"I could summon a small pony, which you could sit on while disabling the trap, but nothing else than that", Lyria says.
That's all right .
Wish me luck
Disable Device
As Mahaffy is trying to disarm the trap, a pair of full red lips suddenly appear on the wall and speak a command word, which turns the entire floor of the corridor to mud. Mahaffy gets a Reflex save vs 17 or he starts to sink.
Soon after that the mud starts to harden again, so he'd better get out quick.
Reflex Save
Roylenna, watching from a short distance away, shouts, "Ka'kara! Mahaffy needs help!"
Mahaffy sinks down to his chest in mud. You have one round to get creative before it hardens again.
Ka'kara quickly thrusts her spear into the mud beside Mahaffy, "Quickly! Grab hold!" With a mighty tug she attempts to pull Mahaffy free of the clinging mud.
I grab the spear !!!
If you can get enough aid another rolls to bring Ka'kara's roll up to 20, you can pull Mahaffy out before the mud hardens.
Outside the tower more gold pieces change hands as bets are cashed in.
"Scooch over, Kakara," Artival yells as he tries to grab ahold of the spear and steady the barbarian's grip to pull the dwarf out of the mud.
Str check to try and aid another
Strength check
She turns to the guard that had tried to impress her earlier. "Come, help them pull him out!"
Lyria shakes her head in disbelief as Mahaffy slowly drowns, then realizes what's happening and quickly joins Ka'kara and Artival while helping them to pull Mahaffy out of the mud. While pulling and moaning, she mutters to herself: "My pony would do it better..."
In the nick of time you manage to get Mahaffy out of the rapidly hardening mud. Your joy is somewhat muted as you discover yet another door behind this one (as the corridor twists and turns). Fortunately there is a key hanging beside it with a cloth tag attached.
"A key? Obviously this door is not trapped then," Artival says with a laugh. "And yes, I'm being sarcastic!"
Mahaffy will check for traps again taking 20 ...
Tika watching from the entrance decides to head over and get in on some of the bets the guards are doing.
Funny, the door seems to be unlocked, and not trapped either. The key, however, seems to be warded with some sort of magical rune.
Outside, the guards are tense with anticipation. "Is he coming?" someone whispers. "Any minute now." "That's what you think." "He set off all the ones so far." "Yeah, but he's getting smarter." "Oh yeah?" "Let's see what happens."
The strange behavior of the guards has attracted a brooding young man, who watches them pensively. He's fully armored in spite of being inside the relative safety of the citadel. Apparently he's been out demon-hunting.
One of the guards spots him. "Hey there! Are you with this crowd too?" He nods in the direction of the open door into the tower.
"I heard of them. I came to assist. The sorceress needs the aid of all who are able and good warriors can always use another blade as well as the blessings of Sarenrae."
Gregori speaks as her strides forward towards the guards.
Hum , Ok ..... Double or Nothing then
Mahaffy open the door ...
Mahaffy opens the door and nothing bad happens. That is, excepting that another door comes in sight, and this one is obviously trapped no less than three times: on the knob, the hinges and the frame.
Back in the corridor, you have company.
Ka'kara intent on what Mahaffy is up to doesn't notice the new company until he is almost right behind her. Glancing over her shoulder she does a double take and nudges Roylenna, "Hey, the guards around here getting better looking. Are you thinking what I am thinking Lenna?" This last said with a wink, Mahaffy's peril apparently momentarily completely forgotten.
Ka'kara intent on what Mahaffy is up to doesn't notice the new company until he is almost right behind her. Glancing over her shoulder she does a double take and nudges Roylenna, "Hey, the guards around here getting better looking. Are you thinking what I am thinking Lenna?" This last said with a wink, Mahaffy's peril apparently momentarily completely forgotten.
"Huh? I guess not... what am I thinking?"
Mahaffy will nonetheless check for other traps
"It's the trap you don't see which kill you '
"Huh? I guess not... what am I thinking?"
"Oh....just that we should say hi." At this Ka'kara smiles and greets the new guard, "Are you here to place a bet like the others or help out? I'm hoping it's to help. This is Lenna. I'm Ka'kara."
The halfling casts another concerned glance at the dwarf carefully inspecting the next portal before she gives in, turns to the new arrival, and says, "Hi! I'm Roylenna, but obviously some of my friends call me Lenna. Your armor is different from the other guards. Why is that?"
She looks back up the hallway, "Mahaffy, do you want me to search for auras again?"
"Because I'm not a guard? My name is Gregori, and yes I'm here to help."
"Because I'm not a guard? My name is Gregori, and yes I'm here to help."
"Oh!" She elbows the leg of the barbarian woman beside her. "You said he was a guard!"
Turning back to the not-guard, "Gregori, do you know anything about magical traps? We are trying to determine what happened to the mage that lived within these walls and hoping to find clues in her abode, but her magical protections have turned out to be colorful," she does a poor job of hiding a grin at that, "and effective at slowing us down. I fear that we will find a trap that's dangerous and our friend Mahaffy will be hurt." With that last, she gestures at the dwarf examining the next door down the hallway.
Mahaffy will nonetheless check for other traps
"It's the trap you don't see which kill you '
Good thinking, but there doesn't seem to be any more traps.
Yes, please , check specially the key there if you please . I'm wondering if we are supposed to use it now or not .
The tag on the key radiates moderate enchantment magic, while the traps on the door radiate moderate illusion magic.
"5 gold says the next trap gets him" Tika whispers to one of the guards gambling
"I'm not particularly good with traps, althogh I've found magic to often be ...less effective on me than others. I suppose it's Sarenrae's blessing, if I still have it."
"Oh!" She elbows the leg of the barbarian woman beside her. "You said he was a guard!"
The heavily muscled woman shrugs and smiles, "How was I supposed to know? With all that armor he looked like one but I'm sort of glad he's not. I didn't really want to have to throw him through the next trap."
"Mahaffy, some of these trips seem fairly playful, but I'm afraid that as we get closer to the inner sanctum, we're going to find something deadly. Perhaps we'd better seek out the wizard's trail elsewhere in the citadel -- maybe we can find an associate who knew of a passphrase or something of the like to get past the traps."
Turning to the new arrival, she says, "Gregori, you say? Were you familiar with the missing mage?"
"Not really, I knew of her, btu she was held in high regard, and her mysterious dissapearance coupled with the increase of supernatural activity does not bode well."
"I agree with Roylenna. I mean, watching Mahaffy get turned purple is funny and all, but if the wizard has a more devious bent as we get closer in the tower, things could get really bad. And quickly. Let's try a different route," Artival suggests.
"I agree with Roylenna. I mean, watching Mahaffy get turned purple is funny and all, but if the wizard has a more devious bent as we get closer in the tower, things could get really bad. And quickly. Let's try a different route," Artival suggests.
"What do you mean?", Lyria asks Artival.
"By different route, I mean let's leave this tower be until we can find out more information about the wizard. Maybe we can find a key bit of information in town that might let us bypass some of these wards."
Mahaffy grumbles a little but let himself be persuaded to stop .
Well, if you are leaving the traps (for now), where are you going?
"By different route, I mean let's leave this tower be until we can find out more information about the wizard. Maybe we can find a key bit of information in town that might let us bypass some of these wards."
"Ok, while you go do that I'll go hunting for more of those demons with anyone who wants to come along. They have got to be coming from somewhere and not just appearing out of thin air. Maybe we can track them back to their lair or something."
"By different route, I mean let's leave this tower be until we can find out more information about the wizard. Maybe we can find a key bit of information in town that might let us bypass some of these wards.""Ok, while you go do that I'll go hunting for more of those demons with anyone who wants to come along. They have got to be coming from somewhere and not just appearing out of thin air. Maybe we can track them back to their lair or something."
"I have heard twice now that the demons have been emerging from a drain in the market. I think that would be the place to start. If we do find the creatures, do we have a plan to defeat them? For example, my fire spells did not appear to be particularly effective last time."
With an unhappy growl, "My spear and sword do the job just fine.....I won't be running again."
"Cold steel, a strong heart and backup have always done it for me. That a a solid dose of Sarenrae's power."
"Drains it is then. Much better for writing material than an old booby trapped tower" Tika happily says whilst scooting over to the others.