Odilo speaks the words of his spell as the juggernaut bears down on him. He resists the urge to speak the spell more quickly—a hurried spell is a fizzled spell, he knows. He can only cast the spell and hope it is fast enough.
The juggernaut is almost though the door when Odilo speaks the final syllable. The massive stone elephant slams into an invisible barrier with a thundering crash that echos throughout the tomb! The party is saved!
Skarlos and Bagrin still slumber, but the juggernaut is safely contained behind the powerful mage's force barrier.
Odilo"My good fellows perhaps we shall venture up the stairs instead? I've managed to contain it for the time being but I suspect it will have a hard time going up stairs. So shall we wake our friends and move one from this room?"
“All men did have darkness. Some wore it in the form of horns. Some bore it invisibly as rot in their souls.”
― Paul S. Kemp, Shadowbred "If good people won’t do the hard things, evil people will always win, because evil people will do anything."
― Paul S. Kemp, Twilight Falling
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Hmp. The Dwarf grumbles, not wanting to give away the fact he has no idea what just happened. Zem stairs be onminus... omlemus... Dark. He nods his head for effect.
McCloud will pull his comrade up the stairs as fast as he can, with much kicking and slapping as he can get away with, one eye on the elephant bulldozer. "perhaps we need to let it pass by so we can go behind it" advises McCloud
Odilo looks to McCloud "You know I had not thought of that though it will be a while before my wall disperses. How patient are we all?"
“All men did have darkness. Some wore it in the form of horns. Some bore it invisibly as rot in their souls.”
― Paul S. Kemp, Shadowbred "If good people won’t do the hard things, evil people will always win, because evil people will do anything."
― Paul S. Kemp, Twilight Falling
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Odilo"Hmm interesting... I don't suppose anyone other than myself can cast spells such as light or remove/dispel magic?" I only ask as I never learned those myself, I just think they might be useful to test a theory upon this darkness."
“All men did have darkness. Some wore it in the form of horns. Some bore it invisibly as rot in their souls.”
― Paul S. Kemp, Shadowbred "If good people won’t do the hard things, evil people will always win, because evil people will do anything."
― Paul S. Kemp, Twilight Falling
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Um, is Bagrin still sleeping then? Somebody gonna give the poor guy a nice slap to the face or poor cold water on him, eh? Or is this the kind of magical sleep that has to just wear off?
You won't want Odilo to wake you he has odd methods suck as urinating upon you..... or sending Cyril to peck your face... strange crazy mage.
“All men did have darkness. Some wore it in the form of horns. Some bore it invisibly as rot in their souls.”
― Paul S. Kemp, Shadowbred "If good people won’t do the hard things, evil people will always win, because evil people will do anything."
― Paul S. Kemp, Twilight Falling
Algrim Tirion Dwarf - HarnMaser Dalin Silverhand Dwarf Thief - Barrowmaze Elwood 'Dug' The Bounty Hunter Dwarf Swashbuckler - Hedge's Adventures in the World of Golarion Roan Gravelbeard Dwarf Fighter - Hedge's Greyhawk Adventures Torvik Shadowhood Dwarf Fighter/Thief - Nocturne
The Dwarf, satisfied other eyes are on the unknown in the darkness, trudges off seemingly toward what everyone else seeks to avoid. C'mon, lil Baggin Gnomen, he gruffly hoists the smallest party member by the collar into the crook of his shield arm and marches back toward the stairs. Needn ya t'shown me more Gnomen words.
Suddenly Urdak barks ahead. Halfn-Elfn Cloud! Humon Skarls! Humon Iloilo! Ja see it? Goin' t' them steps is a slopen! Slopen down. Ya seen a slopen down? Like dis? He gestures in a half-wave indicating a tilt.
GreyWolfVT wrote:Odilo"Hmm interesting... I don't suppose anyone other than myself can cast spells such as light or remove/dispel magic?" I only ask as I never learned those myself, I just think they might be useful to test a theory upon this darkness."
"What is your theory? I can cast a spell which is usually effective in banishing magic. Although my own magic may prove too weak if the spell was cast by Acerak himself."
Hopefully Zhym will allow me to chime in ooc while asleep! Can we all fit on the stairs out of what we expect the elephant's reach is and still be out of the darkness?
Odilo"I think it might at least potentially tell us if it is a magical darkness similar to the light spell most clerical types cast. It is to my understanding that you can cast a reverse of that spell and I am thinking this might potentially be just that. I know wizards and the like can do similar though I again did not learn or study such a spell. Would you be willing to test this theory?"
“All men did have darkness. Some wore it in the form of horns. Some bore it invisibly as rot in their souls.”
― Paul S. Kemp, Shadowbred "If good people won’t do the hard things, evil people will always win, because evil people will do anything."
― Paul S. Kemp, Twilight Falling
Algrim Tirion Dwarf - HarnMaser Dalin Silverhand Dwarf Thief - Barrowmaze Elwood 'Dug' The Bounty Hunter Dwarf Swashbuckler - Hedge's Adventures in the World of Golarion Roan Gravelbeard Dwarf Fighter - Hedge's Greyhawk Adventures Torvik Shadowhood Dwarf Fighter/Thief - Nocturne
Urdak tries to waken Bagrin. "C'mon, lil Baggin Gnomen," he says as he gruffly hoists the smallest party member by the collar into the crook of his shield arm and marches back toward the stairs. "Needn ya t'shown me more Gnomen words." Bagrin stays stubbornly asleep, however.
Suddenly Urdak barks ahead. "Halfn-Elfn Cloud! Humon Skarls! Humon Iloilo! Ja see it? Goin' t' them steps is a slopen! Slopen down. Ya seen a slopen down? Like dis?" He gestures in a half-wave indicating a tilt.
Quinn ignores (or can't understand) what the dwarf says and faces the darkness. "Vamoose mumbo jumbo!" he says, while waving the back of his hand in the universal sign for "go away." But his magic is not strong enough to overcome Acererak's, at least on this attempt. The darkness remains.
Guess you could try throwing Bagrin into the darkness with a rope tied around his ankle, haul him out and see what happens. Though I'm not much good for anything but moral support right now, I do wonder if there's not a way past the steamrolling elephant, but that's a potentially very dangerous experiment too. Maybe something could be placed as a physical wedge to keep it from rolling once the wall of force runs out? I know, I know, I'm technically asleep...
Odilo"Well the way I see it we have a few options at this point. Wait for the wall of force to disipate and see if the creature just cannot make it up stairs as I suspect, who knows maybe it does the other way down the hall. We then can see what is on the other end of the hall it was in. Or we can try going up into this darkness like we did the mist in the other room earlier. Lastly we can just go back through all the other halls and see what we can uncover if anything."
“All men did have darkness. Some wore it in the form of horns. Some bore it invisibly as rot in their souls.”
― Paul S. Kemp, Shadowbred "If good people won’t do the hard things, evil people will always win, because evil people will do anything."
― Paul S. Kemp, Twilight Falling
Algrim Tirion Dwarf - HarnMaser Dalin Silverhand Dwarf Thief - Barrowmaze Elwood 'Dug' The Bounty Hunter Dwarf Swashbuckler - Hedge's Adventures in the World of Golarion Roan Gravelbeard Dwarf Fighter - Hedge's Greyhawk Adventures Torvik Shadowhood Dwarf Fighter/Thief - Nocturne
"I might be able to immobilize the juggernaut using magic, making it possible to get around it to the doors on the far end of the hallway," Quinn suggests.
OOC: Either Stone Shape or Transmute Rock to Mud should work to limit it's movement.
Odilo"Hmm well that would be interesting to see if you can melt or destroy it's rollers, wheels whatever you want to call them. The thing looks like an elephant on rolling pins to me."
“All men did have darkness. Some wore it in the form of horns. Some bore it invisibly as rot in their souls.”
― Paul S. Kemp, Shadowbred "If good people won’t do the hard things, evil people will always win, because evil people will do anything."
― Paul S. Kemp, Twilight Falling
Algrim Tirion Dwarf - HarnMaser Dalin Silverhand Dwarf Thief - Barrowmaze Elwood 'Dug' The Bounty Hunter Dwarf Swashbuckler - Hedge's Adventures in the World of Golarion Roan Gravelbeard Dwarf Fighter - Hedge's Greyhawk Adventures Torvik Shadowhood Dwarf Fighter/Thief - Nocturne
