Crypt of the Everflame (Inactive)

Game Master Stetrix

I will go turn the damned wheel! DOH! Close the door first though, please.

Thanks Buchart.

Do we smell any better after our wading session with the skellies and frogs? I know I was up to my neck.

You actually smell better than the zombie goo you had before...Peeking in the portcullis is up and some bats fly around but not the swarms as before.

I had a dunk bath! Why yes, Fernleaf, I do feel quite refreshed, like a spring rain or the morning dew!

I'm having second thoughts, though. I would feel much safer if we dealt with the bats before we open the portcullis. What if we go to deal with them with it open and we have more than just bats to deal with?

Or, we can just throw caution to the wind again!

I suggest we all take a hit from the Wand of Mage Armor. There might be something with a very nasty touch attack in there. What do you think?...Ah, screw it. Let's go!

I think I need a shot of healing before we go. I would like to be in full health just in case WE hit the fan, so to speak. I think I will also go and disable or jam the wheel.

I think I need a shot of healing before we go. I would like to be in full health just in case WE hit the fan, so to speak. I think I will also go and disable or jam the wheel.

Roll your wand.. Cela will use it on you.

Wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Thank you, Cela! I am good to go. Now, about that crypt...

You call play on this one Buchart, if you want to throw caution to the wind we will go. Fernleaf and the cat up front, me with ranged attack behind them (as I can shoot over top of them and then move out of the way for the tank) Anaba and Buchart behind to engage hand to hand follow up with Cela and Sekkim. This sound OK with everyone?

I would like to cast a light spell in the room above the pool. That way we will see what there is to see. The bats give me the willies, though!

The birds, the feathers! There's too many of them! Ahhh!

I concur with Rolande's well spoken suggestions. The marching order sounds like a good for for a lot of situations. We should make it Default Marching Order Alpha.

Before you start...Cela warns (with her KN Nature) cats paws and bullets wont do anything vs a swarm. You need area of effect spells like burning hands or oil, academical fire etc.

FYI Bat swarm: Defensive Abilities swarm traits; Immune weapon damage
revise plan?

Let's do this!

Bouchart looks in and casts light above the pool.
Bouchart will save plz.

Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!

OOPS! My base save bonus is actually +3 so this is a 15.

Buchart cannot help but catch a glimpse of himself in the reflecting pool. Those who gaze into the pool see a horrid, rotting reflection that slowly turns to murder the party. He fights off the urge to stab Sekkim and closes the door as bats start to swarm. He avoids screaming and running for the exit.

I will ask for the Wand of Burning Hands back from Sekkim and poke it through the cracked door and say, "Fuego!"

Wand: 1d4 ⇒ 2

How many bats does that kill?

Roll lots more...maybe 6 times
BS1-3
BS2

Wand: 1d4 ⇒ 4
Wand: 1d4 ⇒ 1
Wand: 1d4 ⇒ 2

keep going...
one down BS2 to go - they are wary after 4 rounds of fire of the door and hanging back a bit. probably need to enter to get the other group. That means your probably going to get attacked...where is that BPOS when you need it!

will probably take 2-4 more charges as well.

Wand: 1d4 ⇒ 2
Wand: 1d4 ⇒ 4
Wand: 1d4 ⇒ 4

I am not going in there! I'll wait until they come to me. I have all day if I have to wait it out.

I hope this draws their attention! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!

Waiting for them to swarm the door again! How many are left?

You wait 10 min and they settle down no longer swarming. They move away from your light into the room beyond the portcullis. After screaming and light spells you work 40 -45 min you get them to swarm near the door and they get close enough to burn them down.

Out of combat! 7 charges used for both swarms.

Fernleaf investigates from the door the south room and seems unaffected now by the pool as is Buchart.

This chamber has a number of recesses carved into the walls and a fissure in the ceiling. The crypts are empty as in the other room with the zombies. There is bat guano everywhere and now small clusters of bats hang about, but not enough to make the deadly swarms.

I had this prepared and really really wanted to paste it in the last room...
"Buchart presses into the room closing the door to finish off the bat swarm and gets a shot off of the wand of burning hands before they swarm all over him burrowing their tiny teeth in his pale flesh to drink his sweet blood as they flap their leathery wings all about him trying to find a purchase. He is completely covered in bats!

Round 1: BS2 -
Buchart Bat Swarm: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Make a fortitude save Distraction (Ex) Any living creature that takes damage from a bat swarm is nauseated for 1 round; a Fortitude save (DC 11) negates the effect.

Round 2: BS2 -
Buchart blasts away many of the vile creatures but they continue to bite at him and scratch his skin with thier sharp claws.
Buchart Bat Swarm: 1d6 ⇒ 6"

You wait 10 min and they settle down no longer swarming. They move away from your light into the room beyond the portcullis. After screaming and light spells you work 40 -45 min you get them to swarm near the door and they get close enough to burn them down.

Out of combat! 7 charges used for both swarms.

6 charges left on Wand of Burning Hands.

Do you think burnt bats would make a nice starter for our frog leg fry?

Come on everybody! Just don't look at the pool!

What do you see, Fernleaf?

Anyone else entering the pool room will need to make a DC 11 will save or run away in fear for 1d4 rounds.

Even, say, blindfolded?

Closing your eyes or blindfolded ok. Fernleaf and Buchart seem unaffected at least for now

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Close eyes, link hands and let Fernleaf and Buchart lead us through.

I am glad to help lead you through.

Fernleaf and Buchart guide the party past the pool of terrors and into the next room of crypts. Searching thoroughly you find nothing of interest except bat guano. You move through the room and into the next chamber.

The vaulted ceiling of this vast chamber shows significant signs of damage, with numerous cracks along its surface. In the center of the room, a 10-foot-wide bridge crosses a deep chasm. On the other side, a pair of stone statues watch over the end of the bridge in front of a set of grand brass double doors. The statues depict villagers holding shields and spears.

Your spells are all worn off if you want to renew.

I will detect magic on the area.

You find no magic
GM Stuff: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24

Cela notices some unusual stonework on the bridge 10' in.

What is it Cela?

Cela is AFK until this afternoon. I can attempt to help with her toon

I will immediately check for traps and so forth in the area that Cela notices.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

How far is it across the chasm and how large/wide is the area on the bridge that is suspect?...Never mind! My phone is acting up and is slow!

Ferneaf spends some time looking at the area Cela is suspicious of (marking on the map). And sees some pressure plates 10' in. It looks like something to do with the statues and the 40'pit. You can attempt to disable if you wish.

Can Fernleaf deactivate?

I shall attempt to disable this device.

Disable Device: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

On second thought, maybe we rig up some ropes and swing or walk our way across then... It will look much more dramatic.

*starts to get rope from backpack*

Uhhhooooh...Fernleaf 's attempt at disabling the trap go badly and he activates the pressure plate. The two statues slide forward and try to knock him off the bridge. bull rush: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26. Which they do and he goes flying and falls 40' (oww!) fall: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 2, 5) = 12.

The statues moves back in to position and you hear a click as they lock in place.

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Ouch, throw a rope down to him. Can he tie it around his waist so we can haul him up?

Cela get ready to heal him please.

You throw a rope and haul a wounded halfling up.

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Fernleaf has a cure wand. CLW wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
CLW Wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

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Fernleaf can try to disable again or try something else?

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Keep the rope around him and try again. We can keep him from falling too far if we can't pull him out of harms way.

Oof..

Ok I will try one more time.

Disable Device: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

Thanks for the curing and lifting.

I crawl into the corner of the pit and cry. I will take the opportunity to search around in the pit, as well (while softly crying in pain).

"I am such a failure. My auntie always said "Don't ever leave the house without... something. I had already left the house so never heard the rest of her wisdom..."

Anybody else left down here from bygone days? Any fresh brains? Rats or other vermin? Tattered clothing? Bones?

*thinking seriously about this Undead Comic gig and the insanity of adventuring. Also, wondering what frog brains taste like. Butter and garlic keep being mentioned...*

You don't quite get it disabled, but feel you are close. You don't fail by more than 5 so don't set off the trap. You found nothing in the pit besides some old broken bones earlier. Try again?

Rinse, repeat...