Not at all, Sanrenrae's Nirvana is truly a special place. I don't have may years left so I'll be resting my weary body there.
The one I speak of would be very bad for you
"Well don't die on us just yet Noonan, you are needed in this world still."
Tariq and Dwalindor are quite unconcerned about the obelisk - they're used to monomaniacs erecting weird structures in the desert.
The obelisk fairly crackles with magical energy; Aldrich powers appear to draw on the electrical powers of fierce desert storms to charge the monolith. Roll Spellcraft.
spellcraft
Shad and Noonan realize the obelisk can be disarmed very carefully or that they can use the electrical energy to charge three weapons with the shock special ability for 1 week or one weapon with the shocking burst special ability for the same amount of time.
But the energy discharge could easily turn the unwary into a piece of charcoal on the desert floor.
Hmmm.. One with the required skills can disable this object, or the magical energies can be siphoned off to enhance three weapons with electric powers or one weapon with even greater electric powers. However, one risks turning themselves into charcoal like the one at the base. I am able to shield someone from the effects with my magic.
I believe we should charge up Lucy and those toothpicks as well.
My mace is more for defense than cracking skulls, so Dwal and Tariq's weapons are good candidates
”I’d love that, but only if I am not going to be charcoaled! It’s not worth that to me, but what is the point of this place? Is there some underground structure here? Were we drawn here by the object to feed the obelisk like that crispy chap?”
dd to avoid being zapped.
Pass those here, I'll charge them.
Shad snags the weapons and gets them charged and ready
Tariq hands over his blades to Shad.
”What do you think this structures original purpose was Shad?”
Tariq searches the corpse.
[b] I am not sure. It seems to draw upon the energy of the desert and turn it in to electricity. Though what it is used for is not apparent. Perhaps there is something buried here that it is used for?[/]
Any knowledge to know more dm?
Tariq gets out his maps.
and almost immediately fails his Save vs Map folding.
"These damn maps! There is hardly a recognizable landmark on any of these things!"
Martha? Time for my prune juice.
Shad successfully disables the pillar using what looks an awful lot like shadow tentacles - sans anything that would have tentacles attached to them - he pulled out of his pouch and rattling off syllables that slide off the surface of your mind like an oily film across a mud puddle.
arcana
Is it possible to get inside this thing?
The obelisk appears to have been designed to gather electrical energy to power a rift to the Outer Dark - you estimate that after six thousand years it will have enough power to open a giant rift that could destroy the planet - or move it into the Outer Dark to be devoured.
Tariq, as you search the body you find a dagger imbedded in its back that is half melted - but recognizably Thorrpe's. Your search reveals a half-scorched maps pointing to a location circled in red to the southeast.
It's it a building Dwalindor. It's a good thing we are turning this off...in time it would damn this world to the outer darkness. Even I do not want to be in the outer darkness.
Looking at the dagger Definitely Thorrpes. He is definitely not himself, I could never see him stabbing someone in the back. We must save him from himself.
"Uh, what the heck would allow him to melt his dagger? That must have been really really hot. There is a half scorched map her though showing a point off to the southeast."
"Anyone recognize the dead guy? I wonder what his part in the whole story was?"
He died to bring us the clue that Thorpe was here. Kind of like the stories where someone stumbles into an inn with a knife in their back.
Shall we travel to said location? Time is a wasten.
Agreed lead the way!
The desert stretches on and the map heads towards a long line of pale rocks set appear to be some sort of low wall or perhaps trail markers. Nearer, though, the rocks become part of an elaborate design traced out on the ground. Each rock is roughly the size of a human head, polished and shaped until the rocks are almost identical. The pale gray color of the stones gives them the disquieting appearance of skulls.
Skull shaped stones no doubt arranged in a skull shaped design. Yep, this place is going to be chock full of evil.
Or maybe they just like Coco.
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Dwalindor trudges along the desert without much thought, long accustomed to the harsh climes.
Hey, looky there. You don't see a row of fake stone skulls everyday. Well at least not most days. Is this close to the X on the map, Noonan?
He holds Amanda ready, trying to decide if he should smash some stones or save it for any passing desert monsters.
or
Well, do we follow the trail?
Might as well
Tariq looks for any traps, hazards or tracks.
”Yes, this place is foreboding. Can you tell who this is dedicated to? Deity or man?”
Among the sand you see ponderous footsteps, too large to be man-made. But you don't see anyone from where you are.
There is no known religious or historical significance to the ruins you've found.
Might be some kind of giants here
”Whoa . . . Look at those footsteps. . .”
I wiped yer grandaddy's nose when he was getting his first chin whiskers you whippersnapper.
Tariq, you are unable to identify the footsteps - they weren't made by a natural creature.
Sorry I missed that
arcana
"These haven't been made by any natural creature. Maybe constructs or undead? The gate is ponderous suggesting great weight or effort."
"Shad, if you don't sense anything, I will sneak up to the entrance and check for enemies and traps."
Shall we prepare magically? I can cast a protective circle on Tariq to shield against evil influences.
Shad, you realize the creature must be a golem of some kind - one formed quite crudely based on the layout of the feet.
Either it is ancient or it was made by something without humanoid hands.