Male Oread Monk (Tetori) 6 | HP: 46/51 | AC 20 (24) | T 20 | FF 17 (21) | Fort +7 | Ref +7 | Will +8 | CMD 29 (33 grapple) | Init +4 | Perc +12 | Sense Mot +10 | SF 4/6
"Such a creature can be reasoned with? I do not believe I have ever encountered such a thing before." Dalton looks on with some skepticism.
He rummages through his pack. "Ennoia, did you offer it some food? I can offer it a day's worth of rations." Dalton chucks the rations over by where Ennoia's landed.
The otyugh snatches the food out of the air as Ennoia tosses it up. "Mmm! You give Tog good food. Good food, no harm. Easy-peas. Easy-peace. Easy-peasy." The otyugh smiles as much as it can for such a strange and disgusting creature.
You are able to pass by the otyugh safely!
The small opening ahead exposes a precarious-looking crawlway sitting a few feet above where the waterline is marked. The shaft leads into the darkness beyond.
Again everyone but Ennoia notes that the passage is trapped! There is a pressure plate a few feet into the tunnel and a tube sticking out nearby looks like it would release something nasty. There is, however, a small socket next to the tunnel. It looks as though a small plate might fit in it....
Ranger 2/Rogue 10 | HP 85/99| AC 29/ 22(23) touch/23(24)flatfooted | Sneak Attack +5d6 | Resiliency 1/day F+16,R+22,W+13 ((1/day can reroll Will save)| Init. +10(+12)| Perc +19/24*(+21/26)| Evasion | Trap Sense +4 | Improved Uncanny Dodge
Shel takes the strange looking metal object that everyone decided might be a key, and tries to plug it into the wall there. "Everyone stay back. Let me fiddle with this. If it goes wrong, you all stay far behind."
Shel puts the metal plate into the slot and nothing appears to happen at first but when you move closer, you see that the pressure plate has been locked in position and you are able to crawl through the tunnel without issue.
Ahead, the qanat tunnel opens into another well shaft. Propped against the side of shaft is a crudely lashed ladder of dried planks.
Shel thinks that the ladder looks old but should suffice for your purposes. That is, until the ladder comes to life and tries to slam into her! Luckily Shel is too quick and dodges out of the way!
1. Shel, Ennoia, and Brachus
2. Ladder
3. Delphine, Sir Terramor, and Dalton
Shel, Ennoia, and Brachus are up!
DC 14 KN (dungeoneering):
Mimics are thought to be the result of an alchemist's attempt to grant life to an inanimate object through the application of an eldritch reagent, the recipe for which is long lost. Over time, these strange but clever creatures have learned the ability to transform themselves into simulacra of man-made objects, particularly in locations that have infrequent traffic by small numbers of creatures, thus increasing their odds of successfully attacking their victims.
They are immune to acid damage. Their adhesive automatically grapples victims when the mimic lands a hit. Strong alcohol or universal solvent dissolves the adhesive, but the mimic can still grapple normally. Attacking the mimic with weapons risks getting the weapon stuck to the mimic.
Shel digs her kukris into the ladder but gets the first one stuck to its sticky surface in the process! Dalton misses the ladder but Ennoia quickly finishes it off with a pair of arrows!
Silver Crusader Ennoia | Female Aasimar (Muse-touched) Paladin (Divine Hunter) 2 / Fighter (Weapon Master) 9 | HP 90/90 | AC:23 (+2 vs longbows) T:16 FF:17 CMD: 30 | F+16 R+16 W+12 (+2 Mind-Aff. vs. Evil Outsiders; +2 vs. [evil] descriptor)| Init +10 | Perc +0 | SM +4
Following the ladder's demise, Ennoia gets back her durable adamantine arrows and cannot help but wonder, "Was that a hallucination or have just been attacked by a ladder? "
Ranger 2/Rogue 10 | HP 85/99| AC 29/ 22(23) touch/23(24)flatfooted | Sneak Attack +5d6 | Resiliency 1/day F+16,R+22,W+13 ((1/day can reroll Will save)| Init. +10(+12)| Perc +19/24*(+21/26)| Evasion | Trap Sense +4 | Improved Uncanny Dodge
Shel takes her time and yanks her kukri out of the ladder thing. "I'm not sure what that was, but my weapons are sticking to it like crazy!". Once she gets it clear, she again takes point and continues to search the way.
"I have never seen a curious creature like that. But it went down soon enough, so that is good." Delphine comments.
She approaches the well and looks for another possible way down.
perception:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16
Just as you are about to descend the shaft, a woman with a small crossbow turns the corner just behind you. "I've found you at last! Dirty scum, you'll fall to the might of Lamashtu before you go any further!"
Delphine puts the woman on the ground. She shouts back to Brachus, "Death would be welcome rather than fall to you scum!"
DC 17 Spellcraft:
blistering invective
Sensing that the woman's words are infused with divine magic and that she is up to good, Ennoia looses her bow and puts an arrow in Zahrah's side!
DC 22 Concentration (damaged while casting):1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
The cultist's words sear and burn into your skins!
Intimidate:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19 Demoralize: DC 10 + your HD + Wis modifier If she beat your DC, you are shaken for 1 round and for 1 additional round for every 5 that she beat it by
Furthermore, if you are demoralized, you take: fire:1d10 ⇒ 8
And you must make a DC 14 Ref save or catch fire (1d6 fire damage on your turn)
Initiative:
1. Ennoia, Brachus, and Delphine
2. Zahrah (10 dmg, prone)
3. Shel, Sir Terramor, and Dalton
"More bark than bite." Delphine says.
she reaches for a wand in her handy haversack and touches herself with it.
umd infernal healing wand:1d20 + 18 ⇒ (10) + 18 = 28
Male Oread Monk (Tetori) 6 | HP: 46/51 | AC 20 (24) | T 20 | FF 17 (21) | Fort +7 | Ref +7 | Will +8 | CMD 29 (33 grapple) | Init +4 | Perc +12 | Sense Mot +10 | SF 4/6
Dalton nods slowly in agreement with Sir Terramor. "I fear that something worse than slavery is going on here. Judging by the strange, living ladder and this zealous woman - just strange."
You eventually find some rope nearby and let yourself down that way, now that the ladder is no longer an option.
This passage bears signs of visitors from the world above in the form of scribbled lines of graffiti that gradually evolve into full-blown murals portraying twisted, nightmarish caricatures and jumbled rants against the city’s Pactmasters. Farther along, the corridor becomes littered with broken bottles, scraps of paper stained with brownish resin, and the stink and stains of urine.
DC 15 Craft (alchemy) or Knowledge (local):
You identify the resin as pesh.
DC 15 Perception:
You survey the refuse and reveal a broken pesh pipe, a wineskin containing a milky substance, and several empty cloth pouches containing a salty powder.
After the Perception:
DC 20 Craft (alchemy):
The milky substance is identifiable as pesh in its unrefined state and the salty powder can be identified as nagri, a bitter salt used in the pesh refinement process.
Male Oread Monk (Tetori) 6 | HP: 46/51 | AC 20 (24) | T 20 | FF 17 (21) | Fort +7 | Ref +7 | Will +8 | CMD 29 (33 grapple) | Init +4 | Perc +12 | Sense Mot +10 | SF 4/6
Untrained Craft (Alchemy):1d20 ⇒ 17
Dalton swipes at the resin with his finger and sniffs it carefully. "Hmm, pesh. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of a serious pesh addiction."
Perception Take 10:10 + 12 = 22
"Pesh pipe... what's in this wineskin? And this salty powder?
