GM Burglar's 4-20: Words of the Ancients (Inactive)

Game Master mechaedd

The Young and the Brute Squad, Episode 2: Copper Conundrum


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Liberty's Edge

In effect: Male Half-orc Inquisitor 16 | hp -39/130 | Init +10 | AC 28, T 19, FF 23 | CMB +22, CMD 36 | F +16, R +17, W +18 | Prcptn +28 (drkvsn), SM +31 |

Can't access the link on my PoS not-so-smartphone. Will hafta take a look tonite.

Grand Lodge

Male Shoanti Barbarian 10 HP: 102/102 l AC: 12 /T: 12/FF: 10 l Fort: +13, Ref: +6, W: +9 l Init: +2 l Per: +5 l Movement: 40

Do any of the metal studs appear to be movable?


Male Bear Burglar 1
Taurus-Strong-Like-Bull wrote:
Do any of the metal studs appear to be movable?

The studs are currently part of the door and could theoretically be ripped out of the door, but doesn't really seem like they were designed to do so.

Sczarni

Female Human Rogue 10 (hp 82/82) | F +7 R +11 W +9 | AC 24 T 15 FF 24 CMD 27

No other clues? Just the numbers?

Grand Lodge

Male Shoanti Barbarian 10 HP: 102/102 l AC: 12 /T: 12/FF: 10 l Fort: +13, Ref: +6, W: +9 l Init: +2 l Per: +5 l Movement: 40

Time to do what you do when you lack data, experiment!

My current theory is that we're looking for multiples of 8.

Taurus approaches the 'C' door and tries to open it.

Sczarni

Female Human Rogue 10 (hp 82/82) | F +7 R +11 W +9 | AC 24 T 15 FF 24 CMD 27

I was thinking the same thing....lmao. I should probably go first though...

"It looks like it was already broken and glued back together." She responds to Ashur, then looks up to see Taurus approaching a door.
"Wait, you should probably let me take a look at that first."
Perception 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21 (+3 Traps)


Male Bear Burglar 1

DMTIME:
1d8 ⇒ 81d8 ⇒ 7

Erin wrote:
No other clues? Just the numbers?

Unless you guys have some kind of source of Comprehend Languages or equivalent effect in a pinch after the previous failed check, yes.

Erin:
Nothing more than studs in a door (HA GENDER JOKES.) No traps.

Taurus opens the door with ease. It opens into the 8th floor (as depicted by the numeral in the center), door G. The floor is identical to the one you are currently standing in, except it is only the Octagon; no hallways opening to where the foyer would be. If you want, I can make a little map of it. I'll update the Excel File when someone look at all the doors, since the mist is pretty obscuring from where you're at.

Grand Lodge

Male Shoanti Barbarian 10 HP: 102/102 l AC: 12 /T: 12/FF: 10 l Fort: +13, Ref: +6, W: +9 l Init: +2 l Per: +5 l Movement: 40

What's drawn on the floor on the 8th floor?


Male Bear Burglar 1
Taurus-Strong-Like-Bull wrote:
What's drawn on the floor on the 8th floor?

VIII, the Thassilonian Numeral for 8 (which needs no check to ID.) Just like the numeral I was on the first floor.

Grand Lodge

Male Shoanti Barbarian 10 HP: 102/102 l AC: 12 /T: 12/FF: 10 l Fort: +13, Ref: +6, W: +9 l Init: +2 l Per: +5 l Movement: 40

Any indication from the outside how tall the building is? Are the studs on the doors any different on this floor?

Sczarni

Raging Tiefling Ranger(Guide) 4/Barbarian 2/Horizon Walker 3 (HP: 92/96 ; AC:28/24, T:13, FF:24; Fort:+14 Ref:+10 Will:+5 (+1 versus poisons, disease, fear, and confusion); Init+2; Perception+13(Barkskin)

Ashur will go through the door marked 16.


Male Bear Burglar 1
Taurus-Strong-Like-Bull wrote:
Any indication from the outside how tall the building is?

If all the floors are the same size and you are going upwards, then probably 8-ish, as a guesstimate. If you are going down, into the ground, then, well, yeah.

Taurus wrote:
Are the studs on the doors any different on this floor?

Peering around to the other side of the adjacent door (H), the studs are the same, though 8H has 81 studs.

Sczarni

Female Human Rogue 10 (hp 82/82) | F +7 R +11 W +9 | AC 24 T 15 FF 24 CMD 27

Erin turns to watch Ashur head through another door.
"I am totally not responsible if you guys manage to kill yourselves before I look everything over."


Male Bear Burglar 1

DMTIME:
1d8 ⇒ 71d8 ⇒ 4

Ashur opens up Door D of the first floor, and opens door D of the 7th floor.

To summarize: Taurus is looking onto the 8th floor, Erin is next to him, and Ashur is now looking into the 7th floor.

Grand Lodge

Male Shoanti Barbarian 10 HP: 102/102 l AC: 12 /T: 12/FF: 10 l Fort: +13, Ref: +6, W: +9 l Init: +2 l Per: +5 l Movement: 40

"Are the studs on that floor any different?"


Male Bear Burglar 1

C7 has 15 studs. They are of the same colour, make, etc. etc.

Sczarni

Raging Tiefling Ranger(Guide) 4/Barbarian 2/Horizon Walker 3 (HP: 92/96 ; AC:28/24, T:13, FF:24; Fort:+14 Ref:+10 Will:+5 (+1 versus poisons, disease, fear, and confusion); Init+2; Perception+13(Barkskin)

"Well hurry up then, the Brute Squad isn't known for patience. There's about 15 studs here, 16 if you count me. Ha!"

Grand Lodge

Male Shoanti Barbarian 10 HP: 102/102 l AC: 12 /T: 12/FF: 10 l Fort: +13, Ref: +6, W: +9 l Init: +2 l Per: +5 l Movement: 40

Taurus closes 1C and tries 1A.

Sczarni

Female Human Rogue 10 (hp 82/82) | F +7 R +11 W +9 | AC 24 T 15 FF 24 CMD 27

Since the numbers are changing, and this reeks of runelords, maybe try the 7's?

Sczarni

Raging Tiefling Ranger(Guide) 4/Barbarian 2/Horizon Walker 3 (HP: 92/96 ; AC:28/24, T:13, FF:24; Fort:+14 Ref:+10 Will:+5 (+1 versus poisons, disease, fear, and confusion); Init+2; Perception+13(Barkskin)

Good idea, I'll try door 7 then.

Ashur leaves the room he is currently in and enters door 7.

Liberty's Edge

In effect: Male Half-orc Inquisitor 16 | hp -39/130 | Init +10 | AC 28, T 19, FF 23 | CMB +22, CMD 36 | F +16, R +17, W +18 | Prcptn +28 (drkvsn), SM +31 |

Seven make sense to me, tho KULIK would never think of it.

Sczarni

Female Human Rogue 10 (hp 82/82) | F +7 R +11 W +9 | AC 24 T 15 FF 24 CMD 27

"You are so lucky I put up with you."
Erin thinks, her right eye beginning to twitch as Ashur makes his way into another door. After he disappears through the mist she follows behind to see what is in these other rooms.


Male Bear Burglar 1

If we can use the Floor-Door standard, there will probably be less DM confusion. Especially tomorrow, because work is going to be butts.

DMTIME:
1A: 1d8 ⇒ 31d8 ⇒ 31B: 1d8 ⇒ 21d8 ⇒ 6

Here's a diagram I made that I will be able to view, but not edit, at work!

Ashur closes the door he's at. He then opens 1B, which leads to 2F. He and Erin enter.
Taurus opens 1A to 3C. Kulik will be assumed to use the Buddy System, because it worked so well last time for him.

Excel is up to date.

Grand Lodge

Male Shoanti Barbarian 10 HP: 102/102 l AC: 12 /T: 12/FF: 10 l Fort: +13, Ref: +6, W: +9 l Init: +2 l Per: +5 l Movement: 40

Any differences in studs on floor 3.


Male Bear Burglar 1

Stud count for floor 3 are added. The studs, as individual pieces, are the same as the others, though counts per door obviously differ.

Sczarni

Female Human Rogue 10 (hp 82/82) | F +7 R +11 W +9 | AC 24 T 15 FF 24 CMD 27

For the record, I cannot access any of these new links while at work. I will be of very limited help when it comes to the puzzle until I get home.

"There were seven runelords, so this room may have something to do with them."
Erin states, looking for any clues as to what all these rooms are for.


Male Bear Burglar 1

You can't get the excel sheet? It's on the same site I use to host the maps. I used Google Docs for the "per-floor" thing so you guys can take notes/I don't have to make a bunch of silly maps for keeping track of what floor you're on.

Sczarni

Female Human Rogue 10 (hp 82/82) | F +7 R +11 W +9 | AC 24 T 15 FF 24 CMD 27

Nope, maps still come up fine, except for the two most recent ones that are on googledocs. Excel sheet will load at home, but not here.


Male Bear Burglar 1

Weird. I'll make a text version in the Campaign info for handiness, though it's gonna be ugly as sin.

Sczarni

Raging Tiefling Ranger(Guide) 4/Barbarian 2/Horizon Walker 3 (HP: 92/96 ; AC:28/24, T:13, FF:24; Fort:+14 Ref:+10 Will:+5 (+1 versus poisons, disease, fear, and confusion); Init+2; Perception+13(Barkskin)

"That makes sense. I wish we had more to go on though.." Ashur comments while also looking around.

Sczarni

Female Human Rogue 10 (hp 82/82) | F +7 R +11 W +9 | AC 24 T 15 FF 24 CMD 27

"Usually when someone wants to hide or protect something they hire a bodyguard or trap it. This seems overly excessive." She says, before stopping in front of and opening another door.

Opening the next prime numbered door. I cannot see the sheets, so someone will have to tell me what that is.

Sczarni

Raging Tiefling Ranger(Guide) 4/Barbarian 2/Horizon Walker 3 (HP: 92/96 ; AC:28/24, T:13, FF:24; Fort:+14 Ref:+10 Will:+5 (+1 versus poisons, disease, fear, and confusion); Init+2; Perception+13(Barkskin)

The only pattern I see is that Door A always has 1 stud while door H has a squared number of studs.

"Maybe they were expecting us and knew that wouldn't work." Ashur shrugs.


Male Bear Burglar 1

As per the Campaign Info tab, but formatted nicer.

1st floor (Room you came from)
a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h
1-7-8-12-16-25-40-64

2nd floor (which is the floor you're on):
a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h
1-4-19-20-21-24-64-81

Sczarni

Female Human Rogue 10 (hp 82/82) | F +7 R +11 W +9 | AC 24 T 15 FF 24 CMD 27

2C "19"


Male Bear Burglar 1

One dee too: 1d2 ⇒ 1

Ashur:
Erin touches the doorknob, and immediately vanishes before even getting to twist it.

Erin:
You go to grab the door knob, and after a brief flash of light, you immediately find yourself in a single room. There is a closed door behind you, and a single walkway to the northwest. The walls texture is an ochre-hued, artistically melted candle.

Kulik:
You continue to feel that weird "being watched" feeling, though it might just be that Shoanti guy. Maybe not.

Taurus:
I like to give everyone spoilers to keep tensions as high as they should be.

Sczarni

Female Human Rogue 10 (hp 82/82) | F +7 R +11 W +9 | AC 24 T 15 FF 24 CMD 27

GM:
"Expecting us for however long this tower was here? I doubt it."
She replies before noticing the scenery change.

"Ashur? Ash? Great...."
She calls out, before walking back and trying the knob on the door.

Sczarni

Raging Tiefling Ranger(Guide) 4/Barbarian 2/Horizon Walker 3 (HP: 92/96 ; AC:28/24, T:13, FF:24; Fort:+14 Ref:+10 Will:+5 (+1 versus poisons, disease, fear, and confusion); Init+2; Perception+13(Barkskin)

"Erin?" Ashur looks around and tries to open the same door.


Male Bear Burglar 1

Erin:
1d8 ⇒ 6You are teleported back to Floor 1, Door F, much as you were taken away.

Ashur:
You go to grab the door knob, and after a brief flash of light, you immediately find yourself in a single room. There is a closed door behind you, and a single walkway to the northwest. The walls texture is an ochre-hued, artistically melted candle.

Kulik:
Erin is back, in front of 1F. Give any dialog an action, though, to see what Ashur does.

Taurus:
Erin is back, in front of 1F.

Grand Lodge

Male Shoanti Barbarian 10 HP: 102/102 l AC: 12 /T: 12/FF: 10 l Fort: +13, Ref: +6, W: +9 l Init: +2 l Per: +5 l Movement: 40

Taurus is surprised by the girl's arrival.

"How did you do that?"

Sczarni

Raging Tiefling Ranger(Guide) 4/Barbarian 2/Horizon Walker 3 (HP: 92/96 ; AC:28/24, T:13, FF:24; Fort:+14 Ref:+10 Will:+5 (+1 versus poisons, disease, fear, and confusion); Init+2; Perception+13(Barkskin)

"Where did she go?" Ashur will stay put where he is for the time being and look around.

Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16

Sczarni

Female Human Rogue 10 (hp 82/82) | F +7 R +11 W +9 | AC 24 T 15 FF 24 CMD 27

"I went through a door. I think I may have found something, just wanted to make sure I could get back."
She replies to Taurus, then makes her way back to the 7 and 19 doors to get back to where she was.

Liberty's Edge

In effect: Male Half-orc Inquisitor 16 | hp -39/130 | Init +10 | AC 28, T 19, FF 23 | CMB +22, CMD 36 | F +16, R +17, W +18 | Prcptn +28 (drkvsn), SM +31 |

KULIK remains silent in his utter confusion, but follows Erin person.

Grand Lodge

Male Shoanti Barbarian 10 HP: 102/102 l AC: 12 /T: 12/FF: 10 l Fort: +13, Ref: +6, W: +9 l Init: +2 l Per: +5 l Movement: 40

Taurus follows Erin the way she went.


Male Bear Burglar 1

Ashur, Erin, Kulik, Tarurus: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (15) - 1 = 141d20 ⇒ 131d20 - 1 ⇒ (16) - 1 = 151d20 - 2 ⇒ (19) - 2 = 17 Taurus ALMOST had it. The Lantern Lodge is disappointed, guys. They're gonna take their ball and go home now because you're not Nerd Brigade.

Getting down through the doorways will take a round or two, so here's some spoiler stuff for Ashur!

Ashur The Explorer:
The pockmarked walls of this irregularly shaped room shimmer with a sheen of water that weeps from unseen pores, and vibrant ferns and epiphytes grow from natural cavities and imperfections in the walls. The only truly dry area of the room is an extensive bookcase built into the wall. Three passages lead to the room, though each turns sharply, hiding what lies beyond from easy view.

Even before you get around the corner, a male voice speaks out. "Greetings, traveler. I presume you are here for the runeplates?"

MAP?

The creature's posture is as depicted, and seems quite calm.

Sczarni

Raging Tiefling Ranger(Guide) 4/Barbarian 2/Horizon Walker 3 (HP: 92/96 ; AC:28/24, T:13, FF:24; Fort:+14 Ref:+10 Will:+5 (+1 versus poisons, disease, fear, and confusion); Init+2; Perception+13(Barkskin)

"Yes I am. Who are you?"


Male Bear Burglar 1

Just before more people get in, for Ashur:
"I had thought there would be more of you." He shakes his head, "No matter. I am Glybweote, the keeper of this area. A mere two riddles guessed correct, and you may pass down the proper tunnel."

Erin goes through first, appearing in the back room, seeing Ashur talking to something around the corner. She is followed quickly by Taurus and Kulik.

Sczarni

Raging Tiefling Ranger(Guide) 4/Barbarian 2/Horizon Walker 3 (HP: 92/96 ; AC:28/24, T:13, FF:24; Fort:+14 Ref:+10 Will:+5 (+1 versus poisons, disease, fear, and confusion); Init+2; Perception+13(Barkskin)

"Yea, I did too. They're somewhere around here. I'm Ashur. Maybe we should wait for them to show up. Riddles aren't my strong point."

Sczarni

Female Human Rogue 10 (hp 82/82) | F +7 R +11 W +9 | AC 24 T 15 FF 24 CMD 27

"So there you are."
Erin says as she appears back in the room.

Grand Lodge

Male Shoanti Barbarian 10 HP: 102/102 l AC: 12 /T: 12/FF: 10 l Fort: +13, Ref: +6, W: +9 l Init: +2 l Per: +5 l Movement: 40

"Good job Erin", Taurus offers as he enters the room with the others.

Sczarni

Female Human Rogue 10 (hp 82/82) | F +7 R +11 W +9 | AC 24 T 15 FF 24 CMD 27

"No problem. You wrestle the dragons, I will deal with the teleporting doors."
She replies nonchalantly, then begins to approach Ashur.
"Who is back there?"

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