Glancing back towards Cavenn, Tessa inquires "Find anything there?"
Cavenn: The body of the goblin carries more weapons than you'd expect from something so small. But you saw it use them all to great effect.
All small sized and high quality.
1) Longsword (functionally a shortsword for a medium sized character).
2) Handaxe
3) Dagger
TO ALL THOSE INVESTIGATING THE PITS:
You cannot see in them as the wooden coverings are complete. But the moaning sounds are more clear.
Harness: Do you still want to open the pit? If so, any and all of you can go ahead and read the spoiler below. Also if yes, no one else post about it as I'll put in more flavor text.
Cavenn motions over to Tessa, holding up the potion. "Maybe something here. He has some small weapons that we can get some coin for."
Harness lifts the lid and peers in.
"These folk are very very sick."
Moving to Cavenn at the sight of the vial, she offers to take a look. "Ooo that's one of them that makes you stronger. A bit of dirt in it, but should still function quite nicely. I suggest one of you burly people snag it for later. You never know when a surge of power could prove beneficial."
Sick you say Saira moves to peer into the pit. Are you sure? I can aid if needed.
Snyk moves to the far side of the room looking for anything that stands out as a break in the pattern, anything that seems off or doesn't belong.
Many of you investigate one of the open pits. The creature inside continues to shuffle against the wall, clawing uselessly against the stones attempting to climb up. Moans escape decayed lips hidden in the darkness below. The misery of this poor soul is obvious to any who look upon it.
Snyk: You investigate the walls for hidden compartments, patterns, etc. You notice nothing of note.
ALL: The far door remains closed and many of the pits remain covered.
Cavenn motions to Snyk to see if he will check the door.
Snyk checks the door.
Snyk: You detect no traps or locks. The door seems ready to open whenever anyone is ready to open it.
Harness notices Snyk investigating the door.
"We can't just leave these sick people here in these pits?!? Snyk?"
I'm not sure a place this old would host... Sick people. I would guess it's probably not even people at this point. Wouldn't want to check too closely to be honest.
ugh
Snyk is about to open the next door when Harnesses wards reach him
you big softie
He walks over to Harness and jumps onto his backpack. after rifling through pockets for a second he emerges with Harnesses silk rope and starts knotting it for climbing.
"Do we know they aren't contagious? Some of us aren't made of metal."
ugh
Snyk is about to open the next door when Harnesses wards reach him
you big softie
He walks over to Harness and jumps onto his backpack. after rifling through pockets for a second he emerges with Harnesses silk rope and starts knotting it for climbing.
"Do we know they aren't contagious? Some of us aren't made of metal."
Saira looks down into the pit. Be careful. Those creatures could be hostile.
Snyk raises a eyebrow at harness has he finishes tying the final knot in his rope.
"sir?'
Glancing down towards the creatures below, Tessa inquires "Would it not be more humane to shoot them from here? They don't look like they'll be get any better...ever."
Harness closes his eyes. He calls on Robori for guidance, but receives no sign. He stares sadly at the shambling creature in the pit. The blank cold eyes betray little sentience and are devoid of feeling. Only a very evident hunger...
The metallic warrior sighs.
"Leave them Snyk. I think our friends are right. There is little to be done for these...creatures."
phew! one less thing
Snyk returns to the next doorway and, once confirming the party is ready to proceed, opens it.
Should we maybe close the pit back up then? Saira asks, moving back from the pit and preparing to move on.
Opening the door in the southern wall, a long hallway stretches out before you. Just over the halfway point, an opening shows where the hall branches to the east, and otherwise terminates in a door further south. The door seems to be made of metal.
Cavenn advances down the hallway and waits for the others.
Snyk returns the hope to harness's pack and darts down the hallway. he scoops around Cavenn and looks down the offshoot hallway.
Snyk: You see a spiral staircase going up and down from this level. Its quite steep, so you can't see any other landings.
this place just goes on forever
Moving up behind Snyk, Tessa glances through the door. "Oh, that looks fun! I like spiral stairs...they're so exotic."
"Hmm...which way? Back up to the world? Or down...down...down into the depths of hell?"
Harness plods on until he comes to the staircase.
"We come from up. So maybe we should go...down?"
I suppose we should make sure nothing too evil is still lurking down here. Otherwise it could get out and hurt the people of Sandpoint. Saira sighs, and waits to follow the party further into the depths.
"Down it is, then" nods Harness rather dimly.
Snyk scurries down the stairs, moreso out of duty than out of bravery.
Harness plods down after, heavy crossbow at the ready.
"Stay safe good Snyk" he intones between clomps.
Snyk: Your heavy sigh barely finishes leaving your mouth before your travel is done. This stair quickly ends at a collapsed wall, rubble blocking the way down so thickly that you cant even see the dar side with your darkvision. Turning around and going up, you find a trap door that has been broken (apparently through time), and is covered over with stonework. It appears someone's built a structure directly over this place in the intervening centuries.
Harness: Your slow footfalls echo through the halls, barely reaching Snyk each time as he discovers the way forward is blocked and turns to keep exploring.
All: As Snyk and Harness return with the news, that the spiral stair is blocked on both ends, you know that there is only one path forward. As one, your eyes are drawn further down the hallway, towards the large metal door at the south end.....
Harness listens as Snyk reports the spiral staircase goues nowhere either up or down.
"I guess this means the large metal door requires us to visit it, eh Snyk?"
Harness shoulders the large pack he wears with a huff of pressurised air and a clanking heave, then, brings his heavy crossbow to bear again.
"Let's go!"
"Aye sir" confirms Snyk
and off we go!
The door stands as a massive slab of metal. It is covered in
"Hrrrmm." murmurs Harness. He gives he door a sturdy push, in the hope it just...opens.
Stepping forward, Tessa begins to translate the arcane symbols. "Hmm...sound it out...T..Taaaa...hhhheeeee THE! and...ACK!"
Turning to glare at Harness, she mumbles "Harder to read while its moving."
Harness' eyebrows raise.
"Thee-ack? Is that another interpretation of Robori?"
I don't know what these runes are... We should have checked the door first by the way... Eydor says while he sees Harness pushing it open.
Harness looks at Eydor.
"I expect you are right. It might have been trapped."
The adamantine behemoth shakes his head.
"Sorry Snyk. Should I close it again so you can check if it is trapped?"
(B11: Meditation Chamber)
This strange room is a fifteen-foot-diameter sphere. Several objects float in the room, spinning lazily in space- a ragged book, a scroll, a bottle of wine, a dead raven surrounded by a halo of floating and writhing maggots, and a twisted iron wand with a forked tip. Yet perhaps the most unnerving aspect of the room is the walls, for they are plated in sheets of a strange red metal that ripple every once in a while with silent black electricity that seems to coalesce into strange runes or even words far too often for the effect to be chance.
Eydor: You hear the familiar, soft voice in your head. Now. Finish it..... The meaning of this becomes evident quickly as another voice is heard by all.
ALL: Looking through the door, you also spot the familiar form of the small winged demon like creature you encountered in the room with the strange pool. She looks at you all and says angrily, "You again?! Begone with you all. I am no longer bound by the constraints of that accursed sword. And you will pay for invading my sanctum." With that, she dashes forward, grabbing up the tattered scroll as she goes, stopping in the entry way. She opens the document and reads it quickly. As the words fade, they are replaced by a gout of flame from her lips.
REFLEX saves from Harness, Snyk, and Tessa vs. Burning Hands spell:
That's 3 damage to Harness, 1 for Tessa, none for Snyk.
Snyk: I'm going to have you go before Erylium without having to roll off.
Snyk will try to get behind the little thing, moving around harness and into the strange room.
When gravity starts to get wierd, Snyk lets out a yelp and his momentum carries him to the far wall, where he assumes gravity is the direction he fell.
He stands and looks upwards (to him) and sees the open dooray and his target
this just got complicated
The strength of gravity on a plane with this trait is the same as on the Material Plane, but each individual chooses the direction of gravity’s pull. Such a plane has no gravity for unattended objects and nonsentient creatures. This sort of environment can be very disorienting to the newcomer, but it is common on “weightless” planes.
Characters on a plane with subjective directional gravity can move normally along a solid surface by imagining “down” near their feet. If suspended in midair, a character “flies” by merely choosing a “down” direction and “falling” that way. Under such a procedure, an individual “falls” 150 feet in the first round and 300 feet in each succeeding round. Movement is straight-line only. In order to stop, one has to slow one’s movement by changing the designated “down” direction (again, moving 150 feet in the new direction in the first round and 300 feet per round thereafter).
It takes a DC 16 Wisdom check to set a new direction of gravity as a free action; this check can be made once per round. Any character who fails this Wisdom check in successive rounds receives a +6 bonus on subsequent checks until he or she succeeds.
Snyk: Since I have been so busy lately and haven't gotten this posted, I'm just going to say that you passed the listed Wisdom check.
Also, the AoO:
This particular rule can be fairly dangerous in a room, as falling damage can happen quickly. So keep that in mind.
Watching Snyk soar through the air, Tessa stares in wonder for a moment. "Oh! Yeah...I should do something to help!...Uh...Harness! Look out!" calls out the priestess as she quickly mixes her last bomb and gives it a chuck.