You are correct in that regard. It isn't the consequences that determine if you can take 10. It is the immediacy of the danger. That doesn't necessarily mean combat. It mostly has to do with stress and how realistic fine control is at the moment. In this case, the situation is just too precarious to be able to do things normally.
Thanks for the clarification.
A note on a rule that I sometimes use-
Your "take 10" stealth score is your passive DC to be noticed by something when you don't realize you might be noticed. It's a general measure of how much noise you tend to make when moving around normally and sets the DC for passive Perception checks.
In this case, Ayaal was just quiet and careful enough not to get noticed. That's a really good thing.
I've heard of that one before -- makes sense to me, and good for Ayaal (though I don't know what you're talking about since I haven't read the spoilers)!
Farooq, Zariah, can I get a check-in from you two. We haven't heard from you in a while and I want to make sure you're still with us.
Small game delay. Back on saturday or sunday.
Thanks for letting us know!
What is it with you guys and bypassing my combat encounters and puzzles? I've never seen a group so bent on not investigating potentially dangerous things.
Smart. :)
:D
It's like I have an entire party of Craigs (13:40)
I'm still here, will be sending you a PM soon.
Was there a board or piece of bookshelf in another room, that could be used to disable the trap?
Meant to post in the gameplay thread.
The trick is, anything flat will press down on the stone, which is what you don't want.
Back in the room with the dried out bath, there were shelves with some shallow golden bowls with the strange pots. One of them might do the trick.
I was thinking of boards or pieces of bookshelves as things that could be jammed between the mechanism to keep it from resetting.
Ah, gotcha. Yeah that could work. In the previous room the cupboard doors are made of that yellow metal. If you could pry one or two off their hinges, set off the trap again (and not get stuck this time) and then stick the doors under the fangs before they retracted, the fangs would probably get stuck.
Does that sound like what you're going for?
I'm enjoying seeing the characters personalities come through lately. Very cool.
That's precisely what I had in mind. Thanks, DM. :)
Update with new room description coming tomorrow. Feel free to role-play until then.
My mistake. DC should have stayed at 14.
Whew... thanks, boss.
Are we waiting on me?
Do we recover hp channel attempts again after heading back to the healy room DH?
I'm fine with others going ahead and searching the next room... Zayid's feeling a bit woozy and will probably rest for a few minutes (and hope for some more healing :P).
Tag-team scouting?
Works for me.
Hasani, your observations and rough calculations tell you that you seem to refill your reservoir of positive energy at a rate of about one channel per ten minutes. Also, everyone in that room gains Fast Heal at a rate of one point per minute. You still aren't sure why.
Are we waiting on me again?
This super-busy friday and saturday thing is becoming a routine for me. Until further notice, don't expect updates those days.
Sorry for the delay. Try to think of them as time to catch up for the people who need to, and for roleplaying and planning to happen.
Hey, sorry to everyone I may have inconvenienced, but I just got back after being sick for all this time, and I'm thinking I'm cutting down on my involvement on the forums, to avoid causing disruptions when things like this happen. Sorry to everybody, but I've lost my motivation to play Apedemak here, and I'm struggling to jump back in, so I think I'll drop this game. Again, I apologize for inconvenience, and this is a great game that I'll definitely follow, but I don't think I can play in it.
Thanks for letting me know.
Alright, busy days over. I'm ready to continue. Looks like there's still some roleplaying/investigation to be done. Feel free to ask questions.
Anyone thing they have theories about what this place is yet? :)
What's the plan? Keep moving? Stop and play with the toys? Both?
As a note, the hallways are fairly short (about 30 feet), so if you guys wanted to split the party between two rooms to scout one while the scholars poked around in another, I could handle that.
I've got theories, but I'm not willing to risk exposing them yet. ;)
Rest of you guys around, besides Hasani?
Forgot that.
I'm really enjoying watching everyone puzzle things out. I love Indiana Jones style ruin delving.
I'm enjoying it, too -- what I can see of it, anyway!
Sorry about the weekend lull folks. Next weekend is probably also going to be slow, but after that life clams down a bit.
The game has slowed a bit, probably due to my busy weekends lately. What can I do to kick things back up again?
I'd suggest a none trap unavoidable encounter, traps are fine but they alienate a lot of characters who simply don't have much to do against them.
I would not be adverse to that idea. I feel bad for never posting, but Mahsati was not made with brain stuff and investigation in mind, so I've been rather useless.
There have been a few possible encounters so far, but in every case you guys either sneaked past, or didn't trigger the event that would have started a fight.
You're close to the first unavoidable fight now.
Hopefully not one that gets me (or anyone else) killed. :P
Got it, thanks.
Here awaiting the BOOM!
Busy weekend again.
The BOOM will come tomorrow. :)