Five flesh golems are clustered against the north wall. Each has a number on its chest: 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13. Number 5 says, “One of us does not belong with the others. If you can pick it out, it will serve you, and the others will allow you passage. If you pick the wrong one, we will kill you. You have sixty seconds.”
"Nine." Violet said.
You have chosen..wisely.
Golem 9 has been added to the party. Onward we go!
A short flight of stairs leads up to a dry corridor. Just around the corner is a turnstile. It seems to allow you to pass, but it refuses to budge when pulled the other way.
As the wary group approaches the turnstile, they notice the gate creaks and turns by itself. Eerily. That's when Rimara realizes that it's just Kal'iente going through ahead of the group. When the flesh golem #9 clumsily walks through the turnstile, he make a ton of noise. Upon reaching the other side, ghost-Kal whispers from the shadows into the golem's ear: "Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Be quiet you bag of goo!"
Kal'iente then quietly pads on ahead of the group and the golem, down the tunnel.
Rimara sends TikTak flying over the other side, but remains behind to continue studying the turnstile. "Simple but efficient. Yet strange. Why place this here? Limiting Passage? Oh! Or maybe activation device! Yes."Unless otherwise stopped, Rimara takes hold of one of the doors and begins spinning the turnstile around a few times from just outside of it, picking up some momentum with each pass. "Oh. Wait, I get it. Safety measure. Limits flesh golems passage. Yes. Makes more sense now. Limits raiders too."
After some maniac shuffling stuff aside the duergar replaces her magic eightball for book and starts scribbling notes furiously while awaiting for the turnstile to stop and/or everyone else to pass through first. "Missed opportunity. TikTak. Explore mode." The blue-skinned construct gives a two fingered salute on its way flying ahead to area 7.
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When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
The door opens onto a stone platform in a large natural cave. Opposite the entrance in the distance is another stone platform. Between them, a series of wooden disks is suspended from the ceiling by massive steel chains. The cave floor seems to be covered by a pool of boiling mud.
The cave: The ceiling is 50 feet above the level of the platforms. The cave floor is 50 feet below. Two spots in the mud are the locations of geysers. The northern one erupts once every 5 minutes, the southern one every 3 minutes. The stone platform opposite the entrance is approximately 90 feet away. The disks are about 4 feet in diameter and 3 feet apart. Each disk is attached to its chain by a giant staple fixed in its center. The disks swing freely and will tilt when weight is placed upon them.
The challenge: The disks and the chains, as well as the walls of the cavern, are covered with a wet, slippery algal scum. This coating gives off a feeble phosphorescent glow. Climbing the chains or the walls requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. When the geysers erupt, they reach nearly to the roof of the cavern, and creatures holding onto the disks or the chains might be washed off to fall into the boiling mud. The damage a creature takes from a geyser depends on how close a creature is to the geyser when it erupts (see the table below). Creatures that succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw take half damage. In addition, a creature that is on a disk or holding onto a chain when a geyser erupts must succeed on a Strength saving throw (see the table for DCs) or be knocked off and fall into the boiling mud.
The mark:Since we're not playing in real time, i've numbered the disks, and put white check marks where the geysers will approximately erupt when the first person (more or less) reaches that point - and then everyone needs to make saves and account for damage.
Rimara motions for the group back up out the danger room. "Mah-ee. Quite a predicament. TikTak. Number 10, please. Two of them."TikTak nods, and after rubbing his hands together began to sweat thick, red paste-like substance from his hands. "Thank you."Turning to the others, she explains, "Like this. Like this very much, I think. Still working out kinks, but should do. Might bloated for a bit. But those less physically incline should let TikTak applies number 10 upon skin. Make you very Buoyant: like Balloon. Should strip for thoroughness. Or he crawl beneath. Either way, won't peak. Promise." In keeping to her word Rimara covers his eyes, but leaves at least enough room to spy one-eyed between fingers.
Soon as the job of coating is completed, TikTak disappears into a Bag at Rimara's side far too small on the outside to hold it. And yet, his entire body disappears inside without distending it in the least bit.
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"I'm not stripping in public. Crawl beneath." And Violet shows no sign of being bothered as TikTak crawls underneath her clothing
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Violet tells TikTak to crawl across #9. "He's stronger than I am. He can fly us over, one at a time, and he won't complain at all. You all can go after me."
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Rimara snaps her fingers. "There goes that experiment." She grins, then nods to TikTak to proceed with the request.But afterwards it right into the bag for the little guy.
Rimara's Dex Save for being eventually carried across after everyone but Violet: 24,20.
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Kal brushes off the burning mud when meat bag #9 drops him off at the other side. He quickly melts into the shadows again (Stealth roll for audible stealthiness: 24) and then kneels down and takes a look at the door leading out of the area (that’s a door, right, or is it just the entrance to the next tunnel?) (Perception to look for traps: 24).
This 30' by 30' room is completely enveloped in darkness. You cannot see anything inside the room, even darkvision is impaired. Enter at your own risk.
ROOM 5 - THE NUMBERED GOLEMS
Five flesh golems are clustered against the north wall. Each has a number on its chest: 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13. Number 5 says, “One of us does not belong with the others. If you can pick it out, it will serve you, and the others will allow you passage. If you pick the wrong one, we will kill you. You have sixty seconds.”
"Nine." Violet said.
You have chosen..wisely.
Golem 9 has been added to the party. Onward we go!
THE TURNSTILE - AREA 6
A short flight of stairs leads up to a dry corridor. Just around the corner is a turnstile. It seems to allow you to pass, but it refuses to budge when pulled the other way.
“A one way ticket, it appears.”
Corrin Kettlewhistle: Halfling Life Cleric (Curse of Strahd)
Kip Dalton: Human Lore Bard (Waterdeep Dragon Heist)
Debauchery Dalliance: Half-Drow Oath of Conquest Paladin (White Plume Mountain)
"And so it is. Number 9, lead the way." Violet sends the Golem ahead of her, following after it should nothing bad happen.
Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
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Nine goes through the turnstile.
Nothing happens.
It's just a one way turnstile.
He slowly turns and waits for the rest of you. Fleshily.
Violet passes through while wondering how something acts fleshily.
Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
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As the wary group approaches the turnstile, they notice the gate creaks and turns by itself. Eerily. That's when Rimara realizes that it's just Kal'iente going through ahead of the group. When the flesh golem #9 clumsily walks through the turnstile, he make a ton of noise. Upon reaching the other side, ghost-Kal whispers from the shadows into the golem's ear: "Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Be quiet you bag of goo!"
Kal'iente then quietly pads on ahead of the group and the golem, down the tunnel.
Last to know and first to be blamed...
As a free action, can I regret my life choices?
Rimara sends TikTak flying over the other side, but remains behind to continue studying the turnstile. "Simple but efficient. Yet strange. Why place this here? Limiting Passage? Oh! Or maybe activation device! Yes." Unless otherwise stopped, Rimara takes hold of one of the doors and begins spinning the turnstile around a few times from just outside of it, picking up some momentum with each pass. "Oh. Wait, I get it. Safety measure. Limits flesh golems passage. Yes. Makes more sense now. Limits raiders too."
After some maniac shuffling stuff aside the duergar replaces her magic eightball for book and starts scribbling notes furiously while awaiting for the turnstile to stop and/or everyone else to pass through first. "Missed opportunity. TikTak. Explore mode." The blue-skinned construct gives a two fingered salute on its way flying ahead to area 7.
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
AREA 7 - GEYSERS AND CHAINS
The door opens onto a stone platform in a large natural cave. Opposite the entrance in the distance is another stone platform. Between them, a series of wooden disks is suspended from the ceiling by massive steel chains. The cave floor seems to be covered by a pool of boiling mud.
The cave: The ceiling is 50 feet above the level of the platforms. The cave floor is 50 feet below. Two spots in the mud are the locations of geysers. The northern one erupts once every 5 minutes, the southern one every 3 minutes. The stone platform opposite the entrance is approximately 90 feet away. The disks are about 4 feet in diameter and 3 feet apart. Each disk is attached to its chain by a giant staple fixed in its center. The disks swing freely and will tilt when weight is placed upon them.
The challenge: The disks and the chains, as well as the walls of the cavern, are covered with a wet, slippery algal scum. This coating gives off a feeble phosphorescent glow. Climbing the chains or the walls requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. When the geysers erupt, they reach nearly to the roof of the cavern, and creatures holding onto the disks or the chains might be washed off to fall into the boiling mud. The damage a creature takes from a geyser depends on how close a creature is to the geyser when it erupts (see the table below). Creatures that succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw take half damage. In addition, a creature that is on a disk or holding onto a chain when a geyser erupts must succeed on a Strength saving throw (see the table for DCs) or be knocked off and fall into the boiling mud.
The mark: Since we're not playing in real time, i've numbered the disks, and put white check marks where the geysers will approximately erupt when the first person (more or less) reaches that point - and then everyone needs to make saves and account for damage.
Rimara motions for the group back up out the danger room. "Mah-ee. Quite a predicament. TikTak. Number 10, please. Two of them." TikTak nods, and after rubbing his hands together began to sweat thick, red paste-like substance from his hands. "Thank you." Turning to the others, she explains, "Like this. Like this very much, I think. Still working out kinks, but should do. Might bloated for a bit. But those less physically incline should let TikTak applies number 10 upon skin. Make you very Buoyant: like Balloon. Should strip for thoroughness. Or he crawl beneath. Either way, won't peak. Promise." In keeping to her word Rimara covers his eyes, but leaves at least enough room to spy one-eyed between fingers.
Soon as the job of coating is completed, TikTak disappears into a Bag at Rimara's side far too small on the outside to hold it. And yet, his entire body disappears inside without distending it in the least bit.
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
"I'm not stripping in public. Crawl beneath." And Violet shows no sign of being bothered as TikTak crawls underneath her clothingRetcon
Violet tells TikTak to crawl across #9. "He's stronger than I am. He can fly us over, one at a time, and he won't complain at all. You all can go after me."
Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
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DEX saves for being carried across: 19 25
Corrin Kettlewhistle: Halfling Life Cleric (Curse of Strahd)
Kip Dalton: Human Lore Bard (Waterdeep Dragon Heist)
Debauchery Dalliance: Half-Drow Oath of Conquest Paladin (White Plume Mountain)
Kal’s DEX saving throws for being carried across: 10 19
Last to know and first to be blamed...
As a free action, can I regret my life choices?
Peonchi Dex Save: 13 / 24
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Demetrios Zalaoras || Protector Aasimar / Paladin of Torm
Hawke || Kalashtar / Circle of the Moon Druid
Morticia || Half-Aasimar Rogue
Yvan || Goliath / Path of the Wild Soul Barbarian | Paladin of Helm
/ᐠ。ꞈ。ᐟ\
Dex Save: 21
Dex Save: 14
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Rimara snaps her fingers. "There goes that experiment." She grins, then nods to TikTak to proceed with the request.But afterwards it right into the bag for the little guy.
Rimara's Dex Save for being eventually carried across after everyone but Violet: 24,20.
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
Dex saves: 12 7
Rimara: 3 damage
Debo: 1 damage
Violet: 6 damage
Peonichi: 4 damage
Kal-El: 6 damage
Silvian: 4 damage
Kal brushes off the burning mud when meat bag #9 drops him off at the other side. He quickly melts into the shadows again (Stealth roll for audible stealthiness: 24) and then kneels down and takes a look at the door leading out of the area (that’s a door, right, or is it just the entrance to the next tunnel?) (Perception to look for traps: 24).
Last to know and first to be blamed...
As a free action, can I regret my life choices?
AREA 8
This 30' by 30' room is completely enveloped in darkness. You cannot see anything inside the room, even darkvision is impaired. Enter at your own risk.