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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 3190021" data-attributes="member: 9255">THE CREATION SCHEMASEGMENT 29310/29/06“THE DUNGEON of CHAMPIONS PART 3: CROOKED SHAFT”After a careful use of a Cleaning spell (some of the warriors were discovering how hard it was to hold a weapon with greasy hands) they move forward within this short 15 foot wide room.  The ceiling is a mere ten foot high and only has about 20ft of floor.   At the far end is another exit that goes down.  There are no rails or rungs.  It is another chute and like the entrance shaft, it has been magically treated to be very smooth and resistant to damage.“What will they expect to find this time?” asks Pelor verbally to the lizardfolk monks and dungeon worshippers.“The dungeons built by Thundaar were among the best built.  They test the mind as much as the body.  I have collected a few notes and hints about the dungeon from the ruins here.  I am forbidden to tell you anything since you have the means to help them.”“That is insane.   What if they were to die?”“Lose?  Then they were not worthy.”Pelor is greatly annoyed by this.   He wishes he were there.  He is uncertain how much longer they will remain within the range of his spells.   Also, will the spells remain over the course of time?  There are time limits to consider.Meanwhile, hundreds of feet below the water surface, Cedious has begun the newest descent.  Unknown to him, he has missed spotting an illusion-covered lever that turned off the traps within this section.  He drops 75 feet then the shaft kicks off to the side at a 45-degree angle.  His levitate ability still works but now he is forced to put his rapier away so as to “walk” the ceiling of the shaft with his free hand.   The shaft remains only about five feet wide.“This is creepy as me.   I wonder if any minotaurs ever got stuck here?” He thinks to his teammates.“So long as they died and remained dead that is fine with me.” Says Talon.“It is strange that we have faced very little for creatures.   Is that by design or have they died over the centuries?” asks Pebbles.“The lizardfolk won’t talk.” Replies Pelor.“Make them talk!  You are the group’s talker.  Talk!” exclaims Talon as he watches the light disappear in the shaft.After dropping another 75 feet the shaft goes straight again.   “This is insane.  The shaft goes straight then angled then straight.”“Clever in a fashion.  It blocks line of sight, encourages rash people to jump and get banged up (said while looking at talon) and makes certain spells difficult to use.”  Thinking quietly for a moment to herself Pebbles then adds- “Does your rapier work on these walls?”Cedious stops and stabs at the walls with his rapier.   “Hard to get any good motion here.  Can’t get enough momentum to stab into the stonework.”“This is giving me a headache.” Says Wall.  “Give me a dragon over this.   Even better- a giant.”“Cedious- Here I come.” Says Wall.“Huh?” begins the rogue halfling as suddenly the dwarven defender “switches” places with the rogue.Wall plummets to through the last 20 feet of shaft then hits a wall as the shaft turns again.  He now begins to tumble and suddenly many small fireballs begin to burst from the floor as his armored body hits them.“By the Host!   Wall!”   Yells out loud Pelor.    All of the lizardfolk take a step closer.“What happened?”   What trap defeated who?”   Asks the leader with excitement.Wall reaches the end of the angled shaft and hits the wall again then begins to fall straight down again. Burnt, pummeled and free falling he reaches into his mind quickly and expands his body.  Sparks fly igniting the small amounts of grease that remain on his body then …he….stops.   Ouch.“You stupid dwarf!” yells out Cedious down the shaft.  Now I have to do it all over again!”“Here Pelor- you there?   I caught on fire.   Could I get a little healing?” asks Wall in short cramped breaths. Now aware of the traps on the one shaft section floor, Cedious and Pebbles travel down the shaft with riders.  There remains one problem.  Talon.“I can’t carry him down without touching the floor.  We will both be fireballed.”“Leave that to me.  What about fatso the fat headed dwarf?  Is he stuck for real?”  Says Talon gruffly.Cedious wiggles past the makeshift plug and once more descends down the shaft.“Good news- in about thirty feet the shaft ends.   The bad news is it drops you into a HUGE room.  Ahhh…. The floor is just visible now.  You have some fifty feet to drop but you want-  ““Bombs away!” and Wall reduces as the others quickly latch onto Pebbles or try to push with their arms and legs against the walls of the shaft. Wall falls through the space and discovers that Cedious was not done describing the dangers of the next room.  Directly below the opening in the ceiling one drops about fifty feet and may continue on through another hole in the floor.Meanwhile up above, Talon takes a deep breath and steps out blindly into the shaft.  He falls then strikes the floor of the turning shaft and begins to tumble wildly.With the knowledge that this heavy and large figure is falling their way the others begin to scramble.  Pebbles holds onto a rope and one at a time, the others try to climb down the rope and swing away from the hole.“Swirling Blades!”  Screams out Wall as his darkvision clears from Cedious’ magical lanterns light.  “Oh %$#@*!”Pelor begins to switch in his mind targets for his powerful healing spells.</blockquote>

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