Sensing that something is off Thais prepares Crane Style and checks around the room.
You notice that there are no traps, but that the fireplace does not seem to be warming the room. It seems as cold in here as any other part of the dungeon. Strange, considering the size of the blaze.
"Well I guess I'm not invited."
Thais 5'-steps to the door and checks it over.
As you are looking over the door, the woman southwest of you draws a small weapon, spits on it, and throws it at you. As she spits, you notice her face wrinkle and crack as if a plaster mask was cracking.
+ fortitude save
Thais moves past a "person" in his way and attacks defensively.
The people still do not seem to notice you. They make no attempt to move out of your way. Do you push them aside to get by/enter their square?
You make it past the partygoer unhindered.
Your blow connects, but she is not stunned.
She draws a kukri, spits on it, and attacks.
Disgusted with her manners (spitting in front of people), Thais strikes with a flurry of blows (defensively).
With the second blow, the woman falls to the floor, unconscious.
Thais cuts off a small scrap of the woman's sleeve and approaches the fire. He tosses it in to see if it burns.
As you bring your hand near the flame, you feel no heat at all. When you drop the cloth it falls into the flame. You are unable to tell of the flames are simply obscuring your vision, or if the cloth was destroyed. There was no smoke or smell, however.
"Bah. Moving on."
Thais loots the fallen enemy and the room, then checks out the door again.
You look around the room after the woman falls and find: 21 gp, 31 sp, kukri, 9 shuriken, silver flatware (185gp), fine china (160gp)
The door seems unlocked, untrapped, and opens easily to another hallway.
Thais drinks his last healing potion, continues down the hallway, and checks the next door.
The door opens easily to an open room.
Thais jogs all the way back to the cold door.
The door does not seem to be locked or trapped, but it does seem to be frozen shut.
Timer 50/60
This room is one full sheet of ice. It is heavily sloped to the south. At the north of the room is a heavy stone door. Skating along the ice is a small, vaguely humanoid, chunk of ice. It stops and turns to you as you open the door.
Initiative time!
Ice (Slick)
A creature traversing slick ice at more than half speed is required to make a DC 15 Acrobatic check at the start of the movement. Failure causes the creature to fall prone at the start of the movement. Running or charging on slick ice increases the DC by 5, with the same effect on a failed skill check. A creature that succeeds at this check by 5 or more can increase its move across the ice by 10 feet, but is considered flat-footed until the start of its next turn. Creatures (like those with enough levels of barbarian or rogue) that can't be caught flat-footed at the start of combat are immune to this flat-footed effect as well.
Beyond the ice rules listed, this ice is sloped. The DC to move north is increased by 5, the DC to move south is reduced by 5. If you fail, you slide south the number of feet you fail by, rounded up to the nearest 5.
Thais drinks a potion of mage armor and begins Crane Style. He remains in the hallway.
The creature slides down into the ice and out of sight.
Thais looks for the creature and goes into total defense.
You do not see the creature, and it does not reappear.
Thais pulls out a smoke stick and smokes up the entrance.
Still no creature.
He then sneaks into the room and goes into total defense.
The creature does not show itself.
Thais 5-foot-steps to the door, checks it, and opens it (if untrapped and unlocked).
The room does not seem to be trapped, but it is locked.
While you are investigating the door, the small ice creature springs from the ice and attacks.
+ Fort Save
Thais strikes the creature with a flurry of blows.
He then retreats into the smoke again with a 5-foot-step.
The elemental dodges your first attack, but your second connects. It is still standing.
It then turns and tries to attack you in the smoke.
And he missed with his slam.
Thais throws another pair of punches.
He then draws his thieves tools.
Both attacks miss the elemental.
He retaliates with more icy fists.
+ fort save
He attacks defensively, with panache.
Then he moves back to the doorway.
Things happen behind the smoke.
Thais moves deeper into the hallway and goes to sleep.
You awake on a padded floor, surrounded by spectators.
Tural appears in a shadowy masonry corridor with an uneven flagstone floor. The air is warm, bordering on hot. There is only one apparent way forward.
Tural enters the room, draws his wand of mage armor, and casts it on himself. He then puts away the wand and draws his bow.
"Let's see what we can find."
Thandrus then leads the way.
Ahead lay 2 doors.
Thandrus and Tural move ahead checking for traps as they go (assisted by the mongoose), moving half speed.
Nothing seems amiss in the hall as you walk toward the doors. The first door you come to appears to be unlocked, but trapped.
He sends Thandrus back then Tural will cast guidance on himself, and try to disarm the trap.
The trap seems to be disabled.
Tural opens the door.
2 brightly glowing insects light the room. No other light is present, but their light is sufficient to get around. To the East there is an open archway.
The insect highlighted in blue flashes brightly.
The red bug moves forward and emits a bright flash of its own.