Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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Harmony steps closer to the mirror very carefully. She looks around and checks for traps before each step. She is very aware of her meager 11 hit points. Perception 21
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
You find that the path to the mirror is clear. Once you come close to the mirror you notice that your reflection seems to be flipped rather than mirroring your movements. You reach out and touch the mirror and your hand passes through it.
Harmony withdraws her hand and waits for the others. Once they catch up, she will head through the mirror.
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
Alexander also approaches the mirror warily, taking note of its strangeness. He is also trying to make sure that everyone is still together, not wanting anyone to be left alone to die simply for being alone.
same, jut not carefully and no concern for others.
As soon as you step through the mirror, you find yourselves in a circular room with ten other mirrors lining the walls. Suddenly the room starts to spin, causing you to loose track of the mirror you entered through. When it stops spinning, it looks exactly the same as before. All of the mirrors are tall rectangles and all exhibit the same strange reversed reflection. You also notice that each mirror is numbered from 1 to 10 in a clockwise direction. The numbers are above the mirrors.
Alexander waits for George, unless Angelino follows Harmony. He’s put himself in charge of making sure no one goes off on their own or is left behind.
George follows, the end of his snakelike rod smoldering, ready to let out a fire bolt.
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Harmony begins to cast a ritual detect magic, if everyone's fine with waiting 10 minutes. If not, she can expand a spell slot and just cast 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
Assuming everyone has gone through the mirror, Alexander follows. “I don’t mind waiting, though we should consider that…well we seem to be competing against those other groups we saw out there.” He pauses, looking troubled.
Harmony, you sense magic everywhere in the room but mostly from the mirrors. From the schools of Illusion and Conjuration.
Hello! I’m not sure what you are trying to say here, but you are welcome to join! Just introduce your character and hop in whenever you like!
(Assuming Harmony tells us what she finds with her detection....)
"Interesssting...." George will search the mirrors and their surroundings for symbols, runes, and glyphs of any sort, mundane or magical. (Investigation: 8, Perception: 21, Arcana if you'll take it: 10)
Do all the mirrors have an aura of magic? Are there any other markings on or around them other than the numbers? Does there seem to be any correspondence between the numbers and the schools of magic, such as odds being Illusion and evens being Conjuration?
Paladin main who spends most of his D&D time worldbuilding or DMing, not Paladin-ing.
great idea!
Every mirror has an aura. There are no runes other than the numbers above them or on the walls. However, you do fine words written in celestial on the floor in the center of the room. The words themselves are not magical, they are just a message.
For any who can read Celestial:
The Room of Reversal
To move forward you must only look back. To move back you must go forward. Solve the puzzle or remain forever in the endless loop.
You also can tell that each of these mirrors, like the original one you walked through, are portals.
Harmony shares the info. “So, do we think conjuration or illusion is the way to go? And can anybody read those holy looking squiggles?”
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
“There not ‘holy looking squiggles’ they are the language of the GODS!” Angelina reads them out loud, then asks “so, anyone understand it? I think we need to… walk through the mirror we came out of? But I have no clue which one was which.”
“The Room of Reversal…” Alexander says thoughtfully, reading through the text and rubbing his chin. “I agree with Lord Angelino, I think we just need to go back the way we came.”
Thoruk puzzles over the riddle for a moment.
"So we need to walk backwards..." (and he turns around) "but walk forwards..."
Thoruk seems to perform some sort of expressive dance for a few moments as he struggles to do the impossible. He ends up with one foot in the air for some reason, hopping around backwards with his arms crossed, before tripping and falling backwards through mirror number...
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