Wil disappears into the darkness of the right tunnel. [LMK if others want to do something while he does this]
Wil:
In the ooze cave, on the ledge ten feet up, is something magical that is about the size of a log you'd put on a campfire. The Kraken door exudes an aura of necromantic and conjuration magic [ post another Investigation check, and post another arcana check]. The pink crystals all exude conjuration magic.
Wil turns to Tyrros "So both doors are either trapped or somehow dangerous the Skull door is just necromancy but this Kraken door is Necromancy and Conjuration though as a side note the crystals in that back tunnel are giving off conjuration magic and also some .....well enchanty but odd magic up on the ledge we have not checked yet think you can give me a boost it might be a switch that will cancel the doors hopefully."
"Definitely worth a look, just give me a second..." Tyrros grunts before once again pulling his glowing stone trick, throwing the pebble up to the ledge in order to give Wil a better chance at spotting anything important. That done, he steps below the ledge, hands cupped and ready to give the man a boost.
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Texas finds a spot on a wall to lean up against while he waits with Narion for the others to return, "Too bad I don't know a spell to open doors or something." As he waits, Texas will try and see if he knows any history about this place or perhaps a fun fact about their location.
(Not sure if this feature, Historical Knowledge, applies here.)
Feature: Historical Knowledge
When you enter a ruin or dungeon, you can correctly ascertain its original purpose and determine its builders, whether those were dwarves, elves, humans, yuan-ti, or some other known race. In addition, you can determine the monetary value of art objects more than a century old.
Wil is boosted up to the ledge easily; the ledge is a tiny niche where the ooze must have made its home. Humanoid bones litter the ground, amongst which sits what appears to be a case of arrows or crossbow bolts. This was the source of the magic Wil saw.
Texas notes that the cellar is of an extremely shabby human make and divines that it's likely that Zaldara Cordress built this tower herself using undead servants. While stable, it certainly has no art to it. He imagines easily the skeletons and zombies placing massive blocks of stone with little care as to perfection. Also, the tower cellar doesn't show great age; it was probably made within the last 50 years or so.
Wil tosses down the case of arrows or crossbow bolts saying "Well this is some kind of magical item apparently but i have no idea what it dose but lets regroup with the others and open the skull door from a distance if we can try and avoid the magic."
When Wil and Tyrros get back to the group he describes everything to them that they found then gives the crossbow bolt case over to Texas "I am not sure what kind of magic those have so be carful with them could be good could be very bad but I say we get moving we dont have much time here so everyone back away into the other corridors just in line of sight to the door im going to open it."
Once the others are back far enough will opens the skull door.
"I'm kind of impressed that this structure is stable, despite being built by zombies or skeletons. I'm sure we will run into more of them as we continue." Texas says to Narion.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Be excellent to each other, and roll for initiative dudes!
"This might have been build by someone else entirely. But yeah, I agree there will be more of these creatures ahead. Let's be careful.", Narion replied to Texas. He was ready to move through the skull door, if they wanted to proceed that way.
The skull door is locked...and trapped. As Wil grabs the handle, the skull's eyes light with purple energy and a sickly, violet beam of light 5 feet across and 15 feet long blasts Wil and the next two behind him. All must make a DC 10 CON save.
Wil slumps as the energy hits him, feeling like opening the door was a herculean task [ 1 level of exhaustion].
Beyond, he sees an actual stone passageway. There's a metal door on the right about ten feet down. The end of the corridor seems to turn to the left; a horrendous banging can be heard down the hall.
Texas walks over to Wil and offers some support if he needs or wants it, "You doing okay after that? That blast looked pretty bad. Also, I don't think that loud banging is anything good."
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Be excellent to each other, and roll for initiative dudes!
Wil disappears into the darkness of the right tunnel. [LMK if others want to do something while he does this]
Wil:
In the ooze cave, on the ledge ten feet up, is something magical that is about the size of a log you'd put on a campfire. The Kraken door exudes an aura of necromantic and conjuration magic [ post another Investigation check, and post another arcana check]. The pink crystals all exude conjuration magic.
Narion will keep watch while the others investigate the area.
Wil's check with detect magic up
Investigation: 9
Arcana: 5
(OOC: My god the rolls guys shot me now plz also what type of magic is the one on the ledge?)
Tyrros goes with Wil, guarding the already battered mage.
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[I've been straight up unable to source the type of magic up there. It's ... um... enchanty magic? The type used to enchant an item.
And I'm starting to wonder if the dice have been set non-random, all my players are getting really low rolls right now lol]
Wil turns to Tyrros "So both doors are either trapped or somehow dangerous the Skull door is just necromancy but this Kraken door is Necromancy and Conjuration though as a side note the crystals in that back tunnel are giving off conjuration magic and also some .....well enchanty but odd magic up on the ledge we have not checked yet think you can give me a boost it might be a switch that will cancel the doors hopefully."
"Definitely worth a look, just give me a second..." Tyrros grunts before once again pulling his glowing stone trick, throwing the pebble up to the ledge in order to give Wil a better chance at spotting anything important. That done, he steps below the ledge, hands cupped and ready to give the man a boost.
Athletics: 24
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Texas finds a spot on a wall to lean up against while he waits with Narion for the others to return, "Too bad I don't know a spell to open doors or something." As he waits, Texas will try and see if he knows any history about this place or perhaps a fun fact about their location.
History: 11
(Not sure if this feature, Historical Knowledge, applies here.)
When you enter a ruin or dungeon, you can correctly ascertain its original purpose and determine its builders, whether those were dwarves, elves, humans, yuan-ti, or some other known race. In addition, you can determine the monetary value of art objects more than a century old.
Be excellent to each other, and roll for initiative dudes!
Wil is boosted up to the ledge easily; the ledge is a tiny niche where the ooze must have made its home. Humanoid bones litter the ground, amongst which sits what appears to be a case of arrows or crossbow bolts. This was the source of the magic Wil saw.
Texas notes that the cellar is of an extremely shabby human make and divines that it's likely that Zaldara Cordress built this tower herself using undead servants. While stable, it certainly has no art to it. He imagines easily the skeletons and zombies placing massive blocks of stone with little care as to perfection. Also, the tower cellar doesn't show great age; it was probably made within the last 50 years or so.
Wil tosses down the case of arrows or crossbow bolts saying "Well this is some kind of magical item apparently but i have no idea what it dose but lets regroup with the others and open the skull door from a distance if we can try and avoid the magic."
Tyrros gathers the bolts before nodding. "Sounds good to me. Let's move, time is short."
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When Wil and Tyrros get back to the group he describes everything to them that they found then gives the crossbow bolt case over to Texas "I am not sure what kind of magic those have so be carful with them could be good could be very bad but I say we get moving we dont have much time here so everyone back away into the other corridors just in line of sight to the door im going to open it."
Once the others are back far enough will opens the skull door.
"I'm kind of impressed that this structure is stable, despite being built by zombies or skeletons. I'm sure we will run into more of them as we continue." Texas says to Narion.
Be excellent to each other, and roll for initiative dudes!
"This might have been build by someone else entirely. But yeah, I agree there will be more of these creatures ahead. Let's be careful.", Narion replied to Texas. He was ready to move through the skull door, if they wanted to proceed that way.
The skull door is locked...and trapped. As Wil grabs the handle, the skull's eyes light with purple energy and a sickly, violet beam of light 5 feet across and 15 feet long blasts Wil and the next two behind him. All must make a DC 10 CON save.
Con save: 20
I made sure that the others were in the other corridor before opening the door so no one else would get hit.
Wil slumps as the energy hits him, feeling like opening the door was a herculean task [ 1 level of exhaustion].
Beyond, he sees an actual stone passageway. There's a metal door on the right about ten feet down. The end of the corridor seems to turn to the left; a horrendous banging can be heard down the hall.
As the death energy washes through him Wil almost slumped to the ground looking white "Well just opening the doors is a bad idea just to note!"
Texas walks over to Wil and offers some support if he needs or wants it, "You doing okay after that? That blast looked pretty bad. Also, I don't think that loud banging is anything good."
Be excellent to each other, and roll for initiative dudes!
Tyrros walks over and offers Wil a hand. "I agree, that banging can't be anything good. So it's probably where we need to be. Shall we?"
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