DDT 004

[7:06 PM] Baron Sukumvit: So, last time you guys went through further into the dungeon.  On your way, you met another of the contestants, Sir Strom, Knight of one Lady Quill, in battle with another Yuan-Ti.  After dispatching it, you also helped free him of a curse that had rapidly aged him to that of an old man.  He has now joined your band, hoping to find his Lady who is lost further in the dungeon.

[7:07 PM] Olenna: can't catch them all, we torched one.

[7:08 PM] Baron Sukumvit: You guys avoided a dangerous mirror and rested.  During the rest, L heard strange voice tell her she and the others were all "like rats in a trap".  Also, during the fight, Plu found another of the gems you needed...in a pit of bodies.  ...fun.  One of them was of Kasad, the bard you spoke to at the beginning.

[7:08 PM] Baron Sukumvit: After the bodies had begun to sing a creepy song, you torched them and made your way past the pit.

[7:10 PM] Baron Sukumvit: And now, you all find yourselves at the head of a long, long, LONG, thin, dark hallway.  Even with dark vision, you cannot see to the end of the hall.  But you can see a doorway on the side, this one made of stone and cruder than the others.

[7:10 PM] Baron Sukumvit: You guys may continue as you desire.

[7:11 PM] 𝕷: will look into the doorway

[7:11 PM] Baron Sukumvit: You open the door?

[7:12 PM] 𝕷: will check the door for traps or if it is locked

[7:12 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Ok, roll investigation

[7:12 PM] Olenna: keeps an eye on Strom and Plu.

[7:13 PM] 𝕷: (( 20 unnatural))

[7:13 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Strom is looking down the hall anxiously, while Plu is watching L at the door.

[7:13 PM] Baron Sukumvit: From your investigation, the door seems unlocked and untrapped.

[7:14 PM] 𝕷: wil open the door

[7:16 PM] Baron Sukumvit: As you open the door, light floods out as you look into a brightly lit room, illuminated by hundreds of candles.  ...you also see the statues.  Grim, detailed, realistic stone carvings that deck the walls of the hallway, each depicting an adventurer frozen with a look of terror.

[7:16 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Otherwise, you see nothing in the room.

[7:16 PM] Olenna: closes her eyes.

[7:16 PM] Olenna: ... a  medusa, perhaps?

[7:17 PM] Osu: ((Are they carvings or statues?))

[7:17 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((Statues.  Sorry.  Coming up with words is hard.  ))

[7:17 PM] Olenna: ... Plu, close your eyes.

[7:17 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Plu obediently places a hand over his eyes.

[7:18 PM] 𝕷: keeps her eyes open but recites "Beware your valor and male inhibitions

For a woman's cry may not be what you're wishin'

This woman's voice, though light and fair

Is held by a creature you'd best beware

For if you meet this lady's gaze

Frozen in place you'll forever stay"

[7:18 PM] 𝕷: could be a medusa

[7:18 PM] Olenna: ((is there a relevant check to know methods to fight these things? Mirrors etc.))

[7:19 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((You can give me an Arcana or Nature check))

[7:19 PM] 𝕷: will enter the room and look at the candles

[7:19 PM] Olenna: ((24 arcana.))

[7:23 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Olenna You know the basics.  It has a gaze that can petrify you, it's hair is made of poisonous snakes, etc.  You do know that reflective surfaces can bounce the medusa's gaze back at it.  Also, the hair can be cut and it will die.  Greater restoration of a healing draught can cure the petrification and the petrification takes several seconds (two turns) but during the process it will become hard to move.  And a creature has to meet it's gaze for it to work.

[7:23 PM] Baron Sukumvit: You guys are still staying outside the doorway?

[7:23 PM] Osu: is until the rogue gives the all clear.

[7:24 PM] Olenna: It turns you into stone if you look at its eyes, its hair is poisonous snakes. If you have anything reflective we can bounce its gaze back at it. If we cut its hair, it'll die.

[7:25 PM] 𝕷: will cautiosuly enter the room chacking for traps

[7:25 PM] Olenna: opens her eyes to see what the ground is like in there.

[7:25 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Ok, you guys let L enter first?

[7:26 PM] Olenna: does.

[7:26 PM] Osu: does, yeah.

[7:26 PM] Olenna: will also check Sir Strom's armor to see how shiny it is.

[7:27 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Ok, as soon as L enters, a force field appears in front of the doorway, keeping you out.  You all hear a deep groan as a figure appears in the middle of the room.

[7:27 PM] Baron Sukumvit: The figure is not a medua.

[7:27 PM] Baron Sukumvit: But instead that of an aged dwarf.  His head balding, his beard thick and dull grey.

[7:28 PM] Olenna: is careful to look only at its feet.

[7:28 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Dwarf: "'Bout time.  Thought you were just gonna sit there forever.  Lousy contestants.  S'not like I got better things to do than play teacher."

[7:30 PM] 𝕷: another test of some sort then?

[7:30 PM] Baron Sukumvit: The dwarf lets out a sigh and begins to speak in a canned manner, like he's reciting from a script.  "'Oh dear contestant, seems you've fallen pray to my trap.  I, Horath, trialmaster and master of--yeah.  Thanks.  There were like...three more pages of that shit."

[7:31 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Horath: "...like the decor?"

[7:32 PM] 𝕷: the candles or the statues?

[7:32 PM] Osu: For that understated serial killer/amateur sculptor vibe.

[7:32 PM] Olenna: We don't wish to waste your time.

7:33 PM] Olenna: Perhaps you can simply skip to the challenge and whatever hints you would care to give?

[7:33 PM] Olenna: I don't suppose he allows you to accept tips.

[7:34 PM] Olenna: The decor is very impressive.

[7:34 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Horath smiles.  "You're all cute.  So, here's how it goes.  I'm gonna ask you a maths question.  You're gonna answer.  Get it right, I let you out with something special and give you some advice.  Get it wrong...well...I don't think you'll like that."

[7:35 PM] Osu: (19 insight.)

[7:35 PM] 𝕷: seems simpler than Jeff

[7:35 PM] Olenna: It'll be a trick question of some kind, won't it?

[7:35 PM] 𝕷: ((18 insight))

[7:36 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((Osu and L, what are you trying to figure out?))(edited)

[7:36 PM] Osu: ((how on the level he seems.)

[7:36 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Horath: "I don't do tricks."

[7:36 PM] 𝕷: ((same))

[7:37 PM] Olenna: Has anyone else come through here today, by the way?(edited)

[7:38 PM] 𝕷: or yesterday

[7:39 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Based on those rolls, I'd say you gather he's not happy to be here and doesn't especially care if you pass or fail.  He seems to be being honest and maybe needling a bit, but you think you can trust he's not tricking.  Also, Osu, Because of your PP and position, you can see that the entire floor seems to be designed to give way, like a giant trap door.

[7:39 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Horath: "I've 'eard some people scamper by, but you lot are the first to enter here."

[7:39 PM] Osu: so what, we jump through your hoops or you open the trap floor?(edited)

[7:40 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Horath: "Basically 'ow it goes.  We wasting more time or can I do my test already?"

[7:40 PM] Olenna: Do the test. Our apologies for wasting your time.

[7:40 PM] 𝕷: bring it on

[7:41 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Horath waves a hand and one of the statues comes off the wall, that of a fairly buff man in leather armor, his arm reaching for a great sword on his back he apparently didn't have time to grab.

[7:43 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Horath: "This bloke came through 'ere last year.  Failed the test.  Funny thing is, you'd think 'e'd be 'eavier now, being made of stone, but he weighs about the same.  E's exactly 100 pounds more than half of his original weight.  So...how much does he weigh?"

[7:44 PM] 𝕷: will take the magic rope and surreptiosly unspool it and hold onto it.

[7:44 PM] 𝕷: ((is he in the hallway with the others or the room with l))

[7:45 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((In the room with you.))

[7:48 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((Do you want a multiple choice list?))

[7:49 PM] Olenna: ((Yeah.))

[7:49 PM] Osu: So how does this work?  Do we each get a chance to answer or are you assuming we're all together and we get one chance?

[7:50 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Horath: "Nope.  Just 'er (points to L).  You can shout whatever you want, but first answer that she gives is the one that counts.  You can then enter and try yerself."

[7:50 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((The options in the book are 100lbs, 150lbs, and 200lbs.))

[7:53 PM] 𝕷: 200 lbs. or 14.286 stones

[7:53 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Horath: "Right then."

[7:53 PM] Baron Sukumvit: The forcefield goes down.  "Before you go, 'ave a prize."

[7:54 PM] Baron Sukumvit: And he tosses you a ring.  A band with a crystal at the top.

[7:54 PM] 𝕷: catches it and exits the room tucking the rope back into the backpack

[7:55 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Horath: "And a tip, since you all seem to be the types to listen.  There's a door coming up on your right down this hall.  Take it and the stairs going down.  You do not want to get to the end of the hall."

[7:55 PM] 𝕷: ((26 insight on if that is true))

[7:55 PM] Olenna: Thank you.

[7:55 PM] Baron Sukumvit: He legit seems like an on the level dude.

[7:56 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Horath: "Good luck."

[7:56 PM] Olenna: You too.

[7:56 PM] Baron Sukumvit: As he says that, he vanishes into sand.

[7:56 PM] 𝕷: hands ring to Olenna " i am sure you want to check this out"

[7:56 PM] Olenna: checks it for magic.

[7:57 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Olenna It is a magic ring of the acrobat.  The wearer gets a +2 to their dex while wearing it (even if they're at the max dex score) and advantage on all acrobatics checks.  The subject must be attuned to it and if the ring is removed, the effects fade.

[7:58 PM] Olenna: Lovely. It's a ring of the Acrobat. You become a bit more agile when you wear it, especially for acrobatic tricks.

[7:59 PM] Olenna: returns it to her.

[7:59 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((For everyone else, it's a +2 to your dex and adv. on all acrobatics checks.))

[8:00 PM] 𝕷: takes it back " anyone else want it?"

[8:00 PM] 𝕷: is mainly  looking at Osu and Olenna

[8:00 PM] Olenna: ((You might be the dexiest. The nice hting is, even if you have a max dex it still gives you a +2.))

[8:01 PM] Osu: shakes his head.

[8:01 PM] Olenna: Keep it.

[8:01 PM] 𝕷: puts the ring on

[8:02 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Plu: "I do not jump.  I trample through things."

[8:02 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Sir Strom: "And I shall be fine."

[8:02 PM] Olenna: Shall we continue?

[8:02 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Plu: "ONWARD!"

[8:02 PM] Olenna: L first.

[8:02 PM] Baron Sukumvit: He walks right into a wall.  He still hasn't taken his hand away from his eyes.

[8:03 PM] Olenna: ... you can open your eyes, Plu. But don't look toward the end of the hallway. Just in case.

[8:03 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Plu does so and nods.

[8:03 PM] Olenna: will follow L when she heads out.

[8:04 PM] Osu: takes up the rear.

[8:04 PM] 𝕷: ?me heads down the hall

[8:04 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Ok, L leads.  Your passive investigation reveals no traps.  You eventually come upon a doorway to your left, but still more corridor going onwards.

[8:04 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Looking ahead, you believe you see a faint glint at the end of the tunnel.

[8:05 PM] 𝕷: checks the door for trapsand being locked

[8:05 PM] Osu: So that's where we're not supposed to go.

[8:05 PM] 𝕷: according to the dust man yes

[8:06 PM] 𝕷: ((29 investigation on door))(edited)

[8:06 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Based on the 29, you do not find any traps and the door appears to have already been picked.

[8:07 PM] Olenna: Interesting.

[8:07 PM] 𝕷: someone has come this way

[8:07 PM] 𝕷: opens the door

[8:07 PM] Olenna: Lady Quill, perhaps.

[8:08 PM] 𝕷: How is the lady at lockpicking Strom?

[8:08 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Sir Strom: "She would not need to pick the lock.  Her magics would open it for her."

[8:08 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Sir Strom: "But this would not leave a trace."

[8:08 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Opening the door, you see a long stairwell heading down, and you all smell a strong, wet odor.

[8:09 PM] Olenna: sniffs at it to try to identify what it is.

[8:09 PM] 𝕷: ((stale water smell or just water smel?))

[8:10 PM] 𝕷: will smell the air as well

[8:10 PM] 𝕷: enters and heads to the stairway

[8:10 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((You can both give me nature checks to determine what it is))

[8:11 PM] 𝕷: ((17))

[8:11 PM] Olenna: ((11))

[8:12 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Olenna, to you it's just a musty odor, but L, you recognize it as a fungal stench, something cause by excessive mold.

[8:12 PM] 𝕷: wrinkles her nose "mold"

[8:13 PM] Olenna: ... ordinary mold or murder-mold, I wonder.

[8:13 PM] 𝕷: one way to find out

[8:13 PM] 𝕷: heads down the stairs

[8:13 PM] Olenna: lets one of the men go first, but then will follow him.

[8:13 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Ok, so L leads you all(?) down the stairwell.  Strom will offer to bring up the rear unless asked not to and Plu will follow right behind L.

[8:14 PM] Baron Sukumvit: As you head down, some of you may notice that the stonework on the walls seems...older than above.  And it doesn't seem to be the same sort of stone.

[8:15 PM] 𝕷: this could be more of the original structure

[8:16 PM] Olenna: Likely.

[8:16 PM] Baron Sukumvit: At the bottom of the stairs is another door.  This one made of wood and seems to be crumbling.  You notice plantlife creeping in around the edges and the wood itself seems to be...sagging.

[8:18 PM] 𝕷: Plu could you break that door?

[8:18 PM] Olenna: ... how did the previous group get through it?

[8:19 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Plu goes over to the door.  He tries to yank it off, but the top half instead just breaks from the bottom.  The door remains up to about your torsos.

[8:19 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Plu then takes a moment and just kicks in the rest of it.

[8:19 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Plu: "...done."

[8:19 PM] 𝕷: looks for a secret door

[8:19 PM] Olenna: Thank you.

[8:20 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Inside you see what seems to be a jungle, but one gone bad.  Mushrooms coat a room overgrown with vines, moss, and small pools of a water that...looks like you really don't want to drink it.

[8:20 PM] Baron Sukumvit: L, roll investigation

[8:20 PM] 𝕷: ((26))

[8:21 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Tapping around, you do, indeed, find a secret door to your right.  It appears to lead to a small tunnel.

[8:21 PM] 𝕷: jungle or tunnel?

[8:21 PM] Olenna: ((Only rolled an 11 on Nature. I'm assuming I don't know if any of these are poisonous or what.))

[8:21 PM] Olenna: Tunnel first.

[8:21 PM] Osu: Tunnel.

[8:22 PM] 𝕷: heads into the tunnel looking for traps

[8:22 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((I'm sorry, you can't tell))

[8:22 PM] Baron Sukumvit: L, roll investigation and a DEX check.

[8:23 PM] 𝕷: ((22 investiagtion 19 Dex))

[8:24 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Ok, investigating the tunnel, you see no traps, but you note that the floor and walls of the tunnel are slimy and slippery.  You catch yourself before tumbling in, though.

[8:24 PM] 𝕷: ((it goes down?))

[8:24 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((Yes))

[8:24 PM] 𝕷: slippery enough this will probably be a one way trip

[8:24 PM] Olenna: ((So would it come out in the jungle, or?))

[8:25 PM] Olenna: Hrm. Let's investigate the jungle first, in that case.

[8:25 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((No, the jungle's right in front of you.  This goes further down.))

[8:26 PM] Baron Sukumvit: If you guys wanna go through the jungle give me either investigation or nature checks, your choice.

[8:26 PM] 𝕷: unspools the rope 60 feet and hands one end to plu then grabs the other end and slides down.

[8:26 PM] Olenna: ((7. Yikes.))

[8:27 PM] Osu: ((3.))

[8:28 PM] 𝕷: ((sorry my discord delayed i missed choosing the jungle))

[8:28 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((Ok, you go through the jungle))

[8:28 PM] Olenna: ((That's a really good idea, though, we should try that.))

[8:29 PM] 𝕷: ((I will stick with it then))

[8:29 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Ok, so as you guys prepare to go into the jungle, L instead hands Plu one end of the rope and goes diving down the tunnel.

[8:30 PM] Baron Sukumvit: You slide for about six seconds or so, and come out in a lit corridor.  The stone here is definitely different.  And, up ahead, you hear the sounds of someone crying as some creatures speak in non-common words.

[8:31 PM] 𝕷: ((is it dry?))

[8:32 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((It is.))

[8:32 PM] 𝕷: ((how many voices?))

[8:32 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((About 3))

[8:32 PM] 𝕷: climbs back up

[8:33 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Ok, give me an athletics check at disadv.

[8:33 PM] 𝕷: ((3))

[8:34 PM] Baron Sukumvit: You attempt a climb back up, but the walls are way too slick and slippery and you end up sliding back down.

[8:34 PM] Osu: looks down the tunnel, can we see L or is it too windy?

[8:34 PM] 𝕷: will hold onto the rope and pull it so that Plu can feel it.

[8:34 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Roll perception

[8:35 PM] Osu: ((24))

[8:35 PM] Baron Sukumvit: You manage to see her just round a corner into view before she fell back down.

[8:35 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Plu: "...she is thrashing!  Something must have hold of her!"

[8:35 PM] Osu: ((How wide is the tunnel?))

[8:36 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((It's about 4 ft in all directions.))

[8:36 PM] Olenna: Try to pull her up.

[8:36 PM] Osu: ((That works too then.))

[8:36 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Plu nods and yanks.  Osu, do you help pull?

[8:37 PM] Osu: ((He's probably got it.)

[8:37 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Ok.

[8:37 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Plu pulls and with some solid lurches, L is back at the top.

[8:37 PM] Olenna: What's down there?

[8:38 PM] 𝕷: dry, well lit and 3-4 beings nearby

[8:38 PM] Olenna: What kind of beings?

[8:38 PM] 𝕷: only heard them I didnt see anything

[8:39 PM] Olenna: What did they sound like? Large creatures, small? Female, male?

[8:39 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((You can roll INT for more info))

[8:40 PM] 𝕷: ((24))

[8:41 PM] Baron Sukumvit: L The language they were speaking was goblin, they sounded male and deep-throated for goblins

[8:43 PM] 𝕷: males speaking goblin  kind of deepthroated

[8:44 PM] 𝕷: so goblinoids or jungle?

[8:44 PM] Olenna: We should stick to the jungle.

[8:45 PM] 𝕷: ((how was the stone different older or newer.))

[8:45 PM] Osu: Did they see you?  The goblinoids.

[8:45 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((Older, but cleaner, and it was a lighter color, you think maybe limestone?))

[8:46 PM] 𝕷: not as far as I know

[8:46 PM] Osu: goes back to the tunnel and sticks his head in.

[8:47 PM] Baron Sukumvit: You do not hear the sounds of goblins about to attack you.

[8:47 PM] Osu: ((Do I hear anything?))

[8:47 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Roll perception

[8:47 PM] Osu: ((18))

[8:48 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Osu You think you hear someone begging and pleading in common to be let go and the sounds of some sinister chuckles.  The voices do sound kinda goblin-y.

[8:48 PM] Osu: ... someone's down there.

[8:48 PM] Osu: pulls out his crossbow.

[8:48 PM] Olenna: Goblins?

[8:49 PM] Osu: No, someone in trouble.  Could be a trap, could not to be.

[8:49 PM] Osu: I can get back up the tunnel.

[8:49 PM] Osu: I'm going to check it out.

[8:49 PM] Olenna: ... all right. Be careful.

[8:49 PM] 𝕷: you want backup?

[8:49 PM] Osu: and his fish go sliding.  "You all can follow me down if you want with the rope."

[8:50 PM] 𝕷: follows Osu

[8:50 PM] 𝕷: leaves Plu with the rope

[8:50 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Plu holds the rope.

[8:51 PM] Olenna: Plu, stay here. We'll be back. If you hear a whisper it's probably me using magic to contact you; you know how to answer.

[8:51 PM] Olenna: follows them.

[8:51 PM] Baron Sukumvit: The three of you find yourselves in this yellow stone hallway lit by lanterns and you now all hear the voices around a corner.

[8:52 PM] 𝕷: will stealth forward to try and get eyes on them

[8:52 PM] Osu: peeks around.

[8:52 PM] 𝕷: ((20 unnatural))(edited)

[8:54 PM] Olenna: Messages Osu and L, "I wonder if it's Lady Quill."

[8:54 PM] Osu: nods.

[8:55 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Peering around, you see three things in this order.  First, a mummified hand hanging from the ceiling via a strange leather strap.  Second, a row of gilded prison cells, non very large.  Third, three hobgoblins in one cell, seemingly enjoying torturing an elven man dressed in rags and chained to the wall.  One takes a swig from a jug and spits the fluid upon the man in a gross spray.

[8:55 PM] Osu: ((Do we recognize the elven man?))

[8:56 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((You do not.  Although there are some familiar features to him.))

[8:57 PM] Osu: would like to shoot the jug.

[8:57 PM] Baron Sukumvit: You may.

[8:57 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Roll to attack the jug

[8:57 PM] Osu: ((21.))

[8:58 PM] Baron Sukumvit: As the hobgoblin goes to take another swig, your bolt shoots forward and shatters the jug, spilling the briny liquid all over his face.

[8:58 PM] Baron Sukumvit: The others all turn and see you and move to their weapons.  Roll initiative.

[8:59 PM] Olenna: ((21.))

[8:59 PM] Osu: ((12.))

[9:00 PM] 𝕷: ((10))

[9:01 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Ok, so the turn order is Olenna, Hobglins 1 & 2, Osu, L, and the Lead Hobgoblin at the end.

[9:01 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Olenna, you have the first move.

[9:05 PM] Olenna: cast a spell, making a flicking motion.

[9:06 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((4, 16, and 8))

[9:06 PM] Olenna: ((The DC is 16, so that one passes.))

[9:07 PM] Olenna: ((12 damage to the two that failed, 6 to the one that passed.))

[9:07 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Ok, well one of them freezes up and dies.  The other two are still alive.

[9:09 PM] Baron Sukumvit: One of the survivors will run forward and attack Osu.  As he made the first strike.

[9:09 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((Unnat 20 to hit))

[9:09 PM] Osu: ((hit))

[9:10 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((For 2 dam, cause the damage die was a 1))

[9:10 PM] Baron Sukumvit: His friend would also attack this turn, but he's dead.  The largest one is gearing up too, though.

[9:10 PM] Baron Sukumvit: It's your turn, Osu.

[9:11 PM] Osu: takes a shot at the one that attacked me.

[9:11 PM] Osu: (18 to hit.  12 damage.)

[9:11 PM] Baron Sukumvit: You pierce him through the neck and he falls down, dead.

[9:11 PM] Baron Sukumvit: L, your turn.

[9:11 PM] Osu: takes his other shot at the big one.

[9:12 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((Oh, sorry))

[9:12 PM] Osu: ((23 to hit, 9 damage.))

[9:12 PM] Baron Sukumvit: That hits and he's hurt, but not dead.

[9:12 PM] Osu: ((k))

[9:12 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Is that your final action?

[9:13 PM] Osu: ((Yep.))

[9:13 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Ok, L.  Your turn.

[9:14 PM] Baron Sukumvit: @𝕷

[9:15 PM] 𝕷: will run up to the remaining one and attack with rapier (21 to hit) (also for insightful fighting sneak attack he has to  roll decption over 23))

[9:15 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((He rolled a 5 and 21 hits.  So, do damage.))

[9:17 PM] 𝕷: ((23))

[9:17 PM] Baron Sukumvit: You kill him by a lot.

[9:17 PM] Baron Sukumvit: End initiative.

[9:17 PM] Baron Sukumvit: You hear the elf in the cell.  "...hello?"

[9:17 PM] Olenna: goes over to him.

[9:17 PM] 𝕷: will check the  hobgoblins bodies

[9:17 PM] Olenna: What's your sister's name?

[9:18 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Elf: "My sister...?  You know Rahana?  Who are you?"

[9:19 PM] 𝕷: ((22 investigation on the bodies))

[9:19 PM] Olenna: I'm not sure. Is that her family name?

[9:20 PM] Baron Sukumvit: On the hobgoblins, you find jugs containing...something that might be alcoholic, but it smells foul.  Three massive longswords, would qualify as bastard swords, chainmail armor, two longbows and, on the captain, more of that strange leather like the strap holding the hand.

[9:20 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Elf: "No.  Our family name is Quill."

[9:21 PM] 𝕷: will take the strange leather

[9:21 PM] Olenna: Ah. Your sister is looking for you.

[9:21 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Elf: "SHE'S HERE?!?"

[9:22 PM] Olenna: We'll get you out shortly. Shh.

[9:22 PM] 𝕷: will pick up one of their swords and poke the hand with it

[9:22 PM] Olenna: What is that desiccated hand?

[9:22 PM] Baron Sukumvit: The elf, for the record, looks a wreck.  His body is emaciated from starvation, his clothing is torn and stained with blood, he's covered in scars, and he

[9:23 PM] Baron Sukumvit: is missing his right hand.

[9:23 PM] Osu: looks around the rest of the room.  "How long have you been here?

[9:23 PM] Olenna: Was it yours? What were they doing down here?

[9:23 PM] Olenna: does try to open the door to the cell.

[9:23 PM] Olenna: What is that odd-looking leather?

[9:24 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Oh, you do find a key ring on the hobgoblins, sorry.

[9:24 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Elf: "Skin."

[9:24 PM] 𝕷: will head over with the keys and unlock the cell and him

[9:24 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Elf: "She makes it from the skin.  ...I was so close."

[9:24 PM] 𝕷: who does?

[9:24 PM] Olenna: She who?

[9:24 PM] Olenna: And close to what?

[9:25 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Elf: "To the end.  I was at the door.  But I only had one.  I couldn't open it.  That's when she found me.  The snake woman.  She said I was of more...more use...do you have food?"

[9:26 PM] Osu: hands him a goodberry.

[9:26 PM] Olenna: Wait.

[9:26 PM] Olenna: Don't eat it quickly, you'll get sick. Just a nibble.

[9:26 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Elf: "...I'll try."

[9:26 PM] Olenna: Had one what? gem? Do you still have it?

[9:26 PM] Baron Sukumvit: He nibbles at the berry.

[9:27 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Elf: "I do.  Found one place they didn't check."

[9:27 PM] Olenna: .... we do need that. Regardless of where that place is, unfortunately. In what way did the medusa want to use you?

[9:28 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Elf: "Not a medusa.  I avoided that room.  Was my poem.  This was a woman with a snake face.  And then...a voice.  A voice I'd hear in my head.  Said she'd drain me."

[9:28 PM] 𝕷: what did her voice sound like?

[9:29 PM] Olenna: ... a gith, maybe. In what way did she want to use you?

[9:29 PM] Olenna: Why did she take your hand?

[9:29 PM] Osu: Yuan TI.

[9:29 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Elf: "An escape attempt.  Got a hold of one of their bows.  Made sure I couldn't use one again."

[9:30 PM] Olenna: I see.

[9:30 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Elf: "It's a woman's voice, but hissy.  It sounded...old, somehow."

[9:30 PM] Olenna: Did she mean you to be bait? Dinner for something else? Some other reason?

[9:31 PM] Baron Sukumvit: He shrugs.  "Not sure.  Sometime, she sends me out into a room and I have to read something to people about the challenge."

[9:31 PM] 𝕷: Does she talk about a nest?

[9:32 PM] Baron Sukumvit: He looks at L.  "She did...and rats."

[9:32 PM] Olenna: What do you read to people about the challenge?

[9:32 PM] 𝕷: Rats and nests thats the voice

[9:34 PM] 𝕷: will look if there is another way out of this room

[9:34 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Elf: "Uhhhhh...I tell them to pick a door.  One has a manticore behind it, the other a giant scorpion.  But the trick is there's a secret door they can take to avoid it, if they find it."

[9:34 PM] Olenna: Ah, clever.

[9:35 PM] Olenna: Well, you're coming with us. We'll do our best to help you get out of this alive; we will need that other gem at the proper time--a ruby, isn't it?-- and we're hoping to find your sister as well.

[9:36 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Elf: "It is a ruby...I will need some privacy to retrieve it."

[9:36 PM] Olenna: ((AHA.))

[9:37 PM] Olenna: Stay here a moment.

[9:37 PM] 𝕷: ((we need a diamond not a ruby))

[9:38 PM] 𝕷: ((sapphire emerald diamond))

[9:42 PM] Olenna: I need to contact our friends.

[9:43 PM] Baron Sukumvit: He nods.

[9:43 PM] Olenna: turns away and Messages L and Osu first. "He's lying. What should we do?"

[9:44 PM] Osu: ((He's still in the cell, right?))

[9:45 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((He is.))

[9:45 PM] Olenna: ((I think we all are, but he's probably out of his cuffs? Maybe?))

[9:45 PM] Osu: (I gave him a berry, so probably?)

[9:45 PM] 𝕷: ((he is))

[9:46 PM] 𝕷: will sneak up next to him an try and recuff one arm

[9:47 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Ok, roll stealth.

[9:47 PM] 𝕷: ((23))

[9:47 PM] Baron Sukumvit: You are able to, without him noticing.

[9:48 PM] 𝕷: will attach the leg chains again

[9:48 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Elf: "What are you doing?"

[9:49 PM] Olenna: What are you doing? Slowing us down?

[9:50 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Elf: "...slowing...what?"

[9:50 PM] 𝕷: you are lying and delaying us

[9:51 PM] 𝕷: we can just leave you here

[9:52 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Elf: "I am not delaying you.  I want us to go and, with some privacy, I can get you the ruby."

[9:52 PM] Olenna: We don't need a ruby.

[9:52 PM] 𝕷: heads out of the cell taking the keys with her

[9:52 PM] Olenna: Who are you really?

[9:53 PM] Baron Sukumvit: "...I am Lian Quill, brother of Rahana Quill.  That was not a lie."

[9:53 PM] Osu: ((19 insight))

[9:53 PM] Olenna: And?

[9:53 PM] 𝕷: why lie about the gem?

[9:54 PM] Baron Sukumvit: "...because the gems don't matter.  I needed to lead you to the right chamber."(edited)

[9:54 PM] Baron Sukumvit: "...if I bring you to her, I'll be rewarded with food and time."

[9:55 PM] Olenna: We already gave you food, and we would have helped you get out of this place. You made a bad decision.

[9:55 PM] 𝕷: Who is she?

[9:55 PM] Baron Sukumvit: "There is no out."

[9:55 PM] 𝕷: and does she work for Sukumvit?

[9:56 PM] Osu: Or does he work for her?

[9:57 PM] Baron Sukumvit: He laughs.  "They both work for the same being.  The voice.  Atishree."

[9:57 PM] 𝕷: Atishree?

[9:57 PM] Olenna: ((There a relevant check for that?))

[9:58 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((Religion))

[9:58 PM] Olenna: ((23.))

[9:58 PM] Baron Sukumvit: And Osu, your insight check reveals that he is thoroughly broken.

[9:58 PM] Olenna: Your sister is here. Alone, as she was separated from her protector.

[9:59 PM] Osu: shrugs, and leaves a goodberry at the edge of the cell as he exits it.

[10:02 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Olenna, Atishree is an old name given long ago to a follower of Torog, aka "The Queen who Crawls".  Her domain is said to be of torture, trickery, enslavement and wealth and she was said to rule over a hell of greed and wrath.  Atishree was said to have sacrificed herself in a ritual long ago to bring Torog to this world before the cult she'd formed was thwarted.

[10:03 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Lian: "...I did not mean my sister to be here.  I told her my return was not likely."

[10:03 PM] Olenna: She loves you and she came to rescue you.

[10:03 PM] Olenna: We are looking for her now.

[10:03 PM] Olenna: All of us, together.

[10:02 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Olenna, Atishree is an old name given long ago to a follower of Torog, aka "The Queen who Crawls".  Her domain is said to be of torture, trickery, enslavement and wealth and she was said to rule over a hell of greed and wrath.  Atishree was said to have sacrificed herself in a ritual long ago to bring Torog to this world before the cult she'd formed was thwarted.

[10:03 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Lian: "...I did not mean my sister to be here.  I told her my return was not likely."

[10:03 PM] Olenna: She loves you and she came to rescue you.

[10:03 PM] Olenna: We are looking for her now.

[10:03 PM] Olenna: All of us, together.

[10:04 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Lian: "Then like all of us, she is damned.  The passage out is caved in.  Atishree's chamber is all that remains at the end of this dungeon."

[10:05 PM] Olenna: All of us together will find a way.(edited)

[10:05 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Lian: "Anyone who survives far enough to see her is bound by her and placed as a taskmaster.  One of the trial keepers up and around."

[10:06 PM] Osu: Were you this dramatic before she broke you?

[10:06 PM] Osu: Or is overly florid language a consequence of your enslavement?

[10:06 PM] Osu: It makes sense.  This is why the Baron puts those who enter the dungeon in competition.

[10:07 PM] Olenna: Yes.

[10:08 PM] Olenna: Not that long ago, Atishree was a follower of Torog, The Queen Who Crawls, they called her. A goddess of torture, trickery, enslavement and wealth who ruled over a hell of greed and wrath.

[10:08 PM] 𝕷: if you only make it one at a time usually  much easier to deal with

[10:08 PM] Olenna: Atishree sacrificed herself to bring Torog to this world, just before her cult was crushed.

[10:09 PM] 𝕷: seems like Sukumvit is trying to do the same

[10:09 PM] 𝕷: I assume Atishree failed to bring Torog

[10:10 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Lian: "I've seen Atishree.  She didn't die.  She changed.  She's...I've never seen anything like it.  A large snake with a human face."

[10:11 PM] Olenna: She uses magic to enslave people? Or force? Or both?

[10:12 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Lian: "...she...she doesn't brainwash them.  ...but...she can show us things.  Make us...feel, hear, see things.  She grants those who do well "Time" in a good place...and punishes those who don't."

[10:13 PM] Osu: Yeah, that's not brainwashing at all.

[10:14 PM] Olenna: Your sister is still here. We can save her.

[10:14 PM] 𝕷: how long till she can influence people after they hear her voice?

[10:15 PM] Olenna: It's not too late. You can help us.

[10:15 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Lian: "...I don't know.  She didn't do anything until I saw her."

[10:15 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Olenna, roll persuasion with adv. cause of the assists.

[10:16 PM] Olenna: ((24.))

[10:16 PM] Olenna: ((Rolled a 19 on that.))

[10:16 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Lian: "...I am not sure what use I can be.  But I can come and point out traps."

[10:16 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Lian: "If you have friends, they'd be better coming down the tunnel.  We're closer and the jungle has a man-eating plant in it."

[10:17 PM] Osu: How far did you make it?

[10:18 PM] Olenna: ... I'll tell them.

[10:19 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Lian: "I reached the chamber."

[10:19 PM] Olenna: ((18 insight to see if he's telling the truth about joining us.))

[10:19 PM] Olenna: ((Also, the man eating plant.))

[10:19 PM] Osu: (15 insight on the 'he reached the chamber' business.)

[10:20 PM] Baron Sukumvit: He believes he reached the chamber and he does want to help.

[10:20 PM] Olenna: Messages Plu and Strom to follow them and bring the magic rope.

[10:20 PM] 𝕷: you want me to unlock him?

[10:21 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Plu: "...um...Strom kind of ran off already.  He said he wasn't going to just wait here."

[10:22 PM] Olenna: Yes.

[10:22 PM] Olenna: messages Plu again: Into the jungle?

[10:22 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Plu: "Yes, Lady Olenna."

[10:23 PM] Olenna: ... Strom ran off into the jungle. We're going to have to go up and go after him.

[10:23 PM] 𝕷: why?

[10:23 PM] Olenna: ... because he's a person.

[10:23 PM] Osu: Can you message him or is he out of range?

[10:23 PM] Olenna: I'll try it.

[10:23 PM] Olenna: tries Messaging Strom.

[10:24 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Strom responds to your past message: "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

[10:24 PM] Olenna: flinches.

[10:24 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Strom: "Jungle bad!  Jungle bad!  Jungle bad!"

[10:24 PM] Olenna: ... he's in range, and screaming.

[10:24 PM] Osu: I'll go up.

[10:24 PM] 𝕷: unlocks Lian

[10:24 PM] Osu: uses his fish to ZOOP up the tunnel.

[10:24 PM] Olenna: tells him to try to escape and run back to Plu, and no shit the jungle's bad, he should have done what she said!

[10:25 PM] Olenna: tells Plu Osu's joining him.

[10:25 PM] Olenna: Lian, Strom is your sister's protector. I'm not sure if you know him or not.

[10:25 PM] Osu: ((Fish give me a climb speed equal to land speed, so 30, and I can just zoop up.))

[10:25 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Lian: "...I do not recall a Strom, no."

[10:26 PM] Olenna: He's very handsome.

[10:26 PM] Baron Sukumvit: As you zoop up, you see Strom coming back chased by what looks like a dire beast made of mutant plants.

[10:26 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Plu: "Strom's back."

[10:26 PM] Osu: .... get down the tunnel.

[10:26 PM] Osu: takes a couple of shots at the thing.

[10:26 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Roll attacks.

[10:26 PM] Olenna: messages Plu back. "Get back down the tunnel and bring the rope."

[10:26 PM] Osu: ((23 and 25.))

[10:27 PM] Osu: ((12 and 8 damage.))

[10:27 PM] Osu: is waiting for the others to go down the tunnel.

[10:27 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Both attacks hit and you definitely stun it long enough for you all to slide down the tunnel.

[10:27 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Strom is screaming as he comes down.  Plu is laughing.

[10:28 PM] Osu: slides down.  "So there definitely was a plant monster."

[10:28 PM] Olenna: eyes Strom when he gets there, radiating disapproval.

[10:29 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Plu: "...I have your rope, Lady L."

[10:29 PM] 𝕷: Still say we should have left him

[10:29 PM] 𝕷: Thanks Plu

[10:29 PM] 𝕷: takes the rope and puts it away

[10:30 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Strom: "My goal is to save Lady Quill.  Nothing else matters."

[10:31 PM] 𝕷: see he wanted to be eaten by plants

[10:31 PM] Olenna: Consider that the best way to do that is to remain together and listen to wiser counsel than yours.

[10:31 PM] Olenna: And you may wish to consider what she would want, as we have achieved her major goal: we have found Lian Quill.

[10:32 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Strom and Lian look at each other.  "...it is good to meet you, Sir Strom."

[10:32 PM] 𝕷: will try and cut down the hand

[10:33 PM] Baron Sukumvit: You can.

[10:33 PM] 𝕷: ((21 insight on whether they recognize each other))

[10:34 PM] Baron Sukumvit: They don't seem to.

[10:34 PM] 𝕷: cuts down the hand picls it up and sticks it wrapped up in her backpack

[10:34 PM] Olenna: All right. Lian, where would Atishree normally want you to lead us? And where ought we to actually go?

[10:36 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Lian: "There is a point where the path up top leads down here.  If she's still in the jungle, she is dead.  If she survived it, she would've come that way.  I can take us around there."

[10:37 PM] Olenna: And where would you be leading us if you were giving us to Atishree?

[10:38 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Lian: "To a passage way down that way.  It is full of secret passages that the Yuan-Ti use.  They'd ambush you, kill those they can, and steal whatever magic items you have."

[10:38 PM] 𝕷: ((24 insight that both of those are accurate))

[10:38 PM] Olenna: nods.

[10:39 PM] Olenna: We are short one gem; I don't suppose you know where the gems are?

[10:40 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Lian: "It is traditionally guarded by a giant spider up top.  ...but I know it's not there anymore.  A gnomish figure came through here.  I saw them.  They ignored the hobgoblins and carried on."

[10:41 PM] 𝕷: wrapped in cloth?

[10:41 PM] 𝕷: thats the last contestant

[10:41 PM] Baron Sukumvit: Lian: "Yes.  They had it.  I saw it tied to their belt."

[10:42 PM] Olenna: Interesting. We shall have to keep an eye out for it.

[10:42 PM] 𝕷: though we should also keep an eye out for Throm

[10:43 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((You guys head off?))

[10:43 PM] Olenna: Of course.

[10:43 PM] Osu: does.

[10:43 PM] Olenna: ((Yep!))

[10:43 PM] 𝕷: makes sure Lian and Strom take the lead

[10:44 PM] 𝕷: and follows right behind them

[10:44 PM] Baron Sukumvit: ((Ok, I am gonna end it here.))