Legacy of Death Part IV: Darker than the Absence of Light

Buckthorn · Apr 17, 2012

Buckthorn will approach the archway Ghen or the spirit was heading for. Ok, the spirits seem to indicate this is the archway we should go through. The one with the lowest risk / highest reward. It also seemed to suggest it didn't matter which stone we press. I assume we need to press a stone?

Buckthorn will examine the stones (he'll try Dunegeoneering this time) to see if he can figure out what the stones do or if there is a mechanism of some kind that the stones trigger or disable.

Unless his dungeoneering check reveals something more insightful.... he will take the plunge and advise the rest of the party to stand back. He'll wait for others to step back from the archway. He'll then tap the lower left hand stone. If nothing happens he will step through the arch.

"Why not, I didn't come all this way to not go through the strange misty filled archway...."

kaltfeuer · Apr 17, 2012

Stoned

<Ghen seems not to notice Buckthorn at first while he's staring starry-eyed at Shayera. Then, as if suddenly called to attention, he sees what the little dude is up to.>

Do you think these stones are like the ones we pressed back in that other place...? the place where the owlbears ate the horses? The face is similar and the mists are similar. Perhaps the pattern of stones is similar, too.

TerraDave · Apr 17, 2012

Ghen, its a good question (and maybe figuring out other similarities or differences...).

Buckthorn: you walk in. You suddenly feel a lurching...and find yourself perilously close to the green devil face in the middle of the room! You avoid its deadly sphere of darkness, but feel like something has changed, specifically with you, but can't quite tell what.

ecayford · Apr 17, 2012

Does Forge notice anything different about the ranger? Perception with elf bonus.

dyermaker001 · Apr 17, 2012

Does Buckthorn look a little more womanly? :heh:

"In the tomb of horrors, we needed to press the stones in a specific order in to dispel the mist and safely travel through the arches." Nar-Heru summons his Mage Hand^TM and presses the 3 stones in various combinations (from several squares away).

TerraDave · Apr 17, 2012

Other then some evident agitation, neither of you notice anything has changed.

You begin pressing the stones (say LR, LL, T; T, LR, LL; LL, T, LR...). Not much seems to happen.

Flaming Bob · Apr 17, 2012

Lucien Carefully looks into the demon's mouth. "Hmph. So much for low risk. Maybe this is the gateway out of here?"

TerraDave · Apr 18, 2012

Jumping into the mouth as is might not be. (and of course, there was the things you may have notice before about the devil head).

Maybe you should ask the wizard, he is always holding back critical details.

Flaming Bob · Apr 18, 2012

A disturbing sound begins emanating from the tiefling's throat and spreads across the darkened chamber, sounding for all the planes like the buzzing of what a demonic locust might sound like. A more than casual observer may notice this odd growling seems to be directed towards the elf.

"What do you think of this as a possible gate, professor?"