Episode 2 Scene 1 The Journey North

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Apr 21, 2021 8:18 am
Haelga walks with her friends, staying close to Shump, and making sure to keep an eye out for dangers.
Apr 21, 2021 1:09 pm
OOC:
I think you caught the gist of it -- yes it is like looking at an image extremely magnified so close that you cannot see the entire picture and so close that details seem out of focus -- thus it is nearly impossible to tell what you are looking exactly.
The barrier seems to extend the entirety of the window but Egret cannot fathom its full nature. Still its a window nearly 15 feet off the floor and not very big to be a normal doorway. So if it were a portal it seems to have been extremely poorly placed as well as kind of small. Still Shump did say he could see what was within each window, of course his description was not all that descript sort like putting whatever he say into its simplest terms.
Apr 21, 2021 6:24 pm
Brindel turns to Lex. "Thank you. I will be sure to show it to her if she asks about it. We don't know what it is yet and if it has any value or purpose."
Apr 24, 2021 1:12 am
The spider circles the window for a few more moments, but seeing no way to break the barrier or decipher the image beyond, it moves on to explore the next window, and then the others. Unless there is any image Egret can actually identify - except for already described by Shump pile of rubble, - or a window without a barrier, he will continue his tour until he looked at every single one.
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Apr 24, 2021 1:23 am
The images within each of the windows to the spider has the same extremely distort aspect, except for two of them. One which is just completely black and another, that must be the one Shump called spider webby, which actually looks black with a intricate haphazard design that appears to almost be some kind of 3-dimensional fracture contained within it.

Rolls

Secret Roll

Apr 28, 2021 2:41 pm
Brindel puts the disc in his backpack. "I'll hold onto this for now," he announces, then he moves to the ladder. "Shump and Helga, please hold the sides. Someone needs to check the top of this ladder and I have bested many cliffs more difficult than this."
OOC:
Brindel has proficiency in Athletics, so he's a good climber. I'm going to roll assuming my companions will assist. If Brindel has Advantage or Disadvantage, DeJoker, please roll for me.

Rolls

Climbing the ladder (Athletics) - (1d20+6)

(6) + 6 = 12

Apr 28, 2021 2:56 pm
Haelga assists, as requested.
Apr 28, 2021 5:45 pm
Haelga and Shump step up to the ladder along with Brindel and Shump looks at it, grips it and tries to shake it but nothing happens. "Solid, why hold?"

In fact with a closer look Brindel can tell the ladder is made of a solid black metal which looks kind of familiar but cannot recall just why. Still the ladder is obviously, as Shump pointed out, quite solid but after a few rungs Brindel realizes climbing it to the top with a full backpack is going to prove rather arduous.
OOC:
Do you wish to continue with the backpack or leave it behind?
Apr 29, 2021 1:23 am
OOC:
where did the ladder come from lol?
Apr 29, 2021 1:31 am
OOC:
it has been their since the full description of the room
Apr 29, 2021 1:45 am
The spider turns around to watch Brindel attempt to ascend the ladder, considering whether it would be useful to join him and see where it leads. The windows, albeit intriguing, provide close to no actual information as they are, with the barriers protecting them from any curious arachnids. He might as well leave them for now...

But simply following his dwarven friend seems a waste of time, since Egret is sure that Brindel and the other have it all figured out, and can defeat a ladder. Instead, he decides to turn his eyes - all many of them, - upwards, towards the reflective cube he watched earlier. The druid wonders if there is any significance to its form and position; is it connected to the disk the others found? A key to activate something? The spider skitters up the wall to investigate.
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Apr 29, 2021 2:09 pm
Brindel removes his backpack. He makes sure his axe, dagger, and coin purse are secured on his person, then grabs the ladder. Before he starts to climb again, he asks Lex, "Do you have a Light spell you can cast at the top of the ladder? That would help my investigation."
OOC:
In case it matters, this is what Brindel is carrying/wearing:
Holy symbol around his neck
Chain and shield
Common clothes
Cloak
Battleaxe
Dagger
Coin purse with coins and newly-acquired disc
Trowel
Last edited April 29, 2021 9:02 pm
Apr 29, 2021 9:39 pm
"Sure do Brindel stand by."
Lex casts Light at the top of the ladder

Rolls

Light - (1d20+7)

(6) + 7 = 13

Apr 29, 2021 10:08 pm
"Thank you," says Brindel as he carefully climbs to the top. "I will be fine. Make sure those jelly creatures don't show up behind our backs. Someone should examine the room for hidden spaces."
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May 10, 2021 12:38 pm
Brindel makes the long climb to the top upon reaching it he is greeted by a large circular metal plate off to left a small ways from the left edge of the ladder is a metal a rectangular metal handle with a long narrow groove in the wall extending down below it. However for Brindel to reach the handle he will have to hang off the left side of the ladder.
OOC:
For Brindel a difficult Athletics check DC 15
Meanwhile Egret makes his way over to the octagonal sphere and finds he can not easily gain purchase upon its surface it is so smoothly polished. He notices though that is positioned directly over the table below and that each surface seems to align with one of the windows. Further it looks like if were able to get directly over a surface and look at a window he might get clear view of the picture it presents but doing so would be risky as again clinging to the surface would not be easy and there is a chance he could fall.
OOC:
FlyingSucculent are you a Giant Wolf Spider or the Giant Web Spider that is missed named within the Monster Manual as I have both?
May 10, 2021 1:31 pm
OOC:
Giant Wolf Spider. :D If I do try to climb it, do I need to roll Dexterity (it's +3 for spider, right)?
May 10, 2021 7:34 pm
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Yes for the Giant Wolf Spider -- (see updated House Rules) -- to climb upon that surface will require a DC 15 Dexterity Save or fall --- and Wolf Spiders do not have webbing.
May 11, 2021 11:04 pm
The spider clicks its mandibles as Egret contemplates the cube, one of his fluffy paw outstretched to testingly touch the slippery surface. He doesn't exactly has a lot to lose, does he? Even if he falls, the only thing that'll suffer will be his poor spidery back - and whatever will be below. But the druid hopes that none of his companions will have a genius idea to try to catch him should it happen, so really he will only be risking himself. And maybe the table below, though it looks sturdy enough to withstand the impact.

With these convictions, Egret tries to move onto the cube and align himself so he can see the opposite windows through its glossy form. Unfortunately, it proves a harder ordeal than anticipated, and the spider slips, unable to find purchase on the cube.
OOC:
... if I'm still in my spider form after the fall, can I climb back and try again?
Also, wrong mod, but same result.
Last edited May 11, 2021 11:06 pm

Rolls

Dexterity - (1d20+2)

(7) + 2 = 9

May 12, 2021 9:18 pm
OOC:
I will give Brindel a few to update his actions

Rolls

Secret Roll

May 12, 2021 10:19 pm
Lex says to Brindel "I am ready for any blobs if they are still alive... I did make things uncomfortably warm in here, ahem. Hopefully that took care of them." As he continues to circle the table looking in the corners of the room and along the edges of the walls
Last edited May 12, 2021 10:20 pm

Rolls

Investigation - (1d20+2)

(2) + 2 = 4

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