Neverending Dungeon - McWarrior

[Tanaric]

The air surrounding you fairly hums with the residue of magic, an aftereffect of the spell that brought you to this place. A quick glance reveals that you are in a cramped, rectangular room, devoid of any life save for yourself. The sound of dripping water can be heard faintly, and the stone walls are slick with moisture. In complete defiance of logic, a torch is already lit, resting in a bracket by the sole door visible in the room.

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There is a door at A-1, west side.

DM notes:2, 15, 3

[Justyn]

First things first: I take 20 searching the entire room and the door.

[Tanaric]

There's a web of concealed copper wires on the door. Everything else seems normal.

[Justyn]

I get out one of my 10-foot poles and, standing at D-2, give the door a nice firm poke.

[Tanaric]

Your prodding triggers a trap on the door. At the touch of the pole, the web of concealed copper wires flares to life, a current of crackling blue energy running the length of each wire. Having nowhere better to go, the energy dissipates harmlessly into the air, leaving behind a very scorched door.

[Justyn]

I put back the pole, and then open the door.

[Tanaric]

Opening the door reveals a hall that runs to the north and south. To the north, it runs for ten feet before turning east. To the south, it runs for forty feet before turning east.

[Justyn]

I'll head along the northern path, Searching each space before I enter, and taking 20 on each check.

[Tanaric]

You find a tripwire five feet to the north of the door you just left.

At the bend, you see that the hall continues east for thirty feet before turning south. Five feet to the east, there is a short (five foot) hallway ending in a door on the north side.

[Justyn]

I'll search the door (taking 20), draw my sword, then open the door (noting that this is a move action, you'll see why). Also, I'll ready a standard action to attack anything that closes to melee range with obvious violent intent.

[Tanaric]

The problem with that is that most encounters start as soon as you open the door, and a readied action goes away if you take another action after it.

So it's move (open door) -> roll initiative or find an empty room, or standard(ready) -> move (open door and lose readied action) -> roll initiative or find an empty room.

With that in mind, did you still want to go about it in the same way?

Oh, and no traps on the door.

[Justyn]

The problem with that is that most encounters start as soon as you open the door, and a readied action goes away if you take another action after it.

So it's move (open door) -> roll initiative or find an empty room, or standard(ready) -> move (open door and lose readied action) -> roll initiative or find an empty room.

With that in mind, did you still want to go about it in the same way?

Oh, and no traps on the door.

Never mind the readied action then, I'll just open the door.

[Justyn]

I'll roll Initiative just in case I need it. If I don't, oh well; if I do, I saved you some time.

[roll0]

[Justyn]

You know what? I'll roll some extra checks, just in case I need, or can use, them...

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]

[Tanaric]

Opening the door reveals the following room:{table]|A_|B_|C_|D_|E_|F_|G_
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There is a door at B-7 which you are standing just outside of, another at A-5, and a third at G-4.

There are three elves in the room. Two (2,3) are holding longswords, while the third (1) is holding a longbow. All are wearing studded leather armor, with bucklers strapped to an arm. Roll initiative.

[roll0] [roll1] [roll2]

[Justyn]

Opening the door reveals the following room:{table]|A_|B_|C_|D_|E_|F_|G_
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There is a door at B-7 which you are standing just outside of, another at A-5, and a third at G-4.

There are three elves in the room. Two (2,3) are holding longswords, while the third (1) is holding a longbow. All are wearing studded leather armor, with bucklers strapped to an arm. Roll initiative.

[roll0] [roll1] [roll2]

I already did. I got 17. Elf 3 goes before me, then I go.

[Tanaric]

Elf 3 moves into the doorway and attempts to make McWarrior Shishkebabs.

[roll0] vs flatfooted AC for [roll1]

[Justyn]

I'm assuming that the Elf moved to B-7? I can't really move, so I'll just attack.


[roll0]
[roll1]

[Tanaric]

Correct, and a miss.

Elf 2 draws a bow and moves to A-1. Elf 1 moves to C-1 and fires a shot at you.

[roll0] for [roll1]. You have soft cover against the attack.

Elf 3 then takes a swing at you: [roll2] for [roll3]

[Justyn]

Attacking the one at B-7 again.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[Justyn]

Rolling to confirm critical:

[roll0]
[roll1]

Just in case...
[roll2]
[roll3]

[Tanaric]

Even without the confirmation, it's enough to bring him down to negatives.

Have two more arrows to the face for your troubles. [roll0] [roll1] [roll2] [roll3]

[Justyn]

Thank God for an AC of 18. :smallbiggrin:

I'll Charge from outside B-7 to B-2 (30ft), and attack the elf at C-1.

[roll0]
[roll1]


HP: 12
AC: 16 (18-2)

[Tanaric]

Hit and down.

The other drops his longbow, draws his longsword, and tries to make mincemeat out of you. [roll0] for [roll1]

[Justyn]

OOC: This room is seriously too difficult for a single first level character, regardless of what the CR says. There better be some healing potions somewhere.

I'm doing the only thing I can do, attacking.

[roll0]
[roll1]

HP:3
AC:19

[Tanaric]

Either DR (Bladeproof Skin, Stone Bones, various feat chains) or high AC makes a joke of this encounter.

Anyway, that one's down too. 150 xp, the listed gear, and 47 gp, 220 sp.

[Justyn]

Either DR (Bladeproof Skin, Stone Bones, various feat chains) or high AC makes a joke of this encounter.

Anyway, that one's down too. 150 xp, the listed gear, and 47 gp, 220 sp.

Can they please have a healing potion instead of the gold? PLEASE? I have 3 hp. It's either that or I wait in the starting room until natural healing kicks in. Because the next hit will kill me, and I can't coast on AC for however long it takes me to find the magical vending machines.

But I will do one thing...

I just wanted to check, all of them had longbows, longswords, studded leather armor, and bucklers, right?


[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]

[roll3]
[roll4]
[roll5]

[roll6]
[roll7]
[roll8]

[roll9]
[roll10]
[roll11]

[Tanaric]

Oh, very well. They have a convenient potion of Faith Healing for whatever god you worship, no gold. Just this once.

All of their equipment seems normal.

[Justyn]

Oh, very well. They have a convenient potion of Faith Healing for whatever god you worship, no gold. Just this once.


Thank you thank you thank you.

I'll use the potion first, and then pack away all of the loot on the mule.

Then I'll continue along the west going hallway, making sure to check for traps (taking 20 to do it).

[Justyn]

I don't think I've ever heard of Faith Healing before, I'll just roll for Cure Light Wounds, just in case.

[roll0]

[Tanaric]

Faith Healing heals you for 8 HP +1 per CL (max of 5, 1 in this case) if you worship the same deity as the caster.

Does that change anything?

[Justyn]

Not really, I had just never heard of the spell before right then; it's just easier to make rolls I don't need than to make more rolls later.

Doesn't answer the question of why your last post there didn't show up on my subscribed threads list...

[Tanaric]

Did you mean to continue along the east-west hall that you were already in prior to facing the elves? I'm a little confused by your instructions for some reason.

[Justyn]

Did you mean to continue along the east-west hall that you were already in prior to facing the elves? I'm a little confused by your instructions for some reason.

Yes, that is what I meant.

Also, I've been thinking; do you think it would be okay for me to take a couple of your vast surplus of players off of your hands?

[Tanaric]

If you want to, that's fine by me. You can't be both a player and a DM at the same time though, for obvious reasons.

[Justyn]

If you want to, that's fine by me. You can't be both a player and a DM at the same time though, for obvious reasons.

Well, I'll stay a player for at least the time being.

[Tanaric]

The hall continues east for twenty feet from the door before turning south. It goes south for forty feet before turning east, or else splits east after thirty feet.

[Justyn]

The hall continues east for twenty feet from the door before turning south. It goes south for forty feet before turning east, or else splits east after thirty feet.

I'll take the first hallway split. Again, searching every space, and then taking 20 on each check.

I have no idea why, but this isn't showing up on my notices thing anymore. I have to manually check the thread.

[Tanaric]

The hall goes east for ten feet, then south for ten feet before turning west. Five feet south, you find a pressure plate on the corner square.

[Justyn]

The hall goes east for ten feet, then south for ten feet before turning west. Five feet south, you find a pressure plate on the corner square.

Alright, I'll backtrack, step over the tripwire, and head down the other hallway. (searching new spaces, taking 20)

[Tanaric]

You find a tripwire five feet to the south of the first room. At the bend, the hall continues east for forty feet before turning south. After twenty feet, there's a door on the north side of the hall.

[Justyn]

Okay, I'll search the door, and then listen at it it for anything long enough to make 3 checks. (Taking 20 on them, but if not...)

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]

[Tanaric]

You hear loud chittering coming from within the room.

[Justyn]

I'll continue on, and come back to this door later, unless it's possible to see what's inside without actually starting combat...

[Tanaric]

It is almost assuredly not possible.

At the bend, you see that the hall continues to the south for ten feet before splitting to the east and west.

[Justyn]

I'll carefully head down the eastern path.

[Tanaric]

The hall continues east for fifty feet before turning north. To the north, the hall continues out of sight. After forty feet, it splits east, and after fifty feet, it splits west.

[Justyn]

I'll look down both the hallways before choosing which path to take.

[Tanaric]

At the first split, the hall continues east for twenty feet before turning north. At the second, it continues west for twenty feet before turning north, with a door on the south side of the bend. You now see another western split twenty feet further north in the long hallway.

[Justyn]

At the first split, the hall continues east for twenty feet before turning north. At the second, it continues west for twenty feet before turning north, with a door on the south side of the bend. You now see another western split twenty feet further north in the long hallway.

I'll check out the door. (Taking 20 at search checks, and listen checks. But if I can't take 20 at the listen checks...)

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]