Ch. 2: Highway to Hell?

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#361 Post by ravenn4544 »

Malibran curses lightly under his breath but with a smug look at Odillo seeming to say 'I told you so'. "Let us continue as we had planned - towards the middle corridor as suggested and out of this rougher water"
With a quiet prayer to Pholtus, Malibran prays for healing to shake off the watery blow - and, to be honest, to mend his pride.

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Re: Ch. 2: Highway to Hell?

#362 Post by Zhym »

Just to clarify: "the water draws you forward" means down the left hallway, toward the fore of the ship. If you want to try to go to the middle branch, you'll need to start paddling back the other way toward the big room, which is what you were trying to do when you got stopped.

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The Unseen Servant:

The passive monk raises his paddle from the water to see where the current will take them.
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Re: Ch. 2: Highway to Hell?

#364 Post by Urson »

Tanner

Wedging the torch in a convenient knothole, Tanner nocks an arrow on his bow and lays it across his knees. He studies the walls and the 'canal' ahead, trying to anticipate trouble.
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Xale Mav; Dwarven Warrior-Priest of Dalt


Xale sighed and just said, mostly to himself; "Sometimes blessed Dalt, we don't need puzzles to solve or locks to figure out....we just need open doors. Any such aid would be welcome in this strange place we find ourselves in". With that, the Dwarf will bring the paddle back into the boat, hopeing that the current will now move them in the 'correct' manner; towards the left hallway....

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Rool Diov, Crime Boss

Rool concedes, and removes his oar to let the current guide them.

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Odilo stops trying to fight the water and lets the water guide them.
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Re: Ch. 2: Highway to Hell?

#368 Post by AleBelly »

Hallagad, against his better judgement, allows the whim of the waters to carry his craft where it may.

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Risdac Egargi

The mage allows his boat to follow along behind the other.
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Thwarted by the water that works against you—and hits back—you collectively shrug and allow the water to take you where it wants you to go. Malibran heals a few of his wounds from the water, though the healing force is weak this far from his god.

Only a few feet down the corridor later, the lead boat plunges over the edge of a waterfall! What a moment ago appeared to be water flowing down an endless hallway reveals itself to be a deep dead end shaft into which the water plunges. Malibran, Khogeki, Odilo, Xale, Rool, Hallagad, and your boat begin to fall into a pit that is deeper than any of your lights reach.

Risdac and Tanner, in the trailing boat, only see the lead boat disappear into the water. To them, the corridor still seems to continue as far as they can see. They will reach the spot where the first boat had been in a few seconds.

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Status: Malibran (H LG C20[13](Pholtus)): 81/90; Khogeki (H LN M17): 78/78; Odilo (1/2E NG MU17): 54/54; Xale (D NG C14[9](Dalt)/F13): 62/75; Risdac (Giant NG MU17): 52/58; Tanner (H CG F19): 107/107; Rool (H LN T20): 85/85; Hallagad (H LG P15(Pelor)): 93/93
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Light Sources: Continual light coin (Tanner); Continual light dagger (Odilo)

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Re: Ch. 2: Highway to Hell?

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Risdac Egargi

Beware, Tanner! Something isn't right. I'm not sure where the other boat is, but I feel we will find out quite soon.

When the boat falls, Risdac will grab Tanner, telling him, Hang on tight! He will allow them to plummet until he can see the end of the descent or hear the others reach the end, at which point he will cast Feather Fall.
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Re: Ch. 2: Highway to Hell?

#372 Post by AleBelly »

Hallagad was never fond of heights. Or water, for that matter. He grips the side of the boat, trying to sound confident as he says "Perhaps this is our entry into hellllllll....."

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Odilo "Well that was unexpected to say the least." Crap which boat am I in the one with feather fall being cast on it or the other one?
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The Unseen Servant:

The passive monk quietly rides the boat down, allowing it to take him where it will.
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Azoth Al-Aziz: Lovecraftian Cultist, Tamoachan
Blodget: Foolish Young 9th Level Hobbit, Dark Clouds
Dredd Doomsmith: Dwarven Deathtrap Engineer, Tomb of Horrors
Elijah Crowthorne: Marooned Prophet, Pirates
Jack in the Green: Ancient Child, Giants
P.T. Codswallop: Larcenous Impresario, Dimwater
Sir Ugghra: Bestial Half-Orc Aristocrat, Brotherton
Swilbosh: Savage Lizard-Warrior, Keep
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Ulfang Chainbreaker: Barbarian Liberator of Slaves, Tharizdun

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Tanner

When the lead boat vanishes, Tanner curses and snatches at the torch, lifting it to light the way better.
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Re: Ch. 2: Highway to Hell?

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Rool Diov, Urban Rouge

Rool laughs out loud at their predicament, convinced that there is some order (and reason) to this potential death-fall. He grabs the back edge of the boat to avoid falling out of their conveyance.

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Re: Ch. 2: Highway to Hell?

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Malibran curses the predicament and thinks, fruitlessly, that he knew something like this was going to happen. He clutches his shield and mace tight and whispers a prayer to Pholtus for safe...passage.

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Re: Ch. 2: Highway to Hell?

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The lead boat tips over the edge of the falls into a pit, the depth of which none of the riders yet knows. Hallagad and Rool try to hold on to the boat as it tips nose first and falls down the shaft. Malibran curses; Rool laughs. The passive monk is content to "ride" a boat that is, for this moment, not providing anything like a seat.

"Well, that was unexpected—" starts Odilo. His observation goes unfinished. The boat and its occupants—some having been tossed from the boat, others clinging to it by one hand—smash into icy water. After a fall of a hundred feet, the water is as soft as a stone bat to the face. The boat smashes to bits and its occupants fare only a little better (Malibran: -36 HP; Khogeki: -27 HP; Rool: -29 HP; Odilo: -28 HP; Xale: -27 HP; Hallagad: -17 HP). Though they are each unarmored or clad in magic armor that would allow them to swim, their weapons, packs, and other gear begin to pull them under the water.

Risdac is prepared when the boat he and Tanner are riding in plunges over the falls. The boat falls only for a second before the giant wizard sees the bottom, where the others sink or swim. Risdac speaks but a word and the boat floats gently to the water below, where it alights, keel down, with Risdac and Tanner still in it.

A powerful force pulls everything—you, the water, and the remaining boat—toward a gaping black hole in the port side of the shaft. Your lights do not penetrate it.

Please read:
Here's what the DMG has to say about swimming:
DMG p. 55 wrote:Swimming will be impossible in any type of metal armor with the exception of magic armor. Any character wearing magic armor will be encumbered and the only stroke possible will be the dog paddle.
DMG p. 56 wrote:Swimming is not possible in any type of armor heavier than leather (except magic armor), or when encumbered with more than 20 pounds of equipment of any type (add or subtract 1 pound for each 100 g.p. worth of strength bonus or penalty).
Everyone in the lead boat is either unarmored or wearing magic armor, and can therefore swim or dog paddle if carrying less than 20 lbs of equipment (modified by strength bonus).

So unless your PC has some other way to avoid sinking and/or drowning, please:
  1. Calculate how much weight your PC is carrying, including weapons and other equipment but not including armor.
  2. Figure out how much weight you can carry and still swim based on your strength (20 lbs + 1 lb/100 gp strength bonus or penalty)
  3. Post what, if anything, you drop if you would like to keep from sinking, and how much encumbrance remains.


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#379 Post by ravenn4544 »

Malibran, thankful to Pholtus for blessing him with continued life, forces down some of his levitation potion to escape the water.

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#380 Post by Inferno »

The Unseen Servant reflects upon the Ethereal Moebius on his right hand and attempts to fly into the air.

If this succeeds, he'll try to help any of his compatriots that are struggling, if possible.
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Sauron Victorious (1e): Dire Saga for the Fate of Middle Earth (homebrew)

Player:
Agax Gryyg: Gamer of Urth, Ravenloft
Azoth Al-Aziz: Lovecraftian Cultist, Tamoachan
Blodget: Foolish Young 9th Level Hobbit, Dark Clouds
Dredd Doomsmith: Dwarven Deathtrap Engineer, Tomb of Horrors
Elijah Crowthorne: Marooned Prophet, Pirates
Jack in the Green: Ancient Child, Giants
P.T. Codswallop: Larcenous Impresario, Dimwater
Sir Ugghra: Bestial Half-Orc Aristocrat, Brotherton
Swilbosh: Savage Lizard-Warrior, Keep
Tantos Vek: Failed Paladin, Under Streets
Ulfang Chainbreaker: Barbarian Liberator of Slaves, Tharizdun

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