Strahd's "RttToEE" CLOSED

[DEFCON 1]

Ithiken looks at the waterfall spilling off to their side and can't help but remember the other waterfall they all had plunged down a litle while earlier. "Wow. At least this time we are coming down next to that water rather than in through it, huh?" he chuckles.

 

[Rhun]

Strahd, is the 2 foot wide opening the one that ends in a dead end on the map?


Korbryn grunts and nods at the stone plug. "We could try removin' that," he says. "But I say we see what lies below, first."

 

[s@squ@tch]

Lenuran of Lortmills, Bard 4, Hp: 24/24

"I think I finally may have dried off from that little sojourn."

"Let me know when we reach the bottom." He says, while standing as still as he can, so as to not rock the boat, per se.

 

[Rhun]

Korbryn continues to lower the platform down into the darkness.

 

[Voadam]

Miltiades listens, attempting to gauge how far down the water falls. "Kid, how far down would you say that water drops from the sound of it?"

 

[s@squ@tch]

OOC: does he also know the airspeed of an unladen african swallow?

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Deep into the wide cave

ooc:
Rhun: Strahd, is the 2 foot wide opening the one that ends in a dead end on the map?
DM: Yes, about the plug, it is already removed, it is the large round flat stone you saw in the room above.

The water pouring down beside the descending platform creates a mist below, deepening the chill that you feel as you got deeper. Through that mist, you can see that the floor below just 60 feet from the top of the shaft. It appears very smooth and black, with veins of deep violet.
The shaft walls spread out into the darkness, opening onto a vast cavern.

[sblock=Fort save vs. severe unnatural cold conditions]
Korbryn - 9 [Fail], 5 hp subdual damage. Temporary -2 damage to Strength and Dexterity.
Miltiades - 14 [Fail], 5 hp subdual damage. Temporary -2 damage to Strength and Dexterity.
Thandis - 25 [Success].
Ithiken - 3 [Fail], 2 hp subdual damage. Temporary -2 damage to Strength and Dexterity.
Lenuran - 19 [Success].
[/sblock]

The floor resembles black marble but has no luster, while the veins of purple are thick and jagged. The entire surface appears to be slightly convex, with sides lower that the center. Stranger still, the floor does not extend to the cave walls around it, as though it were merely a large platform itself. It is about 30 feet across – the cave is much larger that that in every direction. Beyond the floor edge, the cave walls plummet farther down into darkness.
At the western rim of the black floor, another circular wooden platform hangs suspended over the darkness, with another rope and pulley system pounded into the rock above it.

 

[Voadam]

Miltiades, teeth chattering from the cold, looks around trying to make out any altars, shrines, or unholy symbols in the cavern, possibly connected to the purple veins in the stone.

 

[Rhun]

Korbryn shakes uncontrollably against the unnatural chill. "This could ain't right," he says quietly as he walks over to the new platform. "Down?"

 

[s@squ@tch]

Lenuran of Lortmills, Bard 4, Hp: 24/24

"My, why does evil have to be so cold and unwelcoming? I mean, seriously, who is drawn to this type of thing?" Lenuran says to himself, as he rubs the chill from his limbs.

"Also, what is this thing we are standing on right now? It isn't part of the natural wall formation, so, was this thing built by them?" He shudders unconsciously at the thought.