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Return [To Madness]: Act 1, Scene 2

A classic 2e Puzzle dungeon for High Level characters
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Re: Return [To Madness]: Act 1, Scene 2

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(OOC: OK. Thanks. I bet it is frustrating to repeat these things for me, being senile as I am :)
So, if that's the case, all my question marks are irrelevant and we can proceed either way.)
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[It's all good. It can be difficult to keep track of things that are mostly text, especially over real-life months]
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"My suggestion we start with the area that looks to be a dead end."
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Ke'Sha mentally says to Gur, 'Better go check Un-dead end.'
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[1d20]=17
Axid attempts a clairvoyance. "I must not be holding the rabbit ears just right." He waits until the next round and gives it another go.
[1d20]=10
Clairvoyance works and he views the area around the corner on the other side of the magical area from the pit trap with the gel cube. Per convo with the DM, Axid views a dead end hallway just like the one we teleported into. Axid cannot discern any magic or traps this way. "There may be something there with all of the obstacles in the way. That is just my guess but it does look like a hall to nowhere. Maybe there is another teleport in the room from another place."
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At Axid words, Ke'Sha nods in agreement and adds "Or another secret door... So it is your call, we can head east or west, but it is a bit crampy west, so if you decide to head that direction, we could use your dimension doors to divide the group between the two sides of the pit, deal with the gelly cube and then move on."
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Re: Return [To Madness]: Act 1, Scene 2

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[OOC]
So a few options, at least 2 obvious structural 'dead ends' as mentioned by the
1) Dead End 'West': beyond the teleport area and the magical room, Axid has viewed with Clairvoyance as an apparent dead-end hall
2) Dead End 'East': Mourkok scouted
3) Blue door, not overcome/circumvented . (perhaps not possible to overcome, Alikhain said powerful magic indeed would be needed. perhaps disintegrate)
4) Stairwell leading down past other places to the East

What would the party like to do?
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Re: Return [To Madness]: Act 1, Scene 2

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Axid hears Ke$ha’s remarks and ponders for a second. The cannibal halfling necromancer was right. He detested that thought of being in agreement with the undead lover. Axid’s beard was visibly moving with his thoughts. “Aye… the little things is right. I can get us across and we can check out the other hallway.”
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Re: Return [To Madness]: Act 1, Scene 2

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Jag and Jack are willing to go with whatever the teleporters are thinking.
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