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False alarm, it was just someone asking me to hold his place in line while he went out to grab a snack.
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So there I am, standing in line to see Pharasma, when I get a tap on the shoulder....
Ta'ruk moves within 45 feet of the mist and readies two more scorching rays if the banshee steps out again.
Ta'ruk moves to 45 feet from the Banshee. He lets loose a scorching ray from each hand. ,
Ta'ruk jumps back for a moment startled by the scream. He regains his focus as Simon is attacked and casts haste on the party.
"Whew, no more traps for awhile. Since the norther door is trapped, it may be holding something important. Let's knock out the east door first to make sure nothing gets the drop on us, and then once its cleared, head back to the Northern door." Ta'ruk opens the eastern door and peers inside.
Ta'ruk picks himself up and brushes the dust off. He looks at the boulder in their way. "Is there way around this thing? If not let's try out one of the other hallways. This time, however, I'll let one you more perceptive folks lead the way. My method of trap detection may not be the safest."
Ta'ruk awakens from his slumber. He looks up at everyone above him and then glances over at the boulder. "Where did that thing come from, and why am I full of dust?"
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Ta'ruk heads to the end of the hallway and checks the door before opening it.
Ta'ruk begins dumping debris into the pit trap to make it easier to cross. When he is done, he heads down the hallway to the left. Keeping a wary eye out for danger.
Ta'ruk moves up to the pit trap and peers down. "Hmmm, how deep is it do you think? I wonder if we can use one of those old rotting couches in the last room as some sort of make shift bridge we can use to get across. We either span a corner. or drop one in, to use as a stepping stone. I suggest we try the hallway on the left first."
Ta'ruk follows behind and breathes a sigh of relief when Simon discovers the pit trap ahead. He moves to the edge and peers down to see what terrible fate was waiting for him. He looks to see if it possible to climb down, cross, and then climb up the other side or if they need to find another way across.
Ta'ruk motions Jeneva to join him. When she arrives, he whispers. "Another long hallway. We better wait here until the others catch up. I don't think it's safe to get too separated"
"Sounds quiet so far. Let's keep moving." says Ta'ruk to Jeneva. He begins to head down the stairs. Without much hope, he tries to tread lightly on the steps. When he reaches the bottom, he peers around the corner.
Oblivious to Skiron's muttering, Ta'ruk presses forward. He carefully proceeds down the hall trying to hear anything unusual.
Ta'ruk carefully takes two of the clay containers and dips them into the vat of acid. He takes some of the scummy water and washes off the outside of the clay containers and seals them. He then carefully places them into his bag. "These may come in handy." With the discovery of the secret door, Ta'ruk joins the others. "Let's move on." He does a quick check for traps as best as he can and satisfying himself it is clear, he tries to open the door.
"Skiron, do you think the barrel with the acid is made of some special material that can resist the acid? Maybe we can take some in an empty bottle, flask or vial hanging around in this room?" Ta'ruk begins rummaging around for empty containers for the acid.
Ta'ruk also heeds Skiron's advice and steps back out of the reach of the ooze. He enjoys watching Skiron's blobs obliterate the unsuspecting pudding. He readies a burning hand spell in case the pudding breaks free.
Ta'ruk heads to the desk and begins rummaging around for the book they're seeking.
After listening for a very long time and hearing nothing, Ta'ruk tries to open the door.
Ta'ruk continues down the corridor carefully watching for traps. When he arrives at the wooden door, he gives it a once over and then presses his ear against the door trying to listen if anything is on the other side.
Ta'ruk drinks another of potion and heads down the corridor. When he reaches the corner, he listens first, and then peers around the corner if he doesn't hear anything suspicious.
"Well the door is unlocked. Let's see what manner of torture is behind it." Ta'ruk opens the door and looks inside.
Ta'ruk looks at the secret door that Simon has found. He casts shield on himself and then tries the door to see if it is unlocked.
Ta'ruk is about to let out a sigh of relief as he lifts the box out of the chest, when the magic missiles emerge and hit him square. "And why didn't I cast shield on myself..." he mutters to himself as he slips the ring onto his finger. "Looks like another dead end, unless someone else can find a secret door. If you do find a door check it for traps. You'll probably have more success than me."
"Yes, you are correct." Ta'ruk reaches in retrieves the ring. He examines the ring before putting it on his finger. With the ring safely on his finger, Ta'ruk examines the rest of the room looking for valuables or a door continuing on.
Ta'ruk accepts the to potions and quickly drinks them. "Thank you, I needed that. Shall we open up the last tra-- I mean chest now? It seems a pity to let it go to waste." Ta'ruk pauses before opening the last chest to see if anyone objects.
Badly injured, Ta'ruk takes a bottle from his bag and drinks it. He then looks in the chest to see if anything is left behind.
Ta'ruk snarls with rage as he is struck with two blows. Green blood begins to flow from his wounds. Flames leap out of his hammer as he calls upon his Suli elemental power. He steps forward and and takes two vicious swings at the skeleton. ,
Curses
Ta'ruk: We will assume that Skiron let you know that this is a flesh golem and Immune to magic.
Ta'ruk observes that conventional weapons do not seem as effective against the skeleton. He takes a 5 foot step back and directs an intensified blast of burning hands at the skeleton.
Ta'ruk takes a wide arcing swing at the skeleton with his hammer. ,
Ta'ruk takes the potion offered by Skiron and thanks him. Mostly restored, he proceeds to the next chest, does a quick check for traps and then tries to open it.
Ta'ruk examines the fang marks on his lower legs. He notes the swiftly swelling wound. "That last bite was a bugger. Sapped the vitality right out of me." He goes over and looks in the now swarm free chest.
Ta'ruk unleashes another burst of fire at the swarm.
Ta'ruk says an incantation and a 15 foot cone of fire envelopes the swarm of snakes.
"The door's open." calls back Ta'ruk to the others. He then slowly opens the door and looks through.
Ta'ruk (with his 3 gems worth of dust and 1 intact gem) returns to the secret door down the other crawlspace. He tries the door to see if it is locked.
As an afterthought, Ta'ruk bends down and picks up the gem in the remaining hand.
Ta'ruk watches the statue's hands crush the stones. "Hmmm. Now we have blue stone dust. That might come in handy." He approaches the statue and tries to scrape the dust off the floor and puts the dust into his belt pouch. "Unless you want to see more stones get crushed, let's go check out the secret door I found in the other crawlspace." Taruk heads out of the room and back to the main hall. He then enters the other crawlspace to check out the secret door.
"Thank you Simon." Ta'ruk takes the collar. He pulls off 4 stones and places them into the depressions on the statue's hands including the broken one on the floor. He takes a step back to watch what happens.
"Hmmm, prudent advice Jeneva regarding mysterious openings. Maybe our earlier experience lulled us into a false sense of security. On the other hand, Ravens did seem to attract his own amount of trouble between the guards at the beginning of this journey and that first gargoyle. Let's check out that statue. Simon, do you have the collar?" Ta'ruk leads the others through the corner crawlspace and to the statue.
Ta'ruk emerges from the second crawlspace just as Simon and Jeneva arrive. "No sign of Ravens I gather. Well, we can't waste any more time on him. Let's get this book and move on. Skiron and I have found some interesting things while we were exploring. There is a secret door down this crawlspace that I just came from. I haven't opened the door yet. Also we found a statue of gargoyle down that crawlspace in the corner. Simon, do you still have that collar you took off the first gargoyle we faced? The stones embedded in the collar may come in handy if we need to get past the statue. It has impressions on its hands that are dead ringers for those blue stones. So what will it be, investigate the statue or the secret door? My vote is statue first. Who knows how far things go after the secret door.
I take it from your in game comment that now we are four.
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