Rolling his eyes and holding out his arm in exasperated fashion "See now this just stupid. Where the bugger are all the people supposed be sacrifice? Why this temple just all silly rooms with no sense? Does all those who come to pray at godless heathen temple need walk through these trap of death and crappy garden to make it to altar?"
Know Nature
No, the flowers are exotic but not toxic - actually it is quite a marvelous work of gardening skill since there is no way to that natural light reaches the plants.
Through it?
"Ok, Wee Bluets, let's press on. Although I am most impressed with the gardening skills of the cultists, especially in a place such as this, I believe this is not the time to stop and smell the roses. Let's just pass these plants by, ignore the harp music, and see if we can get to the heart of darkness that shrouds this place! Plug your ears if necessary, but let's not linger too long."
Kyren urges the rest forward in the hopes of still finding the young Goddesses that we are trying to rescue.
Following kyren you push through the garden, but when you are halfway through, you suddenly smell something sweet, not to different from honey, there's also a sticky film on your skin now - something must be in the air and as you start to think about that, your finges begin to fell numb...
Fort Save DC 16
<--+2 vs. poison, +2 vs. spells/spell like effects, neither of which are necessary yo!
Coughing through the flowers' effects, Vaughn is ready to grab anyone who falls and drag them across to safety.
Kenta Fort:
Buta Fort:
Kenta and his porcine steed trot through the garden.
"Don't be drawn to the nectar, my little honey bees! This cannot be good. Stay on target, my friends. Stay on target. We've got a job to do and smelling the flowers is not it!"
Fort Save
Tal'Zeneb smiles at Kyren's inimitable humor, brushing the leaves aside with annoyance; flexing his hands as the numbness strikes then slowly subsides.
Fort
No one said the flowers caused that! :)
No, no poison effect.
When mostly everyone wanders through the garden unhindered by the strange golden particles in the air, Al suddenly feels ever more tired and has to sit down, unable to move on.
Arms and legs feel numb and he has an extremely hard time keeping his eyes open.
"Alchy, this is not the time for a cat nap! Did you have enough kibbles to eat this morning? It is not like you to need to rest so soon!"
Kyren moves his hands in somatic gestures and casts detect magic in an attempt to determine what school of magic is at work against their unleashed cat.
The effect clearly looks like a sleep spell and should stem from the school of enchantments, however, the magic fabric is more intricate and somehow warped...maybe it's a spell granted by the pyramid goddess?
"Daggers, can you grab Alchy?! He is having some bad reaction to these flowers, and I don't like the idea of us all lingering here. Chop chop, folks! We can't be hanging about here! Let's move onward before we are all under this magic effect!"
Vaughn tries to grab and move Al (whether that's carry or drag, whatever works!)
"Tal, you too! We need your help! Alchy is no small cat and we've got to keep him safe! With kittens you usually grab them by the scruff of the neck, but in this case, I would just grab his big paws and pull. Don't pull his tail, he wouldn't like that, but let's get the cat to safety!"
Blaze likewise can come over and drag.
Kenta assists where he can also, between the all of them it should be no hassle to drag the bulk of even Alcheringa to safety and see if the poison like effect is temporary.
Seeing that Alcheringa was having difficulty and with Kyren's shrill bleating ringing in his ears, Tal'Zeneb hurries back to assist.
Kyren, who does not want to get in everyone's way, constantly encourages all of his companions on.
"Kazam! That's the way to pull! Thanks, Tal. I did not mean to be so critical. I just know that there is some serious flower power here and a great cat high on cat nip would not work in our favor right now! Kenta, nice work getting that cat to safety. Do you know what exactly has happened to our mighty cat?!"
Together you manage to drag Alchy through the "garden" into a small area at the foot of another stairwell behind it - here Al quickly regains his strength - the strange garden was at least not as lethal as the other traps have been...
The stairwell ahead of you looks unremarkable but you can't even spot the end - it must at least be 150 ft high...
huffing at Al's weight, Vaughn looks to the tall stairs with a bit of trepidation, despite his physical fortitude. Have I mentioned that I *hate* this place??
Al looks around a bit confused, deciding not to lick his fur for fear of a repeat slumber.
"Ok, Alchy, how are you feeling? We survived that room, but you still look rather sleepy. Do you need some water or a saucer of milk? We need you to be able to join us for the rest of this place and walk on your own four paws. I think we should go up those stairs. Perhaps you can sniff out the girls? Do you think we're getting close to their dormitory? Well at the very least, I think we are getting close to something. Now, everybody stay alert!"
Fort save
Softly humming as she walks distractedly through the field. She starts to pick a bunch of flowers. A few she sticks in her hair. Mostly she shoves them in her pouches for later observation.
Intelligence check:
Berry missed her save but made it and by that changed her outer appearance - that is magic!
While Kenta is still computing whether the pyramid could be that high or not, everyone else who didn't make a roll knows that this just can't be real :)
Yeah, miss like not rolling, not miss like not making^^so all is good.
Tal'Zeneb looks up, way up, at the ascending stairs.
With hands on his hips he declares "Either this is a great and powerful magic, or we've been fooled by an illusion."
He only needs some moments to recuperate then he'll be right as rain again.
Ascend the stairwell?
I don't know htat we have any other choice but to continue up. What do you all think?
"Indeed, let's proceed up! Up, up, up, I always say. Well, that and Kazam, but either way, we've got to find those young goddesses and save them. Onward, Wee Bluets!"
Still a bit unsure of what to make of this stairwell you begin the ascent...after about a minute and about 50 steps, Vaughn feels a bit dizzy and looks back only to find himself at the beginning of the stairs again...
Then suddenly you hear a child's scream from above...
what the HELL!?!? RRRrrrrrr!!!
Vaughn casts about in frustration, not knowing what to do or how to get to the next level to get to the children. He looks at the staircase with fury rising in his veins, determined to simply will through whatever glammer is there...
"I suspect we are the brunt of a clever trick while the children suffer...."
Good idea, go ahead.
Tal concentrates for a moment on one single step of the staircase and suddenly everything around him begins to blur and within seconds the staircase shrinks to a normal size.
Blinking his eyes to adjust to the new reality he sees, Tal'Zeneb smiles and looks to the others.
"Indeed, I was right. Concentrate, the tall stairs are an illusion. There is only a normal flight of stairs here."
"So what's behind the illusion here?"
Will save
Everyone may add a bonus of +4 because of Tal's advice.
Berry suddenly realises that what Tal says is true and is also able to follow the cleric - Vaughn however still can't see through it.
Everyone may add a bonus of +4 because of Tal's advice.
Berry suddenly realises that what Tal says is true and is also able to follow the cleric - Vaughn however still can't see through it.
Will
Likewise Al sees things for what they are.
"Illusion?! Crazzleboks! Those deceiving little tricksters. Always trying to hide the truth aren't they?! Well, soon we will put and end to their deception, lies and treachery! Normally, I try not to believe everything I hear, but this reminds me not to believe everything I see, especially here in this pyramid."
Kyren moves along in the middle of the pack, suddenly skeptical of everything around him.
New save after a minute of concentration, Vaughn.
Will:
Buta: