Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
Frozen Sick
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Man I'm glad this didn't die. :D
Feel free to jump in whenever you want to Homebrewmindflayer!
Nothing appears to happen
Only spilt the party if you see something shiny.
Ariendela Sneakerson, Half-elf Rogue (8); Harmony Wolfsbane, Tiefling Bard (10); Agnomally, Gnomish Sorcerer (3); Breeze, Tabaxi Monk (8); Grace, Dragonborn Barbarian (7); DM, Homebrew- The Sequestered Lands/Underwater Explorers; Candlekeep
Zuli sits down on the island and stares intensely towards the centermost islands.
Perception: 22
Same :)
Still reeling from the transition between rooms, Quixote groans in exasperation. "Another room? Are you kidding me?" He leans in to view the message, quietly whispering the words as he reads. He then scans the islands, to see if there's anything else of importance around them.
Perception: 13
Jack, a Changeling Artificer/Bard/Cleric/Fighter/Rogue---RynnElocin's From Dusk to Dawn
Amon, a Fairy Arcane Trickster---ShieldHero_'s Fractum
I'M BACK
PFP credit goes to Mo Willems
You think you see an inscription hovering above the portal, but you can’t quite make it out.
You don’t see anything else of note.
Only spilt the party if you see something shiny.
Ariendela Sneakerson, Half-elf Rogue (8); Harmony Wolfsbane, Tiefling Bard (10); Agnomally, Gnomish Sorcerer (3); Breeze, Tabaxi Monk (8); Grace, Dragonborn Barbarian (7); DM, Homebrew- The Sequestered Lands/Underwater Explorers; Candlekeep
Arthilas tries jumping to the middle, which of course does not work. He then tries to look around for some hints.
Perception: 18
You are able to make out the inscription hovering above the portal, which reads “Beginnings are key.”
Only spilt the party if you see something shiny.
Ariendela Sneakerson, Half-elf Rogue (8); Harmony Wolfsbane, Tiefling Bard (10); Agnomally, Gnomish Sorcerer (3); Breeze, Tabaxi Monk (8); Grace, Dragonborn Barbarian (7); DM, Homebrew- The Sequestered Lands/Underwater Explorers; Candlekeep
"Hey there's something written over that portal," Zuli says, unaware that Arthilas has already seen it. "It's to far away to read though. Someone'd have to have hawk eyes to read that."
Zuli stands back up, "This is just another big riddle. I hate it so much. Anyone have any ideas? ...what if we jumped into the lava...?" She eyes the space between the islands as if seriously contemplating that idea.
"I can see it too! And I can read it!" Arthilas smiles. "It says 'Beginnings are key!'"
He then looks at the stone tablet and starts thinking.
"Beginnings are key...? Maybe they're referring to the first letters of the words we got?"
He sits down, draws his sword and starts writing on the ground, arranging the words from the stone tablet in new orders, writing other words and marking their first letters, until he shouts "I think, I've got it!"
(Continuing in a spoiler in case you want to solve the riddle by yourself too)
He writes down the following:
Always - Never
Dry - Wet
Day - Night
Full - Empty
Far - Near
Naughty - Nice
Old - New
Exit - Entrance
Fail - Success
Good - Nasty
Salty - Sweet
"The first letters do not seem to form any word I know..." Then he looks again and realizes something. "Wait, what if the first letters are supposed to be directions? I think we have to jump north from here, to the island right in front of us. Then we have to go to the left one, the one to the east, and so forth!" He looks at the others and then jumps over to the island in the north, hoping that it works.
"Well," Quixote chides, "I would not be surprised if jumping worked." He, too, eyes the lava as if that idea were an attractive one. "But 'beginnings are key' makes no sense to me. I will just stand here and follow whoever gets it right."
Jack, a Changeling Artificer/Bard/Cleric/Fighter/Rogue---RynnElocin's From Dusk to Dawn
Amon, a Fairy Arcane Trickster---ShieldHero_'s Fractum
I'M BACK
PFP credit goes to Mo Willems
“I like this idea!” Clementine says, “how are we supposed to now what direction we’re going in? Is there a spell for that?”
At first, it appears to be working. But when you reach the jump for
Good-Nasty
a plume of lava forces you back onto the island.
Only spilt the party if you see something shiny.
Ariendela Sneakerson, Half-elf Rogue (8); Harmony Wolfsbane, Tiefling Bard (10); Agnomally, Gnomish Sorcerer (3); Breeze, Tabaxi Monk (8); Grace, Dragonborn Barbarian (7); DM, Homebrew- The Sequestered Lands/Underwater Explorers; Candlekeep
*plume For some reason it won’t let me fix it.
Only spilt the party if you see something shiny.
Ariendela Sneakerson, Half-elf Rogue (8); Harmony Wolfsbane, Tiefling Bard (10); Agnomally, Gnomish Sorcerer (3); Breeze, Tabaxi Monk (8); Grace, Dragonborn Barbarian (7); DM, Homebrew- The Sequestered Lands/Underwater Explorers; Candlekeep
Sour?
Darklis nods slowly as she puts the puzzle together in her head. "Yes, that makes sense. So we go North, west, North, east, north, north, north, east, south, north south?"
"Well, might as well try it." With that she tries to jump from island to island in that order.
"Oh, thanks. Did not think about that" Arthilas says and jumps to the island south of thim ("Sour").
Unfortunately, a plume of lava blocks your path as you try to go south.
Only spilt the party if you see something shiny.
Ariendela Sneakerson, Half-elf Rogue (8); Harmony Wolfsbane, Tiefling Bard (10); Agnomally, Gnomish Sorcerer (3); Breeze, Tabaxi Monk (8); Grace, Dragonborn Barbarian (7); DM, Homebrew- The Sequestered Lands/Underwater Explorers; Candlekeep
Only two directions are left,so he tries going west. Either that one is right or it is east.
West results in another eruption of lava.
Only spilt the party if you see something shiny.
Ariendela Sneakerson, Half-elf Rogue (8); Harmony Wolfsbane, Tiefling Bard (10); Agnomally, Gnomish Sorcerer (3); Breeze, Tabaxi Monk (8); Grace, Dragonborn Barbarian (7); DM, Homebrew- The Sequestered Lands/Underwater Explorers; Candlekeep