Strahd's "The lost Caverns of Tsojcanth" - Game Ended successfully!

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

End of Combat

Drelnza misses by an inch Allyra’s body and lands on the opposite wall like a spider, she turns her look again with hate toward the mage and ready to leap again. Turo is far on the other side of the chamber with his summoned hound.
But the floating mage practiced the arts of the arcane too long to fail twice in a row. Allyra send her second ball to explode on the Drelnza. With a loud scream, the woman evaporates into a cloud of thick grey gas. This gaseous cloud drains into the top of the marble block in the bottom of the chamber through a small hole in the alabaster slab atop it.

 

[Thanee]

Allyra

“Well, that was close. Now let's finish what we started here. I could follow her in there, if necessary,” Allyra says, “but there might not be enough room to resolidify.”

 

[Rhun]

"There must be room, as I do not believe the vampire can stay in mist-form. It must escape to its resting place and return to corporeal form to heal. You must drive a wooden stake through its heart to end it." The gnome reaches into his pack, and removes one of the wooden stakes used to support his camping tent. "This should do the trick."

OOC: Strahd, does it appear the marble block is a coffin? Can it be opened?

Also, since there is no need to cast Holy Smite, Turo will drink a Cure Serious Wounds potion instead.

AC: 22, HP: 33/78

Extended Magic Circle vrs. Evil in effect, duration < 180 minutes
Magic Weapon in effect, duration < 10 minutes
Air Walk in effect, duration < 100 minutes
Monster Summon V in effect, duration 9 rounds

[sblock=Current Spells]Orisons (DC 14): (6) Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Purify Food and Water
1st (DC 15): (5+1) Magic Weapon, Summon Monster I, Obscuring Mist, Command, Divine Favor + (D) Bless
2nd (DC 16): (5+1) Summon Monster II, Hold Person, Spiritual Weapon, Silence, Resist Energy + (D) Cure Moderate Wounds
3rd (DC 17): (4+1) Prayer, Dispel Magic, Summon Monster III x2 + (D) Magic Circle vrs Evil
4th (DC18): (4+1) Divine Power, Summon Monster IV, Air Walk + (D) Holy Smite
5th (DC19): (2+1) Summon Monster V, Flame Strike + (D) Dispel Evil[/sblock]

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

There is a big marble block, on top of it there is an alabaster slab lid. A careful examination reveal that the marble lid can be removed, if you strong enough.

The weight equals to 3000 gp.

 

[Thanee]

Allyra

“I can summon help for removing this,” Allyra offers.

 

[Rhun]

Turo and the hound archon move down to the marble block, and attempt to shove the lid off of it. "Let's see if we can get it ourselves..." says Turo, putting his shoulder into the slab top.


OOC: Turo has a STR 14, and the Hound Archon has a STR of 15. If I remember correctly, 3000gp in AD&D was equal to 300lb. Using 3.x rules, a character can generally push 5x their maximum load. Meaning that between the Archon and Turo, they should be able to move something that weighs up to 1656 pounds (or 16,560 gps from AD&D) by sliding/shoving it. In fact, the two of them together can lift/pick up 662.5 pounds (6625 gp) and move it.

So, we shouldn't need any additional summoned aid.

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

OOC: thanks for the gp2weight conversion reminder Rhun.

Beneath it the marble is hollowed out to form a cavity 2' wide, 4' long, and 2' deep. This space holds only a small brass cage. Inside this cage are several pieces of platinum jewelry studded with diamonds and rubies, a necklace a bracelet, earrings and a ring. Beneath all and with a careful examination of the upper rim of the marble block you spot a hairline crack. There is a small lip around the inner edge of the cavity that can be grasped and lifted.
But to reach it you must remove the cage and the jewelry.

Thanee - The detect magic is still ON?

 

[Rhun]

"Not what I expected," says Turo. He takes a moment to cast another healing spell upon himself.



OOC: Drop Prayer for a Cure Serious Wounds. Turo should now be at 63 of 78 hit points.

Also, does Allyra need healing?

 

[Thanee]

Allrya

Allyra nods. “Indeed. What might that be about? Let me check for magical auras first.”

The wizardess then casts another Detect Magic spell, having dropped the one she had active when the combat started.


OOC: Nah, that spell needs to be concentrated on, which is hardly possible while flinging other spells during combat.

Thanks, no healing necessary, yet. The vampire missed.

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Detect magic:

Above you the Lantern waves with fluxes of great magic of many types, far more strong then the covered lenses of the seven faces of the lantern.
As for the bird cage before you, this is another artifact of great magic. Allyra identifies spell that are far more superior then the ones she can cast. These spells are imbued into the cage. (anti-magic field, arcane lock, enlarge, freedom, imprisonment, non-detection, sequester, shrink, teleport without error, temporal stasis. Clearly, the mage who built it was a powerful one.
Another flux of great magic comes from beneath the marble.

Please roll two Knowledge Arcane check: one vs. DC:35 to identify the Lantern and a second roll vs. DC: 30 to identify the cage.