Session 140 Axe, Syringe, and Sonic Blast: The Price of the Peak
Session Details
| Session Date: | 14 November 2025 |
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| Game Date: | Afternoon, CY627 (Continuing) |
Session Summary
Synopsis
The battle against the Berserk Android, now affectionately dubbed "Robo Dame," concluded with a bizarre curative injection to Durmen Tredan. The party was then immediately ambushed by aggressive Vegepygmy fungal creatures. The ambush was repelled only to be superseded by a coordinated attack from two heavily armored Police Robots, which severely injured Poision Egon as the session ended.
This Session
Continued from Session 139 The Metal Peak's Embrace
The Syringe's Gift and Robo Dame's Reboot
The session opened in the silence following the Berserk Android's defeat.
- The Cure: The injection proved to be a powerful curative agent, instantly healing Durmen. He initially experienced severe disorientation—seeing sound as waves of multicolored ripples—but emerged completely restored and optimized, a recovery essential for surviving the chaos that followed.
- The Reboot: Durmen then cast Mend on the downed construct (now dubbed "Robo Dame"), causing her to enter a state of internal rebooting/re-initiation. The party was left to wonder if the android was now a friend, foe, or just a machine running new protocols.
Chaos and Fungal Firefight
The silence was immediately broken by the activation of the countdown mechanism from the previous session, leading to an ambush by Vegepygmy Raiders and their canine-like Thornie companions, who advanced from the West.
- Friendly Fire Disaster: As the ambush began, Aldran critically fumbled his opening axe strike (Roll 110), sending the weapon flying into Nail for a critical hit that dealt 22 cutting damage. The injury left Nail severely hampered for the rest of the fight.
- Elemental Collapse: Despite the initial chaos, the party rallied by targeting the creatures' elemental weaknesses. Balmaris landed a powerful Flame Strike, and Durmen followed with an Ice Knife, successfully destroying the fungal creatures' rapid regeneration.
- Brutal Finish: Aldran recovered from his blunder by throwing an incapacitated Vegepygmy into one of the newly arrived Police Robots, using the fungal corpse as an improvised buffer.
Robot Interception and Egon's Ordeal
The elimination of the Vegepygmies triggered the arrival of two massive Phasnosh Police Robots from the North and East corridors, intent on clearing the biological contamination.
- Opening Salvo: The North Robot immediately initiated combat with a devastating Sonic Blast attack, hitting the entire party.
- Egon's Flight: In a desperate attempt to gain distance, Poision Egon tried to flee toward the Southeast, but was relentlessly pursued.
- Crushing Blow: The robot easily caught Egon and, in a terrifying display of mechanical power, grappled and crushed his arms. Egon was left severely injured, unable to use somatic spell components or effectively handle his weapons.
The party now faces two heavily-armored, coordinating robots while one companion is critically injured and the key to proceeding—the inert Android—remains unsearched.