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Post by Spwack on Apr 12, 2021 8:07:40 GMT
You're picking it up via the javelin? That makes sense. It's heavy and awkward, requiring both hands, and the spider-bot is struggling to get itself un-impaled.
One has been destroyed by the ash-orc (which has yet to do anything else except keep stomping that spider-bot), one is crawling over Hurricane, and you are holding the third and last.
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Post by red_kangaroo on Apr 12, 2021 13:01:40 GMT
Is there any crack where I could wedge the javelin to keep the spider-bot up in the air?
"Warrior orc, I beseech you! Help us get rid of the great metal beast!" And I gesture towards the big robot.
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Post by garmr on Apr 14, 2021 21:50:33 GMT
I'll ignore the fire on my clothes and take a swing at the big robot with my hammer:
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Post by frankiestein on Apr 16, 2021 5:11:31 GMT
I want to strike the spider crawling over me "Get.. off... bigger... thing... to .. do"
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Post by Spwack on Apr 16, 2021 11:28:19 GMT
Jax: Looking around, you're pretty sure that the spider-bot is about to get off the javelin before you can find a place to stash it. The ash orc looks up as you yell, and floats over to the big robot, and starts kicking and punching it. The noise is tremendous, and the bot struggles to turn towards the new assailant. It sprays a gout of flame through the cloudy figure, which does nothing, and it's spinning blade does nothing either. More hatches are starting to open.
Henry: Thwack! How brave you are indeed! You are also however, on fire, and take: Jw31fAP71d6
Hurricane: The spider takes the blow and falls to the ground. It's upside down, but still tries to wriggle away from you as quickly as it can, towards the dark space underneath the conveyer belt.1d6
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Post by red_kangaroo on Apr 17, 2021 7:58:26 GMT
Then I will smack it on the ground and try to pin it in place with the javelin.
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Post by garmr on Apr 17, 2021 21:47:03 GMT
I don't think my porcelain flesh is flammable, so I should be free of the fire if I just rip my robe off my body. I will throw the burning robe onto the big robot. If it has any obvious sensor array, or a camera eye, then I will try to cover that up. If not, then I will try to get the cloak tangled around the robot's spinning blade. Here's a DEX check if I need one: LIhK0g3W1-20
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Post by Spwack on Apr 19, 2021 13:21:41 GMT
Henry: I don't think the Porcelain people can catch on fire the way someone with hair might, but you can still be burned and scorched by flame. That said, you tear the robe off and toss it neatly over the robot. It lands and starts getting jammed into the spinning sawblade, valuable cloth being torn to shreds. You don't see exactly what happens next, but the ash-ghost of the orc is blasted back across the room away from the machine, tumblings head over heels.
The big robot is covered in burning cloth and beaten all to hell, but this thing is tough as nails. Tougher, even.
Jax: You spend some time beating the hell out of the little robot, and it eventually does nothing more than twitch uselessly on the end of your javelin.
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Post by red_kangaroo on Apr 19, 2021 18:34:09 GMT
I will fish the ice orb out of my pack and blast it at the big robot, aiming for its legs. Maybe it gets stuck.
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Post by frankiestein on Apr 20, 2021 5:30:35 GMT
I want to take a few steps back, and suck in my breath. Holding it I want to sprint at the robot and let go of my breath just as I am about to hit the side of it, aiming for the wheels / trying to tip it over. Hoping to use my extra MASS to my advantage.
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Post by Spwack on Apr 21, 2021 13:56:25 GMT
The ice orb sprays a line of rime along the side of the robot, sticking it in place like a stuck-out leg. Then Hurricane, running at full tilt, smashes into it with a crash and a bang, sending the whole thing teetering and toppling over.
The whirring sawblade drags a line down your side with a horrific screech, just barely breaking through your metal flesh, for d6 damage: zaovJSrq1d61d6
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Post by red_kangaroo on Apr 21, 2021 18:49:21 GMT
Are there any of the smaller bots left? If so, I will throw a javelin:
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Otherwise, I would like to use the ice orb to freeze all of the big bot's limbs to the floor.d8
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Post by garmr on Apr 22, 2021 4:03:54 GMT
I will also attack the remaining smaller robot if there is one:
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If/when only the big robot remains, I will call out: "Brave companions, hold a moment and let us see if we can take this foe - er... not alive, but you get my meaning..."
If the big robot is tipped over and frozen, I'm hoping it might be possible to immobilise it. Then we could pry it open and see its inner workings before they've been completely smashed to bits.
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Post by Spwack on Apr 22, 2021 10:12:44 GMT
The only remaining spider-bot crawled off of Hurricane and fled underneath the conveyer belt. It can't be seen (or attacked) from here, you'd have to crawl under there as well to search for it.
The big robot is on it's side and pretty well frozen. It still has quite a few whirring blades and hatches open, but it hasn't propped itself back the right way up just yet.
It's still dangerous, that is for sure. Whatever you do, you'll have to be careful to avoid the spinning blade, flame-thrower and whatever else is in there.
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Post by red_kangaroo on Apr 22, 2021 20:45:10 GMT
I will try to catch the spinning blade with my telekinesis. Basically just grab the spinny part from afar and see what happens.
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Post by garmr on Apr 23, 2021 0:29:11 GMT
If the blade is immobilised, I will circle around to the opposite side of the robot from the flamethrower, so it hopefully can't point at me. Then I will get out an iron spike and hammer it into the edge of the robot to pry its underside loose.
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Post by Spwack on Apr 24, 2021 4:11:32 GMT
The blade certainly isn't trapped, any ice that lands on it is shredded pretty quickly, and the flamethrower is melting anything on the other side.
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Post by red_kangaroo on Apr 24, 2021 10:34:39 GMT
The blade certainly isn't trapped, any ice that lands on it is shredded pretty quickly, and the flamethrower is melting anything on the other side. I'm trying to trap the blade with telekinesis. Catch the thing with my mind and stop it.
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Post by frankiestein on Apr 26, 2021 4:42:23 GMT
(If that fails, I could try to stop it manually with my iron skin)
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Post by frankiestein on Apr 26, 2021 4:43:42 GMT
Also, I am not against waiting this thing out. I'd be curious if it can just perpetually shoot out flames but I imagine some of these things are based on energy that it will run out of. Potentially...
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Post by Spwack on Apr 26, 2021 7:54:05 GMT
There's a weird hissing sound as your telekinesis clamps down on the spinning sawblade. It spins slower and slower, and a thin stream of smoke comes out of the robot before stopping completely.
The blade is now stopped Henry, but as you dart around to the opposite side of the robot, you see that it's underside is positively festooned with rings of narrow spikes, like the mouth of some strange deep-sea fish. They aren't active at the moment, but it looks pretty dangerous.
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Post by garmr on Apr 27, 2021 2:07:31 GMT
OK, let's stay away from that. If the robot is roughly cube-shaped, are there any faces that don't have a weapon sticking out of them? I will try to approach the flamethrower from 'behind', either by sidling around or climbing over the top of the machine. Hopefully I can get into a position where I can reach the flamethrower but it can't point at me. Then I will try to pry it off with hammer and iron spike.
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Post by Spwack on Apr 28, 2021 13:10:49 GMT
There are multiple hatches on every side of the machine (excepting the bottom), any one of them could contain a vicious weapon. That said, the two largest hatches were the ones containing the spinning blade and the flamethrower. This is not a machine that is easily disarmed, but also one that isn't hard to open, so long as you don't mind going through a hatch.
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Post by garmr on Apr 29, 2021 1:58:37 GMT
OK, I will approach the side with the spinning blade and try to use my hammer and spike to lop off the spinning blade arm at one of its joints. I guess there is probably another hatch on that side, so I will just keep an eye on it and try to stay out of its direct line of fire.
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Post by frankiestein on Apr 29, 2021 5:48:59 GMT
I will cover Henry with my remaining metal form since I can take a blow. Both swords are up to deflect incoming blows. Pure defense for me and him while he works to pry things off.
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Post by Spwack on Apr 29, 2021 7:47:16 GMT
As expected, the smaller hatch pops open and a gripper claw flies out to try and grab Henry as he moves in with the hammer, but Hurricane is there to block, and block, and block again as it darts in and out. Eventually, the sawblade is broken off, and floats in the air held by Jax's telekinesis. The robot makes some odd noises, and the tracks along the bottom fire up, but between Hurricane and Henry it can't make a single inch of progress.
The limb where the sawblade was retracts back inside, and the hatch slams shut. What next?
((This might have seemed like a slow process, but I assumed you wanted to take this carefully. And well done on it by the way!))
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Post by garmr on Apr 29, 2021 23:45:01 GMT
"Ha! Pathetic machine, we will disassemble you piece by soulless piece!"
I will try to avoid the gripper claw's lunges and get close enough to reach one of the edges of the machine's shell. Then I will attempt to use the hammer and iron spike to pry off this face of the shell.
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Post by Spwack on Apr 30, 2021 8:36:13 GMT
With Hurricane protecting you from the gripper claw, you can press it away and start prying off the hatch. Inside, you can faintly see whirring gears, spinning cogs and all manner of weird gadgetry. The guts and beating heart of the robot indeed.
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Post by red_kangaroo on Apr 30, 2021 13:10:24 GMT
I keep an eye on the robot's treads and a finger on the ice orb's metaphorical trigger, to freeze the robot back in place should it break loose as Henry works on it.
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Post by garmr on May 4, 2021 5:06:11 GMT
I'm going to jam an iron spike in between the biggest gears I can see.
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