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Post by nodaisho on Apr 1, 2009 4:13:01 GMT 1
Augustine holds the doors for Stadvas and Odlin, as another person helping carry Miriam would likely result in everyone tripping over each other. His normally impassive face would show a hint of relief, if someone looked carefully enough.
Odlin's forgetfulness was probably a side-effect of getting beat to the point of unconsciousness so often.
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Post by achinca on Apr 1, 2009 16:40:16 GMT 1
The waterfall fey takes Miriam from the heroes and pours some water from the waterfall in her mouth. It is still strange to see him standing under a waterfall and not get wet.
Slowly Miriam opens her eyes and her first reaction is to tense and screams “The spider” until she recognizes the fey and relaxes. Her eyes wander to Stadvas and a huge smile appears on her face. “Thank you for saving my life, all of you.”
She gets up, fully healed.
The fey indicates that drinking the water from the waterfall while he touches you will fully heal you but will not recharge your magic powers.
When everyone is back at full heal, the heroes returns to the web covered room only to find Ryxikor stuck in the web. Stadvas, with the help of Miriam free him from the sticky web.
Odlin and Ryxikor say nothing to Miriam that the dwarf, in a rush to save her, nearly killed her.
The group cautiously climb the stairs from were the tomb spider came from to find a body in the process of becoming a web mummy. It looks like a hobgoblin, one the ones that was still with Xeron and seems to wear an armor. Among the web, the group sees all kind of debris such as a burst waterskin, but also three throwing axes, a heavy wooden shield, a masterwork battleaxe, and a satchel containing some rotten food, bones, a potion of cure moderate wounds, two large diamonds, (200 GP each), 12 PP, and 67 GP. An old skull still wears a phylactery.
On the eastern wall, a web covered door has been left open. Augustine can guess that the door has been opened recently.
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Post by Caledonian Achilles on Apr 1, 2009 18:59:19 GMT 1
Odlin is relieved to see the cleric open her eyes. He confesses everything to her.
"Miriam, you owe your life to our archer here. When others like I were losing our heads, he knew that giving you a healing potion would slay you. You have Augustine to thank for your life."
However he also apologises to Ryx for leaving him in the webs as they went to heal the cleric.
When the party find the web covered room, he grits his teeth and prepares to follow Stadvas in to the next room.
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Post by Ilya on Apr 1, 2009 21:58:03 GMT 1
Stadvas accepts Miriam's gratitude towards the party with a brief nod. He does not forget to drop a "Thanks." to the fey as well. As soon as everyone is done, he moves towards the next room. "Can we take a quiet look before moving in?" he suggests, before charging in.
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Post by achinca on Apr 2, 2009 14:22:41 GMT 1
Miriam smiles and gives Augustine a big hug “Thanks for saving my life”. The half-elf for the first time realizes that there is some feminity under that armor. She brushes Odlin’s hair. “Do not worry about it Master Dwarf. I nearly killed myself trying to heal myself. So it is a mistake a lot of us would have done. Evil has no end in its perversity.” She looks at Stadvas, wants to say something but suddenly blushes and turn around “should we take any of these treasures?” Ryxikor slowly pushes the door opens and hears and see nothing. He puts a foot inside the square room and instantly the room illuminates. He has time to discern a winding stair to the southeast before thewalls seem to paint themselves with rich images. A magic painting depicts a spring day on a high, green hill, making it seem as if the sun reaches this room as well as the green slope. The group can almost smell apple blossoms and awakening flowers. People in fine clothes stand around the hill, and it is as if the heroes are among them. Central in the scene is a tall, raven-haired man dressed in shining plate armor, kneeling before a blond man and a red-haired woman, each wearing golden crowns. The image fades, and the light diminishes but doesn't go out.  |
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Post by Ilya on Apr 2, 2009 18:38:55 GMT 1
"The owner?" is what the group's fighter identifies the blond man.
"They know we're here now." Stadvas says, approaching the staircase.
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Post by puffthemagicdragon on Apr 2, 2009 23:07:06 GMT 1
Careful not to touch the walls, and still covered in some of the sticky webs, Ryx moves easily through the room. He cluthes the short sword in his left hand and he carries a thunderstone in his right.
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Post by nodaisho on Apr 3, 2009 4:16:15 GMT 1
Augustine chops off the head of the hobgoblin in the webs, hoping that will stop it from becoming another mummy. Once the head is detached and away from the body, he says "We have that backpack, we could probably carry all of this stuff with room to spare. How much space is left, Ryxikor?"
When in the picture room, he responds to Stadvas.
"If they're still alive, they know. But I would think they would be dead, what with this being a barrow. Of course, dead doesn't mean not moving in here."
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Post by Caledonian Achilles on Apr 3, 2009 8:03:16 GMT 1
"The forgotten King?" guesses Odlin. "Maybe it's a warning or a hommage. This might mean we are getting close; prepare yourselves!"
The dwarf keeps close to Stadvas with his club and scroll of burning hands ready
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Post by Ilya on Apr 3, 2009 16:07:36 GMT 1
"Not them... the robbers." Stadvas clarifies. With a weapon in his hands, he heads down the stairs.
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Post by achinca on Apr 3, 2009 19:13:41 GMT 1
Augustine chops off the dead hobgoblin head to avoid anymore encounters with a web mummy. When he does that, he realizes that the hobgoblin was wearing a mithral breastplate. The group packs up everything they found in the web into the backpack and keep moving. The group understands the message from the magical picture: this is probably the forgotten king and his queen. They are not sure who the man with the raven head is, probably the first knight of the kingdom. The heroes knows that they must b e close to the actual tomb of the forgotten king which means that they are getting close to Xeron and Jukia and may be finding out what this place has to do with their friend. Augustine also reminds everyone that behind does not mean that things are not moving in this place. The group goes down the stairs and To the northeast and southwest are gleaming stone doors, each engraved with a grinning, fiery skull. In the southeast corner of the room, another winding stair descends. But the room quickly fills with the image of the hill the heroes saw before, now covered in brown grass, flames leaping into the sky off in the distance. The dark-haired man in shining armor wields two curved swords, battling howling goblinoids and baying wolves. Beside him fights the blond king wielding a black longsword. Light sparkles on the blade and the king's crowned helmet. The red-haired woman holds her ground behind and between the two, her staff held aloft as lightning strikes her foes. The heroes’ hair stands on end and their skin tingles, as if electricity were really in the air. As the image fades, the group takes note again of the doors and the stairs in the magic half-light of the room. 
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Post by nodaisho on Apr 4, 2009 3:57:53 GMT 1
Augustine whistles as he removes the breastplate from the goblin. "This is a nice piece of armor. Anyone want to wear it? How about you, Ryx? You get closer in than I do."
That breastplate would only have 1 AC penalty, an a max dex bonus of +5. That should be an improvement on what Ryx already has. If Puff doesn't want it, I'll have Augustine wear it, but I think so far, I am the only one that hasn't been knocked unconscious in this dungeon, so I think I don't need it as much.
And no, Achinca, that isn't me asking you to have all of the enemies focus on me.
So, did the first image fade and show the stairs? I am a bit confused as to where they came from.
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Post by Caledonian Achilles on Apr 4, 2009 12:10:00 GMT 1
"These images are giving us clues that might help us. The tomb may have lingering spirits or defences that could be adjusted by those adept in the history of the King"
Odlin follows Stadvas closely with a mixture of fear and excitement.
good point about the armour Noda; mithril breastplate is treated as light armour proficiency. Puff it'd help you in the fights.
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Post by Ilya on Apr 4, 2009 12:55:29 GMT 1
Before moving on, Stadvas approaches the two doors and examines them more closely. "I'll bet a silver piece that whoever of you gets it will be knocked out before the other."
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Post by puffthemagicdragon on Apr 5, 2009 18:42:17 GMT 1
Ryxikor holds the breastplate up, feeling it's lightness. He considers his companion's ideas on the armor, and quickly decides to try it out. He takes off he magical studded leather and dons the lighter mithral breastplate. As the elf slides the studded leather armor into the magical backpack, he starts thinking of his fighting prowess. He likes the fact he is athletic and ambidextrous enough to wield and fight with two weapons, but maybe he shouldn't fight so wrecklessly. He vows to himself to be a little more careful, and try and mix parries and blocks in with his attacks.
After reshouldering his pack, the rogue continues on with the others. As they look at the two doors, Ryx wonders if they may be burial chambers for the king and queen. As he discusses his thoughts with the group, he moves to each door and listens intently. He then moves close to the stairs and listens for anything down them.
OOC: Finally level up Ryx and updated sheet, with one level in fighter, with a feat of two weapon defense.
Listen north door: 1d20(2)+6=8
listen south door: 1d20(19)+6=25
listen stairwell: 1d20(18)+6=24
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