Hmm..Get ready for us getting buried by sand.
Tariq doesn't sense any traps and pulls the lever - the stone above you opens into a small room. Flower petals are painted around the edges of the five-foot-wide hole in the middle of this circular chamber. A narrow corridor exits the room to the east.
Tariq scowl but enters
”You are too kind, master dwarf.“
Looking ahead as he goes…
Noonan waits for Tariq to finish his searching.
You find nothing unusual about the chamber.
Noonan flinches as Dwal gets impaled.
Shad follows, and casts detect magic on the area.
Noonan keeps an eye out
There's a powerful ward on the room, a faint trace of conjuration magic that permeates the whole area.
Shad shares the info
”Someone has warded this area. We could try to dispel or disable it . Or, my favorite, send in the dwarf and see what happens. “
Dwal can take it, I am sure. Noonan jokes.
Shad chuckles
”One moment my impatient friend. “
The chamber has an enchantment on it that allows any creature that spends
15 minutes in this chamber is healed of all afflictions and conditions (as the heal spell, but no damage is cured) and can attempt an additional save against any curse, disease, or poison currently affecting her. An individual can benefit from the chamber’s magic once per week.
Upon being notified, Noonan looks impressed. This place will be pretty usefil. Best keep it for a real emergency.
Shad emits a labored sigh at the dwarf.
You understand so little of the powers around you. Your ignorance is your greatest strength.
Tariq has had enough.
Alright, Noonan. We will remember to return without a keg. Where to now? Have we another pyramid we can still find?
He will head in the direction suspected to contain the next pyramid unless there is more to search here.
Can't hurt to find more pyramids!
Heading east you find a new room. Painted on the floor of this circular chamber is a stylized image of a recumbent lion. Dozens of miniature figurines stand atop a low platform that rings the room. The figurines are of varying manufacture, some glazed clay, some carved and painted wood, others wax with chips of metal and colored stone wedged into their forms.
Shad will detect magic on the figures and the rest
”Dwalindor, do not rush into the room thinking these are toys for your amusement.
“
Hmm..I wonder if these are some kind of tomb guardians.
While Shad is trying to puzzle out the magical nature of the painting and Noonan ponders the religious significance, Dwalindor notices that the lion has a broken arrow in its mouth pointing towards the easternmost figurine on the nortwest section of the platform.
Shad detects a faint aura of abjuration on the figurine but is unable to puzzle out the meaning of the object - it is not magical in and of itself but interacts with another magical field.
Tariq nods to the dwarf.
Aye. Let's check it out.
He will advance towards the platform...slowly.
You detect no traps.
Perhaps it is some puzzle. Turn the thing in a certain direction.
Tariq will see if the figures or arrow will turn.
The arrow is painted and cannot turn but the figurines can be picked up and moved.
Turning the figurines multiple ways doesn't not seem to do anything.
Tariq will pick up the eastern figure the arrow pointed to and look for any other open depression or missing spot where he could place it.
”Ah yes, now where to place it… “
You don't see anything in the current room.
Tariq follow the dwarf through the north door.
”Those are not dolls. They are figurines as part of some complex puz….oh never mind. Where are you going now? “ he shrugs
”Baset , come. “
Noonan follows. He seems to be slowing down as the quest nears it's end.
You travel along a corridor to find a circular chamber: a simple hieroglyph of a rearing hooded cobra occupies the floor.
Tariq shrugs
”You must be joking. It is not even a real cobra . “
Shad detects magic and concentrates on the room.
Noonan does likewise.