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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 2866177" data-attributes="member: 1210">Beneath the Ghost Tower of Inverness, our heroes come upon a strange room.  The floor is laid out in a grid, with squares of many different colors.  At the opposite end of the room is a statue of a kingly-looking fellow with his hand outstretched.  Our heroes look uneasily at the area for a few moments; Kyle, especially, looks for obvious traps.  But his nervousness makes him careless.  “I don’t see anything,” he gulps.Sir Colder takes a single, hesitant step forward onto the corner of the grid.  Nothing happens.  He glances at his companions.  They seem to be waiting with bated breath.  Sir Fwaigo makes an impatient “go ahead” kind of gesticulation.  With a shrug, Colder does so, taking another step.Zap!A blast of electricity shoots through him.  He spasms in agony for a moment.  Then it stops.  Gasping, he looks back at his friends again.  “Careful!” he calls.  “There’s some kind of trap after all!”“What happened?” asks Sir Cedric.“I tripped some kind of shock or something.  I... I’m not too sure.”  Confused, he looks back at the square behind him, then forward.  “Anyone got any ideas, here?”Sir Fwaigo takes a running jump and lands with a thump and- no zap.  Pausing for a moment, he takes a step- Zap!  He dances on the square for a moment as electricity runs through him.“It mutht have to do with that thtatue,” Sir Cedric splutters.  After a moment’s consideration, he casts resist electricity on himself.  Then he takes a step onto the colored tiles.  Nothing happens.  Slowly, he moves another tile forward; still nothing.Frowning, Sir Colder takes another step forward.  Zap!  “Ouch!” he yelps, then curses.  “What am I doing wrong here??”“Hold thtill, Thir Colder!” cries Sir Cedric.  “Perhapth I can deactivate it onthe I reach the thtatue.”  He advances on the statue, occasionally feeling a trickle of lightning, but his prayer protects him from the worst of it.  Upon reaching the statue he begins to search it.  After a few moments, he discovers the final key held in its grasp, and manages to pull it free.  “Let’s see if that changes anything,” Sir Colder grins, and steps forward- Zap!“OW GOD DAMMIT!!” Colder curses angrily.  “What am I doing wrong here?!”***Back on the surface, our heroes find a medium rain awaiting them.  Still, being underground brings a certain kind of oppressive gloom even a hurricane couldn’t match, so a little rain isn’t so bad.  Plus, it isn’t too cold.“I wonder what’s behind the door,” Kyle says, rubbing his hands together.  “Whatever it is, I doubt whether it’s good for us,” Otis responds dourly.“I’m sure the black magic cult wants whatever is behind there.  Maybe we can go in and get it first.”  Dahlia looks at the others.  “Why not just collapse the remaining tower sections into the stairwells?” suggests the wizard.  “We could probably make it so tough to dig out that they wouldn’t have time before new year’s eve.  Even if they have a way to open the door, they won’t be able to reach it!”“I like it,” Sir Colder says.“My master,” confides Kyle, “is brilliant.”“Well, what do you think?” Otis presses.  “Collapse it?”Our heroes stare at each other for a few moments.  They all agree: collapse it. It takes three days, and by the time they are done they are dirty, stinky and exhausted.  They leave, heading several miles away to a little rill of water they had found the day before.  There they wash and rest themselves for a night.  It is on that night that they are captured by Sir Harth.Next Time: Why won’t the collapsing of the towers matter?  What does Harth want?  What are the gates?  What is the connection to the cyst at Goblin Gorge?  And what shocking surprise will our heroes learn about elves???The next update or two should show us to the conclusion of the Year 271 Campaign (arc 1).</blockquote>

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