Steve Gorak
Hero
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(5.24 PBP) Vault of the Dracolich (IC) Redux
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Steve Gorak
Hero
Aywin nods and sends her up the northern tunnel.
Neurotic
I plan on living forever. Or die trying.
"Go check the veil. You know more about this kind of magics than I do, maybe you can divine something we can use." Lorent asks of Saphirrion "Don't go through unless you think it is at least mostly safe."
To the rest of the group "I agree, have Svetlana check the upper tunnel and we'll move to the falls at least to pass the critters.
There is not much back where we came unless we want to go through the prison again. But if this tunnel leaves to the surface outside and we cannot bypass whatever that veil is, we risk stirges without need. We're stronger now, together than we were when we infiltrated them and at least two of the cultists are down. But they will be ready for us. I still think we should try the veil, but if you're willing to go back through the prison, I won't object."
To the rest of the group "I agree, have Svetlana check the upper tunnel and we'll move to the falls at least to pass the critters.
There is not much back where we came unless we want to go through the prison again. But if this tunnel leaves to the surface outside and we cannot bypass whatever that veil is, we risk stirges without need. We're stronger now, together than we were when we infiltrated them and at least two of the cultists are down. But they will be ready for us. I still think we should try the veil, but if you're willing to go back through the prison, I won't object."
Steve Gorak
Hero
Team fusion - Aywin
Aywin wonders why Svetlana hasn't responded telepathically yeat about what she saw up the nunnel.
Aywin wonders why Svetlana hasn't responded telepathically yeat about what she saw up the nunnel.
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FitzTheRuke
Legend
Team Caves
Urgan's spell struck the Mercenary Captain, who fell on his knees retching with wide-eyes. This was another blow to his company's morale, and yet they refused to act - neither against the nearby cultists, nor for the moment toward Imani's Agents. The cultists, for their part, gathered around the scrying pool. Only one watched its waters while the others kept their eyes on the events. Yet they, too continued to bide their time.
A lone mercenary crossed the chamber to help his Captain to regain his feet, but "the Beast" shoved him away with a grim expression.
Shamal leaned toward Merick and whispered, "Sahib, if I may: It seems to me that they are stalling. They wait for a change to come. I do not like it. I do not think that we have the hand that is upper, as it appears."
(General Features)
Difficult Terrain None
Cover Walls.
Hazards None
Visibility Bright (Glowing Glass)
Urgan's spell struck the Mercenary Captain, who fell on his knees retching with wide-eyes. This was another blow to his company's morale, and yet they refused to act - neither against the nearby cultists, nor for the moment toward Imani's Agents. The cultists, for their part, gathered around the scrying pool. Only one watched its waters while the others kept their eyes on the events. Yet they, too continued to bide their time.
A lone mercenary crossed the chamber to help his Captain to regain his feet, but "the Beast" shoved him away with a grim expression.
Shamal leaned toward Merick and whispered, "Sahib, if I may: It seems to me that they are stalling. They wait for a change to come. I do not like it. I do not think that we have the hand that is upper, as it appears."
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(General Features)
Difficult Terrain None
Cover Walls.
Hazards None
Visibility Bright (Glowing Glass)
(PCs)
Merrick AC:15/17* HP:25/53 HD:0/4 PP:12 Rg 1/3 InH:0/4 Jump 0/1 C: Jump
Shamal AC:18 HP:32/40 EXH:1 HD:1/4 PP:14 SSdc13 0/3 Bhaal 1/3 CD:0/2 DS:0/1 HI:0/1 LoH:0/20
Torhak AC:15 HP:24/40 HD:4/4 PP:16.DV180 SSdc12 3/3 DA:1/2 HM:2/3
Urgan AC:15(12) HP:26/26 THP:2/2 HD:4/4 PP11.DV60 SSdc14 2/4 0/3 ArcRec 0/1 AR:1/2 MgArm:to 22:10
(NPCs)
Scamp AC:11 HP:5/5 PP:13.DV60 Spd.50'
Ironthorn AC:13 HP:13/13 Res.P/Lning Regen:3/R HD:3/3 PP:15.DV60 MoO:2/2
Merrick AC:15/17* HP:25/53 HD:0/4 PP:12 Rg 1/3 InH:0/4 Jump 0/1 C: Jump
Shamal AC:18 HP:32/40 EXH:1 HD:1/4 PP:14 SSdc13 0/3 Bhaal 1/3 CD:0/2 DS:0/1 HI:0/1 LoH:0/20
Torhak AC:15 HP:24/40 HD:4/4 PP:16.DV180 SSdc12 3/3 DA:1/2 HM:2/3
Urgan AC:15(12) HP:26/26 THP:2/2 HD:4/4 PP11.DV60 SSdc14 2/4 0/3 ArcRec 0/1 AR:1/2 MgArm:to 22:10
(NPCs)
Scamp AC:11 HP:5/5 PP:13.DV60 Spd.50'
Ironthorn AC:13 HP:13/13 Res.P/Lning Regen:3/R HD:3/3 PP:15.DV60 MoO:2/2
(BGs)
Bardaby AC:16 HP:64/72 PP:12
Cult Priest AC:14 HP:55 PP:13*
Cult Fanatic AC:13 HP:33ea PP:12
-CF1 33/33 CF2 33/33
Mercenary Unit AC:15 HP:27/64 PP:11
Lone Merc Guard AC:15 HP:12 PP:11
Siobhan AC:17* HP:43/57 PP:11
Bardaby AC:16 HP:64/72 PP:12
Cult Priest AC:14 HP:55 PP:13*
Cult Fanatic AC:13 HP:33ea PP:12
-CF1 33/33 CF2 33/33
Mercenary Unit AC:15 HP:27/64 PP:11
Lone Merc Guard AC:15 HP:12 PP:11
Siobhan AC:17* HP:43/57 PP:11
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FitzTheRuke
Legend
Team Fusion
Sending familiars forward, the group made their way along the north-eastern shore of the lake, with one-eye toward the horribly uneven path ahead and another toward the dark mass of the stirge nest to the north-west.
As the tunnel twisted to the right, it went first upward above the narrowing rushing water, and then tumbled down in a sort of lumpy, uneven slope. To make matters more treacherous, it was slick with spray from the rushing water than fed some kind of slimy algae, and littered with hidden tripping hazards. And it sloped toward the rushing water, which roiled away as if hungry for someone to fall in.
Svetlana made her way invisibly up the north-eastern tunnel, and found herself in a large east-west chamber with another of those teleportation chambers. The light source was, in fact, a lantern, and not daylight as Lorent had supposed. A woman dressed in robes and a man in leather armor waited near the teleporter. Both had a defeated look about them, and the chamber was littered with the bodies of dead mercenaries.
Saphirrion flew to the south-end of the long chamber with the crevice and sniffed at the shimmering veil. He did not like how it smelled, or how it made his fur fluff up and his whiskers tingle.
Sending familiars forward, the group made their way along the north-eastern shore of the lake, with one-eye toward the horribly uneven path ahead and another toward the dark mass of the stirge nest to the north-west.
As the tunnel twisted to the right, it went first upward above the narrowing rushing water, and then tumbled down in a sort of lumpy, uneven slope. To make matters more treacherous, it was slick with spray from the rushing water than fed some kind of slimy algae, and littered with hidden tripping hazards. And it sloped toward the rushing water, which roiled away as if hungry for someone to fall in.
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Svetlana made her way invisibly up the north-eastern tunnel, and found herself in a large east-west chamber with another of those teleportation chambers. The light source was, in fact, a lantern, and not daylight as Lorent had supposed. A woman dressed in robes and a man in leather armor waited near the teleporter. Both had a defeated look about them, and the chamber was littered with the bodies of dead mercenaries.
Saphirrion flew to the south-end of the long chamber with the crevice and sniffed at the shimmering veil. He did not like how it smelled, or how it made his fur fluff up and his whiskers tingle.
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Leatherhead
Possibly a Idiot.
"If they smell blood, they will swarm us." Copper warns the group quietly while gingerly walking along the shore.
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Neurotic
I plan on living forever. Or die trying.
Saphirrion taps into deep racial knowledge of his kind studying the gateway.
neurotic: D20 + 4#saphirrionarcana → 18(14 + 4)#Saphirrion arcana = 18
In the meantime, his protege thinks about how to best bypass the stirges and listening to them perfectly mimics the sounds of those content ones he sees above. It is weird hearing slight susurrus and weird chirps coming from celestials mouth, but it seems to work.
neurotic: D20 + 2#laurentdexsave → 22(20 + 2)#Laurent dex save = natural 20!
neurotic: D20 + 4#saphirrionarcana → 18(14 + 4)#Saphirrion arcana = 18
In the meantime, his protege thinks about how to best bypass the stirges and listening to them perfectly mimics the sounds of those content ones he sees above. It is weird hearing slight susurrus and weird chirps coming from celestials mouth, but it seems to work.
neurotic: D20 + 2#laurentdexsave → 22(20 + 2)#Laurent dex save = natural 20!
Urgan shows no hesitation, ans he steps forward, stalking those within the scrying pool area. He is not stalling in any way.
As the Beast continues to vomit up gold coins that are unseen by everyone else, Urgan wants to keep him completely incapacitated. He hopes that the discomfort and pain from throwing up will make Bardaby not want to Study the vomit coming from within him, but if it does, a Mind Sliver will add to the distraction.
Scamp pads around in a circle, slipping in and out of a flickering shadow.
Are his companions going to press the assault, or flee? Either way, Urgan is holding the line... with his brain.
As the Beast continues to vomit up gold coins that are unseen by everyone else, Urgan wants to keep him completely incapacitated. He hopes that the discomfort and pain from throwing up will make Bardaby not want to Study the vomit coming from within him, but if it does, a Mind Sliver will add to the distraction.
Scamp pads around in a circle, slipping in and out of a flickering shadow.
Are his companions going to press the assault, or flee? Either way, Urgan is holding the line... with his brain.
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