| Encounter - The Mysterious Temple | |
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Lazzy
Posts : 30 Join date : 2012-08-07 Age : 30
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:25 pm | |
| Aileia quickly stows her crossbow, distracted by the runes lit across the walls and pillars throughout the room. She turns to the door behind her and begins to examine a line of runes.
"Have you seen this?" she asked the others in awe. Then she remembered the horned monster she had fought beside. She turned around quickly to see it binding its wounds in a rather civilised manner. However, she still feared she was alone in her interest in the runes.
Walking slowly towards the others, Aileia raised her hand in a friendly greeting. "Greetings, fellow adventurers. My name is Aileia, a scholar and a researcher of the Tenarian shard. What brings you here?" | |
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TheRambizzle Scoutmaster
Posts : 129 Join date : 2012-03-06 Location : Summoner's Rift
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:29 pm | |
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"Stuff to kill" Kuros snorts at Aileia. "Can you get us out?"
OOC: Quick question. When posting in RP threads. Should we wait until each member has posted? Or post freely?
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traveurysm Perving on your Dudes
Posts : 395 Join date : 2012-03-06 Location : Colonial One
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:30 pm | |
| OOC: Maybe we should wait for David for RPing too deep into the temple. | |
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Truthquark Angry and Bitter
Posts : 297 Join date : 2012-03-06
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:33 pm | |
| Note: The encounter was worth 125 xp each
Nevi's efforts seem to be turning up little fruit, aside from the weapons the warriors were carrying. | |
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traveurysm Perving on your Dudes
Posts : 395 Join date : 2012-03-06 Location : Colonial One
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:41 pm | |
| Nevi abandons the bodies and takes an interest in the runes Aileia is studying. "... puppets?"
Arcana Check 28 to identify the meaning and purpose of the runes.
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Lazzy
Posts : 30 Join date : 2012-08-07 Age : 30
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:49 pm | |
| "You're the ones with the key, aren't you?" Aileia asks Kuros. "I've been here for weeks and I couldn't get the door open. Translated and recorded half the outer walls before I found a section about the crystal key. Those in the village weren't very forthcoming about where I might find it though, and the scripts haven't got any hints that I could decipher."
Aileia turns to the pillar on her left and slides her finger slowly across a rune, brushing the dust from it.
Nevi, nearby, suddenly seems to take an interest in the runes. However, Aileia is too focused on her own to pay too much attention to what he's doing.
"It would take me several more weeks to translate this. And even then, it may not give us the way out. My best bet is to use that crystal key again, to see if it works." She looks at Kuros, perhaps since he's the only one (despite being a minotaur) who seems to be slightly sane.
"Most temples, especially one as important as this one, have intricate security systems. Most likely killing the guards triggered a trap, sealing us in. And the only way out now... is in." | |
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Truthquark Angry and Bitter
Posts : 297 Join date : 2012-03-06
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:52 pm | |
| Calling a conversation halt until David returns. | |
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traveurysm Perving on your Dudes
Posts : 395 Join date : 2012-03-06 Location : Colonial One
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:52 pm | |
| "The puppets didn't write this, you know," says Nevi smugly. "Aliens wrote it. Long-time aliens. And also: the nice lady gave ME the key." | |
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TheRambizzle Scoutmaster
Posts : 129 Join date : 2012-03-06 Location : Summoner's Rift
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Thu Aug 09, 2012 12:09 am | |
| "i don't need dumb magic trinkets to do my work" | |
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Izendale
Posts : 191 Join date : 2012-03-07
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:59 pm | |
| "Hmm, I think I've seen it before, actually. By the way, I'm Kurogane, from the Nishigawa monastery, located on the Rokugan shard. But it's of no importance, we must get to the other side of the gate!!! There are more cultists!!!! Their mere existence is a Blasphemy to the great Amaterasu" | |
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Lazzy
Posts : 30 Join date : 2012-08-07 Age : 30
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:18 am | |
| "Kurogane..." Aileia sighed. "Actually, he's probably right. We DO need to go on." Aileia sweeps across the room towards the door on the opposite end, then pauses for a moment to examine a line of runes. "I saw this one outside the temple..." she mutters.
Turning round, she looks at the boy who's been muttering about puppets this whole time. "We need you to use your key." | |
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TheRambizzle Scoutmaster
Posts : 129 Join date : 2012-03-06 Location : Summoner's Rift
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:40 am | |
| just get me to more goblins | |
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traveurysm Perving on your Dudes
Posts : 395 Join date : 2012-03-06 Location : Colonial One
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Fri Aug 10, 2012 1:08 am | |
| "Kill the puppets!" yells Nevi, rummaging in his pack for the key.
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Truthquark Angry and Bitter
Posts : 297 Join date : 2012-03-06
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Fri Aug 10, 2012 1:33 am | |
| As Nevi pulls the crystal key from his bags, the party members who saw it earlier notice that rather than the bright blue color it once boasted, the key is now a distinct black color. | |
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traveurysm Perving on your Dudes
Posts : 395 Join date : 2012-03-06 Location : Colonial One
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Fri Aug 10, 2012 1:35 am | |
| Nevi tosses it aside casually. "Wrong one," he remarks, and returns to rummaging in his pack. | |
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TheRambizzle Scoutmaster
Posts : 129 Join date : 2012-03-06 Location : Summoner's Rift
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:59 am | |
| "Magic trinkets always look the same" mutters Kuros. He begins picking his teeth useing his greataxe as a mirror. | |
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Lazzy
Posts : 30 Join date : 2012-08-07 Age : 30
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Fri Aug 10, 2012 2:37 pm | |
| Aileia bends down to pick up the stone cast aside by Nevi and examines it. "What do you mean, 'Wrong one'?" she asks slowly. "Was there another? Did the guards have a key?"
Perception check 20+8 to see if there is anything in the runes about how to open the door. | |
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Truthquark Angry and Bitter
Posts : 297 Join date : 2012-03-06
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Fri Aug 10, 2012 2:50 pm | |
| Aileia: - Spoiler:
The runes would take far to long to translate, but from what you can see of the door it appears to be locked via a more standard locking mechanism. It could conceivably be lock picked, or possibly battered down via a strength check. There are also two other untried doors in the room.
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Lazzy
Posts : 30 Join date : 2012-08-07 Age : 30
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Fri Aug 10, 2012 2:57 pm | |
| "These runes would take too long to translate; I highly doubt any of you carry enough provisions for us to last even days, let alone weeks, in this room. However, I do think I have a solution."
Aileia bends to look at the locking device on the door. She examines the lock and plays with it experimentally, then sighs, disappointed by the crude mechanical device. "It's a mechanical lock, not a magical one. The minotaur should like that. We need someone either crafty enough or strong enough to break it. Would someone like to try?"
Aileia gives a rather feeble attempt to shove it open (Strength check 17) | |
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Truthquark Angry and Bitter
Posts : 297 Join date : 2012-03-06
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:00 pm | |
| The door is solid, but it does appear to yield slightly to the force of the impact. Aileia and Kurogane: - Spoiler:
You can hear shuffling sounds from behind the door, as of people getting ready for something.
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Izendale
Posts : 191 Join date : 2012-03-07
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:04 pm | |
| "Incoming!!! Other side of that gate! Told you to get to it before they come"
Perception to try sense how close they are to the door, 12
Hp:18 | |
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Truthquark Angry and Bitter
Posts : 297 Join date : 2012-03-06
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:11 pm | |
| Kurogane: - Spoiler:
You can't tell. But the humming noise you heard earlier is getting louder, and you're sure it isn't coming from behind the big door.
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Izendale
Posts : 191 Join date : 2012-03-07
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:13 pm | |
| "Wait, something's not right. The noise that makes me think they are behind that gate isn't from behind that gate... Someone check the other doors?" Kurogane seems to be confused by what's happening to him | |
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Lazzy
Posts : 30 Join date : 2012-08-07 Age : 30
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:32 pm | |
| Frowning slightly, Aileia glides over to the door on the North side of the room and examines it. "I suppose if your sole goal is to kill these guards, we should check the other doors as well."
Perception check 21 on the door to see if there are guards behind it.
History check 20+11 on the Nishigawa monastery and the Rokugan shard in an attempt to discern what the hell is wrong with Kurogane.
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Truthquark Angry and Bitter
Posts : 297 Join date : 2012-03-06
| Subject: Re: Encounter - The Mysterious Temple Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:35 pm | |
| The North door has no visible locking mechanism. Aileia: - Spoiler:
You can tell the humming is definitely originating somewhere behind this door.
You have never heard of the Nishigawa monastery, but Rokugan used to be the name of a far off region known for its distinctly Sino-Japanese culture. Not many people from the Terran Dominion knew it existed, and fewer still had ever been there. It seems likely that when the Arcanoclysm hit, the few survivors of the event decided to name their shard Rokugan after their former home.
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