Time to face the Bone Tower ... [DMiT Inge] Tuesday June 7th, 2005 8:15:07 AM
Evening passes quickly as you all identify and divide the loot. In different times on different locations this would be called a pleasant dinner party ! Yet the gravity of your next assignment weighs heavy on your shoulders.
After you've gathered your newly found magical thingies most of you take a rest. Outside the weather has gone bad. Heavy rain gushes down on the windows, thunder rolls around Bone Mountain and lightning illuminates your rooms. Is this a warning ? Are the forces of Evil gathering to "welcome" you to Bone Tower ...
By midnight, the next day, the weather has improoved. Suddenly there's a hard knock on the door.
You all recognise the voice of Gutmasher. He waits for you at the front door : "Wake up "heroes" ... the Rift is about to open ! Time to enter Bone Tower!"
Olana Tuesday June 7th, 2005 11:50:01 AM
((OOC - sorry about the lack of post. Got attacked by the Migraine Nasty monster :( ))
Olana will take the gloves of Dex as suggested, unless someone else has better use for them. The stew is lying a little heavy in her stomach, her energies spent worrying instead of digesting. She's not quite sure where all this anxiety is coming from. It wasn't in her nature to worry too much. However, this whole Dragon business, and this test - right now, they'd just been in that arena, killing for the sake of it. Was that right? Perhaps she should be focussing on the end result, and stop brooding... her reverie soaks up the turmoil of the weather outside, doing little to improve her mood.
Awake as midnight approaches, she starts getting her act together, buckling and tightening her armour, re-doing her hair.
Lian (AC 34, 49hps) Tuesday June 7th, 2005 4:54:08 PM
The hand of Domi makes sure to keep his holy symbol hidden and then prepares to enter the tower. He checks his gear again and tightens the bracers.
Stunning Attacks: 0 used Enlarge Tat: 0/3 Bull's Str: 0/3
Prepared Spells for Izen trip: Guidance x2, Create Water Divine Favor x2, Shield of Faith, Sanctuary(domain)
Ingrge Tuesday June 7th, 2005 5:00:10 PM
Answering Lian, The mage shakes his head but offers to cast the scroll upon him if he wishes. He then looks around at the others once again to see if anyone needs/wants anything cast upon them.
Milo Tuesday June 7th, 2005 10:04:56 PM
Donning the new cloak and ring, Milo shoulders his pack and stands silently next to Olana as they prepare to leave for the tower.
Brother Bertram Tuesday June 7th, 2005 10:31:27 PM
Bertram prepares as well, having said his prayers, asking for the powers of Domi to be at his disposal.
K'Nara Tuesday June 7th, 2005 11:03:28 PM
"I'll take a Cat's Grace if you can spare it, Ingrge..." K'Nara says, then looks over the rest of the group. "We all set? Then let's go to the Tower." So saying, she leads the party to their destination.
Gunther Tuesday June 7th, 2005 11:51:21 PM
Hearing Ingrge's call, Gunther produces a Stone Skin scroll for him to cast on him. He also asks for the Cat's Grace, Bull's Strength and Bear's Endurance to be cast on himself unless others need it more. After the casting is complete, Gunther heads out with the others, his hand itching to get this over with.
Lian (AC 34, 49hps) Wednesday June 8th, 2005 8:30:26 AM
"Ingrge, this scroll is to be cast when everyone can use it, not just me *hands him the scroll*. As for spells, I could use an endurance, please."
Stunning Attacks: 0 used Enlarge Tat: 0/3 Bull's Str Tat: 0/3
Prepared Spells for Izen trip: Guidance x2, Create Water Divine Favor x2, Shield of Faith, Sanctuary(domain)
Figment Wednesday June 8th, 2005 8:31:17 AM
The mage follows the others to the tower. "I have a number of protection spells and such available for anyone who needs them...I'd say we cast just before we enter.".
Lian Wednesday June 8th, 2005 8:42:54 AM
"Elemental protections might be nice..." He says to Figment. "... that way if... anyone should fire a stray fireball... or whatever, I don't get too burnt." He winks at Fig in a teasing manner.
"Dead men walking" ... [DMiT Inge] Wednesday June 8th, 2005 10:55:58 AM
Slowly you all prepare and go down to meet Gutmasher at the front door. "Follow me ..." he commands and as you all walk in single file you hear him whisper and chuckle : "Dead men walking". K'Nara urges you all to move a little faster as you follow Gutmasher to the Bone Mountain.
Cold and lonely the Bone Tower reaches up to the sky. Approaching Bone Mountain you get a clear view on the Tower. Oddly enough it looks like a ruin ! Broken down sections, holes in the side ... is THAT the Bone Tower ?!?
At the footsteps of Bone Mountain Gutmasher halts in front of what appears to be a cave. He's nervous and whispers : "Now we wait for the Rift to open."
As minutes go by your thoughts go back in time and you remember Valdor's last words ...
"Remember, what you do from here out is how history and the Wold will remember your group! Be strong and faithful, but most of all, have courage!"
Then suddenly a little ball of blue light appears in the center of the "cave". It grows fast like a whirlpool ! Untill it stretches out big enough for all of you to fit through ! The portal has opened ...
Gutmasher looks at you all, nervous, compassionate ... he looks at you as if it will be the last time he sees you all - after all he brought group after group to this entrance and none ever came back - and says : "Now enter the rift. It will bring you to the steps of the Bone Tower. "
He hesitates to swallow the lump in his throat and then goes on : " ... Farewell ... "
Brother Bertram Wednesday June 8th, 2005 1:22:57 PM
Bertram hefts his axe, then looks at Gutmasher for a moment. "Go with peace Friend, You have brought us no ill will. No matter how we are assailed, we will not fail." Bertram then moves to the front of the group, removes his holy symbol from under his shirt once past Gutmasher and moves into the portal before there can be disagreement.
Olana Wednesday June 8th, 2005 2:14:13 PM
"A stoneskin or a cats grace would be very nice," Olana says quietly to Ingrge. "When we get back I'll get some more of those to replenish stocks."
Approaching the Bone Tower, the building's fragility and holes remind her of bird bones - hollowed out and light, but still serving their purpose. For a moment her eyes are on that troll. What was he so afraid of?
She remains on the brink, waiting for the order to go in.
Gunther Wednesday June 8th, 2005 3:40:16 PM
The warrior watches with boredom at the sight..."Yeah, yeah, yeah...death itself avaits, I'm sure. Let's get going." He checks his gear over and tightens a few straps and then looks over at K'nara and beams. "Vell are ve going or vhat?"
Ingrge HP Wednesday June 8th, 2005 4:59:16 PM
taking the time necessary Ingrge casts the scrolls that people ask for.
K'nara _ Cats grace Olanna Cat's grace, stone skin Lian - Bear's endurance Gunther Stone skin, cat's grace, Bulls strength, bears endurance Ingrge - stone skin,bears endurance,bull's strength, unseen servant (7), tenser's floating disk(3)
As the rift opens Ingrge looks at Gutmasher, umm just what are we supposed to do here and how much time do we have to do it in?
Milo d20+14=24 d20+16=30 Wednesday June 8th, 2005 9:53:47 PM
Without even considering an alternative, Milo follows Bertram through the portal. The halfling rogue keeps a steady eye out for trouble, and stops to listen briefly just before stepping through. (OOC: Spot DC 24 and Listen DC 30)
Lian d20+19=35 d20+9=16 Thursday June 9th, 2005 4:01:04 AM
Lian follows Milo.
Without turning, the monk says, "See ya."
(Listen 35, Spot 16)
K'Nara Thursday June 9th, 2005 8:37:04 AM
Surprised at the show of emotion, K'Nara puts out a hand to shake Gutmasher's.
"We plan to surprise everyone." she tells the troll confidently. Once the good-byes are done, the chestnut-maned blade singer turns to her party. "All right, then--let's see what this Tower is all about!"
Then she, too, steps into the portal.
Admire the greatness of "Bone Tower" ! ... [DMiT Inge] d4+1=4 d4+1=3 d4+1=3 d4+1=5 d4+1=5 Thursday June 9th, 2005 11:15:09 AM
As the portal opens Ingrge takes time to enhance the abilities of his friends. Then Ingrge realizes this portal probably isn't open forever ... let's not waste time outside !
Gutmasher looks at him and cynically answers : "No one knows what awaits you in the Bone Tower. No one ever came back to tell ...".
Without hesitation, Bertram and Lian step through the portal. Milo goes in right behind them yet slightly more cautious, but nothing there can alert them of the dangers they are about to face.
Impressed by the touch of emotion the Troll showed K'Nara shakes hands with Gutmasher and steps into the portal. Gutmasher is slightly taken by surprise ... "surprise everyone ?!? ... HUH ... NO ONE can survive the Tower ... can they ?... "
Gunther, Olana and Figment look to the others and follow suit stepping through the portal ...
Your heads spin as you step through the swirling blue curtain. You hear Gutmasher laugh frantically till suddenly you exit the rift on the opposite side ...and all is silent.
Bone Tower ...
A majestic structure of Marteaus in all it's glory ! No longer the ruin you saw right before you stepped through the portal ! Now you witness it's full grandeur ...
An incredible tower made of black stone, carved from rocks in the depts of the Wold, reaching up to the dark sky. Cilinder shaped, a smooth exterior and no windows. Right in front of you wide steps lead up to the entrance. Torches every 5ft along the staircase.
The air feels thicker, heavier, as if it's filled with the essence of danger, death and decay. The Wold looks different out here. Behind you the portal remains, waiting to take you back to the real Wold ... if you survive - so far there have been only one way trips ...
DMiT Inge ooc Thursday June 9th, 2005 11:15:10 AM
Tomorrow I will have to post around 08:00 AM Woldian (Texas) time. I hope you can all post before.
From there on, I hope to post every morning (belgian time) what would be approx 01:00 AM woldian time so you can choose to post in the morning or in the evening - and I can post while most of you are sleeping ;-)
Figment (Cat's Grace +5) d4+1=4 d4+1=3 d4+1=3 d4+1=5 d4+1=5 Thursday June 9th, 2005 11:17:15 AM
As they approach the place and get ready to enter, and seeing the spells Ingrge has cast on everyone, the mage fills in as many blanks as possible. He casts the following spells:
K'Nara - Bull's Strength +4, Stone Skin Olana - Bull's Strength +3 Lian - Stone Skin, Cat's Grace +3 Bertram - Stone Skin Milo - Cat's Grace +5 Figment - Cat's Grace +5
He smiles at Lian's wit and says "I wish I had that available, but I'm afraid I don't. I suppose I need to sit down with everyone and analyze what would be good for us to have in our arsenal for occasions such as this...".
Ingrge Thursday June 9th, 2005 4:31:55 PM
(ooc; the spells Ingrge listed were from his previous posts action I was just finally able to list what everyone had done to them.)
Looking up the steps, Ingrge shakes his head slowly.
"I suppose it would be too much to expect that there are no traps awaiting us."
K'Nara Thursday June 9th, 2005 5:37:05 PM
The leader of the Talons smirks a bit at Ingrge's rhetorical question.
"It's the ex-HQ of Marteaus," K'Nara points out, "I doubt that we'll be able to sneeze without setting SOMEthing off..."
Olana (Bulls Strength, Cats Grace, Stoneskin) d20+16=36 d20+17=28 d20+14=34 Thursday June 9th, 2005 6:13:53 PM
With thanks to Figment and Ingrge, Olana steps through the portal, blinking at the change in scene and atmosphere. She takes in a breath, and then another, in an attempt to get used to what her senses are telling her. She must not become frightened or overawed with this place. It would just slow her down. There, two breaths and she hadn't keeled over yet. Where was Milo? Oh, up at the front. She smiles, and lifts her head, looking up at the architecture, nodding appreciatively at it's carved perfection. Stepping to a point where she can see better, the elf casts her keen eyes on their immediate destination, the steps and the main doorway, and will begin to move forward.
SPOT DC 36, LISTEN DC 28, SURVIVAL DC 34
Lian (AC 34, 69hps) (stoneskin, bears endurance, Bull's Strength) Thursday June 9th, 2005 6:27:40 PM OOC: DEH, save your Cat's Grace, Lian has gloves +4...
ACTIVE SPELLS: Bear's Endurance (Ingrge) Stoneskin (Figment) Bull's Strength (self)
Stunning Attacks: 0 used Enlarge Tat: 0/3 Bull's Str Tat: 1/3
Prepared Spells for Izen trip: Guidance x2, Create Water Divine Favor x2, Shield of Faith, Sanctuary(domain)
Upon exitting the portal, Lian activates his Bull's Strength tattoo.
"Remember the haste scroll Ingrge." Suggests the monk. (Lian did hand him the scroll to use whenever)
Figment (Cat's Grace +5) d20+23=35 Thursday June 9th, 2005 6:43:48 PM
Noting Lian already has it covered, he casts Cat's Grace +3 on Bertram. "I suppose we are expected since the torches are lit...". He looks them over to determine if they are magically lit or just plain old torches (Spellcraft 35).
DM Donna Thursday June 9th, 2005 8:16:29 PM
Quick rules reminder: casting Bull's Strength and Cat's Grace (etc.) grants an automatic +4 to the attribute. No more variable bonus. That was back in the 3e rules--this is D&D 3.5 now.
Milo Thursday June 9th, 2005 10:49:36 PM
Seeing the tower, Milo feels somewhat daunted. Stepping back, he finds Olana, and more importantly he grabs her hand as he continues to stare up, "Oh boy..." The halfling whispers, and shrinks from the sound.
(OOC: Milo has gloves of dexterity, not the ones we just found... some he purchased a long while back, so the cat's grace, while appreciated, is lost on him.)
Gunther (AC 30, HP82/82) Stone Skin (110??), Cat's Grace, Bulls Strength, Bear's Endurance, Animated Shield Thursday June 9th, 2005 10:59:08 PM
Gunther lets out a low whistle. "Dis place is impressive. So vat is it exactly dat ve're supposed to do here?" Gunther looks over expectantly at K'nara as he Animates his shield and calls forth his sword from his glove of storing. As he waits for an answer, he pulls out a couple of bless weapon oils and begins applying them to the blades of his sword.
DMiT inge : The Stoneskin came from Ingrge so you get a Max of 120 HP instead the 110 you listed.
Brother Bertram Friday June 10th, 2005 4:23:21 AM
Bertram looks around, awed at the sight. He slowly rouses himself and begins checking for any signs of trouble.
Enter ... [DMiT Inge] Friday June 10th, 2005 5:15:18 AM
Some of you are struck with awe - this tower IS impressive - and wonder about the odds that you will encounter traps. Time to climb the stairs and find out what you're doing here ...
These are no ordinary torches, Figment can tell. They are magically lit and much bigger than usual. Indeed you ARE expected. After all, you are the ones who won the tournament !
You quickly recover from the first impression the tower gave you and slowly climb the stairs (100ft). As you draw closer to the front entrance the tower menacingly rises above you. The entrance is a massive fortified wooden double door. The symbol of Marteaus is carved in it. As you draw near, the doors slowly and smoothly open ...
A gush of wind is heard and the stench of death and decay is unmistakably around.
In front of you there's a short but wide corridor. K'Nara leads the way and goes right in ... No time to waste.
At the end of the corridor you can finally worship the true grandeur of this tower. The Bone tower is a gigantic cylinder shaped structure. A 15ft wide path is wrapped around an open core (50ft diameter). However it's not the path itself that draws your attention but the core.
Looking up you can see the outside air (approx 150ft above you) ! But looking down ... a bottomless pit ...
There's a VERY strong wind blowing up in this central core. Wind, strong enough to lift a man and blow him out of the tower. Yet this is not the only scary thing ...
The central core has razor sharp spikes sticking out from the sides towards the center at various lengths. Taking a closer look at the spikes you notice dead bodies here and there. Probably warriors that have entered this tower before you and painfully failed. Torsos ripped apart, sliced by the spikes, carcasses waving in the wind dangeling like horrid awards. You DEFINETELY don't want to fall into this core !!
While you all gaze at this spectacle the Necromancer comes down from the upper levels to welcome you all ... Wrapped in a black Robe that conceals its face, carrying the powerfull staff you saw when you were in the Arena.
A cold voice, impossible to tell if it's male or female ... or neither ... speaks to you :
" Five hours is all you have ... Five hours to find and open the Vault of Marteaus ... The Vault is hidden in the lower levels of the Bone Tower ... you will be tested along the way. Your wisdom, intelligence, friendship, bravery ... all is at stake. Only those worthy enough will be able to find the Vault of Marteaus. Open it and you have access to all the riches and spoils Marteaus has left for those worthy of him."
It's hard to tell, but you can "feel" the Necromancer looks each and everyone of you straight in the eyes. Eyes without expression look back at you - unreadable eyes - probing eyes ...
"If you fail to open the Vault of Marteaus within 5 hours you will be considered trespassers in this Tower and you will be destroyed. Many have tried before you and painfully failed."
Then she points to the spiral path leading down : "Start your quest now ..."
Rounding up all enhancement spells for verification - Please list all spells active on you next to your name including AC and HP :
Lian : Bear's endurance (Ingrge - 12 minutes - Con +4), Stone Skin (Figment - 110 minutes - max 110 HP) - Bull's Strength ( DMiT Inge ooc : Lian, sorry but I seem to have a problem with the works file you send me - could you please send your Char Sheet in txt format asap (don't bother about the lay-out if it's screwed)? Thanks a lot )
Figment (Cat's Grace +4) Friday June 10th, 2005 7:24:51 AM
The mage takes stock of the Necromancer and asks "Do you have a name we may call you by?". As they depart he begins to look around. He takes note of the wind on the stairs themselves, trying to judge if it is safe to cast fly and stay over the stairs.
Ingrge:HP 100/100 (120 stoneskin) (24 temp): AC 33: bear's endurance, bull's strength, unseen servant (7), tenser's disk (3), spell resistance 18%, Imunities: sleep,detect thoughts, discern lies, detect alignment Friday June 10th, 2005 7:34:18 AM
(ooc. yup 7 servants 3 disks is correct)
DMiT Inge : In that case, don't forget to take them along and order them to follow :-) - they tend to be rather "stupid"
Taking staff in hand, Ingrge takes his place and heads out with the others, telling his invisible followers to follow at a distance of 25 feet.
Ingrge :
Stone skin (120 minutes - Max 120 HP) Bears endurance (12 min - Con +4) Bull's Strength (12 minutes - Str +4) Unseen servant (7) (12 hours) Tenser's Floating Disk (3) (12 hours)
Lian (AC 34, 69hps) (stoneskin 110, bears endurance, Bull's Strength) Friday June 10th, 2005 10:56:40 AM OOC: Inge, I can't find your email address.
Stunning Attacks: 0 used Enlarge Tat: 0/3 Bull's Str Tat: 1/3
Prepared Spells for Izen trip: Guidance x2, Create Water Divine Favor x2, Shield of Faith, Sanctuary(domain)
Lian follows close behind the group.
Gunther (AC 30, HP82/82) Stone Skin (120), Cat's Grace, Bulls Strength, Bear's Endurance, Animated Shield Friday June 10th, 2005 11:16:40 PM
Gunther wrinkles his nose at the stench. Now that's just wasteful...all that perfectly good meat just lying there rotting. Would have thought by now that someone would have sent something to eat those corpses... As he waits for those with more mental capacity to formulate a plan, Gunther pulls out a potion from his backpack (Protection from evil) and places it in his glove of storing...not wanting to activate it before it would be useful.
Spells in place Stone skin (Ingrge - 120/120 minutes - max 120 HP) Cat's grace (Ingrge - 12/12 minutes - Dex +4) Bulls strength (Ingrge - 12/12 minutes - Str +4) Bears Endurance (Ingrge - 12/12 minutes - Con +4) Bless Weapon (9/9 minutes)
Brother Bertram AC 31 HP 73(110 Stoneskin, Catsgrace) Saturday June 11th, 2005 10:07:45 PM
Bertram carefully keeps his face neutral as the evil being before him talks. He constantly clenches his fist, the one with the markings of Gargul.
K'Nara (AC 33, HP 114/114, Cat's Grace, Stoneskin [120pts] Sunday June 12th, 2005 7:12:05 PM
The leader of the Talons nods acknowledgement of the Necromancer's instructions.
"Thanks for the invitation--" the blade singer says, "--we'll just go get our reward now." The chestnut-maned female fighter beckons to the others in her group and begins to descend the grisly stairway.
Only the Nimble Man Shall Pass ... [DMiT Inge] Monday June 13th, 2005 7:11:43 AM
The Necromancer, after giving directions, turns his back on you and starts to climb the stairs again. Then Figment quickly asks for his name ... The Necromancer doesn't even turn his face around to answer and says : "You don't need to call me ... I will find you or your corpses after 5 hours ... go ..."
Then the necromancer simply goes to his quarters somewhere upstairs.
Disappointed by the Necromancer Figment tries to find out if the wind is too strong for him to fly over the staircase. You notice the wind is rather variable. ( Most of the time you would be safe flying over the staircase (but ONLY over the staircase) but there's a 20% chance you get blown away from the staircase into the core every 15 minutes...
K'Nara doesn't feel like talking to the necromancer too long and starts the decent. Gradually all of you follow her. Behind you, 7 silent shapeless servants also start their decent.
Spiraling down the staircase all you see is the hideous core, torches lit the path, symbols of Marteaus are all around. So far it's like a walk in the park ...
10 minutes later - 4 hours 50 minutes and counting - check your spell durations !
After walking for 10 minutes you come to a wall that crosses your path. No way around this wall as that means entering the core ...
Your only option is a large door to your right (you spiral down, the wall on your right - core on your left - forgot to mention this - sorry). There's no lock on this door ! Only a handle to open it. Push to face your first trial.
Above the door is a sign written in Dwarves (plenty of you can read it so no spoiler)
"ONLY THE NIMBLE MAN SHALL PASS"
Lian (AC 34, 69hps) (stoneskin 110, bears endurance) Monday June 13th, 2005 10:50:13 AM
ACTIVE SPELLS: Bear's Endurance (Ingrge)[2 mins] Stoneskin 110 (Figment)[100 mins]
Stunning Attacks: 0 used Enlarge Tat: 0/3 Bull's Str Tat: 1/3
Prepared Spells for Izen trip: Guidance x2, Create Water Divine Favor x2, Shield of Faith, Sanctuary(domain)
"That's dwarvish... isn't it?" Askes the nimble monk. "What does it say Brother?" He asks, turning to Bertram.
It seems that Lian might be having a hard time with all the symbols of Marteaus, but he is holding it together for the time being.
"Ingrge, can your servants open doors?"
Olana 69/69 HP, AC 30 (with new gloves) d20+12=16 Monday June 13th, 2005 12:06:54 PM
Olana squeezes Milo's hand. "We'll be all right," she says.
The stench and the sights. All there to intimidate. The elf tries to calm her jitters. At least she wasn't alone in this place.
As they come to the door, she tries to think. "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick. Whatever this is, we'll have to move fast." Getting a little closer, she does a quick examiniation of the door and handle. (Search DC 16 - ugh, thats not good.)
(Sorry, folks, I have the Dex Gloves too, which don't stack with the Cats Grace spell. One day I'll get this stacking thing right, lol.) Stone Skin (ingrge - 120 minutes - max 120 HP's) , Bull's Strength (Figment - 11 minutes - Str +4)
Stone Skin - 110 min - max 120 HP Bull's Strength - 1 min - Str +4
K'Nara (AC 33, HP 114/114, Cat's Grace, Stoneskin [120pts] ) Monday June 13th, 2005 6:18:00 PM
K'Nara looked at Bertram as well.
"I can't read Dwarven, either." she said. "However--Milo...would you kindly check the door to make sure that our Host hasn't trapped it for us..?"
Figment (Cat's Grace +4) Monday June 13th, 2005 6:23:46 PM
The mage reads the dwarven message "It says 'ONLY THE NIMBLE MAN SHALL PASS'. I would suggest backing up and letting Ingrge sic his servants on the door opening once Milo checks for traps...".
Ingrge:HP 100/100 (120 stoneskin) (24 temp): AC 33: bear's endurance, bull's strength, unseen servant (7), tenser's disk (3), spell resistance 18%, Imunities: sleep,detect thoughts, discern lies, detect alignment Monday June 13th, 2005 7:17:13 PM
Ingrge nods at Lian's comment.
"That is one of the reasons I have them along." They should be able to open them as long as they are not locked."
I would suggest though that we not be standing in front of the door, as it is opened, so that we are not in anything's direct line of sight.
That said, Ingrge will move himself out of the front of the door and to a place that he will be able to see into the room from an angle.
Stone skin (110 minutes - Max 120 HP) Bears endurance (2 min - Con +4) Bull's Strength (2 minutes - Str +4) Unseen servant (7) (11.5 hours) Tenser's Floating Disk (3) (11.5 hours)
Brother Bertram AC 31 HP 73(110 Stoneskin, Catsgrace) Monday June 13th, 2005 7:35:56 PM
"Only the nimble man shall pass." Bertram ponders the words then shrugs and considers what to do next. He steps out of the front of the door as Ingrge requests.
Milo Monday June 13th, 2005 8:35:40 PM
Milo steps aside as Ingrge asks, but addresses the wizard, "Um... go ahead and give the magic thing a try, but if it doesn't work... the nimble halfling would like a go at this door." Milo smiles, and then clears away from the door as Ingrge prepares to do something magical.
Gunther (AC 30, HP82/82) Stone Skin (120), Cat's Grace, Bulls Strength, Bear's Endurance, Animated Shield Monday June 13th, 2005 10:27:21 PM
Not wanting to get caught in the breeze, so to say, Gunther moves back away from the door and against the wall. Slowly and carefully he controls his breathing. Things were going to get hot soon, and when they do, he'll be ready.
Spells in place Stone skin (Ingrge - 110/120 minutes - max 120 HP) Cat's grace (Ingrge - 2/12 minutes - Dex +4) Bulls strength (Ingrge - 2/12 minutes - Str +4) Bears Endurance (Ingrge - 2/12 minutes - Con +4)
Only the Nimble Man Shall Pass (Part 2) ... [DMiT Inge] Tuesday June 14th, 2005 3:42:11 AM
The door appears to be "intimidating" ... no one feels the urge to go right in.
Figment and Bertram quickly read the text to all. You ponder what this could possibly mean, but most of you agree to have Ingrge's Servants open the door for you and stand aside for ... "incoming" ...
Magic appears to be chosen to open the door. Both Lian and Milo wouldn't mind having a go at this door though. After all ... they are nimble ...
You all move to the side of the door, out of reach of whatever can come out of that door. Six Unseen Servants also move to the side (Ingrge make sure to specify where your servants go for next time I have'm all standing in front of the door - :-) )(ooc, unless specified they will remain 25 feet away as stated by the first post.)
One of the Unseen Servants slowly paces towards the door. He's mindless, lifeless ... not worried about traps at all ...
Slowly he pushes the handle ... nothing ... gradually the Servant opens the door a bit more ... nothing ... seconds later the door is completely open ... still nothing ...
The Servant simply stands there. Gazing at Ingrge.
Very carefully you take a peak around the corner. Ahead of you lies a vast room 20ft wide 120 ft long. On the opposite side another door ... quiet ... too quiet ... bones all over the floor don't predict much good ... especially since few bones are still intact ...
... tick ... tack ... tick ... tack ...
- 4 hours - 49 minutes - 54 seconds -
Brother Bertram Tuesday June 14th, 2005 4:21:24 AM
Bertram looks to the others, "We need to keep moving Friends. They seem to have us over a barrel. We cant wait too long before making an attempt or we die anyway." Bertram looks frustrated at his inability to help.
Ingrge:HP 100/100 (120 stoneskin) (24 temp): AC 33: bear's endurance, bull's strength, unseen servant (7), tenser's disk (3), spell resistance 18%, Imunities: sleep,detect thoughts, discern lies, detect alignment Tuesday June 14th, 2005 7:29:28 AM
Instructing the servant to return to the others and follow as ordered, Ingrge takes a moment to carefully examine the floor and walls from the doorway, looking for arrow holes uniform cracks, raised or depressed sections of the floor, or stone discolorations and then turns to Milo.
DMiT Inge : Yes ! There ARE indeed various cracks or depressed sections to be seen !! You notice 5 large slots from the left wall to the right wall in the ceiling - a bit further 6 slots in the floor, walls and ceiling - no way you can look beyond that to notice anything.
"Oh nimble one, I believe it is your turn."
Stone skin (110 minutes - Max 120 HP) Bears endurance (2 min - Con +4) Bull's Strength (2 minutes - Str +4) Unseen servant (7) (11.5 hours) Tenser's Floating Disk (3) (11.5 hours)
Figment (Cat's Grace +4) d20+23=31 Tuesday June 14th, 2005 7:57:51 AM
The mage waits his turn to cross the floor. "Might have one of those servants hold the door open as we traverse the room. Might also look on the left wall for a secret door that would allow us around the wall. In fact, look at the wall on the stairwell for a secret door...Might be a good way to get us off track.". As he comes close to the wall, he looks it over for any illusory effects (Spellcraft DC 31).
DMiT Inge : GREAT thinking !! But you don't notice anything.
Lian (AC 34, 69hps) (stoneskin 110, bears endurance) d20+9=18 Tuesday June 14th, 2005 10:54:03 AM
ACTIVE SPELLS: Bear's Endurance (Ingrge)[1 min 54secs] Stoneskin 110 (Figment)[99 mins 54secs]
Stunning Attacks: 0 used Enlarge Tat: 0/3 Bull's Str Tat: 1/3
Prepared Spells for Izen trip: Guidance x2, Create Water Divine Favor x2, Shield of Faith, Sanctuary(domain)
"Ingrge, we might be to float out there on the Tenser's... what do you think?"
"Milo, I suggest that I go first. You have a fiancee now." He smiles. "Though, traps aren't my forte. Can we float Milo out on a disc and have him look around?"
The monk pokes his head in and looks at the ceiling with his elven eyes (low light).[Were there bones sticking to the ceiling? Spot 18...]
(DMiT Inge : no. There are only bones ... or what's left of it spread out on the floor. You DO notice the whole room (floor, walls and ceiling) appear to be smeared with blood - old blood, but still noticable)
"Anyone have a potion of gaseous form?" He smirks, semi-joking, semi-serious.
Ingrge:HP 100/100 (120 stoneskin) (24 temp): AC 33: bear's endurance, bull's strength, unseen servant (7), tenser's disk (3), spell resistance 18%, Imunities: sleep,detect thoughts, discern lies, detect alignment Tuesday June 14th, 2005 6:31:45 PM
After perusing the as much of the room as he can, Ingrge points out the groves and depressions to their resident trap experts.
"My guess is that either the raised areas or the depressions trigger a bunch of blades that sythe across the room. What do you think Milo?. Shall we toss somethig heavy onto one of the depressions and see what happens?"
Listening to Liam's comments, Ingrge nods.
"Yes you all could certainly ride on the disks, but I would still need to lead them. I suppose if I were able to fly it could work. As for betrothed or married or what not, no disrespect tendered toward you friend Lian, but we need the most experienced working on these things as well, or we may not make it."
Stone skin (110 minutes - Max 120 HP) Bears endurance (2 min - Con +4) Bull's Strength (2 minutes - Str +4) Unseen servant (7) (11.5 hours) Tenser's Floating Disk (3) (11.5 hours)
Olana 69/69 HP, AC 30 (with new gloves) d20+12=23 d20+11=24 d20+2=14 Tuesday June 14th, 2005 9:11:54 PM
"There must be some kind of trigger," says the elf, crouching down to peruse the doorway and a few steps beyond. "If we can find it, we might be able to disable it." If she finds something, Olana will try and disable it somehow, after figuring out how.
Search DC 23 Disable device DC 24 Int Check DC 14
Stone Skin - 110 min - max 120 HP Bull's Strength - 1 min - Str +4
Gunther (AC 30, HP82/82) Stone Skin (120), Cat's Grace, Bulls Strength, Bear's Endurance, Animated Shield Tuesday June 14th, 2005 10:30:33 PM
Neither incredibly nimble nor one much for contemplating, Gunther waits for the others to formulate a plan. Feeling out of place he says "Is dere anyting I can do to help?"
Spells in place Stone skin (Ingrge - 110/120 minutes - max 120 HP) Cat's grace (Ingrge - 2/12 minutes - Dex +4) Bulls strength (Ingrge - 2/12 minutes - Str +4) Bears Endurance (Ingrge - 2/12 minutes - Con +4)
Milo d20+14=33 Wednesday June 15th, 2005 1:11:03 AM
Milo nods at Ingrge, and a grin slowly creeps across the halfling's face. Brushing Lian away, "Don't worry Lian, I'm a professional. Don't try this at home kids." Milo steps out of his boots of speed, and depositing them in his haversack, speaks clearly, "slippers of spider climb." The rogue dons the slippers quickly as the magic pack produces them, and then proceeds to the entrance cautiously.
Turning briefly to Olana, "Don't forget that you can call me back with the bracelet if something crazy happens."
Milo examines the entrance cautiously, and then proceeds into the room, if all appears clear. (OOC: Made a Search check DC 33.)
Only the Nimble Man Shall Pass (Part 3)... [DMiT Inge] (Servant in-50 or out+50 ?) d100=68 Wednesday June 15th, 2005 4:11:22 AM
Standing in the doorway you discuss your options for this room. Ingrge's senses tell him that this room is probably filled with razor sharp blades. He could be right !
Flying on disks, gaseous forms, spider climbing ... everything sounds pretty usefull. K'Nara is in deep thoughts : How must we cross this room ?!? How did these warriors that entered this room before us die ?!?. She agrees with the rest of you to let Milo have a go at this while you all wait at the door. Gunther and Bertram feel pretty useless right now.
One of Ingrge's servants holds the door open, while the others simply stare in the distance waiting for orders.
Slowly you all enter the room, Milo puts on his slippers and cautiously scans the room while he advances. Olana also tries to find trigger plates, levers, buttons ... anything. Yet there's nothing to be found ...
As you all enter the room the door SLAMS behind you - and you clearly hear a blocking mechanism close the door - you now HAVE to cross the room if you want it or not ... The Servant was not strong enough to keep the door open ! The Servant stands outside !!
Silence ...
You all look around you waiting for something to happen ...
... rattle rattle rattle ... the sound of chains, levers and gears springing to live ... click ... activated ...
Ingrge was right !! Blades !!!
10ft in front of Milo, 5 enormous pendulum blades swing fast from left to right, from one wall to the other. Their blades reach from the floor to the ceiling ! These glide in the cracks Ingrge noticed earlier.
Combination rolls 5 Pendulum Blades : Reflex DC18 - (lower than 8roll again) Reflex DC19- (lower than 9 roll again) Reflex DC20 - (lower than 10 roll again) Reflex DC21 - (lower than 11 roll again) Reflex DC22 - (lower than 12 roll again)
Passing 5 blades takes takes 3 rounds !! (18 sec)
Behind these Pendulum Blades, 6 razor sharp Rotating Blades spring from their hiding places. Some come from the floor, some from the walls and some from the ceiling. You can only cross those by using a combination of Balance, Tumbling and Jumping ...
Combination rolls 6 Rotating Blades: Balance DC18 (lower than 8 - roll again) Tumble DC19 (lower than 9 - roll again) Balance DC20 (lower than 10 - roll again) Jump DC21 (lower than 11 - roll again) Tumble DC22 (lower than 12 - roll again) Jump DC23 (lower than 13 - roll again)
Passing 6 blades takes 3 rounds !! (18 sec)
But after those it's not over yet !! 4 Guillotine Blades spring from the floor to the ceiling, ready to chop you in half !! There appears to be very limited space between them (2.5ft) You'll need to cross these blades one by one, stopping gafter each blade ... far enough, but not too far ...
Only now you understand where all these bones came from ...
DMiT Inge OOC : Please be mindful for your spell durations - Especially the Cat's Grace :-D - oh I HAVE been generous ... the plan was to let you arrive at this room in 30 minutes instead of 10 minutes ...
You ARE trying to become Dragon Level. We need EPIC rolls.
DMiT Inge : Active Spells Summery (please verify) Wednesday June 15th, 2005 5:26:15 AM K'nara : Cats grace 1'48" - Dex +4 Bull's Strength 0'48" - Str +4 Stone Skin 99'48" - max 110 HP's
Stunning Attacks: 0 used Enlarge Tat: 0/3 Bull's Str Tat: 1/3
Prepared Spells for Izen trip: Guidance, Create Water Divine Favor x2, Shield of Faith, Sanctuary(domain)
His brain empties and there is nothing but BLADES! in his mind (He doesn't even remember about his stoneskin!!!). He tries to focus.... tries again.... a third time.... sigh. He was the most eager of the Talons to gain dragon statis. The task must get done. He casts guidance prior to entering.(guidance gives +1 to a save or skill check, which lasts 1 minute or until discharged)
Combination rolls 5 Pendulum Blades : Reflex DC18 - (lower than 8roll again)29 Reflex DC19- (lower than 9 roll again)37 Reflex DC20 - (lower than 10 roll again)29 Reflex DC21 - (lower than 11 roll again)22 Reflex DC22 - (lower than 12 roll again)19 (hero point 37)
Combination rolls 6 Rotating Blades: Balance DC18 (lower than 8 - roll again)34 Tumble DC19 (lower than 9 - roll again)30 Balance DC20 (lower than 10 - roll again)33 Jump DC21 (lower than 11 - roll again)24 Tumble DC22 (lower than 12 - roll again)21(hero point 28) Jump DC23 (lower than 13 - roll again)23
His mind may not have been clear enough, but at least most of him made it across. What is at the other side?
(Hopefully the guidance spell will help Lian as he is tumbling during the rotating blades?! Would that shift a hero point to the next save or check?)
Brother Bertram AC31 Stoneskin (110) Cats Grace +4 d20+10=21 d20+10=11 d20+10=23 d20+10=19 d20+10=27 d20+6=11 d20+6=14 d20+6=7 d20+6=9 d20+6=23 d20+6=13 d20+6=7 d20+6=18 d20+6=19 d20+6=9 d20+6=7 d20+6=17 d20+6=7 d20+6=25 d20+6=25 d20+11=28 d20+10=22 d20+11=17 d20+10=14 d20+11=25 d20+10=19 d20+11=12 d20+10=19 d20+10=24 Wednesday June 15th, 2005 4:00:33 PM
Bertram slaps himself and quickly says a prayer to Domi and blesses each member of the party before they go through. He then runs into the room...
Combination rolls 5 Pendulum Blades : Reflex DC18 - (lower than 8roll again)28 Reflex DC19- (lower than 9 roll again)12 Reflex DC20 - (lower than 10 roll again)15 Reflex DC21 - (lower than 11 roll again)8(Rerolled for 26) Reflex DC22 - (lower than 12 roll again)10(Rerolled for 25)
Combination rolls 6 Rotating Blades: Balance DC18 (lower than 8 - roll again)18 Tumble DC19 (lower than 9 - roll again)19 Balance DC20 (lower than 10 - roll again)10 Jump DC21 (lower than 11 - roll again)8 (Rerolled for 26) Tumble DC22 (lower than 12 - roll again)19 Jump DC23 (lower than 13 - roll again)8 Rerolled for 26)
Combination rolls 4 Guillotine Blades : Concentration DC16 - Reflex DC19(Concentration roll 29, Reflex 23) Concentration DC17 - Reflex DC20(Concentration roll 18, Reflex 15) Concentration DC18 - Reflex DC21(Concentration roll 26, Reflex 20) Concentration DC19 - Reflex DC22(Concentration roll 13, Reflex 20) ((OOC Casts Bless before running))
Ingrge:HP 100/100 (120 stoneskin) (24 temp): AC 33: bear's endurance, bull's strength, unseen servant (7), tenser's disk (3), spell resistance 18%, Imunities: sleep,detect thoughts, discern lies, detect alignment d20+20=30 d20+20=34 d20+20=38 d20+20=30 d20+20=37 d20+9=24 d20+9=26 d20+14=32 d20+14=18 d20+6=16 d20+6=23 d20+15=26 d20+15=33 d20+15=23 d20+15=22 d20+20=40 d20+20=37 d20+20=32 d20+20=40 d20+14=28 d20+6=18 Wednesday June 15th, 2005 6:00:04 PM
Muttering to himself, Ingrge communicates with his servants and tells them to slide through what ever cracks beside the door or under the dorr that they can. (hey they're pure energy, hopefully, they should be able to get as thin as possible and squeeze through.)
Then turning his attention to Milo, he removes a scroll from his pouch, and while the halfling is changing shoes, casts a stone skin spell on him. "This ought to help a bit if you get sloppy." 120 points/ 120 minutes
Waiting until most of the others have gone through, to see if his servants are able to get through the door, Ingrge settles his things on his person, wraps his cloak around him and moves out.
The first set of swinging blades holds no obstacle for Ingrge and he breezes through them like the wind.
Combination rolls 5 Pendulum Blades :
Reflex DC18-(lower than 8roll again)30 Reflex DC19-(lower than 9 roll again)34 Reflex DC20-(lower than 10 roll again)38 Reflex DC21-(lower than 11 roll again)30 Reflex DC22-(lower than 12 roll again)37
Nodding to himself, Ingrge moves toward the rotating blades with confidence and agility. His confidence seems to be well placed as he easily makes it through, past, and over the first three blades. It is then however, that he stumbles a bit, as he twists his ankle on his last jump, which in turn, makes his last tumble more of a stumble. He recovers enough to make the final jump, but he is no longer sure he is ready for the last sequence of blades.
Combination rolls 6 Rotating Blades:
Balance DC18(lower than 8-roll again)24 Tumble DC19(lower than 9- roll again)32 Balance DC20(lower than 10-roll again)26 Jump DC21 (lower than 11-roll again)16**hero point reroll 18*** Tumble DC22(lower than 12-roll again)18** hero point reroll 28 Jump DC23(lower than 13-roll again)23
Taking a moment to center himself he pulls his fragmenting thoughts back to the task on hand, doing his best to keep his mind off what just happened and on observing the guillotine blades in front of him more carefully. Almost tentatively he sets forth to conquer the last set of blades, but what with an almost stubborn single mindedness, Ingrge blanks out everything else around him and easily makes it through the remaining blades.
Stone skin 108'48" - Max 120 HP Bears endurance 48" - Con +4 Bull's Strength 48" - Str +4 Unseen servant (7) 11 hours 48'48" Tenser's Floating Disk(3) 11 hours 48'48"
Milo (stoneskin 120 hp) d20+19=39 d20+19=21 d20+19=30 d20+19=35 d20+19=30 d20+8=19 d20+19=35 d20+8=15 d20+10=20 d20+5=19 d20+19=28 d20+7=17 d20+3=17 d20+19=21 d20+3=21 d20+19=28 d20+3=7 d20+5=21 d20+19=20 d20+19=38 d20+5=16 d20+19=21 Wednesday June 15th, 2005 10:10:59 PM
Milo's eyes about pop out of his head, though he nods gratefully at Ingrge, when he receives the stoneskin spell. Swallowing hard, he proceeds quickly.
Combination rolls 5 Pendulum Blades : Reflex DC18 - (lower than 8roll again)39 Reflex DC19- (lower than 9 roll again)21 Reflex DC20 - (lower than 10 roll again)30 Reflex DC21 - (lower than 11 roll again)35 Reflex DC22 - (lower than 12 roll again)30
Milo slips by the first 5 pendulum blades without a problem. Smiling as he loosens up, he keeps moving.
Combination rolls 6 Rotating Blades: Balance DC18 (lower than 8 - roll again)19 Tumble DC19 (lower than 9 - roll again)35 Balance DC20 (lower than 10 - roll again)20 (used 2 hero points on reroll and +2 for 2nd roll) Jump DC21 (lower than 11 - roll again)19 [missed] Tumble DC22 (lower than 12 - roll again)28 Jump DC23 (lower than 13 - roll again)17 [missed]
Milo gets gaffed good at his lack of vertical ascendance.
Combination rolls 4 Guillotine Blades : Concentration DC16 - Reflex DC19(Concentration roll 17, Reflex 21) Concentration DC17 - Reflex DC20(Concentration roll 21, Reflex 28) Concentration DC 18 - Reflex DC21(Concentration roll 21, Reflex 38) used 3 hero points here Concentration DC19 - Reflex DC22(Concentration roll 16 missed, Reflex 21 missed)
(OOC: not sure what the down side [damage] is for missing, but here ya go.)
Gunther (AC 30, HP82/82) Stone Skin (120), Cat's Grace, Bulls Strength, Bear's Endurance, Animated Shield, Bless d20+9=11 d20+9=24 d20+9=22 d20+9=19 d20+9=11 d20+9=17 d20+3=12 d20+3=15 d20+3=7 d20+3=19 d20+12=16 d20+3=8 d20+3=22 d20+12=22 d20+2=14 d20+9=13 d20+2=9 d20+9=13 d20+2=4 d20+9=13 d20+2=16 d20+9=11 Thursday June 16th, 2005 1:03:00 AM
Gunther's jaw drops as the blades jut out, and not being the most nimble warrior in the world, he does his best not to be sliced into fish bait...
Combination rolls 5 Pendulum Blades : Reflex DC18 - (lower than 8roll again) 11-fail Reflex DC19- (lower than 9 roll again) 24 Reflex DC20 - (lower than 10 roll again) 22 Reflex DC21 - (lower than 11 roll again) 19-fail Reflex DC22 - (lower than 12 roll again)11 (hero point to make it 17--fail) He fairs poorly against the first set of blades, dodging and weaving and getting sliced by three of the blades (yay stoneskin).
Combination rolls 6 Rotating Blades: Balance DC18 (lower than 8 - roll again) 12--fail Tumble DC19 (lower than 9 - roll again) 15--fail Balance DC20 (lower than 10 - roll again) 19--fail (used hero point to reroll 7) Jump DC21 (lower than 11 - roll again) 16--fail Tumble DC22 (lower than 12 - roll again) 8--fail (2nd roll=22) Jump DC23 (lower than 13 - roll again) 22--fail
But Gunther's luck does not hold out with the second set of blades as he is sliced and diced like sushi...getting whacked on by all of the blades.
And with the final set of blades, Gunther is either rapidly being torn to shreds or is dead.
OOC Technically, Gunther was outside the chamber when the others entered, but might as well do this now.
Lian's Blade Run ... [DMiT Inge] [lian rolls] d20+15=28 (chance) d100=66 Thursday June 16th, 2005 6:51:06 AM
The brave Talons start to cross the room all at once. Brave, but maybe a bit careless ?!?
Lian takes first position. He closes in on the Pendulum Blades and skillfully gets passed them. Hey that doesn't seem to be soo tough now does it ...
Then he checks the rotating blades. He passes the first one standing on one leg, bending over then he tumbles right under the second one to get up and fold between the second and the third while standing on his toes. The fourth one comes straight at his legs but he manages to jump right over and as he jumps he's able to tumble past the fifth razor blade as well. Only one remaining ... ooh ... barely, but safely he crosses the rotating barrier as well !!
Guillotine Blades ... standing directly in front of the first one he carefully examines it's speed and how much place he has between this one and the next. At the precise moment he takes a step ... the first blade continues to chop behind him, yet he's able to focus only on the second one. Again he skillfully steps passes this blade. He gets a bit distracted ... he almost reached the end unscathed !! His concentration slips ! He starts to move forward at the same moment the blade comes crushing down ... again he manages to pass a blade. Only one remaining !! His hart races as he thinks about crossing this mayhem in one piece. His concentration slips and ... oooohhh ... as he crosses the blade it slices him in the back ! Lucky for the nimble Monk the Blade only scratches his armor !
Lian crosses this mayhem unscathed !!! CONGRATULATIONS !!!
Bertram's Blade Run ... [DMiT Inge] [Bertram rolls] (pendulum)d20+15=24 d20+15=22 d20+15=35 d12+5=7 d20+15=26 (rotating) d20+15=22 d20+15=29 d20+15=33 d20+15=32 d10+8=9 d10+8=13 (guillotine) d20+15=32 d20+15=28 d20+15=31 2d10(6+4)+10=20 2d10(10+4)+10=24 (chance) d100=28 Thursday June 16th, 2005 6:53:16 AM
Lian turns around to check on his friends ...
Brother Bertram gazes mouth wide open as he sees Lian dodge these blades with such agility. It did look easy when lian showed how to do this. What a monk can, A Cleric of Domi can do as well he thinks to himself as he on his turn closes in on the blade barriers.
His knees wobble as he stands in front of the Pendulum Blades. He passes the first one without too much trouble, but get's hit by the second blade. His armor deflects the blade ! Pfew ... that was close ! Still shaking from his luck with the second blade he also fails to pass the third blade !! Again his armor protect this servant of Domi. Getting knocked around by those blades causes Brother Bertram to loose faith and he gets hit by the fourth blade. This time he can feel the sharpness of the blade going through his armor. ( 7HP from StoneSkin - 103 HP left). But the blade knocks him back ! Again he needs to cross the fourth blade. This time it's no problem. But alas the fifth blade gives Bertram the same problem but than one is deflected by his armor.
Wow ... the first barrier is crossed. Bertram has got a few bruises, but so far only his pride got hurt.
Next are the rotating blades. He's not very eager to start tumbling and jumping around for that's not his forte, but ... he must go forward.
Like Lian did before him, Bertram follows the same path. Balancing past the first Blade, tumbling underneath the second and then folding past the third razor. But as he wants to jump he slips and feels the high speed rotating blade touch his armor. The Blade sings as it scratches the Elven Chain, but is unable to cut through. He has to make that jump again and succeeds this time, but fails to tumble and jump past the last to rotating blades. Both blades cut through his armor !! ( Blade 5 does 9 HP damage - absorbed by stoneskin - 94 stoneskin left) ( Blade 6 does 13 HP damage - 10 HP from stoneskin - 3 hp real damage - 70 real HP left - 84 stoneskin left)
Good. So far some minor damage. Hopefully the Guillotine Blades will go equally well ...
Standing in front of the first blade he's able to determine the precise moment when to take a step ... but then everything goes wrong ! Blade after blade comes down on him bashing on his armor. The Second and the last blade cut through his armor again !! (Blade 2 does 20 HP damage - 10 from stoneskin - 10 real HP's - 60 real HP left - 74 stoneskin HP left) (Blade 5 does 24 HP damage - 10 from stoneskin - 14 real HP's - 46 real HP's left - 64 stoneskin HP left)
Exhausted he reaches the other side and joins Lian. He was less lucky than Lian, but he did make it accros. Congratulations !!
Milo's Blade Run ... [DMiT Inge] [Milo Rolls] (razor) d20+15=25 d20+15=31 d10+8=16 d10+8=13 (guillotine) d20+15=29 2d10(2+9)+10=21 (chance) d100=41 Thursday June 16th, 2005 6:54:36 AM Milo's next ... Gratefully for the enhancements given by Ingrge he proceeds cautiously.
Again the first barrier is like a walk in the park for the nimble Talons ! However jumping definitely isn't Milo's forte. Twice he misses his jumps and feels the cold edge of two razors.
(blade 4 does 16 HP damage - 10 from stoneskin - 6 real HP's - 110 stoneskin HP remain - 64 real HP's remain) (blade 6 does 13 HP damage - 10 from stoneskin - 3 real HP's - 100 stoneskin remain - 61 real HP's remain)
pfew ... nasty ! Only the Guillotines remain. All goes well till he reaches the last Blade. His concentration slips as he sees Lian, Bertram and Ingrge standing on the other side. The last blade comes crushing down on his back fast. (blade 5 does 21 HP - 10 from stoneskin - 11 real HP - 90 stoneskin HP remain - 50 real HP's remain)
Bleeding, Milo reaches his friends. Congratulations !!
Ingrge's Blade Run ... [DMiT Inge] [Ingrge rolls] d20+15=23 (chance) d100=52 Thursday June 16th, 2005 6:55:56 AM Ingrge concentrates on what is about to come. The first set of blades holds no obstacle for him and "he breezes through them like the wind"
In the second barrier Ingrge twists his ankle on his last jump and he feels the razor blade slicing his Robe. Only a minor cut in his Robe. Nothing more . . . all too easy
Skillfully Ingrge dodges the guillotine blades as well. Blade Master !!
Ingrge crosses the Blade Barriers without damage !! CONGRATULATIONS !!!
Gunther's Blade Run ... [DMiT Inge] [Gunther rolls] (pendulum blade) d20+15=20 d20+15=32 d12+5=16 d20+15=16 (rotating) d20+15=23 d20+15=35 d20+15=17 d20+15=31 d20+15=29 d20+15=32 d10+8=11 d10+8=11 d10+8=14 d20+15=25 (guillotine) d20+15=27 d20+15=24 d20+15=33 d20+15=32 d20+15=24 2d10(10+8)+10=28 2d10(6+9)+10=25 (chance) d100=63 Thursday June 16th, 2005 6:56:54 AM Ghunther made sure to watch his friends go through one by one. A bit nervous he starts his run at the blades ... this is the start of a very bloody run ...
Right from the start things start to go terribly wrong. Only the warriors armor and stamina will get him through this barrier. The first pendulum blade only knocks Gunther off course. The fourth blade goes wrong again. This time Gunther can feel the sting of the massive blade !
(Pendulum 4 does 16 HP damage - 10 from stoneskin - 6 real HP-s - 110 stoneskin remain - 76 real HP remain)
The 5th Pendulum blade again knocks Gunther, but his new hide armor provides excellent protection.
From then on Gunther gets knocked and sliced by all remaining blades !!
(Rotating Blade 2 does 11 HP damage) (Rotating Blade 4 does 11 HP damage - crit roll misses) (Rotating Blade 6 does 14 HP damage) (80 stoneskin HP remain - 70 real HP's remain at the end of the rotating blades)
(Guillotine Blade 3 does 28 HP damage) (Guillotine Blade 4 does 25 HP damage) (60 stoneskin HP remain - 37 real HP remain)
Bleeding heavy the warrior reaches the other side of the barrier. He made it ! Congratulations !!
Lian (AC 34, 69hps) (stoneskin 110, bears endurance) Thursday June 16th, 2005 9:02:14 AM
DMiT Inge : Forget to reply to Lian's quesion : "What's on the other side" On the opposite side of the room is an identical door as the one you went through. It won't open till all of you are on this side of the blades.
Combination rolls 5 Pendulum Blades : Reflex DC18 - (lower than 8roll again)31 Reflex DC19- (lower than 9 roll again)26 Reflex DC20 - (lower than 10 roll again)20 Reflex DC21 - (lower than 11 roll again)24 Reflex DC22 - (lower than 12 roll again) 29
Passing 5 blades takes takes 3 rounds !! (18 sec)
Combination rolls 6 Rotating Blades: Balance DC18 (lower than 8 - roll again)15 Tumble DC19 (lower than 9 - roll again)18 Balance DC20 (lower than 10 - roll again)13 Jump DC21 (lower than 11 - roll again)15 Tumble DC22 (lower than 12 - roll again)13 Jump DC23 (lower than 13 - roll again)8 , 18
K'Nara's Blade Run .... [DMiT Inge] d20+11=30 d20+11=31 d20+11=24 d20+11=30 d20+11=30 d20+6=25 d20+6=13 d20+6=21 d20+1=15 d20+6=11 d20+6=14 d20+1=21 d20+4=12 d20+4=18 d20+4=23 d20+4=21 d20+9=25 d20+9=25 d20+9=13 d20+9=16 (Rotating) d20+15=32 d20+15=24 d20+15=34 d20+15=24 d10+8=9 d10+8=11 (guillotine) d20+15=22 d20+15=17 (spot) d20+1=18 Friday June 17th, 2005 6:47:55 AM
Watching her companions cross the blade barrier, K'Nara makes her attempt for them as well.
Slowly she closes in on the Pendulum Blades, thouroughly studies their movements, and then perfectly crosses this first section !
Combination rolls 5 Pendulum Blades : Reflex DC18 - (lower than 8roll again) 30 Reflex DC19- (lower than 9 roll again) 31 Reflex DC20 - (lower than 10 roll again) 24 Reflex DC21 - (lower than 11 roll again) 30 Reflex DC22 - (lower than 12 roll again) 30
She takes a look around to see if there's anything between the pendulum blades and the rotating ones, but there's nothing to be seen.
Combination rolls 6 Rotating Blades: Balance DC18 (lower than 8 - roll again) 25 Tumble DC19 (lower than 9 - roll again) 13 - FAIL Balance DC20 (lower than 10 - roll again) 21 Jump DC21 (lower than 11 - roll again) 15 - FAIL Tumble DC22 (lower than 12 - roll again) 11 FAIL- roll again 14 - FAIL Jump DC23 (lower than 13 - roll again) 21 - NAT 1 - SUCCES
Dispite her success on the first part, K'Nara fails the second one. She stumbles into Blade 2 and Blade 5, and gruesomly fails her jump over Blade 4.
She's pretty angry that this second part went soo bad. She has to recover her wits to cross the last section.
Passing the first blade was a lucky shot. She failed to figure out it's movement but still got passed the Blade unharmed. In the end she gets sloppy and get's sliced by Blade 3 and Blade 4 !
(Damage rolls for K'Nara)
Rotating : HIT AC32 for 9 HP HIT AC24 : miss HIT AC34 for 11 HP HIT AC24 : miss
Guillotine : HIT AC22 : miss HIT AC17 : miss
K'Nara's Stone skin is reduced to 91 Her HP's are down 1HP
As she reaches the other side she quickly looks around. (spot 18). Suddenly, just behind the last Guillotine Blade she sees a little handle ! She goes over there and pulls ...
You hear the gears and levers you heard before !! The Blades are slowing down !!!! All DC's are lowered by 5
Now Olana and Figment are the last ones to cross the blade barriers. All DC's are lowered by 5 so things will get easier. Still you have to make it accross.
(Inge ooc : the little handle could not be detected from the other side of the room (visibility blocked by the blades ...). I hoped the first one accros would make a spot check, but no one did ... thus I made chance rolls hoping someone would accidentally stumble upon it ... I rolled lousy ... Maybe I should have given a few clues there was a way to make things easier. Rookie mistake to assume players can outsmart their DM constantly ?)
DMiT Inge : OOC Friday June 17th, 2005 6:54:39 AM
Figment, please make your turn !!
K'Nara and Olana were the only ones who told me they could have trouble posting. I asked a replacement for both (no one was willing ?!?) and Nellie volounteerd yesterday to roll for Olana. I had to roll K'Nara myself)
There are more tests ahead, we need everyone to post consistently !!
Olana's Blade Run ... [DMiT Inge] d20+15=28 d20+15=29 d20+15=18 d20+15=27 d10+8=17 d10+8=17 d20+15=31 2d10(8+4)+10=22 Friday June 17th, 2005 7:09:23 AM
Olana sees the Blades slow down ! Maybe now things will get easier. Better not linger too long for who knows exactly how long these blades will be inactive ?
Boldly she passes the Pendulum Blades. No problems there.
Next she prepares to overcome the Rotating Blades. Although the blades are now easier to pass, things are still tricky.
She succeeds to pass the first two blades. But then fails on the 4 remaining ones.
HIT AC28 : for 17 HP HIT AC29 : for 17 HP HIT AC18 miss HIT AC27 miss
A bit distracted from the rotating blades Olana fails to pass the first Guillotine Blade and get's sliced on her back.
HIT AC31 for 22 HP
Olana's Stoneskin is reduced by 30HP to 90HP's Her real HP's are down by 28 to 41HP
Lian (OOC) Friday June 17th, 2005 7:53:27 AM
OOC: I will play for Donna, but I don't feel qualified to play K'nara. I also don't have her most current sheet. The most recent sheet I have for her is August of 2004.
As for Olana, I could play for her, but running so many characters can't be good for ones sanity. ;) I also don't have HER current sheet.
Sigh... is DEH (Figment), at WoldCon too? I could play him as well. :D
Nellie Friday June 17th, 2005 8:43:20 AM
Jay, it's cool. I'll run Olana if needed. I just got the sheet yesterday and Jan beat me to the punch.
Kent Friday June 17th, 2005 5:18:18 PM
(OOC: I told Jan that I could play Olana for her if she needed someone to....)
Lian Saturday June 18th, 2005 12:49:04 AM
The monk stands, waiting.
Vacationing DM Donna Saturday June 18th, 2005 2:34:56 AM
Quick check-in from WoldCon 2005:
Thank you, Jay, for offering to post for K'Nara.
Thank you, Nellie, for offering to post for Olana.
Inge, you will have to roll for Figment, as it appears that David--Figment's player--is incommunicado. (Nobody's heard from him lately.)
K'Nara (AC 33, HP 114??/114, Cat's Grace, Stoneskin [120??pts] ) Saturday June 18th, 2005 9:53:48 AM
OOC: How many of Knara's hps are gone as well as stoneskin?
The auburn haired talon stands waiting for the remaining mage. Finally, her temper flares. "Damnit Fig, stop fiddling with that wall and just run through it... if Gunther can make, you can too." She winks at the large warrior jokingly.
Figment (Cat's Grace +4) Saturday June 18th, 2005 10:29:15 AM
The mage sighs, casts teleport on himself and appears next to the others. "No way I'm walking through all of that...".
Lian Sunday June 19th, 2005 10:36:08 AM
Lian lets out a laugh at Figments comment.
Knara (Sub Jay B) Sunday June 19th, 2005 10:38:33 AM
The red-head rolls her eyes and turns on the the next door. "What next?"
Olana Sunday June 19th, 2005 8:11:54 PM
((OOC - Inge and my fellow players. Sorry about the patchy posts. I figured I'd have more time and might be twiddling my thumbs a bit, giving me time to post. Alas, not so! Back home now.))
Olana emerges from the other side of the blade traps, feeling their sting. "One of those things could have sliced my arm off," she says, looking enviously at Figment's smooth transition. Glancing over at Milo and noticing him hurt too, she pulls out a couple of bandages. "If we work on one another we could stop the bleeding, at lest."
Brother Bertram AC31 hp 71(73)Stoneskin (64) Cats Grace +4 4d8(2+8+1+5)+9=25 Sunday June 19th, 2005 10:28:48 PM
Bertram prays over his wounds quickly stopping the flow of blood as the power of Domi moves through his battered body.
((OOC Cure Crit subbed for Restoration-healed 25))
On to the next test ... [DMiT Inge] Monday June 20th, 2005 3:37:43 AM
FIgment doesn't care too much about the blades and ... suddenly he stands next to all of the other adventurers (ooc : EXCELLENT thinking :-D )
Ingrge's 7 servants have all been able to flow through the door and used various tiny little save places to cross the blades unharmed.
The moment all of you are standing on the other side of the blades you can hear the blocking mechanisms unlock the doors again and all blades dissapear. Now only silence remains in this room. The bones of those that tried to cross this room before you are now the sole evidence of the horror you managed to cross skillfully. Test 1 complete. Well done.
Slowly you open the door, and much to your surprise you are back at the same place you first entered the door ! You can tell by the carcass that hangs right in front of the door ... the only difference is the wall that first stood on the left of the door now stands on the right - blocking your way up.
The only way is down ...
The hideous core still on your left hand side, the wall to your right.
(DMiT Inge ooc : make spot and listen checks from time to time. They can be usefull ... )
DMiT Inge : Active Spells Summery (please verify) Monday June 20th, 2005 3:50:26 AM
K'nara : Stone Skin 98'00" - max 91 HP's
Olanna : Stone Skin 108'00" - max 90 HP's
Lian : Stone Skin 98'00" - max 110 HP
Gunther : Stone skin 108'00" - max 60 HP
Ingrge : Stone skin 108'00" - Max 120 HP Unseen servant (7) 11 hours 48'00" Tenser's Floating Disk(3) 11 hours 48'00"
Bertram : Stone Skin 98'00" - Max 64 HP
Figment :
Milo : Stone Skin : 108'00" - Max 90 HP
Ingrge:HP 100/100 (120 stoneskin) ; AC 33: unseen servant (7), tenser's disk (3), spell resistance 18%, Imunities: sleep,detect thoughts, discern lies, detect alignment d20+6=13 d20+9=21 d20+8=22 Monday June 20th, 2005 7:54:45 AM
Looking around, Ingrge grins.
"Well that certainly was fun. Though you might have thought about that spell a bit earlier Figment and saved some of us some trouble. If you have any potions or such for healing, I would make use of them now before we don't have time. I guess someone is trying to tell us that we should go down."
Listen 13 search 21 spot 22
Stone skin 108'00" - Max 120 HP Unseen servant (7) 11 hours 48'00" Tenser's Floating Disk(3) 11 hours 48'00"
Figment Monday June 20th, 2005 9:11:34 AM
The mage nods to Ingrge "Everybody began their traverse before I could cast...oh well, looks like everyone is still intact.". He follows the others down the treacherous path.
Lian (AC 34, 49hps) d20+19=27 d20+9=22 d20+4=15 d20+15=27 Monday June 20th, 2005 9:31:42 AM
Two hero points spent. One left.
ACTIVE SPELLS: Stoneskin 110 (Figment)[98mins]
Stunning Attacks: 0 used Enlarge Tat: 0/3 Bull's Str Tat: 1/2
Prepared Spells for Izen trip: Guidance, Create Water Divine Favor x2, Shield of Faith, Sanctuary(domain)
Lian looks at the hole infront of the Talons and then looks up at K'Nara. "Now what?" He askes.
K'Nara (AC 33, HP 114/114, Cat's Grace, Stoneskin [91pts] ) d20=14 d20=7 d20=13 d20+1=4 Monday June 20th, 2005 9:49:49 AM
Active Spells: Stone Skin 98'00" - max 91 HP's
The red-head looks at Lian, but says nothing. She turns looking at the hole and scratches behind her ear, brushing an auburn strand from her eye. "I'm not good with this sort of puzzle. Only way seems to be down." (INT 14, Listen 7, Search 13, Spot 4)
DMiT Clarification !! Monday June 20th, 2005 12:01:36 PM
Maybe I described this wrong, but ahead of you there's still the stairs you went down with !! To your left is the core, to your right the wall, behind you a wall forcing you to go down the stairs following the spiral path ...
I don't want you to jump into the core !!
(though I would LOVE to see the result of that)
Hope this is clear ?
:-)
DM Donna from Vacationland Monday June 20th, 2005 1:41:28 PM
This is an OOC message: hurry up. ;)
The Talons are on a time limit--this should be uppermost in their minds.
And, no--even K'Nara would know to NOT leap into the shaft...judging from the wind and the other (yick!) bodies, it would not be a good idea.
Jay B Monday June 20th, 2005 1:54:55 PM
OOC: Sorry. I didn't remember the description.
Lian Monday June 20th, 2005 1:55:24 PM
"Milo should take point, I should think."
Knara Monday June 20th, 2005 1:55:55 PM
"Lets move Talons."
Gunther (AC 28, HP37/82) Stone Skin (60), Animated Shield d20+1=14 d20+1=20 Monday June 20th, 2005 3:09:10 PM
Bleeding badly, Gunther scoots toward Lian. "If you don't mind, could you heal me vhile ve go?" Gunther chuckles at the interactions between the others, but is more than a little antsy...if that we the first test, how bad are the other's going to be?!
Should Lian be unwilling/unable to heal him with his wand, Gunther will heal himself with his tattoo.
Gunther walks along with the others doing his best to keep his eyes and ears open for trouble (Spot=14, Listen=20).
Active spells Stone skin 108'00" - max 60 HP
Ingrge d20+6=25 d20+9=29 d20+8=26 Monday June 20th, 2005 4:47:55 PM
As he falls into place somewhere in the middle of the group, Ingrge hears Gunther and tosses him a CSW potion and tells him to drink up. Moving along he keeps his eyes and ears open and taking in any information he can.
Listen DC 25 search DC 29 (Natural 20) spot DC 26
Milo (AC 29; Stoneskin hp 90; hit points 50) Monday June 20th, 2005 8:36:32 PM
Milo nods in agreement with Lian and K'nara, "Indeed, on we go." Milo heads down the stairs keeping his eyes open for further traps, though not slowing to do so.
Brother Bertram AC31 hp 71(73)Stoneskin (64) Cats Grace +4 Monday June 20th, 2005 9:15:56 PM
Bertram follows along with the others, trying to spot the next challenge. He prays to Domi for guidance, and Gargul as well considering where they are.
Olana 50?/69 HP, AC 30 (with new gloves)Stone Skin 108'00" - max 90 HP's 2d8(2+3)+3=8 2d8(6+1)+3=10 d20+16=30 d20+17=28 Monday June 20th, 2005 11:50:27 PM
After a quick patch up (Heal 1 point?), and a sharp *ding* with the cure moderate wounds wand on herself and Milo -
Olana 9 points back Milo 11 points back
"Anyone else?" the elf will ask -
Olana moves toward the front and keeps her eyes and ears open as they move downward.
SPOT DC 30 LISTEN DC 28
Test 2 : Only the Wise One Will Pass ... [DMiT Inge] Tuesday June 21st, 2005 5:25:05 AM
An hour goes by as you gradually walk down the spiral staircase. Still you can not see the bottom of this structure. By now you must be hundreds of feet below the ground ! Along the path the symbols of Marteaus are all around. Painted and carved pictures of the Army of Marteaus conquering the Wold, a worshipping to death and disease.
Nothing appears to be blocking your way down. This starts to get boring !! When will this come to an end ?!? After all, you need to get to the vault in less than 4 hours now !!
Suddenly you can see 2 doors on the opposite side of the core with two guards standing in front of it. Only 2 doors ... on the other side of them, the path simply continues.
As you close in on the guards they are what appears to be constructs. Placed here to guard these doors indefinetely. The doors are made from an exotic extremely hard metal - no cracks, only one handle on each door.
On the wall to your right hangs another golden plaque, this time written in Elves :
"Two doors that lead to destiny Two Guards to help you choose One door unleashes terror One door let's you through One Guard that always lies One Guard that always speaks truth One question to ask wisest of all"
Both doors are identical. Strong magic surrounds them and create an inpenetrable shield. You will have to open one of them to get through, no magic trick will get you to the opposite side of this wall.
You can ask one question to only one guard - what language does the guard speak ?!? (don't ask him for that would be your One Question :-D ). The correct question WILL tell you what the safe door is. You don't know what guard is lying and what guard speaks the truth. You can think about it, but don't think too long. Time IS ticking. Or you can simply open a door you like ...
... tick ... tack ... tick ... tack ...
- 3 hours - 48 minutes - 00 seconds -
DMiT Inge : Active Spells Summery (please verify) Tuesday June 21st, 2005 5:33:43 AM
K'nara : Stone Skin 38'00" - max 91 HP's
Olanna : Stone Skin 48'00" - max 90 HP's
Lian : Stone Skin 38'00" - max 110 HP
Gunther : Stone skin 48'00" - max 60 HP
Ingrge : Stone skin 48'00" - Max 120 HP Unseen servant (7) 10 hours 48'00" Tenser's Floating Disk(3) 10 hours 48'00"
Bertram : Stone Skin 38'00" - Max 64 HP
Figment :
Milo : Stone Skin : 48'00" - Max 90 HP
Lian (AC 34, 49hps) d8+1=3 d8+1=2 d8+1=9 d8+1=3 d8+1=8 d8+1=5 d8+1=3 d8+1=4 d8+1=9 d8+1=8 Tuesday June 21st, 2005 8:02:31 AM
Two hero points spent. One left.
ACTIVE SPELLS: Stoneskin 110 (Figment)[38mins]
Stunning Attacks: 0 used Enlarge Tat: 0/3 Bull's Str Tat: 1/2 Cure light Wand: down 10 charges
Prepared Spells for Izen trip: Guidance, Create Water Divine Favor x2, Shield of Faith, Sanctuary(domain)
"Absolutely Gunther." The monk taps the giant warrior with his wand, several times as they move. (heals 25) "There you are big guy. That help?"
Then he turns his wand on Milo. (heals 29)
Coming upon the doors, Lian reads the words to Gunther, knowing the man is slowly learning the elven language. "It says...."
"Two doors that lead to destiny Two Guards to help you choose One door unleashes terror One door let's you through One Guard that always lies One Guard that always speaks truth One question to ask wisest of all"
"I think we, as a group, get ONE question to determine which guard is which.
We just need a question that has a simple answer. Like, is this red? Or am I a dwarf?" He says under his breath to the others.
The monk smirks. "We could just play the 'Eany, meany' game." He says, pointing back and forth the the doors.
DMiT Inge : Yes, the guards will only answer with YES or NO. And yes you as a group only get one question.
Figment Tuesday June 21st, 2005 2:21:10 PM
The mage clears his throat before the others begin to speak much. "It is simple enough to figure out which guard will tell us the truth. We simply ask one of them if the other one tells the truth. If he says yes, then you know the one speaking is the liar. If he says no, then you know the one speaking is telling the truth. But then we have no ability to find out which door we should take because we've burned our question. So let's see...How to ask such that we can get the answer...".
Ingrge:HP 100/100 (120 stoneskin) ; AC 33: unseen servant (7), tenser's disk (3), spell resistance 18%, Imunities: sleep,detect thoughts, discern lies, detect alignment Tuesday June 21st, 2005 6:49:28 PM
Brother Bertram, By any chance would you have an augury spell handy? If so I would assume we check to see if asking a particular guard would have good or bad results. Then we simply ask the correct guard the needed question. If you do have such a spell though, I might suggest moving away from these guys so they don't mistake your augury for a question aimed at them.
Stone skin 48'00" - Max 120 HP Unseen servant (7) 10 hours 48'00" Tenser's Floating Disk(3) 10 hours 48'00
Milo (Stoneskin hp 90) Tuesday June 21st, 2005 9:16:47 PM
Milo nods his thanks for the healing to Lian, and hugs Olana briefly before continuing on. As they reach the doors with the two guards he grimaces. Clearly this wasn't a test for him. He looks toward the wiser of his friends for assistance.
Gunther (AC 28, HP79/82) Stone Skin (60), Animated Shield d20+1=20 3d8(7+5+2)+3=17 Tuesday June 21st, 2005 10:40:45 PM
Gunther smiles as Lian heals him, and then he gulps down Ingrge's potion and feel muuuch better (17 healed).
Petrified that he will blurt out something stupid and ruin the test, Gunther claps his hand over his mouth in a comical, almost childish action as the inscription is read. Still, he mulls over the riddle in his mind as he listens to the others (Int=20!!)...particularly Figment and Ingrge. Slowly, he uncovers his mouth as he whispers to the others "Vell, if somevon can tell who is lying, den couldn't ve just ask de guards vich door vill let us through? Den ve vould have de answer vouldn't ve?" Gunther looks up hopefully, not used to have such brainstorms.
OOC: I know Gunther doesn't know this, but **I** can see that Ingrge up there has Detect Lies...so if we ask about the doors and he focuses on one of the guards, we'll know which one is lying and will have our answer.
Olana Wednesday June 22nd, 2005 1:31:51 AM
Olana gets into a huddle with the others. "I had a notion," she whispers, "just something that popped into my head. How about if we present the question to one of the guards like this -
"If I asked the other guard if it was safe to go through the door on the left, what would he say?
"Okay, now if the LEFT door IS the correct one, and we ask the liar - he's gonna answer no, because he's a liar, right? If we ask the one who tells the truth that question, he'll also say no, because he knows the liar will lie and tell us the wrong one. So, that follows that whatever they tell us in answer to that - we always do the opposite."
Olana blinks and scratches her head. "Does that sound about right?"
Brother Bertram AC31 hp 71(73)Stoneskin (64) Cats Grace +4 Wednesday June 22nd, 2005 4:24:48 AM
Bertram mulls over the riddle in his mind. Other than asking something such as, "Am I a dwarf?", nothing comes to mind.
They are waiting ... [DMiT Inge] Wednesday June 22nd, 2005 4:48:16 AM
The guards just stand there. Looks like one of you will have to come forward and pop the question you want to ask.
(they are mindless so won't be affected by any detect lies spells - you'll just have to solve the riddle)
ooh ... time goes by at a steady pace ...
Figment Wednesday June 22nd, 2005 8:46:23 AM
The mage smiles at Olana's acumen. "Well done, well done.". Turning to the others, "She's quite right. We can save our magic for the next test.".
Lian Wednesday June 22nd, 2005 10:37:24 AM
Lian looks dumb-foundedly at Olana. "Olana, don't ever let anyone call you dense!" He smiles. "She's right." He says turning to K'Nara, then turning to watch the guards.
Milo Wednesday June 22nd, 2005 9:00:37 PM
Milo grins at Olana, "Well I suppose that settles who the smart one will be in this relationship." Proud, Milo steps back, "Who would like to do the honors?" If no one responds, Milo steps up and asks the question Olana suggested, verbatim.
Ingrge Wednesday June 22nd, 2005 9:46:08 PM
Nice job Olana! Well thought out. Go ahead and ask them the question then and let's be done with it.
Olana Wednesday June 22nd, 2005 11:40:12 PM
"To be honest, I didn't really work it out all on my own," says the elf with a sheepish look. "I seem to remember recovering from the effects of a Green Gnomish a few months back, in the Giggling Ghost, and I overheard some fellows with strange accents talking about a similar problem. "Perhaps I'm a good eavesdropper," she adds with a grin.
"I'll do it," she says, "then if anything goes wrong, it'll happen to me first."
Stepping up to the the guard in front of the door on the left, she asks him clearly -
"If I asked the other guard if it was safe to go through the door on the left, what would he say?
YES ! ... [DMiT Inge] Thursday June 23rd, 2005 2:53:09 AM
The guard in front of the left door looks to Olana as she comes closer to pop her question. After Olana has asked it the guard appears to be in deep thoughts.
Then after a few seconds of thinking he says :
"YES"
Both guards now step aside allowing you to open either of the doors. Your choice ...
Lian Thursday June 23rd, 2005 10:27:12 AM
He simply waits for someone to chose the door.
"The one on the right I think?" He says to noone particular, regardless of the answer.
Olana Thursday June 23rd, 2005 5:18:18 PM
'Oh well, stand back,' says the elf.
Olana opens the door on the RIGHT and steps forward, her hand trembling as she turns the door knob.
Gunther (AC 28, HP79/82) Stone Skin (60), Animated Shield Thursday June 23rd, 2005 10:37:13 PM
Gunther sighs as only one of the guards answers. "Vell, dat's not very helpful." His sword shifting nervously from hand to hand, Gunther follows in after Olana, not willing for the beautiful elven fiance to risk danger all by herself.
Spells in place Stone skin 48'00"???
Figment Thursday June 23rd, 2005 10:53:28 PM
The mage braces for what lies beyond, wishing Olana would let one of the unseen servants do the job.
Milo Friday June 24th, 2005 2:05:39 AM
Regardless of the danger, Milo remains close to Olana the entire time... as she asks the question, and then opens the door.
WELL DONE !!! .... [DMiT Inge] Friday June 24th, 2005 3:54:28 AM
Very carefully Olana opens the right door ... 1 inch ... 2 inches ... 5 ... 10 ... till the door is completely open. Nothing happens !
CONGRATULATIONS !
The question you asked was entirely correct ! Nothing seems to happen from opening this door. You would have known allready if you had opened the wrong door ;-) (fireball ... lvl 15 caster ... from behind you all ... painfull >:-X )
WELL DONE ! You have brilliantly passed Test 2. You wonder how many other tests are ahead of you !!
When you all step through the door it shuts again behind you ... ahead of you ... oh yeah ... the staircase. Ever spiralling down.
On to the next trial, whatever it may be they seem to be inevitable ...
15 minutes down the path again you think you can see the bottom of this structure at last ! (still at least a few 100 ft though) However the stairs start to slightly tilt inwards ... not much ... only a few degrees, but definetely noticable. Looking down you can see the lower levels starting to tilt even more ! This can get dangerous ! You can see them tilting towards the core for almost 20 to 30 degrees a few levels lower !!! You can now feel the treacherous wind on the path as well !! Be carefull friends ...
(make spot and listen checks or whatever you feel like using >:-X )
DMiT Inge : Active Spells Summery (please verify) Friday June 24th, 2005 6:28:01 AM
K'nara : Stone Skin 23'00" - max 91 HP's
Olanna : Stone Skin 33'00" - max 90 HP's
Lian : Stone Skin 23'00" - max 110 HP
Gunther : Stone skin 33'00" - max 60 HP
Ingrge : Stone skin 33'00" - Max 120 HP Unseen servant (7) 10 hours 33'00" Tenser's Floating Disk(3) 10 hours 33'00"
Bertram : Stone Skin 23'00" - Max 64 HP
Figment :
Milo : Stone Skin : 33'00" - Max 90 HP
Figment (Fly) Friday June 24th, 2005 7:46:11 AM
The mage casts fly on himself and flies himself 'down' so that his feet are pressed onto the stairs and away from the gaping pit. He continues on down with the others.
Lian d20+19=35 d20+9=16 d20+2=22 d20+16=36 Friday June 24th, 2005 12:54:19 PM
(Listen 35, Spot 16, Search 22)
(if the talons proceed downward, Balance 36)
"It looks easy enough." Says the monk. "For some reason I would have thought each test would be... I don't know... menacing, I guess." He grins.
Ingrge:HP 100/100 (120 stoneskin) ; AC 33: unseen servant (7), tenser's disk (3), spell resistance 18%, Imunities: sleep,detect thoughts, discern lies, detect alignment concentration d20+12=32 d20+8=14 d20+6=17 Friday June 24th, 2005 9:23:35 PM
Continuing down the path Ingrge continues to try and spot anything that can be seen.
Concentration 32 spot 14 listen 17
Stone skin 33'00" - Max 120 HP Unseen servant (7) 10 hours 33'00" Tenser's Floating Disk(3) 10 hours 33'00"
Milo d20+14=28 d20+16=29 Sunday June 26th, 2005 1:37:59 PM
Milo makes good use of his slippers of spider climb as he traverses the treacherous stairs winding downward. He keeps away from the central shaft as best he can. (OOC: Spot DC 28, Listen DC 29.)
Gunther (AC 28, HP79/82) Stone Skin (60), Animated Shield Sunday June 26th, 2005 11:12:26 PM
Gunther sighs as he sees what's ahead. Not good, not good. Reaching into his pack, he pulls out a scroll and turns to Figment and Ingrge. "Does von of you mind casting anoder stoneskin on me? Looks like I might need it soon."
Spells in place Stone skin 33'00"???
TEST 3 : The Breath of Marteaus ... [DMiT Inge] (slip chances) d100+20=109 d100=1 d100=19 d100=83 d100=51 Monday June 27th, 2005 11:37:09 AM
Slowly you work your way down the curved path. Figment makes onortodox use of a fly spell, but will manage to get down safe. The nimble monk, Lian, wonders what the fuss is all about. It's only a path curved nearly 30 degrees endangering you all to slip into a hideous core ! Milo makes yet another approach and simply crawls on like a spider.
Ingrge (very well concentrated !), Olana, K'Nara, Brother Bertram and Gunther rely on good faith, hoping they won't slip ...
Suddenly Olana feels her feet sliding away beneath her !!!! (rolled a Nat 1)
(Olana make a Ref Save DC24 to keep yourself from sliding into the core. Figment, Lian and Milo are allowed to make a Ref save DC24 to catch Olana and keep her from sliding to the core !!)
Will Olana be shredded to pieces in the Bone Tower ?!?
But only a few levels down this treacherous path yet another test is presented to the Talons.
This time a plaque in Halfling reads :
The Breath of Marteaus
Your path is once again blocked by a door directly in front of you ... from the levels above you could tell there's nothing behind the door either. It's a sturdy door, blokcing your path.
As you come closer, it opens slowly allowing you to go through ...
... tick ... tack ... tick ... tack ...
- 3 hours - 18 minutes - 00 seconds -
DMiT Inge : Active Spells Summery (please verify) Monday June 27th, 2005 11:39:52 AM
K'nara : Stone Skin 8'00" - max 91 HP's
Olanna : Stone Skin 18'00" - max 90 HP's
Lian : Stone Skin 8'00" - max 110 HP
Gunther : Stone skin 18'00" - max 60 HP
Ingrge : Stone skin 18'00" - Max 120 HP Unseen servant (7) 10 hours 18'00" Tenser's Floating Disk(3) 10 hours 18'00"
Bertram : Stone Skin 8'00" - Max 64 HP
Figment : Fly 2 minutes remaining (started at 11 minutes)
Milo : Stone Skin : 18'00" - Max 90 HP
Brother Bertram d20+11=24 Monday June 27th, 2005 2:37:27 PM
Bertram jerks his rope from his belt and throws the end at Olana in a desparate effort to save her. As the rope flies he prays for Domi to guide his hand, and hers. "By the Gods, Catch that rope Elf!"
((OOC rolled a 24 to 'hit' Olana-not sure if it will work but trying))
Lian d20+16=36 Monday June 27th, 2005 5:19:39 PM
Active Spells... Stone Skin 8'00" - max 110 HP
The monk grabs hold of Olana's belt and at the same time his arm snags a rope... A ROPE? (Reflex 36)
"Milo is going to have his hands full, ranger." He says with a grin to the elf, as they both hang over the edge, looking down into the core. (Ouch! Ultra-wedgy!)
Regaining his footing and handing her off to the halfling, the elf continues on.
Reaching the opening door, he looks at the plaque and shrugs. "I don't know halfling. I do know this is too easy." He does NOT enter.
Olana d20+19=28 d20+16=18 d20+17=36 Monday June 27th, 2005 5:41:58 PM
Walking gingerly along the ever declining path, Olana warns the others to watch their step.
"Be careful, it's really, slip - OOHHH!" she exclaims, losing her footing.
Teetering toward the edge, Olana pushes herself backward (made save), then relaxes, so as not to push everyone out of balance, as she feels Lian grab her belt. For a moment, that rope of Bertram's was looking like the best thing since sliced elf bread. "That was close," she whispers, thanking Bertram and Lian. She winks at Milo. "That could have been.... interesting."
She does a SPOT and LISTEN check on the door as they approach. SPOT DC 18 LISTEN DC 36
K'Nara (Stone Skin 8'00" - max 91 HP's) Monday June 27th, 2005 7:27:27 PM
"Good teamwork, everyone!" K'Nara congratulates the Talons, breathing a sigh of relief. "Now we have another door to contend with--Milo...if you'd be so kind as to check for traps once more?" She goes on to pat Lian on the shoulder.
"It's a good thing you were here, monk--that could have gotten QUITE messy!"
MIlo d20+19=22 Monday June 27th, 2005 7:58:44 PM
Milo's hand jerks out to grab Olana, but pulls back as Lian manages to halt her descent. Breathing a sigh of relief, he assists his love the rest of the way down. Once at the open door, Milo takes his time checking for traps, wanting to do a thorough job of it. (OOC: Missed the Reflex save to grab Olana. Taking 20 to search the doorway [this only requires 2 minutes of actual time] for a DC 34 Search check.)
Figment (Fly) d20+24=40 Monday June 27th, 2005 8:30:03 PM
The mage begins to reach for Olana until she regains her balance. He moves down with the others. "Good we seem to be near the bottom...". He begins to scan upwards from time to time to see if they are being watched or scryed (Arcana 40).
Gunther (AC 28, HP79/82) Stone Skin (60), Animated Shield d20+1=20 d20+1=3 Monday June 27th, 2005 9:45:02 PM
As he peers at the door, Gunther mumbles "The breath of Marteaus...that stinks." The large warrior makes a cursory examination of the surrounding area (Spot=20, Listen=3), but he is more than a little hesitant to just barely into the room...especially after what happened in the first room. He watches with fascination as Milo sets about checking for traps.
Spells in place Stone skin 18'00"
Lian Tuesday June 28th, 2005 5:02:14 AM
The monk blushes a bit at Knara's comment. "Well, I would hope any of you would do the same for me."
He looks at Olana and Milo. "Have anyone in mind for 'Best Man'?" He askes, with a joking wink.
The Breath of Marteaus (part 2) ... [DMiT Inge] Tuesday June 28th, 2005 5:46:15 AM Olana is really lucky to have friends who would risk their lives in order to save her. She was able to brace herself, but this didn't stop her friends from grabbing her to avoid a nasty fall ... euh ... rise ? ...
The open door is less appealing to the talons than a barred iron door would be ! Looking through the door all you see is the path that continues down ! Something's fishy about that door, that's for sure ...
Milo spends valuable time to check out the door for possible traps. He can't find anything ... still it smells magic. But there's absolutely nothing about the door nor the entrace that could activate a trap, be plain or magic !
Figment waits for Milo to inspect the door and takes a look to the upper and lower levels. The bottom is in sight ... most likely the vault will be down there somewhere. When looking up he can see a shimmering moon that hangs directly over the tower and all the levels you've crossed so far. There's no sign of the necromancer so it seems. From this perspective the core looks even more threatening. The razor sharp spikes would shred you to pieces before you would be blown out of the tower !
... oh ... there's something else Figment notices when he looks down ! What's that !! Down there in the distance he can see a wooden bridge going from one side of the tower core to the other !! You won't have to cross that, would you ?!?
Ingrge's servants are dumbly staring throught the open door, and even though they are mindless, they must think what in the Wold you are doing staring at an open door !
Two minutes later Milo found nothing more ...
the door is open ... beyond the door, the path ... no time to waste my friends. Remember you had 5 hours to reach the vault, and from what Figment saw you can expect more challenges to await you further down the track ...
whuhahahahaha
... tick ... tack ... tick ... tack ...
- 3 hours - 16 minutes - 00 seconds -
DMiT Inge : Active Spells Summery (please verify) Tuesday June 28th, 2005 5:49:36 AM
K'nara : Stone Skin 6'00" - max 91 HP's
Olanna : Stone Skin 16'00" - max 90 HP's
Lian : Stone Skin 6'00" - max 110 HP
Gunther : Stone skin 16'00" - max 60 HP
Ingrge : Stone skin 16'00" - Max 120 HP Unseen servant (7) 10 hours 16'00" Tenser's Floating Disk(3) 10 hours 16'00"
Bertram : Stone Skin 6'00" - Max 64 HP
Figment : Fly ENDED
Milo : Stone Skin : 16'00" - Max 90 HP
K'Nara (Stone Skin 6'00" - max 91 HP's) Tuesday June 28th, 2005 8:58:00 AM
The tall blade singer frowned.
"That seems deceptively simple, doesn't it?" she said out loud, then sighed and began to continue the trek. "Time's a-wastin', people. Let's get going."
Ingrge Tuesday June 28th, 2005 1:26:56 PM
"Knara wait a moment. Let me send one of the servants through first. I don't know if it is enough or not but it's worth a try. Ingrge then turns and motions for one of the servants to go through the open doorway.
Brother Bertram AC31 hp 71(73)Stoneskin (64) Cats Grace +4 Tuesday June 28th, 2005 4:54:31 PM
Bertram keeps his rope lashed lightly to his belt, his axe at the ready, knowing full well it probably wont save them from the manner of threat they will face.
Figment d20+24=32 d20+24=39 Tuesday June 28th, 2005 5:17:34 PM
The mage waits for the servant to go through. He looks the door over to see if anything jumps out at him - so to speak... (Spellcraft 32, Arcana 39). After Ingrge is satisfied he walks through with the others.
Olana d20+16=33 d20+17=28 Tuesday June 28th, 2005 6:57:46 PM
Olana chews her lip, watching as Ingrge's unseen sevant goes through the doorway, although she has one eye on the surrounding area. After all, you just never knew what 'things' could be lurking about.
Spot DC 33 Listen DC 28
Milo d20+14=17 d20+16=26 Tuesday June 28th, 2005 9:30:06 PM
Seeing nothing, Milo proceeds through the door and onward, ever watchful for danger. (OOC: Spot DC 17, Listen DC 26)
Brother Bertram AC31 hp 71(73)Stoneskin (64) Cats Grace +4 Tuesday June 28th, 2005 10:04:50 PM
Bertram puzzles over the door then looks back behind them to see if anything looks wrong. He looks for anything that might injure him or his companions from behind.
Gunther (AC 28, HP79/82) Stone Skin (60), Animated Shield d20+1=20 d20+1=9 Tuesday June 28th, 2005 11:54:23 PM
The large warrior shifts restlessly from foot to foot as he waits to see what challenge faces them now. He waits for the unseen servant to go forward and then readies himself to enter the room with the others (Spot=20, Listen=9).
Spells in place Stone skin 16'00"
Lian d20+9=10 d20+4=9 d20+19=22 d20+15=16 d20+6=13 d20+6=17 d20+2=12 Wednesday June 29th, 2005 4:08:48 AM
The elf waits with the others as they search out a solution to the mysterious and spooky door.
(Spot 10, Search 9, Listen 22, Move Silently 16 and Hide 13)(WIS 17, INT 12)
The hand of Domi begins to fidget and is not as quiet as normal. All the murals of Marteaus and disease start to seep into the quiet mind of the monk. He looks over his shoulder, at the ceiling and all over the room. He begins to hear bizarre noises. His reasoning and rational mind begins to get spooky thoughts.
The Breath of Marteaus (Part 3) ... [DMiT Inge] Wednesday June 29th, 2005 4:39:52 AM
Carefully one of Ingrge's servants approaches the door.
Just as he is about to pass the door you can see a flash of blue light !! You all feel swirling around for a split second, and once the light has cleared ...
... you are ALL standing on the other side of the door, closed now, in a dark damp square room 60ft by 60ft ... Looks like this door has activated some teleportation circle ...
On the ground you see countless partially devoured bodies in various stadia of decay. The stench of these decomposing bodies is revolting !
(make FORT DC18 or you start vomiting for 2 rounds - failing renders you unable to attack, cast spells, concentrate on spells, or do anything else requiring attention. You can make a single move action only)
On the opposite side of the room bodies are piled up against the wall ...
... a hissing noise ... the sound of thousands of bugs ? ... gas ? ... ants ? ...
There appears to be no door on the other side !! Hopefully there is one !! It might be blocked by those bodies ... Better find a way out of here presto !!!
... tick ... tack ... tick ... tack ...
- 3 hours - 15 minutes - 54 seconds -
K'Nara (Stone Skin 6'00" - max 91 HP's) d20+12=29 Wednesday June 29th, 2005 1:18:55 PM
"Gods!!!" K'Nara gasped, experiencing a mighty internal battle not to retch right there--it was a battle she managed to win. (OOC: made the Save with a 29.) She coughed and turned to the others.
"Great--well, we're gonna have to push bodies around to keep going forward, it looks like," the cauled blade singer pointed out, "Ingre...if you'd have those assistants of yours help us with this, I know that I'll be grateful!"
Gunther (AC 28, HP79/82) Stone Skin (60), Animated Shield d20+7=24 Wednesday June 29th, 2005 3:39:41 PM
Gunther takes in the stench, breathing deeply...ahhh...just like home (Fort.=24). The smell of rotting corpses reminds him of the parties his clans used to have have after raiding villages. Gunther shakes his head, no...that was then...and besides, K'nara doesn't seem to care for them. "Alright den" Gunther flexes his massive arms. "You vant dem gone...I'll move dem for you." He moves over to the other side of the room and begins hauling corpses out of the way. Spells in place Stone skin 16'00"
Brother Bertram AC31 hp 71(73)Stoneskin (64) Cats Grace +4 Wednesday June 29th, 2005 5:33:20 PM
Bertram sets his shield down and grips his axe in one hand and opens his pack removing several flasks of oil. He holds these with his off hand watching to see if some sort of flesh-eating insects is the problem. If its gas, Alas, he has no cure for that.
Milo d20+12=27 d20+14=32 Wednesday June 29th, 2005 7:53:52 PM
Milo wrinkles his nose at the smell, though he remains composed. He immediately begins looking for the source of the hissing sound. (OOC: Fortitude save DC 27; Spot check DC 32.)
Olana d20+11=28 d20+11=16 d20+17=22 Wednesday June 29th, 2005 8:27:16 PM
Startled, Olana half draws her sword as they appear at the other side of the door and into...
'Ewwwwww,' she says, horrified at the smell. Still, for once her stomach contents decide to stay where they are. And monster moons of Culverwood, look at what Gunther was doing. That man. Honestly.
Listening to the sound, she attempts to discern what it is. KNOWLEDGE NATURE DC 16 (bah) LISTEN DC 22
Brother Bertram AC31 hp 71(73)Stoneskin (64) Cats Grace +4 d20+11=24 Thursday June 30th, 2005 4:24:31 AM
Bertram was thankful that he did not retch in front of the others from the horrific stench.
(Forgot Fort Save-DC 24)
Ingrge d20+16=35 d20+6=25 d20+8=26 Thursday June 30th, 2005 6:29:35 AM
Looking around at the bodies, Ingrge doesn't seem to bothered by the stench. Fortitude 35
Reponding to K'nara, he shrugs. "They may be able to help some, but they can only carry about 20 pounds at a time. They can probably drag a bit more. He sends them over to give gunther what help they can. A well placed fireball moght be better, unless, of course, that smell is flamable.
Listening closely, listen 25Ingrge tries to figure ut what the hissing sound might be and where it is coming from.spot 26
The Breath of Marteaus : LOCUSTS !! ... [DMiT Inge] BB : d20+4=14 Fig: d20+4=23 Gun : d20+4=6 Ing : d20+4=19 K'N d20+4=18 Lia : d20+4=24 Mil : d20+4=21 Ola : d20+4=16 2d6(5+5)=10 d20+4=19 Thursday June 30th, 2005 10:10:00 AM
The revolting stench of the decomposing bodies can not empty the stomachs of our Emerald friends.
Trowing around bodies to look for an exit looks like their best option right now. K'Nara asks Ingrge to command his servants to do the dirty work. Looks like K'Nara won't go near at all !
However, Gunther gets down to business without hesitation ... One by one he picks up the dead bodies ... goo dribbles down on the ground as he lifts them ... rotten chunks fall from the blackened bones. Not only the stench is revolting, but so is the sight !!
By the time Gunther has trown around only a "handfull" of corpses, his hands and clothes are completely drenched with the foul smell and liquids ... he's likely to sleep alone for SEVERAL weeks !!! No way he will wash away that smell right away !
Olana is revolted by Gunthers actions, but Gunther does all this "for the benefit of the group" ... yeah right ... guess he just LOVES this !!
While Gunther starts to clear the back wall, Milo keeps his eyes finely attuned to spot the slightest hint of a door or another exit. There's simply NOTHING to be seen !! Gunther only cleared about 40% of the back wall ... it could be underneath the rest of those bodies ... hopefully
Ingrge's servants help well. These decaying bodies are soo fragile and liquified that they can simply pick up a chunk of flesh and move it around the room with Gunther ... THEY won't be smelly afterwards Gunther !! ...
Olana, Ingrge and Brother Bertram also try to find out what it is they hear ... they don't have to wait long to find out though !!
LOCUSTS !!!
From every little crack in the walls thousands of locusts come swarming in !
(as the locusts fly into the room, you all get an AoO against them)
They seem to be in a feeding frenzy ... the entire room is filled with them, some feed on the corpses, others feel a fresh chunk of meat is more appealing and take their chances on you.
Lian : HIT AC24 - NAT 20 (no crit) ! for 10 HP Lucky for Lian, these are absorbed by his stoneskin (100 HP remaining)
( please list your AC's and HP's guys. I don't think anyone has an AC lower than 23 right ? )
While the swarms are buzzing around your ears it becomes difficult to detect any other noises, but Milo does hear something like a valve that is opened ... more locusts ? ...
GET OUT OF HERE QUICK !!!
... tick ... tack ... tick ... tack ...
- 3 hours - 15 minutes - 48 seconds -
(make Int checks vs unknown DC )
Ingrge:HP 100/100 (120 stoneskin) ; AC 33: unseen servant (7), tenser's disk (3), spell resistance 18%, Imunities: sleep,detect thoughts, discern lies, detect alignment d20+7=16 10d6(3+5+4+3+2+5+4+3+5+5)=40 Thursday June 30th, 2005 11:38:30 AM
INT roll DC 16
Quickly grabbing a scroll Ingrge casts and suddenly, amidst the locusts, appear 40 large, very hungry, bats who immediately get started on a feeding frenzy.
Stone skin 16'00" - Max 120 HP Unseen servant (7) 10 hours 16'00" Tenser's Floating Disk(3) 10 hours 16'00"
Gunther (AC 28, HP79/82) Stone Skin (60), Animated Shield d20+1=3 d20+1=20 Thursday June 30th, 2005 3:21:11 PM
Gunther sighs...The corpses are a lot worse than he was used to...it would be a lot easier if they didn't keep falling apart on him! Oh well...no time to complain. As the swarm arrives, Gunther is so covered in goop that he barely notices the bugs crawling on his skin...still, he takes them as a sign that perhaps it's time to get down to real business. Moving as fast as possible, Gunther begins to shove the bodies out of the way, looking for the exit as he does so (Spot=3). He hums an old orcish work song as he hurriedly flings the corpses out of the way.
Int check=20 (OOC Holy cow, what's up with all the 20's of late???)
Spells in place Stone skin 16'00"
Milo (AC 29; 70 hps) d20+18=23 d20+18=30 d20+13=15 d4+4=8 d4+4=7 d4+4=5 Thursday June 30th, 2005 8:01:28 PM
Seeing the locusts pile into the room Milo thinks of shouting, but manages to keep his mouth shut. Swinging with his short sword, he attempts to bat away the annoying critters. (OOC: Hit AC 23 for the AoO, then AC 30 and AC 15 for 8, 7, and 5 points of damage respectively. I'm assuming they're not evil, so I didn't roll for the holy damage)
(OOC: Heya Guys, I'm going to be outta town all next week with no computer access. If someone wants to take over Milo for me, shoot me an email, and I'll send you his character sheet. Thanks.)
Lian (AC 34, 49hps, stoneskin) d20+3=17 d20+7=18 d20+2=18 d20+3=14 d20+8=12 Thursday June 30th, 2005 8:36:25 PM
Two hero points spent. One left.
ACTIVE SPELLS: Stoneskin 110 (Figment)[?mins]
Stunning Attacks: 0 used Enlarge Tat: 0/3 Bull's Str Tat: 1/2
Prepared Spells for Izen trip: Guidance, Create Water Divine Favor x2, Shield of Faith
INT check 18
(OOC: Why was Lian's stoneskin absorbing the hits? Lian's AC is 34, not 24... he shouldn't have taken a hit or damage at all.)
DMiT Inge : Because I rolled a natural 20 on the locust attack. Nat 20's always hit.
The monk quickly casts sanctuary. (Concentration 17, Spellcraft 18)[He will not cast if the locusts would hinder his spell.] His spell should go off without a hitch. (DC 17 Will save negates) He prepares for another action.
(Knowledge religion 14, Knowledge arcana 12)
Olana 69/69 AC 30 d20+12=21 d20+16=26 Thursday June 30th, 2005 9:25:51 PM
((Have a good vacation, Chris!))
Olana takes the opportunity to duck low and move straight to the wall. There she begins to travel quickly around it, looking for doors, hatches - anyway out of here, using every elven sense that she has.
If she has to step on/climb over these foul bodies, then that is what she will do.
SEARCH DC21 SPOT DC26
K'Nara (Stone Skin 6'00" - max 91 HP's) d20=14 d20=2 d20=9 Friday July 1st, 2005 12:09:10 AM
K'Nara groaned in disgust...bugs! Yuck!
Then she attempted to help Olana find a way OUT of this stinky hive of critters!
Brother Bertram AC31 hp 71(73)Stoneskin (64) Cats Grace +4 d20+11=14 Friday July 1st, 2005 4:16:25 AM
Bertram scans the walls as best he can looking for a release for the doors or anything to stop the onslaught. He reslings his shield and checks each wall from east to west.
Kent Friday July 1st, 2005 7:42:52 AM
(ooc: chriss I will run Milo for you if you want. And I promise not to let mean ole Ingrge do anything bad to him.)
The breath of Marteaus : ... WHERE'S THE DOOR ?!? ... [DMiT Inge] d4=3 d20+4=13 d20+4=18 d20+4=15 d20+4=12 d20+4=15 d20+4=16 d20+4=20 d20+4=16 Friday July 1st, 2005 11:50:26 AM
The swarms wash over you blocking your sight and all. Ingrge's bats are able to take out a fair portion of them, but there are thousands ! Milo frantically slashes around and soon squashed bugs are sticking all over his short sword.
Gunther notices the problems of the locusts and starts trowing around corpse after corse. Goo gushes around him and splatters all over the place. The stench seems to get worse and worse. Then suddenly a thought hits him ...
IS there another door !!?!? He shouts to the others telling his thoughts ! Olana can't seem to find anything that even remotely resembles cracks that could lead to an opening and feels Gunther might be right ! ... where's the exit then ?!? ... the entrance ?!?
But the a piston can be heard ... yellow green fumes seep through little holes in the ceiling and seem to fall over the entire room ! CLOUDKILL !!
( -3 CON damage - make FORT save DC25 for -1 CON damage - DON'T FORGET TO RECALC HP's ! )
The locusts don't seem to be affected by the poisonous fumes. This brand must be immune to poison then !
the contnue to nibble on you all ... but this time all they do is harass you ...
Brother Bertram AC31 hp 71(73)Stoneskin (64) Cats Grace +4 d20+11=22 d20+11=17 Friday July 1st, 2005 1:59:01 PM
Bertram fights to a wall quickly and runs his hand over the walls slowly, trying to remain calm as he searches for anything that feels amiss. Trying for any sort of a door or a release for himself and his companions. He begins on the wall closest to him and moves as best he can coughing and hacking as he goes. ((OOC FORT Save 22))
DMiT Inge : Cloudkill got to you too. You failed your save so you take -3 CON damage. You drop from 17 to 14 or from a +3 to a +2 ability. You loose 9 HP's because of this. You max HP is now reduced to 64 instead of 73 !
K'Nara (Stone Skin 6'00" - max 91 HP's) d20+12=31 d20=1 d20=3 d20=11 Friday July 1st, 2005 5:12:10 PM
K'Nara coughs and gags but is otherwise unaffected by the poisonous gas. (OOC: made her Fort save with a total of 31.) She dismisses Gunther's suggestion (OOC: rolled a natural 1 for the Int check, sorry!) and continues to try to Search for or Spot another exit. (Search = 3; Spot = 11)
DMiT Inge : I think you lowered your HP's too much. You made the save so you drop from a +4 con to +3 con. This is 11HP's you loose. Starting at 114 that's 103 HP max
Milo (AC 29; -3 Con; 50 hps max) d20+12=15 d20+14=26 Friday July 1st, 2005 8:17:52 PM
Milo heaves as the cloudkill hits him, and frantically begins looking for another door out. (OOC: Failed saving throw DC 15; Search check DC 26)
OOC: Thanks for the offer Kent... but Jay/Lian had his hand up a little faster = )
Lian (AC 34+2 vs evil, 49hps, stoneskin) d20+12=30 Friday July 1st, 2005 9:13:57 PM
Two hero points spent. One left.
ACTIVE SPELLS: Stoneskin 100 (Figment)[5mins54secs] Protection from Evil (self, scroll)[1min]{+2 deflection to AC vs evil creatures, +2 saves vs spells cast by evil creatures, hedges out mind control from evil creatures, and hedges out evil summoned creatures and prevents natural attacks from such creatures, SR can overcome this}
Stunning Attacks: 0 used Enlarge Tat: 0/3 Bull's Str Tat: 1/2
Prepared Spells for Izen trip: Guidance, Create Water Divine Favor x2, Shield of Faith
Having cast sanctuary last round, Lian casts another spell just before his sanctuary ends(this round).
"Ingrge, now might be a good time for that Haste scroll of mine!"
The hand of Domi retrieves from his pants (move action) a scroll and reads it(standard action). He casts protection from evil from the scroll.
"Gunther, I'll join you shortly." He prepares to move to help his large friend.
(Fort save 30, +2 if evil effect/spell)
DMiT Inge : Your HP's drop to 39 because of the cloudkill. You made the save but still suffer -1 CON damage. This brings you to 9 con or a -1 adjustment. You're level 10 so this means -10 HP.
Ingrge:HP 88/100 (120 stoneskin) ; AC 33: unseen servant (7), tenser's disk (3), spell resistance 18%, Imunities: sleep,detect thoughts, discern lies, detect alignment d20+16=31 Monday July 4th, 2005 8:48:39 AM
(Fort save 31)
Activating his staff, a globe of energy encircles the mage (lesser globe of invulnerability).
Once set inside Ingrge, grabs Lian's scroll from out of one of his pockets and casts the spell on his monkish freind as requested.
"Let's move folks, we are in kind of a hurry."
That said Ingrge starts using his keen elven eyesight and senses to search the wall for any sort of hidded egress.
DMiT Inge : Cloudkill effects got to you as well. You made your save but still take -1 CON damage ! Your Con drops from 18 to 17 or from +4 to +3. In your case this means you loose 12 HP's. Max HP is reduced to 88HP instead of 100.
That would be why my Hit points say 88/100 instead of 100/100 :>)
DMiT Inge : I see, but then it appears as though you will be able to heal them up to 100 right away, while con damage isn't repaired that easily :-) Ability damage usually returns 1 point per day ...
Gunther (AC 28, HP73/73) Stone Skin (60), Animated Shield d20+7=15 d20+16=36 d20+16=33 2d8(8+2)+16=26 Monday July 4th, 2005 10:33:49 AM
Panting heavily from all the exertion, Gunther sucks in the fumes deeply (Fort.=15, fail). His lungs on fire, Gunther begins to cough uncontrollably. He simply can't fling the bodies the way he has been...and what's the point?! There's no way out...no way out!! Gunther begins to panic. Gunther bolts for the room's entrance. He slashes desperately at the door trying to get out of this hell hole. "Vhat are you doing?! Dis is de exit...it's all a trap...help me break down dis door!!" he shouts over his shoulder (AC36/33 for 26 dam).
Spells in place Stone skin 16'00"
The Breath of Marteaus : WHERE's GUNTHER ?!? .... [DMiT Inge] d20+4=23 d20+4=21 d20+4=7 d20+4=10 d20+4=19 d20+4=6 d20+4=8 d20+4=24 2d6(2+6)=8 (cloudkill) d4=2 Monday July 4th, 2005 10:54:03 AM
Somehow neither of you ever seem to think that Gunther might have a bright idea ... all of you simply continue to throw bodies around, hugging the wall from one end to the other ...
Locusts swarm around you, while your bats feed themselves ... they are mad from joy ! Never did they have such a feast !!
This time Olana can suddenly feel the locusts sting as they start to nibble on her toes.
(hit AC24 - NAT 20 - 8HP damage)
The sickening effects of the cloud and the incredible stench of the rotten bodies render you all weak. Where's the exit ...
Gunther suddenly panics ! No one listens to his idea but ... he's convinced there's NO WAY OUT !!!
He rushes to the other side of the room again towards the only door you can see and swings his weapon at it !!
...
euh ... where's Gunther ?!?
...
GUNTHER ONLY READ spoiler !! Highlight to display spoiler: {As your weapon is about to hit the door you feel a swirling in your head as you seem to be shifted to another dimension again ! One split second later you're back on the spiral path surrounding the deadly core ... behind you that open door Ingrge's servants wanted to go through earlier !!! You are teleported back ... ! Now where are your friends ?!?}
You all heard his primal scream as he was rushing towards the door and saw the blue light when he dissapeared. Is that it ? Is that the exit ?
But the poisonous fog continues to weaken you all ... all but Gunther that is ...
(CLOUDKILL -2 CON damage - FORT save DC25 for -1 CON damage - recalc your HP's please)
You urgently have to get out of here if you don't want to die in here !!
K'Nara (Stone Skin 6'00" -103/114hp) d20=16 Monday July 4th, 2005 11:58:22 AM
K'Nara finally listens to Gunther. (OOC: this time she DID make a successful Int check with 16!) She notices that he disappears when going back through the door that the Talons entered through.
"Gunther's right! The exit is the entrance--everyone, go back out the door we came through!!!" the tall redhead yells, and then does as she advises.
Olana 59/69 AC 30 d20+11=29 d20+11=28 d20+3=19 Monday July 4th, 2005 12:03:54 PM
Olana's eyes become thin slits and her breathing becomes shallow, in an effort to stop taking in the nasty poison cloud. (Phew! Got lucky with those Fort rolls!) (down -2 CON now? CON 8. That means a -1 mod, therefore loss of 10HPS?)
Well, wherever Gunther had gone - it had to be better than this place. Already she was beginning to wheeze because of the bad air, and she was sure she'd inhaled at least one of those insects. Probably eaten enough for breakfast. AND she fully expected them to be crawling in her hair! Ohhhhh, out, out, had to get out. She runs full tilt for the door.
STR check DC 19
Brother Bertram AC31 hp 69(73)Stoneskin (54) Cats Grace +4 d20+11=29 Monday July 4th, 2005 4:59:49 PM
Coughing and hacking, Bertram hears the command and begins to move back the way they came. As he moves his dwarven soul cant help but glance towards the bodies lying there and see if he saw anything that might have value as he ran by.
DMiT Inge : euhm ... your cat's grace has long expired ...
Lian (AC 34+2 vs evil, -2con(39)49hps, stoneskin) d20+11=30 d20+2=14 Monday July 4th, 2005 6:36:08 PM OOC: DM Inge, I assumed, because this is the tower of Marteaus, that spells had to be cast by evil creatures. I also understand about cloudkill and its effects, it didn't need to be explained, I was simply asking a question about the descriptor (whether the spell in the module was evil or non-aligned). I am all too aware of Lian's hit points, considering the fact he has a 1/3 of most of his party members!!!
DMiT Inge : Sorry Jay. Didn't mean to offend you or anything. Yes the spells are evil alligned. I only checked the HP's everyone listed next to their names and checked if the Cloudkill effects were taken into account. They are nasty I know ... but these are Dragon level tests. Thanks.
Two hero points spent. One left.
ACTIVE SPELLS: Stoneskin 100 (Figment)[5mins48secs] Protection from Evil (self, scroll)[54sec]{+2 deflection to AC vs evil creatures, +2 saves vs spells cast by evil creatures, hedges out mind control from evil creatures, and hedges out evil summoned creatures and prevents natural attacks from such creatures, SR can overcome this} Bull's Strength: (self, tattoo, 3min)
Stunning Attacks: 0 used Enlarge Tat: 0/3 Bull's Str Tat: 2/2
Prepared Spells for Izen trip: Guidance, Create Water Divine Favor x2, Shield of Faith
Con is now at 8.
Lian begins to fade. It would seem that whoever is controlling this tower is enjoying and trying by all their might to kill heroes. (Made save again! fort 30, -1 con)
The monk was heading to help Gunther with the bodies, when the huge warrior turns 180 degrees make bolt straight to the door. Having watched him, the monk is shocked to see him vanish. He bolts toward the door with all haste!
He activates his Bull's Strength tattoo to help with the door. (He is going to assist anyone trying to exit, and possibly carry someone. Strength Check 14 to assist, +2 to opening the door!!!)
Milo (AC 29; -5 Con; 40 hps max)[sub Jay B] d20+1=16 d20-1=19 Monday July 4th, 2005 6:46:52 PM
Looking around for the way out, Milo can't seem to find the other door by searching. However, having seen his fiancee run for her life toward the door, Milo decides to do the same. He runs for the door. "Olana, dear. If I can't get out *cough* of here, use your bracelet*sputter* to call me!" Says the halfling as he thrusts his shoulder into the door, assisting the others. (strength 16, to assist, +2 to opening the door) (fort save 19, failed, -2 con)
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