"Of course, earlier when I used my power of healing on her to stop her from dying, it seemed to work normally."Metagamey goodness:
Spoiler:I made a DM call that Rebuke Death would work on her, since it directly stabilized her, but wasn't a 'heal' type of spell, rather a domain power. Don't know if it was the right call, but hey, I stand by it.
Bethany sings a quick tune over Toranna's corpse, checking to see if any of her belongings are magical, before crouching down and removing the earrings and placing them in her ears. .
Swire sets to work relieving Moranna's corpse of it's valuables. "Oh, this is lovely. You'd have to be one wily cutter to use this right." He takes the knife and slips it under his cloak. "I'll just be taking this."
"Shadowknave, eh? Oh, the number of berks who called themselves that..."
"Perhaps we still have the element of surprise," Karrin says, "if that's the case we need to move cautiously. Swire you'd better give this door a look. While he's doing that You'd better have a look through that book Justin and see if there are any portal exits mentioned. Someone better watch our backs just in case the alarm has been raised. Swire you'll take the lead, but if there's trouble duck back behind me. I'm going to stay large as long as I can. It really helps with my reach and power. Anyone think of anything else?"
"Ya don't kick in a man's door, kill the doorman an' then wait to be announced. Let's move."
Nari stoops down and picks up her psicrystal before heading on.
"Soo uh is it okay for us to be using the healing potions here or not?"
"Of course, earlier when I used my power of healing on her to stop her from dying, it seemed to work normally."Metagamey goodness:
** spoiler omitted **
"Out of the way, let a professional take a look at these." Swire pushes his way to the front of the group and begins to carefully look over the door.
Isaac looks over the fiend statues.
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Justin Hands Mr Swire the dagger with a grin.
"Use it in good health!" He quips. He also nods in response to Karrin and Drazek's statements.
"Right-o, I'll skim and see if the actual portal location is mentioned. It probably is, This Toranna seemed to be pretty retentive about her information. But it may take time to find, and this isn't exactly a reading room!" He grumbles, but dutifully pulls out the notebook they found earlier, and begins at the end, flipping backwards to try and see if he can spot any mention of other portals, or even a reference to the plane of fire, or the Hive, which may lead to the hoped-for reference. He looks up occasionally between pages, keeping an eye on the group as a whole, trying to multitask.
Bethany sings a quick tune over Toranna's corpse, checking to see if any of her belongings are magical, before crouching down and removing the earrings and placing them in her ears. .
"Right-o, I'll skim and see if the actual portal location is mentioned. It probably is, This Toranna seemed to be pretty retentive about her information. But it may take time to find, and this isn't exactly a reading room!" He grumbles, but dutifully pulls out the notebook they found earlier, and begins at the end, flipping backwards to try and see if he can spot any mention of other portals, or even a reference to the plane of fire, or the Hive, which may lead to the hoped-for reference. He looks up occasionally between pages, keeping an eye on the group as a whole, trying to multitask.
Justin:
Just as Justin frantically searches for more clues, the writing on the pages writhes and becomes encoded once again.
Isaac looks over the fiend statues.
Knowledge (Planes): 1d20+7, Perception: 1d20+13
Issac:
"Shadowknave, eh? Oh, the number of berks who called themselves that..."
1 d 20 + 9
Swire:
"Out of the way, let a professional take a look at these." Swire pushes his way to the front of the group and begins to carefully look over the door.
1 d 20 + 7
Mr. Swire:
Bethany:
Isaac chuckles and smacks one of the fiend statues.
"Ha! These berks bob some half-arsed theater props and set 'em up in a dark room and we're supposed to quiver with fear. Bunch o' amateurs!"
As Swire looks over the gate, he begins to talk. "I think I've heard of this Shadowknave berk. Trying to start a gang, if the chant's right. Staying at the Butcher's Block if you feel like chatting." Swire then steps away from the doors. "Door's enchanted. I can't do anything but set it off."
"Oh, SHards and Shells!" Justin curses, and slams the tiny notebook shut. He frowns as he shoves it back into his pocket.
"The journal does mention the Lower Ward gate, but I didn't find any information about it's exact location on THIS side of the door. There was a mention of the alley behind 'The Ossuary', and I think it takes a brown glass bead to open. She doesn't go into detail as to where the Citadel locus is though, but obliquely mentions 'a platform' in one passage. That's all I had time to skim. My Comprehension spell just ticked it's last. To get anything else I either need another copy of my spell, or I'll have to crack her code."
He frowns at Swire's words as well.
"Well, THIS just keeps getting better!" He grumbles as he examines the symbols on the door himself.
Know/Arcana: 1d20+11=16, Spellcraft: 1d20+11=18
"I don't have any dispelling magics, unless I can figure a way to counterspell these things as they go off,..." He mumbles, and shrugs.
Isaac shrugs.
"Let's give this place the laugh, then and head the other way. One o' them Illuminated bashers is bound to have a key or something."
"The journal does mention the Lower Ward gate, but I didn't find any information about it's exact location on THIS side of the door. There was a mention of the alley behind 'The Ossuary', and I think it takes a brown glass bead to open. She doesn't go into detail as to where the Citadel locus is though, but obliquely mentions 'a platform' in one passage. That's all I had time to skim. My Comprehension spell just ticked it's last. To get anything else I either need another copy of my spell, or I'll have to crack her code."
"Would something like this help?" Merle asks as she hands Justin a scroll of tongues.
Seph looks somewhat disappointed when he finds out Justins spell has worn off he had been quite looking forward to speaking to Justin for a while.
"Well if we kick in this door it's likely going to be heavy fighting from here on out. On the other hand we could continue along on the outside. Perhaps there's another door."
"Would you like me to scout ahead for you? I can send my psicrystal. Or not. However you like. But I can if you want me to," Nari offers shyly.
Bethany's demeanour relaxes after putting on the earrings and you can see that she is no longer sweating profusely either.
"That sounds like it would be a good idea Nari."
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Justin can see the glyph, but he needs a Read Magic to determine which glyph it is.
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Isaac whispers.
"Sounds like we were too loud in here: berks are blockin' that door from the other side. Let's work around the other way, unless you cutters fancy tryin' to take a chokepoint."
perception
"I do hear noises. I wonder ..."
perception 1d20+4
"I do hear noises. I wonder ..."
perception 1d20+4
"I do hear noises. I wonder ..."
Perception
"Moving a lot of heavy stuff around whoever it is" Merle's hand seems to reach subconsciously to one of her scrolls as she speaks "Course if they are trying to block the door I think I can deal with that problem easily enough."
"I hear it too..."
Justin growls in frustration.
"Of ALL the days to NOT have 'Read Magic' studied,...!!" He literally growls under his breath.
"Merle, can you read these glyphs? Before we can bypass them, we have to know what they are." He grumbles.
"Noises,... what?" He also puts his head close to, (but NOT touching!) the door and listens.
"Somebody moving around in there. But doing what? They could be redecorating for all I know!" He says softly, shrugging. "Maybe if we jump them now, while they're doing,... whatever it is they're doing,... we'll get the drop on them. It's this door ward I'm worried about, I don't want us to get fried before we can even get through the door!"
"Wait, you have a 'Tounges' scroll?!? That's fantastic! It's a much more powerful spell than the one I was using! Oh, you should save it for a true emergency though, I won't be able to replace a spell like that for,... well, hopefully not TOO long, but a while. Thanks though." He adds with a smile to Merle.
Justin growls in frustration.
"Of ALL the days to NOT have 'Read Magic' studied,...!!" He literally growls under his breath.
"Merle, can you read these glyphs? Before we can bypass them, we have to know what they are." He grumbles.
"Of course how you Wiz-" Merle begins saying with a certain amount of smugness before Seph gives her a small wap on one of her ears earning a small "Ow" From her "Ahem er anyway...."
Perception
"Well somethin's on the other side. Y'all wanna back up I'll take the door"
"Wait, you have a 'Tounges' scroll?!? That's fantastic! It's a much more powerful spell than the one I was using! Oh, you should save it for a true emergency though, I won't be able to replace a spell like that for,... well, hopefully not TOO long, but a while. Thanks though." He adds with a smile to Merle.
"I also have all these." Merle mentions as she continues to concentrate on reading the doors magic whilst simultaneously pointing to several scrolls sitting at the top of her pack,
"If you want to write any of them up later let me know and I'll let you have them" Merle adds whilst still reading the writing on the door
"That's a very generous offer Merle." He replies after peeking into her backpack.
"If I do ask for the favor of copying some into my spellbook, I'll return the favor twofold. Two scrolls for every one i burn to copy the spell into my tome!" He responds with a grin, still trying to decipher anything he can from the door by reading over her shoulder.
Mr. Swire attempts to discern the language, but the faintness thwarts him. It doesn't sound like one of the Dark tongues, but it is hard to say for certain.
Merle: