Looks like Death-Lok had only posted once in one game in the last 2 weeks.
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Cedric seems shocked and confused when the wave itself attacks Badabar. "It seems it isn't a creature in the water but the water itself! What force of nature is this?" Cedric exclaims. Not entirely sure how to fight water, Cedric moves up behind Badabar and tries to stab the wave with his longspear.
"That was a good idea to throw something into the water before you entered it. We wouldn't have been able to help you much if you were attacked while under water," Cedric says to Rik while he anxiously waits to see what is in the water.
Cedric considers if he recognizes the statue from his religious studies.
He then follows the group to the stairs and frowns when they see that it is submerged. "I don't think I can swim in all of this equipment. Perhaps we need to return to the lantern room and pick a different one. At some point in the future, if we can find a way to breathe under water, then we can return to this location to see what is beyond here," Cedric says hoping the group doesn't try to swim through the water.
Cedric studies the statue from the safety of the hallway.
Following Rik and Badabar to the next room, Cedric doesn't notice anything wrong with Rik until he says something. He helps his companion back out to the hall and then inspects him.
Cedric then casts Detect Magic into the room.
While Rik looks at the potions, Cedric examines the pearl and ring to try to determine what they are.
Cedric shakes his head after a few moments. "I'm not sure what these do. Maybe you can take a look, Rik," he says disappointed he couldn't identify the items. He looks at the corpses. "I wonder how long they have been here. Perhaps they fell victim to the beetles and the survivors left them here. If the Seekers have already been here, who knows if we will find anything. I wouldn't be surprised if it was them that broke the mirror in the room earlier."
Cedric seems to recall coming across such a symbol in his readings.
With Andros and Badabar stepping up between him and the beetle, Cedric drops his crossbow and tries to get his longspear between his companions to attack the beetle.
Seeing the swarm and the giant beetle, Cedric fires his crossbow at the beetle to avoid entering melee. Round 1 status:
HP: 19/19 Status: normal Spells active: light Items Used: 1 bolt
Cedric looks relieved to have reached the bottom safely. He looks around at the statues. "What could have done all of this damage?" he wonders out loud.
Cedric smiles when he sees his healing has helped. "I used my only alchemist's fire so I won't be much help if we run into another swarm like that. I'll have to make sure to purchase more if we can find enough things down here that Allustan will pay for," he says as they walk over to the hole. He glances down and listens to the plan. "I should also be able to climb down as long as we aren't in a hurry," he says as he prepares to follow.
Cedric walks over to Rik to look at his wounds. "Oh my, that does look painful. Let me see what I can do," he says as he places his hands on the ratfolk's arm and calls on Pelor to give him the power to heal his companion.
He frowns when he sees that it hasn't helped much. "Andros, are you also injured? Please come stand by me while I try to call on Pelor again to heal," Cedric says as he holds his holy symbol up and begins to pray.
He then walks over to pick up his dagger. "Well, hopefully there won't be any more surprises coming up from there. Should we go see what is down there?'
Thanks, I forgot about that so my 3 dam should be 4. Unfortunately, in reading up on swarms, they aren't subject to crits. :(
Seeing Rik sick to his stomach and with Andros and Babadar between him and the aberration, Cedric pulls out his alchemist's fire and throws it at the beetles.
Hoping to take advantage of the stunned creature but not in position to do much, Cedric moves around the sarcophagus and throws his dagger at it.
"What is that!" Cedric says as the strange creature quickly move up to the group. Uncertain what the thing is or it's abilities, Cedric calls on Pelor to help the group fight it. Deciding that he won't need his alchemist's fire at the moment, he puts it away and takes a step towards the stairs to put more distance between him and the mass of beetles.
Cedric also pulls out his alchemist's fire. "Should we move up to try to contain them in the passage or perhaps move back to the stairs? Right now being in the middle of the room allows them to come at us from multiple directions?" he says, looking a bit worried about what is about to come up out of the hole.
"So that something else doesn't happen, I think we should investigate this collapsed shaft. I wonder if having the lantern lit had any affect on the results. Hopefully, the mechanism will still work for the other passageways," he states as he moves with the others to investigate the whole in the ground.
No only the green one.
Cedric watches the shaft by the yellow lantern to see what happens when the sarcophagus is moved away from it. He looks a bit concerned when the tunnel starts to shake. "Maybe we should have explored the other chamber before moving the sarcophagus to the lit lantern," he says, looking at the others for what they are going to do. "I hope we haven't broken something."
Where did the yellow lantern go when the metal shaft rose from the floor?
Thanks for serting up the maps switching to slides. It is easier to use on my phone as drive is blocked at work.
Cedric waits at the sarcophagus as the others explore, but starts getting a little nervous as the group spreads out. He walks a bit closer to the entrances of the passages so he can cast detect magic and check the lanterns. He seems a bit relieved when everyone returns to the sarcophagus. He listens to Rik describe the flameless torch in the green lantern.
Cedric listens to Andros' suggestion and does what he can to help.
Cedric continues casting detect magic throughout the area, surprised he doesn't detect anything in such a strange area. He watches the gnome carefully as he goes to investigate the orange lantern.
Cedric wipes the blade of his spear on the wolf's fur before putting it away and retrieving his crossbow. He then quickly examines Rik's arm and then the wolf that bit him. "Let me know if it starts to bother you. We'll want to watch that it doesn't become infected. Who knows what these animals are carrying," he says.
He then follows the others into the next room and crawls through to the wolf's den. Seeing the human bones among the pile, he doesn't feel as bad having put the animals down. "That is quite the find," he tells Andros when the monk finds the lantern and armband. While Rik is studying the items, Cedric calls on Pelor to determine if the items are magical.
Cedric was content to let the hungry animal go as it was just trying to find something to eat. "Maybe it will find a rabbit outside." When Badabar attacks the creature he's about to ask why when he remembers the gnome's pony. "Oh my, the pony will be helpless," he thinks as he also stabs at the wolf.
With no clear shot at the wolves, Cedric drops his crossbow and steps a bit closer as he pulls out his longspear to attack.
I'm playing around with a status spoiler to help me track what is going on from round to round.
Cedric steps out into the hall past Badabar to get a clear shot at the middle wolf. He does his best to line up his crossbow at the wolf at the edge of darkness. Round 1 status:
HP: 19/19 Status: normal Spells active: light Items Used: 1 bolt
"Be careful, Andros. Who knows what that was for when it was complete or why is is in such a condition now," Cedric says as he calls on Pelor tries to assist the monk and himself in determining what the item is. He keeps his distance from the item.
In non-combat situations, I will always cast guidance on someone before a skill check if possible.
Cedric was thankful for the map to help the group find the cairn. He had some experience using them as he found it useful to visualize a location he was researching the history of. Entering the hall, he casts a spell on top of his helmet to bring the light of Pelor into the darkness. He follows along, letting the gnome and oread lead, and pauses when Badabar wants to check the alcove. He steps over to the gnome before he walks over and asks Pelor to guide him. "Perhaps," he responds, "or left in a hurry. The howling wind is quite unsettling. I wonder if it was designed this way," he wonders as Badabar returns and Andros mentions the flickering light in the distance. "A green flickering light?" Cedric says out loud to himself, wondering what it might be as he also readies his crossbow but has no idea.
Im quite limited in skils but I do have a scroll of comprehend languages. I think I'm ready.
Cedric considers the offer and the plan. "Yes, tomorrow would be best. Such an excursion would require different divine help than I typically seek. How will we know if something is from the Vaati?" he asks Allustan.
After his morning prayers, Cedric finds the note on his door and proceeds to the indicated room. Hearing talking inside, he knocks and enters once the door is opened. "Greetings. My name is Cedric. What is this about exploring?" he says holding up the note. He listens intently as Rik repeats what he just finished telling Andros. "Hmm, that seems reasonable. It would give me an opportunity to explore the area more thoroughly. When do we start?"
Not sure what the issue was. I was able to ghost dot last night. Sorry, I should have posted here that I was able to get in. How are we starting? Is it the start of the day?
I'm assuming the amenities at the Inn are better than at the Flophouse. If that's the case, I'll splurge and start at the Inn. I'm still not having luck posting in gameplay though.
Looking at the magic item creation rules, I realize I've never created high level items where that 5% discount would help. It looks like I can easily create some +1 items in a week (and save about 500 gp) but a +5 item seems unlikely. As I understand it, take a +5 weapon with a base price of 50k which would take 50 days. If I increase the DC by 5, I can cut it to 25 days but only if that's all I'm doing. If we are out adventuring, it's back to taking 50 days. Even if I create 6 similar items over the course of a year, I will have only saved 15k in gold from the trait. Just from that perspective, it seems more advantageous to take the seeker trait for the boost to perception.
Is anyone else having trouble dotting into gameplay thread? When I click "submit" it responds as if I've clicked "preview". I've tried from my computer and phone and get the same result.
Thanks for the invite. I'll finish my equipment and spells at lunch later today. My current background has me passing through town so I wouldn't know anyone although we can adjust that if needed. I do have religion but limited as a cleric w 10 int. Part of reason I went with human to get a 3rd sp per level. I took a trait to reduce crafting by 5% to save gold. Maybe I should change to seeker to boost perception and free up a few skill points for other skills. Any thoughts on that?
This is AGamer70's submission. Going to reuse this old alias. Still need to finish spells and equipment which depends on the answers to my earlier questions.
Cedric gasps when Opalia is struck down. Without thinking, he steps up and swings at her attacker but misses badly.
"Oh great, we are picking a fight with the constable; but he's apparently part of the problem," Cedric thinks while trying to determine what to do. He looks shocked when Albert strikes the constable, but he draws his flail and readies his shield to protect himself. "So much for talking things through," he says quietly.
Cedric's eyes get big and he shakes his head in disbelief when Albert draws his sword. "Ah, yes, now I remember why I didn't want to become a paladin; too quick to solve problems with violence." He starts to step back away from the attackers. "I'm sure we can solve this without bloodshed. Stay your weapons so we can talk," he says hoping to avoid a fight.
Cedric paused to let Albert speak figuring that he would detect evil on these people. He nods in agreement to his request.
DM & group: "Yes, if those men spotted Geary, he could be in trouble. We should regroup."
DM and group: "Unless someone has any ideas, let's pick a door. The east sounds good to me," Cedric says as he starts to move towards the east door.
Cedric seems somewhat surprised by Albert's outburst. "That was subtle?" he says to himself. "Some of us are more brash than others. Albert speaks what is on his mind. But due to his suspicions, I think it would be best if we all stayed together. Where is Abramo?" he says trying to diffuse the situation.
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