X5: To the Temple of Death - IC
Aram pulls out a silver coin with a chariot symbol etched on one side, which he got from the mad hermit's hut in the now distant village of Pramayama.
Heads left, tails right.
He flips it, and the blank side comes up. A good sign? He indicates the right passage.
Obeying the coin, the party heads down the rightward tunnel.
It is quite chilly in the tunnels and the air is stale and hard to breathe. The floors are irregular and cluttered with fallen stone and stalagmites. Water and sometimes ice film the walls. Puddles dot the floor. The walls and ceilings of the tunnels are jagged and rough.
The tunnels range from 11 to 20 yards wide and 11 to 30 yards high.
It is difficult to keep accurate track of time while in the tunnels, but they seem to go on for miles and miles.
Fungus grows in patches throughout the tunnels. Girgal suspects that much of it is poisonous.
As the party enters a wide section of the tunnel, you hear the noise of rocks tapped against rocks. When you try to approach the source of the tapping, it stops. You see nothing unusual - only boulders, stalagmites, and stalactites.
Heads left, tails right.
He flips it, and the blank side comes up. A good sign? He indicates the right passage.
Obeying the coin, the party heads down the rightward tunnel.
It is quite chilly in the tunnels and the air is stale and hard to breathe. The floors are irregular and cluttered with fallen stone and stalagmites. Water and sometimes ice film the walls. Puddles dot the floor. The walls and ceilings of the tunnels are jagged and rough.
The tunnels range from 11 to 20 yards wide and 11 to 30 yards high.
It is difficult to keep accurate track of time while in the tunnels, but they seem to go on for miles and miles.
Fungus grows in patches throughout the tunnels. Girgal suspects that much of it is poisonous.
As the party enters a wide section of the tunnel, you hear the noise of rocks tapped against rocks. When you try to approach the source of the tapping, it stops. You see nothing unusual - only boulders, stalagmites, and stalactites.
There is no doubt that this tunnel has been used in the past - while tracks are often hard to discern in the rocks, there are some places where they are obvious, and occasionally you have passed a pile of trash or a nearly skeletal corpse.
Aram and the others inspect the area where the tapping sound had seemed to come from. There are stalagmites and stalactites (some fused into pillars), and numerous rocks including several large boulders, but you don't see any animals or other likely sources of the noise.
Just move on?
Aram and the others inspect the area where the tapping sound had seemed to come from. There are stalagmites and stalactites (some fused into pillars), and numerous rocks including several large boulders, but you don't see any animals or other likely sources of the noise.
Just move on?
Walking Dad
First Post
Girgal, AC 23 (T15, FF20), HP 66/66, F +11,R+8,W+14
Ripclaw HP 57/57
Girgal looks around if all stalagmites have stalactites and the other way around.
Ripclaw sniffs into the air.
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Ripclaw: Hide+15, Move Silently+10
Will use the Summon feat for flavor in out-of-combat situation, alternating between different elements.
Spot +17, Listen +18
Spells:
0 (6) - cure minor wounds x2, light x2, detect magic x2
1 (4) – (jump), produce flame x2,faery fire, cure light wounds - obscuring mist
2 (4) - (spiderclimb), barkskin x2, animalistic power, blinding spittle – snake swiftness, mass
3 (3) – (protection from energy), stone shape, spirit jaws,blindsight – greater magic fang
4 (2) – (freedom of movement), blast of sand, enhance wildshape – SNA 4
5 (2) - (tree stride), SNA 5 - animal growth
Ripclaw has:
HP 57
AC: (with barkskin) 30 (T15, FF25)
Full Attack: 2 Claws +7 melee (1d6+4 plus poison) and bite +2 melee (1d6+2) and tail + 2 melee (1d6+2 plus poison)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Leaping pounce, poison (DC 14 1d6 Dex/1d6 Dex), rake 1d6+3
Hide+15, Move Silently+10
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Ripclaw HP 57/57
Girgal looks around if all stalagmites have stalactites and the other way around.
Ripclaw sniffs into the air.
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Ripclaw: Hide+15, Move Silently+10
Will use the Summon feat for flavor in out-of-combat situation, alternating between different elements.
Spot +17, Listen +18
Spells:
0 (6) - cure minor wounds x2, light x2, detect magic x2
1 (4) – (jump), produce flame x2,
2 (4) - (spiderclimb), barkskin x2, animalistic power, blinding spittle – snake swiftness, mass
3 (3) – (protection from energy), stone shape, spirit jaws,
4 (2) – (freedom of movement), blast of sand, enhance wildshape – SNA 4
5 (2) - (tree stride), SNA 5 - animal growth
Ripclaw has:
HP 57
AC: (with barkskin) 30 (T15, FF25)
Full Attack: 2 Claws +7 melee (1d6+4 plus poison) and bite +2 melee (1d6+2) and tail + 2 melee (1d6+2 plus poison)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Leaping pounce, poison (DC 14 1d6 Dex/1d6 Dex), rake 1d6+3
Hide+15, Move Silently+10
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None of the stalagmites or stactites look out of place.
Ripclaw sniffs around but only smells the dank air and the dusty rocks.
The party continues onward. Similar incidents with odd tapping noises happen again, a couple more times. In each case the noise stops when the party approaches, and there is no obvious cause for the sound.
After about another hour of travelling in the tunnels, there is a sudden much louder noise. Two large creatures - they appear to be made of rock, so that you didn't notice anything unusual until you were close, but now they look very much like trolls and are about 11' tall - peel away from the sides of the tunnel and confront the party! They look prepared for action but hold back for the moment rather than attack yet.
At the same time, a small boulder ahead in the tunnel rises to its feet! In doing so it makes rocky noises similar to what you have been hearing.
The boulder-creature says in an odd, hollow voice "Halt! Surrender now, and you might live."
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Ripclaw sniffs around but only smells the dank air and the dusty rocks.
The party continues onward. Similar incidents with odd tapping noises happen again, a couple more times. In each case the noise stops when the party approaches, and there is no obvious cause for the sound.
After about another hour of travelling in the tunnels, there is a sudden much louder noise. Two large creatures - they appear to be made of rock, so that you didn't notice anything unusual until you were close, but now they look very much like trolls and are about 11' tall - peel away from the sides of the tunnel and confront the party! They look prepared for action but hold back for the moment rather than attack yet.
At the same time, a small boulder ahead in the tunnel rises to its feet! In doing so it makes rocky noises similar to what you have been hearing.
The boulder-creature says in an odd, hollow voice "Halt! Surrender now, and you might live."
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A = Aram
G = Girgal + Ripclaw
K = Keira
F = Fuller
T = rock troll
b = boulder-monster
r = boulder (real, or monster?)Walking Dad
First Post
Girgal, AC 23 (T15, FF20), HP 66/66, F +11,R+8,W+14
Ripclaw HP 57/57
"Surrender to whom?" Girgal asks, as he summons an small earth elemental himself.
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use feat. Ripclaw full defense.
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Ripclaw: Hide+15, Move Silently+10
Will use the Summon feat for flavor in out-of-combat situation, alternating between different elements.
Spot +17, Listen +18
Spells:
0 (6) - cure minor wounds x2, light x2, detect magic x2
1 (4) – (jump), produce flame x2 - obscuring mist
2 (4) - (spiderclimb), barkskin x2, animalistic power, blinding spittle – snake swiftness, mass
3 (3) – (protection from energy), stone shape, spirit jaws, – greater magic fang
4 (2) – (freedom of movement), blast of sand, enhance wildshape – SNA 4
5 (2) - (tree stride), SNA 5 - animal growth
Ripclaw has:
HP 57
AC: (with barkskin) 30 (T15, FF25)
Full Attack: 2 Claws +7 melee (1d6+4 plus poison) and bite +2 melee (1d6+2) and tail + 2 melee (1d6+2 plus poison)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Leaping pounce, poison (DC 14 1d6 Dex/1d6 Dex), rake 1d6+3
Hide+15, Move Silently+10
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Ripclaw HP 57/57
"Surrender to whom?" Girgal asks, as he summons an small earth elemental himself.
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use feat. Ripclaw full defense.
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Ripclaw: Hide+15, Move Silently+10
Will use the Summon feat for flavor in out-of-combat situation, alternating between different elements.
Spot +17, Listen +18
Spells:
0 (6) - cure minor wounds x2, light x2, detect magic x2
1 (4) – (jump), produce flame x2 - obscuring mist
2 (4) - (spiderclimb), barkskin x2, animalistic power, blinding spittle – snake swiftness, mass
3 (3) – (protection from energy), stone shape, spirit jaws, – greater magic fang
4 (2) – (freedom of movement), blast of sand, enhance wildshape – SNA 4
5 (2) - (tree stride), SNA 5 - animal growth
Ripclaw has:
HP 57
AC: (with barkskin) 30 (T15, FF25)
Full Attack: 2 Claws +7 melee (1d6+4 plus poison) and bite +2 melee (1d6+2) and tail + 2 melee (1d6+2 plus poison)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Leaping pounce, poison (DC 14 1d6 Dex/1d6 Dex), rake 1d6+3
Hide+15, Move Silently+10
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renau1g
First Post
Father Fuller wonders the same thing as Girgal.
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58/58 HP, 22 AC, F/R/W: +8/+4/+11
Spells prepared (Save DC 14 + spell level):
0 - 6,Detect Magic (x3, 2), Mending, Light (x2) ;
1st - 4+1+2, Protection from Evil(x2), Divine Favour, Vigor, Lesser(x3) (x2), True Strike (D);
2nd - 3+1+1, Bull's Strength(x2),Silence, Heat Metal (D);
3rd - 3+1, Extended Hold Person, Magic Circle Against Evil, Searing Light(x2),Haste(D) ;
4th - 2+1+1, Shield of Faith (Mass), Divine Power, Sound Lance (SPC196) Fire Shield (D)
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58/58 HP, 22 AC, F/R/W: +8/+4/+11
Spells prepared (Save DC 14 + spell level):
0 - 6,Detect Magic (x
1st - 4+1+2, Protection from Evil(x2), Divine Favour, Vigor, Lesser
2nd - 3+1+1, Bull's Strength(x2),
3rd - 3+1, Extended Hold Person, Magic Circle Against Evil, Searing Light(x2),
4th - 2+1+1, Shield of Faith (Mass), Divine Power, Sound Lance (SPC196) Fire Shield (D)
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