There’s no magical scrolls available to the party that I know of. Kara left 2 spellbooks in the vault with Athalgrim.

The spellbook of Magus Aphonse Stonehurler: Read Languages, Detect Magic, Locate Object, Phantasmal Force, Detect Invisible

The spellbook of Modnar’s apprentice: Detect Magic, Floating Disc, Read Magic, Ventriloquism, Locate Object, Mirror Image.

Sleep works on any creature except undead. It's limit is how much Hit Dice it an affect.

can he access either of those books to use Read Magic and add spells to his own grimoire?

So hear me out - Floating Disc filled with honey to lure the bees away.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:50, Wed 28 Dec 2022.

Yes Athalgrim will allow adventurers to access the spellbooks





Valerian has about 3 weeks of in game time, but is short of the gold pieces needed. Not sure if the other adventurers could pool their funds to help him.

Wyndham will generously donate 1,400 EP (700 gp?) to finance spell research. Hopefully that will cut down on the back-and-forth to town.

I have 344 GP which with Wyndham’s loan will give 1044 GP, enough for a first level spell with a week of study.

So that would be learning Sleep with a 15% chance of failure, or one of the spells in the two grimoires with NO chance of failure.

He takes the chance, and a week later…

11:25, Today: Valerian rolled 71 using 1d100.  Learn Sleep spell. – 71

SUCCESS!
This message was last edited by the player at 16:27, Wed 28 Dec 2022.

Excellent. Now we just need to save up for Lady.

The answer has almost always been sleep.

Derry's not as rich as Wyndham but will donate 300 EP.

Derry: 150 GP
Valerian: 344 GP
Wyndham: 506 GP
This message was last edited by the player at 16:29, Wed 28 Dec 2022.

Yes that's how it works. Recreating an known spell without a scroll/book to copy takes 2 weeks and I waiver the chance of failure as the spells are well known. Failure chance will only apply if creating a new spell not in the Basic or Expert books.

Valerian has enough time and money to add Sleep to his spellbook. Well done everyone!

Good morning all,

I've started a new thread ready for the next delve. Let me know if there's a preparations you want to make such as shopping for supplies and/or bringing along hirelings.

Otherwise post whenever you're ready.

 *blinks* Oh, heeey, I've... been forgetting to read Out of Character threads.  Boy.  Boy, boy, boy, boy, boy.

Allow me to get back up to speed, here...I like this mage.  We're on the same page.

Don't think Brilliance is going to do much shopping outside of a meal, a bed, and... ehh, that's about it.

Got some oil and a lantern, if anyone needs an extra light, by the way.  I like chucking lit-up oil, but sometimes it helps to use it for what it was sold for!
This message was last edited by the player at 11:18, Fri 06 Jan 2023.

"battle bot area?"

In reply to Valerian (msg # 227):

ah, yeah, it was an anti-grav chamber with murder bots. Modnar wasn't a good guy.

Okay, the spa that Derry just referred to allows a 3d6 reroll of one attribute. I seem to remember an unexplored area at the bottom of the well of rejuvenation?

We haven't dealt with the monster in the NW chamber. I think it can be slept.

That leaves the question of where Modnar's personal chambers are. I suspect somewhere in the NW quadrant. There is that dead end in the SE quadrant (just before the arena).

Hey, as long as the bottom of this well doesn't have a bunch of grabby arms in it...

I think there was a door at the bottom beyond which we hadn't explored.

Dad-blessit, I knew I'd forgotten to buy something!  A crowbar!

Derry has you covered:

Pet Rabbit -- "Hazel"
3 sacks of apples
Backpack
Oil Flask (4)
Rope 50' + Grappling Hook
Iron Spikes (12)
Tinderbox
Torches (3)
10' Wooden Pole
Hammer
Crowbar
2 Large sacks
Ladder (150)
Rations, ten days

Sorry Derry, we posted #43 and #44 at about the same time and I missed your post.
Are we all now in the well room or in the silver liquid ceiling room?

Silver liquid ceiling room afaik.

Yes everyone is in the room with the liquid ceiling.

Alright, Wyndham, you're the eyes, ears, and fins of the party.

Maybe we need to put a floater in there!

Yeah, same here, but so long as it is a "creature" and has no more than 4+1 HD, it should be susceptible. This is pretty much the last known room in the cellar. It's in this NW area where I think the wizard's chambers are to be found (given the empty space and the location of his personal lift).

I sure hope that's not a HD roll for the coin worm!

I'm thinking we might attempt to camp in that NW chamber after this encounter and a bit more poking around (provided we're in a condition to do so).

It has one entrance.

It's in the NW corner.

The wandering monsters would have learned to avoid it.

Curious that we didn't hear any sounds of combat from the south. There are only two known rooms that way -- both a short distance from our location.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:22, Wed 01 Feb 2023.

Chess says, "Hey, let's parley!"; Devin says, "This was senseless..."; Brilliance says, "Wonder what a kobold mage'd look like*?".

* - Refer to Rules Cyclopedia, page 215.