Out of character Shit.

[Prime32]

I looked at all my prepared spells and literally the only thing that does is if twoface casts a spell within 40 ft of me I can Close Wounds him/er to force a concentration check.

You never know. Schlee might have allergies.

Why would you expect a low-security facility to have deployable walls of force, exactly?

Maybe this:

"What is his name? ...and what's the security system supposed to do?"

"Rudolph Abakana, or something to that effect. And not much, actually - mostly it'd lock the entrances and exits with walls of force. Since there are no windows, any would-be perpetrator would be trapped. Since anyone with actual ways around it would be someone with an S-class license anyway, it'd be fairly efficient." Matsuko responds. "Might I suggest that you withhold the chicken-bomb until we can make sure that whoever's in there is actually hostile?"

[PhaedrusXY]

Why would you expect a low-security facility to have deployable walls of force, exactly?

There is a whole lot of stuff I wouldn't have expected to find in a low-security area here... Like pretty much all of it... Why would they have a low security farm inside of a demiplane, with a "landing area" that strips you of all of your buffs in the first place? And then there is the whole magical protection field that seems to block all "normal" plane shifting and teleporting, inside of a supposedly low-security area... None of this stuff seems to make any sense... So no, I have no idea what is here, or what to expect to find (or not find) here. Honestly I've pretty much given up trying to make sense of this game... I guess i don't watch enough Anime or something...

Consider this: the Baron and hir other giant skeleton aren't fleeing. That means they are probably counting on absorbing the blast.

Now ponder on the consequences of that for a little while.

If it's a blast of negative energy, shouldn't it just heal their wounds up to their total hit points? Are you saying it's going to give them temporary hit points or something?

At this point... I'm all for just leaving "the baron" alone. We were supposed to come here and find out what happened, and I think we've certainly done that. Let them send some of their uber-NPCs -soldiers like mata-hara there to deal with this crap. I say we fall back to the building with the Walls of Force, and bail, because I honestly don't know what else we're really expected to do here. First it sounds like we should flee, then it sounds like that's a bad idea.

[VennDygrem]

because I honestly don't know what else we're really expected to do here. First it sounds like we should flee, then it sounds like that's a bad idea.

^^This^^

[skydragonknight]

I'm for fleeing, but only because I'm part chicken.

[Prime32]

I thought the explosion was supposed to motivate us to act differently. We were beating it up already.

Within 60 seconds Eren can travel about 0.76 miles in her fastest form (100 x4 x10 = 4,000ft; 1mi = 5,280ft).

[Kuroimaken]

Why would you expect a low-security facility to have deployable walls of force, exactly?

There is a whole lot of stuff I wouldn't have expected to find in a low-security area here... Like pretty much all of it... Why would they have a low security farm inside of a demiplane, with a "landing area" that strips you of all of your buffs in the first place? And then there is the whole magical protection field that seems to block all "normal" plane shifting and teleporting, inside of a supposedly low-security area... None of this stuff seems to make any sense... So no, I have no idea what is here, or what to expect to find (or not find) here. Honestly I've pretty much given up trying to make sense of this game... I guess i don't watch enough Anime or something...

Consider this: the Baron and hir other giant skeleton aren't fleeing. That means they are probably counting on absorbing the blast.

Now ponder on the consequences of that for a little while.

If it's a blast of negative energy, shouldn't it just heal their wounds up to their total hit points? Are you saying it's going to give them temporary hit points or something?

At this point... I'm all for just leaving "the baron" alone. We were supposed to come here and find out what happened, and I think we've certainly done that. Let them send some of their uber-NPCs -soldiers like mata-hara there to deal with this crap. I say we fall back to the building with the Walls of Force, and bail, because I honestly don't know what else we're really expected to do here. First it sounds like we should flee, then it sounds like that's a bad idea.

The building with walls of force isn't the barn, it's the apartment building. The barn HAS no security systems. Said systems are also not online.

The field you refer to is a containment measure not native to the facility itself (part of the measures Matsuko put in place to keep an infestation from spreading). It doesn't prevent teleportation inside the farm, only towards the outside or towards the inside (basically, preventing anyone from getting in or out).

Ashura is literally standing between you and the only place you can reliably barricade yourselves in for 30 minutes to call for extraction. Neither the barn nor the apartment building would hold for that long, specially considering the fact that all evidence suggests he bypassed the security systems that would have ordinarily prevented a guy from going in with massive firepower in the first place. Unlike the apartment building, the reception area is a place where you guys could reliably make use of your IDs to lock yourselves in, because it's a relatively small place.

You COULD try to slip past the Baron, but there's no telling whether the explosion wouldn't vaporize the entire damn place.

I thought the explosion was supposed to motivate us to act differently. We were beating it up already.

Within 60 seconds Eren can travel about 0.76 miles in her fastest form (100 x4 x10 = 4,000ft; 1mi = 5,280ft).

Actually, it was more of a test of mine to see how fast you guys could pump out damage if given the opportunity to do nothing but.

[VennDygrem]

I'm still not sure what to do now. Half our group has fled, which means we can't 'pump out damage' to destroy this thing, but can we even get anywhere to protect ourselves from the blast, now?

[Prime32]

...

Pazuzu Pazuzu Pazuzu.

[The_Mad_Linguist]

Elminister is a natural shapeshifter.  For all we know, he could secretly be a mimic

[PhaedrusXY]

I'm still not sure what to do now. Half our group has fled, which means we can't 'pump out damage' to destroy this thing, but can we even get anywhere to protect ourselves from the blast, now?

I still have 10 shrunken boulders and a bunch of lava. I can fly/Teleport above its head and dump enough damage to level a decent sized building before that thing blows up, if that's what we're going for. Although I doubt I could outdo Risada's character, to be honest. Go-go uber-charger powa!

...

Pazuzu Pazuzu Pazuzu.

lol

[Kuroimaken]

I'm still not sure what to do now. Half our group has fled, which means we can't 'pump out damage' to destroy this thing, but can we even get anywhere to protect ourselves from the blast, now?

You guys have ten rounds. You know that sufficient damage will stop the explosion because it means the monster won't have a source from which to draw energy other than its own body.

For comparison, you've all done enough damage to destroy a maxed HP-per-HD Huge Ancient Red Dragon Skeleton, and that was in what? Two rounds, maybe three. There's enough time for you guys to beat the collective, remaining crap out of the skeleton, even at half force (considering that Ghik and Kyx were hitting the hardest. By the way, cool idea with the shrunken boulder!).

[VennDygrem]

Yes, very cool idea. Makes me wish I was a full caster and not a fifth-wheel character.
The real problem with my character is that it's gonna be a few levels before he starts catching up, the way he's built. Which was quite a while ago now. >_>

[Kuroimaken]

If it makes you feel any better, you guys are gaining 2 levels once this is over (and it's pretty close to the end now).

I feel that you guys have been a great party so far, and I've had a lot of fun, so you all earned your extra level. 

[VennDygrem]

Nifty. Now we just need to not explode, and we're golden.

[The_Mad_Linguist]

Hey, Kuro, if we don't make it out of this alive, can I take two levels of ghost?

 

[Kuroimaken]

Hey, Kuro, if we don't make it out of this alive, can I take two levels of ghost?

 

Sure, just don't expect to be invincible.

[PhaedrusXY]

By the way, cool idea with the shrunken boulder!

Thanks, but it's not exactly original. TML is always advocating Shrink Item as an awesome spell.

[Kuroimaken]

By the way, cool idea with the shrunken boulder!

Thanks, but it's not exactly original. TML is always advocating Shrink Item as an awesome spell.

It's still pretty cool.

[Prime32]

If it makes you feel any better, you guys are gaining 2 levels once this is over (and it's pretty close to the end now).

I feel that you guys have been a great party so far, and I've had a lot of fun, so you all earned your extra level. 

Would this feat be okay?

[Agita]

If it makes you feel any better, you guys are gaining 2 levels once this is over (and it's pretty close to the end now).

I feel that you guys have been a great party so far, and I've had a lot of fun, so you all earned your extra level. 

Would this feat be okay?

There's a feat in Heroes of Battle ingeniously named Improved Cohort which does exactly that, so you don't need to use icky Dragon material.