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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ant" data-source="post: 3523795" data-attributes="member: 17627">Bas vs The World - Part 3And their next move was....Hey, we got these keys and we are out of dungeon. Now what?So, they decided to go back to the room that the asthmatic owlbear originally came from and check that out. Quickly before the orcs got the lizardman downstairs. But the quick check came up with nothing, so we decided the other hole that the orcs were talking about must be next step.We returned to our favourite exit and climbed up to the building on the surface. The orcs were arguing over which hole to send the lizard down, and we discovered that they have a mage with them. Eventually they all agree to go down the first hole that Bas had jumped down and all tromp over to that building. Once out of sight, we leave the least agile of us (being Tyrant) and clamber out of the roof of the building and down the other side to look a the hole in the collapsed tower floor. It’s a big hole, and we notice floating rods making a kinda 5ft apart ladder into the depths (the last one ends 20ft off the floor). Bas naturally freaks. Swearing under his breath, Mailcon gives him some rope and, holding the other end, gingerly moves to the edge of the hole.  The ground crumbles beneath his feet, but he manages to keep his balance.After a moment, he uses his second coil of rope, makes a noose and lassoes the top rod (note: DM secretly rolls Use Rope for Mailcon at this point). Once secured, the rope is dropped into the hole. He then gets Bas to let go of the other rope and then loops it over the rod and drops the other end to the ground. A roll of 2 on the Bluff vs Sense Motive fails to convince Bas that the rope is holding the rod in the air and no magic is involved.Shrugging his shoulders, he calls Tyrant out and then picks up Logan to get ready to descend. Tyrant clanks out and is immediately spotted by the orcs, 3 charge out, including the mage. Mailcon jumps, manages to grab the rope and slides into the depths. Tyrant runs up, throws his loot down the hole and jumps for the top rod. A fear driven Bas prepares for combat.Mailcon gets to the last rod floating 20ft off the ground. Suddenly a bag full of treasure goes whistling past his head and startles him. The combination of this, plus a wolverine in his arms and having 0 Use Rope ranks becomes too much. The rope comes loose up top and we fall the last 20ft. Luckily for Mailcon, the ground is covered with fungus (which, strangely for D&D fungus doesn't immediately try to gas or eat them) and that cushions the fall somewhat. Luckily for Logan, Mailcon cushions his fall even more, so he takes even less damage than Mailcon. They clamber to their feet and wait for more arrivals.Tyrant is the first, having jumped to the first rod and used the second rope to climb after us. At the bottom rung, Mailcon convinces him to try and find the button for that rod, which he does, and the deactivated rod falls to the floor. He climbs after it. Now they both wait for the last member of the party.Bas kills one orc and sends the 2nd into a Rage. The mage hangs back and casts spells at him (and somehow, for the first time, Bas makes a Will save). Bas is doing fine against berserker orc, but finally decides that its time to move one when the mage magic missiles him a couple of times.He jumps, grabs the rods, and again manages to make a Will save and hold on. It doesn't help as he finally slips and falls the entire way (which is his standard method of entering holes in the ground anyway).Yet more precious charges of the wand keep him alive, and the group finally gets a chance to look around. And what they see is....Known only to the GM, because that is where the saga ends for the night.Great night. Looking forward to finally finishing the sucker.------</blockquote>

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