[S] Amdran: Brave the Temple part 1

==BEGIN==
Amdran
Amdran is gonna pick up that skull.
DM_TZIVOS
You pick up the skull and nothing happens
Amdran
Amdran loks around, a bit confused
He guesses he'll take it.
He capthcalogues it, and then heads back to the room with all of the skull doors.
DM_TZIVOS
there's the western door with one skull indent and the northern door with two skull indents
Amdran
Does the skull indent look like he could insert the skull he just picked up?
DM_TZIVOS
it looks exactly like that
Amdran
He does that on the western door.
DM_TZIVOS
the skull clicks into place and the door opens, revealing a short hallway. Once the door finishes opening, the skull pops out of the indentation
Amdran
He re-capthcalogues the skull and walks down the hallway.
DM_TZIVOS
you walk for a few seconds before coming across a simple stone door
Amdran
He opens it.
DM_TZIVOS
you're greeted by a room with three pedestals in a triangular alignment and a foam basilisk in the center of the pedestals
roll initiative
Amdran
!roll 1d20+0
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+0 --> [ 1d20=3 ] | {3}
DM_TZIVOS
!roll 1d20+5
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=16 ] | {21}
DM_TZIVOS
foam-gloves basilisk > you
the basilisk makes a weird hissing and sound before crawling past the pedestals 25 feet toward you to get into melee range and tries biting you
!roll 1d20+2
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=16 ] | {18}
DM_TZIVOS
hit
!roll 2d4+2
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 2d4+2 --> [ 2d4=4 ] | {6}
DM_TZIVOS
it leaves a soft bite-mark on your arm
your turn
Amdran
Amdran does a combo all up in this basilisk's face.
!roll 1d20+5
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=5 ] | {10}
DM_TZIVOS
miss
Amdran
!roll 1d20+5
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=10 ] | {15}
DM_TZIVOS
ties to player, hit
Amdran
!roll 2d6+2
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 2d6+2 --> [ 2d6=5 ] | {7}
DM_TZIVOS
you punch it real good and it looks hurt
Amdran
End Turn.
DM_TZIVOS
the basilisk rears back from the attack and raises its upper torso into the air, revealing two gloved lizard hands before trying to give you a 1-2 combo
!roll 2#1d20+2
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 2#1d20+2 -->  | [ 1d20=1 ]{3}, [ 1d20=6 ]{8}
DM_TZIVOS
!roll 2d4+2
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 2d4+2 --> [ 2d4=4 ] | {6}
DM_TZIVOS
but it fails so fucking hard and manages to trip and punch itself
your turn
Amdran
Seeing another chance to attack, Amdran goes in.
!roll 2#1d20+5
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 2#1d20+5 -->  | [ 1d20=2 ]{7}, [ 1d20=19 ]{24}
DM_TZIVOS
second punch hits
Amdran
!roll 2d6+2
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 2d6+2 --> [ 2d6=11 ] | {13}
DM_TZIVOS
you slice the basilisk's face off with your claws and it explodes into grist
gain 75 exp
gain 170 build, 55 T1, 12 T2, and 6 T3 grist
Amdran
Amdran looks closer at the three pedestals.
DM_TZIVOS
there's a western, southern, and northern pedestal
there's a fourth pedestal next to the door that you failed to initially notice with a crystal skull on it
Amdran
Amdran moves the skull already on the pedestal to the southern one.
DM_TZIVOS
the top of the pedestal depresses under the weight and you hear the sound of stone moving and shifting before a hole in the wall opens to reveal 3 bitter bundles
GOT X3 BITTER BUNDLES
Amdran
sweet.
or, rather, not sweet.
he moves it to the western pedestal.
DM_TZIVOS
the pedestal top depresses under the weight and stones shift and move around to reveal a door on the southern wall of the room
gain 25 exp for solving the simple puzzle
Amdran
well, before he goes into that, he puts the skull on the northern pedestal.
DM_TZIVOS
the pedestal doesn't react to the skull
Amdran
Alright
He moves it back to the western pedestal and goes through the southern door.
DM_TZIVOS
you enter a long room with eight empty pedestals arranged in an octagonal alignment and four additional pedestals with skulls on them next to the door to the room
there are two south-western, south-eastern, north-western, and north-eastern pedestals in total
one west-most SW pedestal, one south-most SW pedestal, one west-most NW pedestal, one north-most NW pedestal,
Amdran
Amdran takes all four skulls and puts them on the western pedestals.
DM_TZIVOS
you place the skulls on both west-most NW and SW pedestals, the south-most SW pedestal, and the north-most NW pedestal, and the tops of all the pedestals except the south-most SW pedestal depresses under the skulls' weight
a stone hole in the wall is revealed, containing 1 bitter bundle
GOT X1 BITTER BUNDLE
continuing, there are one south-most and east-most SE pedestals and one north-most and east-most NE pedestals
Amdran
Amdran takes the skull from his inventory and places it on the south-most SW pedestal along with the other one.
DM_TZIVOS
the pedestal doesn't react to the two skulls that are now placed on top of it
Amdran
How heavy are the skulls?
DM_TZIVOS
each skull in the room weighs 1 unspecified weight unit
Amdran
Amdran pushes down on the south-most SW pedestal himself.
DM_TZIVOS
it still doesn't react to the weight pressing down on it
Amdran
okay.
he moves one skull from the south-most SW to the south-most SE
DM_TZIVOS
the pedestal top depresses under the weight of the skull, but nothing happens
Amdran
He moves the other skull on the south-most SW to the east-most SE
DM_TZIVOS
the pedestal top depresses and another hole in the wall open, revealing another bitter bundle
GOT X1 BITTER BUNDLE
nothing else happens
Amdran
okay, he's starting to get it.
he moves the north-most and west-most NW skulls to the east-most and north-most NE pedestals.
DM_TZIVOS
the north-most NW pedestal top raises as the weight is lifted and the east-most NE pedestal top depresses under the weight of the skull
Amdran
oh, okay.
he picks up the east-most NE skull. does the pedestal stay depressed?
DM_TZIVOS
it raises as the weight is lifted
Amdran
he puts that skull back down.
DM_TZIVOS
the pedestal top depresses under the weight
Amdran
he moves the north-most NE skull to the north-most NW pedestal
DM_TZIVOS
the pedestal top depresses under the weight of the skull and you hear stone moving and shifting before a door on the southern wall of the room is revealed
gain 50 exp for solving the puzzle
Amdran
Amdran takes the skull on the east-most SE pedestal and captchalogues it, then heads through the southern door.
DM_TZIVOS
you enter another small room containing a simple pedestal with a plain crystal skull on top
Amdran
alright.
He takes it, and heads back to the room with the skull indentations
DM_TZIVOS
all that's left is the northern door
Amdran
He puts both skulls he has in the northern door's indentations
DM_TZIVOS
the skulls lock into place with a click and the stone door opens
the skulls remain locked in place after the door opens
Amdran
alright, Amdran goes through the door.
DM_TZIVOS
you end up in a room with five stone paths winding and turning along the ceiling until reaching a platform across a large chasm
on the platform at the end of the room there are four pedestals
one blue, one green, one red, and one plain
and on four pedestals next to the western wall next to you are four pedestals
blue, green, red, and plain
respectively colored skulls in ball containers rest on each of the pedestals next to you
Far-right path - winds left, left, left, right, and left
Mid-right path - winds right, left, left, right, and right
Middle path - winds left, left, right, right, and right
Mid-left path - winds left, right, right, left, and right
Far-left path - winds right, right, left, straight, and left
the blue pedestal is on the mid-left of the distant platform
the red pedestal is on the mid-right
the green pedestal is on the far-right
the plain pedestal is in the middle
Amdran
okay.
Plain to mid left, red to middle, green to mid right, blue to far right.
DM_TZIVOS
the balls roll along the pathways and each drop onto their corresponding pedestals
the blue, green, and red pedestals sink into the ground as a bridge extends from the distant platform to yours
and a hidden door in the eastern wall opens up at the same time
Amdran
Amdran walks across and into the eastern door.
DM_TZIVOS
you enter a small room decorated from floor to ceiling in intricate stone carvings depicting the same hero figure as before, and in the center lies a pedestal with a crystalline armband sitting atop
Amdran
Amdran goes over and equips it.
DM_TZIVOS
you got...
THE BAND OF THE BEARDED DRAGON
* The Dragon's Fury: major action - add an additional damage die to melee attacks made next turn
Amdran
Amdran walks back to the entrance and goes through the northern door.
DM_TZIVOS
gain 70 exp for clearing the puzzle