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Tristan attempts to blind the creature once more using the gas.

Nitro decides to hack at Automation's eye once again.

Jack laughs, ignoring the wound to his leg.

"Funny thing is, getting up isn't going to help you. Damned if you do, damned if you don't."

He proceeds to repeat his previous maneuver, dragging away the automaton's feet in an effort to make it fall.

"Wait. You, Shaper. Ferris?"

"The thing has a giant sword. You can reshape metal like it's nothing, probably fast enough to impale something. Stop wasting your time with the projectiles and position it, add some heft. Put its eyes out. At worst, you've disarmed it.

Heck, you can do better even without that sword. Bury it in the floor, if you feel like it. Surround it in a ring of stone."

(stealth bump)

(Turn's waiting for Ferris and Iapetus.)

(Turn coming tomorrow if there aren't any more actions.)

iapetus dies lmao
*escape rope*

welp.

Attempt to morph the ground to attempt to trip the automaton onto the ground. If that fails, embrace death.

Attack Rolls

Tristan: 17

Jack: 17
Ferris: 13

Nitro: 2 - 1(injury)

Automatum: 17 - 3(fallen) - 1(injury) - 2(blinded)

Defense Rolls

Tristan: 12

Nitro: 17

Jack: 19

Ferris: 19

Iapetus: 10 - 5(injury)

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Tristan creates a cloud of gas and forces it towards Automatum's eyes, obscuring the glow.

Ferris Shapes the ground before the enemy into a short sturdy fence with which to trip him. Simultaneously, Jack Crushes the air behind his legs. The two Magi's combined actions send Automatum plummeting towards the ground towards the party.

Nitro, Jack, and Ferris get out of the way quickly. Tristan is not quite so fast but still manages to avoid injury.

Iapetus, bleeding and battered, attempts to avoid the falling titan but isn't fast enough. The Conjurer disappears beneath a great mass of bronze.

Iapetus has died.

Nitro rushes forward to hack at the fallen giant's eyes, but he slips, dropping his pickaxe.

As the giant hits the ground, his head hits the ground with a massive bang. (-8 Vitality)

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Statuses:

Tristan: Weapon arm injured
Ferris: Torso injured, leg severely injured, other leg injured.
Jack: Leg injured
Nitro: Torso injured, weapon arm severely injured, leg injured, leg injured, fallen
Iapetus: Dead.

Automatum

Vitality: 13/35

-1 to all attacks, fallen

Special Capabilities:
Iron Skin: Automatum is immune to handheld weaponry.  Eyes are not immune, but attacks from handheld weaponry receive a -5 modifier.
Lumbering Titan: Attacks hit multiple people. +2 to all attack rolls. Does not roll for defense.

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(Note: Players whose characters are deceased can make another character if they want. The new character will go at the back of the waitlist, of course.)

Attempt to morph one of the arms into a metal bar. Rather have a bar rather than a hand that can actually do damage.

Yay! Someone died! I can play soon!

RIP Nitro next turn.

Tristan tries to make an explosion somehow. If that doesn't work, screw it, run.

Nitro tries to get up and hack again at eye.

Create a vacuum on one side of its sword to try and disarm it while it's down. Leave an opening for Ferris if she decides to make use of the material in the weapon.

Attack Rolls

Ferris: 19 - 10[Guardian's will]

Tristan: 20

Nitro: 6

Jack: 20

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Ferris concentrates on Automatum's hand. She can feel a powerful force pushing back against her, willing the hand to remain. After a moment of fierce mental exertion, Ferris bests the mighty will. Automatum's sword hand reshapes into a useless mass of bronze, and the sword falls from his grip.

Tristan focuses on the floor where the giant cracked it with his blade. He focuses, and pressure builds quickly. A few tense seconds later, the ground explodes with a mighty boom. Blades of stone and a wave of force smash into the giant, buffeting his head with wind and stone. (-5 Vitality)

Nitro gets up but finds himself disarmed. His pick lies several feet away.

Jack Crushes the air above the great blade, lifting it slowly into the air. He pushes it away from himself, and it soars in slow motion through the air, striking the Guardian's head as it passes with a great noise of metal on metal. (-6 Vitality)

The flurry of combined magics leaves Automatum dazed, disarmed, and unable to attack. He begins to rise, creaking ominously.

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Statuses:

Tristan: Weapon arm injured
Ferris: Torso injured, leg severely injured, other leg injured.
Jack: Leg injured
Nitro: Torso injured, weapon arm severely injured, leg injured, leg injured
Iapetus: Dead.

Automatum

Vitality: 2/35

-1 to all attacks, fallen

Special Capabilities:
Iron Skin: Automatum is immune to handheld weaponry.  Eyes are not immune, but attacks from handheld weaponry receive a -5 modifier.
Lumbering Titan: Attacks hit multiple people. +2 to all attack rolls. Does not roll for defense.

Repeat the action.

Nitro picks his pickaxe and decides to finish Automatum. FOR IAPETUS!

If nobody else has finished the thing off yet, give it a few more bangs with either the floor or whatever debris is nearby. Aim for the head and eyes.

If it is dead, Jack moves on and/or eagerly takes a look at what we've gotten in terms of loot. Or waits. Whatever makes the most sense.

Doing the same thing as word.

Attack Rolls

Tristan: 4
Nitro: 18 - 1(injury) - 2(sight impaired) - 5(Iron Skin)
Jack: 20

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Tristan tries to repeat the magic but fails to summon the willpower.
Nitro picks up his weapon and hacks at the giant's eye once more. With a blinding flash, the eye shatters, and the light intensifies further, becoming like a miniature sun, and Nitro is forced to look away. A great power radiates from the eye socket. (-2 Vitality)

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With the giant's energy escaping through its lost eye, the First Guardian succumbs at last to its wounds. It spasms for a long moment before becoming still, nothing more than a broken, fallen statue.

Guardian Automatum has been defeated!

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The light and energy still streams forth from the dead giant's eyes. Jack steps forward and Crushes the air around its head, smashing it into the floor. Once, twice, thrice, and the bronze hawk splits in half.

Inside the head, the source of the light can be seen - a small, round object, like the pommel of a sword. It shines fiercely, obviously the source of the giant's energy. As the party watches, it rises into the air and hovers at eye height above the remnants of the giant's head. There it simply floats.

In what remains of the giant's eyes, A number of odd lenses focus the light into the blinding beams that the party had seen in the fight. The lenses are in the shape of rings and look like they could be worn. There appear to have been six at one point, but one has been damaged beyond recognition in the carnage. Two of the rings are pale bronze, the other three bright gold. They also emit a magical energy, though nothing like the other object.

Jack and Nitro stand closest to the rings - if either of them want one, they could easily grab it before the others.

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Statuses:

Tristan: Weapon arm injured
Ferris: Torso injured, leg severely injured, other leg injured.
Jack: Leg injured
Nitro: Torso injured, weapon arm severely injured, leg injured, leg injured
Iapetus: Dead.

Automatum

Dead.

Tristan (apparently the only one with both working legs) runs to get a ring.

Grab the golden ring.

Ignore the ring, seeing as how Ferris is far away from it.

If the lighty thing is lootable, loot it. If not, grab a ring. Whichever kind, roll d2 or something.

Nitro takes one of the golden rings and puts in on his finger. Immediately a feeling of invincibility takes hold of him. (Ring of Fortitude: +1 to defensive rolls)

Jack chooses a ring at random. He takes one of the golden rings and dons it. As he puts it on, he feels a wave of resolution and determination washes over his mind. (Ring of Willpower: +1 to willpower rolls)

Tristan takes one of the bronze rings and puts it on. Instantly he feels stronger and looks down on the others in the room, though he hasn't grown in height. (Automatum's Eye: +2 to melee attack rolls, +1 to defensive rolls)

Ferris doesn't take a ring.

Jack, after taking his loot, reaches for the glowing object. As his hand touches it, the object glows brighter and floats away from his hand.

Jack steps towards it, and the object flashes brightly.

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The party finds themselves lying on scorching-hot sands, with the merciless sun beating down on them from above. Despite the intense heat and coarse sands of the desert, the group feels rejuvenated, and their wounds accumulated in the shard dungeon appear to have been healed.

In Jack's hand is the First Shard, a pommel-like orb of indeterminate material. The light is gone, and it now lies inert in his hand. A pair of golden rings lie in the sand nearby, glinting in the sunlight.

An obelisk similar in shape and structure to the previous one they'd passed stands a short distance off. A dark hole gapes in the sand at its base.

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Alexander, wearied from the crushing heat of the sun, sees a dark obelisk jutting out of the sands. At its base is a cave, and nearby it seems that a quartet of people are lying on the ground. Strange, considering that there are no traces of civilization for miles around.