"This does not appear to lead anywhere, that is rather unfortunate. Let us move into the keep proper and find this book that we are looking for. Anything that stands in our way dies."
"This does not appear to lead anywhere, that is rather unfortunate. Let us move into the keep proper and find this book that we are looking for. Anything that stands in our way dies."
"Agreed" You hear vesta says as she becomes visible for a moment.
Murmur follows the others to the fizzing room, humming to himself and playing with the wooden doll he took from the farmhouse. Outside the room, he thrusts the doll forward to give it a clear view of the room.
"What do you think, Woody? Anything of interest in there?" Yet another child's voice.
Knowledge: Arcana check -
Meanwhile, Euridicea was busy running her hands along the wall in the tunnel, back and forth as she gets a feel for the essence of the place. The nymph's outfit seemed to have changed in the few minutes it took the others to check the door down the hallway, going from ruffles and lace to a more combat friendly dress of leather and straps. Her fingernails drum along the stone of the tunnel while her sharply pointed ears listen for minute vibrations, "Wiggling little worms burrowing so deep, looking for your father in his restless sleep, tell your hidden secrets for all to hear, show the ones above what to truely fear."
The arcane sight gifted by detect magic shows that the whole room glows with the aftereffects of spent incantations.
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Yes.
"This way should lead into the main keep"
Well then, let us proceed...
Gathroc will lead the way forward, confident in his prowess and abilities.
"Yes, yes, let us proceed. I really was hoping to find a back way into his tower." I grumble.
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"It's an empty room full of crates and a staircase."
Well then, shall we proceed? Darkness is certainly no foe of ours...
Gabriel then takes his time to check the door for traps...
Assuming that works, he will eagerly scuttle into the room, to investigate the crates...
Again the door does not appear to have any traps upon it, nor is it locked. Gabriel is able to open it without issue.
Murmur slips into the shadows and proceeds into the room with the crates, quietly watching while the others do what they wish.
The crates appear to be full of raw materials and alchemical supplies. Let's keep moving...
Gabriel then scuttles purposefully for the exit...
The stairs are not trapped, and lead open aired into the next level - though you would need to ascend in order to discern what lay upon it.
At just that moment, light suddenly floods into the building. Despite your brief shock, you discern that it is magical in origin so has no special power over you - but it does indicate that the tower itself is waking up....
The stairs are not trapped, and lead open aired into the next level - though you would need to ascend in order to discern what lay upon it.
At just that moment, light suddenly floods into the building. Despite your brief shock, you discern that it is magical in origin so has no special power over you - but it does indicate that the tower itself is waking up....
Vesta will attempt to go through the interior floor of the towerr next to where the staircase is. And just barely stick her face through the floor to scout the next room.
Invisible Stealth
Perrception
Standing in the center of the room, facing the door and with it's back to the stairs is a twelve foot tall humanoid structure of solid iron. Although it does not seem to have noticed you yet, you observe some movement to its body that suggests it is animate. It's head slowly starts to turn around to where your eyes have emerged....
"Wait!" Vesta says in a hushed voice.
"The room is massive and has a 12 foot tall iron statue in the center that moved towards me. The room also stripped me of my invisibility "
Knowledge arcana about the "statue"
"It's an iron golem. I don't know the specifics, but magic affects Golems differently."
Gathroc laughs a bit, a sort of fiery sound mixed in with his normal voice "It may resist your magicks but it will fall before my blade as countless other beings have before" With that he begins to climb the stairs unless he's stopped.
"lightning slows and fire heals. Got it. I can work with that." Vesta says with a devious grin.
With that she readies herself to push through the floor once the fighting starts.
Murmur pulls out his drums and begins playing. "The metal doll needs a friend. I'll make one for him when you open the door."
A moment, if you will.
Gabriel restores his Bag of Holding to normal size, and leaps into it, rummaging around for a few seconds, before popping back out again, his fingers looped through a set of adamantine brass knuckles.
Right then. I am ready.
"I am ready when everyone else is. Let us end this creation."
Did you want us to roll initiative?
If I end up going before the fighter types I'm going to hold my actioon until after they engage the golem.
Euridicea drew her serpent-shaped dagger of star metal from a concealed sheath in her bodice, nicking her finger on its tip to check its sharpness. Her tongue darted over the drop of blood and lapped it up as a quizzical expression played across her face, "Metal men and men of metal, each shall fall as the flower petal, iron screech and soulless wails, the bell tolls for all when time tells."
The group of intrepid undead proceed up the stairs towards their foe...
Daemon:
Ignac:
Gabriel:
Euridicea:
Gathroc:
Murmur:
Iron Doll:
Action Tracker (Round 1): Euridicea, Daemon, Murmur, Gabriel, Vesta / Ignac / Gathroc, Iron Doll
Holding action until the fighter types head in. Then will ascend through the floor and fire a lightning bolt in such a way as to hit the golem, but not the party. I know the lightning won't hurt the golem, but it will slow it for 3 rounds.
Gabriel races into the room, springing up onto the iron doll and punching it in the shoulder, before moving around to the other side of it .
Murmur plucks a bit of fleece from his spell component pouch and throws it at the metal doll. A few chanted words, and the image of a ferocious minotaur appears next to the golem, greataxe raised high, nostrils flaring with barely contained fury.
I am going to hold my action, hide in the stairway up and see what the metal man does his first.
Stealth
The undead knight strides forward with deadly purpose, setting up a flank with the spooky, sneaky, hand and gripes his elven curveblade in both hands to swing mightily at the golem.
Euridicea skipped into the room with its towering guardian, her dagger flicked back and forth as her arms swayed as she darted in and out of the golem's range before finally ending up across from Gathroc. She patted her dagger's blade in the palm of her free hand as she sized up the construct, "Sad little metal man so fearsome and so large, all alone by yourself with your unthankful charge, come play with us to leave your many burdens behind, we'll make you into little Alkenstar toys that you wind."
Euridicea is unsuccessful in dancing through the golem's threatened area and is attacked for
Both Gathroc and Gabriel strike blows against the metal creation, while Murmur's illusion pops into being only to melt and disappear moments after it's arrival.
Ignac moves cautiously up to the golem, careful not to provoke an attack, ready to step in and unload when an opening appears.
The golem lashes out at those that have harmed it.
Gabriel Attack: for
Crit Confirm: for
Gathroc Attack: for
Action Tracker (Round 2): Euridicea, Daemon, Murmur, Gabriel, Vesta / Ignac / Gathroc, Iron Doll
Damage Tracker: 50
Round 2:
Not appreciating the iron doll's attempt to stomp him flat, Gabriel once again lunges at the construct, pummeling it with a rain of blows!
round 2
Vesta merges through the floor and fires a lightning bolt at the golem in such a way as to avoid hitting party members. Damage is irrelevant, but it should serve to slow the thing for three rounds.
After studying the way the illusion melted away, Murmur believes that there are powerful wards against subterfuge that protect this room. Likely this is the same reason that Vesta's invisibility was stripped away also.