DCC 87.5 Grimtooth's Museum of Death (SUSPENDED)

[quozl]

A 19 on a d10? Wow!

[Judge Perky]

Just gonna leave this here...

[quozl]

Gene will dive in and swim to the mechanical statue.

[ProdigalWilliam]

I read it as a dc check of 10. I can reroll if necessary.

[Fenris Ulfhamr]

Vashni: d10(+?)=8

I bet those wedges are weight-sensitive.. too much or too little in a section and she skewers you...

[ProdigalWilliam]

If needed, the reroll on a d10 is 6+? for the lasso check.

[Rick]

Gene will dive in and swim to the mechanical statue.

Give me a roll (d20) for Gene. Not for swimming, necessarily (water is no more than 2' deep). Just because.

[Rick]

Vashni: d10(+?)=8

It's far from perfect, but you manage to get the rope more or less in the general area you wanted it, and it holds when tugged on.

[Rick]

If needed, the reroll on a d10 is 6+? for the lasso check.

The throw is off, but the falcon fully reacts as intended and assists in getting the rope where you wanted it.

[quozl]

Gene will dive in and swim to the mechanical statue.

Give me a roll (d20) for Gene. Not for swimming, necessarily (water is no more than 2' deep). Just because.

Woohoo! 19!

[Rick]

Woohoo! 19!

Okay. Gene smoothly butterfly strokes right over and is at the pedestal upon which the statue stands. Water from the small jets gently pours down on his head, but otherwise nothing happens (yet)..,

[quozl]

Gene will examine the statue, looking for any seams where he can jam in his crowbar.

[Rick]

Gene will examine the statue, looking for any seams where he can jam in his crowbar.

There's a horizontal one at its waist (roughly where "mer" ends and "maid" begins) and a vertical one between shoulder and arm w/ trident. The first is 7 or so feet above your current position, the other more like 10.

[quozl]

Whoa! Big statue! How easy is it to climb? Gene will try it if it's not going to kill himself trying.

[Fenris Ulfhamr]

Vashni: "Careful, Gene, but if you can get up there try to secure these ropes a bit better. No one else move till Gene's clear, alright?"

[Rick]

Whoa! Big statue! How easy is it to climb? Gene will try it if it's not going to kill himself trying.

Lots of hand/foot holds, so Gene can roll a d20. No guarantees on the no killing, though

The pedestal itself is just under 5' tall. The trident alone is 12' long.

[quozl]

OK, Gene will try to climb up to the shoulder. He rolls... a 9.

[Rick]

OK, Gene will try to climb up to the shoulder. He rolls... a 9.

Okay. You manage to make your way up there. You're approx. 10 ft above the water level.

[quozl]

Awesome! Gene jabs his crowbar into the arm socket and tries to pry it open. Roll is 11 if needed.

[Rick]

Awesome! Gene jabs his crowbar into the arm socket and tries to pry it open. Roll is 11 if needed.

Not as awesome as you might think, I'm afraid

Jamming the crowbar in results in a significant discharge of electricity from the metal statue. Gene takes 15 points of damage and is hurled across the natural chamber (ala the kid from the electric fence in Jurassic Park), smashes into the wall and winds up in a heap at its base, little arcs of electricity still sparking all over his corpse.

The crowbar drops down into the fountain.

[Fenris Ulfhamr]

Wowee...didn't see that coming! Now that we know THAT happens, and see the true scale of the statue, I doubt our ropes will do much more than snap or fling us about if the thing starts moving...

OK, so plan B: 1) We yank back our ropes. 2) Algaroth removes the lid from the chest he has. 3) We use a foot or so of rope to attach the chest lid or bottom to the ten foot pole to make a long-handled scoop 4) Profit!

Eh?

[ProdigalWilliam]

Elrod beams a macabre smile at Malthus. Celebron catches Elrod in the act and smacks him on the shoulder.

(ooc: the treasure scoop sounds good. Plan B: try to drain the fountain)

[StarShifter]

Chance falls to his knees and lets out a howl, "Not Gene! Anyone but Gene! He was the best of us! Why God, why?!"


Vijo observes: "Jan fell when he tried to force the key into the wrong hole. And now Gene has fallen from sticking his bar into the statue... So apparently this dungeon doesn't like us jamming things into its holes..."

[Rick]

How does one yank back ropes lassoed and pulled taut around the statue's arm (genuinely curious)

But roll well enough (d10) and it'll likely happen anyway

Need another roll for the creation of the "scoop" --- d10, or d20 if the occupation deals with building or crafting of some sort.

[quozl]

Tellessa is going to examine the pipes. Can the fountain somehow be drained? Can the wall of the fountain be damaged?