DM Mark - "That could have been much worse." Tuesday December 12th, 2023 1:32:12 AM
The Petals are glad to be past that murky lake. They assess their current position and decide to move further down the tunnel. Mak takes the lead and Tsak brings up the rear of the group.
As they go, the heroes keep a sharp eye out. Beech’s Dancing Lights bob along with you as you go. You find the tunnel is about 10’ wide and about 8’ tall. It winds for about half a mile, and you’re pretty sure you’ve ventured outside the village above. The sharp eyed among you are the first to notice that the further you travel the longer and darker the shadows seem to get. It’s almost as if the dark presses in and light struggles to push back the darkness. Soon, this becomes apparent to all, and it’s unsettling.
Everyone starts to feel … something. Is it sadness, emptiness, a tug on your soul? Everyone needs to make a DC 13 Will Save. If you fail:Highlight to display spoiler: { a sense of impending doom begins to affect you and you have a -1 to attack rolls and saving throws.}
Eventually, the earthy, metallic smell of the damp tunnel changes a bit. In addition, you begin to smell a pungent smell not unlike the grease used in machinery and metal working. Or maybe like lamp oil. Soon, the tunnel floor becomes more damp and you see what appears to be an oily liquid covering the floor going forward. Exploring this, you find that it’s actually water covered in a thin layer of black oil. You can see the tunnel stretches forward, but the floor is covered in liquid. Assuming the floor does not drop away, you’d guess this oily water is about 2’ deep up ahead, though you can’t really see through to the floor to know for sure.
What do you do?
I put you on the map based on where you said you were, or in order of posting. Feel free to rearrange this as you see fit. It took you maybe 15 minutes to get here - please include in your next post any spells still running and such.
Here is your map. Please move yourselves on the map, or let me know where you move to.
Mak(JamesM)(123/123)|AC:41AO/33/23T/--FF|CMD 39|Rapier +1|20/15/10/-/-|(TH,KN,*HY,FA,WN,FD,PS,WF,WS,AD)**|1d6+8+2d6(Evil)+1d8(So d20+6=15 ; Tuesday December 12th, 2023 6:29:38 AM
Mak kept moving along until he got to the oil covered floor and stopped.
OOC: Will Save +6(+8 v Fear), Roll 15
'Falco (RyanM) AC20 T16 F16, CMD 24, HP 87/87 Channel 7/7 (6d6) | Hero Points:5 | SHIELD OF FAITH d20=17 ; Tuesday December 12th, 2023 10:42:29 AM
{Will Save: 37}
Falco doesn't really even notice what was happening given his strong willpower. {+20} Finding the oil covered water Falco shudders at the though of cleaning his feathers before he has a worse thought.
"Anyone want to take a sample of the oil and see if it is flammable? Wouldn't do for us to be trapped in an inferno of burning oil. Of course I am not sure what else we can do."
Falco moves to the edge of the oil and will stay near the back of the group when the move in.
Elyas (Ben A.) (95/97 HP | AC: 21; Touch:15; Flat: 18; CMD:15) d20+13=20 ; Tuesday December 12th, 2023 11:08:15 AM
Elyas moves forward to examine the oil slick
(Will save = 20, pass)
he starts by casting detect magic to see if the oil or something hidden by it are magical.
Spells prepared:
cantrips: Resistance, detect magic, light, mending Level 1: 2/2X protection from evil, mage armor, 1/3X magic missile, Comprehend Languages Level 2: Darkvision, Scorching Ray, Mirror Image, Glitterdust, 1/3X see invisibility Level 3: 2X Dispel Magic, Haste, Fly, 2X Lightning Bolt Level 4: 2X summon monster IV, Dimensional Anchor, Greater Invisibility, Black tentacles, Wall of Fire Level 5: Baleful Polymorph, Summon Monster V, Teleport, Cone of Cold, Break Enchantment Level 6: 2X Chain Lightning, Summon Monster VI, Flesh to Stone Level 7: 1/2X Summon Monster VII, Force Cage Special: Acid Dart (8/10 remain, 1d6+6), pearl of power 1, bonded item, Quicken Rod 1/3 uses left, dimensional steps (30/390)
Active effects: On Self: Mage Armor (13 hours) darkvision (13 hours)
On Party
Summon
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 29 (T17, FF25) CMD 33 HP 132/158 ) Character Sheet d20+11=31 ; Tuesday December 12th, 2023 12:40:48 PM " Nope, not going in there. That is what I call an obvious trap, even someone like me can see it. What worries me is what it might be distracting me from. You guys can detect magic and stuff on itand see what you find but I think we should burn it off before continuing." Panzer tries to make himself small so that others can get to the oil to do what they need to do. Will save 31
Beech (JohnC) AC 20(24)/15/15,HP 70/82 See Invis/Darkvision Character Tuesday December 12th, 2023 9:15:51 PM "Torching it won't be a problem...." Beech says in an offhand way.
Kiwina (Steve M) 68/131 HP | Current AC:22 or 26 vs AoO | HeP: 0 | Status: awake ! Swim 60' d20+13=25 ; Tuesday December 12th, 2023 10:12:36 PM
(Will save = 25)
Kiwina does not move up until those in front of him have.
Ayotnom Ogini Hugh C 87/92 | AC : 26; Touch 20; Flat 19 CMD 32(34 vs Trip, Grapple or Disarm) d20+13=14 ; Wednesday December 13th, 2023 12:15:38 AM
(Will Save: 14 but nat 1 so fail)
Asimov says, "We're doomed but we probably don't want to torch the oil till we know what is on the other end."
Torch it, don't torch it. Torch it now, torch it later. Whatever...
A brooding Tsak hangs back in case Beech does torch it, and waits for somebody to come up with a plan.
DM Mark - "We're doomed..." Wednesday December 13th, 2023 1:10:30 AM
The heroes are trotting along the damp tunnel, but an oily substance on some water ahead stops them in their tracks.
Mak waits for his friends to propose a solution. Panzer recalls his last foray into murky water and wants none of it this time. He thinks this must be a trap, but worries more that the oily water might be a distraction from something worse.
Falco dreads the thought of being covered in oil, and wonders if the oil is flammable. Beech is intrigued and seems ready to light anything on fire.
Elyas casts Detect Magic. He does not detect any magic associated with the water or the oil, or anywhere in range except for what the Petals themselves have.
Kiwina watches.
Aytonom says, "We're doomed but we probably don't want to torch the oil till we know what is on the other end."
Some careful experimentation with the oil here suggests that this oil is somewhat flammable. That is, it can be lit on fire with exposure to a decent fire source (torch, fireball, etc.), but it is not so volatile that fire causes it to explode.
Knowledge Dungeoneering DC 0: Intentionally burning this oil off in this enclosed space is likely to not only be smoky, but it would also use up all the oxygen here, rendering the area uninhabitable for a while.
Here is your map. Please move yourselves on the map, or let me know where you move to.
Mak(JamesM)(123/123)|AC:41AO/33/23T/--FF|CMD 39|Rapier +1|20/15/10/-/-|(TH,KN,*HY,FA,WN,FD,PS,WF,WS,AD)**|1d6+8+2d6(Evil)+1d8(So Wednesday December 13th, 2023 8:28:54 AM
Mak wasn't ignorant of dungeoneering and mentioned that a fire as large as this oil would likely create would use up all the air such that they wouldn't be able to breath.
"We should turn around. Anyone could light the oil and kill us all. They'd only need a safe passage away after lighting it up. Or we could light it and teleport away. Might be safe in about a week, I'm guessing."
'Falco (RyanM) AC20 T16 F16, CMD 24, HP 87/87 Channel 7/7 (6d6) | Hero Points:5 | SHIELD OF FAITH Wednesday December 13th, 2023 9:53:05 AM "The problem is we don't know what we are going to destroy or who we would kill. I think we have to know it is a risk and push on. I don't want to but I can't think of what else to do."
Beech (JohnC) AC 20(24)/15/15,HP 70/82 See Invis/Darkvision Character d20+9=12 ; Wednesday December 13th, 2023 12:35:07 PM
Beech feels Doomed as well, after having made the comments about torching it, it settled on him that it could be bad, and multiplied into an overall doom.
Obviously shaken a bit, "Well, we got two choices.... something ahead does bother me though...."
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 29 (T17, FF25) CMD 33 HP 132/158 ) Character Sheet d20+25=32 ; Wednesday December 13th, 2023 9:13:03 PM "This is dumb, but i've done dumber things." Panzer says He shrugs and starts walking into the water. It comes to his waist, assuming it doesn't get deeper. " I'll take a look ahead, sit tight I guess." Perception 32
Kiwina (Steve M) 68/131 HP | Current AC:22 or 26 vs AoO | HeP: 0 | Status: awake ! Swim 60' Wednesday December 13th, 2023 10:38:17 PM
Kiwina is a bit surprised no one is trying a flying reconnaissance, but can't do so himself.
Ayotnom Ogini Hugh C 87/92 | AC : 26; Touch 20; Flat 19 CMD 32(34 vs Trip, Grapple or Disarm) Wednesday December 13th, 2023 11:55:10 PM
Ayotnom says, "Anyone got prestidigitation prepared? Could we use that to clean the oil?"
DM Mark - "I think we have to know it is a risk and push on." Thursday December 14th, 2023 2:28:36 AM
Everyone looks at the oily water ahead. The discovery that the oil can be lit on fire causes concern.
Mak suggests not venturing forward, suggesting that perhaps it could be lit on fire and the Petals could just come back in a week or so.
Beech is shaken at the thought of pressing ahead.
Ayotnom suggests prestidigitation could be used later to remove the oil on anyone.
Kiwina wonders why no one has considered flying over the oil to scout ahead.
Falco worries that simply lighting the oil here could destroy or kill something unintended. He sees no other recourse than to press on.
Panzer agrees with Falco that the only way is forward. He admits moving forward may be foolish, but decides to scout ahead anyway.
Panzer moves slowly into the water. It’s only about 2’ deep as he forges ahead, but still that’s pretty deep for the little badger. He worries as he begins to get deeper, but he soon realizes that it’s just some minor variations on the floor here, and it simply ranges between 1.5-2.5 feet deep as he goes. He scouts ahead for aways, and it’s fortunate he can see in the dark, because there is no light source here. He soon finds that all but his head is covered in a black oil. Yech.
After several minutes, the tunnel widens into a larger area, still covered in about 2’ of this oily water, and at the far side is a grey wall. In the middle of this grey wall is a strange, metal circle about 2’ across. The circle is covered in strange symbols and has a button in an oval on top. (The map link below shows this metal circle and symbols.)
The DM presumes that Panzer will return and report his findings, and that seeing that Panzer actually did come back, the entire party will press forward in the oily water to see this grey wall and the large metallic disc.
You look at the metal circle, trying to puzzle out the symbols there.
Linguistics DC 15:Highlight to display spoiler: {These symbols are in High Woldian.}
Linguistics DC 25 or Comprehend Languages/Tongues: You know enough about High Woldian to access these pages: Introduction - you can scroll through specific pages by clicking “next” on each page. Also, on the upper right is a High Woldian Dictionary where you can see words that are made up from a combination of the phonetic symbols of the High Woldian language. High Woldian Alphabet - at the bottom of this page is the Common Tongue alphabet as it is represented by one or more High Woldian phonetic symbols. So these symbols essentially represent a way to translate the Common Tongue letters into High Woldian, and vice versa.
Note - I did not put that last part in a spoiler. While you would need at least one character that makes a Linguistics DC 25 or can cast Comprehend Languages or Tongues, I wanted to provide these links to all so all the players can help with this puzzle even if it would technically only be one PC that is actually doing it in the game.
Here is your map. Please move yourselves on the map, or let me know where you move to.
Tsak Rezar (Damien) AC22(22) (T15/F14) 117/123 HP| Falchion +4 2D4+3|Crossbow1 1D8+1 Status: Thursday December 14th, 2023 4:33:16 AM
(OOC the short-cuts didnt work for me, got 404 not found errors)
Tsak notes that whilst the water nearly covere Panzer it would barely come to his waist. He turns to Falco - You can ride on my shoulders if you want, save you getting oily water all thru your plumage
Whether or not Falco takes him up on the offer Tsak prepares to move to the circle and help solve the riddle.
'Falco (RyanM) AC20 T16 F16, CMD 24, HP 87/87 Channel 7/7 (6d6) | Hero Points:5 | SHIELD OF FAITH Thursday December 14th, 2023 8:39:56 AM
Falco clicks his beak as Tsak offers a ride. "My friend I would much appreciate that. It is times like this I miss my old basic wizards spells, prestidigitation is great for getting clean."
Falco happily rides on Tsak's shoulders as they move through the oil and water. He looks at the symbols and shrugs having no way of interpreting them.
Elyas (Ben A.) (95/97 HP | AC: 21; Touch:15; Flat: 18; CMD:15) d20+20=31 ; Thursday December 14th, 2023 9:58:37 AM
Elyas will move forward witht he group to examine the disc. He unfortunately has used up his flight spell and most of his dimensional steps for the day, as it has been a while since the last rest. so for now he just trudges through the oily water.
When he sees the disc he asks for quiet and studies it quite intently for several minutes to try to work it out.
[using a hero point for a +8 to the roll. I think i likely have one of the higher linguistics rolls in the group and we don't want ot miss this one.] Linguistics = 31
"this is High Woldian. much of it is covered in this oil, so i can only make out three characters.... it appears to be numbers. Four.... Zero..... Four....
What could it mean?
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 29 (T17, FF25) CMD 33 HP 132/158 ) Character Sheet Thursday December 14th, 2023 3:18:50 PM
Panzer is smart enough to not touch the button, but curious enough to reach above the button to se if the serrated line above it slides left and right. Having heard Elyas's decoding he thinks it might.
OOC I also got errors so no ability to decode the cypher. Also no linguistics.
Beech (JohnC) AC 20(24)/15/15,HP 70/82 See Invis/Darkvision Character d20+2=21 ; Thursday December 14th, 2023 3:28:50 PM
Beech, uses Prestidigitation when and as possible to clean off people, he sees the symbols and is glad for the schooling he received. Of course he'd never admit that to his mother... She'd never let him forget it. "I recognize that as High Woldian, but when I look at writing too much symbols and letters start flip flopping. It's very hard for me to concentrate on them. Guess I should have taken mom's suggestion and picked up a couple scrolls to help out." He continues to clean up people, and the water surface of the oil giving people a clear space to at least stand in only water...
Mak(JamesM)(123/123)|AC:41AO/33/23T/--FF|CMD 39|Rapier +1|20/15/10/-/-|(TH,KN,*HY,FA,WN,FD,PS,WF,WS,AD)**|1d6+8+2d6(Evil)+1d8(So d20+18=38 ; Thursday December 14th, 2023 4:55:30 PM
Mak looked at the letters and shrugged. "High what?" he asked.
The duelist then stepped away from the disk and took up a position to guard the group from enemies.
OOC: Perception +18, Roll 38
DM Mark - Links Fixed Thursday December 14th, 2023 6:33:13 PM
Looks like I had an error in those links. They're fixed now. Sorry about that.
Ayotnom Ogini Hugh C 87/92 | AC : 26; Touch 20; Flat 19 CMD 32(34 vs Trip, Grapple or Disarm) d20+15=24 ; Thursday December 14th, 2023 8:31:55 PM
(Linguistics: 24)
Ayotnom says, " I concur the symbols are High Woldian but I'm not sure about which one is which."
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 29 (T17, FF25) CMD 33 HP 132/158 ) Character Sheet Thursday December 14th, 2023 9:09:18 PM "shouldn't there be 26 letters in an alphabet?" asks Panzer. " Is one letter missing?"
Kiwina (Steve M) 68/131 HP | Current AC:22 or 26 vs AoO | HeP: 0 | Status: awake ! Swim 60' d20+5=19 ; Thursday December 14th, 2023 10:13:17 PM
(Linguistics = 19)
The meaning of the symbols is beyond Kiwina, even though he recognizes the language.
Tsak Rezar (Damien) AC22(22) (T15/F14) 117/123 HP| Falchion +4 2D4+3|Crossbow1 1D8+1 Status: Thursday December 14th, 2023 11:03:29 PM
Based on Panzers observation Tsak has another look. With Elyas' help (he passed the linguistics check for all of us, if I read the DM post right) he's able to narrow it down.
Yeah, you're right, the 'K' is missing. Does that mean anything to anyone?
DM Mark - "High what?" Friday December 15th, 2023 1:08:24 AM
Elyas is not happy trudging through the oily water. Upon reaching the grey wall and the symbols in the metal circle he asks for quiet as he calls on his heroic mental reserves to remember his tutelage in High Woldian from his younger days. (Wow, it took me a minute to understand Ben’s puzzle for me about seeing a Four.... Zero..... Four. Nice reference. Also, I fixed the links - sorry about that.)
After leading his friends back to this place, Panzer listens to Elyas. He reaches up to see if that squiggly line at the top of the whole design slides back and forth. He wonders why there are only 25 letters here instead of 26. Elyas may recognize that squiggly line as a word in High Woldian (now that the DM fixed the links.)
Tsak kindly offers to carry Falco on his shoulders to avoid the oily water on his feathers. Falco gladly take him up on the offer. Once they get to the strange grey wall, Falco puzzles over the device. Tsak listens to Elyas explain things, and he notices that this High Woldian alphabet seems to be missing the letter “K”. Elyas would be able to explain that in the High Woldian phonetic alphabet, C and K are the same symbol. This also answers Panzer’s question about there only being 25 letters here instead of the 26 in the common tongue.
Beech recognizes the script as being High Woldian, but laments not paying more attention to his mother’s efforts to teach him more. He uses Prestidigitation to clean where the oil has splashed up on his friends, but since everyone is still standing in 2’ deep oily water here, he knows it’s just a matter of time before they’re a mess again.
Ayontom also recognizes the High Woldian scripts, but is unable to puzzle out more. Kiwina is in the same boat.
Mak isn’t sure what this whole “High Woldian” thing is about. Maybe oil fumes here are putting the “high”’ in High Woldian. He takes up a rear position to stand guard.
As noted before, I put the (now fixed) links there for all. Even if your character may not know enough to help, you as a player are welcome to help figure this out.
Here is your map. Please move yourselves on the map, or let me know where you move to.
'Falco (RyanM) AC20 T16 F16, CMD 24, HP 87/87 Channel 7/7 (6d6) | Hero Points:5 | SHIELD OF FAITH Friday December 15th, 2023 10:11:55 AM
Falco stares at the metal plate until his eyes go little cross-eyed. He blinks a few times unsure what to make of it.
Elyas (Ben A.) (95/97 HP | AC: 21; Touch:15; Flat: 18; CMD:15) Friday December 15th, 2023 12:13:39 PM "It looks to be the High Woldian pheonetic alphabet. Not numbers at all... now that it is clean I can see. one symbol for each letter. Interestingly it is written left to right instead of the usual top to bottom that they usually wrote high woldian in.
possibly a password? touch the letters int he right order to open the passage? but likely made by someone who is not fluent in the old language hence the pheonetics instead of the usual pictographic words. the symbol at the top there represents 'water'. could it be that simple? w-a-t-e-r?
Thoughts?
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 29 (T17, FF25) CMD 33 HP 132/158 ) Character Sheet Friday December 15th, 2023 10:48:21 PM
Panzer stops touching the squggle as soon as Elyas says what it is, he puts his hands at his sides so he doesn't flood the room or anything bad like that. That sounds like a solution, and Panzer likes easy.
Beech (JohnC) AC 20(24)/15/15,HP 70/82 See Invis/Darkvision Character Saturday December 16th, 2023 12:19:19 AM "Again, lettering and such get easily flip flopped in my mind, so puzzles are extremely difficult for me. Regular numbers are somewhat easier..." Beech, will keep the oil away as well as he can, and as usual, he stays prepared to cast a spell....
Kiwina (Steve M) 68/131 HP | Current AC:22 or 26 vs AoO | HeP: 0 | Status: awake ! Swim 60' d20+21=36 ; Saturday December 16th, 2023 6:08:14 PM "I think there's more to it," says Kiwina, looking around for other parts of the puzzle. Things written on the walls maybe. . .
(Perception = 36; Kiwina gets an additional +2 when "on water," but I doubt this qualifies as a water terrain)
Tsak Rezar (Damien) AC22(22) (T15/F14) 117/123 HP| Falchion +4 2D4+3|Crossbow1 1D8+1 Status: Sunday December 17th, 2023 3:15:49 AM Good thinking, lets try it. What could possibly go wrong? Gotta be better than dying of starvation while we worry if we're wrong.
Tsak is prepared to type in the code word 'water' if there's consensus.
Ayotnom Ogini Hugh C 87/92 | AC : 26; Touch 20; Flat 19 CMD 32(34 vs Trip, Grapple or Disarm) Sunday December 17th, 2023 8:45:06 PM
Ayotnom goes to stand next to Beech. He says, "I think we are missing a k maybe?"
DM Mark - "Good thinking, lets try it." 4d6=14 ; Monday December 18th, 2023 1:39:16 AM
Falco looks at the High Woldian symbols, but can’t make heads or tails of them.
Elyas looks at the elaborate metal plate. At the very top is a symbol he believes represents water. He wonders if just touching the letters for water is enough?
Panzer worries a wrong move might flood the chamber with water, but he agrees with Elyas.
Beech has trouble with letters, so he focuses on cleaning oil off where he can.
Kiwina thinks there must be more to this than just the water symbol. Indeed, as Kiwina looks he can see that what appears to be the symbol for water actually rests at the top of this whole thing. Perhaps the symbol for water is only part of this. What is he missing in all this?
Ayotnom points out that the alphabet is missing the letter K, but Elyas already explained that it is missing because in the High Woldian phonetic alphabet, C and K are the same symbol.
Tsak decides to give it a try. With Elyas’ guidance, Tsak presses the High Woldian symbols corresponding to W-A-T-E-R. As he does so, the pressed letters glow one-by-one until those 5 symbols he pressed are glowing. Nothing seems to happen, and those 5 symbols remain glowing. After some puzzling this out, it would probably occur to Tsak that there is a button there in that oval above the circle that contains the High Woldian alphabet. He presses the button in the oval. Electricity arcs through his finger and up his arm! He takes 14 points of damage from an electric shock! Having made his guess and pressed that button, the 5 letters he had pressed now stop glowing.
Tasks eyes are wide open from that electric shock, and the others can see that Tsak’s hair seems to be standing straight out from his head, which is a new look for the half-orc.
The baleful symbol sits on the grey wall as it did before.
Examining the grey wall, you’re not quite sure what it is really. It’s not stone, and you don’t think it really looks like metal. The large symbol does appear to be metal. You’re just not sure about the rest of that grey wall. It simply seems to be a large, flat expanse of grey material with a large metal object in the middle.
As noted before, even if your character may not know enough to help, you as a player are welcome to help figure this out. Introduction - you can scroll through specific pages by clicking “next” on each page. Also, on the upper right is a High Woldian Dictionary where you can see words that are made up from a combination of the phonetic symbols of the High Woldian language. High Woldian Alphabet - at the bottom of this page is the Common Tongue alphabet as it is represented by one or more High Woldian phonetic symbols. So these symbols essentially represent a way to translate the Common Tongue letters into High Woldian, and vice versa.
Here is your map. Please move yourselves on the map, or let me know where you move to.
Beech (JohnC) AC 20(24)/15/15,HP 70/82 See Invis/Darkvision Character Monday December 18th, 2023 2:21:31 AM
Beech all cross-eyed closes his left eye tips his head to the side a bit, counts on his fingers and mumbles out loud a bit. "Water... nope... Huh.... too little... H... way too little... " He turns his head the other way, snaps his fingers and reaches past to hit 5 letters.... and then the button.... He saw the shock that hit Tsak but doesn't seem worried... Highlight to display spoiler: { B L O O D }
Tsak Rezar (Damien) AC22(22) (T15/F14) 103/123 HP| Falchion +4 2D4+3|Crossbow1 1D8+1 Status: Monday December 18th, 2023 4:49:05 AM
Tsak is getting a real strong feeling of de ja vu. He's been zapped trying to get puzzles right before. You'd think he'd learn, You'd be wrong. He takes a few deep breaths and jazz hands a bit to get feeling back into his fingers then sets up ready to try again. At that point Beech reaches past him to steal his thunder, but he gets distracted when he sees a reflection of his hair in the water he's standing in. Cool! he thinks, that is a new look. Then he waits to see if Beech gets zapped.
Elyas (Ben A.) (95/97 HP | AC: 21; Touch:15; Flat: 18; CMD:15) d20+15=22 ; Monday December 18th, 2023 9:49:52 AM
Elyas joins Kiwina in looking around.
perception = 22
"Maybe there are more symbols around? Hopefully the water symbol doesn't mean we have to go in the water in the last chamber to find the answer. those creatures sounded scary
'Falco (RyanM) AC20 T16 F16, CMD 24, HP 87/87 Channel 7/7 (6d6) | Hero Points:5 | SHIELD OF FAITH d8+5=6 ; Monday December 18th, 2023 11:01:30 AM
Falco stapes behind Tsak once the current stops flowing and quietly heals some of the damage to keep the group near peak condition.
{CLW on Tsak = 8hp} "Maybe we could push the buttons with the back end of an arrow or something that doesn't conduct electricity."
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 29 (T17, FF25) CMD 33 HP 132/158 ) Character Sheet d20+25=37 ; Monday December 18th, 2023 5:40:28 PM
Panzer too starts checking the walls looking for more panels. He seems to recall a play he thinks was called 5 Elements and it had a puzzle that needed 4 solutions at different points in a room. Perception 37
Kiwina (Steve M) 68/131 HP | Current AC:22 or 26 vs AoO | HeP: 0 | Status: awake ! Swim 60' Monday December 18th, 2023 10:08:39 PM
Kiwina walks up to the wall and sees if he can pick up the symbol for water from the rest of the apparatus.l
Ayotnom Ogini Hugh C 87/92 | AC : 26; Touch 20; Flat 19 CMD 32(34 vs Trip, Grapple or Disarm) d20+9=15 ; d20+15=21 ; Tuesday December 19th, 2023 1:20:42 AM
Ayotnom says, "What about something like Water of Life or Life Water. Doesn't that symbol below the thing that looks like liquid kind of resemble an eye and isn't that like Gargul's eye which means life or wait water and life wouldn't that be blood?? But wait the tablet that has all the symbols on it is a circle right like the Wold so is the actual answer Woldsblood?"
He then reaches forward and hits w-oh-l-d-s-b-l-oh-oh-d and waits to see what happens.
Know[Religion]: 15 Linguistics: 21
DM Mark - "Good thinking, lets try it." 4d6=14 ; Tuesday December 19th, 2023 1:48:04 AM
Beech sees what happened to Tsak. He carefully studies the symbols on the wall. He thinks he sees something more. He quickly types in B-L-O-O-D and presses the button. ZAP! The liontaur’s arm is momentarily numb as electricity shocks him for 14 damage.
Tsak was ready to try another word, but Beech beats him to it. And like Tsak, Beech also gets zapped for his efforts.
Elyas joins Kiwina in looking around for more symbols here. As he does so, he touches the grey wall, and he can feel an electric shock - like that from static electricity. It’s not enough to damage him, but there is energy in that wall.
As Falco watches folks get zapped by electric shocks, the wise little owl has an idea - what if you use something like the end of an arrow to press that button?
Panzer checks the other walls as well. There are stone walls here, but the rough hewn walls stand out from the plain, smooth grey wall that holds the large metals disc and symbols. Also, the stone walls lack the buzz of electricity that can be felt in the grey wall.
Kiwina remains focused on the symbols on the grey wall in front of him.
As noted before, even if your character may not know enough to help, you as a player are welcome to help figure this out. Introduction - you can scroll through specific pages by clicking “next” on each page. Also, on the upper right is a High Woldian Dictionary where you can see words that are made up from a combination of the phonetic symbols of the High Woldian language. High Woldian Alphabet - at the bottom of this page is the Common Tongue alphabet as it is represented by one or more High Woldian phonetic symbols. So these symbols essentially represent a way to translate the Common Tongue letters into High Woldian, and vice versa.
Here is your map. Please move yourselves on the map, or let me know where you move to.
Beech (JohnC) AC 20(24)/15/15,HP 56/82 See Invis/Darkvision Character Tuesday December 19th, 2023 7:06:13 AM
Beech, shakes his hands, and gives a short prayer to Alemi, then a realization comes to him. "If any of you, and I do mean any of you ever tell my mom how stupid I am, I will find a way to may you pay. You all can see I worship Alemi, and do any of you know is stored in a holy symbol, of at least the upper level priests? Now, I see it, because I am stupid, obviously... The top symbol looks like Blood, but I missed a whole circle below it because I was so excited over seeing the Blood. Ignore the alphabet, and look at the whole thing.... the squiggle, the oval with the dot and the circle.... The same as the single drop inside my holy symbol. Woldsblood." He is just a bit hesitant to start touching letters though.....
Elyas (Ben A.) (95/97 HP | AC: 21; Touch:15; Flat: 18; CMD:15) Tuesday December 19th, 2023 9:57:05 AM "so not blood, but some other water of life. Woldsblood might be a good choice. or the name of a deity? wonder if this was made by the druids, or if it is something much older? could make a difference
'Falco (RyanM) AC20 T16 F16, CMD 24, HP 87/87 Channel 7/7 (6d6) | Hero Points:5 | SHIELD OF FAITH Tuesday December 19th, 2023 9:59:49 AM
Falco has little to contribute so instead takes out an arrow to offer to whoever will press next. "Use the blunt end to press. It should keep you safe."
Mak(JamesM)(123/123)|AC:41AO/33/23T/--FF|CMD 39|Rapier +1|20/15/10/-/-|(TH,KN,*HY,FA,WN,FD,PS,WF,WS,AD)**|1d6+8+2d6(Evil)+1d8(So Tuesday December 19th, 2023 4:01:40 PM "Let me do it." Mak said. "I'm more hardy than most here." he finished as he waited on instructions on what to do.
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 29 (T17, FF25) CMD 33 HP 132/158 ) Character Sheet Tuesday December 19th, 2023 6:28:04 PM " i am totally telling your mom Beech. I think she will laugh, then turn you into something silly."
Ayotnom Ogini Hugh C 87/92 | AC : 26; Touch 20; Flat 19 CMD 32(34 vs Trip, Grapple or Disarm) Tuesday December 19th, 2023 9:33:42 PM
Ayotnom says, "I guess Woldsblood isn't the answer because I went to spell it out and nothing seemed to happen."
Kiwina (Steve M) 68/131 HP | Current AC:22 or 26 vs AoO | HeP: 0 | Status: awake ! Swim 60' Tuesday December 19th, 2023 9:53:01 PM "Mak, I think Beech suggested woldsblood."
(Kiwina has no idea if this is reasonable, but OOC it appears on the High Woldian page for the elements.)
Tsak Rezar (Damien) AC22(22) (T15/F14) 103/123 HP| Falchion +4 2D4+3|Crossbow1 1D8+1 Status: Wednesday December 20th, 2023 1:04:32 AM Thanks bud Tsak says to Falco, then can't hide his grin as he watches Beech jump and shake his hand. When Mak steps forward, Tsak says Sure bud, take your turn, every man-child who plays gets a prize!
DM Mark - Four Doors Wednesday December 20th, 2023 1:55:25 AM
(I’m sorry I missed your post Hugh. I was working on the DM post when you posted that, so I missed it. I should have checked back again.)
Ayotnom mentions that he sees a larger symbol at work here. There is the symbol for water and life that represent blood. And Ayotnom can see that the circle, representing life, added to that for blood give you a symbol for Woldsblood! All with Elyas linguistics help, of course. Kiwina and Beech agree.
Beech is a bit embarrassed he didn’t think of it first. Panzer threatens to tell Beech’s mom.
His companions agree. Falco again suggests using something other than a finger incase there is another shock.
Mak offers to input the word with Tsak’s encouragement, but Ayontom reaches over to input the letter and pushes the button.
With that, the entire grey wall disappears!
(You guys did really well with this puzzle! Hero Point to Ayotnom for being the first to figure out and try the answer (even if the DM did miss the post.))
With the wall gone, the heroes can see that there is a larger room before them. And perhaps best of all, there are steps leading up out of that awful oily water. Seems like you’ve been traipsing in that stuff for a while, and at least the lower two feet of your body has water and sticky oil clinging to it.
It’s still dark in here, and you need your light sources to see. As you look around, you see there are 4 doors in the walls of this large room.
Here is your map. Please move yourselves on the map, or let me know where you move to.
Mak(JamesM)(123/123)|AC:41AO/33/23T/--FF|CMD 39|Rapier +1|20/15/10/-/-|(TH,KN,*HY,FA,WN,FD,PS,WF,WS,AD)**|1d6+8+2d6(Evil)+1d8(So Wednesday December 20th, 2023 8:57:52 AM
Mak moved into the room first, testing his feet against the stone floor to see if they had good traction. He then moved in a circle until he was once more in the center of the room.
Elyas (Ben A.) (95/97 HP | AC: 21; Touch:15; Flat: 18; CMD:15) d20+15=28 ; Wednesday December 20th, 2023 10:02:22 AM Ah! Well done, Ayotnom! Elyas remarks as the wall vanishes.
He casts light on his dagger and holds it up as they enter the next room. he still has darkvision, but not everyone does, and it is unlikely they would be sneaking up on anyone after opening a whole wall.
Hmm... another puzzle? four doors.
He looks for any symbols or markings on the doors, hoping for maybe some clue as to where they should go. Perception = 28
"Can anyone tell if one of these doors gets used more often than the others?" [ooc my survival skill is almost non-existant, but maybe someone else could figure that out]
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 29 (T17, FF25) CMD 33 HP 132/158 ) Character Sheet d20+25=34 ; d20+7=24 ; Wednesday December 20th, 2023 11:15:44 AM
Panzer stops as soon as he exits the water so as not to foul any tracks. He looks from door to door tryig to figure out if one is used more tan the others. He keeps his blades out and ready. Perception 34 Survival 24
'Falco (RyanM) AC20 T16 F16, CMD 24, HP 87/87 Channel 7/7 (6d6) | Hero Points:5 | SHIELD OF FAITH Wednesday December 20th, 2023 12:04:21 PM "Well good work guys. TI am not great puzzles so I am glad you all could work that out,"
Beech (JohnC) AC 20(24)/15/15,HP 56/82 See Invis/Darkvision Character d20+11=22 ; Wednesday December 20th, 2023 2:07:04 PM
After they make it out of the oily water, Beech uses magic to clean off everyone, except Panzer. He uses the same magic to push all the cleanings towards Panzer trying to make then attach to him.... He uses his bluffing abilities to appear innocent of doing anything....
Bluff 22
Kiwina (Steve M) 68/131 HP | Current AC:22 or 26 vs AoO | HeP: 0 | Status: awake ! Swim 60' d20+23=30 ; Wednesday December 20th, 2023 9:55:53 PM
Kiwina makes the attempt to see if one door gets more use, although he thinks it likely that none have had recent use.
(Survival = 30)
Ayotnom Ogini Hugh C 87/92 | AC : 26; Touch 20; Flat 19 CMD 32(34 vs Trip, Grapple or Disarm) Wednesday December 20th, 2023 10:53:34 PM
Ayotnom is much smarter than your average minotaur training in both the arcane arts and the school of dueling. As such he was able to figure out the riddle and moves to quickly get out of the oily water.
Tsak sniffs the air and studies the room, carefully moving around (Survival/Perception) to try to determine how its used and maybe who uses it. Then he goes to stand next to Mak, because that's where the trouble will emanate from.
DM Mark - Tsak goes to stand next to Mak, because that's where the trouble will emanate from. Thursday December 21st, 2023 2:25:44 AM
Ever watchful, Mak exits the water and then circles this new room or landing with its four doors. The floor seems to be solid stone, though it’s a bit slippery at first until he wears off the oil that got on the soles of his boots as he stepped up out of the water.
In fact, this slippery effect is there for everyone initially.
Elyas congratulates Ayontom. As he regards the four doors, he wonders if any of his friends can determine which doors may have had more traffic or use.
Ayotnom is glad of Elyas’ thanks, and is duly proud of his efforts.
Panzer is careful not to leave more tracks as he tries to determine if others have been through here. Kiwina and Tsak also look for tracks and try to determine which doors may have had more use.
Panzer, Kiwina and Tsak can clearly see Mak’s tracks. But what’s really odd is that they see no sign of other tracks. In fact, the floor here is oddly clean. No oil, no tracks, no dust, no nothing. Only the residual moisture evident in this place generally. Certainly, if anyone exited the water here, there would at least be oily tracks, but all they see is clean stone. It’s almost as if no one has been through here, though there is not even the usual buildup of dust and debris. Weird.
Beech uses Prestidigitation to clean everyone from the oily mess. Everyone except Panzer. Beech manages to subtly put more of the mess on the little badger, and while he has a good bluff roll, it is hard to hide that as Beech cleans the others, that Panzer is more dirty. Beech may try to convince Panzer it certainly wasn’t him, but, well, Panzer’s no dope. (I think maybe you were thinking more of Sleight of Hand, but I can’t really think of a skill that could hide what Beech is doing with a spell. “What? You became more dirty while I was casting spells? No, certainly wasn’t me. How could you ever think such a thing?”)
Here is your map. Please move yourselves on the map, or let me know where you move to.
From your DM - As you know, we are entering the Yuletide slowdown as we do every year about this time. While technically, the slowdown runs from Saturday 12/23 through Sunday 1/7, part of the slowdown is making sure we are not in combat or any other perilous situations. Now, I’m certainly not implying these doors would lead to peril, but just in case, it might be best to not open those doors just yet. And besides, your characters have been going for quite a while now. The seemingly clean nature of this place suggests this might not be the worst place to rest for a bit. Maybe even sleep for a bit to awaken refreshed, though perhaps setting a guard and taking precautions would be prudent.
Don’t forget to visit the Giggling Ghost, which your characters can do in their dreams!
Elyas (Ben A.) (95/97 HP | AC: 21; Touch:15; Flat: 18; CMD:15) Thursday December 21st, 2023 11:08:53 AM "It doesn't look like any of these doors have any particular markings. Perhaps we should stop for a bit and think on it? I have been going for a bit now, I would be much more useful if I was able to get some rest and recharge my spells. there could be anything behind these doors, and we probably want to make sure we're fighting-fit for it!
'Falco (RyanM) AC20 T16 F16, CMD 24, HP 87/87 Channel 7/7 (6d6) | Hero Points:5 | SHIELD OF FAITH d20+21=36 ; Thursday December 21st, 2023 12:11:18 PM
Falco appreciates being the only non-slipper member of the party as he was carried over the oil. He again is sad for losing his favorite spell, prestidigitation when he was transformed. He looks around to make sure there is not an issue that needs immediate attention. {Perception: 36}
Tsak Rezar (Damien) AC22(22) (T15/F14) 103/123 HP| Falchion +4 2D4+3|Crossbow1 1D8+1 Status: Thursday December 21st, 2023 1:47:47 PM Good idea, I do my best thinking in a reclined position with my eyes closed.
Tsak takes off his backpack, grabs out a bit of beef jerky and sits against a wall with his legs stretched out. As the jerky disappears so do his troubles, doubts, bumps and bruises. After a bit his eyes close and his breathing deepens.
Tsak will rouse himself to take watch. As it's probably not a good idea to light a fire with no ventilation, he is happy for those with darkvision to take longer watches to cover them what can't see without a light source.
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 29 (T17, FF25) CMD 33 HP 132/158 ) Character Sheet Thursday December 21st, 2023 4:08:24 PM " Falco, if we are going to rest up here, why don't you channel some healing and remove any bumps and bruises we might have. Since I can only be getting dirtier from my buddy Beech over there you all REALLY want to make sure I survive to tell his mom about him not noticing that the answer was Woldsblood back there right away. I bet he looks funny as a toad."
OoC Are we supposed to level during this break? I went to look at the Woldepedia but my browser said it was broken.
Beech (JohnC) AC 20(24)/15/15,HP 56/82 See Invis/Darkvision Character Thursday December 21st, 2023 8:19:21 PM
While everyone is resting and Beech is either up or taking his shifts, he'll have Dancing Lights cast. He also, has some food cooked up and ready for when people want to eat...
Ayotnom Ogini Hugh C 87/92 | AC : 26; Touch 20; Flat 19 CMD 32(34 vs Trip, Grapple or Disarm) Thursday December 21st, 2023 11:53:44 PM
Ayotnom moves up to stand with the rest of his friends. He says, "Isn't it strange we go from a door sealed by a High Woldian word puzzle to multiple doors with nothing. I wonder if there is something unseen here that might give us a clue?"
DM Mark - " Perhaps we should stop for a bit and think on it?" Friday December 22nd, 2023 1:51:47 AM
The heroes take a bit of a breather on this quiet landing.
Elyas is glad for the respite, hoping to recharge his spells.
Falco looks around to see if there is anything that needs attending. Panzer points out that there are some that are injured, so perhaps Falco could channel some healing.
Panzer looks around and sees everyone cleaned up by Beech, while Panzer seems a bit dirtier. He says, "Since I can only be getting dirtier from my buddy Beech over there you all REALLY want to make sure I survive to tell his mom about him not noticing that the answer was Woldsblood back there right away. I bet he looks funny as a toad."
Tsak takes off his pack and settles in to rest for a bit. He warns against lighting any actual fires here, given the enclosed space.
Beech maintains a light in this place and cooks up some food.
Ayotnom thinks it strange that the Petals went from looking at a complicated puzzle to facing four featureless doors. He wonders if there is something unseen here.
*********************************************** Something rather strange begins to happen. You think you see…snow falling? And the walls here seem to fade, replaced by a thick forest of evergreens! The oily water is replaced by a pool of clear water. Soon, the ground here is covered in a soft, white snow, accumulating faster than it seemed to fall. But though you see snow, you don't feel cold.
Standing amongst you is a figure some of you may remember. She wears an exquisite close fit green and gold gown with a high collar, and she moves with an unnatural grace. She is very shapely and attractive. Large green emeralds hang from her upswept ears, and her brilliant red is caught up in an intricate style and topped with a crown of live twigs. Those that met her briefly on Bridge Island may remember she called herself Ailleann. You also remember her at the time as both beautiful and somewhat dangerous.
"Happy Solstice my dashing and accomplished heroes. It is … good to see some of you again. I see some are missing and others are new. Such is the way of adventurers. I was asked to come her to bring you Yuletide greetings. Oh, and what is a Yuletide Celebration without a yule log?" With that, she gestures and you see a cheery fire. Though the snow was not cold, this fire does seem to give off a pleasant warmth.
As Tsak looks up, worried about accumulating smoke in this place, he sees the ceiling has been replaced by a starry sky.
She begins to walk among the party. Mak catches her eye, and she runs a hand along his broad shoulders as she moves, giving him a predatory half smile. She touches Panzer and the oily mess on him vanishes. "So valiant a little beastfolk should look the part, don't you think?" She walks past Ayotnym, Kiwina, and Beech. "Lovely to see your little group still represents all the Tauric people, though some of you heroes are different this time." To Falco she nods and says, "Should you ever wish to change allegiances little bird-man, Mabb would welcome you into her flock." She nods to Elyas, "Ah wizard. You try to be non-descript, but your arcane power gives you away." Finally, she stops by Tsak. A sultry smile crosses her face as she says, "You I'm tempted to take back as a little snack. Alas, that is not allowed. Not this time, anyway."
At the looks of astonishment and surprise, she replies, "Oh my dears, you're still where you were. Only, I thought you might find better scenery more restful. I offer little more than a brief respite. The walls still exist beyond those trees, and I certainly wouldn't venture into that water if I were you, pleasant though it may appear for now."
(OOC: This is the last ‘official’ DM post of the year, and the start of the Woldian Yuletide Slowdown. You may post role play type activities, or take a vacation from the board, or bring your character to the Giggling Ghost. Your DMs will check here from time to time. Regular play/posting resumes January 8.)
Kiwina (Steve M) 68/131 HP | Current AC:22 or 26 vs AoO | HeP: 0 | Status: awake ! Swim 60' Friday December 22nd, 2023 10:19:14 AM
Kiwina thanks Aillean for the illusion, for he assumes that her being here is not a part of it.
'Falco (RyanM) AC20 T16 F16, CMD 24, HP 87/87 Channel 7/7 (6d6) | Hero Points:5 | SHIELD OF FAITH 6d6=27 ; Friday December 22nd, 2023 12:04:54 PM
Hearing Panzars request Falco gathers everyone up and channels to heal any remaining wouldns. {Channel:L 27}
As the scene changes he looks around and gives a little click with his beak. It is that time of year again and he did not even realize it, fantastic!!
Tsak Rezar (Damien) AC22(22) (T15/F14) 123/123 HP| Falchion +4 2D4+3|Crossbow1 1D8+1 Status: Saturday December 23rd, 2023 1:17:43 AM
Tsak wakes up to find a dangerously attractive female describing him as a snack. He blushes from his ears to his toes. Then he tries to regain some sleep, this time accompanied by twinkling stars and a crackling fire.
Kiwina (Steve M) 95/131 HP | Current AC:22 or 26 vs AoO | HeP: 0 | Status: awake ! Swim 60' Saturday December 23rd, 2023 10:52:33 AM
(Updating HP)
Beech (JohnC) AC 20(24)/15/15,HP 82/82 See Invis/Darkvision Character Sunday December 24th, 2023 4:27:59 PM
With the "forest clearing" sprouting up in this cavern and the comment about staying inside the ring, Beech pulls out his camp gear and sets about making himself as at "home" as he usually gets. Making a small fire circle he begins making food, and cooking up the goat quarters from his haversack. He also starts making biscuits, both savory and sweet versions.
Ayotnom Ogini Hugh C 87/92 | AC : 26; Touch 20; Flat 19 CMD 32(34 vs Trip, Grapple or Disarm) Sunday January 7th, 2024 7:43:42 PM
Ayotnom enjoys the solstice break and is ready to continue his adventures.
DM Mark - A Fresh Start Monday January 8th, 2024 1:02:04 AM
As the Petals wake from a well deserved rest, they find the beautiful fey woman has left. As you rub the sleep from your eyes, what had appeared to be a forest surrounding you fades. The snow here recedes and disappears, and even the campfire seems to waiver before it vanishes. You're left to wonder if all that was ever here.
No, you're pretty sure that fey woman was real. And a bit disturbing. Those that met her briefly on Bridge Island may remember she called herself Ailleann back then.
But at least you all feel rested. And something else - any damage you had from before seems to have healed.
Panzer is surprised to find that the oil has been cleaned from his armor and fur. He thinks for a moment that Beech might have relented and finally cleaned him while he slept, but looking over it appears that Beech is just waking up as well.
As you all look around, you find you are on a landing that led up out of that oily water mess you trudged through, which still appears to be there.
It’s still dark in here, and you need your light sources to see. The air smells damp and minerally. As you look around, you see there are 4 doors in the walls of this large area. And the stone you are on is very clean.
Here is your map. Please move yourselves on the map, or let me know where you move to.
—---------------------------------------------- (Per my earlier email, I need you to get your character leveled up to level 14. Please do so as soon as you can, and send me an email letting me know once you are done so I can approved your character sheet.)
Tsak wakes and slowly opens one eye. The mysterious woman has vanished, that's probably a good thing. He stands up, stretches and makes his way over to the door in the south-east: what he thinks of as door number 3. "And what's behind this door?" he thinks to himself, then presses his ear to it to see if it will offer any hints (perception).
Elyas (Ben A.) (95/97 HP | AC: 21; Touch:15; Flat: 18; CMD:15) Monday January 8th, 2024 1:53:26 PM
Elyas wakes up, trying to gauge how long they have been out, but lacking much of a way to do that reliably. he checks to see what magical effects are still going on him.
[ooc: the gorup is healed, have we also refreshed our spells and such? I'm assuming this was the equivalent of a night's rest since we had tlaked about taking one, but i wanted to check.]
Beech (JohnC) AC 20(24)/15/15,HP 93/93 See Invis/Darkvision Character Monday January 8th, 2024 3:26:12 PM
Beech wakes up, expecting to see the campfire and his cooked food... He's a bit put out that it was just a dream.... "I guess I need to pull out some breakfast?"
Mak(JamesM)(136/136)|AC:38AO/30/20T/--FF|CMD 37|Rapier +1|25/20/15/-/-|(TH,KN,*HY,FA,WN,PS,WF,WS,AD)**|1d6+9+2d6(Evil)+1d8(Sonic Monday January 8th, 2024 5:05:14 PM
Mak stood in the center of trouble as usual, making certain Tsak was in the blast area. "It's a new day. You think we are too deep to teleport out? We need a dwarf...Hey Panzedr you are small, you used to be a dwarf like Falco used to be a hafling?"
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 29 (T17, FF25) CMD 33 HP 158/158 ) Character Sheet Monday January 8th, 2024 5:06:16 PM
Panzer sits up and munches on some of the dried fruit in his rations. " Who was that lady? She was really here right?" He seems a bit upset. the last fey maiden he saw didn't really do much to help them and actually separated the party. He doesn't want that to happen again.
Kiwina (Steve M) 131/131 HP | Current AC:22 or 26 vs AoO | HeP: 0 | Status: awake ! Swim 60' d20+21=41 ; Monday January 8th, 2024 5:07:33 PM (OoC: Estimate a week before I can level up Kiwina.)
Kiwina examines the nearest door for anything that might indicate what it leads to or differentiate it from the other doors.
(Percetion = 41)
Ayotnom Ogini Hugh C 87/92 | AC : 26; Touch 20; Flat 19 CMD 32(34 vs Trip, Grapple or Disarm) Monday January 8th, 2024 10:13:42 PM
Ayotnom casts Detect Magic and takes a look around inspecting the doors.
DM Mark - "Who was that lady? She was really here right?" Tuesday January 9th, 2024 1:53:01 AM
The Petals look around, and some seem a bit unsure if the forest scene and that fey woman were just a dream. Tsak, Elyas, Kiwina, Falco and Mak remember her from a time on Bridge Island. She called herself Ailleann then, and she gave one of their party (Son Imod) a cursed item that began slowly sapping his strength. She offered for all to return with her to the Fey Realm and the royal courts there, though everyone wisely declined.
Tsak thinks it's probably a good thing that the fey woman is gone. He goes over to listen as one of the doors. He hears nothing behind that door.
Elyas awakes well rested. He'd guess that he easily slept a full 8 hours, but maybe more (Assume 10 hours for any spell durations in effect. It's probably been about 15 hours since he left that house with the homicidal furniture.) In any event, he finds that he is able to memorize new spells.
Beech looks at the campfire where he was trying to cook food. The campfire was an illusion, as was the snow and the trees. Any food he had out would still be there though.
Mak stands, refreshed from his rest. He wanderers aloud if the Petals are too deep to teleport, and asks Panzer if he were once a dwarf.
Panzer is more focused on the fey woman. Who was she? Would she prove to be trouble? Some in the party may inform him that she was a bit of trouble in the past, and any deals made with the fey can be tricky.
Kiwina examines the door nearest him. He listens and thinks he hears something. Maybe a sort of crackling sound? He notices the door and even the floor is unusually clean and devoid of any marks or dust or dirt.
Ayotnom casts Detect Magic and looks at all the doors. He notices there is a faint magic emanating from the door where Kiwina stands - conjuration magic he thinks. None of the other doors seem to radiate magic, though all the doors seem similar and similarly clean.
Here is your map. Please move yourselves on the map, or let me know where you move to.
Elyas (Ben A.) (95/97 HP | AC: 21; Touch:15; Flat: 18; CMD:15) Tuesday January 9th, 2024 9:05:48 AM
Elyas spends some time reading his spell book and preparing for the day. He casts Mage Armor and Darkvision on himself as he does most days.
Then he joins the rest of the group, ready to go through one of the doors.
So we have one magical door. Trapped maybe? I think maye we should start with one of the plain doors
Spells prepared:
cantrips: Resistance, detect magic, light, mending Level 1: 2/2X protection from evil, mage armor, 3X magic missile, Comprehend Languages Level 2: Darkvision, 2X Scorching Ray, Mirror Image, Glitterdust, 2X see invisibility Level 3: 2X Dispel Magic, Haste, Fly, 2X Lightning Bolt Level 4: 2X summon monster IV, Dimensional Anchor, Greater Invisibility, Black tentacles, Wall of Fire Level 5: Baleful Polymorph, Summon Monster V, Teleport, Cone of Cold, Break Enchantment Level 6: 2X Chain Lightning, Summon Monster VI, Flesh to Stone Level 7: 1/2X Summon Monster VII, Force Cage Special: Acid Dart (10/10 remain, 1d6+6), pearl of power 1, bonded item, Quicken Rod 3/3 uses left, dimensional steps (390/390)
Active effects: On Self: Mage Armor (13 hours) darkvision (13 hours)
On Party
Summon
'Falco (RyanM) AC20 T16 F16, CMD 24, HP 87/87 Channel 7/7 (6d6) | Hero Points:5 | SHIELD OF FAITH d20+11=12 ; Tuesday January 9th, 2024 12:20:11 PM
Falco examines the door but cannot work out anything, he thinks in his previous incarnation it would have been no problem but as a cleric there is no chance. (Spellcraft: 12}
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 29 (T17, FF25) CMD 33 HP 158/158 ) Character Sheet d20+6=21 ; d20+7=8 ; d20+5=17 ; d20+26=46 ; Tuesday January 9th, 2024 3:00:13 PM
Panzer looks at Mak and shrugs. " I was born this way. Though I likr mining and kniow stuff abiut it I was never a Dwarf." Panzer tries to figure out how deep they might be. Profession miner 21 Knowledge engineering 8 He then turns his attention to the door Falco is puzzling over. He looks it over and tries to figure out it's magical properties. He once aspired to be a weapon mage but that knowledge was far in his past. Spellcraft 17, he fares little better than Falco. Figuring any door is as good as any other he forms up next to Tsak and listens at that door while drawing his blades. Surely something behind the doors would want to eat them. Perception 46
Ayotnom Ogini Hugh C 87/92 | AC : 26; Touch 20; Flat 19 CMD 32(34 vs Trip, Grapple or Disarm) Tuesday January 9th, 2024 8:34:18 PM
Ayotnom says, "Well there is a faint amount of conjuration magic coming from the door by Kiwana. Other than that I'm not detecting any other types of magic so I guess maybe we eliminate the door that has magic behind it from contention before trying any other doors?"
Beech (JohnC) AC 20(24)/15/15,HP 93/93 See Invis/Darkvision Character Tuesday January 9th, 2024 9:06:45 PM
Beech, shoves a biscuit in his mouth and quickly puts away the meats, then grabs his bow, ready for whatever....
Tsak Rezar (Damien) AC22(22) (T15/F14) 123/123 HP| Falchion +4 2D4+3|Crossbow1 1D8+1 Status: Tuesday January 9th, 2024 11:57:21 PM OK, so what's the plan? Which door, sure. But more importantly HOW are we gonna do this? If you're all gonna try to squeeze thru that door to fight something in a narrow hallway on the other side then I'm telling you now I'm just gonna sit here and laugh at y'all. Maybe we spread out in here and take it in turns for 1 person to open 1 door at a time and see what comes thru at us. Anyway, it's just a thought.
Tsak moves over next to Mak and grabs a bit of jerky from his pack. He chews slowly while he waits for something to happen.
DM Mark - "OK, so what's the plan?" Wednesday January 10th, 2024 1:51:50 AM
(To simplify things, I added letters a, b, c, and d to the four doors here.)
Elyas prepares his spells for the day and casts Mage Armor and Darkvision. He hear Ayotnom say there is a faint Conjuration magic associated with door "b", and that makes him want to avoid it.
Falco examines the door where Kiwina is, but he realizes Spellcraft will not tell him much without having cast Detect Magic first.
Panzer tells Mak he was born a beastfolk. Still, his skill as a minder tells him they're maybe 100' or more underground. He also looks at the door where Kiwina is, his Spellcraft skill will not tell him much without having cast Detect Magic first. Then he moves over near Tsak and listens at that door. All seems silent listening at door "c".
Tsak suggests some tactics and moves near Mak.
Ayotnym announces there is a faint Conjuration magic coming from door "b". (To clarify, the door does not radiate magic, but there seems to be magic beyond it. Conjuration can be quite a lot of things.)
Beech grabs his bow and waits to see what others will do.
The air is damp here, with the distinct mineraly smell of wet stone. Other than that, it's quiet here.
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Mak(JamesM)(136/136)|AC:38AO/30/20T/--FF|CMD 37|Rapier +1|25/20/15/-/-|(TH,KN,*HY,FA,WN,PS,WF,WS,AD)**|1d6+9+2d6(Evil)+1d8(Sonic Wednesday January 10th, 2024 8:18:14 AM
Mak stands in the center of the room and thinks about it. "We should open the magic door. Why bother putting magic on a door that isn't important?"
'Falco (RyanM) AC20 T16 F16, CMD 24, HP 87/87 Channel 7/7 (6d6) | Hero Points:5 | SHIELD OF FAITH Wednesday January 10th, 2024 12:08:07 PM
As they decide on a door Falco gives a suggestion about Mak's question. "The beast folk they are most familiar with is me and I was a halfing before the warper-sar got involved in my life. Given the context its a normal question." on the door discussion he thinks. "I could cast dispel magic on the door, it is unlikely the magic on it is meant to make our day better."
Kiwina (Steve M) 131/131 HP | Current AC:22 or 26 vs AoO | HeP: 0 | Status: awake ! Swim 60' Wednesday January 10th, 2024 4:13:20 PM "How do you want to prepare before we open the door?," Kiwina asks Mak, not pointing out the magic was behind the door. So was the crackling sound.
===== Ranger: 1st -- entangle, speak with animals Druid: 0th -- create water, detect magic, flare, light 1st -- obscuring mist, cure light wounds, entangle, produce flame, speak with animals, summon nature's ally I 2nd -- fog cloud, flaming sphere, hold animal, resist energy, soften earth and stone 3rd -- call lightning, meld into stone, spike growth, wind wall 4th -- sleet storm, control water, flame strike Aumakua have one 1st-level ranger spell Storm burst -- none used
Elyas (Ben A.) (103/103 HP | AC: 21; Touch:15; Flat: 18; CMD:21) | Wednesday January 10th, 2024 4:21:03 PM "Very well, sounds like the group decision is to go for the magical door first. We don't know what we'll find so I'll hold my spells for now, but I will be ready to help deal with whatever is causing that magic on the other side.
Spells prepared:
cantrips: Resistance, detect magic, light, mending Level 1: 2/2X protection from evil, mage armor, 3X magic missile, Comprehend Languages Level 2: Darkvision, 2X Scorching Ray, Mirror Image, Glitterdust, 2X see invisibility Level 3: 2X Dispel Magic, Haste, Fly, 2X Lightning Bolt Level 4: 2X summon monster IV, Dimensional Anchor, Greater Invisibility, Black tentacles, Wall of Fire Level 5: Baleful Polymorph, Summon Monster V, Teleport, Cone of Cold, Break Enchantment Level 6: 2X Chain Lightning, Summon Monster VI, Flesh to Stone, Disintegrate Level 7: 2X Summon Monster VII, Force Cage, Prismatic Spray Special: Acid Dart (10/10 remain, 1d6+6), pearl of power 1, bonded item, Quicken Rod 3/3 uses left, dimensional steps (390/390)
Active effects: On Self: Mage Armor (13 hours) darkvision (13 hours)
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Panzer Braun (David F) AC 29 (T17, FF25) CMD 33 HP 158/158 ) Character Sheet Wednesday January 10th, 2024 7:12:03 PM " The only thng I can think of that crackles is fire, and I don't think we want that in our lives right now." Panzer says, looking at Beech. " because if that oil lights up and eats the air in here we all die, or prove that we are undead and can live without air. Either way not a good thing. Just sayin...."
Beech (JohnC) AC 20(24)/15/15,HP 93/93 See Invis/Darkvision Character d20+22=25 ; Wednesday January 10th, 2024 7:33:12 PM "Hey, I can do more than throw Fire, there's Ice and there's Lightning too..." Beech, watches the other doors too....
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Ayotnom Ogini Hugh C 87/92 | AC : 26; Touch 20; Flat 19 CMD 32(34 vs Trip, Grapple or Disarm) Wednesday January 10th, 2024 8:48:23 PM
Ayotnom says, "Conjuration could mean summoning. I don't know if anyone has dispel magic or the like, it could potentially come in handy."
Ayotnom stays toward the middle of the group if they enter the magic door.
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