TL|DR:
40 has been reduced to 16 consisiting of 4 mechanical automations with three soldiers behind each one. Of those 12 soldiers, two of them are armed with a stronger, slower firing elemental weapon.
Artemis: Took out one automation. And distracted them from effectively murdering Devyn as she charged them on foot. However, in the fray, Aretmis has been struck by an ice bolt. The location of the injury I have left to you. If an ability allows you to negate damage, you can describe it, but this was not "dodged". The force is enough to have knocked you down or at least staggered you to a near complete stop. If you have questions, ask me.
Devyn: Her initial attack jammed one of the automations to which I attribute to her mechanical prowess. Another attack punctured the lung of an attacker. The final one dropped a man, but only to his knees to dodge (shifty wording usage, I know). By putting herself into the fray of 40 unknowns, he has been struck in the temple by the butt of a rifle. I'll leave it to you the state your character is in after that blow. As you were about to get killed, execution style, Vincent teleported you to where Artemis and Cain are.
Cain: The second wave was prepared for fire from stolen elemental weapons. Your attacks are neutralized by their strange defenses. While they did not do any damage to you, your high perch and metal saber have proven as a lightning rod. You have been struck by lightning. While the act of being struck is not necessarily fatal (google taught me something today), you have been knocked out of your perch. Your spent rounds and the spent rounds of the fallen have detonated. I leave the details of the damage taken to you.
Vince: You got'em son, just not all of them. Devyn is safe and you pretty much hurt yourself. I appreciate your realism of doing massive damage, but also not getting off scott free. While you are the majority of their muscle, I think you should be able to hulk mode yourself out of a few "flesh wounds" (punctured lungs withstanding if you went that far). Plus, and I may be wrong, I believe you have some healing shenanigans? Anywho, no direct damage dealt to you from the enemy, but you've interested them enough to warrant the desire to be captured.
To all: The shields these things use are like walls of light. About 10' wide by 6' tall and allow projectiles from one side to pass through while negating projectiles from the other side. Large bodies can pass through it without damage so long as they do not exceed a certain velocity. The automations, as you may have gathered, do have a power source. They are made of steel, iron, and bronze in the appropriate areas needing reinforcement, plating, or basic functionality. Each one is glowing from several points indicating a number of things for you to figure out. They are prone to the lightning to disastrous effects. The rain and mud certainly won't help with mechanical joints, so mobility is also limited as the groups are now scattered from the road to the muddy fields.
If you have any questions, let me know. Do not forget about Terrance, the blue stone, or the glowing mark mentioned at around the time of the dialogue "elsewhere". While your characters are not aware of it, you now have a name of the unkowns.
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