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

[ecayford]

Forge smacks his forehead!

 

[Flaming Bob]

Once he ascertains that Buckthorn's arrows won't ricochet into his face, Lucien cautiously approaches the trap door (and the mad halfling) and begins looking for a latch, trap or both (on the door, not the halfling).

 

[TerraDave]

A roll of 19 works

The tiefling notes that yes, its seems to be a kind of trap door, with a lock that could probably be opened...but he also notices:

The faint outline of an arcane glyph pulsing within the Devourer's mouth.

And in fact (with the 30 on the check), he may also notice a glyph in (at least) one of the other mouths as well.

Now, it may be possible for Lucian to somehow remove or at least temporarily disable the glyph. Assuming he needed to. Maybe.

 

[ecayford]

"Your turn wizard. Time to take the plunge and figure out what those symbols mean and if you can deactivate them. We need to figure out if they can only be temporarily disabled like the one above so that I am not stranded up here holding a rope."

If it is determined that deactivation is temporary, Forge will have to join the others in the pit.

 

[Buckthorn]

Buckthorn will wait to see if the wizard will take the bait. Otherwise, if neither he nor Lucian attempts to, Buckthorn will attempt to disable the glyphs using Thievery. Not stealth.

 

[TerraDave]

DM stops laughing...

With one flick of the wrist, the glyph is bypassed. With another, the lock is popped.

And its confirmed, that the trap door was trapped, locked...

And fake. Leading no where.

Three more to go.

 

[TerraDave]

Ghen starts to walk toward Nar, with his hands held out before him...closer...and closer

 

[dyermaker001]

Is there anyway to get a rope in the center of the pit away from the necrotic rain? Maybe we can walk to the other side, tie one across and then drop one down from that. If that doesn't seem feasible, Nar-Heru will leap (athletics) to the center of the pit, realying on his ring to gently lower him to the platform below.

If he lands on the platform (maybe will some help from the halfling and tiefling) he will study the glyphs (arcana) if not, he will climb up on the platform as quickly as possible. (Athletics)

 

[TerraDave]

Nar, you make your jump, start falling, and actually manage to avoid the tendrils! (another roll of 2!). You land on the platform.

You confirm another glyph (on lets say the green one). You can't remove it, but this helps the other two a bit (+2 on a thievery check to remove).

 

[Flaming Bob]

Lucien tries his luck.

EDIT: You have GOT to be kidding me.