The Sunken CaveRequirements: You will need to PRP "researching" up this area (again a prp with your characters just discovering this information in a book is fine), before heading off on this quest. One person will need to be the
dungeon master of this quest line: you can have a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 5 characters in this quest. Due to not taking forever, the "Dungeon Master" has control of the pacing: even if not everyone replies, it is okay to go the next round as long as it makes sense from the Dungeon Master's POV.
This is a 5 player dungeon (5 man only).
Historical IC Background: The Sunken Cavern was once said to be a place of great wealth, a vast expanse of knowledge and power. Humans used to come from across the world to bask in its provisions and seek enlightenment, but over time the Cavern began to sink into the waters which rose every year. Due to the instability of the ground, the people fled the area, and the Cavern and all its teachings, belongings, and stash of priceless artifacts were lost. No one has dared to try and find it again, as some humans have claimed the Cavern was sunk because of the greed of humankind, and that there was a curse upon the place for all who tried to take that knowledge back.
GM: The GM is the one who
is trying to get the artifact. They are the one who dropped off the form below in this thread and are paying the 5 RP points to try for it! They will be RUNNING the event with the prompts below (see below). All players however, should read all instructions.
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Getting Started ]
Getting to the Cavern:As the Cavern is half submerged in water, and is basically an underwater island, you'll have to open the portal
very, very carefully - otherwise you might just find yourself learning what it's like to be a fish. Hunters can enter Halloween as well without a golem (recommended as the Isle itself is very golem unfriendly due to its climate and high altitude as well as natural enemies), for a max of 30 minutes. Each roll takes 5 IC minutes - students can pretty much park here as long as they need as well as horsemen while Hunters will need to exit and enter back again.
- Basically, all Hunter characters have
6 chances to find the portal. If they don't find it, they will need to leave and come back. Students and Horsemen do not need to ICly leave and come back.
- All players roll
1d100.- Rolling
50 or less will let players find a portal that randomly leads to an island - except not the right island, where on Earth are you??
- Rolling
70 or less will let players find a portal that randomly leads to what appears to be an empty shack on an entirely different island. But
there is something hostile lurking here...- Rolling
80 or less will lead you to the Haunted House. Oops.
- Rolling
81 or higher will lead you to the portal that opens up on the most stable part of the Sunken Cavern. Congratulations, you've made it.
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Setting and Rules ]
The Cavern is surrounded by greenish blue water on all sides. Craggy rocks dripping with algae and kelp lift up above the surface, and if you look down you'll be able to see the entrance, halfway buried in gently rippling sea water. Once inside, it's all dry (mostly), but it looks like you'll have to swim a bit to get there.
- If your WHOLE TEAM is ejected OR the GM at any point is ejected/ reaches 0 HP, then the
quest is over. The GM will have to pay another 5 RP points to try again.
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Round 1: BOSS FIGHT ]
- There is no stamina for this, but you must first clear a boss fight. The GM must designate in their group:
- 1 healer. They can HEAL your party instead of doing damage. Roll damage equal to their YEAR (so Y1 = 2d6, Y2 = 2d8 etc)- 6 damage for heal amount. They can target ONE player. They do TRIPLE HEALS to a Tank (2x heal 'damage' done)! This effect is unlimited but don't forget to quote your target.
- 1 Tank. They have DOUBLE their original HP but do half the damage! They can quote UP TO TWO players a round to SHIELD Them. This effect is unlimited but don't forget to quote your targets.
- 3 DPS (damage dealers). Damage dealers do DOUBLE Fear/ charged attack damage (when it hits).
- Once these roles are set they CANNOT be changed for the entire duration!
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1 round counts as a full round of all players attacking the boss, followed by the boss hitting them. The GM will be in charge of the auto damage of the boss. So the sequence of attacks are:
- Player 1 moves. Uses special ability if applicable. *
- Player 2 moves . Uses special ability if applicable. Quote any targets. *
- Player 3 moves, etc etc. *
- Player 4 moves *
- GM moves (as player 5) *
- GM moves (as Boss). Roll 5d20. On the first turn only, calculate the boss's HP. The 5d20 will then be used as damage for the players each round.
- Player 1 moves *
- Player 2 moves *
- Player 3 moves *
- Player 4 moves *
- GM moves (as player 5) *
- GM moves (as Boss round 2) Roll 5d20. Calculate it for damage done to players
- Tepeat until boss is dead!
* These are all interchangeable. They however can only attack once a round and wait for he boss move before attacking again! If a player fails to make a move after 12 hours you can go ahead and skip them and just post the boss move and refresh a new round.
BOSS ROUNDS:
- GMS, you are free to invent a boss here, and its description as long as it is swampy and mossy! Feel free to improvise as you please, this IS your dungeon run!
- When it is the boss's turn, the GM needs to roll the Boss's HP and damage done. Roll 5d20. The total value of the dice rolls TIMES THREE is the HP of the boss. If I roll 80, then the Hp of the boss is 240.
- The FIRST roll damages player 1. The SECOND player 2 (in order of what turn they attacked at). The third player 3, so on so forth. Post in OOC accordingly and quote each player their damage. So for example if you rolled 5 , 6, 2, 12, 20, the person who posted first gets the 5 damage, the second the 6, etc etc.
- Repeat until either boss OR players are down (sans rolling for HP again). If the players go down (the whole team), you are ejected from the dungeon! You have to pay 5 RP points to try again from start...
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Round 2 ]
Inside the Cavern, it's dark and difficult to see, and it smells strongly of brine and fish. You're standing at the beginning of what looks like a center room, with several other rooms split off of it, but it's too dark to see what exactly they are.
- Use the diagram in the spoiler tags below to move around the room! You start at the
heart square.- You will be rolling
1d4 five times.- The key is: 1 = up, 2 = down, 3 = left, 4 = right
- If you're at the edge, and you roll in that direction, you don't move, and stay on that square - i.e. if you're on the heart square, and you roll a 1, you don't move anywhere, because you can't move upwards.
- All players must roll 5 times.
They must record each tile they have been on. If blank, it is a blank space.
BONUSES:
- Life Hunters/ Undead/ Famine Horsemen: If you are right NEXT to a tile, you can choose to land on that tile instead! You can only use this once.
- Death Hunters/ Reapers/ Death Horsemen: If you are standing at the TOP EDGE of the tiles, you can choose at any point to teleport to the BOTTOM EDGE, in the same column. You can only choose this one. You can use this the same turn you roll a dice.
- Moon Hunters/ Demons/ Conquest Horsemen: You can choose to move TWO TILES ACROSS instead of just one (where applicable), you can only use this once.
- Sun Hunters/ Monsters/ War horsemen: If you are standing at the LEFT OR RIGHT EDGE of the tiles, you can choose at any point to teleport to the opposite direction in the LEFT OR RIGHT EDGE, in the same row. You can only choose this one. You can use this the same turn you roll a dice.
- Mist Hunters/ Ghosts: Choose any of the above abilities!
- The goal after all the rolls is to have the players cross at LEAST once all of the tiles cumulatively (at any point in the 5 rolls, they must have landed on these tiles). This means if player A crosses the heart tile and player B crosses Square and X tiles and player D the moon tiles, you are safe! The heart tile is a freebie (counts from the go!)
- Once again
any player can cross these tiles at
any point in time, but somewhere
along the 5 rolls they are granted all the players COMBINED must touch all 5 tiles.
- If these conditions are NOT filled after 5 rolls then you must try again - a large vortex opens up in front of all players and swallows them whole! You have to pay 5 RP points to try again from start...
- If these conditions are filled then move to ROUND 4.
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Round 4 ]
gaia_star SECRET ROOM: You are in the FINAL ROOM! It is time to cross the precipice of doom! This is the final moment!
- Only the
GM can cross this area. It is a long narrow ledge that is INVISIBLE. All you can see is an expanse of black and then the
artifact at the end!
- Each player can offer an assist based on their class! The goal is to get the GM (the person who wants the artifact) across safely!
- The GM needs to cross
10 safe tiles. Make sure you tally your tile count as you move! They will do this by rolling a 6-sided dice 10 times (until they reach the end).. If odd, their roll is safe. If even their roll is UNSAFE and they blow up! If they blow up, and they have no more assists below (you can use an assist prior to actually blowing up if usable still) then THE WHOLE TEAM IS EJECTED FROM THE CAVERN. You get nothing
sad You have to pay 5 RP points to try again from start...
Life Hunters/ Undead/ Famine Horsemen: If the GM (of this event) rolls even, you may assist them by giving them a boost, sacrificing their misstep as they step on YOU instead. You will fall into the void but at least you helped save them... (You can only use this once obviously, and once you have, you are ejected from the thread, rather forcefully a you fall into infinity). You can +1 tile for doing this at least.
Death Hunters/ Reapers / Death Horsemen: If the GM (of this event) rolls even, you may help them detect that there is strange energy about! The GM can then reroll their last roll. However by doing this and shouting very loud, the ground beneath you crumbles and you fall to you doom....(You can only use this once obviously, and once you have, you are ejected from the thread, rather forcefully a you fall into infinity).
Moon Hunters/ Demons/ Conquest Horsemen: You can at any point assist the GM forward one tile. Doing so means you take the fall for them.... (You can only use this once obviously, and once you have, you are ejected from the thread, rather forcefully a you fall into infinity).
Sun Hunters/ Monsters/ War horsemen: When the GM is at 8 or higher tiles, you can give them a final boost by rolling a 4-sided dice. If odd, you have boosted the GM to the end! If even, it does nothing...(You can only use this once obviously, and once you have, you are ejected from the thread, rather forcefully a you fall into infinity).
Mist Hunters/ Ghosts: Choose any of the abilities above!
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Round 5 ]
If you have cleared all the given steps, the weapon is yours! Congratulations! Please drop it off
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