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Champions of the Empire | Quellbourne - Turn 4.5 - On the Invisible Ledge
| Name | Watch | Notes |
| KC | 2 | Tceskia Luck 4/4, Fate 2/3, Detect Invisible |
| Martin Vane | 1 | Witchsight |
| Morty Crystaltouched | 1 | Phantasmal Force of flying ogre, Witchsight |
| Pellanistra Xarann | 3 | 25% DR vs Slash, Crush, Puncture & Elemental, Spider Climb |
| Shaarilla | 3 | Detect Invisible |
| Syllivarrna Obanghall | 2 | Witchsight |
| Tyra Stellastrom | 4 | Spider Climb, Detect Invisible |
| Randle Hewlet |  | Spider Climb |
LANI: After the golem drops, Lani turns to Syl and Morty and asks, "Did you find out what happened to Martin? Any idea what to do next?"
RANDLE: Randle is looking up at the roof and says, "I think something is happening on the roof. Maybe another golem is about to drop on us."
GM: Assume this is happening in early round 7.
KC: (GM) how far up is the top of the tower?
KC: I have the spell jump. I can cast it to get to the roof quickly or I can just run straight up the wall (spider boots of Stealth) or both. Just a side note ... No one who used spider climb got shot at around this ledge. Cast on some one with a higher acrobatics skill (most likely Lani) to get some of us up there faster.
MORTY: "I'm guessing that the crossbow shots are limited to the actual invisible steps area and not this ledge, but it would be a risk for anyone who tried it. I too am concerned about Martin, I think my best suggestion is to activate the secondary magical trigger here on this ear and hope that it is the right choice. I think it might be best if I'm not the one to do it so I can study the first gargoyle ear's magic to see if it is similar, it seems likely that Martin was bumped while trying to activate it right near the golem and triggered an undesired effect. It seems that is the intended 'trick' here, if someone just sees the magic and tries to use it without understanding it they get a result they didn't want. If there's two triggers maybe the second one will return him to us if this one doesn't.
MORTY: "Let's hope that shadowy figure on the roof is actually Martin looking down trying to figure out how to signal us. If we do get another golem we may need to prepare some kind of awning over the ledge to deflect their fall using a magical barrier (to make them miss the ledge), I don't think Wall of Darkness would do that and couldn't be cast at an angle like that, could it? Do we have any other options? Something with Ice, perhaps, Shaarilla? ((Ice Construction?))
MORTY (OOC): Of course the one with the best spell for this is the one that has disappeared, Martin. Wall of Force can be used at an angle and mid-air like that with no difficulty at all. I'm not sure it's a great idea to split the party to get 2-3 of us up on the roof and the rest down here but if we don't get some good news with these magical 'buttons' pretty soon we may have to risk it.
GM: Feel free to send Insight rolls (you want low) if you are looking for ideas.
KC: looking up, I say, "Well thats to high for my jump spell." So I will move over to let more people onto the balcony from the stairs.
KC: "What did Martin do to disappear like he did. I was to busy being a golem punching bag to see what happened."
GM: Here are Insight rolls for everyone (remember that you want to roll low):
KC: Insight 13 - [rolled 55]
Morty: Insight 30 - [rolled 81]
Lani: Insight 3 - [rolled 43]
Randle: Insight 10 - [rolled 25]
Shaarilla: Insight 30 - [rolled 79]
Syl: Insight 7 - [rolled 67]
Tyra: Insight 5 - [rolled 13]
GM: No one made their Insight rolls.
SYL (OOC): In general we suck at insight…
GM: Actually both Morty and Shaarilla have human max insight but the diebot was not your friend for these rolls. Fortunately, either Shaarilla or Morty can negate the diebot rolls by using a Flash of Insight if they so choose. They each have one such use per month.
GM: Also keep in mind that Morty or Sharilla can use their monthly Flash of Insight if the rolls are not good.
MORTY (GM): Okay, I guess I will do that. I guess it makes sense for me to be the one since I was studying the magic and puzzle and such.
Result of Morty's Flash of Insight Use
GM: Morty has already learned that the magical field has two distinct functions (that he is aware of - there could be more). He knows that one function is triggered by touching the magic field and the other by feeding a spell point into it. Morty thinks back to the gargoyle ear on the balcony. When a spell point was fed into it, the invisible stairs appeared that led up to this invisible ledge. He does not know what would have happened if a magic point was fed into the ear on the balcony when the stairs were already there. Would the stairs disappear? Or maybe they would shift from invisible to visible? Or maybe something else or nothing.
GM: So now the group is on the ledge and facing another magical field in a different gargoyle ear. The magic is not identical to the ear on the balcony but there is some overlap. Assuming the magic of this ear is the same as the magic in the ear of the other gargoyle head on the invisible ledge that Martin triggered, then one of the triggered effects is to cause whoever touches the magic field to disappear. It seems very possible that the other triggered effect is to make the invisible stairs to go away. Whether this will also make the invisible ledge go away as well is an open question with no immediate answer.
GM: Morty thinks back to when Martin was going to feed magic into the other gargoyle ear on this ledge. KC was fighting the golem right next to the gargoyle head and Martin was trying to reach the gargoyle ear with the magic, which was on the left side of the head. Martin probably reached his hand around to find the ear with the idea of then feeding magic into the ear. In thinking about it, Morty now thinks that Martin disappeared before he was able to feed magic into the ear, which would indicate that the triggered effect of touching the ear is what will make whoever touches it disappear.
GM: Morty feels somewhat confident that if someone were to feed magic into the ear, the stairs are likely to disappear. It is also very possible that the invisible ledge will disappear but, to Morty, that is probably a 50/50 possibility. The open question, which will take one more round to determine, is whether the other ear has the same magic as the one Morty studied. If it does, then having Tyra put up a Group Mind that includes someone who volunteers to touch the magic seems the best idea. If the magic is different, then Morty should study it as well.
GM: Feel free to ask additional questions as part of this flash of insight use.
KC: well if we are not wanting to split up the group. Than we all have to do what Martin did or some of us should so he is not alone.
TYRA: "I wish I would have thought of this earlier but I could put up a Group Mind so some of us can communicate mentally. Heck, I still may be able to include Martin. It may take me a few attempts to initiate. As a reminder, I can have a total of 4 minds. Who should be included? I'd suggest Morty, Martin, and one other. Obviously, I have to be one of the four."
GM: Good idea but Tyra will not be able to include Martin. Not only does he need to be in range, but Tyra needs to know where he is, either by sight or telepathy. Thus, Martin may or may not be in range but, even if he is, Tyra can't include him since she is not able to sense him.
TYRA: As the group discusses how to proceed, she tells them she'll attempt to activate a Group Mind but needs to know who to include. She'll start with Morty and add the person planning to touch the gargoyle's ear. Who else?
KC: so hearing that. My assumption is the the gargoyle closer to the bottom stairs is for them and the other gargoyle is for the upper stairs. By feeding a spell point into the gargoyle summons the stairs and the invisibility. Touching the spot is the question. If some one repeats Martins action I think they should be one of the 4 in Tyra's group mind. So they can report back what the see and if Martin is found. |