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"My mother didn't love me. Did I tell you guys that before? She thought my ears were too big and I look to mousey." then he focuses on the bogeyman, "But you, I'm going to kill you, even if it makes me cry." Then he says, "Quatit ossa maior." Gathering his power he hits the bogeyman with an empowered boneshaker spell.
I made you a salad, outta worms!
Seeing as Duardlara was able to survive the mental assault thanks to the efforts of the paladin the bogeyman focuses his attention on the holy warrior to remove him before targeting Duardlara again.
Cast hold person on Helgash will save DC 21
quickened phantasmal killer on Duardlara again DC 21 will and fort save
fort save pending SR by Baub
Look into my eyes when I stare at you!
She recognizes the spell for what it is this time, the threat hazy and insubstantial. She turns and looks at the bogeyman with a glare.
Duardlara you can easily see the bogeyman casting spells at you.
The bogeyman shakes off the bone shaker spell but not before it still takes significant damage.
Duardlara’s hands pass through the gestures of casting a spell as she speaks arcane words, ending with her miming the draw-and-fire of a tiny bow. A fluorescent arrow streaks toward the creature...
"Enough of this - face me monster" - Helgash steps in front of the bogeyman, drawing his sword and swinging - "Face judgement"
Greta does nothing - she will not risk entering the room.
I made finger pizza just for you!
Helgash throws off the last of the spell effects from the bogeyman as he counters with a lethal barrage of attacks. Duardlara turns the damage up as well with an ongoing damage spell. The combined damage plus what it took before from Baub was too much as it dissolves into nothingness. Yet even with the pair of bogeymen destroyed Cynehelm is still succumbing to the temptation to eat himself into a coma much like Jetro is.
Duardlara is able to ascertain after some searching that there is a trap on the doorway leading into the room. Whomever passes the threshold needs to make a save or be affected by a suggestion to eat the poisoned candies and confections.
They told me to bring a pail lunch... you look pale enough to me!!
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Once the critters are dead, Baub looks at the effort being made to pull the two who are down into the room. "Why waste your time," he says despondently, "They'll most likely die. We probably need to rethink this whole thing." he sits down, cradling his head in his hands, "Do you think it is too late to retire to the lakeside? I'd probably trip and drown if I did." He has been crushed with despair.
"Mmmfff!" says Cynehelm, filling his face with pastries and delicacies. Is...is his armor starting to look tight?
"I bedda faka fewfr lader," he mumbles, crumbs flying from his icing-smeared lips as he rams handfuls of food into his pouches, pack and pockets. Even the hood of his cloak is weighted down with stored food.
Duardlara you definitely understand the workings of the trap and can bypass it if you would like in stead of disabling it. Bypassing will allow you to keep the trap active but will allow a code word that you set so as to not be affected.
Cynehelm keeps eating requiring another fort save and those near him see that he has eaten so much of the ‘candy’ that it reveals a cauldron if plenty. Inside the cauldron is a hide with writing on it.
The hide is actually a scroll with the spells wall of force, disintegrate, wall of ice, and greater invisibility
Duardlara sets to work on the wards of the door. "When you enter this door, say 'Welcome to the bakery' out loud to bypass the trap."
Stepping back, she takes a deep breath and adds, "But let me test it first."
She walks up to the doorway and says, "Welcome to the bakery!" firmly. There is a slight eldritch flare as the command registers, and she strides in to the room to pull Cynehelm out and examine what else might be in the room.
Indeed eventually the suggestion upon Cynehelm will wear off as will the despair upon Baub. Jetro seems to still be sleeping but after a few more snores and a rough shove he is woken up.
You're a feast of eyes and piss in all this bliss!
"No! Just a few more. For the road!"
"The road's had all it can eat, also. Time to go!"
Where are you all going?
The hide is actually a scroll with the spells wall of force, disintegrate, wall of ice, and greater invisibility
"Shall we check out the trap door in the ceiling or go into the candy room now that Lara has made it safe to enter?
"Let us please make sure this accursed room is devoid of any further dangers" - Helgash nods at Baub, then moves to thoroughly check the 'candy room'
Exploring the room further reveals no additional foes Helgash. However you do find the following information...
The door to the west leads to area Ai, while the fireplace
in the east wall leads to area A6. A licorice ladder in the
northeast corner leads up to the loft overhead (area A8).
The main exit to this room is through a large ribbon candy
cupboard against the north wall. Opening its door
reveals a dark, 5-foot square tunnel lined with the burned
and broken skulls of children. The tunnel emerges
through the soot- stained walls of a large hearth in area A3.
The sugar brittle windows display a distorted scene of a
bright, sunny morning in a flower- strewn field.
Taking the trapdoor up in A1 leads to the same loft area as found in A2 thus allowing people to bypass the trap if necessary. In the loft, clutter and other detritus litter the floor of this cramped attic. The center of the loft is open but bordered by a ten foot wide walkway made of wooden planks. A narrow window sits in the southern wall, but this is caked with centuries of accumulated dirt that refuses to be cleaned
off and only allows dim light to filter through. The loft
contains only clutter, old mattresses, and other useless junk.
Are Jetro and Cynehelm back to normal?
Yes although Jetro still has the wisdom damage
Disgusted and trying to clean out his pockets, Cynehelm at last just sheds his waistcoat and jacket, leaving them behind. He follows Helgash, looking a big green around the gills.
Badgerwumpus!
Duardlara follows her friends, searching carefully for Grandmother‘a next set of clues.
Bright sunlight filtered by a forest canopy streams into this derelict
cottage room from a single large window to the northwest. Trees
jut up from the dirt floor, bursting through the thatch ceiling above, and dead leaves cover a rusted iron stove and an old straw mattress. No door exits the cottage, only a rotten doorframe to the east, overgrown with thick vines blocking passage to the forest beyond. A large stone fireplace sits to the south from which you are exiting.
Although this room appears to be a cottage in the woods,
it is impossible to exit to the woods outside. The holes in
the thatch roof are illusions covering a stone ceiling. The
rotting doorframe leads to area A4, but it is overgrown with
a thick tangle of vines-pushing through them requires a
successful DC 20 Strength check. Alternatively, characters
can hack through the vines with edged weapons in 15
minutes. The vines are immune to normal fire, but magical
fire burns them away in 5 minutes. The fireplace to the south
leads to the candy cabinet in area A2.
Fail you are deposited outside the window facing the forest. You have none of your gear and are in fact completely naked. You think you have about 24 seconds before the spider like creature reaches you.
You see a completely stark naked Duardlara with her back to you standing outside of the window. She seems to be intently staring at something in the distance but her form is blocking your view.
Baub need a will save dc 23 please and read the spoiler to Duardlara up above.
Helgash hears Baub's words and dashes inside (perhaps a little faster than he should?) to see exactly what has happened to Lara - "What?"
The elf will turn to Baub's call, shaking her head because she doesn't know. She will quickly look for a way into the cottage. If there's not something quickly obvious, she will run around the building to get cover from the mysterious creature so she can hide.
Know planes dc 22 to identify it.