Thursday, September 4, 2008

Under the Wizard's Tower

The party descended the stairs and followed a hallway into a room with a door at the far end. The door appeared to have no mechanism, but did have the following written on the door:
IFBM
NF
UP
QBTT

Leenia solved this while the rest of the party was trying to figure out what the letters could possibly spell. She realized it was a cryptogram and it said Heal me to pass. The party wasted some time trying to heal the door with basic medical help. Everything failed until Leenia stepped up and cast a heal spell. The door opened and the party advanced into a room of acid.

As you enter this room, the strong smell of acid fills your nostrils. You stand on a 2.5 foot wide ledge with a pool of acid before you. The pool is approximately 25 feet long and 20 feet across. There is a similar 2.5 foot wide ledge on the other side. The party spent a LONG time trying to determine how to cross the acid. Even after determining several options, they continued to look for the "right" solution. Little did they know I did not have one. I left the solution up to them. Eventually, Kuppies jumped and teleported at the same time to make it across. A rope and some basic climbing got them across.

The next room appeared empty. However, Rudy and Kuppies saw what they thought was a shimmer by the exit. As Kuppies approached, he was engulfed by a Gelatinous Cube. A exciting battle ensued with Kuppies teleporting out of the cube and it engulfing Ekeraath the next turn. The cube got more than it bargained for when Ekeraath used his breath weapon inside the creature.

The final room had 5 levers on the floor. After pulling one lever, a portcullis fell, blocking them in the room, after pulling another lever, a stone door replaced the portcullis and water began to fill the chamber at the rate of 6 inches per round. The water eventually reached halfway up Rudy before they figured out the correct sequence for the levers and a opened the last door.

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