Chapter 2: Rotten Halls

Apr 2, 2024 4:19 pm
Dim light changes to the darkness as you move deeper into the dungeon
https://i.imgur.com/mDnd87B.jpeg
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To the west:
A rusted iron grate is set into the corridor floor. Through its bars, you see muddy water flowing slowly past.
Creepers and vines cling to the walls of this corridor, at the end of which is an arched crystal window, six feet wide and ten feet high. Through it, you can see a dark chamber.
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To the east:
A grand chamber opens ahead, plunging down into darkness below. A stone balcony provide decent protection against falling down occasionally.
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Devile face (middle):
The face is sculpted from stone and melds seamlessly with the surrounding wall. A detect magic reveals an aura of illusion magic over the face.
[ +- ] If you can see in magical darkness
Apr 10, 2024 4:48 pm
OOC:
As one with passive perception of 19:
Zean after making sure that his spell provided the intended effect, releases the storm powers from his bidding. Looks carefully on now tidy floor and makes mindful steps towards the visible crossing.
"Watch out for this and that plate." - Zean shows others how to bypass the triggers for the trap and tosses it's used darts to mark them in case they will have to backtrack fast.
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I found some use for them in the end! ;) :D
Then he stops (certainly before entering the crossing) to not get too close to the stone devil face with dark mouth.

"In darkness, it hides. Don the mask or be seen." - he repeates the riddle out loud for him and his companions - "This mouth looks strange. Vatoris - you think there is something magical about it? Friends... do you see any masks here? The little... guy had some kind of mask on him walking next to this mouth... didn't it? I don't think it was coincidence..."
Apr 10, 2024 5:21 pm
Vatoris takes a better look at the Face. "Some sort of Illusion magic Around it. I don't trust it. This whole tomb so far has just been stupid tricks.."
Noticing the darkness encroaching around them he picks a few small rocks off of the ground. Pulling out a small vial he pours some liquid into his palm. Rubbing the liquid onto the rocks they begin to softly glow.

Walking over to the grate of water he drops one of the glowing rocks down the grate. He tosses another into the Devilish mouth.
The last he holds out for who ever wants it. "This will glow until I turn it off. Anyone want it?"
[ +- ] Magical Tinkering
OOC:
Tink and I thinking the same.
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Apr 10, 2024 5:21 pm
I cast light on the tip of my wand to illuminate the area.
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Cantrip, 1 hour duration
Apr 11, 2024 4:35 am
Ixion admired the demonic bas relief until he noticed what watched from within. Quietly, he told his team, "I see human-like eyes observing us from behind the devilish visage. Shall we introduce ourselves with word or sword?"
Apr 11, 2024 6:43 am
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Light is good. Even with darkvision you have disadvantage on perceptions checks if it is dark. Since it is a cantrip I'll assume you always have it on your wand unless you state otherwise
The rock dropped through the grate drops into the sluggish underground river and stay there illuminating it's muddy water that is flowing from South to North.
The other rock disappears into the blackness of the mouth (the magical darkness suspend the light of the object). You never hear it dropping on the floor.

Ixion evaluate that sculpted devil's mouth is wide enough for a Medium or smaller creature to crawl through and get into the the cavity behind the devil's mouth
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Let's say wall separating you from there is a two feet thick and it will take you 5 feet of movement to get through, but you end up prone on the other side, except for Tinkara.
The grate bars are spaced widely enough that a Small creature can squeeze through them (in case you are considering that)
Apr 11, 2024 7:15 am
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Is Zean medium size? :)
annex says:
Ixion admired the demonic bas relief until he noticed what watched from within. Quietly, he told his team, "I see human-like eyes observing us from behind the devilish visage. Shall we introduce ourselves with word or sword?"
"What!? Are they reacting to your words or our actions somehow? I would say... if... IF there is at least one force in this tomb that is not hostile towards us - I wouldn't want to miss the chance to make some relations with it... so let's try word first? Huh?" - Zean was visibly irritated that he can not see about what Ixion is talking about, but wasn't ready to use his Dispel Magic spell... just yet. So he shrugs his arms and thanks Vatoris for his shining stone, in the same time lighting his own "Eye of the Storm" - wooden sculpture, rod that he uses in such situation as his "magic torch":
https://i.imgur.com/Yn4dono.png
Naming it with such glorious name: he sees as some king of inside-joke, as it doesn't have any other special qualities other then looking interesting. But... in the same time... maybe there is some hidden quality in it? At least Zean makes sure, that is never obvious to his enemies...

With two sources of light Zean carefully walks towards the crystal window to their west - in order to check if there can be seen what is other side. He also checks how stron the window's crystal is and if it could be broken... just in case.
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Zean also has Light cantrip:D
Apr 12, 2024 6:09 am
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I've added yellowish auras of 20 and 40 feet to characters with light let me know if it is helpful (or if it makes picture harder to understand)
[ +- ] MAP
Zean light goes though the crystal window completely illuminating the room behind it. This vaulted tomb is overgrown with moss and creepers. A stone sarcophagus rests on a stepped dais in the middle of the floor. On the wall behind the sarcophagus, two large statues of bears grip a five-foot-diameter bronze disk embossed with a dozen glaring eyes.

Six desiccated corpses slump on thrones in niches along the walls. Each corpse wears a black mask made of papier-mâché and feathers. An arched crystal window to the east offers a view of the tunnel beyond.

The crystal window seems to be what it is a solid crystal window. It is hard to tell if it would break until you try to break it. But since Vatoris don't sense any magic around it you guess it could be possible to break
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I believe The crystal window is destructible, refer to rules clarification for details on breaking a destructible objects in 5e.
Apr 12, 2024 10:00 am
I could use Enlarge/Reduce on the window like I did on the door, but I'm not sure we want to yet. Any sign of mechanical traps or mechanisms?
Apr 12, 2024 5:30 pm
Throgin smiles and walks up to the Crystal window. He lifts his maul and says "Should I smash it?" with a big grin on his face staring at Zean
Apr 13, 2024 4:04 am
"They seem to just be watching, Zean, but let's not try breaking anything just yet, 'Fist. I want to try talking to whoever it is. Back me up... just not too close."

Ixion went to the demon face and peered in(to what was for everyone else the darkness).

"We mean you no harm. Are you safe in there? Do you need help?"

Rolls

Persuasion - (1d20+9)

(19) + 9 = 28

Apr 13, 2024 7:41 am
Silence is an answer to Ixion attempt. Now as he is peeking at the human, it's face seems to be spectral and it does not react to your words in any way.
Is it an illusion? Ixion probably wonder
Apr 13, 2024 10:23 am
I am content to hover and hold the light while the others investigate our surroundings.
Apr 13, 2024 2:22 pm
Vatoris heads to the east to check out the grand chamber. He grabs a few more pebbles and causes them to glow again. Shoving 2 of them in his pocket...
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Apr 14, 2024 5:36 am
"I think it's just an illusory visage back there... but why put an illusion behind otherwise impenetrable darkness? I don't trust this thing."
Apr 16, 2024 1:49 am
Our experience here leads me to believe we should trust nothing, and test everything.

I follow Vatoris towards the grand chamber.
Apr 16, 2024 3:23 am
"True. We'll have to check it out before we go much further, though. We shouldn't leave anything tricksy behind us," Ixion said as he stationed himself at the grand chamber's entrance, sword at the ready.
Apr 16, 2024 8:53 am
Getting back to his friends, Zean describes what he had seen int he sarcophagus' chamber and says:
"In darkness, it hides.
This line is probably about this face that Ixion is talking about. As is it only "darkness" that hides the face, you think we could throw a pebble in there, tto be sure it is illusion? With proper distance from it of course."
- he adds with a smile.
"'Don the mask or be seen.' - in that chamber there were skeletons with masks on their heads. And a metal board with many eyes on it... So probably we shouldn't go there without the mask... or... we should take the masks from those sleeping corpses and use it later... what you think about it?"

Then he notice that Ixion is already going further to the big chamber and while still waiting for other's comment about his thoughts - he haste his steps, going in Ixion direction: "Whatever happens here, I don't think we should separate."
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Apr 16, 2024 5:00 pm
Throgin hears what Zean says then smiles.

Okay then, I am going to hit this

Then he takes his Maul and starts to try and break the Crystal window

Rolls

Maul to hit1 - (1d20+8)

(17) + 8 = 25

Maul to hit2 - (1d20+8)

(12) + 8 = 20

Maul damage1 - (2d6+4)

(23) + 4 = 9

Maul damage2 - (2d6+4)

(66) + 4 = 16

Apr 16, 2024 5:26 pm
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FIX: marked as strike through wrong text in this post, sorry for mistake
Vatoris assisted by Tinkara bearing the light and followed by Ixion and Zean proceed east into the Grand Staircase
A grand chamber opens ahead, fifty feet across and plunging down into darkness below. A stone balcony winds around the walls to connect four archways. Other balcony levels are visible below, with corridors radiating off in all directions. To the north, a stone staircase descends to the lower levels.
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There are similar level with stone balcony around 25 feet lower and those with darkvision could notice one more level 50 feet below and the chamber is deeper than you can see. Well actually Ixion could see two more levels down where the floor is more than 100 feet away and he can see 4 statues on that floor, but let's focus on what it closer right now, would we?
As Vators glimpse down on the level below he see a hunched figure glares up at you from the balcony below, wearing a mask that is a replica of the devil face at the tomb entrance. Without saying a word, the figure steps out of sight (mowing west below you).
https://i.imgur.com/SLN2yhN.jpeg

Next moment you hear sound of braking crystal as Throgin breaks the window in no time.
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