Jzero kicks at the deformed goblin.
Modifier: +1
Result = 7 + 1 = 8
AP 2
As Crastor approaches the goblin, it opens its mouth and vomits out a foul-smelling liquid at him :
but which goes wide as he is probably in fear of the large man with the huge warhammer coming at him.
Crastor swings low at the goblin, catches him mid-belly, and throws him back to the nearest wall with a huge thud. He slides to the ground, dead.
Combat is over!
The only way out of this room is to the south. It's a short corridor with an open doorway to the left, which opens into a spiral staircase leading downwards. But after just a few steps, there's a pile of huge rocks that have collapsed from the ceiling above. There's no way you can move them.
The hallway ends with a door.
Who wants to do what?
"We should destroy these undead, but they seemed trapped for now. We can try and deal with them now, or come back once we have found the true threat." Crastor says as he moves to check other holes for more undead.
Velrek will check the er, whatever it was (obviously NOT a tiny Gnoll this time) weapons. A red hot sword and gleaming dagger caught his eye.
"Agreed, friend Crastor. If there is a safe way to do so, we should take care of it now."
The holes are 20 feet deep and 6 feet in diameter. Tell me how you'd get down there, and how you'd have enough room to maneuver in...
Velrek looks at the zombie room. 11 holes would whittle through his arrow supply fast. Holes are too deep and narrow to deal with them face to face.
He goes to see how many of those rocks are in the 10 to 30 pound range that he could drop on them and when he realizes the odds of finding enough to do the job are slim, he'll sigh, try to find a way to mark or seal the tops (Possibly with a few rocks!) and head to the door and help execute the normal door standards.
"I have the power to attack them with magic at range, but it would probably be wise to do that after we deal with the graver threat." Crastor says and then joins Velrek heading to the next door.
"I've heard Sandpoint natives say, 'Let sleeping dogs lie.' Perhaps we should let zombies confined to holes in the ground remain where they can do no harm and come back with resources to deal with them. I've heard priests make blessed water that harms such things."
"Fine. We shall cover them up and deal with them later. Now, for that door..."
Evesk concurs, "Yes, we can deal with those undead either at our leisure or let the priests deal with them as we complete the purging of evil from this place. The latter will take more time and effort but must not be overlooked unless we want any of the evil that lingers here to become a greater problem later on as it is often the case when it comes to festering evil or basically any evil not fully purged."
Evesk will work with the others to make sure things get done and everyone remains safe.
You cover the wooden covers with some medium-size rocks to hold them in place.
You hear nothing behind the door, and it is unlocked. Opening it...
This peculiar chamber is a perfect sphere, measuring five yards in diameter, with an otherworldly atmosphere that defies normal perception. Suspended in the air, several objects drift and rotate slowly as though caught in a timeless dance: a ragged, tattered book with pages fluttering as if in an unseen breeze; a scroll, its edges worn and curling; a dark, bottle of wine that occasionally catches a glint of light; the lifeless body of a raven, eerily encircled by a halo of maggots that twist and writhe in grotesque motion; and a twisted iron wand, its forked tip gleaming faintly with an unsettling sheen.
However, the most disquieting feature of the room is not the floating debris but the walls themselves. They are plated in strange, gleaming red metal that pulses with a silent, sinister energy. Ripples of black electricity arc across the surface, undulating like waves on a stormy sea. At irregular intervals, the energy gathers and forms cryptic runes or fragments of foreign words, their emergence so frequent and deliberate it feels intentional rather than coincidental.
The door you're at is the only entrance into the room.
What do you do?
Velrek opens the door, starts to barge in and stops cold. He looks around, up and down and steps back and just says, "Nope, someone else go in first this time. Maybe someone who knows magic."
Jzero recoils from the strange sights in the little round room. He has no idea what is causing the floating object, but he cannot fathom how it could be anything be evil and best left alone. He retreats five feet and readies himself should something hostile emerge or should any of the others enter the room and need help.
Taking up the rear position, Johhann is the last to see the strange sight in the room.
"I know nothing of magic, but if I did I think I would be safe to say that there is some sort of magic..and maybe we should just leave it alone?"
"This looks bad. Could it be the ancient evil?" Crastor says with a deep frown as he looks at the evil magical room.
"I think if it were an ancient evil, it would have attacked us by now. But it's definitely magic. Let me see..."
= 15 = 2 Raises
"There seems to be just be a permanent levitation spell cast inside the room. Nothing inherently evil about that. Anyone want to feel like a bird?" And she steps in, jumps gently in the air, and starts to hover, moving slowly across the room.
"Hmmm...how do I steer in here?"
As she drifts across the room, she passes by the book and grabs for it, but it's just out of reach.
"Hmph. We're going to have to figure our trajectories pretty carefully if we're going to pick up all this junk."
Velrek watches Ceri float like a butterfly and smiles.
"Well. Now I feel foolish."
With that he tries to GENTLY step in and push off towards the book...
Just in case, a roll!
Velrek - you can direct yourself towards any item you wish, just say what it is.
Everyone else - please make an Athletics roll to steer yourself properly in zero-G.
Johhann stands away from the door.
"Umm..no thanks...I will stand guard however!"
Velrek goes for the book Ceri was trying to grab.
Evesk takes some time scrutinizing the room, its walls, and the various objects floating within.
If nothing appears to be evil then Evesk will carefully enter the room an attempt to help the others gather the items by suggesting they push off each other as a means to navigate within the room.
There is the slightest hint of evil in the room that Ceri missed, not being a cleric. Not so much that the room itself is evil, but that perhaps something evil spent a lot of time in it long ago, and that a little bit of that aura has steeped itself into the walls.
Jzero stays out of the room, even after the magic is revealed. He takes his bow and extends it into the room to help those needing a steady point to hold onto.
Crastor waits outside the room to keep an eye on everything.
Sounds like a plan. Jzero will probably have to swing his bow around a bit to move Ceri to get stuff. What's within range (4 or more) :
Book : grabbed by Velrek
Scroll :
Wine : (not an Acing die)
Wand :
She's got the wine and the wand.
The scroll's out of reach now. Velrek or Evesk, want to try an Athletics roll to bounce off the wall at just the right angle to intercept it?
Evesk attempts to grab the scroll but was unable to nab it.
Velrek bounces off the wall. One might swear they heard him let out a quiet, Wheee!"
He reaches out towards the scroll and...
Everything's been grabbed (assuming no one wants the dead raven and dead maggots)! Jzero hauls everyone in.
You want to evaluate the items now, or keep moving?
Velrek thanks Jzero as he pulls him in and turns to hand the scroll to Ceri with a bow. "Thy treasure, m'lady! Now, what do we have?"
Ceri says "I can only identify magic items by using some of my power, which I would rather save in case it's needed in combat. Evesk, any chance you can identify them? Once we're out of this place, I can identify them for sure."
Evesk will first scrutinize each of the weapons and try to determine what everything is.
The weapons he is not sure about but the other items he outlines what they are to the group.
Evesk detects no evil coming from the weapons or the items, except the book. He can tell it is written in Abyssal, but that's about it.
The only place in the dungeon you haven't explored is a horizontal line near the vertical middle of the map. You go back thru B9, B7, B6, and get to B3, where if you go to the right down a series of very short steps, you end up at a door .
You hear nothing behind the door. Who's going to open it?
Velrek steps up for his door opening duties..
You see a circular room, with a round pool of water in the center. The edge of the pool is surrounded by skulls. There are two busts of hideous-looking heads with wings connected where their ears would be, folded backwards, wrapped around the head, in two small alcoves on the north and south walls at about (human) eye-level. There is a door on the other side of the room.
What do you all do?
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Jzero waits patiently while people evaluate the items found in the floating room. Once assured they are not evil or dangerous to use, he picks up the hand-axe and notices it has good balance and while he mainly uses his hands and feet in a fight, having a spare weapon is always handy, at least until we get out of the place when we can decide who gets what and what gets sold. The flaming sword is interesting but he doesn't want it for fighting. "The flame sword might be good for starting campfires. It might intimidate superstitious people."
Once people move through to explore the last rooms, he focuses on being ready for trouble. He is happy to open doors and enter rooms first, although he doesn't insist on it.
He regards the busts with suspicion but since they are consistent with the decor seen so far, he doesn't think much more about it. "Anyone know what type creature those are?" he asks, referring to the busts.
Evesk takes the Flaming Long Sword, it being his Deity's favored weapon and hefts it saying, "Yeah good for that, as well as an ongoing light source. I will carry and use it for now, unless someone objects."
He moves along with the others, then at Jzero's question Evesk scrutinizes the busts as he tries to identify them.
"It seems good for someone to use it, and the light will come in handy." Crastor says in agreement.
When they reach the room with the pool, Crastor will enter and look down into the water cautiously as he moves around to check the next door for any traps.
Unless someone else takes it, Velrek will hold the silver dagger.
He walks into the room and stares at the busts, "What manner of creature is this?"
He then waits for Crastor to check the next door before opening it once everyone is ready.
The iron wand is a wand of Shocking Grasp (2d6 lightning) - you must touch your target (Fighting+2) to activate the power and affect the target. A missed attack does not waste a charge. Ceri can identify the number of charges with her Detect Arcana Power later.
Evesk - a Faith roll would identify the creatures. Success gives you their names, a Raise tells you their strengths and weaknesses. You detect no evil in the statues. But...
As people begin to enter the room, the statues stir, their stone turns to flesh, and they take flight. They swoop around the room.
Round 1!
Initiative
Jzero - KH
Flying heads – QS
Crastor - QC
Ceri - 7H
Velrek - 7C
Evesk - 3C
Johhann - 2H
Jzero is up first!
Jzero reacts by attacking the flying heads with his hands and feet. He directs one attack at each.
Modifier: +1 - 2 (MAP) = -1
Result = 4 + 1 - 2 = 3
AP 2
Modifier: +1 - 2 (MAP) = -1
Result = 6 + 6 + 2 + 1 - 2 = 13
Total: 3 + 6 + 2 = 11
AP 2
If the attack achieves a raise, the target the foe is made distracted or vulnerable (attacker's choice bold), even if no damage was done or if damage was soaked.