Dragon of Icespire Peak ***CLOSED***

The runes go dark once again and the stone barrier blocking the exit at the mouth of the well and the the stairs around the circumference of the shaft immediately disintegrated into dust...as did the floor beneath them, dropping the party into free fall into the inky darkness below...

(OOC: characters may make a Strength saving throw vs. DC 14 to try and grab onto the side of the wall before falling into the hole at their feet.)

" Ha ! See ? It worked and - aaaaaah !" 

Tabesha'l barely has time to regret her rash decision before the floor gives way beneath the group, as she flails her arms and grasps at anything she can to avoid falling.

DC 14 STR saving throw: 4

(Why not athletics?)

Connak can be heard cursing the Pananthyrs as he freefalls.

(Edit: Why is part of my post not showing!)

As the floor falls away Tink tries to grab at the walls, while Whisker also tries to dig in her claws.

Tink Str Save: 16
W.H.I.S.K.E.R. Str Save: 20

The floor falls away and Minsys mutters "f in magic," as he tries to grab anything on the wall.

Strength save 24

Is that enough to grab the wall one handed and provide aid to another?

Minsys grabs onto the wall at the last second gripping it expertly.  Then with the maul in his other hand, he quickly swings at the closest person hoping to pin them to the wall until they can get a good grip.  It so happens that Vaxis was next to him.

Maul swing 14, damage 8

only used a d6 as the maul wasn't swung with 2 hands.

As the floor disintegrates beneath them, everyone scrambled to grab onto the side of the well shaft. Minsys dropped his torch to grab the wall with one hand, but unwilling to let his maul go with the other he instead swung the weapon at Vaxis (the most heavily-armored among the party) in an effort to give the silver dragonborn a chance to hold on. Tabesha'l and Tink both clung to the wall as well, but Connak and W.H.I.S.K.E.R. plunged into the depths along with Minsys' torch.

Those that managed to hold on, heard nothing for almost a solid two seconds, and then a loud splash echoed up from below as Connak and Tink's mechanical cat had apparently found the  water source of the old well approximately 60 feet below. Luckily, the water was deep enough to have broken their fall, and while the impact was far from the soothing experience of sliding into a hot bath, neither did it do any significant damage to the pair.

Looking back up the shaft, Connak could see the others holding on for dear life. Then as his elven eyes adjusted to the darkness, he noticed a large, smooth side tunnel jutting off perpendicular from the well shaft near the surface of the water. A soft purple glow emanated from further down the side tunnel... (Or was it a lava tube? Or perhaps an old miner's access chute?)

(OOC: it is 60 feet from the location of the floor of the well that had disintegrated to the surface of the water. Any characters wishing to scale down the shaft must make an Athletics check for each 10-foot distance at DC 12 to avoid falling into the water below. If a character falls into the water, they will sink to the bottom - an unknown depth - if they are wearing anything heavier than light armor...)

" Lords of Andhurin ! Are... Is everyone alright ?" Tabesha'l shouts out, her voice betraying a mix of worry and shame after seeing the disastrous effects of her staff's spell. She spots Minsys and Vaxis struggling and pronounces a few arcane words under her breath as she starts a new invocation... then realizes that she can't hold on to the wall, hold her staff and execute the necessary arcane binds all at once. 

She sighs and calls out: " I beg thee, do hang on but a minute longer ! I am afraid I must try and climb down 'fore I am able to help thee, dear friends !"

She then starts the precarious business of crawling her way down the wall, sweat already pouring from her brow at the mere thought.

"That was close," Minsys says after looking back at Vaxis to see if he's grabbed the wall yet.  Once he's sure he has, he carefully swings the maul back over his shoulders.  He looks down at water in the well.  He contemplates just dropping but there is no telling how deep it is.  So, he tries climbing down the wall.  

looks like 6 athletics checks to get down.

8, 22, 26, 17, 10, 19

Minsys manages to safely climb down and drops off the wall onto the rock floor of the side tunnel just as Connak and W.H.I.S.K.E.R. are climbing out of the water.

"Whisker!" Tink lets out a loud shout as she sees her metallic companion plunge into the darkness.

Instead of climbing down immediately like the others, she immediately unfurls the length of rope she has and tries to find a place to secure it so that the descent may be made easier. 

"Hold up Tabesha'l. Let me try to secure this rope. It will surely help us with our descent."

Acrobatics Check 6

Tink struggles to manipulate the rope with her one free hand and in the process of doing so loses her fingertip grip on the wall stone she was holding with her other. She drops into the shaft falling 60 feet until she impacted the pool at the bottom just as Connak and W.H.I.S.K.E.R. had safely gotten out of the way. Though the fall had not injured her, the weight of her scale mail began causing her to sink!

Connak drops backpack and bow to the ground, then dives into the well to try to help Tink swim.  

(He'll try to drag her to a wall she can hopefully grab onto to 'climb' then try to help her swim UP)

DC 11 Athletics: 14

"Oh! This was unexpec......blub blub blub" Tink is unable to finish her comment as she hits the water and starts sinking.

Despite all his brooding elvish aloofness, Connak's true goodness was on full display as he springs back into the pool to save Tink, knowing neither its depth, subterranean structure nor what creatures might be lurking under the surface waiting for the opportunity of a meal to present itself. He is able to slow the artificer's descent and guide her towards the wall where she is then able to assist in her own recovery back to breathable air.

(OOC: Connak is granted a point of inspiration for acting without regard to his own safety in order to save a fellow party member...well done, sir!)

After pulling Tink out of the water, Connak climbs out and digs around in his backpack.  He draws forth a 1 foot rod, speaks a word of command and it springs out 9 more feet.  With the rod already partially submerged in the water, Connak looks up and waits to fish out the next one to fall.

" A-a-arvi ! To meeee !" Tabesha'l whimpers, as she strains to keep her grip on the wall, her arms and shoulders now cramping with the exertion.

As the Quasit flutters nearby, she orders: " Quickly, creature ! Thee must hold mine staff aloft while I traceth the sigils required to help our dragonborn ally, here... Do not fail me, heareth thee ? Thy very existence on this Plane depends upon it, thou wouldst do well to remember this !"

As her familiar holds her focus aloft, Tabesha’l uses her free hand to cast the spell, but it fails to take hold and quickly fizzles

Vaxis scrambles to recover, grabbing the wall as much as he can.

(6 Athletics)