Phyrric Legacy - Shackled City IC Thread

[Malvoisin]

"Difficult as it may be, we are soon to run out of other options. If the first door proves dangerous, then my theory will seem unsound and I can stop at that point. If Jon finds naught in his search, then I shall attempt the first door, if Flannad will point me to the correct letter."

(OOC: Whizbang, I want to clarify Arak's action with you, because I'm not entirely clear. Do you want Arak to try and open one of the doors that is inscribed with the letter 'J'? If so, which one? There is one in the long hallway leading to the map room...the one Flannad just checked. Or, there is the one in the giggling masks room. I think this is what you mean by trying the 'first door' but I'm not certain...)

 

[Legildur]

Frowning, Flannad sighs and turns back from the 'J' door and joins the others. "I found another door with a mechanical trap. I stand a better chance with something built, albeit by a gnome, than something magical. Should we try that way instead?"

If the group agrees, then Flannad will first return to the earlier 'J' door that has been triggered and see what he can learn from that first. Then he'll search all around the 'J' door he intends to open and then finally attempt to disarm it (assuming the others don't figure something out about the map).

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

(OOC: Whizbang, I want to clarify Arak's action with you, because I'm not entirely clear. Do you want Arak to try and open one of the doors that is inscribed with the letter 'J'? If so, which one? There is one in the long hallway leading to the map room...the one Flannad just checked. Or, there is the one in the giggling masks room. I think this is what you mean by trying the 'first door' but I'm not certain...)

((Arak is a doer, not a thinker! So he's unclear on how many J doors there are around, but the first one they came to is the first he'd try, when all else fails.))

"Lead on, Flannad."

 

[Jdvn1]

"Aren't we supposed to avoid doors with teeth anyway?" Dowlee stands around, unsure what to do.

 

[Legildur]

"I wish we could," agrees Flannad. "But there is no way to go that doesn't have doors."

 

[Jdvn1]

Dowlee shrugs, "I prefer non-trapped cramped secret passage ways to trapped--and possibly lethal--doorways that we've been warned at least twice to avoid. Once by the augury and once by the creature." She looks around, "We haven't even tried to look for any other passage ways, though."

 

[Malvoisin]

Frowning, Flannad sighs and turns back from the 'J' door and joins the others. "I found another door with a mechanical trap. I stand a better chance with something built, albeit by a gnome, than something magical. Should we try that way instead?"

If the group agrees, then Flannad will search all around the 'J' door he intends to open and then finally attempt to disarm it (assuming the others don't figure something out about the map).

Dowlee's cautions notwithstanding, Flannad readies himself to try to disarm the trap on the 'J' door in the hallway.

(Search Check: Take 20)
Flannad makes a careful search all around the door, but finds nothing unexpected. Figuring he's as ready as he's going to be, he pulls out his thieve's tools, and sets to work on the trap.

(Disable Device Check)
He starts prodding at the seams of the door, when suddenly there is a loud 'click' and a cloud of yellowish vapor is released, filling the area in front of the door! The corrosive gas burns Flannad, who cries out in pain as he flings himself backwards and away from the burning cloud.

(Reflex Save Succeeds, 5 Damage Taken)
Flannad's quick reflexes have likely saved his life, but he still has been burned quite badly. After a few moments, the gas cloud dissipates.

(Flannad HP: 3/8)

(OOC: Ouch! Now what?)

 

[Legildur]

Flannad coughs some more. "Maybe Dowlee is right. Maybe we should look at the open door first." (OOC: does the trap reset?)

 

[stonegod]

Jon curses under his breath. "Let us do that. If we must choose between such deadly traps and a few skulks, hopefully a few skulks will be easier to deal with. Though I wish I knew how the gnomes got through these."

 

[Land Outcast]

Remen smiles at hearing Dowlee's suggestion, if it was an idea from anyone else, he'd be angry at having not thought about it himself, about not being observant enough... But coming from her...

She's favored by the city itself... somehow... she's been more useful than the criptic augury.
Thanks to her he isn't... well... down there
There is more than meets the eye, as always

On this I can help
A grim smile displays on his face:
"How good are these skulks at fighting?" the question notwithstanding, his intentions are clear, go and see by himself if they are.