(17) TaliesinNYC: Helisandra:
"Sorry to cause so much panic back there. Tian and I were doing great -
until a tapestry turned into that slimy mess and covered me. I mean, who has
turns a tapestry into slime?"
(17) DM: Helisandra: "Sorry to cause so
much panic back there. Tian and I were doing great - until a tapestry turned
into that slimy mess and covered me. I mean, who has turns a tapestry into
slime?"
Garret: :nods deftly: "Fair enough. It is a lovely name." :rests back
against the wall:
** Calehan surveys the carnage and finds the room to look significantly tidier
for his work before floating back out of the room and down the hall past Tian.
**
Calehan: "Come on, don't you want to hear what they have to say about
you?"
Gabrielle: " Sometimes the most simpilist of traps are the deadliest
Helisandra."
** Tian Keth enters the room after Cale leaves and attempts to make his way to
the exit that Heli was tring to investigate **
** Helisandra remains wrapped in the blanket for a while, feeling somewhat safe
for the time being. **
Calehan: "Oh well, I still have something to talk to Ian about."
Tian Keth: Reflex save: [1d20+19] -> [7,19] = (26) -> [18,19] -> (18,
19) = (37)
Helisandra: "Yeah, I just hoped everyone else would have been able to rest
up. T'a - did you figure out what that creature was?"
** Gabrielle walks over to her mount,speaking softly in its ear,turns
around,taking her bedroll with her,finishes removing her armor,lays down and
goes back to sleep. **
** Calehan flies back over the pit, through the alchemy lab (waving to the
jelly in the vat as he passes) and around the corner to find the rest actually
talking peacefully. He makes a big show of floating leisurely just below the
ceiling and lands slowly with a big smile. **
Calehan: "I have some announcements to make."
Calehan: "First, I'm glad to see everyone getting along so well."
Helisandra: "Let's hear them."
Calehan: "Second, the slime, and indeed the tapestries, are now
gone."
Calehan: "Third, Tian went ahead and is checking out what was behind that
tapestry, apparently."
Helisandra: "Oh, the second tapestry. No one got covered with any slime
from the second one?"
Garret: "You let Tian go unsupervised?"
Calehan: "And finally, Ian, would you like me to try to reverse the magic
that was done to you?"
** Helisandra groans slightly. "Damn, this underground maze is really
getting to him. I'm going to go make sure Tian hasn't gone to far and try to
bring him back." **
Calehan: "I tried to entice him to come back now but he went ahead anyway.
I think he finds the room fun or something."
Gabrielle: " And if it does not work? What will I be then?"
** Helisandra rises, and heads on down to the shaking room, still wrapped in
the blanket. **
Calehan: "If it does not work? Why wouldn't it work? It'll work."
** Garret rises to follow after Heli **
Gabrielle: " What happens to me if it does not work?"
Garret: "Take it easy, you just almost melted to death."
Helisandra: "Maybe, but I am not going to leave Tian, or anyone else, down
there alone. Especially now that I am finding traps all over the place."
DM: The steed follows Helisandra and attempts to shield her protectively while
keeping each of you at bay.
Calehan: "It's just a simple alteration to reality. If it doesn't work,
and there's no reason for it not to, probably nothing will happen to you. If it
doesn't work, and again there's no reason it shouldn't, there's honestly no
limit to what may happen instead; as such it will most likely not happen to you."
Garret: ((the horse follows Heli?))
** Helisandra stops before even leaving the mummy room, noticing the horse.
"Horse, you aren't going to be able to follow us, unless you can fly. I
don't know how Ian, I mean Gabrielle got you down here, but stay with her."
**
Gabrielle: " Ummm with that type of wording,I would say no."
Calehan: "How should I say this most precisely, I will return you to the
form you had before you stepped into the arch at the top of these stairs."
** Tian Keth comes back out of the shaky room and sits down again back in the
hallway **
Gabrielle: " Uh-uh,I will only trust to Solnor or my order to do such a
thing,one change in my life is enough."
T'a K'shet: "If you would prefer, T'a can turn you into a ferret"
Calehan: "Thought it would be best to ask before I do anything to you.
Understood."
Gabrielle: " Sure T'a,go ahead,watch all those you admire die because
there is no one to heal thier wounds,I am sure that would go over nicely with
Tian."
** T'a K'shet glares at Gabrielle, then just shakes her head. **
Calehan: "So now that you're not going to be Ian, what'll it be? I could
wish up a name for you if you like but that's less of a good idea than turning
you back."
Gabrielle: " Gabrielle"
Gabrielle: " Helisandra,Justice will not let you leave."
Calehan: "Hmm, Gabrielle. Kinda rolls off pretty easily doesnt it. Okay
then. Now where does everyone else think they are going?"
Gabrielle: " I am going no where,I require rest,as does the rest of
you."
Helisandra: "Well, I was planning on going to make sure Tian hadn't fallen
into some trap, since they are becoming more and more frequent."
Garret: :to Heli: "I'll get Tian. You .. rest." : pats her on the
head like he would a child and heads off through the lab fro the stairs.:
Helisandra: "Wait a second Garret!"
Calehan: "Garret, there's a trap Tian showed me."
Garret: :pauses a moment at the steps:
Gabrielle: " Well if he falls into a trap,either he will still be there or
he will come back here,kick me and make me heal him."
Helisandra: "Yes, you can pass the pit along the left side going down, but
you need to jump over the last four feet of the ledge, or have a bunch of
spears flying at you."
** Calehan floats up a foot from the floor then flies over to Garret. "I
took a different approach." **
Garret: "Left sidem jump last four feet. Alright." :waves and heads
down stairs:
Garret: :to Cale: "Obviously:
** Calehan puts his arms out and spins around some. "I've got at least a
couple minutes left. You know how fun this is?" **
Garret: "Not as much as you."
Garret: ((I assume we see Tian sitting in the hall across the pit?))
** Calehan holds up his daggers placatingly, "You could. You could."
**
DM: ((yes))
Garret: "Maybe later, Cale."
** Tian Keth looks up as Garret aproches "Watch the last few feet of that
walkway" **
Calehan: ((How far away is Tian?))
DM: ((this seems a good place to stop. next session will resume 10 hours from
this point, assuming the PCs rest and memorize spells, etc.))
DM: ((outside the small room))
T'a K'shet: ((Sweet))
Calehan: ((Excellent, you mean outside room 21?))
** Helisandra curls back into a seated position, still wrapped in the blanket.
She puts her head down and rests for a few moments more. **
Garret: :sighs with some relief to see Tian sitting in wait. "So I've heard."
Glancing about at the scattered spikes from the originally burst. "Come
on, heel boy. We're going back uypstairs to rest for a while. We'll fo more
damage in the morning."
Tian Keth: "I'll stay down here, I dont want to be near Ian"
TaliesinNYC: ((yes, outside the small room next to 21))
(3) Zane: No - I am reading it right now
(2) Dj Gilcrease has sent you a tree node...
Attempting to ENABLE moderation in the current
room...
Server Administrator-> This channel is now moderated
(17) DM: (quick mapping)
(21) Gabrielle (enter): 23:02
Helisandra: (( well well well, there he is ))
(5) Garret: ... freaky timing
Calehan: (And to think we were just about ready
to make a mock-up dummy-healer to use for tonight)
(5) Garret: really dael, or dj in disguise?
Calehan: DJ's mock-up healer won't be named
gabrielle. And had AC 27 I thought =P
** Of course, no one will be able to tell the
difference between the fake and the real thing if it's done so expertly as
this. **
(17) DM: (describe your um friend, Tian)
Attempting to assign the role of PLAYER to (21)
Gabrielle...
(2) Dj Gilcrease: A Tall dark haired man in
full plate armor that is rather unadorned and a simple looking mace and no
other belongings stands infront of you. He appears to be very very dirty and
has a lost look to his eyes. He also appears to be in his late years.
(17) DM: ((we thought you were dropping out of
the game, D))
whispering to Gabrielle, what's your real name?
can't remember
(5) Garret: (Greetings obscured old dude)
(21) Gabrielle: ( no just trying to get
things done,we bought a house and are in the process of closing things up and
such)
(17) DM: (when we last left off, Heli had just
discovered this four way intersection and a pit trap in the center, as well as
in front of the door at 31)
(17) DM: (so should I remove you from the
game?)
(5) Garret: (We use to have that problem at my mom's house. The wood
warped and you couldn't get the door closed anymore.)
Helisandra: (( where is this at? ))
(17) DM: ((recall that room 21 was the room
with the tapestries/green slime trap))
: ((Yes, room 31? =P))
(17) DM: ((there was a secret door behind one
of the tapestries that led to stairs down, this is the next level))
Helisandra: (( oh, ok. ))
Helisandra: So I guess I found and tripped the
traps so that everyone can see them, right?
Helisandra: (( oops, sorry... ))
(17) DM: ((you found and deactivated them,
yes))
** Helisandra has moved around the trap that lays
before the door at 31, checking the door over. **
whispering to TaliesinNYC, [1d20+28] -> [20,28]
= (48)
** Helisandra cracks the door open about an inch or
two and peers into what lays beyond. **
** Tian Keth stands close by Heli making sure there
is no more slime monsters laying around **
** (5) Garret hangs back across the pit from 31,
giving Heli room to work, but ready to jump the pit if needed. **
** (21) Gabrielle stays next to Garret watching the
others work. **
** Calehan hangs back by the pit at the crossroads,
daggers drawn and eyes open for trouble from the other directions. **
(21) Gabrielle: " You inquired as to
why I chose this name so easily Garret,if you will allow me to tell you a tale
taught to us by the elders of the temple."
(5) Garret: "Huh?" :glances over, apparently not expecting the
paladin to suddenly speak. In his regularly disinterested tone, he concedes:
"Sure, talk away."
** Helisandra opens the door (31) and reveals yet
another mist filled hallway. **
(21) Gabrielle: " In the time when man
had just arrived here,the gods walked amoungst us,both the good and the evil,those
of us who were worshippers built shrines and temples to these gods."
(5) Garret: :sighs at another misty room, calling up to Tian:
"Smell anything funny in there?" :glances to Gab: "Sorry, go
on."
(5) Garret: :whether he's really listening is questionable:
** Tian Keth snorts and sniff the mist **
(21) Gabrielle: " Well some of the
other gods were enraged at seeing shrines and temples being built,they in turn
began to destroy what was built,this angered some of the gods and in turn
caused a great war to ensue."
Tian Keth: "just fruitr small"
Helisandra: "Hmm... white this time."
she mutters.
(5) Garret: :nods: "Jealousy. It's an ugly thing." :then to
tian: "Fruit?"
Tian Keth: "Apricots specificly"
Helisandra: "That is not something I would
expect this far underground. Would you?"
Calehan: "Nope, apricots is definitely a
surpise."
(5) Garret: "Can you see anything? Hear anything?"
(21) Gabrielle: " Well Solnor led his
army out onto the field of battle,facing a great and evil army,the battle
lasted for days,both sides taking heavy losses,but Solnor was struck down and
lay mortally wounded on the field,and peasant not much unlike myself ran up and
grabbed Solnors sword and stood above him defending him against all odds,the
man fell to his great and many wounds,but not before turning the tide of the
war,Solnor seeing this man fall defending him,decided that this man would be on
his right side when he assended to greatness,that mans name was Gabriel,thus at
times the sword of Solnor is often times called the sword of Gabriel."
** Tian Keth pokes his head in the room to see whats
in there **
** Helisandra gets a strange look on her face for a
moment "Music? This seems kinda like the lava trap." **
(5) Garret: :gives a stiff nod to Gab as she finishes her tale:
"Then I suppose it's a great name after all." :shurgs and turns to
watch Tian's experiment, adding chidingly: "A bit prsumptious maybe."
** Calehan adds from the back, "Mist filled
anything seems to be a trap of some kind. At least arches have generally had a
correct answer, this kind of thing I don't trust already.." **
Helisandra: "Yes, but we had to pass
through one other hallway to get this far in. This could be another like
that."
** Helisandra simply waits to see the result of
Tian's test before actually doing anything else. **
(5) Garret: :Sigh: "Shall we check one of the other doors first
then?"
Tian Keth: "A hall full of platnium
coins leading down it"
Calehan: "That smell of apricots?"
Tian Keth: "And harp music, Lets look at
a diferant door for now"
Helisandra: "Most likely a trap for those
greedy enough to follow blindly."
(5) Garret: "Yeah.... and the half-naked harem girls are
where?"
** Helisandra nods in agreement and heads back to the
crossing hallways, moving to the left (the non-numbered door), checking it over
carefully. **
** Tian Keth follows Heli closly **
** (5) Garret hangs around by 31, making sure nothing
is coming out while the others go to check the next door. **
** Calehan stands well away from the door Hilsandra
is checking over, in fact he seems rather intent on watching the opposite door.
**
whispering to TaliesinNYC, [1d20+28] ->
[12,28] = (40)
** Helisandra cracks this door open after a little
while and peeks beyond it. **
** Helisandra lets out a disappointed sigh and opens
the door to show the blank wall behind it. "Not this way." **
(5) Garret: "Sure the wall's not an illusion?"
(5) Garret: "Or a false wall?"
** Tian Keth pokes the wall to make sure it is solid
then follows Heli to the next door **
** Helisandra turns and heads to the remaining door,
going through the same process on this one. **
Calehan: "Maybe he ran out of time to
finish construction."
** Calehan walks over to the door to look it over
anyway once everyone's attention is opposite it. **
whispering to Donovan, quite solid appearing
whispering to TaliesinNYC, [1d20+28] ->
[15,28] = (43)
** Helisandra also looks over this door for a moment,
but finding nothing she opens this one up, starting to get anxious to get
finished. **
** Helisandra knocks on the stone wall that was
behind the door. "Another one." **
Tian Keth: "Guess we go toward the
music"
(5) Garret: "One of the walls have a hidden door maybe?"
Helisandra: "I didn't see any, but I can
look more."
** (21) Gabrielle watches the others move around from
door to door,wishing there was something she could do to help. **
** Calehan turns around to see that the other door
opened up on a solid wall as well. **
** Calehan walks over towards that blocked door to
investigate more closely, explaining as he walks, "That can't be right.
This is the left path so I thought it would have been the right way. This must
be the part about finding the false with the true." **
** Helisandra searches the area around the door to
23, then moves on down the hall, moving to the non-numbered door hallway, and
then finally to the mist filled walkway. **
whispering to TaliesinNYC, [1d20+28] ->
[13,28] = (41)
** Tian Keth peeks down the two pits to see if there
is a switch or something down there **
** Helisandra starts to head away from the door (at
23) but stops in her tracks. "What do you know?" She returns to the
stons wall behind the door and works her hands over the stone wall. **
** Tian Keth turns to Heli **
Calehan: "What do I know? Just a hunch
actually."
Helisandra: "They are good hunches. Now
just to find out how to open it..."
whispering to TaliesinNYC, [1d20+25] ->
[4,25] = (29)
** Helisandra finally takes a step back and turns her
head to the side some, staring at the door. "Well, I know there is
something there, but I can't figure out how to open it." **
(5) Garret: "Can you see what it is?"
(21) Gabrielle: " Perhaps it needs a
word to open it."
Helisandra: "There is a door right
here," she says, tracing the outline in the stone wall.
Calehan: "I've got a few words that should
open it up, though probably not the sort of ones you had in mind."
** Tian Keth looks around the door and hall leading
to it but staying out of Heli's way **
(5) Garret: "Is it held magically or mechanically?"
** Helisandra frowns slightly. "I don't know. I
am stumped as to what is holding the door closed." **
Helisandra: "It is possible that there
might be a hint down that mist-filled pathway."
Calehan: "It's also possible that there is
not a hint."
(5) Garret: "Does the other wall seem to have a door as well?"
Helisandra: "True. In that case - maybe we
sould find another, non-traditional, way of opening it."
Calehan: "One thing to try then, before I
do something more permanent. If it's a door, then maybe a key will open
it."
(5) Garret: "Is there a lock?"
** Helisandra searches to try to find a keyhole. **
** Calehan reaches into a pocket and pulls out the
golden key they found in the lab. "I don't know where this would go
but..." **
** While Helisandra searches, Calehan taps the key
against the blocked door lightly looking for an opening or reaction. **
Helisandra: "I'm not finding anything,
you?"
Calehan: "Nothing's happening here
either."
Tian Keth: "Try kicking it"
Helisandra: "Not my style Tian, besides -
it is stone."
Calehan: "I'm pretty sure I couldn't
reliably open a wooden door by kicking it; maybe you'd like to try?"
** (21) Gabrielle walks up and down each side of the
hallway,running her hand along the wall,trying to see if any of them may be a
panel to open the door. **
** Tian Keth strugs and moves to kick it **
Tian Keth: Str check: [1d20-2] -> [12,-2]
= (10)
** Helisandra moves out of Tian's way. **
** Calehan stands back and let's him try it. **
Tian Keth: (( oops wrong char ))
Tian Keth: Str check: [1d20+7] -> [6,7] =
(13)
** Calehan drops the key back into a belt pocket and
readies his daggers for spelling. **
** Tian Keth hops back, "Seems solid to me" **
Calehan: "Since it seems none of us can
find how this is supposed to be opened, if everyone will get ready, I'll remove
the door like I removed that wall yesterday. No telling what's on the other
side though."
** Tian Keth moves back and shifts his grip on Frenzy
Fang in preperation **
** Helisandra takes a couple steps back, peeking out
from behind Tian. **
(5) Garret: "If you want to save the spell, Me and Tian could try a
joint ramming.. though I doubt it'll do much better
(17) DM: Someone starts singing an operatic
aria.
(17) DM: The singing seems to be coming from
the mist-filled corridor.
** Helisandra looks around, trying to pinpoint the
source of the sound. **
** (21) Gabrielle listens to the song to see if she
recognizes it. **
** Helisandra moves back to the mist hallway, not
entering but looking into it. **
Calehan: "I'm really not worried about the
spell right not. I'm worried about who sings in a lich's tomb."
** (5) Garret looks to the doorway near him, waiting
casually for what will exit the door **
** Calehan weaves his daggers in front of him drawing
an intricate pattern in the air as he incants his spell, ending with a sharp,
green spike of radiance striking out at the blocked doorway. **
(17) DM: The wall vanishes with a poof.
(17) DM: On second thought, you do recognize
the aria. It's a famous aria by an elven bard who lived over a thousand years
ago, about a comedy involving a human barber and an elven sailor's mistress.
(21) Gabrielle: " Evil though this
place is,the music is rather enjoyable."
Helisandra: "That does not sound like a
song a lich would sing." she shakes her head and turns back to look at the
stone door once she realizes that Calehan has stopped casting.
** Helisandra notices the stone gone and tries to see
into the area beyond it to see what it reveals. **
(17) DM: (sec)
** Tian Keth pokes his head through the door **
(17) DM: A short corridor, ending in a flight
of stone stairs that leads nowhere. Oh, and a stone door on the far right wall,
just before the stairs.
** Helisandra sees that no enemies await, so she
quickly makes her way to the front to check the area before everyone moves into
the next room. **
** Tian Keth follows Heli **
Calehan: "Stairs up to a wall. It really
is clear he didn't finish building this place. Maybe he forgot to tip the
stonemasons."
** Calehan waits at the doorway for Helisandra to
finish her inspection. **
(17) DM: (hold on there, lol)
(17) DM: As soon as Heli enters the corridor, a
trap door opens just in front of the passage. (So Heli and Tian, since you
followed Heli, need to make Reflex saves)
Helisandra: Reflex vs Traps: [1d20+23] -> [13,23] = (36)
Tian Keth: Reflex save: [1d20+19] ->
[15,19] = (34)
(17) DM: Tian drops into the pit.
whispering to TaliesinNYC, [3d6] -> [5,6,6] =
(17)
** Helisandra manages to jump forward as she starts
to feel the floor give way, allowing her to escape the trap. She immediately
realizes that Tian is no longer beside her so she spins around and looks down
into the now open pit. "Tian?" **
Tian Keth: "Ouch"
Helisandra: "Are you ok?"
Tian Keth: "Sprained my foot when I
fell"
Helisandra: "At least it wasn't a poisoned
spike, or a pool of slime."
(5) Garret: "At least that's all you sprained." :Calls out,
while remaining by the door to the mist filled room:
Helisandra: "Can you move on it?" she
asks down to Tian.
** Tian Keth looks around the pit **
(21) Gabrielle: " Have him search the
pit before he leaves it."
Helisandra: "Good diea, while he is there.
Anything special down there Tian? It's not like Acererak to have a blank pit
trap."
whispering to TaliesinNYC, [1d20+9] -> [14,9]
= (23)
Calehan: "Maybe he forgot to include the
spikes, like the rest of this hallway."
Tian Keth: "A door here"
Helisandra: "It's possible, I guess."
Tian Keth: "Heli want to climb down and
check it out?"
** Helisandra looks down into the pit again when Tian
comments on the door and makes her way into the pit. "May I?" **
** Tian Keth steps back favoring his right foot
slightly **
** Helisandra smiles at Tian as their thoughts work
together yet again and she begins checking the door for any nasty surprises. **
(21) Gabrielle: " I do not believe that
the lich forgot anything,if anything I believe him or her to be mad,why else
all the hidden doors,secret messages,doors that go no where,he did it to
confuse those who would venture into his lair."
Calehan: "Well, whatever the case there's
something missing from his head."
Tian Keth: "Probably his body" **Tian tries to joke**
(21) Gabrielle: " Would you want to be
a Lich Calehan?"
Tian Keth: "A lich is just a wizard who
did not want to die"
Calehan: "Well, it seems that it would be
hard to be a lich and not want to be a lich, so I don't think that's his
problem."
whispering to TaliesinNYC, [1d20+28] ->
[20,28] = (48)
(21) Gabrielle: " Just think about how
long he has been down here,no one to talk to,no one to intact with,that in
itself is enough to make one go mad."
** Helisandra gives the door a complete lookover and
finally seems satisfied. She cracks the door open an inch and peers beyond it.
**
Calehan: "If he was going to be so bored,
maybe he should have reconsidered living forever."
** Tian Keth peeks though the door over Heli's
sholder **
Helisandra: "This is different" she
mutters to Tian, as she opens the door fully to let him see the very small (5'
by 5') passageway beyond it.
Tian Keth: "Thats a short hall"
Helisandra: "Yes, not much room. Wait
here."
** Helisandra seems to wait for Tian to agree before
doing anything else. **
** Tian Keth nods **
** Helisandra looks into the cooridor, calculating
room a bit. She checks the area just inside the door for any traps before
crawling along the right hand wall, looking for traps as she slowly moves down
the hallway towards the door on the opposite end. **
whispering to TaliesinNYC, [1d20+28] ->
[2,28] = (30)
** Helisandra continues all the way to the door,
which she also checks for traps. **
Tian Keth: (( AFK for a smoke ))
** Helisandra cracks open the door and peeks inside.
**
** Calehan loiters about above the open pit,
"About how far down do you think that is?" **
(21) Gabrielle: " Far enough for Tian
to sprain his ankle."
Tian Keth: (( back ))
** Helisandra crawls back to where she left Tian and
the others. "There is a door at the end of this hallway, and beyond that
door another small hallway. It seems to go on more than a random path would, I
think this is the way we need to go - even if it is a tight fit." **
** Tian Keth pokes his head in the small hall and
growns, but starts following after Heli **
** Helisandra nods at Tian, understanding.
"Let's make this as quick as possible, ok?" She heads back down the
hallway and enteres the first door. She then starts searching the next, snaking
hallway for traps. **
whispering to TaliesinNYC, [1d20+28] ->
[5,28] = (33)
** Helisandra makes her way down the snaking hallway
and to the next door, which after a couple moments of searching it over - she
also opens to reveal yet another small passageway. "I think this will be
the last one, Acererak likes sets of threes in his hallways, I hope at
least." **
** Helisandra begins moving down the next hallway,
searching for traps as she moves along. **
** Tian Keth follows Heli growling from time to time
**
** (21) Gabrielle continues to wait to see if this is
infact the right path to take,figuring either Helisandra or Tian would return
to tell them. **
(5) Garret: :calls from his spot near the misty room: "Oi, what are
they doing down there?"
(21) Gabrielle: " I can not say
Garret."
(5) Garret: "Well, keep an open dialogue, so at least we know if
they're in trouble."
(21) Gabrielle: " I do not believe that
they are close enough to even hear us Garret."
(17) DM: (this next room is really complicated,
so please bear with me until I finish describing it)
** Helisandra finally leads Tian into a much larger
area - a large room. **
** Tian Keth breaths a sigh **
(17) DM: (it's in 3D, those are pillars so
imagine it in 2D, and you'll see its rows and rows of pillars)
(17) DM: The first thing you see on peeking
past the door that Heli checked is that this is a rather large chamber with 50'
high ceilings.
(17) DM: (approx. 110' x 110')
(17) DM: Next, it's filled with pillars, each
literally covered with uncut star sapphires.
(17) DM: To your immediate left, floating about
24' off the floor is an exact replica of the green devil face that you first
saw on entering the Tomb. Except that this is an image, not a mosaic.
(17) DM: To your right, in the middle of the
far right wall is an elaborate throne atop a dais. Something glints at the base
of the throne.
** Tian Keth nods to Heli still stairing around the
room **
(17) DM: Set at regular intervals on the left
wall (north wall, OOC) are three doors. (OOC: in order from left to right, the
doors are electric blue, scintillating violet and electric blue. they
correspond to 26, 27 and 26 respectively)
(17) DM: At the opposite wall, to your right
(OOC: SE corner), there can be seen an intense orange glow in the otherwise
dark chamber.
** Tian Keth takes a few steps into the room then
turns to wait for Heli to return with the others **
** Helisandra takes in the room in admiration.
"I'll be back shortly" she says softly as she clicks the heels of her
boots and moves back down the hallways, crouching over this time but moving
very quickly. **
** Helisandra suddenly appears again to anyone
watching the pit, coming out from the door at the bottom. She clicks her heals
together and calls out to everyone. "We found the columned hall." **
Calehan: "Ok, hold on, and into the
columned hall we'll come."
(21) Gabrielle: " Very well,I shall be
right behind you."
** Calehan relays this message to Gabrielle and
Garret before lowering himself carefully to the floor of the pit and following.
**
** Helisandra turns once she hears others responding
and she progresses back down the hallway, at her normal speed this time. **
** (21) Gabrielle carefully enters the pit,kneeling
down,now that she is smaller,moves through the tunnel rather easily. **
** (5) Garret gives a grunt and a nod before leaving
his post/leaning spot and making his way over to the pit to climb down after
the others. **
** Helisandra leads the way down the twisting
hallways into the columned room, and Tian. **
Helisandra: "Nothing has been checked in
this room yet, so be careful."
(17) DM: ((stopping in 15 minutes, since I'm
not going to be able to run this room adequately in 45.))
** Helisandra heads over to the throne first, to
check out the glow that was coming from it. **
Helisandra: (( *the glint, sorry ))
** Tian Keth follows Heli and keeps his eyes ears and
nose pealed for danger **
** (21) Gabrielle heads towards the altar as soon as
she enters the room" Helisandra,touch nothing,even if no traps are
present." **
Helisandra: "Understood." she calls
back to Gabrielle. In the mean time, she still searches the throne over for
traps or keys or keyholes, keeping in mind not to actually touch it.
(17) DM: Contrasting with the pastel colors of
the pillars and the floor (the floor is a glittering aqua color) is the stark
blackness of a huge dais atop which rests an obsidian throne inlaid with silver
and ivory skulls. Upon the throne rest a crown and a scepter, both of which
glow with a soft blue light. The crown is made of gold and the scepter is platinum,
with a golden sphere at one end and a silver knob at the other.
** (5) Garret squeezes his way in after everyone
else, stretching out as he takes int the collumed room **
** Calehan waits by the door trying to see past the
many pillars. **
(17) DM: ((no altar...))
** (21) Gabrielle walks over to the throne,studying
it,and the items on the throne. **
whispering to TaliesinNYC, [1d20+25] ->
[15,25] = (40)
Tian Keth: "This must have been a very
skilled wizard to have the welth to build this place."
Helisandra: "I would guess the scepter is
what would act as a key, of any of it."
Helisandra: "Then again..."
(21) Gabrielle: " The scepter could
also be used to control evil as well,same goes for the crown."
** Helisandra bends down and studies the base of the
throne intently. **
Tian Keth: "Well just leave it alone for
now"
Helisandra: "Very interesting, there is
much here. But let's see what else this room holds." Helisandra backs down
from the throne and starts to make her way around the room, checking for traps
as she moves along. ((moving to the east from the throne, then heading in a
counter-clockwise direction to return to the door we entered from eventually.
** Tian Keth follows Heli and keeps his eyes ears and
nose pealed for danger **
** (5) Garret walks the room randomly, idly observind
the pillars for odd variations from one to the next, or more importantly,
anything skulking among them. **
(17) DM: You seem to be the only living
individuals in the area.
(17) DM: The southeastern corner of the room
contains cinders, ashes, charred bones and skulls, the crisped and blackened
remains of clothing, gear, arms and armor encircling a huge, glowing orange
gem. The gem is the size of a small cat.
Helisandra: "So many gems here, so much
temptation for greedy individuals." she mutters as she passes by the
orange gem.
(17) DM: The NE corner of the room contains an
exact replica of the devil face mosaic you saw on entering the Tomb, except
that this is an image AND it is blue-tinged, and floating 24' off the floor.
(OOC: at 25b)
(21) Gabrielle: " Perhaps that is what
this room is designed for Helisandra."
** Tian Keth stops well away from the Gem. "I hope that thing did not do the charing of who ever
was wearing that stuf" **
(17) DM: No other special features can be seen
at this time.
(21) Gabrielle: " No I am guessing it
would be the floating image above us Tian,you take something and it ends your
life."
** (5) Garret stops at what seems to be the edge of
the 'killzone' of the gem; a bit away from the furthest remains. Curiously he
reaches into his pocket, takes a bit of hard jerky and tosses it at the gem to
see if there's a response **
Helisandra: "Yes, for there is enough here
to tempt most people. Fortunately, glowing gems tend to make me more wary than
tempted." she adds with a smirk as she continues her rounds. She keeps
away from the devil faces, not trusting them one bit. After being satisified
that there was nothing else to notice, she begins to check the three doors on
the north wall for any traps.
(17) DM: ((and on this note, we'll stop))
Helisandra: (( k ))
(17) DM: ((next session, and the next 3
sessions after that will be Mel Nethra))
(3) Zane: yippee! Sorry, but I missed
Helisandra.
(17) DM: ((when was the last time I handed out
XP for the Sat group (Damrosil)?))