[Ptolus/AD&D] IC Thread #2 - Underground (part 1)

[Cole]

"Why don't we test it with one of the corpses? Maybe if we pile enough of them, we can prevent it from rearming, or even damage the mechanism."

"There is also a lot of rubble over there."

[Imperator]

"There is also a lot of rubble over there."

"I was thinking about using the ogre's corpse. I want to see if this trap is capabble of knocking it like it did to the weapon."

[Benoist]

I reach into the pocket and remove whatever's in there and look at it.

As your companions are trying to figure out how to deal with the pressure plate, you reach into the monk's pockets and find a few things: You find a small iron key, about two inches long. You also find a leather pouch, containing coins (20) of outdated design, showing a skull on one side and a winged creature, a dragon or griffon, most like, on the other. They seem to be made of an alloy of gold and something else. The last thing you find is this piece of parchment:

[Sigmund]

As your companions are trying to figure out how to deal with the pressure plate, you reach into the monk's pockets and find a few things: You find a small iron key, about two inches long. You also find a leather pouch, containing coins (20) of outdated design, showing a skull on one side and a winged creature, a dragon or griffon, most like, on the other. They seem to be made of an alloy of gold and something else. The last thing you find is this piece of parchment:

Smiling and muttering to himself, Tudd takes the treasures over to Runch and tugs on his sleeve, "Hey brudder... look what I found... hey brudder... look what I found.... hey brudder.... hey brudder..... hey brudder.............. look what I found.... can I keep the nice coins.... are they alot? Hey brudder.... this picture is nice, what does it say?"

[skofflox]

Smiling and muttering to himself, Tudd takes the treasures over to Runch and tugs on his sleeve, "Hey brudder... look what I found... hey brudder... look what I found.... hey brudder.... hey brudder..... hey brudder.............. look what I found.... can I keep the nice coins.... are they alot? Hey brudder.... this picture is nice, what does it say?"

Pulled out of my ponderings by Tudd..."Wha-...o, found a bit o loot huh. Well,take a few now but we had best divide this up later, after we get back to the surface OK?" looking closer at the piece of parchment "Now heres somth'n.!" looking to Tudd I smile and..."Where did you find this now? Very im-por-tant myboy,good work!" leaving them in Tudds possession...then a bit loudly...
"Othos,Ylarum,everyone,Tudds found somth'n interest'n!"

[Lilaxe]

"oh ya, that is interesting...looks like a map of this place, missing some doors but that's the general layout from what I've seen. I think we need to sort out those goblins quick now so we can look around more before we press onwards..."

[Drohem]

"I don't know, Gareth," Rissthil says thoughtfully, "this is no ordinary trap.  It's some kind of magical force triggered by the mechanical aspect of the trap.  Quite ingenious, really, in combining a magical and mechanical trap together like this.  I think that it will probably hurl the giant's body as well."

[Imperator]

"I don't know, Gareth," Rissthil says thoughtfully, "this is no ordinary trap.  It's some kind of magical force triggered by the mechanical aspect of the trap.  Quite ingenious, really, in combining a magical and mechanical trap together like this.  I think that it will probably hurl the giant's body as well."

Wicked grin on Gareth's face.

"Well, we can try it. It would be great to test the might of those who built this trap. I've never seen the like of it before."

Looks around:

"Hey, looks like Tudd found something."

[Sigmund]

Pulled out of my ponderings by Tudd..."Wha-...o, found a bit o loot huh. Well,take a few now but we had best divide this up later, after we get back to the surface OK?" looking closer at the piece of parchment "Now heres somth'n.!" looking to Tudd I smile and..."Where did you find this now? Very im-por-tant myboy,good work!" leaving them in Tudds possession...then a bit loudly...
"Othos,Ylarum,everyone,Tudds found somth'n interest'n!"

Smiling broadly, Tudd says, "You can have the picture brudder.", and he holds the parchment out to Runch. "Do ya think this key opens that box over there? Can I try it? Here you can have some coins too..... can I keep the key?"

[winkingbishop]

"Othos,Ylarum,everyone,Tudds found somth'n interest'n!"

Othos snorts and shifts his helmet a little: "What's that then?  Let's have a look, if it please you."

[Cranewings]

"Given a little time, we could bypass this trap with my magic. I have a spell which creates a disk of force we could float on, one by one.

Unfortunately, it can only carry someone my size or smaller. I'd need someone else to learn the spell as well, then the two of us could cast it together.

If we do it this way, we won't be able to cross the plate today."

Nimten walks up to the edge of the plate and looks curiously at the crystals.

[Imperator]

"So, brute force it is. And we can learn something about the people that bult this trap."

Gareth stands and shouts aloud:

"Good people, some help would be appreciated. We need to make the giant's corpse stand here, right by the pressure plate! We'll need all arms"

[Benoist]

Nimten walks up to the edge of the plate and looks curiously at the crystals.

DM: Roll 1d6.

[Lilaxe]

"if the trap throws the giant back as it did the polearm, perhaps it isnt such a good idea...it might be fun...but it might damage our platform or other items in this room"

[Cranewings]

DM: Roll 1d6.

1d6=5