Call Forth Darkness! (Inactive)

Game Master Aku Warashi

@Sebastian.

I need a Alchemy check so you can fix the golem.
Also, remember you need a fresh humanoid brain (Human, Elf, Dwarf).

@Agrippa

How you plan to overcome the language restriction? Remember that the Accuser devil don't understand anything other than Celestial, Draconic, Infernal.

I just want him to watch, and then replay it to me....Gulugur(the Imp) can also watch and he understands Common.

In a slightly related note...How close are we to level 8 (So I can give the Zebub a class level and skill ranks in Linguistics)

@Level

Not sure. Not that far away, I haven't checked yet.

@Imp.

Well, it would be strange a Raven inside the manor. Remember that the Baron rarely leaves this house. I'll assume the imp is just invisible inside the place.

RE:Imp
Yeah, he would just go invisible and sneak around...but they are both under strict orders to run as fast as they can away if spotted...they are not to do battle with anyone.

Posting will be on and off as I am on business travel

Seems I had a post on Wednesday go missing, sorry about that. Second the idea of stone-shaping him a special prison. Sebastian will however stay the night in town so he can sort out arrangements for the mithril cog. Not sure if you want to play that out DM?

Crafting will take some time, so you could post your order and return to the Horn.

@Posting

I'll be away today, I'll move things later today or tomorrow morning.

Yes, I thought I'd merely place the order. Fine to skip past I wasn't sure how you wanted to do it but getting the cog is likely going to be the critical thing in terms of time so wanted to ask.

And happy to make alchemy roll whenever. Components are going to take some weeks yet. I'm sure a suitable brain will come along before then...

still o/seas. Posting is spotty. Sorry

@Agrippa

I wasn't able to find the excel you created with the proposed summon action. Can you link it for me again?

Here ya go

@All

Tell me when you are done planning, and I'll move things.

@Agrippa.

Have a big cup of coffe, lots of time, and now thinkering 'bout that list.
I'll give you some more information soon.

@All

Tell me when you are done planning, and I'll move things/QUOTE]

Lets say move along by end of day Monday one way or the other?

hope no one thinks Johan is being too imperious. Just trying to get things moving and not waste another week or two debating.

+1 to Johan's imperiousness

nope, I want to keep things moving. I was just wondering why we care about the rest of the horn. We seem a bit spread out. Lets get these guys :)

Cedric, are you sure you want to relocate to the sanctum? As was pointed out to me a while back, there is no teleporter in the sanctum. Its an over 500 ft staircase to get to and from the rest of the Horn! That's like 50 flights of stairs you have to climb!

Its the only room that truly needs protecting. So yep.

Agrippa is suspicious of this newcomer who wants to stay so close to the seat of Agrippa's power......

Eyes are narrowed.

Apologies for lack of posting guys, I'll be back up to date by tomorrow.

@Johan

I liked that idea.
Haha

So, who is up for playing a man eating vine against the good guys?

so, no takers?

not here

@Armor

Fullplate needs help to be donned, so there's no cutting that time in half.

Edit: Or maybe i'm reading it wrong. Doesn't really matter.

I read it the same. 4 minutes with assistance. Without assistance its four minutes also but counts as donned hastily.

...added our undead minions to the map, since there is no evidence they have been destroyed yet.

Not sure on the Armor, I read it the other way, but yeah doesn't matter. Not worried enough to search the boards. So where we at the with the spiders. I would prefer these traps and what not be run off screen as if the party is meant to be a challenge for us I can't imagine these will pose any threat. It will just take up game time or posting time. That's just my opinion though and will go with whatever. Sorry I was away this weekend.

@Cedric

Well, that's sad.

@Sebastian

I've adjusted the undeads position and yours as well.
They can't bypass the wall, so they need to follow through the doors.

Spiders didn't last long but it was interesting as an experiment.

well, if we had collectively rolled something higher than a 6....

Can burning skeletons do their fire damage with touch attacks. You know just touch for 1d6 fire. Is so may be worth commanding them to do so as touching is usually way easier then hitting.

Good question. If there are any left standing by the time Sebastian gets to the room to command them it might be worth a try.

I think they also blow up - the blow up damage may be the thing that does the actual damage here.

Back.

Was out yesterday the entire day, and arrived at home dead tired.
Updating in some minutes.

Can you give us some sort of context around the PCs situation? ie. How far are we along in putting on the armour, have we heard sounds of combat ( exploding skeletons?) Have we heard Sebastian calling for help etc? Otherwise, 40 rounds is a looong time! They would spend about 20 rounds climbing the spiral stairs and still encounter the minotaur and the deamons way before the rest of us are even suited up.

If Eldred/Sebastian don't go ahead alone, you can consider the armor donning is done.

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Metagaming speaking, they are not in hurry, and while their 'destination' was the throne room from the beginning, they will take some time to explore the room, before going into the stairs.

Of course you guys don't know that, and I expect you role play accordingly.

@Johan

The 'mass invisibility'

Hoping the invisibility will let Eldred confirm this without the metagaming and we can whomp them together.

Knowing whether we did get around to shaping the entrance to the sanctum stairs is probably the most important thing. Without that they can't do much beyond killing minions and Sebastian at least will wait for the others.

Not quite sure whether we'd got to stoneshaping our entrance to the sanctum but assume its at 2-21 if so and they would have to come back though the western door to 2-20.

Not sure I'm following you here. Wasn't the plan to stone shape an entrance to the hidden pillar-staircase at 2-20B? From 2-21 you'd have to punch a hole up through 550 ft of stone, then rig up a ladder or stair way.

If thats the best way to do it sure. I didn't realise one of the pillars was hollow. From the map it looks like its just off 2-21.

"This is why I suggested protecting the throne room only. Perhaps when this is done we can have Sebastian stone shape a new room off the spiral stair case. I do hope he lives, as I don't have that type of divine power."

What's Cedric talking about? He don't know what's happening.

Edit: I'm not accusing you of metagaming. I'm just trying to understand Cedric motivation.
Thought to clear that, because I noticed my first question sounded a bit harsh, and for that I apologize.

No he is simply stating he believes protecting any of the horn beside the ritual room is a waste of resources, and because it takes a few minutes to get prepared when or if there is an invasion we would have ample time if they were to climb through the whole structure.

All he knows about Sebastian is he is not here with us therefor he could be dead for all he knows.

Yeah Cedric is talking in terms of optimal outcome.....the rest of us don't typically go for that. Agrippa is still gonna stay in his quarters.

You wizard. I think I have a fun idea... but its the worst of a bad situation

Eldred pushes the nightmares head around towards the apartments and smacks it on the rump Shouldn't count as an attack - he hopes that this will cause the horse to lead the adventurers closer to the others where an ambush can be set up... and give the nightmare a chance to survive the onslaught that is surely coming its way if it doesn't get out of here.

He then slinks to an out of the way place and hides hoping the adventurers will follow the nightmare and allow him to slide in behind them.

Eldred, I'll wait until Sebastian has time to answer because based on what he does, your action may be different.

Also, don't forget the nightmare knows infernal and abyssal, and has a Int score of 13 and it only takes order from Johan.

It can take its own chances then :)

Has anyone heard from Sebastian?

I'll give him a couple more of hours before botting his char.

Eldred is slipping off to one side so as to get in behind the party of adventurers when they give chase to the nightmare. Is it flying or clopping along with its ruddy great hoofs?

Looks like Cedric hasn't moved on the map for round one yet.

Grumble and the nightmare can reach the secret door to 2-2 at an all out run (fly spd 80-90 x4) and on round three burst into the temple to get their cautious casters from the rear.

Their front liners would see them whiz by the T-intersection on rnd two but when they come around the corner would see Johan and Cedric right there and would have to make a choice whether or not to pursue the flyers to their left( who they can't catch and disappeared through a secret door they didn't know was there) or standing to face the two angry dudes to their right.

A haste spell right about now would make this plan extra awesome (nudge, nudge)

OR

We could form ye ole wall of steel in the corridor with Grumble reaching over Johan and Cedric, and Agrippa and Sebastian behind him. Less fun but tried and true.

I assume round 1 was us moving out of a room into the hallway. I just moved for this round.

Yeah, round 1 we moved from Johan's room to the fountain room

I think some vengeful god hates me.

I was safely driving back home, and then I needed to reduce my speed, because the guy ahead of my stepped on the brake.

It wasn't even a sudden brake from my part, but the guy behind me, maybe was talking on the phone or distracted, didn't saw me braking and hit me from behind, throwing me off my bike, at 50 miles per hour.

>.<

I think I’m going to buy a car…

Oh shit mate... How are you doing health wise? Anything that needs hospital?

@Eldred

I'm fine. Just hurt my foot a little, but nothing serious.

@Link

Thanks for letting me know about that bad, bad, ugly wrong link.
Corrected it already.