Wis Save: (dum-dum-DUMMMMMM)
HEY plus the three, that's 9. Your welcome
That is the best thing about pallys, tho it cannot help much with a roll that low
Harshnag, Illuvin, Elain, Melgrom, Sohar, Urth, Molok Thumps, Jax
Thumps isn't happy to see the friction. Quibble over formalities. "Hey now that the evil marauder who has killed hundreds himself is resting easy in the halls of his father's," He puts up a hand and talk aloud but looks like he is whispering, "Roasts in the lake of fire." He looks up "Isn't there a reason we are here. Sounds like a puzzle in the next room. Lets worry about that."
He enters into the next room where he hears the dumb laughter.
Thumps answers Melgrom's question, "I think its some magicy effect. But was it the right one . . .?" He looks up at Illuvin, "What ya think are you the type that knows runes like this and such."
nothing
The laughing subsides and some calm returns to the temple. Some of you think the laughter sounded a bit familiar...
Illuvin, the runes are like letters of the alphabet, so its sort of the equivalent of the letter Q in literal meaning. They seem to have some magical power, perhaps another spell could assist with their meaning.
Seeing that it was just the rune, Melgrom shakes his head and proceeds to search the corpse's for anything useful.
Melgrom, besides what was already mentioned for Molok on the shaman, you find the berserker's weapons and armor (greataxes and hide armor). Finally, you find that Wormblod was wearing an ornate necklace...something tells you he wont be needing it anymore.
"Heh, fancy necklace, anyone want it? I am not overly fond over jewelry myself."
Shaking his head from the effects of the magic, Illuvin apologizes, "Sorry about that everyone. I guess we should be more careful about touching these runes. Is there anything in any of these secret rooms you've found to give us clues? All my magic told me is that this is the letter 'Q' which doesn't seem very helpful. Any of you other magic folk have any ideas?"
Thumps turns to regard Melgrom. "Might be useful to us. Can anybody detect magic?"
Elain says "I would take it"
Thumps looks back toward Elain, "It might not just be decorative. It might have magics which might help one of us. It might be cursed too. Let's see what it is before we toss it around."
"If you give me another 10 mins I can cast a spell to see the auras. I think before we go touching more of these runes we should take a better look around. I'll start casting if some of you would go check out those secret rooms that Urth found."
"Secret rooms that sounds fun." He heads that way with anyone who'll come.
Thumps, you push the hidden doors open to reveal small identical chambers, mindnumbingly featureless save 2 giant levers frozen in the "down" position...it is also 12 feet off the ground.
Melgrom is gonna check out the giant door to see if theirs any discernible locks and so on.
Melgrom, which one? There are 5: the one you just came through, two to the south covered in a thick layer of ice, and two to the north.
Thumps comes out of the secret doors. "Levers 1 in each room in the down position. No other features in the room. Difficult to say what they do."
Thumps, you could give int investigation a try if interested.
the one the uthgardt were trying to get into.
"Oh wait." He redoubles his searching and mutters a prayer for luck from the Lady Tymora.
Melgrom, alrighty, thats the one you just came through that Harshnag pushed open. Its hard to tell because you are so short! The door handle is 12 feet off the ground, and climbing up to it would be difficult if not impossible given a coating of frost all over it. However, with it now open, it seems easy enough to push open or closed...(DC 12 str athletics).
Illuvin, what exact spell are you casting? Detect Magic?
Thumps, having walked back out of the small chambers and glancing back that way, you see a huge portcullis in an open hall about the same distance back as the lever. The lever probably controls that portcullis, now that you think about it.
Thumps comes out, "I think the levers control the portcullises."
Illuvin, as the ritual ebbs towards completion you sense multiple auras all around, coming into your mental view like ghosts from another realm: the iron sconces lit by Urth conjuration), the magic portal (conjuration), and the necklace (illusion).
wanders around the room taking note of the auras as he goes. He pays particular attention to the runes and the portal searching for any magical clues to their purpose and use.
The archway is 40 feet wide and 40 feet tall. Six different runes are carved into it, each one inlaid with mithral, and a glowing mist fills the arch. Niches in the walls on either side of it contain empty, ice-covered sconces made of iron.
Illuvin, it seems odd that none of the statues or weapons radiated auras, all the magic of the portal seems self contained. There are six runes and six statues. Harshnag is a frost giant and knew the "Ise" rune, but not the others. The archway, like everything else here, seems sized for giants. With the auras of the runes visible, it is clear that each contains a trap triggered by touch, but how to bypass the trap is unclear.
Illuvin, if you turn your attention to the necklace, it seems to resist your spell at first, almost playfully, before giving up and revealing itself to you:
Requires Attunement.
While wearing this amulet, you are hidden from divination magic. You can't be targeted by such magic or perceived through magical scrying sensors.
Molok, feeling that something is maybe not right within himself, keeps to himself for the next little while, as the others run around and search all the rooms.
"Well, I'm stumped. All those runes are trapped with no obvious way to disarm it. Is there anyway to get through these doors that are frozen over? By the way, if you wear this necklace, divination magics fail against you."
"I will take it if no-one else needs it, otherwise i don't need it"
"Anybody have a spell casting enemy worried about what you might be up to?" He shrugs, "Other than a few barroom bullies that thought they could crush the little guy or goblin clans I don't have a real nemesis."
Thumps will compare notes with that Illuvin on the weird door.
Elain will translate
I assume Draconic, IDK tho
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Illuvin walks over to the western set of doors on the north wall and sticks his ear to it to try to hear anything on the other side.
Illuvin you can make a new single int Arcana roll for the Thumps assistance, it may offer something new. As for the door, nothing but silence. The handle is too high for you to reach by yourself, but just the right size for Harshnag. He would likely open it for you if asked. ()
Sohar, make cha persuasion check as well as an int arcana check.
"Harshnag, can you give us a hand over here? These doors are really inconvenient. I guess that's a feature in a place like this"
The creature uses all its movement to move in a random direction. To determine the direction, roll a d8 and assign a direction to each die face. The creature doesn't take an action this turn.
Pindleton suddenly flies into the southeast corner at incredible speed.