Session Six: The Return of the Old Ones...?
[2024/07/04 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: take a seat, don't stand like refugees :)
[2024/07/04 15:51] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Cubes!
[2024/07/04 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Life orbs, to give you a visualization of your health
[2024/07/04 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: see how that works
[2024/07/04 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: So, last time, you just made it into a large chamber under a hill, a -huge- chamber with many decorations commemmorating a long ago king... and two rather wizened and withered corpses of unlucky archeologists
[2024/07/04 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: and with that out of the way... Gggggggggggrrrrrrrrreeeetttings, Adventurers! Other players get round orbs, you get plywood cubes because I can't make curved button arrays.
[2024/07/04 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: So, whatcha doing?
[2024/07/04 15:55] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: We all have 4 hp ?
[2024/07/04 15:55] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Hmmmm, how many exits does this room have?
[2024/07/04 15:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: how do you get that?
[2024/07/04 15:56] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: four buttons!
[2024/07/04 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: There's the exit you came in by... and there might be a passage further in
[2024/07/04 15:58] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: so "further in" implies there is a forward as well?
[2024/07/04 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Yup!
[2024/07/04 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: There is a passage way leading further in/under the hill
[2024/07/04 16:00] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Katana was insisting we head further in, yes? trying to... cork this problem early?
[2024/07/04 16:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: As opposed to letting others fall victim, or for it to fester and grow, yes
[2024/07/04 16:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dahlia, Leesha?
[2024/07/04 16:07] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): /me looks forward unsure and waits to hear everyone else before speaking up
[2024/07/04 16:08] Alicia Frakture: Leesha sighs "Okay, we have two options. Forward or back. If we leave and something gets loose and does damage it's our fault, so let's just go kick its ass."
[2024/07/04 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, exploring the deeper passageway?
[2024/07/04 16:10] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: sounds like
[2024/07/04 16:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: As you make your way down the 100-foot passage, you notice that the walls are lined with piles of debris, and the ceiling is partially collapsed, but surprisingly, the air is stale rather than musty, suggesting that the passageway has been recently maintained. The stone floor is clean and free of dust, and despite the precarious state of the ceiling, you don't see any signs of recent vermin activity. Along the way, you pass two pairs of heavy-looking doors, each with rusted hinges and iron-bound frames, which appear to be locked in place.
[2024/07/04 16:11] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): /me nods while listening, "Forward seems ok , a bit scary but ok"
[2024/07/04 16:12] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben slows to inspect what sort of lock is on these doors.
[2024/07/04 16:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Very rusty, elderly and decrepit ones
[2024/07/04 16:13] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: but accepting a bkey?
[2024/07/04 16:13] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: key*
[2024/07/04 16:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Looks like a good poke and they'll fall apart
[2024/07/04 16:15] Alicia Frakture: Should we break the lock?
[2024/07/04 16:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana: "Probably wise to check things before we let them jump us from behind, no?"
[2024/07/04 16:17] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben will look into picking the rusty lock
[2024/07/04 16:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: It falls apart in a shower of rust and metal parts.
[2024/07/04 16:18] Alicia Frakture: While Debben does Leesha is going to keep a look out, in case something does decide to drop in.
[2024/07/04 16:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's quite quiet... not a sound.
[2024/07/04 16:18] Alicia Frakture: more unnerving than noise
[2024/07/04 16:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: indeed... you'd expect -some- noise...
[2024/07/04 16:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dahlia, Debben?
[2024/07/04 16:21] Alicia Frakture: Unnerved but still focused as she listens using detect noise.
[2024/07/04 16:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hmm. d20, roll under 11
[2024/07/04 16:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: You hear... silence
[2024/07/04 16:22] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Does the other door do the same?
[2024/07/04 16:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: It looks equally ancient, so, probably
[2024/07/04 16:24] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Will go ahead and break it apart
[2024/07/04 16:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: The locks are completely rusted, and, the hinges barely hold the door as it swings open
[2024/07/04 16:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: And what you see inside: As you enter the room, you're immediately struck by the musty smell of decay and the eerie atmosphere. The space is dominated by the intricate tapestries that hang from the walls, their once-opulent fabrics now tattered and worn. The air is heavy with the scent of rot and mildew, and there is a central plinth in the room. The tattered and rotten tapestries seem to be slowly unraveling over the centuries, their faded colors and worn patterns telling a story of neglect and abandonment. The overall effect is one of decay and forgotten grandeur, as if the very fabric of the room itself is slowly disintegrating.
[2024/07/04 16:27] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Old. Water got in." she comments.
[2024/07/04 16:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: who's doing what now?
[2024/07/04 16:29] Alicia Frakture: Leesha looks at Dahlia and katana."what do you two think?" before Debben."No way a pace like this is not trapped."
[2024/07/04 16:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana: "Hard to say. It's been left a long time."
[2024/07/04 16:31] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "The better question, did the traps rot too?"
[2024/07/04 16:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana: "That was my point, wood and metal wouldn't last."
[2024/07/04 16:36] Alicia Frakture: Well then we should check it out then.
[2024/07/04 16:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Who's going to do what?
[2024/07/04 16:38] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: That archeologist guy still with us? Debben glances to check
[2024/07/04 16:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: He is, but, hanging well back
[2024/07/04 16:39] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Any idea on those tapestries?
[2024/07/04 16:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Archeologist: "They're very ancient, I'd love to see them - in the daylight."
[2024/07/04 16:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leesha? Dahlia?
[2024/07/04 16:43] Alicia Frakture: I'm going to carefully and slowly enter.
[2024/07/04 16:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: as you enter, the tapestries finally fall apart into drifts of rubbish. This is largely due to the seven skeletons that were behind them advancing forwards
[2024/07/04 16:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: getting a bit late and that makes a good cliffhanger
[2024/07/04 16:46] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "More mildew-infested, lice-ridden, elf-groping skeletons!" Debben curses with infuriation!
[2024/07/04 16:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: O.O
[2024/07/04 16:47] Alicia Frakture: *We have a dwarf, a half orc, a fairy, and Katana. they will have no elf to grope.*
[2024/07/04 16:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me mutters under her breath...
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