Cycle 3 Interlude - Scouting
Ludmilla
Scouting West - Poor (Name)
Collapsed Kitchen
Cycle 3 Interlude - Exploration
Occupants: None
Nai slips through the webbing without trouble or being troubled. There's only the occasional rustling of something entombed within the mass and perhaps the glint of an eye from somewhere above...
Make a DC 30 Expertise check to navigate the corridor yourself, or a DC 50 Mastery check to clear the webbing for everyone.
Exits blocked unless corridor is navigated or cleared successfully.
A shattered barricade loosely blocks the West
The hallway brightens as it turns a corner to the North
A shattered barricade loosely blocks the West
The hallway brightens as it turns a corner to the North
Occupants: @Nai (Sneaking)
Trees and flowers grow wild beneath the light shining through the vaulted glass ceiling. There’s a distinctly artificial cast to its glow, and the clouds that skirt the blue sky occasionally falter and jump like a skipping video. Around the walls are shelves, and in those shelves are books - and around them as well, clapping through the air like fish in the water. Other shadows shift through the shelves - long creatures with too many arms, small rats snatching books before being snatched themselves. They seem far too distracted to notice people in their presence, at least for now.
A fountain at the center of the gallery bubbles and spurts clear water, creating a fine mist that reflects in the ceiling's light. Around it are piles of scorched remains - furniture, shelves, and of course, books.
And among the mess, a young woman sits, ashen-faced, eyes bloodshot as she feverishly reads and rereads a tattered tome in her hands.
Engrossing Tale. Roll a DC 50 Will save. On failure, you are compelled to read the book's story and forfeit all actions until an ally defeats the book.
Trees and flowers grow wild beneath the light shining through the vaulted glass ceiling. There’s a distinctly artificial cast to its glow, and the clouds that skirt the blue sky occasionally falter and jump like a skipping video. Around the walls are shelves, and in those shelves are books - and around them as well, clapping through the air like fish in the water. Other shadows shift through the shelves - long creatures with too many arms, small rats snatching books before being snatched themselves. They seem far too distracted to notice people in their presence, at least for now.
A fountain at the center of the gallery bubbles and spurts clear water, creating a fine mist that reflects in the ceiling's light. Around it are piles of scorched remains - furniture, shelves, and of course, books.
And among the mess, a young woman sits, ashen-faced, eyes bloodshot as she feverishly reads and rereads a tattered tome in her hands.
Archivist (A)
DC: 60 Retal: 5
Cowardly. If not defeated this cycle, the archivist flees to an adjacent room at random.❰ 1 / 1 ❱
Archivist (B)
DC: 60 Retal: 5
Cowardly. If not defeated this cycle, the archivist flees to an adjacent room at random.❰ 1 / 1 ❱
Lengthy Tome
DC: 30 Retal: 15
Hefty. Non-magical attacks have disadvantage.❰ 2 / 2 ❱
Enchanting Tome - Read by ???
DC: 50 Retal: 0
❰ 1 / 1 ❱
The Web-choked Corridor lies to the Southwest
The Gallery Hallway lies to the Southeast
A flickering light shines from the North
The Gallery Hallway lies to the Southeast
A flickering light shines from the North
Occupants: @Ayna Nietzsche
All kinds of artwork line this hallway - paintings of landscapes, busts of figures you don't recognize, and glass cases. Yet the busts are toppled and the cases are broken and empty - and tellingly, the glass lies outside the cases, and not in.
"EN GARDE!"
A ragged man stands in the room, holding what appears to be a table leg like a rapier. There's a glazed look in his eyes as he jabs the piece of wood at books flitting around him. They dance out of range, only to come back into range moments later. It almost looks like they're playing with him.
"Stay back, fiends! None shall pass so long as I yet stand!"
He hasn't noticed you yet...
All kinds of artwork line this hallway - paintings of landscapes, busts of figures you don't recognize, and glass cases. Yet the busts are toppled and the cases are broken and empty - and tellingly, the glass lies outside the cases, and not in.
"EN GARDE!"
A ragged man stands in the room, holding what appears to be a table leg like a rapier. There's a glazed look in his eyes as he jabs the piece of wood at books flitting around him. They dance out of range, only to come back into range moments later. It almost looks like they're playing with him.
"Stay back, fiends! None shall pass so long as I yet stand!"
He hasn't noticed you yet...
The Southern Gallery lies to the North
Half-melted chains hang loosely from the door to the East
Half-melted chains hang loosely from the door to the East
Occupants: @Askera Question, @Rael
Finally the last book falls, unable to avoid Jubjub's ray. For a moment fire creeps across the cover, then flickers out, leaving the title scorched and difficult to read...
...the inside seems fine, though! Complete gibberish, but fine.
Finally the last book falls, unable to avoid Jubjub's ray. For a moment fire creeps across the cover, then flickers out, leaving the title scorched and difficult to read...
Go----- --- You!
Traveler Gu---- -- -est --------
Traveler Gu---- -- -est --------
...the inside seems fine, though! Complete gibberish, but fine.
The Bookkeeper's Office lies to the West.
A locked mahogany door blocks the East.
The Statue Chamber lies to the North.
The Lobby lies to the South.
A locked mahogany door blocks the East.
The Statue Chamber lies to the North.
The Lobby lies to the South.
Occupants: @Alecto (Sneaking)
The shelving creature continues its feverish work, unaware or uncaring of Alecto's presence. Even when it comes close, it just as quickly moves away, distracted by some other "disorderly" shelf.
Oddly enough, it seems to be missing a few arms.
Pursuit. The Shelver will pursue a Retreating target.
The shelving creature continues its feverish work, unaware or uncaring of Alecto's presence. Even when it comes close, it just as quickly moves away, distracted by some other "disorderly" shelf.
Oddly enough, it seems to be missing a few arms.
Shelver
3 / 5
DC: 50 Retal: 30
Passive. The Shelver does not attack unless aggravated.Pursuit. The Shelver will pursue a Retreating target.
The Pristine Crossroads lie to the North
Occupants @Aroda
As Aroda approaches the tree, it almost seems to hiss as leaves and branches shift against once another. But it's a tree - it can't move, and so Aroda's knife sinks effortlessly into its bark. Too effortlessly, in fact. It tears apart, and revealed beneath is paper - page upon page, upon which meaningless letters are scrawled.
Around Aroda, there's a soft thumping sound, then another. Pomegranates begin to fall around her, staining the white tile with black spatters of ink.
The Regal Hallway lies to the North
The Cobwebbed Crossroads lie to the West
The Pristine Crossroads lie to the East
The exit lies to the South
The Cobwebbed Crossroads lie to the West
The Pristine Crossroads lie to the East
The exit lies to the South
Occupants: @Ludmilla
Nothing changes...
The Web-choked Corridor lies to the North
The Servant's Hallway lies to the South
The Collapsed Kitchen lies to the West
The Lobby lies to the East
The Servant's Hallway lies to the South
The Collapsed Kitchen lies to the West
The Lobby lies to the East
Map
OOC
- @Askera Question @Rael @Nai @Aroda @Ayna Nietzsche @Ludmilla Orphys @Ilusa Nakhalee @Alecto @Cynna
- 400 word limit.
- Thread Code: 1257C3
- Cycles are sort of all over the place at this point. There will be an intermission partway through to update based on people's actions.
- You may split your turn before and after the intermission.
- Comms thread
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