Ravens picks his nose with his free hand, keeping only one on the rope carrying Simon.
"Huh?" is the only word that comes to his mind as the mantaflyers attempt the inverse flight of Icarus.
Skiron/Ta'ruk: There is no safe space on the other side, It was all illusion so no harm no cast.
Ravens recoils (and probably recoils from the blood on) his silken rope.
Oh yeah, that's there. That dude had a choice to cut the rope or his...ah nevermind. He chose poorly.
Ravens looks around again after stuffing the rope back in his 'sack.
"Nothing over there, huh? Maybe this is a wrong turn? What other options do we have?" Ravens asks. "Oh yeah, the mist. Gotta love the mist option."
cough...riddle...cough
Skiron: No the walls are in fact real.
Ravens looks around, then walks back to the room with the mist. He prepares again to jump through.
"No better ideas, eh?"
Gr. Longstrider = 9 hours
Magic Vestment = 9 hours
Wand of CMW (37/50 left)
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"No, I think we are on the right path. The riddle talks about a fortuitous fall leading to an entrance on the wall. I'll cast fly and look around before you try that mist," Ta'ruk takes out a scroll and reads the incantation. He flys off and begins searching for a entrance along the walls above the lava.
"No, I think we are on the right path. The riddle talks about a fortuitous fall leading to an entrance on the wall. I'll cast fly and look around before you try that mist," Ta'ruk takes out a scroll and reads the incantation. He flys off and begins searching for a entrance along the walls above the lava.
Ta'ruk: You do not find any entrances above the Lava.
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"Blast it all if the entrance is beneath the lava," Jeneva grumbles, glaring down at the bubbling, boiling substance below the rotating floor. "Perhaps it is concealed until the floor is turned to a proper angle or some other sort of device? Perhaps Ta'ruk could walk on the floor without our intervention holding it aplace, descend as normal as if he'd succumbed to the trap's deceit, and see if that alters anything below while he is still able to fly."
Simon drops a pebble into the lava and watches it closely. Does it react as one would expect with lava (little flare up) or does it fall right through (indicating illusion)?
Simon It reacts like lava and as you get near the edge you will feel the incredible heat.
Simon It reacts like lava and as you get near the edge you will feel the incredible heat.
"Humm. If the door is under there I hope someone has a way to prevent fire damage...and death by crushing weight of a bunch of boulders rolling over one."
Ta'ruk watches the stone be swallowed by the lava. "I still think the door is hidden on the wall. Maybe one of you are more adept at finding such things. I have one more scroll of flying unless one of you has a means of taking flight."
Ravens waits to see what the solution might be.
"I have my rope if it is needed," Ravens offers.
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Simon chucks some pebbles At the far wall. He starts where a door would logically be and then elsewhere in an expanding pattern. He's listening for sound differences (wood vs stone or metal) as the rocks hit. He also watches to see if any stones go through the wall even a little.
Simon: Nice idea and what you discover is that the walls are indeed all solid stone and straight ahead of you is just empty air and lava
Ravens goes back and jumps through the mists. He holds his breath, if that matters or helps.
Ravens: I have sent you a PM
Ravens: lets try this again
Looks like its option 1...thats too bad.
On your way to the mist, you discover a secret door on the southern wall at the bottom of this pit trap. The bottom of which is lined with wicked spikes.
Ravens goes back to yell down the hall.
"Hey you...,"chumps"...guys! I found a door!"
Ravens looks down at the spikey pit and grumbles.
Ta'ruk grudgingly abandons their quest to solve this riddle and follows Jeneva back toward where Ravens is shouting.
"Where'd you find the door Ravens?" asks Ta'ruk.
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Ravens points out the door at the bottom of the pit.
"Strange place for a door, eh?" Ravens says, putting his hand on Ta'ruk's back and totally not thinking about pushing Ta'ruk onto the spike, totally not.
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Ta'ruk looks down over the edge and see the spike pointing back up. He chuckles to himself. "Sometimes Ravens your the tip of the spear, and sometimes your on the receiving end."
Ok so after much hoohaw, you break up a pew and make yourselves a safe area to stand on in the pit.
Once all of the wood is in place, Ta'ruk climbs down and looks at the secret door. "This must have been the fortuitous fall leading to a door in the wall."
If Ta'ruk doesn't see any traps and the door is not locked, Ta'ruk tries to open the door.
Ta'ruk: You do not find any traps and the door is not locked and opens to a 40'long hallway heading south. This area is filled with a cloudy haze .
"Doors open!" calls back Ta'ruk. "And more haze." Ta'ruk picks up one of the splintered pew remnants and tosses it into the hall to see what happens.
Ravens tosses down the final pews boards and grunts, having done all the hard work while others watched.
He climbs down slowly, carefully (taking 10), following Ta'ruk.
If nothing happens with the tossed wood, Ravens goes into the mist.
Ta'ruk: As you toss fragments of wood you hear them them smack the ground, but other than that nothing else.
Ravens: The hallway turns west with another set of stairs heading deeper into the mist.
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Simon joins the group in the pit.
Skiron follows.
Ravens watches Skiron following him, wondering why the man never leads.
Ta'ruk goes along with Ravens and Skiron down the hall way. Ta'ruk almost bumps into Ravens as he stops at the top of the second stairs. "Well the mist hasn't melted our skin yet. Let's keep moving." Ta'ruk heads down the stairs watching for any loose steps along the way that may trigger another trap.
Ta'ruk Ta'ruk feels the ffects of panic as he begins running away for rds.
Ta'ruk yells out, "You aren't going to get me!" He spins around and barrels through Ravens and Skiron shoving them out of the way.
Ta´ruk: Just so we are clear nothing you saw spooked you.
I am giving everyone a chance to stop you.
"Would one of our heartier members please grab him?"
Ravens declines to stop Ta'ruk, knowing that he wasn't going to run far (the climb was going to slow him down). Instead, Ravens goes into the mist to see what scared him so badly.
What a coward.
Fort Save
Ravens: You will be chasing your friend Ta'ruk for rds. As you also are panicked.
Ravens runs and runs, screaming the entire way.
He stops before Ta'ruk stops, and, for that, he is pleased.
Gr. Longstrider = 9 hours
Magic Vestment = 9 hours
Wand of CMW (37/50 left)
So after 7 rds. Ta'ruk and Ravens make it back to the group, Ravens claiming he was just chasing Ta'ruk.
Skiron: It is a fear gas, no illusions ot monsters. If you are immune to fear you are good to go if not then you will run away for rds.
Raven, when he returns, will act like nothing unusual happened.
Bluff
When he gets back to the gas, he will use a Pearl of Power to recall Air Bubble, cast it, and enter the mists.
He will look for a way to disarm or stop the mists.
Perception
Ravens: You do not see a way to turn off the fog, However you do see a hallway headed south that is covered in webs...But not your garden variety webs, these seem to be made of force.