Incendio!!!
I finally see it's a chest on the ceiling and move to jab at it with my sword, I'm 6 ft with a 5 ft reach and the ceiling is 8 ft. Sword is 3 ft
The rays strike the target but fail to do any damage.
Unwilling to drop his sword, Jim sheathed it and pulled out his bow...
"Will you cut that out! You will set something on fire. A voice comes from the ceiling.
The last orc in the other room runs a way.
"Ok, I surrender!" What you now see is a chest lowers to the floor.
Felix looks at the chest in wonder. "Come out of the chest!"
"What do you mean come out of the chest. I might as well ask as you to crawl outside of your own skin. I am what I am."
"Eh... Don't often see talking chests." remarked Jim dryly, "Do you normally look like that, or did something happen to you?"
"There are no talking chests were you come from? I have been this way as long as I remember. Hmmm, let me see.... Some 300 years I think. I am called Hingest."
Belatedly, Sir Rhaym looked around.
"Who goes there! And where?" Sir Rhaym barked out, still trying to see where the words were coming from.
with ARCANE sight and prayer still running, should be Abel to determine between animated object, construct or polymorphed
I think he was human once, he has been polymorphed
You do detect the affects of permanency upon the chest. A DC 28 Knowledge Arcana is needed for the spell up the chest.
Belatedly, Sir Rhaym looked around.
"Who goes there! And where?" Sir Rhaym barked out, still trying to see where the words were coming from.
"Hey, you with the sword! I am right over here. Me, the long flat thing." with that he flaps his lid several times to get the paladin's attention.
Carefully, Sir Rhaym reached over to feel the unseen personage.
ZIREAL SAYS (THICK GNOMISH ACCENT; Int 13), "DONT TALK TO HIM, PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN SIZE!!!"
In elven "Who should I be talking to then? Surely not you."
In elven, "You should be talking to the elves, of course! But most of all Pricess Ciri," she adds, looking to her fellow half-elf.
He sprouts arms from his sides, "Princess huh, I would bow but I don't have any legs. Offering his hand out Pleased to meet you"
He opens up his lid to reveal 1500 gold
Felix eyes shine in the gleam of the shinies.
"Not a bad haul, not bad at all!"
Jim was bemused by this turn of events, never in his wildest dreams did he imagine they'd meet a talking chest on the ceiling that was carrying a not so small fortune in coin.
(high eleven) Pleased to make your acquaintance sir Hingest, She curtsies in formal style offering her hand cautiously to be kissed, if only she could see his lips. I apologize for Zireal, he does not speak eleven and has never seen other items that like himself are alive, I will explain it to him later, he hasn't learned not everything is a nail, diplomacy can take you farthest at times, however, do you mind if we check you for magical traps?
"Of course I have a trap on my lock, do I look like a stupid chest or what? Don't answer that. But I am open so you can take this gold without dealing with the trap. Check me over if you are not convinced. I am a rather handsome chest."
"I suppose, but as you killed Berkam Shem I guess it belongs to you now. And what is a chest going to do with gold? Buy a fancy hat? He has a few nice things on him you might like also. Want me to detect magic for you?"
My eyes are still glowing blue within blue, seeing all magic.
My eyes are still glowing blue within blue, seeing all magic.
You see: The mages ring, bracers, dagger and amulet. The gold glows also.
[dice=Spellcraft; dagger] +1 dagger
[dice=Spellcraft; bracers] bracers of defense + 3
[dice=Spellcraft; Ring] ring of force shield
[dice=Spellcraft; Amulet] Amulet of natural armor +1
[dice=Spellcraft; Gold] appraise check
"Not a bad haul" remarked Jim although he didn't claim any item.
The gold will be good if we need to pay evil people for someone's ransome to get them free, the rogues might like it for pulling a scam on someone, just might mix it with a few other coin types to pass muster.
"Mighty generous of you," agrees Tal, who is a little confused to find herself complimenting a talking chet.
Tal would take the Bracer of Armor +3 and the +1 Dagger--she doesn't currently have a magic weapon.
Only thing I might be interested in would be the ring of force shield. But, I've already have a magical shield and I don't believe it will stack.
Umm Brvheart did you ever give experience for this encounter?
yes, xp=1633 each
"This ring generates a shield-sized (and shield-shaped) wall of force that stays with the ring and can be wielded by the wearer as if it were a heavy shield (+2 AC)."
so, no it would not stack
Anyone else?
"So shall we explore further? I think there's a door and a corridor to the north we've yet to try..." said Jim.
He walked north and carefully inspected the door before listening to see if he could hear anything on the other side.
You don't hear anything behind the door. It seems rather quiet.
'Let's do it," agrees Tal, as she too checks out the door.
If the door seems safe to her, she opens it!
In the center of this room is a 5 ft. diameter basin containing a musty smelling, brackish water.
"Weird, a cleaning room?" Tal detects magic and looks around warily.
The basin is made of silver (much tarnished), 3 bloodstones are set into the rim. The basin detects as magical.
You see something snakelike swimming in the water.
moving from the room, she beckons Hingest to follow or she will put him in the portable hold, being afraid of suffocation, he complies and follows (hey I have a follower now). Now if I can keep the hingest and Zireal from getting into a ego battle, children, children. Anyway we walk over to the door
so, it looks like a crucible of water, usually used to bless followers and protected by magic
Felix looks at it and shrugs: " Yea sure, but whatbout the beast in the water?"
Hingest pears in the room, "Don't you have a guy with a big sword that can hack that thing up? I mean I could annoy it a bit with a Ray of Frost or Acid."
Hmmm, I guess we are going to have to roll initiative.