Scene: Race Among The Ruins (Upper Level)

[DinbinFanfoom]

The group starts up the crumbling stairs. The group stands at the top of the stairs and are about to head down the corridor they find there when they realize that someone is missing... Crashing. Peering back over the edge, they see the shaman gasping for breath on the floor below. He waves at them that he is OK, and climbs gingerly back to his feet and up the stairs.

Map (http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt/scene.asp?ID=ea9rihdsv8d2kxb7chl17zse9pb5f5miohdgq 4ahhnmrz2mcwygild6u4g8z1ut1)

[Greebo]

aww make him roll and fall again! ;)

[Lycos]

We use Damelon to look south and north in the corridor so that we can make those black blocks go away.

[DinbinFanfoom]

We use Damelon to look south and north in the corridor so that we can make those black blocks go away.
Sigurd wraps his arms around a protesting Damelon and picks him up by the legs like some sort of giant pliers. Holding the cursing rogue horizontally, he carefully pokes Damelon's head around the intersection's corner, then rotates him to look south as well. Damelon reports back that the tunnel turns east at the edge of his vision to the north, but he can't see what it does to the south.

[Lycos]

Which way guys, any preference?

http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt/scene.asp?ID=ea9rihdsv8d2kxb7chl17zse9pb5f5miohdgq 4ahhnmrz2mcwygild6u4g8z1ut1

[Greebo]

Left first at all times? Right first at all times? Flip a coin? Flip a PC?

[EricStratton]

I'm not sure I understand what I'm looking at on the map. But I like north first.

[Lycos]

Cool, let's go North and peer around the corner.

[Shiz]

North to the corner.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Damelon leading the way, the group creeps down the hall and peers around the corner. They're back in the big fountain room... on an even higher balcony. This one is narrower... you can see the other level jutting out below you (the wooden part) and the pool far below. The balcony is pretty wobbly... it is also stone but appears to have a lot of gaps and holes in it.

[Greebo]

Dungeoneering -is the balcony stable? (+0)

Looks safe to me! You go first (push Erik)

[DinbinFanfoom]

KT surveys the platform. He surmises that you'll have no problem traversing it if you stay out of the gaping holes.

[Greebo]

KT surveys the platform. He surmises that you'll have no problem traversing it if you stay out of the gaping holes.

"And did you know that you can avoid internal bleeding just by not getting stabbed?"

[Asharad]

"And did you know that you can avoid internal bleeding just by not getting stabbed?"


No you can't!

[Shiz]

We want to go down, not up, if we hope to discover more about this place.

[Greebo]

No you can't!

It's not a guarantee, but it helps! Look - I'm not stabbing you right now, and you're not bleeding internally.

Now watch what happens when I run you through!

[Asharad]

It's not a guarantee, but it helps! Look - I'm not stabbing you right now, and you're not bleeding internally.

Now watch what happens when I run you through!


OUCH!

now I am bleeding externally and internally!

Hit me with a mace!

[Greebo]

OUCH!

now I am bleeding externally and internally!

Hit me with a mace!

Can I find a mace somewhere so I can honor his request?

[Lycos]

We might as well finish this floor since we're here.

We might as well go South now.

[DinbinFanfoom]

The group backtracks, skulking along the dark corridor. Crashing (passive perc) notices something odd... there appear to be faint tracks in the dust of the floor. He also finds another slip of paper.
"The High One is very ill. The rest of us are very concerned. He has taken to his bed and we are tending him, but his cramping is quite violent, and he has a fever. I hope he gets better soon! We have suspended ceremonies for the week, to give him the rest he needs."
Crashing picks up the note and hands it to Sigurd, who seems to be collecting them. Rounding a bend, the party comes to another balcony... It seems more stable than the other ledge, and the tracks are fresh here. Someone has been standing on this ledge, or pacing around on it, within the past 24 hours. Peering down, the group notes that it overlooks the entry foyer, that they had entered earlier in the day. There are no other exits.

Erik surmises that this level is strictly for viewing... both the fountain room and of incoming visitors.

Map (http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt/scene.asp?ID=ea9rihdsv8d2kxb7chl17zse9pb5f5miohdgq 4ahhnmrz2mcwygild6u4g8z1ut1)

[Asharad]

Can I look for more notes and interesting graffiti? I'm a cannibal/sociologist!

[DinbinFanfoom]

Can I look for more notes and interesting graffiti? I'm a cannibal/sociologist!
Crashing doesn't find any more notes on the ledge. The tracks seem to go from the ledge back to the stairs the party came up from, but peter out before they get there... not as much dust on the floor.

[Lycos]

I'm going to join Crashing in looking for these notes. How do you want to do this? We can belabor the effort and roll perception all the time or you can use the passive perception numbers. Which do you want to do?

[DinbinFanfoom]

I'm going to join Crashing in looking for these notes. How do you want to do this? We can belabor the effort and roll perception all the time or you can use the passive perception numbers. Which do you want to do?
The notes have been in plain sight thusfar. They looked dropped, not hidden. The checks are very low, so you needent worry. Where to now?

[Lycos]

Good question. Where do you want to go guys? I assume back down to the fountain level again. I think that's the only level we haven't fully checked at this point. Right Din?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Good question. Where do you want to go guys? I assume back down to the fountain level again. I think that's the only level we haven't fully checked at this point. Right Din?
Correct.

[Shiz]

Damelon will examine the walls around J5 for a secret door, 15.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Damelon carefully checks the walls on either side of the corridor, but finds nothing unusual.

[Lycos]

Downstairs now?

[Shiz]

What square was the note in? I think I searched in the wrong place.

[DinbinFanfoom]

What square was the note in? I think I searched in the wrong place.
Damelon searches the walls (on either side of J11) but again, they're just walls of stone block. The footprints don't actually stop here, but lead back towards the stairs, fading as they go.

[Greebo]

I'm game to check the fountain area more closely.

[DinbinFanfoom]

The party picks it's way carefully down the stairwell and crosses the bazaar. As they come to the corner at the bottom of the steps, KT notices something odd with the north wall ahead (G7). The stonework doesn't match up perfectly on the right side.

[Lycos]

The party picks it's way carefully down the stairwell and crosses the bazaar. As they come to the corner at the bottom of the steps, KT notices something odd with the north wall ahead (G7). The stonework doesn't match up perfectly on the right side.

Map again please.

[Shiz]

We don't need a map yet. We examine the "anomaly" more closely.

Damelon looks and sees...(16)

[DinbinFanfoom]

Map again please.
Map (http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt/scene.asp?ID=w2ti7okinetyoy51nuez4on8k6r3get9cwv7c q8ytyl7izogdz7jdgqi136hgz93)

[DinbinFanfoom]

We don't need a map yet. We examine the "anomaly" more closely.
Damelon looks and sees...(16)
Damelon sees that there is in fact a swinging door here... that is camouflaged to look the same as the surrounding stonework. A crack runs across the top, down the right side, and across the floor. The most intersting bit is that it is not hidden terribly well... specifically it appears to be slightly ajar, something that was not the case earlier... was it?

[Greebo]

Was it? (roll?)

[DinbinFanfoom]

Was it? (roll?)
My "was it?" was more for raising the suspense level, but no, you would have noticed it more easily before if it had been like that.

[Shiz]

Something may be following us or at least keeping an eye on us.

[Shiz]

Damelon will push on the swinging door firmly.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Damelon moves towards the door and gives it a shove. It gives way easily, and swings in and to the left. Before him, Damelon sees a dark passageway with two doors visible between him and the darkness beyond.

[Shiz]

"Let's get a torch up here please."

[Greebo]

Well lets open it.

[DinbinFanfoom]

"Let's get a torch up here please."
I revealed the map as if you had a torch. (5 squares out)

[Lycos]

We'll move up to G6, and have Damelon check the door.