[3.x]Call to Adventure: Secrets of the Fire Swamp

CapnTthePirateG · Post by **CapnTthePirateG** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 3:00 am

We seem to be getting weirder and weirder friends.

radthemad4 · Post by **radthemad4** » Wed Apr 13, 2016 8:51 pm

Ancient History wrote:At the mention of a container, Orr receives a strong impression of the color red, and the cone seems to shiver. Then there is a complicated series of impressions

A solid green circle, which seems to rotate on its vertical axis, like a coin, to show a red side, which shakes strongly from side to side, and then rotates back, showing the solid green color once more. The circle then rotates on its horizontal axis, and it appears to lengthen and stretch, becoming not a circle but a solid green cone, which becomes translucent like glass and shows a brain hovering within. The cone then reverses its rotation, becoming again a solid circle of green, which then grows to become the solid field of green from before.

Is the solid field it ends on bottle green?

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Wed Apr 13, 2016 9:30 pm

Yes. It begins and ends at bottle green.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sun Apr 17, 2016 6:09 pm

And yes, Archimedes was actually knocked down.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 3:38 pm

Darth Rabbitt wrote:Archimedes admits as he attempts to sniff out his attacker

Has Archimedes come across any scents or has he detected nothing?

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:42 pm

Nothing out of the usual.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 10:45 pm

OKay, I'm running out of inbox space, so for the time being we'll handle Orr and Archimedes' stuff in the main thread - just spoiler it for right now. That means that Darth, you can post what you last sent me to the main thread, and we'll work from there.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Wed Apr 27, 2016 10:43 pm

Do Orr and Archimedes know where each other are now?

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Thu Apr 28, 2016 12:09 am

Yes. I don't know why you kept talking to the rat. The rat is back with Malagos.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Thu Apr 28, 2016 2:46 am

Ancient History wrote:

Yes. I don't know why you kept talking to the rat. The rat is back with Malagos.

Durr. I really fucked up.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Mon May 02, 2016 9:44 pm

Sorry, another unexpected trip down to FLorida.

CapnTthePirateG · Post by **CapnTthePirateG** » Thu May 05, 2016 11:25 pm

Anything visible with darkvision?

Haven't opened the spoiler posts, not sure if I am allowed to now.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Thu May 05, 2016 11:50 pm

You're allowed to open the spoiler posts. Darkvision reveals an earthen burrown about ten feet wide and eight feet tall, relatively level, the clay-like walls shot through with roots. One one wall is carved Orr's message.

CapnTthePirateG · Post by **CapnTthePirateG** » Fri May 06, 2016 3:44 am

No exits?

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Mon May 09, 2016 7:06 pm

I'm having trouble ajudicating what Orr's action accomplishes because I'm not sure what his intent is. The stone object is half-buried in the earthen floor of the tunnel before the chamber; the floor of the chamber itself is raised up about twelve inches from the floor of the tunnel. So I'm not sure what he hopes to accomplish.

radthemad4 · Post by **radthemad4** » Mon May 09, 2016 8:06 pm

Intent is to reveal more of the object. Okay, so 'lowering the earth' doesn't make sense so I'll revise the action to shifting the earth the stone is half buried in away from the stone itself.

radthemad4 · Post by **radthemad4** » Thu May 12, 2016 9:47 pm

Darth, could you wave your detect magic cone around a bit and try to narrow down the object's projected area on the wall/floor/ceiling?

Image says wall, but could also be the floor or ceiling, and could you do this both horizontally and vertically to get an estimate of where to displace earth from, for us to be able to see it.

You could also do it from different positions and heights, which could be used to pinpoint an exact location for at least part of it (including how far it is beyond any wall, floor or ceiling) if it's a small object.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Thu May 12, 2016 11:31 pm

It is near the back wall of the chamber, about eight feet away directly in front of you, and lying above the surface in the grassy debris. You cannot see it, because it's hidden by the grass, but Malagos can see the magic aura clearly.

radthemad4 · Post by **radthemad4** » Thu May 12, 2016 11:52 pm

Oh, okay. Was wondering why we couldn't see anything. Does he know what school any of the auras are from?

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri May 13, 2016 12:04 am

The fainter auras are too faint to tell school. The stronger aura is transmutation.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sat May 14, 2016 5:29 pm

While I do not like to dictate the actions of player characters, or what they can and cannot do, it is perhaps possible I have no adequately described the scene. So let me be clear:

The tunnel is about eight feet tall and varies between eight and ten feet high, and is burrowed out of packed soil. The chamber you are facing is raised about one foot higher than the tunnel floor, but is of the same general height, and is roughly circular, with a diameter of about ten feet. On this raised surface is a large amount of grassy debris, which is covering several large, round objects. The object with the stone hand was buried in the tunnel floor immediately before the chamber, the object with the magical aura is near the back wall of the chamber, roughly directly opposite where the PCs are standing.

I don't like to tell my players they cannot take an action, but I fully understand the frustration when I let them do something and it doesn't work because either I haven't explained the set-up sufficiently, or they haven't understood the basic physics and dimensions involved.

radthemad4 · Post by **radthemad4** » Mon May 16, 2016 1:55 pm

Does Malogos know anything more about the eggs or the creatures inside them?

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Mon May 16, 2016 9:35 pm

Nope. Generally reptilian, large, and possibly draconic but probably not a true dragon is as much as the skill check gives.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Sun May 22, 2016 4:33 am

Has Thrull heard Archimedes' question?

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sun May 22, 2016 11:19 am

...he had not. (I wondered why everybody was so quiet.)