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Post by Skrye [AC3; 48/48HP] on Apr 2, 2024 4:00:17 GMT -12
- Smiling at Quila, then moving to a side - "I have the vague idea that the remains are moving, but I would not expect less in a place like this one.. Would you like to move ahead or we wait and check at this point if these are really moving before adventuring in?" - addressing everyone
[OOC: AC 0 (Barkskin, 7 rnds), 48/48HP; SPELLS 1stLvl(5/5), 2ndLvl(3/5), 3rdLvl(4/4), 4thLvl(3/3)]
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Post by Quila Oris (John M.) on Apr 2, 2024 5:58:14 GMT -12
"I think this is one of those moments where your controlled sandstone trolls would be of use to us instead. Can you send one down the chute and through the corridor?" Quila asks her tari companion.
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Post by AthasianLaborer on Apr 2, 2024 6:52:00 GMT -12
"Agreed, I would rather see us lose a tool than an ally" 'Muiko's disembodied voice states from near Quila.
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Post by Quila Oris (John M.) on Apr 2, 2024 9:21:54 GMT -12
"And while we are at it, maybe after use another sandstone troll to try and open the north wall door in the statue room. The one with the nasty magical glyph on it. Let us make sure to be out of the room when it does touch that glyph or open the door. I got a bad feeling about that one." Quila adds to her efforts to coax her friend Skrye in actively using the golems she is controlling.
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Post by Skrye [AC3; 48/48HP] on Apr 3, 2024 4:31:49 GMT -12
- Skrye pounds for a second and walks herself to the limit - "Whichever these were petrified or not, these are now of the realm of earth and I'm not looking to abuse them" - referring to the golem-like creatures in front of her, then to the ones in the niches - "if these attack us surely I will" - then adventures herself in, slowly, ready to react if any of these skeletons moves, ready to step back and turn them
[OOC: AC 0 (Barkskin, 6 rnds), 48/48HP; SPELLS 1stLvl(5/5), 2ndLvl(3/5), 3rdLvl(4/4), 4thLvl(3/3)]
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Post by Niachi on Apr 3, 2024 4:55:00 GMT -12
Niachi grunts agreement to Scrye.
“Same. If we found a pack of Shadows, the creatures, not my tribe, I would not misuse them.”
He glides into 2nd position behind the Tari and adjusts to an overhand point-first sword stance that will sweep horizontal with 3 feet of clearance above Scrye.
“Shall we proceed?”
Cat’s Grace DEX 22 and Enchant Weapon in effect.
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Post by Quila Oris (John M.) on Apr 3, 2024 5:53:24 GMT -12
Muttering and sighing a bit, Quila cedes the argument about the golems. "I hope this doesn't come to bite us in the ass."
She will cast a Protection from Evil and descend again and slot into third position (or fourth if Coden goes before her). She'll whisper [Elven]'Do you follow my friend?'
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Post by AthasianLaborer on Apr 3, 2024 6:03:18 GMT -12
[Elven: "Yes."] 'Muiko rapidly replies at conversation volume.
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Post by DM Bob on Apr 3, 2024 6:05:25 GMT -12
Well, you have the time to discuss as Attilius mutters to himself. As of this moment, there is no further perceived movement by the corpses. Upon further inspection, these poor dead sods each have a wooden disk affixed about their neck on thin, braided leather cording. A symbol is seen on the face, that looks quite familiar by now. Worn by worshippers of Mak Thuum Ngatha the Nine-tongued Worm…
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Post by DM Bob on Apr 3, 2024 6:11:10 GMT -12
Oh, and as Quila makes her way down, she can see that the door at the far end is trapped.
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Post by Attilius on Apr 3, 2024 6:16:48 GMT -12
A symbol is seen on the face, that looks quite familiar by now. Worn by worshippers of Mak Thuum Ngatha the Nine-tongued Worm… View Attachment "Hmmm, looks like a piece of a human spine... with tentacles."
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Post by Skrye [AC3; 48/48HP] on Apr 3, 2024 6:41:31 GMT -12
- Skrye moves to the door, looking for symbols, scripts and traps - "Can you discern anything here?" - looking at Quila
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Post by Quila Oris (John M.) on Apr 3, 2024 8:35:43 GMT -12
Quila will take a closer look at the door to see whether the trap is mechanical or magical, and what the likely activation or working would be.
To Attilius she says, "Now that you mention it, that does seem to be the case. Or some pot or container spewing worms. Or an altar with a certain book on it opened causing worms to appear."
She then asks Coden and Niachi "Did our halfgiant friend HurK not tell of your encounters in Aman's tower before, and you running into skeletons with these wooden disk symbols? Was there any more information gleaned? I keep forgetting it somehow. The fire cult was a different faction right?"
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Post by DM Bob on Apr 3, 2024 8:41:33 GMT -12
The trap is magical in nature. A rune can be depicted as 'Muiko's detect magic reveals moderately strong necromantic wards.
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Post by DM Bob on Apr 3, 2024 9:13:44 GMT -12
After a moment of thinking... "Where have I seen this before?," Quila's training rewards her with a spark of insight.
"I've seen this in Myron's Journals, specifically the one titled Enemies of Establishment."
This book detailed how to tap into outside realms for power. The symbol on this door is used for necromantically reaching beyond the Grey... perhaps a spirit's binding.
That led her to think of the rune on the other door...
"Yes!" She thinks. "That other rune was in there too! It was labelled transference between or to entangled places or times... whatever that means."
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