Day 5 - Statuesque

Yeah, we're sneaky. That's right. Sgt. Shintauro strangles one of the guards and I break out that invisibility potion I've been hanging on to and slide up to the fire to Chaos Bolt the hell out of the two sleeping gnolls. There's another one around the corner, but Knought and Frazzle are here to help. Tree guy assists Shintauro and between him and that panther they take down another gnoll. Things are getting crazy. We actually convinced one of the gnolls to surrender, but since none of us speak wet dog the Tree guy just ends up ripping his throat out.

There's nothing interesting back here, so we head back to the front, and lo and behold the Gnolls have put up a sign in front of a closed door. I didn't think they could read, let alone write. Both Shin and Frazzle have magic glasses and apparently the gnolls put up a sign that says "Don't go in here, you'll die" or something along those lines. So, of course we open that door.

Shintauro spots the tripwire pretty quickly, but cuts it too close and we get to see the poison darts fly across the room that would have shredded us if we'd gone in too quickly. All right, seems safe now, so we head over to the giant stone door and push our way into a giant room with three huge, ugly statues.

There's a passage off to one side and Shintauro downs a potion and assures me there's something worth checking out in that vestibule. I don't know what he's drinking but it's some good stuff. There's gold in there, along with some other valuables and a silver statue of the Death God Nerull with jade eyes...I hold out as long as I can before I grab it and stuff it in my cloak.

Outside I head over to the tapestry in the back of the room, and hey, look, another little chamber. This one has a scepter in it, beautiful hand carved wood, gold inlay, and a silver skull of Nerull (the death god) with green gems for eyes. Nerull's got style. For a Death God.

So of course I take that, and then of course the Statues come to life and try to beat the hell out of us. I spend the whole fight dazed, but throwing every spell I can remember from one corner. Shintauro gets beat all to hell, Knought gets beat all to hell, Tree guy gets beat all to hell...hey, where's Water Elf Fish Girl?! Turns out she didn't follow us, just hung back. Probably magically communicating with her parents or something.

Frazzle manages to keep us all alive, Tree guy summons a tiny dragon (something I didn't know he could do) and when the statues finally go down they explode into tiny shards, ripping through us and doing even MORE damage. Gods, Nerull doesn't play. He really is a Death God.

So, now we try to leave again and some strange wind comes blowing through the chamber, and holy gnoll crap! The statues are reforming!

Ok, looks like I have to leave this scepter behind. Wait...I'm gonna tie a string to it and see if we can yank it out from other side of the door...

NIFTY QUOTES FROM THIS SESSION


Dave: The Drake causes him a -5 to his attack rolls.
Todd: We need more Drake!
Farone: We should all have one of those!
Todd: First thing when we get back to town, we're all buying a Drake.


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Dave: So...Travis has his back to me?
Travis: Wait, is it time for you to stab me?


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Farone: I cast a spell called 'Altered Luck'. Basically it sucks all the luck out of that gnoll and infuses it into Tony.
Travis: Oh, good. Tony just got lucky with a gnoll.


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Travis: Dave I'm tired of your lies!
Farone: Aw, why? I look forward to them.


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Dave: I switched some of my powers because I never used them. They were difficult to...
Travis: Pronounce?


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Tony: What should I do? Hit that guy?
Travis: Move over there and kill that guy.
Dave: I've been fighting that guy for 5 rounds! He's got like 1 hit point left!
Travis: Tony! Go over there and steal Dave's kill!


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(After killing a gnoll)
Travis: I didn't even know that guy! Think what I'll do to all of you!
Farone: Not much. We've seen you fight.
Travis: I...I've killed a lot of people...
Farone: Meh.


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Travis: I push this door open. Wait. Is it heavy?
Todd: You have the robot.
Farone: But I'm weak. Wait, first, I'm not a robot. Second, I'm very intelligent, but not very strong.
Travis: So you can't help with the door?
Farone: I can't help you push it open, but I can tell you what you're doing wrong...your leverage is way off.


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Tony: Let's see what I have left...I have a Blast 3 Death Angel.
Farone: That sounds awesome!
Travis: Plus, it comes with a free teleport.


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Eli: Take 2 points of damage.
Travis: I take 1 point of damage.
Farone: Nope. My aura ended.
Travis: I take 2 points of damage.