Eberron - First Inn, First Out

[Suzuro]

As he followed the others, the elf mumbles slightly Stupid thing.....not getting....sleep... and mostly kept his eyes on the floor.

Once outside, he began to slowly swivel his head, looking at the mist that surrounded them. He blinked several times, once...twice...thrice. Where did all of this come from, he wondered. No, it didn't matter where it came from, all that mattered was getting out of it.


Sorry...I was somewhat preoccupied when I came into the town to really remember too much...

He slowly followed behind the others, occasionally lagging behind, still trying to see the mist, the strange, ghost mist. Realizes his slow, he quickly catches up.




-Suzuro

[DungeonMaster77]

Father Porter

"Oh, yes. Of course. I must have just gotten turned around. Hmm...Well, let's find the road, and see what we can see."

I walk towards the side of the inn where I last saw the road was, and see if I can spot anything.

[Theli]

Carmot:

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OOC: No, you won't kill anybody for rolling low.

Looking up, you see only mist. If there's a sun up there, it's completely hidden.

You will eventually realize that this is the back of the Inn, which no one here, except possibly Syd, has likely checked out. Going to one side of the Inn, there should be a smaller building and a small alleyway between them, however all you see 5 ft away from the large building where the alley should be is nothing but mist. That it forms so close to the Inn there is wholly unnatural.

[GimliFett]

Sydian d'Kundarak

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HP: 5/7(normally 8 max, dadgum Con loss); AC: 12 (ff 10, t 12)

With a snort of derision, Syd turns to face the others. He stands right next to the mist and waves his arm in front of it, as if trying to fan an open space into it. "Okay. This is gettin' ridiculous! Tie some rope around me and I'll go 'splorin'!" he says as he finally sticks his arm into the mist up to his elbow.

[Theli]

Carmot:

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Sorry, forgot your other question

The mist seems to be especially stable. Something which the mournland mist perhaps is not. There's nothing which would especially connect the two.

Syd:

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You feel nothing but air. Though the mist barely budges as you shove your arm into it.

[DungeonMaster77]

Father Porter

Theli

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I already said I went around front and walked to where the road was. What did I find/see?

[Theli]

Porter:

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Oh, I thought you meant that you were just going as far as the side of the Inn, and not down the "alley".

As padre walks down the makeshift "alley" he eventually comes to the front of the Inn, though the mist hugs the building here as closely as it does in the alley.

It's quite possible that the only visible significant outside terrain is the garden.

[DungeonMaster77]

Father Porter

Do I see the road? If so, I walk out to it, heedless of any possible danger. I make sure that the group knows where I am going.

[Theli]

No, if there is a road, it's beyond the mist.

[DungeonMaster77]

Father Porter

I get some rope from the inn, and tie it around something on the outside of the inn, and the other side to myself, and then walk out into the mist.

[Theli]

Padre:

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You walk, and walk, and walk. It seems to be pretty even terrain and the only thing you feel is the ground you walk on and the air around you.

Everyone, but Padre:

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The moment padre completely disappears inside the mist, the rope seems to stop advancing and just hangs there lifeless.

[GimliFett]

Sydian d'Kundarak

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HP: 5/7(normally 8 max, dadgum Con loss); AC: 12 (ff 10, t 12)

"Crazy priests!" Syd exclaims as he starts hauling on the rope with all his might. "A hand here!" he yells at the others.

[Theli]

Padre:

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You feel a strong tug on the rope. Do you attempt to resist?

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If so, make a dex check followed by a strength check. If not, do nothing.

[DungeonMaster77]

Father Porter

I walk back, all the while calling back to the group:

"Oy! I'm just fine! I think I found a way out! Just hold onto the rope, and follow me!

[Theli]

Padre:

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To your surprise, and perhaps dismay, you find that the second you take a step back towards the Inn, you pop out of the mist. You apparently haven't walked any appreciable distance toward the road, despite your experience to the contrary.

[DungeonMaster77]

Father Porter

"Hmmm...okay...I was walking out into this mist for a short while, but when I took a step back, I ended up right here as if I took only a step out. I suggest we go further in. Together."

[GimliFett]

Sydian d'Kundarak

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HP: 5/7(normally 8 max, dadgum Con loss); AC: 12 (ff 10, t 12)

Syd shrugs at Father Porter's suggestion. "Sure, why not? Lemme tie the rope off to the inn and make sure everyone's got a hold on the rope, eh?" Syd pulls a silk rope from his pack and looks for a secure spot on the inn to make a knot as an anchor point.

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Use Rope: {Take 20} +2 {Silk Rope} = 24

[Theli]

The dwarf takes 2 full minutes to tie a fancy, but firm-looking, knot.

There are now two ropes tied to the Inn.

[GimliFett]

Sydian d'Kundarak

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HP: 5/7(normally 8 max, dadgum Con loss); AC: 12 (ff 10, t 12)

Syd smacks his own forehead then unties Father Porter's rope and splices it together with his own. "Crazy priest's got my brain frazzled," he mumbles.

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Oops. Meant to tie the two ropes together. Use Rope: {Take 20} +2 {Silk Rope} = 24

[Theli]

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Assuming that DM77 didn't intend on making the rope hard to untie, just secure.

GimliFett:

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Taking 20 on splicing rope would require 100 minutes. Since I doubt that you're willing to spend that much time, I'm gonna change that to a regular roll. ("Take 10" would still fail the DC) I will roll for ya.

A little over 5 more minutes go by and there is now one very long rope, part hemp/part silk, tied securely to the Inn with the other end free.

[GimliFett]

Sydian d'Kundarak

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HP: 5/7(normally 8 max, dadgum Con loss); AC: 12 (ff 10, t 12)

"Shall we?" Syd asks with a flourishing hand-wave forward. "This place is gettin' on my nerves an' makin' me...itchy," he says with a thin smile.

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Thanks, Theli. Sometimes I know what I wanna do, just not exactly how to do it...

[DungeonMaster77]

Father Porter

"Well, friends, off into the mists!"

I begin heading out into the mist away from the inn.

[Theli]

Everybody, but Padre (though he could probably guess):

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Again, the moment padre completely disappears inside the mist, the rope seems to stop advancing and just hangs there lifeless.

[GimliFett]

Sydian d'Kundarak

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HP: 5/7(normally 8 max, dadgum Con loss); AC: 12 (ff 10, t 12)

The dwarf's thin smile drops and is replaced with a slightly quivering bottom lip. "Get back here!" he yells as he pulls on the rope once more. When the priest returns, Syd faces all of his companions. "Okay, magic is not my area of expertise. Is this mist magical in nature? What the heck is going on here? Is it even really there? Are we being bamboozled?" he asks, then pauses a moment, pursing his lips and stroking his beard. "Maybe Da was right. Some magical trainin' might be useful at some point," he says quietly to himself.

[DungeonMaster77]

Father Porter

After turning, once more, sticking my head back towards the party:

"Of course. Have you ever heard of anything like this naturally occuring in nature? Neither have I. Now, master dwarf, and fellow servant of the sacred Silver Flame, let us proceed. I shall advance, and if you all hear my pitiful cries of agony, pull me back. If not, then just follow after."

With that, I go. And this time if pulled back, I resist, unless I hear cries of battle or agony from the group.

[Suzuro]

Argh, this damned place makes no sense! Shadow weasels and people-eating fog?!?! This is just plain ridiculous!

He grabs onto the rope, waiting for the Father to continue and listening for anything that might give away that he is in danger.

I sure do hope that this is a way out...





-Suzuro

[Randel]

Carmot

HP: 4/4 (6) Con:7/10 [-2]

Following the others and hearing what they have to say, Carmot thinks aloud.

"Lets see... what if we all get along the rope and hold hands while one person stays at least halfway out of the mist? With the five of us we could probably have a reach of say fifteen or twenty feet... maybe more. If we all can see each other then it will be less likely that whatever magic is creating this 'treadmill' effect would be able to trick us than if we are in there one at a time... something abut multiple observers tending to make realities collapse, I suppose."

"Unless there is some kind of extra dimensional space involved... we should make sure to check the level of the ground while inside, if we are still on firm ground there would be at least slight variations in the surface or rocks or something."

Stowing his crossbow on his side, Carmot grabs a hold of the rope and moves right up to the edge of the mist reaching in and trying to make contact with Father Porter by either seeing or touching him. However, he waits until someone else grabs a hold of his hand before he moves farther in.

"If this mist magic wants to keep us from passing through, it will either have to put up a wall of force to stop us or create extra space for us to go through. If it does... then I suppose we might as well try going around it or something."

[WillWolf]

Richard:

Richard was more 'shifty' than usual, at any sudden movement the party would make sent him looking over his shoulder. He wasn't afraid, just a little paranoid, and a bit anxious to get this done. He didn't have anything relevent to add, though he did say 'by the Flame' the first time that Father Porter had been swallowed by the mist, and was about to run off after him when the sensible dwarf had said for them to pull him back (and he helped him do so). He didn't really want to send Father out into the midst, but then again who was he to judge? Father was an established member of the clergy, and he, himself, had no such title.

Well away from Father Porter, Richard picked up a small off-coloured stone and threw it deep into the mist. He concentrated on seeig if it made a noise or whether or not it would show up at his feet or something. Magic was just plain weird.

[Theli]

The feral man throws a rock into the mist, to no effect. No sound is heard as the rock is simply absorbed.


{OOC: Ok guys. Since something like this might take a while if we do it piecemeal, I'm gonna jump ahead and just assume that you try everything that anyone suggests, or seems obvious.

The mist actively seems to be trying to keep you in. When you enter the mist, you can see and hear nothing. When someone tries to say something outside of the mist, nobody can hear it inside, and vice versa. The ground, when you enter the mist, seems to be exceptionally flat. There is no variation or deformities.

You can keep hold of the rope and each other as you go in. If you do so in a line, then the furthest person along will indeed take extra steps to return to the unmisted area, as long as they keep hold. If anyone lets go of the rope, or each other, when they're all in the mist, then they always only take a single step to return to the unmisted area.

If two people enter the mist with the rope, and they try to walk from each other, they will feel no resistance on the rope. (It just seems to grow longer and shorter as you move.) Although if they are holding on to each other at the time, their arms will not extend and they will not be able to walk apart while still holding each other.

If 3 people enter the mist holding the rope, and the 2nd person in line tries to go back, they will be able to do so and seem to actually *move through* the person who would have otherwise been closest as they follow the rope back.

There is always the bare minimum of rope which leaves the unmisted area to account for each individual person that goes in, but no more. No matter how far anyone tries to move in the mist, no more rope will leave.

Because of this, the determination can be made that this is more than a physical effect. There may not actually be space beyond the mist, and it may simply be manipulating your experiences in order to try to convince you that there is, while at the same time keeping you in the unmisted area.

In other words, this is quite possibly a dead-end. At least as far as an avenue of escape is concerned.}

[GimliFett]

Sydian d'Kundarak

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HP: 5/7(normally 8 max, dadgum Con loss); AC: 12 (ff 10, t 12)

Syd roars in frustration after the extended exploration of the mist. "RAAAAGH! This is some kinda sick joke, isn't it? We're actually asleep an' in our beds an' that's why I didn't actually sleep again! Which means y'all're all figments of my imagination, or this is just weirder," the dwarf rants. He sits down and leans against the inn and closes his eyes tightly. "Wake up. Wake up. Wake up," he whispers to himself. "Somebody's messin' with me an' they're gonna wish they hadn't!"