Aerys mind seems to be taken by something in the carvings.
Seeing the undeads Hrakar channels the divine power of Torag to wipe them out
Channel energy:
Gelik throws his hands in the air, thoroughly frustrated. More skeletons!
Torch steps forward, shaking his head a little as he begins to attack the first in line.
Torch cuts down the first skeleton. The following steps up and slashes at Torch but he easily dodges. Hrakar unleashes a burst of energy that crumbles one more skeleton and harms the two remaining.
Gelik, Ralf, Aerys and Torch to go.
Ralf tries to hobble forward and whack a skeleton with his walking stick.
Aerys, impatient at not getting involved, jumps up to the ceiling of the tunnel, where she noticed some rough hand holds. She swings her legs backward and forward once, twice, three times as she gains momentum and height, before propelling herself forward, she tucks into a ball. Her sword held in her mouth and poking out from her body, is almost an axle as she plummets to wards the skeletons.
Landing on the floor behind a skeleton, she slices at the boney undead enemy.
Gelik whistles and claps as Aerys pulls of her stunt.
Bored with standing in the back, and with no useful options available to him, Gelik decides to run an experiment. He casts a simple cantrip, pointing at one of the skeletons.
Torch grins distractedly as Aerys jumps over his head, but can't risk paying too much attention while he tries to deal with the skeleton in front of him.
Aerys and Torch finish off the last skeletons.
But there are no visible exits (the corridor turns from one door to another) and nothing else of interest here.
Where do you want to go next?
Perception check:
Hrakar searches the area thoroughly
There is really nothing of interest in this room. The carvings in Z2 might be interesting, but they are in Azlanti and partially ruined anyway.
There is the bridge, of course, and also the other set of stairs.
Aerys follows Torch across to the bridge.
Ralf happily follows behind, looking at the carvings with great interest.
Gelik stares at the carvings for a minute or two, squinting in concentration.
Hmm. I believe these runes are ancient Azlanti. This particular one translates roughly to... he frowns in concentration ...Hrakar's bum smells like poo. His delivery is deadpan. Fascinating. How would the ancient Azlanti have known that? Perhaps they could detect the stank from the distant past? He rubs his chin in a scholarly manner.
You cross the bridge without mishap. Beyond the double doors there is a corridor that ends in a T-intersection.
Torch looks right long enough to verify that there is a set of stairs there - if there are (and nothing untoward occurs), he reverses course and goes left.
As he moves along the corridor, suddenly the ground gives way under Torch, who needs to make a Reflex save (DC 15).
With a shout, Torch topples through the hole in the floor.
Torch tumbles 30 feet down, taking 9 points of damage. The pit covers 15 feet of the corridor and stays open.
"Son of a..." Torch groans, checking his twisted ankle to make sure it isn't broken. "What is it with the traps on this island?!"
The walls are DC 20. The bad news is that there are 2 feet high tunnel openings on both sides of the pit.
Hrakar assumes the mildest tone he's capable of and calls after Torch:"What is this new sport you champion McQuarry? Trap diving? You must be one of the best at it! Why don't you try teaching Gelik? Would save me the effort of drilling same sense in his head with my hammer!"
"Oh dear..." Ralf looks down at Torch and sends him down his last bit of healing for the day.
I'm already pretty good at falling down, Hrakar. Thanks, though, for yet another casual offer of cranial violence.
Gelik looks down into the pit, whistling when he sees how deep it is.
Anyone got a rope?
If no-one offers one up immediately, Gelik will lower the butt end of his spear down into the pit, then solicits help from anyone nearby to help haul Torch out.
Once he's out, Gelik is at a loss as to how they should get across. Is there a ledge on the sides, or will we have to climb down to the bottom then back up the other side?
You can drag Torch up without much ado, but to cross the pit you'll either have to climb down and up or jump across.
Aerys sits down, "Perhaps there's another way around? We could go back and try those stairs. But first of all, are you alright Torch? You sure you are OK to carry on?" She tilts her head to one side thinking. "You know, that place with the skeletons, its easy to defend, would make a great place to hole up if we need to." She gets up, ready.
Torch ponders, testing his leg. "I'm worried about what Ieana might be doing down here," he says finally, "but we are all getting close to the ragged edge. What do the rest of you say?"
When Torch is out of the trap hole Hrakar motions the others towards the stairs:"I'd say Lassie here has a good idea about what to do next... let's follow her or do you want to lead again, McQuarry?"
When the subject of holing up and resting comes up, Gelik replies in a low voice. Boooorrrriiiiing.
His suggestion is that the group climb down into the pit, then climb up the other side. It'll give him the chance to peek into the little tunnel entrances.
Hrakar touches Torch and invokes the power of Torag to heal his wounds:
Cure light wounds
Well Gelik, I didn't mean we'd have to abandon our task just yet, but come the time, we'll have somewhere we can easily defend against whatever other denizens are here. Aerys shrugs. She looks at the blade of her sword and swings it in one or two sweeps, keeping her muscles warm. "Anyone bring a grappling hook with them?" She looks expectantly around her companions, her mouth ready to thank whoever might have one. If not, she holds the rope and lets others climb down before she too jumps down, after holding the edge of the pit and lowering herself down.
Gelik's face brightens, and he rubs his hands together.
He's ready to go.