Motteditor's Witchwar Legacy PBP (Inactive)
Game Master motteditor

"Can the wavy hand be used to bind the other three hands?" Air-Ryarg breathes at Germaine while he waits for the next statues.

"I don't believe so. I can not get it so so much as move a fraction of an inch, but I shall try." On next turn, I will see if I can pull the wavey hand away from the clock just enough to possibly catch another hand as it goes by.

Perception: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (19) + 16 = 35
PS, I do have Read Magic, Tongues, and Comprehend Languages up, as well as Arcane Sight, if that matters at all.

"It seemeth as though this glyph is actually minute scribings rather than an actual glyph. Cleverly hidden."

Thanks, appreciate the P.S., since that does in fact matter.

You realize the arcane mark is actually very tiny script, in Skald. It reads:

A stitch in time saves nine,
But what loop will the witch queen heed?
In pointless slaughter
The Old Crone’s daughter
A hapless mob did lead.

Now she sits in tomb that’s frozen,
The traitors’ blood all spilled
Upon the path that she had chosen,
Enthroned with collar gild.

Ringed in steel, three loops times nine
Prized from the luckless seat,
Supplicants kneel, of porcelain fine,
The banished queen to meet.

It matters not who’s dared to come
The demon’s soul to claim,
The weak shall die, the strongest live
And forever more remain.

Also, you're unable to pull out the non-moving hand at all.

If I have time I will read it aloud as we are (sort of) in combat. Again, if I have time, I'd like write it down, for later use.

You will not have time to write it down before something interrupts, though you can start getting out your writing gear if you want.

"Just how many of these statues are there?" Krokod inquires.

There appear to be about 22 more statues on the track.

Maybe we can just bypass them?

Thats fine. give me another round to copy the riddle and lets check out the other buildings.

bump

I'm still here, too

So what should we explore first? Honestly, I'm thinking that we will not really be able to do anything here for now anyway, might as well see what else this little frozen town (?) might have to offer.

OK, let's get back to this and see if we can't have some high-level fun.

Saint Germaine is able to copy down the riddle and you all retreat back to where you came in.

Lefty, the overwhelming auras dominating the tomb mean you can't really find anything else of note with your magical search.

The icy village remains in front of you. Let me know how you want to search -- head into the center, work your way around the left side... This is one of those areas where I think going by the map doesn't work as well in PBP, so I'd say just try to give me a general impression of what you want to do.

Let's have a look around. Left to right. I'm thinking what we're after is somewhere behind all this, inside the caves. I can do some spotting, if you like.

Lefty's invisible and flying, so he'll fly up and over towards the center, looking for any tunnels or other signs of activity.

Dang, we're cool!

I'll have to post a map from home to give you a better idea of what houses you may want to check out more thoroughly, but in the meantime, Lefty can find the following.

Almost directly north of where you landed on the shelf, an alley-like cave has been cut through the ice between two of the tombs. It leads deeper into the ice to a stair that winds downward.

Sixty to 70 feet to the east, an elegantly sculpted ice fountain sits in the middle of a small square near the center of the necropolis, depicting a flock of winter geese as they take flight. A jet of water springs from the top of the fountain, tumbling down into the basin below. Miraculously, the water appears to remain unfrozen despite the frigid temperature.

Lefty, please give me a Perception check.

Perception 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (2) + 20 = 22

Raulzig cannot fly on his own, so he carefully treads towards the fountain, on the lookout for more objects of interest and hidden dangers.
Perception: 1d20 + 34 ⇒ (11) + 34 = 45

That's more like it, Raulzig!

I forgot to cast message (160 minutes) before I flew up. So if it's OK, I'll retroactively take a round to do that before flying.

Spells: Invisibility (ring), Overland Flight, Message

I'm going to say no, Lefty, but there's no reason you couldn't have done it mid-air at some point.

Map of what Lefty can see. Lots of doors to check out if you want or you can head straight toward the fountain.

Via message: There's a tunnel in the back towards the left, and a still-flowing fountain near the center. We should probably check some of these buildings and see if this place is inhabited or abandoned.

Thoughts? With the map, you can try any of the doorways, or head straight for the fountain.

As you move to the first cottage, you find the door seems to be sealed with ice.

I'll cast detect magic, and if there's none, I'll look for any locks or traps.

Perc: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (15) + 20 = 35

We can chip at the ice or smash it with a hammer, depending.

"Should I try to melt it with fire?" Firetongue inquires

You don't find any locks or traps, nor any magic beyond what suffuses the entire falls.

The steps that Raulzig asked about lead up to a second story on the house (where a door waits, though it doesn't seem to be marked on the map, which is the same for all the stairs you can see. The tunnel, on the other hand, appears to go down.

There are a lot of doors. Would they all be similarly covered in ice?

From what you can see from your quick survey, yes

It looks like they're all like this. Any ideas? I'd rather not burn a bunch of magic. Let's see what's up with the fountain. There may be an easier way to do this.

Just to make sure it's clear, I'm assuming you haven't yet attempted to chip or smash the ice, as you mentioned earlier.

I'll step aside and allow one of the stronger gentlefolk to give it a whack.

Apologies, all. I lost my dot with the downtime and didn't realize we had restarted.

If folks want ice smashed off doors, Ryarg can try to get Bern to do so, otherwise the bear and air elemental follow the others towards the flowing fountain.

Air Ryarg casts extended aninal griwth on Bern. He the attempts to sunder the ice-sealed door Lefty wants open, and get Bern to aid him.

Ryarg's attacks:
Attack: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (20) + 25 = 45
Attack: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (7) + 25 = 32
Damage: 2d8 + 15 ⇒ (7, 7) + 15 = 29
Damage: 2d8 + 15 ⇒ (3, 3) + 15 = 21

Bern's attacks:
Bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (10) + 20 = 30
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (2) + 20 = 22
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (1) + 20 = 21
Bite damage: 4d6 + 21 ⇒ (4, 4, 4, 2) + 21 = 35
Claw damage: 2d8 + 21 ⇒ (8, 5) + 21 = 34

That oughta break the ice. ba-da-boom.

Wow.

Ryarg and Bern make quick work of the door. On icy biers in the beautifully carved home are the frozen remains of three human warriors, clad in armor and with their weapons laid across their bodies

Using arcane sight to look for dweomers.

perc: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (17) + 20 = 37 (if needed)

None beyond what suffuses the rest of the falls, Lefty.

I'm going to be on a 24 hour duty tomorrow, so may not be able to answer, but I wanted to post that I'm here and keeping up. Feel free to have me just heal or try to defend until Wednesday. Glad to be back, (sort of). :)

I only rolled for damage for the fun of it (and in case they had magical protections or were unusually strong doors). Suffice it to say, the two of them can annihilate any similar doors I'm the place that Lefty wants obliterated.

It may well be that some incident froze this whole place at once. Let's check another door or 2, then inspect the fountain. Let me take a look in here for clues, real quick.

Lefty enters the room and searches for anything that would seem unusual in a long-frozen tomb-home. Taking 10 (30) to search for a few rounds. Any books, secret doors, what have you.

Who were these people, and what happened to them?

Krokod looks at the bodies and tries to determine any reasons religious to their state.

Knowledge Religion:1d20 + 20 ⇒ (13) + 20 = 33

Lefty, you don't find anything of note beyond the bodies, though it appears the home is in fact carved from ice, not simply covered in ice.

History: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25

Lefty will share what's under the spoiler.

Let's check out the fountain. I don't think we'll learn much disturbing the rest of the honored dead.

He'll fly close to the fountain, again checking for any dweomers beyond the norm for here, and whatever else may become apparent.

Percep: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (19) + 20 = 39

Air-Ryarg follows Lefty to the fountain, growl-breathing at Bern not to drink any. You could swear that the bear rolls his eyes at him.

An elegantly sculpted ice fountain sits in the middle of this small square at the center of the necropolis, depicting a flock of winter geese as they take flight. A jet of water springs from the top of the fountain, tumbling down into the basin below. Miraculously, the water remains unfrozen despite the frigid temperature.

"It's lovely," Krokod admits aloud

Perception 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

percep: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (11) + 20 = 31

Lefty casts his spell, then says, We've got company! Giant! He points to where he just tossed the rays.

Ryarg auto passes.
Bern: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

I'm not certain what type of action taking whirlwind form is. If it's move or up, that's what he does, otherwise he takes that form and charges the giant (or moves towards him if charging can't happen. Either way, he calls out, "Bern! Guard Lefty!"

Krokod is surprised, nods and starts to move that way. Muttering as he does so

Half move and shield of faith