Attempt 1, floor 1: First try! Good luck! Don't die too fast

[Anastasia]

Aesop is waiting there, your orb in hand. No volleys of powerful magic fly out to cripple Tchaener.

[Carthrat]

Tchaener slips the orb into his backpack! "Alright. Next, I'm going to try down here again- with a bit of magical help," he says.

He casts 'Sanctuary' on himself, attempting to ward away those that might try to strike him. With a deep breath, he jumps back into the river at the end where it goes under the wall, and starts swimming furiously- no turning back!

[Dracos]

"Interesting...it was triggered by light?" He questioned Tsch about the puzzle and followed him to the river bank.  "Or not..." Aesop watched the man dive once more into the moat. "Strange people this."

Dracos

[Anastasia]

Sancutaury reduces the damage considerably. 1 point for a few rounds of swimming.

Ow! While a few more stings do wound the determined dwarf, he gets closer! It's literally a stairway out of the water, ten steps then a pedestool. Sitting there is a purple orb as well as several items, but he's stilll about 25 feet away. Just at the edge of the stairs to the water, you can see some serious splashing starting!

[Carthrat]

There's nothing for it but to keep swimming! Trusting in the protection of... something... Tchaener makes for the stairway!

[Anastasia]

* Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 9." [1d20=9]
> What's your AC without dex?
<Carthrat> Sanctuary for the record, and 7
> roll 1d20 saving throw
* Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 saving throw and gets 3." [1d20=3]

Leaping up ahead of you - it's a fish...man? A green scaled horror with venom dripping claws and gills around it's twisted face, it strikes out at the evil cleric - and fails to do anything! Shaking it's head, it stumbles back off into the water.

[Carthrat]

With a little surprise, Tchaener silently thanks his protector, and walks up the stairway, peering at the orb and items that lurk there!

[Anastasia]

At the end of the path of the jellyfish is stairs - the river simply ends, the flow of water coming from nothing at all. To a pedestool a few feet above it, a few items rest. A glowing purple orb of energy, a vial of soft white fluid, a magnificent two handed sword, carved of ebony black rock, a shield of the finest steel, and two wrapped spell scrolls.

[Carthrat]

Tchaener reaches out to touch the purple orb, wondering if it might have an effect on something!

[Anastasia]

The second his hand touches the orb, it blinks into thousands of motes of light! He feels a sense of power passing by, coming into him and around him and t his friends!

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[Anastasia]

There is also only one round left on Sanctuary.

[Carthrat]

Grabbing the shield and the vial, Tchaener leaves the rest of the junk where it is, and hurried dives back down into the water, hoping his sanctuary spell will last long enough to get him back intact!

[Anastasia]

Mmmm.

So Tchaener swims like the devil! But with a shield being lugged, he's nowhere fast enough to escape easily! As he begins to make haste and feel a few stings(1 damage), he hears an unearthly, slithery cry of distress, splashing behind him!

[Carthrat]

Tchaener looses the shield behind him, kicking it back into the face of that... thing... as he continues bravely swimming forward, putting on an extra burst of speed!

[Anastasia]

THACO, I think.