Recovering from the battle, Kahan asks if anyone needs healing, but your attention is drawn to the northern door where the grenade-like object had come from.

Borimer goes through the door and finds himself in a familiar-looking room (Room 20b):



A 10-foot-diameter hole, ornately edged, gapes in the floor of this room.  Directly above it is a similarly sized hole in the ceiling. A small pedestal sits against the southwest wall, a diagram barely discernable above it.  There are three small bowls on the pedestal.  The center bowl is empty, but there are smooth stones in the other two bowls.

There are doors to the west and south (where you are at).  The door to the west is closed.

This is the white level of the teleporting hole.  (The others are red and black.)

Unlike when you were at the previous level (the black-ringed level at 20a) the day before, Esylia has apparently added something here.  Three of the exploding balls fall through the hole, reappearing as they keep teleporting repeatedly in an infinite loop.  They are at terminal velocity and keep falling, ready to explode if they hit anything.

Esylia is nowhere in sight, obviously having disappeared through the teleportal hole in the ground and ceiling or through the west door.
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Looking down the hole, Kahan points out the western door. With those balls falling down, there's no way Esylia could have gotten through them without exploding one of them. And they probably would have heard it. He approaches the west door and readies his mace and shield.

Flint stands back, spellbook in hand, but he says, "Unless she just dropped them right now after going down or up."

Borimer readies himself near the west door, takes a deep breath, and then carefully listens...

"It looks like they're falling too quickly. She must have put them there right after she tossed the other one at us." Kahan explains in a whisper.

Borimer hears a slight humming sound as he listens at the door, similar to the soft hum of the device at room 32d (a mechanical, almost sub-audible hum).  But he hears nothing else.

Naj takes a close look at the diagram and the pebbles.

In total, Esylia would have had about 1 minute between the time she threw in the orb and the time you went through the door.

Naj looks at the diagram and sees the following, which is faded but visible:



In the left bowl is a pebble that is black with one white dot.  In the right bowl is a red pebble with three white dots.

Kahan looks over the bowls and decides to experiment, pulling the stones out to see what happens.

Borimer puzzles over the diagram until his head hurts, and then settles in to watch the west door.

"So do we arrange the pebbles like the picture on the three levels and jump head first into the portal for some reason?" Harak wonders.  "No matter, we have business to attend to first."
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Flint says, "It looks to me like the dots represent different floors because there are three floors.

"Then what might the blue and red colors mean?"

Borimer looks again at the strange diagram and then shakes his head.

"The people are falling and there are two arrows pointing down."
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Flint says, "What colors?  They have white dots.  Yet the floors do have colored bands for each level.  That's on the hole in the floor."

Borimer looks into the bowls again to check something and then grins.


"My memory these days, haven't slept in a while...it's a black pebble, not a blue one.  And with the red pebble we have two colors.  I'm not much of a riddle solver, but I still couldn't help but wonder if it matters that the pebbles are black and red."

Harak is watching the door, ready to kick a grenade back through it if it opens.

"Can we solve this later when we know there isn't an insane monster running around turning people to stone and throwing grenades?"

Flint says to Borimer, "My guess is the red and black refer to the rings around the hole in the floor."  Then to Harak:  "So we're going through the west door, right?"

"Yes, this can wait." Kahan agrees, heading to the western door and opening it up, expecting another room like the one below it.

Borimer follows Kahan to the door and into the next room.

You open the door and move west (into Room 32b).  This one is identical to the room in 32d except that it points south.

There are two differences to this room:

1) There is a trough-like wooden ramp to the south of the west and east doors.  (You are at east door.)  It has about a five inch bed and is angled down so that it drops right where the door opens.  There is a long piece of twine leading from the inside handle of the door to a small piece of wood -- let's call it the "gate."  When the door is opened, the gate slides down and along the underside of the trough.  It is spring loaded, so the gate returns to normal position when the door is shut.  The ramp appears somewhat makeshift, and is not part of the original construction of the temple.

2) The room in 32d had the number 486267825798 on the transfinite repeater display (the 12 digit odomoter-like device).  The one in the original room on the previous day had the numbers:  742138703546.

This room has the numbers:  487167825798.  (I.e., it is the same as 32d except the "71" in the middle.)  As you are watching, the third and fourth numbers (71) are gradually going up (to 72, then 73, etc.).


Here is a repeat of the room description:


The north side of the wall has carved out of it an octagonal shaped indenture, from which a mechanism sticks out (parabolic dish).  The mechanism consists of a parabolic dish carved and smoothed out of the face of an octagonal block of granite, all mounted inside a framework with eight metal tracks. A large, screwlike device moves the granite block along these tracks. At the front of the tracks, eight rods hold a crystal in place in front of the granite dish. The crystal pulsates with light.

On the wall adjacent to the crystal focus device, you see another 12 digit display (transfinite repeater display).




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I should also point out that you have not officially "met" Malissin yet.

Borimer mutters under his breath something about wizards, sages, and bad ideas while moving to the west door and listening for any sounds beyond.

Kahan waits to see if they hear anything odd behind the door, and if it sounds clear, he will open the door.

Malissin informs you that a strange, lich-like creature was chasing him just before he crossed over the Time Ark.

You don't hear anything beyond the west door.

After making certain Kahan discovers nothing beyond the door, Borimer takes a guard position near the Transfinite Repeater Display.

Kahan opens the door, looking around at the ground. If there's nothing inside, he states, "Hopefully the Lich King did not follow you through... We cannot fight a gorgon and a lich and hope to survive."

Kahan opens the door.  Too late, he sees that there is a similar string on the far side of the door as this one.  The door opens, and the gate on the short ramp opens.  This time, there is something propped up there that comes rolling down.  As it falls to the ground, you recognize a familiar grenade-like orb, as it falls between the door and Kahan...

Actions?
Kahan can try to catch it before it hits the ground (DEX check), or run.
The others can run, hide or whatever, but you only have a split second to react.

Also, where is everyone?  Is this a two man show?

Harak moves away from the grenade.  He's been backing up the door openings.  Sorry I haven't said that.  Busy.

Naj ducks behind the eastern side of the parabolic dish.  "Get away!" he yells out to everyone.

Kahan props his shield up and hunkers down behind it, fully ready to take the brunt of the explosion, knowing he would never catch it and is too slow to bother running away.

Borimer charges the ramp and leaps upon the grenade, using his large body to shield the others from the imminent explosion.

Kahan ducks behind his shield as Borimer leaps forward.  The rest of the group runs out of the way.  Borimer jumps on the grenade-like orb as it hits the ground...

...and nothing happens.  Perhaps it is a dud.  Meanwhile, Borimer's body covers the roughly 6 inch diameter globe.

OOC: I thought it would be fun to throw in a dud.  Borimer just made it even more funny than I had imagined.

Borimer gets up and dusts himself off while nodding.

"Another successful rescue."

Stepping out from behind the granite parabolic dish, Flint mutters "Well THAT was exciting".  Moving closer to inspect the orb (without touching it) he comments "I wonder why it didn't go off?"  Suddenly, with a bit of an abashed look, he quickly looks at Borimer "Sorry, not that that would have been a GOOD thing..."

"Let's go!  We know where she is at.  Quit messing around!"

Harak rushes to the door that the orb came from, waiting for the others before opening it up while looking toward the ground.

"I think the ball was set as a trap, actually." Kahan remarks, carefully picking up the ball as he realizes it isn't going to be exploding, especially after being squished by Borimer. He looks it over curiously, following after the others if they decide to continue forward.

"Good thinkin', let's hunt it down."

Borimer takes off after Harak.

"You may want to be careful with that Kahan...we have no idea why it didn't go off...could be a delay or malfunction"

"I agree with Flint, best not to hang on to that ball I'd wager."

"If I can figure out how it works, maybe I can fix it and use it against her." Kahan replies, trying to see if there is anything magic about it, or if it's simply technology-based.

While some of the party dally with balls, Harak opens the door with Borimer's backing.

OOC: Did I not read about a new character in the room that is 'unknown' to the party?  An Elf by the name of Malissin?  Somewhere in thread 5 perhaps (he's already fighting alongside the party in 5a....but had never introduced himself)?  Maybe I just missed it though....


Flint takes up a position well behind Harak and Borimer readying himself for whatever ELSE may come through the door.

You move into the room.  As Kahan suggested, the falling orb was one of the traps of Esylia.  It is impossible to say when the orb was placed in its holding trough.

The orb itself is made of a hollowed out wooden shell (like a small coconut) with pieces that appear to have been glued or connected together by ridges.  There is a central column that had been depressed, such that there is an indentation on one side and a bulge on the other.  It is a lighter color than the rest of the 6 inch diameter orb.  The wood shell itself appears to be bamboo or something similar.

You notice that the numbers on the transfinite repeater have stopped changing.  (Remember that the 3rd and 4th numbers had been rotating.)  They have stopped at the number:  488367825798.  The rest of the numbers are the same as the previous transfinite repeater you noticed.

OOC: Please let me know how long you are hanging out or if you are on the move.  I am tracking the movements of Esylia and want to keep the movements/timing straight.

You move into the room marked 21.  There is a set of circular stairs going both up and down in the northwest corner, and a door in the south wall.  An ancient bronze statue stands against the wall, its vacant eyes watching you enter the room.  As soon as you enter, the bronze statue suddenly creaks to life, reaching out with its balled fists to begin attacking you!





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Kahan stuffs the orb carefully into his haversack for later inspection, pulling out his mace and moving to attack the statue.

His elf ears curling back in surprise and the thrill of imminent battle, Naj rushes to the front of group to engage the giant statue with his two handed sword.

Borimer meets the creature's attack with two of his own, Chianta's black blade only a blur.

Edmure stays back in the other room, but Chrisman rushes in with the wand of frost ready, moving out of the way to the corner where the stairs are at.

Flint rushes in alongside Chrisman (moving to the same corner by the stairs). Keeping his eyes on the new threat, he casts a spell at the end of which he points his fingers at the creature's feet and legs....a dollop of what appears to be butter drips from his fingers.

"Chrisman, Flint, watch the stairs. Esylia might be down there." Kahan states as he gets ready to attack the statue.

Harak will attack with his scimitar.

ROUND 1
Borimer attacks...and makes a staggering hit on the iron golem's head.  (32 hp dmg.)

Chrisman is moving to the far corner, but he cannot get out of reach of the golem, which gets an attack of opportunity...and hits Chrisman.  (Critical hit: 50 hp dmg.)  Chrisman is flattened by the attack and falls dead to the ground, the Wand of Frost flying from his hand.

The golem attacks Borimer but misses.

Harak attacks with the scimitar but it rebounds uselessly off the iron statue.

Kahan attacks with his mace but it also just scrapes the statue harmlessly.

Borimer swings again, this time making another hit across its midside.  (18 hp dmg.)

Malissin is standing in the back.

Naj swings his two handed sword, hitting the golem.  (Critical hit: 18 dmg.)

OOC: An awful lot of crits this round...

Flint has been casting, and a slippery layer of a fatty, greasy substance flies to the ground at the golem's feet.  The golem's foot slides from beneath it, and it begins to crash toward the ground, all 5000 pounds of it, toward...(randomly rolling here...)...Naj.  Naj dives...but too late (saving throw failed)...and his right leg is crushed by the falling golem.  (29 hp dmg.)

(Next round, golem can only engage in defensive melee while it rises.)
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Flint quickly fires off another spell by casting a small bit of iron powder at the statue, slowly pinching his fingers together in front of his eye and muttering an arcane word (sounds something like "Reducto").


Flint calls out "Sorry Naj, I had hoped he'd fall 'back' into the corner."
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Borimer exploits an opening in the construction's defenses to make three quick slashes at its torso and legs.

Harak again attacks with his blade.

Naj tries to push himself to his feet, grabbing his injured leg, and swinging down on the fallen iron giant.

ROUND 2

Flint is casting a spell.

Borimer gets three strikes at the statue.

The living statue is growing smaller as a purplish gooey magic springs from Flint's hands and covers it.

Naj swings but misses, falling down on his injured leg.

Borimer makes two mighty swings at the iron golem, hitting it both times.

Kahan hits it once with his Mace of Disruption.

Borimer and Harak swing simultaneously, Borimer hitting the golem in the leg, and Harak's blade slices through the metallic neck of the golem.  As its head hits the ground with a clang, the life -- if you want to call it that -- seems to seem from the iron body, and it crashes to the ground with a fall so hard the ground under your feet shudders and deep cracks are made in the flooring.


Just then, as the iron golem is finally still and the dust from the broken tiles settles to the ground, you hear a mighty yell from somewhere deep in the temple.  It is a man's voice, almost a rabid, insane voice, that yells, "You cannot escape me!"

Malissin stiffens, and then confides in you that it was the same voice of the lich monster that had been chasing him.

Flint, looking relieved now that the BRONZE Golem (OOC: everyone keeps saying Iron, LOL) has met it's end, moves to Chrisman's body, checks for any signs of life and asks "Is there anything we can do for Chisman?".  If not, he will check for anything useful on the body and then start looking around the floor carefully for the Wand of Frost that he dropped.  Once found and retrieved, he approaches Naj "Again, I apologize for the statue falling on you...I had really hoped it would fall back into the corner."

Borimer keeps Chianta unsheathed when the word "lich" is mentioned.  He keeps watch in the direction from which the voice originated.

OOC: You're right.  I think that was my fault because what I was using was different than what was in the published adventure, so I confused myself.  Luckily, I put the stats in my scratchpad before a battle, so at least those were correct.

Since you found Chrisman barely alive and starving, you really don't find too much on his body.  (The Wand of Frost was originally Draaz's, so Flint can take it back since Draaz was the resident mage and is now dead--unless party members have any objections.)

However, you do find Chrisman's spellbook.  Unfortunately, some of the pages are destroyed and some of the spells he used directly off the spellbook (thus making them disappear from the page), and a few are written in a foreign language.  But Flint can scribe from it the following new spells:

1st Level:

Hold Portal
Hypnotism
Wizard Mark

2nd Level:

Magic Mouth
Whispering Wind

3rd Level:

Gust of Wind
Item

In a sack, he carries:

30 Gold Orc Drakma

The voice originated from vaguely the direction you came from.  You ascertain that it was probably the room with the Time Ark as the lich passed over into your time.
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"Well, this will come in handy" weighing the spell book in his hand before putting it away with the others.  "Who's holding the gold?" looking to hand over the sack of Drakma.

"Looks like we have a few choices...we can go South" Flint points to the door they haven't taken in this room "Up" Flint points up the stairs "Down" Flint gestures down the stairs "or wait here for whatever is chasing Malissin.  We might want to find a more defensible position if we decide to wait though since this room has too many entrances"

"If we go south, may I suggest we open the door SLOWLY and check for strings and traps...perhaps block anything from rolling through the door with a shield and maybe let me cast a spell so that our scout can not be seen?"

Naj watches Flint look over Chrisman's body, and says, "At some point, we should also collect Grizz's things.  We just left him unceremoniously back there after the undead attack."

OOC:  Must've been before my takeover of Flint (Proudly showing off my "If you die, can I have your stuff?" shirt from Eve) LOL

"I don't like undead wizards plaguing my steps, I vote we take care of this thing before it catches us fighting the snake woman."

"Hmm...I tend to agree Borimer.  However," looking at the dead and wounded "I wonder if we are in shape right now to deal with something so powerful as an undead Wizard?"

Speaking to Malissin "What can you tell us of this spirit that chases you?"
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OOC: If you want to travel to a certain location, please indicate your route by the room numbers.  For example, 23-24-32, means you will travel through 23 to 24 and 24 to 32.  Remember that I am tracking the locations and movements of at least two enemies now -- the gorgon and the lich king, so it may be random if you come across them.

For the newcomers, the "lich" is the former human king, who was accidentally "preserved" after being killed on the battlefield in a procedure that resulted in him turning into a lich-like being.  He is not necessarily a "lich" as per the Monster Manual, and you don't know his powers, but that's the closest explanation.  The process has driven him insane, and his chancellor brought him to the temple to try to restore him through the temple's rumored powers.  Now, the chancellor is dead (thanks to the gorgon Esylia), and the lich king is on the loose somewhere in the temple.

If you have questions or confusions, just let me know.  We have two new folks who are still getting caught up, Flint and Malissin.

OOC: Right I remember reading that....I thought (incorrectly I guess) that the former King was dealt with (turned to stone by the Gorgon's sister who was with the party for awhile, right?) earlier....hence his Chancellor came with us (until he was killed as well).  I was unaware that his 'ghost' (for lack of a better term) was still running around.

"Not for nothin', but we have a scroll of some sort that we are supposed to deliver to the king. Maybe we can keep the lich at bay by giving it the scroll?"

i, too, thought that the human king had been previously turned to stone to prevent this from happening but just figured i had remembered incorrectly

This entire post is OOC in an attempt to get everyone onto the same page (especially us newer folks).  Please let me know if any of this is incorrect or incomplete:

Harkahnon Ruins summary to date (collected from Threads 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5a, and 6)

Adventure begins with:

Adaran
Borimer
Edmure
Flint
Grizz
Harak
Kahan
Naj
Syrissa (Sister to Gorgon)

Adaran stays in Room 1 (Entryway) (Thread 1, Msg #38)

Remainder of group advances to room 2

Group advances to room 15 where they encounter 3 Soldiers, an old Cleric (Lumen), and the remains of King Krusark (Lich on a throne).  They find out that Chrisman and 10 soldiers went ahead (with a sequence of numbers to operate the "Crossroads Ark") days before, but nothing has been heard from them.

Party agrees to look for Chrisman, Syrissa turns Lich-King to stone and gives Lumen the cure (blue vial) to turn him back to flesh (Thread 1, Msg #63)

Party plus Lumen and 1 Soldier advance to Room 16 (Crossroads Ark room).

After some discussion about how the Ark works, the party (minus Flint) and Lumen touch the device and are 'teleported' (for lack of a better term) to the same room in a different 'timeline' (guess).  Flint remains behind in old timeline.

Party is currently:
Borimer
Edmure
Grizz
Harak
Kahan
Lumen
Naj
Syrissa (Sister to Gorgon)
1 Soldier (Typical Redshirt)

Party moves back through room 15 (Throne room) to room 2 and note differences and statues destroyed by Esylia. Leaving Lumen and Soldier in room 16 (Implied because later in thread 3 the party has to return here "where they left Lumen and the soldier"....Thread 3, msg #18)

Southern door to room 1 is sealed magically. (Thread 3, msg #1)

Naj discovers secret door on the North side of room 2 (rotating statue) which leads to room 33a.  (Thread 3, msg #5)

Party advances to Room 33a (winch room), then 32a (Crystal Focus room 32a).

Syrissa comments that this is all part of a large puzzle that her sister is obsessed with (Thread 3, msg #12)

A scream is head back where Lumen and Soldier were left (room 16) and party returns there (route 32a-33a-2-15-16) only to find the northern doors now open to room 19 (with a view beyond to room 20a).  Lumen and the Soldier have been turned to stone, and as the party watches a grenade rolls in and blows the statues to little bits.  Vial of blueish liquid (cure for turn to stone) drops from Lumen's hand, undamaged. (Thread 3, msg #18)

Borimer picks up vial (Thread 3, msg #19), and Flint shows up (Thread 3, msg #20).

Borimer hears a distant voice calling down, shrill and taunting.  "I SEEEEE YOUU!"  Or was that voice coming from above.  It is difficult to tell where that voice is coming from in the room with the hole (room 20a).  (Thread 3, msg #25)

Party moves on to doorway to Room 20a (Thread 3, msg #32)

Kahan lowers a grappling hook into the hole in 20a (Thread 4, msg#4), and after 20 ft or so, the grappling hook appears to come from the hole in the ceiling of 20a (Thread 4, msg #6).

Syrissa and Edmure stay in room 20a (Thread 4, msg #12), while the remainder of the party move to room 14, and then room 13.

Another grenade rolls down the stairs to the party in room 13.  Party manages to escape back to room 14 before grenade explodes. A cackling woman's laugh from the top of the stairs which is disappearing away from the stairwell. (Thread 4, msg #23)

Party advances to room 9 (hallway) (Thread 4, msg #32) and investigate rooms 11 (Privy), 12 (ruined bunkroom).

Borimer is attacked by some amorpous substance and party fights to save him (Thread 4, msg #51-59)

Grizz fishes out another clue gripped in a dismembered hand found in the privy. (Thread 4, msg #67)

Party searches room 10 and then room 7.  Multiple stone statue remains are found in this room.  Hearing a noise in the room to the SW (Room 8), the party opens the door and is hit by a bolt of lightning (Thread 4, msg #88).

Party finds Chrisman and hears his story (Thread 4, msg #93)

Party returns to room 7 and the searches room 6.  Kahan gives Chrisman a wand of Paralyzation (4 uses) (Thread 4, msg #104)

Syrissa is turned to stone and killed in room 20a.  Naj observes the remains of a large, serpentine tail exiting the door two levels below you...and one level above you, and Edmure advises that "everyone Syrissa turned to stone has been revived." (Thread 4, msg #119)

Kahan observes this means the Lich King has been revived as well (Thread 4, msg #120).

Party returns to room #8 to rest.  During this rest, the party hears wailing and screaming from somewhere a level above.  Chrisman states this must be Esylia torturing Androlus to try to get the codes. (Thread 5, msg #1)

After resting and determining marching order, etc, party returns to room 16 (Crossroads Ark room) and advances up the stairs to second floor, room 22. (Thread 5, msg #33)

Party currently consists of:
Borimer
Edmure
Flint
Grizz
Harak
Kahan
Naj

Borimer leads party to room 32d (Thread 5, msg #41)

Flint casts a spell which unseals the western door to room 34.  Inside are a number of undead which start to attack the party (Thread 5a, msg #2-54) killing Griz (Thread 5a, msg #37).  During this fight Malissin makes his appearance (Thread 5a, msg #15) and joins the party.  Edmure however, goes missing after (Thread 5a, msg #47) as no mention is made of him again....maybe he's looking after Grizz's scorched body?

After the battle, the party moves through the northern door to room 20b (Thread 6, msg #1) and then advance to room 32b (Thread 6, msg #20).

Malissin informs the party that a strange, lich-like creature was chasing him just before he crossed over the Time Ark (Thread 6, msg #24).

Party opens the western door (to room 21), and yet another grenade makes it's timely appearance.  This one is a dud though and shall hereafter be referred to as the "Holy Handgrenade" and is picked up and carried by Brother Kahan.

Party advances to room 21 and is attacked by a bronze golem, killing Chrisman (Thread 6, msg #51)

Once Golem is dead, the party hears a mighty yell from somewhere deep in the temple.  It is a man's voice, almost a rabid, insane voice, that yells, "You cannot escape me!"  Malissin then confides to the party that it was the same voice of the lich monster that had been chasing him. (Thread 6, msg #56).

Party currently consists of:
Edmure (?...did we leave him back in 32d with Grizz's body?)
Borimer
Flint
Harak
Kahan
Naj

oh that's right, when the first gorgon died the statues were revived.  (poor red shirts "he's dead jim...")

What a great summary!

I had forgotten the wand of paralyzation.  I assume Kahan takes it back.

Edmure is trailing along behind the party, probably being led by Flint since Edmure was Syrissa's blind consort.

A few more important facts:

1) The transfinite repeater display had been changing in room 32b, and then had stopped.

2) The party has found a few codes (see the clues thread)

3) Borimer had a message given to him from Marcus.  Ostensibly, it does not appear to have much more than the code already on the Time Ark.

You may have already guessed that the broken statues you see laying around once in awhile are the remains of Chrisman's 10 soldiers ("red uniforms").

EDIT: Borimer may need to remind me, but maybe the party was having Edmure go first to lead the way?  Since he is blind, he is not subject to the gaze attack of the gorgon.  Since he is set on vengeance against Esylia for killing his lovely medusa wife Syrissa, he is okay with that prospect, but keep in mind that he is old -- the portrait in this post was meant to be him.  He won't be particularly effective and will be vulnerable.
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In reply to Borimer (msg # 69):

Which also means that Grung has been turned back to flesh and all the statues in Syrissa's Chateau...albeit a thousand years in the future.

LOL, Thanks...and to think it only took 3 hours of reading through threads :-O



Great....I was worried we left a defenseless blind man to fend for himself.  I assume that Edmure would have been left in the relative safety of room 32b while the bronze golem was dealt with and then led into rm 21 to rejoin the party.



Right...there were a large number of clues (numbers, etc) I skipped over.  Not that they weren't important...just that I was trying to be somewhat brief.

Most everything makes sense to me now, and I thank everyone for allowing me to get everything straight 'in my head'.

"Well, if the 'King' came after us through the Ark, he would still be a floor below and behind us, so we should be safe from him for a little bit yet.  Perhaps long enough to continue exploring this level..." Flint gestures to the door to the south.

"Ah yes, by the way I think this is yours" Flint hands the Wand of Paralyzation he found on Chrisman's body to Kahan.

Flint then walks over to Edmure, takes him gently by the arm and says "Come along Edmure....we wouldn't want you to get lost.  After all, we owe it to your wife to find and deal with Esylia."
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Query:  Which direction are you guys going:

1) South door
2) East door
3) Up stairs
4) Down stairs

You hear the lich king scream out, "NAJOMEL!  I KNOW YOU ARE HERE! I WILL FIND YOU!  THE ELVES BETRAYED ME!"  His twisted voice echoes throughout the corridors of the ancient stone temple.
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Kahan snaps out of his lull as the Lich King yells again. "I too am worried we will not be able to defeat the king in our current state, minus two members, with Naj's leg shattered." he states, helping the ranger to his feet. "I will not be able to do much for your leg, but I can heal you and anyone else who is injured." he continues, casting two Cure Light Wounds on him. "I suggest we find somewhere to hide, hoping the lich will run into Esylia and one of them will deal with the other..."

"I agree...with so few people it would be best if we could find a quiet place to get back to full strength.  The question is...where would that be?  Going down these stairs should bring us back to the room east of the kitchen we found earlier." (OOC: Room 13 on the first map below) "From there we could return to the area we rested before" (OOC: Room 8 I believe) "but that will probably also put us on the same level as the 'King'"



"On the other hand, we could continue South on this level and hope for something more secure.  It is my guess that the room to the south of us now will be a copy of the opposite side room " (OOC: room 32d on the map below, just flopped around) " and the room south of THAT will be another octagonal room similar to this one we are in.  It would then make sense that the last room to the south would be another copy of these 'Dish' rooms." (OOC: 32d type room, but flopped around again) "What awaits us to the south of the balcony room is anyone's guess...perhaps something more secure and not potentially on the same level as the 'King'?  Given a choice that is where I think we should go...but the choice must be made soon." (OOC: area 23 south of the Balcony room 22 on the map below)


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FYI, this is the most "explored" version of the downstairs map.  There are a couple rooms your map doesn't reveal that have been explored:




The most updated maps are found in this thread:  link to a message in this game

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"Where we rested before is the best place. To continue here looking for a similar place leaves us open to attack. I say we head back to the original spot and hole up for a time."

yes, edmure was leading the way when kahan(?) suggested his lack of eyes would be a benefit for leading the way

OOC: Down to 8 (via 13 - 9 - 7 - 8) then?  Assuming that the stairs down go to 13 ofc....and there are no objections from Naj or Harak....

You go to room 8.  Any special preparations there before resting?

Flint will spend as much time as possible transcribing spells from the (three?) spellbooks he has into one.

OOC: Please check PM for a few questions....

Kahan will check on his fire trap on the door, asking if anyone needed healing before they set in for the 'night'.

Can you remind me?  Did he set the fire trap previously or is he doing it now?  What door is it on?

FYI, I will be treating whether you are discovered as a wandering monster roll, like I did last time (and which you made it safely through the night).

It was on the door of the room we stayed in last time, obviously on the outside. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have gotten set off, but if it did, he will replace it. Everyone knows the passcode so they can get through it without exploding.

Borimer checks his equipment before settling in for first watch.

"I've got to sleep this time to make up for the last, I'll wake up the next lucky fellow in a few hours."

after borimer, what is our watch rotation?

Naj will take second watch, but as they settle in, he says, "As you may know, Najomel is my full name.  The king must be after me."  The elf ranger straddles his two handed sword.  "I fought in the final battle with the king, and saw his death.  That's where I met Marcus, as you might recall.  Alas, though I was a standard bearer for the human king, there was nothing I could do."  He points to the fabric wrapped around his belt.  "I felt so ashamed at my helplessness that I now wear the standard around my belt at all times to remind me."

"I was a page for Lord Faulbane just before the war, sent to his manor as a ward when I was just a boy.  I only remember growing up among humans, but the king remembers me as elf.  He was very fond of me.  The elves, though, retreated from the battle when they saw the overwhelming numbers.  I think the king must now blame me and all elves for what happened."