Epik takes a 5' step and power attacks the demodand after healing himself as a swift action.
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He loses his weapon on the third swing.
The demodand rages at seeing its fellows taken out easily, their bodies disappearing as they hit the ground ... swords clattering behind. It lunges past Magma to attack Sam with wild, forceful blows.
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Epik moves in to fight, but even with the demodand leaving himself open by focusing on getting around Magma, the paladin can't seem to get a strike in.
move to attack the Demonand
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Sam grunts and staggers under the onslaught and then straightens with true hatred in his eyes and in the creatures own language he curses at it and strikes back with equal rage
Cast Shocking Grasp Defensively
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Sam crushes the demon with an electrical charged stab, blowing pieces of it out its back side and then rips it again on the back swing. The otherworldy creature, still standing, ducks under a third blow, but Magma steps in an crushes its head into pulp as it straightens back up to attack Sam.
The area to the north is another giant shaft, 20 feet wide and heading down beyond the range of your light and vision.
Let's gather our things and head down....Do we need to do some healing before we go? Dalamus is at 44/108
Epik pries his sword from the tarry demodand and then searches the room and the bodies for anything else of interest.
He then heals Dalamus before going to the edge of the shaft and looking down. "Nowzai, can you float us down again?"
Dalamus turns to Epik "Thank you my brother, I needed that.....That demon nearly killed me in one flurry of attacks."
Nowzai casts detect magic and helps search the bodies and the area.
Nowzai nods to Epik's query. "I can utilize my pearl of power to recall the spell once more today."
"Before we do that, while Jenya administers healing, let me magically scout ahead first." Nowzai pulls out a scroll and casts from it. He then concentrates as his invisible eye descends into the pit.
You phase out of where you are and track the arcane eye into the pit as your eyes transition into darkvision, following the eye. The sensor continues down the 20-foot wide shaft until about 110 feet down. There stuck in the western wall is a large and intricate door. It measures nine feet across completely blocks the passageway. The portal has interlocking parts made of composite materials - primarily darkwood, bone, iron, and adamantine. The door’s face has been worked into the likeness of a stylized beholder with ten eyestalks. Set into each eyestalk is a different color gemstone, and set into the large central eye is a transparent crystal the size of a human fist. The thick stone doorframe is shaped like a ring and carved with eight strange glyphs.
The left most gemstone is lit up with a gray light. The stone is cut into an intricate carving of what appears to be a man standing in a statuesque pose. It looks vaguely familiar.
Continuing down the shaft another 110 feet, the shaft ends in a short east-west corridor. The western end ends in another circular door, this one with the 4th gemstone, a lit up onyx, carved into the shape of a skeletal finger. To the east the corridor opens into a relatively empty 30-foot diameter chamber strewn with old bones, dung, and tattered bits of leather. To the north is another circular door, the right most gemstone (10th in line) is lit up. The sapphire is carved into the shape of a pair of hands. A second sapphire is carved into a box floating between the hands.
The 8 glyphs are written in Undercommon and spell out the word, OBLIVION
hit points 108/156
Let go we have city to save
Nowzai concentrates on his magical eye for a few minutes, then returns to the present.
"The shaft goes down for over two hundred feet. Approximately half way, there is a massive circular door, intricate and comprised of interlocking parts of different materials -- primarily darkwood, bone, iron, and adamantine. The door’s face has been worked into the likeness of a stylized beholder with ten eyestalks. Set into each eyestalk is a different color gemstone, and set into the large central eye is a transparent crystal the size of a human fist. The thick stone doorframe is shaped like a ring and carved with eight strange glyphs... these spell out OBLIVION in Undercommon."
"One of the eyestalk gems is lit, light gray in color. Also, the stone is cut into an intricate carving of what appears to be a man standing in a statuesque pose. It seems familiar although I cannot say why."
"At the bottom of the shaft is a short east-west corridor. The western end ends in another circular door, this one with the 4th gemstone, a lit up onyx, carved into the shape of a skeletal finger. To the east the corridor opens into a relatively empty 30-foot diameter chamber strewn with old bones, dung, and tattered bits of leather."
"Lastly, to the north is another circular door, the right most gemstone (10th in line) is lit up. The sapphire is carved into the shape of a pair of hands. A second sapphire is carved into a box floating between the hands."
After completing his description, Nowzai frowns in thought. "It seems to be a kind of puzzle, these beholder doors. Sama'el, did you encounter any similar doors or glowing gemstones during your reconnaissance upstairs?"
Epik rubs his chin, "The eye gem shapes could be indicators of their effects. We should beware petrification when we approach the gem shaped as a statue."
He wipes the last of the tar from his sword. "Shall we descend and investigate further? Feather falling may not allow us to open the door. Perhaps we can lower Dalamus on a rope and he can see if he can open the door?"
"I thought perhaps the gems were door triggers. If indeed this is the lair of a beholder, as becomes more and more certain, the gems may require the spell energy from the beholder's eye ray to open. Or some thing along that line of thought..." He shakes his head, sighing.
"I can cast a spell of flight on Dalamus, and Sama'el can fly as well."
"Other than the statues, and the gauth, which were on the top floor that didn't appear that anyone had been in quite some time, there was nothing in the house above that was obvious a beholder. I think it was meant that way to distract anyone who came to visit Vhalantru's house from what was going on down here"
"Should we just ignore the first door and work on the 2nd door as that will at least allow all of us to stand there and help with ideas, once we figure out the first door it might help us figure out the rest. "
"We should find a way to secure a rope here at the top and drop it down, in case something happens everyone will be able to leave"
Jenya will Channel once and see how everyone looks
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Epik looks around the barren room and shakes his head. "I don't see anywhere to to secure the rope. I will anchor the rope."
He ties four 50' sections of rope together (assuming we have them) and then lashes the rope to his waist and drops it over the edge.
"I'm not opposed to bypassing the first door. It may be prudent to send Dalamus down first to ensure it is not a trap that will activate as we pass."
"I agree, I should head down there and check it out. The intricate door though could pose a magical trap. I may be able to identify that to be the case, but if it is, we will need help disarming it. The distance is too great to use feather fall, so flying or a rope are the only real options. I vote to fly, that way if there is something really bad down there, I can leave in a hurry"
Nowzai nods and casts fly on Dalamus. "Do not hesitate to retreat if you encounter something awful."
Fly check
I have a fly skill of 5 and a dex of 5. I only added one, because I was a little confused on the check requirements.
Perception
Dalamus floats down and successfully maintains a safe hover, without touching the door. He inspects it closely for the round, uncovering that it's an incredibly complex door mechanically and while he might be able to unlock it given some magical aid and enough time, he does discover that the door is protected with a magical trap that seems to activate on any attempts to mess with the door.
Before heading back up, Dalamus will inspect the floor and the walls for any traps
Perception
Disable Device
He will then fly to the top to report to the others what he has seen.
"I might be able to do this, but I will need some magical help, and we will have to be on the ground and steady for us to have any shot at it. We should give it a try"
Epik scowls, "We can hardly be on the ground if the door is in the middle of the shaft. I suggest we do what Sam said and bypass the door. Perhaps we'll find something that will assist us behind one of the other doors. Nowzai, can you feather-fall us down?"
Tike scratch that, Dalamus will fly to the bottom of the shaft and do the search and disable rolls there.
"If we have mundane means, I suggest we use them so I can preserve my bonded recall for a more daunting obstacle."
At the bottom of the shaft, the other doors are pretty much the same as the higher ones, with the only exceptions being the carvings and the lit gem.
Dalamus rejoins the others to report his findings.
Epik points to the rope. "This is the only mundane means we have. And unless we can think of a better way to anchor the rope, someone needs to remain up here."
He braces himself and motions for the others to begin their descent down the rope.
If fly is still able to bring Dalamus to the bottom he will use that, if not he will be the first down the rope.
Sam digs through his pack, "I have some spikes and a hammer in here, we should be able to secure this rope"
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Assuming the party has enough rope, they descend down past the first door to the bottom floor. The rooms are still as Nowzai described earlier.
Dalamus has a grappling hook and '50 of rope.
Yes, I believe we are descending all the way to the bottom and ignoring the door that we will pass
The party arrives safely on the ground, in the dark.
Epik draws his sword. "Somebody cast a light spell."
And there 's light.
Still need actions.
Dalamus will approach one of the doors and look for traps and a means to disable any that may exist.
Disable Device
While Dalamus is checking the door, Nowzai will examine it closely with detect magic.
Map is illuminated, scroll down.
Huh ... I'll check later. That doesn't make sense.
Fixed ... sorry about that.
Dalamus will examine the skeletal finger door to the west
Epik moves to examine the other door with the hands and floating box.