Legacy of Death Part I: Most Infamous Danger

[TerraDave]

Welcome to the Tomb of Horrors

(Lucian and Buckthorn have a level 8 disease, Ghen and Nar, who got double hit, have a level 13 version. In either case, they benefit less from healing. No one is loosing hp or dying from it, yet. If Ghen has any components, he can use those, again at the risks noted in the ritual).

Forge: The admantine door closed, and was almost certainly the source of the clang. It does not appear you can open it, or have a way out. BUT, the south remains unexamined.

 

[Flaming Bob]

"Ye' want to be checkin' the *Cough* south before we head back to kip?"

 

[dyermaker001]

"I have enough components to perform the Cure Disease Ritual 3 times, and a scroll for the 4th time. We should each assist Ghen as he performs the ritual. We should probably try and get out first though, so we are not interrupted. I don't think I'm going to get any better on my own."

 

[TerraDave]

I meant Ghen could use his components...

You currently have no way out. Again, south.

 

[ecayford]

Either we perform rituals here and now or we explore further and see if we can find a way out to the south. It might not be a bad idea to at least try and cure Lucian.

 

[kaltfeuer]

Rituals

I thought we had a way out. My bad.

The ritual only takes 10 minutes, and we have the resources. It doesn't do to get stuck in a battle when my healing won't really heal us very well. I say we find the most defendable place we can (a corner away from the pillars?), and I run the ritual. Then we can resolve the adamantine door and find a place for an extended rest - which we'll probably be desperate for. Forge isn't sick, so he can stand guard while I start up.

My heal is +14. I can short rest between each one, and use Speak With Spirits to turn that into +19. This means that even on a 1, no one will die. The level 13's turn my heal roll into a +6. The level 8's are a +11. If everyone (besides Forge) aids, that's potentially +6 to each one.

I'm sending an email for a clarification on house rules, then we can do all of them back to back, but they only really determine what resources are being used.

If we're all agreed on going to a defendable corner, I'll start in on the curing rituals. I need to know everyone's hp standing, too. I seem to recall Buckthorn has no surges. How far is everyone down?

--- short recap ---

Everyone but Forge please reply with:

your current hp
your max hp
4 Heal checks (Lucien, Ghen, Nar, and Buckthorn) - you need 10 to aid.
whether you agree to do the rituals here in a corner

Buckthorn needs to reply whether he has remaining surges and if he wants to risk the ritual or wait until an extended rest. The worst possible result for B is losing half your max hp. If B is bloody, all I could do would be to stabilise.

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Lucien takes damage equal to 1 surge. No one needs to aid, because it won't change the result. If Lucien already had damage, I can do a Healing Word on him before short resting and moving on to another ritual. HW is surge + 2d6 + 7.

I don't feel comfortable trying to cure anyone else until I know current hp values, etc. - especially for Buckthorn.

 

[TerraDave]

You begin the ritual in the northeast corner of the room, beneath the mouth of the blue devil. You use 120 gp in incense, ointments, and healing herbs, and cure Lucian. (he was not down HP before, so no more magic needed).

Nar-Heru can contribute a limited number of components to the ritual, but it may be too much for the halfling in any case, at least today.

Buckhorn -3/0 HS/mummy rot
Forge -0/4HS
Ghen -6/4 HS/mummy rot
Lucian -0/3 HS (post ritual)
Nar-Heru -4/3 HS/mummy rot

 

[dyermaker001]

Can Ghen perform the ritual on himself? Can I assist on my healing?
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"I'm ready. If I can help when you perform the ritual on me, I will. I will also assist with your healing and Buckthorn's if we try to heal him as well."

 

[ecayford]

Ghen, I suppose that an attempt should not be made on Buckthorn until we've already had a chance to rest. I sense further healing is not possible for him, even if the ritual succeeds.

 

[kaltfeuer]

Rituals

(I had though Buckthorn was down to 0 surges. We'll have to protect him until we can all rest.)

We'll cure Nar Heru next, with aid from him, and possibly others. I'm adding his aid. If others aid, we can amend it to the totals.

Our ritual on Nar Heru needs aid from others. If both Lucien and Buckthorn aid, that will give us a 20, which means a single surge. Without aid from both (less than 20), he takes damage equal to his bloody value.

We take a surge value in damage. Additional aids will not alter the result.

We are now tapped out for ritual components. We shall need to usurp some of Nar Heru's stores when we cure Buckthorn, though we will not attempt it until he has had a full rest.