Was Vraxel able to purchase his belt?
Was Vraxel able to purchase his belt?
You started to ask around about them, but were unable to find one for purchase or place an order before you began your quick march back to the fortified manor.
Summon I serpent as I move forward with it. It gives me Intel. Move forward.
Serpent summoned....which way do you send it NE or NW.
NE
Let's see what happens
Talk to me Goose.
The enchanted serpent wriggles off towards the NE set of double doors, seamlessly sliding past the water filled pit. Its tongue flickers nervously.
Sssss, ssss , ssssss, ssssss, s....nothing, it is not speaking to me. Dammit Viper.
Apparently I thought since it was under the celestial template it spoke celestial. Do I know how it feels, fear etc. bite and poison whatever is inside. What are the dimensions of the room. Set off all traps and return.
If there is no language under the descriptor does that mean it cannot communicate/speak with others at all?
Summon Mage Armor.
Sssss, ssss , ssssss, ssssss, s....nothing, it is not speaking to me. Dammit Viper.
Apparently I thought since it was under the celestial template it spoke celestial. Do I know how it feels, fear etc. bite and poison whatever is inside. What are the dimensions of the room. Set off all traps and return.
If there is no language under the descriptor does that mean it cannot communicate/speak with others at all?
Summon Mage Armor.
Good call on the celestial! The serpent speaks fluent ssssnakey sssseletial and you can read the spoiler above.
"Hisss, hissss"
I share the spoiler above with my friends.
Headless corpses. Are those the Vargoulees that attacked us before?
Good deduction Rand.
For a moment, Alamin gets a far-away look on her face then, I don't sense any active evil in the next room, just the residue from whatever was there before. I'll go first, be ready.
She then lifts up her shield in a defensive posture, and sword at the ready, slowly advances into the next room.
Randtam detects magic in the other room. Waiting upon results
Follow Alamin in,
Viper will let me know if anything moves in there and I will let Alamin know.
Vraxel follows, remaining in the back.
Randtam's augry reveals that there is no magic in the room, although powerful magics have been wraught here before. He gets no sense of anything magical beyond the double doors to the North either.
Standing in the cold, stank waters Alamin thinks to herself "It's going to take a LONG time to get this armor clean! I hope there isn't to much corrosion in the greaves..."
She looks back at her companions, Unless any of you object, I'm going to try those doors and see what lies beyond them. Vraxel, do you think you could climb and reach those doors up above?
"I'll give it a shot."
Send rope of climbing up to the doors then climb up.
Halfling, half-squirrel Vraxel scampers up the slick walls and makes it to upper door in the N wall.
Looking up at Vraxel amazed by his stupendous climbing skills: What do you see Vraxel?
"A hallway with some doors, come on up."
Rope gives +10 climb check.
Alamin looks fretfully at the rope, You all might have to pull me up...
As the party shouts encouragment, Alamin finally finds her way to the top of the rope. She clearly needs a moment to collect herself, after which she smiles at the group, OK, now what?
Open the closest door.
Vraxel turns and opens the door immediately North of the one that the party just climed up through. As the door opens the stench of rotting vegitation pours through along with a multitude of small spores.
The room beyond is infested with various types of fungi that cling to every surface. Below you can see the remains of an iron walkway jutting out of the water, also covered in fungi.
You can make out double doors on the South wall down below and across on the Eastern wall is a door set at the same height as the one you just opened.
As you survey the room you see a strange plant consisting of four spidery stalks, long green tendrils, and an inverted bell-shaped cap filled with spores begin to make its way towards you....climbing up the wall!
Cast Mage Armor, Shield, Enlarge, in that order.
Close the door! Close the door!
Randtam uses his extensive knowledge of nature to figure out what the strange plant and how yo destroy the spores. Specifics on fungi.
Close the door! Close the door!
Randtam uses his extensive knowledge of nature to figure out what the strange plant and how yo destroy the spores. Specifics on fungi.
[dice=KnowNature]1d20 +11
Close the door! Close the door!
Randtam knows that there are many types of aggressive fungi found across the world and that it would seem to fit the menagerie of creatures the party has stumbled across so far. Unfortunately, he has no clue what this one is specifically.
As the spider like plant continues its rapid ascent, the party can make out two other violet colored mushroom-like creatures beginning to move towards the door. Oily looking tendrils wave to and fro from deep fissures in their pointed caps...
Vraxel stares in horror as his companions plead with him to shut the door and Uuranx casts a spell.
Close the door.
With the spider like plant climbing the wall at a terrifying pace, and the other violet colored fungi moving towards the wall, Vraxel is abel to slam the door shut right before melee occurs. The sound of heavy thumping echoes through the thick iron-bound door and the creatures on the other side express their sincere interest in coming through to interact with the party.
Alamin exhales in relief, Well done Vraxel. I think these rooms are holding cells of some sort to contain the Count's 'curiosities'. It looks like someone or something has sabotaged the area to stop anyone from getting to the far tower that we saw. Good thing you have that skill with your magic rope!
Lets find our way to the far tower..
The towers of Death
Go to the door at the end of the hallway.
"Everyone ready?"
Open the door.
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As the party advances cautiously to the far door, Vraxel's keen eyes pick up on a small cache of items. You later identify them as:
A potion of displacement, a potion of gaseous form, and two vials of alchemically preserved basilisk blood (worth 500 GP each).
Grabbing the potentially valuable loot, Vraxel opens the Eastern door.
A grand stone bridge arches over the gorge to a stack of rock on which perches a high tower topped with a lightning rod. The bridge is about 3 feet wide and has no handrails.
A great stone tower perches atop a sheer stack of rock above the river. The tower climbs to an elaborate iron steeple, from which a huge lightning conductor calls out to the skies. You can see a finely crafted set of double doors that must provide entrance to the tower across the bridge.
Is Uuranx still casting a spell?
Damn rivers and towers.
Can't wait for Flesh whatever Golem to show up and kick our butts.
Or maybe he is nice. He hates evil!
Alamin looks out at yet another treacherous precipice and sighs with deep melancholy, Oh goddess, why do you challenge me so? The gifts you have given me don't seem to match up that well to the challenges you set me against! I'm sure there is a message here somewhere but I find it like looking directly into the sun. Looks like you lead again Vraxel and make handy with that magic rope of yours!
Cross the bridge and head to the finely crafted double doors.
The intrepid Vraxel nimbly crosses the narrow bridge, once more crossing the rushing waters down below.
The doors are of a strange wood you have never seen before and a mural of the night sky is carved into it. An elaborate set of door handles, fine brass by the looks of them, face outward. The door appears firmly shut.
Vraxel notices the masonry of the tower and that it is first rate stone work. Either master stone masons or well versed dwarves worked on this amazing structure. A quick breeze whips about the canyon, bringing you the scent of trees and nearby meadows.
Seeing Vraxel make his way across so readily, Alamin clutches her Sun symbol and quietly whispers, Goddess guide my steps and give me strength. and cautiously follows him across to the tower.
Uuranx shall follow carefully also.
Seeing the lumbering Uuranx make it across Alamin shouts encouragement to the remaining party member, Come on Randtam! If the big ox and I can make it across you can do it no problem!
Randtam comes over also.
Alamin looks expectantly at Vraxel and then at the door and then back at Vraxel, Well....? We're waiting... and lets go a hearty chuckle.
Vraxel looks the doors over for traps, disables any he finds and then opens the doors.
Vraxel works the door, finding no traps but discovering it has been sealed with an 'arcance lock' which initially thwarts his efforts to open the doors. After a quick consultation with Randtam about the nature of the spell sealing the doors, Vraxel is able to finally get them open after several more attempts.
The party stands outside the tower as the doors open to reveal:
"A curving stone staircase winds along the wall of this circular chamber up to a trapdoor in the ceiling some thirty feet above. The room is in chaos, with books, alchemical equipment, and curiously twisted metal everywhere. A huge, broken cage stands in the center of the room, its bars bent and door smashed open."
"Why don't you guys stay here by the door and be ready to leave while I check the trap door"
Climb up the stairs and open the trap door.
You got it Vrax!
Alamin frowns and shakes her head, No, no more you going off from the rest of us and getting in trouble. I'm happy to stand a little distance from the door while you check it, but I'm not going to put 30 feet of winding stairs between you and the rest of us while whatever was in that cage is now on the loose.
With that she follows Vraxel about half way up the stairs, letting him lead the way.
As if to make her point a four-armed flesh golem of monstrously stitched together ape parts vaults down from the darkness above as Alamin and Vraxel approach the stairs. I hoots and snarls out of its many-fanged mouth as a multiude of arms smash and grab at the pair!
Randtam and Uuranx are a full move action away from melee.