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Message: <blockquote data-quote="covaithe" data-source="post: 4716212" data-attributes="member: 46559">Round 2Palindrome ducks back to safety around the corner, but can't find a control panel.  Woe's weight triggers the spears again, but, forewarned, he avoids them easily.  He stabs the crossbow turret again, and runs back up the stairs to safety.  (spears <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1984364/" target="_blank">miss</a>.  I put him in C3 instead of C2, since the c'bows still have line of sight to C2, and it seemed like your intention was to get to safety.)Tander prays for healing for Woe, then bathes one of the crossbows in divine flame.  He, too, backs out of the stairway.  (the crossbow would be bloodied, if it were a creature.  Not sure what effects bloodied has on objects; probably none)Atreus ducks away to safety, but he, too, cannot find a control panel.  Round 3The crossbows, unable to target any enemies, track back and forth with a steady whirr.  (the geometry of the situation is not entirely clear from the map, but I'll say that the crossbows can target people in squares A0-C2, with varying degrees of cover.)[sblock=status and initiative]<s>spears at D1 deactivated</s><s>spears at E1, deactivated</s><s>spears at F1, deactivated</s>spears at G1, undamagedCrossbow 1, 27 damage, marked by Woe, "bloodied?"Crossbow 2, undamagedPalindrome  27/27, one failed death save,  <== You're upWoe  28/40Tander  29/29Atreus  20/24 +4 tempResources used:* Tander: surge x5, healing word x2* Atreus: Surge x4, healing potion, AP* Palindrome: Surge x6, healing potion, AP* Woe: Surge x6, steel serpent strike[/sblock][sblock=map]<img src="http://betahelix.net/pics/maps/closed_eye/stairs03.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />[/sblock][sblock=barrels and mattresses and mage hand and such]I'll allow a ranged thievery check with mage hand to disable the crossbow, at a -5 penalty.  Which will make it very difficult, perhaps impossible.  Also, you-the-caster will need to have line of sight to it, meaning it will have LOS to you.  The large bed, in the room you're in, will not fit down the trap door.  The mattresses from the bunks in the other bedrooms will, though their frames are of wooden slats and would offer less protection.  There are also standard wooden doors on all three bedrooms and the closet, though not on the kitchen or sitting room.  The furniture in the sitting room is mostly padded upholstery, with relatively little solid material.  The kitchen table is too large to fit through the trap door.  The shelves in the kitchen are boards about 10"x4'x0.5", resting on slats nailed to the walls in a slight recess, like a pantry.  The shelves in the closet were of similar construction.  There is a rain barrel outside, half full of water.  No tools or nails were to be found in the house.  [/sblock]</blockquote>

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