[DCO] Team Cleric

[Rizban]

{table=head]|Player|Character|Race|Class
L | Jormengand | Solion Ezekiel Luminor | Human | Cleric 2
| IamL | Garl Li | Dwarf | Cleric 2
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You are led out into a large, open field surrounded by bleachers filled by countless thousands of people from all races imaginable. As you look up, you see large, shimmering sheets of energy dancing with color. After a second, you realize that it is a closeup view of your face. Yes, they will be watching you as you journey deep into the dungeon below!

You arrive at your designated entry point, a set of large iron double doors set into a large concrete slab. Large red numbers on the screen above you count down.

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

00:00

The crowd erupts into cheers and applause as the door open before you. The loud creak of their hinges drowned out by the shouts that surround you. The stairs before you beckon you into the darkness below.

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The map below will be automatically updated as you explore. Check back often so you don't get lost!

[IamL]

Garl Li
I give a brief nod to the audience before descending down the stairs, waiting for Solion to descend after me before entering the first room.
I call back to him.
'Twas a pity tha' Percival had to take a rain check. Oh, well, this will still be rather enjoyable!

[Jormengand]

(Solion cannot actually see the map, because all it's displaying is a "broken image tag" thing)

Solion enters after Garl, on his guard for anything untoward that might happen, but without speaking.

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I'll let you roll all the spot/listen/whatever checks if there's anything actually to hear. Human, so no DV or LLV, but if anything tries to attack us on the stairs I might hear it.

[Rizban]

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That's because no image exists yet. You haven't yet entered the dungeon.
The fact is, there are several things you might have done rather than just walk through the doors. As such, no map until you actually enter.

The stairs descend 20 feet into the earth and total darkness. Only the light filtering in through the open doors gives you light.

The tunnel beneath extends 50 feet east before ending in a T-intersection going north and south. There is another door about halfway down on the south wall.

Someone has drawn a large 10-foot letter X about 30 from the stairs. In the "V" nearest you, there is a large letter "U". In the "V" farther away, there is a large number "80".

[IamL]

Garl Li
"Tha' symbol looks interestimg. I'm going to go check it out."
I walk up to the symbol and take 20 on Search, for a total of 22, searching on the symbol and the area around it.

[Rizban]

As you approach the symbol, the 10-foot section of the floor in front of it falls away beneath your feet. Reflex save.

[Jormengand]

As you approach the symbol, the 10-foot section of the floor in front of it falls away beneath your feet. Reflex save.

(I assume I don't have to take this since I'm not on the symbol yet?)

[IamL]

As you approach the symbol, the 10-foot section of the floor in front of it falls away beneath your feet. Reflex save.

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how did I know this was coming?
(1d20+1)[15]

[Rizban]

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(I assume I don't have to take this since I'm not on the symbol yet?)

It was the section of floor in FRONT of the symbol, not the symbol itself. But, no, you weren't standing on that section of floor when it opened.

You react just a bit too slowly. As you start to fall, you manage to grab the edge of the pit. Unfortunately, the sudden jerk on your shoulder joint combined with slamming against the side of the pit deals (1d6)[5] nonlethal damage to you.

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In this dungeon, failing a save by 5 or less usually results in a lesser result of the trap.

You are able to climb back up out of the pit if you wish by taking 10 on a Climb check.

[IamL]

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It was the section of floor in FRONT of the symbol, not the symbol itself. But, no, you weren't standing on that section of floor when it opened.

You react just a bit too slowly. As you start to fall, you manage to grab the edge of the pit. Unfortunately, the sudden jerk on your shoulder joint combined with slamming against the side of the pit deals [roll0] nonlethal damage to you.

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In this dungeon, failing a save by 5 or less usually results in a lesser result of the trap.

You are able to climb back up out of the pit if you wish by taking 10 on a Climb check.

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Do I grab the edge the symbol faces, or do I grab the edge facing Solion?

Grall
I heave myself back up.
"I'm alright. Just bruised up, is all."

[Rizban]

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The edge near Solion/the entrance.

[IamL]

Garl
"This tells us that they've trapped pretty much everything, and we should always be on the lookout. It's a pity that we lost Percival, and, with him, our trapfinder. Oh, well. Let's just try searching everything that we come across, okay? We should probably try jumping over the pit."

[Jormengand]

"So, any idea what this means, then?"

[IamL]

Garl
"No, I don't. Mebbe we should put our heads together and see if we can remember something.

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Knowledge (religion): (1d20+7)[8]
Knowledge (arcana): (1d20+7)[21]]

[Rizban]

You pull yourself up out of the pit. As you stand there thinking, you here a loud click followed by the faint sound of turning gears. The "doors" that form the pit trap slowly close, completely hiding the pit once again, ready to trap the next one foolish enough to step onto it.

[IamL]

Garl
Hrm...that's interesting.
I jump over the trap to the symbol, stepping lightly on the trap on my way by to see if the trap detonates.

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Taking 10 on my jump check, which by PHB is good for a jump of that distance. Also, did I see the inside of the pit trap? If so, what was in there? Flar ground? Spikes? Rattlesnakes? The Tarrasque?

[Rizban]

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Taking 10 doesn't get you safely across, even with a running start.
10 foot long jump has a DC 10.
10(Take 10) +0(skill ranks) +2(Str) -5(Armor Check Penalty) = 7.
10 > 7 = You fall in the pit.

Also, no idea what the following means...
"stepping lightly on the trap on my way by to see if the trap detonates."

The inside of the pit is a simple 20 foot drop onto a bare stone floor.

[IamL]

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Taking 10 doesn't get you safely across, even with a running start.
10 foot long jump has a DC 10.
10(Take 10) +0(skill ranks) +2(Str) -5(Armor Check Penalty) = 7.
10 > 7 = You fall in the pit.

Also, no idea what the following means...
"stepping lightly on the trap on my way by to see if the trap detonates."

The inside of the pit is a simple 20 foot drop onto a bare stone floor.

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Forgot about the penalty...whoops. Also, it means that, effectively, I'm making a jump then a hop. I want to see if I need to be on the trap for a certain period of time in order to trigger it, whilst being safely across.

[Rizban]

The moment you land on top of the trap, the doors open. Reflex save.

[Rizban]

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Would the two of you still be okay with Clarkson being a part of Team Cleric now that he's back and able to post? It's not like you're even past the first trap yet...

[IamL]

The moment you land on top of the trap, the doors open. Reflex save.

Godammit.

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(1d20+1)[3]

Edit: Wohl, verdammt.

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Would the two of you still be okay with Clarkson being a part of Team Cleric now that he's back and able to post? It's not like you're even past the first trap yet...

Absolutely fine! As previously mentioned, we still need a trapfinder.

[Rizban]

You quite nimbly fall into the trap.

(2d6)[12] falling damage

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Ouch...

[IamL]

You quite nimbly fall into the trap.

(1d8+2)[4] falling damage

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Ouch...

Did I quite nimbly break my neck?

Garl
I mutter some not-very-nice words under my breath as I call upon my deity's power.

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Spending Comprehend Languages for a CLW, healing (1d8+2)[4] damage.

"Oi, Solion, can I get some Healing? I think I've got a plan now. I summon a rat, then get it to run down th' hall, setting off some o' the traps."

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Could I take 10 on a Climb check to get out?

[Rizban]

The walls of the pit are rough and easily scaled. Even wearing your heavy armor, you should be able to climb out without much effort.

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Fancy way of saying, "Yes, you can climb out taking 10."
The Climb DC is 5.

[Clarkson]

I stay behind to gawk at the scenery for two minutes and already Garl is near death. Nice to feel needed.

Percival walks forward and attempts to jam the pit trap taking 20

20+5=25

[IamL]

Garl
I pull myself out of the pit (taking 10), and I see Percival enter the dungeon."Percival, lad, thank tha gods yer here! We cannae even get past tha first trap!"

[Jormengand]

"Sure, just spend spells like coppers for a whore, why don't you?" Solion grumbles, before walking around the trap (or waiting until it's jammed, if that's impossible) and healing his friend.

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Spontaneous conversion: SM1->CLW
(1d8+2)[10]

EDIT: And Solion's first roll of the day goes well... that's Garl back to full, right?

[Rizban]

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The pit trap is a 10 ft. x 10 ft. trap. It fills the hallway, and there is no way to simply walk around it. You'll have to find some way to bypass it...

[Clarkson]

Percival gives the trap a good poke with a ten foot pole, before handing the pole to another, climbing down the side, and climbing up the other. (Take 10 both times)

[Rizban]

The trap does not open to the prodding of the pole. It seems more weight is needed to activate the trap doors than you are able to easily exert with the pole.