I've had some RL issues. I'm sorry I've not been able to post lately. If you need to replace me I understand.

Totally understand. I’m glad you’re still here.

To me, it sounds as though the majority who have voiced an opinion are in favor of opening the concealed door. But I don’t want to jump to conclusions. If I’m incorrect, please don’t hesitate to speak up.

I vote against opening the secret door! :-)

Approximate distance from party to mind flayer? And room size?

Azad, the room is about forty by sixty square feet. The mind flayer was at the eastern door when the party entered, so I would say there’s roughly forty feet between it and the adventurers.

Before moving forward, Ella, since you made your saving throw, you’re entitled to an attack this round, should you wish to make one.

I also want to give Trisvyre the opportunity to act, should she make her resistance roll/saving throw.

Just posted!  :)

Sorry. Didn't realize I was entitled to an action after making the saving throw. Will post shortly.

Am I up again now?

I treated Wandreck’s kicking the grenade back to its owner as his action for the previous round. You can certainly take another action now.

Salenth, I’m going to treat your most recent swing as your action for the current round.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 644):

Oops, my bad; I misunderstood your (before) latest post as a new round for some reason

Azad picked up the "grenade" that the mind flayer threw at the group. Is the writing the same? Is the switch set to the same number?

I’ll correct that post. But yes, the symbols and setting are the same.

I'm still around hopefully posting more regularly next week (hopefully the road crews are done moving the internet cables after all my other problems)

Glad you’re still with us!

Just to make sure I understand, we have a branch to the east that goes 150 ft then turns north, with a door at the corner where that passage turns northward.  There are labels there but too far for Azad to read.

There is also a door only 40 ft ahead of us to the north, past the eastern branching described above, and this is the one labelled Gymnasium?
This message was last edited by the player at 10:16, Fri 02 July 2021.

Yes, that’s correct. I’ll do my best this weekend to get a map up to clarify things further.

My apologies if I messed up the directions! We can be sure that was player error as Azad would not make such an error!! :-)

Damn! I was hoping the gymnasium was large enough that the Lightning Bolt would not get to the walls.

DM: can you give us an estimate of the size of the room, and the distance to the three doors?

Wandreck: don't forget that you are Enlarged and have an effective strength of 19 (=3 to hit, +6 damage).
This message was last edited by the player at 04:31, Wed 14 July 2021.

The chamber is 110 by 70 feet.

Reaching the eastern door would require traveling the entire width of the room. Reaching the door on the northern wall would take a journey of roughly 90 feet, give or take. The third door would be the one the party entered from. Ducking back out of it could be done on each character’s next action.

Note that the northern door is secured with a card lock. The eastern door opens with a push panel.

If any of the other spell casters have a similar spell to use on the northern door, we can at least keep the security robots out for a bit. Azad will cast it again on the northern door if they don't arrive this round.

DM: any chance of a sketch map of Cargo Bay 5 and where the robots are located in relation to the party?

This could turn into one heck of a battle if things go wrong and knowing where everything is located may be important.

My sincerest apologies for being slow to respond. I should have the requested map up early this evening so party members can refer to it when if the situation goes south.

Oh god, there's no way this is going to work smoothly! :-)

DM: we have dissected a couple of the robots...what would their weight be?
This message was last edited by the player at 00:32, Tue 10 Aug 2021.

Unfortunately, the module itself doesn’t disclose this specific information. My best guess would be that the security robots weigh somewhere in the neighborhood of 350 to 400 pounds, while the larger worker robots probably clock in at around 600.

Oops! I made a mistake in reading the DM's post...my last post has been editted.