Our heroes advance down the hall feeling very good about their amazing intelligence!
You come to another corridor that is beautifully crafted and it seems to be an exact mirror of itself
There is an inscription above the door on the outside of the corridor
Who can go forward without knowing from whence they came?”
Exxor looks at Miro, Hippa, and Tram and shrugs...
From my days with the caravans and merchants, this is just like a business deal. Pay attention to the words and what they could mean, not just what they appear to say.
[b]Do we go back the way we came? Or do we have to walk backwards? Od do we need some historical knowledge to advance?[b] Exxor mutters out loud, as much to himself as the others.
Let us try walking backwards
Tip toe, through the shadowbeasts
"I hate puzzles. Especially those with potential fatal consequences." There has to be some kind of hall pass or badge to bypass this for the former members." Speaking lightly but with confidence, with a simple touch upon a worn-gilded key, she casts Detect Magic.
As you get halfway suddenly you no longer see your companions, just an empty door
perception please
There is a door here, there wasn't one before.
Well there was the door you came in through
In any event you noticed a slight flicker when you hit the center then you didn't see your companions...who you now see are behind you
Exxor shakes his head to clear the cobwebs...
I saw a flicker when we reached the center. Some kind of magic switcharoo?
Definitely magic. Could be... this door we "entered" ahead of now, behind us before,would be our history. It would now seem to be the way ahead... lets open it and see. But if it goes badly, we blame the guy who picked walk backwards. He adds the last part with a grin toward Miro.
I wonder what would happen if we walked backwards and forwards at the same time.
I hope nothing bad happens
Not sure I understand Miro
Miro calls back to the others. Walk backwards through the hall and you will end up at the door with us.
Exxor will check the door ahead of He and Miro.
Hippa is suffering from indecision. Eyeroll or disbelief. Eyeroll wins. She walks backwards, with hand on wall and the other carrying her boar spear. Not happy at all.
Hippa hugs the wall and suddenly she finds herself back where she started.
I can take a wis check if folks want
One irked squinty-eyed gnome is not the least bit amused regarding these fun-house shenanigans.
Stomping feet, boar spear gripped tighter... NOT at all pleased.
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It seems to you that you have to walk down the middle of the hall[/b]
Have to walk down the middle of the hall
Following instructions, Hippa does so with obvious disdain to the riddlemakers.
Hippa gets across. Just waiting for Tram
Well all of us are here, so let us get moving and find what we need to find.
Our heroes open the door and look into the next room
he walls of this large display hall are decorated with numerous
small alcoves. Some of these alcoves contain bits of exotic
armor—a red-and-gold breastplate here, a plumed helm there—
but most of the alcoves are empty with bits of armor scattered on
the floor. A fully armored knight mounted on an equally armored
horse stands in the middle of the hall on a low display.
Wanna bet that thing is gunna charge us?
Miro readies his crossbow and moves with Tram
Exxor chuckles at Tram's comment. He scans the room for less obvious traps, tripwires, glyphs and other things that make a person go ouch.
Animated armor ghostly guardians or traps...at least we are facing what comes together.
Exxor spots two more of those moving shadow dogs, hidddn amongst the...well the shadows. They are a good 50 feet away and have not noticed that you notice
Not to be cruel, but a pair of things that are not pets need to be addressed.
Exxor subtly references to Tram, Hippa and Miro the "not to be cruel", and "pets" references as what he said when Tram coup de grace'd the shadowbeast dog - indicating the presence of the two creatures lurking here.
Miro vanishes into the shadows, ready to engage in more animal abuse.
Exxor will dig out the lantern that has proved so useful in such instances and get it lit.
Observing the sudden body tension and Exxor's whispered warning, Hippa joins the crowd lighting up the place. She pulls an item from her pouch, whilst the other makes a quick snap, casts Light upon a coin. She tosses it in the direction of the Armored Knight.
The coins bounces and rolls. It clangs against the armor's greave and stops, shining light in the middle of the room. Two shadow hounds leap out and charge the coin.
init please!
Her eyes scan the area quickly illuminated in passing and in particular the mounted knight. But two shadows are not dispersed.
Miro prepares to play pin the bolt on the demon dog
Calling all Trams!
All three of you beat the hounds though.
You can act. If Tram hasn't caught up we will assume he goes after