"How is the last person going to get down? I don't think one person can move that thing by himself."
"There has to be a way to send the little room back up from below. Before anyone else goes down, Rowena, see if you can find out how to do that. Maybe Kelkzar should go first, then, since he can see in the dark."
Rowena shrugs and gestures got Kelkzar to head in before her.
"Ladies first?" she asks with a giggle.
"You know, I think I have just the skirt in my pack, let me see...I'm happy to head in first. Let me see what I can find." Kelkzar enters the chamber.
"Kelkzar in a skirt? I think I'd rather go back and eat with the zombies than see that!" Kelkzar hears as he descends down the shaft (hopefully).
Kelkzar enters the small chamber and seconds later the doors close and the cylinder goes down.
The metal chamber you are in is in the upper curved portion of the room.
The walls here are covered in bas-relief images similar to the slender figure upon the sarcophagus lid in the chamber above. Nearly a dozen androgynous, hairless humanoids stand in poses of deference almost as if they are paying homage to the viewer.
About fifteen feet to the west, a dark passage extends from an elaborately carved arch. Only a little of this hallway is visible, however, as a large stone block obscures most of the passage.
You are currently in the metal chamber looking out into the room.
Kelkzar looks around the room, listening for movement and sniffing the air for any signs of trouble.
He step just outside the chamber into the room, looking left and right for any levers or other indicators of how to work the chamber from this level.
Yes completely dark down here
As you exit the chamber, the doors immediately close and the chamber disappears into the ceiling. You feel a slight breeze as it moves up. The ceiling is sealed up and you can barely tell where it went up.
You also see what appears to be a button of some sort near where the metal chamber landed.
The stone block is roughly 10 feet wise by 8 feet tall by 2 feet deep. It nearly seals of the passage to the West. A large niche about the same size as the block opens up into the celing above it. There is a layer of dust over everything in the room.
After the chamber disappears, a few seconds later it reappears and the doors open. The chamber inside is empty with no sign of Kelkzar.
Looks like a deadfall caught someone in here, but I'm going to wait to check that out until we have more of us here. I suppose that button might be what calls it back down here. Either that or its going to do something horrible to me. Kelkzar pushes the button.
As the chamber appears, it quickly shuts its door and disappears again
"I hope that's a good sign." Quintus looks a little worried, though, and stands ready to attack if anything hostile comes out of the little chamber when/if it returns.
Lessien starts counting the seconds.
Kelkzar steps back in when it reappears.
A few seconds later the chamber returns and Kelzar is inside
Quintus lowers his sword as he sees who's in the little room. "What's down there?"
"A small chamber that leads to more. It is dark so the rest of you will need to bring light. There are more sculptures. Everything is dusty and I did not hear anything. It looks like a deadfall may have dropped sometime in the past. I think we'll be able to pass it, but we will have to be wary of traps. And there is a button to summon this chamber. We should not have to worry about getting stuck."
Lessien considers. "If there's a new area to explore, can we call it a day for now? I would feel a lot better about this if we weren't completely tapped on magic."
Trevor follows with intent, still not sure as to how they would all make their way down anyway. "I'm good to keep going..." The words come out, but with little conviction behind.
So you rest the night and recoup from your battle with the pair of Wind Walkers. You head down below, one at a time into the section below the yellow alcove
Map of Room
The metal chamber you are in is in the upper curved portion of the room.
The walls here are covered in bas-relief images similar to the slender figure upon the sarcophagus lid in the chamber above. Nearly a dozen androgynous, hairless humanoids stand in poses of deference almost as if they are paying homage to the viewer.
About fifteen feet to the west, a dark passage extends from an elaborately carved arch. Only a little of this hallway is visible, however, as a large stone block obscures most of the passage.
As you exit the chamber, the doors immediately close and the chamber disappears into the ceiling. You feel a slight breeze as it moves up. The ceiling is sealed up and you can barely tell where it went up.
You also see what appears to be a button of some sort near where the metal chamber landed.
The stone block is roughly 10 feet wise by 8 feet tall by 2 feet deep. It nearly seals of the passage to the West. A large niche about the same size as the block opens up into the celing above it. There is a layer of dust over everything in the room. (disturbed where Kelkzar was before)
Before resting, Quintus channels energy to heal one last time. Everyone take back HP.
"Do we try to squeeze around the block, or go over it?"
You think it is possible for the right person to squeeze through the opening at the top otherwise you would have push the block as a group (up to three could push it together)
I'll take strength checks from the three pushing and take the highest with +2 from each of the other two assuming its above 10. A successful engineering check can give an additional +2 sure.
Trevor plants his feet and pushes.
"I'm. Not."
Hopefully Kelkzar can get a good roll on his push
Kelkzar braces himself. "Well, I certainly don't want to squeeze. Might have to see if that skirt has a girdle if I'm to have any chance. I think I'll push." Straining against the block he gives it a mighty push.
Kelkzar has a strong push and with Quintus's help along with Rauno's clues on positions and where to push, the huge slab topples over to the north. Unfortunately the slab was on top of a pressure plate and when it was moved off, a green gas starts to come out of the mouths of the bas-relief images.
- Rauno, Quintus, Kelkzar, Trevor, Lessien,Rowena
Fort:
Quintus attempts to move out of the cloud, down the hallway to the west .
Rauno and Quintus you are both poisoned and take 1 point of Strength Damage. You will need a save every round after this until you succeed.
Quintus you rush out of the room coughing and not feeling well and as you get to the statue.
Coughing, Kelkzar follows Quintus into the hallway.
1d20+5
Coughing, Kelkzar follows Quintus into the hallway.
You see a strange creature and need to make a DC 11 Will save or be frightened and have to flee it (back into the gas room). If you make it you are shaken for a round (-2 to everything)
What the...
"Hey, there is some kind of creature out here by me and Quintus!"
Before we come down in the morning, Lessien takes a CLW extract:
She prepares a dex mutagen and her usual shield and CLW extracts.
Before the stone is moved, she takes her mutagen and stands with her bow ready.
Fort:
She will move in to C4 or B4.
Will if necessary:
If able to, Lessien fires on the enemy:
Longbow: , damage
Trevor readies his axe and moves so as to cover Lessien.
Curious carvings that seem to represent a stirring tempest cover the walls of this ten foot wide passage. At 10-foot intervals, small alcoves flank the passage, and each alcove contains an androgynous humanoid statue with cupped hands. The figures stand roughly seven feet tall. A faint wind seems to play within the passage, but it's difficult to tell where it is coming from.
As Quintus and Kelkzar run into the hallway to get out of the gas cloud, a strange creature come out from behind one of the statues and zaps them with some sort of beam from each of its eyes.
Trevor leaves the room and gets between the creature and Lessien.
- Quintus, Kelkzar, creature, Rauno, Trevor, Lessien, Rowena
Rauno and Rowena action to end out the round
Assuming Rauno moves in to B4, Rowena moves into Lessien's space, and drops prone, so as not to interfere with her. She calls out, "Move further in," to the group.
Quintus is unaffected by the sleep ray
Quintus and Kelkzar are up! (Each needs to make another Fort save)
- Quintus, Kelkzar, lurking strangler, Rauno, Trevor, Lessien, Rowena
Monster Stats AC 16 T 16 FF 12
Kelkzar takes a step further down the corridor, but still feeling the effects of the gas, tries to shake it off.
Unfortunately, he still cannot shake the effects, but nonetheless takes his falchion and begins swinging at the creature Rauno calls a lurking strangler.
Coughing terribly, his blow from the blade misses the creature by a hair, but in doing so, it draws close enough for a snap of his jaws.
AC 17, touch 11, flat-footed 16. . (+6 armor, +1 Dex)
hp 21/22