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[Group 2] The World's Largest Dungeon - IC
Brought together by rumors of a truly massive dungeon, the group has been traveling for about a week, up into the hills to the far northeast of the town they met in. The rumors say that recent earthquake activity opened up an entrance to this area. Your group set off hoping to find this entrance.
As the afternoon wears on, you come upon what appears to be a fresh opening in the side of the hill you are climbing up. The opening leads to a cave.
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Marching Order
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Elia
Kulkav
Versel
Taribo
Frederic
Phasma
Night Shifts
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Elia
Kulkav
third to the spellcasters???
Door Policy
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1.) Everyone spreads out
2.) Elia checks the door for traps, and disarms, if applicable
3.) Kulkav uses his tower shield for full cover, then opens the door, as he has the best odds to survive any leftover traps, at least at low level. In addition, his bulk and tower shield should make it very difficult for any dangerous foe within to get off a surprise attack at our group.
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I have darkvision 60' and Low-light vision
. Elia proceeds to the opening cautiously using search and stealth.
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Search: [roll0]
Stealth: [roll1]
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Fredric will follow a fair distance behind Elia, allowing the rogue to scout ahead.
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Taribo
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Low-Light Vision, Everburning Torch
Taribo walks next to Frederic with a hint of curiosity on his Face.
"I wonder if thats the dungeon we've been looking for."
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"It could be, we are in roughly the right place... Or it could be just another crack. The quakes certainly wreaked havoc across the area, so it may take a fair bit to find the opening we're hoping for." Fredric replies.
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Taribo
Mother nature playing yet another prank on us? Could be... though the same prank repeated over and over again would become somewhat boring. I, for one, really hope that we find a entrance to this mysterious dungeon as soon as possible.
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Fredric
"Well, we shall know soon enough. If there is an entrance here, no doubt Elia will find it..." he chuckles, "And have half the treasure bagged by the time we get there."
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Kulkav brings up the rear, for the moment. His titanic glaive is held with both talons, ever battle-ready. His newly-draconic lip curls in a jovial grin.
"Well, so long as I get half of what remains, I suppose that's acceptable."
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Normal vision, everburning torch
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"You know, Kulkov, a part of me would would disagree with that method of dividing the rewards..." he gives a meaningful look at Kulkov's glaive, "But then another, larger, part of me suspects that any disagreement between myself and that tree trunk of yours is likely to be somewhat one sided." He smiles. "Besides, if this dungeon proves to be even half of what the bards are singing about, we shall doubtless all come away well rewarded... Even if it is only with a pair of wings, and a single pass portal to the celestial planes."
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Kulkav's eyes widen in mock surprise.
"Fredric, have you ever known me to turn my weapons against a friend? Now, I may arm-wrestle you for it..."
His grin widens a bit, and he slaps his comrade on the back.
"Regardless, you're right; this seems as though it will be quite a worthy challenge."
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The smaller man staggers under the dragonborn's blow, but he comes up smiling.
"Ahhh, I wager I'd lose that contest too." Fredric says, rubbing his shoulder.
"Still, we need to find the dungeon before we decide how to spend the gold."
He looks up ahead, "Where's Elia gotten off to?"
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The cave is relatively small, only 20'x30'. Inspecting the floor of the cave, Elia sees numerous tracks in the dirt. The tracks appear to be from many creatures, small and large. Following the tracks, they lead to a tunnel in the back of the cave that goes deeper into the hills.
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Keeping his eyes open, Elia proceeds to move cautiously through the tunnel after inspecting the cave properly. If he sees something unusual he inspects it. He also tries to gage the freshness of the tracks and tries to remember if any of his partners had skills in this department.
Also Elia makes little dance moves which he does sometimes when nervous, but nobody knows about it since he's pretty stealthy about it.
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Search = [roll0]
Perception = [roll1]
Stealth = [roll2]
Perform (dance) = [roll3]
T_T Wasting all the good rolls when it does not matter. So screwed for battle!
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"You and your gold... what if all thats to gain there there is knowledge?" he says and pauses for a moment."But if theres any gold, I want my fair share!"
Then he walks a few steps forward to see where Elia is. "Hmm. Sniffing around, as always." he mumbles something unintelligible about whisper gnomes and noses and seems fairly amused. "Ey! Look! That tunnel - looks like we've found the dungeon!"
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Nope, don't have survival... I could scan the cave for magic though if u think thats a good idea.
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Aside from the tracks, Elia doesn't see anything of interest in the cave.
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Nothing yet, but I can't see the back. This could be it.
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"Indeed knowledge is a stable market commodity... And a little bit of knowledge can often be stretched much further than a similar portion of gold might."
Fredric comes into the mouth of the cave, just behind Taribo.
"My, but this does look promising. Taribo, if you'd be so kind as to remove the hood from your torch, that the poor eyed among us might see as well, I would certainly appreciate it."
As he speaks Fredric absently removes the dagger at his hip, an old polishing cloth, and a small vial of yellowish oil, and proceeds to apply the oil and cloth to the blade.
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Ok, apply Poison.
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I meant I'd be exploring the rest of the tunnel if there was nothing of interest in the cave, just wanted to make sure of that first.
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Kulkav tromps up to Taribo and Fredric, and peers forward.
"Well, I'll be... it seems so. Well done, Elia!"
Holding his glaive in one hand, Kulkav reaches into his pack, and draws out a torch that is already alight, before strapping it to the side of his pack, resulting in a hands-free, apparently non-burning torch.
"So, any objections to just heading in?"
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Fredric sheaths the dagger, and makes a polite gesture into the tunnel.
"After you."
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"Ah yes, lets bring some light into the shadows..." Taribo pulls the hood from his everburning torch and straps it to the side of his pack in the same fashion as Kulkav. Then he pulls his light crossbow out.
"Indeed, after you, big fella. But don't worry I've got ur back!" he says as he waves his crossbow around.
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After about 300' of traveling the tunnel, you come upon a finished stonework wall with a 15' gap in it. The floor transforms from rough dirt and stone to finished flagstones.
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"Moradin's Hammer, would you look at that..." Fredric swears softly, "Where's a dwarf when you need one, eh?"
He peers through the gloom at the meticulous stone work.
"We must be nearly a hundred feet down, and no sign of such workings above..."
He pauses for a moment,
"I might point out, if anyone was having second thoughts about this venture, now would be a good time to voice them."
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I sense people having doubt and continue going forward at maximum speed, except I'm also keeping my eyes open, being stealthy and searching everything (including the wall) as I go, so it's not really max speed. Also I'm not really good at reading other people, so I don't really sense anyone having doubt anyway.
Through the gap it is!
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Perception: [roll0]
Stealth: [roll1]
Search: [roll2]
I made a previous reply with the same rolls, but for some reason they were not converted properly.
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The group moves towards the opening, and Elia walks through it. The room is enormous, with no end in sight from the opening.
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"Hmmm." Taribo squints his eyes. "Can't even see the end of the room. U guys see anything? Perhaps we should just move toward the middle of the room... carefully."
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Er, lets move back into our marching order? Just saying seeing how Taribo is behind Elia.
Note to self: Don't buy a everburning torch for next character. Buy a everburning javelin.
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Elia is gonna try and scan the room, making sure he can find his way back. He's stealthy, perceptive and searches along the way. Also doing some dance moves.
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[roll0] - perception
[roll1] - search
[roll2] stealth
[roll3] - perform
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Elia moves around the room, achieving an amazing feat of moving stealthily and jerkily at the same time. He finds nothing of interest, the room is 75'x75' with doors in the northwest and southeast corners.
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Note that the shading on the map is actual lighting, bright vs. dim. Also, if you need to see someone's field of vision at anytime I can easily post a POV map for that player.
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Just to be safe Elia is searching the entire room again. Also taking 20 on both doors after listening if there is something on the other side.
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[roll0] - search room
[roll1] - perception door 1
[roll2] - perception door 2
take 20 on search = 26
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Kulkav enters the room, making a game of stepping only where Elia has already set foot. Given his substantially larger frame, this does restrict his mobility considerably.
"Find anything so far?"
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Pacing the room and inspecting the doors, Elia doesn't find anything to report.
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Elia shakes his head when Kulkav asks him if he found anything, points to the top door, stands aside and makes a expecting bow.
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Kulkav gives a toothy smile, before slinging his tower shield around his shoulder, and, taking cover behind it, opening the door.
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Kulkav pulls the door open and backs away a little bit. Beyond the door is an open room, at least 25'x40'. Versel can see a door directly across the way from the door Kulkav just opened.
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After the entire group listens for enemies, Elia enters the new room with his eyes wide open and stealthily begins to search and scout it.
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Fredric stares around the rooms in plain awe of the structure, and only absently pays a mind to stepping in places stepped before.
If there are any carvings or artwork on the walls, those are what he is most intent upon, any depiction of why this colossal structure is here...
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Taribo inspects the room slowy, looking for any signs that could tell him how this dungeon was created.
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[roll0] "20 + spell level Identify materials created or shaped by magic, such as noting that an iron wall is the result of a wall of iron spell. No action required. No retry."
Well, I'd only identify wall of stone on a roll of 20... but eh, worth a try.
Rolling only for this room, not the whole dungeon. :smallsmile:
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The group moves into the next room, with Taribo and Fredric attempting to find clues as to the origin and intent of the dungeon. The walls seem to just be worked stone with mortar between slabs and boulders. The surfaces are very smooth and strong. No clue as to how or why these walls are here can be found though.
After getting about 25' into the room, Elia hears a soft coughing noise coming from the darkness to the east.
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Stealthily approaching the origin of the sound and using hand signals to indicate there is something lurking in the darkness to his partners, Elia tries to get a better idea of what just coughed.
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Kulkav stops short, once more wielding his glaive in place of his tower shield. He shifts slightly to get a better look at whatever Elia may have sighted.
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Taribo nods at Elia and readies his crossbow, following closely behind Kulkav and Elia.
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Versel holds his loaded crossbow, standing near Kulkav in case he needs to cast enlarge person.
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Fredric draws the dagger from his belt, and readies the arcane formulae to enchant it.
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Elia moves towards the sound, and the party falls in behind him. He halts when he spies 3 orcs sitting on the ground in a corner. Their weapons are on the ground next to them. The one in the corner coughs again.
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Note that currently Kulkav and Fredric cannot see the orcs.
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"Watchout, Orcs!!" he wispers. Then Taribo turns to Elia, looking nervous "Ey Elia - u think they can see us?"
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Can I have more information about the Orcs? Like: have they noticed us? If they have, what is their emotional response? What do they seem to be doing here?
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Fredric nods and, stuffing his walking stick into his pack, he removes a tightly stoppered flask.
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The orcs appear to be just sitting there, not doing much of anything. If they've noticed the party, they give no outward sign of it.
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Darmok moves next to Kulkav and loads his crossbow.
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Kulkav steps forward until his torch can illuminate the orcs that the others have mentioned, holding his glaive at the ready.
"How do you do?"
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Ready action to attack with glaive if any of them move to attack one of us.
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Kulkav's approach is ignored by the orcs. One of them looks up as he talks and says, in broken common, "Go away."
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Fredric steps forward.
"We might, but it would only be to miss a golden opportunity on both our parts..."
He pauses meaningfully.
"The garrison defending Kerthac (the nearest town) has recently been sent on maneuvers to deal with pirates and raiders that have been assaulting the northern villages, leaving Kerthac ripe for the picking... My associates and I," he gestures to the rest of the party,"Are too few to loot the town properly, and so came seeking your clan with hopes that an arrangement might be reached."
He chuckles slightly,
"I might note, that trade in Kerthac has been booming of late... The calf is fatted and ripe for the slaughter."
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Ok, roll to Bluff:
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Elia slaps his forehead hearing this complicated lie that makes a lot of assumptions about the Orcs who are apparently color-coded to be Evil, part of a clan, murderers and thieves according to Fredric. He weeps a small tear as he is flooded with memories of being assumed a scoundrel before having had a chance to prove it.
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The orc that spoke before looks at Fredric and snorts, "No clan, leave us alone."
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"Ah, then I am afraid we have been misinformed. You have our apologies."
Fredric turns to go, before hearing the one Orc cough again, and turns back.
"We wish you good health, though sometimes health requires assistance. I find strong spirits are often the best solution to such bumps in the road."
He tosses the flask to the Orc with whom he's been speaking in a friendly parting gesture.
He turns south.
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lol @ the whole "the calf is ripe for the slaughter" speach... classy! :smallbiggrin:
"Why are u here? And since when... wait, were you waiting for us?" Taribo looks around suspiciously as if he were expecting a ambush.
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The orcs ignore both the flask and the questions.
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Did the orc catch the flask?
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Its a flask of acid. If he doesn't catch it, it will shatter against him, dealing 1d6 acid damage to him, and 1 splash damage to each the orcs next to him... (It's a fragile flask, it might break anyway...)
Here's a touch attack roll if you need it.
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And damage if it breaks:
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If he drinks it, as I hope, I'll leave those details to you :-)
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Elia goes on to explore the room using search and stealth. If the Orcs attack Fredric he does not interfere.
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Kulkav sighs, and turns his attention, for the moment, to further exploration.