[tomb] josh_g says, "INCOMING"

[tomb] PerrySimm says, "Log on."

Grog has arrived.

Finn has arrived.

Finn asks, "Just finishing off spell selection now. Anyone have any requests?"

DM says, "I think you mean 'any last requests'"

Paulie asks, "Anything for keeping the Big Giant Skull from killing us?"

Clem has arrived.

Ebezar has arrived.

Ebezar says, "Good morning"

DM says, "Awright"

Clem says, "Greetings."

DM says, "Lucian said he probably wasn't going to make it"

DM says, "although Rosie logged in nine hours ago"

DM says, "So let's assume he won't be here and someone take Rosie"

[tomb] Clem recaps the forum.

[tomb] DM says, "Oh yeah, good call"

[tomb] DM says, "There's not much though"

[tomb] Clem says, "Man, that gold and silver puzzle dropped quickly."

Finn says, "Hmm... Death Ward is tempting."

[tomb] Clem says, "These rooms are starting to look pretty penultimate."

josh_g has arrived.

josh_g disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.

Clem says (to Finn), "Now that is a good idea."

DM asks, "Anyone volunteer?"

Clem asks, "How long does it last?"

Finn says, "90 rounds"

[tomb] Clem says, "I'll take Rosie if nobody else wants to, but it may make sense for Crumbli since they often work as a team."

[tomb] Ebezar says, "hm, good point"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Although I now see that baf isn't on yet. Is he coming?"

[tomb] DM says, "Oh, baf logged in but isn't here yet"

[tomb] DM says, "Paging baf"

[tomb] DM says, "baf to the Dire Trilobite Tavern"

Clem asks (of Finn), "And how many does it protect?"

Eolo has arrived.

Ebezar says (to Eolo), "you are not Crumbli"

[tomb] Clem asks, "A round is 5 seconds, right?"

[tomb] Eolo exclaims, "will baf please pick up the white courtesy telephone -- ha ha, you fool, it's trapped!"

Bjorg has arrived.

[tomb] DM says, "6"

Bjorg exclaims, "arr!"

[tomb] * Bjorg has joined the channel.

[tomb] Finn says, "6, so 10 rounds per minute"

[tomb] Clem says, "Ah, right."

[tomb] Finn says, "Spells prepped, barring any further requests: 5: Death Ward; 4: Flame Strike, Dispel Magic; 3: Call Lightning (x2), Cure Moderate Wounds (x2); 2: Barkskin * 5; 1: Longstrider, Faerie Fire, Cure Light Wounds (x3); 0: Cure Minor Wounds (x6)"

Clem says (to Finn), "Let's wait a little, since we can easily take more than 9 minutes just to search a room."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Are the mage armors from last time still good?"

baf has arrived.

Finn says (to Clem), "Well, yeah"

Crumbli says, "Hello"

[tomb] Clem asks (of DM), "We rested after the elephant incident, right?"

Crumbli says, "Sorry"

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah"

[tomb] Clem says, "So I can restore all my spells, I think."

[tomb] DM says, "Then you came back and got into the columned hall"

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah, you should have chosen spells back before you came in, but whatever"

[tomb] Clem says, "Same as last time, including empty slots."

[tomb] DM asks (of Ebezar), "Are your spells as noted on your sheet?"

Clem casts Longstrider on himself again, before he forgets.

[tomb] G2 says, "you would have had to have chosen"

Clem says, "Don't want to be caught short if we run into another one of those wheely mammoths."

[tomb] Ebezar says (to DM), "yes"

Finn also Longstriderizes himself.

[tomb] DM says, "All righty!"

[tomb] DM asks, "Who's taking Rosie?"

[tomb] Clem says (to Crumbli), "I think it would make sense for you to take Rosie but I'll do so if you don't want to."

Crumbli says, "Does anyone have Unseen Servant or something? There's this dangerous gemstone we might need."

Crumbli says, "I'll take Rosie, sure"

Clem says, "Finn has his third or fourth ape servant."

Paulie says, "The best I have is Mage Hand, and I think it'd be immune to that."

Finn says, "Yeah, Kong can go fetch."

DM says, "OK, so Crumbli found the secret passage behind the throne and got to those steps"

Clem asks, "Could we just throw a bag over it, and tow it behind us?"

Clem asks, "Hmm, how did Acererak's riddle go, again?"

Paulie says (to Clem), "That might not help get it into the depression."

DM | http://www.henchmonkey.org/forum/discussion/43/

Ebezar says, "And I had detected magic all over the place"

[tomb] Finn says, "Running a D&D game in the real world without d20srd.org on hand is going to be a drag"

[tomb] Clem says, "Take a laptop."

[tomb] Paulie says, "I think they have a printed version. 'Playing Handy Book' or something."

Clem says, "Oh, didn't notice the depression. Good idea."

[tomb] Clem says, "Heh."

[tomb] Paulie says, "But I wouldn't know; I've never seen one myself."

[tomb] Clem says (to Paulie), "A book is sort of like a scroll, only it's really long and sort of folded up."

[tomb] DM says, "ALL RIGHTY"

Paulie says (to Clem), "The runes I think you were referring to said 'If you find the false you find the true, and into the columned hall you'll come, and there the throne that's key and keyed.'"

Crumbli says, "That key seems dangerous and also probably useful."

[tomb] DM says, "Oh, did everyone heal? I had some people down some hit points but that might have been before you all rested"

Clem asks, "Who has the key we found in the slime mold jug?"

[tomb] Clem says, "I believe I healed everyone with my remaining spells."

[tomb] Clem says, "I didn't count it out precisely but I had many more spells than I needed."

Crumbli says, "Let's just say that whoever has it gives it to you."

[tomb] Clem says, "Should be mentioned in the transcript."

Clem says, "Hey, look, it was in my pocket all along."

Clem says, "I'm tempted to look through the hole in the middle of this double door."

Clem says, "On the other hand I like having two eyes."

Finn says, "Use a mirror."

Ebezar says, "Surely one eye can be considered redundant"

Crumbli exclaims, "After all, nothing that hurts eyes gets reflected in mirrors!"

Paulie says, "Use a sword. It's worked before."

[tomb] DM says, "Think of it as an opportunity to use the Eye of Vecna"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "not-what-you'd-expect-from-the-username dept: http://www.flickr.com/photos/acererak/"

[tomb] Clem says, "Heh."

[tomb] Ebezar says, "ha ha"

[tomb] Clem asks, "How big is this hole?"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Dagger sized? Pinhole sized?"

[tomb] DM says, "about keyhole-sized"

Clem tries inserting the slime mold key.

[tomb] Paulie exclaims, "Like maybe it would fit... A KEY!"

[tomb] DM says, "The hemispherical concavity is maybe 4 inches in diameter"

Paulie says, "Or, maybe, that key you've got."

DM rolls 4d10: 6 10 6 2 | 24

[Crows-Nest] G2 says, "for oh so many years, GEEK has been mistranslated as LICH"

[tomb] Clem says, "Oh boy, 24 spears."

Crumbli says, "Theory: The key right here is a decoy."

DM says, "Clem staggers back as he is shocked for 24 points of damage!"

[tomb] Clem says, "Theory: I should have been wearing my rubber gloves for this."

Clem says, "Ow! Banjo it!"

[tomb] Finn asks, "Shall we CLW-wands up poor Clem?"

[tomb] Clem says, "Don't worry, I'm fine."

Crumbli says, "Once again, I ask why no one has prepared Unseen Servant."

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "These photos were probably *taken* by Acererak."

[Crows-Nest] Ebezar says (to Clem), "ha ha"

[tomb] Finn says, "FAMOUS LAST WORDS"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "So that guy's probably just his boyfriend or something."

[tomb] DM says, "Clem's at 44/68"

[tomb] Ebezar says, "let's heal you up"

[tomb] Clem says, "I won't waste time searching, nobody else should waste time healing."

[tomb] DM says, "Oh, that key was from the gelatinous cube, not the slime mold"

[tomb] DM says, "That's what you meant, right? There was no key with the slime mold"

Crumbli says, "Remember when we were planning what we would do when we entered the tomb, and we talked about all the clever things we could do to avoid traps? We haven't done any of them."

Paulie asks (of Crumbli), "Who exactly here has access to it?"

[tomb] Finn says, "Don't make us gang-heal you against your will"

Clem uses his cure light wounds wand on himself - 4 charges left.

Clem rolls 1d8+1: 2+1 | 3

Clem rolls 1d8+1: 5+1 | 6

Clem rolls 1d8+1: 2+1 | 3

Clem says, "Hrm."

Clem rolls 1d8+1: 5+1 | 6

[Crows-Nest] Eolo exclaims, "good point!"

[tomb] Paulie says (to DM), "Yeah, I assume he meant the cube one."

Clem fails to remove the charring around his right hand, but is reasonably satisfied.

[tomb] DM says, "back up to 62/68"

[tomb] Crumbli asks, "Weren't there two pieces?"

Paulie says (to Crumbli), "And anyway, that's not true."

[tomb] Clem says, "I didn't register the geometrical shape of the goopy whatever it was, since I was inside it at the time."

josh_g has arrived.

Paulie says, "I've lost count of how many small animals we've sent bumbling in ahead of us into perfectly safe and benign environments."

K-Y has arrived.

[tomb] Crumbli says, "It was at the time a gelatinous vat."

[tomb] Paulie says (to Crumbli), "I think we Mended the pieces."

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "d'oh, I thought I had everything going to catch up on in scrollback, then went for breakfast"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Or Made Whole them. Or whatever."

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "oh wait, I'm mixing my console windows up"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "ha ha"

Clem says, "Okay, so, anyone want to try this with an insulating glove? It could be a magical effect, though."

josh_g disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.

Clem says, "Alternatively we could try picking up that innocent-looking key on the floor there."

Paulie asks, "This key was non-magical, right?"

Crumbli says, "Maybe it's connected to a capacitor and you've discharged it and it's safe now."

Finn asks, "Is the key on the floor made out of wood or something safer?"

Crumbli says, "The key on the floor had an aura of Enchantment."

Crumbli says, "So, no, not safer."

Crumbli says, "Also, bronze."

Paulie says (to Crumbli), "I mean the one Clem just got blasted with."

DM says, "It's bronze, yeah"

Clem says, "I could try a Dispel Magic on the key on the floor."

Crumbli says (to paulie), "And I war replying to Finn."

[tomb] Finn asks, "Clem, have you tried to disable that keyhole trap yet, by any chance?"

Crumbli asks, "Why don't I try to disable the trap on te keyhole?"

[tomb] Clem asks, "I'm the healer! When did we all switch roles?"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Did Clem manage to turn the key?"

Clem says, "Good idea, go for it."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Or did he get blasted before he could try?"

[tomb] Finn says, "Errr, sorry. I guess I automatically thought, hey, strange keyhole -- I bet the thief will try to open it."

[tomb] DM says, "Just putting it in the keyhole triggered it"

[tomb] Ebezar says, "I do have a dispel magic spell available if needed"

[tomb] Clem asks (of Ebezar), "Do we have equal chances of success, or is yours better?"

[tomb] Clem says, "I guess it might need a Spellcraft roll or something like that."

[tomb] Ebezar says, "I was actually thinking about the spell on the key on the floor"

Crumbli says, "OK. That's a secret roll by the DM at +15, I think."

DM rolls secretly

DM says, "Actually, you can't even really find anything to disable"

Crumbli says, "OK"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I wonder if we're getting close enough for Detect Undead to work."

Paulie tries using Mage Hand to turn the key from a distance.

[tomb] Paulie says, "(The cube key, not the stairs key.)"

Clem says, "Hmm, I could probably Resist Energy long enough to use one of the keys."

[tomb] DM asks, "You're using it to pick the key up and insert it into the keyhole and turn it?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "If it's not already in the keyhole from Clem's attempt, yeah."

[tomb] DM says, "It doesn't turn"

Clem says, "Wrong key, then."

Paulie says, "The key won't turn."

[tomb] Clem asks, "How long does this spell last?"

[tomb] Crumbli says, "As long as you concentrate on it."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Concentration."

[tomb] Clem says, "We could dispel the bronze key right now and try it with the same Mage Hand."

[tomb] Ebezar says, "what Clem said"

Paulie pulls the key back out and sets it down.

[tomb] Paulie says, "I think it might only work on one object, although I'm not sure."

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah, one object"

[tomb] Paulie says, "So, resisting elements and picking up the stairs key to try it seems worth a shot."

[tomb] Clem says, "Okay, dispel magic is just 1d20 + caster level, which would be the same for me or Ebezar."

[tomb] Clem says, "I'll try it."

[tomb] Ebezar says, "fine by me"

[tomb] Paulie asks (of Clem), "Isn't there a possibility that the enchantment is necessary for it to open the door?"

[tomb] Clem says, "Hrm, maybe."

[tomb] Crumbli says, "Enchantment in D&D generally means mind control spells."

[tomb] Paulie looks up Knock to see if it requires a caster check or the like.

[tomb] Clem says, "I'm also checking the recap to see if the key was the thing with the extremely strong aura."

[tomb] Clem says, "In which case it could be un-dispellable."

[tomb] Ebezar says, "'overwhelmingly magical aura of enchantment'"

[tomb] Clem says, "Oh, well, have to try something."

Clem casts Dispel Magic on the bronze key.

DM says, "Roll"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Have we tried just opening the door?"

Clem rolls 1d20+9: 11+9 | 20

[tomb] Paulie says, "Maybe he didn't actually lock it."

DM says, "It doesn't seem to have worked"

[tomb] Clem says, "Dammit, DC is 11 + caster level, so it won't work unless Acererak is only 9th level."

[tomb] Crumbli says, "Or unless he hired out the traps to a contractor."

Clem says, "This key appears to be mightier than G'taar."

[tomb] G2 says, "Helliburton"

Clem says, "Which isn't all that hard, to be blasphemously honest, but it means I'm out of ideas."

[tomb] olethros says, "haha"

Crumbli says, "We could always just pick it up."

Ebezar says, "We can risk taking the key"

Crumbli says, "I have a +2 racial bonus against enchantment."

[Crows-Nest] (from Paulie) Thunder crackles in the background. You hear a whisper in the back of your mind saying, "Last hint you get from me, groupie..."

Ebezar says, "though I would recommend someone with high resistance to magical effects and whatnot be the one to touch the key"

Clem says (to Crumbli), "Hey, that's useful. Plus you're unlikely to kill us all if you immediately attack."

Crumbli says, "On the other hand, my will save sucks."

[tomb] DM says (to Clem), "Ha ha"

[tomb] Ebezar says, "so who's highest? I've got a +14 to will"

[tomb] Ebezar says, "plus we can spell up someone for higher saving rolls"

Crumbli says, "Rosie has +11, plus 2 against enchantment. Not sure why."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "you must determine who has the highest will save with a staring contest"

[tomb] Paulie says, "That beats me."

[Crows-Nest] Ebezar says, "hee hee"

[tomb] Paulie asks (of Ebezar), "Is that with or without resistance?"

Crumbli says, "Ah, the Still Mind spell."

Clem says, "Ebezar has the best chance to resist the spell, but on the other hand if he fails, he has been known to fling fireballs around."

Crumbli says, "Ebezat, hand someone else your weapons first."

Ebezar says, "It would be bad if I could not restrain myself."

Clem says, "And your magin' fingers."

Crumbli says, "Oh, spellcaster. Hm."

Paulie asks (of Crumbli), "By 'weapon', do you mean 'component pouch'?"

Ebezar hands over his components pouch.

Crumbli asks, "Do you not have Escew Materials?"

Ebezar says, "interestingly enough, I do not."

Crumbli says, "This is the first time I've seen that be a good thing."

Paulie gives Ebezar a large piece of jerky.

Ebezar says, "If anyone would like to make me more, hm, savey, that would be welcome."

Paulie says, "In case you have any verbal spells without material components."

[tomb] Paulie asks (of Ebezar), "Do you already have Resistance?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I think someone might have a +2 cloak of it, if not."

[tomb] Ebezar says, "I haven't cast it, but I can"

[tomb] Paulie says, "(Or I can give you a +1, barring that.)"

[tomb] Ebezar says, "I didn't know if anyone else had a better-than-+1 to offer"

[Crows-Nest] Ghogg says, "I _still_ don't remember the command to go to the tomb room"

Ebezar also hands over his crossbow.

Clem asks, "What's our plan to stop Ebezar if he runs amok?"

Crumbli says, "Rosie will grapple."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Ah, Rosie has a +3 Cloak."

[tomb] Ebezar says, "I've already got one"

Crumbli says, "Rosie goes and stands next to him."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "dtt"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Which I'm sure she'd be happy to let you use."

Crumbli says, "OK, rosie donates cloak as well."

Clem says, "Sounds good."

Ebezar borrows his components pouch back, rummages around, finds a teeny tiny little cloak, and uses it to cast Resistance on himself.

Crumbli says, "And flexes her massive biceps."

Clem says, "I'll stand near with ogre strength gauntlets and rope, too."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says (to Ebezar), "hee hee"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I don't think the spell stacks with the cloak, though."

[tomb] Ebezar says, "does it not? Drat."

[tomb] DM says, "Good point"

[tomb] Ebezar says, "presumably I would know that, since it's my cloak, so let's rewind that bit"

Crumbli says, "Crumbli stands a bit away."

Paulie stops Ebezar from taking the pouch back, reminding him of stacking rules.

[tomb] DM says, "Sure"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Also, how can we tell if Ebezar has been enchanted?"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Detect Magic?"

Ebezar is well reminded.

[tomb] Ebezar says, "if I start trying to cast cold spells instead of fire ones"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Detect Motive?"

Ebezar says, "Here, as they say, goes nothing."

[tomb] Clem says, "Hee hee."

Ebezar scoops up the key.

DM says, "Make a Will save!"

Ebezar rolls 1d20+14: 12+14 | 26

Paulie prepares a rope to tie up Ebezar if need be.

[tomb] Clem says, "Not bad."

Clem says (to Paulie), "Hey, let go of my rope."

Clem asks (of Ebezar), "Do you remember who you are?"

Ebezar says, "Yes, but I feel some distress at holding this key. I do not think I will hand it to anyone else."

Clem frowns and tries to figure out if Ebezar sounds normal.

[tomb] Clem asks (of DM), "Can I try a Sense Motive roll?"

Crumbli says, "That cloak will also help you if there's another shock in the door."

[tomb] DM says, "Sure"

Ebezar says, "Inasfar as I know myself, I am still me."

Clem rolls 1d20+5: 6+5 | 11

[tomb] Clem says, "Bum."

DM says, "Ebezar seems to still be Ebezar"

Ebezar says, "Let me try the door now."

Clem casts Resist Energy (electricity) on Ebezar.

Paulie asks, "Don't you want to resist elements first?"

Ebezar says (to Clem), "Ah, wonderful."

Crumbli asks, "That's damage reduction, right?"

[tomb] Clem says, "That's 20 points of electrical resistance for 90 minutes."

Clem says, "Yeah."

Ebezar puts the key in the keyhole.

Ebezar says, "Turn, curse you."

DM says, "Ebezar is shocked for under 20 points of electricity damage!"

[tomb] Clem says, "Yay!"

Ghogg has arrived.

[tomb] Ebezar exclaims, "go team tomb!"

DM says, "and the key does not turn!"

Ebezar says, "Bah."

Clem says, "Damn!"

Crumbli says, "Boo! Well, maybe we can find another key in the next 90 minutes."

Paulie asks, "Can you try prying the door open by hand, while you're resisting energy and all?"

[tomb] Finn says, "We should punch Ebezar in the face if he uses the word 'precious' in the next few minutes."

[tomb] Clem says, "By the way, it looked like the damage was 4d10 for me."

[tomb] Clem says, "So this spell isn't going to protect Ebezar completely."

[tomb] Clem says, "Lengthy experimentation is probably a bad idea."

Ebezar says, "It's worth a try."

Ebezar tries the door.

Clem tosses a crowbar near Ebezar's feet.

Clem says, "I'm not handing it to you directly while you're touching the door!"

Ebezar says, "Ah, yes. Large metal objects are what I tend to want when mucking about with electricity."

DM says, "The door won't open just with your hands"

Ebezar asks (of DM), "does the crowbar help any?"

DM asks, "Oh, you're using the crowbar?"

Ebezar says, "Certainly. Acerak can bill us for damages later"

Ebezar says, "Though I expect the room I set on fire will be more costly than this door."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Mmm. If this doesn't work, we're down to Knock or the gem. Or some Roguish skill or other. I vote for Knock."

Crumbli says, "Probably gives a +2 circumstance bonus like most tools."

DM says, "Ebezar inserts the crowbar into the crack between the doors and starts prying"

[tomb] Clem says, "I have a feeling we won't be able to brute-force this."

Crumbli says, "I could try to pick the lock if you've got another of those spells."

DM says, "The crowbar scratches the door a bit as he pulls"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I'd offer the help of my orc, but I'm not not sure if Resist Energy prevents you form conducting."

DM says, "and a thin line of blood appears"

Clem says, "!"

Ebezar says, "Er."

Crumbli says, "Ew."

DM says, "seeping down the door to the floor"

Clem steps back a bit.

Crumbli says, "This isn't a normal door."

[Crows-Nest] Bjorg says, "whoah, that's freaky"

Ebezar says, "I'd like my spell component bag back, please."

Paulie hands it over.

Crumbli says, "Well, they were overwhelmingly magical."

Finn says, "Maybe it's one of those monsters that mimics things."

Clem says, "Make sure he dropped the key."

Crumbli asks (of Finn), "You mean, a mimic?"

Finn says (to Crumbli), "No, not that... let me think"

[Crows-Nest] Bjorg says, "hee hee"

Crumbli says, "Well, if it's a monster, it's not my department. I'm going back to the Columned Hall to gaze on the pretty orange gem."

Clem asks, "How tough was the door?"

Finn says (to Ebezar), "Hey, you didn't get shocked there, did you"

Clem says, "It looked like solid mithral before."

Crumbli says, "Hey! Mabe if we toss the orange gem at the door, it'll die."

Clem says, "But you scratched it pretty easily."

Clem says (to Crumbli), "Ooh, interesting thought."

Ebezar says, "It was not tough to scratch, no."

Clem says, "I was thinking more that we could just hack it apart."

Clem says, "Not elegant, I agree."

Grog says, "Good plan."

Crumbli says, "It seems like it attacks by touch."

Clem says, "Well, we can fire arrows at it."

Clem says, "Or fire fireballs."

Paulie says, "Or acid."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Remind me: are we the good guys or the bad guys?"

[tomb] Clem says, "Good guys!"

[tomb] Finn | If shades of red stand for blood the wise will not need sacrifice aught but a loop of magical metal -- you're well along your march.

[tomb] Finn asks, "Could that riddle apply here?"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "And are we planning right now how to kill an innocent door that hasn't made a single move against us?"

[tomb] Clem says, "It electrified me!"

[tomb] Clem says, "It was pretty ouchie!"

[tomb] Paulie exclaims (at Clem), "You were threatening it!"

[tomb] Crumbli says, "We've already sacrifices the loop of magical metal."

[tomb] Finn says, "Well, you did insert a length of metal into its orifice."

[tomb] Paulie exclaims, "You stabbed it with a blunt metal object!"

[tomb] Clem says, "Okay, I admit it's hardly the worst monster we've me so far."

[tomb] Clem says, "Er, met."

[tomb] Finn | If you find the false you find the true, and into the columned hall

[tomb] Finn says, "Maybe this is the 'false' door"

[tomb] Crumbli says, "That clue implies that it happens before we reach the columned hall though."

[tomb] Paulie says, "We found the false floor."

[tomb] Finn says, "Gosh, I'm sure Acererak wouldn't lead us astray with his clues"

[tomb] Crumbli says, "And anyway, even if you're right, it means that we've found the true door as well. Probably it's behind the false one."

Finn draws his scimitar and gives a mighty blow to the door.

Clem says, "!"

DM says, "Roll damage"

[tomb] Paulie says, "TSD."

Finn says, "As much as my heart goes out to innocent victims, we're on a mission here."

Finn rolls 1d6+4: 6+4 | 10

Crumbli says, "Rosie lets fly with a flurry of blows on the door or something."

Grog raises his axe in agreement.

[tomb] Finn says, "I'm quite the trend-setter. This season: senseless violence is the new black."

DM says, "Finn deals the door a mighty blow"

Clem says, "Yikes, this was my suggestion, but I'm not sure I like it."

DM says, "Blood wells up where he struck it"

DM says, "and begins pouring out"

DM says, "There's quite a lot of it, actually"

DM asks, "Have any of you seen The Shining?"

[tomb] Clem says, "Ha ha ha."

Ebezar says, "Ew."

[Crows-Nest] Ebezar says, "next up: a little boy on a big wheel"

Paulie says, "Possibly the key here was to heal the door."

DM says, "Now blood is pouring out of the crack between the doors, from floor to ceiling"

Clem backs right off.

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "s/boy/elephant/"

[Crows-Nest] Ebezar says, "yay"

[Crows-Nest] DM says, "Ha ha ha"

Crumbli asks, "Illusion, maybe?"

DM says, "Blood is covering the floor"

Paulie says, "Feel free to disbelieve."

Paulie steps back so the blood doesn't get on his boots.

DM says, "and more continues to gush out from the doors"

Crumbli asks, "Rosie isn't buying it. Does she make a will save or what?"

Clem asks, "Any of you guys standing in the blood getting tingly feet?"

[Crows-Nest] Finn says, "We picked the wrong time of the month to visit this dungeon."

DM says (to Paulie), "In a few seconds there will be nowhere to step"

Crumbli says, "Crumbli is, as previously stated, back in the columned hall."

[Crows-Nest] Bjorg says, "ewwww"

[Crows-Nest] Finn says, "Sorry"

Paulie climbs on Grog's shoulders, then.

[tomb] Paulie asks, "So who's doing the disbelief?"

DM says, "You hear a thud back from the north where you came from"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "And are thy rolling?"

[tomb] DM asks (of Crumbli), "Where did you state that?"

Paulie says, "That would probably be the door."

[tomb] DM says, "Oh, I see"

Crumbli rolls disbelief for 1d20+11: 1 | 1

Clem cautiously heads north to investigate the thud.

[tomb] Finn exclaims, "!"

DM says, "The blood is up to your knees or so"

[tomb] Finn says, "Too funny"

Crumbli rolls 1d20+11 for disbelief: 18+11 | 29

DM says, "and still pouring out"

DM says, "This seems to be ALL TOO REAL"

Crumbli asks, "Um, it is spilling out into the columned hall?"

Crumbli asks, "Where Crumbli is?"

Clem asks, "This room is downstairs, right?"

Grog swings his axe at the door.

Ebezar says, "Yes, let us back up posthaste."

Clem says, "There would have to be a lot of blood to get up here."

DM says (to Clem), "The passageway you came from has closed up"

Grog rolls 1d20+14: 2+14 | 16

Grog rolls 1d12+8: 11+8 | 19

DM says (to Crumbli), "The throne went back to its original position when the thud happened"

DM says, "Grog hacks at the door and blood gushes out with even more ferocity"

DM says, "It's up to your thighs"

Clem says, "Gee, this would be a handy time to have some Dust of Dryness around."

Crumbli says, "OK, I'm going to pick up the sceptre and touch it to the crown picture again."

Paulie fires an acid arrow at the 'wound'. Perhaps it can be cauterized.

Clem asks, "Anyone else have some?"

[tomb] Bjorg asks, "which door was Grog hacking?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "the blood-gushy door, I assume"

[tomb] DM says, "Oh, I thought the blood-gushy door"

Paulie rolls 1d20+10: 20+10 | 30

Paulie rolls 2d4: 2 4 | 6

[tomb] Paulie says, "Yeah, the gushy one."

DM says (to Crumbli), "The throne sinks, revealing the passageway again"

DM says, "and blood comes pouring out from it"

[tomb] Paulie says, "If the blood's coming from some magical effect on the door itself, there might be non-bloody space on the other side."

[tomb] Paulie says, "(If the blood's coming from the other side, then we're screwed.)"

Finn says, "I cast Dispel Magic on the door."

DM says (to Paulie), "The acid just makes things worse, if anything"

Finn rolls 1d20+9: 7+9 | 16

Crumbli says, "Rosie exits before the throne closes again."

Clem does too.

Ebezar also exits.

DM says, "The blood is now streaming past you back into the columned hall, so it's not getting any higher than your thighs for now"

Paulie does too, riding Grog.

DM says (to Finn), "No dice"

Finn grr

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Is the blood reaching the orange gem?"

Clem asks, "So we're all wading in blood now?"

DM asks, "Are Finn and Kong the only ones left in there?"

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah, it poured into the hall and is covering everything"

Finn says, "I guess so."

Crumbli says, "Of course, the exit to the columned hall closed up when we entered, so we're still trapped in a flooding chamber, But at least it's larger."

DM says, "Blood continues to gush out from the doors, past Finn and Kong, into the columned hall"

Paulie says, "Nice knowing you guys."

Finn says, "I'll, uhh, cast Cure Minor Wounds on the door, just to see what happens."

Paulie says, "I'd hoped this would end with more villain and less drowning, but it was a good run nonetheless."

DM says (to Finn), "It appears to heal the door a little - blood is still flowing out strongly, but a teensy bit less than before"

Finn says, "Hey, cool."

Finn says, "I'll let lose with a Cure Moderate Wounds, then"

Crumbli says, "I bet all the doors here do this and we just never noticed because this is the first door we've tried to break."

Clem says, "Heh."

DM says, "The blood flow is definitely reducing"

Paulie asks (of Crumbli), "Actually, didn't we smash the one leading to the lava?"

Clem makes an incredible leap of intuition and figures out what Finn is doing in the next room, and heads in to help.

Finn says, "As you know, Clem, healing appears to be reducing the flow of goo here."

Clem says, "I deduced as much!"

Finn exclaims, "Brilliant!"

Clem casts Cure Moderate Wounds too.

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "ha ha ha"

[tomb] Finn says, "I did sorta get us into this one, so I'm glad I could get us out."

DM says, "The blood flow is now probably half as much as it was at its peak"

Clem says, "Man, healing this up is going to be expensive."

Finn says, "Not as expensive as the alternative."

DM says, "It still has covered the columned hall to about knee height, though"

Grog keeps quiet.

Clem casts another Cure Moderate, and a second if necessary.

[tomb] Clem says, "Ditching Silence and Remove Paralysis."

[tomb] Finn afk 5.

Paulie says, "If you could hold off a little longer, we'd have a nice swimming pool."

DM says, "Two more Cure Moderate Wounds, and the blood stops"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Does the gem float?"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "And/or anything else belonging to the corpses surrounding it?"

Clem says, "Okay, let's hope nobody gets whammied with a curse that leaves them stationary and noisy."

[tomb] DM says, "The gem has not floated to the top"

G2 says, "Kurse of Klaxon"

Ebezar says, "The liquid is at least the same temperature as us"

[tomb] DM says, "A few shreds of burnt clothing have"

[tomb] DM says, "Other than that, nothing disturbs the peaceful idyllic surface of PURE BLOOD"

Clem asks, "What the hell happened to all those pit traps?"

Clem asks, "Just when we could use one?"

[Crows-Nest] (from Eolo) Clem SPLOOFPH

Crumbli says, "I'm going to go back into the chamber behind the throne (leaving the sceptre outside) and search for secret doors along the walls."

DM asks, "Taking 10, 20, rolling?"

Crumbli says, "Taking twenties, for 36"

DM says, "You find nothing"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "except BLOOD"

Crumbli says, "That's 2 minutes per search while I wait for someone else do decide on a course of action."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "So are we theorizing that A) the door is just a trap, and we don't want to open it because eeeagh blood, or B) the door is still a barrier, and we want to get through it escape the Columned Hall of Blood?"

Paulie pulls out a Knock scroll. "Anyone got any objections to me using this?"

Clem asks, "What, on the blood door??!?"

[tomb] Crumbli says, "I think it's possible that the only purpose of the chamber is to provide us with the bronze key, and everything else is a decoy."

[tomb] DM asks (of Clem), "Oh, come on, how much more blood could there be?"

Paulie asks (of Clem), "Do you know another way out of this room?"

[tomb] Finn asks, "Is there still more unexplored tomb elsewhere?"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "COuld be. What would the key go to, then?"

Clem says, "Teleport."

[tomb] Paulie says, "We could still try the gem on the door."

Finn says, "We could try something like wearing the crown, holding the scepter, and trying to open the door."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Assuming Kong hasn't drowned."

Grog saunters over to the crown and idly picks it up.

Clem slosh slosh hrm ew.

DM says, "It's a nice gold crown"

Grog slips it on his head.

Crumbli exclaims, "All hail King Grog!"

Crumbli says, "I'd kneel, but that would be gross."

[Crows-Nest] (from G2) DM says, "THE END"

Grog waves his axe like a sceptre.

Clem says, "I feel like we're getting a little sidetracked here."

Grog says, "Crown feels stuck."

Grog asks, "But who just turned on sun?"

Clem says, "Oh boy."

Finn says, "Huh"

Ebezar says, "That is interesting"

Finn says, "So we've got someone with a crown and someone else with a key and neither feel like surrendering them."

Finn says, "That could be... interesting."

Clem asks, "What?"

Ebezar says, "Oh, I would gladly hand over the key, assuming someone wishes to take it"

Clem says, "That would be a no."

Clem says, "Also, dropping it in the blood would be bad, so."

Grog looks around.

Clem asks (of Grog), "Do you feel okay?"

Grog says, "Yah."

Grog says, "Crown maybe come off with that kingstick thing."

Grog says, "But not mind keeping it on."

Finn says, "Say, Grog, I'll trade you your axe for the kingstick."

Clem asks, "What did you mean about the sun? Can you see better now?"

Grog's lower lip trembles. "But... favorite axe..."

[tomb] Finn says, "Heh"

Finn says, "Don't worry -- I'll give it back."

Grog says (to Clem), "Yeah. Like daytime."

Grog asks (of Finn), "*Promise*?"

Finn says, "On my druidic honour."

Grog gives Finn the greataxe.

Finn staggers under its weight.

Finn says, "Alright, here's the scepter."

Grog takes it.

Grog asks, "Who want to become knight of Grog's table?"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "hey hey wait a minute here"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "I think I'm detecting some roleplaying going on"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "Whoops! Sorry."

Grog says, "Ugh."

[Crows-Nest] Paulie asks, "That better?"

[Crows-Nest] G2 says, "and that is strictly forbidden in D&D"

[Crows-Nest] Ebezar says, "when the world is awash in blood, the only way to ignore it is with rp"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "hee hee"

Grog taps the end of the sceptre to the crown.

Crumbli says, "Maybe Grog should try sitting on the throne with it rises again."

DM asks, "Which end of the scepter, the gold ball or the silver ball?"

Crumbli says, "The throne... that's key."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Gold."

Crumbli says, "Guys, I think maybe we have to do something with the throne to open the blood door."

DM says, "Nothing happens"

Grog says, "'Kay. Not stuck now."

Ebezar says, "Most interesting."

Grog sits on the throne and contemplates what to name his kingdom.

Clem asks (of Crumbli), "Like what?"

Crumbli says, "Dunno. Like maybe sitting on it while wearing the crown."

Clem says, "We could try swimming through the blood."

Clem realises he's wearing full plate.

Grog mumbles. "...Grogland... ...Grogsylvania... ...West of Grog..."

Clem says, "You could try swimming through the blood."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "if only you had a potion of swimming"

Ebezar says, "That is certainly a metaphorical way of reaching a thronw."

Finn asks (of Grog), "Grog, could you try commanding that door to open?"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "and a desire to dive into a large pool of blood"

Clem says (to Ebezar), "Heh."

Grog exclaims, "'Kay. Door, open says me!"

DM says, "Nothing happens!"

[tomb] Finn says, "Does someone have the big gem right now? Maybe we should give that to Grog too."

[tomb] DM says, "The gem got lost underneath the sea of blood"

Paulie says, "Y'know, if Grog's a king now, this is going to put a strain on our Captain/crewman relationship..."

Clem says, "You can be Emperor."

Finn pokes around with his toe for the gem.

Crumbli asks, "Um, you do remember that it was surrounded with corpses, right?"

[tomb] Finn says, "Hey, maybe the gem is a big plug for the drain for this room. That would be convenient."

Finn says, "Oh yeah."

Finn stops.

Clem asks, "Anyone have any ideas for picking it up safely?"

Clem says, "If need be I can Locate Object to find it."

nothing_else has arrived.

Grog asks (of Finn), "Maybe give axe back now?"

Finn says (to Grog), "Of course, your highness."

Finn gives big axe back to big cheese.

Paulie says (to Clem), "It's possible that the sceptre and crown could be the key. Or the key could."

Grog grins. "Thank you Mr. Finn."

[tomb] (from Finn) Grog beheads Finn.

Paulie says (to Clem), "Or that the gem's not really lethal at all, and the corpses are just a red herring."

Paulie says, "*Very* red, at this point."

Clem says (to Paulie), "For some reason I'm feeling a little bit cautious about now, perhaps even wary."

Paulie asks (of Clem), "Because of the waist-deep bloodbath?"

Clem says, "You mean knee-de -- oh."

Crumbli says, "Well, okay. There are other features of this hall, yes? Those shimmering doors."

Paulie says, "True. And the magical columns we've avoided touching."

Crumbli says, "I go to the north end of the hall and demand that the DM remind me what those shimmering doors are like."

Finn asks, "Is our electricity-resisting person still doing so?"

Ebezar says, "I don't think the blood shorted me out."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "So there's the one on the far left that's high up with the big sucking demon mouth next to it, right?"

DM says, "The left and right doors shimmer with a faint blue light"

[tomb] Clem says, "Even though we now look pretty much like the cover of a Meatloaf album, I still feel it's a little early to go running to G'taar for help."

[tomb] Paulie says, "I suggest we don't go for that one first."

DM says, "The middle one shimmers wiht a faint violet light"

[tomb] Eolo says, "there are no high-up doors, I don't think"

[tomb] DM says, "The two demon mouths are high up"

[tomb] Crumbli says, "There are high-up demon carvings with mouths that suck in canaries, though."

Finn says (to Ebezar), "I was thinking maybe that you might try wearing the gold crown, carrying the silver scepter, and trying the bronze key on the door."

Grog says, "But... Grog king now..."

Crumbli asks, "Did we try opening the shimmering doors? Were they locked?"

Paulie says (to Crumbli), "We could start by trap-checking them."

Ebezar says (to Grog), "I do not seek to usurp you -- I would be happy to return them after this experiment."

DM says, "Oh, and they each had a brass ring in the middle"

DM says, "You did not try opening any of them"

Crumbli says, "OK, This looks like a job for Mr. Rope."

Grog says, "Oh. 'Kay."

Grog lets Ebezar borrow the crown and sceptre if he wishes.

Crumbli says, "I'm going to try the right door first. Rosie will lend me her rope, which I will tie to the ring."

[tomb] Finn says (to Grog), "You'll always be the king... of my heart. Wink wink."

Crumbli says, "I will then back up as far as the rope will let me and pull it gently."

DM says, "The door opens smoothly"

Ebezar says, "I will wait for the outcome of this before crown-and-sceptering"

DM says, "revealing a 10x10 room"

[tomb] Finn says, "Hmmm... The shimmering might just be a no-blood barrier."

DM says, "with a bunch of broken and looted chests, urns, and coffers scattered about"

[tomb] Paulie says, "That could be... erm. Unpleasant."

Crumbli says, "I untie the rope and coil it up, then hand it back to Rosie."

Ebezar says, "Bah, tomb-robbers."

DM says, "at least, that's what you briefly see before blood rushes in and covers them"

Crumbli says, "Then I enter the 10x10 room."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Since I think at least one or two members of the party actually, y'know, *contain* blood."

DM says, "Also a low stone table with a large wooden sarcophagus on it"

[tomb] Ebezar (providing blood)

Crumbli says, "OK. Search the sarcophagus for traps, taking 20 for 36."

DM says, "You detect no traps"

[tomb] G2 says, "a likely story"

Crumbli says, "In that case, I want to open it up and have a look inside."

DM says, "Inside there is a mummy"

Crumbli says, "I'm hopign there's a valve handle in there."

DM says, "Like, not an attacking-you-rar mummy, just a mummy"

Ebezar says, "Surely that is not an undead-type of mummy"

Crumbli says, "I search the mummy (taking ten for 26)."

DM says, "There's a glint between some of the wrappings around where its eye is"

Paulie asks, "I don't get it. There are mummies that are non-combatants?"

DM says, "Looks like a big gem"

Crumbli says, "Let's unwrap this puppy."

Clem says, "Man, another gem."

Clem says, "Wait, gems are treasure!"

Paulie asks, "Which size is it?"

Paulie asks, "Orange gem of death sized, or gargoyle collar sized?"

DM says, "Hm, a little smaller than either"

Crumbli says, "OK, time to try the other door, I guess."

Crumbli says, "Repeat the business with the rope."

DM asks, "So you're not unwrapping the puppy yet?"

Crumbli says, "I thought I already did."

DM says, "I thought you just proposed it"

Crumbli says, "I unwrap the puppy."

DM asks, "Like, you take the wrappings off the whole body?"

[tomb] Finn says, "Alright, absorbant mummy bandages."

Crumbli says, "Let's start with just the head."

DM says, "Crumbli starts unwrapping the head"

DM says, "It's sort of smelly"

DM says, "Yep, that's a big gem in an eye socket, looks like an amethyst"

Crumbli says, "And me without my fresh air necklace."

Crumbli says, "Well, I take the amethyst."

Paulie asks, "What's in the oter eye socket?"

DM says, "The body suddenly comes to life"

DM says, "Everybody roll initiative"

Paulie rolls 1d20+8 for init: 1+8 | 9

Grog rolls 1d20+6 for init: 11+6 | 17

Ebezar rolls 1d20+3: 17+3 | 20

Clem rolls 1d20 for init: 16 | 16

Finn rolls 1d20: 13 | 13

Ebezar says, "You know what mummies hate? FIRE."

Crumbli rolls 1d20+4: 12+4 | 16

Paulie says, "And the living. I think they also hate the living."

Finn Kong:

Clem says, "Quick, set Grog on fire!"

Finn rolls 1d20+2: 19+2 | 21

DM rolls 1d20+5: 11+5 | 16

Grog asks, "What?"

Clem says, "Er, joke!"

Grog says, "Oh."

Grog says, "Not get it."

Crumbli rolls 1d20+5 for rosie: 1+5 | 6

[tomb] Ebezar says, "If only I had prepared fire spells this time around."

[tomb] Clem asks, "You didn't??!?"

[tomb] Clem asks, "!?"

[tomb] Ebezar says, "ha ha, I jooke"

[tomb] Ebezar says, "joke, even"

DM says, "KONG, Mummy, Ebezar, Grog, Crumbli, Clem, Finn, Paulie, Rosie"

[tomb] Clem says, "Okay, no more joking!"

[tomb] Clem says, "Grog, all is forgiven!"

Finn asks, "Is Kong close enough to do anything?"

[tomb] Ebezar says, "hey, look at that, I have empowered scorching ray prepared"

DM says, "He could run into the room"

[tomb] Clem asks, "The mummy has the second-highest initiative? Aren't they slow?"

[tomb] Clem says, "Sheesh."

Finn says, "Hm. Probably too far away to jump on the sarcophagus lid and slam it shut, then."

Clem says, "How about you jump on the mummy and pound it some."

DM says, "He could try"

[tomb] Ebezar says, "I guess this empowered fireball would be overkill, ha, ha"

[tomb] Eolo says, "speedy the mummy"

Finn says, "Kong tries to jump on the sarcophagus lid and slam it shut with his bulky bulk."

DM says, "OK, first he needs to make a Will save"

DM says, "Hmm, a charisma-based Will save"

[tomb] Crumbli asks, "Is the knee-deep-in-blood thing going to affect combat at all?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Woah, weird."

Finn rolls 1d20-1: 10-1 | 9

[tomb] Ebezar asks, "whuh?"

[tomb] Ebezar asks, "charisma-based?"

[tomb] Clem says, "You need charisma? Okay, we're so screwed."

[tomb] Ebezar exclaims, "he has targeted our dump stats!"

DM says, "Kong rushes into the room, but at the sight of the mummy he is paralyzed with fear!"

[tomb] Crumbli says, "That just means the DC is determined by the opponent's charisma"

[tomb] Paulie exclaims, "I shall save you all!"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Or at least, have a halfway-decent chance of making my save."

[tomb] Ebezar says (to Crumbli), "that makes more sense"

[tomb] DM says, "Oh, I thought it meant base Will + Charisma mod rather than base Will + Wisdom mod or whatever"

[tomb] Crumbli says, "It doesn't affect the roll. You still get your Wisdom modifier on that."

[tomb] Clem says, "Dammit, I don't have an anti-fear spell."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Unless Crumbli's right."

DM says, "Roll 1d4 to see for how long"

[tomb] Finn says, "Yeah, what Crumbli said."

Finn rolls 1d4: 4 | 4

DM says, "4 rounds"

DM says, "Kong, MUMMY, Ebezar, Grog, Crumbli, Clem, Finn, Paulie, Rosie"

[tomb] Crumbli says, "It specifies it in case something changes the mummy's charisma."

[tomb] Finn says, "Poor Kong."

[tomb] DM says, "Aha"

[tomb] (from DM) Finn says, "I stab him in the heart."

[tomb] Clem says, "Hide From Undead could be useful except that we can't easily hide while wading through blood."

[tomb] Finn says, "Kong has had a bad record with being paralyzed."

DM says, "The mummy reaches up and tries to grab Crumbli"

DM asks (of Crumbli), "What's your touch AC these days?"

Crumbli exclaims, "Eek!"

[tomb] Paulie says (to Clem), "Aw c'mon, I'm sure blood gives great cover."

[tomb] Clem says, "Also I used my Remove Paralysis spell healing the stupid door."

[tomb] Crumbli says, "I guess that's just 10 + my dex modifier, yes? That makes it 14."

[tomb] Finn says, "And any magical ac modifiers, generally"

[tomb] Eolo says, "yeah, but Crumbli's still nekkid"

DM says, "The mummy reaches out and grabs Crumbli by the neck"

[tomb] Eolo says, "unless someone lent stuff"

[tomb] Finn says, "Ha ha."

DM says, "snarling some sort of spell"

DM says (to Crumbli), "Make a Fortitude save"

[tomb] Ebezar asks (of Crumbli), "you've got a good reflex save against, oh, say, fireball, right?"

Crumbli rolls 1d20+3: 20+3 | 23

[tomb] Paulie says (to Eolo), "He's got at least a minicloak on."

[tomb] Ebezar says, "wow, nice roll"

[tomb] Paulie exclaims, "Woo!"

[tomb] Crumbli says (to Ebezar), "Yeah, I'm good against fireball. Good reflex save, plus Evasion."

[tomb] Clem says, "Hmm, it can cast spells with verbal components, good thing I also used my Silence spell to heal the door."

DM rolls 3d6+10: 3 4 3+10 | 20

DM says, "Crumbli avoids being slain instantly"

DM says, "but still takes 20 points of damage"

Crumbli says, "Ow."

[tomb] Ebezar says, "I'll probably stick with scorching ray, since that doesn't do collateral damage"

[tomb] Paulie says (to Clem), "Perhaps the door will remember your sacrifice and leap to our rescue."

[tomb] Clem says, "Man, death touch."

DM says, "with its other action the mummy leaps out of the sarcophagus"

DM says, "Kong, Mummy, EBEZAR, Grog, Crumbli, Clem, Finn, Paulie, Rosie"

[tomb] Clem says, "I'm thinking this thing is nasty enough that maybe we should concentrate on damage and bugger the collateral."

Crumbli asks, "Did I at least get the amethyst?"

DM says, "Yes"

Crumbli says, "Cool."

[tomb] DM says, "It's too bad Crumbli didn't die, so Ebezar wouldn't have to feel guilty about casting fireball"

[tomb] Ebezar says, "ha ha"

[tomb] Crumbli says, "I said fireball is okay."

[tomb] Paulie says (to DM), "You forgot 'again'."

[tomb] Crumbli says, "I'll make my save and take no damage. Probably."

[tomb] Clem asks, "We still have some diamonds left, right?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Also, no one said collateral damage meant Crumbli. Maybe he wants to protect the sarcophagus."

[tomb] Paulie says (to Clem), "Yeah."

[tomb] Crumbli says, "Or Kong."

DM asks, "Ebezar?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Uh, right. Yeah, Kong."

Ebezar says, "Right, empowered scorching ray on the mummy."

DM says, "First make a Will save to look at it"

[tomb] Ebezar says, "sorry, was away for a second"

Ebezar rolls 1d20+14: 8+14 | 22

DM says, "Man, that's an ugly mummy"

Ebezar exclaims, "I stare into where your face should be, though it is hard to tell with those wrappings, and stab at you, but only metaphorically since I am using a spell!"

DM says, "but you're not paralyzed with fear like that wuss ape"

DM says, "OK, so the spell"

DM says, "Roll some ranged touch attacks"

Ebezar says, "Remind me what a roll for a ranged touch attack is"

DM says, "Damn, I was hoping you would know"

Ebezar says, "ha"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Same as any other ranged attack, unless you've got any special modifiers, I think."

DM says, "I guess you just roll for a ranged attack, yeah"

[tomb] Finn says, "BAB+dex modifier"

DM says, "but we will use its touch AC"

Ebezar says, "Excellent."

[tomb] Paulie says, ";Touch just changes the DC."

[tomb] Ebezar says, "so +6 for ranged attacks, +1 for point blank, no penalty for firing into melee"

Ebezar rolls 1d20+7: 7+7 | 14

Ebezar rolls 1d20+7: 8+7 | 15

[tomb] Paulie says, "AC, DC. Whatever, so long as it does shocking damage."

DM says, "He's scorched!"

Ebezar says, "woo"

Ebezar says, "Base damage for them:"

Ebezar rolls 4d6: 2 3 1 6 | 12

Ebezar rolls 4d6: 3 6 4 3 | 16

Ebezar says, "Plus an extra 1/2 damage for empowerment"

Ebezar says, "so 18 and 24, I suppose"

Ebezar says, "of FIRE"

DM says, "You scorch it good"

[tomb] Finn says, "Hey, something smells good in here. Like frying blood sausage... oh, ewwwww."

DM says, "Oh, I see, it has that from the ring"

[tomb] Bjorg says, "ewwwwww"

[tomb] Ebezar asks, "mummies get an extra 1/2 damage on top of what I dished out for it being fire, right?"

DM says, "(channel)"

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah"

[tomb] Ebezar says, "man, it's good to know fire spells"

[tomb] Finn says, "It's just like WoD."

DM asks, "Anything with your other action?"

Ebezar says, "I shall slosh back a bit"

DM says, "Kong, Mummy, Ebezar, GROG, Crumbli, Clem, Finn, Paulie, Rosie"

Grog waits.

Crumbli withdraws

DM says, "Kong, Mummy, Ebezar, (Grog), CRUMBLI, Clem, Finn, Paulie, Rosie"

Crumbli says, "I'm doing the Withdraw action to deprive it of an AoO, and just heading as far away as I can."

DM says, "As you withdraw, the amethyst disintegrates"

Crumbli exclaims, "Man!"

DM says, "Kong, Mummy, Ebezar, (Grog), Crumbli, CLEM, Finn, Paulie, Rosie"

Clem casts Spiritual Weapon!

Paulie asks, "Isn't that cheating?"

Crumbli says, "That was not worth revivifying a mummy for."

Clem says, "Fwoosh, flaming magical greatsword, etc."

Clem asks, "Do I need to roll against fear?"

DM says, "Oh, wait"

DM says, "Crumbli should make her Will save against fear first"

Crumbli rolls 1d20+3: 5+3 | 8

DM says, "Right, so Crumbli does not go anywhere"

DM says, "Roll 1d4 for the number of rounds"

Crumbli says, "Bah."

Crumbli rolls 1d4: 1 | 1

DM says, "(the amethyst still disintegrates)"

DM says, "Now Clem makes his save"

Clem rolls 1d20+11: 20+11 | 31

Clem says, "NO FEAR"

[tomb] Crumbli says, "I'm so afraid, I CON'T FLEE."

Ebezar says, "I suppose not."

[tomb] Crumbli says, "Also, can't."

DM says, "Gosh"

DM says, "OK, weapon away"

[tomb] Bjorg says, "it's not so much afraid, as horrified"

Clem says, "One attack this round."

Clem rolls 1d20+11: 7+11 | 18

[tomb] Bjorg says, "stunned by the madness of a world that would allow such an abomination to even exist"

[tomb] Bjorg says, "also, your brane is melting"

DM says, "It deftly avoids the spiritual greatsword"

Clem says, "Dammit."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Whatever happened to the nice, happy, sunny world we used to inhabit, with the gushing blood storms and the corpses around deathgems?"

DM asks, "Any other action?"

[tomb] Crumbli says, "If that was an Enchantment effect, I get +2. But I doubt 10 is any better."

Clem says, "Hrm, I'm tempted to run forward to help Kong and Crumbli, but for now I'll move back a bit."

DM says, "Kong, Mummy, Ebezar, (Grog), Crumbli, Clem, FINN, Paulie, Rosie"

Finn says, "Eat hot Flame Strike, mummy dearest."

[tomb] Finn says, "Flame Strike is going to be a little weird: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/flameStrike.htm"

Finn girds his loins.

[tomb] DM says, "Gosh"

Finn rolls 1d20+9: 18+9 | 27

DM asks, "That was the Will save?"

Finn says, "Yes"

DM says, "All right, go ahead and strike"

[tomb] Finn says, "Reflex save for half; half divine damage, half fire damage."

Finn rolls 9d6: 1 6 6 2 3 3 6 6 3 | 36

[tomb] Ebezar says, "wow"

DM says, "You realize this is a 10 foot radius"

[tomb] Ebezar asks, "Now who's being reckless with fire?"

[tomb] (from DM) Ebezar claps appreciatively

[tomb] Paulie makes another Kong-shaped mark on Finn's backpack.

Finn says, "That's alright -- I've already rolled."

[tomb] Finn says, "Hey, cut that out."

DM asks, "OK, so the DC is what?"

[tomb] G2 says, "o/` we didn't start the fire... o/`"

DM says, "This is the formula I always forget"

Finn says, "10+level (4) + stat (3) = 17, I think."

DM says, "It doesn't save!"

Finn says, "The power of nature compels you"

[tomb] Finn afk 5.

DM says, "It's really looking the worse for wear now"

Crumbli asks, "Do I have to make a save as well? Or am I too scared?"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "kinda ragged, you might say"

DM | A paralyzed character has effective Dexterity and Strength scores of 0 and is helpless, but can take purely mental actions.

DM says, "So, say, you could panic"

DM says, "I guess you can make a Reflex save with a Dex modifier of -5"

Crumbli says, "Against DC 17,"

DM says, "Yep"

DM says, "But hey, natural 20 is always a success"

Crumbli rolls 1d20+7: 1+7 | 8

K-Y is out of fish fingers.

Crumbli says, "Oh well."

DM says, "That brings you down to -14, looks like"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Enh, nothing he hasn't made it through before."

DM says, "Crumbli drops to the ground, all burninated"

Crumbli says, "Also, I did that wrong. It's even lower."

Crumbli exclaims, "I die!"

DM says, "Kong, Mummy, Ebezar, (Grog), Crumbli, Clem, Finn, PAULIE, Rosie"

[tomb] Finn says, "Back"

Crumbli says, "And I didn't even get to throw an egg at the demilich."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Do I need to Fear before I cast spells if I'm not targetting the mummy?"

[tomb] Finn says, "Umm, sorry, Crumbli."

[tomb] DM says, "If you're not looking at it, you don't need to save"

[tomb] Crumbli says, "Actually that should have been +1 rather than +7."

Clem asks (of DM), "Do we have to roll fear saves against Finn now?"

DM says, "No kiddin"

nothing_else goes home.

Paulie hastes himself, Grog, Rosie, Clem, Finn, and Ebezar.

[tomb] Finn asks (of Crumbli), "I'll Reincarnate you for free. Would you rather be a woodchuck or a troglodyte?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "And Grog might as well take his turn now."

[tomb] Crumbli asks, "Trogs have night vision, right?"

Grog rolls 1d20+3: 17+3 | 20

[tomb] Paulie says, "(Will save.)"

[tomb] DM says, "Grog saves"

[tomb] Crumbli asks, "Was Kong affected by the flame strike too?"

Grog, a bit confused at who it was that just killed Crumbli, becomes enraged at the mummy.

[tomb] DM says, "He never got close enough"

[tomb] Clem says, "I was wondering that, but I guess he failed the save before he even moved."

[tomb] Finn says, "Good work, Kong."

Grog runs at it with axe a-swingin'.

[tomb] Crumbli says, "I thought he jumped on the sarcophagus."

[tomb] DM says, "That was before I realized he had to make a will save as soon as he saw it"

Grog rolls 1d20+17: 5+17 | 22

Grog rolls 1d12+11: 2+11 | 13

[tomb] Crumbli says, "Ah, OK"

DM says, "Grog misses both times"

[tomb] Crumbli says, "Since Crumbli is now dead, I'm going to change my name to Rosie."

DM says, "Kong-, Mummy, Ebezar*, Clem*, Finn*, Paulie*, Grog*, ROSIE*"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Oh, the second was attempted damage -- do I get to make multiple attacks?"

[tomb] DM asks, "He's hasted, but does that only work for a full attack?"

[tomb] Crumbli says, "Wait, that name is already taken. Wah."

[tomb] Finn says, "Not after movement."

[tomb] Paulie says, "I thought I was too far to get into range and make a full attack."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Yeah."

[tomb] DM says, "OK"

[tomb] DM says, "Then he only missed once"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Phew."

[tomb] Finn says, "Try Rosii"

DM says, "* = hasted, - = paralyzed"

Crumbli says, "Rosie wand to dogpile in there and thwack the mummy with her thwacky fists, but is hesitant."

Crumbli says, "wants"

Crumbli says, "And is considering knocking out Finn first."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "hee hee"

Rosii says, "But I guess I'll just wade on out there mummyward."

Rosii asks, "Will save?"

DM says, "Yep"

Rosii rolls 1d20+11: 10+11 | 21

DM says, "Rosie saves"

[tomb] Finn says, "I remember the early days, when the Finn-For-Party-Leader sentiment was considerably stronger than the Let's-Leave-Finn-Down-Here movement."

DM says, "So feel free to wade in there and swing"

Rosii asks, "OK. How does this Flurry of Blows thing work? Do I get an extra strike with it even if it's just the standard-action attack?"

DM asks, "Hmm, is it just for full attacks?"

DM says, "because we could delay figuring it out for one round"

Rosii says, "That's what I'm trying to find out."

DM says, "Looks like it's not just for full attacks"

DM says, "Oh, it is"

DM | A monk must use a full attack action to strike with a flurry of blows.

DM says, "So just your usual +6 or whatever"

Rosii says, "OK. I see it now."

DM says, "+13"

Rosii says, "OK, then, just an ordinary unarmed thwack, then. With my magical hands."

DM says, "Roll away"

Rosii rolls 1d20+15: 11+15 | 26

Rosii says, "I think that's right. Rosie's character sheet doesn't have non-flurry unarmed strike written down."

Rosii says, "But flurry is at -2, so this should be at +2 relatie tot he flurry."

DM says, "The flurry is at 0 at 9th level"

Rosii says, "Oh."

DM says, "So it's +13"

Rosii says, "In that case, 24."

Rosii asks, "Does it hit?"

DM says, "Rosie punches the mummy in the chest but does no damage"

Rosii says, "Bah."

DM says, "also, realizes that the mummy is wearing plate armor underneath those wrappings"

DM says, "ROUND 2"

[tomb] Finn says, "Alright, treasure"

DM says, "Kong is still paralyzed"

DM says, "Kong-, MUMMY, Ebezar*, Clem*, Finn*, Paulie*, Grog*, Rosie*"

[tomb] Paulie says, "If only Crumbli had started at the feet."

DM says, "The mummy waves its arms around some and snarls some more arcane words"

[tomb] Clem asks (of Ebezar), "Assuming we survive, do you have any more kaboomy spells?"

Rosii asks, "Do I get an AoO?"

[tomb] Clem says, "Preferably ones that don't kill the rest of us."

DM says, "Good point, yes"

Rosii rolls 1d20+13: 12+13 | 25

[tomb] Ebezar says, "I still have another empowered flaming flame thing that isn't fireball"

DM says, "That does not hit"

[tomb] Clem says, "Sounds good, and I have Searing Light."

DM says, "Ebezar is suddenly surrounded by a huge cloud of locusts"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Touch spells seem like a good thing."

Ebezar says, "This is unfortunate"

Ebezar says, "I bet this will make it hard to concentrate"

DM says, "Luckily you are all spread out enough that no one else is caught in it"

[tomb] Ebezar asks, "so what are these locusts doing to me, besides being one of the plagues?"

DM says, "but they bite him good"

DM rolls 2d6: 5 5 | 10

[tomb] Finn says, "Apparently biting you"

[tomb] Ebezar says, "so it seems"

[tomb] Finn says, "Maybe you should swim away"

[tomb] Clem asks, "You mean duck under the blood?"

DM says, "Anyone still wanting to go into the room is going to have to go through the locusts first, though"

[tomb] Clem says, "I think that would require a save against eww ew ew."

DM says, "Kong-, Mummy, EBEZAR*, Clem*, Finn*, Paulie*, Grog*, Rosie*"

DM says (to Ebezar), "make a Fortitude save"

Ebezar rolls 1d20+12: 13+12 | 25

DM says, "You shake off the distraction of the locusts"

Ebezar says, "Ah, good."

[tomb] Clem says, "Hurrah"

DM says, "FOR NOW"

Ebezar says, "Given this second empowered scorching ray, it seems a pity not to use it."

Ebezar rolls 1d20+7: 2+7 | 9

Ebezar rolls 1d20+7: 11+7 | 18

DM says, "One of those hits"

Ebezar rolls 4d6: 2 1 2 3 | 8

DM says, "and does no damage"

Ebezar says, "sigh. so 8+4=12 of fire damage, grr"

Ebezar says, "oh? man."

[tomb] Clem says, "Not more damage resistance, surely."

DM asks, "Anything else?"

Ebezar says, "sadly, no"

DM says, "Kong-, Mummy, Ebezar*, CLEM*, Finn*, Paulie*, Grog*, Rosie*"

Clem says, "I'll move close enough to ensure I don't have a penalty on my ranged touch attack, and blast it with Searing Light."

DM asks, "How close is that?"

Clem says, "I have no idea."

DM says, "Eh, you can do it from outside the locusts"

Clem says, "Range of the spell is 'medium', 190 feet."

DM says, "Oh, then you're totally fine"

Clem asks, "Do I get a haste bonus on this?"

DM says, "I doubt it"

Clem says, "Just +6 then, I think."

Clem rolls 1d20+6: 6+6 | 12

Clem says, "Aw man."

DM says, "That hits!"

Clem says, "Woohoo! 9d6 against undead, and I believe it's divine damage."

Clem rolls 9d6: 5 5 5 2 1 2 2 6 1 | 29

DM says, "The mummy throws up its arms attempting vainly to shield itself from the blinding white light"

Clem says, "And just in case that doesn't fry the bastard, the sword of G'taar is still hanging around."

[Crows-Nest] Ebezar says, "So *this* is what happened to Jonadab"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Ha ha ha ha."

DM says, "shudders, and collapses with a splash"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "hooray"

Rosii says, "I fish for Crumbli's body"

Rosii says, "respectfully lay it in the sarcophagus"

Paulie says, "We should search the rest of that thing."

[tomb] Clem says, "Should have done that the first round, sigh."

DM says, "You grab a hold of her cloak and retrieve her charred corpse"

Rosii says, "say a few words honoring the brave elf"

Rosii says, "and take her boots."

Paulie says, "The plate mail might be worth something, it could have more gems, and who knows it it has anything else."

[tomb] DM asks, "Does Clem still have a Raise Dead?"

[tomb] Clem says, "I have a free slot that I can use for it."

[tomb] Clem says, "15 minutes to prepare and then an hour or something to cast the spell."

Paulie does so while others are dealing to the more friendly dead, even though it's not really his forte.

Paulie rolls 1d20+1: 7+1 | 8

[tomb] Clem says, "Wow, just noticed that you can't raise somebody who was killed by a death effect."

[tomb] Clem says, "So, good thing you made that Will save."

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah, we were noting that in the spoiler channel"

[tomb] Clem says, "So you're just mostly dead instead of all dead."

DM says (to Paulie), "It was wearing plate mail"

DM says, "and a ring"

DM says, "Oh, and a cloak"

DM says, "and a brooch"

[tomb] Finn says, "Cha-ching"

Paulie hands the loot off to Grog, one piece at a time.

[tomb] Finn afk 5.

Paulie asks, "Probably got some magic in here. You up for some detecting, Ebezar?"

[tomb] Rosii asks, "Do we have the material components for Raise Dead?"

[tomb] Clem says, "I asked earlier, and apparently yes."

[tomb] DM says, "I thought you had enough for one more"

Clem starts preparing a Raise Dead spell.

[tomb] Rosii says, "I'll start reducing Crumbli to level 7."

[tomb] Ebezar says, "man"

[tomb] Ebezar says, "or woman, as the case may be"

[tomb] Clem says, "I assume there's no benefit to using Reincarnation instead, apart from the cost."

[tomb] Rosii says, "Crumbly's dex goes down a point."

[tomb] Paulie asks (of Ebezar), "Did you want to use the wand o' detection on the mummy's gear?"

[tomb] Ebezar says, "certainly"

Ebezar pulls out the wand of magic detection and detectifies away.

DM says, "Let's see"

[tomb] Finn says, "Unless Crumbli is tired of being an elf"

Clem asks, "Hmm, no actual injuries other than a little damage to Crumbli, right?"

Ebezar points indignantly to his locust bites.

Clem says, "Injuries caused by the mummy, I mean."

Clem asks, "Oh, locusts, pfeh. Drink a potion?"

DM says, "The plate (actually half-plate) is magic"

DM says, "of whatever school it is that gives bonuses to armor"

DM says, "The cloak has a touch of abjuration"

DM says, "As does the ring"

Clem says, "If I didn't already have half-plate, and if the thought of clasping around my body something that was until recently wrapped around a decaying corpse wasn't completely disgusting, I might be interested."

DM says, "and the brooch"

Ebezar says, "You could wash the plate off in the blood."

Clem says, "Er, if I didn't already have magic plate, I mean."

(From DM) Clem says, "The plate? I'm talking about the mummy bandages"

Clem says, "Heh."

Clem says, "I bet either the ring or brooch protects against fire."

Clem says, "Or the plate."

Paulie says, "I'll identify the plate, at least. Grog might like it."

Finn says, "It's going to take us a while to get the Raising happening, so why don't we lug all this stuff back to base, rest up, get it identified, etc etc etc."

Paulie uses an Identify scroll on it.

Finn asks, "We /can/ teleport out of here, right?"

Clem asks, "Bah, you just want another ape, don't you?"

[Crows-Nest] Rosie shows up for a little bit!

Clem says, "Oh, huh, this one survived this time."

Finn exclaims, "Correct!"

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "Mmm, blood."

[Crows-Nest] Clem says (to Rosie), "We explored a bit, attacked a door that bled and filled the room with blood, then battled a mummy."

[Crows-Nest] Finn says, "Then I killed Crumbli."

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Crumbly was killed by a rogue Flame Strike."

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Well, not really rogue, I'm just saying that to make it sound more accidental."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "there's no honor among rogues"

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "Yeah, I logged in earlier so I could read the backlog."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "also, did anyone make a 'friendly fire' joke yet"

[Crows-Nest] Ebezar says, "not yet, so go ahead"

[Crows-Nest] DM says (to Eolo), "Ha ha ha"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "hee hee"

Rosie says, "I marked the spot where the door in here was, but there's no obvious way to open it."

Stacey has arrived.

Finn says, "Maybe we could use the sarcophagus lid as a battering ram, or something"

Rosie says, "The most obvious thing to do would be to have Clem teleport to the other side and open it again for us."

Finn says, "Or that sounds good"

Clem asks, "Wait what?"

Clem asks, "Oh, the door to this room?"

Rosie says, "Right."

Rosie says, "The one you open with three blades."

Clem says, "I guess I could maybe do that."

Clem asks, "Anyone got a spare hand?"

Fang has arrived.

Rosie says, "If we're leaving."

[Crows-Nest] (from G2) Vecna says, "Ha ha"

Rosie says, "(which sounds like a good idea to me)"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Did the ID I did while they were talking have any results?"

[Crows-Nest] Fang says, "<- Just spectating"

[Crows-Nest] Ebezar says (to Rosie), "leave? you just got here"

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "Hee"

Paulie says, "If we can open the door again, I suppose returning to the surface isn't that bad an idea."

Clem says, "I'd still like to figure out the bloody door, and maybe find that orange gem."

Paulie says, "But if not, it seems like a waste of teleportation magic."

[tomb] DM says, "Oh, I missed it"

[tomb] DM says, "It's +2 half-plate"

Finn says, "The danger is that if we 'figure them out', we might let in some bigger, worser monster to pummel us."

[tomb] Clem says (to Paulie), "If you want to wash it, I have Create Water."

Clem says, "*Then* we teleport out."

[tomb] Eolo says, "who can wear it? Grog, I guess"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I'm sure it doesn't smell any worse than Grog's current armor."

Finn says, "Well, you've heard my vote."

[tomb] Paulie says, "And yeah, he'd lose his Dex bonus, but that'd still be a net +2 to his AC."

[tomb] Paulie says, "And a +4 to his flatfooted AC."

Finn says, "Besides, I miss Crumbli."

[Crows-Nest] Rosie asks, "Which room did we open?"

[Crows-Nest] Rosie asks, "NW?"

[Crows-Nest] Alex says (to Rosie), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that nw is an abbreviation of northwest."

[Crows-Nest] DM says, "NE"

Clem says, "I could try another Divination."

[Crows-Nest] Rosie asks, "Aha. Are there still two unopened doors, then?"

[Crows-Nest] DM says, "Yep"

[tomb] Rosii says, "OK, Crumli's character sheet is updated for level 7. Also, I removed the effects of equipment, which I didnt' do before because I thought my loss of stuff would be temporary."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Poll updated."

[tomb] DM says (to Rosii), "Cool"

Rosie says, "I don't suppose there's any good way to get rid of this blood."

Clem says, "Nothing I can think of."

Clem asks, "We're out of Dust of Dryness, right?"

Paulie asks, "Shape Stone?"

Rosii asks, "The room with the door had stairs in it. Can we at least sleep there?"

[tomb] G2 says, "Summon Vampire"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Maybe we'll be lucky, and there'll be one behind the next door."

Rosii says, "I guess one person has to stay outside with the sceptre in case the throne closes again, but they can sleep on the sarcophagus."

DM says, "The top few stairs are above the level of blood"

DM says, "although they are still kind of nasty"

Paulie says, "I can use another Rope Trick."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "ha ha"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "choices: sleep on the stairs a few feet above a lake of blood, or sleep in a mummy's coffin"

Rosie says, "Maybe if we go outside and rest eight hours, the blood will drain through unseen cracks."

Clem says, "Unless we have a plan of action, we might as well head back outside."

Rosii asks, "How?"

Paulie says, "Fine."

Rosii asks, "Also, have we raised Crumbli yet?"

Paulie says, "If you need to take someone with you to operate the door, I'll go."

Finn says, "Kong is good for carrying bodies."

Paulie says (to Rosii), "I think that was one of the things Finn wanted us to be outside for, for whatever reason."

Clem carefully visualises the other side of the entrance, even though he had forgotten all about the three swords thing until somebody mentioned it.

Rosii says, "OK"

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "This is sort of amusing having a split personality here ;-)"

Clem asks (of Paulie), "Okay, ready for a Dimension Door?"

DM says, "You are taking the three swords with you, I assume"

Paulie says, "Aye."

Clem says, "I thought it was just any old swords."

[tomb] Paulie says (to DM), "Aye."

[tomb] Paulie says (to Clem), "They were the scimitars, IIRC."

Rosie says, "Oh, one thing before we go."

[tomb] Paulie says, "That we got from killing something wielding scimitars."

[tomb] Clem says, "The skeleton."

Rosie pulls out a couple coins, scratches an X into one, and a O into the other, and tosses the X at the green head and the O at the blue head.

DM says, "They get sucked into the heads"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "Scimi'taar is G'taar's evil brother"

DM says, "and disappear"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Heh."

Rosie will check for them on the way out, particularly near the original green head at the end of the first hallway.

K-Y has arrived.

Rosie says, "You know what we need? A huge straw. Then the heads could suck out all the blood."

[Crows-Nest] Bjorg says, "ha ha ha"

DM says, "Ha ha"

Paulie says, "Fascinating."

Finn says, "Maybe it'll be gone when we return. Or perhaps just clotted into an icky mess."

Rosii says, "Make one with Shape Stone"

Rosii says, "or Fabricate"

Clem Dimension Doors with Paulie, anyway.

DM says, "Clem and Paulie disappear"

DM says, "(and show up on the other side of the door)"

Clem says, "Okay, let's do the sword thing."

Paulie does with the swordin.

Finn directs Kong to retrieve & carry the elvish corpse.

Fang disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.

DM says, "You open up the door"

DM says, "Blood pours out, etc"

Paulie says, "Welcome to exitville. Population: blood."

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "I had the impression this door was a circle in the middle of the wall."

[Crows-Nest] Rosie asks, "Is it actually more like a normal door?"

[Crows-Nest] DM says, "Nope, it's a regular door"

Clem asks, "So are we just cravenly high-tailing it out of here, or are we doing more searching first?"

Rosie says, "I suppose we could open the other two doors."

Clem says, "That's what I was thinking."

Rosie says, "But if we leave this door alone, it'll slam shut."

Paulie says, "I thought we were convincing ourselves to rest before attempting them."

Paulie asks, "Isn't that why we just used the dimension door?"

Clem says, "I just figured opening the door was a productive step regardless."

[Crows-Nest] Bjorg says, "all this talk of blood is enhanced by the fact that I've been tasting blood all morning"

[Crows-Nest] Bjorg says, "mmm mmm ... bleah"

Paulie says, "Well, it's open now. We may as well use it."

Rosie says, "If the blood eventually leaves, that means it won't flood the two remaining doors when we open them."

Rosie says, "So let's see if that happens and rest first."

[Crows-Nest] Bjorg says, "(wisdom teeth removed yesterday)"

Clem says, "Okay, let's head out."

DM says, "All righty!"

DM says, "You all head out"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "Wisdom Teeth of Vecna."

Rosie watches for her marked coins.

DM says, "Every time you head out into the warm fetid air of the outdoors you wonder why you ever go back into this hellhole"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "Provides a +2 to Wisdom and an extra Bite attack each round."

DM says (to Rosie), "You see no sign of them"

Clem casts Raise Dead on poor Crumbli.

Paulie says, "The swamp is nice, I guess, but there's really not enough blood."

DM says, "Crumbli returns to life!"

Crumbli gasps

Paulie says, "So, I'm guessing this brooch is probably the same kind worn by teachers at magic academies."

Crumbli exclaims, "We... we've got to go back in there!"

Crumbli exclaims, "My stuff!"

Paulie says, "Used to protect the lab instructors against wayward magic missiles."

Clem says, "Yes, yes, we know, your pants are still in there."

[tomb] DM says, "Ha ha"

Paulie says, "But I'm just guessing that because I can't think of any other brooches with abjuration auras. I can ID it for real if someone wants."

Ebezar says, "Although at this point you've lost two levels so it might not all fit right"

Clem asks, "Is it worth my casting Divination again?"

Finn says (to Crumbli), "Hey, sorry about that."

DM says (to Ebezar), "Ha ha"

Clem says, "I feel like it'd be a little embarrassing, since I don't have a specific question other than 'you know how you were telling us how to find all the treasure - could you give us a little more detail, please?'"

Rosie says (to Clem), "You could ask how to get past the blood door."

Paulie says, "The ring, dunno, but Protection seems likely, since that mummy seemed pretty hard to hit. It'd probably take an ID to see how strong it is."

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Each ID costs something, right?"

[tomb] Clem says, "As does each Divination."

[tomb] Ebezar says, "100gp worth of pearls"

Crumbli says, "We're not stuck. There are still more doors to explore down there."

[tomb] Paulie says, "It costs one scroll of ID."

[tomb] Clem says, "Though I think I have enough spare cash."

Rosie says, "True."

[tomb] Paulie says, "We've got six scrolls left."

Clem says, "Okay, I'll wait."

Crumbli says, "Save your divination until after we've been killed by more mummies."

Rosie says, "Or friends."

[tomb] Paulie says, "(I bought the scrolls instead of taking the spell, since it seemed like a better ROI.)"

[tomb] Rosie nods.

Clem tries a Locate Object on Rosie's coin, the one with the X on it.

[tomb] Ebezar says, "hm, yeah"

[tomb] DM asks (of Rosie), "Are you back for the day or just for a bit?"

Clem says, "(might as well blow all my spells since we're camping out.)"

[tomb] Rosie says, "I think I have maybe an hour."

[tomb] Rosie says, "(Sara and her brother are off to the store)"

Paulie says, "And the cloak. Again, resistance is the only cloak I can think of with abjuration. But we'd need to ID it to figure out how strong it is."

Rosie asks, "Can you compare its strength to my cloak?"

Rosie asks, "And the strength of the ring to our rings?"

[tomb] Paulie asks (of DM), "Is what Rosie suggests possible?"

(From Clem) Finn says, "Okay, each of you put on one of the cloaks, and I'll cast fireballs at you."

DM says (to Clem), "It seems to be in the same direction as Crumbli's pants"

Clem says, "Oho."

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah, although the resolution is not particularly fine"

Clem says, "Hard to be specific without getting closer."

[tomb] Paulie says, "So, 'same direction' could mean 'in a tiny closet behind the demon mouth'."

Clem says, "But that green demon head might lead somewhere useful."

[tomb] Paulie says (to DM), "Would it take a spellcraft check to compare cloaks/rings? If so, I nominate Ebezar."

[tomb] DM says, "You'd have to do more detect magic"

[tomb] Finn says, "If we think his pants ended up at Acererak's feet, we should buy a couple hundred vials of alchemist's fire and start throwing them into the head."

[tomb] DM says, "Well, I guess you know how magic your current things are"

[tomb] DM says, "Let me do some checking"

Clem says, "Now, while I'm burning spells, I could head down there, use a Fly to go through the demon head, then Teleport to get back up here."

Rosie says, "Except that last time, animate stuff got teleported somewhere different than inamiate stuff."

Rosie says, "Inanimate."

Clem says, "True, but we have spare magic plate armour now!"

[tomb] DM says, "The cloak is faintly abjuration, as is Rosie's"

Ebezar says, "I do have a dispel magic spell hanging around"

Ebezar says, "if there is something we need to get to dispelling"

Grog says, "Armor looks good."

[tomb] DM asks, "The ring is faintly abjuration - what rings of yours are you comparing it to?"

Grog changes into it.

[tomb] Rosie says, "My cloak is +3."

Clem asks, "What do you want to dispel?"

Ebezar says, "I do not know of anything off-hand, but thought I would mention it"

[tomb] Paulie says, "My ring's +2, and Grog's is +1."

[tomb] Rosie says, "I have a +2 Ring; I believe someone else has a +1."

Ebezar says, "I could also fireball a room or two"

[tomb] Rosie says, "There we go."

Clem says, "I've got this big sword."

Rosie asks (of Ebezar), "Anything that would get rid of a lake of blood?"

Clem says, "Oh, let's just camp out and start fresh tomorrow."

[tomb] DM says, "So the ring is indistinguishable from yours"

[tomb] DM says, "all of yours"

[tomb] DM says, "at least just using Detect Magic to get strength and type of aura"

DM asks, "You're camping out?"

Clem says, "You know, I only brought five days of rations."

Rosie says, "Sounds good."

Clem says, "And I'm almost out!"

DM says, "OK, you all camp out!"

Rosie says, "There's blood downstairs."

DM says, "The next day you wake up bright and early"

[Crows-Nest] G2 says (to Clem), "somehow I feel that will be the least of your worries"

Rosie says, "And roast gargoyle and boiled gelatinous cube."

[Crows-Nest] G2 asks, "also, "camp out" == put on KISS makeup?"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Are we all at max HP?"

[tomb] DM says, "Yep"

[tomb] Clem says, "If not I spelled you back up last night."

Finn says, "My spells today: same as before. Except that instead of Dispel Magic, I'll take on another Flame Strike."

[tomb] DM says, "Ebezar will need to cast False Life again, though"

nothing_else has arrived.

[tomb] Ebezar says, "yes"

[tomb] DM says (to Finn), "Ha ha ha"

Crumbli says, "I brought a bunch of rations, but they all went poof."

Ebezar rolls 1d10+9: 6+9 | 15

[tomb] Finn says, "Since apparently everyone else has Dispel Magics"

Rosie brings along a sturdy branch with which to prop open the sword door.

[tomb] Clem says, "Cool, now that we've run out of components for Raise Dead, I have a spare level 5 slot."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Heh."

[tomb] DM says, "Oho"

[tomb] Paulie says, "If no one minds, Grog'll swap the ring of probably protection for his, since it's probably no worse."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Sure."

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Anyone want the cloak? Crumbli?"

[tomb] Clem says, "I could take Flame Strike too!"

[tomb] Clem says, "I only have a cloak of elvenkind so I'll take it if nobody else does."

[tomb] Paulie says, "That'll let Crumbli take Grog's old ring."

[tomb] Ebezar says, "all righty, character sheet updated"

[tomb] DM says, "Sweet"

Crumbli says, "I could use a cloak, if no one else needs it."

Clem says, "Feel free."

Crumbli asks, "Grogs ring was +1 protection?"

[tomb] Paulie says (to DM), "I think this all makes Grog's new AC numbers:"

Rosie asks (of Crumbli), "Unless you'd prefer the cloak of elvenkind?"

[tomb] Paulie | AC: Base 10, Natural +1, Deflection +?, Dodge +0 (+1), Armor: +9, Total: 21 (22) Touch: 12 (13), Flat-footed: 21

Paulie says (to Crumbli), "Yeah."

[tomb] DM asks, "and the parenthesized numbers are what again?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "(Except the totals are based on +1 Deflection, so modify as needed."

[tomb] Paulie says (to DM), "I think versus traps."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Yeah. Trap sense."

Crumbli asks, "What does that give? Deflection bonus to AC?"

[tomb] DM asks, "OK, so that's assuming the ring is +1 protection?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Right."

Clem takes Break Enchantment at level 5.

Paulie says, "Anyone want the brooch? If not, I'll wear it."

Rosie says, "I already have an amulet, so that's OK by me."

Ebezar says, "I have an amulet as well"

DM says, "Boy it is good none of these items are cursed"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Ioun stones don't take an amulet slot, do they?"

DM says, "I guess if the mummy was wearing them that makes it less likely"

[tomb] Finn says, "No"

[tomb] DM says, "Nop"

Crumbli says, "I have no amulet, of course."

[tomb] Finn says, "They're Misc"

Paulie says (to DM), "That was my reasoning."

[tomb] DM says, "That's what's so keen about them"

Clem says, "They're not cursed, but they're 3000 years out of fashion."

[tomb] Paulie says (to DM), "That and the fact that they look cool."

DM says, "Ha ha"

Crumbli says, "I'd think that taking a mummy's stuff makes it *more* likely to be cursed."

Rosie says, "OK! Once more, into the breech."

[Crows-Nest] nothing_else says (to Crumbli), "yay"

(From DM) Crumbli says, "Like that gem in its eye, say."

DM asks, "OK, ready to head back in?"

Clem says, "Yup."

Paulie mage armors himself and Ebezar.

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "Er, breach."

Finn says, "srely"

Finn Barkskins all the usual suspects.

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Into the breach, towards the breeches."

Finn says, "And stridelengthens myself."

Crumbli asks, "I got a +1 ring and that's it? Did anyone give me anything else?"

Clem casts Longstrider too.

Rosie says, "The cloak, I believe."

Clem says, "I thought you took the cloak."

Paulie asks (of Crumbli), "Didn't you take the new cloak of maybe resistance?"

Crumbli asks, "Cloak of resistance +3?"

DM says, "Clem, Crumbly, Ebezar, Paulie, and Rosie seem to be the usual suspects"

Crumbli asks, "Oh, unknown?"

Rosie asks, "Do you want to wear my boots again?"

Crumbli says, "OK"

Finn asks, "Does anyone have a set of sleeping armour for Crumbli?"

Crumbli says, "Sure"

DM says, "It's unknown if it's even resistance"

Paulie asks (of Finn), "What?"

Rosie says (to Crumbli), "Sure, take 'em."

Paulie says, "Also, if you'd like the brooch, you're free to take it."

Crumbli asks, "So, we're back in the Columned Hall of Blood now, right?"

Paulie says, "Although if it's what I think it is, it'll only be handy if something fires magic missiles at us."

Crumbli says, "I'll take the brooch if no one else is wearing it."

Finn says, "Sometimes people take along light armour to sleep in, that's all."

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "Paulie would have taken it, but will give it to you if you want it."

Finn says, "So anyway, here we are."

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "Right, what she said."

Crumbli says, "I used to have some."

Paulie gives it to Crumbli.

DM asks, "You're going all the way back to the columned hall?"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "I've got a lot more equipment than you, so."

Rosie says, "Right."

Clem says, "So it seems."

Paulie says (to DM), "After a quick stop at the deli on the second floor for breakfast."

Crumbli asks, "Is there anywhere else we should be going?"

DM says, "The blood! It's --- gone!"

Clem says, "Luckily we all have good memories and excellent sense of direction."

Paulie exclaims (at Clem), "And Rosie's map!"

DM says, "I guess they have good drains in this place"

Rosie says, "Whew."

Paulie asks, "Alright, who's been disbelieving while we were gone?"

Rosie says, "Let's not attack that door again."

Clem asks, "There isn't even a stain on the floor?"

DM says, "No more than before"

Clem says, "Oh, fair point."

Rosie says, "Hunh."

Rosie says, "Ah, well."

Rosie asks, "The NW blue door?"

Paulie says, "Go for it."

Clem says, "Sounds good to me."

Crumbli says, "Sure. Let's do the rope thing."

Rosie nods.

[tomb] Paulie asks, "If Grog dies, can I have Crumbli as my new cohort?"

Clem says (to Crumbli), "So go ahead. Even though you've died twice we still trust you to search stuff and open doors!"

[tomb] Crumbli says, "Rosie, I was playing you earlier and didn't notice your arrival."

[tomb] Paulie says, "He appears to be the right level now."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Er, she."

DM says, "You open the door the same old way"

DM says, "revealing an empty 10x10 room"

Crumbli asks, "Empty?"

Crumbli says, "I walk inside."

Crumbli says, "And search for secret doors."

Paulie says, "And mummies."

DM asks, "How carefully?"

Crumbli says, "20"

Crumbli says, "Which is now 35"

Finn braces the door open with his body.

DM says, "You find nothing"

Rosie puts the thick branch into the door, sees if it stays open.

Finn backs away.

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "(the 3-sword door)"

Crumbli asks, "OK. Was there another shimmery door?"

[tomb] Rosie says, "(staying on the non-columned-hall side)"

DM says (to Rosie), "That door closed long ago"

DM says, "You can try it out the next time you do the Dimension Door trick"

[tomb] Rosie exclaims, "I brought the branch specifically to keep that door open!"

DM says, "There was the center door"

[tomb] DM says, "Sorry, you all said you were entering the hall like five minutes ago"

Crumbli says, "Let's open that one, again taking advantage of the convenient ring to do so from a distance."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Oh, pfft, OK."

[tomb] Clem says, "I thought it was clear we wanted to prop the door this time, but whatever, I assume it's not important."

[tomb] DM says, "Was it? Maybe I wasn't reading closely enough"

[tomb] DM says, "Ah, so I see"

[tomb] DM says, "OK, you can find now rather than later that the door snapped the sturdy branch in two like a twig"

[tomb] Clem says, "Heh heh."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Heh."

[tomb] DM says, "So forcefully that you kinda doubt any other of your equipment would be sufficient"

[tomb] Rosie says, "I guess we could have Kong keep the door open."

[tomb] Clem says, "Ha ha ha."

[tomb] Finn says, "And collect tips"

DM says, "OK, that middle door"

[tomb] Finn says, "The sarcophagus lid might be sufficiently sturdy, but anyway."

Ebezar asks, "Yeeeees...?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "snapped it LIKE A TWIG"

Crumbli says, "So, about that middle door."

DM | http://hamesucken.com/tomb/27.jpg

[tomb] Paulie says, "I still have that Knock scroll, so if we lose our teleportation magic, we can still try that route."

DM says, "It's another 10x10 room"

DM says, "With lots of shields and swords on the walls"

DM says, "eight sets"

Finn says, "Huh"

Clem says, "If these swords and shields suddenly come to life and attack us, I could die of lack of surprise."

Paulie exclaims, "Enough for each of us!"

Rosie exclaims, "Detect magic!"

DM says, "With a door on the other side"

Crumbli asks, "And is that a door on the other side?"

Crumbli says, "OK"

Paulie says, "We could even arm Kong."

DM says (to Clem), "I dunno, they look awfully innocuous"

Clem waits for the Detect Magic, thank you kindly.

Ebezar says, "Certainly."

Ebezar DETECT!

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Have we been counting charges in that wand?"

Crumbli says, "Maybe there's a valve handle behind one of them."

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Wasn't there something in the main room we didn't get the magic type of last time? Like the gem or some such?"

DM says, "Hey, they're magic"

DM says, "Roll some spellcraft"

[tomb] Paulie says, "The door, I'm pretty sure."

[tomb] Paulie says, "By which I mean, the DOOR OF BLOOD."

Ebezar rolls 1d20+12: 6+12 | 18

DM says, "It's unclear what the school is"

Paulie says, "Hard knocks, I believe."

Clem says, "I'd be amazed if these are really powerful magic weapons."

Clem says, "In which case we don't really need them."

Rosie asks, "Is the door magic?"

Clem says, "And I would not be amazed if they are nasty cursed magical traps of some kind."

Finn says, "They probably animate and beat the stuffing out of us."

DM says (to Rosie), "Nope"

Crumbli says, "Let's send a canary in there."

Clem says, "Sure thing."

Paulie says (to Grog), "Get ready to slam the door shut if anything bad happens."

Crumbli says, "How are we doing on those? Each nag gives only ten per week."

Crumbli says, "bag"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Have we been here for more than a week?"

[tomb] Clem says, "I think we've only used about half a dozen but I haven't been counting."

[tomb] DM says, "You're probably on day 5 or something"

Crumbli says, "And some of them were from my bag."

[tomb] Clem says, "Well, if the bag runs out, we can camp for another two days."

Grog readies an action to slam the door shut if the weapons and shields animate.

Finn says, "I could exchange one of my Cure Light Wounds for a Summon Animal 1"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Also, are we rolling?"

[tomb] DM says, "If you pull something out from the bag, you are"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Oh, the bag is mine, isn't it?"

Clem pulls something from the bag.

Clem rolls 1d100: 66 | 66

DM says, "Looks like a cat"

DM says, "A sweet little pussycat"

Clem says, "Aww, it's a cute little cat."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "I thought at first Clem meant that if the bag runs out you won't be able to keep eating them"

Paulie asks, "Dear sweet G'taar, what happened tot hat bat's wings?"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Ha ha ha."

DM says, "The cat miaows cutely"

Clem asks, "So, what horrible trap did you want to send this cat into?"

Crumbli scratches the cat behind the ears

Stacey disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.

Paulie asks, "The room full of sharp implements?"

Crumbli says, "Dear kitty. You're going to serve the greater good. Yes you are."

[Crows-Nest] Ebezar says, "ha"

Clem asks, "Through the door, right?"

Paulie says, "Aye."

Clem says, "Hey, cat, head over there! That way!"

Stacey has arrived.

Clem frowns, tries reverse psychology: "Okay, go *that* way!"

DM says, "The cat walks into the room"

[Crows-Nest] Bjorg says, "ha ha"

[Crows-Nest] Bjorg says, "cats take orders from NO ONE"

[Crows-Nest] Bjorg says, "unless you trick them"

DM says, "As soon as it crosses the threshold, all eight shields and pairs of swords jump off the wall, fly over, and simultaneously make mincemeat of it"

Clem politely suggests to the cat that it might like to -- eagh!

Ebezar says, "wow"

DM says, "and then return to the walls"

Clem says, "!"

Crumbli exclaims, "Neat!"

Grog SLAM!

Ebezar asks (of Rosie), "I don't suppose you have the 'deflect ass-loads of shields and swords' as a class skill?"

Crumbli exclaims, "Also, predictable!"

[tomb] Paulie says, "It's neat that each shield has a different pattern."

[tomb] Ebezar says, "it's hard to tell those patterns given the cat-gobbets all over them"

[tomb] Bjorg says, "it's that special attention to detail that makes Acererak a true craftsman."

[tomb] Bjorg says, "of evil."

Clem says, "So, um."

Paulie says, "Right."

Clem says, "I have Hide From Undead but not Hide From Swords."

Rosie checks.

Rosie says, "Sorry, nope."

Paulie asks, "Anyone see anything on the walls behind the shields when they moved?"

DM has disconnected.

DM has connected.

DM has left.

DM has arrived.

DM asks, "Did I miss anything after 'Also, predictable!'?"

Paulie says, "So, I can Invisibility Sphere once, but I doubt that'll trick the swords."

Crumbli asks, "Someone got a coin we could throw in there?"

Clem says, "Sure, here."

Rosie says, "Oh, there's the invulnerability sphere."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Paulie asks, "Anyone see anything on the walls behind the shields when they moved?""

[tomb] DM says (to Paulie), "Nope"

Crumbli tosses a coin in, paying attention to whether the swords attack as it corsses the threshhold or when it hits the floor.

DM says, "The coin clatters to the floor"

DM says, "Nothing else happens"

Clem says, "Maybe you have to toss a small animal in."

Clem asks, "Where's Paulie?"

Crumbli says, "So they only react to living things, maybe."

Rosie asks, "Hey, how about Mage Hand to try opening the door?"

Clem says, "Good thought."

Rosie says, "Because you know there's nothing behind it."

Clem says, "I could also maybe seal off the swords with a wall of stone."

Ebezar says (to Clem), "That is an intriguing idea."

Ebezar says, "though I would suggest an additional cat-check just to be sure, if we go this route"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Was the other door a normal door or a pull-ring door or something else?"

DM says, "Hmm, it might be hard to use Mage Hand to open a door"

Clem says, "It's a little bit of a waste. I'm saving that spell for last-ditch escape from a nasty enemy."

[tomb] DM says, "It's a normal door"

Paulie says, "I'll mention Knock again, but that won't get us past the swords."

Clem ties his rope into a lassoo.

Clem asks, "Who's good at throwing? Want to try to hook one of those swords?"

Clem says, "Maybe drag it off the wall or something."

[tomb] Rosie asks (of DM), "If he has all the time in the world, couldn't he just take 20 to open the door?"

Paulie says, "I'm not terrible at it."

[tomb] DM asks, "If who does?"

[tomb] Paulie says (to Clem), "+11"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Whoever has mage hand."

[tomb] DM says, "The problem is that Mage Hand works on 'one nonmagical, unattended object weighing up to 5 lb.'"

[tomb] Paulie says (to DM), "A doorknob probably is a nonmagical unattended object weighing up to 5 lb."

[tomb] Rosie says, "The door handle? Heh, timing."

[tomb] DM says, "Well, it's part of the door"

[tomb] DM says, "Feel free to try it"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Heh. Why not. Those level 0 spells will just go to waste otherwise."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Presumably this sort of thing is tried in mage dorms all the time, so we'd know ;-)"

Paulie reaches out with his MENTAL POWERS and tries to ROTATE AND RETRACT THE DOORKNOB.

DM says, "OK FINE"

[tomb] Rosie says, "hee hee hee"

DM says, "The door slowly opens.."

[tomb] Rosie exclaims, "Spears!"

DM says, "Revealing a short passageway that opens up into a room"

[Crows-Nest] nothing_else says, "#i7 A doorknob is usually a nonmagical unattended thing weighing 4 lb."

[tomb] Paulie exclaims, "Noooo!"

Rosie says, "Wow, I was betting on a blank wall."

DM says, "but you can't see anything that clearly all the way over there because it's already like 40 feet away"

Clem says, "Okay, so, we could just make a dash for it."

Paulie exclaims, "Witness the power of the cantrip!"

Clem says, "I mean eight sword attacks is still just 8d8 damage."

Rosie says, "I guess I'm the fastest."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Can Grog? Seeing as it's so bright in there and all."

DM says, "There are actually sixteen swords"

Rosie says, "Hoy."

Rosie says, "That's a lot of swords, though."

Crumbli asks, "The room is just 10x10, right?"

Clem says, "Okay, so only 16d8 plus maybe 16d3 for shield bashes."

[tomb] DM says, "Oh, Grog's daylight vision only worked inside the hall itself"

Crumbli says, "The sword room, I mean."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Ah. Interesting."

DM says (to Crumbli), "Yeah"

Paulie says (to Clem), "So a mere 96 points on average."

Crumbli says, "I could try tumbling through."

[tomb] Rosie asks (of DM), "Based on how fast I saw the swords move, do I think if I ran fast enough I could make it?"

Rosie says, "Hellooo, level 6."

[tomb] DM says, "You would definitely not make it across before they got some swings in"

[tomb] Clem says, "I wonder how good their attack rolls are."

[tomb] Rosie says, "I have 'walk 60' but I'm not sure how fast that is in real time."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Hrm."

Crumbli says, "It's conceivable that one could levitate through without triggering them."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Let's try the lasso thing."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "WOuld Haste help?"

[tomb] Crumbli says, "If nothing else, it would give you anAC bonus."

Clem tries to lassoo one of the swords.

DM says, "Uh, roll a d20"

Clem says, "From behind the threshhold, of course."

Crumbli says, "That's probably a Use Rope check."

Paulie says (to Crumbli), "If only we had a bat."

DM says (to Crumbli), "Yeah"

Clem rolls 1d20: 3 | 3

Paulie says (to Clem), "Here, let me try."

Clem lassooes himself.

DM says, "You strangle yourself with the rope"

Clem says, "Fine, fine, you try."

Paulie rolls 1d20+9: 14+9 | 23

Clem says, "Bah."

DM says, "You hook the rope over one of the swords"

[tomb] Paulie exclaims, "Ha. Those skill points have been vindicated!"

Paulie yank yank.

DM says, "The sword cleanly cuts through the rope as you yank it"

Clem says, "Yow, sharp."

Clem says, "There goes another 5ft of rope."

Paulie says, "I hear that sharp swords hurt less than dull ones."

Paulie says, "Also, kill you faster."

[tomb] DM says, "Hmm, I take it back about the dashing through"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Oh?"

[tomb] DM says, "It would probably be a coin toss"

Crumbli says, "There was that Wall of Stone idea. That sounded good."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Rosie's good at tossing coins."

[tomb] Clem asks, "Between 0 and 16 sword attacks?"

[tomb] DM says, "I guess you've already done a couple coin tosses"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Or between 0 and 1?"

Paulie says, "Yeah."

Crumbli says, "It would probably have to be two walls, of course."

Clem says, "Unfortunately I only have one."

Paulie asks, "Can you make it horizontal?"

Clem says, "Hmm, actually, I could probably make a small tunnel through the centre."

DM says, "Interesting"

[tomb] Rosie says, "It looks like I could run 240 feet in one round."

[tomb] DM says, "Yep"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Which means I'd be through the room in 1/24th of a round."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Though I suppose that's not quite how D&D works."

[tomb] DM says, "Right :)"

[tomb] Clem says, "And straight into the next pit trap at 240 feet per round."

[tomb] DM says, "Ha ha"

[tomb] Paulie says, "So Rosie can basically run at 27 mph. At least for six seconds."

[tomb] DM says, "Hmm, Clem can make 45 square feet of stone"

Clem asks, "Okay, with nine 5ft squares, can I make a usable tunnel?"

Clem says, "Enough for the big armoured types like Grog and me."

[tomb] DM says, ""I guess that's 10' by 4.5'"

Paulie asks, "How thick?"

Clem says, "If the room is only 10 feet long, it seems like six squares would make two walls and a roof."

DM says, "2 inches"

Paulie asks, "A foot and a half per side?"

Paulie says, "Or a foot high and two and a half wide."

DM says, "Hmm, if 2 pi r / 2 = 4.5"

Clem says, "No, five feet."

DM says, "You could make about a 3' diameter tunnel"

[tomb] Rosie says, "(afk a bit--I'm willing to run though if nothing else works)"

Paulie says (to Clem), "A five foot square is twenty-five square feet."

Paulie says, "That's more than half your maximum capacity."

Clem says, "Oh, I guess I misunderstood the spell description"

[Crows-Nest] Ebezar says, "Eli goes to Kindermusik, this singing-and-playing-instruments-and-other-musical-stuff-for-kids thing"

Clem says, "No, hang on, I didn't."

[Crows-Nest] Ebezar says, "they have a song, and I quote:"

[tomb] Paulie says (to DM), "He only needs a semi-cylinder, I'd think."

Clem says, "'One five-foot square per level'."

[Crows-Nest] Ebezar says, "'Goin' through the tunnel / goin' through the tunnel / goin' through the tunnel'"

Clem says, "Not five square feet."

[tomb] DM says, "That's why I divided by 2"

DM says, "Aha"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Ah, right."

Paulie says, "Ah, my apologies."

Clem says, "So multiple everything by 5."

Clem says, "Er, multiply."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "hee hee"

DM says, "including damage from swords"

Clem says, "Heh."

Clem says, "Right, I'll do it."

Paulie says, "So you can easily make a floor-to-ceiling path on either side."

DM says, "It has to be contiguous, but he can do that by running along the top"

Clem says, "Make a nice high tunnel, with a little gap at the side so that we can see what the swords do when somebody enters, and thickening up the sides as much as I can."

Clem casts Wall Of Stone.

DM says, "All righty"

DM says, "I'm a little confused about the gap"

Clem says, "The tunnel will be narrower than the entrance door."

[tomb] (from Paulie) DM asks, "Is it wide enough for a swordblade to pass through?"

Crumbli says, "For G'tarr's sake, make the gap smaller than a sword blade."

Clem says, "Oh, okay, I'll just line it exactly up with the doorways."

DM says, "Righto"

Clem says, "I guess if the swords attack we'll hear it well enough."

DM says, "*ZOMG* There's a big wall of stone!!"

Paulie says, "Goodbye room; hello corridor."

Clem steps in cautiously.

Paulie says, "Have at it, Clemary."

DM says, "There's a bunch of clanging on the wall, but that's it"

Clem says, "Okay, looks safe enough."

Rosie dashes through.

[tomb] Rosie says, "(back)"

Clem says, "I suggest we hurry before they chip the wall down."

Paulie takes Clem's advice. So does Grog.

Clem says, "It's only like 1.5 inches thick."

DM says, "OK, you make it into a 30' by 20' room"

Finn and Kong hurry on through.

Crumbli hurries through as well

DM | http://hamesucken.com/tomb/27a.jpg

[tomb] Clem says, "Future adventurers are going to be really confused by the Clanging Corridor."

Ebezar goin' through the tunnel / goin' through the tunnel

DM says, "Forget that thing that looks like a door, it's just an archway"

DM says, "That you came through"

[Crows-Nest] Ebezar says, "the vertical lines in the archway are tiny swords raining down"

DM says, "There are lots of bones, and some rotten equipment"

Crumbli says, "And a drinking fountain."

DM says, "Water is spilling out lazily from that fountain"

DM says, "and there are runes carved on the north wall"

Crumbli exclaims, "Runes!"

DM says, "Also a coin with a O carved on it"

Rosie says, "Hey, look at that."

Crumbli says, "Oho."

Clem says, "The coin!"

Rosie pockets the coin.

Clem asks, "Now why would this room be full of skeletons?"

Crumbli says, "I search the walls for secret doors, taking 20 for 35."

Clem says, "I can't believe they would all stop to drink poisoned water."

Crumbli says, "Starting by the fountain."

DM says, "OK, that'll take a bit"

Paulie says, "I'm surprised none of them ever opened that door we came through."

Finn says, "I"

Finn says, "I'"

Clem looks through the equipment.

Finn says, "Err"

[Crows-Nest] G2 says, "I take 6000 for 6025"

DM says, "There's a bag with a few hundred gold pieces"

Finn says, "I've got an unusued wand of Detect Poison. I'll use it now! On the fountain & water."

Ebezar says (to Finn), "oh, excellent."

DM says, "Some broken vials and wands"

Clem says, "Hey, score."

DM says, "The water does not appear to be poisonous"

Crumbli says, "Weird."

Paulie asks, "Come to think of it, if all these people got this far into the tomb, how did all the secret doors we had to get through to get here get closed again?"

Finn says, "Maybe they all drowned."

DM says, "One potion that is actually still intact"

DM says, "And a flail"

Rosie asks, "Detect magic?"

Crumbli says, "Probably the same maintenance crew that mopped up the blood."

Clem says, "Whatever monster sucked up all the blood must have reset the traps and stuff too."

Ebezar says, "Certainly."

Ebezar points the wand at the fountain and then sweeps the rest of the room with it.

Rosie says, "The blood could have been a magical effect that eventually disappeared."

Clem asks, "Anyone recognise this potion?"

Paulie sniffs it.

DM says, "The potion is faintly transmutation"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "The rule is what? If you've tasted the potion before you recognize it?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I think so, yeah."

DM says, "The flail has a bit of enchantment, I guess"

DM says, "The fountain is not magic"

DM says, "No one recognizes the potion"

[tomb] Crumbli says, "Transmutation should be lots of things. Could be Barkskin, could be Baleful Polymorph."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "The wands?"

Clem asks, "Not magic and not poisonous? You think this is actually normal water?"

Paulie asks (of Clem), "Didn't he say it was magical?"

Clem says, "I could do with filling my waterskin, if so."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "smells like transmutation"

Paulie says, "Just not the fountain."

Rosie says, "I suppose it could be holy water, but that seems a bit... unwise."

Finn asks, "Who will dare read the runes?"

DM says, "The wands are not magic anymore"

Paulie exclaims, "Er, I mean. Right, no magic!"

Paulie says, "Go ahead, try a sip."

Paulie says, "I'll stand over here."

Clem asks, "Is there such a thing as unholy water?"

Finn says (to Clem), "Of course"

[tomb] Paulie says, "There's something wrong with the fact that when Crumbli pointed out that the fountain's water could polymorph, my first thought was that we'd better take off our armor before tasting it."

Paulie asks (of Finn), "What's its magical aura?"

DM says, "The runes? They are not magic"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Wait--is the water magic or not? I don't see the GM saying anything other than that the fountain itself is not magic."

[tomb] Clem says, "I assumed they were not."

Finn says, "Mmm... probably profane or something."

DM says, "The water is not magic"

[tomb] Clem says, "Er, it was not."

[tomb] Crumbli says, "I was talking about the potion."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Aha."

Crumbli says, "The intact potion with an aura of Transmutation."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Oh, sorry. I guess I misread."

Finn reads the runes.

Finn says, "Or tries to."

DM says, "YOU WHO DARED TO VIOLATE MY TOMB MAY REMAIN AND DIE SLOWLY OF STARVATION, OR ESCAPE TO CERTAIN DEATH."

DM says, "WHATEVER YOUR CHOICE, ACERERAK THE ETERNAL WATCHES AND SCOFFS AT YOUR PUNY EFFORTS AND ENJOYS YOUR DEATH THROES."

DM says, "1.WAV"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "hee hee"

Paulie says, "Ah. I guess these guys starved."

Paulie says, "Seems dumb to come all this way for that, but hey."

Ebezar says, "It's a shame his runes only had relative filepaths instead of a full URL."

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "Hee he"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Should I burn an ID on the potion or flail?"

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "e"

[tomb] Clem says, "If you're going to do anything, the potion."

[tomb] Ebezar says, "I'd say neither"

[tomb] Clem says, "Unless the flail is strongly magical it doesn't seem interesting."

Crumbli exclaims, "I vote for escaping to certain death!"

[tomb] Eolo says, "who gets caught in this room? LOSERS, that's who"

[tomb] Eolo says, "and what kind of stuff do losers have? LOSER STUFF"

Crumbli says, "I've tried it. It's not so bad."

[tomb] Paulie says, "OK. We can save it to sell later."

DM says, "Ha ha"

Clem says, "Heh."

Paulie says, "Works for me."

Ebezar says, "Hee hee"

Finn says, "Aha, I think I see."

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "OK, I guess the fountain is here so that you starve to death instead of dying of thirst."

Paulie Identifies the potion.

Rosie says, "OK, I guess the fountain is here so that you starve to death instead of dying of thirst."

DM says (to Paulie), "It's Reduce Person"

Finn says, "This must be one of the teleportation target rooms."

Clem says (to Rosie), "That is pretty evil!"

Clem asks, "So are we done here?"

Finn says, "So these corpses here got in, but they couldn't get out because they didn't have a swell Tunnel of Stone"

Clem says, "There was the other teleportation demon head, where Rosie tossed the X coin."

Crumbli says (to Finn), "That would explain the coin, too."

Finn says, "I think we're done here."

Clem fills his waterskin, since the water seems like a mean trick rather than a trap.

Paulie says, "Looks like this potion makes one Tiny."

Paulie says, "Or just Small, for you guys."

Finn says, "Being Tiny didn't help the cat."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "potions of reduce person are popular at those how-many-people-can-you-fit-in-a-behir parties"

[Crows-Nest] DM says, "Ha ha"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Nothing else in the room?"

[tomb] DM says, "Nope"

Rosie dashes back out the tunnel.

Clem heads back out.

Paulie goes too.

Ebezar goin' back through the tunnel / goin' back through the tunnel

DM says, "Clang clang clang"

DM says, "and back you are into the columned hall"

Rosie asks (of Clem), "Hey, can you bless water to make it holy?"

Paulie asks, "What about that empty 10x10 room? Are we sure there's nothing there?"

Clem says (to Rosie), "I could probably do it tomorrow morning."

Clem says, "Costs money, though."

DM says (to Paulie), "It looked awfully empty"

Clem says, "I bet you thought those monks were overcharging when you bought holy water off them, but they're just covering their costs."

Rosie says, "Might be useful on particularly powerful undead."

Rosie nods.

Clem says, "I already have holy water."

Rosie says, "OK, let's hope that's enough, then."

Clem hands one of his five flasks of the stuff to Rosie.

Rosie exclaims, "Oh. Well, thanks!"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "I don't suppose dipping my fists in the stuff helps anything?"

Paulie asks, "So are we going back to try that door again?"

Paulie asks, "Or to find that gem of orangey evilness, now that the tide's gone back in?"

Clem says, "I say we try the second demon head."

Clem says, "Where you tossed the X coin."

[tomb] Crumbli says, "It rinses off some of the blood, I'd guess."

[tomb] DM asks, "In which stuff?"

[tomb] DM asks, "The holy water?"

[tomb] Rosie says, "In holy water."

[tomb] DM says, "Not really"

Paulie asks, "Just... jump inside?"

Clem says, "Pretty much."

Ebezar says, "If we smallerized you, we could throw you into it."

Finn asks, "Did we want to try Locate Object on the X coin?"

Rosie says, "I don't think that's a good idea."

Rosie says, "We did--it's with Crumbli's pants."

Paulie says, "Some people are forgetting that I'm still the right height to deliver an uppercut to the vulnerables."

Finn says, "Oh, ah."

Clem says, "I was able to vaguely locate the coin last night, and it's roughly -- right."

Clem says, "I guess this demon head could vaporise living tissue or something, though."

Paulie says (to Clem), "You could tie a coin to a Canary."

Paulie says, "But I guess that wouldn't solve the problem."

Paulie says, "I suggest that whoever goes in be able to dimension door back."

Crumbli says, "There's precedent for teleporting living and nonliving stuff to different locations."

Clem says, "I'm willing to go."

Finn says, "I'm willing to let you."

Clem says, "Heh."

[Crows-Nest] Ebezar exclaims (at Paulie), "No, not my spell component pouch!"

Crumbli says, "Hey, levitation boots. No throwing necessary."

[Crows-Nest] Ebezar says, "bah, burstlag"

Paulie ties another lasso and throws it at the demon fangs.

Crumbli says, "I'm willing to part with them."

Paulie rolls 1d20+9: 20+9 | 29

Paulie asks (of Crumbli), "Sorry, what were you saying?"

Clem asks, "Okay, does anyone else have a plan or should I do this?"

Crumbli says, "Go ahead."

Paulie says, "Go with G'taar, noble warrior of divine fire."

Clem says, "It seems pretty likely that the other demon head led to the fountain room, so I imagine this one is relatively safe."

Crumbli says, "Join the pantsless club."

Clem says, "At least safe enough that I'll be able to teleport out."

Clem casts Fly on himself.

Paulie asks, "Do you want to leave behind any of your valuable equipment, just in case?"

Rosie says, "Yeah, I think you should go naked."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "woo woo"

[Crows-Nest] Bjorg says, "woo woo"

Clem says, "I only have Charisma 10, you realise."

[Crows-Nest] Bjorg says, "ha ha ha"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "ha ha"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Hee."

[Crows-Nest] Ebezar says (to Clem), "on the plus side, no one will be able to see you, as explained in OotS"

Rosie says, "Actually, if you *do* end up with Crumbli's pants, you can scoop them up and teleport back here."

Clem says, "You know what, the other demon head appeared not to split up people and equipment, so I'm guessing this one won't either."

Rosie says, "Er."

Paulie says (to Clem), "Yes, we all understand what happens to a guy when he's been wading in cold blood."

Rosie says, "I don't think we determined that."

DM asks (of Clem), "Do you have the three swords still?"

Paulie says (to Rosie), "The starved corpses still had their gear."

Clem says (to Rosie), "The coin ended up in a room with no other exits that was clearly intended as a prison cell."

Clem says, "Although I don't know how the corpses knew they couldn't cross the swords room."

[tomb] Paulie says, "I am going to be so very amused if Clem lands naked in the empty 10x10 room."

Clem says, "I guess they were just horribly injured and able to crawl back."

[tomb] Clem says, "Ha ha."

Clem says, "Okay, I'll leave my greatsword and buckler here."

Rosie says (to Clem), "Oh, OK, hmm."

Clem says, "And fly through the other demon head!"

DM asks (of Clem), "Do you have the three swords still?"

Clem rolls 1d2: 2 | 2

Clem says, "No!"

Clem says, "Paulie had those."

Paulie says, "Yeah, I let Grog hang onto them for now."

DM says, "All righty"

Rosie asks (of Clem), "Why don't you take a few swords with you?"

Rosie asks, "In case you need to get back into this room?"

Clem says, "I've got daggers and teleport spells."

Paulie says (to Rosie), "He has Dimension Door."

Rosie asks, "Three daggers?"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Would daggers be long enough?"

Clem says, "Actually, hmm, yes."

Clem says, "Assuming Rosie stopped me at the threshhold, sure, what the hell, I'll take the scimitars."

Clem says, "And fly through!"

Rosie says, "can't hurt, and nobody else can use 'em."

DM says, "OK"

Clem says, "With my scant seconds of remaining flight time."

Paulie asks (of Rosie), "We can't?"

DM says, "Clem flies up and through the demon mouth"

Rosie says, "They're too big."

Paulie says (to Rosie), "We can use them to open the door, though."

Rosie says, "Not from this side ;-)"

DM says, "and emerges at the end of the first corridor, naked and with no possessions"

Finn sits down for a spell.

Paulie says (to Rosie), "I have one scroll of Dimension Door."

Finn says, "Oh, huh, there he is."

Clem says, "Dammit!"

DM says, "(not that any of you know that)"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Which corridor?"

[tomb] DM says, "The first one"

[tomb] Eolo says, "way back at the beginning"

Finn says, "Oh, huh, I wonder where he went."

[tomb] DM says, "With the first demon mouth"

[tomb] Clem asks, "The black one?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Well, crap."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Now we officially can't open that door anymore?"

[tomb] Rosie says, "We have other blades."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Will they work?"

[tomb] Rosie says, "I don't see why not."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Of course, Clem can't get in now."

[tomb] DM says, "There are only slots on the other side"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Unless he uses magic."

[tomb] DM says, "of the door"

[tomb] Eolo says, "I think it was established that daggers didn't trigger the door"

[tomb] Eolo says, "Clem can go back to town stark naked, buy some swords, and come back"

[tomb] Clem says, "I am pretty sure the stuff we need is somewhere inside the current set of rooms."

[tomb] Eolo says, "naked men have no problems getting weapons on credit"

[tomb] Paulie asks (of Eolo), "But was that due to not being scimitars or not being long enough?"

[tomb] Clem says, "But if need be we can teleport out over several days."

[tomb] Eolo says (to Paulie), "1.wav"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Someone randomly stuck their sword in, and I grabbed the two scimitars, and it worked."

[tomb] DM says, "Luckily Dimension Door has only verbal components"

Clem ruefully heads back towards the others.

[tomb] Paulie says, "Wow. That would have been a good thing to check ahead of time, wouldn't it."

[tomb] Clem says, "I checked that when making my character."

DM says, "Clem makes it as far as the door with the three slots"

[tomb] Rosie says, "I think sticks would work if they were long enough."

Clem bangs on the door and shouts.

G2 says, "fighting epic battles in the meantime"

Rosie exclaims (at Clem), "Hey there!"

Paulie says, "Uh-uh."

Rosie exclaims (at Clem), "Go ahead and open the door!"

Paulie says, "I think something's trying to get in."

[Crows-Nest] G2 says, "FIREBALL"

Clem says, "Hey it's me!"

Paulie says, "Possibly something big and ugly."

Clem says, "I'm all naked!"

Rosie laughs.

Paulie says, "Yup, just like I said."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "hee hee"

Paulie asks (of Clem), "DO YOU HAVE SWORDS?"

Stacey disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.

Rosie asks (of Clem), "Or long sticks?"

[Crows-Nest] (from Finn) Clem says, "GO FISH"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "Hee."

Paulie says (to Rosie), "Hey, good idea."

Clem says, "THAT'S KIND OF A PERSONAL QUESTION"

Paulie says, "GO GET SOME STICKS FROM THE SWAMP. DON'T LET THE SWAMP BUGS BITE YOU."

Paulie says, "BRING MARSHMALLOWS TOO."

[tomb] Clem says, "Having lost my periapt of power, I think I just temporarily lost some spells."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Temporarily?"

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah, you may have to figure some stuff out between sessions"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "You are expecting to recover the periapt *before* dying?"

[tomb] DM says, "If people want to break now that is fine"

Finn says, "Maybe someone could polymorph into a construct."

[tomb] Finn says, "Whenever is fine by me"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I guess we can handle 'Clem gets back in' on the forum. But I don't mind doing it now."

[tomb] Clem says, "I'm good to continue for a bit."

[tomb] Crumbli asks, "So much for finishing up today, huh?"

[tomb] DM says, "No kiddin"

[tomb] Paulie exclaims (at Crumbli), "We've still got time to die!"

[tomb] Clem says, "We established last time that taking the periapt off permanently doesn't make me forget the spells."

[tomb] Crumbli says (to Paulie), "Way ahead of you."

[tomb] Paulie asks (of Clem), "So, um. Are you trying the three-sticks thing?"

[tomb] Clem says, "I was just going to dimension door back inside."

[tomb] Paulie says, "That works too."

Crumbli says, "Seems like we're back to our chief obstacle being the door of blood."

[tomb] Clem says, "Assuming everyone is okay with sleeping inside if I need to memorise that spell again to get back out."

Paulie says, "From where I stand, we seem to have three main options."

[tomb] Eolo says, "the blood will keep you warm at night"

Paulie says, "Well, four."

[tomb] Crumbli says, "Sure. The floor is clean now, at least."

Clem says (to Paulie), "I AGREE BUT PLEASE SPEAK UP"

Paulie says, "ONE, PLAY WITH THE SCEPTRE AND CROWN AND KEYS AND DOOR."

Crumbli says, "Option 1: Go home."

Paulie says, "TWO, PLAY WITH THE GEM AND DOOR."

Paulie says, "THREE, TRY THE KNOCK SPELL ON THE DOOR."

[Crows-Nest] Ebezar says, "ACERACK PLAY WITH MY BOX"

Paulie says, "AND FOUR, HIT THE DOOR. AGAIN."

[tomb] Paulie says, "G. G. G."

Clem says, "IF YOU ALL VOTE FOR 4 I WILL RESPECTFULLY STAY OUT HERE FOR ALL THE BLOOD STUFF"

Clem says, "WHILE I'M NUDE AND ALL"

Clem says, "OKAY, AVERT YOUR EYES."

Clem dimension doors back inside!

Paulie asks, "So, any preference?"

Crumbli says, "The door seems to be alive. Not only does it bleed, it is affected by Heal spells."

Paulie exclaims, "Gyaaah!"

Finn says, "I could memorize up some Stone Shape spells and try to tunnel somewhere"

Clem asks, "Who's got my stuff?"

Crumbli asks, "So, do we have a way to kill it that doesn't involve piercing its door-like hide?"

Clem grabs his sword and sadly undersized shield.

Paulie says (to Crumbli), "OK, five: I could try to bluff or intimidate it."

[Crows-Nest] G2 says, "tactical nuclear weapon by divine intervention"

Paulie says (to Clem), "Acererak."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "I guess Clem can take Grog's old armor, or the mummy's armor"

Rosie says, "The clue said that the door is key and keyed."

Paulie says (to Clem), "Oh, that stuff."

Rosie says, "Er, that the throne is."

Finn asks, "Don't we have some sort of 'ask a god what we should do' spell?"

Clem casts Locate Object on his armour.

Paulie says (to Rosie), "The throne was the key to reach the door."

Crumbli says, "The *throne* is key and keyed."

Paulie says, "And it was keyed by the sceptre."

[tomb] Finn says (to RTA), "'Clems casts Locate Object on his humour.'"

Clem concentrates on his beloved +2 armour.

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "Yeah, good idea."

[tomb] Rosie says, "That would be his vitreous humor."

DM says (to Clem), "Well, you don't have your holy symbol anymore"

DM says, "Unless you left it behind"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "ha ha ha ha"

Finn stifles a laugh.

Clem says, "Er, do I need that to cast spells? I assumed it was just for turning."

DM says, "Locate Object has a Divine Focus component"

[tomb] Finn says, "You need it for any spell with DF (divine focus) in it."

Grog gives Clem a +2 Breastplate with a base armor bonus of 5, max dex bonus of 3, armor check of -3, and max speed of 20 ft. from out of his haversack.

Clem says, "Oh, bollocks."

Crumbli says, "We haven't even met the iron men of visage grim yet."

DM says, "Hmm, looks like you lost all your spell components too"

[Crows-Nest] G2 says, "I thought he stripped!"

Rosie says, "You goof."

Paulie says, "I believe two mages can temporarily share."

Clem says, "I'm not a mage."

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "Sucks to be you, then."

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "That was my suggestion, but he didn't take me up on it."

Paulie asks, "What is G'taar's holy symbol, anyway?"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "hee hee"

G2 says, "giant phallus"

Paulie says, "Perhaps we could craft one from common materials found here in the dungeon."

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "I figured it would be very slightly more embarrasing to be horribly killed by some monster at the other end of the teleport."

DM says (to G2), "Not here, please"

[Crows-Nest] G2 says, "sorry, ILAC"

[tomb] DM says, "I should actually wrap things up for the day in the next ten minutes or so"

Paulie asks, "Right, so. Any preference on our course of action?"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "I guess some of Clem's require a focus and some don't"

Paulie asks, "Kingstuff, gem, knock, or thwack?"

Clem says, "Seems like the gem is most likely to do something interesting."

Clem says, "But that could involve killing, burning and/or cursing us."

Rosie asks, "Did Ebezar figure out what kind of aura the gem had?"

DM says, "I don't think so"

Ebezar says, "No."

Clem asks, "Does anybody have some incense happy?"

Clem says, "I don't need my holy symbol for Divination but I'm still a little short of equipment."

[tomb] DM says, "OK, let's pause here, if that's all right"

[tomb] Finn says, "Yep"

Crumbli says, "So, bah. Seems like we're spinning our wheels."

[tomb] DM says, "and maybe you can work equipment stuff on the forum"

[tomb] DM says, "Sorry to have been overoptimistic about your progress today"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Yeah."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Hee hee."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "We're out of bags of tricks, aren't we?"

[tomb] DM says, "Oh, good points"

[tomb] DM says, "point"

[tomb] Finn asks, "I don't suppose any of us are close to levelling up yet?"

[tomb] Clem asks (of DM), "If I were to head back into town, would I be able to pick up another holy symbol?"

[tomb] Crumbli says, "No more canaries! Well, maybe Acererak will gorge himself on treats and not be hungry when we find him."

[tomb] Clem says, "It seems kind of personalised."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Or another bag of incense."

[tomb] Finn says, "Or some pants."

[tomb] Eolo says (to Clem), "you must find a church of g'taar and throw yourself on their mercy"

[tomb] Eolo says, "or perhaps a wandering g'taarist"

[tomb] Eolo says, "I think they can be found on street corners"

[tomb] Clem says, "While wearing only a small magical buckler."

[tomb] DM says, "We'll probably find some way for you to not lose all your usefulness"

[tomb] Finn asks, "Transcript off?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "if this place is located by the tomb of horrors they're probably used to naked people showing up occasionally"

[tomb] Clem says, "I guess for the next session I should figure out how many spells I have left and how many I can still cast."

[tomb] DM says, "Ha ha ha ha ha"

[tomb] Finn says, "Heh"

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah"

[tomb] DM says, "OK, gotta go"

[tomb] DM says, "Maybe next time!"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Canary on fire."

Roger waves.

Roger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.

DM has disconnected.

DM goes home.

Ebezar has disconnected.

Ebezar husbands his hitpoints carefully.