Neverending Dungeon - Charlie

[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 small 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 sconce near the room's single door.
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There is a door at C-4, south side.

DM notes:Sheet. (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=178748)

[vollmond]

Woooo here we go.

Charsheet (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=178748)

Procedures/Stats:

Unless otherwise noted, the mule will follow me at a distance of 30 feet, and remain outside any rooms I enter.

Note that I have trapfinding.

Search procedure:
1) use ladder to check square 10 feet away for tripwires, etc.
2) use ladder to push 50-lb sack of wheat into that square
3) move forward
4) repeat

Door opening procedure:
1) take 20 on a search check (for 25)
2) poke the door with ladder (multiple times, until nothing happens)
3) drop ladder on floor near door (returns me to light carrying weight)
4) Open the door

Darkvision 60'
Low-light Vision
Immune to magic sleep & paralysis
Rageclaws

HP: 13/13
AC: 20, ff 15, t 19
Active Stance: none
Remaining ki: 5/5


I'll light my hearthfire lantern (24 hours duration) and hang it off the mule's tack somewhere so it can see.

Using SOP, search the whole room and then focus on the door.

[Tanaric]

You don't find anything special in the room or on the door.

Opening the door reveals a hall that runs to the east and south. To the south, it runs for thirty feet before teeing to the east and west. After twenty feet, it splits east.

To the east, it runs beyond the range of your darkvision. After ten feet, it splits to the north and south. After thirty feet, there is a door on the north side of the hall. After sixty feet, it splits to the north and south.

[vollmond]

Welcome back! Let's get right into it, shall we? I'll head east to that door you mentioned and try to get in.

edit: Using SOP unless I say otherwise, of course.

[Tanaric]

I really, really hate the concept of ladders being used as trap-springing devices. Not that it'll make the dungeon fall in on you or anything because of personal taste, but the whole concept is ludicrous.

Anyway. At the split to the north and south, you see that the hall continues north for twenty feet before turning east, or south for twenty feet before turning west. Fifteen feet to the south, there is a door on the east face of the hall.

Ten feet further to the east, you poke the floor and it falls out, revealing a 5-ft square pit.

[vollmond]

Oh, I fully agree. On the other hand, I could spend 2 sp on a 10-foot pole or a quarter of that on 2 10-foot poles with some crossbars that may be multipurpose in a pinch (such as now, maybe).

How wide are the hallways in here? If they're wider than 5 feet, I'll go around the pit.

If the pit is as wide as the hallway, I'll lay my ladder down over it and climb across (I presume the DC for this would be <=0, but here's a roll just in case [roll0]). Then I'll pull the ladder after me, and get to the door. I'll leave the mule where it is for now (I don't think it will need to jump to stay within 30 feet of me).

edit: Both of these are after checking the far side for traps, of course.

[Tanaric]

The halls are five feet wide.

You use your multipurpose trapfinder/pit defeater to go across the pit. Cue victory music.

You don't see anything on the door when you take a couple minutes to search it, and poking it does nothing but make a lot of noise.

[vollmond]

Ok, I'll drop the ladder and open the door.

[Tanaric]

Opening the door reveals the following room:

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There is a door at A5 south, which you are just outside of, and another at E1 north.

There is an incredibly ugly, blue-scaled humanoid inside the room. Blue and red flames flicker in its open mouth. It wears long robes, but they are so worn and burnt that they do very little to conceal the chainmail beneath them.

You get a blast of entangling fire in your face when you open the door.

[roll0] fire damage, reflex half, entangled for [roll1] rounds.

Initiative: [roll2]

[vollmond]

[roll0] Is that half rounded up or down? edit: not that it matters...

[roll1]

edit: also, do I know the radius of the entangling effect?

[Tanaric]

It's the fire.

Yes, entangling fire. It's on you, and nothing else.

Also, damage rounds down, minimum of 1.

[vollmond]

Ok, ignore the fire for now. Move at half-speed up to the creature, free action to activate Punishing Stance, then Steely Strike attack

[roll0] (including Steely Strike and entangle modifiers)
[roll1]
[roll2] (if he's flat-footed)

[Tanaric]

Hit. Dead. 150 xp and chainmail for your troubles.

The entangling fire continues to burn you.

[roll0] round 1
[roll1] round 2
[roll2] round 3

[vollmond]

Can this fire be extinguished by rolling on the ground? If so, 2 more saves (with bonus)

[roll0]
[roll1]

edit: not that it matters. i presume that's not enough to beat the DC

In any case, I'll head back to my mule (loading the chainmail into the pack saddle), then head north at the interesection I already passed.

edit2: oh, and unless I say other wise, I'm not using my stance while exploring. assume it deactivates at the end of combat.

[vollmond]

FYI, I will probably be offline most of the weekend starting now.

[Tanaric]

The fire has no method of being extinguished as far as I know.

At the junction, you go north, then east for ten feet, then north for ten feet before finding yourself in an east/west T. To the west, it runs for thirty feet before turning north. After twenty feet, it splits north.

To the east, it runs for fifty feet before turning south. After twenty feet, it splits north. After thirty, there is a door on the south side of the hall. At the bend, there is a door on the north side of the hall.

[vollmond]

My 5 HP and I will head toward the first door you mentioned and try to open it.

[Tanaric]

It opens into the north side of Burny Bernie's room. On the way there, you saw that the northern split goes for ten feet before turning east, with a door on the north side of the bend.

[vollmond]

Well that was anticlimactic. I'll head back to this new door you mention, then.

[Tanaric]

At the door to the north, you see that the hall goes east for ten feet before turning north. There is a large red notecard pinned to the wall there.

[vollmond]

I'll ignore the notecard for the moment and focus on this door; i'll try to open it.

[Tanaric]

Opening the door reveals the following room:{table]|A_|B_|C_|D_|E_|F_
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Inside, you see the following: This gaunt humanoid’s wrinkled gray skin seems too ample for its body. A plume of ragged hair hangs from the back of its skull, and patches of its skin are also hairy. It crouches low, snarling as long claws extend from its fingers.

There is a door at F-4, south side, which you are just outside of, and another at A-3.

Initiative: [roll0]

[vollmond]

Hmmm
[roll0]

[vollmond]

Move: move to D3
Swift: Enter Punishing Stance
Standard: Steely Strike claw attack!

[roll0] edit: *headdesk*
[roll1]
[roll2]

[Tanaric]

That hits, but doesn't kill it. It responds with two claw attacks.

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

[vollmond]

Might I request that you borrow Sliver's dice from now on? kthx

Would my Punishing Stance bonus damage apply to each attack if I did a full attack with claws + bite?

[vollmond]

In either case, I'll go ahead and full attack. Only apply the 1d6 to my first attack, if applicable.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[roll2]
[roll3]

[roll4]
[roll5]

[Tanaric]

And it's dead.

150 xp.

[vollmond]

No loot? Crap.

Hmm I think there was at least one other door I've seen but haven't entered yet? I'll go back to it and see what it yields.

[Tanaric]

The one down the eastern hall? Very well.

Opening the door reveals the following room:{table]|A_|B_|C_|D_
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There is a large chest in the room, with a note hanging from its latch.

There are doors at C-5, which you are just outside of, D-1 north, and D-2.

[vollmond]

ugh, another note. reading OOTS makes me very leery of notes...

I'll do my exploring SOP for the whole room, then come back to the front of the chest and read the note. Actually, I'll stand as far off to the side as I can and still see it, and read it from there :smallsmile:

[Tanaric]

The only rules I know for reading come from Explosive Runes, which state that you must be adjacent.

The room seems normal. The note says "Greater rewards await the patient man, but only a fool waits forever."

[vollmond]

Hmm. I'll take 20 on a search check of the chest, then poke it all over, looking for anything odd. If I don't see anything, I'll take 20 on search checks (and poking) of all the wall I can reach. If there still isn't anything, I'll try to open the chest.

[Tanaric]

You spend about an hour and a half searching and poking. Nothing turns up.

Opening the chest reveals two platinum coins inside.

[vollmond]

Ok. I'll waste another hour in this room, then open the chest again. If it's empty, I'll head out. I think (my mental map is a bit muddled at this point) there was one more door that I saw but did not open. If so, I'll go try to open that door. If not, I'll go to the hallway that had a note in it and read the note.

[Tanaric]

[roll0] Lalala.

Nothing changed in the hour. Were you planning on taking those coins?

[vollmond]

Oops, yes, definitely taking them.

[Tanaric]

Just so I'm clear, which door did you want to exit by?

[vollmond]

Oops, I missed that there was a 2nd door. I'll exit by the one I came in.

[Tanaric]

If memory serves, the only door I've mentioned that you haven't investigated is near the starting room, south of the first split. Is that the one you wanted?

[vollmond]

Yes please :smallsmile:

[Tanaric]

Opening the door reveals the following room:

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There is a door at A-2, which you are just outside of, another at E-4, south side and another at E-3. There is a human standing behind a beast with patchy dark fur that covers its unhealthy shrunken black skin in some places. Open sores dot its hide and a feral, catlike head glances with it's blank eyes at the wall in front of it.

Roll initiative.

[roll0]

[vollmond]

[roll0]

Do the 2 adjacent doors appear to be 2 separate doors or 1 double door?

[Tanaric]

They're two seperate doors.

[vollmond]

I'll move up to D3, enter Punishing Stance and Stone Bones attack the beast

[roll0]
[roll1]

[vollmond]

Oops forgot Sudden Strike damage

[roll0] edit: take that!

[Tanaric]

Your attack passes right through the creature. A moment later, it vanishes.

Concentration for defensive casting: [roll0]

A wave of color washes over you. Will save.

[vollmond]

d'oh

[roll0]

[Tanaric]

Passed. Texttext.

[vollmond]

Steely Strike attack

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
Crit Damage = 1

[Tanaric]

Hit.

He attempts to cast a spell in your direction. Take an AoO.

[vollmond]

I'll take a swing at him

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
Crit Damage = 1

[Tanaric]

Whiff.

A wave of color passes over you. Will save.

[vollmond]

Will [roll0]

[vollmond]

Swift action to recover maneuvers

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]

[Tanaric]

Edit: This post is a lie. Carry on, citizen.

[Tanaric]

[roll0] vs DC 15

A loud crack sounds next to your ear, dealing 1 point of sonic damage. Fort save vs temporary deafness.

[vollmond]

Dang. Spellcaster with more than 7 HP? I'm screwed :smallsmile:

[roll0]

[vollmond]

Steely Strike attack
[roll0] edit: ...
[roll1]

[Tanaric]

Miss. He tries to cast another spell in your direction. Take an AoO.

[vollmond]

You cannot use maneuvers on an AoO, right?

[roll0]
[roll1]

[Tanaric]

Correct.

Miss.

Take 1 more sonic damage. A fort save vs deafness if you care, not like you're using your ears for anything currently.

[vollmond]

[roll0] (doesn't hurt)

Stone Bones attack, for what it's worth.. (DR 5/Ada would not help against damage from a spell, correct?)

[roll1]
[roll2]

[Tanaric]

Miss.

Damage reduction =/= energy resistance. This is energy damage.

Take another AoO.

[vollmond]

[roll0]
[roll1]

[Tanaric]

Concentration: [roll0] DC 13

Take another 1 sonic damage.

[vollmond]

This is getting ridiculous. Also scary.

Swift: Recover maneuvers
[roll0]
[roll1]

[Tanaric]

And he's down. 150 xp, chain shirt, longsword, spell component pouch.

[vollmond]

Finally some loot. I'll load it all on my mule and go in search of the vending machines. Assuming they're out in the open like the original dungeon had them, I'll start roaming the halls searching for them. I'll go left and keep turning left at each intersection until I either run out of hallways or find the machines.

I'll update my sheet after some unfortunate snow shoveling :smallwink:

[Tanaric]

Which door did you want to exit from? It affects where you end up.

[vollmond]

I'll exit via the one I came in.

[Tanaric]

Remind me again what your search procedure is?

[vollmond]

Oui, Mon Capitaine!



Note that I have trapfinding.

Search procedure:
1) use ladder to check square 10 feet away for tripwires, etc.
2) use ladder to push 50-lb sack of wheat into that square
3) move forward
4) repeat

Darkvision 60'
Low-light Vision

[Tanaric]

In that case, you go west out the door, then south for ten feet, then west for ten feet, then south for ten feet, then poke a spot ten feet to your east, triggering an acid trap.

Ranged touch vs flatfooted: [roll0] for [roll1] acid damage.

To the east, the hall continues on beyond the range of your vision.

Continue on?

[vollmond]

Ranged touch vs flatfooted: [roll0] for [roll1] acid damage.

Miss.



To the east, the hall continues on beyond the range of your vision.

Continue on?

Indeed.

[Tanaric]

Twenty-five feet beyond the acid trap, the poked section of the floor falls away.

Do you have a good method of getting a mule over a pit trap?

If it matters, thirty feet beyond the pit, there is a door on the north side of the hall.

[vollmond]

Hmm. Mule has a +1 to Jump, and 5 feet should be a DC 5. Not foolproof. Can a mule cross a horizontal ladder laid across the pit?

[Tanaric]

Does said mule have the ability to use the Climb skill?

If so, sure. Though I hate this image even more than poking for traps with a ladder.

[vollmond]

Though I hate this image even more than poking for traps with a ladder.

Yeah, it's pretty hideous. I'll turn around here and keep looking, will come back and try a long jump only as a last resort.

[Tanaric]

Turn around and head where, exactly? DM autopilot requires instructions to work properly. :smalltongue:

[vollmond]

I meant treat this as a dead end -- turn around and keep taking lefts.

[Tanaric]

Alright.

In that case, you go back to the starting room, east to the four way split, north for twenty feet, east for ten, north for ten, west for thirty, then north for fifteen before the floor in front of you fails the surefire ladder test.

There are other paths that you passed on the way, but if you mean to just keep turning around whenever you find a pit and resuming the search, I'll just give you a map of as far as you manage to explore.

[vollmond]

That is my intent. I really need to sell loot and buy potions before I face anyone again.

[Tanaric]

Here's what you manage to explore while avoiding pits and closed doors.

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/987/vollmondmap.jpg

There were several notes that you passed, but you couldn't read them with your darkvision.

[vollmond]

Dang, and no vending room?

I'll go to the 4-way that looks like a swastika (with 2 pits), leave the mule there, and explore the northern hall, this time crossing any pits with my ladder.

[Tanaric]

New map coming shortly.

Incidentally, that top left pit should be one square to the left.

[Tanaric]

Ack, I forgot to post the new map, didn't I?

*grovels obsequiously*

Coming right up.

[vollmond]

Haha, no worries. Lots on your plate these days.

[Tanaric]

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/987/vollmondmap.jpg

[vollmond]

Hmm no vending. Let's collect my mule and go to those 3 passages that all have pits just south of me. Same procedure, starting with the right-most passage. I'll find it yet.... just hopefully before a random trap hits me for my last 2 HP.

[Tanaric]

No time to make a map tonight.

You don't find any vending machines, you find some new doors. I'll give you a new map when I get a chance.

[vollmond]

Ok. Basically I'm going to keep this up until I've either explored the whole map or found the vending machines. Opening doors is a last resort for me with 2 HP until I die. If I explore it all and don't find the machines... I suppose I'll start opening doors at random and hoping for the best.

I'm almost tempted to retire Charlie and just start fresh with Sloane, to save you the trouble of all this map-making :smallredface:

[Tanaric]

You won't find the vending machines on this floor without opening doors.

[vollmond]

Ok. I expect there's 0 chance that I'll find the vending machines before I lose those last 2 HP, so let me go ahead and retire Charlie. I'll make sure Sloane is up to date and enter him in the next day or two.

Thanks again for putting this all together. Lots of fun even if when all my PCs die horribly. :smallbiggrin: