Not sure what to check against, rolled a d20 for the scry thing got a 17. If we can't sneak past them, then Dax would like to go down - they will most likely go across the chasm and look for us there and that might be our best chance to sneak past them if the chasm has no other things to explore. On Thursday, November 27, 2025 at 09:25:43 PM CST, Mike Bloy via Emerald Flame <emerald-flame@lists.incorporeal.org> wrote: Nia will nod to Gegren and try her best to recall archaic elven to tell the automaton “Shut down. You must shut down.” A command like that doesn't seem to be against its nature, so it shuts down, the egg or seed it's carrying contained within. You might wonder how to bring it back "alive" later, but its hovering subsides and its plates close as it lands, resembling an egg itself when it is fully shut down. It's a bit big, something like the size and shape of a trash can, roughly, but you can run with it, maybe even tie it to your back if you wanted. Gegren grabs the automaton-egg and prepares to blink across the chasm, run, or hide as seems appropriate. Is there anywhere in this room other than the chasm itself to hide? Looking to Nia and Dax, he says "What's the play? Down, further in, or hide here? I don't think we're going to be able to sneak past them up there right now." "If we're going back in, we should do it. If that's the play, I suggest taking the rope bridge with us when we leave, let them figure out how to cross the chasm." A grin breaks out. "If we make it look like we used some secret door in the library, maybe we can get them to stay in there long enough to let us see what that... presence is in there."_______________________________________________ Emerald Flame mailing list -- emerald-flame@lists.incorporeal.org To unsubscribe send an email to emerald-flame-leave@lists.incorporeal.org