[A1S4] Drilfi's Third Gate dungeon - 2nd Floor

[11:48] <Mathmatt878> ==START!==
[11:48]  * Drilfi_Pythia tries going up the staircase instead.
[11:49] <Mathmatt878> You head up the stairs, and find yourself in a triangular shaped room, a straight wall on your right, and another pathway off to your left that you can't quite see the end of from where you are. On the straight wall, you notice a section of it is completely red, as opposed to the other walls, which are a dark grey.
[11:50] <Mathmatt878> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QhU2AxUSCym7dx-Wfzx8vJoaifeQkxop5pGguCqw-x8/edit#gid=1715753272
[11:51]  * Drilfi_Pythia runs a hand along the red wall as he circles around to take a look down the pathway to the left.
[11:51] <Mathmatt878> The red wall feels completely solid, no different from a normal wall.
[11:52] <Mathmatt878> Down the left hall, you see it continue shrinking to become extremely narrow, but still possible to squeeze through.
[11:53]  * Drilfi_Pythia does so.  If he can get through, then Saint Aleado should be able to follow, but the reverse isn't necessarily true.  He should go first.
[11:54] <Mathmatt878> Note that Aleado is still down on the first floor near the portal you were helping the mutilated imp from, would you like him to follow you?
[11:54] <Drilfi_Pythia> Please.
[11:55] <Mathmatt878> And so he does. As you squeeze through the thin hall, you discover it ends abruptly at some strange electronic device with a lever on the side. Above it is a vent that is currently open.
[11:56]  * Drilfi_Pythia looks up and into the vent, using Saint Fishgardo's Resorit to provide lighting if necessary.
[11:56] <Mathmatt878> It appears to be a completely normal ventilation system, much too small for you to stick your head into to see through.
[11:57] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Be, careful.  I, would suggest you take some steps back."
[11:57]  * Drilfi_Pythia puts a hand on the lever, but waits for Saint Aleado to back up before pulling it.
[11:58] <Mathmatt878> "Sorry?"
[11:58]  * Drilfi_Pythia scrawls into the ground BACK UP
[11:58] <Mathmatt878> "I don't understand..."
[11:58] <Mathmatt878> "Oh, sorry."
[11:58] <Mathmatt878> Aleado does so.
[11:59]  * Drilfi_Pythia pulls the lever, then hurries back down the tight hallway to join the lowblooded saint.
[11:59] <Mathmatt878> The instant you pull the lever, you hear a rusty creaking sound as the vent closes itself. Other than that, nothing of note happens.
[11:59] <Drilfi_Pythia> "... Huh."
[12:00]  * Drilfi_Pythia checks on the red patch of wall.
[12:00] <Mathmatt878> It remains unchanged.
[12:00] <Mathmatt878> "Are we gonna go there?"
[12:00] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Up, where?"
[12:01] <Mathmatt878> (actually, to make this easier, lemme get an Aleado account)
[12:01]  * Drilfi_Pythia remembers to put that on the ground instead after a moment
[12:01] <Drilfi_Pythia> UP WHERE?
[12:01] == Aleado [[email protected]] has joined #RPGStuck_Kai
[12:01] <Aleado> "Not up, just over there..."
[12:01]  * Aleado gestures to the red wall.
[12:02]  * Drilfi_Pythia knocks on the red wall.
[12:02] <Mathmatt878> Completely solid.
[12:02] <Drilfi_Pythia> "..."
[12:02] <Drilfi_Pythia> REACH IN
[12:02] <Aleado> "Uh... Okay..."
[12:02]  * Aleado reaches his hand forward, and completely passes through the solid wall.
[12:02] <Aleado> "I don't get it, what am I doing?"
[12:03]  * Drilfi_Pythia presses both hands against the wall and shoves as hard as he can
[12:03] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+1d4 Str
[12:03] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+1d4 --> [ 1d20=3 ][ 1d4=3 ] | {6}
[12:03] <Mathmatt878> Nothing.
[12:03] <Drilfi_Pythia> I CANNOT
[12:04] <Aleado> "But... There's nothing there?"
[12:04] <Drilfi_Pythia> WALL
[12:04] <Drilfi_Pythia> FOLLOW
[12:04]  * Drilfi_Pythia goes back down to the portal
[12:04]  * Aleado completely walks through the wall, disappearing from sight, then reappears as he reads your words.
[12:04] <Aleado> "Sorry."
[12:04] <Mathmatt878> He follows.
[12:04]  * Drilfi_Pythia steps through into LOPAL
[12:05] <Mathmatt878> And so you do. Aleado crumples into an unconscious heap.
[12:05]  * Drilfi_Pythia picks him up and pushes him through
[12:06] <Mathmatt878> And thus, he is awake.
[12:06]  * Aleado appears to be very scared of his surroundings.
[12:06] <Drilfi_Pythia> SAFE
[12:06]  * Aleado nods.
[12:06] <Aleado> "Okay, I trust you."
[12:07]  * Drilfi_Pythia tries not to pay attention to the fact that if Saint Aleado was unaffected by a wall that didn't exist to him at the time, he could well be affected by dangers that don't exist to Drilfi.
[12:07]  * Drilfi_Pythia leads Saint Aleado back upstairs, and checks on both the red wall and the lever machine.
[12:08] <Mathmatt878> You note that the device is unchanged, but the wall is completely gone.
[12:08] <Mathmatt878> You now see through it, into an open room.
[12:08] <Mathmatt878> On the left wall, there is another lever.
[12:10] <Mathmatt878> Directly ahead, there is an opening into another, further room.
[12:11]  * Drilfi_Pythia steps through and looks behind him to watch Saint Aleado try and follow
[12:11]  * Aleado looks very surprised the moment you step into the opening.
[12:12] <Aleado> "Oh, was this the wall?"
[12:12] <Aleado> "Drilfi?"
[12:12]  * Aleado looks around, scared.
[12:12]  * Drilfi_Pythia steps out and scratches in YES from somewhere that the wall hadn't been covering while he was on LONAD
[12:13] <Mathmatt878> Note that the ground is like dirt, if need be, you can just push some of it to cover previous messages.
[12:13] <Aleado> "Alright."
[12:13] <Aleado> "So, what do I do?"
[12:13] <Drilfi_Pythia> CAN YOU STEP THROUGH?
[12:13] <Aleado> "Um..."
[12:13]  * Drilfi_Pythia gestures to the opening
[12:14]  * Aleado attempts to do so, but pushes against an invisible wall.
[12:14] <Aleado> "No, I can't."
[12:15]  * Drilfi_Pythia frowns.  So the wall only exists for one of them at a time, because in any world where they're in the same land, Saint Aleado is asleep.  Which means the only way he can get through is by being asleep and having Drilfi carry him in.
[12:15] <Drilfi_Pythia> Or... maybe not asleep.
[12:15]  * Drilfi_Pythia tries to captchalogue Saint Aleado
[12:16] <Mathmatt878> You do so.
[12:16]  * Drilfi_Pythia decaptchalogues him on the other side of the wall
[12:16] <Mathmatt878> Success!
[12:16] <Mathmatt878> You are now both on the other side of the wall.
[12:16] <Drilfi_Pythia> SAFE?
[12:16]  * Aleado nods.
[12:17]  * Drilfi_Pythia nods back, and proceeds into the next room.
[12:18] <Mathmatt878> You enter a room containing nothing more than three faceless, wooden mannequins, and another entrance off to the far left of the room.
[12:18] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHAT SEE?
[12:19] <Aleado> "I see statues."
[12:19] <Aleado> "What do you see?"
[12:19] <Drilfi_Pythia> MANNEQUINS
[12:19] <Aleado> "I don't like them..."
[12:19]  * Aleado cowers next to you.
[12:19] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHY?
[12:19] <Aleado> "They're scary..."
[12:19] <Aleado> "And they don't have faces..."
[12:19]  * Drilfi_Pythia shoots the nearest mannequin/statue
[12:20] <Mathmatt878> Roll to hit for which body part you hit.
[12:20] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+6
[12:20] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=19 ] | {25}
[12:21] <Mathmatt878> You strike the head, which is burned by magic, yet is not destroyed.
[12:21] <Mathmatt878> It appears to not flinch at all.
[12:22] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHAT HAPPENED?
[12:22] <Aleado> "Nothing, I think..."
[12:23]  * Drilfi_Pythia frowns, but if they aren't doing anything...
[12:23]  * Drilfi_Pythia ushers Saint Aleado along with him to the next room's entrance
[12:23] <Mathmatt878> And they do not stop you.
[12:25] <Mathmatt878> You enter a room containing four sleeping koalas, four of the light vision clouds, and what appears to be a daydreaming koala snarling at them.
[12:25] <Mathmatt878> As you enter the room, the screeching sounds you heard upon first arrival get a bit louder.
[12:26] <Mathmatt878> You have -1 to all mental rolls as the monotonous music pounds your eardrums.
[12:26]  * Drilfi_Pythia winces, but waits to see if anything happens before barging in or anything
[12:27] <Mathmatt878> The koala snarls at the clouds, one of which, the closest to the door, moves towards one of the sleeping koalas, and appears to enter it, as if a spirit were taking on a new host.
[12:27] <Mathmatt878> The koala slowly begins to stand, claws extended.
[12:30] <Mathmatt878> The possessed koala begins to swing around itself wildly.
[12:30] <Mathmatt878> Again, it appears to be daydreaming.
[12:31]  * Drilfi_Pythia shoots at the next nearest cloud before it can hurt one of the sleeping koalas
[12:31] <Mathmatt878> Roll to hit.
[12:31] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+6
[12:31] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=11 ] | {17}
[12:31] <Mathmatt878> You hit, and the next cloud dissipates.
[12:31] <Mathmatt878> The two daydreaming koalas turn their attention to you.
[12:32] <Mathmatt878> They're not too happy about you being here.
[12:32] <Mathmatt878> Roll initiative.
[12:32]  * Drilfi_Pythia tells Saint Aleado to "Get, back" even though he can't hear him.
[12:32] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+6
[12:32] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=14 ] | {20}
[12:32] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 2#1d20-1
[12:32] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 2#1d20-1 -->  | [ 1d20=8 ]{7}, [ 1d20=14 ]{13}
[12:32] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 2#1d20
[12:32] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 2#1d20 -->  | [ 1d20=19 ]{19}, [ 1d20=17 ]{17}
[12:32] <Mathmatt878> The order is you, two clouds, two koalas.
[12:33] <Drilfi_Pythia> Multistrike 1 on the two clouds
[12:33] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 2#1d20+6
[12:33] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 2#1d20+6 -->  | [ 1d20=12 ]{18}, [ 1d20=19 ]{25}
[12:33] <Mathmatt878> You hit both, and they dissipate as well.
[12:34] <Mathmatt878> It is now you against two daydreamers.
[12:34]  * Drilfi_Pythia steps in front of Saint Aleado and ends his turn
[12:34] <Mathmatt878> The two bears charge wildly towards you, swinging their arms.
[12:35] <Mathmatt878> They both swing at you twice.
[12:35] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 4#1d20-1
[12:35] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 4#1d20-1 -->  | [ 1d20=19 ]{18}, [ 1d20=7 ]{6}, [ 1d20=2 ]{1}, [ 1d20=4 ]{3}
[12:35] <Drilfi_Pythia> 20 AC
[12:35] <Mathmatt878> Do any of those actually hit?
[12:35] <Mathmatt878> Didn't think so.
[12:35] <Drilfi_Pythia> Thank you Saint Lussan
[12:35] <Mathmatt878> One of the attacks bounce off your brand new shield, but the rest miss you entirely.
[12:35] <Mathmatt878> Your turn again.
[12:36]  * Drilfi_Pythia gestures for Saint Aleado to run away, as well as stepping back and using the same power on the two daydreamers
[12:36] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 2#1d20+6
[12:36] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 2#1d20+6 -->  | [ 1d20=14 ]{20}, [ 1d20=8 ]{14}
[12:37] <Mathmatt878> Both hit as Aleado runs back into the mannequin room.
[12:37] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 2#3d8+6 damage
[12:37] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 2#3d8+6 -->  | [ 3d8=9 ]{15}, [ 3d8=9 ]{15}
[12:37] <Mathmatt878> That... Is actually both exactly the amount of HP they had.
[12:37] <Drilfi_Pythia> Neat
[12:37] <Mathmatt878> They collapse to the ground, dying.
[12:38] <Mathmatt878> You gain 2x10=20 EXP for the two koalas, and 2x0=0 EXP for the two clouds.
[12:38]  * Drilfi_Pythia returns to Saint Aleado to tell him SAFE, then returns to check on the sleeping koalas
[12:39] <Mathmatt878> They appear to be mostly undisturbed.
[12:40] <Drilfi_Pythia> What about the dying ones?  Is there any hint of the vision clouds exiting their bodies?
[12:40] <Mathmatt878> As far as you can tell, no.
[12:41] <Drilfi_Pythia> Then...
[12:41]  * Drilfi_Pythia captchalogues them all.  Saint Aleado, the sleepers, the dying daydreamers.  All of them
[12:42] <Mathmatt878> You do so, and are now the proud owner of five new unconscious bodies, and one conscious body!
[12:43]  * Drilfi_Pythia goes to the portal, decaptchalogues everything, and starts sending the sleeping koalas through
[12:44] <Mathmatt878> As they pass through, the dying koalas turn into dying bears, and the sleeping koalas turn into awake bears.
[12:44] <Mathmatt878> They look around, confused.
[12:44] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Hello," Drilfi says, tentatively.
[12:45] <Mathmatt878> "HELLO." one of them responds.
[12:45] <Mathmatt878> (This is in Nightmare text, btw)
[12:45] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Do, you remember anything?"
[12:46] <Mathmatt878> They shake their heads.
[12:46] <Mathmatt878> "WE FELL ASLEEP."
[12:46] <Mathmatt878> "AND NOW WE ARE HERE."
[12:48]  * Drilfi_Pythia nods.  "I, think you were having a nightmare."
[12:48] <Mathmatt878> "I THINK WE STILL ARE."
[12:49] <Drilfi_Pythia> "That, doesn't make sense.  You, aren't asleep any more."
[12:49] <Mathmatt878> "BUT WE ARE."
[12:49] <Mathmatt878> "THESE ARE NOT OUR BODIES."
[12:50] <Mathmatt878> "OUR REAL BODIES ARE STILL ASLEEP."
[12:50] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Where?"
[12:50] <Mathmatt878> One of them steps forwards through the portal, and instantly collapses, asleep.
[12:51] <Mathmatt878> Note now that they are a koala.
[12:52]  * Drilfi_Pythia picks up the sleeping koala and steps through the portal with it
[12:52] <Mathmatt878> Stepping with it, you are now in LOPAL, the bear you are holding is now awake, and everyone else around you is asleep.
[12:53]  * Drilfi_Pythia pushes the bear through the portal once more
[12:53] <Mathmatt878> Now everyone is asleep except you.
[12:54]  * Drilfi_Pythia steps through
[12:54] <Mathmatt878> Back to LONAD, everyone awake.
[12:54] <Mathmatt878> "THERE." the bear who steps through says.
[12:54] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I, see."
[12:55]  * Drilfi_Pythia thinks for a few moments, then shakes his head.  "Regardless, we should continue.  Perhaps, a solution will show itself."
[12:56]  * Aleado nods.
[12:56]  * Drilfi_Pythia goes up to the room he left off at
[12:56] <Mathmatt878> Do you wish for the bears to follow you?
[12:56] <Drilfi_Pythia> Yes
[12:58] <Mathmatt878> They do so, and you find yourself entering a large room consisting of three awake bears, and... Pillows?
[12:59] <Drilfi_Pythia> "... Hello?"
[12:59] <Mathmatt878> Yes, there is no mistake about it, about halfway down the walls are barricades of pillows, and one blanket strung between them further down.
[12:59] <Mathmatt878> The three bears turn back to you.
[12:59] <Mathmatt878> "YES?"
[12:59] <Drilfi_Pythia> "What, is this?"
[13:00] <Mathmatt878> "THIS IS OUR BASE OF COMMAND, BUT IT HAS BEEN OVERTAKEN BY THE MONSTERS."
[13:00] <Drilfi_Pythia> "What, monsters?"
[13:01] <Mathmatt878> "THE DARK CREATURES, THE RAMBUNCTIOUS ONES."
[13:01] <Drilfi_Pythia> "The, daydreamers?"
[13:01] <Mathmatt878> "NO, THE MONSTERS. THE ONES WHO LIVE TO CREATE CHAOS."
[13:03] <Drilfi_Pythia> "... The, clouds?"
[13:03] <Mathmatt878> "NO. THE ONES WHO ARRIVED WHEN YOU DID, DREAM SHAPER."
[13:03] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I, don't understand."
[13:04] <Mathmatt878> "WELL I DO NOT KNOW HOW ELSE TO DESCRIBE THEM. THEY ARE NOT BEARS, NOR KOALAS, THEY ARE MONSTERS."
[13:05] <Mathmatt878> "THEY HAVE WEAPONIZED OUR ARSENAL AGAINST US, AND NOW WE ARE STUCK WITHOUT A WAY TO FIGHT BACK."
[13:05]  * Drilfi_Pythia thinks about everything else in his world that wasn't a bear or a koala.  The other things he's fought; imps and ogres and other monsters.
[13:05] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I, may have an idea of what you Mean, then.  But, how often do they come here?"
[13:06] <Mathmatt878> "NEVER ANYMORE. THEY ARRIVED ONCE AND OVERTOOK THE BASE, AND NOW WE ARE UNABLE TO GET BACK IN."
[13:07] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Inside?"  He gestures to the blanket
[13:07] <Mathmatt878> The bear nods.
[13:08] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I, will go.  The, rest of you should stay here."
[13:08] <Aleado> "That... That place looks dangerous."
[13:08] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
[13:08] <Aleado> "Sharp things, and fire."
[13:08] <Mathmatt878> The bears shake their head at your comment of staying here.
[13:09] <Mathmatt878> "WE WILL TAKE BACK OUR HOME."
[13:09] <Drilfi_Pythia> I ONLY SEE PILLOWS AND BLANKETS
[13:10] <Aleado> "They don't look like pillows and blankets..."
[13:11] <Drilfi_Pythia> CAPTCHALOGUE?
[13:12] <Aleado> "Do you want me to help?"
[13:12] <Drilfi_Pythia> NO.  SAFER IN SYLLADEX
[13:12] <Aleado> "Okay, if you think that's better."
[13:13]  * Aleado allows you to captchalogue him.
[13:14]  * Drilfi_Pythia captchalogues Saint Aleado, and steps through the blanket and into the base.
[13:14] <Mathmatt878> As you step closer, imps appear from behind the pillow walls, sneak attacking you.
[13:15] <Mathmatt878> One from above with a pillow, one from below with a blanket.
[13:15] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 2#1d20+2 STALTH pillow smack.
[13:15] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 2#1d20+2 -->  | [ 1d20=4 ]{6}, [ 1d20=13 ]{15}
[13:16] <Mathmatt878> He misses.
[13:16] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 2#1d20+3 STALTH blanket throw.
[13:16] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 2#1d20+3 -->  | [ 1d20=16 ]{19}, [ 1d20=4 ]{7}
[13:16] <Mathmatt878> Roll athletics to avoid.
[13:16] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20
[13:16] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20 --> [ 1d20=16 ] | {16}
[13:16] <Mathmatt878> Wait, no, mb.
[13:16] <Mathmatt878> Acrobatics is also an option.
[13:16] <Mathmatt878> So yeah, you easily avoid that.
[13:16] <Drilfi_Pythia> +11=27
[13:17] <Mathmatt878> As the blanket touches the ground, you see the blanket begin to spread out around it on the ground. Something about this does not seem right.
[13:17] <Mathmatt878> Now, roll initiative again.
[13:17] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+6
[13:17] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=11 ] | {17}
[13:18] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 2#1d20-1 imps.
[13:18] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 2#1d20-1 -->  | [ 1d20=6 ]{5}, [ 1d20=17 ]{16}
[13:18] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 6#1d20+1 bears.
[13:18] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 6#1d20+1 -->  | [ 1d20=3 ]{4}, [ 1d20=3 ]{4}, [ 1d20=11 ]{12}, [ 1d20=5 ]{6}, [ 1d20=18 ]{19}, [ 1d20=8 ]{9}
[13:18] <Mathmatt878> Order is Bear 5, Drilfi, Imp 2, Bears 3, 4 and 6, Imp 1, then Bears 1 and 2.
[13:19] <Mathmatt878> For the sake of avoiding rolling an absurdly stupid amount of times, say that bear 5 runs in and mauls imp 2 to death before it gets a turn.
[13:19] <Mathmatt878> Your turn.
[13:20] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Be, careful."
[13:20]  * Drilfi_Pythia captchalogues the offending blanket before it can do anything suspicious
[13:31]  * Drilfi_Pythia also shoots the imp
[13:32] <Drilfi_Pythia> !roll 1d20+6
[13:32] <Mathmatt878> For some reason, you are unable to captchalogue the blanket.
[13:32] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=10 ] | {16}
[13:32] <Mathmatt878> Hit, roll damage.
[13:32] <Drilfi_Pythia> !roll 3d8+6
[13:32] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 3d8+6 --> [ 3d8=11 ] | {17}
[13:32] <Mathmatt878> DED.
[13:32] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Back, away."
[13:32]  * Drilfi_Pythia holds out an arm between the bear and the blanket, and backs away from it
[13:33] <Mathmatt878> The pillow falls from the imp's hands, and somehow solidly cements itself into the ground.
[13:33] <Mathmatt878> The blanket continues to spread, until one of the bears gets an idea.
[13:34] <Mathmatt878> They circle around the spreading blanket to the bottom pillow wall, and VERY carefully take out one of the pillows before using it to know the others over, onto the spreading blanket.
[13:34] <Mathmatt878> There is now a large number of pillows covering the floor where the blanket once was, and the blanket is gone from view.
[13:34] <Mathmatt878> "HEATED BLANKETS." The bear explains.
[13:35] <Drilfi_Pythia> "What, did that accomplish?"
[13:35] <Mathmatt878> "PUT OUT THE FIRE."
[13:35] <Drilfi_Pythia> "... What, fire?"
[13:35] <Mathmatt878> "HEATED BLANKET." the bear repeats.
[13:36]  * Drilfi_Pythia begins to seriously consider if he's the crazy one, and not just everyone else
[13:36]  * Drilfi_Pythia eventually gives up and shakes his head, then proceeds through the next blanket
[13:36] <Drilfi_Pythia> The one at the right side of the far wall
[13:38] <Mathmatt878> As you pass through the blanket, you feel yourself burn at the touch. You take...
[13:38] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d4 fire damage.
[13:38] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d4 --> [ 1d4=2 ] | {2}
[13:39] <Mathmatt878> You see two imps waiting at the center blanket, and an ogre standing in front of an opening to another room.
[13:39] <Mathmatt878> One imp is holding a pillow, the other has a blanket, and the ogre is holding one of each.
[13:40] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 2#1d20-1 imp initiatives
[13:40] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 2#1d20-1 -->  | [ 1d20=19 ]{18}, [ 1d20=17 ]{16}
[13:40] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d20-2 ogre initiative
[13:40] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20-2 --> [ 1d20=2 ] | {0}
[13:40] <Mathmatt878> The pillow imp turns around to face you, and smacks you with a pillow.
[13:40] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d20+2
[13:40] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=12 ] | {14}
[13:41] <Mathmatt878> And fails. Your turn.
[13:41]  * Drilfi_Pythia gasps in pain at the heat.  Saint Aleado was right after all
[13:41]  * Drilfi_Pythia also shoots things.  Multistrike 1 to get both imps
[13:41] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 2#1d20+6
[13:41] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 2#1d20+6 -->  | [ 1d20=2 ]{8}, [ 1d20=12 ]{18}
[13:41] <Mathmatt878> First misses, second hits, and instantly blows up the blanket imp, who again, drops his blanket.
[13:42] <Drilfi_Pythia> "... Oh."
[13:42]  * Drilfi_Pythia begins to realize why this is a bad situation to be in.
[13:42] <Drilfi_Pythia> End turn
[13:42] <Mathmatt878> It begins to expand to cover the floor in front of the center blanket wall.
[13:43] <Mathmatt878> The bears rush through the available openings, and two of them howl in pain as they walk through the fire blanket, only to step onto another fire blanket.
[13:43] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 2#2d4 damage.
[13:43] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 2#2d4 -->  | [ 2d4=4 ]{4}, [ 2d4=5 ]{5}
[13:43] <Mathmatt878> They maul the remaining pillow imp, and step away from the blanket.
[13:44] <Mathmatt878> The two at the bottom run through and start attacking the ogre, who seems to be a bit too tough for them.
[13:44] <Mathmatt878> He turns to you, and tosses his blanket onto the floor, next to the previous one.
[13:45] <Mathmatt878> He smiles as it begins to spread as well, then swipes the bears away with his pillow, pushing them onto the blanket-covered flooring, causing them to howl in pain.
[13:45] <Mathmatt878> Your turn again.
[13:45]  * Drilfi_Pythia ...
[13:45] <Drilfi_Pythia> Unleashes...
[13:45] <Drilfi_Pythia> SAINT HENDERBOB'S JUDGE QUENCHER
[13:45] <Mathmatt878> YES.
[13:45] <Mathmatt878> YES!
[13:46] <Drilfi_Pythia> FIRE IS NO MATCH FOR HIS FLAVOURFUL GOODNESS
[13:46] <Mathmatt878> OH YEAH!
[13:46] <Drilfi_Pythia> OH YEAH!
[13:46] <Drilfi_Pythia> Anyway, end turn after extinguishing all the blankets like that.
[13:47] <Mathmatt878> The ogre stares in shock as the blankets disappear at the touch of Kool-aid.
[13:47] <Mathmatt878> How could he be defeated by such flavourful goodness?!
[13:48] <Mathmatt878> The bears all run up and maul him to death.
[13:48] <Mathmatt878> You gain 60 EXP for all of the underlings, and 10 extra EXP for using Saint Henderbob's Judge Quencher.
[13:48]  * Drilfi_Pythia extinguishes the blankets covering the walls, then marches onwards
[13:49] <Mathmatt878> The bears stop following you.
[13:49] <Mathmatt878> "WE HAVE TAKEN BACK OUR HOME. WE WISH TO STAY TO ENSURE IT DOES NOT GET TAKEN AGAIN.
[13:49] <Mathmatt878> "
[13:49] <Drilfi_Pythia> "... That, was it?"
[13:50] <Mathmatt878> "YES."
[13:50]  * Drilfi_Pythia shrugs.  "Alright."
[13:50]  * Drilfi_Pythia continues on alone
[13:51] <Mathmatt878> You enter a hallway with little more than scratches on the walls in the shape of words, leading to a crossroads up ahead.
[13:52]  * Drilfi_Pythia reads some of the words
[13:53] <Mathmatt878> It appears to be more than just random words, it is a complete story. A prophecy.
[13:53] <Mathmatt878> It reads:
[13:53] <Mathmatt878> "The Dream Shaper, the one who can create a new reality for us when we are lost in our dreams. He who holds the power of the great dreamer deep within himself, and shall give us hope when all is lost."
[13:54] <Mathmatt878> That is all.
[13:54] <Drilfi_Pythia> Dream Shaper.  That's what they called him.
[13:54] <Drilfi_Pythia> Is... is the great dreamer The Reverend?
[13:55]  * Drilfi_Pythia decaptchalogues Saint Aleado.
[13:55] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHAT DO YOU SEE?
[13:55] <Aleado> "I see... Stuff on the wall. I can't read it."
[13:57]  * Drilfi_Pythia nods, and continues to the crossroads
[13:58] <Mathmatt878> There is a road leading to the right, which appears to head into a large room, or a curved hallway that you cannot see the end of.
[13:59]  * Drilfi_Pythia takes the curved hallway
[14:00] <Mathmatt878> You eventually arrive into a large, empty room with an opening at the back right.
[14:01] <Mathmatt878> In the center of the room, however, is a single well.
[14:01] <Mathmatt878> The well has a crank for lowering and raising the bucket inside of it, it seems very out of date.
[14:01] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHAT DO YOU SEE?
[14:02] <Aleado> "I see a little water thingy... The, uh... A well, that's what it's called."
[14:03] <Drilfi_Pythia> SO DO I
[14:03]  * Drilfi_Pythia walks up and looks down the well.
[14:03] <Mathmatt878> "Oh, well that's good."
[14:03] <Mathmatt878> It's completely empty.
[14:03] <Drilfi_Pythia> INSIDE?
[14:03] <Mathmatt878> The ground is much too far below to see anything further down.
[14:04]  * Aleado walks over and takes a peak.
[14:04] <Aleado> "It's dark."
[14:04] <Drilfi_Pythia> Saint Fishgardo's Resorit?
[14:05] <Mathmatt878> You light up a little bit further down the well, but it's mostly still- Wait, no, there's something down there! Something, for just an instant, caught a glimpse of the light and reflected a little bit back at you.
[14:05] <Mathmatt878> You can't quite tell what it is, but the object seems to be somewhat rounded.
[14:07]  * Drilfi_Pythia tries using Saint Lussan's Wantness to reflect the light and focus it down the well.
[14:07] <Mathmatt878> You make a sort of makeshift flashlight, and manage to get a clearer view of what it is.
[14:08] <Mathmatt878> It's a glass vial, with some kind of metal rod inside it.
[14:08] <Mathmatt878> Roll perception.
[14:08] <Mathmatt878> (Remember the -1 from the disorienting music)
[14:08] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+1+1d4-1
[14:08] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+1+1d4-1 --> [ 1d20=18 ][ 1d4=2 ] | {20}
[14:08] <Mathmatt878> It's a key.
[14:09] <Drilfi_Pythia> But a key to where?
[14:09]  * Drilfi_Pythia leaves it for now, in favour of taking the other path at the crossroads
[14:11] <Mathmatt878> You enter the large room you saw before, which again, is mostly empty, except for a line of six urns sitting atop pedestals.
[14:12] <Mathmatt878> Opposite the wall with the urns, a closed door. It seems surprising to have after so many open entrances.
[14:12]  * Drilfi_Pythia tries the door.
[14:12] <Mathmatt878> It's locked.
[14:13] <Drilfi_Pythia> That will do it.
[14:13]  * Drilfi_Pythia examines the urns closer, then
[14:14] <Mathmatt878> They are simple and mostly undecorated. Each are decorated a light grey with eggshell wings decorated on them. They have a simple, rounded lid with a handle, just in case you feel like spreading ashes around for the heck of it.
[14:15]  * Drilfi_Pythia looks at Saint Aleado for his input
[14:15] <Aleado> "They look like little cups of dust."
[14:16]  * Drilfi_Pythia opens one of the lids
[14:17] <Mathmatt878> Which one?
[14:17] <Drilfi_Pythia> Far left
[14:18] <Mathmatt878> As you open the urn, a gust of wind explodes from within it, spreading the dust everywhere, sending both you and Aleado into a coughing fit.
[14:18] <Mathmatt878> Dust fills the air, swirling around the room.
[14:18] <Mathmatt878> It creates a vaguely humanoid shape with glowing eyes.
[14:19]  * Drilfi_Pythia moves protectively between the humanoid and Saint Aleado.
[14:20] <Mathmatt878> It makes no movement to harm you, but it continues to emit dust throughout the room, making it harder to breathe.
[14:20] <Mathmatt878> Roll CON.
[14:20] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+2
[14:20] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=10 ] | {12}
[14:21] <Mathmatt878> You continue to breathe, unimpeded for the most part.
[14:21] <Mathmatt878> But the dust does not stop coming.
[14:21] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Go."
[14:21] <Mathmatt878> No response.
[14:21]  * Drilfi_Pythia pulls Saint Aleado away.  The burgundyblood child will not have as easy a time as he did.
[14:22] <Mathmatt878> The dust person continues to just stand there, staring with glowing eyes.
[14:22]  * Aleado begins coughing.
[14:23]  * Drilfi_Pythia continues pulling him away
[14:24] <Mathmatt878> You return to the crossroads, the dust is less severe here, but it remains in the previous room.

[22:48] <Mathmatt878> You return to the crossroads, the dust is less severe here, but it remains in the previous room.
[22:48]  * Drilfi_Pythia pulls Saint Aleado back to the well room.  There must be a way past this.
[22:49] <Mathmatt878> You return to the well, the simple wooden structure awaiting you in silence.
[22:49]  * Drilfi_Pythia lowers the bucket down to the key.
[22:50] <Mathmatt878> The bucket gets lowered with relative ease, but it lands on top of the vial, unable to pick it up.
[22:51]  * Drilfi_Pythia glances hesitantly between the bucket and Saint Aleado.
[22:51]  * Aleado looks up at you.
[22:51] <Drilfi_Pythia> MOVE VIAL INTO BUCKET PLEASE
[22:51]  * Aleado gulps hesitantly, but nods.
[22:52] <Aleado> "Okay, I'll do it..."
[22:52]  * Aleado approaches the well, looking down into the darkness.
[22:52]  * Drilfi_Pythia puts an arm out to make sure he doesn't fall.
[22:53] <Mathmatt878> I assume you bring the bucket back up?
[22:53] <Drilfi_Pythia> Only enough to leave the key visible.
[22:53] <Drilfi_Pythia> CAN YOU SEE IT?
[22:54] <Aleado> "I... No, not really."
[22:54] <Aleado> "It's dark down there."
[22:54]  * Drilfi_Pythia nods.  He lifts the bucket, carefully places Saint Fishgardo's Resorit within, and lowers it back down.
[22:55] <Mathmatt878> Your wand bright illuminates the entirety of the well, clearly displaying the vial.
[22:55] <Aleado> "Oh, I see it now!"
[22:55] <Aleado> "Okay, I can do that."
[22:55] <Drilfi_Pythia> THANK YOU
[22:55] <Mathmatt878> Roll investigation.
[22:56] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+2+1d4
[22:56] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+2+1d4 --> [ 1d20=1 ][ 1d4=3 ] | {6}
[22:56] <Drilfi_Pythia> ono
[22:56] <Mathmatt878> Everything is fine.
[22:56] <Mathmatt878> Everything is ABSOLUTELY fine.
[22:56] <Drilfi_Pythia> Oh okay then that's great!
[22:57]  * Drilfi_Pythia waits patiently for Saint Aleado to move the vial into the bucket then.
[22:57] <Mathmatt878> The bucket is still at the bottom of the well, unless you've brought it up for Aleado to climb inside.
[22:58]  * Drilfi_Pythia has not.
[22:58] <Drilfi_Pythia> Saint Aleado, however.
[22:58] <Drilfi_Pythia> Is telekinetic.
[22:58] <Mathmatt878> That.
[22:58] <Mathmatt878> Is entirely correct.
[22:58] <Mathmatt878> ~Furiously scribbles out DM notes.~
[22:59]  * Aleado lifts the vial, placing it carefully into the bucket alongside the wand.
[22:59] <Mathmatt878> At which point, a sudden torrent of water erupts from every side of the well, filling it extremely quickly.
[23:00] <Mathmatt878> The light from Saint Fishgardo's Resorit is extinguished by the murky water, and the vial is unable to be seen.
[23:00] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Run."
[23:00]  * Drilfi_Pythia takes Saint Aleado's hand and absconds back to the intersection.  Both paths blocked.
[23:00]  * Aleado looks panicked.
[23:01] <Mathmatt878> You arrive back at the intersection.
[23:01]  * Drilfi_Pythia glances nervously back and forth between the two rooms as they both steadily fill.
[23:02] <Aleado> "I... What's happening?"
[23:02] <Aleado> "I'm scared."
[23:02] <Drilfi_Pythia> I DON'T KNOW
[23:02] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHAT DO YOU SEE?
[23:03] <Aleado> "The well started draining the water, and then you pulled me away."
[23:03]  * Drilfi_Pythia frowns.
[23:03]  * Drilfi_Pythia then gestures to the sand-filling room.  OTHER ROOM?
[23:07] <Aleado> "It got really windy, and you pulled me away again."
[23:07] <Aleado> "What did you see?"
[23:08] <Drilfi_Pythia> SAND AND FLOODING
[23:08] <Aleado> "Oh..."
[23:08] <Aleado> "Okay..."
[23:08] <Aleado> "So... What do we do?"
[23:09] <Drilfi_Pythia> UNSURE.  GO THROUGH GATE?
[23:09] <Aleado> "Uh... I don't know."
[23:09] <Aleado> "I'll follow you."
[23:09]  * Drilfi_Pythia leads Saint Aleado back through the dungeon to the stairwell.
[23:10] <Mathmatt878> You get stopped by the red door that I conveniently forgot last time.
[23:10] <Drilfi_Pythia> CAPTCHALOGUE ME AND CARRY THROUGH INTO NEXT ROOM
[23:10] <Drilfi_Pythia> Just like they retroactively did the first time
[23:10] <Mathmatt878> Makes sense.
[23:11]  * Aleado does so.
[23:11] <Mathmatt878> You cease to physically exist for a few moments, before reappearing suddenly in front of the stairs.
[23:11] <Mathmatt878> Wow, that feels weird.
[23:11]  * Drilfi_Pythia shudders a bit, but continues on to the portal
[23:12]  * Drilfi_Pythia carries Saint Aleado through with him.
[23:13] <Mathmatt878> You arrive in LOPAL, while the bears on the other side of the portal change to koalas. Aleado remains awake, now seeing what you previously had.
[23:14]  * Drilfi_Pythia leads him back up
[23:15] <Mathmatt878> You see the pillow/blanket fortress for the first time on LOPAL.
[23:15] <Mathmatt878> It is most definitely not pillows and blankets.
[23:16] <Mathmatt878> It can mostly be summed up as a large piles of singed lethally sharpened weapons pointing in every direction.
[23:16] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Oh, my."
[23:16] <Aleado> "I like this one more, I think."
[23:17]  * Drilfi_Pythia nods slowly, stunned.
[23:17]  * Drilfi_Pythia continues into the weaponpile.
[23:18] <Mathmatt878> On the other side, you see the group of six bears from before, now asleep as koalas.
[23:19]  * Aleado reaches out to touch the pillows, but hesitates, and decides against it.
[23:19]  * Drilfi_Pythia flinches as he sees the saint reach for the weapons.
[23:19] <Drilfi_Pythia> CONTINUE
[23:20]  * Aleado nods, and continues to follow close behind you.
[23:20]  * Drilfi_Pythia leads him on to the intersection, reading the script on the walls just before
[23:21] <Mathmatt878> You see simple scratches on the wall, like before, but no legible words.
[23:21] <Mathmatt878> There are a few patterns, but nothing decipherable.
[23:21]  * Drilfi_Pythia moves on, then.  To the well room
[23:23] <Mathmatt878> The identical well, albeit now made of stone rather than wood, awaits. You note that this well is completely void of water, and a familiar vial waits at the bottom, sitting inside a small, metal bowl.
[23:23]  * Drilfi_Pythia looks to Saint Aleado
[23:24]  * Aleado nods, and lifts the bowl up to the surface, into your hands.
[23:25] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHAT DO YOU SEE?
[23:25] <Mathmatt878> It is at this moment, that you see there are a surprising amount of splinters in the bowl.
[23:25] <Aleado> "I see a bucket, and the vial from before."
[23:25] <Drilfi_Pythia> WATER?
[23:26] <Aleado> "Uh... Yeah, there is a lot of water."
[23:26] <Aleado> "It's really grey."
[23:26] <Drilfi_Pythia> GREY?
[23:27] <Aleado> "Yeah, the water."
[23:27] <Aleado> "It's dirty, not like the water back at the church."
[23:27] <Aleado> "..."
[23:27] <Aleado> "I miss the church."
[23:27] <Drilfi_Pythia> ME TOO
[23:27]  * Drilfi_Pythia puts a hand on Saint Aleado's shoulder.
[23:28]  * Aleado winces a bit as you touch him, but calms down quickly.
[23:28]  * Drilfi_Pythia backtracks with the bowl and vial to check the other room now
[23:29] <Mathmatt878> You barely arrive inside the room before you are bombarded by heavy winds. You note a significant lack of dust.
[23:30]  * Drilfi_Pythia looks at Saint Aleado quizzically once more
[23:30] <Mathmatt878> Along the wall, where there were once the pedestals and urns, are now small little tea cups. One of them is shattered.
[23:31]  * Aleado is currently covering his mouth and nose with his shirt.
[23:31] <Mathmatt878> You think you hear him say something, but it's hard to hear over the winds.
[23:31] <Mathmatt878> Roll perception.
[23:31] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+1+1d4
[23:31] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+1+1d4 --> [ 1d20=1 ][ 1d4=3 ] | {5}
[23:31] <Drilfi_Pythia> UGH
[23:31] <Mathmatt878> Welp.
[23:32] <Mathmatt878> Yeah, no, you don't hear him say anything.
[23:32] <Mathmatt878> You especially don't hear him grunt as he recoils at... something.
[23:32] <Mathmatt878> You do see it, however.
[23:33]  * Drilfi_Pythia steps between Saint Aleado and the invisible sand demon thing
[23:33] <Mathmatt878> Would you like to proc Saint Aleado's Fearlessness?
[23:33] <Drilfi_Pythia> Yes.  Laser that invisible jerk!
[23:33] <Mathmatt878> Roll to hit.
[23:33] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+6
[23:33] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=13 ] | {19}
[23:34] <Drilfi_Pythia> 6 damage
[23:35] <Mathmatt878> That is a hit. You fire a laser, and in some weird combination of the winds moving out of the way, you see some kind of circular vortex appear in midair. As if the area you shot was briefly calm, only to be quickly refilled.
[23:36]  * Drilfi_Pythia narrows his eyes again.  He never tried to actually fight the dust, did he?
[23:37] <Mathmatt878> He did not.
[23:37]  * Drilfi_Pythia still steps between the thing and Saint Aleado, though, and still ushers him out of the room
[23:38] <Mathmatt878> You return to the intersection.
[23:38] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHAT HAPPENED?
[23:39]  * Aleado coughs in between his words.
[23:39] <Aleado> "A lot of dust..."
[23:40] <Drilfi_Pythia> HURT?
[23:41] <Aleado> "A little, it was kind of hard to breathe, but I'll be okay."
[23:42]  * Drilfi_Pythia nods again.  I WILL CHECK ALONE
[23:42] <Aleado> "Okay... I'll be here."
[23:44]  * Drilfi_Pythia returns to the windy room and tries to retrieve a teacup
[23:44] <Mathmatt878> Roll strength to fight against the wind.
[23:45] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+1d4
[23:45] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+1d4 --> [ 1d20=10 ][ 1d4=4 ] | {14}
[23:45] <Mathmatt878> There ya go!
[23:46] <Drilfi_Pythia> I have missed these 0s
[23:46] <Mathmatt878> You successfully push through the wind, and are able to interact with the teacups however you please.
[23:47]  * Drilfi_Pythia takes... let's say three of them.  He also captchalogues the pieces of the broken one.
[23:48] <Mathmatt878> Which three?
[23:48] <Drilfi_Pythia> The nearest three
[23:48] <Mathmatt878> You are now the proud owner of three teacups, and one broken teacup.
[23:49]  * Drilfi_Pythia brings them back with him to Saint Aleado.
[23:49] <Aleado> "Did you do it?"
[23:50] <Drilfi_Pythia> TRIED
[23:50]  * Drilfi_Pythia then shoots the wind.
[23:50] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+6
[23:50] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=12 ] | {18}
[23:51] <Mathmatt878> Again, it appears to move out of the way, creating a calm area around your laser beam, which is then quickly refilled with wind.
[23:51]  * Aleado coughs a little bit.
[23:52] <Drilfi_Pythia> CAPTCHALOGUE?
[23:52] <Aleado> "If you want, okay."
[23:52] <Aleado> "The dust just flew around a bit when you shot it."
[23:53] <Drilfi_Pythia> WIND CALMED
[23:53] <Aleado> "Oh."
[23:53] <Aleado> "Well, the dust was gone, but then it came back."
[23:53] <Aleado> "The dusty guy is making a lot of dust."
[23:53] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHERE IS HE?
[23:54]  * Drilfi_Pythia holds the wand out
[23:55]  * Aleado points in a seemingly random direction into the room.
[23:55]  * Drilfi_Pythia shoots there
[23:55] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+6
[23:55] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=17 ] | {23}
[23:55] <Mathmatt878> Again, the wind calms, but is quickly replaced.
[23:55] <Drilfi_Pythia> ANYTHING?
[23:56] <Aleado> "Nothing different from before."
[23:56]  * Drilfi_Pythia nods, and captchalogues Saint Aleado.  If he can't kill the problem...
[23:56]  * Drilfi_Pythia pushes through the wind again
[23:56] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+1d4
[23:56] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+1d4 --> [ 1d20=4 ][ 1d4=3 ] | {7}
[23:57] <Mathmatt878> You are pushed around a fair bit, and collide with the wall on your way inside, taking...
[23:57] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d6 impact damage.
[23:57] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d6 --> [ 1d6=1 ] | {1}
[23:57] <Mathmatt878> That much.
[23:57]  * Drilfi_Pythia is nearly impactproof, and tries again
[23:57] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+1d4
[23:57] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+1d4 --> [ 1d20=12 ][ 1d4=2 ] | {14}
[23:58] <Mathmatt878> Success!
[23:58] <Mathmatt878> You are now inside the room again.
[23:59]  * Drilfi_Pythia tries to unlock and go through the far door.
[23:59] <Mathmatt878> The key doesn't fit into the lock. It was clearly designed for another door.
[00:01]  * Drilfi_Pythia grumbles, and abandons it.  He goes all the way back to the portal and right on through before decaptchaloguing Saint Aleado again.
[00:01] <Mathmatt878> You arrive in LONAD.
[00:02] <Drilfi_Pythia> CARRY ME THROUGH WALL AGAIN?
[00:02] <Mathmatt878> Decaptchaloguing Aleado gives you his unconscious body.
[00:02]  * Drilfi_Pythia pushes the body through the portal
[00:03] <Aleado> "Alright."
[00:04]  * Aleado does so, and you arrive in purgatory once again, before being decaptchalogued again on the other side.
[00:04]  * Drilfi_Pythia moves on, checking in on both the flood and dust rooms
[00:06] <Mathmatt878> The dust room seems to be almost entirely covered in dust, and still more coming. Meanwhile, the well room fills with water as the rising water level from inside the well has now overflowed onto the floor.
[00:06]  * Drilfi_Pythia advances to the well and looks inside for the key
[00:07] <Mathmatt878> You do not find it. You do, however, find Saint Fishgardo's Resorit inside the wooden bucket in the middle of the pool made by the well.
[00:07] <Drilfi_Pythia> "... Huh."
[00:07]  * Drilfi_Pythia takes it back.
[00:08]  * Drilfi_Pythia moves over to the dust room and tries shooting the dusty demon
[00:08] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+6
[00:08] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=19 ] | {25}
[00:09] <Mathmatt878> A similar thing happens as before. The laser creates a lull in the dust creating clear air, only to have the figure be reshaped by the dust around it.
[00:10]  * Drilfi_Pythia keeps on blasting,
[00:10] <Drilfi_Pythia> .
[00:10] <Mathmatt878> There appears to be too much dust to completely remove all of it. It's more like you're just moving the dust away from the area you're shooting.
[00:11] <Drilfi_Pythia> Where is the dust coming from?
[00:12] <Mathmatt878> From the dust figure, who is being reshaped by the dust that he made around him when you shoot him.
[00:13]  * Drilfi_Pythia glances back into the well room, and absconds to grab the bucket.
[00:13] <Mathmatt878> You gain one "Wooden Bucket".
[00:14]  * Drilfi_Pythia splashes a bunch of water on the dust figure.
[00:16] <Mathmatt878> The dust becomes sopping wet, no longer aerodynamic enough to reshape into the figure. He falls to the ground with a wet "SCHLOP"ing sound.
[00:16]  * Drilfi_Pythia shoots him again.
[00:16] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+6
[00:16] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=3 ] | {9}
[00:16] <Mathmatt878> (You don't need to shoot him, he's dead.)
[00:16] <Drilfi_Pythia> I wanna shoot him.
[00:16] <Mathmatt878> That is entirely justified.
[00:17] <Mathmatt878> Then treat is as a coup-de-grace.
[00:17] <Drilfi_Pythia> Heck yes
[00:17] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 6d8+6 unnecessary damage
[00:17] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 6d8+6 --> [ 6d8=36 ] | {42}
[00:18] <Mathmatt878> The dust dude explodes into dust.
[00:18] <Mathmatt878> He is now not wet, and continues to reign dusty terror on the room.
[00:18]  * Drilfi_Pythia buckets him again
[00:18] <Mathmatt878> He dies again, making another satisfying "SCHLOP"ing sound.
[00:19]  * Drilfi_Pythia refills the bucket and shoots it once more, followed immediately by another bucketing
[00:19] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 6d8+6
[00:19] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 6d8+6 --> [ 6d8=22 ] | {28}
[00:20] <Mathmatt878> He briefly reigns dusty terror, only to repeat his previous "SCHLOP"ing.
[00:20] <Mathmatt878> This is wildly entertaining to the DM.
[00:20]  * Drilfi_Pythia is enjoying himself just a bit too much as well.
[00:21] <Mathmatt878> The DM subtly suggests doing the same thing, but with Kool-Aid for added hilarity.
[00:21]  * Drilfi_Pythia has work to do, though, and leaves Mr. Schlop to his fate as he checks out the locked door here and its interaction with his key
[00:21] <Mathmatt878> The DM is saddened by your choice, but respects it.
[00:22] <Mathmatt878> Again, the key does not fit. It really must be intended for another door.
[00:22] <Drilfi_Pythia> Hmm.  But there were no other doors here.
[00:22]  * Drilfi_Pythia backtracks.  There's a certain lever he hasn't touched yet, isn't there?
[00:23] <Mathmatt878> There is.
[00:23]  * Drilfi_Pythia touches it
[00:23] <Mathmatt878> You do so, and the red wall in front of you raises.
[00:23] <Mathmatt878> It dawns on you that this was its purpose the entire time.
[00:23]  * Drilfi_Pythia presses a hand to his forehead.
[00:24] <Mathmatt878> Take 1 mental damage.
[00:25] <Drilfi_Pythia> Well... what about the other thing?  Drilfi goes down to the other machine with the other lever.
[00:27] <Mathmatt878> The vent machine lever remains pulled, and the vent is still closed.
[00:28]  * Drilfi_Pythia unpulls it
[00:28] <Mathmatt878> The vent opens.
[00:29] <Drilfi_Pythia> Does anything else happen?
[00:29] <Mathmatt878> Not that you're aware of.
[00:30] <Drilfi_Pythia> Huh.  He swaps to LOPAL and checks the wind room
[00:31] <Mathmatt878> The winds have completely died. The room is calm.
[00:31] <Mathmatt878> Roll perception.
[00:31] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+1+1d4
[00:31] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+1+1d4 --> [ 1d20=14 ][ 1d4=2 ] | {17}
[00:32] <Mathmatt878> In the center of the room, on the ceiling, is an open vent, identical to the one you had just interacted with.
[00:32] <Drilfi_Pythia> ... What about switching to the dust room?
[00:33] <Mathmatt878> Same as before, Mr. Schlop is dead on the floor.
[00:33] <Drilfi_Pythia> Any vent?
[00:34] <Mathmatt878> There is.
[00:34] <Drilfi_Pythia> Interesting.  He'll leave that for now, though.  There's surely no way this can go poorly.
[00:35]  * Drilfi_Pythia heads back to the flooded well.  He needs that vial.
[00:35] <Mathmatt878> You have the vial.
[00:36] <Mathmatt878> The key was inside it.
[00:36] <Drilfi_Pythia> Right, it's the same vial between the two.
[00:36] <Mathmatt878> Indeed it is.
[00:36] <Drilfi_Pythia> What happens, then, if he leaves the key and bowl and switches lands?
[00:37] <Mathmatt878> The bowl is changed into a bucket, and the key appears to remain the same.
[00:38] <Drilfi_Pythia> Hmm.
[00:39] <Drilfi_Pythia> You know what, forget this.  Drilfi, on LONAD, shoots the door.
[00:39] <Mathmatt878> The door remains firmly in place, albeit slightly singed now.
[00:41] <Drilfi_Pythia> But where could a key BE... ?
[00:41]  * Drilfi_Pythia looks around, his eyes eventually settling on the remaining urns.
[00:41]  * Drilfi_Pythia decaptchalogues his teacups.
[00:42] <Mathmatt878> They appear on the floor unceremoniously.
[00:42]  * Drilfi_Pythia steps on one.
[00:43] <Mathmatt878> Suddenly, it erupts in a barrage of winds, blowing you off-balance.
[00:43] <Mathmatt878> I would not bother having you roll acrobatics to stay balanced because of your mod, but you've been having pretty bad luck recently. Let's try it just to be safe. Roll acrobatics.
[00:44] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+11+1d4
[00:44] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+11+1d4 --> [ 1d20=4 ][ 1d4=2 ] | {17}
[00:44] <Drilfi_Pythia> UGH
[00:44] <Mathmatt878> Y'still made it.
[00:44] <Mathmatt878> DC 15.
[00:45] <Drilfi_Pythia> HGU
[00:45]  * Drilfi_Pythia watches what happens between this, Mr. Schlop, and the vent.
[00:45] <Mathmatt878> You land deftly, but the wind now flows throughout the room, albeit much less impactful now, as the majority of it disappears into the vent.
[00:45] <Mathmatt878> Mr. Schlop remains soggy and dead.
[00:46]  * Drilfi_Pythia points and laughs at him for a bit, then switches lands.
[00:47] <Mathmatt878> As it turns out, on LOPAL, there is another Mr. Schlop creating a vortex of dust that is being consumed by the vent.
[00:48]  * Drilfi_Pythia sprays him with Henderbob juice.
[00:49] <Mathmatt878> He dies. Not out of being drenched, but of humiliation for being drenched in the newly-named Henderbob Juice.
[00:50] <Drilfi_Pythia> Good.
[00:50]  * Drilfi_Pythia breaks the other teacups and urns one by one.
[00:50] <Mathmatt878> Which do you start with?
[00:51] <Drilfi_Pythia> The ones he put on the floor in no particular order, then the ones on the wall starting with the closest to the entrance.
[00:51] <Mathmatt878> The teacups create more gusts of wind that vanish into the vents.
[00:51] <Mathmatt878> BUT.
[00:52] <Mathmatt878> When you break the second to last urn, you find that it contains not only a Mr. Schlop, but also a key inside an identical vial to the one you had found in the other room.
[00:52] <Drilfi_Pythia> Wow convenient.  Drilfi will treasure Mr. Schlop's last gift to him before he tragically was killed in a Henderbob Juice accident.
[00:53] <Mathmatt878> (Replace urn with teacup, since you're on LOPAL, and there is actually no third Mr. Schlop.)
[00:53] <Drilfi_Pythia> Drilfi will treasure nobody's last gift to him that he found himself.
[00:53] <Mathmatt878> Yay independence!
[00:54] <Mathmatt878> You are now the proud owner of one more key.
[00:54]  * Drilfi_Pythia tries it on the door
[00:54] <Mathmatt878> Success!
[00:54]  * Drilfi_Pythia doors.
[00:57] <Mathmatt878> You enter a much larger room than before, with another door to your left, and a large chasm to your right. On the other side of the chasm is an empty pedestal, and a staircase leading upwards, barricaded by a glass wall with an oddly shaped hole in the center of it.
[00:58] <Drilfi_Pythia> What is the odd shape of the hole?
[00:59] <Mathmatt878> Roll perception, as it's pretty hard to see clearly from across the chasm.
[00:59] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+1+1d4
[00:59] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+1+1d4 --> [ 1d20=14 ][ 1d4=3 ] | {18}
[01:00] <Mathmatt878> It's the shape of a cloud, or maybe a cotton ball? Something poofy like that.
[01:00] <Drilfi_Pythia> "... Huh."
[01:00] <Drilfi_Pythia> Well, he tries the door to the left first of all.
[01:01] <Mathmatt878> You discover that the door is locked from the other side, and opens easily, to reveal a hallway leading directly into the well room.
[01:01]  * Drilfi_Pythia walks down it and back into the well room.
[01:02] <Drilfi_Pythia> "... Huh, again."
[01:02] <Drilfi_Pythia> How did he never notice there was a door here?
[01:02] <Mathmatt878> Y'never went down the hall.
[01:02] <Drilfi_Pythia> Yeah that would explain it.
[01:03]  * Drilfi_Pythia ignores it then.  Unimportant.
[01:03] <Drilfi_Pythia> How wide is this chasm?
[01:04] <Mathmatt878> About 30 feet to the other side, 45 feet from wall to wall.
[01:09] <Drilfi_Pythia> Hmm.  Probably too far to jump
[01:09] <Drilfi_Pythia> Perhaps he could...
[01:10]  * Drilfi_Pythia hooks Saint Fishgardo's Resorit and Saint Tiburon's Glory into the wall and hoists himself up experimentally.
[01:10] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+2+1d4 Athletics to climb
[01:10] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+2+1d4 --> [ 1d20=12 ][ 1d4=3 ] | {17}
[01:11] <Mathmatt878> The DM actually did think of this when building this, after the previous use in the Shifter's mountain.
[01:11] <Mathmatt878> The walls are perfectly smooth, unable to be dug into.
[01:12]  * Drilfi_Pythia puts his weapons back away.  Rather than hurl himself across and hope his Flashstepping is good enough to get him far enough (spoiler:  It wouldn't), he switches over to LONAD.

[01:31] <Mathmatt878> The room is almost exactly identical, except for one key difference.
[01:31] <Mathmatt878> Immediately beside the pedestal is a large, circular target painted on the wall in blood.
[01:31]  * Drilfi_Pythia ... shoots it?
[01:32] <Mathmatt878> To your knowledge, nothing happens.
[01:32] <Aleado> "Oh..."
[01:32] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHAT?
[01:32] <Aleado> "I dunno, that just seemed really sudden."
[01:33] <Aleado> "That was a big laser to use on the wall."
[01:33] <Drilfi_Pythia> TARGET
[01:34] <Drilfi_Pythia> DID ANYTHING HAPPEN?
[01:34] <Aleado> "Oh, the target!"
[01:34]  * Aleado looks around a bit, but shakes his head.
[01:34] <Aleado> "Nope."
[01:35] <Aleado> "It looks like you just shot the wall to me."
[01:36] <Drilfi_Pythia> Drilfi frowns.  There must be some reason for it.  Every other time, there's been a change in the room, not something being removed or added entirely.
[01:36]  * Drilfi_Pythia switches lands again.
[01:36] <Mathmatt878> The target is now gone.
[01:37]  * Drilfi_Pythia looks closely at the place it was.
[01:37] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+1+1d4-1 Perception
[01:37] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+1+1d4-1 --> [ 1d20=11 ][ 1d4=3 ] | {14}
[01:38] <Mathmatt878> You see a very dark singe, much more than what your wand made on the wall and mannequin before.
[01:38] <Mathmatt878> The wall even seems to be cracked a bit, but only slightly.
[01:38]  * Drilfi_Pythia shoots it again
[01:39]  * Aleado jumps again, and then begins to stare in what appears to be absolute wonder.
[01:39] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHAT?
[01:39] <Aleado> "The..."
[01:39] <Mathmatt878> He appears to be too shocked for words.
[01:40] <Aleado> "Bridge..."
[01:40]  * Drilfi_Pythia looks for a bridge
[01:40] <Mathmatt878> You fail to see a bridge.
[01:40]  * Aleado stares directly into the chasm.
[01:41] <Drilfi_Pythia> DO YOU SEE A BRIDGE?
[01:41]  * Aleado nods.
[01:42]  * Drilfi_Pythia nods back, and shuffles up to the edge of the gap before testing the space beyond with his toe.
[01:43] <Mathmatt878> You feel... Something.
[01:43] <Mathmatt878> It's not necessarily solid, but there is something to place your foot on.
[01:43]  * Aleado nods excitedly.
[01:43] <Aleado> "Yeah, the bridge!"
[01:44]  * Drilfi_Pythia presses just a bit more weight on it, fully prepared to Flashstep his way back to solid ground should it give way.
[01:44] <Mathmatt878> Nope, it holds you completely.
[01:44] <Mathmatt878> Your foot is floating.
[01:45]  * Drilfi_Pythia starts trudging forwards, carefully advancing along the invisible bridge.
[01:46]  * Aleado sees how hesitant you are, and runs up to follow you, grabbing your hand in his.
[01:46] <Aleado> "Here, I can lead the way!"
[01:46] <Aleado> "Do you see the bridge?"
[01:47]  * Drilfi_Pythia starts to try and acknowledge him, but realizes there's no ground to write on here.
[01:47]  * Drilfi_Pythia simply allows himself to be led, then.
[01:47]  * Aleado pulls you along, a little faster than you're comfortable with, but he seems so excited.
[01:48] <Mathmatt878> The two of you quickly arrive on the other side of the chasm, completely unharmed.
[01:48] <Mathmatt878> Now, Drilfi.
[01:48] <Mathmatt878> I have a question.
[01:48] <Mathmatt878> Do you believe?
[01:48] <Drilfi_Pythia> Believe in what?
[01:49] <Mathmatt878> In what you just experienced.
[01:49] <Mathmatt878> Floating over a void of nothingness with a small saint leading you across.
[01:49] <Mathmatt878> In what most certainly would have been death by falling hundreds, even thousands of feet.
[01:49] <Mathmatt878> But wasn't.
[01:49] <Mathmatt878> Do you believe?
[01:49] <Drilfi_Pythia> If it weren't for Saint Aleado, Drilfi would be dead several times over.
[01:49]  * Drilfi_Pythia believes in him.
[01:50] <Mathmatt878> A wise choice.
[01:50] <Mathmatt878> Continue.
[01:51]  * Drilfi_Pythia takes a closer look at this side of the chasm.
[01:52] <Mathmatt878> There is the same contents as you saw from the other side. A smell pedestal (which you now see has a concave bowl shape built into it) that is currently empty, and the stairs leading upwards, covered by a glass barrier with the fluffy hole, much too small to fit most objects through.
[01:53] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHAT DO YOU SEE?
[01:54] <Aleado> "I see a door with a key hole, and a little sink sort of thing."
[01:54] <Mathmatt878> Now that you look at it, the pedestal does sort of look like a sink, just without the faucet.
[01:55] <Drilfi_Pythia> Is there any way to empty the pedestal?  Either a drain or it being possible to tilt and pour out any contents within.
[01:56] <Mathmatt878> Tilting to pour out any contents would work, but there is no drain.
[01:56]  * Drilfi_Pythia fills it with Henderbob Juice to see what happens.
[01:57] <Mathmatt878> Roll perception.
[01:57] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+1+1d4-1
[01:57] <Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+1+1d4-1 --> [ 1d20=15 ][ 1d4=3 ] | {18}
[01:57] <Mathmatt878> Success. You see a ghostly image appear out of the Henderbob Juice.
[01:58] <Mathmatt878> The image appears to be what can only be described as the lovechild of Saint Henderson, and Saint Bob.
[01:58]  * Drilfi_Pythia pours it out immediately.
[01:59]  * Drilfi_Pythia tries again with regular old Bob Juice.
[01:59] <Mathmatt878> The image vanishes as the liquid pours out.
[01:59] <Mathmatt878> As you pour the new juice, a ghostly image of Saint Bob appears above the bowl of liquid.
[01:59]  * Aleado looks very, VERY confused.
[01:59] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHAT?
[02:00] <Aleado> "I..."
[02:00] <Aleado> "Ghosts..."
[02:00] <Aleado> "I'm very confused."
[02:00] <Drilfi_Pythia> GHOSTS?
[02:01]  * Drilfi_Pythia tries to touch Saint Bob's visage.
[02:01] <Mathmatt878> You pass through. The image is completely intangible.
[02:01] <Mathmatt878> However, as you do so, the image turns to look at you.
[02:02] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Hello?"
[02:03] <Mathmatt878> The image nods at you.
[02:04] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Are, you... alive?"
[02:04] <Mathmatt878> Saint Bob shakes his head.
[02:04] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Sentient?"
[02:04] <Mathmatt878> A nod.
[02:05] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Is, it really You, Saint Bob?"
[02:05] <Mathmatt878> Another nod.
[02:05] <Mathmatt878> Then, a pause.
[02:05] <Mathmatt878> He shakes his head.
[02:05] <Mathmatt878> As if he changed his mind.
[02:06] <Drilfi_Pythia> "What, does that mean?"
[02:07] <Mathmatt878> Your saint raises his arms, and extends one out to you before passing the other through it.
[02:08] <Mathmatt878> (Note, I've done this with Lena; you can roll insight to try and figure out what he's trying to tell you if I'm not making it clear enough)
[02:08] <Drilfi_Pythia> "But, are you really Him, even if you aren't physically here?"
[02:08] <Mathmatt878> A nod.
[02:08] <Mathmatt878> Accompanied by a smile.
[02:08] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Alright."
[02:09]  * Drilfi_Pythia drops into a low bow.
[02:09] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Then, it is my great honour to meet You, kind saint."
[02:09]  * Aleado follows suit.
[02:10] <Mathmatt878> He gestures for you both to stand up.
[02:10]  * Drilfi_Pythia does so.
[02:11] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I, have heard the legends."
[02:12] <Mathmatt878> Saint Bob gestures for you to stop, then taps his wrist. (Or at least attempts to do the closest thing to tapping your wrist as you can when you're intangible)
[02:12] <Mathmatt878> He then points to the stairs.
[02:14] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Yes.  We, are going there."
[02:14] <Mathmatt878> He shakes his head, and points directly down to the floor.
[02:15] <Drilfi_Pythia> "No?"
[02:15] <Mathmatt878> He holds out his hand, palm facing you, then back down to pointing at the floor.
[02:16] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I need to come back in the other world?
[02:16] <Drilfi_Pythia> "
[02:16] <Mathmatt878> He shakes his head, and again, points to the floor. He really seems to be nailing that point in.
[02:17] <Drilfi_Pythia> "What, is down there?  It, was only an empty courtyard and below That, a nursery."
[02:17] <Mathmatt878> He nods.
[02:18] <Drilfi_Pythia> "The, nursery?"
[02:18] <Mathmatt878> Another nod.
[02:19]  * Drilfi_Pythia nods in turn.  "We, will go.  Thank, you for your Wisdom, Saint Bob."
[02:19] <Mathmatt878> Your saint smiles, and a mug of Kool-Aid appears in his hand.
[02:20] <Mathmatt878> He offers it to you.
[02:20]  * Drilfi_Pythia reaches to take hold of the intangible Kool-Aid, more for the sake of politeness than actually expecting to get it.
[02:21] <Mathmatt878> As expected, you pass right through, yet Saint Bob appears to be happy at your gesture.
[02:21] <Mathmatt878> You heal to full health, and your hand tastes like Kool-Aid for the next minute.
[02:22]  * Drilfi_Pythia bows again, then he and Saint Aleado go back down to the nursery.  They've had their chance to get used to the specifics of how this place works.  Now it's time to solve that first challenge.
[02:23] <Mathmatt878> ==END==