OOC: Because this is a so-called "boss battle," the stats in the monster manual for a medusa were simply too generic for use here.  Instead, I migrated to the stats in the 4th Edition D&D Monstrous Manual, which seem much more apropos to this level of fight and a final boss battle.  But she uses the orbs instead of a bow and carries a longsword like the male medusa listed there.

NOTES:

(1) A critical miss here (except for Borimer) means that you looked up at the medusa accidentally or otherwise.

(2) The medusa's hit points are already reduced related to her being attacked by the statue earlier.





Round 1

Kahan begins casting.

Borimer leads the charge, swinging blindly at the creature.  He hits Esylia directly in the chest (critical hit).  Esylia screams. (30 hp dmg.)

Harak joins the fray, swinging his scimitar once and missing.  (Critical miss.  Harak looks up at the medusa's eyes...and turns to stone!)

Esylia throws her orb at the attacking Borimer, but he dodges and it flies through the open doorway, exploding in the Time Ark room.  The statue is hit almost directly, but Flint also catches part of the explosion.  (11 hp dmg.)

Malissin jumps in and attacks, but he misses Esylia.

The snakes hiss and strike at the attacking Borimer, and one finds his sword arm.  (7 hp dmg.  Saving throw failed -- poisoned.) (Borimer receives a -2 to future attacks and will receive ongoing poison damage until cured.)

Borimer attacks again, hitting Esylia once more.  (33 hp dmg.)

Kahan finishes his spell, casting protection from evil on Borimer.  (Attacks from Esylia are now at -2, +2 to all saving throws by Borimer by attacks from Esylia.)

Esylia is doing something (but you can't see since you are all averting your eyes or blind).

The statue, though badly damages, is crawling forward to the south to attack the group, since it is still in "guard" mode.  It will reach Flint first.


Esylia:
HP: 113/212
AC: -6
Special Attacks:

Petrifying Gaze
Up to 4 attacks per round (gaze, snakes, two weapons)

Special Defenses:
Immunities: gaze/poison

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OOC: This is how the gaze attack will work:

(1) If you avert your eyes, then you only look up accidentally on a critical miss, and then must make a saving throw.  Your attacks while averting your eyes are the same as attacking blindly and you will not be included in any private messaging describing what she is doing.  She will know those averting their eyes are the weakest targets for a physical attack of some kind.

(2) If you don't avert your eyes, then she gets one gaze attack per round on someone who is not averting their eyes (determined randomly, but weighted in favor of those who are closest or the most danger to her).  A saving throw averts the gaze attack.

Fighting blind is not something Mal was looking forward to doing but after seeing Harak turn to stone he keeps his eyes cast down as he tries to work his way around the gorgon.

OOC: Are there any shadows Mal can slip into? Trying to get a sneak attack set up. Otherwise he'll work on trying to flank Esylia so that he is opposite Borimer and stab away.


14:21, Today: Malissin rolled 8 using 1d20. attack roll, modifiers later!

I'm guessing that's a miss.

It is a dark area with a lot of shadows, but there seem to be two problems: 1) she is standing between the two bookcases, though I guess he could slip between and under them to get around behind her, and 2) how's he going to do that with his eyes averted, since it takes skill and awareness of all his surroundings.

So I would say, yes, it's possible, but it will carry a negative modifier of some sort.

Still, if he succeeds, he would not have to attack her blindly from behind for a backstab (until after he hits, which will surely alert her attention to him for the gaze).

Borimer grimaces when the snake fangs pierce his arm, and he flails about in futility for one blind and terrifying moment.

Hearing the hissing of one of the snakes, and then Borimer's reaction, Kahan realizes the warrior must have been bitten, so rather than risking getting turned to stone himself, he begins casting another spell.

OOC:
To Borimer: Not sure what Borimer is doing next round based on the post.

To Malissin: In the spirit of encouraging unique ways to fight the monster, I hope I didn't dissuade you from your idea, which I thought was a good idea.  I was merely making it a decent challenge.

borimer made three misses :)
17:19, Yesterday: Borimer rolled 7 using 1d20+5. att 3.
17:19, Yesterday: Borimer rolled 8 using 1d20+5. att 2.
17:19, Yesterday: Borimer rolled 7 using 1d20+5. att 1 vs medusa.

Round 2
Malissin begins slipping into the shadows up and behind the shelves to attack from behind.

Borimer takes 9 points of poison damage.  It is like acid in his veins.

Kahan is casting.

Borimer takes three swipes at Esylia but misses all three.

Esylia attacks back.

Borimer feels a blade sweep near his face, and he barely ducks away in time.  The hissing of the snakes also comes close but they fail to make contact.

Malissin successfully backstabs, and Esylia howls in pain as the short sword pierces her back.  (15 hp dmg.)

Kahan finishes his spell.  The poison is slowed in Borimer's veins.

Harak is still turned to stone.

Flint is just beyond the group, turning to face the oncoming crippled iron statue.

Esylia:
 HP: 95/212
 AC: -6
 Special Attacks:

Petrifying Gaze
 Up to 4 attacks per round (gaze, snakes, two weapons)

Special Defenses:
 Immunities: gaze/poison

Borimer's body begins to relax as the poison slows and he pushes forward to attack two more times.  But the poison and general blindness keep the otherwise stalwart warrior from doing any real damage.

Still not wanting to risk turning to stone, Kahan continues to keep casting. "Flint, just try to keep the statue busy!" he states to the wizard.

Mal smiles as he buries his blade into the gorgon's back. Part of him was sad he didn't have the crown though, but the hissing of snakes made him finally admit that his plan was doomed to failure. There was no way he could blindly set the crown on her head without dying of poison and snake bites.

He steels his resolves and thrusts again for the small of Esylia's back.

OOC: That is probably another miss :(

Harak is still turned to stone, wondering if someone will help him.

Flint runs into the room, uncorking the stopper, and pours the last stone to flesh potion on Harak.

ROUND 3
OOC: This round was pretty bad for everyone.

Malissin attempts to backstab again, but Esylia is aware of him and he misses.

Borimer strikes out but misses.

Kahan casts a spell.  (Borimer now has Aid cast on him.)

Flint dumps the potion over Harak, who turns back to flesh.

The snake-like Esylia attacks at Borimer and Malissin, but misses both.

Borimer regains his footing enough to take three more cuts at his enemy.

Harak wastes no time after recovering from his stoned state.  He slashes twice at the medusa with his scimitar.

Kahan again begins casting.

Flint casts a spell. Casting Haste on Borimer.

ROUND 4
Flint begins casting.

Kahan begins casting.

Borimer swings, and one of his swings hits Esylia.  (33 hp dmg.)

Harak also swings twice, barely missing on his second swing.

Malissin attempts another attack, but is backhanded by Esylia.  He can't help looking...just can't help it...and he is turned to stone.  (Saving throw missed.)

Esylia lashes out.  Two of her attacks miss, but her scimitar slashes Borimer.  (8 hp dmg.)

She screams out, "Give me the Code and I will let you live, vermin!"  It is not clear to whom she is speaking...perhaps everyone in general.

Borimer's speed suddenly doubles.  (Haste spell successful.)

Kahan successfully (and unbelievably) charms the snakes that constitute Esylia's hair.

Borimer's poison is still slowed.

With eyes averted, no one but Harak can see what Esylia is doing.


Esylia:
 HP: 62/212
 AC: -6
 Special Attacks:

Petrifying Gaze
 Up to 4 attacks per round (gaze, snakes, two weapons)

Special Defenses:
 Immunities: gaze/poison

Pulling out the Rod of Absorption, Kahan attempts to cast a spell with it.

Borimer senses his speed increasing and can't help but notice how quickly his attacks are flowing from him, Those extra reps during practice are really paying off he thought while mercilessly beating down harassing his enemy, I'm pretty badass actually-

Out of the six potentially fascinating sword maneuvers Borimer displays only one finds its mark while the others find empty space.

Harak continues his assault with his scimitar.

ROUND 5

The assault continues.  Esylia's snake attack is incapacitated because of Kahan's charm spell.

Borimer looks like his shadowfighting for five swings, and then his last swing hits its mark.  (33 hp dmg)

Harak swings twice, hitting once with his scimitar.  (10 hp dmg.)

Kahan is casting with the rod of absorption...

Flint is casting...

Magic missiles fly from Flint's hands, striking Esylia.  (12 hp dmg.)

Esylia strikes out twice, hitting Harak once with her curved blade.  (13 hp dmg.)

Using the Rod of Absorption, a flaming vertical column of fire seems to come down as if from the heavens and strike Esylia, including the 5 foot space around her.

Esylia tries to dodge (saving throw made), but she still gets hit with a significant amount of fire.  Malissin's statue is also warming up, just within the flames.

Borimer and Harak jump back out of the fray...

Harak makes it back, but Borimer is still singed by the fire.  (Saving throw made, half damage:  10 hp dmg.)  You smell scorched hair (Borimer's) and scorched flesh (Esylia).

Esylia collapses under the fire, her corpse singed and burning.

Kahan, quite proud of himself, puts away the rod of absorption and looks around to make sure everyone is alright, keeping his eyes away from Esylia's corpse. "Borimer, do me a favor and chop off her head, then put it in this sack for me. Perhaps we could use it in our favor against our enemies." the priest asks, handing Borimer a sack from his pack and looking at the petrified body of Malissin with a strong feeling of dread. "We need to try to find Syrissa's body and pray that we can locate the potion she had on her. Hopefully it didn't break when she got... destroyed."

Unfortunately, one side effect of the fire, you notice, is that Esylia's head was scorched and burnt beyond recognition.  It is completely safe to look at her now.

You see that she had been holding a scimitar in one hand and a metallic, claw-like weapon in the other (OOC: like gauntlets with blades -- think Wolverine or Freddie Krueger).

She also had a large pouch strapped around her neck that she would have had easy access to its contents during battle.  It is leather and appears to be scorched and burnt but its contents were apparently unscathed.

EDIT:  OOC: I was going to wait for someone to search her or look at her and then say, "Without thinking, you look down at the medusa, forgetting that her looks turn a man to stone...but find that you are not turned to stone because her head and body have been scorched and burnt beyond recognition."  Something like that, but it doesn't fit with Kahan's post now.
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Borimer lets out a breath and sheathes Chianta.  He turns to face Kahan's voice and grins.

"We did good. Think I can get some sight back now, friend?"

"Yes, of course. I simply wanted to make sure it was safe to return it before I wasted the spell and turned you to stone for my own stupidity. Also, sorry for scorching you. I should have said something about moving out of the way." the priest replies, casting the spell to restore Borimer's eyesight before using a healing spell on him. He then goes about perusing through Esylia's handbag for anything of interest.

Borimer blinks and then relaxes as his eyes adjust.

"Ah, thanks.  I'm not going to do that again anytime soon...I hope."

Borimer is slightly healed by Kahan's spell.  (Cure Light Wounds: please adjust hit points per house rule.)

Kahan looks in Esylia's handbag.  He finds:

3 small vials of a bluish liquid like the one that turned Borimer back from stone to flesh
2 exploding orbs
and a partridge in a pear tree...
1 small case (like a jewelry box for a wedding ring) that is closed
1 key made of rusty old iron
1 green gemstone to fit the Time Ark device (of the two that are missing)

and some scraps of paper with codes scribbled on them, most of which are crossed out.  The only ones that are not crossed out read:

Present: 742138703546
Outer Planes: 528373567447
Land of the Dead: 486267825798
??: 195578436419
??: 743698224966
?? (strange island in middle of nowhere): 662789436221

Kahan takes one of the vials and pours it over Malissin's petrified body, taking the other two and putting them inside of his backpack. He then opens the jewelry box slowly and deliberately, looking inside curiously. "We should look around for the room she was keeping the old man in, preferably sooner rather than later."

Malissin turns back to flesh, shivering for a second as life pours back over his body.

Kahan opens the small jewelry box, which is covered in a black leather.  It snaps open as if on springs.  Its insides have mirrors on the bottom and underside of the lid.

Nested inside in a clasp is a white jewel that is growing brightly.  It is glowing so bright that it appears Esylia was using this as her light source.  (OOC: Think of it as a flashlight.)  The light-jewel acts the same as a bullseye lantern, directing a beam of light in one direction for up to 60 feet in a conical shape.  If taken out of the case, it acts the same as a regular lantern but is more difficult to hold onto without blocking light, as it is perfectly smooth and very small.

A bullseye lantern (60-foot radius of light) has only a single shutter, the other sides being highly polished to reflect the light in a single direction.

"Well that will be useful. I'll let anyone who wants it hold onto it, or if not, then I can use it for us." Kahan states, looking around and offering the gem to anyone who wants it.

You now have one of the two green gems to use the Time Ark.

Whoever uses the light-gem will only have one hand free to engage in other actions, so keep that in mind.

Borimer starts to slow down to normal speed...  :)

Borimer feels his body slowing to more normal movements and tries not to let the other's notice.  He sheathes his sword.

Handing out XP:


Check to see if you level up, and if you do, please notify me and increase your stats.

Whenever you level up or make permanent changes, please indicate the date you made the changes in your character sheet so we can keep it straight.

If you get the XP bonus of 10%, that is in addition to what you just received.

Mal offers to carry the "lantern" as he only needs on hand free to stab in the back.

Kahan hands the gem over to Malissin and pulls out the portable hole, loading it up with all of Esylia's belongings (including her weapons), making sure to be especially careful with the exploding orbs. "We should probably get back to exploring. And let's not forget about the statue waiting around the corner to smash us." Kahan reminds everyone, folding the portable hole up and putting it away again.

"Are there any statues left that can be healed? Or did that gorgon destroy them all?"

"I could use some of your god's blessings right about now brother..."

Borimer speaks to his comrade Kahan while readjusting a previous bandage that had fallen loose during the encounter with the gorgon.

"I already used my last low-level healing spell on you. I fear a higher level spell would be wasted unless you are more damaged." the priest replies to the warrior, pulling out a scroll from his backpack. "I can however cure your poison, now that I think about it." he adds, casting a spell.
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Let's see...where were we?

Borimer gets his sight back.  Kahan also casts cure poison on him.  The statue was mostly done in by the grenades of Esylia, and you easily put it out of its misery.

You still have the potential issue of dealing with whatever Esylia set loose in the center room, changing the dials of the Time and Venue Arks, placing the gems in where they belong, and maybe even finding Androlus somewhere in the building.

Like I said, I'm super busy right now, but we can move along some of the basics to get this show on the road.  Sorry about my delays.

Check the last updated maps to see where you have/haven't explored yet.

Borimer blinks and stretches his limbs, still stiff from the poison.

"Thanks, friend."

He looks around at the room now scarred with battle.

"Now to figure out how to get out of here..."

Kahan makes sure that nobody else is poisoned before returning to the task of trying to figure out where Androlus is.

As before, when moving through the rooms, just state your path by room number in sequence.  I'm sure anyone can probably take the lead here without a serious debate or discussion.

All poison is cured.

"I think getting the Ark and gems taken care of is our main task.  I wouldn't mind checkin out that center room, too.  If we find Androlus great, but if not, perhaps we should be leaving soon anyway."

Borimer didn't like leaving someone here, but he didn't like staying either, and he didn't know Androlus either way.  Still, leaving him here didn't sound right either, so the warrior puts it out of his mind and focuses on the current tactical situation.

"We likely won't be getting out without Androlus. He probably knows where the other gem is and how to program it. He might even know how to get rid of the demons in that chamber without us having to fight them." the priest replied.

"Maybe we can find a number set that will unleash a flood of angels or other non-demon friendly critters to handle the task for us?"

"I'm up for any ideas, 'cause I don't have any."

Borimer tries to loosen his grip on his sword hilt, but he'd be more comfortable with an enemy to strike out at.

OOC: I'm back, in case anyone makes any moves that require me to post.

Kahan begins to go back upstairs the way they came downstairs after Esylia, attempting to use the stone teleportal system to go back up a floor by grabbing the stone from the bowl marked II (assuming there is one there) and walking into the hole, making sure to put the stone back into the bowl it came from.

What's your endpoint?

Wherever it was we were before we went downstairs.

Borimer loosens his sword in its scabbard when he sees Kahan preparing to leave.

"You want me to walk in front?"

"There shouldn't be any further threats to us until we enter the portal room." Kahan stated, shaking his head.

"I'll take point on opening doors. You never know where Esylia might have left a booby trap."

He takes on final glance down at the fallen monster and gives a sigh before leading the way.

Borimer nods and takes the position affording him the best way to guard their backs.

Hopefully this will help get us up and moving again.  Here's what we have on the maps that I see:

The southern part of level 2 has not been explored.  I think you had just examined the bloody area in room 25 before being interrupted but had not actually done anything much in that room.

LEVEL 2


On level 1, there is the area east of #18 that you have not yet explored:


<blue><b>LEVEL ONE

The arrow by #18 references the area where the wall had collapsed in the future time before you traveled back.

OOC: I'm just going to make a judgment call here.

The party moves back to where it was at (the junction at 23).  The door to room 25 is still open.

You can go down the steps to the left or back into room 25.  You hear a soft moan from somewhere within room 25.

OOC: I hope we haven't hit a rut here.  You're almost done!

Borimer strains to hear more of the soft moaning, but can't make anything out. He whispers to Mal.

"How about sneakin' over there and checkin' out that noise..."

He keeps his eyes moving to each of the exits from the hallway (rooms 24, 25, and the stairs).

Malissin moves into room 25 towards the muffled moaning sound.  It stops as he enters but he had heard it coming from the northeast part of the room.  He begins a search there.

The rest of you hear eerie calls and occasional pounding on the door to the center room where you saw (through the crystalline television system) the demon-like creatures.

Malissin finishes his search.  There is a partition in the wall (secret door) that can be moved back at a crack if enough strength is used against the bricks.

"What say I give this a push and we see what's beyond, eh?"

Borimer braces his feet and slides the secret door open...

Borimer pushes the door aside, revealing a small closet area barely 5 feet wide to a side. Huddled in the darkness, his leg tethered by a chain to a bolt in the floor, is a blond human with long hair draped over his face.  He is skeletal in his thin frame, clad in blood-stained rags, and is only half-conscious.  Scores of cuts and bruises line his body from torture.

OOC: To refresh your memory, here is the original description of room 25:

There is a heavy oaken table in the center of the room with four chairs around it.  The table is broken on one side, an apparent victim of one of Esylia's homemade grenades.  A pile of rubble is near the southwest corner -- the remains of someone she had turned to stone.

On the table, you see various kitchen knives spread evenly about on a red towel.  Then you realize the towel is not red.  It is a white towel that has blood all over it.  The knives also are covered with blood.  A beaker of a clear liquid is next to the knives.  The blood is also stained with blood, most of it old but some it appearing to be rather fresh.
 
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"Kahan, can you tend to his wounds?"

Borimer steps back and keeps watch for trouble. After a moment, he goes to the stairs and listens before returning to the room with the secret door.

Borimer hears nothing from the stairs.  The only sounds come from the center room.

Harak leans in close to see what kind of wounds the man has and if they can be bound simply. "The sooner we get out of this temple, the better," he says under his breath.

"Agreed.  Allevia is sounding pretty good right about now..."

Mal nods at that statement.

"Yeah...at least there's nothing currently hunting us down..."

OOC: I think Grant has been out of action for a little while.  He's also not posted in the other game he's in for awhile.

You move forward and help the man, patching up his wounds.  He is in bad shape and weakly introduces himself as Androlus.  He grabs Borimer's shirt with weak hands and says, "Watch out for the witch.  She'll kill you."  He seems manic, but you notice now, as he lifts his head, the other wounds he has.  His eyes have been gouged out.

You explain to her that Esylia is dead.

"She wants the code," he says.  "I wouldn't give it to her.  We burnt the library."  He cackles as if this gives him some comfort.  "We burnt up all the codes.  Or they did.  Or someone did.  It's all a blur.  All a blur."  He seems on the verge of losing consciousness from the wounds and loss of blood.

Borimer politely questions Androlus when he's been tended to by his comrade.

"Do you know where any of the gems are, friend?"

He mutters to himself when he remembers the center chamber.

"Or any idea how to empty a room of demons without doing it the hard way?"
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I think Malissin was onto how to use the Ark, and maybe Kahan.

EDIT: Wrong thread.  I was responding to Borimer's comment in the player comment thread.
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"Gems?" Androlus says.  "She kept the gems on her, or maybe in the chest at the bunk, last I saw."  He lets out a deep breath.  "But I haven't seen anything in days or weeks, maybe longer."  He shakes his head at the mention of demons.  "I know nothing of demons."

Kahan attempts to patch up Androlus as best he can. "All of my magics have been used up, but I can heal him better after a rest." he says to no one in particular.

Androlus is weak and blind.  He has lost a lot of blood.  But Esylia was obviously keeping him alive to get information out of him, most particularly the codes, which you may have already found.  If you have any questions for him, he can try to answer them.  He is very thankful for you saving him and will gladly give you the code to get to Allevia (both of them that he remembers).

He tells you where he scribbled the codes so they would not be lost for good, and you seem to have found them all.  Esylia never suspected that he did that before she captured and tortured him.

"We need to clear out that central room, but I need to get a look those demons again first."

Androlus says, "I knew what she was when she started turning the temple staff into stone.  A gorgon, and a monster.  I knew she would get me and that would be the end to it.  So I put out my own eyes.  When she caught me, she began torturing me for the codes.  The temple staff--we set fire to the library.  I don't even know what valuable information is now forever lost."

He slumps a little in weakness.  "When you got here, she must have lost her patience, and she renewed her efforts to get the codes out of me through torture.  But I held out."  He takes a gasp of breath.  "I held out."

He tells you that if the Time Ark setting is set to all "1"s, it will go to the current position of time's progression.

"Time has a point where it is supposed to be, and where it crawls forward.  You come from that time.  If you set the Time Ark to all 1s, you will return to your time, plus whatever time you have spent here will be added to the time when you arrived.  I know some other time codes, I think, but my mind is blurry from the pain."

"Going back to our own time will be a handy trick, but that's not exactly why we came here. We need to find out how to get to Allevia. Can the Venue Ark take us there? A powerful wizard from our time seems to think so, which is why we ended up here in the first place. The world of our time is ending, and we need to get off of it before it does. Luckily that won't be for several hundred years from our current time." the priest explains.

"Of course, you can get to Allevia," he says.  "That's where the rest of the temple staff fled.  The question is which of Allevia's 'whens' do you want to get to?  The future one where you came from or some other?"

He gives you two codes for Allevia, stating he hasn't actually traveled through them, but knows one leads to an island atoll, and one leads to a mountain. The atoll is:  743698224966.  The staff members who went there went to the time designation 624-789-999.  (These are numbers you already have and you remember they take you to the island in the middle of the ocean where you went previously in the ghost adventure using the Nashkaelebod chest.)

The other is in the mountain in what they call the Allevian Crystal Cave.  Its number is:  792348918392.  (You also have this number but have never been there.)

"You did well and passed your trial of pain, earning you honor."



Borimer turns to his companions.

"At first I wanted to get back to our own time, but in Allevia.  Now I'm wondering if there's a better time to be instead.  Can demons and death knights travel through time while chasing us?"

Androlus says, "The space portal stays open for only 24 minutes and 34 seconds.  We timed it.  So unless someone knows the codes or follows in that time period, they are stuck wherever they left off.  But the Time Ark, as you noticed, works by touch and seems to be constant.  So if the gems are in place and the time code is set, first you set the time you want and touch it.  Then you enter the center room to the portal that will send you to Allevia.  Someone following you can probably follow you to the 'when' but not the 'where' unless they have the codes."

OOC: Looking at the map, there are three areas not explored:

1) The area east of 18
2) Room 24 -- for some reason, I disclosed this on the map (accidentally?) but I do not think you have actually looked into the room and I know you have not searched it.
3) Down the stairs to the south of Room 24.

"Let's look for some gems in the bunk room, the old man says the snake-lady may have left 'em in a chest near a bed."

Borimer leads the way back through the secret portal and past the next chamber (25).  He listens at the door across the hall before entering the bunk room (24).
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He hears nothing at the door.  Opening the door, you see a row of bunks that was probably for the monks who stayed here.  The bunks are all neatly made except the one closest to you, where Esylia must have slept.  In the southwest corner is a small chest.

"How about working some of your skill with that chest Mal, see if there's any traps, eh?"

Mal nods and begins to search the chest for traps and then once satisfied (and clearing everyone else back to a safe distance) he'll pick the lock and attempt to open it.

"So Kahan, any chance you can help him out with his vision? It was a smart move Androus...Androlus, sorry but what will you do now? Everyone else seems to be gone from this place...so far we've seen nothing but ghosts and bodies..."

"The only way I could heal his vision would be if I was a much more powerful cleric and if I had his eyeballs. By now, they likely have rotted beyond use, so no, there is nothing we can do about his vision." the priest replies, shaking his head.

Malissin begins walking down the room toward the chest.  (Observation check failed.)  He notices too late that it is not the chest he should have been worried about as he trips a nearly invisible wire at ankle level.  The wire is connected around the inside of the bunks to the farthest bunk.  The bottom of the top bunk suddenly collapses, dropping its contents.

What were those contents?  They are Esylia's stash of orb bombs, and at least twenty of them crash at the end of the room near the chest, exploding the far end of the room so powerfully that the wall and floor collapse.

Malissin is too close to avoid the explosion, but he jumps back in evasion.  (Saving throw successful. Half damage.)  He is badly wounded by the explosion.  (23 hp dmg.)

As Malissin lies on the ground in pain, the rest of you see that the chest, still intact is in the rubble at the far end.

OOC: You now know why, in the future version of the temple, this wall has collapsed.

Here is the previous description in Room 2:

You enter a room with marble floors, but they are littered with debris.  Three pairs of pillars once graced this hall, but the southeasternmost pillar has toppled, bringing with it a portion of the east wall.  A room beyond the rubble, and a second floor room above it, now lay exposed to view.  (This is where the arrow points and the arrow slit lines are indicated in the southeast.)

You now realize it was not the pillar that collapsed, but the explosion that collapsed the pillar.


The explosion has now granted you easy access to room 2 by crawling over the debris to the lower floor and the pillar, if you want.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:22, Wed 30 Jan 2013.

If you go back to the "Harkahnon Ruins 1 Entryway" thread, you will remember seeing the following maps:





These maps now represent the present configuration of the temple.  All thanks to Malissin.  :)

Borimer moves debris off of Malissin and helps him up so the priest may tend to his wounds.

Harak says, "My monk training and psionic ability does allow me to heal when needed, as well as curing disease.  But when I use it, some of the injury transfers to me. Inform me if you truly need me to use my powers, and I will oblige.  Otherwise, I let Mother Nature take its course."  He bows.

Mal is badly banged up (~50% health) and would indeed appreciate healing before he tries to search the chest for traps.

Harak heals Malissin.  (Malissin goes up 10 hp; Harak loses 2 hp.)

Malissin finds that the chest, which is about the size of a shoebox, is locked but not trapped.

Breathing a sigh of relief Mal will put tools to the lock to try and make it pop.

Mal successfully picks the lock.  Inside, he finds a bag full of gold coins (160), but they have a strange image on the coins that is not familiar to any of you.  He also finds the last missing gem for the Ark.

He turns around, smiling at his success, and then you remember that you had found a key on Esylia's corpse and probably didn't need to go to the trouble of picking the lock.

"Good work. Now I say we go and beat down those demons."

Despite the word of god undermining his success, Mal remains proud of his display of skill.

(OOC: :P)

"We should probably rest before we attack. If the fighting goes sour I'd prefer our magical companions to be at full capacity when it comes to magicks and healing prayers. Without Esylia there is little that should cause us to rush into unnecessary battle."

"I can watch without sleep for now, wake you all up when it's time."

Since you're in the room with the bunks, I suppose you will be resting here in actual beds.

Please make adjustments as you rest, any healing before the rest, and so forth.  When you are ready, we will advance the clock about 8 hours and proceed, assuming nothing else comes through the Time Ark from your time period...

Let me know when you are ready.

If my estimates are correct, this will be going into the 6th day since you left the battle with the orc king (and last saw the demons who were chasing you).

Borimer silently watches over the others, his warrior's training automatically taking over the moment he crouches down and places his sword over his knees. His body barely moves when he breathes, his gaze steadily scanning the room for any signs of trouble.