pointy things will jab us if we walk down these steps....
weed examines the trap looking for a way to thwart its purpose
perhaps we can set it off
Weed doesn't set it off, but he doesn't think he disabled it either.
Look around in cargo hold for something to throw down the stairs
There is plenty of debris in the hold you can use but you aren't sure if the trap will reset or if the debris will set it off successfully.
weed looks about at his companions.... any ideas? im certainly not the smartest here.....
“Try disabling the trap again, just be careful.”
weed looks again at the trap
“I said be careful!”
Sharp metal spikes thrust up through the holes piercing Weed's hands causing .
They pull back into the holes with an audible click.
Arrrrrrgggghhhh[
Dar is at a loss. He will tap the step with his club where weed did, and then maybe at some other holes to see if the trap is at least temporarily disarmed.
Dar's tapping results in metal spikes thrusting upwards into his club before returning with an audible click.
how high do the spikes come up out of the holes....is it possible to step around the holes...
Weed thinks that with a very challenging Acrobatics check party members can avoid the spikes. Alternatively, Weed could try and disable the trap again.
"I believe in you, Weed!!"
-that should be worth a +2 on the roll, at least. Notice the double exclamation points..."
weed stares at the trap and its mechanism through the gaping holes in his hand.....
keep in mind my dex is down and this makes it harder to disable device....
more bad rolls and i will never be able to cup water in my hands and take a drink from the river....people will mock me and say there goes weed with the cup around his neck.....
Use assist other, and take 10...You got this Weed!!!
-Now 3 exclamation points, the assistance just keeps growing! It's a Christmas miracle...
"If you don't want to try again Weed then let's go another way."
i will try...i have a weakness for exclamation points
Weed fumbles and the spikes drive up through his hands into his eyes and brain cavity!
-retcon-
Weed successfully disables the trap.
lol
turrans magic exclamation marks suceed
-Exclamation Points! That's going to be a new spell I create...
Believing Weed has disabled the trap, Dar will take the lead down the stairs, tapping each step with his club (just in case):
Follow Dar and whoever else heads down the stairs.
weed will bring up the rear keeping an eye out....
The party advances down the winding stairs, descending a couple of hundred feet until the staircase ends in a well build wood door. The sound of water falling is much louder now. and it seems like a dull roar is emanating from beyond the wooden barrier.
“Anyone going to check and open the door or should I do it?”
I'll take a look too.
If Tarvoth and Dar (and anyone else?) find nothing of note, Dar volunteers to open it.
let me check it....
weed begins to think.....i wonder if ownng a bakery is a profitable venture
My observation of the door shall reveal all
I shall side with Tarvoth the almighty!
After a good look at the door Weed and the party determine it is safe to open and do so. Beyond the door is a carved stone bridge that leads into a massive cavern. Water falls from above in a ring, crashing into darkness and fury below. You can just make out what looks to be a large circular platform (at the end of the bridge) behind the wall of falling water, and some type of pulsing redish light in its center. The noise in this area is intense and you have to shout to be heard.
weed tries to find a trace of recent travel by others this way recently....
^&*^$$
The heavy mist from the crashing waters have erased any sign of passage that may have once existed here.
What direction does the path head?
Back towards mainland under the sea?
The path (carved stone bridge) heads out into the massive cavern and through the curtain of falling water that rushes from above. Your best estimation is that this chamber is directly at the heart of the island and several hundred feet below sea level. It looks like it might be used somehow to flood the room with the ship and allow it to get to the surface. You know that there was no obvious water source above you and surmise that the waterfall must have some magics to it.
Shall we go through the waterfall?
Dar checks the path and heads to the waterfall. He will try to ~Detect Evil~ during his jaunt.
“Yes, let’s go.”
Dardanius senses no evil along the path, but something about the waterfall blocks him from seeing past the falling sheets of water.
As Tarvoth begins to move forward he notices that the rock looks quite slippery and is covered with slimy wet mosses.
weed studies the treacherous looking moss on the steps....his grandmother died on slippery steps so he has a keen sense when he sees this....
Weed feels confident that walking across unaided will require some significant dexterity to avoid falling into whatever lies below. Even with aid or magic the way will be treacherous.
Well, we can tie a rope around him in case he falls.
yes....lets tie a rope around Dar....
Dar nods at Weed, Yes, you've been through enough. I'll take the lead on this.
Dar will tie the rope around himself:
Dardanius readies the rope, doing his best to secure himself in case of mishap, and make his way across the stone bridge to the edge of the waterfall. While the middle section was quite slippery, he finds that strangely the part by the waterfall itself is not so bad. Maybe the slick mosses can only grow further away from the thunder and spray. What lies beyond the waterfall is still thoroughly obscured; only the red pulse of light from whatever lies beyond can be seen.
Dardanius does his best to use hand signals back to the party as the the thunder of the waterfall is too great for verbal communication to be of use.
Dar turns keeping his head on a swivel between the waterfall and the party. He points to himself, gestures forward into the waterfall twice, then gestures with elbows near his torso at an acute angel and palms facing upward.
He waits for a response from the party
a frog?? Hes trying to tell us a frog is in the waterfall???