Krakos will proceed further, opening another door, peering inside.
"I wonder whats behind door number two. . ."
Zephyr gets absentminded and loses himself in the sweet perfume... "Oh more doors?"
This appears to be an well-stocked armory. In addition to several racks of basic weapons and armor, a set of ornate bracers rests on a pedestal.
Casting Detect magic on the room, Krakos notices the bracers emit a strong aura, taking a closer look.
Frowning with a grunt, he'll pick 'em up, "Hey, any of you guys able to identify these?" he says, holding the bracers aloft.
Spellcraft
"Vambraces of the Genie" replies Zephyr, "I wonder who owns them?"
Jamila ponders out loud "That's a good question... things here are a little too quiet."
"I CaN Make Sssome noiSssse If it would MaKe YoU Feel BeTter Jamila" Rhyol says to the worried genie as she takes a moment to appreciate the fresh air in the room before worming over to the other door.
"GooD Ideal Muppet Your aLwaySss Making Good Decisions"
"Vambraces of the Genie" replies Zephyr, "I wonder who owns them?"
"I don't like the quiet myself, either. I could sing a song? Maybe that'll make us all feel a bit better. It's not like I can open doors, either..."
Ember jokingly pushes against the next door, her diminutive arms barely able to budge it. She stops and flutters over to Krakos's shoulder, curling up.
"I'm a bit sleepy. Can I take a nap here?'
"Lets just keep moving. I really don't like being around this wind. The sooner we can get out of here and get back, the better. This all looks like a wild wisp chase anyway."
It takes her a while but Ember eventually manages to shove the next door open.
A large block of black granite hovers in the air in this room, surrounded by floating chairs.
Perception
"How strange, There's a tiny blue crystal hidden in each room. When Ember opened that door they began sparking with electricity." Zephyr ponders what this might mean...
Perception
As Ember lands on him, he looks about, "yeah its fine, but don't get too comfy,"
Nodding his head at the Zephyr's astute observation, "Yes I noticed the same thing, its odd, I wonder what it could mean,"
"It LookSss TaSssty" Rhyol steams as she looks at the black granite as one of the blue crystals tease her with a crackle of electricity.
Jamilia says "Gather up."
She then opens up a potion vial, drops a tablet in and the contents vaporize into a pleasant smelling cloud.
Everybody gets Resist Electricity 10 for the next 30 minutes
Smacking himself on the fore head, "Guys, of course this is a haunt, we have to act fast, we need damage that central cyclone somehow to destroy the haunt before it activates,"
"Lets see if my magic can harm this thing." Octarus gathers energy around him coalescing it into a blast of cold water and sending a jet of it at the cyclone.
Zephyr starts crunching the smaller supporting crystals..
Smoke curls out of Ember's nose before she sneezes on the crystal
A second later the crystals in each of the rooms buzz and hum with electricity, sending arcs into the air as spectral djinn move about area and raise their hands as if invoking some supernatural power. The crystals disperse a network of lightning bolts throughout the entire tower including the party.
Realizing the danger the haunt presents, the party splits up and goes to work.
Octarus's blast of water isn't fully effective but it seems to partially destabilize the swirling winds.
Ember rushes closer to the one of the crystals and hits it with a puff of flame but the heat isn't intense enough to damage it.
Glad to have given everybody resistance Jamila dodges most of the blast, Jamila draws her sword as she moves to one of the smaller crystals and tries to break it.
seeing a wave of electricity arc through the room Rhyol will take the hint that these crystals are now safe to smash.
Krakos dances and dodges to avoid the lightning, Unfortunately, rocks don't move very quickly, even living ones.
Biting his lip as the lightning surges through him, it takes a pretty hefty toll.
Looking around at the haunt, he tries to examine it if it will fire again.
Otherwise he will try and damage the Cyclone with his magical morningstar. "I don't know what's gonna happen here but guys, I might not live to see it!"
Vs Electrical = Reflex
5 DR/Electricity + resist 10 = 7 damage
Zephyr casts a spell and starts flaming...
"Well, that was a shocking situation.... I hope it doesn't do that again!"
Krakos's weapon connects with the cyclone with an impact that can be felt across the entire structure. The cyclone intensifies for a moment and then disappears entirely. At the same time the crystals in each of the rooms shatter and their fragments blow away on unseen winds.
In place of the cyclone, a palpitating 10-foot-diameter ring of hundreds of colors appears near where the tower’s roof once existed.
Ember flits back into the central room and stares at the glowing ring.
"A portal? But to where?" she looks over the ragtag group and says, "Does anyone need their wounds mended? I don't want to go into that... thing unprepared."
"Oh, and we'll probably want to finish looking through all the rooms here as well. Portals tend to be one-way trips."
Jamilia nods to Ember "I dodged the worst of it, and that potion really helped but I could still use a bit of help."
looking at the medium-well cooked Krakos Rhyol nods with fatigue to Ember's offer of healing.
Zephyr draws a wand...
CLW
Then taps...
Jamilla
CLW
CLW
Krakos
CLW
CLW
Octarus
CLW
CLW
Nodding to Zephyr, "Thank you, I'll see what I have in my pack to finish healing me, I sure showed that tornado who's boss, eh?" he says with a chuckle.
Digging a crumpled up scroll out of his backpack he'll quickly cast it, sighing as its restorative magics does its work.
"Alright, we ready to go through? I can go first,"
Two of the rooms appear to be have been designed for meditation and are decorated with complicated reliefs. In one room, the walls depict a city made of ice and djinn bustling around a massive spherical building surrounded by dozens of similar but smaller round buildings. In another relief, a group of mephits emerges from a cloud dragon’s breath. The most striking scene depicts an immense being with the body of a serpent spun from storm clouds, the head of a lion with a mane of lightning, and hundreds of clawed feet. His expression is approving and content as he gazes upon the other creatures.
In the other meditation room, the lion-serpent appears again, this time wreathed in an aura of lightning with an expression of fury. Djinn, mephits, wysps, and other creatures of air fly by his side, all surrounded by a raging cyclone. Hordes of creatures made of stone rush forward, only to be sent flying as they approach the cyclone.
In another room Ember finds dragon statuettes made of multicolored crystal hover in this room. Its walls, floors, and ceiling are covered in a hovering layer of small crystal fragments. Nothing in this room appears of interest or value.
The last room is a library. The shelves hover and hang from the walls at a variety of artistic angles. Each shelf contains a minor magical effect that looks to direct gravity toward its back, both preventing the contents from tumbling out, as well as preventing the books from degrading over time. Poking about Ember finds volumes with titles such as Breathing, Volume XI: Concerning the Respiration of Mephits and Fruit of the Forest of Oils: A Treatise on the Safe Harvesting of Unknown Alchemical Reagents Suspended in Water.
"Such fascinating information - if only I had the time to spend with my nose in the books..." Zephyr wonders aloud, though speaking only to himself it seems, lost in his own world...
Rhyol will look for a container for the Mephit so he may wash himself after "drinking" her potion of CLW.
Jamila comments "Agreed, maybe we can come back here some other time. Meanwhile is everybody ready to take the plunge?"
Finished exploring the ruined tower, the party ascends into the yawning portal...
Passing into the other side, color-streaked blackness expands to fill the entire sky. Above, a ring of electricity hovers in midair. Brightly colored formations shaped like cracks running through stone pepper the sky around it. Below, a forty-foot-wide stone platform bears a runic circle. Smaller pieces of stone are connected to this platform with sturdy iron chains.
A tentacled beast floats near the runic circle. Floating near it are several tiny motes of animated elemental energy. Displeased by the party's presence, it attacks!
Know planes
Zephyr is unsure what this is all about, but is clearly amazed by the scenery...
Jamilia shouts "Those runes are for the 7 Thassilonian runelords. Center is Alaznist, Runelord of Wrath... uhh Evocation!"
"Uh, I'm not positive what these all are, but it seems like we need some assistance." She looks around at the ragtag group. "But fear not! The tale of our small group will inspire you - we have come so far already and there is nothing we cannot achieve!"
"Lets figure out exactly what we are up against before we act too hasty." With that, Octarus begins to create a sphere of water around himself,