Chapter 24 - The Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, part 1

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Re: Chapter 24 - The Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, part 1

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Castinus moves in to examine the strange "altar". In the center are 6 fist-sized circular windows, 3 coin-sized holes below them and a single metal box under these. To the left of these are 10 small blocks set in grooves, and to the right are 2 rows of rivets. The wings of the altar are decorated with panels of small glass squares set in rows.

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The skeletons seem to stare at you with dead sockets but so not move...

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Castinus 39/39
--Furuk 78/78
Ulster 62/62 < see char sheet >
Dieter 42/42 < see char sheet >
--Algrim 70/70

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Ulster looks at the altar with bewilderment. "I wonder what these people worshiped," he says. "The god of buttons and windows?"

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Algrim resists the urge to push buttons "You fellas are somethin else." the dwarf chuckles.
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Grimes chuckles at Ulster's determined efforts. "Nice Job, Ulster! I think I'll take one a' them things for now."
Grimes will grab one of the needler pistols and 5 magazines of ammo, stowing them in his pack for now. (Added to inventory) Does someone have a sack of holding or something we could put extra items in, including the egg things?

As the others look over the odd alter thingy, Grimes pokes at the skeletons and looks about the room for any items or loot.

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Dandy thinks for a moment then seems to react as if a suggestion were placed in his head. "Maybe Belenus can help us 'ere, like he 'as before." He moves over to one of the skeletons and casts speak with the dead.

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Re: Chapter 24 - The Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, part 1

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Furuk - Fighter

Furuk moves to examine the altar, but refrains from pushing the buttons. He points to the skeletons with his sword.

"From the looks of these bones, this seems like an altar of death. I'm not touching it."

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The dwarven cleric casts his spell, but the old bones don't speak, dead far too long for his magic to work.

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Grimes 69/69
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Castinus 39/39
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You all think I should take a crack at seeing what this thing does?
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Re: Chapter 24 - The Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, part 1

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Algrim "Yah want it broke I can oblige that."
“All men did have darkness. Some wore it in the form of horns. Some bore it invisibly as rot in their souls.”
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Grimes - Fighter

Feeling a bit inquisitive, Grimes approaches the altar and says "Let me take a look at this, eh?" He'll push/twist or pull a couple doohickeys until something seems to happen.

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Grimes pokes at a few things with no effect and then moves a switch which has quite an effect. The wall facing the altar (and the door you entered) is no longer blank. There are pictures of rooms and things, some of which you've seen but most which you have not. You see a few familiar corridors and some rooms (like the one with the security golems and the cafeteria). One corridor has the plant-men walking down it, so these are not still images, although most are of areas where nothing moves so they may as well be. Every few moments the images change.

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Grimes 69/69
--Dandy 39/40 < Cure Light Wounds x6,Bless, Hold Personx2, Find Traps, Augury, Silence 15'r,Glyph of Warding, Remove Curse, Dispel Magic, Speak With the Dead,Protection from Evil 10' radius, Cure serious woundsx3,Raise dead,plane shift >
Castinus 39/39
--Furuk 78/78
Ulster 62/62 < see char sheet >
Dieter 42/42 < see char sheet >
--Algrim 70/70

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Re: Chapter 24 - The Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, part 1

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Appears to be scrying magic or the like, I might postulate that magic like this and the weapons we found would been near the seat of control of the place.
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Grimes stares, wide eyed at the spectacle. He glances back at his colleagues and says sheepishly "I meant to do that."

Grimes slowly backs up, overwhelmed with the technology, and sticks to the back of the room.

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"Nice work, Grimes," Castinus congratulates. "I wonder if we can see any more of this place through these windows." He'll look at the controls to see if he can change the images.
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Algrim chuckles and elbows Grimes "Sure lad. Meant ta." he gives Grimes a sly wink.
“All men did have darkness. Some wore it in the form of horns. Some bore it invisibly as rot in their souls.”
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― Paul S. Kemp, Twilight Falling

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tumblingdice wrote:"Nice work, Grimes," Castinus congratulates. "I wonder if we can see any more of this place through these windows." He'll look at the controls to see if he can change the images.
Does he touch any buttons, levers, etc?

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Yes. He'll try the rows of glass buttons on the left. If for some reason they don't move or respond, then he'll try the set of five switches on the bottom left.
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Re: Chapter 24 - The Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, part 1

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just a d12 roll, no reason :? [1d12] = 1

Castinus pokes at some buttons. He pauses the picture with the veggie-guys, then starts it again, and then there's a pop-ing sound and a small fire starts on the console. A nozzle appears and sprays some kind of gas on the fire and it is extinguished. A green light flashes. Black char and white residue mar the altar where the fire was.

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Re: Chapter 24 - The Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, part 1

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Patting Castinus on the shoulder: Heh, can't win them all. Next room?
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Algrim pushes 4 random buttons for fun. "An I mean ta do this."
“All men did have darkness. Some wore it in the form of horns. Some bore it invisibly as rot in their souls.”
― Paul S. Kemp, Shadowbred
"If good people won’t do the hard things, evil people will always win, because evil people will do anything."
― Paul S. Kemp, Twilight Falling

Algrim Tirion Dwarf - HarnMaser
Dalin Silverhand Dwarf Thief - Barrowmaze
Elwood 'Dug' The Bounty Hunter Dwarf Swashbuckler - Hedge's Adventures in the World of Golarion
Roan Gravelbeard Dwarf Fighter - Hedge's Greyhawk Adventures
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