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Post by DM Bob on Oct 21, 2020 9:30:05 GMT -12
Well, it's dark. But once Coden's eyes adapt a bit, he can make out the frame of the door behind him (the bright light of the clay balls slightly spilling through the black).
Turning his focus back around to the front, he thinks he can make out two darker black shadows, perhaps waist high and half the width of a man a few steps away from each other. They do not move in the slightest, perhaps a dark jar or object, but detail is hard to make out. There seems to be some vague shape to the right of that, but the illumination is insufficient to make out any other detail.
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The others can hear the sound of distant scraping as well as human voices.
"He went this way." A faint direct, female voice shouts.
"He won't be the first to try and get away through here! Dumb ass probably doesn't know it's a dead end!"
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Post by Coden Rokos (Jesse H.) on Oct 21, 2020 9:51:46 GMT -12
"Pair of objects - jars? Statues of dwarves? But it's too dark to really see much," Coden notes as he concentrates.
"What's our next move? Fight or try to run for it?"
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Post by Attilius on Oct 21, 2020 9:57:11 GMT -12
HurK pulls out another cheese wheel and scarfs it down listening to Coden's description. [rolled 10 so now at -27 PsP's]
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Post by Attilius on Oct 21, 2020 10:03:25 GMT -12
"Pair of objects - jars? Statues of dwarves? But it's too dark to really see much," Coden notes as he concentrates. "What's our next move? Fight or try to run for it?" HurK looks at the doors "I'm for the group going down stream while I hang back. As soon as I hear the Cilops or Tembo is a few feet away, I open the doors and phase into the rocks and meet up with you down the tunnel..." |
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Post by DM Bob on Oct 21, 2020 10:11:37 GMT -12
I really want to be sure you non-swimming Athasians want to wade in unexplored neck deep sewer water.
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Post by DM Bob on Oct 21, 2020 10:15:42 GMT -12
Khuv opens up. "I might be able to do a small jump... perhaps to the top of the building you landed on, Hurk. But I'd rather do it from up there..." He points to the stairway. "...than this close to the doors, in case that's what screwed me up."
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Post by Attilius on Oct 21, 2020 10:19:28 GMT -12
Khuv opens up. "I might be able to do a small jump... perhaps to the top of the building you landed on, Hurk. But I'd rather do it from up there..." He points to the stairway. "...than this close to the doors, in case that's what screwed me up." |
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Post by Attilius on Oct 21, 2020 10:31:45 GMT -12
HurK quickly goes up the stairs and grabs two large half giant handfuls of the finest dirt and gravel he can scoop up. He'll then come back and toss it along the bridge to help with traction and remove slipperiness. Once done he will carefully and slowly move across... [Rolled a 2 if a dex check is needed]
"GET GOING AND DON'T WAIT FOR ME, I'LL MEET YOU ON THE ROOF!" he loudly whispers
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Post by Coden Rokos (Jesse H.) on Oct 21, 2020 10:50:07 GMT -12
Coden rushes to the top of the stairs, eager to get out of this mess.
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Post by DM Bob on Oct 21, 2020 13:39:24 GMT -12
I don't see Laahk disagreeing. So Hurk makes it across the way as the others scatter up the stairs. Yiska holds the rear... perhaps feeling faith in her mother's blade. The goliath lifts the bar and opens the doors. Inside, two ebon obsidian urns with fixed lids sit. A dark table rests along the wall to the right, a stack of stone tablets upon it. Otherwise, the chamber is devoid of decoration or content. The noise of pursuit is close... but you might have time to accomplish one act before needing to address the situation...  |
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Post by Niachi on Oct 21, 2020 14:42:58 GMT -12
Laakh maintaining Safe Path notices the room's items and sets his position at least 5 feet away from them in the midst of the group. His dust mask is covering his face against the recent stink. He will hit a visible target with Id Insinuation and attempt Power Manipulation. OOC will be busy with a V:TES online tournament so expect delay.
Future Initiative: 1
Id Insinuation on a tembo, cilops or most threatening humanoid in that order: need 16, rolled 19 fail, -5 PSPs.
He whispers: "this place is cursed"
Sets his razors and thinks of oblivion.
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Post by DM Bob on Oct 21, 2020 15:03:17 GMT -12
Side note.
Most of the group is running up the stairs.
Khuv hopes to have a wormhole set at the top, as he fears interference from the door's wards.
Since Laahk has the ability to operate independently? He can definitely stay below... and hells, he can be next to Hurk if he wishes (I rolled Dex for you, success) or he can be at the foot of the stairs.
How does Hurk react? If he needs Laahk's hands, he has 'em.
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Post by AthasianLaborer on Oct 21, 2020 17:05:09 GMT -12
...Most of the group is running up the stairs... (Rizla would not flee combat that he had brought upon others. Is it a safe assumption that Rizla is waiting just around the corner at the foot of the stairs to fold a templar and toss them in the drink?) |
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Post by Attilius on Oct 21, 2020 20:05:01 GMT -12
"Get with the others up the stairs to port to the roof!" HurK whispers while he grabs the tablets and stuffs them into his tunic and under his bandolier's. He'll then slip 4 fingers of each hand into each of the urns handholds and place his thumb above on top of each lid and apply pressure so that they don't open.
He'll then activate his Ectoplasmic form and run out of the room and into rock face where he scouted an hour before and begin climbing up through the stone and up to the roof...
[Ectoplasmic form 19, rolled 16, success
Power manipulation 17, rolled 17 = success
-9 PsP's)
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Post by DM Bob on Oct 22, 2020 5:11:45 GMT -12
Hurk is strong enough to move the urns and tablets as he vanishes from sight, slowly making his way through earth, brick and stone. darksunsouthtablelands.obsidianportal.com/items/a-pair-of-dark-urnsLeaving Laahk and Rizla in the room as the others abscond closer to the surface. Yishka yells, "Why the feck are you two still down there! This isn't a time to be a hero!" Upon arrival to the blockage up the stairs, Khuv successfully opens a swirling wormhole. "I can't keep this thing open for more than a couple minutes!" And that's when the first cilops is seen. A large azure centipede affair, with a topless, short haired blond woman carrying a large, bony carrikal riding it's back emerges from the tunnel that Rizla recently came from. It had literally been traveling the sides of the tunnel and the rider secured to the back via a mekillot bone saddle. As the large insect rises to the stair-side of the room, another similarly mounted insect begins to clear the tunnel and rises to the barred door side. A red headed woman carrying a wicked alhulak rides this beast, her locks done in a pair of lengthy braids. Both women wear yellow skirts and knee high, light leather boots - presumably so they won't need to walk through nightsoil. Intent?
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