If you are free to explore this chamber, you may investigate the:
2022-01-26T08:30:00Z Decision Deadline.
BTW I guess anarchy is more efficient than democracy 
We’re doing pretty well and moving quickly now
Yeah I think we’ve figured out an effective strategy :)
Lol I just noticed the imps made it into the thread title
The huge crystal-encased hourglass stands several times your own height. You can’t imagine how anyone could turn it over to keep time going. But, knowing the gnomes as you are beginning to know them, you’re sure they have a way that at least makes sense to them!
Curious, you walk around the large, transparent curves and discover a comparatively small door on one side. That’s when you also realize that the bright blue sand in the hourglass is falling at a very slow rate. There must be some reason for the door. Surely, a gnome doesn’t go inside and push the sand back up into the top part (they’d invent a sands-of-time elevation apparatus to do it).
You may open the door and go inside the crystal hourglass to see if you can figure it out, or return to exploring the Clocks room.
2022-01-26T08:30:00Z Decision Deadline.
You raise the little gold latch on the curved door in the side of the hourglass. Even though the sands keep slowly sifting down, none of it comes through the door when you open it. You try to place your hand under the falling granules, but the glass is too big: you must crawl inside. Wishing you had beach shoes on, you step inside and stand under the blue stream.
The blue sands are Sands of Time Renewal. You have gained an additional day in the time you have to prepare to face the draconians. Your use breaks this device, so if you return here you cannot use it again. Return to exploring the Clocks room.
If you are free to explore this chamber, you may investigate the:
Worksheet Bookmark:
19 days remain.
| Chamber # | Short Description |
|---|---|
| 134 | Bottle |
| 24 | Clocks |
Other Notes:
+1 Defense Dwarf
+3 Offense Fred
2022-01-26T09:30:00Z Decision Deadline.
Nice, we got our lost day back. XD
The pendulum on the tall grandfather clock that dominates the chamber swings back and forth with an inexorable rhythm that catches your attention.
You may look further at the clock or return to exploring the Clocks room.
2022-01-26T18:00:00Z Decision Deadline.
You walk all around the tall clock, marveling that the massive pendulum doesn’t shake the whole mountain as it swings back and forth. There’s a chair mounted on the bob of the pendulum which you think the gnomes must use for joyriding. Smiling at the thought, you move back, not wanting to be too close when the timepiece bongs the hour. Return to the Clocks room.
If you are free to explore this chamber, you may investigate the:
2022-01-26T18:00:00Z Decision Deadline.
A very short stool with a bronze sundial on its top (or very tall sundial) rests on the floor near a table. Its feet are clawed, and you think you see facial features on one side.
You rub your hand on the vertical face of the stool to see why you thought you saw facial features on it. It was a face! And it’s attacking! At first you feel silly fighting a small stool, but as the viciousness of its attack overwhelms you, you start to fight in earnest. But your reluctance has given the stool the first attack.
Conduct combat.
Rye - ≤8 → 5, then 7, then 10 DMG
Stool - ≤7 → 2 DMG
Stool: 8 → No DMG
Rye: 10 → No DMG
Stool: 9 → No DMG
Rye: 4 → 7 DMG
Stool: 4 → 2 DMG
Rye: 9 → No DMG
Stool: 11 → No DMG
Rye: 4 → 10 DMG
Stool: 10 → No DMG
Rye: 2 → 10 DMG
The stool has been defeated!
The stool lies at your feet, a collection of broken wooden pieces and a dented bronze sundial. You find it hard to believe that the thing attacked you like it did… until you see the imp sneak away to hide somewhere else and you realize that the fighting stool was just an impish illusion. However, the points that you lost are still lost. Return to the Clocks Room.
If you are free to explore this chamber, you may investigate the:
2022-01-26T18:30:00Z Decision Deadline.
Lol
An hourglass stands on a table, engulfed in flame. But the flame neither consumes the timepiece nor chars the wooden table beneath it. Marveling at such a flame, you inspect the hourglass—thereby losing an entire day of your precious twenty. The time just went up in flames. Return to exploring the Clocks Room.
Worksheet Bookmark:
18 days remain.
| Chamber # | Short Description |
|---|---|
| 134 | Bottle |
| 24 | Clocks |
Other Notes:
+1 Defense Dwarf
+3 Offense Fred
If you are free to explore this chamber, you may investigate the:
2022-01-26T18:30:00Z Decision Deadline.
Oops
