Tiger's Heart (Inactive)

Game Master Torvald Torvaldson

Waves Dar forward.

Dar will try to move beyond the waterfall. If he makes it, he will ~Detect Evil~.

DEX (walk on moss): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

The crashing waters sweep Dardanius from his feet an plummet him into the abyss. STR rolls from the party to see if they can hold the rope and prevent Dardanius from certain doom.

Strength: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

whoa there Dar!

Str: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

-Well, that's not good-

strength: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

str: 1d20 ⇒ 13

Hold on Dar.

-wow, 3 people with 18 strength roll a 3,5,6....can I use Second Chance to see if I get a 4?...It's supposed to be only for saving throws

Despite all the odds, Tarvoth is able to hang on to the rope and stop Dardanius' disasterous descent. The rest of the muscly party pulls him back up to the platform and the start of the bridge closest to the door.

apply my Aasimarian intellect to see if we have missed anything to aid us in our crossing...

perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32
knowledge dungeon: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19

Turran looks over at the crashing waters of the fall tumbling down from somewhere far above and wonder where the water could be coming from. Certainly magic of some type must be used or engineering beyond whatever he has heard of in all his travels. There was no real water above with the ship and the bridge was built to be used to gain access to the area beyond so there must be some way to control the falling waters on this side of the bridge.

week looks about at this puzzle....
perception: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19

Weed looks about but doesn't see anything new.

know arcana: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14
know spellcraft: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

try and figure out where/what/how the controls work or would be.

After catching his breath, Dar will reattempt his effort to pass under the waterfall.

Dex (walk through waterfall: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

FFS

Turran searches about looking for some obvious controls but finds none and then thinks to cast ~detect magic~. Doing so reveals a set of runes that glow on the stone wall near the door. The runes appear to be written in Infernal.

Dardanius attempts the waterfall again only to slip and fall once more.

Strength checks from the party to prevent unpleasant outcomes.

-ack, det magic...so obvious now-

Strength: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

Turran nonchalantly pauses from studying the runes to jerk the rope and pull Dardanius back up to the platform.

Does anyone speak/read infernal?

Cast comprehend languages and read the runes.

There are 5 different runes forming the rough outline of a pentagram. The translated runes mean: water; air; void; travel; death.

Pass on the translation to the group.

Tarvoth will touch the water rune.

The volume of the water coming down increases significantly as Tarvoth touches the rune.

Touch it again!

The falling water increases as before.

Try the air rune...travel rune my make the ship ready for movement...death rune, well who likes the sound of that...that leaves void or air...
anyone else with thoughts?

Travel Rune may make the path ready for travel. Void, could empty the water, but I am more skeptical of that. So, I agree that we should try the air rune next.

Famous last words

Touch the air rune.

Tarvoth touches the air rune and a blast of hot, sulfurous-smelling, air smashes at the party.

DC 13 REF save or be pushed off the platform into the chasm!

ref: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Second Chance: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

-pending Weed's action-

Tarvoth gets blasted from the platform by a massive gust of air. The echo of diabolical laughter rings throughout the cavern.

Does anyone take action to prevent his fall?

ugh, I had posted it on my edit, but it didn't come through.

Try and prevent Tarvoth from falling over the side

Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17

ugh, I had posted it on my edit, but it didn't come through.

Try and prevent Tarvoth from falling over the side

[dice=Reflex]1d20 + 4

Make a 'to hit' to see if you can flick your end of the rope to him that is tied around Dardanius. Also make a STR check assuming you hit.

Flick the rope end at Tar
Rope: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

Grab the rope!
...and pull
Strength: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

REF: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21

minus whatever the dexterity penalty is which i imagine is significant

Turran deftly sends one end of the rope sailing towards his plummeting companion.

Let's see if Tarvoth grabs the rope.....

Dar will also try to grab a hold of Tarvoth.

Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

Or, can we assume Tarvoth was holding the rope? If so, I believe it's tied around Dar still. Should I roll Strength?

grab: 1d20 ⇒ 13

Sadly Tarvoth was pushing runes not holding rope.

Fortunately he is able to grab hold of the tossed line. Let's see some STR checks!

Strength: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Strength: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17

Strength: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

str: 1d20 ⇒ 12

str: 1d20 ⇒ 15

str: 1d20 ⇒ 13

Strength: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

Strength: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17

Strength: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16

STR: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
STR: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
STR: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

The party is able to pull Tarvoth back up.

“Wow that was close, thanks guys. Should we all tie ourselves together with the rope and then we can try the void or travel rune next?”

Could we tell where the laughter came from?

The origin of the laughter is impossible to discern as it ricochets all over the cavern walls. You think maybe there is a infernal force that has been bound to this place to power its effects?