"Well, it looks to be a pendant of silver and sapphire. Our goal, do you think? The inscription before the room suggests we may need to think this through. Perhaps it is trapped." Johann's eyes scan the area for anything that might hint at it being so.
"I would suspect so, maybe the whole room is trapped. It may be a fake we haven't encountered the undead or the light sensitive creatures that the squire talked about. Check every step. Could one of you summon an earth elemental to look under the ground and in the ways for traps?"
"I am able to do so, but it will be my last summoning for today and we may have many more foes to face."
We take a while searching the room carefully during which time Yanev will lose the glow which was his shield and shrink back to normal size.
Yanev will search the room in the opposite direction from Johann and meet him somewhere on the other side of the room, his search when taking 20 is 30.
Carefully searching the room you find only one trap, at the stairs there is a pressure plate that will drop a rolling death boulder into the room.
Upon careful inspection you find the treasure is a fake, made of faux silver and glass.
"Ah, as we suspected. It may still be useful though and the pedestal it's on doesn't seem trapped."
Johann takes the fake pendant and examines it a few moments more. Even not being made of the true material, fakery is still quite a commendable art.
"Shall we continue on? I'm not sure how much time we have left."
"We should have plenty of time, however you are right no point in doing nothing. Are there any doors we haven't tried? I don't fancy the stairs are the right way." The Doctor askes.
The fake pendant ends up being only worth 5 gp, though at least it is worth something.
Beyond the trap you find a secret door leading to a more ornate door with the inscription above:
“Secrecy is our greatest ally. Exposure brings death.”
Enter the door?
Yanev indicates towards the sign "This might be where the light sensitive things area. We should enter in darkness. My eyes are use to dark so grip my should if you can't see. The dark crystal should block out the light from the door way as we enter." Yanev says. He waits for everyone to get ready then pulls out the crystal and opens the door. Once inside if there are no immediate problems he'll shut the door again and put the crystal away.
Johann nods and follows Yanev's instructions. "That makes sense."
This room is very dark. In the center of this stone chamber is a patch of bare earth surrounded by a two inch tall brick circle. From the soil grows a mansized purple mushroom with a strange bulbous cap.
There is a door on the far side of the room.
The doctor will lead the group in a wide circle around the mushrooms. When he reaches the far door he'll pull out the crystal again before opening the door and leading everyone through it. Once on the other side if there is nothing pressing he'll push the door shut and put he crystal away.
Johann, blind in the darkness, follows Yanev's lead.
You successfully navigate the room and enter the far door.
This is inscribed upon the door: “Beware the fallen for they may rise once more to threaten you.”
This square stone chamber is lit by a small oil lantern that hangs from the center ceiling. It has eight battered wooden coffins that are encrusted with salt brine, barnacles and dried sea weed spread across the floor.
There is a heavy reinforced door on the far side of the room.
"I suppose these would be the undead. Eight coffins... perhaps there's a way to pass through without fighting."
Johann stays near the door, searching for a used path or some sort of protrusion in the stone that hides a hidden switch.
Johann finds nothing immediately but before he can do a more complete scan of the area one of the coffin lids is thrown aside as a corpse, water logged and disgusting, stands up and takes a threatening step out of its tomb.
[b["Oh dear, I guess not. They are slow, might still have a chance if we move quickly."[/b] Yanev says moving quickly towards the far door at tries to open it.
Yanev makes it to the far door, which he finds is locked but has a key hanging right next to it on a nail.
The door bears an inscription above it: “Serve thy master well and be rewarded.”
Johann only holds the slightest bit of indecision before quickly following Yanev.
Yanev will try to grap the key and get door open before the undead reaches them.
Entering the door then securely closing it the companions find themselves in a cell with a dirty, wounded man who wears the scraps of a knightly order's torn garments and a pendant holy symbol of Mithra around his neck.
You recognize this man, he is Sir Balin, one of the abusive knights that brought you to and locked you in Branderscar to suffer and die.
He looks up at you as though you may be some saviors, seeming to not recognize you.
There is another locked door behind him.
Johann waits, watching their reactions.
Yanev will smile "Sir Balin, right?"