GM Tarondor's Emerald Spire Campaign

Game Master Tarondor

Jharun just dies a bit more inside from trying to keep up with Frizz and then just relaxes for now and lets himself be treated and sips more water saying I have some adventuring gear around here along with fresh clothing if you can let me clean up with some water after I drink some.

Wymond shrugs.

"Dunno if there's enough water in my skin fer the washin' up, Jharun, 'less you wanna try goin' upstairs where it's all flooded."

"oooooooh, we can take him to the minotaur pool. That water wasn't too bad." Frizz comments.

She strolls down the hall a bit and shouts back "Hey, and when you're all clean, we got more doors down this way! AND I BET THERE'S MORE TREASURE TOO!"

Frizz will look over the next door. Perception +10

Lukas winces at the racket. "A little louder please, Frizz? Aroden didn't hear you that last time."

He turns to Jharun. "Please tell me there was no one waiting for you in the next room over...?"

that broken staff may have well been mine and there is more of my things someplace near by that I would like to find before I try to clean up. Also besides my friend and lover I am missing no one now that Rebecca and I are restored.

Jharun finally stands up and will wait for the group to move.

So where do you go?

The door by Frizz is the only one we can get at without playing Lever Lottery, right?

Frizz finds no traps, so she opens the door and finds a room with a bath.

The walls of this small room are covered in ancient tiles of gold, green, and blue, although many are cracked, chipped, or missing. A shallow pool of clear water fills the southern half of the chamber, steaming with warmth. Robes and towels hang on pegs by the door, and a tin bucket on the floor is filled with blocks of dark clay.

"Huh. How convenient!" Wymond comments when Frizz locates what was apparently Klarkosh's bathroom. "Oughta be able to do all yer washin' up in here, Jharun. I doubt Klarkosh'll mind since he's, you know, dead."

"Whoa! This is so cool! Do you think this is from Azlant time?!?"
Frizz says as she skips into the room to observe the walls and artwork.

"I KNEW there would be treasure in here! I just knew it." She says as she dons a robe from on the hook. She paces about excited with the human sized robe dragging behind her.

Uh, base of operations?

Jharun wanders into his room looking for his things and Rebecca comes along doing the same thing sensing her Wizard's distress.

well at least there is a place to clean up Jharun says.

Uh, base of operations?

You mean try to move in down here and use it as a staging ground for future probes into the Spire?

Frizz Doctrina wrote:

Uh, base of operations?

You mean try to move in down here and use it as a staging ground for future probes into the Spire?

I suppose so. No mechanical reason to do so, but seems like a cool level.

Sorry guys, the holiday weekend was a hot mess (in a good way). The idea of staging out of here seems fairly doable, I think.

Lukas smiles at Frizz walking around dragging her robe, then turns to Jharun. "What exactly are we looking for, when it comes to your equipment? Anything easily identifiable we should look out for?"

I have a magical hat and bow along with some scrolls and other gear.Jharun says

Frizz checks the pockets of the robe she donned.

None of Jharun's stuff is sitting in the robes or anywhere else in the bathing room.

Jharun and Rebecca will look for another way out besides the one we entered from

Wymond joins Jharun in looking.

There are no other exits to this chamber.

There are unexplored doors on the map.

"Hey! Over this way! Ya missed a door." Frizz calls out to her companions before looking over the door.

Perception +10

Frizz doesn't find anything on or around the door that concerns her.

"Well, Frizz, you already found a bath. Find us a stocked pantry and I'd say you've earned your keep," Lukas quips.

Frizz opens to the door, hoping for a pantry, but ready for a fight.

Wymond moves up to stay near Frizz.

Guys... PLEASE move your tokens on the map or I have to assume you are where the token is. Wymond, I'm moving you up. Everyone else is where their token is.

Frizz opens the door to reveal a large chamber. A padded chair stands on a low dais at the eastern end of this room. A large emblem made from hammered brass hangs on the wall behind the chair, depicting an automaton’s head between interlocking gears. The remaining walls are draped with blue-colored tapestries, except in the northeast corner, where a curving wall of green crystal intrudes into the chamber—the Emerald Spire. On the northern wall is a control panel with one black lever. Two doors exit through opposite sides of a small nook to the southeast, and a third is set in the southwest corner. A pair of seven-foot tall automatons armed with polearms stand guard in the chamber. Eerie green light flickers in the joints of their armor.

Sorry about that, GM. I was having some hit-or-miss luck at moving the token from mobile, and that got me out of the habit of declaring intent for where I wanted to be. Going forward if I can't do one I'll be sure to do the other.

I'm sorry too. I was struggling with token moving too.

Wymond gulps at the sight of the constructs and raises his bardiche.

"This is gonna get ugly!" he says.

"Eeee!" Frizz squeaks as she scampers behind Wymond.

The automatons turn their heads to regard you, but do nothing.

I cannot aid you. I have nothing to do so with! Jharun warns as he stands back in the hallway.

"Frizz...maybe we wait to challenge these guys?" Wymond says cautiously.

Frizz reaches around Wymond...
huh, guess I can't reach between his legs anymore since he's a dwarf now
...and shuts the door.

"Okay, we saw the Spire, so we've basically looped all the way around this floor, right? Let's look around a bit more, see if we can find Jharun's gear, and spellbook, and come back to the robits when we're more prepared."

I'm at the park with the puppy, if someone can please move me with the rest of the team, otherwise I'll do it later from my PC.

Also, Frizz, phrasing! XD

So where do you go?

"We've been all over this floor! No way you stuff is here unless it's in this room." Frizz says. Pointing to the closed door.

Wymond steps around and sputters a bit as Frizz shuts the door.

"Ey, steady on!"

Gnomes are really weird about boundaries, he thinks to himself.

Have we played Lever Lottery to get the Red turntable in the SW of the map to open into the room to its north? That might be worth some effort.

I would hate to leave without finding his personal room which must be close and which by description has yet to be seen and should be close to his bath,eh?

Lukas nods at Jharun. "Yes, that all makes sense. I'll bet it's some combination of those damnable levers!"

"Frizz, were them big guys back there guarding any levers?" Wymond asks idly.

"Oooh yea. Black level right on the wall past them robits." Frizz replies.

"Oh and the Emerald Spire. And I bet there was something cool in there too... Mister Jharun, maybe you could just hang out in the back and shoot my crossbow while Wymmie, Luke and I go in and wallop on those robits." Frizz suggest. "I once read a book about inexperienced wizards that don't have many spells that just end up hiding behind all the muscley people with a crossbow, buuuuuuttt... they almost never die in the stories so that would be good for you."

Lukas has no problems with the plan as such, but bristles at having been called "Luke" to the point of glaring at Frizz.

"What do we think," he says, with a slightly icy tone. "Can we tackle two more robits?"

I've probably got one more good fight in me. Probably? I hope? :)

"Oooh, don't like bein' nick-named, huh?" Wymond observes. "Honestly kinda makes sense Klarkosh'd have extra heavies guardin' where he rests. We lure 'em back to the door maybe we can take 'em down one at at time?"

"Y'know," says Perfire. "If Jharun's stuff is in there, maybe he can go grab it while we engage the automatons."

Sniff. I miss Perfire!

I do too! D:

Wymond nods.

"Just don't know if'n he'll have enough room to maneuver while we're clashin'...or if the clankies might decide he's more important than us and gang up on him."

"Push 'em back?" asks Perfire.

"Maybe there's a back way in?"

"Hmmmm, let's go find this back way in first! Then we can create a system of bird calls to alert the other group when we're ready for action." Frizz suggest.

It seems the back way is just a trial of levers and such. Frizz is totally down to pull all levers and explore every turntable to figure out the system. All while taking notes.

"If you think we can decipher how to get that to work, then sure, I'm in favor of finding a back way in. Just don't call me 'Luke' again!" Lukas says with raised eyebrow.

What're you thinking, get that black turntable to go E/W and get to the door from there?