don't be silly. We keep this and sell it when we can get good money for it. Dealing it you aren't breaking my treasure. Now shut it so I can open this door.
The doors open into the interior of the house. More sand coats the stone floors, and the tattered remnants of the hangings and furniture are scattered across the ground.
No that's fine I just wasn't sure
Rameth moves in and looks right then left from two steps in the door
The general decay seems to extend, and the house has light moving through small, high windows providing faint illumination however a closer examination with your own light source is the only thing to give you more detail, you don't see any movement in the rest of the house at the moment.
Rameth leads the group to the south.
A large staircase climbs to the second floor from this room. Sand and dust cover the floor, and painted columns stand in all but one of the corners. Pieces of broken wood, shattered pottery, and disintegrating fabric litter the room’s perimeter.
let's clear this floor
Rameth leads the way to the north to check that
You spot a number of items that seem to buried partly under the debris in the room.
A silver anklet set with tingy gems and an ankh charm, a tarnished silver serving tray and a small ornate vase are buried near the furniture.
You also see a small gold ring, set with peridots in the far corner.
Rameth gathers them and tosses then into his bag
Assuming there is nothing left time to take the east passage
The minute you touch the ring in the corner you see a scene unfold in front of you.
The ruins seem to be superimposed with the image of translucent furniture, decorations like potted palm trees and richly upholstered divans that shimmer into existence.
Upon one of the divans a young man clasps the hands of a young woman, and although they speak in Ancient Osiriani you can all understand them both.
“I’m so sorry,” the young man says. “I can’t find the ring I bought you anywhere. I just had it!”
“It’s all right, my love,” the girl replies quietly. “It’s not the right time to tell my family anyway.”
“Come with me, Ariseti! Come across the river where we’ll be safe!”
“Not just yet, darling. My father says we’ll be safe here. You go, and when all this is over, you can come back for me, and we’ll announce our engagement then.”
She pauses, and reaches out to touch the man’s forehead.
“Are you feeling all right? You’re burning up!”
plus 2 if poison
Well that will end badly
Rameth? Rameth? Rameth mate, why are you turning bluish?! Albus casts detect magic on the objects.
Rameth feels a fever come over him instantly as soon as he touches the ring and the scene finishes playing in the room.
Rameth
With the high fever on you, you can feel your mind moving more slowly.
You can make a Save (DC 12) going forward 1/day, 2 consecutive saves cures the fever.
As Azubah
By Aroden, you look like a man in the grip of a fever.
He examines you closely.
After closely looking at your skin and eyes he appears confident.
Mindfire, I've seen it too many times. A terrible sickness that dulls the wits and leaves the children of Aroden less able to comprehend his divine works.
Fortunately the correct poultices and tinctures can help soothe the inflamed mind.
In a smaller voice you hear Azubah say something to the air.
There, I said it just like you wanted. Now leave me be!
After Azubah's examination of Rameth, you head north.
In the room you come to, an enormous stone table, the marble top polished and smooth, runs parallel to the west wall of this large room. A much smaller stone table stands in the east side of the room.
Splintered piles of dust and wood lie in the corners and along the walls - the only remains of chairs after untold years. A strong, fetid stench pervades the room. An open doorway leads east, but your eyes rest on a disturbing tableau on the western table.
Six silver chalices sit on six silver platters, and in each challice sits a polished clean human skull. You get the unnerving sense their empty sockets are looking at you.
Albus, a faint aura of enchantment exists around the ring that Rameth swept into his bag, along with the statuette that you've already examined.
"Such an obscene display! These people must have been absolute heathen."
As you enter the room the skulls on the chalices begin to emit a chilling wail and rise from the chalices to swirl around the table.
Religion
Azubah searches his memories for anything that he might have learned about such abominations.
Knowledge (religion)
#%$!
Albus casts shield on himself.
Knowledge: Religion
DC 15
The skulls appear to be beheaded: animated mortal skulls that are the result of a curse that impacts humanoids at the time of death. The fact that the skulls don't have any flesh remaining is the result of age or of someone deliberately cleaning the skulls.
DC 20
Beheaded can be endowed with special powers, from the ability to throw elemental attacks or paralyze you with fear.
The skulls screech in response to Dwalindor's hammer which passes without impacting any of the skulls; they begin to swarm around him, angling to the attack from all directions.
One of the skulls breaks off to attack Rameth, unable to find an approach to Dwalindor.
Skull 6 screams and a wave of magical fear pulses out across you.
Only one of the skulls manages to successfully attack Dwalindor.
Will
Then he whips out his Swordcane and slices at his foe.
for
missing insanely
Then it's back to the top of the count.
Will save
Although he stands in the valley of floating skulls, Azubah fears not, for Aroden stands with him.
After fighting off the urge to run from the unnatural display of ossuarial assault, Azubah swings his morning star at the nearest enemy.
Attack
Damage
Azubah's smash into one of the skulls causes it to fly back. It's still moving but the fire surrounding it flickers dimly compared to its fellows.
Wanted to put up a closer map for you guys.
Swinging his blade with magic and might Angel Eyes cuts deep into the floating skulls.
Albus shatters the skull above Dwalindor and then destroys another with a discharge of magical energy that surges just past Dwalindor's face.
The close nature of the magical attack makes all the loose hair on Dwalindor briefly stick straight out before it falls loose again.
Dwalindor's first swing fails to connect on the wildly swarming skulls, but the second connects solidly and it turns to powder.
The remaining skulls are swirl around and begin to attack again Dwalindor again.
This time they are more precise, their teeth managing to crunch down on Dwalindor's armor.