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#1 jgerman May 20, 2008 17:49:57	Perhaps I'm missing something but where exactly do the PC descend "to" when moving from area 18 to the final area 19? They have to climb down the chains right? How high is the raised area on the western edge supposed to be? I would assume not very high. 6 steps at an assumed 6" or so a step is only about 3' high. The PCs, should they wish, can easily hop up somewhere other than the stairs I'm assuming.
#2 krysis7 May 21, 2008 16:07:28	I've got the same questions... Show Best I can tell they have to use the chains, but that begs the question - how do the inhabitants of the temple get down there? Are we to assume they climb up and down 50 feet of chains that are slippery with blood every day? From the looks of the layout I would assume the chains raise and lower a platform between the two levels... but there seems to be no mention of such a platform or any devices that would control it. How do the PCs get back out after? Up the slippery chains?
#3 coign May 21, 2008 16:37:54	I would say depends on how mean you want to be. Show Realistically I would say bad guys get in and out with a chain mechanism that raises and lowers a platform. Last man out raises the elevator with him so in this case the elevator is currently at the bottom as Kalarel has been down there for days when the players find him. Now do the layers descend down a long slippery chain? Or do you provide them the means to draw up the elevator alerting those within? How far is it? I would make it at least a 40 foot drop to the floor from the pit with a 20 foot section of stone into a 20 foot high room. That way the players have to enter the room and can not snipe from up above. Second with little to no light inside they will be descending into complete blackness.
#4 slaughts Jun 20, 2008 7:39:25	Is there anything official about this. It seems...important!
#5 nightchill Jun 22, 2008 9:43:40	I don't think it's that much of a problem, maybe I'm missing something. Show We know that the temple (Area 19) is accessed from the subtemple (Area 18) via the pit - it states this in the first line of Area 18. We get rules for climbing/sliding down the chains (DC 15 Athletics) which is easy enough. After descending, they arrive in a shallow pool of blood in Area 19 (given in The Pit part of Area 18). So that's the central pool of Area 19. The only guy that is down at the temple is Kalarel. The other denizens are undead or equally strange things that probably don't need to travel. I dare say Kalarel has a way of getting back up, let's say a levitation spell for ease. Does anyone else need to go down to Area 19? As for the steps, I'd say they're decent sized steps, 12" or so. This makes the platform 6' above the central part of Area 19. Players can climb up, but it'll take a bit more of their movement. Eitherway, Kalarel teleports to the magic circle fairly quickly and so I'm not sure the height matters that much.