[Gameplay] 8. Vault of Hidden Wisdom

The fireball does horrific damage to the clockwork soldiers. They're still upright, but the damage is nearly catastrophic.

Those of you with ranged instruments quickly take them down, and they clank to the floor. When the gears stop turning, you hear the matched clanking footsteps of two more coming toward you from the southeastern passageway.

When he looks around the corner, they're about 30' south of the intersection, and he lays the spell below them. It fails to deter them meaningfully.

Both clockwork are still up after those attacks.

Tabat pats Andromeda gently, asking her to remain behind while they delve further into the darkness beyond. She lets out a snort and stamps a hoof, but otherwise lays down to watch as they move inward.

At the sight of the clockwork attackers, Tabat pulls free his adamantine heavy flail and prepares to attack.

@Whtknt, does Iseret have an action?

Iseret raises her crossbow and launches another bolt at the clockworks.

Iseret reloads and fires at number 2, hoping to bring it down.

Iseret and Kyra take down the two clockworks, Iseret's crossbow setting it up, and Kyra slashing first one then the other with her scimitar.

Luckily, despite being mechanical in structure, neither of them have the sturdiness of some constructs.

Battle is over.


You see a few ways to go but after checking the corridors, you see the following:



In the central location (marked E2) there were desks piled with scrolls and codices.

Beyond that, at the farthest extent of darkvision (for those that have it; location E3), you saw the ends of racks that hold more scrolls.

To the east, at the end of a passage in a small chamber (location E4), is where the first two clockwork soldiers animated. Down the corridor toward the W is where the second pair came from.

A single clockwork servant stands in the middle of the room, but it has wound down and is currently inactive. It has a thick layer of dust on it, a sign that it has not been used in some time. It does not activate when approached or even knocked over should you do so.

The contents of the room are a kind of library, and researching it will take time, a lot of time.