From Shore To Sea (Inactive)

Game Master Baerlie

Know: Dungeoneering: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

Li knows nothing about the creatures of the weird. But crabs he can comprehend. "Magic!" he hisses, smoothly sending off a pair of arrows.

Ranged Flurry, 1st shot, with Point-Blank Shot: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 1 = 111d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 1 = 9
Ranged Flurry, 2nd shot, with Point-Blank Shot: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 8 + 1 = 191d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 1 = 12

Etrigan is the fastest and rushes toward the crabs to land a mighty blow on one of them, but the crab's shell seems to be harder than expected. Clandelve hits one of the crabs with his warhammer while Eshshah identifies the lights. Li sends off a pair of arrows at one of the crabs and the second shot hits and takes down the first crab. assuming you shoot at the injured crab

Round 1
Mollok
Li
Etrigan
Clandelve
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Crab red
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Eshshah
Kiyomi
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Crab blue
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Iason
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Crab green defeated

Mollok casts a flaming sphere and commands it to attack the nearest crab before moving to the back of the group.

Fire dmg: 3d6 ⇒ (5, 3, 1) = 9

Might help the GM if you listed the DC of your flaming sphere

Mollok sends a flaming sphere towards the crab in front of him blue before stepping behind the others. The sphere hits the crab between the black eyes.
Reflex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

The crab with the red dots approaches Etrigan and tries to grab him with its claws, but although Etrigan got injured by the claw he manages to dodge the grapple attempt.
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
Confirm: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 + grab
CMB: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Round 1
Mollok
Li
Etrigan
Clandelve
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Crab red
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Eshshah
Kiyomi
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Crab blue -9HP
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Iason
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Crab green defeated

Eshshah burts out "Careful, those light's are wisps, haven't found them too friendly in the past."

Eshshah then mutters a prayer to Desna as she circles around the hellish companion, spinning both her kukris out.

Cast divine favor, draw both kukri's while moving up.

Kiyomi charges the nearest crab (blue) and attempts to kick it with her dainty little paw.

unarmed: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
damage: 1d3 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

While Eshshah shares hare knowledge about wisps and casts a spell Kiyomi attacks the crab with the blue claws with her little paw and hits. The crab immediatley strikes back and tries to grab the fox with the claws, but almost hits the other crab.
blue vs. Kiyomi: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Round 1 & 2
Mollok
Li
Etrigan
Clandelve
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Crab red
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Eshshah
Kiyomi
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Crab blue -17HP
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Iason

Clandelve ducks under his shield and performs a quick series of defensive maneauvers, few of which come close to the giant crabs but which fend them off temporarily.

3, 1, and 4...doubt anything hit.

+1 Warhammer (adamantine) attack (power attack): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 131d8 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17 and
+1 Warhammer (adamantine) attack (power attack): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 61d8 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11 and
Spiked Light Shield (power attack): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 121d4 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Opponents hit with Shield Bash also hit with free bull rush attack, using attack roll +15. If bull rush succeeds, may make trip combat maneuver at end of bull rush.
trip combat maneuver: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19
Using Step Up if target moves

Iason makes a face at the crabs, then glares at the appearance of the will'o'wisps.

Kn Dung to see if he knows other stuff about will o' the wisps: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15 Nope

"Should I know anything about them other than an aggressive nature?" he asks Eshshah, as she seems to know about them. "They haven't attacked... yet."

Draw and load his sling.

Etrigan gives no damns, so to speak, about little balls of light. He continues his savage, gleeful assault on the nearer crab.

Bite, PA: 1d20 + 11 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 11 - 2 = 26
Claw 1, PA: 1d20 + 11 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 11 - 2 = 26
Claw 2, PA: 1d20 + 11 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 11 - 2 = 26

*blink* OK then dice roller.

Damage Bite: 1d6 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 10 + (5) = 18
Damage Claw 1: 1d4 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 10 + (5) = 18
Damage Claw 2: 1d4 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 10 + (1) = 14

(If he drops the blue crab with attack one or two, he will 5-ft step diagonally into the blue crab's space and continue attacks on red, so that Eshshah still has a legal 5-ft step to close with the red crab)

Mollok focus his spell on the crab again while drawing his crossbow.

Fire dmg: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 1) = 8

Yea, sorry. Reflex DC 17 negates.

While Iason discusses the nature of wisps with Eshshah, Clandelve tries to get rid of the crabs, but unsuccessful. Etrigan does what he can do best and dispatches both crabs within seconds. Suddenly you see two spiders materializing next to larges spiders next to Mollok, Etrigan and Li. Mollok moves the sphere towards one of the spiders and burns away a leg.
Reflex DC17: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Round 2
Mollok
Li
Etrigan
Clandelve
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Crab red defeated
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Eshshah
Kiyomi
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Crab blue defeated
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Iason
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Spider blue -4HP
Spider red

Kiyomi jumps forward and kicks the newly-materialized spider.
unarmed: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27
damage: 1d3 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Shocked at the sudden appearance of spiders Eshshah suddenly starts blinking in and out of time.

Activate Time Flicker gaining concealment, move up.

Li puts his back to the wall and fires at the nearby (red) spider.

Ranged Flurry, 1st shot, with Point-Blank Shot: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 1 = 131d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 1 = 11
Ranged Flurry, 2nd shot, with Point-Blank Shot: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 8 + 1 = 191d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 1 = 11

Iason is as startled at the appearance of the spiders as everyone else. He takes a hurried step back from the one he is suddenly next to.

Kn Arcana, DC 15: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11 (Destined not to make an KN check, sigh.)

Iason has no idea what they are, but they are clearly not friendly, and should be dealt with at once. Harshly. "ETRIGAN!" he calls out sharply, raising a hand towards his servant and crooking a finger in a beckoning gesture.

There's a burst of flame and smoke which seems to utterly consume Etrigan. A heartbeat later, however, the brute reappears, snarling, interposed between him and the spider.

(Using my 'Maker's Call' ability [standard action to teleport eidolon to an adjacent square]. Move action: draw a vial of antitoxin.)

Kiyomi's incredible strong tiny paws hit the spider and break one of it's knees. Eshshah activates her time flickering ability while Li shoots two arrows at the spider with the red fur. Iason desperately tries to identify the creatures but has no idea what they are or where they come from. He calls for Etrigan and the outsider appears next to him before he draws a vial from his bag.

The spiders begin to bite whatever they get between their claws.
blue vs. Mollok: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28 Damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (4, 3) + 7 = 14
blue vs. Mollok: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20 Damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (3, 3) + 7 = 13

red vs. Kiyomi: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23 Damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (4, 4) + 7 = 15
red vs. Kiyomi: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

@Kiyomi & Mollok: DC18 Fort save vs. poison

Round 3
Mollok
Li
Etrigan
Clandelve
Eshshah
Kiyomi
Iason
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Spider blue -4HP
Spider red -28HP

Etrigan grins at another body to tear into. This is the most fun he's been allowed to have in weeks.

"The itsy-bisy spider climbed up the waterspout
"Down came the pain
"And wiped the spider out
"Out came the ME
"And ripped off a few legs
"The itsy-bitsy spider was reduced to bits and dregs!"

Bite vs Red, PA, flank with Eshshah: 1d20 + 11 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 11 - 2 + 2 = 30
Claw 1, PA: 1d20 + 11 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 11 - 2 + 2 = 12
Claw 2, PA: 1d20 + 11 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 11 - 2 + 2 = 16

Bite damage: 1d6 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 10 + (6) = 19
Maybe claw 2? If 16 hits: 1d4 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 10 + (3) = 17

Seeing that two of their number have been bitten, Iason makes a logical assumption: He has no idea what these particular spiders are, but he has fought ordinary spiders many a time, and they have always been venomous creatures. He debates a moment as to target, then casts a spell and sends the vial floating through the air to hover behind Mollok.

"Step back from it and drink from the floating bottle, Mollok!" Iason orders brusquely.

(Standard action to cast mage hand. As per mage hand, he uses his move action to propel the vial of antitoxin 15 feet, to the square where I've made the little red marking.)

"Kiyomi, I have more bottles to prevent poisonings if you can reach me!" Iason shouts.

Clandelve growls and adjusts his position to flank with Eshshah. He tries to slam his hammer, as well as his shield, into the spider's over-sized head.

"Cannae we kill th' beasts in peace withit th' poems!" he shouts irritably at Etrigan.

Please no! Keep the poems coming! :)

+1 Warhammer (adamantine) attack (power attack, flank): 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 10 + 2 = 201d8 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14 and
+1 Warhammer (adamantine) attack (power attack, flank): 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 5 + 2 = 161d8 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16 and
Spiked Light Shield (power attack, flank): 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 8 + 2 = 231d4 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Opponents hit with Shield Bash also hit with free bull rush attack, using attack roll +15. If bull rush succeeds, may make trip combat maneuver at end of bull rush.
trip combat maneuver: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26

Eshshah grins and having provided a satisfactory flank, steps to the blue spider and cuts into it with two quick kukri slices.

Keen: 1d20 + 9 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 9 + 5 = 25
Damage: 1d4 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 5 = 10

Not Keen: 1d20 + 9 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 9 + 5 = 19
Damage: 1d4 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 5 = 8

20% concealment. Will use misfortune if a spider threatens a crit.

Fort vs. poison: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

Kiyomi yips at the spider's bite but fends off its poison. She then uses a full attack on it, hoping to take it out.

brawler's flurry unarmed: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22
damage: 1d3 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
brawler's flurry unarmed 2: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15
damage: 1d3 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
K. Nature: Spiders: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Mollok steps back, commands his spell to attack the creature and stop between him and the spider and drinks from Iason's bottle. I assume thats an antidote of sorts. Thank you sir.

Fire dmg: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 2) = 11

Reflex DC 17 negates.

Ranged Flurry, 1st shot, with Point-Blank Shot: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 1 = 111d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 = 5
Ranged Flurry, 2nd shot, with Point-Blank Shot: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 8 + 1 = 281d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 1 = 9

Li keeps firing.

"Li likes poems," he says. "Even if Avistani poems are strange and those of Avistani demons are stranger still."

"Devil," Iason corrects Li, crisply. Etrigan just grins and waggles his blood-covered fingers at Clandelve in a little wave.

"And yes, it's an antidote. Fortunately for you."

+5 vs poison for you, Mollok, for your further saves

Etrigan tries to rip the spider apart, but only his bite attack gets a piece out of the spider's body. Iason hands Mollok a bottle of antivenom while Clandelve furiously slams at one of the beasts with his hammer and shield and finally defeats the spider which returns to the plain it came from. Seeing the spider in front of her fall Eshshah steps up to the remaining beast and hits it twice with her kukri. Kiyomi's body shakes off the effect of the spider poison and immediately moves up to the remaining spider to kick it and hits. sorry, had to change the action slightly as red is down already Mollik is less lucky and the poison weakens his body.
Poison Con damage: 1d2 ⇒ 2

Mollok knows that these spiders are not real spiders, they are magical beasts. Before he drinks from the bottle he moves the sphere towards the remaining spider, burning it badly.
Ref: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Li shoots two arrows at the injured spider, one of them hits, but the spider is still standing, barely managing to keep on the legs. The beast turns towards Eshshah and tries to bite her. The spider's teeth push deeply into Eshshah's flesh, but she manages to get away and avoids to be grappled.
blue vs. Eshshah: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20
Damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (3, 6) + 7 = 16 + poison DC18 Fort.
Free grab: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19

Round 4
Mollok
Li
Etrigan
Clandelve
Eshshah
Kiyomi
Iason
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Spider blue -49HP
Spider red defeated

Suddenly a floating crystal hits Kiyomi, releasing it's magic on the fox. She starts to blur. 2d4 ⇒ (3, 1) = 4 Rounds.
The subject's outline appears blurred, shifting, and wavering. This distortion grants the subject concealment (20% miss chance). DC15 Will negates

Hmmm... this seems like a good thing, but perhaps there's a negative effect later.

Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Well, Kiyomi has concealment. LOL

Kiyomi flurries on the blue spider once more.

unarmed flurry: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24
damage: 1d3 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
unarmed flurry: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13
damage: 1d3 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

A blurry fox kicks the spider once more and with a plop the spider is sucked back to it's origin plane.

combat over

"Who summoned spiders?" asks Li. "Someone watches us."

"Thes whole place is magical wreckage...it coods be anythin'," Clandelve says to Li Shuo, though he looks around suspiciously for anyone watching them.

perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

20%concealment: 1d100 ⇒ 96
Nope
Fort: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Fort: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

Combat's over...although I suppose this could just be venting that you are poisoned by beating on the dead spiders (though I think they disappeared). ;p

"I heard no chanting of a summons spell," Iason points out warily, looking left to right and then up. "Though some creatures can summon in silence... still, why would they cast a beneficial spell on one of our number?"

(Are the will o' wisps still present?)

"I still have more anti-toxin, if anyone else was bitten."

Etrigan crouches by the crabs and starts ripping out chunks of crabmeat to eat, as the spiders left no bodies for him to sample.

Sorry, Eshshah, forgot about the conceilment! Thanks for rolling that for me! Eshsha got bitten by the blue spider before Kiyomi killed it ;) Was the second Fort save a reroll of the fist one or a consecutive save? If it was not a reroll, I need a second successful check.

And yes, the wisps are still present.

Mollok got bitten but already had a vial of antitoxin which grants him a +5 on the saves. I still need two consecutive saves vs. DC18 for the cure.

Phase spiders are visitors from the Ethereal Plane.

You have the feeling that the will o' wisps are watching you, but they did not summon the spiders. They seem to be feasting on the death of the crabs. While Etrigan eats crabmeat you have time to search the room.

Clandelve looks around carefully and sees the instructions inscribed above.

"Looks loch one ay these was moved recently," he says.

perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

check was not a reroll, it was the inevitable next roll after a fail.

More Poison save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Eshshah will then take one of Iason's anti-toxins

More Poison save: 1d20 + 7 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 5 = 15
More Poison save: 1d20 + 7 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 7 + 5 = 31
More Poison save: 1d20 + 7 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 7 + 5 = 32

So overall, fail, success, fail, fail, success, success.

Eshshah speaks, "I can take care of anybody's health if they are feeling weak after those spiders."

I think I kept forgetting I had a way to do lesser restoration and kept picking up another. I know the spell, I have a scroll with 5 casts and a wand with 5 charges.

Ok, thanks for the clarification. That means...
Con damage: 4d2 ⇒ (1, 2, 1, 2) = 6
for Eshshah

Fort: 1d20 + 6 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 6 + 5 = 23
Fort: 1d20 + 6 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 6 + 5 = 26
Perc: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (2) + 20 = 22
K. Arcana: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

Mollok gies through the room, his eyes carefully taking everything in. I have read about this place. This old observatory houses an astronomical artifact that was the jewel of Nal-Kashel, a device for making prophecies, controlling the weather, and discovering new arcana. The crystal dome magically filters the light of day from the interior of the structure, revealing the stars normally concealed by the sun’s light. Some of the metal spheres and crystal orbs orbiting through the air, are mounts for lenses that focus concentrated starlight on a series of perimeter-orbiting glyphs. Its lenses cracked, its glyphs faded, and its spheres out of synchronization, the once finely calibrated machine now works only erratically.

And I belive those stales the hover around the room are instructional steles inscribed in the Azlanti. That one has received recent attention. He points.

Kiyomi growls at the wisps, not trusting them despite the fact that they seem to be leaving us all alone.

"Lenses, you say?" Iason says with a frown to Mollok's words. "Etrigan! --stop wearing the crab pincers, dammit."

Shaking his head, Iason commands his servant to produce the lenses in question. "Are these the same size as these cracked lenses?"

He studies the things orbiting in the air, trying to assess if they are the same size and would fit.

"Eshshah, you were able to identify the little flying wisps-- are they intelligent, do you know? Can we communicate with them?"

On hearing that one of the steles was recently interacted with, Iason will use his scroll of comprehend languages and try and read the stele in question.

Eshshah takes some time to heal herself while answering Iason's question

"I know they like to spread fear and evil nasty doom, I suppose they must communicate somehow, I don't know if it's psychic or what though, I'm not sure they really have mouths..."

Lesser Restore: 1d4 ⇒ 3
Lesser Restore: 1d4 ⇒ 1
Lesser Restore: 1d4 ⇒ 2
3/4 second level spell slots used.

Iason studies the steles...

Li keeps watch lest anything attempt to sneak up on the party while the sages riddle out the artifacts.

Great, yesterday's post disappeared...

While Mollok shares his information about the observatory Iason studies the steles. Iason thinks that the lenses have the correct size to replace any broken lenses in the device, but he has no idea how to place them properly.

To find out how the deivce works needs a Spellcraft check DC40, but there are several places to find more information about it which grant boni to the Spellcraft check. The check can only be done once per day, but characters with at least 4 ranks in Spellcraft can aid.

Eshshas thinks that it's possible to communicate with the wisps. in fact they are very intelligent and they speak Common and Aklo

Everything happening on this island...everything...makes Clandelve incredibly uncomfortable.

Having no idea what to do with the lenses or the wisps, he says "Whit noo? We shoods git aff thes islain afair we become a cautionary tale!"

Kiyomi is completely useless when it comes to determining what to do with those lenses, unfortunately.

Eshshah will begin talking to the wisps.

"Greetings! What might you tell us about this device. I admit to being a bit confused, and worried."

I can only cast compreend languages tomorrow... and have less than 4 ranks in spell craft :(
Aid another on the first spellcraft check. Can the main roller take 20 on it?

Mollok tries to help the group decipher the comtraption.
A.A. spellcraft: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

I'm at a +9 in Spellcraft, and I have 4 ranks, but I think that +9 is the best our group has. So I can't even make the DC 30, without aids. Anyone else who can attempt an aid would appreciated. Though if I can take 20 on it, that would let me get the DC 30, I suppose.

Iason spends some time after reading the stele in studying the lenses and the contraption, with furrowed brow.

"This stele seems to be instructions for how to manipulate the lenses, but it tells students to wear some sort of amulet in doing so. Might I suggest we search this chamber for any amulets?"

Trying for the DC 30, with Mollok's aid: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 9 + 2 = 12 Ha.

Okay, well, if there's no consequences for failure, I could theoretically take 20 on that DC 30 (assuming someone aids me), but yeah, that 40 is going to be a doozy.

He looks to see if Eshshah's questioning of the will of the wisps has any effect. Maybe somebody wants to make a Diplo on the wisps?

With nothing else to do, Clandelve starts looking for any amulets.

Take 20 perception for 29