Sigh. Not happy about this one. It had great potential. :(
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Through the small door Kjell, quickly Druhir will follow the bloodrager through the door.
Kjell, that skeleton is some sort of guardian. I think we must defeat it before we go through the small door. Let us not wait for it to act. Crush it if you can. She will try to target the thing with her evil eye hex, lowering its AC.
Give me one moment to look things over Kjell. There might be a clue about which way to go. Maintaining or recasting Detect Magic Druhir surveys the room.
Pink Floyd. Jeeze now I feel old. lol
The witch points to the secret door she found and asks Kjell whish way he prefers. Either way she backs the bloodrager up and encourages them to move quickly to try to find the others.
I am here. In fact I just got home from my trip last night and am catching up. Seems like Kjell and Druhir are a round or two behind. Druhir pointed out the secret door to Kjell but would have been happy to go whichever way the bloodrager wanted to go.
Hey all. Don't forget about me. Reading on my phone when I have wifi. Very hard to look at maps and post from phone though. Druhir will be careful and move to where she thinks other of the party are. She prefers the secret door to the others. Also she had a very good perception roll while combat was still going on so she might have heard something and could maybe get a general direction for the combat? So please bot me.
From her vantage point in the room Druhir surveys what she can. Not sure what the mold is. she says to Kjell. What can you make out in the room. Looks like two doors. Hmm. She looks for details, magic auras, and tracks. And she listens for combat or other noises. The creature that teleported us has a somewhat limited range. We might here others if we listen.
Druhir will have the archon use its remaining duration lasering off the mold from both doors and anything else that loos interesting, as long as that does not raise a dust cloud or release spores.
More mold. Druhir states unhappily, wondering if it might be demonic in nature.
The lantern archon instinctually detects for evil on the mold before blasting a small section with a light laser. Lyr also considers the mold before blasting it with a Starlight Blast.
As Kjell moves to the door the lantern archon casts Aid on him at the witches diretion. It then casts aid on her as she heals it, healing it to full. It hovers happily over her head.
Breathing a sigh of relief after the jarring of the teleport Druhir notes Well, at least we are not surrounded by enemy. And there are three of us here. We must try to get back to the others and there is only one way to move forward. Kill, the door.
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Two of the archons are blasted out of this plane by the burning sand. One manages to survive and casts Aid on himself.
The witch resists the fearful presence of the undead and uses her split hex ability to target two Crypt Things that are not yet wounded with her icy tomb hex.
The round before the door opens Druhir uses a Summon Monster IV spell to summmon 1d3 Lantern Archons. After the door opens, on her initiative of the surprise round, they appear in the room above the battlers bathing the undead enemy in their Aura of Menace. All three fire their light rays at the potential caster who is flat footed.
For her surprise action, she sees that the room is too small for the web spell. So instead she casts Glitterdust on all the enemy forcing them to each make a DC 20 Will save or become blinded.
Poof, you are invisible, assuming we are going in.
Give me a moment to conjure. The witch says and her features change to old and withered. When everyone is ready she will begin her summoning spell, timing its completion with the opening of the door.
Remove the metal blade?
Hmm. Interesting. but unless you have Improved Disarm you will provoke trying this maneuver UNLESS the enemy is flat footed. Druhir can cast Invisibility on Laurelin before all this begins.
Hmm. Do we have anything among us that you can use Laurelin as an improvised weapon? And you can still offer flanks, fight defensively, and aid another to hit or AC.
I think we need to fight this fight. It represents a lot of resources for us and we have surprise on our side. Plus the room seems like a great place to hold up if we need to. Any recommendations on what to summon. Thinking about a Tiger who can pounce on the seated undead. Might be safer to summon something planar based on where we are. Heck I can ge a Cerberai. GM SuperTumbler, any knowledge roll, or spellcraft roll to know about effects of summoning where we are? For that matter, do we believe that any other spell effects will be different here?
Druhir nods in the affirmative. I can try to summon help before we open the door. she says quietly. And web them while we have surprise. That may catch one or two of the warriors, allowing us to deal with a fewer number of them at a time.
Torn, Druhir will add quietly I am sure we could use the equipment and the room might serve as a safe place to rest if we can take it, but I am reluctant to go looking for trouble here. I suspect plenty of it will find us. What is the consensus?
Ready to assist against any threats Druhir moves with the group. Wise to keep this mold wet and thus keep the spores our of the air. she praises.
With the door open Druhir steps back and smile. Addressing Kjell she says See big guy. Sometimes it pays to be patient. Door is open and no new piles of ash. To the group she says [b]This is an unexplored maze so I do not think it matters which way we go. I do like the new doorway though as fewer people will have taken it. Someone lead the way.
Druhir will cast Detect Magic and study the door. I think I can figure something out here. Everyone stand back. Lyr comes out of Druhir's robes and assists with the spellcraft skill.
Yes. I was thinking you were considering all "normal" elves slaves, which makes total sense to me.
LOL. No problem here. I am maybe a little more concerned with the Drow's thought bubble calling me a slave. Not sure everyone even caught that. But that concern would only be in character and he did not say it. So maybe Druhir should be concerned but has not thought to be. I have mixed emotions about posting thoughts that might be derogatory or inflammatory. Its a way to poke at people where there is no in game way to respond since it was only a thought. I "think" those thoughts are better left unshared in most cases.
I have no doubt strong Kjell that my being here is part of your destiny. Druhir agrees stronlyt with the barbarian as she cast Mage armor on the man. And just like your destiny protects you, you can also protect me.
As Druhir sees the dark elf near the door like object she backs away a few steps and warns I recommend we spend a moment more organizing and preparing before we try to open that. To the others she asks I am called Druhir, and this little one is known as Lyr. the small face of an angelic female shows itself from the color of the witch's robe. Now who most needs my offer of Mage armor? Perhaps you Kjell?[/b]
Druhir needs her spell component pouches and her familiar. Also, I had asked a question about spells above the minimum from leveling that might be in her spell book (learned by her familiar in her case). By level 10 I'd think she would have had the chance to learn quite a few additional spells. How about something simple like: 1st - 6
Sound about right?
Shaking her head to clear it a middle aged elven woman looks around and begins to curse in Abyssal as she gets to her feat. Looking about at first for threats and then to assess her surroundings and finally to those with her. Something small seems be moving around within her robes.
As she seems to get her balance she says The bastard did it. I should have know something like this would happen when my patron went to play games of chance with the demon lords. I am sooo screwed. She then turns to address those with her. We all are sooo screwed. Unless I am off my mark, and I seldom am, she elaborates We now find ourselves on the 600th layer of the abyss and the Endless Maze of the demon lord Baphomet. In lecture like fashion she continues as she casts a few spell on herself (Threefold Aspect and False Life). Baphomet is the patron of savagery. He despises civilization and culture and so encourages his followers to embrace brutal animal savagery and beasthood. Despite his brutal nature and beliefs, the Prince of Beasts has an intelligent mind, and he searches for a way to perfect savagery and brutality in creatures. I fear we are not part of that search. As she finishes speaking her appearance changes and she then looks younger and more vital.
If we've any chance to survive in this place then we better learn to work as a team. I am a witch, and a good one. I can curse and heal a little and have a selections of useful spells. But I do not fight with weapons well. We seem to be missing almost all our gear so I have no weapons at all. I have one spell of Mage Armor memorized today and can cast it on one of you. If you think you need it speak up.
I'd think we need some starting point or backstory. If this starts with all of us in the maze and not knowing each other some of you are likely gonna get icy tombed before we have a chance to become friends. lol.
So, when do we get started?
K. So I'll stop worrying about having front liners. :) Looking forward to seeing how some of your builds work. As for Druhir, her hexes are not subject to SR so she should always have a way to help. Plus with Healing hex she can do a very little bit of healing when its critical. I suspect we will face all sorts of creatures that are also lost in the maze and not just demons though. We shall see.
And all 6 of us have reported in. Sweet. I guess until we have gear none of us have a great AC. Who are our melee types? Kjell for sure I think. Anyone else? Once we are a team Druhir will be casting her mage armor on someone other than her. After she has a chance to re-prep spells she can cast multiple mage armors on people, but until I know the circumstances of our transport to the maze I think I need to stick with my standard load-out of daily prepared spells. And that reminds me: A question for GM SuperTumbler. Druhir has only her starting spells and the 2 spells per level that she has learned. Is it reasonable that by 10th level she would have found, purchased, and traded spells to have a few more spells she has taught to her familiar?
Arcane support reporting in. Interesting that we have two full rogues in this group. One is of course an assassin rogue, but to me that is still two full rogues.
Here is my elven witch. She is ready to go under this alias. Her background is there as well. I'd like to add to it as time allows. Unsure when you will make your selection. |