PFS: Tomb of the Iron Medusa

[Avoreal Starseeker]

There's no knowledge based hints to be ha about this room?

Avoreal will fly around the room, feeling all of the walls to make sure none are illusions..

Although she has true sight..

[drbuzzard]

In due course you search the east wall and find a secret door.

[Avoreal Starseeker]

"We gotta door here! Duhwoo.. After you.."

How long did all that take? So i may reduce my spell timers..

[drbuzzard]

Say ten minutes, there was a fair amount of shenanigans.

[Duhwoo X. McKeener]

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Duhwoo, who has been reaching into one of the pools with his falchion to pick away at the faux gems of the cockatrice mosaic there (with his tongue sticking out to the side, as hillbillies tend to do when engaged in elaborate activities), leaps up and runs over to the east wall.

"Where? Where's th' door?!? How come we dinna seen it b'fore!?! Do I needta smash sumpthin'?"

[drbuzzard]

Need a fort save from Duhwoo for touching the mosaics.

[Duhwoo X. McKeener]

Duhwoo's Fort save, with Heroism: 1d20 + 17 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 17 + 2 = 34

well heck, if I have to make a Fort save anyway, then he was in the fountain whole hog smashing the cockatrice mosaic to smithereens with maximum gusto!

[drbuzzard]

You will be making a whole lot of fort saves if you plan on doing that. Interaction with them (there is a mosaic in each pool) triggers the trap.

[Duhwoo X. McKeener]

so a new save is required for each swing? if that is the case, Duhwoo will definitely need a Stone to Flesh or Break Enchantment, since he's too stupid to get it -- and he's determined to destroy a mosaic, so he'll smash away at the one in the Northeast pool until he fails his save...

Duhwoo's Fortitude save, with Heroism: 1d20 + 17 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 17 + 2 = 34
Duhwoo's Fortitude save, with Heroism: 1d20 + 17 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 17 + 2 = 24
Duhwoo's Fortitude save, with Heroism: 1d20 + 17 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 17 + 2 = 22
Duhwoo's Fortitude save, with Heroism: 1d20 + 17 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 17 + 2 = 21

that didn't take long!

If the Fort save is good for a while after initial interaction, then the mosaic in the northeast pool should be pretty messed up, after 5 minutes or so of destructive effort...

since we found the secret door within 10 minutes, I imagine Duhwoo will only be interacting with the northeast pool -- he would tend to spend 15-20 minutes on each mosiac if not interrupted. (unless one can be destroyed in a few minutes...can the mosaics be destroyed at all?)

(BTW, Duhwoo doesn't believe the mosaic in the northwest pool is a problem, since the horse didn't turn to stone in that one...)

[Avoreal Starseeker]

Avoreal would stop her destructive Hillbilly and point him in the direction of the door..

[drbuzzard]

That last one was a fail assuming everyone allowed you to run amok.

[Avoreal Starseeker]

Yea there's no way she would allow him to beat on the mosaics knowing it could turn him to stone.. She woulda stopped him a swing or 2 in..

She also checks the secret door for any obvious traps..

Perc: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (12) + 22 = 34 Detect Magic/Truesight

[Duhwoo X. McKeener]

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oh, I suppose if a girl is asking him to stop, he'll quit after a few swings.

"OK, Miss Starseeker -- I reckon the two horse statues will give some warning anyway..."

he'll pull out a piece of chalk, and scrawl on the wall: "CAWSHUN THA COCATRISE PIKSHURS CANTURN YA TA STON"

[drbuzzard]

You don't notice any traps on the secret door.

[Avoreal Starseeker]

Smiling at his antics and simplemindness.. "Duhwoo would you mind leading us through this door when your done playing with the chalk?"

[drbuzzard]

map updated.

You find yourselves in a corridor. There are doors to the south and west.

[Lithuan]

Lithuan follows behind Duhwoo and Vuvu.

[VC Vuvu Zuella]

Vuvu moves up behind DuhWoo The warning is well done Woo

[drbuzzard]

Pick a door, any door.

[Avoreal Starseeker]

Perc on west door..: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (20) + 22 = 42 Detect Magic/Truesight

[Duhwoo X. McKeener]

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Duhwoo will proceed very slowly along the corridor's ceiling, looking carefully for traps and secret doors. When he arrives at the south end of the north-south stretch, he peers carefully around the corner looking west.

Duhwoo's Perception check, with Heroism: 1d20 + 19 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 19 + 2 = 31

whispering"Y'don't s'pose there's actual cockee-trices here, an' them pools is a warnin', huh?"

[Duhwoo X. McKeener]

"Hang on, Miss Starseeker -- Ah wanna go left first all th' time, so we should look at this door whut's on th' south wall b'for we goes to th' end o' th' hall..."

continuing to look for secret doors and traps along the east-west corridor...

Duhwoo's Perception check, with Heroism: 1d20 + 19 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 19 + 2 = 40

[drbuzzard]

Avoreal:You detect no traps on the door to the west.

Duhwoo: You notice nothing except all the imaginary cockatrices.

[Lithuan]

I check the door to the north.

I kid

[Avoreal Starseeker]

"Well if there are than we'll be having chicken for supper.."

[VC Vuvu Zuella]

Do it Woo! Vuvu preps

[Duhwoo X. McKeener]

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Does the door on the south wall have yer basic medusa head on it?

[drbuzzard]

The south door is another standard one.

[Duhwoo X. McKeener]

"This l'il guy's gonna need someone ta tell 'im ta open th' door, Miss Starseeker."

another small air elemental from the wand...

(this is the 10th trap-springin' critter called from the wand so far)

[Avoreal Starseeker]

She tells the elemental to open the door..

[drbuzzard]

This massive domed chamber, peaking at seventy feet above, is
painted with knotted geometric designs in muted reds and golds.
Another Medusa Triumphant statue dominates the alcove at the
room's western end. An inscription decorates the statue's base.

The inscription at the statue's base reads as follows:
"Come out further on our Ledge
Sheathe in me the Family's Edge
Take the Soot inside my Core
Scatter Ash past Stony Door
Walk into the Scarlet Light
Witness when the Dead had Sight
Two Sad Tales are both revealed
Truth and Fraud, No more concealed
Newfound Wisdom tastes of Bile
And never shall We reconcile"

[VC Vuvu Zuella]

Vuvu takes a quick scan around the room using sight and echolocation

1d20 + 17 ⇒ (2) + 17 = 19

[drbuzzard]

You are quite certain you are in a room, and it even has walls.

[Duhwoo X. McKeener]

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Duhwoo flies right up to the top of the chamber, and checks for any kind of secret hatch leading up...

Duhwoo's Perception check, with Heroism: 1d20 + 19 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 19 + 2 = 41

now I go to movie, back in a few hours -- feel free to 'bot as needed...

[drbuzzard]

No secret hatch at the top of the room.

[VC Vuvu Zuella]

Lol when vicar look at the map in a hour or so I will post again

[Avoreal Starseeker]

Sorry i cant move my token.. Can you put me in the room please..

Once inside she'l look around with truesight..

Perc: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (18) + 22 = 40

[drbuzzard]

The statue seems to radiate magic. It looks like transmutation, and perhaps conjuration.

[Avoreal Starseeker]

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 28 ⇒ (15) + 28 = 43

I assume the eastern portion on the map is hidden?

[drbuzzard]

There is nothing hidden in the room you are in. Of course past the east door is hidden.

[Avoreal Starseeker]

Whats the square with the red dot in the middle on the east side?

[VC Vuvu Zuella]

Vuvu examines the statue closer up

1d20 + 17 ⇒ (2) + 17 = 19 per cep and detect magic

1d20 + 22 ⇒ (8) + 22 = 30 spell craft if I can learn anything further about it.

[Lithuan]

"I imagine that we don't have the "Family Edge" until we find Infesus Mucro, so the meaning of this riddle will be inscrutable until then."

Does the statue have a literal sheathe on it somewhere where a sword could be inserted?

[drbuzzard]

There is a slot at the base of the statue which appears to be of the correct size to have a sword inserted.

[Avoreal Starseeker]

"Well it seems we must try the other door.."

[Lithuan]

Oh good, that riddle read like we had to stab the thing

[drbuzzard]

As if convincing Duh to stab it would be hard.

[Duhwoo X. McKeener]

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Duhwoo will spiral from the apex down, examining the ceiling as he goes...

another Perception check, with Heroism: 1d20 + 19 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 19 + 2 = 24

(evidently, flying in a spiral along a domed ceiling is somewhat difficult and distracting...)

[drbuzzard]

You see nothing particularly of interest. You are bit dizzy however.

[Duhwoo X. McKeener]

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for completeness, Duhwoo will fly along the walls of the room itself, at about 4' off the ground, looking for secret doors on all 4 walls, plus the nook with the statue. Does the statue's base appear to be moveable?

Duhwoo's Perception check, with Heroism: 1d20 + 19 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 19 + 2 = 34