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Post by oddrick on Jan 16, 2021 2:16:03 GMT
((Sorry about the prolonged absence. I got my mind bloated with GMing for the past month, haven't been able to switch to PC mode for a while.))
Panyrus will do his best to try and learn the light's sweeping pattern, hoping to avoid it as he stealths his way into the tower.
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Post by Spwack on Jan 18, 2021 1:00:54 GMT
((No problem at all, glad to have you back!))
You can either try and figure the pattern, scuttle from hiding spot to hiding spot, which is a CHA roll, or wait for an opportune moment and dash across, with DEX.
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Post by oddrick on Jan 18, 2021 2:19:56 GMT
I'll do the former.
Charisma check:
N1QnEz2F1d20+21d20+2
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Post by oddrick on Jan 18, 2021 2:20:59 GMT
Ouch. I'm guessing my new pets do not grant me advantage at this task, do they?
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Post by Spwack on Jan 19, 2021 1:37:46 GMT
In a word - no.
The spotlight sweeps across, then snaps back onto you. There's a tinkle of bells, and a scuttle of little feet.
"Who goessss there?" comes a shrill cry from the darkness. The light is blinding, it's impossible to see.
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Post by oddrick on Jan 19, 2021 3:23:10 GMT
Flatfooted, awning his eyes with Snake Hand's aid, squinting hard from the bright light, Panyrus hesitates for a moment: "Uuuhm, I aaaammm... aaaa.... I... am... a dream! Yes! I have accidentally stepped out of a god's head, you see. And now I'm sorta kinda looking to track back the way I came, but it's... uhm... let's just say I haven't been doing a great job so far.((chuckles nervously)) What about you? Heh! Uhm... ((aping the voice)) 'Who goesssss there?' Spooky stuff. Haha."
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Post by Spwack on Jan 20, 2021 10:15:09 GMT
There's silence, then assorted whispers from the darkness.
"It'sss an idiot..." "Maybe it'ss a trap?" "Couldn't be. Too much idiot for that."
Then the voice speaks to you directly. "Well Misssster Dream, you musst be very lossst. I approach, yess? Tower light is bright, bright burns fasst, have lantern to sssee you with."
There's a high-pitched whistle or clicking, you can't quite tell which. The beam of light goes out, leaving you in dazzled darkness, until a lantern slowly glows. You can see that you are more-or-less surrounded by stout lizard-like creatures wearing assorted and patched armour. Several of them have spears several times their height, but they aren't being pointed at you. At least, not pointed directly at you. The one closest to you has a lantern, and no weapons. "Tall one. So very tall!"
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Post by oddrick on Jan 22, 2021 20:26:30 GMT
"Yeah, well, haha ((snort)) the god whose imagination I'm a figment of must have quite the big dome over his shoulders, then, am I right?" Panyrus winks to one of the lizard people. "Ssoo. This tower. Like, what's in there? Am I allowed to go inside? D'you guys think I might find my way back to the god's head if I proceed through there?"
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Post by Spwack on Jan 24, 2021 3:01:00 GMT
"That issss our home. You are a ssstrange one, but sseem harmlesss. You may enter. We will take you to our... to the Queen. Sshe will know what to do with you." The kobolds seem to be either nodding, or looking a little scared.
"Or, we will sshow you the way out. Otherss like you, tall ones, yet not quite sso tall, they come through here. The cartss, they take you away from here, yesss?"
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Post by oddrick on Jan 29, 2021 0:42:00 GMT
"Others, you say? Hmm, please elaborate. What kinds of travelers have you met recently, and what were they looking for?", I say as I follow them to meet their queen. . "Also, would you happen to have any goats to spare?"
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Post by Spwack on Jan 29, 2021 8:14:10 GMT
"Goatss? The animal with the hornsss? I know not of such thingss in this place. Ssstrange beasts we find, yes, but not proper."
"Wandererss. Delversss. An elf, a dwarf, but not one of the deep dwarves, some men-folk, a goblin but a polite one. Some time ago, it wasss."
((I can't actually recall which adventurers have been in contact with this settlement, there have been a few))
You're lead along a channel, almost a trench, directly into the side of the pillar of stone. You can see glints of metal, the points of spears perhaps, in various sockets along the walls and floor, and who knows what other awful traps and trickey. Attacking this place from the front would be inordinately lethal.
It gets hard for you to walk quite soon, and you're bent almost double once you are within the settlement. Kobolds scuttle along multiple levels, hauling food and weaponry, taking messages, and dragging lumpy sacks that leak foul ichors. They aren't exactly on a war-footing, but not far off it. This isn't a place of peace, but of scampering on-edge lizards that know exactly how small and meaty they are.
Helnelya is the name of the kobold holding the lantern and leading the troupe that found you. "I was mine-sscout, now I am... Dealer? Handler? To the tall ones. Diplomat, that is word. Mine-scout is hard, but ssimple. Tall ones are hard, but ever so complex." she laughs, a little chortle. "Or maybe even more sssimple! Is hard to tell."
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