Scrolls of augury or divination might be useful. Can we get a partially charged wand of haste instead of scrolls? That might be something else worth me carrying.
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Updated. Thanks again for compiling the list.
Gloves of reconnaissance is a good choice. I bought the tremorsense boots for similar reasons, but they've been replaced by the levitate ones. I also wouldn't mind having the ring of sustenance, but I don't really need it either. Other than that, I approve of the gear division.
Ferrek gives Aviel a small smile as he rejoins the team. "Good to see you again." Feeling slightly reassured by this extra step towards normalcy, he ventures to actually greet Holly. "It'll be helpful to have someone else with us."
A ring of invisibility might help if we can afford it - I'd be able to deliver a ranged sneak attack every other turn that way. I'd suggest a melee weapon, but my melee attack rolls are significantly worse than my ranged (and I don't have weapon finesse). But yeah... Rogues aren't the strongest in combat to begin with, and ranged rogues who can almost never sneak attack are just awful.
The dwarf eyes the half-elf. Clearly his companions know her, but he doesn't, which makes him cautious and quiet around her. That may explain why he opens his mouth to reply to Garret, then closes it again. Or maybe it's just that he can no longer claim to not need to be useful. All he does say, after some thoughtful expressions, is a quiet "Ok."
My UMD is exactly 50/50 for wands (+10). Since it doesn't burn a charge to fail, I can use any non-combat wand without problems (unless I roll a 1), but it's probably not worth equipping me with combat-based ones. On the other hand, 50% of something is still better than nothing. Going to go catch up on gameplay now...
Just checking in. What's the timeframe?
"Ugh. Well, lets see if there's any way we can get all the bodies back to town. The less time we spend standing around, the better."
Ferrek looks around a the ruins of the camp, rubbing his aching arms. "Ugh," he opines. "This has not been a good day." As he picks through the debris in search of anything useful , he asks "Why did you set up camp right on the lich's doorstep, anyway? A wagon does sound like a good idea. How far is it to town? I came from the other direction."
Sorry for vanishing. I worked almost a week's worth of overtime from Thursday thru Monday of the holiday weekend. I'm still trying to get back on top of everything that fell by the wayside. I'm posting this in all my games, then I'll go try to catch up and actually post in them. Expect something from me by the end of the weekend, if I don't get stuck with more overtime...
"Lets hope the lich doesn't send anything to finish the job before we do." Always cheerful, that dwarf... With Shadassa on his heels and (unusually) crossbow in hand, Ferrek begins beating a hasty-but-careful retreat down the path they so recently entered.
The dwarf nods unhappily to Shadassa. "Aye. And Aviel too, though I'm no healer." He shakes his head and continues, ignoring the fact his crossbow was what finally killed the creature. "Nor a fighter. Mechanisms and runes are my enemies, not ghosts." Standing up himself, he goes to look at the corpse with her. "Can we get them both back to town? Would anyone be able to restore life to their bodies if we do? Or are they lost to that thing's touch?"
Ferrek finds a potion on Garret's corpse which he recognizes as a curing one, and takes it over to force it down Shadassa's throat.
Oh, true. I forgot we're high enough level for resurrection to be an option. I'm good for that. Or any of the other options. I'd prefer not to stop, but no way am I continuing on solo. :p
....... Ouch. Suddenly we wake up and it was just a nightmare sent by the lich?
As the sole standing survivor, it's Ferrek's job to salvage what he can from this mess. He quickly begins checking for a curing wand of some sort to apply to Shadassa.
Aviel does have a nice heap of magic items you might be able to use, if you're willing to try and get to it. Including a scroll of Teleport. Also, don't forget you are all hasted for quite possibly the rest of this fight. I'd be willing to go back in for them - the banshee has pretty much ignored me so far, so I ought to be able to survive a round or two with it. It's unfortunate that no one knows what Aviel's Headband does. It actually grants ranks in UMD, so Shadassa with her charisma score would stand a really high chance of using scrolls and the like. Useful.
I really wish I had something to contribute, but about all I could do would be try to drag Garret, or try to fire off a wand if someone has a semi-useful one. I built for traps to the exclusion of everything else, and now it's coming back to haunt me. :(
As the fight continues getting worse, Ferrek has been circling the room towards the doorway and his fellow explorers, firing crossbow bolts and cursing under his breath in Dwarven the whole time.
The cursing is at least as effective as the crossbow. If not more, since the bolts are gone after they're fired. As Shadassa exits, the dwarf is right on her heels.
Ferrek takes aim with his crossbow and fires it at the evil creature again.
For the record, I just read it to consider taking it in another game I'm in, and I read it the same way Garret did. "Aid another action" = "attack roll vs AC 10". Although looking at the text of the actual rule, I can see an argument for saying that that's the case even RAW. The first few (problematic) lines are simply saying when you can do that action, and the Bodyguard feat adds a second scenario you can do it in.
As Garret announces the creature's name, Ferrek pales slightly and goes digging in his beltpouch for something. Pulling out a pair of earplugs, he jams them into his ears, even as the wail cuts off.
Ferrek gives Aviel an approving gesture, then takes advantage of the thinning clouds to prowl the edges of the room. One eye is kept on the figure in the center, the other alert for any unusual stonework.
Ferrek frowns at the mist. "Can we blow it out of the way somehow?"
"I would be curious to see what happens, but there's no way I'm going first through one of those portals." Ferrek twitches and draws in on himself a bit. "Too much could go wrong, and there's no telling if we'd be able to return." As they head back towards the unexplored doorway, he muses "Now, if we wanted to summon something to send through, and it was able to report back..."
We're actually doing pretty good. I expected a lot more missed stuff. 22 it is.
Anyone?
Ferrek nods in agreement with the knight. "Agreed. The lich has his game, and watching us make a wrong turn and die a horrible death is almost certainly part of it. We've followed his riddle closely so far, and we're still alive. Wandering randomly will quickly decrease the chances we stay that way." He looks to the others and says "If you can think of another interpretation we could follow, like the 'fortuitous fall' we never fell down, it might be worth trying. But only if our current path dead ends without making us dead."
Were there any other paths we haven't explored?
Ferrek spends the night under a camouflage tent with a bell net draped over it. In the morning, he checks that his companions are still outside (and not turned into undead) with his periscope before emerging to dismantle his protections. "Morning," he grumbles as he emerges squinting into the light.
Before moving in, Ferrek looks to the others. "Well, this looks unpleasant. Shall we close the door and go regroup at camp, or do we give this a try?" and to the merfolk, he adds "On the door? Or in the hallway?"
Ferrek nods. "We have been down here for quite some time. Lets take a look at this other door and see what makes the most sense." Under his breath he adds "I just hope the lich doesn't decide to rearrange things while we're gone..."
The dwarf frowns at the magical exit. "Couldn't you wave at it and dispel this barrier?" he asks the spellcaster. "If we're not supposed to travel this way, so much the better reason for doing so."
The dwarf runs his hands against the solid air, looking for any kind of discrepancy or hole in it. "Allies that can appear on the far side may be useful, but what if it's just as locked from there?" he calls over his shoulder as he does. If the "wall" is perfectly smooth, he'll pull out an iron spike and try to chip at it a bit.
No worries. It was a pretty busy week on my part.
"Unless they want to have one just to drown adventurers in."
Ferrek does his thing on the northern door. "It does figure that he's set things up so that we have to run into every last trap and monster before we can get through that door..." the dwarf grumbles as he works.
We'll miss you, but I definitely understand. Have fun!
"Hmm..." Ferrek examines the slots in the door to try and get a better idea of what they are for.
Fingers twitching as he examines the lock, Ferrek shakes his head. "I would love to give that lock a try, but we should find the things that match those slots first. I don't think the lock would even turn without them. And it's still possible that it's just a massive distraction, even if it isn't going to fall on us." He suits action to words by looking around the rest of this area for another exit.
As his head emerges from the opening in the floor enough for him to look around, Ferrek's eyes widen and he can be heard to mutter under his breath. "By Torag's hammer..." He scrambles the rest of the way out, and begins carefully approaching the door. "Assuming that this is a real door, and it's actually locked, and keys exist for it, then whatever is behind it is surely worth guarding... In any normal place." His earlier awe is rapidly being replaced by cynicism. "However, I would not be surprised if this was just another false lead, designed to hide something trivial in the midst of such obvious defenses." Nonetheless, the traps-dwarf begins making his cautious way to the door, followed by the ever-watchful paladin. "If it decides to fall on us, will you be ready to jump out of the way?" he asks his companion quietly.
Ferrek goes first, checking for danger.
"Eh?" The dwarf looks confused, then he spots the trap door and looks startled instead, as if surprised to see it. "I don't remember seeing that before," he says with a glare at it, as if it deliberately snuck up on him. [b]"Maybe that stuff is still messing with my head..." Shaking his head to try and clear the lingering fog, he gives the trap door the once over.
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