With a vengeful strike from the torch of Nym, the green slime stops moving and liquefies into a bubbling puddle.
Bluetongue wrote: ↑Thu Mar 10, 2022 6:37 pmFairfax
Not wanting to be caught unawares by patrolling orcs, the halfling goes back to the Obelisk room while folk deal with the slime and complete the search of the font hallway.
Goes back to check on the Obelisk room with Fairfax. I can just imagine a wandering party coming in behind us and locking us in the passage.
Rooney and Fairfax don't get even as far as the ornate door when the creature is struck down.
Cutting this short so you can make some new choices before the weekend. I'll be intermittent in the next 4 days as there is a national holiday.
Re: Chapter I: Volokarnos
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 12:07 pm
by Spearmint
Rooney
I mentioned before about taking a wineskin of the water which seems to rust metal that it touches. So I will collect one of those from the font.
Re: Chapter I: Volokarnos
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 3:57 pm
by Rex
Nym
Nym will see what of her gear she can recover and salvage.
Re: Chapter I: Volokarnos
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 6:01 pm
by Urson
Harlan
Basalt avoids the slime, and any smoke rising from it. No way to know what might be in that smoke. Lance: is there still green slime on the eagle fountain?
We dwarves are tough bastards. I'll do some sampling. He collects a little water from the arguing men fountain, and takes a cautious sip. He'll wait at least 5 minutes before he does anything else.
Re: Chapter I: Volokarnos
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 11:55 pm
by Bluetongue
Fairfax
Keeps a look out for Orcsies and critters in the corridor while the group investigate the fonts.
Re: Chapter I: Volokarnos
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 2:39 am
by doppelganger
Weezel
Weezel will dip a goblet into the font with the twin legionnaires. He waits to watch what happens with Harlan before he makes up his mind about whether to hazard a sip.
Nym will see what of her gear she can recover and salvage.
No clothes or armor survived the assault, their remnants going up in smoke as you look on. The rest of your equipment is undamaged.
Urson wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 6:01 pmHarlan
Basalt avoids the slime, and any smoke rising from it. No way to know what might be in that smoke. Lance: is there still green slime on the eagle fountain?
No, the slime was a single entity, now dead, nothing remains.
We dwarves are tough bastards. I'll do some sampling. He collects a little water from the arguing men fountain, and takes a cautious sip. He'll wait at least 5 minutes before he does anything else.
You bravely take a drink from the fountain, but you notice no physical effects for now.
doppelganger wrote: ↑Sat Mar 12, 2022 2:39 amWeezel
Weezel will dip a goblet into the font with the twin legionnaires. He waits to watch what happens with Harlan before he makes up his mind about whether to hazard a sip.
You carefully fill a goblet with the incredibly hot water of the fountain. You hold off on taking a sip, and your patience pays off as the goblet melts in your hand, leaving your hand and the floor underneath wet but unharmed.
THIS is the one that corrodes metal, fill your wineskin with this one!
Re: Chapter I: Volokarnos
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 3:24 pm
by Rex
Nym
Sheet updated. Added Cloak and deleted clothing and armor.
Sheet updated. Added Cloak and deleted clothing and armor.
Is she now AC 10 or 9?
Unarmored AC is 9 in LL
Re: Chapter I: Volokarnos
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 5:19 pm
by Rex
Nym
Thanks, with her Dex bonus she will be 8 then.
Re: Chapter I: Volokarnos
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 12:49 pm
by Spearmint
Rooney
Takes a hot water filled wineskin. If it stays hot he can at least cuddle it in his bedroll at night.
"Okay. Where to next?"
Re: Chapter I: Volokarnos
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 3:38 pm
by Urson
Harlan Whatta you mean, next? We ain't done here, yet.
Re: Chapter I: Volokarnos
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 2:13 am
by doppelganger
Weezel
Having a rare spark of intelligence, Weezel thinks to fill his waterskin with the hot water from the twin legionnaires' font. He drinks the normal water he came with, dumps out what he can't drink, and then carefully dips the empty waterskin into the font to fill it up.
Re: Chapter I: Volokarnos
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 9:32 am
by Spearmint
A total of 8 fonts, each topped by a statue depicting some scene or figure are lined up before you. On the eastern end of the room a muddy pit with smashed bits of statuary and rubble piles can be seen, overgrown with big leafy plants despite the lack of light.
Crumbling statue of a unicorn; it's water clear
Arguing men, water flows from decapitated neck stumps; it's water sparkling
Hunting dog trying to escape a net; it's water reddish
Eagle, covered in clumps of slime; it's water trickling, sulphurous
Twin legionnaires holding cauldron; it's water plentiful, sulphurous, steaming
Muscleman struggling with giant centipedes crawling over his body; it's water surrounded by crystal deposits
Mage pouring water on enthroned monarch’s feet, painted with red “X” sign; it's water clear
Barbarian in loincloth; it's water sizzling hot, sparkling
Muddy pit
doppelganger wrote: ↑He walks up to font "e", interested in the military theme of the statue, and holds a hand an inch or two above the water. Would it be too hot to touch?
It is very hot, I seems touching it for more than a moment would probably scald you.
Urson wrote: ↑He only pauses to examine the bronze drinking vessels- are they remarkable in terms of workmanship?
There are a dozen of them, each lovingly carved with depictions of people either drinking or pouring water from jugs. They are quite old and developed a patina in the humid environment, but might be valuable.
Rex wrote: ↑Nym
Nym will try testing each fountains water with the end of one of her arrows to see if anything happens to it. When she inspects the water closer does he notice anything else?
Nym takes an arrow and holds it under each fountain in sequence. First, the unicorn, who's waters do not affect the arrow. Second, the decapitated, arguing men, their font likewise have no effect. The hunting dog third, it's water leaving no mark, but a slight reddish tint on the tip. As Nym holds her arrow under the font of the Eagle, she is shocked to discover that the green slime covering the statue suddenly moves, enveloping her! The creature starts digesting her clothes and armor, filling the room with an acidic smell!
Rooney crowbars some of the crystal deposits away from the muscleman font. The statue image suggests either getting a creepy itching feeling or the water holds some resistance to bug paralysis type poison effects.
"It would be no surprise to find those big leafy greens are some jungle carnivore type, saw-fronds waiting to snare the unwary." he says suggesting a few test arrows into the stalks might prove so or otherwise.
Re: Chapter I: Volokarnos
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 12:29 pm
by Zhym
Burkus stands on guard near the door while the others play in the pools. He knows better than to mess with strange waters—at least, so he thinks.
Re: Chapter I: Volokarnos
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 12:56 pm
by BackworldTraveller
Finethorn joins him.
Death by green blob was bad enough...swallowing untested magics is another.
Re: Chapter I: Volokarnos
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 1:15 pm
by Bluetongue
Fairfax
I don't mind firing a couple of arrows of into the leafy plants to see if it provokes any response from an angry shrub or a hiding creature.
I'll be intermittent in the next 4 days as there is a national holiday.