The One Who None Come Out: Campaign Thread

(It is twenty feet up, correct)

JoJo says sheeply, "I have a climbers kit and a spell that can assist a climber." (enhance ability-gives an advantage on a skill check)

Musashi wipes a smear of beholder eyeball-fluid from his face and takes a long, steadying breath.  He looks at the door 20 feet up, then back at his companions.

"I’m alright, Doc" Musashi says, offering a rare, appreciative nod as the Prayer of Healing knits his minor scrapes.  "Save your focus for the others.  I have a more direct way up."

He reaches down and retrieves the Enspelled Maul of Fly.  The weapon hums as he grips the shaft, and he feels the familiar pull of gravity loosening its hold on his heavy plate armor.

"Gail, Scarlett...stay ready down here.  If something else is behind that door, I’ll drop a rope.  If it's just gold...I'll start tossing it down."

Musashi casts Fly once again, using his magical maul, and flies up to the door.

Before opening it, he’ll take a quick look.  Perception Check: 16

If it looks safe, he'll attempt to open it.  If it’s locked, he’ll use his strength to see if it can be pried or forced.

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Musashi wipes a smear of beholder eyeball-fluid from his face and takes a long, steadying breath.  He looks at the door 20 feet up, then back at his companions.

"I’m alright, Doc" Musashi says, offering a rare, appreciative nod as the Prayer of Healing knits his minor scrapes.  "Save your focus for the others.  I have a more direct way up."

He reaches down and retrieves the Enspelled Maul of Fly.  The weapon hums as he grips the shaft, and he feels the familiar pull of gravity loosening its hold on his heavy plate armor.

"Gail, Scarlett...stay ready down here.  If something else is behind that door, I’ll drop a rope.  If it's just gold...I'll start tossing it down."

Musashi casts Fly once again, using his magical maul, and flies up to the door.

Before opening it, he’ll take a quick look.  Perception Check: 24

If it looks safe, he'll attempt to open it.  If it’s locked, he’ll use his strength to see if it can be pried or forced. 

 Locked

Etrus will walk up the wall to join Musashi at the small door. 

“Locked,” he says, unhelpfully.

(is there a keyhole or a small gap under the door or anything that an eye could get through?)

Musashi hovers at the 20-foot mark, the magical hum of the flying maul vibrating through his calloused hands.  He ignores Etrus’s dry observation with a grunt, his eyes narrowing at the locked door.

"Locks are just suggestions to a man with a hammer" Musashi says, his voice low.  He shifts his grip, letting the flying maul hang by its strap for a moment as he draws his other maul.

He doesn't want to bring the whole wall down...just the mechanism.  He looks for the hinges or the weakest point of the frame.

"Etrus, watch your head.  I'm not picking splinters out of your robes."

Strength/Athletics check to force the door open or break the lock:  27

Damage (if needed to break the door)(treating the door as an object): 16

Gail smiles as she comments, "When  you have a hammer, all problems look like nails..."

"Going for the subtle approach then."

JoJo steps to the side to ensure any raining debris or whatnots will not fall on him.  

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Musashi hovers at the 20-foot mark, the magical hum of the flying maul vibrating through his calloused hands.  He ignores Etrus’s dry observation with a grunt, his eyes narrowing at the locked door.

"Locks are just suggestions to a man with a hammer" Musashi says, his voice low.  He shifts his grip, letting the flying maul hang by its strap for a moment as he draws his other maul.

He doesn't want to bring the whole wall down...just the mechanism.  He looks for the hinges or the weakest point of the frame.

"Etrus, watch your head.  I'm not picking splinters out of your robes."

Strength/Athletics check to force the door open or break the lock:  29

Damage (if needed to break the door)(treating the door as an object): 10

 

 The door disintegrates much like what would have happened if the beholder had won

Inside the door appears to be a box carved with earthen/dwarven runes, and a needle

*good job, 10 points*

Musashi stares at the small needle for a moment, then at the complicated runes, and finally at Etrus.  He lets out a short, sharp exhale through his nose...the samurai equivalent of a sigh.

Instead of reaching for a lockpick or a magnifying glass, he simply reaches in and grabs the box.  He turns and shoves the stone-carved chest toward Etrus’s chest.

"Here" Musashi grunts, a flicker of a dry smirk crossing his face.  "You’re already up here, and you clearly like the sound of your own lore.  You figure this out.  I’ve done my part...I provided the key to the door."

He gestures vaguely at the splinters of the entrance he just obliterated.  "If it explodes, try not to get any on my armor.  It’s hard enough getting Beholder goo out of the joints."

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Musashi stares at the small needle for a moment, then at the complicated runes, and finally at Etrus.  He lets out a short, sharp exhale through his nose...the samurai equivalent of a sigh.

Instead of reaching for a lockpick or a magnifying glass, he simply reaches in and grabs the box.  He turns and shoves the stone-carved chest toward Etrus’s chest.

"Here" Musashi grunts, a flicker of a dry smirk crossing his face.  "You’re already up here, and you clearly like the sound of your own lore.  You figure this out.  I’ve done my part...I provided the key to the door."

He gestures vaguely at the splinters of the entrance he just obliterated.  "If it explodes, try not to get any on my armor.  It’s hard enough getting Beholder goo out of the joints."

 *lol*

Gale comments from below, "And we just finished cleaning out mimic goo. Now we have to do the goo cleaning all over again."

Gale considers learning a bit of magic when she gets a chance. She remembers how handy Prestidigitation was for dealing with various types of goo back when she was adventuring with Rin the wizard.

Scarlett replies with a look of pure innocence "I don't know what you mean. My armour is perfectly clean."

lol

Would Etrus like to do anything with the box?

Etrus will walk down and place the box on the ground and consider his next move. He looks at the box to inspect it, looking for arcana workings, runes, clues as to its projections and any warnings or descriptions of what is inside. 

Arcana: Another Nat 1
Investigation: 20

If we have 10 minutes, he’ll then start to chant and ritually casts Detect Magic.

The box seems to just be a normal carved box, it seems that the reason the beholder kept the box is because of what it contains

Gail ponders, "How would a beholder even open a box like that without hands?"