After how well things went with traps on the last level, Kali happily lets Kragnor take point on the trap detection detail. If he needs assistance disarming, she will assist them.
Revealed on the other side is an apparent armory. Weapon racks (10 short swords, 12 daggers, four light crossbows, three composite short bows w/+2 STR rating) and wooden wardrobes line the walls of the room, and the dummies in the center of the room wear suits of armor (2 leather, 3 padded). The wardrobes contain 15 blood-red hooded robes. Near the door, a dozen masks hang from pegs on the wall. Each mask consists of a brass nosepiece with cheek guards, and a veil of red silk hangs from the nosepiece. It looks as though it would cover the wearer's mouth and hang below their chin (though it would not be long enough to cover all of Kragnor's beard).
Kali follows behind Kragnor into the room, "Wow, I wonder what this is all about. Should we put on the uniforms just in case?" While she waits for the input of the others, she casts Detect Magic from the doorway, since she always wanted to be able to do that.
Eva, you don't think the robes and masks have been used in the last couple of days, at least. Kali, there is no detectable magic anywhere in the room except on some of your fellow party members.
F Human Monk 10 [ HP 101/103 (0 NL) | AC 26* Tch 21 FF 24 | Fort +10 Ref +9 Will +13 | CMD 30 | Init +2 | Perc +17, low-light vision | Ki: 16/16 | Effects: mage armor ]
Eva frowns, but decides that the group is better safe than sorry. "We may want to take them with us, perhaps?" she replies, picking up a robe and matching mask. "I do not know."
M Wayang Witch 10 | HP 70 | AC 18 | T 17 | FF 14 (w/mage armor: 22/17/18) | CMD 18 | Fort +10 | Ref +11 | Will +11 | Init +9 | Perc +21
Senja takes down the smallest of the robes and drapes it over himself, trying to tuck it up so it doesn’t drag on the floor too much. He then sets one of the masks over his face, the eyeholes spaced so widely that he can only see out of one of them. ”How do I look?” he asks.
M Wayang Witch 10 | HP 70 | AC 18 | T 17 | FF 14 (w/mage armor: 22/17/18) | CMD 18 | Fort +10 | Ref +11 | Will +11 | Init +9 | Perc +21
Senja spots a smaller robe than the one he’s wearing, and returns his to the peg it hung on. Slipping into the small robe, he says, ”There, that’s better.” Looking at the rest of the party, he says, ”Will you be dressing up as well, or should I leave this where I found it?”
"Sure, why not?" Kali says with a shrug, ignoring Eva's wise advice as she slips on a red robe, but only places the mask in her backpack.
"Hey, watch this." She deactivates the magic that allows her to look human to revert to her natural vulpine form, then puts on the red hood up, "It's almost like I'm a reverse fairy tail."
M Wayang Witch 10 | HP 70 | AC 18 | T 17 | FF 14 (w/mage armor: 22/17/18) | CMD 18 | Fort +10 | Ref +11 | Will +11 | Init +9 | Perc +21
Senja’s people have no tales of people dressing up in red robes, and Kali’s reference is lost on him. ”Wait, is it because you have a tail…fairy tail, like that? Oh, no, it must be your fey heritage, that makes it a fairy tale, or tail, perhaps…” He continues to mutter quietly to himself as the others don their robes and Kragnor checks out the next door.
Kragnor and Kali examine the door out after the party has finished getting gowned*, and find that it is neither locked nor trapped.
*:
My daughter is in the second year of her surgical tech program, and she has gotten pretty good at getting gowned while maintaining sterility--better than most of the other people in her cohort. So now when I think about getting dressed like this, I imagine carefully flipping the sleeves around, and watching to make sure you don't touch anything that hasn't been sterilized. Not that you need to be concerned about that in the dungeon, though.
AC16/T12/FF14/CMD19(+4 vs BR, TR; +2 SD)|HP37[37]||F:+6|R:+6|W:+3(+3 vs poison, spell, SLA)
Stats:
|Init:+2(+2 undgrnd)|Percept.+9(+10 in underground environment to notice traps, potential cave-ins, dangerous flora *free check @10')
Dwarf Ranger (Dungeon Rover) 4
Sighing loudly, Kragnor glances over his shoulder, awaiting the "all-ready" from his party, then opens the door just enough to poke his head and look around.
Kragnor opens the door and steps through, followed by Eva. This room (where it isn't corridor) is apparently a guard post of some sort, as evidenced by the two humans in leather armor and beaked masks like the ones you found in the armory. None of you are surprised.
Round 1:
Initiative order
Enemies
Kali
Senja
Kragnor
Eva
Melody
Asvald
One of the guards yells a curse and raises a crossbow, firing it at Kragnor! Kragnor, take 12 HP and DC 11 Fort save to avoid 1 pt. DEX damage. The other guard frantically tugs twice on a rope next to him.
AC16/T12/FF14/CMD19(+4 vs BR, TR; +2 SD)|HP37[37]||F:+6|R:+6|W:+3(+3 vs poison, spell, SLA)
Stats:
|Init:+2(+2 undgrnd)|Percept.+9(+10 in underground environment to notice traps, potential cave-ins, dangerous flora *free check @10')
Dwarf Ranger (Dungeon Rover) 4
Fort:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Kragnor nearly shrieks as he is hit, but turns it into a low growl. "Blasted! Always havin' to go ferst!" He takes a step closer and swings his hammer at the nearest man!
Using some of her inner knowledge of Ki to disappear, Kali moves into the room with the less stylish robed guys to set up a more effective attack at her next opportunity.
Free Action: Vanishing Trick (4/5 Ki left). Move action: Double move into the room. In case they have a really high perception: Stealth + Invisible:1d20 + 8 + 20 ⇒ (8) + 8 + 20 = 36
Kali, you're not sure what the rope is for. Nothing apparently happened when the guard pulled it.
Round 1 (ongoing):
Initiative order
Enemies-acted
Kali-acted
Senja-acted
Kragnor-acted
Eva-acted
Melody-acted
Asvald
Kali vanishes from sight. Senja moves in and hurls a hex at the nearest guard; Kragnor steps up and wounds that one, and then Eva leaps in and finished him off. Melody boosts everyone's spirits. [ooc]Asvald, over to you!
Initiative order
Enemy-acted
Kali
Senja
Kragnor
Eva
Melody
Asvald
The remaining guard manages to resist Asvald's spell. As soon as he can, he flees through the door or tries to; unaware of Kali's presence, he can't try to avoid her AoO. Take a shot, if you like.
