the Jester
Legend
Locate object to find the body- aquatic friends to retrieve it.
Watch out for the pressure damage!
Watch out for the pressure damage!
Getting Your Comrade's Body from the Ocean Floor
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1) Use undead or a water elemental to retrieve it.
2) Tie rope around wizard who is equipped with appropriate spells, including Contingency with Rope Trick. Push overboard. When he starts to take pressure or Kraken damage, the Rope trick is triggered. Harpoon the body. Float upwards.
3) Follow instructions for 2. Use a wand with cold spells to cast an Ice Storm or Snow Ball at the body, encasing it in ice, which floats.
2) Tie rope around wizard who is equipped with appropriate spells, including Contingency with Rope Trick. Push overboard. When he starts to take pressure or Kraken damage, the Rope trick is triggered. Harpoon the body. Float upwards.
3) Follow instructions for 2. Use a wand with cold spells to cast an Ice Storm or Snow Ball at the body, encasing it in ice, which floats.
Infiniti2000
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(answered in no particular order with random comments -- thanks a whole heap for the excellent responses)
We do not have to worry about pressure issues due to the water breathing.
You can't scry an object (corpse), so that doesn't work, but I left out how we would find the corpse *slaps forehead*. The wizard is actually a diviner and has locate object prepared (extended and multiple times). We'll 'fly' along the bottom until he gets a reading.
Anything we summon will not be able to find the body because the creature will not stay around for long (even with the wizard's extend feat). Using (lesser) planar ally is a possibility, but I need ideas on what to call and then I would have to suggest such a creature to the DM. And, anything is a meal for kraken.
We are currently on the ship and will not be able to afford the time/resources for the wizard to teleport us to go purchase scrolls of find the path or anything, but an excellent idea.
By the way, locate object is personal, so we can't cast it on a summoned/called creature, and despite the long range it is not long enough to reach the ocean floor. So, this further limits the summoned idea unless you think of something that can do a locate object of a sort.
With the freedom of movement, any kraken we encounter can damage us, but will not be able to grab on. We can each sustain a single attack (I hope the wizard can), but hopefully the sanctuary will keep that from happening. The wizard will have dim door/teleport, though, and we both have high Concentration checks, so we're not too worried about risking ourselves. We'll be able to escape, but a kraken might keep us from the target.
Oh, one other thing is that for story reasons, the kraken are not willing to step aside. They are actively against us. So, we will not able to talk our way out of an encounter. Actually, it might put us in jeopardy.
No. I've never heard of it either.DaveyJones said:
We do not have to worry about pressure issues due to the water breathing.
You can't scry an object (corpse), so that doesn't work, but I left out how we would find the corpse *slaps forehead*. The wizard is actually a diviner and has locate object prepared (extended and multiple times). We'll 'fly' along the bottom until he gets a reading.
Anything we summon will not be able to find the body because the creature will not stay around for long (even with the wizard's extend feat). Using (lesser) planar ally is a possibility, but I need ideas on what to call and then I would have to suggest such a creature to the DM. And, anything is a meal for kraken.
Yes, he is, and that is an excellent point. Other excellent points, too -- I'll make sure to buff with endure elements and sanctuary.
We are currently on the ship and will not be able to afford the time/resources for the wizard to teleport us to go purchase scrolls of find the path or anything, but an excellent idea.
By the way, locate object is personal, so we can't cast it on a summoned/called creature, and despite the long range it is not long enough to reach the ocean floor. So, this further limits the summoned idea unless you think of something that can do a locate object of a sort.
With the freedom of movement, any kraken we encounter can damage us, but will not be able to grab on. We can each sustain a single attack (I hope the wizard can), but hopefully the sanctuary will keep that from happening. The wizard will have dim door/teleport, though, and we both have high Concentration checks, so we're not too worried about risking ourselves. We'll be able to escape, but a kraken might keep us from the target.
Oh, one other thing is that for story reasons, the kraken are not willing to step aside. They are actively against us. So, we will not able to talk our way out of an encounter. Actually, it might put us in jeopardy.
DaveyJones
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Try here: The Deep an Ennie award winning companyInfiniti2000 said:
ElvishBard
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Slife said:
Not when they have plate mail on
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Xombie Master
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Have we forgotten the Apparatus of Kwalish?!?! 
Chimera
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Infiniti said:
Dannyalcatraz said:
That's one heckuva spool of rope!
I'm up for the QUEST to find such a spool...
I dunno if the body would be retrievable. Beyond environmental issues (temperature and pressure), not only are lotsa fish and other things going see this corpse as a wonderful feast, but ocean currents can send it quite a ways before it hits bottom.
Not to mention how much your ship drifts in the time it takes you to prepare, since you say your anchor doesn't reach bottom.
At 2000' it's going to be very dark. You'll need a light source. Then you're looking around for a corpse that fell and drifted (after you've drifted too), while you can only see a 30' or 60' circle and your spells last a relatively short time.
Good Luck with that.
Romnipotent
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ping pong balls
or hire some plate of the deep and send in the barbarian
or hire some plate of the deep and send in the barbarian
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