The Heart of Darkness... [Main Game Thread]

[Squirrellord]

"There is some sort of invisible lever in this box" Bryce announces as he removes himself from the area by the box. "Could be another trap, might not be. Perhaps a clue is hidden within the wall paintings?" Brushing himself off and eyeing his brother he continues "Any of you intellectual spell slingers want to weigh in?"

[BishGada]

'Two pits along the way will be found to lead
to a fortuitous fall, so check the wall.
These keys and those are most important of all,
and beware of trembling hands and what will maul.' Galan quotes. "The lever might be one of those important keys. You haven't found any trap? Well here goes nothing, prepare yourself to fight or flee..." Galan says, waits for the others to signal they are ready and pull the lever as confidently as possible convincing himself it is a good sign they found it.

[TristenC]

Bryce steps out of the way and Galan moves forward to the now-open chest. Confidently he pulls the invisible lever...
In an instant the stone beneath the elf slips out of the way, very nearly dropping him! With magically induced cat-like reflexes, he twists abd grabs the ledge in time to stop his fall! Hhauling himself up to ground level he is able to see below.... a 30ft deep pit lines with spikes!

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Galan, special:
Galan spec [1d100] = 17
Pass! Galan

[Squirrellord]

Giving an appreciative chuckle, Bryce gently runs his fingertips over a small portion of the wall. "Yer a fiesty one eh? Let's have some fun then."

Moving forward to check on Galan, Bryce claps him on the shoulder as he moves past to peek over the edge of the pit. "Ye got guts lad. Let's keep 'em where they belong though eh?"

[BishGada]

After getting over the shock Galan smiles at Bryce, "Well, did you think I'll let you have all the fun?" He hovers back to the ground, straighten his cloth and say, "I guess I missinterpretet the message..." he adds shyly. He then looks again in the box to see if something new appeared there.

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(OOC: Does the flying boots works automatically if Galan finds himself in the air? and if not is it possible to be activated just by thought or it takes time?)

[TristenC]

[the boots only activate if intentionally triggered. they also have a limit to how much they can be used in a day 2 hrs i think but i have to check). They take an action to activate]

Bryce and Galan inspect the pit from above. It looks similar to the other pits discovered except that it is 30 feet deep instead of 10.

[Nocturno]

"Only you brother... would fall in love with something this horrible trying to kill us."

He sighs.

"I'm not a fan of that misty arch, or that awful looking face. This riddle must mean something." Can his 10 ft ladder span any space that could let him check the wall around the tormentor picture?

[BishGada]

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(OOC: I meant that Galan checks the box again, to see if something new is there.)

[counterkid]

"Bryce, are you done fooling around with that box? I have a feeling this is not going to be a very good paid day for us."
"Can you get over here so we can figure out that this arch is about."

[TristenC]

"Only you brother... would fall in love with something this horrible trying to kill us."

He sighs.

"I'm not a fan of that misty arch, or that awful looking face. This riddle must mean something." Can his 10 ft ladder span any space that could let him check the wall around the tormentor picture?

Van takes out his ladder and sizes it up with the pit beside the wall, it seems it would be just-shy of spanning the pit itself, but if it could be set upon something or secured in some other way it could provide a platform to stand upon. Whether or not it could bear the weight of a fully armored dwarf in a direction not intentional to its construction is dubious at best...

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(OOC: I meant that Galan checks the box again, to see if something new is there.)

Checking the chest visually, Galan does not see anything new in it. [to feel around he would have to find some way to cross the space above the pit. He could use his boots for that, certainly]


Zafron calls out to the more roguish of his brothers about the archway. It continues to glow with someone in close proximity to it. The bottom left stone glows Yellow
The bottom right stone glows Orange
The Keystone (top) glows Blue

[BishGada]

Galan will use his boots to fly to the box and check it inside with a long dagger.

[TristenC]

Galan activates his boots and hovers to the wall. checking inside the box with a dagger, he finds the lever still there but nothing new

[BishGada]

Galan returns back from hovering above the pit and walks on the ground. "I had to think this box is a dead end. At least not as dead as it could have been, right? So to the tormentor picture then?" he agrees with Van.

[Nocturno]

"Aye, maybe you can find something if you can hover closer." He looks over the riddle.

"It mentions the arch, which one could assume the thing at end of the hallway. And this Tormentor. But my Brother and I did not find anything here."

[TristenC]

[if anyone would like to investigate an area, please describe how]