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Post by harknail on Feb 26, 2023 16:36:00 GMT -5
Also, can we get more details on the "maze of madness and magic"? Things such as what the walls are made of? Is there anything growing there? Is the ground dirt or soldi rock, or something else? Was there a sky? Did they encounter any creatures? If so what kind?
These details help in selecting spells, such as stone shape to make new openings if the walls are stone.
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Post by at on Feb 26, 2023 16:45:20 GMT -5
How about our wizard NPC? Also, can we get more details on the "maze of madness and magic"? Things such as what the walls are made of? Is there anything growing there? Is the ground dirt or soldi rock, or something else? Was there a sky? Did they encounter any creatures? If so what kind? These details help in selecting spells, such as stone shape to make new openings if the walls are stone.
Some times it was possible to see other paths as if suspended in the air or at impossible angles but none dared to try and cross.
There was nothing growing but the guards spoke of magical traps similar to the lightning orb at the Nagas cave, and there was one sighting of the naga themselves. Given past encounters it is possible they would have brought their constructs with them and perhaps even the Khan. |
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Post by harknail on Feb 28, 2023 1:21:03 GMT -5
Updated Vadania's spell list
To confirm, what items should we add to our character sheets?
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Post by at on Feb 28, 2023 6:02:10 GMT -5
The prince provides six potions of Cure Moderate and three scrolls each of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd level (Cure Light, Aid, and Prayer unless you choose otherwise).
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Post by crazydave on Mar 1, 2023 5:28:56 GMT -5
Ah, there we go. Sorry about that. For some reason I couldn't get the website to load. Who do we want carring the potions? Brenner's gonna be in the back a lot; if ya'll are comfortable, he seems a natural pick.
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Post by at on Mar 4, 2023 10:12:43 GMT -5
With the party assembled in the portal room Lynette offers to watch over the dragon and any other possessions that they with to leave in safety, and to try and get a message through to the other Eldon about what they have found.
The prince similarly assures them that he would not try to seal the portal unless the city came once more under threat, no matter how long it must be guarded awaiting their return, and that he would make every effort to secure aid to send through after them.
There seems little left now that can be done to prepare as final checks of weapons and equipment are made, potions and scrolls shared out, and spells readied.
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Post by harknail on Mar 4, 2023 13:46:33 GMT -5
Ah, there we go. Sorry about that. For some reason I couldn't get the website to load. Who do we want carring the potions? Brenner's gonna be in the back a lot; if ya'll are comfortable, he seems a natural pick.
For other items, to confirm: Brenner gets: Ciridans Spider Rod, Dragons bracers of protection, and Nightstick Moriana gets: Ciridans bow(relic, acid arrow at will) and final item of her set Nerra gets: Dragons gloves of Energy Admixture and Dragons Spellsink Scarab Brooch Vadania gets: Handy Haversack, Wand of Vigor, and Nagas mask of see invisible (the last two being group items that she's carrying) Vadania sold tarp and book about it. If this is right, then we can update our character sheets and proceed though the portal |
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Post by harknail on Mar 4, 2023 17:13:07 GMT -5
AT: Happy International GM's day! Thanks for running this game!
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Post by at on Mar 5, 2023 17:23:12 GMT -5
The portal forms a tall triangular shape and as Brenner stands before it he can't help but notice that it seems to fit exactly with the patterns of masonry around the room, almost as if the palace had been built up around it. The surface of the portal itself is an opaque grey that throws neither shadow nor reflection and passing through has a cold, damp feel like a thick morning mist. With a single step the party find themselves on a square platform seeminly made of a dark marble-like stone the trails off sharply into darkness at the edges, with three paths each wide enough for five men stretching out into the darkness from the middle of three of the edges. There are supplies here, items brought through by previous expeditions, but none of the princes men. "The astral plane", mutters Moriana, "or at least near to it, yet set apart. The magic to have created such a place is beyond anything I have heard of in the Empire".AT: Happy International GM's day! Thanks for running this game! 
I do wonder what Arclites original adventure plot was going to be. |
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Post by crazydave on Mar 6, 2023 2:37:11 GMT -5
Can I get a reminder of the Bracers of Protection? I forgot to write it down at the time.
And yes, many thanks for running!
"We'll need to be careful. It is possible that whatever created it has command of magics beyond the mortal ken."
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Post by at on Mar 6, 2023 5:57:38 GMT -5
Can I get a reminder of the Bracers of Protection? I forgot to write it down at the time. |
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Post by crazydave on Mar 6, 2023 23:47:30 GMT -5
Excellent, thank you. +3 AC should help greatly.
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Post by at on Mar 8, 2023 5:52:08 GMT -5
Vadania kneels down to check for signs of tracks but the stone floor is unmarked, with no sign of dust or mud shaken lose from the boots of those who came before. There is a faint wind of sorts but it seems to pull towards the edges of the path rather than in any specific direction.
According the the prince those who had gone before did mark their path but these markings were quickly lost to some unseen magical force.
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Post by harknail on Mar 9, 2023 1:26:26 GMT -5
Next Vadania will take a look at the supplies, looking for any signs that they had been used.
She comments, "Apparently marketing a trail doesn't work here. It's possible the paths change from time to time as well. Anyone have a preference as to which way to go?"
Neera sniffs that each of the three trails to see if she could smell which way they went, or even just a path that spells different than the others.5
Not expecting Neera to be able to spell anything...
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Post by at on Mar 9, 2023 6:11:17 GMT -5
Neera can sense nothing notably different between the paths, though this whole place is different from anything that she is familiar with. There is a lack of smell even from the rest of the party as she moves away from them as if all traces are blown away into the void by an unseen force.
It would seem that every effort has been take to make this place unnavigable.
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Post by harknail on Mar 9, 2023 16:40:19 GMT -5
Seeing that the supplies are still here, Vadania gets an idea.
She'll dig into the supplies to get a few items (it doesn't matter what). She will then place it at the entrance of the left path and watch it for a while. She will then lead everyone along the left path, looking back frequently to see if it disappears.
When she gets to the next platform, She'll put an item there to market that path, then lead the group back the way they came. She's looking to see if items remain if unattended, and if they can be used is breadcrumbs to mark their progress.
She's not really expecting it to work. Possible outcomes she's expecting is that the dropped item disappear somehow, either immediately, or when they get back. She's also sort of expecting they going back will not lead them back to the platform with the portal.
If they do succeed in returning back to the portal platform, She'll have the group turn around again and see if the marker is still at the other end. Even if stuff stays on the portal platform, it might be because that platform is special, and stuff disappears on other platforms.
She'll explain what she's trying to everyone else as they go.
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Post by at on Mar 9, 2023 20:03:09 GMT -5
At first the system of marking paths seems to work well as the party is able to move out away from the portal one and then two junctions and return without difficulty, but as they make a third turn Vadania spots one of their markers ahead. The turns they have taken would not have turned the party around - either their path has been twisted by magic or the marker itself has been moved.
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Post by crazydave on Mar 10, 2023 2:11:20 GMT -5
"I hope that it's a static effect, meaning it has rules we can figure out - if someone out there is watching, having a laugh at our expense, and playing with the walls, I fear we may need to simply push through using magical resources of our own."
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Post by at on Mar 10, 2023 17:13:25 GMT -5
Brenner looks back when Moriana, the closest thing they have to an expert on this kind of thing, doesn't answer. She is inspecting an archway across the path perhaps wondering if it is a portal set to move travellers imperceptibly through the maze. Yet the archway is only half the width of the path it covers and seems to serve no obvious purpose.
"This looks very familiar somehow", notes Moriana, though Brenner is sure this is the first archway of this type they have encountered since entering the maze.
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Post by crazydave on Mar 10, 2023 22:32:13 GMT -5
"... It looks the same to me. Are you certain?"
Brenner eyes her. Is she looking well? All her faculties intact?
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