Baset races in and leaps onto the monster!
The great cat tries to draw blood.
Tariq moves up to where he can launch an arrow, but rush in when the dwarf can do so.
He brings up his bow and offers a short prayer before releasing the fletched shaft.
"This girl doesn't like cats, that's a bad sign for our relationship! We need to get in and end this quick!"
The lamia matriarch is badly damaged by the flames but it is (incredibly) Tariq's bow that drives an arrow shaft through her throat, driving her into the ground.
She screams in frustration and then stares evilly at you.
Now that the Pharaoh has found a vessel and soon he will fly through the skies again! My death is as nothing to the rebirth of his empire!
Her mask bursts into flame which rapidly cover her body, consuming her form as she laughs maniacally.
After you murder the lamia you find yourselves in a plain chamber, probably used to store grave goods once upon a time. The corridor the lamia was in slopes sharply down to the west.
Mmmm! dates!
Noonan notices nothing out of the ordinary.
percep
The overlapping leather plates of this +2 lamellar cuirass (Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Equipment 12) oddly feel more like insect chitin than the supple leather they are crafted from. This armor’s lightweight construction gives it a maximum Dexterity bonus of +6.
The wearer of a locust cuirass can take 10 on Acrobatics checks to jump even if distracted or in danger. Once per day as an immediate action, the wearer can summon a swarm of locusts that surround her and support her weight during a fall, causing him to drift slowly down to the ground, similar to feather fall. While falling, the wearer can move up to 5 feet in any horizontal direction for every 1 foot she falls, at a speed of 60 feet per round. The wearer takes no damage upon landing. The effect ends as soon as the wearer touches the ground or after 6 rounds, whichever comes first. If the effect expires while the wearer is still in the air, he falls the remaining distance as normal.
Noonan begins healing Dwal with his wand
Ya fellows should be sure to buy some healen for yerselves. If I fall and break a hip we'll all be up the creek.
Probably another 8 minutes or so
"Huh, I guess relationships that burn the hottest burn out the quickest!"
"Damn . . . She did have nice taste in boots though. I may like to try those on later. While we have the images I think we should push ahead."
Tariq moves ahead cautiously looking for traps and other dangers.
Tariq detects a trigger on the floor near the "X" which appears to release...something in the tomb.
The sloping floor makes him wonder if it's a sliding block but it looks like if it was the block would cut off access to deeper parts in the tomb.
DD
Don't worry Tariq, I have this handled. Shad says as he disables the trap
"Thank you Shad. That one might have blocked off something further in the tomb."
"and in my relationships I am the one thrusting the long spear, whatever you do in yours is your own business Dwali, heh heh heh."
"Well, moving forward."
Noonan follows along Who is still hurt? Speak up right away.
Noonan casts Cure Serious Wounds on Dwal, his enhanced blessing gicing it an extra boost
+9 =27
You move further down and come to two rooms - one to the south (N14) is an unadorned chamber that comes contains a variety of grave goods buried with the deceased for use in the afterlife, including furniture, tools, urns of seeds, and dozens of scrolls with detailed architectural plans for tombs and other structures. None of the scrolls contain any information on either Chisisek’s tomb or Hakotep’s pyramid.
You do find a set of master stonemasonry tools and three flasks of unguent of timelessness
To the north (N15) you come to what appears to be a burial chamber. Hieroglyphs depicting the life of a master craftsman decorate the walls of this chamber. A large stone sarcophagus fills the center of the room, but its lid lies on the floor next to it, and the cavity inside is empty.
The hieroglyphs on the walls detail the public life and works of the acclaimed architect and master tomb builder Chisisek, the greatest of his generation. The hieroglyphs make no mention of the final years of Chisisek’s life, however, with no references to the construction of Hakotep’s tomb or of Chisisek’s work with Shory technology.
Noonan scratches his chin. Quite the set up here
engineering
You realize that burial practices in Ancient Osirion often dictated that the deceased be interred in a separate chamber from his greatest treasures, which were stored in hidden rooms elsewhere, particularly in grand tombs like this one.
All set here
Dwalindor opens a secret door in the back, uncovering a new room. This chamber is crammed with a variety of objects and grave goods, a celebration in carvings, crafts, and paintings and an homage to the master architect buried in this tomb.
Inside you find an effigy of Anubis; eyes of the eagle; a rod of metal and mineral detection; a scarab of mummy defense (see page 59); a [i]scroll of stone to flesh; a wand of stone shape (43 charges); a platinum comb worth 300 gp; a crocodile mask with obsidian eyes worth 250 gp; a magnificent gold funerary mask set with jade worth 3,500 gp; a magnificent model of a galley crewed by ivory, jade, and onyx figurines worth 500 gp in total; a gold shepherd’s staff worth 790 gp; three mummified cats; a collection of wax-sealed urns containing human ashes; and an assortment of coins totaling 109 pp, 2,037 gp, 4,789 sp, and 6,158 cp.
The scrolls and hieroglyphs are the true treasure. They describe in further detail the life of Chisisek and describe Chisisek’s greatest achievement: the design and construction of a flying pyramid tomb for the Sky Pharaoh Hakotep I, utilizing Shory technology.
In Hakotep’s later years, considerable resources were consumed constructing a vast system of earthworks that claimed the lives of thousands of slaves and incorporated bound elementals to create a mighty weapon that could be used against the Shory. Chisisek contributed his expertise to this grand design, and took some pride in the completion of this great work.
They don't however give you enough information to find Hakotep's tomb - where the dread pharaoh and your friend Thorrpe are undoubtedly headed.
Tetsurah, now in a human form to fit through the tomb, approaches you in the chamber.
Osiris's bones! The monsters have already stolen Chisisek's body. This tomb is now defiled. Though it pains me, you may take the goods from Chisisek as all that is left now is to recover his body - the goods themselves will do him no good in the Deep Kingdom now that he has been stolen from his rightful resting place.
She seems ready to spit but refrains only from respect for the dead architect and the once holy site you now occupy.
But I have good news - I found this on one of the cultists...
She holds out a worn papyrus scroll that has a crude map on it - leading you farther north, through the mountains deeper into the Parched Dunes.
Noonan reminds Dwal that diving into coins is harmful to everyone but ducks.
Oh dear, oh dear, this is awful! Tetsurah, since you contributed to the battle, free free to take a share.[/n] Noonan looks at the scrolls. [b]No doubt the temple of Neythis would be verrry grateful to see these, perhaps smooth over any past difficulties.
Tariq who speaks and reads Ancient Osirani squints his eyes as he takes in the wealth of written information.
"This is magnificent. Keep in mind Dwali these tombs and complexes were drawn and built in the time it would take dwarves to select a site for such a building. All done in the working lifespan of a human man. Look at the details, the colors, the artistic design and symbology."
Zzz.z....... Noonan seems to have dozed off again.
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But why work the stone if you have not taken the proper time to plan the work? Bah! I will never understand humans and their hasty stonework.
The dwarf huffs and crosses his arms.
After awhile he pokes Noonan.
Hey old man! Wake up. Shad and Tariq may know how to get us to the next destination. He sure ain't sellin' me on human stonecraft though.
Zzzz...Snork! Huh? Well ok then, I guess we should head out. We got all we need here?
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Dwalindor nods at Noonan.
I think with the worn papyrus scroll with thee map farther north, through the mountains deeper into the Parched Dunes, we have what we need...well that and the loot. Can never have too much loot, I always say.
Not like those pathfinder sissy society jerks. Pretending they are looting for some high and mighty purpose. They are just tomb robbers pretending to be something they ain't!
Is that a pathfinder standing behind you?