Seraphimpunk's [core] Crypt of the Everflame (Inactive)

Game Master Seraphimpunk

Cyrixs hangs back, watching from a short distance to see if the key will unlock the door

you check, the key will unlock the door. checking it for traps you turn the key and open it.

This long corridor is flanked by a row of human statues, set
into alcoves on each side. The statues look like Kassen, and
each one holds a longsword out in front of it. The blades of
roughly half the statues are wrapped in leather padding.

the room looks empty. with a door at the end of the hall.

"It looks like a gauntlet run. Anyone brave enough to go first?"

"Brave? I think the more important question is, who is feeling nimble enough?"

"I'm neither brave, nor nimble."

"Brave? Of course I'm brave, why should I be afraid of some statues?"
Despite his statement, Vanovar looks at the statues intently, expecting some kind of trouble.
"Though those wrappings do look mighty suspicious. They wouldn't wrap them up if they weren't dangerous, I'd say."

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26

"Its probably one of those 'educational' traps again. Meant to teach, not really hurt. Like the pit traps with the pillows and the blunt arrows."

"Its probably one of those 'educational' traps again. Meant to teach, not really hurt. Like the pit traps with the pillows and the blunt arrows."

"I think so too, so who wants to be 'educated'?"

"Damm shame we don't have a mobile walking trap detecting skeleton with us anymore"

"Do you see anything Vanavor? You are staring so intently at the corridor"

I would have preferred that they wrapped up the shadow. But maybe they did.

If you walk on one side, the other side can't reach you. Maybe if you crawl, you can stay under their swing?

Since nobody seems keen to walk into what everyone assume will end badly... if we assume it's a trap and not animated statues..how about we just smash/sunder the swords before we walk in between them? Stone has like hardness 8, ..so in theory we should be able to damage the statues with some clubs if someone with high strength wields it in two-hands, sure we'd take a lot of time and break a bunch of clubs..but other then just walking in there and hoping for the best..I got no better plan...unless we want to build some sort of siege engine out of doors, one door on each side, some sturdy beams in between..then lift it forward between the statues and hope they can't smash through the wood of the doors

Unless Vanovar spotted the trigger with his perception check and we can just avoid it ;)

how about we just smash/sunder the swords before we walk in between them?

This clearly seems part of the crypt & the challenge, not something 'evil'. Destroying it seems like vandalism.

"If noone is volunteering, I'll do it, that is, I will volunteer someone."

Let the champion of bravery take it, Venja says, with a wavering voice, Lord of Liver Damage, guide us!

Venja creates an illusory double of himself, hoping to finally fool something that is not living, then moves into the room.

Move: copycat, move: move

vanovar looks with a glance, sure nothing could be there, but sure enough, he sees a pressure plate between a pair of statues. The wrapping on first four statues dulls the blades a bit, but the other four look pretty sharp and dangerous. you have some idea of what that pressure plate will do when triggered...

marking it on the map with a T, and moving you up to it ( at a 10 ft distance )

ps. smashing traps to deactivate them can work, but i usually treat them as unskilled attempts at Disable Device so, its likely that without enough precautions, the trap will go off and possibly still harm someone.

"Okay, I think I see a pressure plate that might activate it, but I don't know if it triggers all of them, or just the one I'm in front of. Venja seems willing to volunteer, so I'll gladly leave it to him."

sure, just let me know where you're standing if you're in the room still. Venja will walk down the hall and trigger the pressure plate?

Moved myself heroically back.

"See if you can jump over the plate Venja!"

Venja plods forward.
attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 231d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

since its all characters in an area that get an attack on them, not just one, going to say both you and your image are attacked, or that an illusion/phantasm has no effect on a trap since it has no mind too fool.

it slices and dices for 4 damage, the blades of the statues, of all the statues, chopping down, slicing the space before them. the blades forming a razor sharp obstruction as the deadly blades remain down, blocking the way.

Venja's choice if he squishes forward or backward to avoid the blades. they're a DC 10 acrobatics or escape artist check to carefully navigate over or around...

"Doesn't look that difficult. I'm sure all of you could easily get to the other side if you took off your armor and just stayed calm."

anyone not make a dc 10, taking 10, if you disarmor and take your time ?

Hmm, suddenly the blades are sharp and there's a pressure plate? I think on either of those pieces of information Venja would have stopped. Not going to ask for a retcon, but I wouldn't mind a bit more control.

Venja moves into the narrow part just before the next set of statues, and waits there, having seen enough heroics for the day.

So moves on

With take 10, and no armor check penalty..that would make a 10 for me

Without armor taking 10 yields only 9 for me. I'll just stay here for the moment.

If I can throw a Guidance on myself, I'll just make it with armour. Masterwork breastplate is -3, DEX of +2, and Guidance means I hit 0 exactly.

Vanovar looks at the statues in front of him, shrugs, casts a spell on himself, then starts clambering on/around the statues, muttering, "Stupid traps, I'm not taking my armour off for anything. You should face danger armed and armoured, not completely helpless..."

Inner Sea Gods says followers of Gorum don't like removing their armour, so just imagine a small man in breastplate squeezing past the obstacles. :P

oh so its just a brave face when you think its an empty corridor, but can't face his danger head on... i see... just wanted to bypass the trap himself, not walk into it because he was bold ;)

@omorose take 10 yields 9... with guidance? or without?

"If you need me with you, I could use some guidance..."

9 without guidance, 10 with...

Hey, I never said I was brave, I just have a loud mouth. :P

"What? You need Guidance as well? Darn it, couldn't you have said so sooner? I'm all the way across the hallway by now."

Vanovar sighs, casts Guidance on himself, clambers back, casts Guidance on Omorose and himself, then goes back again.

cyrixs looks like he breaks even at 10, venja has a -4/+1, rowanne seems to even out with a -3/+3. so venja can try and avoid damage around the last barrier if he'd like

oh yeah I can do something! Go DEX bonus!

Acro+Guidance+Armor: 1d20 - 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (11) - 4 + 1 + 1 = 9

Venja tries to jump past the last obstacle, but instead makes a clanking sounds as his jump falls short.

1d4 ⇒ 4

you nick an artery on the way down. but they get the bleeding under control, and you'll live.

"Hey Venja, come on over here, you took quite some damage. Let me heal you up a bit. And thanks for biting that bullet for me, heh."

Take 5 on CLW twice to cure Venja for 10 HP.

"I am glad my armor leave some room for movement. Dodging all those statues would not have been fun. Very brave of you to go first Venja."

Why, thank you.

See, Venja. I've always known you had it in you. A big damn hero. Now let's hope you don't have to go the same way back.

checking the door, you are able to open it safely. leading to the next room. One half of this lofty chamber has a lowered floor, with stairs on either side to reach the bottom. Standing opposite the door is a tall wooden statue of Kassen grasping a gigantic wooden shield in each hand. One of the shields is inscribed with the word "Home", while the other reads "Family".

Knowledge (arcana): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Bardic Knowledge: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

"That's an odd statue..."

"Maybe it's part of the puzzle, should we show it the lantern?"

"I have no better idea, it might be some variation of home is where the hearth is. Or home is where ever I hang my hat..anyone brought a hat?"

"I dont have the foggiest either... but those shields seem a bit like overkill at that size. Or maybe its artistic freedom of interpretation or some such nonsense?"

"The god of homelyness and family, that's Erastil right? I don't know if that matters, but for some reason those shields remind me of the God of the hunt. Still, showing the thing we are on our quest for fire seems like a good idea. Who's got the lantern?"

"I put it in my pack. Let me get it out."

Rowanne takes off her backpack and carefully fishes out the lantern.

"Here it is. Shall I present it to the statue?"

If it's a god of the hunt, shouldn't we offer it a cony or some such?

I have no idea what a cony is, according to the image search I did..it some sort of cartoon bunny?

"You want to offer it a pony? Doesn't seem like much of an offer for a god of the hunt.Maybe a deer or a bear or something..even a boar, that's seems more appropriate. Let's try the lantern first..if that doesn't do anything we can always go some where else or try something different."

I misspelled coney, as in, rabbit

"I will try the lantern first guys."

Rowanne stands in the middle of the room, holding the lantern up high.

You step up to the ledge and brandish the lantern. Nothing happens