So, it turns out the bat-plant hybrids do self replicate: whenever they take enough damage, they split off into two smaller bats that starts slowly growing to full size. Also they spit acid. Such charming creatures.
The monkeys simply mob the heroes, duplicating quickly and constantly, wave after wave of them. They're not hard to take out, but they are lots.
And the bears have thick enough skin that Miss Militia and Armsmaster do need to turn to their more lethal weapons in order to take them down. When they do, another bear brings its fallen comrade to the replicating one, who absorbs it and replicates that much faster. To top it off, once the replicator is taken down, another bear takes its place.
The good news is that they're not immune to Windflower's poisons, even if they take a while to be affected, so that group is the first one that leaves the Lorica bots alone for long enough that they can actually disable the sprinklers and explore the tanks - every other group is attacked by monkeys or bats or debris thrown by bears so they have to dodge and abandon their targets before getting much information.
The tanks, apparently, contain a goopy substance that's being treated and sent to the sprinklers, some sort of nutrient soup perhaps? Given how fiercely the creatures defend them, it might be a good idea to disable them somehow from that alone.
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Date: 2016-03-17 07:48 pm (UTC)The monkeys simply mob the heroes, duplicating quickly and constantly, wave after wave of them. They're not hard to take out, but they are lots.
And the bears have thick enough skin that Miss Militia and Armsmaster do need to turn to their more lethal weapons in order to take them down. When they do, another bear brings its fallen comrade to the replicating one, who absorbs it and replicates that much faster. To top it off, once the replicator is taken down, another bear takes its place.
The good news is that they're not immune to Windflower's poisons, even if they take a while to be affected, so that group is the first one that leaves the Lorica bots alone for long enough that they can actually disable the sprinklers and explore the tanks - every other group is attacked by monkeys or bats or debris thrown by bears so they have to dodge and abandon their targets before getting much information.
The tanks, apparently, contain a goopy substance that's being treated and sent to the sprinklers, some sort of nutrient soup perhaps? Given how fiercely the creatures defend them, it might be a good idea to disable them somehow from that alone.