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The Heart of Darkness... [Main Game Thread]

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Faldair shakes his head. Alas, i had the spell prepared but once today
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"Hmm... so, sticking with non divine methods..." Galan thinks to himself taking small vial and fill it with liquid from the first vat and try to set it on fire.

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(OOC: What time of day it is? noon? late noon? How does disintegrate works? If Galan casts it on the liquid does it disintegrate only the liquid or also other contents in the vat? And lastly Faladair has another detect magic I think, if he cast detect magic and the liquid is not magical but the vat contains something else which is magical will it be shown or hidden by the liquid?)
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"Where shall we put the liquid?"
Van will help scoop the liquid out if there is a suitable place.

"Anything new about the unhidden pit?"
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"I guess anything might be new only after we go there to check it." Galan says. "We can fill the right vat where the creature was, but without proper tools it might take a while. I'm using this small vial to see if we can evaporate the liquid or destroy it in other means."
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A few of them begin scooping the murky liquid out and transferring it to the now-empty pot that once contained the ooze. It becomes clear quite quickly that with the meager bowls and cups available in the shop this process will take a very long time...
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(OOC: Yeah, that's certain, but what about the experiments trying to light small portion of it? What about the time of the day nd what about the question about disintegration, will it disintegrate only the murky liquid or might destroy anything that is in the vat as well?
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"I'm tired of this room. Lets move on. We might find clues somewhere else. We might be able to come back at some point." Say Zafron.
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[Sorry for delays, life has been hectic lately]

Galan tests the liquid. It does not burn. (Time of day is a little after lunch, everyone ate lunch a few posts ago. The spell description for Disintegration is pretty clear. 1 creature or 10x10x10 feet cubed of matter)

Zafron leaves the room and heads off towards the pit. Elidyr, Tabbi and Bryce follow.

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TristenC wrote: Tue Sep 06, 2022 5:56 pm
Bryce returns to the group, Well, it turns and goes down and turns again. I found another pit... but this one wasn't hidden at all. It's about twenty feet long and the hallway continues on the other side.

The pit lies 10 feet deep, filled with spikes.
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"We could just let it settle on the floor. If we don't think it will wreck our boots."
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"Yeah, but you need to pour it to the floor somehow or else it would take long time to move it. Unless you suggest to punch a hole in it... Anyway, let me try one more thing..." Galan takes out his flute and start playing a tune. It starts calms and nicely but build up energy and increases the frequency until at some point it is grating and then unheard completely. Even that there is no sound, the effort is obvious on Galan face and then he suddenly point the flute at the liquid makes it disappear.

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(OOC: I hate leaving uncertain things... :) Galan casts disintegration even that it might be a total overkill.)
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Realizing Galan is casting a spell, Van backs away to the hallway they entered from.
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Galan takes out his flute and begins performing his high level spell. The pitch rises and rises until it passes beyond hearing of those present. He aims the flute at the vat and the liquid begins to bubble and boil violently until it vanishes!


Nothing remains in the vat.
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Galan peeks at the vat carefully raising his eyebrows... "Hmm... No monster is hiding here..." he says sheepishly but then, "Let's try to search a bit and also see if the key we assembled from the parts in the other two vats has any effect on this vat as well..." Galan starts searching the vat walls and floor carefully... "Van, maybe your brothers can help with the search... They have keen eyes and are good with structures and traps." Then he also tries to move the key around the vat hoping its' magic might show somehow, and thinking of magic... "Does anyone can still detect magic? It might give us a clue..."

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(OOC: Well, it was big guns indeed for several gallons of 'murky water' :) )
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Galan searches but finds nothing further (*cough* hint *cough* facilitating progress *cough* nothing to see here folks)

[What is the group at the pit doing?]
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What do we see at the pit? Are there a way to scale the walls? Does it appear that we can walk between the spikes on the bottom?
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