Chapter 3: Level 2 dungeon

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Jul 29, 2024 11:16 am
Zean's face looked as if he was offended by reality - precisely, because his 'clever plan' of tapping everything around him had failed and lead to nothing.

"Yeah, Tinks... let's look inside. If the dead don't like the sun, probably it's better to stand within its reach." - Zean said while - resigned - attaching his Maul to his belt, walking towards one side of the coffin and holding it in his hand. Then looking meaningfully at Throgin:

"Would you help me with this brother?"
Jul 29, 2024 11:58 am
I will assume an airborne position in clear sight of the coffin, ready to blast anything that might emerge.
Jul 29, 2024 1:28 pm
OOC:
Misunderstood about the roof, apologies.
Jul 29, 2024 4:01 pm
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Assuming Throgin helps opening this is your positioning when you open the coffin.
[ +- ] MAP
I will wait for everyone to confirm that.
Jul 29, 2024 6:13 pm
Confirmed. I'll fly above.
Jul 29, 2024 9:49 pm
Exactly as I imagined it for Zean. Only I was thinking that Ixion has entered with us, but that is what he have to confirm.
Jul 30, 2024 2:18 am
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Ixion isn't getting separated from the others in a demiplane. He's with ya!
Jul 30, 2024 7:29 am
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I am and will be insisting every player either explain their PC positioning at any moment or at least provide actions sufficient for me to decide that positioning, because position may be extra important when encounter happens. And I don't want players to feel "my PC should have been in slightly different position.
Zean and Throgin removes the lid and you see nothing but a wooden plaque inside the coffin. In the sunlight created by the illusion you can read the text in common the the plaque "Drown your sorrows".

At the same moment you hear sound from the corridor outside room: when you look there you realize the stone block Zean smashed earlier is slowly descending
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Mechanically: A creature that wishes to enter or leave the tomb during this time can do so, moving up to its speed. If the creature ends its movement under the block, it must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw to get out from under the block...
And no you don't have time for any action (no dash, spell casting, etc.) just a "moving up to its speed".
I believe it means Zean can't make it. Tinkara could you make it with DC 15 Dex save, while Vatoris, Throgin and Ixion could manage to move out of the tomb before it is sealed. Everyone but Zean - please decide if you leave or if you stay in tomb.
@Pedrop since you have no choice, may I ask you please to decide if Vatoris stay or leaves?
[ +- ] MAP (and distance)
Jul 30, 2024 8:20 am
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Hehe.. should be more careful about the hints you provided:) I think it would be beneficial for Zean for Vatoris to stay... but I imagined him more as rouge/thief-like magician, so probably he will leave the chamber with comment like:
"ok... I think I will check if it could be opened from the outside... keep your calm!" :)
Zean seeing that he have no chance to get to the closing stone pillar sighs, and says:
"Humm.... so obvious trap. Should have figured it out. Ehh... am I getting old?" - then he stands looking relaxed and enjoys looking at his friends confusion between loyalty and natural instinct: whether to stay or leave.

"A lot can be read from body language and the faces. Even from such seasoned heroes" - he admitted in his thoughts.

After a moment - when his companions decided - he get a simple, but maybe not-so-stupid idea:
"Maybe I should try to move the lid back on the sarcophagus at its old place?" - and he does just that.
Jul 30, 2024 11:53 am
I look at the block and decide I'd rather take my chances in here than try to squeak under the block.

"I'm staying with you, Zean. I will try the same magic I used on the outer door."

I will help Zean with the lid, and then I will prepare to cast Reduce.
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Aug 1, 2024 3:04 am
"I'm also staying," Ixion added. He stood guard as the others prepared to reposition the sarcophagus lid.

"Something evil's jumped out every time we've disturbed one of those. Maybe something different will happen this time."
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Holding position here. Expecting the worst. :P
Aug 1, 2024 4:56 am
Throgin bolts out the door not realizing the others haven't really done so as well.
Aug 1, 2024 10:57 am
Block lover and seal the entrance
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Throgin don't see and don't even hear what is going on, but I'm posting in public. @valdattaMadun if you prefer to not see/know what is going on inside please let us know and we will do that way.
Wine start to pour from all four gargoyles' mouths and nostrils at an extreme rate.
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The wine floods the tomb at a rate of 1 foot per round, we will narrate one round at a time (just as during a combat). Ceilings are 12 feet high.
If Tinkara and Zean is closing the lid I would like to rule it takes both of your actions for how heavy the lid is. But you could still move this round after you close it. Wine will not impact your first 5 rounds. Anyone who want to understand source of wine need to get closer to the head, but no roll required.
What does everyone do first round?
Aug 1, 2024 4:47 pm
First round I will help Zean with the lid. Second round I have other ideas.
Aug 2, 2024 4:41 am
"Wine-vomiting gargoyles. I stand corrected," Ixion grumbled as he rushed to inspect the nearest gargoyle.
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Aug 2, 2024 7:42 am
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Since @Pedrop posted his willingness to close lid in previous post I'll go with that for this round
Zean and Tinkara working together close the lid and it looks like it is right in the same position as before, but wine keep pouring nevertheless. Red wine will son reach your knees.

Ixion meanwhile figures out that behind the head, what were looking like a wall was actually a stone valve. Currently the valve behind the head is open revealing a crawlway behind. Wine pours through the crawlway. Closing the lid made no impact of the valve.
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In case you would like to crawl through crawlway it is 3 feet high and 2 feet wide and it would be possible for a PC to crawl (you would be both prone and squeezed, expect Tinkara who would only be squeezed) through it. But currently red wine stream make it both impossible to see through and hard to move through (moving will require DC 25 Athletics check)
[ +- ] MAP
Throgin and Vatoris see nothing of that. Not even a drop of a wine comes through. You can also perform two turns of actions or suggest me what would Vatoris need to do, otherwise I'll make him feel unable to do anything but wait.
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Please describe your actions next round
Aug 2, 2024 8:31 am
I will cast Reduce on the stone block that is cutting us off from the hallway.
[ +- ] Reduce
Aug 2, 2024 8:52 am
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got it. will narrate result after see what are everyone else doing that round.
Aug 2, 2024 1:19 pm
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Yeah. I wanted to close it. Maybe not so wise... but hay! You never know what those mad villains will think of! ;)

Besides... without Tinks it would be really "not funny" situation for PC:) But it's interesting for me!
After the lid has closed Zean said:
"Huh... I'm not so surprised, but probably it was worth a try..." - he said disappointed, mostly about himself.

Seeing that they may be in really dire situation he nervously tries to find a way out from this situation.
"You see there anything of interest Ixion?" - Zean shouted hoping for some solutions.

Zean looks around:
"Hmm... this artificial light... maybe there is something behind it?" - he said thinking out loud. Then climbed on the sarcophagus and try to touch(or throw something - can be his maul - if it's to high) the celling where the light is strongest - to check if there may be something i.e. covered by the illusion.
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Probably he will not manage to do this this round, but he would also check the sarcophagus lid - how well it fits with everything else - could it be as good at the stone at the door - so the liquid wouldn't pour in?
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