Justin is no longer diseased. While he recovers his point of str loss from the chill touch spell, he is still down dex until either a lesser restoration or more rest.
Back to the cairn, we have left the way in fairly open and I do not want to have someone get in there and trick the poor ghost kid. We can rest when we are finished. As long as we have workers starting on the house, we should be able to concentrate of gathering magic items and killing things.
I am ok to go out for a light day.
Using a combination of light spells and torches you light all 7 lanterns up and climb up the chain and drop down a rope for the others. Coming back into the room with the spheres you see the door on the other side is open. You get to the other side and enter into the chamber beyond.
The doors open into a huge and brightly lit room, circular and 100 feet in diameter. The cavernous chamber consists of a large stone walkway around a deep chasm that leads into darkness. Four platforms lead from the walkway to a central ring, but two of these platforms are broken (including the one facing you and the one to your right). Bright light reminiscent of a summer’s day filters down from the ceiling about forty feet above. Four wide galleries extend from the outer walkway, their far walls covered with enormous bas-relief vistas. A sighing wind emits from a huge pillar of rushing air at the center of the chamber. The column extends from the floor to the ceiling, cutting through the room’s central ring.
"I get a bad feeling about this place. Do we want to use my rope to make sure our scout cannot fall down into this chasm? I remember the walkway that was difficult to cross once the balls started flying."
Justin gets out his rope and detects evil as he as a loss of what else to do to be useful.
"I think it might be best to circle the thing, see if we find anything strange before hitting the main pillar thing. I'm probably lightest, but Ingrid has better eyes, I think."
As we get to the door, I cast Mage Armor on myself - lasts 2 hours.
I also cast Message several times so that we can all remain in communication.
Looking down into the chamber. Interesting, perhaps someone should go back and grab a few of those balls from the last room. We could drop them in to see what happens before placing our necks at risk.
Ingrid checks things out carefully taking 20, checking the edge then inwards
Looking at Ingrid's larger size.
Perhaps Dryn should scout. Justin and Kilthan can hold the rope should the walkway give way.
You head to the left. The sculpting on the walls appears very crude from a distance. Figures are blurred and distorted, and it’s impossible to tell what the images are meant to represent. As you approach closer to the wall, however, a smoky sheet of steam breathes forth, covering the entire wall. As the steam eddies and plays about the rough carvings, distinct impressionistic images become apparent on the walls. The images seem to shift and move, making them come alive with action.
This image depicts a peaceful scene featuring several bald human like people (similar to the one on the sarcophagus in the lantern room) relaxing in an idyllic country scene. Dozens of perfect circles fill the sky above the frolicking figures. As the steam runs over the image, dark, twisted shapes emerge from the sculpture’s edges. The shapes coalesce to form monstrous creatures that look like a cross between spiders and wolves. As the creatures approach the people, the circles in the sky begin to burst one by one.
"What do you thing those bursting circles represent?"
Obviously the people depicted were Bralani like you have seen elsewhere in this place. You think about it for a bit and decide the perfect circles represent worlds they ruled over at one time before being destroyed in the War of Chaos.
Justin and Kiltan hold the 50 foot silk rope and send the grapnel end along with Ingrid. Justin shares some of the balls from the last room with Kilthan and Aarakess and anyone else who wants one. Then Justin tosses a 'poorly aimed' ball to the other side of the walkway to see what happens.
Throw
Justin You throw a ball and miss the walkway on the other side. The ball loudly hits the bottom, making everyone turn their heads. It rests eventually on the bottom.
Ingrid continues clockwise along the outter rim until you get to the next section
The sculpting on the walls appears very crude from a distance. Figures are blurred and distorted, and it’s impossible to tell what the images are meant to represent. As you approach closer to the wall, however, a smoky sheet of steam breathes forth, covering the entire wall. As the steam eddies and plays about the rough carvings, distinct impressionistic images become apparent on the walls. The images seem to shift and move, making them come alive with action.
This image depicts a towering figure wearing a glyph on his armor standing over a legion of warriors. The central warrior bears a different glyph. As the steam plays about the image, the warriors raise longswords in salute to the towering figure.
The towering figure has the personal seal of a Bralani Wind Duke called Icosiol. (The rune seen on the broken "mirror" near the entrance). The central warrior has the glyph that has been seen in the rest of the Whispering Cairn, that of Zosiel, a high ranking Bralani warrior in Icosiol's army.
Justin leans over to Aarakess, "I think you may want to copy those runes for later. Maybe sketch the scenes too."
"I can't help but notice two of the walkways are damaged. If someone heads out to the middle, they should probably well secured with rope. This is a light day, so we can take our time and search everything."
Justin has his trident out.
Something seems out of place. There is a strange magic about this place.
I cast Detect Magic and begin to scan the area.
Rohara moves along with the others in a careful way... She tool will call upon magical means and cast a Detect Magic spell to look about...
AC: 20 (18 Flat-footed / 12 Touch)
In Hand: Heavy mace and Shield
Conditions: bless (15 rounds remaining)
Spells (0-level, DC 13, at will) Create Water, Detect Magic, Light, Guidance; (1st level, DC 14) Bless (x2), Comprehend Languages, True Strike (d)
Channel Energy (1d6, DC 13) 7 of 7 remaining
Bit of Luck 6 of 6 remaining (Any time the target rolls a d20, he may roll twice and take the more favorable result)
Agile Feet 6 of 6 remaining (ignore all difficult terrain for 1 round)
Rohara and Aarakess detect magic in the two corners where the mist scenes appeared so far, and the other two corners. (SW, NW, NE, and SE) Also the pillar of wind in the middle detects as magic
What is the nature of the magic? Enchantment? Conjuring? Something else?
The mist is illusion school, the middle wind conjuration
These pictures appear to all be illusions, most likely not harmful, although there is no guaranty. The pillar in the middle deals with the conjuration of wind. We will have to be very careful if and when we go out to it as I would expect some flying creature to attempt to dislodge us to our deaths in the depths below.
"Shall we trigger all the illusions and get the most information we can. Information is power."
As no one else thinks tossing balls is fun, Justin tosses another across to the other side trying to throw it through the column of air. Justin is truly the blind squirrel finding a nut as his aim is true.
Justin tosses the iron ball like a shot put, and his aim is true. However when the ball hits the air column, it doesn't go through, but instead rises up through the ceiling.
"Sweet, it is a fancy way of going up to the next level."
Justin uses the grapple to weight the end down so it wraps around the solid bridge from the west to the center close to the central platform. Once he gets it fully wrapped and secured it should provide a safety line for anyone taking the air column up.
Interesting. It is like levitating using air.
Kilthan says, "I wouldn't try it until we know it doesn't slam you into the roof."
(Below Ground)
Justin moves to the bridge to swing the rope around. As soon as Justin steps foot onto the bridge, two tall humanoid figures float of out the wind in the middle and step out onto the central ring. Both wield twin swords and and wear ancient ceremonial armor festooned with red pennons that twist and bob as if blown by a fierce wind. After they step out they move to attack.
Enemy #1 float forward to attack Justin with a longsword made of air (they have two each)
Attack vs flat-footed *Miss*
Damage
Enemy #2 floats forward to attack Aarakess with a longsword made of air (they have two each)
Attack vs Flat-footed *Hit*
Damage
- Enemy, Kilthan, Aarakess, Rohara, Justin, Dryn'taka, Ingrid
These are Wind Warriors, shock troops for the Wind Dukes in the war of Chaos. The remaining Wind Warriors now serve as guardians to the tombbs of fallen Wind Dukes. They are made of air and have all elemental traits:
Immunity to bleed, paralysis, poison, sleep effects, and stunning.
Not subject to critical hits or flanking. Does not take additional damage from precision-based attacks, such as sneak attack.
Elementals do not breathe, eat, or sleep.
Wind Warriors can clang their swords together to produce a sonic blast.
A Wind Warrior's spirit holds its body together. If disarmed the wind warrior's sword crumbles to dust, though it can generate a new one if it desires.
"Oh boy, that is not good.
Watch it, they are elementals, and have quite a sonic based attack."
Round 1
"Let's see if these things go BOOM!" Dryn starts off the battle by throwing a bomb at one of the windy warriors.
Kilthan rushes forward, nodding as Ingrid's warning. [b]"Can I still chop them up?", he asks as he steps in and swings at the warrior attacking Arakess.
Dryn hits her target and the other enemy slightly while Kilthan moves up and misses the quick wind creature.
Reflex Save
- Enemy, Kilthan, Aarakess, Rohara, Justin, Dryn'taka, Ingrid
AC 20 T 16 FF 14
Rohara steps forward and touches the lizardman, "Densa's luck be with you... strike true my friend."
AC: 20 (18 Flat-footed / 12 Touch)
In Hand: Heavy mace and Shield
Conditions: bless (15 rounds remaining)
Spells (0-level, DC 13, at will) Create Water, Detect Magic, Light, Guidance; (1st level, DC 14) Bless (x2), Comprehend Languages, True Strike (d)
Channel Energy (1d6, DC 13) 7 of 7 remaining
Bit of Luck 5 of 6 remaining (Any time the target rolls a d20, he may roll twice and take the more favorable result)
Agile Feet 6 of 6 remaining (ignore all difficult terrain for 1 round)
Justin moves away from the ledge droping the rope and attacks the closest opponent with teeth and claws.
Claw1 (hitx2/damage)
Claw2 (hitx2/damage)
Bite (hitx2/damage)
Kilthan is at L3 already. I assume you are attacking #2?
I want to stay close to my friends so I don't get pushed off this bridge by these creatures who can fly at will.
- Enemy, Kilthan, Aarakess, Rohara, Justin, Dryn'taka, Ingrid
AC 20 T 16 FF 14
Ingrid moves next to Rohara,
and not much she can do.
- Enemy, Kilthan, Aarakess, Rohara, Justin, Dryn'taka, Ingrid
AC 20 T 16 FF 14
Aarakess left then round 2!