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His face turning redder by the second as he contemplates his enemies getting closer and closer to laying their filthy infidel hands on the Holy Treasures Korian finally explodes "Are you all mad! Have you forgotten why we are here?! Every second we delay puts the relics of the ancients at further risk! We Must find and Kill our enemies before they can despoil this temple further! When, and Only when we safely recover the relics then we can make our way out of this place! Now we go!" And without waiting, the furious mage turns and makes his way down the southern corridor, his dancing lights moving along with him.
Although raging he is not a complete fool however and if the others move to catch up to him he will slow to allow them to resume their previous positions.
Still fuming Korian points to the north tunnel saying "She said not to go That way, so we won't." Although his skills are not equal to the Dwarf's, until he decides to retake the lead, Korian will do the best he can using his own not insignificant skill in looking for traps. Every once in a while he commands Jinx to scamper down and sniff around to make sure they are on the right trail.
Perception:
Perception:
Perception:
Jinx scent:
Jinx scent:
The tunnel south continues for about 30' and then turns east. The room in front of you is covered floor to ceiling (and then across the ceiling) with hieroglyphs in tight rows, divided by lines, obviously forming a series of texts.
Under his breath, Ovirid says, "Ah'm fer guessin' we cannae be stoppin' t' check fer useful information." He will glance at the hieroglyphics, anyway, until Korian moves the procession on.
The elemental finally giving up on trying to get out this way begins to follow into the darkness where the rest of the group disappeared off to. Reaching the 'T' in the corridor she hears the noises and see the light from the others.
Tarren:
Despite his burning need for haste, the knowledge seeking mage can't help himself but to stop a take a quick perusal of the hieroglyphs. As mumbling under his breath as well he says "Hmph, well, since they're all going to stop anyway..."
Knowledge (engineering):
Linguistics: (just to double-check, did any of the auction items give us a bonus on Linguistics checks as well?)
The first section that Korian deciphers describes the military victories of the pharoahs. It also explains that one of the pharoah's, The Fiend Pharoah, Hetshepsu attempted to betray the others, breaking their mystic bond and cursing them all. The text seems to imply that the pharoahs would never have died if this bond had not been broken It ends with a line from a different script reading "and he was given the number that befits the traitor".
Gnashing his teeth with frustration, Korian is nevertheless fascinated with this history of his people. Hoping that his enemies also delayed to read the texts, Korian turns to his companions before continuing
"Number of the traitor? I am not sure what that is, do any of you have an idea?" and racking his brain, Korian tries to figure it out himself as well.
Knowledge(history):
Intelligence:
Gnashing his teeth with frustration, Korian is nevertheless fascinated with this history of his people. Hoping that his enemies also delayed to read the texts, Korian turns to his companions before continuing
"Number of the traitor? I am not sure what that is, do any of you have an idea?" and racking his brain, Korian tries to figure it out himself as well.
Knowledge(history):1d20+15
Intelligence: 1d20+5
You have no idea what the number of the traitor may be. You do know that one of the four pharoahs was obsessed with numerology and is now known as the Pharoah of Numbers.
Seeing Korian relent on his pursuit of the other party, Ovirid stops to participate in the study.
Knowledge (History) 1d20 + 12 +6 bonus for information regarding pharaohs
Linguistics 1d20 + 8
Ovirid can't add much to the discussion except to note that this pyramid began before the betrayal of the Fiend Pharoah was known and was completed after the bond that joined and protected the pharoahs was broken.
"I cannot read this text, but the architecture here is often used nowadays to aid in mathematical calculations." He blinks and tenses suddenly as the light on his axe goes out, but soon relaxes after no threats become apparent.
"I think I'll stand guard while the rest of you figure out what we're looking at here," he says as he moves to the door and stands with his Double Axe at the ready.
Korian continues on deciphering the other sections, he does 1, 2 & 4, his instincts telling him to skip #3. He compares notes with Ovirid and any others who are interested.
Ling1:1d20+13
Ling2:1d20+13
Ling4:1d20+13
The first panel Korian deciphers contains the mathematical formulas. Korian soon recognizes that the math works off a base-11 number system. Once he figures that out, deciphering it gets much easier. The section describes the movements of the planet Aucturn, which becomes aligned with Golarion every 56 years. The Pharoah of Numbers predicts that in a certain year, the alignment will be so precise that a door can be opened between the two worlds allowing 'The Whisperers of Secrets' to cross over.
The second panel that Korian deciphers warns of the encircled runes. The encircled runes, it says, are the symbols of the four pharoahs. Korian knows these symbols to be the hieroglyphs for subjugation, desert, fealty, and reckoning. You have not seen any of these hieroglyphs yet to the best of your knowledge. It cautions that those who intend to rob the tombs of the greatest of all Osirion's pharoahs will find themselves its guardians upon seeing the fourth rune.
The last panel that Korian deciphers speaks again about Aucturn but with much greater enthusiasm. It describes the rapture of being spoken to by those beings who visited Golarion once before to prepare the way for their mightiest of lords. It also describes their mode of transportation as being a gate powered by elemental energy.
Aid Another on the mage's Linguistics checks:
1d20 + 8
1d20 + 8
1d20 + 8Continuing the history checks:
1d20 + 12 +6 for information re: pharoahs
1d20 + 12 +6 for information re: pharoahs
1d20 + 12 +6 for information re: pharoahs
Ovirid recalls historians who postulated that the rapid emergence of Osirion civilization was spurred by guidance from a race from "beyond the black".
Turning to his Dwarven friend Korian asks "So what think you, dare we go ahead and translate the final one as well? Or count ourselves lucky with what we have already learned?"
"Ah'm fer thinkin' th' more we know, th' better we c'n be ready fer what yer pyramid is t' be fer throwin' at us."
Linguistics
Knowledge (history)
If Korian reads the next section:
Korian reads the remaining text and shares his findings. After casting Detect Magic and doing a final careful check to see if there is anything else hidden, with a small smile he nods for Ovirid to proceed.
Perception:
As they walk he muses aloud "So that is why they needed Neferet along...could it truly be possible that she is a prisoner in truth now?...Blast! Curse that woman for invading my thoughts and marring my thinking!"
Korian reads the remaining text and shares his findings. After casting Detect Magic and doing a final careful check to see if there is anything else hidden, with a small smile he nods for Ovirid to proceed.
Perception:1d20+10As they walk he muses aloud "So that is why they needed Neferet along...could it truly be possible that she is a prisoner in truth now?...Blast! Curse that woman for invading my thoughts and marring my thinking!"
Ovirid will lead the way forward, checking for traps and watching for ambushes.