Lady Rowanne of Bridgeford |
"Ok, that was a bit underwhelming. Let me try again."
Rowanne climbs the stairs to hold the lantern up to the face of the statue.
"Oh mighty Kassen, we are here to bring the light home to our families!"
Venja Bela Prestor |
I can see how you want to be careful, with every bit of interior trying to have me killed so far, but are you this statue is not just a statue?
And they think you're missing some rungs on the ladder, Venja. Just look at her waving that lantern about! Or maybe you're wrong, Venja, maybe this statue is dangerous.
Do you think this statue is like a sphinx? Always asking questions and never letting you in? Do you think these statues are friendly, or are they really nasty ones. Don't they have anything better to do, these statues? By the gods, what have we done to deserve these kinds of nasty statues! Venja says, sounding pretty serious.
Nevertheless, Venja moves to the door to check it out.
Perc: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Goat Master |
well they're stairs down. but same difference.
You cautiously walk down the stairs, brandishing the lantern. As you come to rest at the base of the stairs, and open your mouth to proclaim who you are to the statue, its head swivels towards you. Theres a wrenching sound as stone grates on stone. The stairs you just walked down have all rotated somehow, forming a 45-degree slide on both sides of the room.
anyone that was following needs a DC 10 acrobatics check to avoid falling down prone as you slide down the once-stairs. The wall is 10 ft, and is about a DC 15 climb check. Walking/Climbing up the sides of the slides is a DC 10 climb check ( at climbing speeds ).
The golem does not look like it has the most peaceful of intentions. You hastily blurt out your declaration of who you are, but it steps off the pedestal menacingly towards you.
everyone else where they want to be in the room? we'll be going into initiative.
Cyrixs |
Moved myself into the room, but still upstairs. Seems like a reasonable starting position. I wouldn't be outside the door..but I wouldn't have followed close behind either
Look like a set of 3 skulls to me in that corner
Goat Master |
omorose: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (10) - 1 = 9
venja: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
rowanne: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
cyrixs: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
vanovar: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
golem: 1d20 ⇒ 6
[r1]: [21: cyrixs], [19: vanovar], [16: rowanne], [9: omrose], [6: golem], [4: venja]
Cyrixs |
Cyrixs glances at Omorose and decides to follow her suggestion, digging into his backpack and pulling out a (knotted rope) and tossing it down (while holding on to one end of the rope).
Should be 2 actions, one move to dig out the rope, a 5 ft step and another to actually use the rope
Vanovar Taleishin |
Whargh, sorry for falling off the world out of the blue, had a busy week totally out of nowhere. No worries, the world has reinstated itself with me on it.
Seeing how the statue suddenly moves, and Rowanne's mad dash up again, Vanovar fights the temptation to jump in the fray. He steps forward and readies to channel as soon as anyone's hurt.
"Oh, this does not look good... Don't worry Rowanne, I've got you covered!"
Venja Bela Prestor |
Venja tries to get up and climb out of the way. Thanks, mate. I don't think that statue is letting us in.
Climb: 1d20 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (11) + 2 - 4 = 9 Typical. I think it works with the rope, no?
Let's get Rowanne out and bail. It's been a day...
Goat Master |
Rowanne scrambles up the rope, dropping the lantern in her dash for the it. hauling herself up quickly. The statue turns to Venja, face down on the stone where he landed after having fallen down the slide. It slams 2 shields into him. its first slam missing, the second coming down with a sickening crunch on venja's back.
shield slam: 1d20 + 5 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 4 = 131d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
shield slam: 1d20 + 5 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 4 = 211d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Vanovar's ready action goes off, channelling to heal some of venja's wounds
channel: 1d6 ⇒ 4 healed back to those in the area.
venja, net 7 damage. do you want to revise your action?
[r1]: [4: venja]
[r2]: [21: cyrixs], [16: rowanne], [9: omrose], [6: vanovar], [6: golem],
omorose, yeah there's some... rocks or something in the corner. jeez they do look like acorns or something. maybe kassen liked acorns. =P
the rest of you can line up next round's actions as you like.Vanovar Taleishin |
"I have one Cure spell left, so preferably I don't want to get too close. Let's leg it and hope he doesn't fit through the doorway.
Speaking of legging it; are you okay, Venja? There isn't much I can do other than this."
Channel Energy: 1d6 ⇒ 4
Goat Master |
yea, large wood golem. Its a big statue
Venja delays until after vanivar. Anyone else taking any action? Or delaying as well ?
He braces himself and stands up defensively, trying to get closer to the rope.
aoo: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 151d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
The defence pays off and it misses , venja dodges and gets to his feet,
Goat Master |
Hes still defensive as the statue swings twice at him
slam : 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 171d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
slam : 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 101d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Ducking and weaving. Still five ft from the rope ( someone can move him on the map, im on a tablet and cant move anything )
If anyone i skipped over wants to do sometimg, otherwise next round, back to venja
Cyrixs |
Cyrixs will assist Omorose for looking for a deactivation switch or something
"..what she's saying makes sense..unless the villagers died before they could set up the safety parts of this...test. Like with that freaking shadow...unless we missed something there as well.."
Assist on perception: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (14) + 0 = 14
Lady Rowanne of Bridgeford |
Yeah, jumping down and provoking the AoO (on the defensive)
there is no assist for climbing? I am picturing myself lying on the floor holding down my arms so I can pull Venja up. Because if I jump down and Venja makes it up, you can bet I start failing my checks myself
Omorose Mosi |
Omorose Mosi wrote:Yeah, jumping down and provoking the AoO (on the defensive)there is no assist for climbing? I am picturing myself lying on the floor holding down my arms so I can pull Venja up. Because if I jump down and Venja makes it up, you can bet I start failing my checks myself
True! and if you get him you might even pull him up if he's beaten into unconsciousness! :-)
Lady Rowanne of Bridgeford |
"Grab my hand Venja!"
Rowanne lies down on the ground, reaching down into the pit, hoping to hoist Venja up.
any similarities to movies are purely coincidental.
wait, do I need to roll for this? I might. assist climbing: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0
edit: ok. wow. Everyone feel free to heckle me for this horrible roll
Omorose Mosi |
Looking at Venja's long locks...
Your own hair seems long enough to do the trick though! You pull the rope, I'll pull your hair!"
Omorose will drop down and try and aid Venja by pulling him up by his hair.
Climb: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (14) - 2 = 12 Succes! ;-)
Goat Master |
Omorose looks around, and with cyrixs spotting something funny with the curve of the statues back as it swings at Venja, she spots it: a small keyhole on the back of the golem!
AoO for venja moving over to climb: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 151d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
it doesn't have combat reflexes, so the two attempts to climb , which would drop his dex bonus to AC, he doesn't have attacks of opportunity for.
Goat Master |
Rowanne and Omorose kneel down and/or lay flat on the ledge, lending their arms down to venja. with the assistance and the rope, he finally makes it up to the ledge... after one more attack from the golem.
1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 61d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 151d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
aoo for the climb : 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 91d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
venja has at least one assist on his climb check this round, and likely could from vanovar or cyrixs as well this round. you manage to get him up.
About a minute after Venja leaves the lower area, the statue goes and steps back on the its platform. as it steps back on, you see its a weighted pressure plate. as the golem steps back on, the stairs return to normal stairs.
Cyrixs |
"Well..if it only activates when someone is on the lower part....try to avoid stepping there? Maybe swing on ropes or try to climb past it or something..but I'm not against resting before we try something like that....also even though some of us are against random destruction...we might want to consider shooting it to rubble from a distance"
Vanovar Taleishin |
"Do we really need to fight this thing? There's another door right behind him, but we've still got an entire lower floor to explore. That thing hits hard, and I don't fancy getting in close contact with it anytime soon. I might be a cleric of Gorum, but that doesn't mean I have a death-wish.
It does seem to trigger when we're downstairs, maybe Rowanne can stick it full of arrows from over here. I don't have any damaging spells, but I do still have 2 alchemist's fires and 2 acid flasks, but those are pricey solutions."
Oh, retroactive attempt to fish Venja out of the pit:
Assist on Acrobatics: 1d20 + 2 - 3 ⇒ (8) + 2 - 3 = 7
Whelp, sorry, no assist from me. >_>