It Came from Hollow Mountain

Game Master DEREK LANE 127

Wil Save: 1d20 + 3 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 - 1 = 3
Nasir continues to hemorrhage blood from the demonic energy siphoning off his lifeforce.

"GGGAAAAAHHHHHH!!!"

He swings wildly at the demon, hoping to deliver solid blows again.

Scimitar 2-weapon fighting: 1d20 + 10 - 1 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 10 - 1 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 15
Dmg: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 2 = 11
Shield bash 2-weapon fighting: 1d20 + 8 - 1 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 8 - 1 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 22
Dmg: 1d3 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 2 = 7

Will Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

Life Link: Nasir heals 5, Hatfield takes 5

Standard Action: CMW on self + seance bonus + blessed touch: 2d8 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7, 6) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 20

MOZAMER'S ROOM THE FIGHT OF YOUR LIVES!

ROUND EIGHT
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MOZAMER - Channels Negative Energy for 15dmg (Will DC16 for half)
Roscoe - casts guidance; fails last two will saves
Doc Hatfield - lifelink Nasir/heals self 20hp; makes will save
Ayita - saves vs channel; clw on Nasir
Frantino - CRITS Mozamer! Makes will save
Nasir - fails will save; swings, misses

FINAL

STATUS
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ALL
* Prayer -you all take -1 penalty to attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saves, and skill checks.
* Flagbearer - +1 morale bonus on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, and saving throws against fear and charm effects.

Frantino -17+4+8-21+20+8-12+8-10-4+8-7 = -15hp
Nasir -24-2+25-20+5+16-18+5-12+7+7-8+5+5-15+5 = -19hp
Doc -8+7-5-5+8-6-5+8+6-8-5-7+20 = FULL hp
Ayita -10-6+14-4 = -6hp SICKENED -2to everything, pretty much
Roscoe -6-23= -29hp

"GGAAAAA! That hurt, human!" cries Mozamer as he turns to face Frantino with his halberd.

Uh-oh, this could hurt.

Frantino decides to expend his final point of abjuration mental focus and put up another mental barrier as a swift action. And then pray that the dice-rolling gods finally inflict low numbers on the GM.

Frantino Kaddren wrote:

With his life force feeling like a yoyo, Frantino resolves to slash Mozamer this time.

"GGAAAAA! That hurt, human!" cries Mozamer as he turns to face Frantino with his halberd.

Enraged, Mozamer retaliates against Frantino!

@FRANTINO Halberd PA: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22 HIT Dmg: 1d10 + 6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 6 + 6 + 1 = 22

@FRANTINO Halberd PA: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19 MISS Dmg: 1d10 + 6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 6 + 1 = 20

@FRANTINO Bite PA: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14 MISS Dmg: 1d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 2 = 8

MOZAMER'S ROOM THE FIGHT OF YOUR LIVES!

ROUND NINE
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MOZAMER - FULL ATTACKS Frantino, for 22dmg
Roscoe -
Doc Hatfield -
Ayita -
Frantino - swift actions 8hp mental barrier prior to Mozamer's attack
Nasir -

FINAL

STATUS
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ALL
* Prayer -you all take -1 penalty to attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saves, and skill checks.
* Flagbearer - +1 morale bonus on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, and saving throws against fear and charm effects.

Frantino -17+4+8-21+20+8-12+8-10-4+8-7+8-22 = -29hp
Nasir -24-2+25-20+5+16-18+5-12+7+7-8+5+5-15+5 = -19hp
Doc -8+7-5-5+8-6-5+8+6-8-5-7+20 = FULL hp
Ayita -10-6+14-4 = -6hp SICKENED -2to everything, pretty much
Roscoe -6-23= -29hp

Frantino's hastily erected mental barrier shatters, diverting off JUST enough force that he finds himself still standing. Barely.

"Doc, a little help here? A LOT of help here?"

Not seeing much point in retreating, Frantino says a prayer and continues to attack.

greatsword w/ PA: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 7 + 2 + 1 - 1 + 1 = 24, damage: 2d6 + 9 + 2 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (4, 5) + 9 + 2 + 1 - 1 = 20

Not that he can fail this, but Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21. "He seems to be weakening, keep it up!"

Life Link: Nasir heals 5, Hatfield takes 5

Free Action: "Keep workin' together! Y'all got this! He's bleedin'!"

Standard Action: CLW+Seance+BlessedTouch on Frantino: 1d8 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 13

Free Action: "Ayita, can ye help Roscoe?"

"Gah! I can't take another one of those," Roscoe yells, swaying on his feet.

"Strike the killing blow, Frantino!" he yells, continuing with his banner and guidance spell.

Seeing both his blows miss last time, Nasir tries focusing with his sword again.

Scimitar: 1d20 + 10 - 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 10 - 1 + 1 + 2 = 22 Dmg: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 2 = 11

Roscoe! Hang on!

Ayita turns around, having been focusing upon the Thing...

CLW on Roscoe: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

It's not a 1 or a 2!!! Ayita has just one more CLW for the day.

Frantino finds a vulnerability in Mozamer's last swing and takes the opportunity to step forward and bring his greatsword down on the monster's shoulder, severing his right arm!

Immediately afterward the failing Nasir boldly swings and decapitates the injured wrathspawn!

The head tumbles to the ground and the weird jaws <click> <clack> several times before ceasing to move. Mozamer's halberd clatters upon the ground, his right arm still clutching the haft.

COMBAT OVER!

MOZAMER'S ROOM THE FIGHT OF YOUR LIVES!

ROUND NINE
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MOZAMER - FULL ATTACKS Frantino, for 22dmg
Roscoe - guidance
Doc Hatfield - lifelink; heals Frantion +13hp
Ayita - clw on Roscoe +11hp
Frantino - hits!
Nasir - kills!

COMBAT OVER

STATUS
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ALL
* Prayer -you all take -1 penalty to attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saves, and skill checks.
* Flagbearer - +1 morale bonus on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, and saving throws against fear and charm effects.

Frantino -17+4+8-21+20+8-12+8-10-4+8-7+8-22+13 = -16hp
Nasir -24-2+25-20+5+16-18+5-12+7+7-8+5+5-15+5+5 = -14hp
Doc -8+7-5-5+8-6-5+8+6-8-5-7+20-5 = -5hp
Ayita -10-6+14-4 = -6hp SICKENED -2to everything, pretty much
Roscoe -6-23+11= -18hp

Frantino drops to one knee for a moment, catching his breath.

"Wow. I think the town owes us a raise for saving them from the threat posed by this monster. Great teamwork, everyone, this could have turned out much differently if we'd been even one person fewer. Ayita, never let us talk you out of leaving Yazhi behind ever again!"

When he's ready, Frantino will cast detect magic and examine Mozamer, then the rest of the room.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

Wow, these rolls would have sucked if the combat had dragged on another round!

Do we have enough healing to get well and push on? I think we're quite low on resources, and while this guy was probably the primary threat (I sure hope so!) we don't want to get overwhelmed by numbers elsewhere. We should be able to loot and lock this room, put the other monster bodies back in their room and lock it, and potentially no one would be the wiser if we left for a day. We just have to sneak by the training room again and get back to the well.

Hatfield continues working on his friends.

"Good job, everybody. Now, hold still while I stitch ye up!"

CLW Wand-Frantino: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
CLW Wand-Frantino: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
CLW Wand-Frantino: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

CLW Wand-Nasir: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
CLW Wand-Nasir: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
CLW Wand-Nasir: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
CLW Wand-Nasir: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

CLW Wand-Ayita: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

CLW Wand-Hatfield: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

CLW Wand-Roscoe: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
CLW Wand-Roscoe: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
CLW Wand-Roscoe: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Wand count decremented.

I (the player) would like to continue to investigate down here. If this creature was the boss, would could have a lot of cache with any underlings. Conveniently, his decapitated head will be easier to carry than the whole body! LOL! :D I'm sure that Hatfield, the character, would rather enjoy a mint julep.

Frantino watches gratefully as his wounds close up. "I'm going to have to buy stock in whatever guild makes those wands, I get the feeling we're going to have to pick up a few more soon."

Wielding Mozamer's halberd could also be worth a few points of intimidation. I'm not against investigating further, but it should be a unanimous decision. We should also take a few minutes to get Yazhi, and the ring of feather fall should make it easy for one of us to hold him and jump down the well without rigging up a whole apparatus. Getting everyone back up is a different matter, although we may come across other exits out of here. There's no way that every person and monster down here comes and goes via a public well without being seen!

"Wow--well done, and thanks for the healing," Roscoe says.

"With my leadership, we were able to prevail," he says, unable to resist the temptation from the Pride spirit.

"We should rest--and soon," he says as he looks around the room for anything of value.

I vote for continuing. We murdered the room of fleshdregs with no issues. As long as we manage to work chokepoints and not get overwhelmed, we should be okay.

"Ahhh, Gregory C. Hatfield! Without you, we would be long dead. Shukraan for the healing. With that, I feel like I am ready to dispose of the rest of this fiend's minions."

Nasir nudges the demon's head with his boot.

"As the Horned Fangs are made up of some of the local townsfolk, maybe we can 'persuade' them to lay down their arms if we present them with Mozamer's head?"

Fight smarter, not harder! Definitely an approach Frantino approves of. He still has two shield spells he can cast.

"It's definitely worth a try. Most folks don't find my bookish personality to be particularly scary or convincing, but I'm willing to hold the head and halberd while the rest of you do the persuading."

I vote for continuing. We murdered the room of fleshdregs with no issues. As long as we manage to work chokepoints and not get overwhelmed, we should be okay.

"Ahhh, Gregory C. Hatfield! Without you, we would be long dead. Shukraan for the healing. With that, I feel like I am ready to dispose of the rest of this fiend's minions."

Nasir nudges the demon's head with his boot.

"As the Horned Fangs are made up of some of the local townsfolk, maybe we can 'persuade' them to lay down their arms if we present them with Mozamer's head?"

We are quite low on healing, though. I have one CLW left. I think Doc is out and the wand just has 7 charges left. There could be some tough critters in other places...

and I wonder if we are at all close to another level?

"I've got spells left in me."

Ayita examines the area and the bodies... If she spots anything traplike, she'll pause to disable. She looks at the halberd... it's probably eeeevilll....

looking for traps: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 9 + 1 = 20

looking for loot: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

Detect Magic.

spellcraft to identify halberd: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

She barely manages to distinguish that it's a halberd not a greataxe...

Hatfield will assist with a general search of the area. (Take 20 on perception, if possible.)

"Okay, but ignore my flawless leadership at your own peril," Roscoe says. "Somebody else will have to account for another room with one of those in it."

Let's keep going, then.

Is the area with the bed concealed or easily visible?

It is clear, even without know exactly the enchantment, that the halberd is exceedingly sharp. Far sharper than one could get with a mundane blade, sans magic.

And Nasir can tell that the chainmail the creature is wearing defended him quite well.

Detect magic shows both halberd and armor are magical.

Mozamer's pocket contains a beautiful pearl that radiates magic, as well.

In the desk drawer are several crumpled sheets of paper on which Mozamer has been keeping notes of his work to reactive the portal outside his room.

Is the area with the bed concealed or easily visible?

Easily visible.

A book filled with writing rests under the bed. None of you recognize the language in which it is written.

Summary:
તેના ઘણા પાપોના બંધુઓની જેમ, મોઝામર હોલો માઉન્ટેનના વિશાળ અંધાર કોટડીમાં લાંબું જીવન જીવ્યો. હોલો માઉન્ટેનના એક વિભાગની શોધખોળ કરતી વખતે, તેની જાત લાંબા સમયથી ડરતી પરંપરાથી દૂર રહી હતી, મોઝામર એક નાના મંદિરમાંથી યામાસોથ અને એક વિચિત્ર તોરણ તરફ આવ્યો જે અન્ય જગ્યાએ જાદુઈ બારી તરીકે સેવા આપતો હતો. આ વિંડો દ્વારા, મોઝામર એક અલગ અંધારકોટડી સંકુલમાં તપાસ કરી શકે છે. મોઝામર અંદર મહાન શક્તિનો અહેસાસ કરી શકે છે, અને વિન્ડો આગળ અભ્યાસ અને ધ્યાન કરતા અઠવાડિયા પસાર કર્યા પછી, તેને સમજાયું કે તે શું નિરીક્ષણ કરી રહ્યો છે - રનલોર્ડ એલાઝનિસ્ટના સુપ્રસિદ્ધ હેલસ્ટોર્મ ફ્લુમ્સમાંથી એક નીચે સ્થિત એક સંકુલ સંકુલ!

આશ્ચર્યચકિત થઈને, મોઝામરે હેલસ્ટોર્મ ફ્લુમની શક્તિનો ઉપયોગ કેવી રીતે કરી શકે તે અંગે યોજના બનાવવાનું શરૂ કર્યું, તેમ છતાં જાદુઈ બારીના દૃશ્યએ તેને ટોણો મારતા તે નિરાશ થઈ ગયો. તેણે હોલો માઉન્ટેનની અન્ય પહોંચની શોધખોળ શરૂ કરી અને આશ્ચર્યજનક કંઈક શોધી કા—્યું - જે વિન્ડો તેણે શોધી કાી હતી તે મૂળ પોર્ટલના જોડાયેલા નેટવર્કનો એક ભાગ હતો જે તમામ હેલસ્ટોર્મ ફ્લુમ્સ વચ્ચે ઝડપી મુસાફરીની મંજૂરી આપે છે. ઘણા વર્ષો દરમિયાન, મોઝામરે ખામીયુક્ત નેટવર્કના જાદુનો અભ્યાસ કર્યો. તે સમજી શક્યો નહીં કે શા માટે પોર્ટલ લાંબા સમય સુધી કામ કરી રહ્યા નથી (એ હકીકતનું પરિણામ છે કે તમામ હેલસ્ટ્રોમ ફ્લુમ્સ લાંબા સમયથી નાશ પામ્યા હતા - તે સમયે મોઝામર માટે અજ્ unknownાત હકીકત), પરંતુ તેને લાગ્યું કે તે નુકસાનને સુધારવા માટે નજીક છે.

પછી, તમામ અવરોધો સામે, મોઝામર તેના કાર્યમાં સફળ થયો અને પોર્ટલને તેની લાંબી sleepંઘમાંથી જગાડ્યો. તેણે પવનને સાવચેતી આપી અને પોર્ટલ મારફતે અન્ડરફ્લુમમાં કૂદકો લગાવ્યો, માત્ર એટલું મોડું સમજાયું કે તેનું પોર્ટલ માત્ર એક જ રીતે સક્રિય થયું છે. તે હોલો માઉન્ટેન પર પાછો ફરી શક્યો નહીં, અને પોર્ટલને સુધારવા માટે તેણે જે સાધનોનો ઉપયોગ કર્યો હતો તે હવે પહોંચની બહાર છે, જેટલું અન્ડરફ્લુમે પોતે આટલા લાંબા સમય સુધી રાખ્યું હતું.

પરિસ્થિતિને શ્રેષ્ઠ બનાવવાની આશામાં, મોઝામરે અન્ડરફ્લુમની શોધ કરી અને છેવટે, રાત્રિના આવરણ હેઠળ, એક ગુપ્ત દરવાજા દ્વારા ક્રીકસાઇડ ટેવરના સ્ટોરરૂમમાં depthંડાણમાંથી ઉતરી ગયો, જે વીશીના માલિકને પણ ખબર ન હતી. સ્ટોરરૂમની અંદર, મોઝામર પ્રથમ તાજા રચાયેલી હોર્નેડ ફેંગ્સ ગેંગના નેતા જાનાને મળ્યો. તે નશામાં હતી અને ફ્લેલીફ પર highંચી હતી, તેથી તેણીએ સ્ટોરરૂમના ભોંયરામાંથી આગળ વધતી એક ઘૃણાસ્પદ વસ્તુ લીધી. મોઝામરે માનવનું કદ નક્કી કર્યું, આશ્ચર્ય થયું કે તેણીને મારી નાખવી કે તેની અવગણના કરવી, જ્યારે તેણે કોલરબોન પાસે તેના ડાબા પેક્ટોરલ પર ટેટૂ કરેલું પરિચિત ચિહ્ન જોયું - ક્રોધ માટે થેસિલોનિયન પ્રતીક.

મોઝામરને રસ હતો કે માણસ આ પ્રતીક પહેરશે. થેસિલોનિયનમાં નશામાં ધૂત વ્યક્તિને ફુસફૂસી કરવાથી કોઈ જવાબ મળ્યો નહીં, તેથી મોઝામરે અક્લો તરફ વળ્યા. જેમ જેમ તેણે જાનાના ચહેરાને મૂંઝવણના અતિશયોક્તિભર્યા પ્રદર્શનમાં જોયો, તેણે તેનું ગળું સાફ કર્યું અને તેણીને એકમાત્ર અન્ય ભાષામાં સંબોધિત કરી જે તે જાણે છે - વેરિસિયન - અને જના સમજી ગયા.

“એવું લાગે છે કે આ સ્થળ રાત માટે શાંત છે. શું તમને બીજું પીણું ગમશે? " તેણે પૂછ્યું, ભોંયરું માટે હેચ ખોલીને અને જાનાને અનુસરવા માટે ઇશારો કર્યો.

તે તેને પ્રાચીન થેસિલોન સુવિધાના ભૂતપૂર્વ રાજદૂત વિભાગમાં નીચે લાવ્યો. જાદુઈ રીતે સચવાયેલા લાઉન્જમાં, મોઝામરે જાનાને ઉપરના શહેર અને વિશ્વની વર્તમાન સ્થિતિ વિશે વિગતો માટે પૂછ્યું. જ્યારે તેણે જોયું હતું કે હેલસ્ટોર્મ ફ્લુમનો નાશ થઈ ગયો છે તે જાણીને નિરાશ થઈ ગયા, મોઝામરે તેની યોજનાઓને ઝડપથી પુનર્વિચારણા કરી, તેને લાગ્યું કે જાના તેની ભવ્ય યોજનામાં શું લાવી શકે તે સાથે કામ કરે છે. તેણે તેણીને તેના સંગઠન અંગે પૂછપરછ કરી, પૂછ્યું કે કેટલા શિંગડાવાળા ફેંગે તેણીને શપથ લીધા હતા અને જો તે ઉપરનું શહેર સંભાળવામાં ખૂબ આક્રમક હોય તો તેને સામનો કરી શકે તેવા સંભવિત સંઘર્ષોનો સામનો કરવો પડશે. તેણે ઝડપથી શોધી કા્યું કે તે જનના ઉકળતા ક્રોધને એક સાધનમાં બદલી શકે છે જે તેના કારણને મદદ કરશે. તેમના નેતૃત્વમાં, જનાએ તેનો વિરોધ કરનારાઓને કચડી નાખ્યા અને શહેરનો કબજો મેળવવા અને તેને તેની ઇચ્છા મુજબ વાળવા માટે ઉભો થયો - અથવા તો તેને આશા હતી.

Gregory C. Hatfield wrote:

Is the area with the bed concealed or easily visible?

Easily visible.

A book filled with writing rests under the bed. None of you recognize the language in which it is written.

Summary:
તેના ઘણા પાપોના બંધુઓની જેમ, મોઝામર હોલો માઉન્ટેનના વિશાળ અંધાર કોટડીમાં લાંબું જીવન જીવ્યો. હોલો માઉન્ટેનના એક વિભાગની શોધખોળ કરતી વખતે, તેની જાત લાંબા સમયથી ડરતી પરંપરાથી દૂર રહી હતી, મોઝામર એક નાના મંદિરમાંથી યામાસોથ અને એક વિચિત્ર તોરણ તરફ આવ્યો જે અન્ય જગ્યાએ જાદુઈ બારી તરીકે સેવા આપતો હતો. આ વિંડો દ્વારા, મોઝામર એક અલગ અંધારકોટડી સંકુલમાં તપાસ કરી શકે છે. મોઝામર અંદર મહાન શક્તિનો અહેસાસ કરી શકે છે, અને વિન્ડો આગળ અભ્યાસ અને ધ્યાન કરતા અઠવાડિયા પસાર કર્યા પછી, તેને સમજાયું કે તે શું નિરીક્ષણ કરી રહ્યો છે - રનલોર્ડ એલાઝનિસ્ટના સુપ્રસિદ્ધ હેલસ્ટોર્મ ફ્લુમ્સમાંથી એક નીચે સ્થિત એક સંકુલ સંકુલ!

આશ્ચર્યચકિત થઈને, મોઝામરે હેલસ્ટોર્મ ફ્લુમની શક્તિનો ઉપયોગ કેવી રીતે કરી શકે તે અંગે યોજના બનાવવાનું શરૂ કર્યું, તેમ છતાં જાદુઈ બારીના દૃશ્યએ તેને ટોણો મારતા તે નિરાશ થઈ ગયો. તેણે હોલો માઉન્ટેનની અન્ય પહોંચની શોધખોળ શરૂ કરી અને આશ્ચર્યજનક કંઈક શોધી કા—્યું - જે વિન્ડો તેણે શોધી કાી હતી તે મૂળ પોર્ટલના જોડાયેલા નેટવર્કનો એક ભાગ હતો જે તમામ હેલસ્ટોર્મ ફ્લુમ્સ વચ્ચે ઝડપી મુસાફરીની મંજૂરી આપે છે. ઘણા વર્ષો દરમિયાન, મોઝામરે ખામીયુક્ત નેટવર્કના જાદુનો અભ્યાસ કર્યો. તે સમજી શક્યો નહીં કે શા માટે પોર્ટલ લાંબા સમય સુધી કામ કરી રહ્યા નથી (એ હકીકતનું પરિણામ છે કે તમામ હેલસ્ટ્રોમ ફ્લુમ્સ લાંબા સમયથી નાશ પામ્યા હતા - તે સમયે મોઝામર માટે અજ્ unknownાત હકીકત), પરંતુ તેને લાગ્યું કે તે નુકસાનને સુધારવા માટે નજીક છે.

પછી, તમામ અવરોધો સામે, મોઝામર તેના કાર્યમાં સફળ થયો અને પોર્ટલને તેની લાંબી sleepંઘમાંથી જગાડ્યો. તેણે પવનને સાવચેતી આપી અને પોર્ટલ મારફતે અન્ડરફ્લુમમાં કૂદકો લગાવ્યો, માત્ર એટલું મોડું સમજાયું કે તેનું પોર્ટલ માત્ર એક જ રીતે સક્રિય થયું છે. તે હોલો માઉન્ટેન પર પાછો ફરી શક્યો નહીં, અને પોર્ટલને સુધારવા માટે તેણે જે સાધનોનો ઉપયોગ કર્યો હતો તે હવે પહોંચની બહાર છે, જેટલું અન્ડરફ્લુમે પોતે આટલા લાંબા સમય સુધી રાખ્યું હતું.

પરિસ્થિતિને શ્રેષ્ઠ બનાવવાની આશામાં, મોઝામરે...

Ayita looks at the writing intently; she misses our group's old Thassalonian linguistics brunches at Blackberry's...

linguistics: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Somehow she thinks she spots a few words in it... "known, awake, width"... :-)

That was fun to see the words in there! Please note the natural "1" !!!

"Ayita, mind if I try to help decipher that book? Hmm, looks like the verbs conjugate a little differently than you might first assume..."

Linguistics: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Frantino then looks at Mozamer's notes.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22

"Ooh, nice, Thassilonian. Another reference to Hollow Mountain in here, plus someplace called the Forges of Wrath. He brought in many of these monsters through the portal, and was trying to reactivate an entire network of portals throughout Varisia!"

"Ayita, mind if I try to help decipher that book? Hmm, looks like the verbs conjugate a little differently than you might first assume..."

[dice=Linguistics]1d20 + 8

Frantino then looks at Mozamer's notes.

[dice=Spellcraft]1d20 + 10

"Ooh, nice, Thassilonian. Another reference to Hollow Mountain in here, plus someplace called the Forges of Wrath. He brought in many of these monsters through the portal, and was trying to reactivate an entire network of portals throughout Varisia!"

While Frantino isn't able to decipher any of the book right now, certain bits of the script are similar to certain eldritch markings he's familiar with. Whatever the language, it isn't spoken by mundane, worldly creatures.

Roscoe checks to see if there's anything else he can contribute to the translation, but finds he doesn't know more than Frantino.

"So we have some location names--but they don't mean anything to me. Anyone else heard of these places?" he asks. "They sound fairly ominous."

linguistics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

Roscoe checks to see if there's anything else he can contribute to the translation, but finds he doesn't know more than Frantino.

"So we have some location names--but they don't mean anything to me. Anyone else heard of these places?" he asks. "They sound fairly ominous."

[dice=linguistics]1d20+7

Roscoe has difficulty reading the script. It's a language he doesn't know.

Have we fully explored this area? If so, where to next?

Which magic item did my 25 spellcraft identify? The other rolls were likely failures, but I welcome others to do their own examinations. Unfortunately, if the pearl is what I suspect then none of us can use it, since we're all spontaneous casters. Who wants to try the armor? What about the halberd? Ayita and I both use two-handed weapons, and it wouldn't fit well with Nasir's investment in two-weapon fighting with his shield, although I have no doubt he'd be highly effective with it.

"The last thing to do in this area would be to examine the portal again and see if there's some way to try to disable it from this end so that no more creatures can come through. Then I think we should take a few minutes to go get Yazhi before we continue exploring the rest of the dungeon complex, but I'm just one vote out of five. If we would really feel better about having more healing magic on hand, whoever goes up to get Yazhi might take a few minutes to run down to the church and buy us another wand using party funds."

Did we find any coins, gems, or other valuables in here beyond the magic items? Seems odd that he wouldn't be hoarding something...

Now that I've re-read all of his abilities, Frantino will meditate for one minute and use his new Shift Focus ability to transfer three points of mental focus from his transmutation implement into his abjuration implement, although one point is lost along the way. Now he has two more mind barriers available if necessary.

Assuming it's +1 Chainmail, that would be a +1 upgrade in AC for for me, so I could use it. My character would be in no no hurry to put on the armor a demon was killed in before having it cleaned, so we should just strip it off for now nd take it with us.

You are correct that I have been investing in the 2 weapon fighting, so the halberd is not my first choice, but if neither Frantino nor Ayita want to use it, I'll roll with it for now.

I too am surprised there is not more loot. I guess we'll need to murder everyone else in her to find it...

@GM: What time of the day is it?

@GM: What time of the day is it?

Gregory Hatfield starts doing math in his head. Left after a morning seance, a bit of food, previous rooms at 10 minutes each, carry the one, subtract 5 for quick sneaking from the flooded room...

Doc thinks it is approximately 9am.

Which magic item did my 25 spellcraft identify?

Armor +2 chainmail

"The last thing to do in this area would be to examine the portal again and see if there's some way to try to disable it from this end so that no more creatures can come through. Then I think we should take a few minutes to go get Yazhi before we continue exploring the rest of the dungeon complex, but I'm just one vote out of five. If we would really feel better about having more healing magic on hand, whoever goes up to get Yazhi might take a few minutes to run down to the church and buy us another wand using party funds."

Did we find any coins, gems, or other valuables in here beyond the magic items? Seems odd that he wouldn't be hoarding something...

Yes. Odd.

Then I think we should take a few minutes to go get Yazhi before we continue exploring the rest of the dungeon complex, but I'm just one vote out of five. If we would really feel better about having more healing magic on hand, whoever goes up to get Yazhi might take a few minutes to run down to the church and buy us another wand using party funds."

Yazhi is possible. Getting a dog to wear a ring and then jump into a well... would require some Animal Handling prowess. ;) And some sneaking past the previous hallways, etc.

Doc is sure that church doesn't have any wands on hand to purchase. The previous ones were unlikely gifts of the gods. So lucky of Audrahni to have such on hand. Unlikely that another is just waiting around to purchase. An idea for the future might be to commission the creation of such an item, to fight for the town and defend poor souls from evil. Doc knows the cleric of Pharasma would be open to such a request.

Have we fully explored this area? If so, where to next?

This room and hallway are fully explored.

Thanks, GM!

Hatfield renews the light spell on Nasir's shield. Then he takes a peek out into the hallway to see if they remain unnoticed.

Roscoe also renews his light source and makes his way into the hallway.

"Well, let's keep going. I'm worried that the healing wand is depleted. That could come back to bite us later. Doc, do you have some backup spells? If not, we may need to rest before we move on."

Looking into the hallway, he says "Ayita, take point and scout ahead quietly. Let's make sure we've cleared this place out."

Yazhi is possible. Getting a dog to wear a ring and then jump into a well... would require some Animal Handling prowess. ;) And some sneaking past the previous hallways, etc.

The idea is to wear the ring, pick up Yazhi, and take the big step, so long as you're strong enough and can keep Yazhi calm. Pretty sure dogs don't have a ring slot...

GM Derek wrote:

Yazhi is possible. Getting a dog to wear a ring and then jump into a well... would require some Animal Handling prowess. ;) And some sneaking past the previous hallways, etc.

The idea is to wear the ring, pick up Yazhi, and take the big step, so long as you're strong enough and can keep Yazhi calm. Pretty sure dogs don't have a ring slot...

LOL. Go for it.

"Well, let's keep going. I'm worried that the healing wand is depleted. That could come back to bite us later. Doc, do you have some backup spells? If not, we may need to rest before we move on."

"I got some mojo left in me. I'll run out when tha Dawnflower thinks I should stop, I s'pose."

I have 5 first-level spells remaining for the day. There are 7 charges left in the wand.

Ayita goes out and begins listening for trouble. She makes sure her head is turned so Roscoe's possessing spirit won't detect her eye rolling.

I would like to get Yazhi!

perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

"Let's just keep it simple and retrace our steps, trying to avoid the humans and monsters in the sparring room again, until we have Yazhi. Ayita, here's the ring of feather fall to simplify getting you both back down."

Unless someone else has a strong desire for it, Frantino will wield the halberd for now while carrying Mozamer's head. While Ayita climbs up the well to get Yazhi, perhaps we can take a few minutes to wash out the +2 chainmail in the water and Nasir will be comfortable putting it on.

Good plan, Frantino. Let's do it.