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We have a ton of rope in the tent, if needed.

I'm for going underwater. However, I'd like LB to scout a little first, just in case.

Know (nature) 8+17=25.

"Might not be anything unnatural about the cold water. The ancestors know this place is already cold enough as it is. Lightbringer, could you and Basher see how far it is until you get to an area with air?"

Could that nature check also tell us something about the effects of water this cold - i.e. FORT saves to avoid STR damage, that sort of thing?

"Could just be groundwater oozing in here after all the earthquakes and whatnot rent the ground back in the big town. And I want to find the last bounty hunters - they might know interesting things about the place. And if they are quori vessels, I wanna kill them."

Well, someone has to say it, and it might as well be me.

"Gaaaaaah!" Janosz yanks his head out of the water. "It's colder than a witch's teat in there. Gotta be some kind of device further down there that chills the water down."

I took the amulet. Thanks!

"I'll be damned if I let these two get away just because of a little water. I'm a strong swimmer - I don't need magic. Save that for the guys in heavy armour. Still, we need to know what's down there before we all go in. The water could be full of zombies - or worse."

"Pull me out if something grabs my face." Despite his cautious talk, Janosz can't quite help himself. He kneels down next to the flooded staircase, takes a deep breath and pokes his head into the dark water.

Perception 10+22=32, plus Darkvision 60'. Do I see anything at all?

"Well, that explains the drippy Caretaker. Maybe you 'forged could take a quick look down there? Come right back if you see anything untoward."

Did the two guys we're tracking enter the water? Track 9+3+16=28.

Gear noted. I'd love to take the NA amulet.

"If that was a living death spell, would it create undead creatures as it killed the living? Should we expect to see more restless spirits and shuffling corpses down here? Ez?"

I have no idea - I've been really bad at tallying xp lately. Sorry.

"'Scuse me while I loot this corpse... We've been bad at checking the dead guys we pass. They could have keys, maps, pass phrases or just neat stuff." Janosz gives the dead girl a quick patdown, looking for what might be useful items.

Perception 10+22=32, if needed. Any tracks out of here, BTW?

"Yeah! And stay down!" Janosz dances a little jig next to the big machine. "Um, and don't touch that goo. But you didn't need me to tell you that..."

Being in a safer spot, Janosz turns and unleashes a hail of arrows at the monstrous spell-creature.

No move. I'm using Manyshot, Rapid Shot and Point Blank Shot.
Attack 1 (w/Manyshot): 11+17+1(PBS)+1(Haste)=AC 30, damage 2d8+6+2(PBS)=19, miss chance (51+ =miss): 1d100 ⇒ 4
Attack 2: 10+17+1(PBS)+1(Haste)=AC 29, damage 1d8+3+1(PBS)=9, miss chance (51+ =miss): 1d100 ⇒ 39
Attack 3: 12+12+1(PBS)+1(Haste)=AC 26, damage 1d8+3+1(PBS)=8, miss chance (51+ =miss): 1d100 ⇒ 96
Attack 4 (bonus from Haste): 9+17+1(PBS)+1(Haste)=AC 28, damage 1d8+3+1(PBS)=9, miss chance (51+ =miss): 1d100 ⇒ 84

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Janosz pops the approaching thing with a few arrows and then gets the hell out of the way.

50% miss chance due to Displacement effect.

42%

Is that a hit or a miss?

Hit. 51 and up is a miss.

Janosz Frogshanks wrote:

Janosz pops the approaching thing with a few arrows and then gets the hell out of the way.

50% miss chance due to Displacement effect.

1d100 ⇒ 42

Janosz pops the approaching thing with a few arrows and then gets the hell out of the way

Single attack, using Manyshot and Point Blank Shot. Attack roll 12+19+1(PBS)=AC 32, damage 2d8+6+2(PBS)=19. I'm using silver arrows, so the attack counts as silver and magic. I then move to L20.

Gil.

I was in front of everybody, poking around the machines. I'll start in I18.

"Whoa!" Janosz scrambles away from the onrushing blob of doom.

Initiative 12+6=18.

"Huh. Well spotted - there is indeed something crawling around in here. Considering where we are, it might be a giant mechanical snake or something like that. So, can anyone light this place up a bit?"

"Well, the body's not one of the guys we're tracking, I'm certain of that. I..., what? Slithering?" Janosz peers into the darkness, clearly skeptical that Gil would have noticed anything that he had failed to see, especially from inside inch-thick armour. "Perhaps the corpse could be bait for some darkness-dweller. Do any of you magic men have any illuminating hexes available?"

Perception 12+22=34. Do I hear any slithering?

"Yeah, yeah. Lemme take a look at him - but stay ready, in case it's another undead." Janosz gingerly moves towards the motionless set of feet while keeping well clear of the titanic machinery.

"All right. If you all could shut it for a second..." Janosz leans towards the next door, listening carefully. The then slowly pushes it open.

Perception 10+22=32, listening for any noises on the other side of the door.

"All right - they went this way. You know, these two walked right past the golem suit and all that good s**@ Ez just picked out, and they walked right past all these crates and cupboards as well. Something tells me that others supplied the imagination and cognitive skills of that group." He shakes his head in a mixture of wonder and disgust. "Seriously, you travel through the most hostile environment in the world to ransack this place - and then you walk right past treasures like these? Perhaps we should kill them anyway, just because they are too dumb to live."

"There could be all sorts of interesting stuff packed away here. Still, I'd like to find our two friends and secure this area before starting to break open crates. After that we can loot to our hearts' content."

Another tacking check, just to confirm they went through the door. Survival 9+17+3=29.

"Well, the leaky f#*#er came through here first, and then the two other guys went down here later. Dunno quite when, though - it's hard to figure out the effects of time here in the Mournlands. Still,there should be two people down here that it hasn't killed yet."

Janosz carefully steps into the next room. After a few tense moments waiting for an attack, he relaxes a bit. "So, the Caretaker tracks in this corridor are surrounded by marks from little droplets. It doesn't bleed, sweat or, presumably, take baths, so what could that be all about? D'ya think it's that dust it was shedding back in the entry tunnel?"

"Oh well. Next room, maybe." Janosz walks carefully into the next room, making sure he doesn't step on caltrops or kick any tripwires. "Tag along, Rod. You can play with the Cannith toys later."

Perception 12+22=34, to spot traps or hear someone preparing an ambush.

Janosz picks up some debris and throws it into the next room before clearing his throat loudly. "Ahem! You two, we know you're in here. Furthermore, you can't hide from us, as the dust covering everything lets us track you with the greatest of ease. So just come out. We don't want to fight you, and teaming up with us is the best chance you'll have of getting out of this hellhole alive. So, come out of those cupboards now, willya?"

Any footprints in the dust? Tracking 10+17+3=30.

"Next room's good for hiding in. Stay alert."

... what looks at first like a headless hulk of a giant warforged or armoured golem, standing silently in the gloom, with a man-sized cavity in it chest...

"Hey Gil, think you'll fit in there?" Janosz peers into the dark room. "There's a door at the end, and no sign of our two friends anywhere else. Let's find them before we start messing with the hardware here, shall we?" He draws and nocks two arrows and then carefully stalks down the room.

"One dead guy lying down there, I assume." Janosz nods at the left door. "Let's go the other way and say hello to the hobgoblin."

I'm thinking we should head right.

"There are better ways of choosing the path. Stand back for a moment, willya?"

Another tracking check, just to see if either door has seen recent traffic. 11+17+3=31.

Just to repeat myself...

... which way did the Caretaker go? Tracking check 9+17+3=29.

Energy drain stinks. The end.

Did the drained crowd regain their stats? Also, which way did the Caretaker go? Tracking check 9+17+3=29.

"Well, Rolund, what I had in mind wasn't hacking and chopping just for the sake of mutilation. However, you bring up a good point - could you, if we can locate the corpse of the chief watchman, animate him and have him issue us proper badges?"

"If that can't be done... The fetishes must be keyed to their proper wearers in some way. Perhaps we could fool the fetish by bringing along body parts from the original wearer? A full flaying job is probably impractical, but maybe the hands and head will do the trick?"

Caretakers:

"Don't step on my caltrops, guys," Janosz mutters as he jogs after the huge golem.

Janosz leans close to Rodergo. "Tell it to wait a sec while we gather our stuff. We can follow him topside then, and either waste him there or find more entry pins. Anyway, I need to put on pants and boots."

While the party talks to the Caretaker, Janosz discreetly steps behind the tent and starts rifling through the pockets of the dead guards looking for something that could conceivably be a valid ID symbol.

Stealth, both to aviod notice and to search the dead guys quietly, 12+17=29. Perception 11+22=33.

"Hmmmm.... A standoff? Perhaps I should go inside and get my barrel of arrows, just to whittle it down if it can't get to us through that door?" Janosz prepares a brace of arrows, but remains calm for now.

Delay.

"Don't even think about it, Runzyl."

Initiative 5+6=11. So...

Initiative Order
Ezreal/Gil - 22
Bor - 20
Rodergo - 18
Runzyl - 16
Basher - 14
Lightbringer - 12
Janosz - 11
Rolund - 8

I'm in I4.

Do we start inside the tent, or do we have time to run out before the Caretaker arrives?

Janosz stumbles out, dressed in his skivvies and his light mail shirt and clutching his bow and arrows. "G$*%%&n mechanical aberration. I'll kill it again and again until the forge runs out of host bodies."

"There were a lot of undead in the city too. Rolund met 'em down in that hole in the ground. They prolly came up here to feed on the dead villagers. Once the carcasses were eaten... I dunno. Do ghouls need to eat to survive? Or do they just live on, always hungry? Ezreal?"

"Hah! Take that, ghost!"

Janosz lays into the spirit facing him.

Fortitude save to avoid CON drain 9+11=20. Attack 1: 10+13=AC 23, damage 8+4=12/2=6. Attack 2: 11+8=AC 19, damage 6+4=10/2=5. My flail is made of byeshk, but I doubt that makes any difference against the undead.

"BASH! Basher bash bad ghost!"

Attack 1: 12+13-1(Power Attack)=AC 24, damage 1d8+9+2(PA)=16/2=8. Attack 2: 10+13-1(Power Attack)=AC 22, damage 1d8+9+2(PA)=14/2=7.

Rolund.

"Bastards! Does this crap never end?" Janosz carefully puts down his bag of dust and draws his flail. "Come get some, spirit!"

I'll let it come to me, and spend my actions drawing a melee weapon. Basher delays.

Rolund.

Initiative 11+6=17.

That gives us:

Janosz 17
Basher 16
Rolund 14
Gil 11
Ezreal 10
Bor 8
Runzyl 7
Rod 6
Lightbringer 1