Jun 14, 2025 5:42 pm
"Let's take the next level down before descending further. Orsik, would you care to lead?"
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Chapter 4: Level 3 dungeon
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Jun 14, 2025 11:00 pm
Unseen Nyx
Jun 15, 2025 2:07 am
"I will take the lead my lady." Orsik will head carefully inspecting the stone work as he goes for any type of traps.
Jun 15, 2025 7:09 am
OOC:
What do you do? Where do you go? Down the stairs (25 feet) and toward the dead end? Or all 50 down where the doors are? 
Jun 15, 2025 9:36 am
"I for one have tired of this arcane fool and his riddles and tricks. I am ready to get to the end of this by the most direct route possible, or die trying. We've had one or two wins by figuring it out, but most of the time we end up fighting anyway. I'm not saying we stop trying to figure it out, but trying to solve every puzzle if we can bypass them seems a waste of time and effort."
Jun 17, 2025 11:43 am
"If we're voting, I vote for going as far ahead as we can. Obviously this dungeon is designed to kill us before we can get to the artifact, so in my opinion working our way through is playing into that plan. If we can get to it, let's do it. I don't think we're getting enough benefit out of facing all this to justify continuing if we can bypass."
Unseen Nyx
Jun 17, 2025 1:33 pm
Unseen Nyx
Jun 17, 2025 2:17 pm
At the bottom of the staircase, a dark corridor leads south, while a stone door with hinges and a brass knob stands to the east. The doors radiates auras of abjuration, conjuration and illusion.
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and yes you reach the bottom with no traps triggered no creatures noticed, no hidden things noticed. And I would like to believe at least one of the whole party still concentrating on detect magicJun 17, 2025 2:27 pm
"I'm going to scout the corridor. I think we should get the layout of the place before we decide if we're opening any doors or other things."
With my light cantrip active, I will fly down the corridor leading south to check it out. I'm not touching anything, nor am I going out of sight of the rest of the party. What do I see?
With my light cantrip active, I will fly down the corridor leading south to check it out. I'm not touching anything, nor am I going out of sight of the rest of the party. What do I see?
Jun 17, 2025 2:43 pm
Annoyed Criella says over the skull excessive dabber, "Need to find a room with only 1 door exit to test something."
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Jun 17, 2025 3:19 pm
Hovering above puddles of viscid gray slime Tinkara fly up to the corner and see corridor takes another 40 feet east before ending in a dead end.
Jun 17, 2025 4:15 pm
I fly back to the group.
"Well. There are no apparent exits down this hallway, unless of course they are hidden. And we'd have to deal with... our slimy little friends here. I don't have much in the way of detection or analysis magic, and not much skill in those areas either. Does anyone have appropriate abilities and want to check out the enspelled door? Seems like our only apparent option, unless we want to search the hallway.
"Well. There are no apparent exits down this hallway, unless of course they are hidden. And we'd have to deal with... our slimy little friends here. I don't have much in the way of detection or analysis magic, and not much skill in those areas either. Does anyone have appropriate abilities and want to check out the enspelled door? Seems like our only apparent option, unless we want to search the hallway.
Jun 17, 2025 5:56 pm
"I could try to stone shape the door, melt it open basically, to avoid the enchantment on it, though from past experience, that generally and sometimes literally blows up in my face.
Another option is to try to dispel the magic on the door. Any other ideas or preferences on this idea?"
Another option is to try to dispel the magic on the door. Any other ideas or preferences on this idea?"
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Jun 17, 2025 6:19 pm
"Earlier I was able to get past a door by shrinking it down... we could try that too."
Jun 17, 2025 7:18 pm
"If you can do that without touching it, let's try that instead. I have to touch it which will probably trigger it anyway."
Jun 17, 2025 7:59 pm
I cast reduce on the door. Duration is one minute.
[ +- ] Enlarge/Reduce
You cause a creature or an object you can see within range to grow larger or smaller for the duration. Choose either a creature or an object that is neither worn nor carried. If the target is unwilling, it can make a Constitution saving throw. On a success, the spell has no effect.
If the target is a creature, everything it is wearing and carrying changes size with it. Any item dropped by an affected creature returns to normal size at once.
Enlarge. The target's size doubles in all dimensions, and its weight is multiplied by eight. This growth increases its size by one category-- from Medium to Large, for example. If there isn't enough room for the target to double its size, the creature or object attains the maximum possible size in the space available. Until the spell ends, the target also has advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws. The target's weapons also grow to match its new size. While these weapons are enlarged, the target's attacks with them deal 1d4 extra damage.
Reduce. The target's size is halved in all dimensions, and its weight is reduced to one-eighth of normal. This reduction decreases its size by one category--from Medium to Small, for example. Until the spell ends, the target also has disadvantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws. The target's weapons also shrink to match its new size. While these weapons are reduced, the target's attacks with them deal 1d4 less damage (this can't reduce the damage below 1).
If the target is a creature, everything it is wearing and carrying changes size with it. Any item dropped by an affected creature returns to normal size at once.
Enlarge. The target's size doubles in all dimensions, and its weight is multiplied by eight. This growth increases its size by one category-- from Medium to Large, for example. If there isn't enough room for the target to double its size, the creature or object attains the maximum possible size in the space available. Until the spell ends, the target also has advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws. The target's weapons also grow to match its new size. While these weapons are enlarged, the target's attacks with them deal 1d4 extra damage.
Reduce. The target's size is halved in all dimensions, and its weight is reduced to one-eighth of normal. This reduction decreases its size by one category--from Medium to Small, for example. Until the spell ends, the target also has disadvantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws. The target's weapons also shrink to match its new size. While these weapons are reduced, the target's attacks with them deal 1d4 less damage (this can't reduce the damage below 1).
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Jun 17, 2025 8:03 pm
Annoyed Criella quips in, "Rather see a dispel magic tossed at this annoying skull."
Jun 17, 2025 8:20 pm
Doors try to reduce but not the hinges, they keeps door in their place only reducing enough to allow you see through the gaps that there is some pol of water and a pair of rowboats docked to a dock post.
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