Lava Pit (Forge)

**Lava Pit** is a node in the Black Forge dungeon in The Velkarath Mountains.

## Connections

Previous node: Statues

Next node: Exit

## Events

### The Dwarven terminator

*You see a large hole in the wall of the volcano that seems to be connected to the inner city. As you get closer, you hear an increasingly loud noise of chains and metal.
Suddenly, the chains pull a large dwarven war machine out of the hole. The machine is quite broken, but somehow its core is still active and the machine is still running.
It is clear that the war machine is hostile and that destroying it completely is the only way forward and out of the volcano.
You have to decide quickly how to deal with it.*

Choices:

* [Combat] You attack it quickly without wasting any more time.
* [Rest +30%] Try to hide behind some rubble and rest before fighting.
 Group [4 or lower]
Success
*You manage to hide and rest a bit without being detected. However, it seems that now the dwarven machine has a little more armor.
You get:8*
**Begin encounter**
Fail
?
* [Heiner] "Beep... Danger! Danger!"
Heiner's core begins to resonate with that of the war machine, and he can sense the impending danger! Heiner somehow manages to reduce the machine's armor a bit and takes the opportunity to increase the group's armour before combat begins
Begin encounter, BT-800 starts with 60 shield. Hero's start with 11 Block
* [Cornelius] "It can't be... That thing exploded! I sacrificed so much..."
For the first time in your adventure, you see the old wizard shudder as if he had seen a ghost. Instinctively, he takes a few steps back and casts a spell to protect the group from the fire. Cornelius pulls himself together and the fight begins. (You get 4 XP)
* [Wilbur] "I'm pretty sure we destroyed that thing... This is going to be tough"
Wilbur frowns in disbelief and tells the group that he has faced this machine before. He then casts a water spell that soaks your clothes and prepares you for what is to come.
You get: *4*
Heroes start with 2 wet.

### Encounter

* Flamethrower
* Dwarf Face
* DT-800
* Launcher

### Hasta la vista, baby

*After a hard fight you defeat the dwarven war machine and several of its parts fall into the lava.
Luckily the cockpit and the core remain hanging from one of the chains
Carefully you climb up to see what you can find of value.*

Choices:

* [Loot: Without Heiner] You make sure to extract the core and loot the cockpit.
*Surprisingly the core still works. With it, you will be able to repair the golem you found in Senenthia's tower. You will call him Heiner and he will be able to join and protect future adventurers.
You have done a good deed and feel honorable.
Also in the cockpit, you find some gold and various valuables.
You get:300 20 3*
**Each hero receives the Honorable boon**
**Equipment rewards** including ...
**Heiner character unlocked**
* [Loot: With Heiner] You loot the dwarven machine.
Inside the cockpit, you find some gold and various valuables. When you finish looting the remains of the dwarven machine, you break the remaining chain that holds it. The machine falls and melts into the lava forever*.
You get:300 12 3*
**Equipment rewards** including The wall.