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Message: <blockquote data-quote="der_kluge" data-source="post: 1289303" data-attributes="member: 945">Game #4 (November 16th)It did not take long for the reality of the situation to set in.  Not only had a dragon destroyed their vessel, leaving them stranded on a strange continent, but now strange magic within the tomb of the lizardman king has propelled them into the future."Gauging by the growth of this moss", Dzintra speculates, "I'd say we're at least five to seven years into the future.""Great", Rath exclaims sarcastically, kicking at a rock.  Mournax responds in turn, "This place is awful, and now Valgo believes that we're dead, and has left for god knows where.  We don't even know if he's alive or not.""Perhaps the Great Provider can shed some light on that question, Mournax", Nytor responds.Nytor casts a Divination to determine if Valgo is alive*.  "Yes", Nytor replies.The party ruminates over what they should do.  "We've got no where else to be", Rath explains, "we might as well finish ridding that dungeon of evil.  I've sworn an oath to rid the land of evil if I am capable of doing so.""You died in that dungeon, if you recall, Rath", Mournax responds."Yes, and I am truly sorry for that.  I have learned a valuable lesson.  I believe that if we stick together from here on out, we can accomplish great things."Mournax ponders the situation, "When we descended the stairs into the dungeon, we could still see outside, at least until we turned a few corners.  I do not recall the sun rising and setting over and over when we did that.  Perhaps the magic of the tomb does not activate so long as the door is open.""That is an interesting theory", Rath responds."I can Stone Shape the doorway to block the door from closing on us", Nytor suggests, "a few could go into the room to investigate, and the rest could remain outside.""Right", Bax responds, "someone could wait outside for an hour, and then open the door back up.  If the people inside felt that only a few seconds had passed, then we would know that it doesn't work.With their theory in hand, Nytor Stone Shapes the doorway, producing two obtrusions to block the door once it is lowered into the floor.  "That should hold it."Rath, Dzintra and Mournax journey downwards to the golem room, where the stone golems were destroyed.  The rest of the party remains outside.  After moving down the stairs, Mournax's keen ears here the sounds of stone gears straining, and then a "crack!" as something breaks.  "I think we broke the mechanism", Mournax says.Waiting in the room for an hour, they emerge safely, and are confident that no more time passes on the outside so long as the door remains open.  "It's safe for us to continue on", Rath says, "let's go!"* I changed my mind from the end of game 3, and determined that he was, in fact, alive.</blockquote>

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