Gashelle nods, afraid to speak and ruin her question.
Servants of law, now long deceased
Dwelled in each hall and room
Their unceasing rule now ceased
All mourn the dead Falsoom
She definitely will attempt to do so!
The vial is a Potion of Heal
"Let all revere the good Falsoom, and know their service loyal.
But say, o wisdom of the ages, how might we find this oil?"
Rhyming and kenning have always been beyond me Holgur tells himself. This entire turn of events makes him uncomfortable but he continues to watch in fascination.
As time slips by and prickles bone
That great mystery is your own
Gashelle isn't all too pleased with the last answer. Oracles are supposed to be cryptic, but she's never heard of one to insist: 'that's for me to know and you to find out.' Stupid oracles.
She gives way to any of her companions who have mysteries they'd like revealed.
"A potion of healing," Eltariel murmurs, looking at the vial.
"My friends, we have many other parts of this place to explore. Five questions remain to us - we should use them wisely. Let us find out everything we can ourselves, then return when we better know what questions to ask."
Upon Eltariel's words , Aude let go of the pillar and goes back to stand with the boys
Stabling the horses in the north south hall has one advantage the 'janibot' will clean up after them.
You rest..
Prepared spells may now be chosen..
"Let's rest here and let Aude regain her powers. And we have some cleaning yet to do. Etariel, did you want to prepare invisibility for that mirror-and-light room?
Eltariel holds up her spell book.
"I already am, my friend. Aude, do you need any assistance? I think I can master the lesser spells of restoring vitality if you do."
" No need , I'll finish to heal Gashelle's damage tomorrow and with luck should be also all right . Otherwise , i'll just have to wait for the day after tomorrow : no big deal "
Your rest period passes without incident.What are your plans for this psrt of your explorations.
"Back to explore the mirror hallways?"
Yes but first things first
Lesser restoration on Gashelle
Lesser Restoration on Aude
"That sounds like a plan, yes," Eltariel agrees.
Audes spells remove the remaining stiffness in Gashelle's joints and go a long way towards relieving her own pains..though she still feels clumsy
I'm assuming you wish to continue your counter clockwise route round the complex..
This hall is much like the others you have seen, only shorter in length. The large stone basreliefs show the turtle-men toiling in workshops to craft various wonders. Weapons, armor, clockwork men, and other, less-recognizable tools are shown in various stages of creation
At the far end is a door
This iron door is carved to show an immense,strangely-angled greatsword surrounded by eight smaller greatswords. Around the border of the door, several of the turtle-men are kneeling.
"Not clockwork men again," Eltariel rolls her eyes at Gashelle.
The room has not changed..the walls of crystal still diffuse what light comes from the far ends of the branches.
"Well we tried every way we could think of to illuminate the crystal on the pillar to no avail," Eltariel shakes her head. "OK, let's see what's being one of these sheets - any preference Gashelle?" Eltariel will cast invisibility on one of the crystal sheets to allow us to see what is behind it.
Layjiani watches the casters with great curiosity, the desire to know the order and purpose of this marvelous temple strong within her.
The western corridor held an additional object.
Well .... what is this object??
Casting invisibility on the crystalline wall reveals that the object is a Fist sized AquaMarine gem
The Light stone itself is held by two small crystal figures
Please note that casting invisibility does not allow the light to pass through the wall properly it is still diffused.
"I think we're doing this the wrong way," Eltariel remarks. "We keep thinking in terms of NOT breaking the crystal sheets but using the light to illuminate them, but what if that's back to front? What if the crystal sheets are there to prevent illumination? That would mean to complete this we would have to shatter them."
"Does that sound Lawful to you?"
"It's logical," Eltariel replies. "I cannot think of any other way of working this."
Gashelle doesn't look happy at all. "Breaking the room doesn't feel right. It's the kind of thing that vandals, or servants of the .. whatever-it-is down in the basement might do.
"Before we do anything we can't undo, Etariel, do you want to double-check that odd little gem in the western alcove?"
Wellard, what would we need to do, in order to view the Falsoom wall scenes clearly in this room?
Knowledge (dungeoneering)
Knowledge (engineering) 8)
Knowledge (planes) )
Perception 9 )
ELtariel
Eltariel examines the Western alcove again..something about the crystal walls strike her asnot being quite right..they dont fit with the general theme off the room.
Then her sharp eyes pick up the slightest quiver from one off the small figures holding the light gem.She suddenly realises they are crystal mephits a creature off the elemental planes and that the walls must be off their creation.
"These figurines are alive!" Eltariel says quietly to Gashelle, "they are crystal mephits I believe - the crystal sheets are their creation, not part of the room's design. I thought there was something odd about them."
She grasps her spell book.
"I knew I'd need this one," she mutters, flicking through the pages.
Gashelle laughs and a lop-sided grin comes over her expression. Drawing her glaive, she asks, "Which one needs breaking first?"
Holgur switches his axe for his hammer and twirls it while smiling. "Ah, it is good to get back to the simple joys of crushing things."
Once Eltariel has prepared her spell, she nods to Gashelle and Holgur. By this time the invisibility will have expired, so the creatures will likely not see the blows coming.
Surprise round actions please and then we will go to initiativer.
At work just now so can't repost the map.Dabbler if you can find the original posting it needs some map magic
Eltariel will be around 6-G. She will cast produce flame and hurl a handful of fire at the first crystal mephit to be exposed.
Attack: ranged touch, damage: fire
Gashelle: 7J.
Layjiani:8-F
Attack & Dam:
(using Rapid Shot, +1 to hit and dam if within 30')
Chris: Are you sure about Gashelles placement. The combat will be in the western arm and you have her in the southern arm.
F14 . no action on surprise round
The wall shattering into tiny pieces is the first the Mephits know off you planned attack.The room floods with blue light as the prism magnifies the beam from the gem
Holgur steps forward[5' step to G2] and delivers a mighty blow to the right hand mephit causing cracks to appear in it's body.
Damage
Eltariel coats it's companion with flame.
Layjiani's shots miss
Avinar steps up and Mothers Kiss licks out
damage
damage
The left hand Mephit is looking in poor shape as lumps literally fall from it.