Yet more hoarding (Surraruthru)

[Iron Dragoon]

"Unfortunate, but unsurprising. The lore I remember said the manor had been sacked, but the vault was not found by the locals, and couldn't be found by them. We'll just have to be thorough, unless anyone has another idea?"

Surraruthru says this while heading to the new door.

[Anastasia]

"Only one thing. Should we bother to collect minor things like these coins and bottles?" Ebony asks, "I care not, but it is your hoard you wish to build."

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru glances back and eyes the items.

"A good point. If we can't find the vault, then the dregs may lessen the hurt of wasted time. Yes, let's take them."

[Anastasia]

So noted. Loot post. In the meantime, how deeply are all of you searching here? Any pattern and any precautions?

[Iron Dragoon]

General searching for hidden things. Doors or hatches primarily, since we're looking for a hidden vault. As for precautions, general cautions for traps.

[Anastasia]

Search check or any magical means to replace or enhance that.

[spoiler]

Kascha
HP: 258/258
Spells Active: Mind Blank (CL23), Superior Resistance (CL23), Cloak of the Sea (CL24), Transformation of the Deep (CL24), Energy Absorption (CL24), Greater Mage Armor(CL24)
Bonuses: Water breathing, freedom of movement, blur (20% miss chance), immunity to non lethal damage, immunity to damage from water temperature and pressure, resistance to all energy types 10 (doesn't stack) and can expend it as an immediate action to stop one elemental attack and heal half that damage.
Negative Conditions: 50% spell failure for 1 hour.
Resources Used:

Ebony
HP: 247/247
Spells Active: Mind Blank (CL23), Superior Resistance (CL23), Cloak of the Sea (CL24), Transformation of the Deep (CL24), Energy Absorption (CL24), Greater Mage Armor(CL24)
Bonuses: Water breathing, freedom of movement, blur (20% miss chance), immunity to non lethal damage, immunity to damage from water temperature and pressure, resistance to all energy types 10 (doesn't stack) and can expend it as an immediate action to stop one elemental attack and heal half that damage.
Negative Conditions:
Resources Used:

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Spell-like abilities

At will-aid, charm monster, color spray, comprehend languages, continual flame, dancing lights, detect evil, detect thoughts, disguise self, dispel magic, hold monster, greater invisibility(self only), major image, see invisibility, greater teleport (self plus 50 pounds of objects only); 1/day-chain lightning, prismatic spray, wall of force. Caster level 22nd. The save DCs are 17 + spell level.

Kascha casts as a 21st level wizard. (Caster level 24th for spells with the fire descriptor; caster level 23rd for other spells. +6 caster level bonus to overcome spell resistance.) The save DCs are 20 + spell level. Her spell themes are spells learned from Seira, fire magic and minor buffing. Her metamagic options are Empower Spell (+2), Maximize Spell (+3), Twin Spell (+4) and Quicken Spell (+4). She may apply the following metamagics to the following spells once per day without adjusting their casting time or spell level: Magic Missile, empower; Inner Beauty, quicken; Summon Greater Elemental, quicken.

[4/day]0: Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Prestidigitationx2.
[7/day]1: Lesser Orb of Firex2^SC, Mage Armor, Magic Missile, Nerveskitterx2^SC, Shield.
[7/day]2: False Life, Glitterdustx2, Knockx3, Scorching Ray.
[8/day]3: Dragonskinx2^SC, Seira's Unicorn Arrowx2^PHB2(1), Ray of Dizzinessx2^SC, Ray of Exhaustionx2.
[6/day]4: Assay Spell Resistancex2^SC, Dragon Breath^SC, Empowered Scorching Ray, Inner Beauty^{FC1, SR}, Greater Mirror Image^PHB2.
[6/day]5: Empowered Fireballx2, Greater Fireburst^SC, Life's Gracex3^{SC, SR}.
[6/day]6: Empowered Enervationx2, Summon Greater Elemental^{SC, SR}, Superior Resistance^SC, Surge of Hopex2^Home.
[6/day]7: Delayed Blast Fireball, Elemental Body^SC, Limited Wish, Righteous Smitex2^{BoED, SR}, Twinned Seira's Unicorn Arrow.
[5/day]8: Dimensional Lock, Maximized Greater Fireburst, Quickened Empowered Scorching Ray, Mind Blankx2 (1/2 left).
[5/day]9: Empowered Maximized Enervation, Mass Heal, Twinned Greater Fireburst, Empowered Righteous Smite, Wish
[3/day]10: Celestial Valor^Home, Energy Immunityx2^Home

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Ebony casts as an 22nd level bard. (Caster level 26th vs dispel) The save DCs are 20 + spell level. Her metamagic options are Consecrate Spell (+1) and Purify Spell (+1). Ebony may use Consecrate Spell and Purify Spell spontaneously without increasing the casting time of the spell.

[4/day]0: Dancing Lights, Detect Magic, Mage Hand, Mending, Prestidigitation, Summon Instrument.
[7/day]1: Alarm, Cure Light Wounds, Expeditious Retreat, Feather Fall, Grease.
[7/day]2: Alter Self, Cure Moderate Wounds, Glitterdust, Mirror Image, Silence.
[5/day]3: Charm Monster, Cure Serious Wounds, Fear, Gaseous Form, Major Image.
[6/day]4: Cure Critical Wounds, Greater Invisibility, Hold Monster, Modify Memory, Sirine's Grace^SC
[7/day]5: Greater Dispel Magic, Mass Cure Light Wounds, Seeming, Song of Discord, Summon Monster 5.
[6/day]6: Mass Charm Monster, Mass Cure Moderate Wounds, Snowsong^Frost, Veil.
[2/day]7: Heal, True Seeing.

Ebony casts as a 21st level sorcerer. (Caster level 25th vs dispel) The save DCs are 20 + spell level. Her metamagic options are Consecrate Spell (+1) and Purify Spell (+1). Ebony may use Consecrate Spell and Purify Spell spontaneously without increasing the casting time of the spell.

[6/day]0: Acid Splash, Arcane Mark, Detect Poison, Disrupt Undead, Flare, Light, Message, Open/Close, Resistance.
[9/day]1: Bless, Detect Undead, Endure Elements, Magic Missile, Vision of Heaven^BoED.
[9/day]2: Blur, Command Undead, Consecrate, See Invisibility, Zone of Truth.
[8/day]3: Analyze Portal, Fireball, Halt Undead, Helping Hand, Magic Circle Against Evil, Searing Light.
[8/day]4: Holy Smite, Perfect Summons^BoED, Sunmantle^{BoED, S(1d4-2 str)}, Sword of Conscience^BoED, Voice of the Archon^SC(1).
[9/day]5: Dismissal, Hallow, Heavenly Lightning^BoED, Sending, Sicken Evil^{BoED, S(1d4-2 str)}.
[9/day]6: Aspect of the Deity^BoED, Bolt of Glory^BoED, Storm of Shards^{BoED(1d3-2 str drain)}.
[7/day]7: Greater Teleport, Holy Word, Righteous Smite^BoED.
[7/day]8: Greater Planar Ally, Polar Ray, Lightning Ring^SC.
[7/day]9: Blinding Glory^BoED, Reaving Dispel^SC, Time Stop.
[4/day]10: Unseen Needle^Home

[Iron Dragoon]

> roll 1d20+8 Int/Search
<Penuche> Iddy invokes Penuche's magic: < 13 > [d20=5]

F'n Search.

[Anastasia]

You find you are in a great complex of storage rooms. Dozens of them, generally ransacked. You pick up a few odds and ends as you go, but most of it is just the leavings of others. You eventually find a stairway going down and follow it. Below are empty weapon and armor racks, some broken and splintered. Little is here and in due time you find another stairway down. This leads to a hallway that ends in a dead end - a sealed iron door is here, a great circle of unmoving metal. Ebony tries the door and says, "Locked."

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru inspects the door, trying to discern if the lock can be melted with acid, or the wall/frame around it.

[Anastasia]

It looks like an iron door. Enough acid would probably do it. There's no visible lock or keyhole. The wall around it is the same stone, so it should melt just fine.

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru launches a bolt of acid at the door, hoping to burn a big enough hole in it to either squeeze through or reach in and open it!

Using Melf's Acid Arrow, CL 24

> roll 12d4 Acid Damage!
<Penuche> Iddy invokes Penuche's magic: < 30 > [d4=3,2,2,3,3,3,3,1,3,4,2,1]
Same deal as before, just went ahead and rolled the whole deal.

[Anastasia]

Huh. The door is hit by acid and...nothing happens. It just doesn't react to the acid, not corroded by it at all.

[Iron Dragoon]

"Well, that's unusual. Ideas? I can imagine the walls around it are protected similarly. It would be a foolish mage to leave such an oversight."

[Anastasia]

Kascha goes to it, casting a simple spell and studying the magic there.

> roll 1d20+46 Kascha
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 54 > [d20=8]

"There's magic here," Kascha murmurs, "An entire complex array of it. Oh!" She dashes about, studying this angle or that. "Goodness, that's tricky of them." Her ioun stones rattle 'round and 'round her head as she says, "They froze the state of it by only allowing it to open when it was already open. Since it's closed, it's a self reinforcing loop that it stays close, since it can only open when it's already open."

Ebony frowns and then asks, "Which means we can't open it because it's not already open?"

"Exactly. Which means it's not meant to be open. This must be a vault and I'd wager there's still treasure behind there." Kascha taps thew all with her knuckles, "But it'll need some serious magic to get past."

[spoiler]

Kascha
HP: 258/258
Spells Active: Mind Blank (CL23), Superior Resistance (CL23), Cloak of the Sea (CL24), Transformation of the Deep (CL24), Energy Absorption (CL24), Greater Mage Armor(CL24)
Bonuses: Water breathing, freedom of movement, blur (20% miss chance), immunity to non lethal damage, immunity to damage from water temperature and pressure, resistance to all energy types 10 (doesn't stack) and can expend it as an immediate action to stop one elemental attack and heal half that damage.
Negative Conditions: 50% spell failure for 1 hour.
Resources Used:

Ebony
HP: 247/247
Spells Active: Mind Blank (CL23), Superior Resistance (CL23), Cloak of the Sea (CL24), Transformation of the Deep (CL24), Energy Absorption (CL24), Greater Mage Armor(CL24)
Bonuses: Water breathing, freedom of movement, blur (20% miss chance), immunity to non lethal damage, immunity to damage from water temperature and pressure, resistance to all energy types 10 (doesn't stack) and can expend it as an immediate action to stop one elemental attack and heal half that damage.
Negative Conditions:
Resources Used:

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Spell-like abilities

At will-aid, charm monster, color spray, comprehend languages, continual flame, dancing lights, detect evil, detect thoughts, disguise self, dispel magic, hold monster, greater invisibility(self only), major image, see invisibility, greater teleport (self plus 50 pounds of objects only); 1/day-chain lightning, prismatic spray, wall of force. Caster level 22nd. The save DCs are 17 + spell level.

Kascha casts as a 21st level wizard. (Caster level 24th for spells with the fire descriptor; caster level 23rd for other spells. +6 caster level bonus to overcome spell resistance.) The save DCs are 20 + spell level. Her spell themes are spells learned from Seira, fire magic and minor buffing. Her metamagic options are Empower Spell (+2), Maximize Spell (+3), Twin Spell (+4) and Quicken Spell (+4). She may apply the following metamagics to the following spells once per day without adjusting their casting time or spell level: Magic Missile, empower; Inner Beauty, quicken; Summon Greater Elemental, quicken.

[4/day]0: Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Prestidigitationx2.
[7/day]1: Lesser Orb of Firex2^SC, Mage Armor, Magic Missile, Nerveskitterx2^SC, Shield.
[7/day]2: False Life, Glitterdustx2, Knockx3, Scorching Ray.
[8/day]3: Dragonskinx2^SC, Seira's Unicorn Arrowx2^PHB2(1), Ray of Dizzinessx2^SC, Ray of Exhaustionx2.
[6/day]4: Assay Spell Resistancex2^SC, Dragon Breath^SC, Empowered Scorching Ray, Inner Beauty^{FC1, SR}, Greater Mirror Image^PHB2.
[6/day]5: Empowered Fireballx2, Greater Fireburst^SC, Life's Gracex3^{SC, SR}.
[6/day]6: Empowered Enervationx2, Summon Greater Elemental^{SC, SR}, Superior Resistance^SC, Surge of Hopex2^Home.
[6/day]7: Delayed Blast Fireball, Elemental Body^SC, Limited Wish, Righteous Smitex2^{BoED, SR}, Twinned Seira's Unicorn Arrow.
[5/day]8: Dimensional Lock, Maximized Greater Fireburst, Quickened Empowered Scorching Ray, Mind Blankx2 (1/2 left).
[5/day]9: Empowered Maximized Enervation, Mass Heal, Twinned Greater Fireburst, Empowered Righteous Smite, Wish
[3/day]10: Celestial Valor^Home, Energy Immunityx2^Home

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Ebony casts as an 22nd level bard. (Caster level 26th vs dispel) The save DCs are 20 + spell level. Her metamagic options are Consecrate Spell (+1) and Purify Spell (+1). Ebony may use Consecrate Spell and Purify Spell spontaneously without increasing the casting time of the spell.

[4/day]0: Dancing Lights, Detect Magic, Mage Hand, Mending, Prestidigitation, Summon Instrument.
[7/day]1: Alarm, Cure Light Wounds, Expeditious Retreat, Feather Fall, Grease.
[7/day]2: Alter Self, Cure Moderate Wounds, Glitterdust, Mirror Image, Silence.
[5/day]3: Charm Monster, Cure Serious Wounds, Fear, Gaseous Form, Major Image.
[6/day]4: Cure Critical Wounds, Greater Invisibility, Hold Monster, Modify Memory, Sirine's Grace^SC
[7/day]5: Greater Dispel Magic, Mass Cure Light Wounds, Seeming, Song of Discord, Summon Monster 5.
[6/day]6: Mass Charm Monster, Mass Cure Moderate Wounds, Snowsong^Frost, Veil.
[2/day]7: Heal, True Seeing.

Ebony casts as a 21st level sorcerer. (Caster level 25th vs dispel) The save DCs are 20 + spell level. Her metamagic options are Consecrate Spell (+1) and Purify Spell (+1). Ebony may use Consecrate Spell and Purify Spell spontaneously without increasing the casting time of the spell.

[6/day]0: Acid Splash, Arcane Mark, Detect Poison, Disrupt Undead, Flare, Light, Message, Open/Close, Resistance.
[9/day]1: Bless, Detect Undead, Endure Elements, Magic Missile, Vision of Heaven^BoED.
[9/day]2: Blur, Command Undead, Consecrate, See Invisibility, Zone of Truth.
[8/day]3: Analyze Portal, Fireball, Halt Undead, Helping Hand, Magic Circle Against Evil, Searing Light.
[8/day]4: Holy Smite, Perfect Summons^BoED, Sunmantle^{BoED, S(1d4-2 str)}, Sword of Conscience^BoED, Voice of the Archon^SC(1).
[9/day]5: Dismissal, Hallow, Heavenly Lightning^BoED, Sending, Sicken Evil^{BoED, S(1d4-2 str)}.
[9/day]6: Aspect of the Deity^BoED, Bolt of Glory^BoED, Storm of Shards^{BoED(1d3-2 str drain)}.
[7/day]7: Greater Teleport, Holy Word, Righteous Smite^BoED.
[7/day]8: Greater Planar Ally, Polar Ray, Lightning Ring^SC.
[7/day]9: Blinding Glory^BoED, Reaving Dispel^SC, Time Stop.
[4/day]10: Unseen Needle^Home
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[Iron Dragoon]

"That sounds like some slaad logic. What kind of help do you need?"

Anything I can roll here to help?