Alisdragon911
Lildear18
Eviledd1984
honeysweetestco
Noctis
Sky Blue
Aaron Rockhand
"Eyes up, Goibniu! We got something coming."
"Thanks! Got it."
Goibniu replied back after he long finished up the weaponry. He had been working on things while having approached this monstrous room. It didn't take him long for the rifle, versus the bow. He hoped the perk would, help deal with the Boss that was coming.. or exploit it a little.
He was less worried once Rath's intimidating presence had drawn in the area. It would at least, cause some less troubles. At least the red aura would attract a majority of these creatures. A field to keep an eye on among other things. Having seen it work prior, and trusting the transformed Rath to deal with most of the monsters he was fairly confident of the skill's draw range and effect thus far.
It should keep the big bad boss' attention, in addition to their large damage output.
Spirit Guardian's boon was kicked in once again by Cladia making dealing with the creatures a bit easier. At least, should be easier to avoid. He, certainly hoped anyways. On top of his own, other defenses.
""Goodness there's a lot of these things. I'm hitting any of 'em that look close enough to touch. Feel free to duck behind Auto, here between takin' a shot. Just don't let 'em get too overwhelmed if you could!"
Goibniu had been fairly protected from multiple sides by the death knight, the ranger, and his automaton for a time. The small minion monsters that would come for him, would be blocked off by the automaton's body and receive a reactive smack toward them with a sounding CLANG should its strikes connect.
The aumaton's strikes would deal a light amount of damage, but it worked more as mobile cover for the moment. It wouldn't last forever, especially if priority switched to the mechanical pet itself.
Boss: Trying once again to try and crush them. Moving the large tentacle to try and kill Elian.
When the massive boss swung toward Elian a crackle of electricity would fly from Goibniu. The dial on his side illuminating with a flashing spark, to shot up the sphynx's side, and launched from his hand toward the tentacle with a CLICK
Stunning Shock, it inflicts a low amount of damage, but had a chance to paralyze a target. Still low, but it was something! Especially if the tentacles were coded as a separate 'creature or stat', there was a chance for the stun to transfer and get re-calculated for the main body separately, depending on the object class structure.
At least the boss wasn't buffing itself.
Claudia then shouted, "Let us focus our attack on one of the monsters that spawned from the creature, so we may test whether we can kill them safely without benefiting our quarry!"
"Focusing fire on... whatever spawn letter this is! Any chance you could get a good look at this thing and figure out, where the big damage organs are uh.. Howitzer was it? Kiting some a bit closer Claudia. Maybe just out of or near Rath's pull."
Goibniu would switch over to firing from the hip from his Terezol pistol. Stunning Shock's cooldown wasn't long, but it was faster to switch to firing a weapon instead. He'd fire at whatever minion is closest to him. Yet again, his damage output was relatively low, but there was small boost to landing a critical hit on the thing.
"Either way, this is starting to feel pretty exciting!"
A bit more of Jaiden popped out rather than the character he was playing.
The sphynx start maneuvering his way around, trying to circle toward Claudia clockwise (left hand side), and possibly behind Rath.
If he could get those minions to follow closer toward Rath's AOE pulling aura (Intimidating Presence), it would make his life easier. It also ran the gamble of him getting hurt otherwise too, but... at least it'd be easier for Claudia to focus fire with him & Howitzer. Spirit Guardians should help keep the minions at a distance, with cover fire.
The quills weren't a worry before, since Goibniu was no where near the monster's focus toward closer target. The quills did occasionally move toward him him, but his distance kept him safe enough. Now things were going to get riskier and a little more fun.
Minion attacks probably could be absorbed by the handful with the automaton, but a quill- that was likely a far larger chunk. But it was that, or worry about being overwhelmed by numbers alone.
Current Effects:
HP Boost
Automaton Active: Defending (Taking light damage)
Resist Disease
Spirit Guardians: Defense Boost to party, along with radiant damage & slowing effects on nearby enemies