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- [08:23] <Strategist14> So, to recap
- [08:23] <Strategist14> You are in a perfectly square stone room, which has a small indentation in the middle of the floor
- [08:23] <Strategist14> The room is unadorned except for the doorway
- [08:23] <Strategist14> What do?
- [08:24] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> I look for possible traps, or anything that looks weird
- [08:24] <Strategist14> Roll perception
- [08:25] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "1 w<>nder 1f we're supp<>sed t<> d<> s<>meth1ng here?!"
- [08:25] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> roll 1d20+4
- [08:25] <`DICE> Lily_Miller[silverleaf] rolled 1d20+4 [ 1d20=4 ]{8}
- [08:26] <Strategist14> Roll Investigation
- [08:26] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> roll 1d20+3
- [08:26] <`DICE> Lily_Miller[silverleaf] rolled 1d20+3 [ 1d20=7 ]{10}
- [08:26] <Strategist14> ((Ezra, would you also like to check for traps?))
- [08:27] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> ((Less so traps as anything interesting))
- [08:27] <Strategist14> ((Roll for it, then. Perception and Investigation))
- [08:27] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> roll 1d20+1
- [08:27] <`DICE> Ezra_Rabbit[vamp] rolled 1d20+1 [ 1d20=5 ]{6}
- [08:28] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> roll 1d20+2
- [08:28] <`DICE> Ezra_Rabbit[vamp] rolled 1d20+2 [ 1d20=11 ]{13}
- [08:28] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> ((man these rolls are not boding well))
- [08:28] <Strategist14> Neither of you can see anything particularly exciting beyond the floor's indentation
- [08:28] <Strategist14> However, you're almost certain there's a pressure plate set to go off if you step into it
- [08:29] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "1 guess we're supp<>sed t<> stand <>n that?!"
- [08:29] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "So, what do you think we should do, Ezra?" Something's bound to happen if we step on that indent, but what?
- [08:29] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "But it might kill us."
- [08:30] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "We've c<>me th1s far, 1t'd be a shame t<> leave w1th<>ut hav1ng d<>ne anyth1ng!"
- [08:30] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "1 th1nk we sh<>uld g<> f<>r 1t!"
- [08:30] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "Want to go together then?"
- [08:30] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "<>nly 1f y<>u're <>k w1th 1t!"
- [08:31] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "I-I guess, there isn't much left to loose, now is there?" I take a deep breath in, taking a step towards the indent. "Let's do it."
- [08:32] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "Yay!" I say, bouncing onto the indent with Lily
- [08:32] <Strategist14> You hear a snap coming from above you
- [08:33] <Strategist14> Looking up at the ceiling, you can see the ceiling contains a slight obtrusion, in the exact shape and position of the indent
- [08:33] <Strategist14> Roll perception once more, please
- [08:33] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> roll 1d20+1
- [08:33] <`DICE> Ezra_Rabbit[vamp] rolled 1d20+1 [ 1d20=10 ]{11}
- [08:34] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> roll 1d20+7
- [08:34] <`DICE> Lily_Miller[silverleaf] rolled 1d20+7 [ 1d20=2 ]{9}
- [08:34] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> ((these roll lmao))
- [08:35] <Strategist14> The ceiling's square is noticeably longer than the floor's is deep
- [08:35] <Strategist14> The ceiling snaps again
- [08:35] <Strategist14> Then again
- [08:36] <Strategist14> Then it starts to slowly descend
- [08:36] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "We sh<>uld get <>ut <>f here!"
- [08:36] <Strategist14> Another snap
- [08:37] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "Out NOW!" I pull ezra with me towards the door
- [08:37] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> I run with Lily.
- [08:37] <Strategist14> ((Are you staying on the other side of the door, or absconding entirely?))
- [08:38] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> ((to the other side at least for the moment))
- [08:38] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> ((just out, not all the way until something in there goes bad))
- [08:38] <Strategist14> With several more loud snaps, the ceiling continues to lower
- [08:39] <Strategist14> Then, with a cacaphony of rending metal, the whole thing drops all at once
- [08:39] <Strategist14> As you expected, the ceiling fits neatly into the floor
- [08:40] <Strategist14> However, you can also see that the ceiling is not quite a solid block of stone
- [08:40] <Strategist14> It is, in fact, a relatively thin blanket. From your vantage point, you can see the TOP of the ceiling
- [08:41] <Strategist14> Which is now functioning as the new floor
- [08:42] <Strategist14> It also contains a broken mechanism of some sort in the middle
- [08:42] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "<>k then!"
- [08:42] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "What is with this game!" I see if I can see anything other than the mechanism from outside the doorframe.
- [08:43] <Strategist14> The room is still walled off, but you can't see what's become of the ceiling without leaving the safety of the void
- [08:44] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> I poke my head through the doorway to look up at the new ceiling.
- [08:45] <Strategist14> The new ceiling is covered in wiring and mechanisms. Roll Engineering to comprehend.
- [08:45] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> roll 1d20+2
- [08:45] <`DICE> Ezra_Rabbit[vamp] rolled 1d20+2 [ 1d20=1 ]{3}
- [08:45] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> ((welp))
- [08:45] <Strategist14> You are totally lost on this one
- [08:46] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "What do you see?"
- [08:46] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "1 have n<> 1dea! There's s<>me th1ngs <>n the ce1l1ng!"
- [08:47] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "Let me see." I also stick my head into the door to take a look at what she's talking about.
- [08:47] <Strategist14> As above, roll Engineering to comprehend/
- [08:47] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> roll 1d20+3
- [08:47] <`DICE> Lily_Miller[silverleaf] rolled 1d20+3 [ 1d20=10 ]{13}
- [08:48] <Strategist14> The main mechanism seems to have broken off with the ceiling - something that was definitely not supposed to happen
- [08:48] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "Whelp, we broke it. It looks like it broke when the ceiling fell"
- [08:49] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "That must have been the loud snap we heard"
- [08:49] <Strategist14> The machine itself was probably designed to raise and lower the ceiling to crush intruders
- [08:49] <Strategist14> Roll Investigation, Lily
- [08:50] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> roll 1d20+5
- [08:50] <`DICE> Lily_Miller[silverleaf] rolled 1d20+5 [ 1d20=14 ]{19}
- [08:50] <Strategist14> Based on the ceiling's mechanics, you're fairly certain the pressure plate was designed to DEactivate the crushing ceiling, when the ceiling's slab connected to it
- [08:51] <Strategist14> Applying your combined weight must have been enough to set it off
- [08:51] <Strategist14> And forcing the machine to retract while it hasn't extended would probably be what caused the issue in the first place
- [08:52] <Strategist14> ((And yes, the snaps were the breaking device))
- [08:52] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> I relay what I learned to Ezra, since she seemed really lost. "Yeah, it's our fault we nearly killed ourselves."
- [08:52] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "<>h, wh<><>ps!"
- [08:53] <Strategist14> Insight check, please
- [08:53] <Strategist14> ((Both of you))
- [08:53] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> roll 1d20+5
- [08:53] <`DICE> Lily_Miller[silverleaf] rolled 1d20+5 [ 1d20=4 ]{9}
- [08:53] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> roll 1d20+1
- [08:53] <`DICE> Ezra_Rabbit[vamp] rolled 1d20+1 [ 1d20=1 ]{2}
- [08:53] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> ((OH GOD!))
- [08:53] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> ((THESE ROLLS))
- [08:53] <Strategist14> Ezra, you continue to have no idea what's going on
- [08:54] <Strategist14> Lily, you ponder the purpose of this room that has no entrances or exits (beyond the obviously-not-intended door), yet functions solely as a deadly trap.
- [08:55] <Strategist14> There's obvious SOME way in or out
- [08:55] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> I look around the black room to see if I can spot any other lights
- [08:56] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> Besides the one that leads to my planet
- [08:56] <Strategist14> Perception check
- [08:56] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> roll 1d20+7
- [08:56] <`DICE> Lily_Miller[silverleaf] rolled 1d20+7 [ 1d20=19 ]{26}
- [08:56] <Strategist14> There are no other lights
- [08:56] <Strategist14> However
- [08:57] <Strategist14> The white rectangle of this door has a back side
- [08:58] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "Of course it has a back side!" I pull my head out of the broken death room and investigate the other side of the door
- [08:58] <Strategist14> ((You step through the second side of the door?))
- [08:58] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> ((Just look in))
- [08:58] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> I follow Lily, feeling completely lost about everything.
- [08:59] <Strategist14> The second side of the doorway leads to a hallway made of the same featureless stone as the first room had
- [08:59] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> Again, I stick my head in to look for traps
- [09:00] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> This place is so weird
- [09:00] <Strategist14> The hall is entirely featureless, no Perception check required
- [09:00] <Strategist14> You aren't really sure how it's lit without any sources, but it is
- [09:01] <Strategist14> A little ways away, the hallway turns left
- [09:01] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "Want to try again? Maybe this one won't kill us immediately."
- [09:01] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "Yeah! 1 d<>n't really understand what's happen1ng, but let's g<>!"
- [09:02] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> Taking a cautious step into the hallway, I pull out my gun. Can't hurt to be ready.
- [09:03] <Strategist14> Nothing happens
- [09:04] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> Motioning for Ezra to follow, I keep my eyes peeled for something coming around the corner. "Let's see where this leads then."
- [09:04] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "Alr1ght!" I say, still a little confused about the last room, but deciding to ignore it for now.
- [09:05] <Strategist14> You make it to the corner uneventfully
- [09:05] <Strategist14> Turning down it reveals another left turn only a meter away
- [09:05] <Strategist14> Which would run parallel to the hallway you just went down
- [09:07] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> I continue down the hallway.
- [09:07] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> I stride to the other side of the hallway and look down that corner
- [09:08] <Strategist14> The hallway culminates in a huge vault door, as one might see in a bank
- [09:08] <Strategist14> The hallway is also a bit shorter than the first one
- [09:09] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "What is that doing down here?"
- [09:09] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "1 guess we're supp<>sed t<> g<> thr<>ugh 1t?!"
- [09:10] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "But a bank vault? It has to be keeping something behind it." I start looking for anything around the vault that seems odd.
- [09:10] <Strategist14> Perception check
- [09:11] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> roll 1d20+1
- [09:11] <`DICE> Ezra_Rabbit[vamp] rolled 1d20+1 [ 1d20=1 ]{2}
- [09:11] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> roll 1d20+7
- [09:11] <`DICE> Lily_Miller[silverleaf] rolled 1d20+7 [ 1d20=9 ]{16}
- [09:11] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> ((wut))
- [09:11] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> ((just... wut))
- [09:11] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> ((RNG is not your friend today))
- [09:11] <Strategist14> Ezra, you got nothing
- [09:11] <Strategist14> What even is this
- [09:11] <Strategist14> Feudal Japan didn't have this stuff
- [09:11] <Strategist14> What
- [09:12] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> error Ezra.exe has crashed
- [09:13] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> I sit down next to the wall, cuddling my teddy bear while mumbling something about the future and stuffed animals.
- [09:13] <Strategist14> Lily, the vault swings away from you. You notice that the wall around the vault door is heavily reinforced, presumably to keep something from breaking in
- [09:13] <Strategist14> or out
- [09:14] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "Ezra, are you okay?"
- [09:14] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "Fuuuuture... fuuuuuture..."
- [09:15] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> I begin rocking back and forth.
- [09:15] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "Calm down there Squidward. It's just a heavily reinforced vault door, like what's used in banks, where people store their money."
- [09:16] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "But I don't think there's money back there..."
- [09:16] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "What even 1s a bank..."
- [09:17] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "1 th1nk 1'm just g<>1ng t<> s1t here f<>r a m<>ment, and st<>p l<>s1ng my m1nd!"
- [09:18] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> I start to rub her back a bit, it's how father calmed me down when I was little. "Hey, it's gonna be okay." I sit down next to her.
- [09:19] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "1've never seen we1rd th1ngs l1ke that d<><>r, <>r th<>se th1ngs back 1n that r<><>m! 1 d<>n't even kn<>w why s<>me<>ne w<>uld try t<> l<>wer a ce1lng l1ke that!"
- [09:19] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "1'm try1ng t<> wrap my head ar<>und them, but 1 can't f1gure <>ut h<>w any <>f 1t w<>rks!"
- [09:20] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "That last r<><>m d1dn't even have entrances!!"
- [09:20] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "Just a death ce1l1ng!!"
- [09:20] <Strategist14> ((Roll Investigation, both of you))
- [09:20] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> roll 1d20+2
- [09:20] <`DICE> Ezra_Rabbit[vamp] rolled 1d20+2 [ 1d20=4 ]{6}
- [09:20] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> ((THANK GOD!!))
- [09:20] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> roll 1d20+5
- [09:20] <`DICE> Lily_Miller[silverleaf] rolled 1d20+5 [ 1d20=12 ]{17}
- [09:21] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> ((Wooo! it's not a one!))
- [09:21] <Rouge_Sinna> < Strat, that's a lot of checks! What kind of labrythine machinations are going on here? :P >
- [09:22] <Strategist14> Okay. Lily, you think that room DID have an entrance, but the portal-door-thing appeared in the middle of it. By stepping through the back of the white rectangle in the dark spooky place, you emerged on the opposite side.
- [09:22] <Strategist14> ((Also, shenanigans))
- [09:22] <Strategist14> ((Mostly related to figuring the place out. The checks should be done soon))
- [09:23] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "I think we might have 'overridden' where the door actually was. Dungeons have traps and that might have been one of them"
- [09:23] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "Where we came from, the solid black room, doesn't seem to like physics"
- [09:24] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "'<>verridden' 'n<>t seem1ng t<> l1ke phys1cs' <>h, well 1'm glad there's a reas<>nable explanat1<>n f<>r all th1s" I say shakily.
- [09:26] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "We're probably in some kind of dungeon under LOGAC. I think we might be near the end, or maybe the beginning. I really know."
- [09:26] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> ((hey strat, what should I roll to stop being insane?))
- [09:26] <Rouge_Sinna> < WIS >
- [09:27] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> roll 1d20+1
- [09:27] <`DICE> Ezra_Rabbit[vamp] rolled 1d20+1 [ 1d20=6 ]{7}
- [09:27] <Strategist14> ((Your choice. You can roleplay it out, or make a Wis check (which might be risky if you roll low), or you can just say your characters take a short rest))
- [09:27] <Rouge_Sinna> < Basic WIS checks are sanity in general, btw >
- [09:27] <Strategist14> ((Resting would also provide a chance to heal, if either of you aren't at full HP))
- [09:27] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> ((well it's more like my character would try to bruteforce her way out of insanity/general instability))
- [09:28] <Strategist14> You successfully ignore your insanity. You're far from stable, but you're functioning
- [09:29] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "Alr1ght! 1 th1nk 1'm <>k n<>w!" I say, shaking a little bit.
- [09:29] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "S<>rry ab<>ut that!"
- [09:29] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> I force a smile.
- [09:30] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "Let's keep expl<>r1ng!"
- [09:30] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "You sure? You still seem a bit... off" She's definitely not completely okay, but if she says she's ready...
- [09:30] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "Yeah! 1'm t<>tally f1ne!"
- [09:31] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> Sigh. "Okay... Then let's keep going, but... slowly."
- [09:33] <Strategist14> You turn back towards the vault door
- [09:34] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "Now, how to open this thing..."
- [09:36] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> I look for some kind of mechanism to open the vault.
- [09:36] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> I try to avoid looking at the vault door for too long.
- [09:37] <Strategist14> The vault does contain a wheel that could ostensibly be spun to unlock it
- [09:37] <Strategist14> http://41.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktt0wbZ9491qasjv5o1_1280.jpg
- [09:38] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "Let's see if we can move that. Counterclockwise to open."
- [09:39] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "<>k!"
- [09:39] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> I motion for Ezra to go to the other side of the wheel. "On three!"
- [09:40] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "One."
- [09:40] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> I move to the other side of the wheel and prepare to turn it.
- [09:40] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "Two."
- [09:40] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "Three!" I start to push upwards to start turning counterclockwise
- [09:40] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> I begin turning the wheel.
- [09:41] <Strategist14> Strength checks, both of you
- [09:41] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> roll 1d20+1
- [09:41] <`DICE> Ezra_Rabbit[vamp] rolled 1d20+1 [ 1d20=4 ]{5}
- [09:41] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> roll 1d20-1
- [09:41] <`DICE> Lily_Miller[silverleaf] rolled 1d20-1 [ 1d20=15 ]{14}
- [09:41] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> ((what even is my luck right now?))
- [09:41] <Strategist14> ((Zero. Your luck is zero))
- [09:41] <Strategist14> You fail to spin the wheel
- [09:42] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "One more time?"
- [09:42] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "Yeah, we'll try 1t aga1n!"
- [09:43] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "Okay, ready? PULL!"
- [09:43] <Strategist14> Roll Strength once more
- [09:43] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> roll 1d20+1
- [09:43] <`DICE> Ezra_Rabbit[vamp] rolled 1d20+1 [ 1d20=8 ]{9}
- [09:43] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> roll 1d20-1
- [09:43] <`DICE> Lily_Miller[silverleaf] rolled 1d20-1 [ 1d20=11 ]{10}
- [09:43] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> ((almost above a 10!))
- [09:44] <Strategist14> Still nothing
- [09:44] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "Dang!"
- [09:45] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "Maybe there's s<>meth1ng else we c<>uld try?!"
- [09:46] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "Yeah, maybe."
- [09:46] <Strategist14> ((Roll Investigation, both))
- [09:46] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> roll 1d20+2
- [09:46] <`DICE> Ezra_Rabbit[vamp] rolled 1d20+2 [ 1d20=17 ]{19}
- [09:46] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> roll 1d20+5
- [09:46] <`DICE> Lily_Miller[silverleaf] rolled 1d20+5 [ 1d20=2 ]{7}
- [09:46] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> ((FINALLY!))
- [09:46] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> ((ACTUAL ROLLS!))
- [09:46] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> ((PRAISE))
- [09:47] <Strategist14> Ezra, you guys are just BARELY failing to turn the wheel. One more pull should do it
- [09:47] <Strategist14> ((DC is 20))
- [09:47] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "L1ly, we're m<>v1ng the wheel a l1ttle b1t each t1me! <>ne m<>re try and we sh<>uld m<>ve 1t!"
- [09:48] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "Let's g<> aga1n!"
- [09:48] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "Okay! Let's do it then!"
- [09:48] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> "PULL!"
- [09:48] == Rouge_Sinna has changed nick to parallelTransitions
- [09:48] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> I begin pulling the wheel as hard as I can.
- [09:49] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> roll 1d20+1
- [09:49] <`DICE> Ezra_Rabbit[vamp] rolled 1d20+1 [ 1d20=11 ]{12}
- [09:49] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> roll 1d20-1
- [09:49] <`DICE> Lily_Miller[silverleaf] rolled 1d20-1 [ 1d20=5 ]{4}
- [09:49] <Strategist14> ... not quite enough
- [09:50] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> "Harder! I yell at Lily while trying to pull on the wheel even harder.
- [09:50] <Strategist14> Roll again
- [09:50] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> I use ever bit of strength I can pushing this wheel
- [09:50] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> roll 1d20+1
- [09:50] <`DICE> Ezra_Rabbit[vamp] rolled 1d20+1 [ 1d20=1 ]{2}
- [09:51] <Lily_Miller[silverleaf]> roll 1d20-1
- [09:51] <`DICE> Lily_Miller[silverleaf] rolled 1d20-1 [ 1d20=14 ]{13}
- [09:51] <Ezra_Rabbit[vamp]> ((welp I gotta go))
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