Leif's "The Hall of the Rainbow Mage," IC (A) [D&D 3.5]

[renau1g]

As the guards speak, Blade focuses on his innate ability to detect the true nature of men, first focusing on their intentions, he could determine their motivation and desires, whether they walked the path of darkness. Second, he could determine whether they were beings cloaked in these guises, appearing as regular guards, but demons from another plane.

"We shall complete our investigations with the utmost care and caution" Blade says, once satisfied.

OOC

1) Detect Evil - class ability
2) My Lenses of Revelation - Determine true nature of creature (Evil Outsider, Undead, Any Other)

[Rhun]

Vaidun remains quiet as they pause and talk to the guards, letting Sam and Blade take the lead in the chat.

[Leif]

Blade is confident that these seeming guardsmen are really humans, and they are not evil.

[kinem]

Originally Posted by Leif

The guard turns to his fellow guard, the two exchange glances and nods. The guard leading the patrol says, "Yes, we know Mrs. Relight sent for help. It's such a shame what happened to the mage! The way I understand it, someone or something attacked and killed Londar and his driver along the Horrik Trade Road."

Another guard then says, "The way I heard it, the Rainbow Mage had been toying with demons, one of his spells went wrong, and he fell into the Abyss." Still another says, "No, no, no. It was another wizard who was jealous of Londar's power that had him killed."

Then the leader speaks up again, "Whatever happened to Londar, I wish you lot good luck in getting anything that he left behind. His house is full of traps and golems and things."

Sam responds "Thanks. Can you tell us anything about his driver? Who was he, and does he have family in town?"

[Rhun]

Vaidun also adds a question to that of Blade's. "We are told that the mansion was vandalized...do you know the extent of the damage, or if anything was missing?"

[Leif]

Originally Posted by kinem

Sam responds [color=]"Thanks. Can you tell us anything about his driver? Who was he, and does he have family in town?"

Originally Posted by Rhun

Vaidun also adds a question to that of Blade's. "We are told that the mansion was vandalized...do you know the extent of the damage, or if anything was missing?"

The guard replies to Sam and Vaidun: "I only knew the driver casually, he was just a servant of Mage Brightrain, and, no, I don't beleive he had any family in town. And, no, for me to know the extent of the damage, I would have to know both the previous condition of Mage Brightrain's mansion and a complete inventory of the place before the break-in, and, of course, I am not privy to such knowledge."

[Theroc]

Nilah gestures for Whin to come closer for him to say something. If Whin comes closer, Nilah will say:

"First thing I'm doing once we're there is searching for any residual magic in the area, so try to avoid letting this group's magic flood over everything first... maybe I can find a clue in the magical residue..."

[kinem]

"Do you know what the driver's name was?" Sam asks the guards.

After the party takes their leave of the guards and heads towards the mansion Sam will tell the others

"Before we enter I want to take a careful look around the outside of the house.

Also, I hate to say it, but I should probably take the lead in entering and searching the house. The mage's defenses failed him, but there could still be dangerous traps he left. I'm pretty good at finding things like that. But, if we see any hostile golems, they're all yours."

ooc: search +16, take 20; has trapfinding class feature

[Rathan]

Gomlar is well adept at fighting golems.... for the most part his rock-fists are well adept at counteracting a golems thick constructed defenses... if we do run into golems though.... be forewarned as you all most likely know they are immune to most magics... Laz utters... speaking the most to his companions thus far than he has before then falls silent as he prepares himself for a mages abode....

[Leif]

Originally Posted by kinem

"Do you know what the driver's name was?" Sam asks the guards.

"The guard's name was, if I remember correctly, Cletus Hatfield."

OOC: Anything else? Or are you ready to get to Londar Brightrain's mansion?

[Jemal]

Whin coughed once as he motioned the guards on their way and continued walking. Once the guards were out of earshot and the conversation had moved onto the golems, he spoke "If we do run into golems, you'll find I'm more than equipped for dealing with them. Back in Thay I used such creatures as practice dummies. Sometimes they tried fighting back." He grew a wicked grin at the memories.

"Your offer on the traps however, I will gladly take up." he nods to Sam "And I will be relying on you all if there is need of magics - My training was more martial, what magical power I do have revolves around that. My job is keeping mages alive to do THEIR jobs." He then leans in to whisper to Nilah "Understood. Try to stay with the gnome, and I'll try to keep the mages safe and out of the way in case we need them later."

ooc

One on one, Whin can take any core golem below the Greater Stone, so he doesn't see them as an issue. In fact, from his arrogant point of view, no physical opponent short of a dragon or greater outsider would serve as a challenge. Traps, on the other hand, are not exactly something he's equipped to deal with.

Also, Leif - Here's my sword's stats just FYI.
"Razor" : Intelligent +2 Vicious Adamantine Greatsword
Sentience : Int 14; Wis14; Cha10; Speech (Common, Draconic, Undercommon), 120' Vision/Hearing
2 Lesser Powers: Knowledge: Religion(+12/10); Cure Moderate Wounds[2d8+3] 3/day

[Rhun]

"While most consider me more of a generalist mage, my real expertise lies in the area of abjuration." Vaidun smiles. "Both in protections, and dispelling the protection magics of others. Hopefully those skills aren't needed, but you never know."

[Leif]

Originally Posted by Jemal

ooc

Also, Leif - Here's my sword's stats just FYI.
"Razor" : Intelligent +2 Vicious Adamantine Greatsword
Sentience : Int 14; Wis14; Cha10; Speech (Common, Draconic, Undercommon), 120' Vision/Hearing
2 Lesser Powers: Knowledge: Religion(+12/10); Cure Moderate Wounds[2d8+3] 3/day

Jemal

Pardon me while I level-up all of the monsters in the module about four times!

Originally Posted by Rhun

"While most consider me more of a generalist mage, my real expertise lies in the area of abjuration." Vaidun smiles. "Both in protections, and dispelling the protection magics of others. Hopefully those skills aren't needed, but you never know."

Hopefully!

[renau1g]

Blade looks to Sam and says "If you plan to go ahead, I'll be with you, travelling in the shadows and remaining out of sight. It's not wise to enter in alone."

[Theroc]

Originally Posted by renau1g

"If you plan to go ahead, I'll be with you, travelling in the shadows and remaining out of sight. It's not wise to enter in alone."

"He wouldn't be going in alone. I planned to take point and keep an eye out for any magewrought trickeries... seeing the telltale signs of your kind's work... magic..."

[Rhun]

Vaidun yawns. "And what would you like the rest of us to do, while you three go on ahead?"

[Jemal]

"I suggest the rest of you remain with me, a ways behind them. We will keep safe from any ambush but close enough to aid them should they require our assistance."

[Leif]

OOC: When you guys get this settled as to who is where, I'm going to need a marching order diagram (just in regular ENWorld taxt will be fine) showing me your relative positions, distances between you, etc.

[Rathan]

"Perhaps we should send you in with Gomlar?.... I realize he is rather large.. but he's good for cover... not to mention if there ARE magical traps within this rainbow mages abode... Gomlar may be immune to a lot of them due to his construct nature.... thoughts on this?' Laz spoke softly... a refined tone offering the groups heading in a bit of comfort and protection even though one of main reasons for suggesting it WAS to save his own ass from being caught in a trap... that is one of the reasons after all that he built the stone golem in the first place....

[Theroc]

Nilah nodded faintly, "Gomlar can lead, I'll try to see the magic around him..."