01-20 Mushroom, Mushroom

[Greebo]

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This may look familiar to Jacoby. It should. Last time he saw it, he was dangling from the bottom of a rope.

This room, filled with all sorts of architectural debris, has a wet, musty smell. Amid the ruins are all sorts of mushrooms, mostly with brown or gray caps.

Map notes: Grey tiles are mushroom tiles.

Regarding the Lightning Crossbow - so you are giving the crossbow to Urvi, who's main job is to be in monsters faces?

[Sagar]

Ranged to the melee guy? Sounds like a bad plan in general.

[Sagar]

Nature check on the 'shrooms.

Raj turns to the party.

"Those are DEFINATELY oak saplings!"

/em nod knowingly.

[Greebo]

Looking more closely you can tell there are 4 predominate types of mushrooms - brown, white, gray and red.

Except Raj, of course...

[Kiir]

Urvi will look at see if she knows anything else about the mushrooms (Nature +10).

[Greebo]

Pick a color

[Greebo]

Identification of these mushrooms requires a dungeoneering check - they're subterranean mushrooms.

[Asharad]

I want to know all about the red ones!

[Greebo]

I want to know all about the red ones!

They're ugly.

[Kiir]

Dungeoneering +3 for Red, Brown, White and Grey mushrooms. Yep they are mushrooms alright!

[attriel]

Shere looks at each mushroom, trying to identify them, or at least what they're all doing in this place ... and if it's a problem

Red: 15
Brown: 6
Grey: 18
White: 14

[Greebo]

Well the White mushrooms are "Shrieker" mushrooms. They ... well they shriek when someone gets too close.

Map updated: White "coffin" squares = white mushrooms. Tan brick = brown. Dirt (road) = red. Grey = grey.

[Greebo]

The red mushrooms are Slumberspores. When disturbed, they release spores that can cause drowsiness or even knock you out.

The grey ones are doomspores - poisonous - disturb them at your peril.

The brown ones are ugly.

[attriel]

I guess I'll search the room, taking care not to disturb the shroomage.

Perception 12 ...

[Greebo]

This being an eyeball scan from the door?

[Sagar]

I'll use my advanced knowledge of subterranian trees to identify the brown ones (+1 Dungeoneering)

Brown: 8.


"It's obvious. The brown ones are elms. Very very short.. and fat.. elms."

[attriel]

Well, presuming that at this point you'd've mentioned the screaming attackers, no. I'm going to go ahead and step into the room and walk around to look, since we have to go forward eventually ...

[Greebo]

Please describe your path of travel through the room.

[attriel]

Oi. Suddenly I'm rethinking this plan, but we have to check the room for the last victim, and any further dangers to the town ...

Shere enters the room at H13, walks to D13, continues up D to D4.

From D4, across to H4. H4 to I3, I3 to N3, N3 to N11, N11 across I11, back to I13 and the door.

I will stop and retrace my steps if one of the mushrooms "triggers" by passing next to it, hoping that they only trigger on contact. I will move slowly and cautiously, and I will look for bodies, piles, and the like.

I'll throw up a few more perceptions, in case you want them



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[Greebo]

Well you don't really notice anything, because even with the sunrod, there's so much rubble in this room that you can't get a good view everywhere without moving around, so the plan is sound.

But as soon as you step next to the white mushrooms at E6 (you: D7), the shrieking mushrooms begin shrieking. When they do, two extremely large reptilian creatures emerge from rubble on the east side of the room, snarling with rage.

InitCombatantDmgTHPA/PSurgesHealsEffectsDailies Used17Big lizard 10????-?17Big lizard 211????Mark: Urvi?0Urvi31/420112/130Exposed - Filth FeverForm of Restless Panther0Tor Shere33/34008/90-0Jacoby Intar25/30027/82-Song of Courage0Rajkelleran Stormclaw24/2802-16/70Filth Fever - Lose 1 surge, -2 AC/Fort/Reflex; SHIELD 5 Dmg to attackerLightning Breath0Duma25/25017/70-

Initiative please.

[Kiir]

init +2

[attriel]

WOULD YOU SHUUUUT UP! You're like rats with spores!!!

Initiative: 18

[Quervo]

Init +2

INI 19

[Sagar]

Init +1

11 Initiative

[Asharad]

Would it help if I told them I think mushrooms are delicious?

[Greebo]

InitCombatantDmgTHPA/PSurgesHealsEffectsDailies Used19Jacoby Intar25/30027/82-Song of Courage18Tor Shere33/34008/90-17Big lizard 10????-?17Big lizard 211????-?17Duma25/25017/70-13Urvi31/420112/130Exposed - Filth FeverForm of Restless Panther11Rajkelleran Stormclaw24/2802-16/70Filth Fever - Lose 1 surge, -2 AC/Fort/Reflex; Lightning Breath

Jacoby and Shere

[attriel]

Do the shrooms block LoS? Provide cover?

[Greebo]

Based on what you know so far, no and no. They're mushroom sized.

[attriel]

Shere calls on Sehanine to bring madness to the beasts (Standard: Shared Madness: +6 vs Will, 1d10+5 Psychic Damage, equal damage to second in sight)

If 15 Will hits, they both take 10 Psychic Damage.

[Greebo]

Corrected Grid:
InitCombatantDmgTHPA/PSurgesHealsEffectsDailies Used19Jacoby Intar25/30027/82-Song of Courage18Tor Shere33/34008/90-17Big lizard 10????-?17Big lizard 211????-?17Duma25/25017/70-13Urvi41/420110/130Exposed - Filth FeverForm of Restless Panther11Rajkelleran Stormclaw28/2802-15/70Filth Fever - Lose 1 surge, -2 AC/Fort/Reflex; Lightning Breath

Must not have saved it after last surges.

[Quervo]

Jacoby will move to J14

as a minor action Jacoby will start the song of courage

close burst 5, all allys gain +1 power bonus while in zone,

Standard action, cutting words vs big lizard 2

19 vs Will, 12 dmg, pull 2 to L10 (using top left on critter, dragging him through the grey mushroom)

[Greebo]

Quervo: J14 is a wall. I need a valid location so I know who's affected - cannot really proceed until this is resolved.

[attriel]

In the interests of progress, he meant J13

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[Greebo]

Are you sure? Because I figured he'd want to be in a position where he could include you in the burst as well.

[attriel]

[-]He'd have to move to the 12-series to catch me, ...

Actually, he moved over two, whereas up two would work for what you say. You may be right.

He meant H12[/-]

[Quervo]

well i ment next to Urvi in the doorway, unless it isnt a double door... but i guess where i am at is fine...

DONE LEAVE ME HERE ALONE... those critters like me... thought i tasted like a ham bone

[Greebo]

I thought he might have meant that. ;)

Jacoby steps into the room, and adjacent to a patch of red mushrooms (H12) which do not react. He then starts to sing an enchanting song, but falters, when the magic fails to come. He then realizes, he's already used this magic today - earlier, when fighting the Lords of Rivenroar.

Undeterred, he lashes out at one of the big lizardy things (Feel free to do nature checks, btw) with cutting words, which affect the beast (12 dmg), making it move heedlessly towards him (shift 2 -> L10) through a field of doomspores, which release their toxic seed into the drakes face. (17 vs. Fort) The seeds poison the drake (3 dmg; 5 ongoing, SE).

Shere then casts shared madness at the drakes, piercing their will (15 vs), and they both roar in pain (10 dmg)

InitCombatantDmgTHPA/PSurgesHealsEffectsDailies Used19Jacoby Intar25/30027/82-Song of Courage18Tor Shere33/34008/90-17Big lizard 110????-?17Big lizard 225????5 poison ongoing (SE)?17Duma25/25017/70-13Urvi41/420110/130Exposed - Filth FeverForm of Restless Panther11Rajkelleran Stormclaw28/2802-15/70Filth Fever - Lose 1 surge, -2 AC/Fort/Reflex; Lightning Breath

Lizard 1 waits until lizard 2 moves.

Lizard 2, restored somewhat to its, senses carefully around the spores, advancing on Jacoby, corner cutting through the tight spaces, closing the gap, turning his advance into a charge. (Liz 2 -> I11), which allows him to strike out with both claws at Jacoby (at-will; standard - use 2 claw attacks on a charge). The claws (22 & 14 vs. AC) both hit, and (9 + 6 = 15 dmg) Jacoby is quickly and brutally bloodied.

Lizard 1 then moves south, plowing across the brown spores in O6, which release a concealing puff of spores, which it ignores. The lizard advances down towards where his ally used to be.

InitCombatantDmgTHPA/PSurgesHealsEffectsDailies Used19Jacoby Intar10/30027/82Bloodied; Song of Courage18Tor Shere33/34008/90-17Big lizard 110????-?17Big lizard 225????5 poison ongoing (SE)?17Duma25/25017/70-13Urvi41/420110/130Exposed - Filth FeverForm of Restless Panther11Rajkelleran Stormclaw28/2802-15/70Filth Fever - Lose 1 surge, -2 AC/Fort/Reflex; Lightning Breath

[Greebo]

Adjusted position of Jacoby to be next to Urvi - the song doesn't matter anyway, it was already used. But since you cut the lizard, it went for you anyway.

[Sagar]

Raj will cast Dragon breath: +6 vs Fort, d8+7 damage, push 1 diagonally NW (11G)

16 vs Fort
10 cold damage.

[Greebo]

You mean dragon frost, right?

[Sagar]

You mean dragon frost, right?

I do.. dragonfrost. That's what I get for posting as I am pulling stuff together for a meeting.

:*

[Greebo]

Duma and Urvi

[Asharad]

Thats a big lizard.

I'll use an avenging light.

hey...kerpow.

So thats 10+4+2...so 16 total.

[Quervo]

yeah i missed the fact that the song was a daily when i looked at it.. though it was an encounter

[Kiir]

Urvi will mark lizard 2 (free action) and then call upon the Strength of Stone as she attacks it (+7 vs AC, 1d12+4 damage, +4 temp hit points, standard action), she will also call upon the stone's endurance (+5 resistance to all damage until EONT, minor action).

27 vs AC (crit attack)
damage 16 + 3 = 19
4 temp hit points
5 resist damage till EONT

[Greebo]

Lizard 2 realizes it forgot to take its poison damage or roll its save (I had reminded myself to do so then promptly didn't...). It takes 5 more poison damage before it recovers.

Duma sends a perfect blast of avenging light at the second lizard, searing it's flesh (crit; 16 dmg) and bloodying it.

Urvi marks lizard 2, calls upon the strength of stone, and follows up Duma's perfect shot with another of her own (crit; 19 dmg; +4thp) and closes by wrapping herself in the protective embrace of earth's own power.

Raj follows up with a good - but not quite perfect - blast of cold on the lizard. (16 vs. fort). The lizard roars in pain, and as it's pushed, it attempts to avoid the red mushrooms, and manages to fall prone instead of be pushed into the dangerous looking fungi.

InitCombatantDmgTHPA/PSurgesHealsEffectsDailies Used19Jacoby Intar10/30027/82Bloodied; Song of Courage18Tor Shere33/34008/90-17Big lizard 110????-?17Big lizard 275????Bloodied; Mark->Urvi; Prone?17Duma25/25017/70-13Urvi41/424110/130Filth Fever - Initial - Lose 1 surge; 5 DR - EONTForm of Restless Panther11Rajkelleran Stormclaw28/28015/70Filth Fever - Lose 1 surge, -2 AC/Fort/Reflex; Lightning Breath


Jacoby and Shere

[Quervo]

Jacoby will use a Guiding Strike on Drake 2

17 vs AC, +2CA, +8 atk bonus

11 damage, Drake has a -2 to AC till EoNT

I will also shift back 1, and use a minor action to use bardic healing word... Surge +4, heal 11

[Greebo]

Roll damage, Q

[Greebo]

Actually never mind.

Jacoby attacks the drake with his sword with a terrible swing (15 vs AC) but the drake is prone (+2, 17 vs. AC) and the sword manages to strike the drake, grazing the neck, and ending its life (min 4 dmg; dead).

Shere

[attriel]

Shere mutters a curse (Minor: Oath of Enmity) at the remaining lizard, before summoning vengeance down upon it (Standard: Radiant Vengeance: +6 vs Reflex, 1d8+5 Radiant, +4 THP)

17 vs Reflex
7 Radiant Damage

[Greebo]

I'm gonna suspend the game since Atty and Kiir are out and Q's already on limited play time. We'll resume Monday

[Quervo]

I get about 2-4 chances a day...

[Greebo]

Shere utters an oath of emnity against the remaining lizard thingy and sends a blast of radiant light at it (17 vs ref) which burns, burns, burns!( 7 dmg)

The lizard thingy advances upon Urvi in a charge, and claws twice at her (20,23 vs. AC). The claws rake across her arms (6+5=11 dmg-4thp=7dmg)

InitCombatantDmgTHPA/PSurgesHealsEffectsDailies Used19Jacoby Intar10/30027/82Bloodied; Song of Courage18Tor Shere33/34008/90-17Big lizard 117????Emnity->Shere?17Duma25/25017/70-13Urvi34/420110/130Filth Fever - Initial - Lose 1 surge; 5 DR - EONTForm of Restless Panther11Rajkelleran Stormclaw28/28015/70Filth Fever - Lose 1 surge, -2 AC/Fort/Reflex; Lightning Breath

All together now...

[Greebo]

Corrected for Urvi's DR.

InitCombatantDmgTHPA/PSurgesHealsEffectsDailies Used19Jacoby Intar10/30027/82Bloodied; Song of Courage18Tor Shere33/34008/90-17Big lizard 117????Emnity->Shere?17Duma25/25017/70-13Urvi39/420110/130Filth Fever - Initial - Lose 1 surge; 5 DR - EONTForm of Restless Panther11Rajkelleran Stormclaw28/28015/70Filth Fever - Lose 1 surge, -2 AC/Fort/Reflex; Lightning Breath

[Asharad]

Avenging Light on the Big Lizard that is left.

Attack!: +5 vs fort= 14
damage:1d10+6 = 11...just in case

[Sagar]

Raj will cast Dragon Frost: +6 vs Fort, d8+7 damage, push north 1 square
23 vs Fort
9 cold damage.

[Kiir]

Urvi will mark the lizard (free action) and call upon the strength of stone once again to gide her strike (+7 VS AC, 1d12+4 damage, +4 temp hit points, standard action).

[Quervo]

Round 2 Action if needed...

Rinse repeat, using Guided Strike on drake 1

25 vs AC, 6 damage, -2 to target's AC EoNT

Minor Action Bardic Healing on self, +11 HPs

[attriel]

Shere closes with the lizard (Move: D7-E7-F8-G9-H10-I11), and brings his flail around at it (Standard: Bond of Retribution: +7 vs AC, 1d10+4, 2 Radiant if something else attacks me)

19 vs AC
7 Damage

[Greebo]

Duma shoots light from coalesced nothingness, which dissipates into nothingness again (14 vs. fort, miss)

Urvi marks the lizard, swings, and misses.

Raj sends a spot on bolt of cold at the lizard, frosting the reptile. (23 vs. fort; hit - 9 dmg) It staggers back under the cold.

Jacoby the lizard has moved. Do you wish to close and engage or change tactics? You may keep the good roll.

[Quervo]

I will change to a ranged attack.. will shift BACK one, Use Eldritch Blast +6 vs Ref

so 23 Vs Ref, dam +5, 12 damage

[attriel]

I'll stop at H10 if I can it it f rom there, otherwise move to I10 to whack it

[Greebo]

Jacoby blasts the lizard thingie that you still haven't identified yet with an eldritch power that slams into it (23 vs. ref) causing it no small pain (12 dmg; bloodied). He also heals himself with his musical medly

Shere advances on the lizard (move I11) and swings his flail (19 vs. ac) winging it nicely. (7 dmg). Not marking retribution - no point...

The lizard, bloodied, enters into a rage, and bites at Shere with extreme ferocity (18 vs. ac; bonus while bloodied). The bite rips deeply into Shere's leg (14 dmg).

InitCombatantDmgTHPA/PSurgesHealsEffectsDailies Used19Jacoby Intar21/30026/82-Song of Courage18Tor Shere19/34008/90-17Big lizard 147????Bloodied; Emnity->Shere; Mark-> Urvi?17Duma25/25017/70-13Urvi39/420110/130Filth Fever - Initial - Lose 1 surge; 5 DR - EONTForm of Restless Panther11Rajkelleran Stormclaw28/28015/70Filth Fever - Lose 1 surge, -2 AC/Fort/Reflex; Lightning Breath

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And the group...

[Quervo]

Drawing upon the power of his wand, Jacoby lashes out with an Eyebite against the lizard.

21 vs Will, 5 damage, and invis to target SoNT

Nature roll... +4, so an 18 to tell if the big lizard is anything more than a big lizard

[Kiir]

Greebo did you remember it was marked by me? Not that it really matters since I think a 16 hits atty anyways.

Urvi shifts to H13 (move action) and marks the lizard (free action) and then once again calls upon the strength of stone as she swings against him (+7 vs AC, 1d12+4 damage, +4 temp hit points).

16 + 7 = 23 vs AC
Damage 7 + 4 = 11
+4 temp hit points

[Greebo]

Bugger. No, it missed shere. My head's fuzzy today. Sorry.
InitCombatantDmgTHPA/PSurgesHealsEffectsDailies Used19Jacoby Intar21/30026/82-Song of Courage18Tor Shere33/34008/90-17Big lizard 147????Bloodied; Emnity->Shere; Mark-> Urvi?17Duma25/25017/70-13Urvi39/420110/130Filth Fever - Initial - Lose 1 surge; 5 DR - EONTForm of Restless Panther11Rajkelleran Stormclaw28/28015/70Filth Fever - Lose 1 surge, -2 AC/Fort/Reflex; Lightning Breath

[Asharad]

"NO! SHHEEEERRRRREEEEE! Ahh..nm."

[Greebo]

"NO! SHHEEEERRRRREEEEE! Ahh..nm."

Your move, drama queen. ;)

[Asharad]

I'll try avenging Light again.

But not very successfully!

[attriel]

Shere swings at the lizard again, grinning ferally at Urvi as they flank it (Standard: Bond of Retribution: +7+2 vs AC, 1d10+4 Damage)

Crit, 14 Damage

[Greebo]

Duma shoots, but whoosh - total miss.

Urvi steps up, swings, and (23 vs. ac) slams her axe into the lizard with the power of granite. (11 dmg; 4thp)

Jacoby and Shere both land blows of their own (total 19 dmg) which puts the lizard down for good. (Exactly 19 hps).

Jacoby then says, "Hey, that was a pair of Rage Drakes we just killed!"

End of combat.

[Greebo]

Lichen on the walls and ceiling light the room dimly, but you have your own sunrods that illuminate the room. in the west corners are the two shafts from the pits above, where Jacoby once dangled. There is a double door in the east wall.

[Quervo]

Lets look around this room for some kind of bed for this lizards... Might be something left there from previous "guests"

[Asharad]

Yeah, I will carefully survey the room, avoiding bumping into the mushrooms.

[Greebo]

The Drakes had burrowed out rudimentary nests amidst the architectural rubble, allowing them a hiding place from which to survey the room. There's a lot of useless rubble, rusted old tools, lichen, mold and mildew everywhere, and of course - lots and lots of mushrooms, none of which you think you'd like to experiment with in any culinary fashion.

[Sagar]

I'll move to the east doors, being careful to give the mushrooms some room. I won't step into a square with mushrooms. If I must, I'll only step near screamers.

[Greebo]

With the threat of the drakes gone, you are all able to move around the room and avoid the mushrooms - save for the occasional shriek. Raj has reached the eastern doors.

[Asharad]

I'll follow along.

[Quervo]

SO will jacoby, will use a surge if needed

[Greebo]

SO will jacoby, will use a surge if needed

I choose to interpret this as meaning you won't use a surge, because I'm not telling you if it's needed or not.

Want to restate that? ;)

[attriel]

Shere moves to the door as well and listens for sounds or indications of what might be waiting, since the screamers have certainly given us away by now if the lizards didn't ...

Perception: 19

[Greebo]

Faintly, very very faintly, you hear someone muttering to themselves on the other side of the door. The voice sounds female, and old.

[attriel]

Speaking softly to the group of adventurers, 'Uh, guys, are we missing an old woman? Because there seems to be a crazy old bat the other side of this door mumbling and muttering ...'

I'm assuming that the scared villagers are over by the entrance to the mushroom cave. If they're tiptoeing through the offal with us, then I'm saying it more softly so they don't overhear

[Asharad]

We are missing an old woman. Open that door there, Shere.

[attriel]

Waiting for everyone to be ready, Shere quickly opens the doors, and sees ...

[Greebo]

...an L shaped room at the end of an entry hallway. In it, you see an old woman within a glowing magic circle. You can hear her muffled voice: "Get me out of here".

[Asharad]

"Hmm."

Arcana on the circle, followed by religion.

wow

[Greebo]

Look! 4!

[attriel]

Shere will look around the room briefly for ... hidden offenders, then turn his attention to the circle

Perception 9
Arcana 8
Religion 25 ...

[Greebo]

It's definitely not religious. It's some kind arcane magic linked to a mechanism of some kind.

Sadly, Shere has no idea what.

[Asharad]

I'll look for the mechanism.

grrr

[Greebo]

I'll take thievery, perception and arcana checks on this. But no re-tries.

[Kiir]

Urvi will look for a way to turn off the glowing circle (perception +8).

[Greebo]

Fraid not, Urvi, you can't tell anything more about it.

[attriel]

Having checked the room and found nothing lurking to attack, Shere begins a detailed inspection to find a trigger or mechanism for disabling the magical field ...

Since my first perception check was a general before I even looked at the field, I'm hoping you'll let me take another ... don't suppose I can take 20 when I botch this?

[Greebo]

I will allow you to be more focused on the circle.

And you got really close - you almost thought you saw something but... nope... it's beyond you.

[Asharad]

Why the **** not? Thievery for the win!

no mother****ing way

[Sagar]

Raj checks the magic circle (arcana +7) and will help shere check for mechanisms (Perception +2)

Wow.. just.. wow.

Arcana 8.

Perception assist << 10.

*sigh*

[attriel]

OOC: We shrug at the old woman and walk away, stymied by this severely mystical and unopenable magic barrier ...

Shere goes to the edge of the circle and tries to ask the woman if she has seen anyone near anything. Pantomiming 'They dragged you in, threw you in the circle, then walked to ... the bookshelf? The altar? The monolith? The kwik-e-mart? where?'

Because we need a hint, we're having trouble finding hte circle at this point :o

[attriel]

Actually, I guess we could hear her, just muffled, so I'll just ask loudly

[Greebo]

Muffled: They threw me in here and the circle activated locking me in! Get me out!

[Quervo]

Arcana, Theivery and Perception

+6/+7/+9

8/23/11

using all of the above can Jacoby find something that can take down the circle

(ok and take my previous surge request as a Yes Jacoby will use a surge, +11 hps)

[Sagar]

Out of his league, detection wise, Raj will keep an eye out for anything trying to sneak up on us while we are distracted by the circle.

[Greebo]

Jacoby's attention seems to focus - his eyes stare a nothing as an intense look of concentration comes across his face.


Using your astounding thievery skills, you are able to detect the sound of a mechanism that none of the rest of you can hear, and every so often, on a regular basis, following a pattern - 1 second, 3 seconds, 2 seconds, then 2 times in 1 second, there is an extremely faint *click*. What appeared to have been random flickering in the magical wall that encapsulates the old woman actually correlates with the clicking.

You deduce that, timed properly, you could get her out of there, if she jumps at the right moment.

[Greebo]

So...Jacoby...?

[Shiz]

Q posted in Group 8 yesterday afternoon.

[Greebo]

Q posted in Group 8 yesterday afternoon.

Yes, I know.

[Quervo]

Miss I need you to listen to me... get close to the edge of the ward, and when I tell you to Jump, you need to jump through the ward to us.

I am going to need everyone here to ready to catch her as she jumos through so she doesnt fall, and to even help pull her through to make sure we make the window of opportunity.

After takeing a bit to make sure I have the timing down I will have her jump to use at the right time.

[Greebo]

I'll take a ... hmm... from you I'll take an intelligence check. (d20 + int mod + 1/2 lvl)

From her, a dexterity check, which I'll roll :)

[Quervo]

kk inc

check = 8

[Asharad]

Can I help?

[Greebo]

Wow.
You count, timing the rhythm, but you say "JUMP" just a little too soon. She listens, she jumps, and she slams into the field, which sparks. She collapses to the ground, unmoving.

[Greebo]

Can I help?

Not with the counting, no. Maybe there's another way.

[Asharad]

How much does this woman look like she weights?

[Greebo]

Not a whole lot - 100, maybe 110.

[Asharad]

If I were to pick her up and throw her when the shield wall blinks off, what kind of skill check would that be?

[attriel]

'Perhaps one of us could jump in, then assist her out? Perhaps if you sing something, you'll keep the time better Jacoby?' (OOC: Seriously? The bard couldn't keep a beat :o)

[Greebo]

If I were to pick her up and throw her when the shield wall blinks off, what kind of skill check would that be?

First you have to get in - so Acrobatics to time the flickering to get in yourself.

Then I'm gonna say two checks - intelligence to determine when to throw and strength to throw her fast and far enough in time.

[Greebo]

'Perhaps one of us could jump in, then assist her out? Perhaps if you sing something, you'll keep the time better Jacoby?' (OOC: Seriously? The bard couldn't keep a beat :o)

You know, with that roll? He read the 6/8 time signature as 7/23 or something...

[Kiir]

Urvi will wait and be willing to catch the woman as she is thrown through, she would offer to jump through, but her acrobatic skills are a bit lacking.

[Quervo]

it is all based on my good looks, i dont need to be smart to keep time... Look at nirvana those guys sucked and people loved em... I still think the thievery check should have been all that was needed to by pass this... but that is just me

[Greebo]

it is all based on my good looks, i dont need to be smart to keep time... Look at nirvana those guys sucked and people loved em... I still think the thievery check should have been all that was needed to by pass this... but that is just me

Someone read the module? Tsk tsk. ;)

I'll share with the party the actual text:
"Disrupting the circle requires a successful DC 20 Thievery, Arcana, and/or Perception (no retries) to notice that the circle sometimes flickers out of existence for a split-second."

My problem with that is - using thievery to determine that the circle flickers does nothing to disrupt it.

So I figured I'd keep the DC20 to find the clue you needed, then I'd use pretty low DC's to get the lady out.

But you rolled an 8!:rotflmao:

[attriel]

Technically thievery is generally used for the step after finding. Disabling. Of course, then we'd all be standing around scratching our navels since we couldn't FIND anything to disable. So I'm OK with this :o

I also appreciate that you didn't cut her in half when she failed the jump :o

[Quervo]

and no i didnt read it... just complaining about a check against a weak score...

[attriel]

Looking at the others in the group, Shere shrugs, "Shall I try it then?"

He watches the flickering, which is obvious now that Jacoby has pointed it out, and LEAPS!

Woah! 23!

[attriel]

Landing gracefully, Shere turns to the woman and checks that she's OK.

"We're going to try passing you out, but the timing is very close, so I'm afraid I will have to toss you. Urvi, that big lady there, will catch you safely."

Matching deeds to words, Shere strains in picking her up, but swiftly swings her out.

20 Intelligence for timing
12 throw ...

Shere then throws himself bodily into the barrier (14 Acrobatics)

[Greebo]

The woman doesn't argue. She doesn't respond at all. She's unconscious, and appear to have taken some serious damage from the barrier. That combined with what must have been a hunger weakened condition has rendered her senseless.

As he leaps out, Shere expects to hit the barrier, but just manages to clear it, much to his own surprise!

[Asharad]

Duma surprises everyone, including himself, by breaking out in applause and cheering.

[Greebo]

As Tor Shere touches down outside the barrier, the barrier itself collapses, and vanishes. Clearly if the circle is unoccupied, it does not remain active. Don't anyone step in, however.

The woman is still unconscious, but breathing.

[Kiir]

Urvi uses her heal skill to assess the woman and try to find out what is wrong and if she can fix it (heal +8).

Heal 3 + 8 = 11 (blegh!)

[Asharad]

Duma will assist Urvi (+5)

[Greebo]

Heal is only a DC10.

You are able to determine that the woman is simply stunned by the damage from the wall, and seriously dehydrated. With your tender ministrations, she is soon waking and drinking some water.

"Eh? What happened? "

[attriel]

'You've been rescued, dear lady. And on that note, when you can walk, I think perhaps it's time we were leaving folks?'

I think we've gone everywhere now ? And that's the last survivor ...

[Asharad]

Did someone need a dagger or something? I vaguely remember that, I think...

[Sagar]

The "emissary" is due sometime this month. He is the one that, I think, killed my father and stole our family heirlom - a dragontooth dagger.

When he killed my father, he left behind one word - written in blood:

"War".

[attriel]

'But can we risk these innocents? I grieve for your loss, as for the boy's, but if we keep them with us and wait, will they be safe? Do we have enough food to feed everyone while we wait a week for the Emissary?

'I agree, this menace must be stopped, but we must decide if we do so now and risk their deaths, or save them and risk others. More, perhaps.'

[Asharad]

I agree. We will have to try and catch this Emissary at a later date, we can perhaps return, but our first duty is to these people.

[Sagar]

I agree that we should save these people, but perhaps we can return quickly and set up a trap for the emissary.

[attriel]

Well, it took us two days to get here. I'm guessing the good citizens, not really used to adventuring pace. So probably 2 nights to get back, 1 to return. So on the 5th day, at best, we'd be back here. There's also the option of putting them in one of the rooms and rigging a lock for them.

'Shall we go, then? Take them back, so we can return with all possible speed?'

[Sagar]

Commonfolk are used to a good bit of walking. It's their normal mode of transportation. They don't have to carry weapons, armor and supplies, either. I would wager they could all beat us back :p

[attriel]

Since no one else seems to be dissenting, and I know Kiir and Quervo have both been on, guess we quickstep march back to town, dump the peasants, and come back.

'How will we know the emissary hasn't been and gone already when we get back?'

[Sagar]

Maybe we can mark the 3 entry doors somehow. You know, place a hair across the jamb so we'll know if someone opened the door - that kind of thing.

[Quervo]

can jacoby use thievery to do something like that??

[Greebo]

Yes, I'd say that 'rig up an almost invisible way to determine if a door has been opened after we close it' falls under thievery.

[Quervo]

well then Jacoby will take a few minutes setting up something on the doors

Thievery +9 = 13

do you need a roll for each set of doors??

[Greebo]

Before I take a roll, is there anything else the party wishes to do while you are here, or is everyone ok with trying to rig the doors to indicate someone's passage and leaving?

[attriel]

Shere is ready to leave, his goal being to protect the innocents.

[Asharad]

yeah, I am ready to move out as well.

[Kiir]

Urvi is ready to head out.

[Greebo]

Ok. Let me think this through..

You arrived in the evening. You had a few fights then slept. You had a few more fights and slept again. Then you killed the lords, the demon, the were rats, and the rage drakes.

That's all the sleeping, right? 2 times?

[Quervo]

yeah 2 rests

[Greebo]

Ok - so ...

The party comes back up the stairs from the mushroom chamber.


Upon arriving in the room you notice that the braziers, which have previously reset their position when the door is shut, have not repositioned - they're midway down the wall, and they are burning very dimly.


Looking up the stairs to the outdoors, it is clearly pitch black outside.

[Asharad]

Its dark outside, should we camp in here and wait for the light?

[Sagar]

I believe going out in the dark is foolish.

Let's find a defensible position and post a watch until morning.

How long is it until morning?

[Quervo]

Perception check.... Something is not right... those things (pointing at braziers,) should have been right here and here (pointing to thier starting points.)

Perception +9

27 to notice if anything ELSE looks different or out of place since we were last in this room.

[Greebo]

Nothing seems out of place. However, the flaming braziers are slowly, slowly, slowly getting dimmer. Like the lights in a theatre going down before the movie, but way more slowly than that. As if their power is fading via slow trickle...

[Quervo]

i share this info

[Greebo]

Assuming the party reads the spoilers - Urvi, you can see it. The rest of you think those two are seeing things - you can't see any difference in the flames.

[Sagar]

The flames look normal to me. I'll look again, with a critical eye to see if there is an illusion at work here.

perception +2.

I'll also check for magic energies and flows - Arcana +8

14 Perception (any bonus from those already seeing this?)

22 Arcana.

[Greebo]

You don't see it - yet - but you sense you will. Your finely tuned arcane senses tell you that there are flows of power in this labrynth that are steadily weakening and becoming unstable.

[Greebo]

I believe going out in the dark is foolish.

Let's find a defensible position and post a watch until morning.

How long is it until morning?

sorry, missed this question:

It's about 2 hours after sundown, and it's been about an hour and a half since you ended your last extended rest.

[attriel]

'Well, we can sit around here all night and go in the morning when we're tired, or we can go now and trust that we can take whatever attacks a party this large. There are 10 of us after all. I say we go. Sooner left, sooner back. Less chance we miss this "emissary"'

[Asharad]

I'm fine with going, as long as we are relatively sure we wont get lost.

[Kiir]

Urvi is pretty sure of her ability to guide the party back, even in the dark, she remembers the route here and can use the stars and the parties tracks to lead them back to town, she hopes (her nature is +10, so as long as I roll semi decently we should be fine).

[Greebo]

So the party will attempt to return in the dark.

That should be interesting. :)

[Sagar]

We are in a dangerous area. Lots of nasty stuff in the dark...