Torix feels the slice of something sharp gash his chest and thinks, "Ah, there you are!" He draws the shaft of his spear back for a return strike... but suddenly feels biting agony from within his body, through every nerve, organ, muscle and pore. His body wants to collapse and he strains to make his body obey, but he thrusts at the enemy in the black dark.
Save vs. paralysis 17 (4th level Fighter (13), Barbarian +4 bonus) [1d20]=17
Atlantean Spear [1d20+3]=7+3=10 S-M [1d6+3]=5+3=8 L [1d8+3]=6+3=9
Chapter 27: The Tower of the Ancients
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Re: Chapter 27: The Tower of the Ancients
Amethu calls out to his comrades “I heard the barbarian fall. I am useless back here. Guide me to him and I will lend aide as I can!”
Re: Chapter 27: The Tower of the Ancients
The Ancient Marble Tower, The Ruins of Thracia, Pictland, the World of Hyboria
Day Twenty-five. Late Morning. 3rd day of the month of Ublex, 1280th year of the Age of Aquilonia
The three blind adventurers shout instructions to each other, and to Grandfather!
Suddenly, Kiri feels a slow, steady tapping on his forehead!
Amid the cacophony of voices, Torix drives his enchanted spear into the void! It finds no flesh there to give it purchase. Then, from out of that endless abyss, the Pict savage feels something stab him again! (4hp damage and please Save vs Poison to act next round!)
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Day Twenty-five. Late Morning. 3rd day of the month of Ublex, 1280th year of the Age of Aquilonia
The three blind adventurers shout instructions to each other, and to Grandfather!
Suddenly, Kiri feels a slow, steady tapping on his forehead!
Amid the cacophony of voices, Torix drives his enchanted spear into the void! It finds no flesh there to give it purchase. Then, from out of that endless abyss, the Pict savage feels something stab him again! (4hp damage and please Save vs Poison to act next round!)
Actions?!
Behind the DM Screen:
PC Status:
Amethu: Verulian Grand Magus Cleric/Magic-User 4/3: Move: 9", AC: 4, HP: 12/17, Spells: 5/8 1st lvl, 4/5 2nd lvl
Cruloc: Cimmerian Northman Barbarian 4: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 36/54, Poisoned
Kiri Khutan: Kambujan Easterner Fighter/Magic-User 4/3: Move: 9", AC: 3, HP: 16/25, Spells: 2/3 1st lvl, 1/1 2nd lvl
Torix: Pict Savage Barbarian 4: Move: 12", AC: 2, HP: 31/38
Cruloc: Cimmerian Northman Barbarian 4: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 36/54, Poisoned
Kiri Khutan: Kambujan Easterner Fighter/Magic-User 4/3: Move: 9", AC: 3, HP: 16/25, Spells: 2/3 1st lvl, 1/1 2nd lvl
Torix: Pict Savage Barbarian 4: Move: 12", AC: 2, HP: 31/38
PC Magic:
Unseen Servant (Kiri): Duration: 78 rounds, Torch
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Re: Chapter 27: The Tower of the Ancients
Amethu hears Torix just a few paces away in the darkness and shuffles forward quickly to where Cruloc lies. He quickly confirms it's him before casting slow poison on him.
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Re: Chapter 27: The Tower of the Ancients
Kiri will orient himself to the side Grandfather is tapping an move steadily forward, shield and trident raised. "Grandfather is guiding me to the enemy. I will talk so you know where I am," he says as he moves.
If he feels the tapping quicken he will lunge forward with Cranach:
Attack with Trident +1, Claw of Chobek (THAC0:17): To Hit: [1d20+4]=19+4=23 Damage vs. s/m: [1d6+8]=6+8=14, vs. Lg: [3d4+7]=5+7=12
If he feels the tapping quicken he will lunge forward with Cranach:
Attack with Trident +1, Claw of Chobek (THAC0:17): To Hit: [1d20+4]=19+4=23 Damage vs. s/m: [1d6+8]=6+8=14, vs. Lg: [3d4+7]=5+7=12
Re: Chapter 27: The Tower of the Ancients
Atlantean Spear [1d20+3]=19+3=22 S-M [1d6+3]=2+3=5 L [1d8+3]=1+3=4
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Re: Chapter 27: The Tower of the Ancients
The Ancient Marble Tower, The Ruins of Thracia, Pictland, the World of Hyboria
Day Twenty-five. Late Morning. 3rd day of the month of Ublex, 1280th year of the Age of Aquilonia
Within the disorienting, black gulfs of complete blindness, the hardy Pict savage survives a second dose of insidious venom!
Then, before he can act, Torix feels yet another slash at his face from out of the bewildering abyss! (1hp damage and please Save vs Poison to enact the action you have already posted. Thanks!)
Somewhere behind him, in the fathomless void, Amethu sightlessly moves southward and suddenly plunges through the open trapdoor the blind slave had used to enter this tier! (Please roll your DEX or lower on 1d20 to avoid falling, and to enact the action you have already posted. Thanks!)
Elsewhere in the ebon unknown, blindfolded Kiri is guided forward by Grandfather and trips over Cruloc's fallen body and the ossified corpse of Asterion beneath it! (Please roll your DEX or lower on 1d20 to keep your feet and enact the action you have already posted. Thanks!)
Map: (Estimated positions only. The PCs are blind.)
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Day Twenty-five. Late Morning. 3rd day of the month of Ublex, 1280th year of the Age of Aquilonia
Within the disorienting, black gulfs of complete blindness, the hardy Pict savage survives a second dose of insidious venom!
Then, before he can act, Torix feels yet another slash at his face from out of the bewildering abyss! (1hp damage and please Save vs Poison to enact the action you have already posted. Thanks!)
Somewhere behind him, in the fathomless void, Amethu sightlessly moves southward and suddenly plunges through the open trapdoor the blind slave had used to enter this tier! (Please roll your DEX or lower on 1d20 to avoid falling, and to enact the action you have already posted. Thanks!)
Elsewhere in the ebon unknown, blindfolded Kiri is guided forward by Grandfather and trips over Cruloc's fallen body and the ossified corpse of Asterion beneath it! (Please roll your DEX or lower on 1d20 to keep your feet and enact the action you have already posted. Thanks!)
Map: (Estimated positions only. The PCs are blind.)
Behind the DM Screen:
PC Status:
Amethu: Verulian Grand Magus Cleric/Magic-User 4/3: Move: 9", AC: 4, HP: 12/17, Spells: 5/8 1st lvl, 4/5 2nd lvl
Cruloc: Cimmerian Northman Barbarian 4: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 36/54, Poisoned
Kiri Khutan: Kambujan Easterner Fighter/Magic-User 4/3: Move: 9", AC: 3, HP: 16/25, Spells: 2/3 1st lvl, 1/1 2nd lvl
Torix: Pict Savage Barbarian 4: Move: 12", AC: 2, HP: 30/38
Cruloc: Cimmerian Northman Barbarian 4: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 36/54, Poisoned
Kiri Khutan: Kambujan Easterner Fighter/Magic-User 4/3: Move: 9", AC: 3, HP: 16/25, Spells: 2/3 1st lvl, 1/1 2nd lvl
Torix: Pict Savage Barbarian 4: Move: 12", AC: 2, HP: 30/38
PC Magic:
Unseen Servant (Kiri): Duration: 77 rounds, Torch
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Re: Chapter 27: The Tower of the Ancients
Saving throw vs. poison 14. Saving throw vs. poison [1d20 +4]=13+4=17
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Re: Chapter 27: The Tower of the Ancients
The Ancient Marble Tower, The Ruins of Thracia, Pictland, the World of Hyboria
Day Twenty-five. Late Morning. 3rd day of the month of Ublex, 1280th year of the Age of Aquilonia
Blind and adrift, the adventurers labor to advance!
Amethu keeps his feet when he unexpectedly drops through an open trapdoor onto the curving stairwell beneath! The sightless sorcerer-priest feels his way out and locates Cruloc's lifeless body. With orisons to Uthoth, he seeks a miracle to allay the poison coursing through the barbarian's veins!
Nearby, blindfolded Torix endures a third dose of poison! The resilient savage must be building up an immunity.
Kiri avoids stumbling over Cruloc and Asterion, and the tapping on his forehead suddenly accelerates!
As one, Torix and Kiri drive spear and trident into the void, sowing havoc upon their invisible enemy!
The unseen monster shrieks her bloodcurdling death knell!
Suddenly, as Cruloc awakens from his poisoning, the explorers feel the very floor beneath them tremble and sway! The walls of the tower rumble and groan, heralding imminent collapse!
Somehow, terribly, the astonishing sorcery of the unnatural creature, born of an age of magic unimagined, is imbued throughout the ancient tower! It seems certain the shimmering spire will fall with its fearsome mistress!
The blind adventurers know they are far closer to the ground than the tower's zenith! And Amethu knows where lies the stairwell down! But they are running out of time!
Actions?!
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Day Twenty-five. Late Morning. 3rd day of the month of Ublex, 1280th year of the Age of Aquilonia
Blind and adrift, the adventurers labor to advance!
Amethu keeps his feet when he unexpectedly drops through an open trapdoor onto the curving stairwell beneath! The sightless sorcerer-priest feels his way out and locates Cruloc's lifeless body. With orisons to Uthoth, he seeks a miracle to allay the poison coursing through the barbarian's veins!
Nearby, blindfolded Torix endures a third dose of poison! The resilient savage must be building up an immunity.
Kiri avoids stumbling over Cruloc and Asterion, and the tapping on his forehead suddenly accelerates!
As one, Torix and Kiri drive spear and trident into the void, sowing havoc upon their invisible enemy!
The unseen monster shrieks her bloodcurdling death knell!
Suddenly, as Cruloc awakens from his poisoning, the explorers feel the very floor beneath them tremble and sway! The walls of the tower rumble and groan, heralding imminent collapse!
Somehow, terribly, the astonishing sorcery of the unnatural creature, born of an age of magic unimagined, is imbued throughout the ancient tower! It seems certain the shimmering spire will fall with its fearsome mistress!
The blind adventurers know they are far closer to the ground than the tower's zenith! And Amethu knows where lies the stairwell down! But they are running out of time!
Actions?!
Behind the DM Screen:
PC Status:
Amethu: Verulian Grand Magus Cleric/Magic-User 4/3: Move: 9", AC: 4, HP: 12/17, Spells: 5/8 1st lvl, 3/5 2nd lvl
Cruloc: Cimmerian Northman Barbarian 4: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 36/54
Kiri Khutan: Kambujan Easterner Fighter/Magic-User 4/3: Move: 9", AC: 3, HP: 16/25, Spells: 2/3 1st lvl, 1/1 2nd lvl
Torix: Pict Savage Barbarian 4: Move: 12", AC: 2, HP: 30/38
Cruloc: Cimmerian Northman Barbarian 4: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 36/54
Kiri Khutan: Kambujan Easterner Fighter/Magic-User 4/3: Move: 9", AC: 3, HP: 16/25, Spells: 2/3 1st lvl, 1/1 2nd lvl
Torix: Pict Savage Barbarian 4: Move: 12", AC: 2, HP: 30/38
PC Magic:
Unseen Servant (Kiri): Duration: 76 rounds, Torch
Player Resources:
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Re: Chapter 27: The Tower of the Ancients
If Kiri feels no more tapping from Grandfather, he will feel ahead of himself to grab an appendage of the creature, meaning to drag it out with them, if possible, as they scramble for the exit. He has an idea, based on an ancient legend his grandfather told (when alive and much more chatty) that is too good to pass up.
“Torix, grab Cruloc!” he shouts.
“Torix, grab Cruloc!” he shouts.
Re: Chapter 27: The Tower of the Ancients
Cruloc
Pain lances his limbs, and the Cimmerian's eyes snap open to utter darkness. While the cold grip of poison retreats, driven back by sorcerous art, the dying echoes of arcane syllables linger on his ears.
Cruloc grunts and surges upright with a snarl.
"The bitch-serpent - where is she?" he gurgles, fingers groping for his sword, muscles still sluggish, as though dragging free of chains.
But before he can continue, the stones beneath him groan like a wounded bull. The floor buckles, mortar cracks like the snapping of ancient bones, and dust sifts down in choking sheets.
"By Crom, let it crumble - but not with me beneath it!"
Grabbing his rope, he limps into motion - his stride gaining strength as stone screams and the tower's wrath chases after him.
Pain lances his limbs, and the Cimmerian's eyes snap open to utter darkness. While the cold grip of poison retreats, driven back by sorcerous art, the dying echoes of arcane syllables linger on his ears.
Cruloc grunts and surges upright with a snarl.
"The bitch-serpent - where is she?" he gurgles, fingers groping for his sword, muscles still sluggish, as though dragging free of chains.
But before he can continue, the stones beneath him groan like a wounded bull. The floor buckles, mortar cracks like the snapping of ancient bones, and dust sifts down in choking sheets.
"By Crom, let it crumble - but not with me beneath it!"
Grabbing his rope, he limps into motion - his stride gaining strength as stone screams and the tower's wrath chases after him.
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Re: Chapter 27: The Tower of the Ancients
Amethu calls out so that his comrades can hear him. “This way. Not far to go!”
Can he tell how many levels down to get to ground level?
Can he tell how many levels down to get to ground level?