With surprise and alacrity Mal moves into the room, her crossbow up and firing. The two bolts strike the skeleton. (9) sending it crashing to the ground in a pile of bones.
The zombies continue to struggle to try and get further away form Silas, but are at the end of their tether.
Badger remains near the door, torn between his curiosity about the room and his caution about entering. If the zombies should lose tension on the chain, the door could shut behind them and they could be trapped inside. But the room appears to be the tomb of Papazotl, the iblis god, and Badger is wondering what magical secrets the chariot might contain. He does his best to examine the room from his safe vantage point, looking for further clues.
Grenk moves into the room and heads straight for the key knocked to the floor. "When we done here, I am going to skewer those two," Grenk calls back to the group. The line said evenly more as a matter-of-fact statement.
Grenk walks past the zombies, and then past the strange chariot that holds a crypt, and over to the key, plucking it off the ground.
Badger, from the entrance looks just past Grenk and notices the wall is a slightly different color. It looks like Grenk is standing just beside a secret door.
Grenk wanders back towards the group with the key in hand.
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Badger points out the discolored wall to Mal. Since Grenk seems to have passed in and out without harm, the gnome enters to take a closer look at the secret door.
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Just as a reminder of what this current room looks like....six glass cauldrons brimming with humanoid bones line the walls of this tomb, at the center of which stands an ancient chariot bearing a bronze sarcophagus with treasure strewn atop it. Paintings on the chariot's body show a tall bird with a long, sharp beak. On the south wall, a bronze shield bears the embossed image of a Chultan warrior carrying a spear, below an inscription that reads, "Bow before no one." Four bronze statues stand on pedestals to either side of the shield. They depict Chultan warriors: one holding a sword, two with spears, and one missing its face.
The secret door opens easily enough. Beyond it, ancient cobwebs fill this narrow corridor, whose mid-point features an arched alcove. Within the alcove, a dusty bottle stands on a table. Past the alcove, the passage goes a total of 30 feet before ending at the back of another secret door.
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"Room is clear of traps, there is some dusty bottle beyond the secret door here, let me now if there is anything else you want me to look over. I am going to go shove that treasure on top of the chariot into my bag." Mal states. She will wait a few minutes to see if anyone says anything then shrug her shoulders and start moving the treasure.
Badger is still inspecting the room. The phrase from the riddle plaque comes to mind: "Bow as the dead god intoned". But the shield says "Bow before no one". The legend of the trickster gods wasn't very descriptive about Papazotl. Perhaps they should bow to the chariot first since it isn't a person. Badger calls out to Mal: Stop! Before you touch the treasure, perhaps you should bow to it.
(Anyone got any other ideas? <shrug> )
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"I don't know... Bow to the one with no face? Maybe that's the No One? Or," he says and pulls out his bow. "We taunt them with a bow before no one. Wait, I got it." He then strips off a small piece of cloth from his shirt and ties it into a bow and tosses it to the feet of the statues. "Bow before the gods... get it?"
Mal shrugs her shoulders and then grabs a handful of coins, then stand up with a few of them slipping between her fingers to fall to the floor with a clinking. She will look around to see if anything happens and if nothing happens she will start filling her bag.
Strewn atop the sarcophagus is a gold torc (worth 250 gp), three gold cups (worth 75 gp each), five gold cloak pins (work 25 gp each), and a gold amulet on a golden chain that glitters with magic. There are no coins though.
What does Mal grab?
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Badger shakes his head at Grenk's flippant disrespect and disregard for danger. But he can't deny the suggestion of bowing to the faceless statue is a good one, so Badger scurries over in front of it and performs a quick but sincere bow with a small flourish, hoping to complete it before Mal grabs any of the treasure or Grenk offends the gods any further. He is tempted to tread on the 'bow' along the way, but decides to leave it ... in case that really is what the riddle means after all.
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Badger manages to rush across the floor and get in an awkard bow before Mal pulls the Torc off the top of the sarcophagus. Everyone holds their breath.
The shield mounted on the wall begins to glow. The hunter embossed on the shield shines with a blue outline. The hunter begins moving on the shield, as if it were alive. It looks around, and then right at Mal, grabbing for a spear from a pile of spears nearby (part of the image on the shield), and it throws it. The spear comes shooting out of the spear, turning very real, and flies straight at Mal...
Attack: 14 Damage: 13. (force damage)
The loud clatter of bones in the glass cauldron begin to vibrate about and the ones on the tops begin forming skeletons....which begin crawling out of the large glass bowls.....while still more bones beneath them begin clattering about.
Kirin - Level 15 High Elf Wizard (Evocation) - Zorg's Lost Souls - Overchannel Steel Wind Strike for the Win against Demogorgon Silas - Level 11 Human Cleric (War Domain) - Tomb of Annihilation Done
On his turn, Grenk will move over to Skeleton 1 and 2 and attack each. He calls out, "They didn't like my bow... " He then lashes out with one strike at each with his flaming holy light sword.
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Mal Initiative: 21
Mal will move up to the shield pulling a spear out of his shoulder and then turn the shield around so the face is now facing the wall. He will then throw the spear at one of the skeletons.
With surprise and alacrity Mal moves into the room, her crossbow up and firing. The two bolts strike the skeleton. (9) sending it crashing to the ground in a pile of bones.
The zombies continue to struggle to try and get further away form Silas, but are at the end of their tether.
What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer?
Class.
Badger remains near the door, torn between his curiosity about the room and his caution about entering. If the zombies should lose tension on the chain, the door could shut behind them and they could be trapped inside. But the room appears to be the tomb of Papazotl, the iblis god, and Badger is wondering what magical secrets the chariot might contain. He does his best to examine the room from his safe vantage point, looking for further clues.
Investigation: 18
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Grenk initiative 23
Grenk moves into the room and heads straight for the key knocked to the floor. "When we done here, I am going to skewer those two," Grenk calls back to the group. The line said evenly more as a matter-of-fact statement.
Grenk walks past the zombies, and then past the strange chariot that holds a crypt, and over to the key, plucking it off the ground.
Badger, from the entrance looks just past Grenk and notices the wall is a slightly different color. It looks like Grenk is standing just beside a secret door.
Grenk wanders back towards the group with the key in hand.
What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer?
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Mal seems like we are invested in this room, I guess I can look around to see where the traps are.
Mal will wander around the room paying particular attention to the chariot, but also the statues and the floor.
Mal Perception: 10
Badger points out the discolored wall to Mal. Since Grenk seems to have passed in and out without harm, the gnome enters to take a closer look at the secret door.
How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
Mal will go check out the "secret" door with Badge, keeping one eye on Badger as she checks the door out.
Investigation: 23
Perception: 16
Just as a reminder of what this current room looks like....six glass cauldrons brimming with humanoid bones line the walls of this tomb, at the center of which stands an ancient chariot bearing a bronze sarcophagus with treasure strewn atop it. Paintings on the chariot's body show a tall bird with a long, sharp beak. On the south wall, a bronze shield bears the embossed image of a Chultan warrior carrying a spear, below an inscription that reads, "Bow before no one." Four bronze statues stand on pedestals to either side of the shield. They depict Chultan warriors: one holding a sword, two with spears, and one missing its face.
The secret door opens easily enough. Beyond it, ancient cobwebs fill this narrow corridor, whose mid-point features an arched alcove. Within the alcove, a dusty bottle stands on a table. Past the alcove, the passage goes a total of 30 feet before ending at the back of another secret door.
What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer?
Class.
"Room is clear of traps, there is some dusty bottle beyond the secret door here, let me now if there is anything else you want me to look over. I am going to go shove that treasure on top of the chariot into my bag." Mal states. She will wait a few minutes to see if anyone says anything then shrug her shoulders and start moving the treasure.
Badger is still inspecting the room. The phrase from the riddle plaque comes to mind: "Bow as the dead god intoned". But the shield says "Bow before no one". The legend of the trickster gods wasn't very descriptive about Papazotl. Perhaps they should bow to the chariot first since it isn't a person. Badger calls out to Mal: Stop! Before you touch the treasure, perhaps you should bow to it.
(Anyone got any other ideas? <shrug> )
How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
"I don't know... Bow to the one with no face? Maybe that's the No One? Or," he says and pulls out his bow. "We taunt them with a bow before no one. Wait, I got it." He then strips off a small piece of cloth from his shirt and ties it into a bow and tosses it to the feet of the statues. "Bow before the gods... get it?"
Mal shrugs her shoulders and then grabs a handful of coins, then stand up with a few of them slipping between her fingers to fall to the floor with a clinking. She will look around to see if anything happens and if nothing happens she will start filling her bag.
Strewn atop the sarcophagus is a gold torc (worth 250 gp), three gold cups (worth 75 gp each), five gold cloak pins (work 25 gp each), and a gold amulet on a golden chain that glitters with magic. There are no coins though.
What does Mal grab?
What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer?
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Badger shakes his head at Grenk's flippant disrespect and disregard for danger. But he can't deny the suggestion of bowing to the faceless statue is a good one, so Badger scurries over in front of it and performs a quick but sincere bow with a small flourish, hoping to complete it before Mal grabs any of the treasure or Grenk offends the gods any further. He is tempted to tread on the 'bow' along the way, but decides to leave it ... in case that really is what the riddle means after all.
How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
Mal would have grabbed the crown first and then gone for the amulet.
Badger manages to rush across the floor and get in an awkard bow before Mal pulls the Torc off the top of the sarcophagus. Everyone holds their breath.
The shield mounted on the wall begins to glow. The hunter embossed on the shield shines with a blue outline. The hunter begins moving on the shield, as if it were alive. It looks around, and then right at Mal, grabbing for a spear from a pile of spears nearby (part of the image on the shield), and it throws it. The spear comes shooting out of the spear, turning very real, and flies straight at Mal...
Attack: 14 Damage: 13. (force damage)
The loud clatter of bones in the glass cauldron begin to vibrate about and the ones on the tops begin forming skeletons....which begin crawling out of the large glass bowls.....while still more bones beneath them begin clattering about.
Skeletons : 10
Zombies (currently still turned) : 10
Spearman on the Shield : 20
Sickle : 6
Everyone roll initiative.
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Silas Initiative: 4 (I can not roll today)
Kirin - Level 15 High Elf Wizard (Evocation) - Zorg's Lost Souls- Overchannel Steel Wind Strike for the Win against DemogorgonSilas - Level 11 Human Cleric (War Domain) - Tomb of AnnihilationDoneInitiative: 5
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Grenk initiative 22
On his turn, Grenk will move over to Skeleton 1 and 2 and attack each. He calls out, "They didn't like my bow... " He then lashes out with one strike at each with his flaming holy light sword.
Attack: 22 Damage: 10 + 5 fire + 2 radiant
Attack: 9 Damage: 5 + 7 fire + 4 radiant
Mal Initiative: 21
Mal will move up to the shield pulling a spear out of his shoulder and then turn the shield around so the face is now facing the wall. He will then throw the spear at one of the skeletons.
Spear: Attack: 20 Damage: 11