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Karhu continues to wait, anxious to see if Brian is able to pick the lock to the safe with his help.
Karhu obliges by liberally casting Frostbite on the lock and into the holes of the safe until it is as brittle and cold as he can make it. “Okay, that’s the best I can do. I am not sure if it is enough, but if we are going to try and break into it, now is the time,” he says, standing back and assessing the safe.
"We have found no keys, so unless someone else has the capability to pick locks or we wish to try and break it open, we should move on. I do have a spell that could freeze the lock, if someone wishes to try and break it," offers Karhu .
Expanding his search beyond traditional keys, Karhu starts looking for items that might have prongs matching the hole pattern in the side of the safe.
Looking carefully at the safe, Karhu checks for traps, though he has no skill with picking locks. He also looks around for any hidden keys... "Anyone want to take a shot at this safe?" he asks.
Karhu goes to the mirror on the north wall and runs his fingers along the perimeter of it, looking for a latch or indentation where he might slide or pull it open, revealing whatever secrets lie behind it.
Karhu continues to investigate...
Once the combat is over, Karhu executes the ritual for Detect Magic and looks around as well.
Unsure how to fight this creature being low on spells and seeing that the nonmagical attacks of his comrades had little effect, Karhu says, "Focus on the one outlined by the Faerie Fire while I can maintain it--I'll try to hold this one off!" Dodging and weaving, Karhu tries to distract the male specter and at the same time avoid being touched (action to Dodge).
”These are Spectres! Don’t let them touch you lest they drain your life essence. If anyone has sun powers, now is the time!” calls Karhu.
"What manner of spirits are these?" whispers Karhu as he sees these strange misty creatures.
Concerned they may be difficult to keep track of given their translucent images, Karhu causes a brilliant yellow light to burst among them, hoping to outline them in its revealing illumination!
Karhu stays where he is, watching to see what happens next. If nothing emerges from the curtained bed, he will shrug his shoulders and follow Aletta to the next room.
Karhu moves into the room to support Aletta.
Handing the staff to Rakbura, Karhu says, “This magical staff emanates evocation, so it likely can be used to cast attack spells, though I have not the skill to determine it’s exact nature.” Holding up the Longsword, and looking towards Aletta as its most likely user, Undari says, “This sword is also magic; it emanates transmutation.”
Karhu rolls the ball of fire around, working to dry out any other wet surfaces that may hide another ooze I the room, then works on trying to figure out the magical items as best he can.
Still heavily wounded, Karhu stays in the back and invokes a sphere of fire, plopping it on top of the ooze. DC13 Dexterity Save for Half:
About to strike again at the remaining blob, Karhu sags in relief as it dissolves before he has to endure its acidic bite once more. Transforming back into his human form and backing away, the druid leans against the wall and slides down to rest, asking, “So can we take a bit of a break before moving on? Who else is hurt?”
Karhu roars in pain as his fur is singed and eaten away by the acid, then suddenly a very wounded druid stands where the bear was. With a defiant roar, Karhu reclaims his bear form and rips into the more wounded ooze with his teeth and claws!
With this creature apparently resistant to his spells, Karhu decides to try a different approach. Moving up next to Brian, the Druid’s form shifts and grows as he moves, until he has morphed into a brown bear! Clawing at the mound of…whatever it is…Karhu tries to shred this strange foe.
Seeing the strange result in the ceiling, Karhu throws his next ball of fir up after the arrow, hoping to illuminate whatever is up there—if not burn it a bit.
”Ah, excellent,” says Karhu, flame blossoming in his palm. He throws balls of flame, one after the other, at the slime in the room.
Karhu will immediately stop and move back from the slime. ”Thank you, Rakbura,” he says somewhat shakily, ”How can one bypass such a slime?”
Other than making sure the loop around his waist can expand if needed, Karhu compiles, saying, “Thank you.” He steps gingerly into the room, pausing just beyond the threshold as he enters, looking for any threats before he heads over to the chest.
"I will give it a try, as long as no one sees any traps or foes within," offers Karhu, preparing to move into the room towards the chest.
”I detect sources of magic in the chest—enchantment and necromancy. It might be worth our time if we can bypass whatever trap this is.” says Karhu.
Karhu looks into the room and focuses his detect magic spell, looking for nasty surprises both magical and mundane—the whole place looks like a trap of some kind to him.
Karhu moves in to inspect the room, casting detect magic if needed. He says, ”Yes, definitely icky—and unexpected…Spellcasting spiders is not something I have ever encountered, especially not ones with human-shaped hands.”
Karhu continues to invoke flame and throw it at the remaining spider, still glowing with Faerie Fire.
Karhu maneuvers for a clear shot on spider number 1, the one still glowing with Faerie Fire. He then hurls flame at the glowing creature!
Seeing a room full of spiders, Karhu immediately decides there will is too little space for him to move to the doorway and fight hand-to-hand, so instead he conjures up some ruddy orange flames and lobs them into the room, coating everything in there with softly glowing Faerie Fire!
He then moves to the north to allow others to engage at the doorway, if they so desire.
Keeping a low flame going in his palm so he can clearly see in the mirror hall, Karhu keeps watch on the others as they recover from their blindness. When Aletta starts checking doors, Karhu stays in the main area, alert for anything coming out of the other unexplored doors.
Karhu watches carefully for threats while he waits for the others' sight to return .
Karhu watches carefully for threats while he waits for the others' sight to return .
Karhu says, "I was blinded, but the nature magic has restored my sight. Come to the sound of my voice and I will watch for trouble--hopefully all our sight will return soon, as I only have enough powerful magic for one more such cure," says Karhu, shepherding the others to a safe place and keeping watch, describing what he sees for the benefit of the others.
Convinced that he is blind and not just in an area of magical darkness, Karhu casts Lesser Restoration on himself to remove the blindness, hoping that the light from the flame in the palm of his hand will allow him to see once more in this strange, mirrored room.
Karhu runs his free hand over the fire flaring in his right hand, trying to detect if the fire is there or not. A magical darkness concealing the flame, perhaps, or is he truly blind? Or is the spell shedding light being blocked somehow...
Go with Block init in PBP to keep the action moving…
Karhu will immediately cast ‘Produce Flame’ to see if the fire in his palm gives off sufficient light for vision.
Nodding to Jean-Louis, Karhu silently takes his leave and follows the others to the next location.
Moving over to Savas with his healer’s key at the ready, Karhu says, ”Well-fought, mighty warrior. You have earned a great prize should we escape to spend it somewhere.” With tinctures, poultices, and bandages, Karhu soothes the worst of Savas’ injuries.
“I will wager 9 gold pieces,” says Karhu. He seems to be considering stepping in as champion, but refrains from saying much, finally saying, “and I offer myself as a secondary champion should our primary be unable to continue.”
”And what nature of currency do you use for your wager? Simple metal coins, or perhaps…information?” asks Karhu, looking warily at this outlandish scene, especially concerned by the unnatural pallor of the contestant’s skin.
”Let’s close the door to the mist so we don’t lose any more animals or equipment,” says Karhu, putting action to words and making sure the animals are protected.
Karhu looks around in shock. Not entirely comfortable with the plan to leave the woods behind for the big city in the first place, the druid feels trapped in this magically appearing mansion. He manages a deep growl and says, ”Did someone invoke wild magic last night during their watch? Maybe trying to conjure a shelter?”
Karhu is fine with Dreadwood as his homeland, though I don’t know that much about it. Everyone needs healing now and then, especially those in dangerous lines of work, so a healer is an obvious point of connection.
Yucale,
No alternate ability scores? Understood, that means I will need to rework things a bit, but still planning to play a healer with some combat capability. Rolling for hp:
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