27/10/448 Time Mist & Steel Guardians (1375 XP)

7:29am  2018-10-27 Smon Has entered the room
Smon: Hi Jorian
joriandrake: hello
joriandrake: before the others get here can you please explain how 5e surprise happens? I still don't fully get it. SO: everyone rolls Initiative, but only the non-surprised characters act, this counts as first turn, and then in second turn everyone acts based on init?
Smon: Yes. If you start with the Surprised condition you cannot take Reactions. You cannot act on your turn. The condition ends at the end of your turn.
joriandrake: ok, thanks
Smon: You typically have the Surprised condition if attackers have sneaked up on you unawares.
Smon: High level Barbarians have a special power to act when Surprised on their turn, as long as they immediately Rage.
joriandrake: that is interesting, that would mean Bright Star could sneak up on someone, attack, and if low on Init still flee with her race/class abilities that very turn, of if high init decide that she also attacks once again on turn 2 and then flee before the enem,y can react on turn 2
joriandrake: will Bill play today?
7:35am  2018-10-27 DESTROYERBILL Has entered the room
joriandrake: ah hi Bill
DESTROYERBILL: hello
Smon: @J yes you could potentially attack a surprised foe twice before they can act, if you also won init.
joriandrake: Bill I got a jar for a dose of healing oinment, the jar costed 100 gold and can be reused, but holds only 1 dose of healing stuff
joriandrake: I want to share it for cases like last few times my character got paralysed, so others can use it in emergencies, want to have it?
DESTROYERBILL: okay
DESTROYERBILL: no thanks
joriandrake: as you wish
joriandrake: hm, I gave one to Keelia already, and only Fergus wasn't asked yet
joriandrake: Smon didn't the game officially begin about ten minutes ago? or am I reading the time wrong?
joriandrake: I thought we start at 9:30 / 8:30 for you
Smon: No James today, Keelia & Fergus are running late.
joriandrake: oh, ok
Smon: @J Selatine map https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO88brTV_9Iky8l_K7NKRlAnnvKtC2-BkjM6ZIjL9eL_YNxGykp19snnISVoLqMCcz64_5cFrl-Y5SrDFnEnrxfDEDFg3OeBUkyB7I_9R-uk6kApTQmljjP0DREK98ewwAs9Pgn-UU_TM/s640/Selatine.png where do you want your coffee shop built?
Smon: Need to finish at 10.30 today, have a long journey to afternoon game.
Smon: If there's anything your PCs want to do let me know.
7:44am  2018-10-27 Keelia Has entered the room
joriandrake: hm, I spent my time as you know on language, crafting and the coffee shop/temple so I don't have much else to do, nor the money to do much else
Smon: Hi Keelia!
Keelia: hi! I need a couple minutes longer than I thought. Or I risk kitchen disaster
DESTROYERBILL: hi
Smon: @J Selatine map https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO88brTV_9Iky8l_K7NKRlAnnvKtC2-BkjM6ZIjL9eL_YNxGykp19snnISVoLqMCcz64_5cFrl-Y5SrDFnEnrxfDEDFg3OeBUkyB7I_9R-uk6kApTQmljjP0DREK98ewwAs9Pgn-UU_TM/s640/Selatine.png where do you want your coffee shop built?
Smon: Where do your PCs want to go today?
Keelia: We can start but I may disappear for 5 minutes in about 5 minutes
joriandrake: hello
joriandrake: ok I placed it on the map a sec
Keelia: if we are careful, we could continue level 9 but we are down 1 person (2 until Ferg arrives) and it will be high risk.
Smon: Bill & me need to stop at 10.30am (8.47 now)
Keelia: I would recommend, maybe we go to 9 then go up to 8? We have that stair case where the chameleon spiders were
DESTROYERBILL: yes thats a good idea
joriandrake: so, there are some buildings that overlap in my first two choices (red and blue placing) but if they fit nearby that is still okay, or if the buildings there can be bought for the location. The 3rd, black position doesn't seem to overlap with anything except the writing
joriandrake: https://i.imgur.com/qEefYIo.png
Smon: ok - Bright Star's level 9 map https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_laN4Bk8M4zn9qEjWpYexXYb5xnD_WbWmGsr6VHWT6i1wgjResmMqyGO83MnAnUrK5pAW4II8d8gHTQjEBfgZ8Sw3lApe6HqKfkwMlgV9mBn4GZbgyGb-Y1412EdM6tMZJsow-jTDzg/s1600/Stonehell+level+9.jpg
joriandrake: Bill?
DESTROYERBILL: daddys computer froze
DESTROYERBILL: imgur crashed it
joriandrake: thanks
Smon: ok working again
joriandrake: Keelia if we didn't explore the part where the chameleon spiders were yet we could do that
Smon: (Black circle looks ok J, you can't demolish existing buildings!)
joriandrake: not sure how much backtracking that would be
joriandrake: but as far I remember we are all in the city atm
Smon: GM: OK you head out from Selatine 27/10/4448 across the rain-washed plain, into Stonehell Canyon & take the Efah-Soom down to level 9...
joriandrake: (ok, was not sure how much those positions are correct, or that there aren't any building around the ones on map and only showing the most important buildings in the town)
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
Keelia: we killed the chameleon spiders (1 or 2 escaped) on level 9. The stairs lead upwards, so the assumption was it was to level 8
Keelia: Imgur is fun to surf but it's a killer on the computer and mobile!
Smon: /roll d8
Smon rolls 1d8 and gets: 4,
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 19,
Smon: You come out into the hall of the Stone Snake...
joriandrake: (ok, I thought the chameleon spired place was the one going south from the 'unknown danger' room wit hthe 6 pillars - Simon and i made sure to just post the pure image link, sorry)
Smon: /roll d3
Smon rolls 1d3 and gets: 3
Smon: An Ochre Jelly drops from the ceiling on Bright Star...
7:55am  2018-10-27 Sandor Sunneson Has entered the room
joriandrake: Hi
Keelia: dodge!
joriandrake: >> to Fergus, not the jelly
Sandor Sunneson: morning
Smon: @Sandor group has just travelled from Selatine back down to Stone Hell level 9. I'll say Sandro tails along at the rear.
DESTROYERBILL: hi fergus
Keelia: hey ferg!
Smon: As your group enters the chamber of the Stone Snake, an ochre jelly drops from the ceiling onto Bright Star...
Smon: /roll d20+4x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+4x2 and gets:
17 (+4) = 21
20 (+4) = 24
Smon: ouch
DESTROYERBILL: okre jelly more like okre assasion
Keelia: well, you might be dragging her corpse up shortly
Smon: *splat* Bright Star disappears under the massive ochre coloured lump of gelatine!
joriandrake: wizard init
joriandrake rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 20, (+1) = 21
Sandor Sunneson: Lev 9? 7
Keelia: damn it for being above my pp of 20!
Smon: /roll 9d6+2
Smon rolls 9d6+2 and gets: 6, 6, 4, 2, 5, 1, 3, 6, 6, (+2) = 41
Keelia: not quite dead.
Smon: Bright Star takes 41 damage (including 12 acid) & is prone under the ooze. OK roll init
joriandrake: knowing that Bright Star is pretty safe (atleast from my spells) under the jelly Alvariel will fireball the thing
Keelia rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 9, (+7) = 16
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 15, (+6) = 21
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 9, (+2) = 11
Smon: Roll an INT check Alvariel
joriandrake: I assume it is best to kill it as fast as possible to avoid her being eaten and digested alive, thus fireball
joriandrake rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 13, (+4) = 17
joriandrake: Intelligence roll 17
Smon: Although the chamber is big, you are all close by & a fireball now could catch party members, might also boil Bright Star
joriandrake: crap
joriandrake: could the 30 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 10 feet tall tidal wave be positioned better then?
Smon: that would get BS too
Smon: ochre jelly init
Smon: /roll d20-2
Smon rolls 1d20-2 and gets: 19, (-2) = 17
Smon: #21 init - Sandro & Alvariel your goes
joriandrake: In this case I'll try to weaken the jelly without causing much damage - ray of sickness
Sandor Sunneson: Sandro will attack it, using 2 attacks and then looking to withdraw to get out of its range
DESTROYERBILL: dont slash it makes 2 of them
Sandor Sunneson: looking to withdraw as if
joriandrake: ranged spell
DESTROYERBILL: just poke or bludgen
joriandrake rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 9, (+7) = 16
joriandrake: ac 16
Smon: the green ray hits the ochre jelly
Sandor Sunneson: cheers Bill, I'll throw darts at it
Smon: /roll d20+2
Smon rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 19, (+2) = 21
joriandrake rolls 2d8 and gets: 2, 1, = 3
joriandrake: (damn it) jelly needs to roll constitution save
Sandor Sunneson: lol
Sandor Sunneson: would be quite something if it wiped out the group
Smon: it got 21 on CON save but takes 3 poison dmg, it looks slightly bilious.
joriandrake: the wizardling is not pleased with the result, turn end
Smon: Sandro can roll dart attacks
Sandor Sunneson Rolls 1d20+6x2 and gets:
17 (+6) = 23
3 (+6) = 9
Keelia: TPK by an ochre jelly - not a glamourous way to go...
Sandor Sunneson: roll d4+3
Smon: AC 8, 2 hits
Sandor Sunneson rolls 2d4+6 and gets: 4, 1, (+6) = 11
joriandrake: (more glamourous than via bees)
Keelia: (at least with bees we were outnumbered)
Smon: it takes 1 1 dmg as 2 darts disappear into it (cross off 2 darts)
joriandrake: (true, I'll see what I can do about this thing, but my rolls weren't that great, wish the cleric would be here to heal you inside the jelly)
Smon: /roll d20+4x2
Sandor Sunneson: 8 left
Smon Rolls 1d20+4x2 and gets:
10 (+4) = 14
5 (+4) = 9
Smon: Bright Star takes only 1d6 acid dmg (only hit AC 14)
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 4,
Smon: 4 acid dmg to BS, is not a Hit as such
Keelia: still alive
Smon: #16 Bright Star's turn
joriandrake: (how much hp left Keelia?)
Keelia: (your dice do not like me today).
Keelia: 12
Smon: OOC if you survive I'll give you double XP for the ninja jelly - 900/4 = 225 each!!
Smon: #16 Bright Star's turn
joriandrake: (try to ... swim out of it?)
Keelia: Holding her breath, Bright Star draws her sword attacking it in the process, then uses Fancy footwork in combination with cunning action to disengage and retreat without OA
Smon: BS is currently Grappled due to having a jelly on top of her.
Keelia rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 14, (+10) = 24
Smon: You can use an Action to try to escape, roll DEX (Acrobatics) to get out from under it.
Keelia: ok, she'll dig her claws into the gaps between the stone floor and pull herself out
Keelia rolls 20d9 and gets: 9, 2, 5, 7, 7, 9, 1, 8, 1, 3, 4, 2, 7, 9, 1, 6, 4, 1, 1, 3 = 90
Keelia: sorry!
Keelia rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 18, (+9) = 27
Sandor Sunneson: ?
Keelia: stupid key didn't press
Sandor Sunneson: lol
joriandrake: (I think acrobatics allows you to try flee)
joriandrake: (nvm, chatroom lag)
Smon: OK BS wriggles out from under the jelly (Acrobatics - pass), can use Bonus Action - Disengage to retreat without opp att.
Keelia: yep
Smon: if using cat speed move 30' > 60' > 30' after standing up & can retreat down the corridor, past the others.
Keelia: she'll go hide behind T
Smon: ok #11 Talaxakan
DESTROYERBILL: i rush up to the ooze and action surge
Keelia: sure, she'll use cat speed and get back. Arrows have good distance anyway
DESTROYERBILL Rolls 1d20+9x4 and gets:
13 (+9) = 22
2 (+9) = 11
12 (+9) = 21
14 (+9) = 23
Smon: ac 8
joriandrake: wow
Sandor Sunneson: nice one
DESTROYERBILL rolls 12d6+24 and gets: 3, 3, 3, 1, 6, 5, 2, 2, 5, 4, 2, 2, (+24) = 62
Smon: Killed it twice, had 31 hp
joriandrake: it might be dead from this blade rush
DESTROYERBILL: hammer
Smon: Bits of jelly go flying everywhere as the mighty hammer smooshes it.
joriandrake: (damn chat lag)
Smon: You are victorious! 225 XP
joriandrake: (AH! then it was HAMMER TIME)
Keelia: Bright Star squeezes the ooze out of her fur with a disgruntled look and downs a couple of healing potions.
DESTROYERBILL: can we short rest
DESTROYERBILL: bright satr needs more hp
joriandrake: Alvariel goes to use one dose of oinment on Bright Star (and thus freeing up one of the new jars)
DESTROYERBILL: and i need my action surge ack
Sandor Sunneson: nice one
Keelia: yes, quick rest despite having just started. stupid ooze.
Keelia: what's the dice for the keoghans?
Smon: OK you retreat to the teleport room with its secret door and can rest an hour
Smon: 2d8+2 innit?
joriandrake: The wizard applies it to the skin/fur of Bright Star
joriandrake: (yes)
joriandrake rolls 2d8+2 and gets: 4, 4, (+2) = 10
Smon: https://www.aidedd.org/dnd/om.php?vo=keoghtom-s-ointment
Smon: brb toast
Keelia: thanks!
joriandrake: If Bright Star had been poisoned that's cured, also if she had any diseases those are gone too, now safe to use normal potions and rest
Sandor Sunneson: are we heading up a level or stayng down here?
Keelia rolls 1d8+1 and gets: 4, (+1) = 5
joriandrake: "Let's stay and explore more carefully"
Keelia: up a level to 8
DESTROYERBILL: we should short rest on level 8 for less deadly creatures
Keelia: by way of the cham'n spider alcove
Keelia rolls 1d8+1 and gets: 8, (+1) = 9
Keelia rolls 1d8+1 and gets: 8, (+1) = 9
Smon: OK after a short rest (can spend hit dice Bright Star) you head out again...
Keelia rolls 1d8+1 and gets: 5, (+1) = 6
Keelia rolls 1d8+1 and gets: 2, (+1) = 3
joriandrake: Alvariel offers to cast Protection from Good/Evil on Bright Star if we get close to enemies, will need to be in touch range for it
Keelia: Close enough
joriandrake: any closer and ti would be Self-range
joriandrake: (protection is concentration spell of 10 minutes length, so we have some leeway with casting, timing it)
joriandrake: Just tell my wizard when you wish to have it cast
Sandor Sunneson: Back to 6 Ki i think
Keelia: Now superbly paranoid, Bright Star engages stealth and watches the ceiling carefully.
Keelia: (thanks!)
Keelia: when they reach the room where the chameleon spiders were, she'll check every corner carefully (twice!) since they can hide so well
Smon: /roll d6
joriandrake: Alvariel watches Bright Star disappear then tries to hide behind Talaxakan
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 2,
Smon: OK you reach the chamber of the chameleon spiders, now just dusty corpses. No sign of danger.
Smon: Steep stairs lead up to the south, a dead spider on them.
Smon: BS stealthes a bit ahead of the others, who are a lot noisier.
joriandrake: (on the map with 'unknown danger' written there is a route to the south we might not have explored yet, I assumed earlier that is where the spiders were, might be where stairs are)
Smon: Star's map https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_laN4Bk8M4zn9qEjWpYexXYb5xnD_WbWmGsr6VHWT6i1wgjResmMqyGO83MnAnUrK5pAW4II8d8gHTQjEBfgZ8Sw3lApe6HqKfkwMlgV9mBn4GZbgyGb-Y1412EdM6tMZJsow-jTDzg/s1600/Stonehell+level+9.jpg
Smon: You are in the room with the dead spiders
Smon: You head up the southern stairs. They ascend a long way...
joriandrake: "We could go and take this day's fill of that holy water"
joriandrake: - Alvariel tells those that didn't sneak ahead
Keelia: (check everything before we do)
joriandrake: (K, perhaps those stairs lead to somewhere else, new )
Keelia: Bright Star waits for the others to catch up (hopefully with holy water in hand). She's peering up the stair suspiciously.
Smon: The stairs rise up south 55' then turn east for the last 20'. Ahead they flatten out at a 10' wide landing extending 20' south into a large chamber.
Sandor Sunneson: Sandro looks around, seeing if he can spot anything untoward whilst marching forward with the others
DESTROYERBILL: we probably shoudent get holy water its a bit late for it
joriandrake: (Keelia these are the places on the map Alvariel would like to check and fill the details for: https://imgur.com/a/CbgBlhz )
Smon: There is a faint blue glow from the south.
joriandrake: Alvariel prepares to hide behind Talaxakan again
Smon: At the top of the stairs, BS looks south down the landing. Thick blue fog obscures the entire room to the south, glowing faintly.
joriandrake: also, he takes out his papers to write his little notes on
DESTROYERBILL: kellia have you given fergus the gp yet
Keelia: (re: map, leftmost circle, we cannot get to safely as it's through the unknown danger room. Bottom most circle, we've been past that. There are later maps. )
Sandor Sunneson: any noise with the glow??
Sandor Sunneson: I added it to my characters sheet Bill when I read through the transcript
Sandor Sunneson: thank you Keelia
DESTROYERBILL: okay
Keelia: (@Bill, no I haven't. Ferg, there is 2800 gp set aside for Sandro in the party bags.)
Keelia: (cool)
Sandor Sunneson: As above, already added lol
Keelia: (thanks for the reminder Bill  )
Smon: PCs with Arcana skill (Talaxakan & Alvariel) roll Arcana (INT) please
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 19, (+7) = 26
Smon: GM: The others join BS at the landing on top of the stairs.
joriandrake rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 19, (+10) = 29
Smon: T & A's finely tuned senses detect powerful eldritch energies swirling in the mists.
joriandrake: "Well, it is magical, that's for certain, eldritch energy, might be able to get to know more if casting Detect Magic" says Alvariel
DESTROYERBILL: can i see if its a patcular type of magic
DESTROYERBILL: conjuration destruction illusion stuff like that
Smon: Only with Detect Magic T
joriandrake: If no one opposes the idea Alvariel gets to cast Detect Magic as ritual
Smon: OK it takes Alvariel 1 minute to cast Detect Magic.
joriandrake: (10 minutes I think)
Smon: NO
joriandrake: (even better)
Smon: IT IS 10 TIMES THE 1 ACTION CASTING TIME
Smon: I have the PHB open in front of me.
DESTROYERBILL: jorian write it down on your charceter sheet
Smon: OK Alvariel casts. The fog glows more strongly to his sight, very powerful magic of the Chronomancy school - Time Magic!
joriandrake: (O have written here a note that The ritual version of a spell takes 10 minutes longer to cast than normal. So thatm ust be incorrect then)
Smon: No, 10 TIMES longer
joriandrake: "chronomancy...hm"
DESTROYERBILL: obvisuley its tied with the nixthisis unravling time
joriandrake: "This is a rare and potent magical school's power. We better don't go in there without dispelling it, or perhaps trying to dismiss it with air magic"
Smon: eg Identify is 1 minute > 10 minutes as ritual.
DESTROYERBILL: the crazey monsters of stonehell call it the great unravler
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DESTROYERBILL: i send one of my 4 pit viperes in to go and come back
joriandrake: Alvariel awaits the result of this experiment on the viper
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 12,
Smon: A viper wriggles out of T's robes and into the mists... it does not come back. Minutes pass.
DESTROYERBILL: so lets not go in there then
DESTROYERBILL: avariel do you have dispell magic
joriandrake: "Well, I need to buy some air spell scroll to blow away the fog, that might work"
joriandrake: "but until then, I suggest to avoid it"
joriandrake: Alvariel shakes his head in response to Tal
Smon: OOC Jorian you were right about rituals (just checked PHB) - sorry! Have Inspiration  But I like my rule better so will house rule it.
joriandrake: np we are make mistakes
Smon: We are
joriandrake: we all* - meh, lack of coffee
joriandrake: (Still gladly take the inspiration to be used against things with paralysis)
DESTROYERBILL: lets all go in there at the same time
joriandrake: "NO"
DESTROYERBILL: fine
Keelia: Bright Star squints at T. "You wish us to jump in somewhere your viper cannot return from, linked to time magic, which may send us to another era?"
DESTROYERBILL: yes
joriandrake: "Once we are prepared for this place we can come back, will need to get Dispell Magic and some air spells to attempt"
Sandor Sunneson: be like Bill and Ted's bogus journey
DESTROYERBILL: fine lets hed back to town
Sandor Sunneson: Sandro is up for stepping into the time warp if others are
Keelia: (be excellent to each other and party on, dudes!)
joriandrake: He nods "it might very well be a time portal thing and an interesting adventure which would await us, but it could jsut as well just age us very quickly and fall as piles of ashes in the room apart"
DESTROYERBILL: do you know where we can get air magic and/or dispell magic
joriandrake: "We have to check the market, stalls, and maybe the Lady Vex's court for them"
Sandor Sunneson: i doubt 5e adventures would be written like that, as then nobody would buy them#
DESTROYERBILL: i reach out with my maul to see if i can catch anything without going in my self
joriandrake: (Simple answer to Fergus: it could just be a magical death trap using time magic)
Sandor Sunneson: No chance,
Sandor Sunneson: it's the sense of adventure, it will lead somewhere
joriandrake: "Okay, feel free to go inside at your own peril, I will take notes of the outcome"
Smon: T steps up to the mist and swings his maul through it, meeting no resistance.
joriandrake: The wizard is eager to take more notes
Keelia: Does the portal smell like anything? eg, is it an open portal and it brings scents through that she can smell to determine if it might lead somewhere nasty?
DESTROYERBILL: i put it on the floor and draw it across where i can
joriandrake: DetMag still active, Alvariel watches if the Maul loses its magical power after this
Sandor Sunneson: What you think Keelia?
Smon: roll perception for smell BS
Keelia rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 7, (+10) = 17
DESTROYERBILL: i have advantage on smell checks
Keelia: not great
Keelia: give it a sniff
Smon: The maul scrapes across a stone floor, it seems unaffected
Sandor Sunneson: lol
joriandrake: Alvariel also tries to percieve as much as possible from the place
Smon: T sticks out his forked snaky tongue to sniff the air
DESTROYERBILL: wait i have a scroll of detect magic
Smon: The chamber of the blue mists smells quite open, you think there are likely exits to east and west.
joriandrake: (roll then BIll with adv  - det magic already active by Alvariel)
DESTROYERBILL: oops dispell
Sandor Sunneson: Sandro suggests we all go through the portal
DESTROYERBILL: i cast dispell magic
Sandor Sunneson: worst case we all die, so what, then we roll up new characters
Smon: T raises his unfurled scroll and reads out the eldritch words...
Smon: The mists roil and recoil...
Smon: And vanish!
joriandrake: the fourth wall breaking today is strong with this one
Smon: No sign of the viper that entered the mist 15 minutes ago.
Keelia: Bright Star takes a few tentative steps
DESTROYERBILL: no
joriandrake: "Well done Tal"
joriandrake: The wizard looks a bit sadly at the now used up, empty magical scroll
Smon: The chamber is 25' deep n-s, with a 10' exit tunnel at the n end of w wall, a second at n end of e wall, and a third at e end of n wall.
Keelia: "Indeed," Bright Star agrees. "Let us proceed"
DESTROYERBILL: it still has haste on it
Sandor Sunneson: Bet it's found a beautiful green field on the other side and is now hunting small mammels
joriandrake: "(Alvariel could learn that)
Smon: The walls ceiling and floor are of a dark granite.
Smon: The ceiling is arched, about 20' at highest point.
joriandrake: "The time spell here was used as a special trap, hinderance against unawaited guests. We can assume that unless breaches exist in the walls no one else got here until we arrived and dispelled the chrono-spell"
joriandrake: "thus, this may be a huge archeological find, with many ancient items and art inside"
DESTROYERBILL: i look for treasure
joriandrake: alvariel asks Bright Star to also look ahead and search for potential extra traps of a less-magical kind
Smon: Looking down the tunnels you see the w tunnel runs 20' then turns n. The n tunnel runs n 10' then turns ne, widening to 15'. The east tunnel runs 40' to the west side of a chamber canted nw/se, you can see red tiles on the floor there.
joriandrake: "If something was really important to the owners of this place it could be guarded by mechanical traps or creatures as well"
Smon: The chamber of the time mists seems bare of treasure.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 5,
joriandrake: "The red tiles... seem like ap ossible mechanical trap"
joriandrake: Alvariel waits for any additional comment or reaction from his companions
DESTROYERBILL: i throw a stone at the tile
Smon: Are you going east?
DESTROYERBILL: i go to the tunnles
DESTROYERBILL: i turn on the west tunnel
DESTROYERBILL: i mean east
Smon: T heads down the east tunnel...
joriandrake: Alvariel just stands there waiting for the others to speak up
Keelia: (I'm failing at mapping here, so I'm going to stop trying for a moment)
Smon: After 40' the east tunnel opens out on the west side of a large chamber with 40' high arched ceiling; a wondrous sight... (tbc)
Sandor Sunneson: cool, any signs of life in the chamber??
joriandrake: I didn't know Sandro went with Tal
Keelia: Bright Star will trail after Tal and Sandro, waving Alv to follower her
Smon: The chamber is about 40' se-nw and sw-ne. A giant-sized throne of rose-hued
marble sits against the SE wall of this chamber,
protected by three massive humanoid figures fashioned from shining steel. Red and white tiles divide the floor into two separate sections. A 15’ pathway of white tiles leads between the room’s two exits (N & W exits) along the nw wall; the rest of the room bears red tiling.
joriandrake: He sighs, watches the red tiled corridor a bit then follows Bright Star
DESTROYERBILL: i touch a red tile with my maul ready to run
Smon: The steel statues(?) are about 15' tall and chromed, their faces featureless.
joriandrake: "Well... a throne room with guards"
joriandrake: (If the DM spall stil lworks Alvariel checks the room andthe 'statues')
Smon: T touches his maul to the red tiling. The heads of the collossi turn in his direction.
joriandrake: spell*
joriandrake: nvm
Smon: It ran out after 10 minutes J
joriandrake: (I didn't know if we already used up ten minutes though)
DESTROYERBILL: i touch a white tile with my maul ready to run
joriandrake: "Yep, those are magical ...golems, probably"
Smon: >>(I didn't know if we already used up ten minutes though)<< read more closely then
joriandrake: Alvariel tries to find any reference to them or hteir design in history of the arcana
Smon: T withdraws the maul - he is already standing on the white tiles. The heads of the guardians turn back to their original position. He touches white tile w maul - nothing.
Smon: Al can roll Arcana
joriandrake rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 5, (+10) = 15
joriandrake: o_O
Keelia: Bright Star considers. "The throne is empty but guarded. What happens if one sits on the throne? Does one become Queen?"
Smon: They definitely seem like golems, reminiscent of iron golems only shiny.
Keelia: "And is it worth fighting those armoured golems to find out?"
joriandrake: "The throne might bind the things to the ruler's bidding...that is, if they accept the one sitting on the throne as ruler instead of smashing him or her"
DESTROYERBILL: lets fight them
Keelia: "They will likely let us pass if we stay upon the white."
joriandrake: "They look like iron golems, but I assume the material is different, steel perhaps?"
joriandrake: "Bright Star, only you are fast enough to attempt to sit on the throne and flee if it doesn't work out, probably best to only step on white tiles"
Keelia: "Bright Star is fast. Perhaps fast enough to land on the throne and test that theory. But if it fails, she will be in a bad way, perhaps dead," she muses
joriandrake: "You have an uncanny way to avoid attacks as well"
Smon: The tiling around the throne is solid red. There is only a 10' strip of white tiles along the NW wall, from west entry (where you are) to north exit tunnel.
Keelia: "If Tal draws them off to the side, Bright Star can try to sneak onto the throne. If it fails, she can attack from behind."
DESTROYERBILL: if you become the queen you will get lots of shinyes
Sandor Sunneson: Sandro is feeling brave and will go and walk up to the throne
Keelia: And Tal just said the magic words. Bright Star's ears go forward.
joriandrake: "Hmm, might need some additional acrobatic skill to step only on the white tiles then jump over into the throne"
Keelia: "Shinies?"
Smon: OK Sandro steps onto the red tiles & the collossi turn menacingly towards him... roll init everyone
Keelia: (room is 40' wide, he has to jump 30' of red tiles)
Keelia rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 1, (+7) = 8
DESTROYERBILL: yes shines queens get lots of shineys
Sandor Sunneson: sorry
joriandrake: "Oh look, Sandro sacrifices himself for this scientific experiment, how gallant. Go on Brisght Star"
Smon: 10+ you win init
joriandrake rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 19, (+1) = 20
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 8, (+2) = 10
Sandor Sunneson: ?? sometimes these things work positively
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 19, (+6) = 25
Smon: ok Sandro what are you doing? All 3 are starting to move towards you.
Sandor Sunneson: Collosi are huge and powerful, Sandro looks to escape as quickly as possiblt
joriandrake: (oh boy)
Sandor Sunneson: he'll disengage
Smon: Escape where? Back west or flee north. He is not engaged they are about 20' away.
DESTROYERBILL: these are not collosi thes are golems
Smon: (they are technically Steel Guardians)
Sandor Sunneson: I remember what they did to your dragonbourne under another charactor
Sandor Sunneson: Head towards the others
joriandrake: "The only way for us to survive this if the theory works and the thnings stop going after us if one of us sits in the throne and follow an aorder to leave us be"
Smon: Sandro steps back to join the others at the west exit.
DESTROYERBILL: yeah that was 12 golems
Smon: #20 Alvariel
DESTROYERBILL: only 200 damage between 12
joriandrake: Sandro left the room with the tiles, do the golems stil lgo after him or did they stop?
Smon: He hasn't left, you are all on the white tiles at the west side of the chamber.
Keelia: (only 200 damage? That would kill Bright Star 3x over.
joriandrake: "Ah, Meroya protect me"
DESTROYERBILL: that was 12 golems
DESTROYERBILL: this is 3
DESTROYERBILL: only 50 damge if they all hit
Smon: Is Alvariel attacking, fleeing, standing there?
joriandrake: Would a dash allow Alvariel to reach the throne?
Smon: I'd need an Acrobatics check to get past them
Smon: They are in front of the throne
joriandrake: Alvariel casts Mirror Image and Expeditious Retreat as bonus action, then uses this to move preferably away from them but still towards throne
Smon: ?? They are between you and the throne
joriandrake: ok, Alvariel is brave and stupid enough to risk it with his spells and go for it
Smon: You cannot cast 2 spells in one round unless 1 is a cantrip
Smon: You can reach the throne w 30' move & Mirror Imaged ok
Smon: roll Acrobatics DC 23
joriandrake: damn, true, I cast only mirror image and moveo ut the room turn end
Smon: OK you just leave then
DESTROYERBILL: i retreat
joriandrake: yes, in this turn I do only that and alvariel checks if the golems will follow them if they leave the room
Smon: #10 Talaxakan retreats west alongside Alvariel.
Keelia: are they still advancing?
Sandor Sunneson: Sandro follows the group
joriandrake: Sandro is still in the room so probably
Smon: #10 The steel guardians lumber forward. Their 'faces' dilate, revealing black voids... then as Sandro leaves the chamber they halt.
Smon: They seem to be watching Bright Star, Readied...
Keelia: Are they away from the throne?
Smon: Yes
Smon: They have halted in a row on the red tiles, watching BS.
joriandrake: "sooo..... at least we know their command protocol only includes targeting inside the room, Bright Star might indeed be trying to rush for the throne now, is she wants"
Smon: With Readied actions
Smon: They halted 10'-15' from her
joriandrake: "...and I can try go after you if need be"
Keelia: How far away from throne? Enough that with kitty speed, I could, in theory, zoom around them, keeping to the wall as far outside of hitting distance, and jump into the throne?
DESTROYERBILL: i say we all gang up and destroy them
Smon: Yes but they would get their Readied actions presumably
joriandrake: Alvariel is ready to also cast Expeditious Retreat to become quick and combine speed with fake images
Smon: They have 10' reach which would let 2 attack as she moved around them unless using Disengage
joriandrake: "Talax if you wish go and try, that would mean the golems attack you first though"
Smon: or their Readied action might have longer range, you can't tell.
Keelia: So they are about 15' from throne? And reach is 10? Could land in throne without OA
joriandrake: (Could you use disengage and your cat-sped or rogue bonus moves to avoid aoo?)
Sandor Sunneson: Maybe worth coming back in an hour as they have retreated to their positions?
Keelia: (no, that's worse, we want them away from throne. Sandro needs to come lure them further away :))
Smon: (Readied action uses their Reaction, same as opp att does)
joriandrake: (Fergus I think them not being around the throne is actually better for the ones risking to sit on throne)
Smon: OOC need to finish up. What is BS doing?
Keelia: I'm so tempted to try. I suppose worse that happens is you guys need to fetch my corpse and res me
Sandor Sunneson: Ok,
Keelia: let's try.
joriandrake: (if Sandro and Tal go in to fight that would leave us a chance to rush for throne"
Sandor Sunneson: yeah lets try it,
DESTROYERBILL: okay
Keelia: disengage to keep out of reach, then kitty speed to get up to the throne by keeping as far away as possible.
joriandrake: Alvariel casts Expeditious Retreat on himself
Keelia: everyone else be prepared to come save me. if there are shinies, they will be shared.
Smon: shut up J it's not your go
Keelia: if there is death, well, sorry.
DESTROYERBILL: okay
joriandrake: (I'm ready now)
Smon: OK as BS starts to move round, they all use their Readied actions to belch poisonous gas at her
joriandrake: Simon: it was part of the plan discussion what I'll do
Keelia: ok, disengage, around to throne, leap in.
Sandor Sunneson: When it his go, Sandro will use 1ki step of the wind to exelerate to the throne
Keelia: well that was not what I expected!
Keelia: evasion?
Smon: 3 DC 19 CON saves BS
Sandor Sunneson: how rude, to burp at a lady
Keelia: I'm screwed
joriandrake: (this might not go well)
Keelia rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 13, (+1) = 14
Keelia rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 17, (+1) = 18
Smon: /roll 10d8
Sandor Sunneson:
Keelia rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 11, (+1) = 12
Smon rolls 10d8 and gets: 5, 6, 6, 8, 1, 3, 6, 8, 7, 5, = 55
Smon: /roll 10d8
Smon rolls 10d8 and gets: 8, 3, 7, 5, 5, 1, 7, 2, 6, 1, = 45
Keelia: 3 fails
Smon: /roll 10d8
Smon rolls 10d8 and gets: 3, 7, 7, 3, 7, 4, 7, 1, 5, 6, = 50
Sandor Sunneson: ouch
Smon: 150 poison damage to Bright Star
Keelia: and I'm properly dead.
Smon: OK see you next week!
Keelia: unless evasion kicks in as it's an AOE attack of sorts?
DESTROYERBILL: i dont think we can save you
Keelia: nice
Keelia: you've got a week to figure out how to save me, then.
joriandrake: evasion should kick in as these are CON save damages
Sandor Sunneson: drum roll, draw curtain
Smon: evasion is for dex saves
joriandrake: I mean uncanny, probably
Keelia: ah well
joriandrake: well, thanks for the game
Keelia: I knew it was a risk
Sandor Sunneson: thanks, all , have a good weekend
joriandrake: - Keelia I didn't expect gas either, I have nothing that would protect you or me from gas
Sandor Sunneson: XP for the survivors?
Keelia: have a good weekend guys!
Smon: uncanny dodge is for when a d20 attack roll hits you
joriandrake: I would've risked running in with mirror image and get you out, but I believe the gas will remain in the area
Sandor Sunneson: that's why he is the best GM Simon, he always has a trick up his sleeve
Smon: XP - 900 for getting past time mist, 225 finding rose throne = 1125 XP
Sandor Sunneson: cool, Sandro up a level at least
DESTROYERBILL: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjznevWqabeAhWkCcAKHUreC9cQtwIIKDAA&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zLfCnGVeL4&usg=AOvVaw3IEaZ0kApKNevln_Vs3l0O
joriandrake: and the random jelly