There are two exits from this room. The western one, however, requires you to get into the very questionable looking muck.
"I say we go north and keep my boots clean as long as possible."
Fine with me.
Bander moves along and lets his trap-dar do its thing, taking 10 on stealth and moving about 15 feet ahead
In short order you end up having to travel in the muck. East or West?
As you walk around in here, the odors do start to get to you, so I need fort saves.
I should also describe the place a bit better. The floor is covered in slime, the origin of which is something you don't want to speculate about. It is rather slippery, so every square counts as double movement.
The bridges are narrow and require an acrobatics check to cross them without falling into the 'water'.
The 'water' is 10' deep, but not moving all to fast, so the swim check is probably not too arduous.
The place is infested with all kinds of normal vermin, from rats, to centipedes, to spiders. They are all constantly crawling over the floors and walls, and eating each other.
"I'm going to need new boots .... I hate breaking in new boots." Obi mutters to himself.
"I say we go east."
fort
You find the stench unpleasant, but it doesn't have an adverse effect.
"Im gonna need a nath before the next wing.. And maybe some penicillin.."
Yap moves and casts Communal Air Walk of everyone..
Freedom of movement will not solve the issue, because it is not a matter of impeded movement, it is because it is so slick (balance check type stuff).
The air walk will make it a non-issue.
Still need fort saves from Jan and Obi. Bo and Yap passed.
(+3 vs poison)
pass (everyone but bander needed to not roll a '1')
Ew. Look, I get sloth in theory, but is anyone really too lazy to bathe? Or rinse the tiles occassionally? I mean they had a wine cellar golem and they couldn't animate a janitor?
OK, looking at this screwy map, just tell me where you want to go. There's no secret doors or anything, so this will be easier than you just picking directions.
Maybe this is clean for them. For all we know they picked up when we got here. Or those mummy clowns could be the custodians...
Air Walk north MC Hammer style..
Yeesh, don't remind me. Well, I suppose if they were the night janitors no one would ever have to look at them.
With the airwalk up you are able to avoid most of the foulness actually touching you. You head north, and eventually you come into a large room.
A slippery walkway connects four platforms running down the room’s center to a station of some sort at the far end of the chamber—there, three large and filthy levers protrude from the dripping wall. To the north, four metallic pipes protrude from the wall, ten feet above the level of the sewage—fresh foulness runs from these pipes in thick streams. Every now and then, something larger and hideously more substantial than mere fluid strains through the bars blocking these pipes to drop with a turgid splash into the foulness rippling below.
"Did some wizard create an eternal cesspit to keep this place disgusting for all time?"
"Im not sure, but this place is nasty.. Im not sure if we should mess with the levers.. Might get us covvered in poo.."
You are in J2.
Best bet is perception checks.
There's no knowledge gross that I know of.
see invis
detect magic and evil up..
Obi casts an ancient dwarven spell "detect poo"
percep
Ya know this reminds me of my old friend Basil McTwillifanny. He used to keep a cologne that smelled like this. Said the right woman would fall in love instantly. Maybe he landed here?
If you have detect evil up, you are pretty much overwhelmed the whole time you are in here. Detect magic is also extremely bright from background magic, but nothing stands out.
Gonna wait for all the perception checks.
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"I believe that particular fragrance is called "Sex Panther".. I would not advise using it, although I have heard the same rumors as yourself."
There are plaques located behind the levers, they're just hard to see because they are covered in muck. They likely are instructions of function.
Also, there's a number of things hiding out under the muck around you. Only bander noticed the things hiding.
"If they're cowardly and hiding in the poo, how bad can they be?"
Because Obi was kind enough to announce that the jig was up, they move to attack. Init time.
meh
planes
You know they are Omox demons. (1 question)
Yap won't stop yapping about them (3 questions)
(it would strain my credulity if you happened to telepathically avoid each other's questions, best just to run with Yap's).
Special Attacks, Special Defenses, Spell-Like Abilities.
forgot..
Special attacks: smothering
Special defenses: DR, SR, immunities(acid, elec) , resistance to energy (cold, fire), immune to stun, polymorph, ... (other stuff you don't do).
Spell Like: bunch stuff, acid fog, stinking cloud, teleport, gaseous form, poison (some others)
Yap remains quite at the moment, hoping he has not been spotted..
If he's quiet, then nobody else knows anything about the demons.
Bo actiavtes his judement(justice and destruction) as a swift action and fires at #2.. Grit for bonus damage.
steel, vs FF
clusttered shots
"Omox demons! Don't let them grapple you!"
3 hits. Still moving.
Bander takes a step and lays into his foe.
Probably mud clowns!
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Jan takes a five foot step and starts to rain down blows.
Bander- hit, hit, miss, hit, miss, miss
Jan- hit, hit, hit, miss, miss
Obi swift action challenges #3 "Hey poo-face! Say hello to my little friend!"
Free action to activate his boots.
(deadly aim, challenge, clustered shots, steel rounds)
you hit 3 times.
The things all surface and cast.
1 casts defensively.
fizzle
2 then pops off a spell (Yap can AOO on one, though I doubt he will try)
the area fills up with an unnaturally thick fog which burns the skin.
3 and 4 advance and attack.
3 on Obi: hit
disregard if FoM is on him. grabbed
4 on Bander
hit
disregard if FoM is on him. fail
PCs are up.