Salvation Outpost - Chapter 2

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Sep 5, 2024 12:35 am
"Unfortunately, I do not have a light spell strong enough to pierce this darkness. My hope was to find the source of the darkness... if it could be completely covered, we should be able to contain the shadow and regain our ability to see."
OOC:
Sorry, Artificers are half-casters. I won't get a third level spell slot until level 9, so Darkness (the spell) is something someone else will have to rectify.
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Sep 5, 2024 1:52 am
OOC:
Well, SheK is caster sure. A ranger. So, she isn't one to defeat the darkness. Best she can do is gloat over your misery.
Sep 5, 2024 11:03 pm
OOC:
37, you can try to give me a strength check. DC is 20.

Or the others can try to find the object on the pillar…
Sep 6, 2024 1:30 am
OOC:
It is impossible for 37 to succeed. The highest he can roll is a 19.
Sep 6, 2024 1:49 am
OOC:
can Vice try amd cover the 'pot' with his cloak?
Sep 6, 2024 2:22 am
OOC:
Vice, give it a go and see.

37, conversely, you could roll an attack on the chain.
Sep 6, 2024 3:52 am
Hoping that the object in front oh him is the thing 'projecting' darkness, Vice removes his cloak and attempts to cover it. 'Maybe the magic in the cloak will do something" he thinks, worried he may lose the cloak entirely
Sep 6, 2024 4:00 am
As his cloak settles onto the pot, Vice hears another chain whip out from the wall. The chain narrowly misses his head, as his cap is knocked off in the black of the room. He feels around and the cloak is now chained to the top of the pot.

The magical darkness continues around them.
Sep 6, 2024 3:21 pm
37 will attempt to shift a bit in order to line up a shot on the chain.

Rolls

Attack (Lightning Launcher) - (1d20+7)

(10) + 7 = 17

Damage (Lightning) - (2d6+4)

(25) + 4 = 11

Sep 7, 2024 2:09 am
Vice, SheK and Peldan hear the familiar crack of thunder from 37’s lightning.

The warforged can feel vibrations in the chainlinks, but the bolt didnt quite have the energy needed to break the chain.
Sep 7, 2024 2:18 am
"I feel this is getting ridiculous."

Rolls

Attack (Lightning Launcher) - (1d20+7)

(19) + 7 = 26

Damage (Lightning) - (2d6+4)

(25) + 4 = 11

Sep 7, 2024 2:19 am
Hearing all the noise, "Why don't let me see if I can break you free. I'm rather strong."
Sep 7, 2024 2:44 am
As SheK offers to help, 37’s second bolt shatters the chain. The remnants fall to the floor. As the thunder diminishes, the broken chain remains silent.
Sep 7, 2024 3:00 am
"I appreciate the offer. At this rate, I may well still take you up on it before the day is done."

Toeing the chain for a moment, 37 pauses -- not that anyone can see him. Pulling himself up to his full height, he glances to either side before removing a shoulder strap and reaching into his pack. "I have been so fixated on light, and then containing darkness, I forgot I have... other options. Forgive me. I believe I "missed the forest for the trees" as the saying goes."

Pulling out a wand, he gestures and then looks around with new eyes.
OOC:
I may have forgotten that wand 37 picked up a while back. So now... Truesight to 120 feet.
Sep 7, 2024 3:40 am
At once, 37 is able to see throughout the room, though the light is dim. Everything is colourless and grey. Three pillars surround a large cauldron, sitting on a pedestal, currently obscured by a tiny cloak chained to it. The little gnome stares blindly into the space, as does his half-orc and halfling companions. The latter hanging from the ceiling. It’s an eerie feeling, knowing they cannot see him.

The warforged can now see the trigger he touched, just below a deep, black crystal that absorbs all light. This crystal sits just above his head, easily in reach. The pillar opposite the cauldron, likewise has a black crystal set into it. Knowing the trap he touched, he notices a similar trap below this crystal as well. The third pillar contains no crystal, but does indeed, also have a trap. He is unsure how to disarm them yet.

As he glances around the small chamber, he notices something, somewhere far beyond the walls of the room. A faint, green spectral glow. Not accustomed to being able to see through walls, 37 has trouble focusing on it. Not since the ghostly circus has he seen something such as this.
OOC:
Nicely done!
Sep 7, 2024 5:19 am
37 will begin looking around the room for cloaks or sacks or... well, anything he can use to cover the orbs -- mindful of where he steps and where he touches. (If he can't find anything suitable, he'll attempt to shatter the orbs of darkness with lightning.)
Sep 7, 2024 3:00 pm
Careful moving SheK who is moving your way has nothing available on her by looks for you.
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Sep 7, 2024 3:24 pm
"Well, the room seems to have taken my cloak, but I should have a bedroll, and a change of clothes in my pack if that helps."
Sep 7, 2024 11:13 pm
37 covers the first black crystal with the bedroll. SheK immediately notices her dark vision returns to normal. She finds herself in a corner of the room, with a short wall to her right and the blackness to her left. 37 also notices the side of the room brighten slightly.

The cauldron remains obscured from everyone but 37.
OOC:
37, with the wand, you may roll me a normal investigation check to see if you can figure out how to deactivate the traps on the remaining pillars.

DC is 15
Sep 7, 2024 11:24 pm
Let's see if I can disable this...
OOC:
Of course. 🙄
Last edited September 7, 2024 11:25 pm

Rolls

Investigation (INT) + Guidance - (1d20+7+1d4)

(5) + (2) + 7 = 14

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