Torgus drops down with the rest of the group, letting the dwarf take his lead he stays in the back of them. "Don't worry Frakdar, I'll catch you if the wind blows you away bwahahaha."
Nisk decides to listen to Cassadar. He doesn't know so much about it, but it sounds like it makes sense.
The party drops to the floor and begins to shimmy their way across it. The ground is relatively well worked stone and smooth, though there are mortar gaps that you can use as points for leverage. Closer to the ground you are protected from the worst of the wind and can relatively easily withstand the gusts and make progress.
After what you gauge is roughly 15-20ft forward you feel some undulation in the surface of the stone you crawl across. Feeling it out, you note what seems to be some words in the stone, while also feeling what might be the outside of a ring. Without having crossed it, you figure out what the inscription states... Eye of the Storm.
Javi speaks/shouts over the wind, "You think that means it's safe to go inside the ring? Or is it some kind of trick?"
Shouting over the wind: Depends - in most storms, the Eye of the Storm is where the worst weather is. Although I hear that in the great ocean storm, the Eye of the Storm is actually completely calm.
I say press forward.
"Let's get forward. Can't be too much worse than this."
The group edge forward across the ring and can instantly sense that the wind is much diminished on the other side of it. The blackness of the room diminishes as well, allowing you sight. The central circle is calm, roughly thirty feet across and surrounded by what appears to be a solid roiling void of darkness and wind. High above you and out of reach lies the base of a closed trapdoor. The only other item in the circle is a spyglass.
Looking over at Gorak: Do you have the ability to determine whether the spyglass is magical? Or trapped?
Looking over at Gorak: Do you have the ability to determine whether the spyglass is magical? Or trapped?
Gorak nods the affirmative with a grunt
Detect magic the door
The trapdoor itself is about 15ft above your heads, Gorak's investigation yields no sign of magic, and it would appear to be opened by pushing it up...
"Even if I stood on Torgar's shoulders, I don't think I could reach the door."
Javi hesitantly approaches the spyglass, straining with all of his senses against traps or disguised dangers.
"Make a pyramid. LIghtest on top. "
Looking over at Gorak: Do you have the ability to determine whether the spyglass is magical? Or trapped?Gorak nods the affirmative with a grunt
Detect magic the door
I actually meant to detect magic on the spyglass, not the door. Although it would have been interesting if it were a magic door.
My height is not going to help much here. Could Gorak and Torgus lift Nisk who in turn would lift Javi? I could help stabilize the group.
As I am saying this, I am looking for any traps or other hidden objects or panels on the stone floor.
Perception:
I actually meant to detect magic on the spyglass, not the door. Although it would have been interesting if it were a magic door.Looking over at Gorak: Do you have the ability to determine whether the spyglass is magical? Or trapped?Gorak nods the affirmative with a grunt
Detect magic the door
...and the spyglass
Javi can find no traps around the spyglass, and if Gorak turns his gaze upon it we also notices a magic of sorts - Illusory in origin, though he is unable to ken it's full intent.
"Come on little Javi, you want to learn how to fly. Bwahaha." Torgus props down waiting to boost the little ninja if we wishes to do so.
"The spyglass has some sort of illusion on it. It's specifics I am unsure of." Gorak will look through it just after saying that including at the door.
Gorak is able to pick up the spyglass and it feels lighter to the touch than it's outline would imply. Looking at the door above yields nothing more than an un-magnified view; however a gaze outward shows that you are able to pierce the darkness surrounding you when seen through the glass...
Perception through spyglass.
Gorak peers into the roiling darkness and catches snatches of stone or glints of metal around the wall of the chamber... but the wind seems to have some degree of solidity that is obscuring your view.
Gorak hands the spyglass to whomever will take it, points and says, "Metal or somehting on the walls there and there."
Lets see what we have here.
Frakdar takes the spyglass and looks through it, scanning the whole area if possible.
Perception:
Looking through at the points where Gorak indicated, Frakdar can also see glints of metallic objects upon the exterior walls. It is hard to make out what they are through the roiling solid wind; but it looks to be parts of a ladder?
If I had to guess, there is a ladder on the wall. Or we can just try to throw the elf.
"Throwing is more fun! Bwahhaha!" The Brawling Bear grunts.
"I can climb the wall without a problem."
"I can turn into a roughly seven foot tree if someone thinks they can cover the rest of the distance. Maybe standing on each others shoulders. "Gorak suggests.
Javi looks uncertainly up but shrugs, "If there's a chance that Torgus throwing me will work, I'm up for trying. Can i have a few more belts to fashion a rope in case I actually make it?"
Strength(assist):
--> Figure I can assist on the initial launch from the ground - get Javi really moving before the Torgus launcher fires the Javi rocket into the trapdoor-o-sphere.
... before the Torgus launcher fires the Javi rocket into the trapdoor-o-sphere.
Strength(assist): 1d20+3
--> Figure I can assist on the initial launch from the ground - get Javi really moving before the Torgus launcher fires the Javi rocket into the trapdoor-o-sphere.
Gorak will assist. STR
Gorak and Frakdar each grab Javi by an arm, leaving the legs to Torgus as they ready to sling him skywards....
The bear gives a big roar as he launches his small friend up to the trapdoor, "ENJOY THE RIDE!!BWUAHAHAHAHA"
The bear gives a big roar as he launches his small friend up to the trapdoor, "ENJOY THE RIDE!!BWUAHAHAHAHA"
The bear gives a big roar as he launches his small friend up to the trapdoor, "ENJOY THE RIDE!!BWUAHAHAHAHA"
Javi flies majestically through the air for about 15 feet before coming to a sudden and crunching halt as he faceplants into the trapdoor. The force of his arrival is enough to make it bulge open slightly, but it slams back shut as gravity reasserts it's control over the half-elf. Grasping the trapdoor's handle as the only available handhold and wedging his feet into a crevice Javi remains inverted and hanging like a spider... for now, but is lacking for leverage.
Those not wholeheartedly engrossed in the lithe one's fate notice an increase in the intensity of the chaos making up the roiling darkness...
"I can become a tree at about 7 feet tall. Someone can stand on me and help Javi open the door. Unless of course you want to go after the ladder pieces?"
Let me help ya.
I move over and follow Cassadar toward the ladder.
"If ye tree form can hold the Bear I'll help balance out, the flying wasp there, har har." Torgus offers up.
Gorak reaches his arms up above his head placing his hands to gather into a step of sorts.
The then speaks a word and his body grows bark and shifts into the form of a tree. Roughly 7 feet tall sufficient to stand on.
"No offense to the bear, but perhaps I'll be easier for Gorak to hold." Nisk says, taking a pointed look at Torgus's massive frame and his own wiry muscle. He quickly climbs up and stretches to try and reach Javi to give him a boost.