Paxus Asclepius
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"Unless, of course, the dragon decides to take them, whether for necromancy, leverage on our consciences, or simply snacking."
Endur's Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil
- Thread starter Endur
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Dalamar
Adventurer
"So... unless anybody is totally against it, I'll make sure these goggles don't get in the wrong hands," Kerwyn says and tries Spugnoir's goggles on before anybody actually has a chance to oppose him. "Wow! That's kinda cool. Everything seems bigger close up."
The suel makes his way towards Lenya with a stupid grin on his face.
"What do you think, these look good on me?"
The suel makes his way towards Lenya with a stupid grin on his face.
"What do you think, these look good on me?"
Xael
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"I don't think you're helping with the "respect and care" part, Kerwyn.", Lylamwyn says.
"Does it really matter where we leave them if we block the pillar door? There aren't really many routes for us to go, and the Ghouls should be blocked at the level below. We just need to make sure nobody gets behind us when we start dispatching the cultists. Though it still might make sense to move them in the stairs, since the cultists seem to be adept at creating skeletons..."
"Does it really matter where we leave them if we block the pillar door? There aren't really many routes for us to go, and the Ghouls should be blocked at the level below. We just need to make sure nobody gets behind us when we start dispatching the cultists. Though it still might make sense to move them in the stairs, since the cultists seem to be adept at creating skeletons..."
Thanee
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Lenya
Lenya was just about to reply, when the elf spoke about respect and care, and she decides to say nothing about the goggles, altho they really looked rather silly; instead she says: “Yes, we should try to not let them into our back. Let's get on with it then, the sooner we go, the sooner we will be outta here.”
Putting up an optimistic smile, the young woman tries to encourage her fellows not to think too dire thoughts about their situation.
Lenya was just about to reply, when the elf spoke about respect and care, and she decides to say nothing about the goggles, altho they really looked rather silly; instead she says: “Yes, we should try to not let them into our back. Let's get on with it then, the sooner we go, the sooner we will be outta here.”
Putting up an optimistic smile, the young woman tries to encourage her fellows not to think too dire thoughts about their situation.
"If we can perhaps secure our fallen comrades in a room, then perhaps they will be safe. I would want to be sure, however, that there are no more secret doors. And I don't think it should be this room. We may have to come back here and use the passage down to dispose of Gnaw and his minions, if we don't find them soon," Craven says thoughtfully
Raner Bluestone, Ftr3, 16/32hp
Raner nods in agreement, picking up the Ring and handing the Amulet to Craven while Kerwyn experiments with the Goggles.
"It may not be too dignified, but it seems to me tha' the best way to keep the bodies safe would be to lock 'em up in one of tha' cells."
Isida Kep'Tukari said:
Raner nods in agreement, picking up the Ring and handing the Amulet to Craven while Kerwyn experiments with the Goggles.
Isida said:
"It may not be too dignified, but it seems to me tha' the best way to keep the bodies safe would be to lock 'em up in one of tha' cells."
Endur
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The Way Is Shut
After securing the bodies, the party continues to explore the underground Moathouse complex.
The party enters the room where Kerwyn, Toriah, and Raner saw the cultist and gnolls and skeletons.
The bones of the Ogre Skeleton still litter the floor. The cultists and gnolls are nowhere in sight. Another stairwell leads upstairs to the moathouse above (this stairwell is even smaller and there is no chance the Dragon could fit down this stairwell).
A Heavy Oak door lies to the south. Searching the south east corner of this room, you find the secret passage that Spugnoir mentions leads to another complex.
Before entering the secret passage, the party explores the room beyond the heavy oak door. Little other than dust and cobwebs remains in this room. The North wall bears a scrawled carving in Common, "Death to all ogres."
Entering the secret passage, you travel down a flight of stairs and turn to the right. After traveling 60 feet, you encounter an iron portcullis which blocks further progress down the corridor. The iron bars are two inches thick. It looks like it weighs 1000 lbs.
From your study of the portcullis, it looks like there is probably a mechanism to lift the portcullis through pulleys and a winch, on the other side of the portcullis somewhere out of sight. It looks like the corridor enters a T intersection twenty feet on the other side of the portcullis.
After securing the bodies, the party continues to explore the underground Moathouse complex.
The party enters the room where Kerwyn, Toriah, and Raner saw the cultist and gnolls and skeletons.
The bones of the Ogre Skeleton still litter the floor. The cultists and gnolls are nowhere in sight. Another stairwell leads upstairs to the moathouse above (this stairwell is even smaller and there is no chance the Dragon could fit down this stairwell).
A Heavy Oak door lies to the south. Searching the south east corner of this room, you find the secret passage that Spugnoir mentions leads to another complex.
Before entering the secret passage, the party explores the room beyond the heavy oak door. Little other than dust and cobwebs remains in this room. The North wall bears a scrawled carving in Common, "Death to all ogres."
Entering the secret passage, you travel down a flight of stairs and turn to the right. After traveling 60 feet, you encounter an iron portcullis which blocks further progress down the corridor. The iron bars are two inches thick. It looks like it weighs 1000 lbs.
From your study of the portcullis, it looks like there is probably a mechanism to lift the portcullis through pulleys and a winch, on the other side of the portcullis somewhere out of sight. It looks like the corridor enters a T intersection twenty feet on the other side of the portcullis.
Paxus Asclepius
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OOC: How far away does the winch mechanism appear to be from the portcullis?
"I may be able to summon an elemental to open this, either by using the winch or through brute force. It might, however, attract unwanted attention."
"I may be able to summon an elemental to open this, either by using the winch or through brute force. It might, however, attract unwanted attention."
