"OOOH! hole!! I can go down the hooooooole! It'll be fun!"
Peering over the edge, Caitlyn told the others in a harsh whisper, "So then we go down past the chitterlings to whatever is in the abyss below. We must drive pitons into the wall and descend via rope."
It was possible her earlier exploration had alerted whatever was below, so a little nervously she listened before making her new decent. This time she had found several cunning places to attach pitons and soon had a long length of rope snaking down into the abyss below.
Carefully but efficiently she started to descend.
Jakun sighs and nods, "Come Thistle".
The Minotaur Wizard casts fly and allows Thistle to "hitch" a ride. He will descend at the same rate as Caitlyn, there to guard her and aid her should she slip.
Once they all reach the bottom, Jakun will fly back up and aid the others in a similar fashion.
Caitlyn climbed down, with Jakun and Thistletorp descending alongside. It made for slow going as she hammered pitons in place and lowered herself inch by inch. They passed clear of the chittering place, where Caitlyn could see movement within.
At length, she reached the bottom. The remnants of several collapsed floors formed a mound of melted slag and rubble. Girders and chunks of rock jut from the mound like giant, gnarled hands reaching upwards. At the center of the mound was a funnel-shaped hole. She, the minotaur, and kender barely touched ground before some of the loose rubble began to shift as if something moved beneath.
"There's something under there!" cried Caitlyn in alarm as the mound shifted. Anxiously gripping her hammer, she stepped in front of Jackun and Thistle. Whatever it was would have to come through her first!
"There's something under there!" cried Caitlyn in alarm as the mound shifted. Anxiously gripping her hammer, she stepped in front of Jackun and Thistle. Whatever it was would have to come through her first!
[dice=Perception can she see it? Can she see it?!]1d20+12
Caitlyn can tell that the things beneath the rubble are roughly human-sized and struggling against the weight, but she catches the glint of old steel and a few bits of stark white bone as they begin to extricate themselves. There are at least six and she thinks they will be free before the carefully descending companions could reach her.
We might not want to let these creatures free she says.
Jakun grimaces, "I can fly us up out of their range but then we will still have to deal with them when we come back. I say fight now".
Caitlyn blanched at Jackun's words but held firm, they weren't here for a pick nick after all... She grips her hammer so hard you hear her metatarsals creak and grind. "Bring it on!" she mutters.
As Jakun casts a warding on himself, the skeletons burst free from the rubble. Each wears a suit of chain and wields a heavy axe. Pinpricks of hateful red light flicker in their eye sockets and the moan as they raise their arms and start forward:
"Free us. Destroy the circlets..."
Inits!
never flat-footed
Jakun will cast Enlarge Person on Caitlyn as she will be the only warrior standing against these foes until the others arrive.
Thereafter, he will attempt to locate these "circlets".
Know religion
Know religion 1d20+10
Mariel recalls tales of cursed undead bound by black robe wizards, who control them by holding items of power. They could be freed by placing the correct item in their possession or by destroying it, but short of that they were thralls to the last person to hold the things. She believes they would be powerful warriors, with a cunning and skill beyond that of mere skeletons.
Loren will be moving down the shaft, using the stairs where they appear safe and relying on the pitons and otherwise using the ropes and climbing tackle deployed by Caitlyn and the others.
Holding her hammer tightly, Caitlyn nervously steps in front of Jackun and waits for the undead to approach.
As the undead approaches, Caitlyns hammer whistles through the air before smashing into the closest one with incredible force!
Holding her hammer tightly, Caitlyn nervously steps in front of Jackun and waits for the undead to approach.
** spoiler omitted **
Thistletorp pops out from Jakun's pockets. Hiya! I'm back! Then he stabs at the monsters
Mittens rushed down the stairs, but the treacherous, twisted metal shifted under his weight and the minotaur's feet flew out from under him. He clattered and fell ten feet before his hands found purchase and stopped his uncontrolled descent.
Loren moved down the shaft, using the stairs where they appeared somewhat safe. He managed only a few steps before his own weight shifted the stair out from under him, but luckily grabbed a railing as he went down and arrested his fall as soon as it began.
Thistletorp pops out from Jakun's pockets. {b]"Hiya! I'm back!"[/b] Then he stabs at the monsters. His blade landed, but did far less damage than it might have as it flashed clattered about the dusty bones.
Jakun cast a divination and looked about for the skeletons' circlets, finding nothing with his eyes and only sensing magic from somewhere -it could even be Thistle or Caitlyn- with his spell.
Two of the skeletal warriors converged on Thistletorp, one slashing him across the shoulder as he dodged the other. The remaining three rushed toward Caitlyn and Jakun.
Mittens descends. Climbing is a move action, so he can do two a round. If he just goes as-is, that means a descent of 10 feet per round (quarter move rounds down to 5, twice) for 20 rounds to go 300 feet. If he does accelerated climbing, he can upgrade each move action to half his normal speed, so 15+15. 10 rounds. The first 270 feet are DC 10. After that he's out of stairs and needs to scale the wall, which is DC 20. Harder but he's a tough guy.
oh dear, that's a fail by 5 or more. Mittens falls off the stairs. He has three chances to grab on with a Ref DC 15. Each fail gets him 1d6 falling damage, unless he fails them all in which case it's a lot more.
Grabbed!
10 feet down.
Loren. Same rules.
Same result!
no damage, no progress
, 5
Skele for Thistle
miss
Another
hit
The others move in
Loren pulls himself up then continues his descent. I need to put some glue on these boots or something. At least I have my talisman if the worst happens...
Caitlyn shouted, "Fly Jackun. Let me deal with these!" She then lightly stepped back and headless of the danger she was in swung her weapon in a great arc aiming to smash the ones at the rear!
Samnell did Caitlyn's readied action not fire? I think she should also have gotten an AOO from the one NW of Jackun because it passed through a square she threatened.
Caitlyn shouted, "Fly Jackun. Let me deal with these!" She then lightly stepped back and headless of the danger she was in swung her weapon in a great arc aiming to smash the ones at the rear!
[dice=Hammer time, Primary: Rage, Power attack, Reckless abandon]1d20 + 15[dice=Damage (+1 from axe to grind), if they have any SLAs that's +2 more from witch hunter]1d12 + 16 + 1
[dice=Hammer time, Iterative: Rage, Power attack, Reckless abandon]1d20 + 10[dice=Damage (+1 from axe to grind), if they have any SLAs that's +2 more from witch hunter]1d12 + 16 + 1
She will silently pray to Paladine that he aid her companions.