Moving with the group Aemon puts his sword away and pulls out his bow, looking around trying to pick up anything that can help.
Then turning to Corellon.
"I don't know i don't want to touch anything without being told, what if we make it worse!"
He then turns to kyle looking for any answers.
He then see's Devil going for the mirror.
"Wait Devil we don't know what that will do they might be trapped"
When Corellon and Devil speak, Beppo raises his greatsword and rushes to one of the mirrors. As he is about to strike, he hears Tessai and freezes.
He looks back at the Inquisitor quizzically , the great mass of steel hanging in the air...
Brandon too stands with weapon poised, ready to bring down the morningstar with all his might.
Do we break them? Say NOW!
"Yes!!! Break them all!!!" - the Tiefling shouts.
Frustated with the failure of his magicked polearm, drained of wisdom and strength, bruised, cursed, and cursed again, Devil spins a circle, lashing out with focus, against the shadowed mirror.
Tessai stands silent, the hair in the back of her neck still standing as she watches the area all around them, longspear pointed at ghosts and shades...
Beppo yells at the mirror as he smashes it with all of his remaining might.
Once the deed is done, he stands amidst the remnants of the mirrors, frozen in place, sword in hands, eyes wide, panting, as though awaiting more unexpected terrors to arise from the shards of glass at his feet.
"No good deed shal go unpunished ... I wonder what awaits us next?"
Corellon examines the shards of glas and where they were positioned for anything of interest and then the secret door itself.
The mirrors shattered and the threat dispelled, for now at least. Brandon has time to take stock.
This place is madness! Chaos harnessed in one evil place. The sooner we are done here the better.
Finally feeling the release of dread on himself, Aemon takes a breath hoping to catch a little rest before they have to move again.
"You're right Brandon it's evil, we really need to get done with this place."
Come, we have to press on. No matter what.
If Corellon is satisfied the secret door is not trapped, Brandon tries to open it and see what is kept behind a hidden door in a place full of secrets.
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Ummm...The secret door had the mirrors behind them, which are now smashed.
Tessai: "Move OUT! Open this door!"- Tessai attempts to open the secret door.
GM: Two mirrors of weird black metal hang on the opposite walls of this
trapezoidal room. Strange shadowy figures writhe in the mirrors,
and they do not seem to reflect light as much as absorb it.
Look at the map in the drop box to see where you want to go next. In short, there are only two stair cases going up.
"Why not the one on the right?"
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You walk up the stairs on the right.
A rickety-looking wooden set of curved stairs, supported by creaking ropes above and a lattice of wooden boards below, passes like a bridge through the center of a circular shaft. No floor is visible below, and no ceiling above. An opening in the far wall beckons about 30 feet below the point where the stairs curve.
Beppo eyes the stairs, hoping to discern whether they will be safe for the group to use.
Aemon takes a look around in their new surroundings hoping to discern anything of help.
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This may be a little confusing in a mind's eye, so to speak...but the stairs you are on now just keep going up. The stairs hover over a pit that you suspect works just like the pit you experienced earlier (Where Devil fell somewhat slower than normal, and come out of the air above). About 15' away or so to the west, you see a wall that goes on in perpetuity. However, about 30' lower in altitude along that wall you see an opening.
Brandon takes a small sling bullet from his pouch and asks Kyle to cast light on it. He then takes the small glowing ball and drops it down the seemingly endless shaft, observing its fall.
Now that I think about it, I'm not sure I want to know whats at the bottom of this thing.
Brandon's head reels at the impossible nature of the place.
Oh no...Not again..
Looking around at the group Tessai smiles - "Ok boys, who is a good jumper? Mabe there is somewhere to tie a rope over there, and the others can slide easier"
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It seems feasible, though you're a bit unsure how flying may work in that environment until you try. I'll presume the cloak is in the group...but until I get an emailing detailing who kept and equipped what, I'm presuming that it's in 'party loot' when not immediately in use outside of combat. In combat, the item is not available until I'm told officially who has it, and whether or not they have it equipped.
"I'll volunteer to make the jump if you like, that is if Devil decides not to swoop in."
"I'm not sure i could jump that,i'll leave it in more capable hands." Aemon then moves back trying to stay out of peoples way.
With Edmonds strength combined with my own and if Beppo or Tessai assist me we should form a pretty secure anchor point.
I'm happy to help anchor, though I'm not sure how much it will help when down becomes up and then goes down again. The stairs on this side are not the most sturdy. But presumably would take us to that door.
After a pause, he shrugs.
"Well, we need to press on with this so Corellon or Devil, step up boys" - Tessai states with a smile.
"OK, here goes, tie the rope to my waist, leave lots of slack, and I'll make a run for the opening. You guys anchor and reel me in if I end up on some interdimensional ride."
And with that, Corellon ties himself off with his 50' of silk rope, handing the other end to Beppo and the group to secure it. He paces about 7 or 8 feet back from the edge and makes a sprint towards the gap and the opening on the other side.
"And they're off and running ..."
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As Corellon jumps, he quickly finds the weaker gravity here to his benefit, as it allows him to get much more horizontal range from his jump before falling too far. He hands on the other side, on his feet.
As long as someone is holding the rope on this end, climbing down via rope and the lighter gravity of the pit is a DC: 0...and automatic for just about any character taking 10 even with negatives. However, the last character will need to acrobatics across. As you saw earlier, it would seem that typing a rope around one's waist is no safety from falling into this looping pit.
Brandon decides not to drink his mutagen. Edmond could be inclined to help or just let the rope go to see what happened.
He ties the rope around his waist and between him and Beppo braces against the strain. Of which there is little. The low gravity allows Correllon to sail gracefully to the other side.
Well now that's done. Who's next?
"I'll go last, after belaying Tessai.", Devil smirks. Then chuckles, and momentarily looks worried and pondersome. "I'm not entirely myself...", he observes.
Brandon keeps an eye out for any dangers and simultaneously tries to help the others.
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Looks like the rest of you make it down,then.
You walk down a little ways and turn south.
These halls are lined with doors—entrances into various jail cells. Each stout wooden door contains a narrow barred window set at eye level, and is also barred from the outside, with the exception of one, which is unbarred. These halls wrap around the back sides of the cells, where smoky glass windows are set at eye level.
Corellon listens carefully to see if there is any sounds coming from the other sides of the doors and looks to see if there are any signs of recent traffic - on the floor, cell door handles, etc.
"Good thought, I wonder if its just empty or if something escaped?" Corellon asks rhetorically.
Beppo follows Corellon a few paces behind. He sweeps his eyes over each window as the group walks past, and keeps his ears open for any sounds of activity.
...though he still struggles with fatigue.