[Active Thread] The Hall of Harsh Reflections

[patransom]

Angry as he is, Worrel realizes that he cannot reach the doppelganger wearing his face. Instead, he steps west while sheathing his sword. He then reaches out to touch Cyrius while muttering a prayer.

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Free - 5ft step to 0623 Move - Sheathe weapon Standard - Lay on Hands

 

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Sorry for the delay. Forum was down and then I was out of town. I show that Worrel is out of lay on hands uses. Does he want to do something else? I've been letting you attack around corners in this maze (applying cover), so he could step up and swing. Or he could ready his wand of CLW to do some healing next round.

 

[JPetherick]

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MY bad ... should have checked forum before this.

 

Worrel attacks the imposter wearing his face.



JPetherick: D8 + 4#dmg → 8(4 + 4)#dmg

[patransom]

Round 16 Begins

Knowing he faces a foe, Cyrius steps up and thrusts twice at the false Worrel. He misses twice.

Angry as he is, Worrel steps west and attacks the imposter wearing his face. Due to the difficulty imposed by the corner of the mirror wall (cover), he just barely misses.

Tex moves around the corner to behind Worrel (W1). As he passes by, W2 takes the opportunity to swing at Tex around the edge of the mirror wall. With some unexpected luck, his longsword tears open a long gash in Tex's side [13 hp damage]. With a couple of arrows on the bowstring ready to fire, Tex glances back at where the party left the tied up, knocked-out, doppleganger. Tex can see he's still there.

Lola sees west side is kinda boxed up, and doesn't know about the newly raised wall, so she thinks to "go around." She makes her way east, then south just to find a wall.... so then she stows her crossbow.

Ardrea moves into the corridor behind Cyrius, Worrel, and Tex. She is fortunate that Tex already absorbed W2's attack of opportunity. Seeing the naughty Worrel, she commands the whip to attack. The whip just barely misses.

Prost maneuvers Fluffy to within sight of W2, loading his sling-staff on the way. He fires but misses because of cover from the mirror walls.

No one sees what's going on at 1225.

Worrel's (W2's) first swing misses, but his second is sharp and sudden, a stifling onslaught that cuts through Cyrius before he can react defensively [potential critical, not confirmed, still 12 hp damage]. W2 then steps back into the dead end alcove, limiting access to his location a bit more.

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In his new position, W2 can be attacked without penalty from 0724, if you're not afraid to step on the pressure plate. He can be attacked with cover from 0624 and at range with cover from 0623 and 0622. There's no line of sight elsewhere.

 

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All of the blue and purple lines on the map are walls lined with mirrors.

 

ACTIVE EFFECTS

Feather Token Whip: +10 BAB, 1d6+1 nonlethal, free grapple attack (with a +15 bonus on its combat maneuver checks) if it hits; 26.6 minutes remaining Bless: +1 morale to attack and +1 to saves vs. fear, 4.6 minutes remaining Round 17 Begins 1. Cyrius - charged mind blade rapier readied, 39 hp damage, 3 STR damage 2. Worrel (W1) - 17 arrows left, 0 lay on hands left, wand of CLW 20 charges left, 33 hp damage 3. Tex - longbow readied, 61 arrows left, 13 hp damage 4. Lola - nothing readied, 30 bolts left, 0 channel energy left, pearl of power used 5. Ardrea - staff readied, fly 1 minute used 6. Prost - unloaded sling staff readied, mirror in off-hand, 36 bullets left, 9 bullets +1 left, 6 hp damage 7. Fluffy 8. Doppelganger (D1) - 80 hp damage, DEAD 9. Fake Worrel (W2) - 57 hp damage 10. Doppelganger (D3) - 80 hp damage including 2 nonlethal 11. Doppelganger formerly known as Fake Prost - 39 hp damage including 24 nonlethal, unconscious, gagged, tied to a chair in the conference room

[smeltdm]

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Pat, question...Can Prost attempt to disarm trap from 0625? If so Prost will put Burgler's Bracers to good use

 

[CGM3]

Wary of the pressure plate, Cyrius thrusts at the false Worrel from 0624.



And misses with his second attack.

[patransom]

Round 17 Begins (and Ends)

Wary of the pressure plate, Cyrius thrusts at the false Worrel from around the corner. With a surefooted lunge, he connects and his enemy snaps erect then crumples in reply [15 hp damage brings W2 down].

Lying on the floor, W2 transforms back into a (armed and armored) doppelganger, fails to stabilize, and bleeds.

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Combat over! Prost is free to disable the trap at his leisure. All of the blue and purple lines on the map are walls lined with mirrors.

 

ACTIVE EFFECTS

Feather Token Whip: +10 BAB, 1d6+1 nonlethal, free grapple attack (with a +15 bonus on its combat maneuver checks) if it hits; 26.5 minutes remaining Bless: +1 morale to attack and +1 to saves vs. fear, 4.5 minutes remaining 1. Cyrius - uncharged mind blade rapier readied, 39 hp damage, 3 STR damage 2. Worrel (W1) - 17 arrows left, 0 lay on hands left, wand of CLW 20 charges left, 33 hp damage 3. Tex - longbow readied, 61 arrows left, 13 hp damage 4. Lola - nothing readied, 30 bolts left, 0 channel energy left, pearl of power used 5. Ardrea - staff readied, fly 1 minute used 6. Prost - unloaded sling staff readied, mirror in off-hand, 36 bullets left, 9 bullets +1 left, 6 hp damage 7. Fluffy 8. Doppelganger (D1) - 80 hp damage, DEAD (but invisible) 9. Doppelganger formerly known as Fake Worrel (W2) - 73 hp damage, unconscious and bleeding 10. Doppelganger (D3) - 80 hp damage including 2 nonlethal, invisible 11. Doppelganger formerly known as Fake Prost - 39 hp damage including 24 nonlethal, unconscious, gagged, tied to a chair in the conference room

[ElectroZman]

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I think we search the dopplegangers, heal up using the wand, carefully explore the rest of this floor, then have a look at the two doors? OK everyone?

 

[CGM3]

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I think we search the dopplegangers, heal up using the wand, carefully explore the rest of this floor, then have a look at the two doors? OK everyone?

 

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Fine by me.

 

[smeltdm]

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wow, I know in game time was short…but IRL that took a long time, anyone want take a stab at what we are doing hear…Pat a brief summary might be in order…

 

By me to electrozman said

[patransom]

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Summary of recent events: You traveled from Rastingdrung to Tula, City State of Mages, to consult with Eligos the sage, an old friend of your patron Master Penkawr. You met with Eligos and presented him with some information you gathered related to some kind of conspiracy involving the Triad of Sixes cult and an "Age of Worms." Eligos agreed to look into the matter, but reported that the research would likely take some time. While waiting on Eligos' findings, you stayed an inn in the Garden District of Tula called the Crooked House. While there, a "merchant" named Elaxan tried to frame Lola for attempting to murder Tarquin the innkeeper. Evidence on Elaxan, including a key, led you to a company called "Sodden and Co." and this seemingly abandoned warehouse, where you've discovered an underground complex and a whole gang of doppelgangers. And also some other shapeshifter- or illusion-themed monsters (mimics, invisible stalkers, aranea). Why's this gang of doppelgangers out to get you? Do they have something against Lola specifically? Are they somehow connected to the Triad of Sixes? I'll give you a hint that there's only a bit more of this location left to explore. Probably two more combats...

 

[Silverstone]

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im for electro idea to search maze

 

[smeltdm]

Prost will start a methodical search for traps in the maze and attempt to disarm any he finds. “Tex I could use your keen eye, if your up to it. Want to tag along while I look for traps?” Prost starts at 0724...

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Pat, not sure if you want more rolls, let me know.

 

[patransom]

Prost conducts a thorough search of the maze. This takes about 10 minutes, but he discovers a large number of pressure plates. These are in pairs set up so that when someone stands on both, a wall pops up between them. Prost also finds the hidden switch on each plate that causes the wall to drop back down. He finds nothing else suspicious.

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Purple solid walls are those that are currently up; purple dotted walls are those that are currently down. Now that Prost has figured out how they work, you are free to change the status of the purple walls if you want. Prost could also jam the pressure plates, if you want, but I haven't accounted for the time to do that yet

 

During this time, the invisible doppelgangers become visible again. One is dead. Two are unconscious but stable.

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The rest of you are free to take other actions while Prost is searching. Or plan something and wait until he's done to do it as a group. All of the blue and purple lines on the map are walls lined with mirrors.

 

ACTIVE EFFECTS

Feather Token Whip: +10 BAB, 1d6+1 nonlethal, free grapple attack (with a +15 bonus on its combat maneuver checks) if it hits; 16.5 minutes remaining 1. Cyrius - uncharged mind blade rapier readied, 39 hp damage, 3 STR damage 2. Worrel (W1) - 17 arrows left, 0 lay on hands left, wand of CLW 20 charges left, 33 hp damage 3. Tex - longbow readied, 61 arrows left, 13 hp damage 4. Lola - nothing readied, 30 bolts left, 0 channel energy left, pearl of power used 5. Ardrea - staff readied, fly 1 minute used 6. Prost - unloaded sling staff readied, mirror in off-hand, 36 bullets left, 9 bullets +1 left, 6 hp damage 7. Fluffy 8. Doppelganger (D1) - 80 hp damage, DEAD 9. Doppelganger formerly known as Fake Worrel (W2) - 74 hp damage, unconscious and stable 10. Doppelganger (D3) - 80 hp damage including 2 nonlethal, unconscious and stable 11. Doppelganger formerly known as Fake Prost - 39 hp damage including 24 nonlethal, unconscious, gagged, tied to a chair in the conference room

[patransom]

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I split out some OOC posts from this thread and made a new one here to continue discussion of game and character history. Y'all led me down an interesting rabbit hole reviewing old posts and character sheets. Thanks for that!

 

[ElectroZman]

Tex will help Prost as needed.

In the meantime, he suggests that someone tie up the unconscious doppelgangers.

“Worrel, will ye be healing us?”

[smeltdm]

Prost remembers when the maze battle started,,, THINKING: The doppelganger stepping back from Cyrius and shouts "They're here! Go tell Telakin!" Tex who is Telakin, and do you think one of the doppelgangers was able get to him with a warning...If so which of the door do you think it went through?Maybe the East door...we got to the South door fairly quickly...

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Pat during our search of the area would we notice anything that would be a clue of as to which of the two door was accessed recently?

 

[patransom]

Prost remembers when the maze battle started,,, THINKING: The doppelganger stepping back from Cyrius and shouts "They're here! Go tell Telakin!" Tex who is Telakin, and do you think one of the doppelgangers was able get to him with a warning...If so which of the door do you think it went through?Maybe the East door...we got to the South door fairly quickly...

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Pat during our search of the area would we notice anything that would be a clue of as to which of the two door was accessed recently?

 

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The east door doesn't look like it's been opened in a long time. The south door maybe has seen recent use. No one has heard the name Telakin before entering this place.

 

[JPetherick]

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Apologies ... was out of town last week.

 

Tex will help Prost as needed.

In the meantime, he suggests that someone tie up the unconscious doppelgangers.

“Worrel, will ye be healing us?”

“"Aye, I will,"” replies the paladin. He surveys his companions before glancing at the doppelgangers.

“"Should I heal them, too?,"” he asks.

[ElectroZman]

“I wouldn't. But we might want ta bring em back with us eventually,” Tex says.

“Not sure who's who anymore sometimes. Wonder how many are in charge...” He scratches his beard, “I agree Prost, we should find this Telerkin fella.”

Tex make's sure the doppelgangers are securely bound.

[smeltdm]

“Well it seems that someone recently entered the door to the south, and I think that should move quickly as soon as everyone heals up, we should move before bad guys can react. Let tell the others. ” Prost comments also, “ whoever went to notify this Tolkin had to go through the south door.”

[smeltdm]

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Pat could I have a summary of what potions, alchemical expendables you show Prost with...I want to make sure my sheet is correct...thanks

 

[patransom]

Pat could I have a summary of what potions, alchemical expendables you show Prost with...I want to make sure my sheet is correct...thanks

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Prost consumables: Potion of Darkvision x2 Acid Flask x1 Alchemist's Fire x5 Potion of Cure moderate wounds x1 Potion of Cure serious wounds x2 Potion of Gaseous Form x0 Elixer of Hiding x1

 

[patransom]

While Prost searches, Tex ties up the unconscious doppelgangers.

The party discusses healing and going through the south door.

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Let me know what healing resources you are going to use and then order of march for opening the south door. All of the blue and purple lines on the map are walls lined with mirrors. Purple solid walls are those that are currently up; purple dotted walls are those that are currently down. Now that Prost has figured out how they work, you are free to change the status of the purple walls if you want.

 

ACTIVE EFFECTS

Feather Token Whip: +10 BAB, 1d6+1 nonlethal, free grapple attack (with a +15 bonus on its combat maneuver checks) if it hits; 16.4 minutes remaining Cyrius - uncharged mind blade rapier readied, 39 hp damage, 3 STR damage Worrel (W1) - 17 arrows left, 0 lay on hands left, wand of CLW 20 charges left, 33 hp damage Tex - longbow readied, 61 arrows left, 13 hp damage Lola - nothing readied, 30 bolts left, 0 channel energy left, pearl of power used Ardrea - staff readied, fly 1 minute used Prost - unloaded sling staff readied, mirror in off-hand, 36 bullets left, 9 bullets +1 left, 6 hp damage Fluffy Doppelganger formerly known as Fake Worrel (W2) - 74 hp damage, unconscious and stable, tied up Doppelganger (D3) - 80 hp damage including 2 nonlethal, unconscious and stable, tied up Doppelganger formerly known as Fake Prost - 39 hp damage including 24 nonlethal, unconscious, gagged, tied to a chair in the conference room