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The spell has a round left.

Bruce: "Um...boss, if it had charged us and gotten through the ropes and we both had our bows out...just saying, the shield wall worked last time..."

(Kilian can't convince the other dwarf to get his crossbow out.)

Round 3 - last round of the spell...

Kilian advances past the barricade and over the bridge, slowly...

After he has gotten about 10', the two robots lose their full cover (-4) and go to partial cover (-2) so they can fire from the other end of the bridge. One misses, the other hits Kilian and does him 3 hit points. He is now down 8.

BTW - Kilian can be as far over the bridge as he wants...all the way over, or as little as 10'. (Bruce can also have gone with him, if you want.)

Then the archers fire on the robots...

Talin misses. Freya misses narrowly. Anna misses as well.

The robots in the other room to the north still do not fire. You are not even sure if they are in there.

Looks like this plan is not working quite as expected. The second pair of robots do not rush out onto the bridge and engage in melee. They seem to be remaining over the other side and using their missiles. Maybe they have different programming to the first two.

Round 4 - Tiana can keep her spell going with another SP. It seems to be preventing the other 2 robots from firing, somehow.

Actions from the rest of you?

Everyone charges across the bridge and into the room. The new plan is kill/maim/destroy. Real subtle.

Perhaps Bruce just needs some target practice.

You said everyone so I guess Tiana lets the wooden object fall.

Round 4 - preparing to charge. The dwarves melee up. The robots do not fire.

Round 5 - -

Bruce and Kilian charge full pelt, leaping over the bodies of the 2 fallen robots.

2 robots on the other side fire at them - they both miss.

Talin and Freya also charge across - they get fired on by the 2 robots in the room with the holes - Talin gets hit for 2 hit points.

Tiana and Anna also charge over, Anna with her bow still at the ready. Abigall sneaks along behind them, sling at the ready.
Round 6:

Bruce attacks his robot and hits, doing 9hp. It is badly hurt.
Kilian and Bruce are attacked by their robots and Kilian is hit, taking 4 damage. He is now down 12.

Kilian attacks his robot and hits, doing 10 hp. It is also badly hurt.

Anna fires, taking the safety penalty, and...misses.
Abigall does likewise but still critically fails, hitting Bruce for 1hp. Minor owie.

As for Freya and Talin and Tiana - I need some definite actions. Did they change to melee weapons before they ran over and if so, do they try to barge past their dwarvish comrades into the melee? (This might hamper the dwarves in round 7, if they do that). Or are the two of them still using missile weapons? If so, do they take a safety penalty or do they just fire away?

Also, what does Tiana do in round 6? Cast a spell? A dagger?

For what it's worth, the dwarves look to be doing pretty well.

That wasn't quite what I had in mind, but close. Can Tiana walk while holding up the shields, or does walking break concentration of the spell? I'm more curious for next time, because she obviously didn't think about crossing the bridge before dropping the shields.

Talin and Freya will continue to use their bows. Tiana won't do anything but she will have her nets ready. Everyone gets off the bridge and away from any possible crossfire.

Tiana's moves are not set. She can have re-cast the spell and crossed the bridge.

Round 4 - Tiana casts.
Round 5 - everyone crosses. This means Talin doesn't get hit by the robots in the room.
Round 6 - Tina's last round of the second casting.

Or you could leave it as it is and Talin got hit. Up to you.

You can't really get off the bridge - there isn't room past the dwarves. But you can hide from the ones firing from the room. They can't get an angle on you.

Talin and Freya are firing their bows in round 6.

Talin hits and kils the one fighting Kilian.
Freya critically fails and anyone trying to attack her would get a +2 next time.

That's the end of round 6. Tiana's second spell is finished - if she cast it.

ROUND 7

Freya fires and misses.
Bruce misses.
The remaining robot on Bruce attacks him and rolls a natural 20. That will do 8hp damage and he will be down 9 in total. (If you want to use a GAME POINT to turn that attack into a natural 1, please do so now.)
Kilian attacks Bruce's robot and and kills it.

That part of the combat is over. You can hear some noises from up the north corridor - probably the two other robots coming out of that room. Everyone can now move in past the portcullis if they want.

Round 8 - Your actions. Go.

I'm fine with the original outcome with Talin being hit. I have a few questions which will probably help explain my confusion.
- Can Tiana walk across the bridge with it up? If so, that's the most logical tactic as nobody would be hit by the blasts and she'd not use the spell point. I don't know the concentration rules.
- Did the spell duration run out? If so, makes total sense for her to not cast it because it wasn't going to serve a purpose much longer.
- Could she leave it up while behind the barricade, and then run across (80'/rd) as her action at the very end of the round? That seems like I'm cheesing the rules a bit.
- Or, she slipped on her concentration, the aerial barricade fell, and everyone ran across before they were shot at (Talin failed).
The last scenario fits what happened with decent gameplay (instead of her zoning out and dropping the shield while everyone is exposed). It's really more about rule behavior than the outcome itself.

Bruce takes the hit, and no game point is used. Bummer for the guy, but it'll build character and put hair on his chest. The city dwarf needs a bit more oompf in his behavior.

Time for some quick strategery!
- Tiana (?) will hand Bruce one with a comment of, "You take another hit, drop back and drink this, about this much." She measures out the dosage with her fingers. Hopefully he won't drink it immediately.
- Kilian and Bruce will advance to the west alcove, at the =|=>. Melee weapons are still out. They'll take cover behind the walls and be ready to ambush anything that walks past them. Conveniently, they'll have a good view of behind the party.
- everyone else will rush to =|=>. Talin and Freya will have their bows ready, pointing left|west. They'll be the lookouts, as they'll fire at any construct that comes around the corner. Abigall, Anna, and Tiana will take full cover for now. At some point, Anna will also fire so she'll need to work out a good firing angle. For now though, full cover. Tiana will be ready with her net. If Abigall is up for it, she'll go mousey and be the forward observer. The constructs don't seem like they'll attack dungeon critters.

I just noticed that I didn't put healing potions onto named characters. Bruce will have one, and Kilian will have the other.

Freya HP 14/16 AC 16 (18 two weapons)
Kilian HP 16/24 AC 18 (17 no shield)
Talin HP 23 AC 15
Tiana HP 9 AC 12
Fido AC 16 HP 6
Anna HP 4 AC 12
Bruce HP 11 AC 15 (14 no shield)

That doesn't seem right. Is Bruce at 3hp?

I have only just updated my sig. Bruce is actually on 2 hit points. Kilian is down 12 of 24, and Talin has dropped 2 hp as well.

Can Tiana walk across the bridge with it up? YES. You can concentrate and still move at your normal rate. She did that.

Did the spell duration run out? If so, makes total sense for her to not cast it because it wasn't going to serve a purpose much longer.

The first spell ran out - it has been going for 3 rounds. I think we are saying you did not cast the 2nd spell. So you still have 4SP.

So...you want to give Bruce a dose of healing potion? You know that stuff only works after a rest. It won't give him more HP for this fight.

I don't exactly know what =|= > means. Do you still want the two dwarves in melee, now we have confirmed how badly injured they are and how the heal potions actually work?

After a few seconds, it becomes apparent that the robots are not coming down the corridor. They are still up near the guard room (with the firing holes) somewhere.

=|= > is the area on the map that the party is in. Look at it closely and you'll see the similarity. With nothing attacking, won't matter anyway.

"Thank Eluna, a respite. Bruce, let me look at your wounds." Tiana will fuss about the dwarf a bit and do what she can to ease the burns (?).

Yes, Bruce gets a healing potion. We'll rest here a bit, until he shows signs of improvement.

Meanwhile, Freya will go scouting ahead and see what she can see in the next northern chamber, the one where the golems are firing from. If Anna wants to go in mouse form -- maybe as a ridealong -- that'd be fine with Freya.

Kilian will pick at the golems and try to learn what he can about them. Anna and Talin are on watch.

Oh, and Talin chides Fido for not attacking the golems the last round.