Sarvik will take a moment to compose himself and allow Arlana to recover. He will use his inflict light wounds wand on himself.
He will then listen to hear what is in the next room.
The Red dragon will kick open the southeast door.
He will check the other door as well.
100 nurpuses attack.
Assuming all the attacks hit vs touch.
7 crit, and 7 natural 1.
all confirm.
Assuming that each culverin deals 2d8+5. Modified for natural 1 and confirmed crits.
Thais enters the portal into the endless deep. The world goes black as he steps through the gate.
When he opens his eyes again he is in a small corridor. Behind him is no longer a portal, but a solid stone wall. The walls are made of masonry. The floor, tiled with flagstone. The hallway is surprisingly well lit (magical illumination), unlike some of the others he has entered before. The ceilings are ten ten feet tall.
Most importantly, the hallway is cold. Very cold. The type of cold that gives you hypothermia.
unprotected creatures must succeed on a Fortitude saving throw every hour (DC 15, +1 per previous check) or take 1d6 points of non-lethal damage; a creature that takes any non-lethal damage from cold exposure suffers from hypothermia and is fatigued
Thais begins to walk down the hallway. Better get this over with, it's too cold in here!
Ahead of you is a long corridor. There are two passages leading to the right. One at the end of the hallway, another only about 15 feet away.
He decides to play it safe and try to sneak past the first hallway to get a brief look down it.
The hallway curves in an S shape and continues.
Thais decides he doesn't like the look of it, and continues down the long hallway.
The hallway makes a 90 degree turn and continues. Ahead it also seems to twist and turn.
Thais continues on, keeping warm by staying active.
The room continues on and ends in a simple wooden door.
Concerned about how far away he is getting from that first hallway and not wanting to leave it unexplored for long, he goes back to check it out.
The hallway continues. Ahead there is a small iron grate at the base of the wall. Inside is pitch black.
Thais approaches the gate, removes his ioun torch, prepares Crane Style, and tries to enter.
The small grate does not appear trapped, nor locked. It does, however, seem to be attached to the wall securely. It is only approximately 2' square. Too small to fit through.
As your ioun torch shines through the bars, you can see that it extends down farther than the light extends.
As you get towards the gate, however, you notice the corridor continues ahead.
Thais leaves the grate alone for now and continues down the hallway.
The hallway continues.
Ever onward.
Just as you are about to step forward, you notice the floor give way ahead of you, and reveals a 15ft long, 10ft deep pit filled with sharpened spikes.
After he settles down from the near-miss Thais gets a running start and attempts the jump.
He lands safely on the other side, and continues forward.
After passing the pit, you follow the corridor to a dead end.
Thais grumbles a bit, and decides to hunt around for anything hidden in the corridor.
Unfortunately, there does not appear to be any sort of hidden doors or treasure.
Cold timer. 5/60 minutes.
Thais heads back to the door he encountered before, leaping back over the pit on his way.
As he nears the door he begins to look for hidden things once again.
The door is a simple wooden door. It appears unlocked and untrapped.
Thais gets ready to use Crane Style and opens the door.
A rope ascends to a balcony hanging from the east wall, A group of monstrous faces have been carved into the south wall.
The ceiling is 20' high and the balcony floor is 10' from the stone dungeon floor.
Thais, skeptical of the all-too-convenient rope, decides to reach up and try climbing onto the balcony.
After nearly failing he makes a final push and scrambles up onto the balcony.
As you make it up onto the balcony you see a gigantic scorpion chitter and stand.
This outsized scorpion has a translucent shell, allowing one to see through to the creature's internal organs. The scorpion's body is 3 feet long with a 3-foot long tail, and it weighs 45 pounds.
Before you can even react, it runs full speed at you and attacks with pincers and tail.
All three attacks connect. You take 5 damage in total. Make a fortitude save.
"@%#$*&% bugs!"
Initiative
Scorpion: 17
Thais: 9
The speedy scorpion attacks again before you can react.
Natural 1, auto miss
+ Poison. Roll another fort save.
Thais smashes downward with his fist, aiming for a weak spot on the scorpion.
The scorpion reels from the blow. It seems unable to act. It is still alive however.
THIS IS WHAT YOU GET
FOR SNEAKING UP ON ME
The final blow cracks the carapace of the scorpion, spraying scorpion guts up Thais' forearm.
The creature is obviously bleeding out and dying.
Thais shakes his arm to remove some of the guts. Now that he has a moment, he checks his surroundings.
There is nothing interesting on the platform, but one of the carvings in the wall looks a bit different than the others.
Thais carefully falls from the platform and cautiously approaches the unusual carving.
As you inspect the carving, you notice it is hiding a secret door. More importantly, you notice the door is both trapped and locked.
Thais works to safely open the door.
The door unlocks and you seem to have disabled the trap. As you open the door, an axe swings down from the doorway.
*@$*(%^!
Thais drinks a potion of cure light wounds.
...and another because the first was a dud. POS.
Then he checks out his surroundings and prepares to fight Crane Style.
You find nothing dangerous or especially noteworthy as you explore the corridor behind the hidden door until you get to the very end. At the end is an unlocked chest with 500g inside.
You are now back to where you are standing ready to move on and explore more rooms.
Cold timer 10/60.
"Thank god. I was beginning to think this place was just a cold, stabby waste of time."
Thais walks to the door to the North and checks it for traps.