Post by Head Moderator on Oct 30, 2014 14:36:32 GMT -5
Quest: Lost Temple of the Six
DM: tesarikone - Pamela
Date: Late Night Saturday, Oct 4
Time: 12:30am
Attendees:
abenedictionhymn - Viola
psionicwandered - Dorian
tales0fbeauty - Raelgil
rageofnocturne - Vilkas
mightygarthog - Arn [Treasure Hunter]
howlingember - Wolfgang
swordofatrophy - Ellis
Rewards:
10XP, 5000gp
Loot:
Note: Some of the items in the storage room were sold to provide you all with more gold. The rest is being put in a secure location by Maria for the time being.
Viola:
-Windcaller's Compass [Magic Item]
This light gray compass made of fine metal, and is engraved with various depictions of the sun, moon, and clouds. It allows a creature to increase or decrease the intensity of the wind once per day.
[Worth: 2000gp]
-Frost Fist Amulet [Neck]
Shaped like a fist, this iron amulet is covered in hoarfrost. On command, this amulet causes the wearer’s hands to become encased in a layer of freezing iron. The wearer is protected from the frigid cold and can make savage blows with his hands. Unarmed strikes and natural attacks the wearer makes with hands gain the "frost" enchantment and are treated as cold iron for the purpose of bypassing damage reduction. The wearer’s hands become rigid while using this amulet and cannot be use to hold or manipulate objects (unless that manipulation could be accomplished with a club and is not damaged by cold). The transformation can be ended whenever the wearer desires.
[Worth: 5000gp]
Dorian:
-Spell Parchment [Book] WRITTEN IN RUNIN
This page is covered in densely-worded arcane or divine magical runes. It allows someone with Magical or Psionic Affinity to add 1 extra spell to their spellbook per dice rank. Arcane Class members may add two spells to their spellbook per dice rank.
[Worth: 4,500gp]
-Ancient Wizard's Hat [Head]
(Arcane Class Only)
This dusty, ratty-looking old pointed hat has graced the head of many wizards over the centuries. It has absorbed much of their sweat, hard work, and toil, and has been imbued with their power. Some say it belonged to the most hated mage in the world, while others think it belonged to your ancestors. Once per day you can double the damage of one non-registered, non-invocation magical attack, or you can automatically succeed at any one Knowledge (Arcana) check, no matter the DC.
[Worth 6000gp]
Raelgil:
-Codex of the Infinite Planes [Book] WRITTEN IN PLANAR COMMON (old version)
An ancient book containing forbidden lore and the secret to travel between the planes and dimensions, this gives the owner a +5 to Knowledge (Planes).
[Worth: 2000gp]
-Bag of Flames [Magic Item]
This small, red burlap sack feels warm to the touch. A bag of flames contains a tiny ember of pure elemental fire. The bag has 3 charges, which are renewed each day at dawn. Spending 1 or more charges when you place your hand into the bag allows you to draw forth fire to create a particular effect. The fire does not harm you.
1 charge: Putting your hand into the sack, flames cover your hand, allowing for light (or a very nasty unarmed hit!). This lasts for 1 hour unless you will it away sooner.
2 charges: You hurl the flame up to 30 feet away, whereupon it immediately turns into a Small fire elemental and attacks that round, giving you a +5 to that one attack. The elemental fades after use.
3 charges: Faint wisps of flame spread up your arm and cover your body. This sheath provides immunity to fire for one full combat. You can touch an adjacent creature to grant it the immunity instead of you at any time.
[Worth: 8,000gp]
Vilkas:
-Heritage Book [Book] WRITTEN IN ANCIENT
This collection of genealogical tables, descriptions of common traits found in particular noble families, heraldry, scurrilous rumors, and ancestral deeds provides readers with a great deal of insight into the aristocracy. Consulting this book grants a +5 bonus on Knowledge (nobility) checks.
[Worth: 2000gp]
-Goggles of Bright Light [Head/Eyes]
These sturdy goggles have a golden mirror sheen on the outside of their lenses, a wrapping of leather holding them snugly in place. This tint blocks a considerable amount of natural light. Once per adventure, the goggles’ wearer can emit bright light on command to a range of 30 feet. Any creature within that area must succeed at a DC15 Endurance save or be blinded for 1 hour. In addition, the wearer also gains a +2 bonus on any saving throws against visual effects.
[Worth: 5,000gp]
Arn:
-Tome of World Memory [Book] WRITTEN IN ANCIENT
This small book is bound in hammered silver and engraved with the continents of the world. A tome of world memory allows you to call upon the secret memories of the world to aid you in unlocking forgotten knowledge. By studying the book for 1 minute (or one round), you gain a +5 bonus on a single Knowledge check, you must have the knowledge skill to use this.
[Worth: 2000gp]
-Elemental Chain [Weapon]
This looks to be just two plain steel rings. But when the owner tugs them apart, they explode into a 10-foot-long spiked fighting chain (2d5) formed from the wielder's choice of acid, cold, fire, or electricity. The wielder can dismiss the chain as they wish. The wielder does not take damage from wielding the spiked chain.
[Worth: 6,000gp]
Wolfgang:
-Rod of Hidden Light [Magic Item]
This rod crafted of rough-cut glass can, on command, shed light as a sunrod. Unlike a normal light source, only the holder of the rod can see the light produced.
[Worth: 2000gp]
-Boots of the Winterfell [Feet]
These white furred boots allow you to move through snow at normal speed, without leaving any tracks. It also allows you to travel across ice without needing to take any checks for movement, and it has the spell 'endure elements' cast upon it allowing you to always be comfortable in the environment.
[Worth: 6000gp]
Ellis:
-Herbarium Medicus [Book] WRITTEN IN ANCIENT
Carefully avoiding any herbs that might be harmful, it is a fine resource none the less. The drawings are very precise, and herbs on most common ailments can be found here. Mind you, most potent magical herbs have also nefarious uses, thus are not displayed here. The book is worn with much use, it is both large and heavy due to its binding. The author was an apothecarian, and many simple brews are mentioned.
This grants a bonus of +5 to this specialized knowledge, Knowledge (Medicinal Herbs).
[Worth: 2000gp]
-Bracers of Wind [Arm]
(You cannot have Magical Affinity, Psionic Affinity OR Combat Affinity to use)
These bracers are mismatched, one being much smaller and lighter. Typically, the smaller bracer is worn on the arm holding the bow or aiming the crossbow, while the other is worn on the arm that draws the string or fires the bolt. While worn, the air around the wearer pulses and flows. It provides the wearer with a +1 bonus to Quickness, including bows, crossbows, throwing knives, and other ranged weaponry. This also effects your Defense DC, giving you a +1. This effect can be suppressed or reactivated by asking for it in Auran.
[Worth: 8,000gp]
Tesarik One: Log On
Tesarik One: ^v^ 10/4/2014 12:33:27 AM ^v^
Tesarik One: --start quest state--
Tesarik One: OH Quest: "Lost Temple of the Six"
Tesarik One: Your leader is Pamela.
Tesarik One: If you have questions please IM me or one of the Moderators.
Tesarik One: Estimated time is 3 hours from when we actually begin roleplay.
Tesarik One: You can die on our adventures and there are consequences if you
die.
Tesarik One: Make sure your dossier is updated! If it's not on your dossier
you do not have it and this includes mundane gear.
Tesarik One: Remember when you first use something to tell me how you are
able to use it - after that you can merely state the numbers.
Tesarik One: Now state your info: Rank - Name - Class/Profession - Dice -
Hit Points - Defense DC - Healing Points if applicable AND FLAWS. You will
need to keep up with your own self-healing points as they are
Tesarik One: used - no need to state them here.
Tesarik One: ---end state---
abenedictionhymn: Viola Harrington, Devout/Monk/Arcane, Emerald Defender,
2d72, HP45, DDC20, 22 Healing - Flaws: Ponderous, Divine Gestures, Curiosity
Tesarik One: (brb)
psionic wanderer: Dorian Thales, Ruby Guardian, 3d86, 66 hp, dc 11,
psion/black mage, chivalrous courtesy, curiosity, easily charmed,
reincarnated misfortune
Mighty Gar thog: (Sapphire Marshal "Arn" Olmek Arngut Nordaugen 2d66 Hp 37
DDC 20 Flaws - Docile to Magic, Strange Luck, Xenophobic) Treasure Hunter
Tales0fBeauty: Raelgil Mithril, Emerald Champion, Devout/Paladin/support,
2d74, 42 hp, DC 14, 22 self heal, 32 heal others (Brand of the red healer)
Flaws: Code of honour, intolerance rumarians, love of nature
Tales0fBeauty: Kaldra 2d37, 47 hp (collar +10 hp) DC 22
OnlineHost: SwordOfAtrophy has entered the room.
Howling Ember: || Captain Wolfgang Blitzkrieg || Sapphire Shield || 2d69 ||
HP: 42 || DC: 22 || Combat/Swashbuckler/Support || Heal: 18 ||
Distinctive/Flirt/Technophilia ||
Tesarik One: 5/7
RageofNocturne: Vilkas Silverblood/ Emerald Defender/ Devout/ Paladin/
Combat/ 2d72/ hp-51/ DC-18/ Healing Points 32(Brand of the Red Healer)/
Flaws- Love of Nature, Bravado, Dark Premonitions//
Mighty Gar thog: (Yaaay Ellis!)
SwordOfAtrophy: Ellis Strata - Amber Marshal - Combat/Swordmaster - 2d56 -
33HP - 20 DDC
Tesarik One: Roll init, give me final number.
OnlineHost: abenedictionhymn rolled 1 20-sided die: 5
OnlineHost: RageofNocturne rolled 1 20-sided die: 7
OnlineHost: SwordOfAtrophy rolled 1 20-sided die: 13
abenedictionhymn: +10, -10 = 5
SwordOfAtrophy: (+20 = 33)
OnlineHost: Tales0fBeauty rolled 1 20-sided die: 6
OnlineHost: psionic wanderer rolled 1 20-sided die: 10
psionic wanderer: 11
RageofNocturne: +10, +5, +8= 30)
OnlineHost: Howling Ember rolled 1 20-sided die: 15
OnlineHost: Mighty Gar thog rolled 1 20-sided die: 19
Mighty Gar thog: (29)
Tales0fBeauty: (+1o lightning int, +4 qck, +5 heraldic crest= 25)
Howling Ember: (22)
Tesarik One: Hold a moment.
Tesarik One: Do you want me to put Kaldra on the SB?
Tales0fBeauty: (yeah)
Mighty Gar thog: (I need to check my numbers more often lol. After this, Arn
will be Emerald)
Tesarik One: Ellis 0/33 [20] || Vilkas 0/51 [18] (0/32) || Arn 0/37 [20] ||
Raelgil 0/42 [14] (0/32) || Kaldra 0/47 [22] || Wolfy 0/42 [22] (0/18) ||
Dorian 0/66 [11] || Viola 0/45 [20] (0/22)
Tesarik One: Mistakes? IM me.
Tales0fBeauty: (amulet of teamwork in play +6 damage, saves, and spell DCs)
Tesarik One: Ok!
Tesarik One: Very few know that Maria is part of another organization beyond
her own, she is a Blackfeather. Usually her tattoos are hidden that mark her
as part of that group. But it does allow her to come into quite a bit of
information, and
Tesarik One: items, and she can get just about anything from anywhere in the
world in 24 hours time (for a high price of course). An ancient book came
into her hands in recent days, and a
Tesarik One: very old, partial piece of parchment was found sandwiched into
the book's cover on the inside page. It was written in Ancient, as well as
had some Primordial Markings on it, some Eirchaic and some Runin. So she
knows it's ancient or
Tesarik One: about something ancient. A previously undiscovered ruin of a
temple to the Six Primal Deities, a very rare find! A call was sent out for
some adventurers who were interested in possibly being the first people into
the ruined temple
Tesarik One: in ages! (Begin RP)
Tales0fBeauty: Raelgil would show up dawned in her full paladin amour and
weapons and shield in their poper places, along with the crest of a Knight of
the order of the silver flame. Kaldra was following right behind her wearing
his collar and
Mighty Gar thog: ~ ok Arn was just in the inn, geyying a free drink as a
member, since he might have gone once with the Heart. So, he was willing to
go on this insane quest. He spoke up~ Where is this temple located?
Tales0fBeauty: mithral weave amour that she just got made for him! She would
seemingly be the first to arrive responding to the call that was sent out,
and she would eagerly await others to come as well. (D)
psionic wanderer: Oh good, all those old languages! Well he could read a
couple of them anyway, and if he used a bit of his psionic capability he'd be
able to read...just about any of 'em. He didn't really feel much like going
out, but well..these
psionic wanderer: people would need someone who knew what they were looking
at, now wouldn't they? So he told Maria he'd go, to act as an interpreter if
nothing else.
Howling Ember: -Well, time to dust off those parts and get out for a night
of fun and excitement raiding ancient people's stuff! Those gears whirred
some as he stretched his human parts out a bit and kept a bit quiet for the
moment, simply joining
SwordOfAtrophy: New hidden dangers that could kill someone just for being
curious? Of course the boy would be there, lounging lazily at a table,
listening intently to the beautiful Maria give them all the run down. "Primal
Dieties? Like savage
RageofNocturne: :: While behind her Vilkas stepped with shield on his left
forearm and hammer hanging at his right hip for when he needed to retrieve it
while two swords were upon his back now. His armor gleaming in the light from
the front while t
Howling Ember: the others and making sure he was all ready- -d
SwordOfAtrophy: primal or just the basic forms of nature primal?"
psionic wanderer: (brb)
abenedictionhymn: Viola showed up when the call went out, quite hyper and
ready for a mission and exploring an old temple did sound like it would be
adventurous, perhaps dangerous, but definitely something that she could spend
her time doing. She was a follower of one of the Primal Gods as it was,
Dannui, so to find
RageofNocturne: he back was covered in his mantle, braid in his hair and
goggles pulled down over his eyes already as he looked to Raelgil and smiled
to her-D-
abenedictionhymn: a temple dedicated to her..well with the others...was
exciting. "I'm here!"
abenedictionhymn: (is that better?)
Mighty Gar thog: (yes ty)
Tesarik One: (I'm trying to send you all a map but it's not going through.
Lemme try again.)
Mighty Gar thog: (~tilted screen too~)
Tales0fBeauty: She would return the smile to vilkas for it was a was a
warrented smile and she would greet each one that joined with a firm nod and
being sure to hold their gaze for a repectful amount of time as each one
showed up. (D)
Tesarik One: "Primal as far as Braman, Kanesh, Diti, Ahalya, Dannui and
Zumyan. A temple dedicated to them. And it took me a few days to look up all
the old landmark and town names, but I've figured out - with scholarly help -
that it is in
RageofNocturne: :: He smiled to her and looked over the others then right
back to Raelgil an Kaldra-- Ahh so this is the armor you spoke of
receiving...--he said and smirked to her-D-
psionic wanderer: "You question the word primal, but not that they were
deities in the first place?" Said with a glance to Ellis. "Probably a lot of
rot, really, but people worship silly things." He stretched out a little,
then moved a gloved hand up
psionic wanderer: to cover a yawn. He looked back to Maria to let her take
over the explanation. Not that he'd given one, really.
Tesarik One: the Kierl Heights. Which is in itself dangerous due to the
amount of kierl raiders there. But, with all hopes, I'm going to have you
teleported very close to the ruins. If you can't find them, the portal will
remain open and you
SwordOfAtrophy: "I trust that if they are what she tells me honestly, I just
wanted clarification." Question Maria? Never. Though the fact that it was a
temple dedicated, at least in part, to Ahalya had his attention moreso.
Tesarik One: come back and we'll try again. It is in the vicinity of the
Sunreach Monastery, itself quite hidden in the mountains there. In fact, I
could be wrong but I believe those monks there might know more than they are
saying, or at least
Tesarik One: have heard legends."
Tales0fBeauty: She looked to him and gave a firm nod "yes, he is battle
ready now." her long pointed ears would twitch a bit on either side of her
head as she would listen to what maria was saying. (D)
Tesarik One: The Port Union mage nodded to Maria, and a portal opened. It
was dark on the other side, and a cool breeze issued out of the portal. "Be
careful, as always. Explore, find out what it's all about, see if there's
anything there worth
Tesarik One: bringing home, and secure it before you leave."
psionic wanderer: He eyed the portal and wrinkled his nose a bit at the cool
breeze coming out of it. He'd been quite comfortable being lazy and sitting
in the inne! He closed his eyes a moment to give himself a little buffer
against the elements,
psionic wanderer: whether they were severe or not. (Spell: Ignore
Conditions)
abenedictionhymn: "This is so exciting I can hardly contain myself!" She
spun on her soft shoes, at least she was wearing shoes tonight, and headed
right into the portal behind Dorian.
psionic wanderer: He didn't head through yet! He couldn't head through
without his hug and smooch to Maria.
abenedictionhymn: Well she went through first!
Howling Ember: -A slight rub around his missing eye and he would pull out a
rather large cigar because he needed more smoke in his robot life, he kind of
missed his sparking smoking limbs since he got the shiny new ones. Using a
spark from his
Tesarik One: Maria hugged Dorian tightly, gave him a smooch and whispered in
his ear then gave him a swat to the ass, "Off you go!"
Tales0fBeauty: She would give a firm nod to maria and there was a hidden
smile in her silvery eyes not reflected on her face as she would look to
everyone and give them a nod as well and then stepped on through the portal,
Kaldra would naturally
Tales0fBeauty: would follow behind her!
SwordOfAtrophy: He imagined that in the mountains the snow boots would serve
better than his new swampy boots, so he chose those, at least he'd be
comfortable. As usual, he bowed to Maria with that silly grin. "Back before
you know it, darlin. Keep
Howling Ember: metal hand he lit the thing and puffed on it as he wrapped
his coat around him and made for portal, it was a good day to get dismantled
by a primal god- -d-
SwordOfAtrophy: the fire on." Then he was through the portal and off to only
Gods knew where!
psionic wanderer: He grunted at the swat and nodded a bit, whispered back,
then headed on through the portal.
Mighty Gar thog: ~He waited until the paladins went through, then followed,
bow in hand, wearing his winter gear, as he was ready for anything~
Tesarik One: She grinned, and gave a little wiggle of her fingers to them
all as they passed through. On the other side of the portal they'd find
themselves in a rocky tunnel sloping upwards. The air was thinner than in
Navahla and it was
Tesarik One: colder, with a breeze blowing on them from in front. The tunnel
was about 10 feet high, and six feet wide.
RageofNocturne: :: Vilks nodded and made his way through the portal and to
the otherside and once on the otherside he looked around his shield held in
hand and his warhammer lifted from its place on his hip-D-
psionic wanderer: He yawned again once he stepped through the portal and
stared at the rock a moment, frowning. "Just so you all are aware, I'm here
mostly as an interpreter. Do try not to run into a bunch of monsters that you
can not handle on your
psionic wanderer: own, please."
abenedictionhymn: She tightened her azure blue spidersilk coat around her,
buttoning it up the front, then began to wind her handwraps around her hands
just in case as one never knew what they'd face in some ancient ruin.
Tales0fBeauty: She would feel that cold breeze and her eyes sparkled with
amuesment she lived in this sorta stuff so it didn't bother her much and she
would look at the tunnel and she would look to dorian hearing his words and
gave him a firm nod
Tales0fBeauty: as she looked around to see what all was in the tunnel. (D)
Tesarik One: Rocks.
Tesarik One: How are you all seeing in the darkness?
abenedictionhymn: (Darksight)
SwordOfAtrophy: "Yes, we'll tell all the things trying to murder us to line
up single file so we can handle it without worrying you at all." He would
have taken point, had he been able to see more than 3 inches in front of his
face.
Howling Ember: (Eyes of the Dragon (Darkvision 120 ft, blindsense 60ft, 4x
Lowlight, 2x normal light)
abenedictionhymn: "Can everyone see? I have a moonglobe flashlight that I'm
not using." She glanced to Ellis, to see if he was set. She figured everyone
else was.
Tales0fBeauty: She would embue her blade with the brillance of light as she
said a prayer to her goddess and would draw her blade and use it to help her
see. (Spell Brillant Radiance-adds Brilliance/light damage to weapon) (D)
psionic wanderer: Well this would not do. "Yes, that would be lovely." He
got his eyes working better. (Spell: Alter Vision, low-light chosen.) "Please
do, and if anyone needs a bit of help I can tinker with your eyes to make a
bit of light bright as
psionic wanderer: day."
abenedictionhymn: Hopefully it wasn't too brilliant or it would screw up
everyone else's darksight! She stayed near the front, putting those with
actual lights behind her.
RageofNocturne: :: He narrowed his eyes but was unable to see much of
anything in the darkness then he looked to the glowing sword and stepped over
to Raelgil-- Look like you will need to guide me.-D-
abenedictionhymn: She dug in her pack and pulled out the moonglobe
flashlight and passed it over to Dorian. And she still had a lantern and oil
because this monk came prepared!
Mighty Gar thog: I need light. ~does not take his candles out and tider box~
abenedictionhymn: "Why in heaven's name would you come to an ancient buried
ruin and not bring anything to make light?" She tsked to Arn, that wasn't
prepared! Made her feel nervous.
psionic wanderer: He turned the light on and set it above his shoulder,
holding it in place with a bit of telekinesis. "Does anyone want their eyes
tinkered with or does this and the sword provide enough?"
Tales0fBeauty: She would look back to vilkas and gave him a firm nod and she
would be sure to walk in such a way that her light was enough for both of
them to see, and kaldra as well, though he was fox so she was sure he could
possible see a bit
abenedictionhymn: "I've a lantern, would you like to borrow it?" Said to
Arn, or Ellis still.
Tales0fBeauty: better then she could on his own. (D)
SwordOfAtrophy: He'd just stay close to someone with light, and armor. "I
think we'll be ok, too much light and we might attract un-needed attention."
Mighty Gar thog: I'll take the lantrern. I only havre candles, and this
breeze...
abenedictionhymn: She handed the lantern to him, it had a big hook on it to
hook to one's belt if hands were needed. Since she could see in the dark she
decided to squeeze her way to the very back so she could watch behind them as
they moved.
psionic wanderer: He let out a small sigh and rubbed at the bridge of his
nose a bit. Ellis had brought up a good point, after all, only to be
completely disregarded, when he was offering a solution! "At any rate, let's
get moving, this place is not
psionic wanderer: particularly pleasant."
Tesarik One: Upwards they'd need to go in the dark, small tunnel with rock
on all four sides of them. The floor of the tunnel was rocky and uneven.
Tesarik One: (Roll Spot)
Mighty Gar thog: ~Though he did not tell Dorian, he hated the idea of magic
being used on him, spells were just bad!~
OnlineHost: psionic wanderer rolled 1 20-sided die: 7
OnlineHost: abenedictionhymn rolled 1 20-sided die: 4
OnlineHost: SwordOfAtrophy rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
OnlineHost: RageofNocturne rolled 1 20-sided die: 14
abenedictionhymn: 7
psionic wanderer: (+5 perception, +5 psion bonus = 17) He never said he'd
use magic, nor would he!
abenedictionhymn: She was too busy watching their backs to pay attention to
the tunnel! Yep, that's it.
RageofNocturne: +9= 23)
SwordOfAtrophy: (+5 Alert, +3 bonus alert from Ioun Stone, +1 per = 21)
OnlineHost: Tales0fBeauty rolled 1 20-sided die: 2
Tales0fBeauty: +5=7)
OnlineHost: Mighty Gar thog rolled 1 20-sided die: 16
Mighty Gar thog: (26)
Tales0fBeauty: Yeah she apparently was too busy helping others see to notice
anything else! (D)
Mighty Gar thog: ~The brooch he wore had a pale red light emanating from
them~
Mighty Gar thog: (them - the eyes of the brooch's face)
Tesarik One: 16+ are able to tell that what you are walking on used to be
steps. Very old, cut right into the rock itself but over time, weather, rain,
snow perhaps the stairs had worn down and now were just uneven flooring in
most places.
Mighty Gar thog: Hmm. These stairs are old. Hope water did not wear em down.
Tesarik One: You walk on that slight incline up the ancient steps for about
15 minutes before it opens up and you can see why the wind blows down the
tunnel. You are now between two very high cliff walls and the way the wind
blows gets caught in
Tesarik One: between the rocks and blows down it. The way is now flat, and
there is rubble but also sand on the pathway between the cliff walls. It is
much wider now as well. (Imagine something like hiking to Petra but high in
the mountains)
Tesarik One:
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RageofNocturne: :: Watch your step everyone....the floor is uneven...looks
like they use to be steps...-he said and looked up once more his hand on
Raelgil's shoulder as he walked with her-D-
psionic wanderer: "What in the world would matter what wore them down?
They're already worn down, after all, it's not like it makes any difference
whether it was water or people walking on them." And then out they were, in
between some cliffs! He
psionic wanderer: scowled once again and looked up at them a moment. "If we
have to climb, you'll just have to read on your own. I haven't got the hands
for it."
Mighty Gar thog: If it was water, water could wash us down the slope.
Tesarik One: This path meandered, sometimes turning almost back on itself.
It was very close at the top, which is why it was probably difficult for
flying creatures to even know there was an old path down there. In some
places, ruined stairs go
Tales0fBeauty: She would hear vilkas' words and she would nod as she felt
his hand on her shoulder she reached up and put her hand on his "arlight i
will be careful" with a thought she told kaldra the same thing as she could
speak to him through
SwordOfAtrophy: "Water, if the cause, can still be present, and in the dark
nigh impossible to see, so makes footing trecherous. But doesn't seem to be
an issue." Not for him anyway, he was ridiculously sure footed.
Tesarik One: up to areas in the rocks that are no longer there.
Tesarik One:
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(Keyword to:
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Here's another visual.
Tales0fBeauty: her braclet that connected her to him (bestfriend
collar-enchated to be braclet) as she walked along he followed right beside
her. (D)
psionic wanderer: "Water could wash you down the slope. And I'd be certain
to send someone competent to find your corpses. Assuming I remembered to by
the time I got home. Hmm."
SwordOfAtrophy: "You're all heart, aren't you..."
abenedictionhymn: She did not want to go tumbling back down that pathway in
water, bumping and grinding against those walls and uneven floors, who knows
how much further down they went! She stayed behind though, and moved out onto
the sandy floor when they arrived out of the tunnel.
abenedictionhymn: She stayed quiet for now, keeping her eyes peeled but also
enjoying the sight of the ruins as they approached. "I wonder if this used to
be a city of some sort."
Mighty Gar thog: (statues too?)
Tesarik One: No, just steps going to nowhere here and there.
Tesarik One: Like in the picture I sent.
SwordOfAtrophy: "Definitely looks like it used to be much bigger, and well
hidden from those who didn't know where to look. I'd imagine once it was a
spot for pilgrims and such."
Howling Ember: -A deep drag from his cigar and he glanced about with that
good eye, hmm. Nothing seemed too dangerous just yet but he would pull his
coat back just enough to have his guns at the ready should something spooky
and scary leap out and
Tesarik One: It was a long walk through the meandering area. In some places
it was very open at the bottom where they walked, and in some places smaller.
As they turn a curve though... they spot ahead of them a magnificent edifice
carved right
Tesarik One: into the cliff wall!
Howling Ember: attack them- -d-
Tesarik One:
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psionic wanderer: "No, although I am just enough heart to get by. Not much
reason to be concerned with the fate of a bunch of strangers, now is there?"
Walking walking walking! And when they rounded that curve and the edifice was
spotted, he eyed it
RageofNocturne: :: Im sure i saw something in one of my bad dreams in the
past of white gorillas jumping out of places like these and killing people.
--he said as he looked over the treasury-D-
psionic wanderer: a moment. "Hm. Well, there is certainly something."
Tales0fBeauty: As they kept on walking she would eventually see the edifice
craved into the cliff wall and she would look to her fellow adventurers "I
wonder if that is the temple we are looking for?" her silvery eyes held a
hint of curiosity in
Tales0fBeauty: them. Her eyes sparkled with amuesment hearing vilkas' words,
she looked to dorian and gave him a firm nod to his response to what they
were seeing. (D)
Mighty Gar thog: Only way to know is to enter and explore it ~he was looking
at the path, and way up high now~
Tesarik One: It definitely had the look of a temple. It had pillars carved
into it, and while it was very decorative there was only one entrance, as all
the other windows and doors were false.
SwordOfAtrophy: "Considering that we all work for the same company, and here
for the same thing, I'd say it's a little more reason than you think." He'd
sigh, and focus on something else. Vilkas's comment about gorillas got his
attention, and he
SwordOfAtrophy: started scanning the area above them, because valleys were
perfect spots for ambushes.
Mighty Gar thog: Hey tanslator? can you be our light bearer too? ~he said to
Dorian~
abenedictionhymn: "It's... it's just beautiful. I could just stand here and
look at it. Look at that carving, right into the side of the rock. That had
to be difficult! The ancients were so creative!" She moved around towards
Wolfy's side and gave him a grin, then looked at the building again.
psionic wanderer: "I don't work for Maria. Considering the nature of my
relationship with her, that would be more than a little inappropriate." He
turned towards the one asking him to be a light bearer and stared a moment.
"Can you not see the blonde
RageofNocturne: :: Hmm... it could be...however....that just seemed too easy
to locate...--he said keeping a hand on Raelgil's shoulder then stepped
around her and looked at that entranceway and tilted his head a bit towards
it-D-
psionic wanderer: girl's flashlight hovering over my shoulder?" It still
was, though it wasn't as steady as he would've liked..it'd still be providing
a good bit of light!
Tales0fBeauty: She would see all the doors and windows and she would say a
prayer to her goddess to see if she could get any guidance on which one would
lead them where they wanted to go. (Divine Delving)
Mighty Gar thog: more light is better, to see in the corners. ~he still held
the lantern, the bow in his other hand~!
Tesarik One: It was only easy because Maria and a whole score of researchers
had done much work so that they'd actually teleport them as close as they
could get! No one had found this place in ages, so Maria thought, they'd
Tesarik One: be the first. For all the knew, the entrance to the stairs was
covered by fallen rocks and no one even knew it existed.
Howling Ember: -Well he finally had to become a bit more social as one of
his group members came right on up around him and gave him that grin, he
thought he was doing a pretty good job of being a brooding loner robot today
but it seemed he would
psionic wanderer: "I'm not carrying the lantern that you chose to take, hook
it to your belt. That's what the hook is for. You must be a Zorcan." He
looked back back to the temple and stared at it a moment, thinking a bit,
head tilted a little. "Hm."
Howling Ember: have to pull that cigar out and speak with a puff of smoke-
Yeah, pretty neat stuff.. try not to stare too long or you eyes will cross.
-d-
Tesarik One: All the doors and windows were false. There was only one way
in, through the main middle doors.
SwordOfAtrophy: If he wasn't using his eyes, he would have facepalmed. Well,
he'd put the man on ignore for now then. Ellis wasn't going to get into a
debate with someone who clearly held them all with some sort of egomaniacal
disdain. "Doesn't
abenedictionhymn: She squinted her eyes and then tried to cross them, then
had a little giggle. "That would be just awful! What's your name? I'm Viola."
Tales0fBeauty: She would look to them all and noded as she looked to the
middle door "We should test for a trap maybe?" it was just a suggestion only
made sense that it was a possiblity.
SwordOfAtrophy: look like anyone's around. Who wants to be the brave one and
try the door?"
Mighty Gar thog: Most here, half, are Zorcans. If you are going to be of
aid, thought you could carry a lantern in one hand, since you don't look well
armed.
Tesarik One: Weren't they lucky? The facade did not have a door. Just an
opening for a doorway up the steps.
Tesarik One: Goooooo in unless yer too skeerrred!
psionic wanderer: "I'm better armed than you are. And I'm already operating
one light. Thaw out your damned brain." He headed on through the opening
then! He didn't mind going first.
RageofNocturne: :: Traps...ahh yes traps.. --he said and stepped forward to
have a look around at the doorway for any traps located around it-D- (Rogue
Boot +5 spot to traps and devices on floor 10 feet around )
OnlineHost: RageofNocturne rolled 1 20-sided die: 20
Tesarik One: No traps.
SwordOfAtrophy: (the dm is taunting us, I don't feel safe_
Tesarik One: (Did you all get the map I emailed you?)
psionic wanderer: (I did)
SwordOfAtrophy: (yar)
Mighty Gar thog: ~Figured the dumb translator could trigger all the traps
this eve~
Mighty Gar thog: (mm hmm)
Howling Ember: Captain Wolfgang Blitzkrieg. Don't get to far away from me
and I'll keep you safe through here. -He always seemed to end up on missions
where people bickered and lacked a lot of unity, it was a blessing to have
someone cheerful
RageofNocturne: :: He then shrugged a bit-- Seems safe enough there arent
any traps...--he said and then the paladin pushed his way inside one step
infront of the other shield held up still -D-
Howling Ember: along when he was in a crabby mood so Viola would get her
hair ruffled a bit as he let the others do their back and forth- -d-
Tesarik One: So, that double doorway is where you are walking in, there just
aren't any doors. You all can't tell if there was once doors or not, they
could have been wooden and have long rotted and gone.
Tales0fBeauty: She would look to vilkas and heard his words and waited for
his searching and when he would find there were no traps she would proceed
through the door and crossed the threshold while she held her shield up as
well, kaldra would be
Tales0fBeauty: right by her side. (D)
abenedictionhymn: Viola was tired of it too, she was a very cheerful woman
and liked to work together and sometimes she just wanted to tell everyone to
grow up! Good thing she couldn't read minds because they were just as bad or
worse there! "Alright! I have a few tricks up my blue sleeve though. I can
take care of myself sometimes!"
Tesarik One: You are now in [HASH]1.
psionic wanderer: Well Dorian had made it through just fine. He did wonder
why they were all so cautious, as if he wouldn't have warned them if he
stepped into a trap!
SwordOfAtrophy: He'd follow inside, stopping to take one last glance at the
outside to see if they were persued, didn't look like this time. "He is
right, this is all too easy..."
Tesarik One: It was quite dark inside, but as soon as the first foot stepped
onto the stone floor two pedestals carved from the stone itself came to life
on either side of the door. On one pedestal a tongue of
Howling Ember: I'm sure you can but what good is a Captain if he doesn't
take care of his crew eh? -It was bad enough he had gone so long without a
ship or proper crew, how could he really even call himself Captain
anymore..hell he wasn't even
Tesarik One: golden light rose to about 2 feet tall, on the other side a
tongue of darkness that the light could not pierce shot upwards at the same
height.
Howling Ember: trying to lead these days since his mutiny. Rubbing his neck
some he puffed that cigar and nodded- but I am sure you will be fine. -Since
they were on the move again he would go on with them and head through- -d-
psionic wanderer: Well! Pedestals moving, that was always a good sign. "It's
a temple, not an old trap-filled dungeon built to house a terrible
abomination. I'm not sure why it would be all that difficult. Finding it was
the tricky part, and that's
Tesarik One: Along the walls to the left and right are six niches, three on
each side. There are statues, or bits of statues in each niche though being
so close to the outside they are very well worn, and even broken.
Tesarik One: Can anyone read Ancient? Or Primordial?
psionic wanderer: been done for us." He was eyeing the pedestals, and then
the little niches. (Primordial)
Tales0fBeauty: (if someone can read it i can understand it if spoken outloud
with polylingual)
psionic wanderer: (Well and Ancient as well if I use the read language
spell.)
SwordOfAtrophy: "Leave any ruin alone long enough, and things just move
right in and make themselves at home. It's not the traps I'm worried about,
it's the horde of monsters that just might be around the next corner."
Howling Ember: (Wolfy reads Ancient)
Tesarik One: Under each niche and broken statue there is a few words carved
into the stone plaque in Ancient. So only those who can read Ancient will
know what they say:
Tesarik One: Left Side
psionic wanderer: "Pfft." He hand-waved that off. "So long as they are not
summons from some horrid dimension, I'm not concerned about them." He did
recognize Ancient, even if he couldn't read it by default..so he cast himself
a spell! (Read
psionic wanderer: Language: Ancient!)
Tesarik One: "Braman, King of Light" - Niche 1 nearest the pedestal with
golden light.
Tesarik One: "Diti, Rock of the World" Niche 2
Tesarik One: "Dannui, Maiden of the Seas" Niche 3
Tesarik One: Right Side
SwordOfAtrophy: "Thankfully, I'm concerned about more than just myself, so I
am."
Tesarik One: "Kanesh, Mistress of Shadows" - Niche 4 nearest the pedestal
with the darkness.
Tesarik One: "Ahalya, Queen of the Storm" Niche 5
Tesarik One: "Zumyan, Lord of Flame" - Niche 6
Tesarik One: There is also writing carved in small script upon each pedestal
but these are in Primordial.
Tesarik One: (I'll IM)
Tesarik One: The ceiling of the Chapel of Light and Shadows (the room they
are in) is arched like a big bowl, and it is painted to resemble the heavens,
with a huge sun in the middle. You can all tell by the way it glistens that
it is a pure
psionic wanderer: "I am always concerned about more than just myself.
Regular monsters pose no threat to Arith as a whole. That is my concern." He
moved in close to one of the pedestals to get a better look at the small
script after seeing that the
psionic wanderer: Ancient was largely uninteresting.
Tesarik One: gold disc set into the ceiling. The paint is chipping and worn
off in places but you can tell it was done by a master artisan painter. At
the front of the chapel there is an apse with an altar of stone upon a
Tesarik One: slightly higher area. There are carved prayers in the altar in
Ancient, they are the basic prayers everyone still uses in the temples in
your character's time.
Howling Ember: -It was easy enough to read the words in the niches so when
he spotted the one to Dannui on the left he broke from the pack and moved to
it, reaching into his pouch to pull free some coin and set it out for her as
he spoke low under
Tesarik One: As you can see in the map there is a passage to the left and
the right.
SwordOfAtrophy: "Oh sure, the whole realm is worth saving but the six people
behind you, you couldn't care less, right..." He recognized the fifth statue,
and headed that way.
Howling Ember: his breath just out of old habit when on the sea- Ahoy,
Dannui. We ask thee for an even keel, favorable heading, and a full manifest
on our journey.
Mighty Gar thog: Whats all the writing say, translator? ~he asked, since he
had no idea~
Howling Ember: Please see our fellows safely to harbor, and keep our vessel
seaworthy. May the swells of Dannui engulf our souls shoud we succumb at
sail. -Had to praise the maiden of the seas, or she might give him a bad
time. Once he was done
psionic wanderer: "Correct. Now hush, I'm trying to read." He was having
trouble focusing as it was already.
psionic wanderer: He moved over to the other pedestal then, the dark one, to
see what it had to tell him.
Howling Ember: with his little prayer he would step back towards the others
and actually start to show some interest in what they were exploring- -d-
RageofNocturne: :: He let the translator do his thing and stepped around the
room they were in and stepped towards the doorway heading to room 5 and
looked through the doorway-D-
abenedictionhymn: She could not read Ancient, nor Primordial so she just
followed along with the folks and hoped that someone might say what they saw
and read. She moved alongside Wolfy as he put the coin out, "What is that for
Wolfgang?" Oh and then he spoke and she heard the name of her goddess? She
lowered her head in respect while he said his prayer, and when he was done,
she whispered, "So let it be."
SwordOfAtrophy: He too, prayed at the statue before him. "Through wind and
rain, sleet and snow, watch us and guide our steps, so that we weather the
storm and come through stronger and without loss. Thanks, darlin."
Tales0fBeauty: She would look and see all the statues and she was familiar
with them all as a paladin she was aware of the primary gods in her land and
others but she was devoute to her goddess svol but she was respectful to
remain quite as the
Tales0fBeauty: others paid omage to their gods and goddess. (D)
Tesarik One: [HASH]5 The Antechamber
psionic wanderer: "Hm. Well this one seems to be prattling on about the
sun." Said with a gesture towards the light one. "I think. This other one has
to do with a bird. This is not the easiest language to translate, I'll think
on it while we continue
psionic wanderer: along."
SwordOfAtrophy: "Any hint on them being related in any way?"
Tesarik One: This oddly shaped room has four doors in it. There is the
locked door to [HASH]4. There is a very thick door into [HASH]6. There is an area
across the way that has six steps up and a door which has three locks on it,
and a door on the other
Tesarik One: side that seems to go beneath the raised area.
Mighty Gar thog: ~He sighed and shook his head, ready to go, but touched the
foot of statue 1~
Tesarik One: Did I miss anyone going the other direction?
Mighty Gar thog: (I don't think so)
Tesarik One: So for doors we'll call them Top ([HASH]6), Bottom (4), and Up and
Down in [HASH]7 area.
Tesarik One: Also, once you turn the corner you'll see shelves carved into
the wall and there are quite a few old tomes and rolled up parchments. They
look so delicate like they might fall apart if you touch them.
Mighty Gar thog: ~If he knows the ~door is locked, Arn will check for traps
on it
psionic wanderer: "Hm. Perhaps light and shadow, that seems to be more
thematic with the pedestals themselves. The light one says something
like...'I am the first that you saw, that greets you in the morning and goes
out in the end.' The second says
psionic wanderer: 'part of the bird that is not in the sky, it can swim in
the ocean and yet stay dry.' I believe that's a close translation, at any
rate."
SwordOfAtrophy: "Might the dark pedastal be referring to a reflection in the
ocean surface? I guess that could be 'part of a bird' flying overhead that is
in the ocean, but dry."
abenedictionhymn: She glanced in the other direction, but she knew it was
not a good idea to split up, especially in a place that was potentially
dangerous. So she scurried along behind the others towards the Room 5.
Mighty Gar thog: Sun beam and shadow. ~he said barely paying attention~
RageofNocturne: :: He heard the translator and blinked-- Greets you in the
morning and goes out in the end....well that's the sun....and the
second.....im not sure on that one....the moon perhaps...-D-
Tales0fBeauty: Her long pointed elven ears would twitch on either side of
her head as she heard and listened to everyone dorians words brought only
more questions then answers really, seemed they might be riddles of some sort
or something, though
SwordOfAtrophy: He could do little with a locked door, or any sort of
ancient parchment, mostly he figured. So he'd just mull over the puzzle and
let those with skills use them.
psionic wanderer: "The moon is not part of a bird. And a reflection ought
not to have a tongue of darkness rising out of its pedestal."
SwordOfAtrophy: "So, shadow then?"
Tales0fBeauty: seeing others head tward room 5 she would follow cause she
too felt it unwise to be splitting up in here safety in numbers right? Kaldra
would be right by her side as she did so. (D)
Mighty Gar thog: Shadow, I told you.
Tesarik One: Ok so pick a door, unless you're going to just stand in the
antechamber all night!
Mighty Gar thog: (No trap then?)
Mighty Gar thog: on locked door?)
Tesarik One: I didn't see anyone check for traps.
Tesarik One: Nor did I see anyone pick a door. No one said they were all
locked.
psionic wanderer: He eyed Arn and blinked. "What in the name of whichever of
these deities did you think I said? If you need help thawing your damned
brain out, I'd be happy to apply some heat to it." He shook his head, then
headed towards the bottom
psionic wanderer: door! Was it locked?
Mighty Gar thog: (auto detect)
Tesarik One: Yes. Door Bottom is locked.
psionic wanderer: "Does anyone feel like unlocking this fucking door or
shall I simply take it off its hinges?"
Mighty Gar thog: I'll unlock it.
Tesarik One: The only door with a trap is the one with the three locks on
it. "Up" door.
psionic wanderer: "Good, perhaps you'll actually be of some use, then. Have
at it." Said with a gesture to the door and he stepped out of the way.
Tales0fBeauty: She would look to dorian and her eyes sparkled with amuesment
as she watched arn and dorian interact with one another. (D)
Tesarik One: So what are you guys doing now? Kinda seem lost without stuff
to fight constantly, mwahahahahaha.
SwordOfAtrophy: He shrugged, walking over to the bookshelfs and giving them
a cursory examination with his eyes only to see what lies within.
Tales0fBeauty: waiting for arn to try to unlock the door!
Mighty Gar thog: ~he knelt down, took out his picks, nice and slow, and
sarted trying to open it~ Why not look at the shelves, but don't touch the
scrolls.
Tesarik One: Ellis, roll a Search.
OnlineHost: SwordOfAtrophy rolled 1 20-sided die: 15
SwordOfAtrophy: (16)
psionic wanderer: "Are they your scrolls?" He had a look around as well!
Tesarik One: You can tell that some of the books higher on the shelves are
much more resilient than the others. You might even be able to pull it down
and open it without it disintegrating.
OnlineHost: Mighty Gar thog rolled 1 20-sided die: 2
Mighty Gar thog: (17 lol)
Tesarik One: It does not unlock.
SwordOfAtrophy: He thought to ask the one mage type guy if that was a good
idea, but he seemed to be growing more irritated as time passes, so he just
said to hell with it and reached for a book on the top shelf, or at least as
high as his little
SwordOfAtrophy: body could reach.
Mighty Gar thog: (Can I try again?)
Tales0fBeauty: While arn was seeing if he could unlock the door she would
see ellis looking at the scrolls and what not and she would go over there and
looked to see what she could see if anything of signifigance. (D)
OnlineHost: psionic wanderer rolled 1 20-sided die: 10
Tesarik One: No, you need to move on. Someone else can try.
psionic wanderer: (+5 perception, +5 investigator = 20 search)
Mighty Gar thog: Ellis? Come try this lock, will you?
Tesarik One: You can tell the same as Ellis, some of the books near the top
are in better condition.
Tesarik One: Ellis you pull an old tome off the shelf. Roll 1d5.
psionic wanderer: Well, as much as he disliked books, he'd still reach up
with a bit of telekinesis to try and get one down carefully.
OnlineHost: SwordOfAtrophy rolled 1 5-sided die: 3
Howling Ember: -Well there was always one point where Wolfgang just went and
did something reckless and stupid. He had a choice here, try to kick in the
locked door they failed to unlock or go for shiny door number two with the
three locks on it.
OnlineHost: psionic wanderer rolled 1 2-sided die: 1
Tesarik One: Your book is written in Ancient. It is called the Herbarium
Medicus.
psionic wanderer: And he didn't accidentally fling it across the room, so
that was good.
Tesarik One: Roll a 1d4 for the book, Dorian.
OnlineHost: psionic wanderer rolled 1 4-sided die: 4
Mighty Gar thog: (ooo good book!)
RageofNocturne: :: He looked over the doors then looked around as he wasn't
very good at picking locks he stepped around the room and then looked to
Raelgil and stepped around searching over the books and such-D-
psionic wanderer: Once he brought it down, he had it open to a random page
to see what he had procured.
Tesarik One: You find a parchment rolled up and covered in magical runes.
Howling Ember: Choices choices.. what would he do? Well Wolfgang made his
way to the door with the three locks on it to see if he could get it
open.What a rebel- -d-
psionic wanderer: Oh well it was a rolled up parchment! So he didn't have it
open up. He would study the runes a bit instead.
SwordOfAtrophy: "Herbarium... Medicus... Well, I can't read this, but I'd
imagine you could, should I hold onto it or put it back?" His attention
diverted a quick second to Arn. "I.. have no skill at picking locks I'm
afraid, I'd probably break
Tesarik One: Wolfy, try lock [HASH]1.
SwordOfAtrophy: your tools just trying."
Tesarik One: (If you do anything during this time that I don't mention IM
me. A lot is going on. Such as putting a book back. Or trying a door. Not all
are locked after all)
Mighty Gar thog: Ik. And it sounds like herbs for medicine, to me.
OnlineHost: Howling Ember rolled 1 20-sided die: 5
Mighty Gar thog: *ok
psionic wanderer: Regardless of what he may or may not discover, he tucked
the parchment into his satchel, then moved on over to the door. "Perhaps if
you were focusing more on the damned lock than the scrolls, you may have been
able to open it
Howling Ember: (+16 = 21)
Tesarik One: Vilkas, and anyone else, there are 3 books left that look like
they will take touching. You've seen two others take books from the top
shelves, you may take one too.
Tesarik One: Lock 1 opens. No trap on this one.
Mighty Gar thog: I did not play with any boopks. ~but now, just to defy
Dorian, he did~
Tales0fBeauty: She would reach and took a book that looked interesting and
looked it over to see what it was.
psionic wanderer: yourself, Zorcan." he glanced to Ellis then. "Do what you
like with the book. If you don't want to leave it here, I can put it in my
library." He examined the door then, to see if he might be able to smash it
open, as suggested.
RageofNocturne: :: And seeing the books he reached up to pull one down from
the shelf-D-
Tesarik One: 1d3 Vilkas
psionic wanderer: "You were thinking about them instead of what you were
doing, and you clearly can't have two thoughts at a time."
OnlineHost: RageofNocturne rolled 1 3-sided die: 3
Howling Ember: -Well he got lock one open and no one yelled at him so he
would skip lock two and go to lock three because he wanted to do it out of
order like a rebel-
OnlineHost: Howling Ember rolled 1 20-sided die: 16
Tesarik One: Your book is written in Ancient as well, it is a Heritage Book.
Howling Ember: (32 on Lock 3)
Tesarik One: Raelgil, 1d2
Mighty Gar thog: (took a book, last post)
SwordOfAtrophy: He held the book for Dorian to take. "Not going to do me any
good, though any knowledge of herbs and or medicines would probably be better
use to you than a library nobody goes to."
OnlineHost: Tales0fBeauty rolled 1 2-sided die: 1
Tesarik One: Raelgil your book is written in an old form of Planar Common,
if you know Planar Common you can make it out. Kinda like reading Olde
English.
psionic wanderer: He glanced over and grabbed the book with a good
telekinetic tug, bringing it over and tucking it into his satchel. "I may
have it translated into common, if there is anything worthwhile in it."
Tesarik One: And, the last book is a small book bound in hammered silver,
when you open it Arn, you recognize the continents of Arith.
Tales0fBeauty: She looked to her book and then looked to dorian "can you
read what it says in this book?"
Tesarik One: It is written in Ancient. The Tome of World Memory.
Tesarik One: Did you skip lock 2 on purpose wolfy?
psionic wanderer: He moved over towards Raelgil and had a look at the book,
then shook his head. "Not at the moment. When I am done reading Ancient, I
should be able to piece it together, but that will be tomorrow night. I
believe that half-orc bard
Howling Ember: (Yeah)
psionic wanderer: knows how to read it, however, as interested in the Planes
as he seems to be."
RageofNocturne: ::He looked at the book then looked over to Dorian-- Are you
able to translate this for me. --he asked and held the book out to him-D-
Tesarik One: Ok. Lock 3 clicks open, but there is also the sound of
something very hard slamming down behind the door.
Tesarik One: Lock 2 remains.
Tales0fBeauty: She would nod to him and placed the book in her bag of
holding to have it checked by the orc if they ever made it out of here. She
then looked to the door they couldn't unlock "I think i will try to break it
down with my sheild!"
Tesarik One: Now those who did NOT get books, you may roll a search to see
if there is anything else interesting on the shelves.
Howling Ember: Oh that sounded bad. Well, time to try the last lock and hope
for the best! -tinker tinker at lock 2. He spoke Planar common, it was the
language of his people! He was busy with locks though- -d-
OnlineHost: Howling Ember rolled 1 20-sided die: 11
Howling Ember: (27)
Mighty Gar thog: ~he places his boolk in his backpack. If it seems too
fragile to be carried, he willwrap it in hids cloak, the furred cloak he
wears~
Tales0fBeauty: and that is exactly what she tried to do as she backed away
from the door a good distance and then ran at with her shield to try to break
it down. (D)
abenedictionhymn: She was glancing around the bookshelves, but careful of
all the old books!
OnlineHost: abenedictionhymn rolled 1 20-sided die: 17
RageofNocturne: :: You try your shield....ill try my hammer. --he said and
nodded to her -D-
OnlineHost: Tales0fBeauty rolled 1 20-sided die: 6
abenedictionhymn: +8 = 25
SwordOfAtrophy: Distracted by a sound, that... sounded awful. Nobody
appeared to be any worse for wear at the time. "You only live once..
right..." He stepped to the side of the door, Wolfgang was attempting to
open, just in case.
psionic wanderer: "Well..that will work." He was going to try a bit more
focused telekinesis, so as not to risk breaking anything BUT the door, but if
they wanted to defile the temple, well..that was on them. He looked over to
Ellis and snickered.
psionic wanderer: "Not all of us."
Tesarik One: Well it was a stone door, if they want to beat the shit out of
it to break it down, then they can. STR35.
Tesarik One: DC35 I mean
Tesarik One: Lock 2 opened.
Tesarik One: The door could now be opened at the top of the six small
stairs!
Howling Ember: Well, let's hope I did not unleash an ancient evil or set off
the end of the world trap. -Puffing that cigar he moved to open the door and
brace himself for the winter that was coming- -d-
Tesarik One: Viola, you find a dusty old box and inside of it is what looks
to be an ancient compass engraved with sun, stars and moon.
Tales0fBeauty: + 5 athletics, +10 str, +5 admantium sheild =26)
RageofNocturne: :: Well since Raelgil was bashing with her shield he looked
to Dorian still holding the book that was written in Ancient out to him-D-
Tesarik One: You crack the stone door, but it does not fall apart.
psionic wanderer: Oh he was offered another book? He'd missed that. Well he
took Vilkas's book as well, and into the satchel it went.
Tales0fBeauty: (can i try again?)
abenedictionhymn: She saw Wolfy trying to get into that door so she kept on
looking around the shelves for now. (searching for something for wolfy)
Tesarik One: No but someone else can.
psionic wanderer: "Oh. Sorry." He retrieved it, then had a look. "Did you
want it translated in paper form or do you just want to know what it is?"
Tesarik One: DC30 now that you've broken it some.
RageofNocturne: :: He nodded to Dorian-- It will be appreciated for it to be
translated and returned at your convinience. -D-
OnlineHost: abenedictionhymn rolled 1 20-sided die: 20
abenedictionhymn: +8 = 28!
Tales0fBeauty: She looked to vilkas and noded to him "go ahead and try your
hammer" (D)
psionic wanderer: "Very well." That actually made perfect sense! Into the
satchel it went. He certainly wouldn't be translating it himself, but he knew
someone who enjoyed that sort of thing. (brb)
Howling Ember: Stop busting doors I can pick locks!
Tesarik One: Viola found a rod made of rough cut glass. Seemed interesting.
Mighty Gar thog: So can I.
Tesarik One: As Wolfy opened up the door.... he'd find a solid stone wall.
The trap was a wall of stone that blocked entrance. Not just a wall of stone,
it was engraved with arcane wardings.
SwordOfAtrophy: "Thankfully that didn't come down on you...."
RageofNocturne: :: He looked over to the door and Raelgil and lifted his
hammer-- Uh... alright if you insist darling. --he said and rushed the door
and lifted the hammer giving it a mighty swing at the door but stopped
hearing the other one and bl
Howling Ember: Well, whatever was on the other side of this door, they did
not want us getting to. Must be where they did all the human sacrificing and
what not.. -He was joking, primal gods didn't do that! No way!- -d-
Tesarik One: And in Ancient was carved into it, "Stop you who wish to enter
the most holy adytum!" (If anyone has Knowledge (Religion) you can roll for
that)
RageofNocturne: inked-D-
Mighty Gar thog: Translator? try those ~he said, as he looked at that stone
wall~
Tales0fBeauty: (does breadth of experience count?)
Tesarik One: If it allows you to roll any knowledge.
Howling Ember: (It allows you... Yeah ^_^)
abenedictionhymn: (Voracious reader, can roll any knowledge)
OnlineHost: abenedictionhymn rolled 1 20-sided die: 11
abenedictionhymn: +11 = 22
Tales0fBeauty: She would look to where wolfy was and saw the arcane
writtings on the stone wall and did her best to see if she could deciper
anything or knew anything about them in all her life experience. (D)
abenedictionhymn: Well if someone read out the ancient to her in common
she'd know what it was! for now though, she glanced around ,and then went to
try the door that seemed to go under the one that wolfy opened.
OnlineHost: Tales0fBeauty rolled 1 20-sided die: 13
Howling Ember: It says... Stop you who wish to enter the most holy adytum..
so yeah I guess they don't want us in there.
Tales0fBeauty: +5 breadth of experince, +3 INT= 21)
Tesarik One: It is the meaning of the Ancient on it that you are trying to
figure out what it means or what the place is.
Tesarik One: Well now that it's been read, Viola and Raelgil know what it
means. (IM incoming)
Howling Ember: ((Wolfy read it out loud cause he can read ancient like a
boss))
Tesarik One: The door that Viola tried was unlocked, and had no traps. It
was steps down into a storage area beneath the adytum.
Tales0fBeauty: It says "only preists and oracles are allowed in their to
pray, it is a holy of holy places" she would ponder that for a moment, she
was a holy paladin, but she was not a priest or an oracle. (D)
SwordOfAtrophy: "Maybe there's a way to bypass it somewhere, or that other
room that led the other way might also have a door."
psionic wanderer: They had someone who could translate ancient? Oh, good.
He'd stick to trnaslating primordial then. Maybe. (running back and forth)
Tesarik One: There were all sorts of golden objects, silver objects, bowls
and statues, various pieces for the altar like candelabras and the like.
RageofNocturne: :: He looked to the wall then to Raelgil-- We cannot enter
there darling. It would be a transgression through and through. --he said and
then looked to the door Viola had unlocked and stepped over looking down and
blinked-- This see
abenedictionhymn: "Holy.... literally... shit!" She grabbed a few of the
items and stepped back out, "It's a closet of all the priest stuff."
Tales0fBeauty: She looked to him and noded "i agree my love" (D)
RageofNocturne: ms to go downstairs...im going to take a look.-D-
Howling Ember: Well while it would be nice to see the inside, we best
respect their wishes. -He patted the stone wall and bowed his head, being a
little bit respectful as he shut that door- Thank you for warning us over
killing us ancient tomb. Ah
Tesarik One: It just went into a small closet stacked with altar equipment,
candlesticks, statues, etc.
Howling Ember: well, was worth a shot. -He could levitate now so those boots
would glow some as he hopped off and lowered himself down towards the others-
Everyone calls each other darling, love, translator.. do none of us have
names? No wonder we
Howling Ember: always bicker. -d-
Mighty Gar thog: ~He would grab two candle sticks, take out one of his
candles, see if it fit, then put them in his pack~
abenedictionhymn: "We should leave these for now... take a few to show
Maria. She said to secure the place so we can always come back for it. It's
going to be very heavy."
Tesarik One: It's a solid gold candlestick it's very heavy! But the candle
fit.
Howling Ember: -He moved over to the door they were trying to bust open and
that mechanical engineer pirate went to getting into it the easy way, if he
could-
SwordOfAtrophy: "Not sure how keen the temple would be on us stealing all
their stuff. And hey, I only call a select few darlin. You aren't one of them
Captain, sorry."
OnlineHost: Howling Ember rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
Howling Ember: (19)
Tesarik One: That room was simply not meant to be explored on this
excursion.
Mighty Gar thog: Y'know... there must be a way here, to lift that block.
They would not have an unliftable stone block their way, if a thief set it
off.
psionic wanderer: "I don't think the temple cares, it's a building." Hm.
Seemed that stubborn door was not opened yet again!
RageofNocturne: :: Well that went nowhere fast...--he said and nodded then
looked to the others then looked to the doorway leading to Room 6 and
motioned with his head-- Lets keep moving....we still have a lot to see in
this place. --he said and pre
Howling Ember: You could call me darling if you wanted to, I wouldn't cry
about it.
RageofNocturne: ssed onward for the doorway and would head through it-D-
SwordOfAtrophy: "I'm just not that into you."
Howling Ember: A few ales in ya will fix that.
SwordOfAtrophy: "Drinks and I don't get along."
Tesarik One: Hold a moment there quickstep! That door is unlocked, but there
are steps going down. Roll Spot Vilkas.
psionic wanderer: And people wondered why he was so reclusive. Well then, it
was on to the next room, now wasn't it? Well..after Vilkas did or did not
spot.
OnlineHost: RageofNocturne rolled 1 20-sided die: 20
abenedictionhymn: "You can call me darling, darling." She winked at Ellis
and grinned, then trotted over to Wolfgang to hand him that glass rod she
found.
RageofNocturne: +9= 29)
SwordOfAtrophy: "I already do darlin."
Tesarik One: Auto pass with the 20!
Howling Ember: Darling Darling, what a name! I would have gone for
Sugarlumps, it is more dignified and people wonder where the lumps are!
SwordOfAtrophy: He glanced over at the partially broken door. If Rael
couldn't break it, he didn't have a prayer. "She's a woman, we know where the
lumps are."
abenedictionhymn: She pushed out her chest. "I got lumps right here."
abenedictionhymn: "Here too," She shoved her rump out.
Howling Ember: -He adjusted his eyepatch like he was "zooming in"- Never
have I missed my second eye more...
abenedictionhymn: The young thing had a habit of being a bit of a lolita.
She wasn't THAT young though, but still young! She moved along behind those
looking into the next room.
RageofNocturne: :: He narrowed his eyes to see what lay beyond the door and
tilted his head-- Hmm more steps....looks like gold web in them...its too
dark for me to see furthur.-D-
Tesarik One: Dorian roll a spot as well.
psionic wanderer: Well now that was distracting. He eyed Viola for a good
long moment. "...that is a dreadfully mean thing to do around a man who is
attempting to be monogamous." He scowled a bit, and then looked back to the
steps and whatnot.
OnlineHost: psionic wanderer rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
psionic wanderer: (22)
SwordOfAtrophy: Ellis was also young and thus unrefined, so as she presented
herself, he stared, like a goof. Until he realized he was staring then
colored some and looked away, at.. anything else.
Mighty Gar thog: ~He chguckled at the banter, then headed towards Vilkas~
Tesarik One: There is primordial carved above the door.
Tales0fBeauty: She would have followed vilkas and heard his words putting
her sword infront of them so they could see further down. (D)
Howling Ember: -A soft whistle and he waited for them all to follow the
lumps and then while they were off he decided to turn around and lift that
metallic arm to slam into that door as hard as he could, sometimes it seemed
the only way to unlock
Howling Ember: a door was knocking really loud-
psionic wanderer: He looked up and tilted his head a bit, then reached up
and turned off that light he had going. He also redid his eye tinkering!
(Spell: Alter Vision, infrared vision selected.)
OnlineHost: Howling Ember rolled 1 20-sided die: 15
psionic wanderer: "I don't think we're meant to take light into this room."
Howling Ember: -fails and cries inside-
Tesarik One: That room just wanted to remain untraversed.
Howling Ember: I'm coming back for you room. Just you wait.
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Howling Ember: Hey wait up Lumpy! -He followed after Viola and Ellis towards
the chosen path of death and adventure they were locked into now since every
other choice was a dead end. Just cause he felt like being sexist, Viola got
a little slap to
Howling Ember: the backside. Heck, she shoved them out there he could slap
em!- -d-
Mighty Gar thog: Floor looks sandy down there. Might be something lurking in
that, rather large... chamber.
abenedictionhymn: She hopped a bit and then grinned at Wolfy, then peered
into the chamber with her darkvision. Was anyone going down those gold
threaded stairs yet?
psionic wanderer: "Only one way to find out, now isn't there?" He stepped on
into the excessively dark room, after tossing Viola's flashlight back to her,
to see what happened!
Tesarik One: Ok hold a moment. As soon as Dorian steps both feet onto the
first step covered in the thin gold webbing, a spell goes off....
Mighty Gar thog: (hah!)
Tesarik One: All inanimate objects (and anything NOT physically attached to
wolfy since he's part machine) disappears off his body.
Tesarik One: Clothes, weapons, shoes, hat, necklaces, rings, everything. You
are naked.
Tesarik One: You aren't hurt... you're just naked. After all, the writing
above the door told you what would happen!
SwordOfAtrophy: He was thinking of trying the door, but everyone moving in a
different direction distracted him, he followed Miss Perky backside and crew.
Until he was staring at her skin. Well this was a pleasant daydream, holy
crap everyone was
SwordOfAtrophy: naked!
Mighty Gar thog: (Only Wolfy?)
Tesarik One: (whoever has stepped into room 6)
psionic wanderer: Well...now that was no good. He realized dthat quickly
enough and this was one of those times he would've enjoyed a bit of illusion
magic! Just in his tattoos (one of which was in promordial, of course!). More
notable than the
psionic wanderer: tattoos (and how devastatingly handsome he was, of course)
was the fact that his left hand was visible, and it was a nasty, twisted,
skeletal claw of a hand. He glanced down at it and frowned. "Well, fuck."
abenedictionhymn: She'd stepped right on in after Dorian too, and gasped as
everything she owned went right off of her cute little perky body and left
her naked. Sheput a hand down, and a hand across her boobs. "What ...why?"
Howling Ember: (Whew good thing Wolfy was in the tail end of it!)
SwordOfAtrophy: "I'd... have more shame.. if I wasn't more concerned as this
leaves most of us nigh defenseless."
psionic wanderer: "It didn't grow back quite right." That was the excuse he
used, and well..it was his response to Viola, having misunderstood her why!
He glanced over to her and tilted his head a bit. "That might be an even
crueler thing to do to
Tesarik One: Is everyone in Room 6?
psionic wanderer: poor, monogamous Dorian. I'm thinking of giving that up.."
He winked, then looked about the room a bit more.
Tales0fBeauty: She would see the others enter the room and have all their
stuff vanish as she was still in the room before it she wasn't sure if she
should join them or not. (D)
RageofNocturne: :: Well he was stripped down and all but well he still had
the scales covering his body so his shame wasn't out for all to see-D-
abenedictionhymn: She grinned, and moved on further, what else could she do?
Tales0fBeauty: "should i stay behind so we have one of us with defensive
capabilities? Vilkas and I are linked if you need me to join i can proceed."
(D)
SwordOfAtrophy: He had to look away from Viola, due to certain.. reactions
that were starting so, instead he focused on trying to see just what was
going on in the room.
Mighty Gar thog: (Not Arn)
Howling Ember: It is alright to show your lumps lady, just come on.. -This
was too much fun to pass up. Thankfully it didn't poof his arm and leg and
metal parts of he would have been one large lump falling on the floor. A
laugh since this was not
RageofNocturne: :: He looked to Raelgil and nodded-- That could very well
come in handy darling...however if you enter aswell you shall be stripped of
everything too.-D-
Tesarik One: Ok so Arn and Raelgil have not entered. Are you going to enter?
I want to post the descriptionb ut I need you guys to decide if you're going
in or not for now.
psionic wanderer: "I'm plenty well-defended without my belongings, we'll be
fine. Of course, if you're all too damned scared, suit yourself."
Tesarik One: And Wolfy I think hasn't entered.
Howling Ember: the first time he was left naked in a weird place. Wrapping
an arm around Viola, his non metal arm, he would press on with her- Bet you
are regretting showing off those lumps now lass. -d-
Tesarik One: Wolfy's in!
Howling Ember: (Wolfy went in, he cant pass up naked times)
Tesarik One: So just Arn and Raelgil haven't entered. Please let me know via
IM if that changes in case I miss it in the room.
Tesarik One: Room 6 - The Atrium
SwordOfAtrophy: "You know, this is either the best conceived trap ever made,
or they used this room for... happy fun times."
Tales0fBeauty: (will do)
Tales0fBeauty: She looked to vilkas "you can let me know through our link
what is going on, and if i am needed i will join you" (D)
Mighty Gar thog: Bah ~he wandered on down~
Tesarik One: This room also has a vaulted ceiling and it is quite large.
Larger than the rest of the temple. There is a huge golden sun disc in the
ceiling above a big pool of water about 50 feet across. The water is not as
clear and beautiful
Tesarik One: as it once was... but it hasn't fouled as one might think it
would after so many years. It's too cloudy to really see very far down it
though. Those who entered and are now clad in nothing but shadows (per that
writing Dorian read)
Tesarik One: will also see four more pedestals. Two along the right wall,
and two along the left wall. They also have Primordial written on each one.
There are also torches (unlit) in various places in the room (where the
double circles are on
Tales0fBeauty: She would look to kaldra and noded to him giving him a
command to be her eyes in there as she sent him in there with the others he
would go there in her stead. In case she got cut off from the others she had
a way in still with him.
Tales0fBeauty: (D)
Tesarik One: the map) (the lines around the pool are steps that go down
towards it)
Tesarik One: Ok Arn is inside, naked as a jaybird too.
psionic wanderer: He was torn between scowling down at his skeletal claw
hand, reading the primordial, or ogling Viola! He opted for reading the
primordial, however, since he could scowl and ogle while thinking on what it
said.
RageofNocturne: :: He nodded and pointed to that bond around his left ring
finger-- You will know if im in trouble. --he said and smiled to her-- Love
you. --he said and then turned and made his way down those steps and looked
over to the large poo
SwordOfAtrophy: He'd busy himself, seeing if the torches had any visible
means nearby to light them, and if so, he'd light one.
RageofNocturne: l of water and crossed his arms over his chest while his
tail ran along the surface of the sand-D-
Tesarik One: Ok just to make sure you all remember.... the floor is sand.
there is a pool of water. there are unlit torches scattered about. there are
four pedestals. now, give me a moment to tell Dorian since he can read the
primordial what the
Tesarik One: pedestals say.
Tales0fBeauty: She would look to him and noded with a smile "yes i will know
and i can get to you through kaldra, Love you too." (D)
Mighty Gar thog: ~slaps his forehead, thinking he should have tossed a rope
in,. to see if it faded away~
Howling Ember: -Wolfgang might need to install a gun into his metal arm for
in the future- -d-
Tesarik One: It would have disappeared. Any inaminate object they tried to
cross those steps would disappear.
psionic wanderer: "Hm, more riddles."
Tesarik One: As the writing said, to worship within this room they must only
be clad in shadows.
psionic wanderer: He moved over to the pedestal closest to the door they
came in through. "This one's pretty obviously referring to fire, so if you've
got some of that, see what happens if you set the pedestal on fire or
something." He moved to the
abenedictionhymn: She began to wander around, moving down to look at the
water of course first. She was half sea nymph after all, so she reached down
as she knelt and felt the water and then stood up and looked around.
Tales0fBeauty: Kaldra would follow Vilkas now per Raelgils command of him.
(D)
Mighty Gar thog: (did Ellis find a way to light a torch?)
psionic wanderer: next pedestal and studied it, then moved across the room
to the other two.
Tesarik One: If Ellis touched the torch, the one he touched would light up.
Tesarik One: Sorry I missed him messing with one!
psionic wanderer: "The one nearest the fire one.." Said with a skeletal
finger point..which..he decided he rather liked the look of. He should get
himself a good black hooded robe and be Death for Halloween. He trailed off
whilst staring at his own
psionic wanderer: hand a moment. "...hm. Anyway, that one says something
like 'i cover cities and break mountains. I make men blind, yet help them
see."
abenedictionhymn: "If it wasn't so cloudy I'm all set for skinny dipping!"
But, .... monsters. She wouldn't dive in, she was brash and crazy but not
THAT crazy.
SwordOfAtrophy: "Well, here goes nothing then." He lifted the lit torch from
it's little cradle, and walked over to the fire pedastal. "Ahalya, I've done
some stupid things, and this may be one, look out for me, k?" He touched the
pedastal with the
SwordOfAtrophy: torch.
psionic wanderer: He eyed Viola a long moment then, before turning his
attention back to the pedestals. "This one says "I am up, down and all
around, yet can never be found."
Tesarik One: It lit on fire, causing a tongue of fire much like the tongue
of light and shadow on the pedestals when they came in.
Mighty Gar thog: What? Wind?
psionic wanderer: "And I do believe..." He reached out towards the water and
attempted to lift some up telekinetically. Did psionics work?
Tesarik One: Yes.
psionic wanderer: Well then he'd take that glob of water and toss it onto
pedestal 4!
Tesarik One: A swirling bubbling tongue of water formed on Pedestal 4.
Howling Ember: Someone go fart on the wind one, I wonder if that would work.
SwordOfAtrophy: He put the torch back. "Sounds like wind to me.. someone..
breath on it? Or find something that we can use as a fan."
psionic wanderer: Silly elemental puzzles, trying to trick someone who
pretended to be an elementalist! He grinned, then looked to the others. "Well
I'm not doing all the work, you can figure the other two out." He eyed the
alleged Captain a moment
abenedictionhymn: She snickered, and then moved over to the one they said
was wind and leaned over, hands on her hips, and let out a long breath across
it.
psionic wanderer: then. "..and people say I disrespect the gods, yet never
do I hear any accusations tossed your way."
Tesarik One: A tongue of swirling wind (albeit mostly invisible but could be
felt) formed on that pedestal.
RageofNocturne: :: He stepped around and blinked a bit as he went over to
Pedestal 6 and looked at it and blinked looking at the others--
Wind....water....fire....--he shrugged and crouched picking up sand and
tossed it over Pedestal he was at-D-
psionic wanderer: There was no pedestal 6!
SwordOfAtrophy: He'd move to the last pedastal, and reach down to the dirt
floor, picking up a handful of sand, and throwing it on the thing.
RageofNocturne: opps lol was looking t the torches)
Tesarik One: Well, the last pedestal in that room! There were six altogether
but only four in the room they were in.
psionic wanderer: At any rate, yes. (I got confused by it for a moment as
well haha)
RageofNocturne: well the last pedestal then!)
Tesarik One: And, as the sand scattered across the stop it began to form a
hard sand sculpture in the form of a tongue.
Howling Ember: Ah dear sir, you are barely ever around me to hear what
people say.. besides most of what I do or say is in cheeky jest, yours is
always laced with a bit of malice like you hate the world. Just cheer up
some, not like you care what
Howling Ember: people say about you. -d-
Mighty Gar thog: ~He looked at the pool of water then~
psionic wanderer: "I do not hate the world. I very much love the world. I
dislike a good deal of the people in it."
Tesarik One: As all four pedestals were engaged, the sound of water flowing
down ancient pipes was heard as the pool began to lower, until only the slick
stone was left behind. The whole stone pool area began to turn in a clockwise
motion
SwordOfAtrophy: "A good deal of the people in it aren't worth liking."
Tesarik One: forming stairs circling down below the fountain!
psionic wanderer: "I would not have done this to my own hand if it hadn't
been for the sake of the world, after all." Said with a wiggle of his
skeletal fingers!
psionic wanderer: (brb)
Mighty Gar thog: ~He was the first to head down those stairs now~
abenedictionhymn: She watched the water bubble away, and then when the
stairs formed she began to move down them. She had darkvision after all, so
she was being the eyes for everyone as she followed the stairs.
abenedictionhymn: Ok after Arn then.
SwordOfAtrophy: "Huh.. imagine that.." He walked over to the now empty pool.
"Well there goes any ideas about a naked swim."
Howling Ember: -He wasn't about to play into the same bickering most of they
did and Dorian just seemed to find ways to spew it around like some damn acid
spitting horny toad. Shaking his head he just laughed and waited to see if
the new stairs
Howling Ember: were a trap- -d-
RageofNocturne: :: Hmm.... --he turned his head and went back to the stairs
to room 5-- More stairs heading down furthur darling. We are going down.--D-
psionic wanderer: Yep, down the stairs. He wouldn't be hesitating to head on
down them.
Mighty Gar thog: ~one hand stayed against the wall~ Ellis? Bring a trorch,
will you?
Tesarik One: The stairs ended, and the middle of the fountain slid open, it
was about 20 feet across, the opening. they could see sand and smell moisture
down within it. Perhaps there'd been steps or a ladder at one time, but now
they'd have to
Tesarik One: jump.
SwordOfAtrophy: Nabbing a torch first, hopefully it remained lit, and seeing
as how the others were ahead, he'd tag along, enjoying the view from behind
Viola while it lasted.
Tales0fBeauty: She noded to vilkas "alright Kaldra will follow you down and
if i need to i can join you by switching places with him." (D)
Tesarik One: I won't make you roll for the jump, it is into soft sand about
7 feet down.
psionic wanderer: Didn't seem like too bad of a drop, so down he went! And
the immediately stood completely still for a few seconds, then started
looking around again, brow furrowed. "..hm. Interesting."
Mighty Gar thog: ~Being... brave or foolhardy? Arn was the first in line, so
the first to leap~
RageofNocturne: :: Alright my love. Stay safe up here. --he said and then
went to the stairs which went down from the fountain and well down he went
with Kaldra and then made the jump and landed in the soft sand-D-
Tesarik One: Sand, sand and more sand in this huge chamber. In fact, it
seems like the sands from above have over time filled the area with so much
sand you really can't make out much more than paintings on the ceilings. But
you CAN find your
Howling Ember: -Yeah, bunch of naked dudes making jumps.. this sausage fest
was not so appealing.. at least they had one lady! Down he went!- -d-
Tesarik One: gear and items on top of the sand in various places. Might take
a minute but you'll find everything.
Howling Ember: -Glorous clothing! Plucking up some panties he held them out
to Ellis- I think these are yours Darling. -d-
RageofNocturne: :: Ahh there we go...--he said and went around getting his
clothin and his armor on first of all!-D-
SwordOfAtrophy: He landed gracefully, because he was cool like that. "Ah,
well naked time's over I guess. Oh, nice, thanks." He played along, snatching
the ahem.. undies, and holding them away from Viola, with a grin.
abenedictionhymn: She landed with ease on one knee, she was used to jumping,
and walking on difficult terrain and such. She rose, and then spotted
something blue! the edge of her coat! She dug it up and then started hunting
her other stuff and was soon dressing again. Awww.
abenedictionhymn: Oh, they had her panties? Naughty men. She snatched them
back she had to put them on under her damn trousers after all. "Bad. Bad bad
bad."
psionic wanderer: Oh good, his things. He could pick out his easily enough.
He just pulled it all to him with telekinesis and started getting dressed
once again. "This should not be full of sand."
SwordOfAtrophy: "Oh, I'm sorry darlin." He gave her a pouty lip. "I thought
it was treasure, I swear!" He gathered up his stuffs, and returned it to his
person.
Howling Ember: You should leave that hand exposed, it looks kinda awesome
and you can threaten things with it. -Spoken to Dorian of course- -d-
abenedictionhymn: Well it was lacey.
psionic wanderer: "Stop acting like children, and help me figure out why all
this fucking sand is down here." He tugged his glove back on just to spite
the captain!
Mighty Gar thog: ~He was soon dressed, since he had few things with him, and
was looking at the paintings~
Howling Ember: Because you angered the gods with your perverted ways that is
why the sand is down here!!
abenedictionhymn: She stared at Dorian, about to say, "but I am a child!"
but she just grinned. Then began to move/crawl around the area. There was an
awful lot of sand.
SwordOfAtrophy: "Because it's above us.. it's called gravity"
psionic wanderer: "I remember crypts, treasure, not.." He sent a wave to the
room in general. "This."
Tesarik One: Everyone who is in the sand filled room make a Search.
OnlineHost: Howling Ember rolled 1 20-sided die: 7
RageofNocturne: :: With his armors on he got his weapons back in place along
with his shield and goggles then his braid ofcoarse and looked around-D-
OnlineHost: SwordOfAtrophy rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
Howling Ember: (8)
OnlineHost: psionic wanderer rolled 1 20-sided die: 11
OnlineHost: RageofNocturne rolled 1 20-sided die: 5
SwordOfAtrophy: (13)
psionic wanderer: (21)
OnlineHost: abenedictionhymn rolled 1 20-sided die: 18
abenedictionhymn: +8 = 26
psionic wanderer: "I'm certain I understand gravity a great deal more
thoroughly than you do, it's the state of the building that concerns me, it
should have lasted.." He furrowed his brow again, then went into searching
and thinking mode.
RageofNocturne: + 5 +4= 14)
SwordOfAtrophy: "An old temple with no maintenance? Please tell me how."
Tesarik One: Dorian, you find an exit. You all will have to crawl through it
as it's half filled with sand, but Dorian remembers something about this
being a 'back door' sorta.
OnlineHost: Mighty Gar thog rolled 1 20-sided die: 15
Mighty Gar thog: (20)
Tesarik One: Viola, your high roll lets you find a stone chest anchored to
the floor in a corner. You have to dig the sand from around it, but it's
definitely something!
RageofNocturne: :: With his shield back he spoke telepathically to Relgil
through their linked shields-- Raelgil...down here is a room of sand...we
have found our items...they seem to be removed up there and deposited down
here... --he then looked
RageofNocturne: around with his Treasure Seeker Goggles seeing if he could
find anything-D-
Tesarik One: Arn, you find another passageway out of the room. It is even
thicker with sand than the one Dorian found, you'd have to squeeze your way
through it.
Tesarik One: And Arn.... you hear something further down it...
skittering...chittering.
psionic wanderer: "Well I found the exit. An exit, I can't remember why
exactly it was put in." He scratched his head a little, then cursed in
primordial, since he'd been reading it so much lately!
Mighty Gar thog: Something is coming this way!
Tesarik One: Well, it was deeper down the passage. Might be coming their
way... or might just be down there!
Mighty Gar thog: Small, sand filled tunnel. Be ready.
RageofNocturne: :: He turned his head hearing Arn and spoke again to
Raelgil-- Something may be coming our way from a tunnel down here-D-
Tesarik One: You all are quite lucky that Viola rolled high enough to find
you all some loots.
psionic wanderer: "It's not even that old....well.." He frowned. "Memories
of it new are combining with this state of it now, I've got no idea." He
shook his head again, then paced around a bit, ignoring them talking about
something approaching!
Howling Ember: I am sure it is just some friendly puppy or something.
Tales0fBeauty: She would hear vilkas through their link and thought she
might be needed down there so she would step into room 6, her items now gone,
she would be naked like the rest of them and she would make her way to where
they were. (D)
SwordOfAtrophy: "Do we go in, or wait and see if it comes this way?"
Tesarik One: But, it's been a little over 3 hours since we began, so it's
time to stop for the night! What I think would work best is if everyone
crawls out the way Dorian found, and then report back to Maria when they get
back around to the
Tesarik One: paths they took to find the temple and get to the portal
waiting. Maria will send some of her trusted crew to clear the sand out of
that room... we will come back again and continue our explore! Sound good?
SwordOfAtrophy: (yes)
Tesarik One: Now y'all know a lot of it's secrets.
Tesarik One: It will help you.
Mighty Gar thog: (return for part 2!)
Mighty Gar thog: (help if we remember lol)
Tesarik One: Raelgil's items would be buried in the sand like the others
stuff.
Mighty Gar thog: ~so Ellis gets a good look at Raelgil~
SwordOfAtrophy: A stare, more like.
Tesarik One: You all will have to climb through the passage and it will take
you through some service passageways and eventually you'll be out in the
ancient city and can find your way back the way you came.
psionic wanderer: But Zorcans are too stringy, and elves are not meaty
enough!
Mighty Gar thog: (city?)
Tesarik One: Yeah the carved steps and winding passageway hidden in the
rocks outside the temple.
Tesarik One: It used to be a city.
Tales0fBeauty: She would eventually find the others and looked and knew they
had their stuff so she seached for hers and when she found it she would
collect it turning a good shade of red before she could gather it all as she
felt all eyes
Tales0fBeauty: suddenly on her and then would join the others in crawling
through the back door thing to return another day. (D)
abenedictionhymn: She dug into that stone chest and tugged out what she
could carry, tucking it into her pack and such, so when they got out she
could distribute it so they'd at least have some stuff.
Tesarik One: Everyone I need one final roll for me. Roll 1d20. Straight d20
roll.
OnlineHost: Tales0fBeauty rolled 1 20-sided die: 16
OnlineHost: psionic wanderer rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
OnlineHost: SwordOfAtrophy rolled 1 20-sided die: 17
OnlineHost: abenedictionhymn rolled 1 20-sided die: 11
Mighty Gar thog: ~Arn would help Rael find her gear~
OnlineHost: Mighty Gar thog rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
Mighty Gar thog: (Ha! Tied Dorian!)
OnlineHost: RageofNocturne rolled 1 20-sided die: 11
psionic wanderer: (Probably means you get to reroll, I rolled it first!)
OnlineHost: Howling Ember rolled 1 20-sided die: 13
Mighty Gar thog: (Means I get a magnet lol)
Tesarik One: no it's fine. I got it.
Tesarik One: I know this was a lot of thinking and exploring and stuff, but
hope you liked it. There was combat opportunities but you all didn't make it
to where they were!
Mighty Gar thog: (~holds up magnet... it flies and attacjes to the captain~)
Tesarik One: ^v^ 10/4/2014 4:08:00 AM ^v^
Tesarik One: Log Off
DM: tesarikone - Pamela
Date: Late Night Saturday, Oct 4
Time: 12:30am
Attendees:
abenedictionhymn - Viola
psionicwandered - Dorian
tales0fbeauty - Raelgil
rageofnocturne - Vilkas
mightygarthog - Arn [Treasure Hunter]
howlingember - Wolfgang
swordofatrophy - Ellis
Rewards:
10XP, 5000gp
Loot:
Note: Some of the items in the storage room were sold to provide you all with more gold. The rest is being put in a secure location by Maria for the time being.
Viola:
-Windcaller's Compass [Magic Item]
This light gray compass made of fine metal, and is engraved with various depictions of the sun, moon, and clouds. It allows a creature to increase or decrease the intensity of the wind once per day.
[Worth: 2000gp]
-Frost Fist Amulet [Neck]
Shaped like a fist, this iron amulet is covered in hoarfrost. On command, this amulet causes the wearer’s hands to become encased in a layer of freezing iron. The wearer is protected from the frigid cold and can make savage blows with his hands. Unarmed strikes and natural attacks the wearer makes with hands gain the "frost" enchantment and are treated as cold iron for the purpose of bypassing damage reduction. The wearer’s hands become rigid while using this amulet and cannot be use to hold or manipulate objects (unless that manipulation could be accomplished with a club and is not damaged by cold). The transformation can be ended whenever the wearer desires.
[Worth: 5000gp]
Dorian:
-Spell Parchment [Book] WRITTEN IN RUNIN
This page is covered in densely-worded arcane or divine magical runes. It allows someone with Magical or Psionic Affinity to add 1 extra spell to their spellbook per dice rank. Arcane Class members may add two spells to their spellbook per dice rank.
[Worth: 4,500gp]
-Ancient Wizard's Hat [Head]
(Arcane Class Only)
This dusty, ratty-looking old pointed hat has graced the head of many wizards over the centuries. It has absorbed much of their sweat, hard work, and toil, and has been imbued with their power. Some say it belonged to the most hated mage in the world, while others think it belonged to your ancestors. Once per day you can double the damage of one non-registered, non-invocation magical attack, or you can automatically succeed at any one Knowledge (Arcana) check, no matter the DC.
[Worth 6000gp]
Raelgil:
-Codex of the Infinite Planes [Book] WRITTEN IN PLANAR COMMON (old version)
An ancient book containing forbidden lore and the secret to travel between the planes and dimensions, this gives the owner a +5 to Knowledge (Planes).
[Worth: 2000gp]
-Bag of Flames [Magic Item]
This small, red burlap sack feels warm to the touch. A bag of flames contains a tiny ember of pure elemental fire. The bag has 3 charges, which are renewed each day at dawn. Spending 1 or more charges when you place your hand into the bag allows you to draw forth fire to create a particular effect. The fire does not harm you.
1 charge: Putting your hand into the sack, flames cover your hand, allowing for light (or a very nasty unarmed hit!). This lasts for 1 hour unless you will it away sooner.
2 charges: You hurl the flame up to 30 feet away, whereupon it immediately turns into a Small fire elemental and attacks that round, giving you a +5 to that one attack. The elemental fades after use.
3 charges: Faint wisps of flame spread up your arm and cover your body. This sheath provides immunity to fire for one full combat. You can touch an adjacent creature to grant it the immunity instead of you at any time.
[Worth: 8,000gp]
Vilkas:
-Heritage Book [Book] WRITTEN IN ANCIENT
This collection of genealogical tables, descriptions of common traits found in particular noble families, heraldry, scurrilous rumors, and ancestral deeds provides readers with a great deal of insight into the aristocracy. Consulting this book grants a +5 bonus on Knowledge (nobility) checks.
[Worth: 2000gp]
-Goggles of Bright Light [Head/Eyes]
These sturdy goggles have a golden mirror sheen on the outside of their lenses, a wrapping of leather holding them snugly in place. This tint blocks a considerable amount of natural light. Once per adventure, the goggles’ wearer can emit bright light on command to a range of 30 feet. Any creature within that area must succeed at a DC15 Endurance save or be blinded for 1 hour. In addition, the wearer also gains a +2 bonus on any saving throws against visual effects.
[Worth: 5,000gp]
Arn:
-Tome of World Memory [Book] WRITTEN IN ANCIENT
This small book is bound in hammered silver and engraved with the continents of the world. A tome of world memory allows you to call upon the secret memories of the world to aid you in unlocking forgotten knowledge. By studying the book for 1 minute (or one round), you gain a +5 bonus on a single Knowledge check, you must have the knowledge skill to use this.
[Worth: 2000gp]
-Elemental Chain [Weapon]
This looks to be just two plain steel rings. But when the owner tugs them apart, they explode into a 10-foot-long spiked fighting chain (2d5) formed from the wielder's choice of acid, cold, fire, or electricity. The wielder can dismiss the chain as they wish. The wielder does not take damage from wielding the spiked chain.
[Worth: 6,000gp]
Wolfgang:
-Rod of Hidden Light [Magic Item]
This rod crafted of rough-cut glass can, on command, shed light as a sunrod. Unlike a normal light source, only the holder of the rod can see the light produced.
[Worth: 2000gp]
-Boots of the Winterfell [Feet]
These white furred boots allow you to move through snow at normal speed, without leaving any tracks. It also allows you to travel across ice without needing to take any checks for movement, and it has the spell 'endure elements' cast upon it allowing you to always be comfortable in the environment.
[Worth: 6000gp]
Ellis:
-Herbarium Medicus [Book] WRITTEN IN ANCIENT
Carefully avoiding any herbs that might be harmful, it is a fine resource none the less. The drawings are very precise, and herbs on most common ailments can be found here. Mind you, most potent magical herbs have also nefarious uses, thus are not displayed here. The book is worn with much use, it is both large and heavy due to its binding. The author was an apothecarian, and many simple brews are mentioned.
This grants a bonus of +5 to this specialized knowledge, Knowledge (Medicinal Herbs).
[Worth: 2000gp]
-Bracers of Wind [Arm]
(You cannot have Magical Affinity, Psionic Affinity OR Combat Affinity to use)
These bracers are mismatched, one being much smaller and lighter. Typically, the smaller bracer is worn on the arm holding the bow or aiming the crossbow, while the other is worn on the arm that draws the string or fires the bolt. While worn, the air around the wearer pulses and flows. It provides the wearer with a +1 bonus to Quickness, including bows, crossbows, throwing knives, and other ranged weaponry. This also effects your Defense DC, giving you a +1. This effect can be suppressed or reactivated by asking for it in Auran.
[Worth: 8,000gp]
Tesarik One: Log On
Tesarik One: ^v^ 10/4/2014 12:33:27 AM ^v^
Tesarik One: --start quest state--
Tesarik One: OH Quest: "Lost Temple of the Six"
Tesarik One: Your leader is Pamela.
Tesarik One: If you have questions please IM me or one of the Moderators.
Tesarik One: Estimated time is 3 hours from when we actually begin roleplay.
Tesarik One: You can die on our adventures and there are consequences if you
die.
Tesarik One: Make sure your dossier is updated! If it's not on your dossier
you do not have it and this includes mundane gear.
Tesarik One: Remember when you first use something to tell me how you are
able to use it - after that you can merely state the numbers.
Tesarik One: Now state your info: Rank - Name - Class/Profession - Dice -
Hit Points - Defense DC - Healing Points if applicable AND FLAWS. You will
need to keep up with your own self-healing points as they are
Tesarik One: used - no need to state them here.
Tesarik One: ---end state---
abenedictionhymn: Viola Harrington, Devout/Monk/Arcane, Emerald Defender,
2d72, HP45, DDC20, 22 Healing - Flaws: Ponderous, Divine Gestures, Curiosity
Tesarik One: (brb)
psionic wanderer: Dorian Thales, Ruby Guardian, 3d86, 66 hp, dc 11,
psion/black mage, chivalrous courtesy, curiosity, easily charmed,
reincarnated misfortune
Mighty Gar thog: (Sapphire Marshal "Arn" Olmek Arngut Nordaugen 2d66 Hp 37
DDC 20 Flaws - Docile to Magic, Strange Luck, Xenophobic) Treasure Hunter
Tales0fBeauty: Raelgil Mithril, Emerald Champion, Devout/Paladin/support,
2d74, 42 hp, DC 14, 22 self heal, 32 heal others (Brand of the red healer)
Flaws: Code of honour, intolerance rumarians, love of nature
Tales0fBeauty: Kaldra 2d37, 47 hp (collar +10 hp) DC 22
OnlineHost: SwordOfAtrophy has entered the room.
Howling Ember: || Captain Wolfgang Blitzkrieg || Sapphire Shield || 2d69 ||
HP: 42 || DC: 22 || Combat/Swashbuckler/Support || Heal: 18 ||
Distinctive/Flirt/Technophilia ||
Tesarik One: 5/7
RageofNocturne: Vilkas Silverblood/ Emerald Defender/ Devout/ Paladin/
Combat/ 2d72/ hp-51/ DC-18/ Healing Points 32(Brand of the Red Healer)/
Flaws- Love of Nature, Bravado, Dark Premonitions//
Mighty Gar thog: (Yaaay Ellis!)
SwordOfAtrophy: Ellis Strata - Amber Marshal - Combat/Swordmaster - 2d56 -
33HP - 20 DDC
Tesarik One: Roll init, give me final number.
OnlineHost: abenedictionhymn rolled 1 20-sided die: 5
OnlineHost: RageofNocturne rolled 1 20-sided die: 7
OnlineHost: SwordOfAtrophy rolled 1 20-sided die: 13
abenedictionhymn: +10, -10 = 5
SwordOfAtrophy: (+20 = 33)
OnlineHost: Tales0fBeauty rolled 1 20-sided die: 6
OnlineHost: psionic wanderer rolled 1 20-sided die: 10
psionic wanderer: 11
RageofNocturne: +10, +5, +8= 30)
OnlineHost: Howling Ember rolled 1 20-sided die: 15
OnlineHost: Mighty Gar thog rolled 1 20-sided die: 19
Mighty Gar thog: (29)
Tales0fBeauty: (+1o lightning int, +4 qck, +5 heraldic crest= 25)
Howling Ember: (22)
Tesarik One: Hold a moment.
Tesarik One: Do you want me to put Kaldra on the SB?
Tales0fBeauty: (yeah)
Mighty Gar thog: (I need to check my numbers more often lol. After this, Arn
will be Emerald)
Tesarik One: Ellis 0/33 [20] || Vilkas 0/51 [18] (0/32) || Arn 0/37 [20] ||
Raelgil 0/42 [14] (0/32) || Kaldra 0/47 [22] || Wolfy 0/42 [22] (0/18) ||
Dorian 0/66 [11] || Viola 0/45 [20] (0/22)
Tesarik One: Mistakes? IM me.
Tales0fBeauty: (amulet of teamwork in play +6 damage, saves, and spell DCs)
Tesarik One: Ok!
Tesarik One: Very few know that Maria is part of another organization beyond
her own, she is a Blackfeather. Usually her tattoos are hidden that mark her
as part of that group. But it does allow her to come into quite a bit of
information, and
Tesarik One: items, and she can get just about anything from anywhere in the
world in 24 hours time (for a high price of course). An ancient book came
into her hands in recent days, and a
Tesarik One: very old, partial piece of parchment was found sandwiched into
the book's cover on the inside page. It was written in Ancient, as well as
had some Primordial Markings on it, some Eirchaic and some Runin. So she
knows it's ancient or
Tesarik One: about something ancient. A previously undiscovered ruin of a
temple to the Six Primal Deities, a very rare find! A call was sent out for
some adventurers who were interested in possibly being the first people into
the ruined temple
Tesarik One: in ages! (Begin RP)
Tales0fBeauty: Raelgil would show up dawned in her full paladin amour and
weapons and shield in their poper places, along with the crest of a Knight of
the order of the silver flame. Kaldra was following right behind her wearing
his collar and
Mighty Gar thog: ~ ok Arn was just in the inn, geyying a free drink as a
member, since he might have gone once with the Heart. So, he was willing to
go on this insane quest. He spoke up~ Where is this temple located?
Tales0fBeauty: mithral weave amour that she just got made for him! She would
seemingly be the first to arrive responding to the call that was sent out,
and she would eagerly await others to come as well. (D)
psionic wanderer: Oh good, all those old languages! Well he could read a
couple of them anyway, and if he used a bit of his psionic capability he'd be
able to read...just about any of 'em. He didn't really feel much like going
out, but well..these
psionic wanderer: people would need someone who knew what they were looking
at, now wouldn't they? So he told Maria he'd go, to act as an interpreter if
nothing else.
Howling Ember: -Well, time to dust off those parts and get out for a night
of fun and excitement raiding ancient people's stuff! Those gears whirred
some as he stretched his human parts out a bit and kept a bit quiet for the
moment, simply joining
SwordOfAtrophy: New hidden dangers that could kill someone just for being
curious? Of course the boy would be there, lounging lazily at a table,
listening intently to the beautiful Maria give them all the run down. "Primal
Dieties? Like savage
RageofNocturne: :: While behind her Vilkas stepped with shield on his left
forearm and hammer hanging at his right hip for when he needed to retrieve it
while two swords were upon his back now. His armor gleaming in the light from
the front while t
Howling Ember: the others and making sure he was all ready- -d
SwordOfAtrophy: primal or just the basic forms of nature primal?"
psionic wanderer: (brb)
abenedictionhymn: Viola showed up when the call went out, quite hyper and
ready for a mission and exploring an old temple did sound like it would be
adventurous, perhaps dangerous, but definitely something that she could spend
her time doing. She was a follower of one of the Primal Gods as it was,
Dannui, so to find
RageofNocturne: he back was covered in his mantle, braid in his hair and
goggles pulled down over his eyes already as he looked to Raelgil and smiled
to her-D-
abenedictionhymn: a temple dedicated to her..well with the others...was
exciting. "I'm here!"
abenedictionhymn: (is that better?)
Mighty Gar thog: (yes ty)
Tesarik One: (I'm trying to send you all a map but it's not going through.
Lemme try again.)
Mighty Gar thog: (~tilted screen too~)
Tales0fBeauty: She would return the smile to vilkas for it was a was a
warrented smile and she would greet each one that joined with a firm nod and
being sure to hold their gaze for a repectful amount of time as each one
showed up. (D)
Tesarik One: "Primal as far as Braman, Kanesh, Diti, Ahalya, Dannui and
Zumyan. A temple dedicated to them. And it took me a few days to look up all
the old landmark and town names, but I've figured out - with scholarly help -
that it is in
RageofNocturne: :: He smiled to her and looked over the others then right
back to Raelgil an Kaldra-- Ahh so this is the armor you spoke of
receiving...--he said and smirked to her-D-
psionic wanderer: "You question the word primal, but not that they were
deities in the first place?" Said with a glance to Ellis. "Probably a lot of
rot, really, but people worship silly things." He stretched out a little,
then moved a gloved hand up
psionic wanderer: to cover a yawn. He looked back to Maria to let her take
over the explanation. Not that he'd given one, really.
Tesarik One: the Kierl Heights. Which is in itself dangerous due to the
amount of kierl raiders there. But, with all hopes, I'm going to have you
teleported very close to the ruins. If you can't find them, the portal will
remain open and you
SwordOfAtrophy: "I trust that if they are what she tells me honestly, I just
wanted clarification." Question Maria? Never. Though the fact that it was a
temple dedicated, at least in part, to Ahalya had his attention moreso.
Tesarik One: come back and we'll try again. It is in the vicinity of the
Sunreach Monastery, itself quite hidden in the mountains there. In fact, I
could be wrong but I believe those monks there might know more than they are
saying, or at least
Tesarik One: have heard legends."
Tales0fBeauty: She looked to him and gave a firm nod "yes, he is battle
ready now." her long pointed ears would twitch a bit on either side of her
head as she would listen to what maria was saying. (D)
Tesarik One: The Port Union mage nodded to Maria, and a portal opened. It
was dark on the other side, and a cool breeze issued out of the portal. "Be
careful, as always. Explore, find out what it's all about, see if there's
anything there worth
Tesarik One: bringing home, and secure it before you leave."
psionic wanderer: He eyed the portal and wrinkled his nose a bit at the cool
breeze coming out of it. He'd been quite comfortable being lazy and sitting
in the inne! He closed his eyes a moment to give himself a little buffer
against the elements,
psionic wanderer: whether they were severe or not. (Spell: Ignore
Conditions)
abenedictionhymn: "This is so exciting I can hardly contain myself!" She
spun on her soft shoes, at least she was wearing shoes tonight, and headed
right into the portal behind Dorian.
psionic wanderer: He didn't head through yet! He couldn't head through
without his hug and smooch to Maria.
abenedictionhymn: Well she went through first!
Howling Ember: -A slight rub around his missing eye and he would pull out a
rather large cigar because he needed more smoke in his robot life, he kind of
missed his sparking smoking limbs since he got the shiny new ones. Using a
spark from his
Tesarik One: Maria hugged Dorian tightly, gave him a smooch and whispered in
his ear then gave him a swat to the ass, "Off you go!"
Tales0fBeauty: She would give a firm nod to maria and there was a hidden
smile in her silvery eyes not reflected on her face as she would look to
everyone and give them a nod as well and then stepped on through the portal,
Kaldra would naturally
Tales0fBeauty: would follow behind her!
SwordOfAtrophy: He imagined that in the mountains the snow boots would serve
better than his new swampy boots, so he chose those, at least he'd be
comfortable. As usual, he bowed to Maria with that silly grin. "Back before
you know it, darlin. Keep
Howling Ember: metal hand he lit the thing and puffed on it as he wrapped
his coat around him and made for portal, it was a good day to get dismantled
by a primal god- -d-
SwordOfAtrophy: the fire on." Then he was through the portal and off to only
Gods knew where!
psionic wanderer: He grunted at the swat and nodded a bit, whispered back,
then headed on through the portal.
Mighty Gar thog: ~He waited until the paladins went through, then followed,
bow in hand, wearing his winter gear, as he was ready for anything~
Tesarik One: She grinned, and gave a little wiggle of her fingers to them
all as they passed through. On the other side of the portal they'd find
themselves in a rocky tunnel sloping upwards. The air was thinner than in
Navahla and it was
Tesarik One: colder, with a breeze blowing on them from in front. The tunnel
was about 10 feet high, and six feet wide.
RageofNocturne: :: Vilks nodded and made his way through the portal and to
the otherside and once on the otherside he looked around his shield held in
hand and his warhammer lifted from its place on his hip-D-
psionic wanderer: He yawned again once he stepped through the portal and
stared at the rock a moment, frowning. "Just so you all are aware, I'm here
mostly as an interpreter. Do try not to run into a bunch of monsters that you
can not handle on your
psionic wanderer: own, please."
abenedictionhymn: She tightened her azure blue spidersilk coat around her,
buttoning it up the front, then began to wind her handwraps around her hands
just in case as one never knew what they'd face in some ancient ruin.
Tales0fBeauty: She would feel that cold breeze and her eyes sparkled with
amuesment she lived in this sorta stuff so it didn't bother her much and she
would look at the tunnel and she would look to dorian hearing his words and
gave him a firm nod
Tales0fBeauty: as she looked around to see what all was in the tunnel. (D)
Tesarik One: Rocks.
Tesarik One: How are you all seeing in the darkness?
abenedictionhymn: (Darksight)
SwordOfAtrophy: "Yes, we'll tell all the things trying to murder us to line
up single file so we can handle it without worrying you at all." He would
have taken point, had he been able to see more than 3 inches in front of his
face.
Howling Ember: (Eyes of the Dragon (Darkvision 120 ft, blindsense 60ft, 4x
Lowlight, 2x normal light)
abenedictionhymn: "Can everyone see? I have a moonglobe flashlight that I'm
not using." She glanced to Ellis, to see if he was set. She figured everyone
else was.
Tales0fBeauty: She would embue her blade with the brillance of light as she
said a prayer to her goddess and would draw her blade and use it to help her
see. (Spell Brillant Radiance-adds Brilliance/light damage to weapon) (D)
psionic wanderer: Well this would not do. "Yes, that would be lovely." He
got his eyes working better. (Spell: Alter Vision, low-light chosen.) "Please
do, and if anyone needs a bit of help I can tinker with your eyes to make a
bit of light bright as
psionic wanderer: day."
abenedictionhymn: Hopefully it wasn't too brilliant or it would screw up
everyone else's darksight! She stayed near the front, putting those with
actual lights behind her.
RageofNocturne: :: He narrowed his eyes but was unable to see much of
anything in the darkness then he looked to the glowing sword and stepped over
to Raelgil-- Look like you will need to guide me.-D-
abenedictionhymn: She dug in her pack and pulled out the moonglobe
flashlight and passed it over to Dorian. And she still had a lantern and oil
because this monk came prepared!
Mighty Gar thog: I need light. ~does not take his candles out and tider box~
abenedictionhymn: "Why in heaven's name would you come to an ancient buried
ruin and not bring anything to make light?" She tsked to Arn, that wasn't
prepared! Made her feel nervous.
psionic wanderer: He turned the light on and set it above his shoulder,
holding it in place with a bit of telekinesis. "Does anyone want their eyes
tinkered with or does this and the sword provide enough?"
Tales0fBeauty: She would look back to vilkas and gave him a firm nod and she
would be sure to walk in such a way that her light was enough for both of
them to see, and kaldra as well, though he was fox so she was sure he could
possible see a bit
abenedictionhymn: "I've a lantern, would you like to borrow it?" Said to
Arn, or Ellis still.
Tales0fBeauty: better then she could on his own. (D)
SwordOfAtrophy: He'd just stay close to someone with light, and armor. "I
think we'll be ok, too much light and we might attract un-needed attention."
Mighty Gar thog: I'll take the lantrern. I only havre candles, and this
breeze...
abenedictionhymn: She handed the lantern to him, it had a big hook on it to
hook to one's belt if hands were needed. Since she could see in the dark she
decided to squeeze her way to the very back so she could watch behind them as
they moved.
psionic wanderer: He let out a small sigh and rubbed at the bridge of his
nose a bit. Ellis had brought up a good point, after all, only to be
completely disregarded, when he was offering a solution! "At any rate, let's
get moving, this place is not
psionic wanderer: particularly pleasant."
Tesarik One: Upwards they'd need to go in the dark, small tunnel with rock
on all four sides of them. The floor of the tunnel was rocky and uneven.
Tesarik One: (Roll Spot)
Mighty Gar thog: ~Though he did not tell Dorian, he hated the idea of magic
being used on him, spells were just bad!~
OnlineHost: psionic wanderer rolled 1 20-sided die: 7
OnlineHost: abenedictionhymn rolled 1 20-sided die: 4
OnlineHost: SwordOfAtrophy rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
OnlineHost: RageofNocturne rolled 1 20-sided die: 14
abenedictionhymn: 7
psionic wanderer: (+5 perception, +5 psion bonus = 17) He never said he'd
use magic, nor would he!
abenedictionhymn: She was too busy watching their backs to pay attention to
the tunnel! Yep, that's it.
RageofNocturne: +9= 23)
SwordOfAtrophy: (+5 Alert, +3 bonus alert from Ioun Stone, +1 per = 21)
OnlineHost: Tales0fBeauty rolled 1 20-sided die: 2
Tales0fBeauty: +5=7)
OnlineHost: Mighty Gar thog rolled 1 20-sided die: 16
Mighty Gar thog: (26)
Tales0fBeauty: Yeah she apparently was too busy helping others see to notice
anything else! (D)
Mighty Gar thog: ~The brooch he wore had a pale red light emanating from
them~
Mighty Gar thog: (them - the eyes of the brooch's face)
Tesarik One: 16+ are able to tell that what you are walking on used to be
steps. Very old, cut right into the rock itself but over time, weather, rain,
snow perhaps the stairs had worn down and now were just uneven flooring in
most places.
Mighty Gar thog: Hmm. These stairs are old. Hope water did not wear em down.
Tesarik One: You walk on that slight incline up the ancient steps for about
15 minutes before it opens up and you can see why the wind blows down the
tunnel. You are now between two very high cliff walls and the way the wind
blows gets caught in
Tesarik One: between the rocks and blows down it. The way is now flat, and
there is rubble but also sand on the pathway between the cliff walls. It is
much wider now as well. (Imagine something like hiking to Petra but high in
the mountains)
Tesarik One:
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RageofNocturne: :: Watch your step everyone....the floor is uneven...looks
like they use to be steps...-he said and looked up once more his hand on
Raelgil's shoulder as he walked with her-D-
psionic wanderer: "What in the world would matter what wore them down?
They're already worn down, after all, it's not like it makes any difference
whether it was water or people walking on them." And then out they were, in
between some cliffs! He
psionic wanderer: scowled once again and looked up at them a moment. "If we
have to climb, you'll just have to read on your own. I haven't got the hands
for it."
Mighty Gar thog: If it was water, water could wash us down the slope.
Tesarik One: This path meandered, sometimes turning almost back on itself.
It was very close at the top, which is why it was probably difficult for
flying creatures to even know there was an old path down there. In some
places, ruined stairs go
Tales0fBeauty: She would hear vilkas' words and she would nod as she felt
his hand on her shoulder she reached up and put her hand on his "arlight i
will be careful" with a thought she told kaldra the same thing as she could
speak to him through
SwordOfAtrophy: "Water, if the cause, can still be present, and in the dark
nigh impossible to see, so makes footing trecherous. But doesn't seem to be
an issue." Not for him anyway, he was ridiculously sure footed.
Tesarik One: up to areas in the rocks that are no longer there.
Tesarik One:
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Here's another visual.
Tales0fBeauty: her braclet that connected her to him (bestfriend
collar-enchated to be braclet) as she walked along he followed right beside
her. (D)
psionic wanderer: "Water could wash you down the slope. And I'd be certain
to send someone competent to find your corpses. Assuming I remembered to by
the time I got home. Hmm."
SwordOfAtrophy: "You're all heart, aren't you..."
abenedictionhymn: She did not want to go tumbling back down that pathway in
water, bumping and grinding against those walls and uneven floors, who knows
how much further down they went! She stayed behind though, and moved out onto
the sandy floor when they arrived out of the tunnel.
abenedictionhymn: She stayed quiet for now, keeping her eyes peeled but also
enjoying the sight of the ruins as they approached. "I wonder if this used to
be a city of some sort."
Mighty Gar thog: (statues too?)
Tesarik One: No, just steps going to nowhere here and there.
Tesarik One: Like in the picture I sent.
SwordOfAtrophy: "Definitely looks like it used to be much bigger, and well
hidden from those who didn't know where to look. I'd imagine once it was a
spot for pilgrims and such."
Howling Ember: -A deep drag from his cigar and he glanced about with that
good eye, hmm. Nothing seemed too dangerous just yet but he would pull his
coat back just enough to have his guns at the ready should something spooky
and scary leap out and
Tesarik One: It was a long walk through the meandering area. In some places
it was very open at the bottom where they walked, and in some places smaller.
As they turn a curve though... they spot ahead of them a magnificent edifice
carved right
Tesarik One: into the cliff wall!
Howling Ember: attack them- -d-
Tesarik One:
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Final Visual!
psionic wanderer: "No, although I am just enough heart to get by. Not much
reason to be concerned with the fate of a bunch of strangers, now is there?"
Walking walking walking! And when they rounded that curve and the edifice was
spotted, he eyed it
RageofNocturne: :: Im sure i saw something in one of my bad dreams in the
past of white gorillas jumping out of places like these and killing people.
--he said as he looked over the treasury-D-
psionic wanderer: a moment. "Hm. Well, there is certainly something."
Tales0fBeauty: As they kept on walking she would eventually see the edifice
craved into the cliff wall and she would look to her fellow adventurers "I
wonder if that is the temple we are looking for?" her silvery eyes held a
hint of curiosity in
Tales0fBeauty: them. Her eyes sparkled with amuesment hearing vilkas' words,
she looked to dorian and gave him a firm nod to his response to what they
were seeing. (D)
Mighty Gar thog: Only way to know is to enter and explore it ~he was looking
at the path, and way up high now~
Tesarik One: It definitely had the look of a temple. It had pillars carved
into it, and while it was very decorative there was only one entrance, as all
the other windows and doors were false.
SwordOfAtrophy: "Considering that we all work for the same company, and here
for the same thing, I'd say it's a little more reason than you think." He'd
sigh, and focus on something else. Vilkas's comment about gorillas got his
attention, and he
SwordOfAtrophy: started scanning the area above them, because valleys were
perfect spots for ambushes.
Mighty Gar thog: Hey tanslator? can you be our light bearer too? ~he said to
Dorian~
abenedictionhymn: "It's... it's just beautiful. I could just stand here and
look at it. Look at that carving, right into the side of the rock. That had
to be difficult! The ancients were so creative!" She moved around towards
Wolfy's side and gave him a grin, then looked at the building again.
psionic wanderer: "I don't work for Maria. Considering the nature of my
relationship with her, that would be more than a little inappropriate." He
turned towards the one asking him to be a light bearer and stared a moment.
"Can you not see the blonde
RageofNocturne: :: Hmm... it could be...however....that just seemed too easy
to locate...--he said keeping a hand on Raelgil's shoulder then stepped
around her and looked at that entranceway and tilted his head a bit towards
it-D-
psionic wanderer: girl's flashlight hovering over my shoulder?" It still
was, though it wasn't as steady as he would've liked..it'd still be providing
a good bit of light!
Tales0fBeauty: She would see all the doors and windows and she would say a
prayer to her goddess to see if she could get any guidance on which one would
lead them where they wanted to go. (Divine Delving)
Mighty Gar thog: more light is better, to see in the corners. ~he still held
the lantern, the bow in his other hand~!
Tesarik One: It was only easy because Maria and a whole score of researchers
had done much work so that they'd actually teleport them as close as they
could get! No one had found this place in ages, so Maria thought, they'd
Tesarik One: be the first. For all the knew, the entrance to the stairs was
covered by fallen rocks and no one even knew it existed.
Howling Ember: -Well he finally had to become a bit more social as one of
his group members came right on up around him and gave him that grin, he
thought he was doing a pretty good job of being a brooding loner robot today
but it seemed he would
psionic wanderer: "I'm not carrying the lantern that you chose to take, hook
it to your belt. That's what the hook is for. You must be a Zorcan." He
looked back back to the temple and stared at it a moment, thinking a bit,
head tilted a little. "Hm."
Howling Ember: have to pull that cigar out and speak with a puff of smoke-
Yeah, pretty neat stuff.. try not to stare too long or you eyes will cross.
-d-
Tesarik One: All the doors and windows were false. There was only one way
in, through the main middle doors.
SwordOfAtrophy: If he wasn't using his eyes, he would have facepalmed. Well,
he'd put the man on ignore for now then. Ellis wasn't going to get into a
debate with someone who clearly held them all with some sort of egomaniacal
disdain. "Doesn't
abenedictionhymn: She squinted her eyes and then tried to cross them, then
had a little giggle. "That would be just awful! What's your name? I'm Viola."
Tales0fBeauty: She would look to them all and noded as she looked to the
middle door "We should test for a trap maybe?" it was just a suggestion only
made sense that it was a possiblity.
SwordOfAtrophy: look like anyone's around. Who wants to be the brave one and
try the door?"
Mighty Gar thog: Most here, half, are Zorcans. If you are going to be of
aid, thought you could carry a lantern in one hand, since you don't look well
armed.
Tesarik One: Weren't they lucky? The facade did not have a door. Just an
opening for a doorway up the steps.
Tesarik One: Goooooo in unless yer too skeerrred!
psionic wanderer: "I'm better armed than you are. And I'm already operating
one light. Thaw out your damned brain." He headed on through the opening
then! He didn't mind going first.
RageofNocturne: :: Traps...ahh yes traps.. --he said and stepped forward to
have a look around at the doorway for any traps located around it-D- (Rogue
Boot +5 spot to traps and devices on floor 10 feet around )
OnlineHost: RageofNocturne rolled 1 20-sided die: 20
Tesarik One: No traps.
SwordOfAtrophy: (the dm is taunting us, I don't feel safe_
Tesarik One: (Did you all get the map I emailed you?)
psionic wanderer: (I did)
SwordOfAtrophy: (yar)
Mighty Gar thog: ~Figured the dumb translator could trigger all the traps
this eve~
Mighty Gar thog: (mm hmm)
Howling Ember: Captain Wolfgang Blitzkrieg. Don't get to far away from me
and I'll keep you safe through here. -He always seemed to end up on missions
where people bickered and lacked a lot of unity, it was a blessing to have
someone cheerful
RageofNocturne: :: He then shrugged a bit-- Seems safe enough there arent
any traps...--he said and then the paladin pushed his way inside one step
infront of the other shield held up still -D-
Howling Ember: along when he was in a crabby mood so Viola would get her
hair ruffled a bit as he let the others do their back and forth- -d-
Tesarik One: So, that double doorway is where you are walking in, there just
aren't any doors. You all can't tell if there was once doors or not, they
could have been wooden and have long rotted and gone.
Tales0fBeauty: She would look to vilkas and heard his words and waited for
his searching and when he would find there were no traps she would proceed
through the door and crossed the threshold while she held her shield up as
well, kaldra would be
Tales0fBeauty: right by her side. (D)
abenedictionhymn: Viola was tired of it too, she was a very cheerful woman
and liked to work together and sometimes she just wanted to tell everyone to
grow up! Good thing she couldn't read minds because they were just as bad or
worse there! "Alright! I have a few tricks up my blue sleeve though. I can
take care of myself sometimes!"
Tesarik One: You are now in [HASH]1.
psionic wanderer: Well Dorian had made it through just fine. He did wonder
why they were all so cautious, as if he wouldn't have warned them if he
stepped into a trap!
SwordOfAtrophy: He'd follow inside, stopping to take one last glance at the
outside to see if they were persued, didn't look like this time. "He is
right, this is all too easy..."
Tesarik One: It was quite dark inside, but as soon as the first foot stepped
onto the stone floor two pedestals carved from the stone itself came to life
on either side of the door. On one pedestal a tongue of
Howling Ember: I'm sure you can but what good is a Captain if he doesn't
take care of his crew eh? -It was bad enough he had gone so long without a
ship or proper crew, how could he really even call himself Captain
anymore..hell he wasn't even
Tesarik One: golden light rose to about 2 feet tall, on the other side a
tongue of darkness that the light could not pierce shot upwards at the same
height.
Howling Ember: trying to lead these days since his mutiny. Rubbing his neck
some he puffed that cigar and nodded- but I am sure you will be fine. -Since
they were on the move again he would go on with them and head through- -d-
psionic wanderer: Well! Pedestals moving, that was always a good sign. "It's
a temple, not an old trap-filled dungeon built to house a terrible
abomination. I'm not sure why it would be all that difficult. Finding it was
the tricky part, and that's
Tesarik One: Along the walls to the left and right are six niches, three on
each side. There are statues, or bits of statues in each niche though being
so close to the outside they are very well worn, and even broken.
Tesarik One: Can anyone read Ancient? Or Primordial?
psionic wanderer: been done for us." He was eyeing the pedestals, and then
the little niches. (Primordial)
Tales0fBeauty: (if someone can read it i can understand it if spoken outloud
with polylingual)
psionic wanderer: (Well and Ancient as well if I use the read language
spell.)
SwordOfAtrophy: "Leave any ruin alone long enough, and things just move
right in and make themselves at home. It's not the traps I'm worried about,
it's the horde of monsters that just might be around the next corner."
Howling Ember: (Wolfy reads Ancient)
Tesarik One: Under each niche and broken statue there is a few words carved
into the stone plaque in Ancient. So only those who can read Ancient will
know what they say:
Tesarik One: Left Side
psionic wanderer: "Pfft." He hand-waved that off. "So long as they are not
summons from some horrid dimension, I'm not concerned about them." He did
recognize Ancient, even if he couldn't read it by default..so he cast himself
a spell! (Read
psionic wanderer: Language: Ancient!)
Tesarik One: "Braman, King of Light" - Niche 1 nearest the pedestal with
golden light.
Tesarik One: "Diti, Rock of the World" Niche 2
Tesarik One: "Dannui, Maiden of the Seas" Niche 3
Tesarik One: Right Side
SwordOfAtrophy: "Thankfully, I'm concerned about more than just myself, so I
am."
Tesarik One: "Kanesh, Mistress of Shadows" - Niche 4 nearest the pedestal
with the darkness.
Tesarik One: "Ahalya, Queen of the Storm" Niche 5
Tesarik One: "Zumyan, Lord of Flame" - Niche 6
Tesarik One: There is also writing carved in small script upon each pedestal
but these are in Primordial.
Tesarik One: (I'll IM)
Tesarik One: The ceiling of the Chapel of Light and Shadows (the room they
are in) is arched like a big bowl, and it is painted to resemble the heavens,
with a huge sun in the middle. You can all tell by the way it glistens that
it is a pure
psionic wanderer: "I am always concerned about more than just myself.
Regular monsters pose no threat to Arith as a whole. That is my concern." He
moved in close to one of the pedestals to get a better look at the small
script after seeing that the
psionic wanderer: Ancient was largely uninteresting.
Tesarik One: gold disc set into the ceiling. The paint is chipping and worn
off in places but you can tell it was done by a master artisan painter. At
the front of the chapel there is an apse with an altar of stone upon a
Tesarik One: slightly higher area. There are carved prayers in the altar in
Ancient, they are the basic prayers everyone still uses in the temples in
your character's time.
Howling Ember: -It was easy enough to read the words in the niches so when
he spotted the one to Dannui on the left he broke from the pack and moved to
it, reaching into his pouch to pull free some coin and set it out for her as
he spoke low under
Tesarik One: As you can see in the map there is a passage to the left and
the right.
SwordOfAtrophy: "Oh sure, the whole realm is worth saving but the six people
behind you, you couldn't care less, right..." He recognized the fifth statue,
and headed that way.
Howling Ember: his breath just out of old habit when on the sea- Ahoy,
Dannui. We ask thee for an even keel, favorable heading, and a full manifest
on our journey.
Mighty Gar thog: Whats all the writing say, translator? ~he asked, since he
had no idea~
Howling Ember: Please see our fellows safely to harbor, and keep our vessel
seaworthy. May the swells of Dannui engulf our souls shoud we succumb at
sail. -Had to praise the maiden of the seas, or she might give him a bad
time. Once he was done
psionic wanderer: "Correct. Now hush, I'm trying to read." He was having
trouble focusing as it was already.
psionic wanderer: He moved over to the other pedestal then, the dark one, to
see what it had to tell him.
Howling Ember: with his little prayer he would step back towards the others
and actually start to show some interest in what they were exploring- -d-
RageofNocturne: :: He let the translator do his thing and stepped around the
room they were in and stepped towards the doorway heading to room 5 and
looked through the doorway-D-
abenedictionhymn: She could not read Ancient, nor Primordial so she just
followed along with the folks and hoped that someone might say what they saw
and read. She moved alongside Wolfy as he put the coin out, "What is that for
Wolfgang?" Oh and then he spoke and she heard the name of her goddess? She
lowered her head in respect while he said his prayer, and when he was done,
she whispered, "So let it be."
SwordOfAtrophy: He too, prayed at the statue before him. "Through wind and
rain, sleet and snow, watch us and guide our steps, so that we weather the
storm and come through stronger and without loss. Thanks, darlin."
Tales0fBeauty: She would look and see all the statues and she was familiar
with them all as a paladin she was aware of the primary gods in her land and
others but she was devoute to her goddess svol but she was respectful to
remain quite as the
Tales0fBeauty: others paid omage to their gods and goddess. (D)
Tesarik One: [HASH]5 The Antechamber
psionic wanderer: "Hm. Well this one seems to be prattling on about the
sun." Said with a gesture towards the light one. "I think. This other one has
to do with a bird. This is not the easiest language to translate, I'll think
on it while we continue
psionic wanderer: along."
SwordOfAtrophy: "Any hint on them being related in any way?"
Tesarik One: This oddly shaped room has four doors in it. There is the
locked door to [HASH]4. There is a very thick door into [HASH]6. There is an area
across the way that has six steps up and a door which has three locks on it,
and a door on the other
Tesarik One: side that seems to go beneath the raised area.
Mighty Gar thog: ~He sighed and shook his head, ready to go, but touched the
foot of statue 1~
Tesarik One: Did I miss anyone going the other direction?
Mighty Gar thog: (I don't think so)
Tesarik One: So for doors we'll call them Top ([HASH]6), Bottom (4), and Up and
Down in [HASH]7 area.
Tesarik One: Also, once you turn the corner you'll see shelves carved into
the wall and there are quite a few old tomes and rolled up parchments. They
look so delicate like they might fall apart if you touch them.
Mighty Gar thog: ~If he knows the ~door is locked, Arn will check for traps
on it
psionic wanderer: "Hm. Perhaps light and shadow, that seems to be more
thematic with the pedestals themselves. The light one says something
like...'I am the first that you saw, that greets you in the morning and goes
out in the end.' The second says
psionic wanderer: 'part of the bird that is not in the sky, it can swim in
the ocean and yet stay dry.' I believe that's a close translation, at any
rate."
SwordOfAtrophy: "Might the dark pedastal be referring to a reflection in the
ocean surface? I guess that could be 'part of a bird' flying overhead that is
in the ocean, but dry."
abenedictionhymn: She glanced in the other direction, but she knew it was
not a good idea to split up, especially in a place that was potentially
dangerous. So she scurried along behind the others towards the Room 5.
Mighty Gar thog: Sun beam and shadow. ~he said barely paying attention~
RageofNocturne: :: He heard the translator and blinked-- Greets you in the
morning and goes out in the end....well that's the sun....and the
second.....im not sure on that one....the moon perhaps...-D-
Tales0fBeauty: Her long pointed elven ears would twitch on either side of
her head as she heard and listened to everyone dorians words brought only
more questions then answers really, seemed they might be riddles of some sort
or something, though
SwordOfAtrophy: He could do little with a locked door, or any sort of
ancient parchment, mostly he figured. So he'd just mull over the puzzle and
let those with skills use them.
psionic wanderer: "The moon is not part of a bird. And a reflection ought
not to have a tongue of darkness rising out of its pedestal."
SwordOfAtrophy: "So, shadow then?"
Tales0fBeauty: seeing others head tward room 5 she would follow cause she
too felt it unwise to be splitting up in here safety in numbers right? Kaldra
would be right by her side as she did so. (D)
Mighty Gar thog: Shadow, I told you.
Tesarik One: Ok so pick a door, unless you're going to just stand in the
antechamber all night!
Mighty Gar thog: (No trap then?)
Mighty Gar thog: on locked door?)
Tesarik One: I didn't see anyone check for traps.
Tesarik One: Nor did I see anyone pick a door. No one said they were all
locked.
psionic wanderer: He eyed Arn and blinked. "What in the name of whichever of
these deities did you think I said? If you need help thawing your damned
brain out, I'd be happy to apply some heat to it." He shook his head, then
headed towards the bottom
psionic wanderer: door! Was it locked?
Mighty Gar thog: (auto detect)
Tesarik One: Yes. Door Bottom is locked.
psionic wanderer: "Does anyone feel like unlocking this fucking door or
shall I simply take it off its hinges?"
Mighty Gar thog: I'll unlock it.
Tesarik One: The only door with a trap is the one with the three locks on
it. "Up" door.
psionic wanderer: "Good, perhaps you'll actually be of some use, then. Have
at it." Said with a gesture to the door and he stepped out of the way.
Tales0fBeauty: She would look to dorian and her eyes sparkled with amuesment
as she watched arn and dorian interact with one another. (D)
Tesarik One: So what are you guys doing now? Kinda seem lost without stuff
to fight constantly, mwahahahahaha.
SwordOfAtrophy: He shrugged, walking over to the bookshelfs and giving them
a cursory examination with his eyes only to see what lies within.
Tales0fBeauty: waiting for arn to try to unlock the door!
Mighty Gar thog: ~he knelt down, took out his picks, nice and slow, and
sarted trying to open it~ Why not look at the shelves, but don't touch the
scrolls.
Tesarik One: Ellis, roll a Search.
OnlineHost: SwordOfAtrophy rolled 1 20-sided die: 15
SwordOfAtrophy: (16)
psionic wanderer: "Are they your scrolls?" He had a look around as well!
Tesarik One: You can tell that some of the books higher on the shelves are
much more resilient than the others. You might even be able to pull it down
and open it without it disintegrating.
OnlineHost: Mighty Gar thog rolled 1 20-sided die: 2
Mighty Gar thog: (17 lol)
Tesarik One: It does not unlock.
SwordOfAtrophy: He thought to ask the one mage type guy if that was a good
idea, but he seemed to be growing more irritated as time passes, so he just
said to hell with it and reached for a book on the top shelf, or at least as
high as his little
SwordOfAtrophy: body could reach.
Mighty Gar thog: (Can I try again?)
Tales0fBeauty: While arn was seeing if he could unlock the door she would
see ellis looking at the scrolls and what not and she would go over there and
looked to see what she could see if anything of signifigance. (D)
OnlineHost: psionic wanderer rolled 1 20-sided die: 10
Tesarik One: No, you need to move on. Someone else can try.
psionic wanderer: (+5 perception, +5 investigator = 20 search)
Mighty Gar thog: Ellis? Come try this lock, will you?
Tesarik One: You can tell the same as Ellis, some of the books near the top
are in better condition.
Tesarik One: Ellis you pull an old tome off the shelf. Roll 1d5.
psionic wanderer: Well, as much as he disliked books, he'd still reach up
with a bit of telekinesis to try and get one down carefully.
OnlineHost: SwordOfAtrophy rolled 1 5-sided die: 3
Howling Ember: -Well there was always one point where Wolfgang just went and
did something reckless and stupid. He had a choice here, try to kick in the
locked door they failed to unlock or go for shiny door number two with the
three locks on it.
OnlineHost: psionic wanderer rolled 1 2-sided die: 1
Tesarik One: Your book is written in Ancient. It is called the Herbarium
Medicus.
psionic wanderer: And he didn't accidentally fling it across the room, so
that was good.
Tesarik One: Roll a 1d4 for the book, Dorian.
OnlineHost: psionic wanderer rolled 1 4-sided die: 4
Mighty Gar thog: (ooo good book!)
RageofNocturne: :: He looked over the doors then looked around as he wasn't
very good at picking locks he stepped around the room and then looked to
Raelgil and stepped around searching over the books and such-D-
psionic wanderer: Once he brought it down, he had it open to a random page
to see what he had procured.
Tesarik One: You find a parchment rolled up and covered in magical runes.
Howling Ember: Choices choices.. what would he do? Well Wolfgang made his
way to the door with the three locks on it to see if he could get it
open.What a rebel- -d-
psionic wanderer: Oh well it was a rolled up parchment! So he didn't have it
open up. He would study the runes a bit instead.
SwordOfAtrophy: "Herbarium... Medicus... Well, I can't read this, but I'd
imagine you could, should I hold onto it or put it back?" His attention
diverted a quick second to Arn. "I.. have no skill at picking locks I'm
afraid, I'd probably break
Tesarik One: Wolfy, try lock [HASH]1.
SwordOfAtrophy: your tools just trying."
Tesarik One: (If you do anything during this time that I don't mention IM
me. A lot is going on. Such as putting a book back. Or trying a door. Not all
are locked after all)
Mighty Gar thog: Ik. And it sounds like herbs for medicine, to me.
OnlineHost: Howling Ember rolled 1 20-sided die: 5
Mighty Gar thog: *ok
psionic wanderer: Regardless of what he may or may not discover, he tucked
the parchment into his satchel, then moved on over to the door. "Perhaps if
you were focusing more on the damned lock than the scrolls, you may have been
able to open it
Howling Ember: (+16 = 21)
Tesarik One: Vilkas, and anyone else, there are 3 books left that look like
they will take touching. You've seen two others take books from the top
shelves, you may take one too.
Tesarik One: Lock 1 opens. No trap on this one.
Mighty Gar thog: I did not play with any boopks. ~but now, just to defy
Dorian, he did~
Tales0fBeauty: She would reach and took a book that looked interesting and
looked it over to see what it was.
psionic wanderer: yourself, Zorcan." he glanced to Ellis then. "Do what you
like with the book. If you don't want to leave it here, I can put it in my
library." He examined the door then, to see if he might be able to smash it
open, as suggested.
RageofNocturne: :: And seeing the books he reached up to pull one down from
the shelf-D-
Tesarik One: 1d3 Vilkas
psionic wanderer: "You were thinking about them instead of what you were
doing, and you clearly can't have two thoughts at a time."
OnlineHost: RageofNocturne rolled 1 3-sided die: 3
Howling Ember: -Well he got lock one open and no one yelled at him so he
would skip lock two and go to lock three because he wanted to do it out of
order like a rebel-
OnlineHost: Howling Ember rolled 1 20-sided die: 16
Tesarik One: Your book is written in Ancient as well, it is a Heritage Book.
Howling Ember: (32 on Lock 3)
Tesarik One: Raelgil, 1d2
Mighty Gar thog: (took a book, last post)
SwordOfAtrophy: He held the book for Dorian to take. "Not going to do me any
good, though any knowledge of herbs and or medicines would probably be better
use to you than a library nobody goes to."
OnlineHost: Tales0fBeauty rolled 1 2-sided die: 1
Tesarik One: Raelgil your book is written in an old form of Planar Common,
if you know Planar Common you can make it out. Kinda like reading Olde
English.
psionic wanderer: He glanced over and grabbed the book with a good
telekinetic tug, bringing it over and tucking it into his satchel. "I may
have it translated into common, if there is anything worthwhile in it."
Tesarik One: And, the last book is a small book bound in hammered silver,
when you open it Arn, you recognize the continents of Arith.
Tales0fBeauty: She looked to her book and then looked to dorian "can you
read what it says in this book?"
Tesarik One: It is written in Ancient. The Tome of World Memory.
Tesarik One: Did you skip lock 2 on purpose wolfy?
psionic wanderer: He moved over towards Raelgil and had a look at the book,
then shook his head. "Not at the moment. When I am done reading Ancient, I
should be able to piece it together, but that will be tomorrow night. I
believe that half-orc bard
Howling Ember: (Yeah)
psionic wanderer: knows how to read it, however, as interested in the Planes
as he seems to be."
RageofNocturne: ::He looked at the book then looked over to Dorian-- Are you
able to translate this for me. --he asked and held the book out to him-D-
Tesarik One: Ok. Lock 3 clicks open, but there is also the sound of
something very hard slamming down behind the door.
Tesarik One: Lock 2 remains.
Tales0fBeauty: She would nod to him and placed the book in her bag of
holding to have it checked by the orc if they ever made it out of here. She
then looked to the door they couldn't unlock "I think i will try to break it
down with my sheild!"
Tesarik One: Now those who did NOT get books, you may roll a search to see
if there is anything else interesting on the shelves.
Howling Ember: Oh that sounded bad. Well, time to try the last lock and hope
for the best! -tinker tinker at lock 2. He spoke Planar common, it was the
language of his people! He was busy with locks though- -d-
OnlineHost: Howling Ember rolled 1 20-sided die: 11
Howling Ember: (27)
Mighty Gar thog: ~he places his boolk in his backpack. If it seems too
fragile to be carried, he willwrap it in hids cloak, the furred cloak he
wears~
Tales0fBeauty: and that is exactly what she tried to do as she backed away
from the door a good distance and then ran at with her shield to try to break
it down. (D)
abenedictionhymn: She was glancing around the bookshelves, but careful of
all the old books!
OnlineHost: abenedictionhymn rolled 1 20-sided die: 17
RageofNocturne: :: You try your shield....ill try my hammer. --he said and
nodded to her -D-
OnlineHost: Tales0fBeauty rolled 1 20-sided die: 6
abenedictionhymn: +8 = 25
SwordOfAtrophy: Distracted by a sound, that... sounded awful. Nobody
appeared to be any worse for wear at the time. "You only live once..
right..." He stepped to the side of the door, Wolfgang was attempting to
open, just in case.
psionic wanderer: "Well..that will work." He was going to try a bit more
focused telekinesis, so as not to risk breaking anything BUT the door, but if
they wanted to defile the temple, well..that was on them. He looked over to
Ellis and snickered.
psionic wanderer: "Not all of us."
Tesarik One: Well it was a stone door, if they want to beat the shit out of
it to break it down, then they can. STR35.
Tesarik One: DC35 I mean
Tesarik One: Lock 2 opened.
Tesarik One: The door could now be opened at the top of the six small
stairs!
Howling Ember: Well, let's hope I did not unleash an ancient evil or set off
the end of the world trap. -Puffing that cigar he moved to open the door and
brace himself for the winter that was coming- -d-
Tesarik One: Viola, you find a dusty old box and inside of it is what looks
to be an ancient compass engraved with sun, stars and moon.
Tales0fBeauty: + 5 athletics, +10 str, +5 admantium sheild =26)
RageofNocturne: :: Well since Raelgil was bashing with her shield he looked
to Dorian still holding the book that was written in Ancient out to him-D-
Tesarik One: You crack the stone door, but it does not fall apart.
psionic wanderer: Oh he was offered another book? He'd missed that. Well he
took Vilkas's book as well, and into the satchel it went.
Tales0fBeauty: (can i try again?)
abenedictionhymn: She saw Wolfy trying to get into that door so she kept on
looking around the shelves for now. (searching for something for wolfy)
Tesarik One: No but someone else can.
psionic wanderer: "Oh. Sorry." He retrieved it, then had a look. "Did you
want it translated in paper form or do you just want to know what it is?"
Tesarik One: DC30 now that you've broken it some.
RageofNocturne: :: He nodded to Dorian-- It will be appreciated for it to be
translated and returned at your convinience. -D-
OnlineHost: abenedictionhymn rolled 1 20-sided die: 20
abenedictionhymn: +8 = 28!
Tales0fBeauty: She looked to vilkas and noded to him "go ahead and try your
hammer" (D)
psionic wanderer: "Very well." That actually made perfect sense! Into the
satchel it went. He certainly wouldn't be translating it himself, but he knew
someone who enjoyed that sort of thing. (brb)
Howling Ember: Stop busting doors I can pick locks!
Tesarik One: Viola found a rod made of rough cut glass. Seemed interesting.
Mighty Gar thog: So can I.
Tesarik One: As Wolfy opened up the door.... he'd find a solid stone wall.
The trap was a wall of stone that blocked entrance. Not just a wall of stone,
it was engraved with arcane wardings.
SwordOfAtrophy: "Thankfully that didn't come down on you...."
RageofNocturne: :: He looked over to the door and Raelgil and lifted his
hammer-- Uh... alright if you insist darling. --he said and rushed the door
and lifted the hammer giving it a mighty swing at the door but stopped
hearing the other one and bl
Howling Ember: Well, whatever was on the other side of this door, they did
not want us getting to. Must be where they did all the human sacrificing and
what not.. -He was joking, primal gods didn't do that! No way!- -d-
Tesarik One: And in Ancient was carved into it, "Stop you who wish to enter
the most holy adytum!" (If anyone has Knowledge (Religion) you can roll for
that)
RageofNocturne: inked-D-
Mighty Gar thog: Translator? try those ~he said, as he looked at that stone
wall~
Tales0fBeauty: (does breadth of experience count?)
Tesarik One: If it allows you to roll any knowledge.
Howling Ember: (It allows you... Yeah ^_^)
abenedictionhymn: (Voracious reader, can roll any knowledge)
OnlineHost: abenedictionhymn rolled 1 20-sided die: 11
abenedictionhymn: +11 = 22
Tales0fBeauty: She would look to where wolfy was and saw the arcane
writtings on the stone wall and did her best to see if she could deciper
anything or knew anything about them in all her life experience. (D)
abenedictionhymn: Well if someone read out the ancient to her in common
she'd know what it was! for now though, she glanced around ,and then went to
try the door that seemed to go under the one that wolfy opened.
OnlineHost: Tales0fBeauty rolled 1 20-sided die: 13
Howling Ember: It says... Stop you who wish to enter the most holy adytum..
so yeah I guess they don't want us in there.
Tales0fBeauty: +5 breadth of experince, +3 INT= 21)
Tesarik One: It is the meaning of the Ancient on it that you are trying to
figure out what it means or what the place is.
Tesarik One: Well now that it's been read, Viola and Raelgil know what it
means. (IM incoming)
Howling Ember: ((Wolfy read it out loud cause he can read ancient like a
boss))
Tesarik One: The door that Viola tried was unlocked, and had no traps. It
was steps down into a storage area beneath the adytum.
Tales0fBeauty: It says "only preists and oracles are allowed in their to
pray, it is a holy of holy places" she would ponder that for a moment, she
was a holy paladin, but she was not a priest or an oracle. (D)
SwordOfAtrophy: "Maybe there's a way to bypass it somewhere, or that other
room that led the other way might also have a door."
psionic wanderer: They had someone who could translate ancient? Oh, good.
He'd stick to trnaslating primordial then. Maybe. (running back and forth)
Tesarik One: There were all sorts of golden objects, silver objects, bowls
and statues, various pieces for the altar like candelabras and the like.
RageofNocturne: :: He looked to the wall then to Raelgil-- We cannot enter
there darling. It would be a transgression through and through. --he said and
then looked to the door Viola had unlocked and stepped over looking down and
blinked-- This see
abenedictionhymn: "Holy.... literally... shit!" She grabbed a few of the
items and stepped back out, "It's a closet of all the priest stuff."
Tales0fBeauty: She looked to him and noded "i agree my love" (D)
RageofNocturne: ms to go downstairs...im going to take a look.-D-
Howling Ember: Well while it would be nice to see the inside, we best
respect their wishes. -He patted the stone wall and bowed his head, being a
little bit respectful as he shut that door- Thank you for warning us over
killing us ancient tomb. Ah
Tesarik One: It just went into a small closet stacked with altar equipment,
candlesticks, statues, etc.
Howling Ember: well, was worth a shot. -He could levitate now so those boots
would glow some as he hopped off and lowered himself down towards the others-
Everyone calls each other darling, love, translator.. do none of us have
names? No wonder we
Howling Ember: always bicker. -d-
Mighty Gar thog: ~He would grab two candle sticks, take out one of his
candles, see if it fit, then put them in his pack~
abenedictionhymn: "We should leave these for now... take a few to show
Maria. She said to secure the place so we can always come back for it. It's
going to be very heavy."
Tesarik One: It's a solid gold candlestick it's very heavy! But the candle
fit.
Howling Ember: -He moved over to the door they were trying to bust open and
that mechanical engineer pirate went to getting into it the easy way, if he
could-
SwordOfAtrophy: "Not sure how keen the temple would be on us stealing all
their stuff. And hey, I only call a select few darlin. You aren't one of them
Captain, sorry."
OnlineHost: Howling Ember rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
Howling Ember: (19)
Tesarik One: That room was simply not meant to be explored on this
excursion.
Mighty Gar thog: Y'know... there must be a way here, to lift that block.
They would not have an unliftable stone block their way, if a thief set it
off.
psionic wanderer: "I don't think the temple cares, it's a building." Hm.
Seemed that stubborn door was not opened yet again!
RageofNocturne: :: Well that went nowhere fast...--he said and nodded then
looked to the others then looked to the doorway leading to Room 6 and
motioned with his head-- Lets keep moving....we still have a lot to see in
this place. --he said and pre
Howling Ember: You could call me darling if you wanted to, I wouldn't cry
about it.
RageofNocturne: ssed onward for the doorway and would head through it-D-
SwordOfAtrophy: "I'm just not that into you."
Howling Ember: A few ales in ya will fix that.
SwordOfAtrophy: "Drinks and I don't get along."
Tesarik One: Hold a moment there quickstep! That door is unlocked, but there
are steps going down. Roll Spot Vilkas.
psionic wanderer: And people wondered why he was so reclusive. Well then, it
was on to the next room, now wasn't it? Well..after Vilkas did or did not
spot.
OnlineHost: RageofNocturne rolled 1 20-sided die: 20
abenedictionhymn: "You can call me darling, darling." She winked at Ellis
and grinned, then trotted over to Wolfgang to hand him that glass rod she
found.
RageofNocturne: +9= 29)
SwordOfAtrophy: "I already do darlin."
Tesarik One: Auto pass with the 20!
Howling Ember: Darling Darling, what a name! I would have gone for
Sugarlumps, it is more dignified and people wonder where the lumps are!
SwordOfAtrophy: He glanced over at the partially broken door. If Rael
couldn't break it, he didn't have a prayer. "She's a woman, we know where the
lumps are."
abenedictionhymn: She pushed out her chest. "I got lumps right here."
abenedictionhymn: "Here too," She shoved her rump out.
Howling Ember: -He adjusted his eyepatch like he was "zooming in"- Never
have I missed my second eye more...
abenedictionhymn: The young thing had a habit of being a bit of a lolita.
She wasn't THAT young though, but still young! She moved along behind those
looking into the next room.
RageofNocturne: :: He narrowed his eyes to see what lay beyond the door and
tilted his head-- Hmm more steps....looks like gold web in them...its too
dark for me to see furthur.-D-
Tesarik One: Dorian roll a spot as well.
psionic wanderer: Well now that was distracting. He eyed Viola for a good
long moment. "...that is a dreadfully mean thing to do around a man who is
attempting to be monogamous." He scowled a bit, and then looked back to the
steps and whatnot.
OnlineHost: psionic wanderer rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
psionic wanderer: (22)
SwordOfAtrophy: Ellis was also young and thus unrefined, so as she presented
herself, he stared, like a goof. Until he realized he was staring then
colored some and looked away, at.. anything else.
Mighty Gar thog: ~He chguckled at the banter, then headed towards Vilkas~
Tesarik One: There is primordial carved above the door.
Tales0fBeauty: She would have followed vilkas and heard his words putting
her sword infront of them so they could see further down. (D)
Howling Ember: -A soft whistle and he waited for them all to follow the
lumps and then while they were off he decided to turn around and lift that
metallic arm to slam into that door as hard as he could, sometimes it seemed
the only way to unlock
Howling Ember: a door was knocking really loud-
psionic wanderer: He looked up and tilted his head a bit, then reached up
and turned off that light he had going. He also redid his eye tinkering!
(Spell: Alter Vision, infrared vision selected.)
OnlineHost: Howling Ember rolled 1 20-sided die: 15
psionic wanderer: "I don't think we're meant to take light into this room."
Howling Ember: -fails and cries inside-
Tesarik One: That room just wanted to remain untraversed.
Howling Ember: I'm coming back for you room. Just you wait.
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Howling Ember: Hey wait up Lumpy! -He followed after Viola and Ellis towards
the chosen path of death and adventure they were locked into now since every
other choice was a dead end. Just cause he felt like being sexist, Viola got
a little slap to
Howling Ember: the backside. Heck, she shoved them out there he could slap
em!- -d-
Mighty Gar thog: Floor looks sandy down there. Might be something lurking in
that, rather large... chamber.
abenedictionhymn: She hopped a bit and then grinned at Wolfy, then peered
into the chamber with her darkvision. Was anyone going down those gold
threaded stairs yet?
psionic wanderer: "Only one way to find out, now isn't there?" He stepped on
into the excessively dark room, after tossing Viola's flashlight back to her,
to see what happened!
Tesarik One: Ok hold a moment. As soon as Dorian steps both feet onto the
first step covered in the thin gold webbing, a spell goes off....
Mighty Gar thog: (hah!)
Tesarik One: All inanimate objects (and anything NOT physically attached to
wolfy since he's part machine) disappears off his body.
Tesarik One: Clothes, weapons, shoes, hat, necklaces, rings, everything. You
are naked.
Tesarik One: You aren't hurt... you're just naked. After all, the writing
above the door told you what would happen!
SwordOfAtrophy: He was thinking of trying the door, but everyone moving in a
different direction distracted him, he followed Miss Perky backside and crew.
Until he was staring at her skin. Well this was a pleasant daydream, holy
crap everyone was
SwordOfAtrophy: naked!
Mighty Gar thog: (Only Wolfy?)
Tesarik One: (whoever has stepped into room 6)
psionic wanderer: Well...now that was no good. He realized dthat quickly
enough and this was one of those times he would've enjoyed a bit of illusion
magic! Just in his tattoos (one of which was in promordial, of course!). More
notable than the
psionic wanderer: tattoos (and how devastatingly handsome he was, of course)
was the fact that his left hand was visible, and it was a nasty, twisted,
skeletal claw of a hand. He glanced down at it and frowned. "Well, fuck."
abenedictionhymn: She'd stepped right on in after Dorian too, and gasped as
everything she owned went right off of her cute little perky body and left
her naked. Sheput a hand down, and a hand across her boobs. "What ...why?"
Howling Ember: (Whew good thing Wolfy was in the tail end of it!)
SwordOfAtrophy: "I'd... have more shame.. if I wasn't more concerned as this
leaves most of us nigh defenseless."
psionic wanderer: "It didn't grow back quite right." That was the excuse he
used, and well..it was his response to Viola, having misunderstood her why!
He glanced over to her and tilted his head a bit. "That might be an even
crueler thing to do to
Tesarik One: Is everyone in Room 6?
psionic wanderer: poor, monogamous Dorian. I'm thinking of giving that up.."
He winked, then looked about the room a bit more.
Tales0fBeauty: She would see the others enter the room and have all their
stuff vanish as she was still in the room before it she wasn't sure if she
should join them or not. (D)
RageofNocturne: :: Well he was stripped down and all but well he still had
the scales covering his body so his shame wasn't out for all to see-D-
abenedictionhymn: She grinned, and moved on further, what else could she do?
Tales0fBeauty: "should i stay behind so we have one of us with defensive
capabilities? Vilkas and I are linked if you need me to join i can proceed."
(D)
SwordOfAtrophy: He had to look away from Viola, due to certain.. reactions
that were starting so, instead he focused on trying to see just what was
going on in the room.
Mighty Gar thog: (Not Arn)
Howling Ember: It is alright to show your lumps lady, just come on.. -This
was too much fun to pass up. Thankfully it didn't poof his arm and leg and
metal parts of he would have been one large lump falling on the floor. A
laugh since this was not
RageofNocturne: :: He looked to Raelgil and nodded-- That could very well
come in handy darling...however if you enter aswell you shall be stripped of
everything too.-D-
Tesarik One: Ok so Arn and Raelgil have not entered. Are you going to enter?
I want to post the descriptionb ut I need you guys to decide if you're going
in or not for now.
psionic wanderer: "I'm plenty well-defended without my belongings, we'll be
fine. Of course, if you're all too damned scared, suit yourself."
Tesarik One: And Wolfy I think hasn't entered.
Howling Ember: the first time he was left naked in a weird place. Wrapping
an arm around Viola, his non metal arm, he would press on with her- Bet you
are regretting showing off those lumps now lass. -d-
Tesarik One: Wolfy's in!
Howling Ember: (Wolfy went in, he cant pass up naked times)
Tesarik One: So just Arn and Raelgil haven't entered. Please let me know via
IM if that changes in case I miss it in the room.
Tesarik One: Room 6 - The Atrium
SwordOfAtrophy: "You know, this is either the best conceived trap ever made,
or they used this room for... happy fun times."
Tales0fBeauty: (will do)
Tales0fBeauty: She looked to vilkas "you can let me know through our link
what is going on, and if i am needed i will join you" (D)
Mighty Gar thog: Bah ~he wandered on down~
Tesarik One: This room also has a vaulted ceiling and it is quite large.
Larger than the rest of the temple. There is a huge golden sun disc in the
ceiling above a big pool of water about 50 feet across. The water is not as
clear and beautiful
Tesarik One: as it once was... but it hasn't fouled as one might think it
would after so many years. It's too cloudy to really see very far down it
though. Those who entered and are now clad in nothing but shadows (per that
writing Dorian read)
Tesarik One: will also see four more pedestals. Two along the right wall,
and two along the left wall. They also have Primordial written on each one.
There are also torches (unlit) in various places in the room (where the
double circles are on
Tales0fBeauty: She would look to kaldra and noded to him giving him a
command to be her eyes in there as she sent him in there with the others he
would go there in her stead. In case she got cut off from the others she had
a way in still with him.
Tales0fBeauty: (D)
Tesarik One: the map) (the lines around the pool are steps that go down
towards it)
Tesarik One: Ok Arn is inside, naked as a jaybird too.
psionic wanderer: He was torn between scowling down at his skeletal claw
hand, reading the primordial, or ogling Viola! He opted for reading the
primordial, however, since he could scowl and ogle while thinking on what it
said.
RageofNocturne: :: He nodded and pointed to that bond around his left ring
finger-- You will know if im in trouble. --he said and smiled to her-- Love
you. --he said and then turned and made his way down those steps and looked
over to the large poo
SwordOfAtrophy: He'd busy himself, seeing if the torches had any visible
means nearby to light them, and if so, he'd light one.
RageofNocturne: l of water and crossed his arms over his chest while his
tail ran along the surface of the sand-D-
Tesarik One: Ok just to make sure you all remember.... the floor is sand.
there is a pool of water. there are unlit torches scattered about. there are
four pedestals. now, give me a moment to tell Dorian since he can read the
primordial what the
Tesarik One: pedestals say.
Tales0fBeauty: She would look to him and noded with a smile "yes i will know
and i can get to you through kaldra, Love you too." (D)
Mighty Gar thog: ~slaps his forehead, thinking he should have tossed a rope
in,. to see if it faded away~
Howling Ember: -Wolfgang might need to install a gun into his metal arm for
in the future- -d-
Tesarik One: It would have disappeared. Any inaminate object they tried to
cross those steps would disappear.
psionic wanderer: "Hm, more riddles."
Tesarik One: As the writing said, to worship within this room they must only
be clad in shadows.
psionic wanderer: He moved over to the pedestal closest to the door they
came in through. "This one's pretty obviously referring to fire, so if you've
got some of that, see what happens if you set the pedestal on fire or
something." He moved to the
abenedictionhymn: She began to wander around, moving down to look at the
water of course first. She was half sea nymph after all, so she reached down
as she knelt and felt the water and then stood up and looked around.
Tales0fBeauty: Kaldra would follow Vilkas now per Raelgils command of him.
(D)
Mighty Gar thog: (did Ellis find a way to light a torch?)
psionic wanderer: next pedestal and studied it, then moved across the room
to the other two.
Tesarik One: If Ellis touched the torch, the one he touched would light up.
Tesarik One: Sorry I missed him messing with one!
psionic wanderer: "The one nearest the fire one.." Said with a skeletal
finger point..which..he decided he rather liked the look of. He should get
himself a good black hooded robe and be Death for Halloween. He trailed off
whilst staring at his own
psionic wanderer: hand a moment. "...hm. Anyway, that one says something
like 'i cover cities and break mountains. I make men blind, yet help them
see."
abenedictionhymn: "If it wasn't so cloudy I'm all set for skinny dipping!"
But, .... monsters. She wouldn't dive in, she was brash and crazy but not
THAT crazy.
SwordOfAtrophy: "Well, here goes nothing then." He lifted the lit torch from
it's little cradle, and walked over to the fire pedastal. "Ahalya, I've done
some stupid things, and this may be one, look out for me, k?" He touched the
pedastal with the
SwordOfAtrophy: torch.
psionic wanderer: He eyed Viola a long moment then, before turning his
attention back to the pedestals. "This one says "I am up, down and all
around, yet can never be found."
Tesarik One: It lit on fire, causing a tongue of fire much like the tongue
of light and shadow on the pedestals when they came in.
Mighty Gar thog: What? Wind?
psionic wanderer: "And I do believe..." He reached out towards the water and
attempted to lift some up telekinetically. Did psionics work?
Tesarik One: Yes.
psionic wanderer: Well then he'd take that glob of water and toss it onto
pedestal 4!
Tesarik One: A swirling bubbling tongue of water formed on Pedestal 4.
Howling Ember: Someone go fart on the wind one, I wonder if that would work.
SwordOfAtrophy: He put the torch back. "Sounds like wind to me.. someone..
breath on it? Or find something that we can use as a fan."
psionic wanderer: Silly elemental puzzles, trying to trick someone who
pretended to be an elementalist! He grinned, then looked to the others. "Well
I'm not doing all the work, you can figure the other two out." He eyed the
alleged Captain a moment
abenedictionhymn: She snickered, and then moved over to the one they said
was wind and leaned over, hands on her hips, and let out a long breath across
it.
psionic wanderer: then. "..and people say I disrespect the gods, yet never
do I hear any accusations tossed your way."
Tesarik One: A tongue of swirling wind (albeit mostly invisible but could be
felt) formed on that pedestal.
RageofNocturne: :: He stepped around and blinked a bit as he went over to
Pedestal 6 and looked at it and blinked looking at the others--
Wind....water....fire....--he shrugged and crouched picking up sand and
tossed it over Pedestal he was at-D-
psionic wanderer: There was no pedestal 6!
SwordOfAtrophy: He'd move to the last pedastal, and reach down to the dirt
floor, picking up a handful of sand, and throwing it on the thing.
RageofNocturne: opps lol was looking t the torches)
Tesarik One: Well, the last pedestal in that room! There were six altogether
but only four in the room they were in.
psionic wanderer: At any rate, yes. (I got confused by it for a moment as
well haha)
RageofNocturne: well the last pedestal then!)
Tesarik One: And, as the sand scattered across the stop it began to form a
hard sand sculpture in the form of a tongue.
Howling Ember: Ah dear sir, you are barely ever around me to hear what
people say.. besides most of what I do or say is in cheeky jest, yours is
always laced with a bit of malice like you hate the world. Just cheer up
some, not like you care what
Howling Ember: people say about you. -d-
Mighty Gar thog: ~He looked at the pool of water then~
psionic wanderer: "I do not hate the world. I very much love the world. I
dislike a good deal of the people in it."
Tesarik One: As all four pedestals were engaged, the sound of water flowing
down ancient pipes was heard as the pool began to lower, until only the slick
stone was left behind. The whole stone pool area began to turn in a clockwise
motion
SwordOfAtrophy: "A good deal of the people in it aren't worth liking."
Tesarik One: forming stairs circling down below the fountain!
psionic wanderer: "I would not have done this to my own hand if it hadn't
been for the sake of the world, after all." Said with a wiggle of his
skeletal fingers!
psionic wanderer: (brb)
Mighty Gar thog: ~He was the first to head down those stairs now~
abenedictionhymn: She watched the water bubble away, and then when the
stairs formed she began to move down them. She had darkvision after all, so
she was being the eyes for everyone as she followed the stairs.
abenedictionhymn: Ok after Arn then.
SwordOfAtrophy: "Huh.. imagine that.." He walked over to the now empty pool.
"Well there goes any ideas about a naked swim."
Howling Ember: -He wasn't about to play into the same bickering most of they
did and Dorian just seemed to find ways to spew it around like some damn acid
spitting horny toad. Shaking his head he just laughed and waited to see if
the new stairs
Howling Ember: were a trap- -d-
RageofNocturne: :: Hmm.... --he turned his head and went back to the stairs
to room 5-- More stairs heading down furthur darling. We are going down.--D-
psionic wanderer: Yep, down the stairs. He wouldn't be hesitating to head on
down them.
Mighty Gar thog: ~one hand stayed against the wall~ Ellis? Bring a trorch,
will you?
Tesarik One: The stairs ended, and the middle of the fountain slid open, it
was about 20 feet across, the opening. they could see sand and smell moisture
down within it. Perhaps there'd been steps or a ladder at one time, but now
they'd have to
Tesarik One: jump.
SwordOfAtrophy: Nabbing a torch first, hopefully it remained lit, and seeing
as how the others were ahead, he'd tag along, enjoying the view from behind
Viola while it lasted.
Tales0fBeauty: She noded to vilkas "alright Kaldra will follow you down and
if i need to i can join you by switching places with him." (D)
Tesarik One: I won't make you roll for the jump, it is into soft sand about
7 feet down.
psionic wanderer: Didn't seem like too bad of a drop, so down he went! And
the immediately stood completely still for a few seconds, then started
looking around again, brow furrowed. "..hm. Interesting."
Mighty Gar thog: ~Being... brave or foolhardy? Arn was the first in line, so
the first to leap~
RageofNocturne: :: Alright my love. Stay safe up here. --he said and then
went to the stairs which went down from the fountain and well down he went
with Kaldra and then made the jump and landed in the soft sand-D-
Tesarik One: Sand, sand and more sand in this huge chamber. In fact, it
seems like the sands from above have over time filled the area with so much
sand you really can't make out much more than paintings on the ceilings. But
you CAN find your
Howling Ember: -Yeah, bunch of naked dudes making jumps.. this sausage fest
was not so appealing.. at least they had one lady! Down he went!- -d-
Tesarik One: gear and items on top of the sand in various places. Might take
a minute but you'll find everything.
Howling Ember: -Glorous clothing! Plucking up some panties he held them out
to Ellis- I think these are yours Darling. -d-
RageofNocturne: :: Ahh there we go...--he said and went around getting his
clothin and his armor on first of all!-D-
SwordOfAtrophy: He landed gracefully, because he was cool like that. "Ah,
well naked time's over I guess. Oh, nice, thanks." He played along, snatching
the ahem.. undies, and holding them away from Viola, with a grin.
abenedictionhymn: She landed with ease on one knee, she was used to jumping,
and walking on difficult terrain and such. She rose, and then spotted
something blue! the edge of her coat! She dug it up and then started hunting
her other stuff and was soon dressing again. Awww.
abenedictionhymn: Oh, they had her panties? Naughty men. She snatched them
back she had to put them on under her damn trousers after all. "Bad. Bad bad
bad."
psionic wanderer: Oh good, his things. He could pick out his easily enough.
He just pulled it all to him with telekinesis and started getting dressed
once again. "This should not be full of sand."
SwordOfAtrophy: "Oh, I'm sorry darlin." He gave her a pouty lip. "I thought
it was treasure, I swear!" He gathered up his stuffs, and returned it to his
person.
Howling Ember: You should leave that hand exposed, it looks kinda awesome
and you can threaten things with it. -Spoken to Dorian of course- -d-
abenedictionhymn: Well it was lacey.
psionic wanderer: "Stop acting like children, and help me figure out why all
this fucking sand is down here." He tugged his glove back on just to spite
the captain!
Mighty Gar thog: ~He was soon dressed, since he had few things with him, and
was looking at the paintings~
Howling Ember: Because you angered the gods with your perverted ways that is
why the sand is down here!!
abenedictionhymn: She stared at Dorian, about to say, "but I am a child!"
but she just grinned. Then began to move/crawl around the area. There was an
awful lot of sand.
SwordOfAtrophy: "Because it's above us.. it's called gravity"
psionic wanderer: "I remember crypts, treasure, not.." He sent a wave to the
room in general. "This."
Tesarik One: Everyone who is in the sand filled room make a Search.
OnlineHost: Howling Ember rolled 1 20-sided die: 7
RageofNocturne: :: With his armors on he got his weapons back in place along
with his shield and goggles then his braid ofcoarse and looked around-D-
OnlineHost: SwordOfAtrophy rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
Howling Ember: (8)
OnlineHost: psionic wanderer rolled 1 20-sided die: 11
OnlineHost: RageofNocturne rolled 1 20-sided die: 5
SwordOfAtrophy: (13)
psionic wanderer: (21)
OnlineHost: abenedictionhymn rolled 1 20-sided die: 18
abenedictionhymn: +8 = 26
psionic wanderer: "I'm certain I understand gravity a great deal more
thoroughly than you do, it's the state of the building that concerns me, it
should have lasted.." He furrowed his brow again, then went into searching
and thinking mode.
RageofNocturne: + 5 +4= 14)
SwordOfAtrophy: "An old temple with no maintenance? Please tell me how."
Tesarik One: Dorian, you find an exit. You all will have to crawl through it
as it's half filled with sand, but Dorian remembers something about this
being a 'back door' sorta.
OnlineHost: Mighty Gar thog rolled 1 20-sided die: 15
Mighty Gar thog: (20)
Tesarik One: Viola, your high roll lets you find a stone chest anchored to
the floor in a corner. You have to dig the sand from around it, but it's
definitely something!
RageofNocturne: :: With his shield back he spoke telepathically to Relgil
through their linked shields-- Raelgil...down here is a room of sand...we
have found our items...they seem to be removed up there and deposited down
here... --he then looked
RageofNocturne: around with his Treasure Seeker Goggles seeing if he could
find anything-D-
Tesarik One: Arn, you find another passageway out of the room. It is even
thicker with sand than the one Dorian found, you'd have to squeeze your way
through it.
Tesarik One: And Arn.... you hear something further down it...
skittering...chittering.
psionic wanderer: "Well I found the exit. An exit, I can't remember why
exactly it was put in." He scratched his head a little, then cursed in
primordial, since he'd been reading it so much lately!
Mighty Gar thog: Something is coming this way!
Tesarik One: Well, it was deeper down the passage. Might be coming their
way... or might just be down there!
Mighty Gar thog: Small, sand filled tunnel. Be ready.
RageofNocturne: :: He turned his head hearing Arn and spoke again to
Raelgil-- Something may be coming our way from a tunnel down here-D-
Tesarik One: You all are quite lucky that Viola rolled high enough to find
you all some loots.
psionic wanderer: "It's not even that old....well.." He frowned. "Memories
of it new are combining with this state of it now, I've got no idea." He
shook his head again, then paced around a bit, ignoring them talking about
something approaching!
Howling Ember: I am sure it is just some friendly puppy or something.
Tales0fBeauty: She would hear vilkas through their link and thought she
might be needed down there so she would step into room 6, her items now gone,
she would be naked like the rest of them and she would make her way to where
they were. (D)
SwordOfAtrophy: "Do we go in, or wait and see if it comes this way?"
Tesarik One: But, it's been a little over 3 hours since we began, so it's
time to stop for the night! What I think would work best is if everyone
crawls out the way Dorian found, and then report back to Maria when they get
back around to the
Tesarik One: paths they took to find the temple and get to the portal
waiting. Maria will send some of her trusted crew to clear the sand out of
that room... we will come back again and continue our explore! Sound good?
SwordOfAtrophy: (yes)
Tesarik One: Now y'all know a lot of it's secrets.
Tesarik One: It will help you.
Mighty Gar thog: (return for part 2!)
Mighty Gar thog: (help if we remember lol)
Tesarik One: Raelgil's items would be buried in the sand like the others
stuff.
Mighty Gar thog: ~so Ellis gets a good look at Raelgil~
SwordOfAtrophy: A stare, more like.
Tesarik One: You all will have to climb through the passage and it will take
you through some service passageways and eventually you'll be out in the
ancient city and can find your way back the way you came.
psionic wanderer: But Zorcans are too stringy, and elves are not meaty
enough!
Mighty Gar thog: (city?)
Tesarik One: Yeah the carved steps and winding passageway hidden in the
rocks outside the temple.
Tesarik One: It used to be a city.
Tales0fBeauty: She would eventually find the others and looked and knew they
had their stuff so she seached for hers and when she found it she would
collect it turning a good shade of red before she could gather it all as she
felt all eyes
Tales0fBeauty: suddenly on her and then would join the others in crawling
through the back door thing to return another day. (D)
abenedictionhymn: She dug into that stone chest and tugged out what she
could carry, tucking it into her pack and such, so when they got out she
could distribute it so they'd at least have some stuff.
Tesarik One: Everyone I need one final roll for me. Roll 1d20. Straight d20
roll.
OnlineHost: Tales0fBeauty rolled 1 20-sided die: 16
OnlineHost: psionic wanderer rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
OnlineHost: SwordOfAtrophy rolled 1 20-sided die: 17
OnlineHost: abenedictionhymn rolled 1 20-sided die: 11
Mighty Gar thog: ~Arn would help Rael find her gear~
OnlineHost: Mighty Gar thog rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
Mighty Gar thog: (Ha! Tied Dorian!)
OnlineHost: RageofNocturne rolled 1 20-sided die: 11
psionic wanderer: (Probably means you get to reroll, I rolled it first!)
OnlineHost: Howling Ember rolled 1 20-sided die: 13
Mighty Gar thog: (Means I get a magnet lol)
Tesarik One: no it's fine. I got it.
Tesarik One: I know this was a lot of thinking and exploring and stuff, but
hope you liked it. There was combat opportunities but you all didn't make it
to where they were!
Mighty Gar thog: (~holds up magnet... it flies and attacjes to the captain~)
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