3.5e Batman Campaign (2.0) [2nd Thread]

[Feathersnow]

I just want the equivalent of a 1st level staff of web.

[Molan]

I just want the equivalent of a 1st level staff of web.

I can provide you with a djore of some kind, but I'm having trouble finding a web equivalent that Kate could use. Was there a psion/wilder power you had in mind?

@Damien, potions can be bough short notice at full price. (Batcave, Merchant's Guild Rep, short turnaround). Poison and Chain/Manacles are all available in the armory at the quantities you asked for.

@Kate if you can help me figure out an appropriate psionic equivalent to what you sought (entangling ectoplasm? Not quite the same) I can give the djore for free as the batcave periodically will stock up on new gear, just like Damien's poisons.

[Feathersnow]

I have no idea what I want, tbh. A psicrown of entangling ectoplasm?

Yeah, I specifically wanted a psicrown because it would scale with my manifester level and still be relevant. A custom psicrown that only has one 1st level power would be 4500gp. Entangling Ectoplasm was the power I was thinking of, yes.

[Molan]

Yeah, I specifically wanted a psicrown because it would scale with my manifester level and still be relevant. A custom psicrown that only has one 1st level power would be 4500gp. Entangling Ectoplasm was the power I was thinking of, yes.

OH. Okay. You take take the requested Psicrown from Batarmory for 20% off the normal sale price.

Armory rewards are kind of baked in in addition to quest rewards.

Did I dispense Exp after Velnire's hideout? Feels like I did but just checking.

[MrAbdiel]

You did! I ding’d.

[Molan]

H-okey dokey! New post is up! And this time with bonus Coms!

[Molan]

Okay, honestly I just had like a massive brainfart and kept trying to come back to this one. Some dungeon-drawer's dilemmas here.

Still, we're back in business.

[Molan]

God I suck. Genuinely don't even have an excuse for this one lol. Dunno how you guys put up with me lol. I'll post today.

[MrAbdiel]

No one is judging! I fall behind on my stuff and I don't even have kids competing for my time.

[JbeJ275]

God I suck. Genuinely don't even have an excuse for this one lol. Dunno how you guys put up with me lol. I'll post today.

Absolute no worries, this has been making steady progress for longer than any game I’ve been in before and is knocking it out the park the whole time. You’re great.

[Feathersnow]

What they said!! You are great!

[Molan]

Okay well, that's a relief. I *know* what I want to do with this dungeon just making it happen keeps proving to be a bear lol. I will keep working on it though hopefully we'll get to the action soon.

[JbeJ275]

Yeah, identifying the trigger seems like the best way to get around it. Would this be a Spellcraft check? Or something more exotic?

[Molan]

Mmmm, I think spellcraft given that Oracle can "see" a lot of the trap's metaphysical mechanisms. So yeah let's do that.

[JbeJ275]

Okay, here it goes:

(1d20+14)[31]

[Molan]

Boop. Simple, easy arcana, just heavily juiced to prevent a conventional rogue/ninja style disarm.

[MrAbdiel]

Hrm. So it's just passing through that whole passageway that triggers it? I can see why it's hard to disarm.

This trap cannot be avoided!

[Molan]

Hrm. So it's just passing through that whole passageway that triggers it? I can see why it's hard to disarm.

This trap cannot be avoided!

Yeah, unless there's some teleportation resources that'd let you get past it without passing through it.

[JbeJ275]

Is it vulnerable to the normal disable device trapfinding rules? Or are we gonna be drawing straws to see who has to trigger it?

[Molan]

I presumed take-10's on the disable attempts because you have levels in rogue plus all of your sensors on, and Damien's a ninja, so I figured there was 0 chance you'd fail to notice it (it's not that well hidden even before you consider it's magic and Oracle can see it.)

If you want to settle in and do a take-20, you could shut it down but you'd need to spend the time doing that, which could be lengthy. Take 10 on Know: Arcana reveals that this type of trap could be disabled much quicker (take 10 if unthreatened for your normal disable skill) with a properly attuned magical tool, but you don't have that in possession.

[JbeJ275]

I have a spell that gives me +15 on any one skill check. I was planning on spending that to get past it.

[Molan]

I have a spell that gives me +15 on any one skill check. I was planning on spending that to get past it.

Damn. That'll do it!

[Molan]

Okay. Spoopy Joker hostage situation time lol

[MrAbdiel]

Okay, let’s go through the checklist.

1. Is there anything stopping Oracle from using the Julius switcheroo with Divine Transposition to stop this… hmm.


And do we listen to the evil joker note?

[MrAbdiel]

Okay, more specific question. This mysterious device.. Is it... like a bomb, chained to the hostage's chest? Does the tension chain run directly from the "bomb" device down through the hole in the floor? Does that mean the chair is taking the weight of whatever is pulling on it below, or the hostage...? Sorry to be a pain, but given this is literal hostage extraction, I figure I won't leave any questions on the table.

[Molan]

Okay, more specific question. This mysterious device.. Is it... like a bomb, chained to the hostage's chest? Does the tension chain run directly from the "bomb" device down through the hole in the floor? Does that mean the chair is taking the weight of whatever is pulling on it below, or the hostage...? Sorry to be a pain, but given this is literal hostage extraction, I figure I won't leave any questions on the table.

No, no problem this is essentially what I was hoping people would probe for.

The hostage is tied down with a nest of chains and intricate locks, but they all more or less seem to convene on what could only be described as a gearbox on the back of the chair. A single chain runs from the box through the floor -- the tension, then, is between the box and whatever is beneath the floorboards, and then obviously between the box and the chains holding the hostage down.

Any character observing the hostage can therefore draw the following conclusions:
1. There's a reason the chains all terminate in that box,
2. There's a reason the box is attached to something beneath the floor, out of site,
3. Manipulating the box, the single tense chain or the other locks may lead to some sort of mechanical reaction.

Further insight will require Intelligence Checks, Skill Checks or whatever Divination Based Chicanery Oracle can come up with.

[MrAbdiel]

Hmm. Well, Damien can phase through the floor to the other end of the chain - but he'd be committed to ending up in that room, which would work if we have to defuse two bombs simultaneously but won't work if that leads to, like a tank full of sharks. Any ideas before I wall-phase, Bat-fam?

[Molan]

Seems to me that there ought to be some way for, if no one else, Oracle to determine what's under the floor before Damien commits to phasing into it.

[MrAbdiel]

But the slots Molan, the slots!

[JbeJ275]

Seems to me that there ought to be some way for, if no one else, Oracle to determine what's under the floor before Damien commits to phasing into it.

Does blindsight work for this? It’s basically echo-location vision? Sadly I have no actual X-ray vision but my detects might be able to pierce it.