his skull with the butt of the glaive.
Attack: guard D to hit 10, damage 8
Bonus: guard C to hit 22, damage 5
Virro says “I’ve had about enough of these people. When will they learn?” He steps forward, drawing his rapier and ends up in the square just south of Corlith. He stabs at the last guard with his rapier, gritting his teeth as he does so.
Rapier : 13 to hit, for 11 points of piercing damage.
The yuan ti construct dances and seemingly hisses at the guard as well, shooting a huge mote of force at the guard, the pearl in the center of the construct seems to glow, pulsating blue and red for a moment. It wiggles in pure joy as the bolt of force hits the guard.
Force strike : 24 to hit (Nat 20!), for 11 points of force damage to the guard.
A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
Virro's rapier misses the guard in his frustration of all the guards they have had to deal with. But his new little friend, enjoying their power, slams the force into the guard so hard, it pushes him back five feet and he crumples on the floor.
Corlith sees the last guard fall, then spins around. "What do you mean, assimilation is in progress? What are you doing? We don't have time for these shenanigans, we have to clear these rooms. There is no way whoever is in them didn't hear all the commotion", he calls down to Iron Maiden.
Looking at the others, "For all we know the Duke is escaping out the window right now, or about to call for more guards".
"ASSIMILATION BEGAN WHEN THE SOURCE FIRST ENTERED THIS BODY, ITS PROGRESS CANNOT BE STOPPED, AS I STATED, A SENTIENT SOURCE IS NOT RECOMMENDED. EXTRACTION WILL RESULT IN DEATH" the suit slowly opens more, revealing Archie within, shrouded in blue flame as opposed to the red flame that she showed off when using the Masque charm. Other differences are stark and shocking, Archie looks malnourished, her skin paling and melded in places where it has begun sinking into the machinery within, metal has pierced her limbs in places and from the lumps under her sallow skin, it appears to have fused to the bone. The Archie she projected on the way to this house has been dying since before you all met. "THE SOURCE NEEDS ASSISTANCE" IronMaiden states flatly once again.
Reya looks at the suit of armor and gasps, holding her hand over her mouth and eyes growing wide as she witnesses the fire genasi inside. She looks to the others to see what their reactions are as well.
Then in a meek voice she asks, "How do we assist?"
Virro puts away his rapier, starts to rub the back of his right hand, looking at Archie/Ironmaiden and thinking, concentrating. “I have two….no. Three more spells that I can cast. Do you need healing Archie? If we can’t rest here for an hour, I probably should heal you… what do you think?”
A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
Reed looks at IronMaiden and Archie as he continues up the stairs.
"That's a whole lot of magic going on and way beyond me," Reed says. "But what happens if you do just assimilate Archie?"
Reed moves up to the second floor to get out of the way of all the spellcasters and healers.
"Does she still keep living then? If so, I think that would be best," Reed says. Then adds in a whisper "I don't need her ghost talking to me all the time too."
Reed slips Slobberchops another treat and then begins listening at the closed doors for any sounds. He does a quick search of the guards' pockets too.
"I am not so sure Archie would want to live like that. I am not sure you can class that as living at all in fact", Corlith says looking wide-eyed at the so called source inside the construct that is Iron Maiden.
Wilfred looks back at Archie, finally, now that the last guard has fallen. His eyes go wide and he instinctively reaches up, as if he is going to attempt to pull her out. He doesn't move forward though, he just lowers his hand, still staring.
"What can we do, how do we help her? Who did this to her? Who put Archie in you, IronMaiden?"
He finally looks away and back to the now empty hallway. "Let's finish up here, so we can rest safely. I can take point, who else isn't hurt? Reed, you said your cat can see those annoying flying things, right?"
"I don't think Slobberchops likes the Imps too much," Reed says in answer to Wilfred, "and she seems fine now, so I think we're clear of them. At least for now."
Virro listens to the discussion and now looks more intently at Archie/Ironmaiden, the pathophysiology and anatomy curiosity about the situation getting the best of him. “How is this connected? With incision, would it be possible to extract her…?”
Medicine check : 13
A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
"HEALING OR REST IS NECESSARY" IronMaiden states, closing the armour encasing what is left of Archie once more, "WHEN ASSIMILATION IS COMPLETE, THE SOURCE WILL POWER THE IRONMAIDEN FOREVER, WE WILL BECOME ONE, HOWEVER I CANNOT ANSWER QUESTIONS REGARDING SITUATIONS BEFORE MY AWAKENING, RE-ESTABLISHING SOURCE CONSCIOUSNESS." The blue flame begins flickering out, the suit of armour loosens up and crouches down on the floor.
Once Archie has regained consciousness and the red flame taken over once more, she coughs, holding her head with one hand and balancing herself against the banister with the other. "AGH! It happened again didn't it, F*ck! F*CK!" Archie's familiar tinny voice echoes out once more, with a mixture of anger and despair.