You look ahead though don't go to far away form the group, at the end of the hall where the monsters were you see a large open room. filled with stone coffins each bearing a different religious symbol.
If your hurt come here...i can help a little bit Narine calls from the back
"Fricken crazy ah caverns." He walks back towards the others. "Ahhh there is a room up um ahead with ah stone er coffins. I ah hate this place um already. If the er lobby had fleshy monster blobs . . . what do you ah think will be in er stone coffins?"
most of the corpses should be protected from being risen. though i might be mistaken, i'm not too sure how they handle the dead here.
Hmm. Better. Coffins you said?
I have an idea.
Maria heads nearby the coffin and kneels down. A low hum faintly resonates through the cavern room as she moves her hands slowly. Starting pressed together, then moving apart. The lids of the coffin's slowly meld together with the caskets. She repeats this process one at a time.
Scarlet follows, wand drawn and at the ready.
Darkvision 60 might be relevant.
Brand sheepishly asks, "um What if the ah book err nevermind."
Hmm? If we dont find it elsewhere, then we can come back. I dont know where else we'll find those disgusting things, but the fewer directions you can get hit from, the better. I just wanted to be useful.
Maria motions for the others to move ahead of her.
you all are in a large empty room with now sealed stone coffins, you see no doors or ways forward. near the back of the room, in the center is a pedestal, or podium like stand. How do we proceed?
Brand thoroughly studies the podium and then the walls.
Scarlet looks forward, moving her lips to cast Detect Magic on the podium and the coffins.
Heads to Narine
Sure, and thanks
will look at how she uses her magic, in hopes of being able to use it himself in the future
Maria will keep an eye out for any extra details.
Scarlet detects magic on a section of the walls, Maria you notice some oddities about the stones on said wall, scratch and signs that the wall moves. a brick is sticking out slightly more than the others.
Meanwhile Narine begins singing quietly in sylvan, she puts her hand over Baylin's wound. your flesh begins to slowly knit back together
Children of the land, answer this. Why must you turn to empty bliss
Tell me why break trust, why turn the past to dust. Seeking solace in the abyss. Tell me why create, a circle none can break. Why must you let go, the life you were bestowed
Looks at his wounded arm impressed
Thanks that feels much better hardly not pain left. That was a beautiful language what's it called?
The language of the fey, Sylvan...the same as the forest's song, try not to listen to it to much, it can be dangerous for humanoids. Our language speaks in true names, meaning while speaking in it one cannot lie.
Scarlet grins immediately after detecting magic on the wall.
It seems this may not be a dead end after all.
She points to the magical section of the wall.
Brand smiles moves to the section pointed out.
Brand pushes the button and hopes to open the secret.
Brand pushes in the small brick, clicks shifting can be heard from the walls as they move into each other revealing a long winding corridor downward. Following said corridor winding further and further downward until eventually the smell of the crypts disappears. the corridor ends at a small stone hewn room torches light up the room. A man sits at the far end at a wooden table with a large magical glowing book propped open, you see three fresh corpses on the floor, they seem undamaged though are very clearly dead. The man appears to not notice you as he seems to be reading the book.
"Just er finding the um time to read wasn't enough eh? You needed the um cool ambiance of dead folfs to get you settled in?"
Maria will just knock politely on the entrance.
The man briefly looks over his shoulder, you can tell he is no older than 20. Black hair tied back, pale skinned, wearing long white robes part of an experiment to see if the legends about the book are the truth, it turns out they are. The book can do anything, it even has records of the past and future. The magic it can teach, what it can do, with enough work even death could be reversed, souls can be brought back from, bodies restored that is what happened here. The man get's up, shutting the book leaving it on the table, Though the fey they squander it's power, from what i can tell you four are outsiders, sent to grab the book so that you can get something you need. I can offer the same.
My father taught me not to trust a man who asks for something without giving his name.
Maria keeps a reasonable berth between herself and the mystery man.
Names, names, you've learned the rules by now or else you would not have made it this far. It's rude to ask another's names, though i suppose if one must be given you may call me Kainen. he walks around the room as he talks.
Brand "Well 'Kainen' the ah Fey have had the er book forever as far as I know if it is as um powerful as you say I am not so sure you are the ah better steward." Brand looks about gaging the distance to the table back to Kainen. "Asking names rude, okay ah stealing all powerful books and asking err folks to back track on honest deals. If this is the new civility you ah already um proved you are unfit."
nods at Brand
Yes. Return what you have stolen, and well let you leave here without incident.I doubt that any of the fairies would be so generous.
Give back the book, or be incinerated.
Scarlet draws her wand.
Kainen rolls his eye's a simple wave of his hand a person sized spider appears between you all and him, Very well then, i'll just have to get rid of you. Monster, kill them
Will activate my rage song
Will also draw my war hammer, then move up so I'm ahead of the rest of the party
Here I thought we could be reasonable.
Maria does the only thing she knows how. She rocks Kainen.
When Brand sees Maria's rocks fly he flings himself toward the book, grabs it.
"You think your measly little minion will save you?
Scarlet points her crimson finger at the spider.
Die Insect!
Maria indeed rocks Kainen, you even hear a few bones cracking upon connection, the mage seems in dire straits, he mumbles a few esoteric words and disappears in thin air. Scarlet's ray burns the gigantic spider, but it still stands. However not all goes well Brand attempts to slip past the monstrous arachnid only to trip up.
The spider see's the small green snack and bites down into him
Angrly shout at the spider
NO! You'll face me insect
Will move to face the spider
Ughh, we let him escape!
Scarlet sends another flesh incinerating ray to the spider.
Do we have the book?
Brand scrambles away withdrawing under the table well away from the spider.
"Not yet I wasn't expecting the spider was that fast. I'll get it."
"Kill it I'll get the book."
Okay. Maria responds simply to Brands request.
What am I doing!? I need to be more careful than that. Maria looks unnerved, losing her normal composure for a moment after dragging a clump of earth from the ceiling, directly onto the spider.
Scarlet's ray fire wildly off to the left, missing the spider but conveniently light an unlit torch on the wall. Maria and Baylin Crush the gigantic spider, it fizzles out of existence. You seem to be alone now in the room with the book, a page seems to be ripped out it.