"I have an appetite for many things, especially meat, but I prefer to keep slimy things off my diet."
With the last boggard slain, Ferrun begins looking over the room for anything of interest.
Each of the boggards carries little more than their armor and weapon. Ferrun does find a strange looking wand made out of some particularly knotty wood. It also looks like the hall to east is totally blocked. It would take days to open it up.
"Heyou!? Can you figure out what this strange wand does. I don't normally use wands, but it may be useful to somebody."
Sir Holton spends 10 minutes He concludes that it's a wand of Noisome Acid
Level 6 wand. You cast a level 2 Acid Arrow. A creature that takes acid damage from this spell must succeed at a Fortitude save against your spell DC or become sickened 1.
This large room is lit by an enormous glowing sun symbol on the floor. The symbol is a loose spiral with eight triangles arranged around it like rays. The ceiling bears two holes, each about a foot in diameter. One is positioned directly above the center of the sun symbol on the floor, while the other is offset from it by about ten feet. Two large stone fonts in the southwest and southeast corners of the room bear clear, clean water. Double doors lead out to the south (where you stand now), east, and west.
Ferrun moves into the room and makes his way to the left corner of the room where he investigates the water, the holes in the ceiling and the room in general.
Ferrun moves to the water, and finds that it is truly clean and clear. It makes for a welcome break. The holes in the ceiling look too small for a medium sized creature, but with a little training, a small creature could easily squeeze through (provided they can get to it.)
The symbol on the floor is impressive....
You understand that this symbol is part of a network of power that can be activated, but not from here.
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Heyou! scrambles up, and squeezes through the hole.
An enormous sun symbol carved into the floor of this room glows with a warm light. The symbol is a loose spiral with triangles surrounding it like rays. Two holes pierce the stone floor in the symbol, one at the symbol’s center and the other at the end of the sun-spiral. The walls are carved with intricate runes and myriad shapes of animalistic humanoid warriors, and it takes only a moment of examination to realize that these shapes represent the Pillar-Watchers around Kibwe. A raised dais at the far end of the room contains a pedestal for a statue, but no statue is present. MAP
Yes
Ferrun moves over to the impressive rune and checks to see if he can make sense of them.
"Do you guys think these runes are dangerous?"
Ferrun can't make heads or tails of the massive rune on the floor.
Pazúr looks up at the holes in the ceiling and remarks, "It's a shame none of us caught the illness that turns one into a slime, we'd be able to fit into those holes easily." Considering Heyou!'s description of the room above, Pazúr continues, "Seems like the two rooms are linked somehow, but I agree with Holton, we should stick together. Maybe we take a look at these doors that we can fit through and see where they lead us?"
He moves up to the eastern double door, taking care to avoid contact with the runes and to not walk directly below the holes in the ceiling.
Pazur checks the door, and can here voices on the other side, but they're too muffled to make out.
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"It's a shame none of us caught the illness that turns one into a slime, we'd be able to fit into those holes easily."
"You may enjoy the idea of becoming a slime, but I personally prefer my furry self."
Ferrun joins Pazur and listens carefully at the door.
"So, do you think this is the Archive of the Sun? I am wondering if the cursebreaker is nearby?"
Door seems completely uninteresting to Ferrun.
Calling Heyou! back down to press on, Sir Holton boldly opens the door.
The east and west walls of this long room are covered with cubbies and shelves. A few scraps of leather and parchment remain, but most materials in this room have been heaped on the floor and slathered with mud to create a sodden nest. The south end of the room has collapsed and seems impassible. A large pool of blood and the remains of a messily-butchered carcass, both crawling with fat flies, rest near this collapse.
Towards the center of the room, a pair of the frog creatures talk between themselves. These two seem far less dimwitted than the last batch.
What really steals your attention is the lizard with them. This bright-eyed lizard is larger than a horse. As it hisses in anger, a brightly colored frill extends around its neck!
They don't take kindly to the fuzzy intrusion....
Assumption of Ferrun Scouting
Round 1:
Sir Holton: Go
Chivivit: Go
Pazúr: Go
Giant Lizard: TBD
Ferrun: TBD
Heyou!: TBD
Smart frog-men: TBD
Kicsit: TBD
"You are welcome to invite it to dinner, but I think prefer something a little less reptilian."
Pazúr's eyes widen in alarm at the sight of the great creature, followed by a smile slowly crossing his face. "Another foe who can be tricked!" he exults as he darts forward! Getting close to the massive lizard, Pazúr swings a sharp claw towards the creature's eyes to distract it, then lashes out low with his other claw to slice at its gut!
Chiv heads into the room, conjuring up the illusion of an enormous rat behind the frog men.
The rat rears up and tries to bat at one of the boggards . It misses really badly.
Chiv's aim is way off, maybe he wasn't expecting THIS in such a small space.
Pazúr, however, has it dialed in. He feints one way, and when the lizard falls for it, he drills a set of claws across its hide.
Round 1:
Sir Holton: Go
Chivivit: Miss
Pazúr: Hit
Giant Lizard: TBD
Ferrun: TBD
Heyou!: TBD
Smart frog-men: TBD
Kicsit: TBD
Lizard: 9
Sir Holton decides that a big lizard requires a big opponent, and casts Enlarge upon himself!
without room to move, the lizard's plumage display isn't overly frightening, so it simply and savagely tries to make a meal out of Pazúr:
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MISS
Round 1:
Sir Holton: Magic
Chivivit: Miss
Pazúr: Hit
Giant Lizard: ATK!
Ferrun: Go
Heyou!: Go
Smart frog-men: TBD
Kicsit: TBD
Lizard: 9
Ferrun rushes forward and strikes at Red with his claws.
Ferrun's approach is a bit wild, and he slashes before he gets a solid stance.
Heyou! lobs a bomb over the front of the melee to strike the frog-man! The splash gets the others, but the damage to this is severe!
The frogman next to Ferrun lets out a terrifying croak!
The other tries to pay the goblin back, casting a spell! An arrow made of pure acid flies forth: , but misses! Heyou!'s napalm continues to burn:
Round 1:
Sir Holton: Magic
Chivivit: Miss
Pazúr: Hit
Giant Lizard: ATK!
Ferrun: Miss
Heyou!: Hit
Smart frog-men: ATK!
Kicsit: Go
Round 2:
Sir Holton: Go
Chivivit: Go
Pazúr: Go
Giant Lizard: TBD
Ferrun: TBD
Heyou!: TBD
Smart frog-men: TBD
Kicsit: TBD
Lizard: 11
Black: 15
Red: 2
Thoughts of fear and panic strike at the heart of Ferrun as he witnesses the terrible sound of the frog man croak.
Pazúr winces in pain as the lizard bites him twice, then dodges the last attack nimbly and swipes with a surprise claw! He easily shrugs off the fearful frog-croak's effect. He steps to one side of the lizard, then slashes at the mighty reptile's throat!
Pazúr sees an unexpected opening and goes for it. Unfortunately, he swings too short! Even with the successful feint, his follow up also fails to hurt the lizard. The feint works for Sir Holton though, who lands a solid blow!
Round 1:
Kicsit: Go
Round 2:
Sir Holton: Hit
Chivivit: Go
Pazúr: Miss
Giant Lizard: TBD
Ferrun: TBD
Heyou!: TBD
Smart frog-men: TBD
Kicsit: TBD
Lizard: 22
Black: 15
Red: 2
Kicsit tries to level the field by dropping the lizard! The lizard slips and falls in the area.
Round 2:
Sir Holton: Hit
Chivivit: Go
Pazúr: Miss
Giant Lizard: TBD
Ferrun: TBD
Heyou!: TBD
Smart frog-men: TBD
Kicsit: TBD
Lizard: 22
Black: 15
Red: 2
Chivivit focuses on the illusion and the rat lashes out again. It’s more successful, but not by much.
He then lifts a piece of stone from the ground and hurls it with telekinetic force at the boggard.
This time Chivit's illusion makes for an effective ally. Despite the imaginary nature of the rat, the pain it causes is real enough! The boggard is distracted enough that the stone lands true, breaking a rib!
The giant lizard ignores the flanking foes, and goes after the enlarged Sir Holton:
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It savages the half-orc with a trio of bites!
Round 2:
Sir Holton: Hit
Chivivit: Hits
Pazúr: Miss
Giant Lizard: ATK!
Ferrun: Go
Heyou!: Go
Smart frog-men: TBD
Kicsit: TBD
Lizard: 22
Black: 15
Red: 20
Ferrun strikes the lizard with a series of claw slashes!
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"You know your big ass is in the way, Sir Holton?" giggles Heyou!
Then, taunting black, he sings,
"Silly frogman all in black,
you keep running to the back.
Fires cook you like a steak,
giving Heyou! his lunch break!"
He moves up as he sings and chucks a lightning flask at black.
Then he throws his dagger
Ferrun lands two powerful blows, but the lizard takes them in stride. Clear this thing is TOUGH.
Heyou! lands a flask and follows up with a dagger. The boggard looks pretty severely injured.
The boggards do what they can to keep the odds in their favor, and letting the lizard do the heavy lifting.
The closer one lets out a VERY powerful croak. It's so powerful, even the lizard feels it. Ferrun and Pazúr each take , it's ready and unaffected! . It then jabs at Ferrun with the butt of its staff. for
the other casts a spell and an mystical arrow made of pure acid flies forth towards Pazúr MISS
Round 2:
Sir Holton: Hit
Chivivit: Hits
Pazúr: Miss
Giant Lizard: ATK!
Ferrun: Hit
Heyou!: Hit
Smart frog-men: ATK
Kicsit: Go
Lizard: 43
Black: 25 (FF)
Red: 20 (Croak reset