Session 5: Trek to Ten-Towns

Izuhn was just completing his survey of the area and making way towards Godric when Adaia catches him. "Stuck on their origin, eh? These caves seem like somethin different to me...." Izuhn moves closer to investigate the writings that she referenced. "Unfortunately, although my exterior is all dwarf, I've not much got the head of one. I was raised above ground so I don't actually know too much about those halls."

OOC:

Sorry for my absence guys. I've been busier than anticipated. Looking forward to getting rolling again.

Last edited November 27, 2023 1:44 am

Rolls

History - lv4, SR: 5-9 (f0-c0) - (2d6)

(22) = 4

Nov 27, 2023 1:58 am

"Interesting all the same, I have a feeling we should be careful poking around in here, it is very old."

Adaia will go to find Ezahne to get her opinion. "I bet you didn't expect to find this so early into our trip. What do you think is going on here, and has this door seems to have your attention, why is that?"

Ezahne Darmor

Nov 27, 2023 3:51 pm

Ezahne Darmor

OOC:

1 experience recognizing dwarven structures for Izuhn?

Ezahne turns to excitedly as Adaia asks her about the door. "Oh yes, this is it! Can you believe it?" she points to the streaks of gray and blue in the white marble door, and then stops to show what looks like Draconic letters. "Protection of the Leadership leads to Mastery but Reserve your Intellect for Self-Preservation. Your Fortitude is due to your Regeneration and Absorption of Sustenance.Awareness of Insight leads to Supreme Intellect." she reads the writing stopping for a moment. "Its a riddle, in old Netherese. Judging by these diagrams and these small holes... I read about a simple magic lock system developed by Congenio Ioun. The Ioun stones are often mentioned in the ancient scrolls but not how they worked... I suppose it must have been common knowledge for any wizard at the time."

Godric Orchard

Nov 27, 2023 4:22 pm

Godric Orchard

"Did you say stones?" Godric asks from the darkness, his voice betraying is growing uneasiness. "An abandoned camp next to ancient magic? I don't like the sound of this at all." He moves closer carrying something. "There's not much left but, I found this old backpack." he puts the backpack down and takes a leather pouch containing pebbles painted in various colors of sparkly paint.

[ +- ] The journal

Winter

Nov 27, 2023 4:23 pm

Agna looks up the check how long the storm might last and she is confident it won't be more than an hour or two. As she looks back into the snow, she sees a ghostly shape with two crystalline blue eyes staring straight at her, before turning back and disappearing into the storm. Pointing it out to Beorne's guards and reminding them of what was left of Ibrahim, the orc manages to get the dwarves to worry about what might be out there and actually pay attention.

Winter

Nov 29, 2023 9:49 pm

Adaia excitedly pages through the journal, and calls Ezahne and Izuhn over. "I believe this is the key to that riddle of yours Ezahne. How many holes are there in that door?"

She then opens up the bag, finding the pebbles. How many are there and what do they look like, shape and colour?
"Izuhn, there is a riddle on that door, Ezahne thinks that something called Ioun stones need to be inserted to unlock it. This journal describes the stones and there are many similarities in the notes and the riddle. I believe these pebbles are either Ioun stones or fabrications of them. If we can match them to the riddle perhaps we can unlock it?"

Agna Moss

Nov 30, 2023 7:20 am

"Storm's like clear up before the sun goes down, but we should stay for the night," Agna announces to the rest of the watch. "Better'n stumblin' around in the dark. We can set off on the morrow." She straightens from her position near the cave entrance. The shaman repeats her ritual to ward off evil spirits. Tiredness takes its toll on Agna, however, and it takes a couple of completed tries for her to complete it.

When their temporary shelter is as safe as she can make it, she goes to inform the others deeper inside the cave.

Last edited November 30, 2023 7:22 am

Rolls

Magic - lv4, SR: 5-9 (f2-c0) - (2d6)

(31) = 4

Magic - lv4, SR: 5-9 (f2-c0) - (2d6)

(44) = 8

Darmor

Dec 1, 2023 1:19 pm

Happy with her magical protection, she makes sure the guards will stay vigilante bofre moving deeper into the cave, finding Adaia discussing some colorful pebbles with Ezahne

OOC:

Agna takes another fatigue from the raise.

Darmor

Ezahne Takes a look at the journal as Adaia mentions the key to the riddles. "Ah yes! It looks like someone tried to enter before... but didn't figure out all the stones..." The scholar takes another look at the journal as the elf looks inside the bag. She quickly notice that all the peddles in the bag are also depicted around the outside of the door forming a circular pattern with a chute at its center, just under the Netherese text.

Inside the bag Adaia finds:
* Three spheres: one marbled pink-and-green, one faceted clear, and one incandescent blue
* Two prisms: one dusty-rose and one vibrant purple;
* Two spindles: one clear and one pearly-white
* One pink rhomboid
* One pale-lavender ellipsoid

Judging from the door diagrams, four seem to be missing.

[ +- ] Door schematic

Dec 1, 2023 2:21 pm

OOC:

Sorry, did you add the fatigue to Agna already? I can't remember if she had 1 or 2 before that xP

Last edited December 1, 2023 2:21 pm

Dec 1, 2023 2:38 pm

testlum says:

Sorry, did you add the fatigue to Agna already? I can't remember if she had 1 or 2 before that xP

OOC:

I think we reset it before the session started, but there have been a few challenges on this one (first contact with the winter, so trying to scare you 🤣). Maybe from the cold.

Dec 1, 2023 11:58 pm

OOC:

Ah I guess the correct number would be 2 then. Sure!

Dec 2, 2023 6:29 am

"Everything all okay outside Agna? I assume you have it under control if you're down here.

Adaia spends some time reviewing the notes, observing the door, looking at the pebbles. She repeats this a few times, making notes in her own journal.

"I think I've identified all 13 of the stones, look here..." She'll show Ezahne and anyone else her notes (see OOC) "This riddle must have some relevance so we must only need those stones. But then we're missing the Intellect, Mastery and Self-Preservation stones. Perhaps they're somewhere in this cave?"

Agna Moss

Dec 3, 2023 12:37 pm

"What's all this?" Agna comes across her two traveling companions pondering the many-patterned wall. A quick examination of the diagrams sets her expression into its typical scowl. "Magic rocks... what do ye want to find behind that door, Adaia?"

Despite her grumbling, the orc counts on her fingers as the elf relates her discovery. "Ye named three missin' stones, but there's only nine in the bag," she says. "What's left?"

Godric Orchard

Dec 3, 2023 1:12 pm

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Godric Orchard

Goderic totally jumps in as Agna questions this all non-sense. "She might be right... Is what is behind that door so important? I don't like the looks of this. And where are the people from this camp? Ancient magics are never bode well"

Ezahne simply rolls her eyes.

Izuhn Frostbeard

Dec 5, 2023 3:01 am

"Do you think that someone before us in this cave could have stolen them? It seemed to me like the journal's writer was going mad. Maybe there were more people in their expedition that prevented the door from opening." Izuhn pauses to look around at the cave's walls.

"Of course, we don't really know where these stones came from in the first place. Just as likely as any that they were found here and haven't been uncovered yet."

Helda Silverstream

Dec 5, 2023 10:45 am

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Helda Silverstream

So as Izuhn wonder about the previous expedition and the origin of the stones, Helda and a group of dwarves noisily come out of one of the dark tunnels. "These caves have some nasties hidding in the dark. Some poor fella got eatten by some piercers in there" she points the dwarves into a different tunnel as she casually updates you on the results of her exploration.

Izuhn Frostbeard

Dec 5, 2023 11:58 am

"Were there any remains?"

Helda Silverstream

Dec 5, 2023 12:11 pm

Helda Silverstream

Helda stops to answer Izuhn "A clean human skeleton, rusty dagger on the floor and holding two worthless painted stones." She stops for a moment before putting forward her theory. "Foolish human couldn't tell a fake and got dropped by one of em piercers."

Dec 5, 2023 7:46 pm