Open Blast Doors

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Encounter Conditions

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Initial Text

You make your way into the basement, towards the blast doors you saw on the security footage. They're certainly there, but a whole pack of Midgard security drones are guarding it.

You rarely see hound drones stop moving, but these seem almost agitated. It's absurd to project human emotions on them, but there you have it.

or, if etheric:

You make your way into the basement, towards the blast doors you saw on the security footage. They're certainly there, but a whole pack of those lupine shapes are guarding it.

They seem agitated, snapping crystalline jaws at the air and prowling in front of the door. You get the feeling they'd be only too happy to have you show yourself.

Summary of Choices

1. Fight forward - fight 4 Drone Hounds/Twisted Hounds, and go to Beneath the Dorms if you win
2. Watch them - gain 4 XP Perception
3. Pass it by - walk away

Choice Text and Results

Fight forward

You charge the door, getting as few drones as you can between yourself and it… unfortunately, that's still quite a few.

(Fight 4 Drone Hounds)

And if you win:
Past the drones, you're able to slip through the open blast doors.

Set location to Beneath the Dorms

or, if etheric:

You make a rush for the door, but the hounds don't seem intent on letting you get through easily.

(Fight 4 Twisted Hounds)

And if you win:

Past the hounds, you're able to slip through the open blast doors.

Set location to Beneath the Dorms

Watch them

You watch over the drones. They move with mechanical precision, keeping the door covered in a constantly shifting pattern.

With the number of them and their routes… the only way to the door is through them.

You've earned 4 XP in Perception

or, if etheric:

You watch over the hounds. They prowl with purpose, like guards trying to make sure they're never too far from their charge.

With the number of them and their routes… the only way to the door is through them.

You've earned 4 XP in Perception

Pass it by

Yeah, fighting through a field of armed drones to go through a blast door to who-knows-where isn't your idea of a good time.

or, if etheric:

Yeah, fighting through a field of nightmarish beasts to go through a blast door to who-knows-where isn't your idea of a good time.

See Walk Away