Gearing up (Moore, Ithea)

[Nephrite]

Moore shakes his head. "I can't think of anything. I didn't use too many spells when we went out before, so I'm still good on that front." He taps his nose once or twice. "They'll have the other items sorted out by the time we get back, so... I think we're good. Ah, whenever... Mei, right? Whenever Mei is good to go."

[Anastasia]

"Then let's get going," Hanna says.

Soon enough the foursome gets together at Aurora's gates. Moore, Crystal and Hanna meet Mei. She is an elf who wears only a simple green robe. She has large blue eyes and smiles slightly on seeing the party, before nodding and falling in step with them.

Go ahead and react to her, and this is alos the last call for equipment and preparations. We'll hit this more Monday night or Tuesday, depending on how long my eyes stay dilated.

[Nephrite]

"It's good to meet you, Mei!" Moore says with a flourishing bow to her. "Don't worry, I'm pretty good at reading body language. Thank you for coming with us, I think you'll be a real asset in proving our intentions."

I can't think of anything Moore needs at this point that he could afford, but he might buy something once the other loot is sorted out.

[Anastasia]

Mei smiles and nods, lighting up her entire face. From here the party goes on off, into the momentary brightness and to Mineral. You stand in a cavern, dazzling bright. The walls are gold, mithral, platinum and more precious things yet. They are studded by hunks of earth where visible gemstones can be seen. Some are raw and others are already cut and polished. All the gemstones shed light and provide radiance to see by, which multiplies and expands as it reflects of all the metals.

[spoiler]

The entire party benefits from an attune form spell, caster level 22nd. Hanna has more prepared in case things go south. NPC block will be in the next post.

Mineral's planar traits are as follows.

- Heavy gravity, as per MoP 9.

- Infinite size.

- Normal time.

- Earth dominant, as per MoP 12.

- Minor positive dominant, as per MoP 12. In addition to giving creatures fast healing 2, broken metal and gemstones 'heal' and automatically mend any damage to them as if by a make whole spell (caster level 15th).

- Enhanced magic. Spells with the earth or healing descriptors are both empowered and extended (as if by the Empower Spell and Extend Spell feats).

- Impeded magic. Spells with the air descriptor are impeded, requiring a Spellcraft check of 15 + spell level to successfully cast.

- Petrification. Creatures that spend time on Mineral are at risk of being petrified. For each day that they spend there, they must make a DC 15 Fortitude save or be petrified. The DC rises by 2 per consecutive day spent on Mineral. Creatures petrified become a mass of gemstones and precious metals. Natives to Mineral and creatures with the earth subtype are immune.

[Nephrite]

Moore looks around, taking in the sights. He suppresses his immediate urge to go touching all the shiny things by trying to accustom himself to the newfound gravity.

"Oof... This place certainly feels a lot different than the last one!" He says with a scratch of his cheek. "Hm, where do we go from here?"

[Anastasia]

Mei takes it all in with wide eyes, looking at this or that. Meanwhile Hanna is unperterbed, scythe resting atop her shoulder. "You said you had divinations that can help once we're here. Do them."

[Nephrite]

"Oh, I suppose that would work, wouldn't it?" Moore says with a sheepish smile.

With that, he'll certainly give it a shot!

Divination with the question: "How do we get to Crystalle's palace from here?"

[Anastasia]

The answer is this: "Up and around the slope ahead."

[Nephrite]

Whew! No failure, and good thing too since that was the last one he can do today.

"We should go up and around the slope ahead." Moore announces to the others.

[Anastasia]

Crystal hops onto Hope and takes point, "Then let us find this slope."

Any notes going forward or anything relevant?

[Nephrite]

I don't think I have anything relevant. I mean I can do a K check on gemstones or something, but there's not much else for me to add.

[Anastasia]

Gemstones and the like are covered by K:D by houserules. You can if you want to.

[Nephrite]

[12:42] <Nephrite> roll 1d20+8+8 Bardic Knack for K:D Kobot
[12:42] <Kobot> Nephrite rolled 1d20+8+8 Bardic Knack for K:D Kobot --> [ 1d20=12 ]{28}

[Anastasia]

It's a showcase of riches. It's gemstones of all types, from semi precious stones to diamond, rubies, sapphires and other valuables. A few minutes and a pickaxe here could net you tens and tends of thousands of gold. An hour and you'd be able to buy kingdoms. A day and you'd be as rich as Mammon, able to buy out Waukeen herself. Moore's palms are suddenly sweaty, tension flowing into him. So much treasure, just sitting there and waiting.

[Nephrite]

He must remind himself, the entire point of this visit is to establish relations that prove the people of Aurora are different from those who would just steal from this place!

Either way, he will start flying up and around to find whatever it is that they're going to find. At least, that's what he's trying to focus on.