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Healing is dealt, noodles are eaten, and the group spends a relatively comfortable night in the Glassworks, rather than at the Rusty Dragon. Nothing untoward creeps out of the tunnels below Sandpoint, and no threats appear from the surface either. The first light of morning are just peeking through the skylights above the glass-making floor when you stir and get prepared for the next day's adventuring.
The rope ladder seems like it will do the trick but it is still a bit tricky to navigate in a crunch, and the length is just enough to navigate one 10' shaft so it may have to be repositioned.
The rest of the livery is empty of obvious threats. After Impasha spends 10 minutes tending to Buttercup's wounds, the rest spread out and look around more closely. The stall walls run to the ceilings, but the roof is heavily pitched, only about 10' at the ends rising to 30' or more in the center. Some broken equipment lies in the north center part of the stables. A locked iron gate stands on the south wall. You can see that the bars are spaced so that a small creature could possibly wriggle through, but it would be tight. Beyond the iron gate, a once-concealed door hangs slightly open on decayed hinges. The two space at the rear of the livery on the north side are offices. Each contains an old desk, a chair, and some wooden cupboards.
Was supposed to be last Monday but last I saw it was moved to tomorrow and down for estimated 48hrs. Back with new look. May have to set up new password etc.
Livery Floor - Round 4 - concluded Blasting more earth at the remaining mastiff, Buttercup surprises even herself when the rocky mass crushes the hound, ending the fight. End of Combat
It is not difficult to put the ore in a sack or pouch. There is not much more than 2lbs of rock altogether.
Livery Floor - Round 4 26 Elarion (5/14hp remain)
Livery Floor - Round 3 - concluded Determined to end this thing before someone else gets badly hurt, Impasha focus her martial prowess on the White Mastiff. After her initial attack skewers the large dog critically, she follows up with a blow that mercifully ends the mortally wounded beast. End of Round 3
Garen and Grod find enough space to do some light sparring in the Glassworks, and there is room still in the basement, or in the furnace room right above, to bed down for the night. Soon enough, dinner, including noodles, is delivered to the hungry adventurers. AS the discussion comes to Wisher's Well, Ari tells what he know about that unusual place. Wisher's Well is a Thassilonian ruin in the Sandpoint hinterlands, consisting of a circular stone tower with a 100-foot-deep shaft that leads to an underwater cavern connected to Sog's Bay. Some say it was a powerful castle for one of the rumored Runelords, but there is nothing definite on that topic.
I am fine with that as concept but not what I took from the post above. If you want to make this a fairly collapsible rope ladder, that's fine with me. will be harder to climb under pressure, but easier than the root systems.
Livery Floor - Round 3 - continued 26 Elarion (5/14hp remain)
Stepping forward now that all the mutts outside are out of action, Celas throws his next knife at one of the mastiffs. The blade tumbles end over end striking true in the side of the larger dog which yelps in pain, and looks pretty bad off at this point. The uninjured mastiff attacks Impasha twice, but she is able to turn its canine jaws aside each time.
Gates of Sandpoint - Round 3 - continued Courageous Anthem active - +1 to attacks/dmg 26 Festus
Though wounded, Neppka remains stalwart, standing against a pair of the chaotic goblins. He slashes at the pair, cutting down Yellow with one fell stroke, but Blue avoids any damage. White Hobgoblin steps back, then turns to attack the tripkee that slipped behind him. The soldier's longsword cuts Krrys'tall for a minor wound. Orange Goblin fires his shortbow wide before cast away the ranged weapon, drawing its gnarly dogslicer, and advancing to flank Krrys.
hit
Bypassing the eastern room, the group moves directly to the southeastern room, which was indicated to hold another of the needed books: 5 of 6 volumes of The Worlds Between Worlds. M'Baba leads through the narrow doorway, and you all see a room jammed with simple beds and frames. They are precariously stacked, as if arranged to keep them out of the way. Dusty boxes are shoved beneath them.
Taking some time, Velas is able to craft a makeshift ladder from nearby branches and rope. He feels like this will fit in the initial descent easily enough, and should make climbing down (and up) easy, if if under fire.
There are only trace amounts of ore in these rocks, but Bahir seems to think that they are not an ore or metal he has seen ever before. Perhaps they are more like the metallic floors and walls of this structure, but he's not sure -- only that they are outside his experience.
I am also able to see the Sandpoint map in OR
Gates of Sandpoint - Round 3
26 Festus
Since Krrys'tall slipped behind the hobgoblin, it distracted a bit as Festus attacks. The ruddy dwarf is able to bash the villain once, but it is still able to block the other attack with its shield even while flanked. Red Goblin and Blue Goblin both snap out of their fire-induced trance and come to attack the newcomers, one vs Candalreth and the other against Neppka. Red cannot get any damage in against the bard, but Blue nicks the tengu for minor damage.
Gates of Sandpoint - Round 2 - concluded
26 Festus
Circling around the back, Krrys ends up behind the hobgoblin leader and then gives it a swift kick in the behind. The first kick does no damage, but the second gives a minor injury to the warlike hobgoblin. Locked in combat now with Green, Candalreth attacks twice with is rapier. Striking twice, he punctures the goblin both times, and the target falls dead immediately, dropping the flaming brand it was waving a moment ago. The bard then continues his inspirational song. Purple Goblin continues spreading the flames, capering and laughing to himself as it does so. End of Round 2 hit
At morning light, after breakfast is consumed and some discussion had, you leave the relative security of the Gold Cave, and set back out for the Old Sycamore. After about a half days' travel through a glorious spring morning, you see the towering tree once again. Getting closer, you soon see the opening between exposed roots that leads down into the mite lair below.
It seems only log books are in the crate, and they seem to be the correct contents based on the title.
Livery Floor - Round 3 - continued 26 Elarion (5/14hp remain)
Bellara flashes her blade as she moves through the magically lit barn, and strikes quickly against Green from behind. The quick stabbing movements kill the dog even as she remonstrates against it. Outside, Myron creates an orb of biting cold around Blue Dog which is still wet from the blast of sea water last time. And though the dog shifts to try to avoid the freezing aura, the cold is just too much and it falls dead and frozen to the ground.
success for half.
I don't know of any off hand, though there might be some that hit on a spell attack and then require a save vs some secondary effect. Usually one or the other however.
The workstations that Alpha-47 investigates reveal that the screens there flicker between darkness, static, and erratic displays of information in a language that the android can read. The screens seem to cycle though, and with enough time, Alpha can piece together some information to relate to the others. This area was once a geology lab of sorts where rock and soil samples were collected. The bulk of the recent samples came from a location referred to as CX-355 or Kasath. This place is described as an arid climate with very little water, violent weather patterns, and savage inhabitants predominately of hexapodous nature. It seems the habitat dome you passed through was specifically modeled to mirror the environs of CX-355 or Kasath. It appears that the fungal sample stored in the black box was not from Kasath, but from a more recent foray to a place called Nchak. The scientists knew the spores of the fungus were worth studying but they put them in the growing container with plans to study them later. There no further notes. Karina sees the dirt and rocks on the other side of the room, but there are no notes or anything too noteworthy other than they seem to be mostly red rocks with flecks of perhaps iron ore, or similar material, showing through. She does spy a small metal box under the table that is perhaps the size of a small briefcase.
Will move you that way at next update
Reading slowly and carefully through the transcribed list, M'Baba finds one of the books requested by Teacher Ot on the list. A tome titled The Worlds Between Worlds is on the list, but the writing indicates that 5 of its 6 volumes have been relocated to the southeast room of the library. Ironically, as the rogue is reading the titles of the pile of books, he doesn't see the one listed, but he does find that one of the boxes stuffed is really a chest covered in tiny penmanship. It appears to be The Collected Field Notes of the Druid Mata Digemari, one of the requested items. Secret Checks:
Ari's parents can't really understand where his wind powers came from either. "It must be a blessing from the Goddess," his mother says sweetly, but she is clearly beyond her depth. "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth," his father says, falling back on homilies when he doesn't know what else to say.
Efni benefits from some healing from Alpha, and downs a potion. The double doors at the far end of the room seem to be much like the others in the science wing, including a brown chip on the opening mechanism.
M'baba says "Well, better get to work then." It's obvious to him that the group has to go through the stacks of books to check them. He starts looking at the lists and comparing them to their respective books.
I hope its not indicative of the trouble they will have standing the site back up.
Gates of Sandpoint - Round 2 - continued
26 Festus
Vako uses his musical magic to create a healing song that he hopes will restore Neppka enough to keep in the fight. Then the leshy spins up a shield of magic to protect himself, if the goblins get sassy. Green Goblin peels away from the growing conflagration to turn and attack the newcomers. He rushes towards Candalreth swinging a flaming brand trying to immolate the bard. But all the attacks miss by a wide margin Yellow Goblin charges into Neppka and slashes at him once again but these attacks also miss.
Livery Floor - Round 3 26 Elarion (5/14hp remain)
Buttercup backs away from the savage dog, and blasts earth and stone at it, but just like before these attacks miss. Elarion tries to focus the team one dog at a time, and uses his divine lance to hit Yellow nearby as an example. The attack catches the dog just right for critical damage, and ends up killing the Yellow Mutt. Wounded again, Black Mastiff has Impasha flanked with one of the lesser hounds, and forces the issue, biting at the champion twice. She avoids the first bite, and again is just able to hold off the second bite with her shield. Blue Mutt steps forward to bite at Celas. While Celas is bitten twice, they are both minor in nature and he is mostly unscathed.
Livery Floor - Round 2 - concluded 26 Elarion (5/14hp remain)
Impasha attacks the nearby dogs now with the intent to put them down for good. Her first attack misses, but her second stab hits the black mastiff, cutting a long slice along its flank, but not finishing it. She again raises her shield to ward off any more dog bites. End of Round 2
Sounds like they had a snag and postponed
Livery Floor - Round 2 - continued 26 Elarion (5/14hp remain)
Celas is able to throw his blade and hit the Yellow Mutt, the dog looks quite bad off after the attack but is still just barely standing. White Mastiff tries to savage Impasha along with the rest of the pack inside the livery. The champion avoids one attack, and then imposes her shield to save her from any damage.
Izzy spends some of the downtime with the magical dagger and determines not only is it extra sharp and does more damage and hits easier, but it also has a special magical property. If thrown, the dagger magically returns to the place (not necessarily the person) from where it was thrown.
Geology Lab - Round 2 - concluded 21 Alpha-47
Raika cannot aid Efni with her field medic skills but does manage to successfully shoot an arrow into the large plant-like creature. Efni, hurt quite badly, still manages to land a massive blow against the body of the fungal foe, doing significant damage against it. She then steps away and readies to drink a healing potion. Karina's spell is not fully effective against the creature, but seems to do some damage. The melee strike from the viol is a hit, and does hurt it. Seoli's attacks, even with divine assistance, turn out to be misses. Bahir slugs the plant thing with his mailed glove, then raises his shield. The blow is serious and once delivered, the fuzziness in all your brains ceases, and the plant creature is apparently unmoving. End of Combat
success for half.
The room on the northeast side of the main library seems to have once been a staging area for someone who was trying to organize the books in this space. Several tomes sit open on one desk with notes next to them, atop scrolls with long lists. The other two desks precariously hold up several stacks of books and closed boxes. More boxes overflowing with books sit on the floor nearby as if waiting ot be sorted.
Livery Floor - Round 2 - continued 26 Elarion (5/14hp remain)
Before backing all the way away, Myron blasts the blue dog with his salty spray, and damages the nearest mutt which yelps with pain but is not yet out of the fight Bellara attacks the smaller dog near her, hoping to even the odds before turning her attention to the larger mastiffs. She scores one hit, then dances around the side of the mutt and stabs again, but she stumbles over an old hayfork left on the barn floor and almost slips, catching her balance at the last moment. Green Mutt tries to bite at the off-balance hero, but its jaws snap shut on only air twice, before it moves into a pack position with the alpha dogs against Impasha. Yellow Mutt moves through the open doorway and attacks Buttercup, biting twice. One bite misses, but the other snaps on her arm, grinding into the tissue for mild damage.
I figure you can use your healing to get everyone to full with an Night's Rest and all the other healing options you have. We will assume that is so when the day breaks next.
In the game, the western door is sliding barn door that Impasha broke the chain on, and you slid it all the way open. I can't change that on the map, but its not a barrier to any movement or attacks at present.
Livery Floor - Round 2 26 Elarion (13/14hp remain)
Impasha readies her weapon and shield and goes to stand back to back against the pack of remaining hounds in the livery. Elarion whips out his healer's kit and quickly patches up any wounds poor Celas had taken exhorting the rogue to get back into the fight. Buttercup blasts her kinetic energy at the dogs inside the barn, but her attacks are each wide of the mark. With Impasha now flanked between the two mastiffs, Black snaps at her twice then moves away a step. The champion's shield saves her from a nasty bite, but instead she takes no damage. Blue Mutt advances to bite at Elarion. One of the bites is serious and Elarion takes another chunk of damage, but is still standing.
The ponies do most of the work, dragging the worn, weary and wounded adventurers from the root system of the Old Sycamore, over some craggy hills, and back to the mouth of the cave you found yesterday that seems to have a vein of gold ore running in it. Camp is made, watches are taken, and a solid Night's Rest is had by all. The night is uneventful. The next day is clear and seasonable with fair skies and abundant sunshine.
It takes several more minutes, but the group restores most of their healing, Ikto excepted, and also restores their focus spells in full. Then they debate on where to search for the Master's book list next.
Geology Lab - Round 2 21 Alpha-47
Alpha's unique body make up allows him to fight off the sonic effects of the scream easier. He steps forward touching Seoli, and giving her divine assistance with her next attack. The over-sized jaws of the creature snap at Efni, trying to bite the large barbarian in half. Tendrils also snake out long distances on the floor, trying to grasp both Alpha-47 and Bahir. The bite really does nearly cut Efni and half, and she is quite badly hurt. The tendril attacking Alpha misses, and Bahir is just able to use his shield to keep from getting bashed and grabbed.
success
Even at the tiny size, the small tiara is worth 50gp. Black silken gown is worth 25gp. The obsidian holy symbol is worth 10gp, but would be hard to find a buyer, you surmise. Maybe Father Zantus would give you something to have it off the street?
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