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"True, knowledge may not be perfect" said William thoughtfully, "But tis better than mere power. However, I think there's a third answer. As you said Leonart, the greedy are led astray, but what if we are tempted by power and knowledge, and we should be looking for something else?"
Derrick grinned. This immortal had a brain in that head.
"William is correct. Though both are indeed excellent qualities, they each have their downfalls. Perhaps it might be better to instead of looking at the blade and book as two opposites, as things that lead to each other."
Derrick walked over to the blade, to see if it would offer any clues or runes to see if it was unique in any way.
"Heh...Haseo, do you think a blade like this would hold up well against...well, anything?" Derrick said with a chuckle. It had served the statues well enough.
"William is correct. Though both are indeed excellent qualities, they each have their downfalls. Perhaps it might be better to instead of looking at the blade and book as two opposites, as things that lead to each other."
Derrick walked over to the blade, to see if it would offer any clues or runes to see if it was unique in any way.
"Heh...Haseo, do you think a blade like this would hold up well against...well, anything?" Derrick said with a chuckle. It had served the statues well enough.
Remove doors from future areas, also 3W is a liar
seriously guys do you really have this much trouble opening doors IRL? think of how simple the last one was to open
seriously guys do you really have this much trouble opening doors IRL? think of how simple the last one was to open
The sword has a series of runes running down the center of the blade and the book has a different set of runes running down it's spine.
In our defence, most doors IRL have handles and don't require you to work out a riddle before you open it.fanklok said:
You know what? Do the book and sword even have any significance at all?
Exactly...Doors with no handles, especially stone doors, do not usually just move. Besides, I would figure things would be a little bit...you know, more creative in some special fellows tomb. Harder the longer you play, right?
Derrick sighed upon seeing runes on the blade. Enchantments are only good when you know what they are. He decided that the architecture was enough, and went over, and pushed on the door.
Perhaps it was just like the last one. Push around the middle of the door. If it dared to open, step to the side. Poison darts would not be the way he would go down here.
Haseo looked at the blade. "I can't say for certain. By itself, the blade is crap. Look here, the stone is porous. One swing and you have half a stone in your hands. But with the runes, it might be possible." Haseo looked at the runes more closely, then hurried over to the book. It had completely different runes. "Maybe we can move the statues or something. Look at these, the runes look like two halves of a whole."
ThreeWord's post, coz he can't post for some mad reason. I blame magic.
William looks at the runes on the sword and book, then at the others
"What" he says slowly, "If we're overestimating the complexity of this. Runes are written to be read, so what if we read them to the doors?"[hr]"Make enough sense, Sir Arnup," Leonart said, "But unless one of us happens to be fluent in the language of these runes then we're stuck. And what if the runes are two halves of each rune, as Master Infernus says? That complicates things even further."
I've only been going slow because of my habit of assuming the GM is as ingeniously evil as me. I'm worried about terrible death from the slightest mistake...
William looks at the runes on the sword and book, then at the others
"What" he says slowly, "If we're overestimating the complexity of this. Runes are written to be read, so what if we read them to the doors?"[hr]"Make enough sense, Sir Arnup," Leonart said, "But unless one of us happens to be fluent in the language of these runes then we're stuck. And what if the runes are two halves of each rune, as Master Infernus says? That complicates things even further."
Derrick sighed again. The door wasn't going to be that easy. He turned, and decided that the pedestals perhaps were something of use to get through here. Was it possible for him to read the book? If that failed, he could always see if they could move the pedestals about. They looked heavy, but perhaps sliding them would be easy.
"Well, I swear to you all right now that I, Leonart Arimat Edgarus the Third, shall never include a door without an obvious handle in my tomb in the event that I lose my memory or otherwise require a team of adventurers to enter it. I assume that the rest of you would willingly make that same pledge?"
He sat down, growing quite tired enough of this tomb, it's idiotic decor and the architect's apparent fetish for making cyclic riddles that made no sense.
And then he lay down, putting his hands behind his head, hoping the new physical perspective would present a new mental perspective as well. No such luck. "Well chaps, I have to admit that even I am completely stumped about this one... The architect was either a genius beyond the comprehension of mere mortals or a megalomaniac with funding to match his idiocy."
He sat down, growing quite tired enough of this tomb, it's idiotic decor and the architect's apparent fetish for making cyclic riddles that made no sense.
And then he lay down, putting his hands behind his head, hoping the new physical perspective would present a new mental perspective as well. No such luck. "Well chaps, I have to admit that even I am completely stumped about this one... The architect was either a genius beyond the comprehension of mere mortals or a megalomaniac with funding to match his idiocy."
Are we even on the right track with thinking that sword and book each open one door? Beyond that we have no idea if we have to read the runes or use them in some way...
And, after this, can we keep the puzzles possible in some capacity? If we can't work it out after several days of constant and uninterrupted thought then it's most definitely shananigens at work.
And, after this, can we keep the puzzles possible in some capacity? If we can't work it out after several days of constant and uninterrupted thought then it's most definitely shananigens at work.
Haseo walked back and forth when he heard Leonart. "I'm not even gonna put a fucking door on my tomb, if I ever die." He growled and drew his sword. "Dammit Will, why did you have to make these puzzles? I've been here more than 150 years, and I can't figure it out!" He slashed the door, creating a giant, deep scar.
Don't worry they won't all be doors and yes each opens one door, now would you kindly move one closer to a door
When the sword makes contact with the door a repeating series of runes faintly glow in red on it, they perfectly match the ones on the stone sword. The gash on the door then regenerates itself.
Hello? I wanted to try and push the damned things? Or was I kindly ignored? *grumble*
Derrick grinned. "I agree with Haseo on this one. I don't need layers of doors on a damned tomb. If I have something that important in there, I would rather hand it to someone..."
As Haseo slashed the door, identifying it as the one linked to the sword, Derrick grinned. Hints where always nice. He went over to the pedestal with the sword, and checked to see if he could push the blasted thing over to the door. Perhaps the runes needed to be matched at the door? In that case, this needed to be moved much closer.
"Perhaps a little help would be nice, gentlemen?" Derrick said, as he started to push on the stone.
Haseo rolled his neck and got behind the sword. He pushed, moving the heavy stone towards the door easily. "Don't you just love it when brute force gives the answer to a question of intellect?" He grinned.
The runes glow brighter as the sword moves closer then the pedestal locks itself in place, and a deep grinding can be heard as though the entire mountain is moving. The door opens and reveals another path.
You opened the path for combat the book would have lead you through even more puzzles, the enemies won't be as tough as the statues but there are going to be a lot more of them
Derrick chuckled.
"Well, Leonart, I guess we will not have to stay here for all our days now, will we? And personally, I think the architect was not only raving mad. There was no doubt a sadistic method to his madness."
Derrick chuckled at Haseo. "It is entertaining that sometimes the right answer requires us to be stronger in the body than the mind. Shall we carry on?"
With renewed morale, Derrick felt quite good about the tomb they now wandered. The answers they needed would be here. He became more sure of it the farther they venture.
"Well, Leonart, I guess we will not have to stay here for all our days now, will we? And personally, I think the architect was not only raving mad. There was no doubt a sadistic method to his madness."
Derrick chuckled at Haseo. "It is entertaining that sometimes the right answer requires us to be stronger in the body than the mind. Shall we carry on?"
With renewed morale, Derrick felt quite good about the tomb they now wandered. The answers they needed would be here. He became more sure of it the farther they venture.
Should we not put out a call to find some new people? I mean, with this on the main page and all, now would be a good time to find a new mage, and architect....And possibly immortal, if ThreeWords can't make it back
3W internet hates him, a lot, so I may have to get someone to take over for him and the other two well we're inside of a mountain and they're dead so introduction isn't exactly an easy task I'd say it'd be about as hard as opening one of my doors
fanklok said:
I realize this. I just thought that it would at least be a good time for recruitment. But yeah, I realize how hard it would be to bring people in now. It was just a thought. It is just kinda...slow, with only 3 of us on at random times, when we are supposed to have 6. Missing half the cast makes it difficult, to say the least, especially when we are all on at very different times.