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You have traveled for several weeks from Absalom at the behest of Venture Captain Kreighton Shaine and find yourselves deep within the western mountains of Cheliax. Before you set out he provided you with a guide and horses to get you to Maure Castle. A days ride from the castle your guide deserted the party his last words to the group warning of the vile evil of the place and telling you it would be better if you don't go there. You continued towards the castle all day wondering if this place could be as bad as everyone has made it out to be. Around sunset the clouds moved in and began pouring sheets of rain followed by harsh, cold wind while you are still a few miles from the castle. Finally around midnight you arrive at the castle a quick search of the walls outside the castle you come upon a tunnel After proceeding eastward for about ten minutes along a downward sloping passage, you come at last to a T intersection, with a short hallway continuing to the north and another leading south into darkness. A large eight-pointed star design has been chiseled into the stone floor at the intersection. The points of the star are entirely cleaned out, as if something is meant to be inset into the shallow depressions.
"What in the name of Irori can these points being hollow mean?" Pendin muses aloud. He bends over and lightly touches the cleaned out point nearest the T junction at the northern side.
Malcom walks up to the star. He scratches his head and speaks out loud what he is obvoiusly meant to be thinking.
"Interesting. I wonder if the star means anything?"
He turns to the rest of the party.
"Would anybody be able to lend me the assistance of a Light spell? I'd hold a torch, but as you can see my arms will be full protecting the lot of you."
Malcom extends his arms out at his sides and puffs out his chest to make his chest armor stick out for somebody to place their hand uopn it.
Aelaeron chuckles to himself. Oh you humans, always needing something...
He reaches up and scratches the chin of the small dragon on his shoulder.
Luca, if you'd be so kind as to aid the young man?
The faerie dragon's thoughts are broadcast to the remainder of the group.
We really should be charging for this sort of thing boss. What would your wife say? Eh, if you insist...
Four pink globes surround Malcom, shedding light in a 20' sphere around him.
Now, about that star...
On phone sorry for lack of formatting.
"I am perfectly happy to let you attract all the attention, makes it easier to sneak around." She casts light on his armor.
Edit, ninjad sry
"Can you tell you dragonette creature to not talk in my head please. It's creepy."
She says again for millionth time since setting out with a look of exasperation.
Looks about now that their is some more light. she streches as she looks about, surveying the place and the others
"wish I wear dry" she flips down her pink cloaks hood and hums a bit looking at the others.
Chirinide Bends closer to a point on the star, examining the shape of the hole and comparing it to any she may have seen before.
She sighs and leans against the wall, pulling out the orange scarf sniffing it and looking back towards the entrance
Perception
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Perception
Aelaeron chants a few words while rubbing the crystal that hangs around his neck.
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Chirinide and Aelaeron
Your checks and the close examination of the star although they don't reveal much about the star, you can tell this was some sort magical device. You would venture to guess as old as the Runelords. Aelaeron you specifically after casting Detect Magic can see the faint traces of conjuration magic that still linger in the hollowed out edges of the star. However, its clear to both of you that something used to be inset into the hollowed out star. It looks like something was removed forcefully. It also looks like it been a long time since this was done as a very thick layer of dust covers everything.
Zaldane
You notices nothing from where you just came from as all the water that has run off of the party has ruined any traces of anything along the floors in that direction nor do you hear anything more than the soft echoing of the thunder and rain outside coming down the tunnel. From the southern hallway you notice some tracks leading toward the tunnel you just came down. The tracks look recent as not near as much dust has settled back into the tracks.
After having several spells cast on him, Malcom sparkles mightily and looks like a walking light bulb now. :)
She casts light on his armor.
Malcom smiles at Chirinide.
"Thankyou kind lady. I will use this light to Keep us all safe in our venture".
I will stay a ways back from you my lighted friend, my work is better done from the shadows, I will not be hindered by you.
He turnd to Drake and responds in an apologetic tone.
"Hindering you is not my intent. Some of us don't function as well in the dark though. I hope we can find some comfortable medium in which we can work together comfortably."
Aelaeron grins
Have no fear, we'll send the additional lights further ahead against any nasty surprises.
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says in a whispered voice I will stay a ways back from you my lighted friend, my work is better done from the shadows, I will not be hindered by you.
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Drake
You slink into the shadows and take a look around from your position. You detect no traps Drake but as with Zaldane you notice tracks along to the ground leading up from the southern tunnel your better vision tells you the tracks continue down the tunnel quite a ways down and further into the darkness.
Pendin looks towards his now illuminated companion and says, "Well now, that's quite shine!" He looks at the rest while crouching near a hollow point, "Any of you know anything about this?"
Aelaeron nods at Pendin. The star is most likely Thassilonian, conjuration magic, specifically, but there are missing elements. Should they be replaced, it could function. As to what that function might be, I cannot say at this time. Hopefully, more will be revealed as we venture further in.
Aelaeron casts Mage Armor on himself, and then prepares one of his Pearls of Power with the spell.
Pendin stands up, "Thank you Aelaeron". Taking great care not to step on the star, Pendin steps into the T junction and walks five feet to the north. He takes a look down the hallway to see what is down it...
Zaldane looks at the others and readies her glaive, after tying her scarf about her neck a faint smile across her face. So this star radiates conjuration magic... grips her silver holy symbol may the divine grace of the Eternal Rose bathe you all in her loving embrace
Bless
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Pendin you go north while the rest of the party seems to be looking south and realize there not but a wall there with nothing interesting about said wall then you realize you should probably be heading in the opposite direction so you head toward the southern tunnel which is slightly illuminated by Malcom you can see that the tunnel leads down 60 feet before being bathed in darkness again and the tunnel seems to slope down a bit.
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Drake
As you go 30 ft down the tunnel you notice much as Pendin did that the tunnel slopes down. After about 30 ft you check around the ground and walls the light is getting dim at this range but you are sure there are no traps. You can tell the tunnel continues down quite a bit further but can't see much more than 30 ft past you.
Pendin hurriedly catches back up to the party, "There doesn't seem to be anything back to the north." He claps Malcolm on the shoulder and says, "I'll walk with you friend to be illuminated as you are." After walking 60 feet he looks down the tunnel intently...
Chirinide casts darkvision on herself, then stealthily heads down to offer Drake the same before taking up reargaurd.
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Most of the party moves down the southern tunnel closer to where Drake had moved down. Chirinide cast darkvision on Drake and herself. Pendin when you and Malcom move down to where Drake is you can see that tunnel continues still further after 60 feet when darkness envelopes the tunnel beyond.
Drake
You move 15 ft away from the party after they move up and Chirinide cast the spell on you. When you slip into the shadows and down the tunnel your vision can see perfectly in the darkness that the tunnel ends after another 50 feet beyond your position and seems to open up to a room that after 10 more feet is too dark for you to see anything further.
"Oops, sorry Drake, I didn't see you there!" Pendin says as he almost walks into Drake, "Do you see anything down the passage that is untoward?"
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Drake
You continue down the tunnel again. You get to the end of the tunnel and the it opens up into a room 15 feet long and 30 feet wide across from the tunnel exit are these massive doors each are 4 feet wide and made of 2-
foot-thick iron and wood. The doors and floor in front of them are scraped and scratched, as if someone had unsuccessfully tried to force them open. You seem to think that they open inward, but even this is debatable.
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Quietly whispers mmmm....
slowly starts walking back to the rest of the party, I am going to past the party unseen and go back to the north and check out that area over there..
if there is nothing at the this end that we can open, I should check the otherside. I am not sure on what is going on here yet.... hmmm... I am going search the whole area now. I missed something..
Malcom will remain at or around Pendins side at the front of the party.
Pendin looks at the massive doors. He wonders if he can hear anything on the other side...
seeing that the other party members moved she cast light on her glaive and moves forward slowly to follow, her free hand flipping up her pink hood
Chirinide looks for any reliefs, carvings, pictures, banners, etc, particularly on and around the door. She leaves detect magic on during her search, and casts light on her needle, revealing it for light only as needed.
If she finds nothing down here then she will cast spider climb and check the ceiling and upper walls for anything, including secrets.
Gelik stops briefly and uncorks a small silver flask, then closes his eyes and gulps its contents. For a moment he stands still, shaking in a slight tremor. When he opens his eyes again, the irises are almost completely gone, replaced by widened pupils.
He then hurries forward to assist Drake in scouting.
Aelaeron takes care to examine to the north and south using detect magic
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Drake and Gelik nothin is found via trap search, the walls contain no secret exit/entrances. The only thing of note are the two massive doors
Pendin you hear nothing coming from the otherside of the door.
Chirinide and Aelearon
Chirinide, You find nothing unusual about the room except the doors which radiate a massive amount of magic though you can't tell what type as their are so many overlaping types on the door. All you can tell is that there are several types of different wards on these doors.
Aelearon
Nothing unusual or strange about the north wall doesn't radiate magic of any sort. The door on the other hand you notice the same as Chirinide radiates a ton of magic. You can tell do to your specaility in conjuration that majority of it is wards that prevent magical attempts to open the door and that they were cast by powerful mages much more powerful than you.
Hmmm, Aelaeron muses. There are some powerful wards on that door that prevent it from being opened by magical means. I'm not sure what will happen when we open that door, but we may want to select one of our quicker members to try it while the rest of us wait around that last corner... He grins cheerfully, Any volunteers?
Then again, first things first. We'll have to get the blasted thing open.
Aelaeron concentrates his detect magic on the door and attempts to determine more about it.
She leaves detect magic on during her search, and casts light on her needle, revealing it for light only as needed.
Malcom steps up to the door, shields at the ready.
I won't volunteer, but I will ready myself for whatever is on the other side as their protector.
She leaves detect magic on during her search, and casts light on her needle, revealing it for light only as needed.
Malcom steps up to the door, shields at the ready.
I won't volunteer, but I will ready myself for whatever is on the other side as their protector.
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Aelaeron concentrates his detect magic on the door and attempts to determine more about it.
Aelaeron
You spend a moment concetrating on the door and its magics after observing the ebb and flow of the magics of this door you are certain about of a couple of things. Although the wards protect the door and prevent attempts to open the door via magical or phyiscal it doesn't seem to set off any sort of offensive spell if the attempt is made but you are sure both will fail without a doubt. You think you may however be able to circumvent the door entirely by using some other magic that does not effect the door directly or indirectly itself.