Ustemir will grab a hold of the rope, using his stone gauntlet as a pulley and securing the other end with his left arm. "Good to go, I think." He nods to Waedin.
"I'll stay up here and keep an eye on the mechanism... then go down last".
Sebastian seems quite distracted busily writing down Waedin's instructions....
Waedin steps into the cauldron and it doesn't fall. She and Ustemir each grab opposite ends of a rope, just in case. Stepnik begins turning the crank, and with a jolt, the cauldron begins descending down into the hole.
Waedin descends into darkness, but her dwarven eyes adjust just fine. After 36 seconds of chains rumbling and jangling, the cauldron lands with a thud.
As Waedin peers over the edge of the cauldron she sees she's in a large, mostly rectangular room. The southern, eastern, and most of the northern wall is worked stone masonry, while the western wall is a natural stone cavern formation. A stone archway opens to the south, and cramped, narrow tunnels lead out the natural rock face to the west and north.
Strewn about the room are piles of broken rubble and rubbish. Squatting near the mouth of the tunnel leading west, Waedin spots a strange creature, like a giant white, slimy toad with long tusks.
Waedin tugs three times. If she's pulled up she relays she saw a slimy toad with long tusks guarding an exit.
It didn't seem to mind me coming with no lights, so let's all go down one by one with no lights, and then when we're all down we'll light the place up and see how it reacts. I think we could probably take it if it attacked.
Ustemir feels 3 tugs and heaves Waedin using the rope. Slightly winded after the effort, he listens to Waedin describe what she saw.
"Mhm.", he looks at the bear cub. "I'll lower Kolek. Someone should be down to placate him before I slide there as well. I guess we'll leave a rope hanging in case we need to climb up?"
He pauses. "You said toad... with tusks? What the hells is that?"
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Sebastian is seen with a full luggage set, complete with matching carry-on.....
Stepnik takes a moment to review the repairs and general condition of the device.
"Let me take a look at this thing again. It looks a little rickety... and those kobolds miners are rather small and light".
Crafting
If a secret roll crafting is +9
After Waedin returns and makes her report, Sebastien climbs into the cauldron elevator to join her. At that moment, with his added weight, the repairs Ustemir and Stepnik made fail and the cauldron suddenly drops out at an astonishing 9.8 m/s^2.
Feeling the floor drop out from under his feet, Sebastien deftly jumps and, after some free fall, grabs on to a chain.
The heavy steel cauldron, with Waedin in it, falls 30 ft and clangs to the floor below with a resonating boom.
As Waedin shakes the ringing from her ears, she hears the shouts of kobolds as they come running into the room from their hiding places.
Ustemir curses under his breath and starts rappelling down using the rope. SLOWLY. Finally, he decides to risk it and lets go.
He slams into the floor, momentarily dazed. "Everyone okay?"
I would like to descend twice, let go, fall prone (and take the damage), then stand up. I don't know how deep will the two rolls take me.
No.
Ustemir responds with a bit of shame in his voice. "Well... My bad. I did the best I could."
"Hold on! I'm coming... one way or another".
Athletics
"Ahhhhhhhh!
Reflex Save to "Grab an Edge". (+7 if acrobatics has a lower DC.)
Sebastian seems to be staring straight ahead at the darkness as he holds tight....
Ustemir climbs down 10ft of chain and falls the rest.
Sebastien hears something big fall past him and land in the pot with a thunk.
The first kobold loads a crossbow and takes a shot at Sebastien hanging on the chain.
Sebastien suddenly feels a sharp pain in his side.
The kobold then reloads.
The other two kobolds close in on the crashed elevator, swords drawn.
One kobold is feeling extra stabby, and manages to get blade over the edge of the cauldron and down into Waedin.
Sebastien then hears a screaming Stepnik fall past him in the darkness.
Waedin struggles up swings at the kobold and raises her shield.
Sebastian begins oration about how arrows hurt in the dark!
The Bard then Telekinetic Projectile the closest kobold using a crossbow!
The Bard then let's go of the rope to land safely inside the cauldron.
They got crossbows.
Reflex Save.
◆ Athletics and fall
◆ Take Elixer of life
◆ Take cover
Waedin is able to whomp one of the kobolds with her hammer from inside the cauldron.
Sebastien mentally flings a rock across the room in retaliation.
Being blind in the dark does not help.
Stepnik takes a sip and covers his head.
Outside, in the distance, the slurk squats low to the floor and secretes a brown, viscous ooze from glands on its back. The ooze puddles on the floor around it and the crossbow kobold.
Ustemir leans over the cauldron's edge to smack the nearest kobold in the face, takes a better look at the slurk, and leans against the cauldron wall again for some cover.
Kolek hears the scene unfold from above, looking into the darkness. He waits for his queue.
Ustemir follows Waedin's lead and punches over the edge of the cauldron, smacking a kobold in the face, knocking out a few teeth.
The crossbow wielding kobold readies his crossbow, waiting for a clear shot.
The other two continues to stab away at Waedin and Ustemir.
Both, having taken a hit already, Scamper away from the cauldron.
Sebastian casts Soothe on Waedin!
The smiling Bard then casts Shield.
Feeling invigorated, Waedin nods at Seb and then goes after one of the scrambling kobolds.
Move, Hit, Raise Shield.
◆ Take Elixir of life.
Returning of life force.
◆ Pull forth torch
◆ Light Torch
Sebastien whispers a soothing word towards Waedin and her wounds magically heal.
As Waedin pops out of the cauldron, the readied kobold takes his shot.
This kobold is on fire today.
Despite the pain, Waedin stomps after the fleeing kobold and whomps it to death.
Stepnik continues to recover and shed some light on the situation.
From its squatting position, the slurk constricts its back postules and squirts globs of slime in Waedin's direction.
Waedin remains slime free.
Ustemir watches Waedin jump out and chase after the Kobold. "All right. I guess we're going." He pokes his head out, clocks in the nearest scaly and hope over the cauldron to chase it down. He slams his stone fist into the kobold's face twice. Or attempts to, rather.
"Stay where you are, Kolek!" Ustemir shouts into the hole above the cauldron. "I'll come get you in a moment."
Waedin snaps her shield in place to block the incoming bolt.
Ustemir pummels the next kobold, who falls in a bloodied heap at his feet.
Ustemir returns to the safety of the cauldron.
Seeing the other two kobolds fall so quickly, the remaining kobold shouts:
And then turns to run down the tunnels behind him.
The kobold manages to not fall in the puddle of slime and disappears down the dark tunnel to the west.
Sebastian takes a rock, casts Light on it and tosses it toward the creature....
After reading the spell, the Bard decides to just cast Light in the vicinity of the creature and then cast Shield.
Waedin moves to smack the slurk and will try to protect herself if she can.
(Shield if one action left)
◆ Climb from Cauldron and move
◆ Throw Frost Vial
Fastball
Cold Damage, +1 Cold Splash Damage. (-5 Speed if attack is successful).
◆ Raise Shield
Sebastien decides to shed some further light on the situation.
Waedin moves towards the crouching slurk. As she nears, she steps into the slimey puddle.
Instead of whomping the slimey tusked toad creature, she falls flat on her face.
Stepnik lobs an ice grenade at the slurk, and nails it smack in the face.
The slurk tries to gore Waedin with its tusks!
Amphibian ivory stabs into Waedin, and the slurk takes a step back to guard the tunnel.
Ustemir has had enough of these mudaflippin' slurks in this mudaflippin' cave. He fires three arrows at the slurk.
The slurk lets out a painful croak as two arrows pierce its slimey, leathery hide.
The fleeing kobold does not reappear.
Sebastian seems a little hesitate to really hurt the animal. The Bard begins to shoo it away!
The Bard then casts a second Light spell directly in front of its face!
Waedin struggles up, steps towards the Slurk and raises her shield.
Can't keep on my feet in this blasted place.
◆ STRIKE: Lob Versatile Vial (Fire)
Throw
Fire Damage (+1 Splash)
◆ STRIKE: Lob Versatile Vial (Fire)
Throw
Fire Damage (+1 Splash)
◆ RAISE SHIELD
The little halfling pokes his head from the cauldron and scares the oversized slimey toad!
Waedin gets to her feet and continues to approach the slurk through the puddle of slick.
Stepnik lobs two flaming vials at the slurk which burn against its thick slimey skin.
The slurk is hurt badly, but it remains stalwart, guarding the tunnel, trained to fight to the death. It lurches its tusks against Waedin again and again.
The slurk gets a lucky hit in on Waedin, which may be the last thing it ever does.