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Neptune #937710 Thu 16/08/18 20:41 UTC
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This large workshop was badly damaged by the ancient spell battle that laid waste to the mine. Worktables taking up two corners of the room aer scorched, and the plaster has been burned off the masonry walls. In the middle of the room, a stone pedestal holds a small brazier in which an eerie green flame dances and crackles. The brazier and its pedestal appear to have been untouched by the forces that destroyed this area.

Behind the brazier of green flame floats a spherical creature measuring roughly four feet in diameter. Four eyestalks protrude from its central mass, two on each side. In the center of the body is a large eye that stares at you.

"Hello," says a thick, burbling voice inside your head.

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<Bern>

Apparently a possible alternate, stealthy entry was no longer a consideration. There was =some= basis for not worrying. They =had= just been in a very loud battle. He shrugged and went back to watching for threats from elsewhere.


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The floating monstrosity with several eye stalks hovers 10 feet in the air awaiting a response to it's telepathic query.


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Kriv

Momentarily nonplussed, Kriv's noble etiquette kicked in, as he tucked the crowbar away and swept into an elegant courtly bow to the strange but apparently not immediately aggressive entity.

"Greetings. I hight Kriv Norixius, of Norixius Keep. By what name should we know you? I beg your pardon for the hesitation, but the state of the door indicated it was unlikely this chamber was occupied. Have you been here long?"

Reptilian eyes took in a multitude of strange equivalents, as he rifled through the memory of his studies to see if he could recall a being such as this.

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For some creatures the concept of names and time are nonsensical. What might be perceived as encouraging is the fact that the creature responded. "Not finished" is how it replies.


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<Bern>

His first impulse ... when he hears Kriv talking ... apparently to someone or something inside the building ... was to move to support him. But it did =not= sound like hostilities were imminent, and he had no reason to believe that the conversation lessened the possibility that something =else= might 'show up'. so he decided to continue watching their backside ... for now.


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Despite herself, the cleric was curious and moved up behind Bern and tried to look around the ranger to see just what was happening.

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He is not sure what is going on within the room, so he will keep watch outside as well.

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Kriv

He took a moment to process that, an entity defined by duty, timeless save for the duration of its allotted orders.

"You are here until the completion of a task or event? Might I enquire as to what that is?"

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The creature focuses it's central eye on Kriv and replies "To Guard!"


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Jaliera

That doesn't sound good. Guarding will often result in attacking if the creature perceives them to be a threat. They are here to find a dwarf though. Maybe it knows something and asking might lower the perceived threat? She does not want to cut into Kriv's conversation though so she suggests it to him.

"Perhaps you could ask it if it knows the location of the dwarf we are searching for?"

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Kriv

The faintest of nods at Jaliera's suggestion, as he asked,

"What, precisely, is it your duty to guard? When did you last see beings capable of speech prior to the opening of this door, and what were they?

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Once again, some things that were asked didn't make much sense to the creature but it did answer, "room and things here I guard for wizards"


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The follower of Lathander moved closer to the Dragonborn and spoke softly.

"Maybe if we offered to help it in its duty as guardian for the... room and things?"

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OOC: Before you do anything, please place yourselves in the room or not. Only those in the room can talk to the monster. I outlined an area in the map in red that you should place yourselves. These are areas that are non-threatening.


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[[ done for Bern ]]


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Chandan

He listens carefully, though his hearing isn't what it used to be.

"If the room goes nowhere, maybe we should just tell it to 'keep up the good work' and be on our way?"

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<Bern>

Based on what he has heard, Chandan's last comment sounded like a good one. "Works for me", he said just loud enough to be heard by his companions.


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Kriv

He pondered the words of the strange thing, trying to see if there was a logic to them that could be exploited.

"What condition will cause your duty to guard to be ended?"

Kriv has remained where he was when he opened the door.

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Jaliera

She feels she will be better place watching around the far corner of the structure and so moves there to do just that.

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Understand that unless you are IN the chamber, the creature will not converse with you. You will not be allowed to engage it physically for at least a full round. In fact, with nobody in the room, it would not have spoken so it has stopped. In effect, you are not in any type of encounter, social or combat, at this time.


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Adjusted position one square to avoid obviating the conversation.

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"When my assignment ends" is the vague but accurate answer given.

OOC: Just to be clear, as a DM, I do not like feeding you the answers in situations like this. If you come up with the right answer, It'll be validated but it won't be fed as an answer to a broad question.


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What knowledge check would it be to see if we know anything about this kind of creature?

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OOC: It would be Arcana (Int) Let's give it a DC 15


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