THE HEROES OF DYVERS CHAPTER 7: CLARE'S ERRAND

[redraider629]

Kleborn spends a few seconds prepping himself, while he does not care too much about heights, it's the falling that he doesn't like. However, he is quite confident in Eagle Lathir's ability to carry him. A little excitement overtakes him, and he realized he is ready. "Ok, I am ready when you are, let's soar."

OOC: GM, can you role any necessary roles for me?

 

[Tellerian Hawke]

Kleborn rides the young Roc like he would a horse; even without a saddle, it feels quite natural to Kleborn. The bird is almost the exact same size as a horse, and since the bird is actually Lathir, it doesn't need any direction from spurring, thus, Kleborn is free to focus on staying balanced.

It is a simple thing for Lathir to match the height of the globe, and he is able to do "fly-by" movements past it, circling and circling, with ease. On each fly-by, Kleborn attempts to smash the globe with his shield.

GM: When using shield as primary (instead of "off-hand") Kleborn's attack roll is +18 instead of +16. The Globe's AC is 5 (it is a stationary object.) That means that Kleborn misses only on a Natural 1. (Hits 95% of the time.) Average damage = 6 pts. with shield, which does NOT penetrate the Globe's toughness of 15. On a critical hit (Natural 20) the max damage is 16, which is enough to cause 1 pt. of damage to the globe. This chance for this occurs on 1 fly-by out of every 20. And not every crit is going to be max damage. But assuming they all are max damage, it would still take (20 x 15) = 300 fly-bys to crit it enough times to destroy it. (i.e., 300 rounds, or 30 minutes.) After a few fly-bys, you are forced to give it up. This globe has been enchanted to be incredibly tough. You are going to need a much stronger physical force, or perhaps a damaging magical spell, in order to destroy the globe.

 

[ScottDeWar_jr]

"I have an idea" offers Xao, "dispelling it probably would only be a temporary effect, and damaging seems to be difficult with the present method. Perhaps a type of magic that is not heat related, such as lightning?" his fingers reach in his pouch and produces a small rod of glass and a bit of rabbit fur, "Mind if I try? I need to be withing 120 feet of it."

https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Lightning_Bolt
Spellcraft+10; knowledge Arcane +5; Will this work?

 

[Diarmadhim]

Dewydd
Looking to the twins I ask, "Lenny, Travis - do either of you have a frost breath effect?"

"I do," Travis responds.

Grinning knowingly, Lenny adds, "I get what you're thinking Dewydd. Travis, after I hit the orb with my fire breath, you quench it with your frost breath."

"That should hopefully cause the orb to become brittle, like when you water quench instead of oil quench a blade. Then I'm going to hit it as hard as I can. Hopefully it'll work," I finish explaining.

Spoiler: Damage

Lenny: 24 fire damage (DC 25 for 1/2)
Travis: 32 cold damage (DC 25 for 1/2)
Dewydd: 69, 128 (or 63 if no crit allowed), 71, 68 (Whirling Frenzy, Pounce, Shock Trooper, Power Attack, Leap Attack, Powerful Charge, Punishing Stance, & Battle Leader's Charge).

 

[Tellerian Hawke]

GM: It's very possible. The globe is still made of glass; it's simply been given the tensile strength of Mithral. But it's still glass, and it can still melt.so here's the deal: Roll damage Globe gets a FORTITUDE save (same DC) for half damage. CORRECTION: It will take 30 pts. of damage to destroy (explode) the globe. But, if the globe fails the save, it can be melted enough to stop functioning without being completely destroyed. It then makes a second Fort save vs. DC 10 + damage taken. (like a Coup De Grace.) Failure indicates it has melted, which ruins the spell and ends all spell effects.

 

[Tellerian Hawke]

OOC: That last reply was in regard to Xao's question about the lightning bolt.

P.S. The first 15 pts. of Lightning damage are ignored.

 

[ScottDeWar_jr]

Ahem "Before you start shield bashing it, let me try just a lightning bolt, it may save some possible needed effects later"


dc 18
6D6 => 19

 

[Tellerian Hawke]

GM: Ok, people, just to get everything all lined out: Kleborn's shield bash attempts failed after 4 fly-bys. Xao's Lightning Bolt is next.

Lathir flies Xao to within range of the spell; Xao unleashes his bolt of lightning, and it impacts the globe, creating a shower of sparks!

Spoiler: Die Rolls

The spell is spectacular to witness, but the magical reinforcement of the globe holds fast, and it neither shatters nor melts.

GM: The Globe has taken a total of 4 pts. damage so far.

Dewydd takes a fly-by, using his charging technique, and although the globe's protective shield absorbs a full 75% of the kinetic energy, there is still enough power to shatter the weakened orb!

GM: Original damage from first blow: 69 pts. damage. Minus hardness of 15 = 54; Minus orb's protective shield: ("Kinetic Drain"): 13 Previous damage: 4 pts. Orb has taken 17 pts. of damage. Orb only had 15 hit pts. THE ORB HAS BEEN DESTROYED!

There is a bright blue explosion of light, and the desert environs are suddenly gone; you are now in a massive, half-globular, dome-shaped room, carved smooth from sandstone, the entire floor of which is covered in about 4 inches of a blue, crystalline, sand-like substance. On the northwest perimeter of the room, is a door which probably leads to whence you came.

Some of the trees are real, having been planted in huge urns, and sunk into holes in the floor. The statue of the sphinx is still here, as is the pool of water. The room is still lit, albeit very dimly compared to before, now that the globe has been destroyed.

Spoiler: Player Map

EVERYONE: What do you do?

 

[ScottDeWar_jr]

Xao hocks a loogie and spits on the charred remains of the Lamia. He then looks to the door and looks at the rest f the Motly Crue. "Let us leave this place, yes?"

 

[Diarmadhim]

Dewydd
"I don't think we can yet. As is we've cleared two rooms with statues in them and each has contained a key. There are four keyholes and four rooms, so I'm assuming there are four keys... Though that could also be a trap to delay us. In each room so far, the key has been in a dangerous location, so if it wasn't contained in that orb it is likely somewhere else," I explain to Xao.

 

[ScottDeWar_jr]

"Keys and statues. Mmm"

Xao grunts at the thought of the statue being next to a pool of poison water, "So that being a statue and that poison water is a dangerous location, right?" He gestures to the statue of the sphynx with the paw in the water, then he goes over and checks around the statue for a secret compartment and gazes in the water to see if the key is in the bottom of the pool.

search +5, spot +8

 

[Tellerian Hawke]

Xao, your search of the statue reveals nothing out of the ordinary; as you are searching the statue, you do notice the glimmer of metal in the pool. As you suspected, the key that the group is apparently looking for is resting at the bottom of the pool. The key appears to be wedged into a rock. The water looks pure and clean (apparently, even when the illusion effect isn't working, it looks this way) and upon closer inspection, seems to be scented with rose oil. A clever deception, indeed.

EVERYONE: What do you do?

 

[Tellerian Hawke]

GM: NOTE: The way I run things, people who are immune to poison can tell poison when they interact with it; poison gas makes their nostrils tingle. Poison liquids make their skin tingle if they touch it, and their tongue tingle if they drink it. That is why Lathir can tell the water is poison, simply by having touched it. And of course, as stated earlier, Lathir has already warned the group about the poisonous nature of the pool.

 

[MacConnell]

Lathir, who has instantly shifted back to himself once upon the ground, shrugs, shucks his tunic, and dives into the pool. While he is swimming down to see if the glint of metal is the desired key, he will attempt to purify the pool, if he is able.

OOC: Couple of rolls: 10, 15

 

[redraider629]

Thallok looks at the key in the water, "This key is going to help us get out of here? And it is at the bottom of a poisoned pond, yes? This sounds interesting." Thallok, who is immune to all forms of poison, touches the water to see what effects it has on him. He then tells the group "I can go in and get it, I don't think this poison can effect me. Unless someone has a better idea."

As soon as he said this, he watched Lathir jump into the pool, "Or he can do it, all the better." Thallok grunts a little laugh and watches Lathir do his thing.

 

[Tellerian Hawke]

Lathir, now that you have interacted with the pool through total submersion, you get the feeling that magic was involved in the creation of this substance. It isn't water that has been tainted; rather, it is a clear liquid resembling water, which has been magically created. It is not possible to purify it.

When you dive down, you find that the key won't budge from the rock; however, the rock that the key is stuck in is only about 10 inches in diameter, and about 3 inches thick. Nice and solid, but easy to lift. Thus, Lathir simply takes the rock, knowing that either Thallok or Kleborn is probably strong enough to wrench out the key.

Once Lathir is out of the pool, Respen uses a Clean cantrip on him, which removes all liquids from his clothes and attended items (including the rock and the key.) Lathir is perfectly dry now, and there is no residue of the harmful liquid.

 

[redraider629]

Thallok looks at Lathir, "good job, It looks like that key was giving you some trouble down there, let me try to get it unstuck." Thallok attempts to remove the key from the rock.

OOC: Thallok rolls 10

 

[Tellerian Hawke]

Val, the obstinate, intelligent, talking axe that Vale carries, decides to put in his two cents: "Give it back to the tree hugger. He can turn into something big, like a Dire Ape, and rip the thing out with ease. It's at least worth a shot... Hey, who's the Dragon Kin ye're talkin' with? Those people are rare nowadays, so long after the Golden TIme."

 

[MacConnell]

Latir shakes his head. "No. No. I am sure someone else can smash the rock without my having to resort to such drastic measures."

He picks up his tunic, knocks the blue junk off of it, and re-dons it. As an after thought, he walks over and hugs one of the potted trees, apologizing to it for not being able to change its predicament.

 

[Tellerian Hawke]

Val says, "Oh, alright, then. VALE! Ye lazy, beardless wonder! Get up there and show 'em what a Dwarf can do!"

GM: P.S. +250 xp to Lathir for making the DM laugh.