TOPIC: True Dungeon Celebration Riddle Reveal

bpsymington wrote: Eight people died in room 3, all were killed by a fellow party member while inside the cube. All were also raised from the dead.

Fiddy wrote:

bpsymington wrote: Eight people died in room 3, all were killed by a fellow party member while inside the cube. All were also raised from the dead.

I know on at least one run we killed our party member on purpose, going with thought that it would be quicker to kill the cube if we had a bigger area of the board to hit.

(we also figured that if smack accidentally hit the character that they'd be dead anyways, so might as well get it over with)

bpsymington wrote: The DM will tell the party that a player has fallen into a sloped pit passage, and has disappeared into the next room. The DM will then take that player away and tell the others to wait until she returns. The DM will explain to the first player that they have been knocked unconscious by the fall and captured inside a giant Gelatinous Cube and that they should stand inside the monster prop and pretend they are unconscious inside while the party fights the monster.

Incognito wrote:

bpsymington wrote: The DM will tell the party that a player has fallen into a sloped pit passage, and has disappeared into the next room. The DM will then take that player away and tell the others to wait until she returns. The DM will explain to the first player that they have been knocked unconscious by the fall and captured inside a giant Gelatinous Cube and that they should stand inside the monster prop and pretend they are unconscious inside while the party fights the monster.

How was this player (who had fallen) determined? There seemed to be inconsistencies between my different runs. Other people I talked also experienced inconsistencies between:

A. First person to enter
B. Person nearest that entrance
C. DM randomly chooses (often yelling out a specific class)

bpsymington wrote: Several groups used creative techniques to free characters from the cube:
Rope and grappling hook, iron rod, paladin leaping into the cube (huzzah!), universal solvent, and a rogue unintentionally stumbling into the cube.

bpsymington wrote: Room 5 updated. Question - do riddle reveals usually include monster stats? If so, I will add them.

bpsymington wrote: ROOM 5 - THE SHAMBLER

As the party enters the room, they notice it is filled with fog and greenery. The DM tells the party that the floor is covered with water and the room must be drained before the party can proceed (there were plans for a laser to represent the water, but it didn't work out). There are switches on the opposite side of the room, and the DM tells the party someone must cross the room and flip the switch, but the floor is so slippery only the highest DEX character should make the attempt. When s/he does, a shambling mound attacks!

It's a fairly straightforward combat, with some special exceptions. Characters other than the first who crossed the room must spend a round to carefully cross the room if they want to make a melee attack - they can attack right away with ranged attacks or spells.

The shambling mound has plant subtype immunities - immune to mind-affecting magic (Charm, hold, sleep, etc.), immune to blunt weapon damage, immune to shock, critical hits, and sneak attacks. It is not immune to fire, but unlike most plants, it does not take extra damage from fire due to the wet environment.

A bard who does a rune check would be told ths shambling mounds are immune to blunt damage. NORMAL level parties were also told it was immune to shock damage.

For HC and NM parties, if a shock spell was cast, the water in the room conducted the damage to all party members. This led to one party being TPKed when the druid cast a spell-surged Call Lightning spell.