ROUND EIGHT
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Ayita - casts guidance on Roscoe **SLOW**
Yazhi - readies an attack
Ezranadir - casts Magic Weapon on Nasir's bow
Roscoe - draws and tries to use wand, fails
Nasir - readies attack w/ (now magic) bow
BLIGHTSPAWN - attacks Frantino from 10ft with reach, CRIT! **BLUR**, **ENTANGLE**
Doc Hatfield -
Frantino -
may go!
STATUS
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Ezranadir || Con loss (now only -1) still decreasing max by 6hp
Roscoe ||
Nasir ||
Doc || -12-21+10-23+34=-12hp **POISONED -1 Wisdom**
Ayita || -15+11=-4hp CURSED! -4 to everything but damage; **SLOWED**
Yazhi ||
Frantino || -13+7-28=-34hp
The blightspawn is currently 15ft in the air, meaning a medium size creature requires a 10ft reach to hit it.
Frantino will attack!
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% Previously high was "good for the blightspawn" so this should be a hit!
"Ow! Doc, a little help here, please!"
[dice=Fort save]1d20 + 8
Frantino will attack!
[dice=+2 halberd w/ PA]1d20 + 9, [dice=damage]1d10 + 11
[dice=Miss chance]1d100% Previously high was "good for the blightspawn" so this should be a hit!"Ow! Doc, a little help here, please!"
The blightspawn spews blood from its wounds and flinches away from Frantino!
ROUND EIGHT
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Ayita - casts guidance on Roscoe **SLOW**
Yazhi - readies an attack
Ezranadir - casts Magic Weapon on Nasir's bow
Roscoe - draws and tries to use wand, fails
Nasir - readies attack w/ (now magic) bow
Frantino - readied attack goes off; hit!
BLIGHTSPAWN - attacks Frantino from 10ft with reach, CRIT! **BLUR**, **ENTANGLE**
Doc Hatfield -
may go!
STATUS
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Ezranadir || Con loss (now only -1) still decreasing max by 6hp
Roscoe ||
Nasir ||
Doc || -12-21+10-23+34=-12hp **POISONED -1 Wisdom**
Ayita || -15+11=-4hp CURSED! -4 to everything but damage; **SLOWED**
Yazhi ||
Frantino || -13+7-28=-34hp
The blightspawn, having moved to attack Frantino, attempts to remain stealthy and hidden in the trees.
The blightspawn, having moved to attack Frantino, attempts to remain stealthy and hidden in the trees.
[dice=Stealth]1d20+2
ROUND EIGHT
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Ayita - casts guidance on Roscoe **SLOW**
Yazhi - readies an attack
Ezranadir - casts Magic Weapon on Nasir's bow
Roscoe - draws and tries to use wand, fails
Nasir - readies attack w/ (now magic) bow
Frantino - readied attack goes off; hit!
BLIGHTSPAWN - attacks Frantino from 10ft with reach, CRIT! **BLUR**, **ENTANGLE**
Doc Hatfield - metamagic CMW on Frantino +25pts
STATUS
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Ezranadir || Con loss (now only -1) still decreasing max by 6hp
Roscoe ||
Nasir ||
Doc || -12-21+10-23+34=-12hp **POISONED -1 Wisdom**
Ayita || -15+11=-4hp CURSED! -4 to everything but damage; **SLOWED**
Yazhi ||
Frantino || -13+7-28+27 =-7hp
ROUND NINE
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Ayita - **SLOW**
Yazhi -
Ezranadir -
Roscoe -
Nasir -
Frantino -
BLIGHTSPAWN - **BLUR**, **ENTANGLE**
Doc Hatfield -
may go!
STATUS
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Ezranadir || Con loss (now only -1) still decreasing max by 6hp
Roscoe ||
Nasir ||
Doc || -12-21+10-23+34=-12hp **POISONED -1 Wisdom**
Ayita || -15+11=-4hp CURSED! -4 to everything but damage; **SLOWED**
Yazhi ||
Frantino || -13+7-28+27 =-7hp
Roscoe tries to activate his wand of fireball again--but continues to struggle.
"Come on! Work!!!"
"Thanks, Doc, that feels much better!"
Since the bug is hovering within reach, Frantino will reach out with his abnormally long arms and strike at it again.
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%
ROUND NINE
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Ayita - **SLOW**
Yazhi -
Ezranadir - magic missile!
Roscoe - wand UMD failure
Nasir -
Frantino - halberd strike!
BLIGHTSPAWN - **BLUR**, **ENTANGLE**
Doc Hatfield -
may go!
STATUS
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Ezranadir || Con loss (now only -1) still decreasing max by 6hp
Roscoe ||
Nasir ||
Doc || -12-21+10-23+34=-12hp **POISONED -1 Wisdom**
Ayita || -15+11=-4hp CURSED! -4 to everything but damage; **SLOWED**
Yazhi ||
Frantino || -13+7-28+27 =-7hp
Nasir moves in closer to Frantino hoping to get a shot at the bug. If he sees the monster, he will take a shot. If not, he will ready an attack for when he can see it.
Nasir moves in closer to Frantino hoping to get a shot at the bug. If he sees the monster, he will take a shot. If not, he will ready an attack for when he can see it.
Scimitar: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
Dmg: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Despite what the universe would normally tell Nasir about this situation, he is too close not to see it. He fires!
And HITS!
The combined might of the team brings the thing down, finally. It collapses near Frantino, its long mosquito-like appendages quivering and then slowly becoming still.
Roscoe kicks the mosquito to make sure it's dead, then makes his way back to the others.
"Everyone okay? Those things took forever to kill--it was making me very angry!" he exclaims, his face flushing in the suppressed rage of his archmage spirit.
Roscoe kicks the mosquito to make sure it's dead, then makes his way back to the others.
"Everyone okay? Those things took forever to kill--it was making me very angry!" he exclaims, his face flushing in the suppressed rage of his archmage spirit.
You were weak, whispers a voice in Roscoe's head. It is angry and hissing at him like a feral cat. The secrets of my city await below, weakling! Are you able to enter the Forges of Wrath? I doubt it. Open for the glory of... ME!"
In the clearing, a large stone structure stands against the woods, a narrow creek flowing languidly under its center. Streaks of red run through the stone, giving the building the appearance of being partially drenched in blood. Two domes adorn the ends of the complex, connected by a vine-overgrown central structure. The building has no apparent points of entry, although the vines across a strangely dark pillar of stone on the building’s north face have been recently hacked away, leaving the dark stone exposed.
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"Let us heal and quickly take stock of the situation." Ezranadir squats over the form of the Blightspawn to stab a dagger into it and collects some of it's blood in a vial. He will also cast Detect Magic to scan over the bodies of the defeated barbarian warriors. He then starts casting Prestidigitation on himself then others if they want.
The barbarians possess
potions of cure light wounds (9),
potions of lesser restoration (6),
alchemist’s fire (9);
+1 hide armor (3)
masterwork longsword (3)
One of the barbarians carries a scrap of paper with the Thassilonian phrase “Open for the glory of” written phonetically in Common.
The creek that flows under the structure is only 5 feet deep, but though it drains through a narrow tunnel below the building’s foundation, it provides no entrance into the building.
The surface of the dark brown pillar is gouged and marred. Looks like somebody cleared the tenacious vines that clung to the stone.
To Ezranadir's enhanced vision, the pillar radiates transmutation magic.
Nasir gathers up all of the equipment recovered from the barbarians and loads it into the bag of holding.
"Roscoe Elring - Give the wand to Ezranadir. I think as we enter this place, we will need someone to consistently be able to use such an item.
As I have the bag of holding out, everyone take what you need. We still have a number of lesser talismans of freedom and a dozen potions of cure light wounds now. I think I will take a couple of those potions and some a couple of tanglefoot bags myself."
Nasir takes those items out of the pile and puts it in his pouches as he lets others see what they want. HE examines the paper recovered from the barbarians.
"This looks like it will be helpful. However, it seems to be incomplete. Who's glory do we think this door will open for?"
Frantino will replace the lesser talisman of freedom that crumbled to dust earlier.
"Doc, I could use a little more healing, do you want me to drink one of these potions to conserve your abilities and the wand?"
"If we can't find out the secrets of this structure we may have to wake this one and make him tell us."
Frantino will also cast detect magic and focus on finding the entrance to the building.
Roscoe shrugs at the suggestion he give up the wand. "I think it's broken or something," he says, handing it to Ezranadir. "Here, take it."
In exchange, he takes the paper that says "Open for the glory of..."
He thinks he knows what to do.
"OPEN FOR THE GLORY OF ALAZNIST!" he shouts in Thassilonian.
Roscoe shrugs at the suggestion he give up the wand. "I think it's broken or something," he says, handing it to Ezranadir. "Here, take it."
In exchange, he takes the paper that says "Open for the glory of..."
He thinks he knows what to do.
"OPEN FOR THE GLORY OF ALAZNIST!" he shouts in Thassilonian.
Two things happen when Roscoe speaks the words in Thassilonian.
First, the vine-covered pillar lowers into the ground, revealing an entrance to a chamber.
The ceiling of the chamber is fifteen feet high in the center, rising to a height of thirty feet under a domed roof to the east. The walls are adorned with elaborate frescoes depicting a scene of horror: crab-like figures with multiple arms ritually sacrifice dozens of humans in cruelly imaginative ways, all presided over by what appears to be a tentacled sun looking down upon them from above. A dark stone pillar stands in the western wall, while to the east, the floor under the dome yawns open in a wide pit.
Second, the voice inside Roscoe's head grows louder. YES! Say my name, slave! Give yourself to me! Only I can protect you in here.
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As Nasir collects and distributes the loot, "I believe I will take a Potion of CLW to hold, as well as drinking a Potion of Lesser Restoration as I do not feel myself just yet."
He takes the offered Wand from Roscoe to tuck in his belt while peering at the wall and noticing Frantino looking, he points, "This portion of the wall has transmutation magic on it and could be anywhere from allowing passage through or polymorphing the person trying to access it. As for the phrase, "Opening to the Glory of ...", we all already know why we are here and whom this place belongs ....." He trails off into silence as Roscoe suddenly shouts out the phrase. He looks aghast and looks around as if believing something or someone will suddenly appear. He shakes his head in disbelief.
Speaking to the rest of the group, "Is he always so brash?"
Once the way is open, he is not the first to step beyond but as soon as someone else does he will follow and examines the frescoes, and replies in a shocked horror-struck voice, "This is unbelievably terrifying!"
"This portion of the wall has transmutation magic on it and could be anywhere from allowing passage through or polymorphing the person trying to access it. As for the phrase, "Opening to the Glory of ...", we all already know why we are here and whom this place belongs ....." He trails off into silence as Roscoe suddenly shouts out the phrase. He looks aghast and looks around as if believing something or someone will suddenly appear. He shakes his head in disbelief.
Upon entering, Ezranadir and Frantino notice transmutation magic on a similar pillar to the west in the room.
"Brash? Sure, let's call it that for now..." while rolling his eyes at Roscoe.
Frantino nods at Doc and drinks a potion of CLW.
"That should be good enough for now."
When Roscoe suddenly blurts out the words to reveal the entrance, Frantino hoists Fury and enters the structure, focusing on keeping detect magic active and trusting to his darkvision to see into the corners of the room beyond. His shield spell may still be active if it's only been a minute or three since the end of combat.
Seeing the frescoes, he'll analyze them quickly while asking Ezranadir for his opinion.
Unfortunately, it appears that neither of us can come up with a reasonable explanation, anyone else with Knowledge Planes?
"There's a similar aura of magic on the pillar to the west, but Roscoe, please hold off on repeating the pass phrase until [u]after[/u] we're ready for what lies beyond!"
He'll also look down into the pit, alert for dangers.
Roscoe growls as one of the spirits gains more purchase on his mind.
Power--overwhelming!
Entering the underground structure, he doesn't seem to notice that the others are talking about him, instead focusing on the grandeur of the ruins.
"This place is pretty amazing--a powerful archmage surely ruled here once," he says sympathetically.
He'll also look down into the pit, alert for dangers. [dice=Perception]1d20 + 15
It appears to Frantion that the pit to the east once held a stairwell that descended downwards, but the wooden stairs have mostly collapsed, resulting in a 100-footdeep shaft, its walls lined with jutting pieces of wood and stone. A set of ropes have been tied to one stone anchor. The ropes are NOT old or frayed. A new set, it appears.
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Ayita will walk carefully to the area with the shaft and slowly examine the area including for trappy things, asking Yazhi and Ter to help. With Ter on her shoulder she snoops around the area - almost falling in as she trips on yet another twig due to the ongoing curse.
She gives Yazhi the Hunter focus "Falcon" to enhance perception, then the "seek" command, and Yazhi tries to perceive anything alive in the area including with her nose.
"Any thoughts on what we should do with the one guy outside who is alive but unconscious? Can we scare him into talking about how many entered this structure and why they're here?"
Roscoe nods. "Yeah, let's divide those up. It will be useful, and if anything happens to Doc we could give a potion to him--force fed."
Ayita will walk carefully to the area with the shaft and slowly examine the area including for trappy things, asking Yazhi and Ter to help. With Ter on her shoulder she snoops around the area - almost falling in as she trips on yet another twig due to the ongoing curse.
[dice=Ayita perception with Ter, in bright light, cursed]1d20+16+3+2-4
She gives Yazhi the Hunter focus "Falcon" to enhance perception, then the "seek" command, and Yazhi tries to perceive anything alive in the area including with her nose.
[dice=Yazhi perception]1d20+5+4
Yazhi and Ter, for her part, don't find anything else out of the ordinary.
"Habibi, before we rush down into zat hole, we need to make sure we are in za best condition we can be in and figure out what to do wiz our prisoner."
Nasir spreads out the contents of the bag of holding. "Everyone should take za potions and alchemical items zat zey need. Taal..."
Waiting for someone else to go down into the pit first, Ezranadir goes over to the pillar to the west in the room and examines it.
The pillar in the west of the room is very similar to the exterior pillar that descended into the floor upon Roscoe's magic words. It radiates similar magic, but is less weathered than the exterior pillar.
The pit to the east is over 100ft deep, or so it seems from the edge.
Roscoe stays to the front, close to Frantino.
He moves fearlessly toward the edge of the pit and peers over the side.
"Quite the drop--rope, or another magic way down?" he wonders.
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Ayita gets out her magic carpet, offering it as an addition to the existing rope. It's a 1-person carpet, essentially. Ter peers into the darkness disapprovingly. "DARK!" comes out of the beak.
"We could use the carpet for one person, and another person could use the rope. There's the old trick of casting 'light' on a pebble and dropping it into the pit; goblinoids hate that though and tend to bring out their balrogs. I could also summon a small air elemental to scout for us down there for a few seconds; they are very fast and have darkvision. I am getting low on spells."
"I think we should try to activate this pillar first, it looks like the opening to this structure and may open to a passage or stairway that will be better than dropping into a pit separately. Roscoe, do you want to try the same phrase that got us in here? I also have the ring of feather fall that I or someone else can use to safely descend into the depths. I can see down there without light, at least to a limited distance, so I wouldn't need a light source giving away my presence as I descended. Still, I'd rather we exhaust all other possible paths down first."