Into Karavakos' sanctuary...

Current PC status:
Miri 58/58hp with 6/9 surges, 0AP
Thia 56/65hp with 5/7 surges, 1AP
Candelos 78/78hp with 7/14 surges, 0AP
Kaddim 55/79hp with 3/11 surges, 0AP
Sonya 59/66hp with 3/9 surges, 0AP


After slaying Karavakos the Black, the party rests for 15 minutes then travels back to the hallway where there are stairs up to the 4th level and stairs back down to the 2nd level.

Climbing the stairs to the 4th level, the PCs find themselves in a hallway with three great sets of stone double doors. Each set of doors has a keyhole.

The left most keyhole looks like a moon. Around the keyhole in elven you see, "Piety claims its proper place above all else" inscribed.

The middle keyhole looks like the blazing sun.

The right most keyhole looks like a star.




The inscriptions on the keys you have read:
Key #1 (found in the library off of Karavakos "the Wise")
Adamantine Key: It is inscribed (in Draconic) "First in hardness, not in place".

Key #2 (found on level 2 Karavakos "the Mad")
Mithril Key: It is inscribed (in Elven) "The night is mine")

Key #3 (found on Karavakos "the Black")
Gold Key: It is inscribed (in Dwarven) "Strength second")


What does the party wish to do?

Dwarmaj wrote:What does the party wish to do?

"First in hardness, not in place"

'First Place' is always gold.

"Strength second"

Adamantine is the strongest of the three.

"The night is mine"

As night comes after day, mithril comes after gold & adamantine.

I say we try the keys in the keyholes, top down, in that order. And by 'we', I mean whoever has the best theivery and not Miri... She'll stand in her customary place in the back of the group.

Unlike what the first picture showed... the keyholes are arranged horizontally.




The moon is the left most, then the sun, then the star...

Ah. Same analysis though, so L to R instead of top to bottom...

bradly wrote:Ah. Same analysis though, so L to R instead of top to bottom...

Is this the sequence the party will try? Who will insert the keys? What will you do once a key is inserted?

Hmm, no one wishes to try the keys?

While the party is deciding what to do Thia hears someone approaching from the stairs that go down to the 2nd level.

It looks like two eladrins from "Breezes" area.

They lower their weapons and the lead one speaks:
Although Breeze wishes to remain in this forsaken prision indefenitly we do not.

We are unable to help you directly, but my mistress thought you may be able to use these potions.

The lead eladrin reaches back to the second eladrin and get a small bag. He then holds the bag out (seems to be waiting for a PC to get it).

Will someone get the bag?

Thia isn't too proud to take the bag. Miri may hate the witch but Thia wants out!

Once the keys are inserted per Miri's suggestions we will turn the keys.

Thia accepts the bag and the eladrin's depart.

Handing the bag to Miri she examines the contents:
2 potions of Regeneration
2 potions of Vigor
1 potion of Kruthik (+15 temp HP)


After handing the bag off to Miri, Thia moves to the front and tries the keys.

Sequence attempted:
Gold, Adamantine, Mithril

Thia inserts the Gold key into the Moon keyhole.
Thia inserts the Adamantine key into the Sun keyhole.

Thia hears a "click" and is unable to insert the Mithril key. She is also unable to turn or remove the other keys.

After a minute has passed... Thia hears another "click".

What do you do?

Remove the two keys if I can.

Krystoff wrote:Remove the two keys if I can.

Yes, after the second "click" both keys can be removed.




18 minutes have expired since Karavakos the Black was slain...

OK so the Gold one inserted without the click that happened after the Adamantine one? So try the gold one first again and try to turn it.

Krystoff wrote:OK so the Gold one inserted without the click that happened after the Adamantine one? So try the gold one first again and try to turn it.

Thia tries the Gold key in the Moon keyhole and turns it.

Thia hears a "click". She is then unable to insert a key into the other keyholes or remove the Gold key.

After a minute Thia hears another "click". She is then able to remove the Gold key.


19 minutes have expired...

Wonder why it worked the first time? Maybe because we didn't turn it?

OK, lets see if I can summarize.

Three keyholes left to right; Moon, Sun, Stars. Moon is inscribed "Piety claims its proper place above all else"

Three keys:
Adamantine Key: "First in hardness, not in place"
Mithril Key: "The night is mine"
Gold Key: "Strength second"

Adamantine's first in hardness not in place and Gold's strength second make me believe that Adamantine goes second. We have already established that gold isn't the moon and if I had to make a guess I would think that gold is the sun. The other two are a little harder since they are both silvery and the inscription the night is mine doesn't really help since both moon and stars are of the night.

So it is either Mithral Moon and Adamantine stars or Mithral Stars and Adamantine Moon. What does everyone else think?

Let's go with Mithril stars, since they can only be seen at night.

bradly wrote:Let's go with Mithril stars, since they can only be seen at night.

Vyrellis to Candelos:
Hmm, She wants to put the Adamantine key first even though the inscription reads "First in hardness, not in place".

I thought she was the smart one...

Dwarmaj wrote:
Vyrellis to Candelos:
Hmm, She wants to put the Adamantine key first even though the inscription reads "First in hardness, not in place".

I thought she was the smart one...

Maybe modesty is considered pious, and it's "proper place is above all else".

What will be the next sequence Thia will try?

Will it be Adamantine, Gold, Mithril as Miri suggests (I believe that is the sequence she wanted)?

After the comment from Vyrellis I'm not too sure.

I'm of the mind that mithral is moon, gold is sun, and adamantine is stars now but the order isn't clear.

So my order would go mithral(moon) first, then adamantine(stars), then gold(sun).

What does everyone else think?

Krystoff wrote:After the comment from Vyrellis I'm not too sure.

I'm of the mind that mithral is moon, gold is sun, and adamantine is stars now but the order isn't clear.

So my order would go mithral(moon) first, then adamantine(stars), then gold(sun).

What does everyone else think?

I guess no one else has an opinion...

Thia puts the Mithril key into the Moon keyhole and turns it.
Thia puts the Adamantine key into the Star keyhole and turns it.

When Thia turns the key she hears a "click" and is unable to insert the Gold key or remove the keys already in place.

After a minute you hear another "click" and are able to remove the keys.

21 minutes have expired...

Dwarmaj wrote:21 minutes have expired...

Each keyhole has a 1:3 chance of being first, times a 1:3 chance of getting the right key. That's 9 combos to get the first key right.

After that, it's a 1:2 chance of being 2nd, times 1:2 chance of getting the right key. That's 4 more combos.

The last key is 1:1, so I say we "take 20", or actually 13 minutes, and systematically try all the combos.

That'll put us at 34 minutes in and plenty of time to kill us a Tiefling...

Miri to Sonya: "Take these <hands the potions from the Eladrin> if you trust that witch!"

Will the door open? We did check for traps, right?

bradly wrote:

Dwarmaj wrote:21 minutes have expired...

Each keyhole has a 1:3 chance of being first, times a 1:3 chance of getting the right key. That's 9 combos to get the first key right.

After that, it's a 1:2 chance of being 2nd, times 1:2 chance of getting the right key. That's 4 more combos.

The last key is 1:1, so I say we "take 20", or actually 13 minutes, and systematically try all the combos.

That'll put us at 34 minutes in and plenty of time to kill us a Tiefling...

Miri to Sonya: "Take these <hands the potions from the Eladrin> if you trust that witch!"

Since the Mithril key was inserted and turned in the Moon keyhole and the locks didn't freeze, Thia is pretty sure that Mithril goes with Moon.

Since the Adamantine key was inserted into the Star and the lock didn't freeze up until after it was turned, it's probably in the right keyhole, just not the right order.

Thia switches the order and does the following.

Insert the Mithril key into the Moon keyhole.
Turn the Mithril key.
Insert the Gold key into the Sun keyhole.
Turn the Gold key.
Insert the Adamantine key into the Star keyhole.
Turn the Adamantine key.

Once the Adamantine key is turned all three doors open.

As soon as the doors are opened, the PCs here chanting in what sounds like a wierd echo. It sounds like a dozen or so individuals chanting, but all with the same voice.





The party can go north, east, or west. The chanting sounds the same from the east/west, not much can be heard to the north.



Kaddim can see one tiefling in robes to the west chanting. The tiefling looks like the image of Karavakos that the PCs have seen on several occassions.

In the room to the east, Thia can hear two voices to the south and two more to the north.

PC initiative order is:
Sonya
Kaddim
Thia
Candelos
Miri

Sonya's turn...

Sonya:
Oh well, here we go.
Move Action: Move 5 W
Stand Action: Charge to the square NE of what looks like Karavakos and make an attack with my Axe.
Minor: Well, if I get injured or something, I might have to heal myself.

done for now...

Teramotos wrote:Sonya:
Oh well, here we go.
Move Action: Move 5 W
Stand Action: Charge to the square NE of what looks like Karavakos and make an attack with my Axe.
Minor: Well, if I get injured or something, I might have to heal myself.

done for now...

Sonya's turn:
Move: move into the room

When Sonya moves into the room she sees three other robed tieflings. They all look identical to each other.



Standard: charge the tiefling to the SW
Charge 18+1 vs Ac miss

As one, all of the tieflings say, "Who dares enter my Sactuary". The voices can be heard to the east and south.

Sonya also sees a door to the north and to the south.


Kaddim's turn...

Move: 5 into the room.
Minor: Mark the one closest to the door.
Standard: Charge the one Sonya is attacking. I should end up South of her square.

Ross wrote:Move: 5 into the room.
Minor: Mark the one closest to the door.
Standard: Charge the one Sonya is attacking. I should end up South of her square.

Kaddim's turn:
Move: move W into the room

Minor: mark the tiefling to the SE

Standard: charge the tiefling to the SW
Charge 28+1 vs Ac hits for 16hp of damage. the tiefling falls.





After Kaddim's turn, Karavakos takes his turn...

Karavakos' turn:
Minor: Kaddim and Sonya see the tiefling to the NE convulse briefly (like the agents in the Matrix...)

Move: the tiefling to the NE moves into the corridor where the rest of the party is.

Standard: cast Cold Cone
CC vs Candelos 39 vs Ref hits for 32hp of cold damage. Candelos is Immobilized (save ends)
CC vs Miri 29 vs Ref hits for 32hp of cold damage. Miri is Immobilized (save ends)
CC vs Thia 27 vs Ref hits for 32hp of cold damage. Thia is Immobilized (save ends)




If anyone wants to use an interrupt, let me know...

Still Karavakos' turn...

Of that the one I marked teleport him to me.

Ross wrote:Of that the one I marked teleport him to me.

What?

How are you teleporting the one you marked? He hasn't done anything yet.

OUCH! I do, I will try to distracting shot the cone of cold on me.

Krystoff wrote:OUCH! I do, I will try to distracting shot the cone of cold on me.

Thia uses Disruptive Strike on Karavakos
DS 30 vs Ac hits for 16hp of damage.

The Cold Cone misses Thia... Thia takes half damage (16hp) and is Slowed (save ends).


Karavakos uses an Action Point!!!

Karavakos casts Thunder Lance (close blast 5)
TL on Candelos 35 vs Fort hits for 26hp of thunder damage. Candelos is pushed 4 squares.
TL on Miri 25 vs Fort hits for 26hp of thunder damage. Miri is pushed 4 squares.
TL on Thia 31 vs Fort hits for 26hp of thunder damage. Thia is pushed 4 squares.





Thia's turn, then Candelos...
Thia is slowed
Candelos is immobilized

Thia sees a black pillar to the east. The pillar seems to be generating darkness.

Candelos enters the room to the north and hear loud screams coming from the large pillar to his north west.

Current PC status:
Miri 0/58hp with 6/9 surges (unconscious, immobilized)
Candelos 20/78hp with 7/14 surges (immobilized)
Thia 14/65hp with 5/7 surges
Kaddim 55/79hp with 3/11 surges
Sonya 59/66hp with 3/9 surges

The map shows Thia as being immobile, that's incorrect, right?
Still Thia's turn, then Candelos...

Teramotos wrote:The map shows Thia as being immobile, that's incorrect, right?
Still Thia's turn, then Candelos...

Yes, I hadn't updated it after her interrupt.

Thia is Slowed (save ends)
Candelos and Miri are Immobilized (save ends)

Candelos may have another condition at the start of his turn...

Thout he was the one who attacked the others.

Minor: Spitting Cobra Stance
Move: Shift 1W away from the pillar to up my AC
Standard: Second Wind

Save for slow

Thia's turn:
Move: shift 1W

Minor: activate Spitting Cobra Stance

Standard: use Second Wind, Thia spends a healing surge and regains 16hp and +2 to defenses.

At the end of Thia's turn she rolls an 11 and is no longer Slowed.





Candelos' turn...
At the start of Candelos turn the shrieks coming from the pillar to his NW affects him.

Shriek 21 vs Will hits, Candelos is Dazed (save ends).

Candelos is Dazed and Immobilized.

standard: second wind
roll saves

Mick wrote:standard: second wind
roll saves

Candelos' turn:
Standard: use Second Wind
Candelos spends a healing surge and regains 19hp and +2 to all defenses for a turn.


Miri's turn:
At the end of Miri's turn she has to roll two saves.
vs Immobilized she rolls an 8 and remains Immobilized
vs Death she rolls a 12 (success).


Karavakos' shards (clones) turns...

Shard's turn:
In the west room Kaddim and Sonya see the door to the south open and three more Karavakos' appear.

Two that are already in the room move to block the east doorway, then shoot bolts of force at Kaddim and Sonya. Two others also shoot bolts.

Two bolts at Kaddim (the marked one shoots at Kaddim)
Force Bolt 18 vs Ref miss
Force Bolt 32 vs Ref hits for 6hp of force damage.

Two bolts at Sonya
Force Bolt 16 vs Ref miss
Force Bolt 22 vs Ref hits for 6hp of force damage.

In the West room Thia sees the door to the south open and two more Karavakos' appear. Three of them shoot bolts of force at Thia (two to the NE and one in the doorway).

On Thia...
Force Bolt 31 vs Ref hits for 6hp of force damage.
Force Bolt 25 vs Ref hits for 6hp of force damage.
Force Bolt 26 vs Ref hits for 6hp of force damage.

The two to the NE move adjacent to Thia...


Thia can use an interrupt if she likes. Let me know which one...






After Thia uses an interrupt (if any), it'll be Sonya's turn... Kaddim is next.

Sonya and Kaddim can see a huge arcane circle in the room to the south. The arcane energy in the room seem immense.

Thia will use the RBA on one in the doorway to the west before the others move adjacent to her.

Krystoff wrote:Thia will use the RBA on one in the doorway to the west before the others move adjacent to her.

Thia uses an interrupt from Spitting Cobra Stance and uses a MBA on one of the Karavakos in the doorway to the west of her.

MBA 27 vs Ac hits for 22hp of damage. Karavakos (clone) falls.







Sonya's turn...

Sonya -
Move: Move into position, avoiding the shard to the NE to charge the shard that is marked by Kaddim.
Standard: Charge the one marked by Kaddim, ending up in the square to the NW of the marked shard
Minor: Hmmm..might as well use them while I have them. IW on Kaddim to get him back to full hits.

done...

Teramotos wrote:Sonya -
Move: Move into position, avoiding the shard to the NE to charge the shard that is marked by Kaddim.
Standard: Charge the one marked by Kaddim, ending up in the square to the NW of the marked shard
Minor: Hmmm..might as well use them while I have them. IW on Kaddim to get him back to full hits.

done...

Sonya's turn:
Move: move into charging position

Minor: (assuming you want to cure Kaddim first since a charge ends your turn...)
Inspiring Word on Kaddim, Kaddim spends a healing surge and regains 19+8hp

Kaddim is currently at 76/79hp with 2/11 surges

Standard: charge the one Kaddim marked
Charge 30+1 vs Ac hits for 18hp of damage. Karavakos (clone) falls.





Kaddim's turn...

I didn't see any saving throw rows for Candelos

Mick wrote:I didn't see any saving throw rows for Candelos

Sorry, I updated the map, but forgot to write it out.

Candelos rolled an 18 for dazed and a 14 for Immobilized. You made both.




Kaddim's turn...

Charge the Karavakos in the Doorway near Sonya. If he goes down, and if I have one, use an action point to charge the next one down the hall. If he goes down then move adjacent to the next one near Miri.

Ross wrote:Charge the Karavakos in the Doorway near Sonya. If he goes down, and if I have one, use an action point to charge the next one down the hall. If he goes down then move adjacent to the next one near Miri.

The first post in this thread shows that only Thia has an action point. Though her token in Maptools says she doesn't. I'll need to go back through the last battle to see see, but I'm pretty sure Kaddim used his.



Kaddim's turn:
Standard: charge the Karavakos to the east in the doorway.
Charge 20+1 vs Ac miss

Not sure how you were planning on moving after your charge since a charge ends your turn (except APs)...





Karavakos' turn...

Karavakos' turn:
Move: move west to block the doorway where Kaddim and Sonya are

Standard: cast Scorching Burst catching Kaddim and Sonya
SB on Kaddim 38 vs Ref (critical) hits for 17hp of damage
SB on Sonya 30 vs Ref hits for 16hp of damage

Minor:
Kaddim and Sonya sees Karavakos' body convulse and spasm, then he looks as he did before (you can still see where he was shot by Thia)

Thia sees the east most Karavakos in the southern doorway spasm and convulse...




Thia's turn...
Note: The party can still hear chanting to the south...