[2026/06/08 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: so... let's see
[2026/06/08 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: D&D...
[2026/06/08 14:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me pulls out the Notes
[2026/06/08 14:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: did I not write character sheets
[2026/06/08 14:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Here we go... you're ghouls... with a penchant for magic
[2026/06/08 14:13] Sapphire: at least we're intellegent undead
[2026/06/08 14:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: And you're in a sort of boss chamber where paths lead off of, not at all like some video game where you do short quests to retrieve four items to proceed
[2026/06/08 14:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: And, there's an empty High Priest sarcohp, sarca... sarpho... coffin
[2026/06/08 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: you want to have a word with him at some point
[2026/06/08 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: And you got four Choices!
[2026/06/08 14:15] Mecha: Several of them. very few friendly
[2026/06/08 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: The Tomb of Mrmyoply - an early build, best described as "tame". The Tomb of Bathsheba - a tomb that contains some lovely plumbing. The Tomb of Skewr - festooned with lots of sharp pointy things, impaling, for the use of. The Tomb of Nazti - almost as much fun as being bitten by an asp, but not quite.
[2026/06/08 14:16] Sapphire: Ghouls don't need to breath, yes?
[2026/06/08 14:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: And with that recap out of the way... GGGRRREEETTTIINNGGSS Adventurers! Other players get to play wonderful and fantastic games... you get to play... whatever the frick this is!
[2026/06/08 14:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Not much, no
[2026/06/08 14:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: but they do need to eat
[2026/06/08 14:16] Sapphire: that suggests the watery tomb is less threatening to us than it would be to a mortal
[2026/06/08 14:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, idk, maybe they do?
[2026/06/08 14:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Ooooh you've plumbed for The Tomb of Bathsheba! Excellent choice.
[2026/06/08 14:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Both in agreement there?
[2026/06/08 14:18] Mecha: yep
[2026/06/08 14:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Who's going to go open that door first?
[2026/06/08 14:18] Mecha: I will
[2026/06/08 14:18] Sapphire: much appreciate
[2026/06/08 14:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: excellent
[2026/06/08 14:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: roll a saving throw, must roll 15+
[2026/06/08 14:19] D20: Mecha rolls 4
[2026/06/08 14:19] D20: Sapphire rolls 13
[2026/06/08 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: You push open the door confident you won't drown.
[2026/06/08 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: This is 1,000% accurate, you won't drown.
[2026/06/08 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: But you -do- get sprayed liberally with acid salt, like in the movie The Mummy.
[2026/06/08 14:20] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 4
[2026/06/08 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha takes 4 damage. Ouch!
[2026/06/08 14:21] Sapphire: ouch
[2026/06/08 14:21] Mecha: damn it. *Said in ancient egyptian.*
[2026/06/08 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: You do however survive.... and see a long passageway, it goes about 30'...
[2026/06/08 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha, still leading the way?
[2026/06/08 14:22] Mecha: yep
[2026/06/08 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: The tunnel opens out into a 30' square chamber, with a large pool dead centre, half full of water.
[2026/06/08 14:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: The water is murky-ish and covered in algae, players can just see the bottom of the pool contains drifts of bleached rat skeletons.
[2026/06/08 14:23] Sapphire: any distinctive markings on the stone of the room?
[2026/06/08 14:23] Sapphire: "Wait."
[2026/06/08 14:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: Opposite side of the chamber: a door, with a sign and some basins.
[2026/06/08 14:23] Sapphire: "Are those *intact* skeletons instead of loose bones?"
[2026/06/08 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hard to say, Sapphire, the walls are 7,000 years old now.
[2026/06/08 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm not even sure how to answer that. They're complete rat skeletons; further information may require an investigation
[2026/06/08 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: we can probably assume it's not some aquatic golem, though.
[2026/06/08 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me waits for Mecha
[2026/06/08 14:26] Mecha: Is there any way to go around it?
[2026/06/08 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sure. You can edge round easily enough.
[2026/06/08 14:28] Sapphire: She waves hello to the rat skeletons as they edge around
[2026/06/08 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: One of the rat skeletons waves back.
[2026/06/08 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: Edging round, you come to the door, the basins, the sign....
[2026/06/08 14:28] Mecha: that's my plan then... then stops, seeing the rat skeleton waving.
[2026/06/08 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: this door has three taps that pour out red, blue and yellow liquid, and a few bowls nearby. There's four small basins, under the letters O P E N.
[2026/06/08 14:29] Mecha: Nope I'm looking at the... meat eater to figure this out.
[2026/06/08 14:30] Mecha: *While she does I will brb starting dinner*
[2026/06/08 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphires' got this.
[2026/06/08 14:30] Sapphire: We're undead horrors in charge of defending the complex from intruders, so is the skeletal rat swarm
[2026/06/08 14:30] Sapphire: thus, we're on the same side
[2026/06/08 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: a skeletal rat waving at you is the least of your worries
[2026/06/08 14:31] Sapphire: Red, blue, and yellow... is the liquid thin like water or thick like paint?
[2026/06/08 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: it probably was thin like water, but, 7,000 years have made it a bit more condensed.
[2026/06/08 14:32] Sapphire: "Three colors. Four bowls."
[2026/06/08 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: four letters
[2026/06/08 14:33] Sapphire: not four bowls with letters on them?
[2026/06/08 14:33] Sapphire: She inspects the rest of the door and taps for additional clues or reminders.
[2026/06/08 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Four bowls, four letters.
[2026/06/08 14:34] Sapphire: but which colors to wich letters...
[2026/06/08 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: indeed
[2026/06/08 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me will make a glass of orange juice while you figure this out
[2026/06/08 14:35] Sapphire: /me ponders what manner of puzzle
[2026/06/08 14:35] Sapphire: that was going to be my next question, how miscible the colors are.
[2026/06/08 14:35] Sapphire: and thus if we have to account for mixes and blends
[2026/06/08 14:36] Mecha: It's not one color per letter. it's a combination. Orange, Purple, Something that begins with E and something that begins with n
[2026/06/08 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: since they're all aquatic, I'd say completely
[2026/06/08 14:36] Sapphire: ....can i see any signs there is a magical dector to register the contents of the bowls in the first place
[2026/06/08 14:36] Sapphire: detector*
[2026/06/08 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hard to say, what's a magical color detector look like?
[2026/06/08 14:37] Sapphire: it might be constructed out of the basic arcane glyphs
[2026/06/08 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: interesting theory. Wonder if the constructor of this puzzle did that.
[2026/06/08 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: So what are you going to do to test your colour mix theory?
[2026/06/08 14:38] Sapphire: ( Also, out of character, if this puzzle involves any wordplay, we still operate the wordplay under english or do we need to convert to what our characters would be speaking? )
[2026/06/08 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Good question
[2026/06/08 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Indeed that was a key decision in this puzzle. Translating the puzzle from English to Egyptian would be an amazing, awesome task
[2026/06/08 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: and I was not up to it. So it's in English.
[2026/06/08 14:40] Sapphire: Gonna get a clean bowl, mix some red and blue to place it into the basin labeled P, checking for any apparent reaction.
[2026/06/08 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: This isn't the first, nor will it be the last anomaly/anachronism you find.
[2026/06/08 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Not even the only plot hole.
[2026/06/08 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: red and blue... gives Purple!
[2026/06/08 14:41] Sapphire: long as there's not any spikes at the bottom of the plot hole i can deal
[2026/06/08 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: That leaves three bowls, O, E and N
[2026/06/08 14:41] Mecha: Gonna step forward and pick up a bowl. filling it with red and yellow, trying to get an even mix and then set it down under the O
[2026/06/08 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: red and yellow gives Orange
[2026/06/08 14:42] Sapphire: /me stares contemplatively at the E and N basins
[2026/06/08 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: which leaves E and N...
[2026/06/08 14:42] Mecha: Blue and yellow for Emerald green
[2026/06/08 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Out of character: Sapphire, have I told you how pretty you are in blue?
[2026/06/08 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: OOh Mecha is smart
[2026/06/08 14:43] Sapphire: and then all three for Noir?
[2026/06/08 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Blue and yellow gives green... Emerald green to be precise.
[2026/06/08 14:43] Sapphire: but that's *french*
[2026/06/08 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: That leaves N.
[2026/06/08 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: aaaaaaaaaaaaand she missed the clue *GIGGLES*
[2026/06/08 14:44] Sapphire: .....for Nude?
[2026/06/08 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mechas' got this.
[2026/06/08 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: You got this, right, Mecha?
[2026/06/08 14:45] Sapphire: /me whirrrs in thought
[2026/06/08 14:46] Mecha: /me ponders
[2026/06/08 14:47] Sapphire: somehow I'm fail to find on colors that begin with N
[2026/06/08 14:47] Sapphire: at least while in english
[2026/06/08 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: roll a D20
[2026/06/08 14:47] D20: Sapphire rolls 10
[2026/06/08 14:48] D20: Mecha rolls 5
[2026/06/08 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: well.. let's think...
[2026/06/08 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: colours that being with N....
[2026/06/08 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mmm
[2026/06/08 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnavy...?
[2026/06/08 14:49] Sapphire: ah, one of the shades, so base blue with small amounts of the others to darken it
[2026/06/08 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: TheDM will accept just "blue"
[2026/06/08 14:49] Sapphire: can start with the pure blue and then adjust if the door acts picky
[2026/06/08 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: With the four basins filled with the right colours.... the door grinds open slowly. The skeletal rat pokes his head above the pool water. "It's a bit stiff after 7,000 years, might want to give it a wee nudge."
[2026/06/08 14:50] Mecha: Goes for the wee nudge.
[2026/06/08 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: The door grinds open. A tunnel leads further on!
[2026/06/08 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Who's going first this time?
[2026/06/08 14:52] Sapphire: is it two of us or three?
[2026/06/08 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: The skeletal rat isn't coming, so, it's just you two
[2026/06/08 14:52] Mecha: on it
[2026/06/08 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll d20!
[2026/06/08 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Must roll.... under 12
[2026/06/08 14:53] D20: Sapphire rolls 10
[2026/06/08 14:54] D20: Mecha rolls 17
[2026/06/08 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: high powered water jets blast out of the sides of the passage!
[2026/06/08 14:54] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 5
[2026/06/08 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: 5 damage for Mecha, 3 for Sapphire
[2026/06/08 14:56] Mecha: how many points does my ghoul have?
[2026/06/08 14:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: Three points for your girl ghoul
[2026/06/08 14:57] Sapphire: "Gah!" she turns to protect her scrolls from the water
[2026/06/08 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire has niny
[2026/06/08 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: Moving on?
[2026/06/08 14:58] Mecha: yep
[2026/06/08 14:58] Mecha: limping forward
[2026/06/08 14:58] Sapphire: that's 3 and 9 *remaining* physical integrity?
[2026/06/08 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: You come to a big tiled chamber with a stone cubicle in the middle, with a thick curtain as a door; there's the sound of running water, splashing, and some singing
[2026/06/08 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Yes.
[2026/06/08 14:59] Sapphire: is it a song we recognize?
[2026/06/08 14:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: The singing... All the adventurers gather 'round / Seeking treasures buried in the ground / Mummies rise from their tombs in a line / You gotta quest like an Egyptian!
[2026/06/08 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: It sounds quite fast and.... gaaa! It's awful! It's this new-fangled pop music! The kids who are sick of scrolls and school sing it.
[2026/06/08 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Singing: Walk like an Egyptian / Move like an ancient king / Strike with a blade / or cast your spell / In the sands where secrets dwell / Quest like an Egyptian!
[2026/06/08 15:01] Sapphire: maybe Mecha can sing along, she probably likes newfangled music
[2026/06/08 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Maybe.
[2026/06/08 15:01] Mecha: I cock my head at Sapphires ghoul."What is that? Is someone torturing an animal?"
[2026/06/08 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Seems to be coming from behind the curtain in that stone cubicle.
[2026/06/08 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Philistine.
[2026/06/08 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: anyone got any ideas? Bright or otherwise?
[2026/06/08 15:03] Mecha: follow the sound
[2026/06/08 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: You're going to walk into the cubicle?
[2026/06/08 15:04] Sapphire: "Hello," Sapphire emits, having no particular desire to interrupt someones Bathseba
[2026/06/08 15:04] Mecha: yep
[2026/06/08 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: No answer or pause in the singing.
[2026/06/08 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Then again, the sound of rushing water is rather loud
[2026/06/08 15:05] Mecha: *be right back*
[2026/06/08 15:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: looks like it's all on Sapphire to solve this enigma
[2026/06/08 15:07] Sapphire: Dang it, i think I'm gonna have to try and harmonize with this new fangled music
[2026/06/08 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: roll d20
[2026/06/08 15:07] Sapphire: time to put these undead pipes to work!
[2026/06/08 15:07] D20: Sapphire rolls 15
[2026/06/08 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: You screech and croak and make the sounds that sound like a dozen people being brutally murdered.
[2026/06/08 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Nothing else happens, as far as you can tell.
[2026/06/08 15:10] Sapphire: Sapphire devolves into a coughing fit, mouth full of cloying appeal
[2026/06/08 15:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: sounds about right
[2026/06/08 15:11] D20: Mecha rolls 20
[2026/06/08 15:11] Sapphire: Mecha, you want a shot?
[2026/06/08 15:12] Mecha: yep
[2026/06/08 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: what are you going to do (that's not singing)
[2026/06/08 15:13] Mecha: try and talk while drumming on the wall.
[2026/06/08 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, that's close enough, and, likewise not going to work
[2026/06/08 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: now what?
[2026/06/08 15:15] Sapphire: can we go around?
[2026/06/08 15:16] Sapphire: are there doors that seem reachable without interrupting the bath?
[2026/06/08 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: round where? There's just the stone cubicle with the curtain in the dooray
[2026/06/08 15:18] Mecha: gonna go through the curtain
[2026/06/08 15:18] Sapphire: not even gonna knock?
[2026/06/08 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: You take the curtain and draw it aside....
[2026/06/08 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...you see the rear of the mummy of Bathsheba, busy showering and covered in suds. Princess Bathsheba screams, grabs a towel which is of course too small and tries to cover herself. "WHO ARE YOU? GET OUT OF MY BATHROOM!"
[2026/06/08 15:19] Sapphire: /me averts her gaze!
[2026/06/08 15:21] Mecha: "No problem." Turns and walks away from the curtain.
[2026/06/08 15:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me facepalms hard. Nearly KO's herself.
[2026/06/08 15:22] Sapphire: she's the one we'd wanted to talk to, right?
[2026/06/08 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...she's the obvious stereotypical end of level mini boss, yes
[2026/06/08 15:24] Sapphire: "Apologies, Princess, " she speaks towards the wall so she's not staring at the nude form of the lady in her own bathroom. "We're checking the integrity of the tomb and keys."
[2026/06/08 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bathsheba: "The integrity! I'll tell you the integrity! This water has been luke warm for the past six thousand nine hundred and ninty five years! You'll need the key - it's in the drawer just to the left. Or is it right. There's also a few things you might find handy."
[2026/06/08 15:26] Sapphire: "Ok, thank you, we'll check the drawers, your higness."
[2026/06/08 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: You find a Key! One of the four that you need. And a papyrus. And, what looks like a mask to fit over the eyes. The Eyes of Horus! Very stylish.
[2026/06/08 15:28] Sapphire: do they fit me?
[2026/06/08 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: If you put them on, almost certainly.
[2026/06/08 15:29] Sapphire: will do so
[2026/06/08 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: the Eyes of Horus and grant +1 to THACO/checks, AC bonus 1, and 4MP
[2026/06/08 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: A nic bump in stats
[2026/06/08 15:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: and the papyrus?
[2026/06/08 15:31] Sapphire: what does it say?
[2026/06/08 15:32] Sapphire: i probably should have checked before putting the Eyes of Horus on
[2026/06/08 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's a spell scroll! Mirror Image: , 8MP
[2026/06/08 15:33] Sapphire: impressive!
[2026/06/08 15:33] Sapphire: maybe Mecha should have the eyes and I take the scroll
[2026/06/08 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: And that is perhaps a good place to come to a stop; you finally have a key, and, three more to find.
[2026/06/08 15:34] Sapphire: ♥
[2026/06/08 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: (You'll find three more buffs later)
[2026/06/08 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: having fun so far?
[2026/06/08 15:35] Mecha: it's pretty good