OK, so that's stereotyping, but stereotypes exist for a reason.
As you descend down the shaft the light from the torch burning in the floor slowly reveals a new room at the bottom 50 feet down.
Mirrored images of a warrior in side profile, facing inward, are carved on an ornate pair of stone doors in the west wall of this square room.
The figure is depicted wearing padded armor, with a scarab-shaped shield on the arm facing the viewer, and a raised khopesh held aloft in the other.
A crumpled humanoid body lies directly in front of the doors. A hint of decay hangs in the air, and a dried stain mars the stone floor under the body. A square shaft in the ceiling leads straight up into darkness.
Dwalindor then Rameth then Sumack, then Azubah then Albus
Rameth touches down and picks up the torch and tosses it over next to the body. He draws his dagger and club.
Dwalindor and Rameth, you see the crumpled body still has scraps of clothing and various equipment amongst it, and the two doors leading west appear heavy but have handles and do not appear to be locked.
Rameth checks the body to see what it has init and perhaps how it died
Looking at the body, Azubah says "That fellow should be nothing but bones if this crypt has not been visited in recent years. Perhaps there is another way in, based on the dust in the room we used to enter."
Azubah looks about the walls for any signs that a door might be concealed in one of them.
Perception
Azubah, you do not see any sort of concealed door in front of you.
alchemy
heal
Rameth takes a close look at the vials and the body.
At the botton of the shaft Angel Eyes looks around with his arcane sight.
Amateur. He says when he sees the dead body.
Rameth, the body is that of a human or half-elven male who broke both legs from a fall from a great height. He apparently crawled to the doors before he died. The vials appear to be alchemist's fire.
Albus, you don't find anymore appreciable information in this antechamber beyond what the companions around you have related.
well let's hope our rope does not break.
Rameth puts one alchemist fire into his pack and hands the other to Sumak
shall we?
Rameth helps pull the door after taking 10 for traps
The doors do not have any traps attached to them.
Then tug! W that 19
As the doors open you see that the walls of this ten-foot-wide corridor feature bas-relief carvings of great battles. Armies with spears and shields clash at the direction of generals, while other leaders direct troops from chariots that are ruthlessly overrunning their enemies. Engraved stone double doors stand at either end of the hallway.
The engravings are similar to the ones from the previous room, only the most prominent figure, presumably Akhentepi, appears older and is carrying a scarab-shaped shield from his chariot.
Military motifs. Looks like our man was not a bureaucrat afterall. Better this way, the soldier boys always like to be buried with their toys. The half elf says with greed in his smile.
Let's just hope he was a good soldier other wise this will be a bust. This mission would have no legs as it were. he says still looking at the broken legged corspe, pleased with hjmself
"They would not go the trouble of constructing a worthwhile tomb for an unremarkable soldier. The amount of work that went into this suggests that this man was important. I look forward to seeing what the Pharasmins have done here."
Alright muscles, you and me in the front?
Rameth carries his torch and club and takes the left side of the corridor, leaving the right to Dwalindor
Angel Eyes follows in the second roll.
Azubah follows the others, tightly gripping his morning star as he does. If someone were to spare him a look he would notice that Azubah's hair is occasionally ruffled as if someone were putting a hand in it.
Let me know where you guys are in the corridor and if you want to roll Perception before you move to the next set of doors.
We move 10 ft down
Rameth will take ten for traps on every square
Rameth notices what appears to be a pressure plate on I&H4.
Sunack? Shall we? Rameth disables the trap and asks for an assist from Sumak in disarming the trap
Sorry everybody, this place is amazing, I have never seen anything like sis before.
Sumak is wonder struck by everything, glancing around and moving very slowly. He eventually follows the group and helps Rameth with the traps.
Sumak struggles with helping with the lock as he is finding it hard to concentrate and is constantly distracted by his surroundings.
Azubah watches Sumak work and tries to take in the details but he is soon lost in the intricacies of the process. Rather than stand idly, he keeps a watch behind them to prevent them being taken unawares.
The trap is disabled by Rameth's careful probing. The doors at the end of the hallway are unlocked and allow you to enter easily.
In the next room a faded tapestry hangs on a wooden frame on the western wall of this chamber.
Faded and delicate, the tapestry depicts a middle-aged man, accompanied by a woman and two children, with a small estate in the background. To either side of the tapestry are two small pedestals, upon which sit two dead and preserved animals.
Stone double doors exit the chamber to the north, south, and east where you just came from.
Azubah peers at the preserved animals and wonders if there is any religious significance to them.
Knowledge (religion)
Azubah, you do know that certain Osirian burial rites kill and mummify guardian animals, usually cats, in tombs to protect the departed's soul in the afterlife.
Azubah is flustered by his inability to glean anything useful from the scene. By Aroden, he came to learn the secret behind Pharasmin perfidiousness and he means to do just that! Without regard for caution, he steps closer and examines the tapestry.
Linguistics
linguistics
local
Rameth, the hieroglyphs suggest that some time before his death Akhentepi's family died, possibly due to a murder or illness since "tragedy" is apparent in the description of their death.
Based on the layout of the tapestry it appears that the family is buried elsewhere, probably they were buried before Akhentepi grew to a higher degree of prominence in the city.
Burying and mummifying animals, that just seems weird. Plus what kind of protector is a cat, I mean they are smaller than me! Sumak laughs, as the thought of fighting off a house cat. Sumake begins to check for traps working his way from left to right.
assuming none of the doors are trapped let's try going west. Rameth says as he examines the tapestry, letting Sumak be trap master for the moment.
I mean north. Rameth swears, and pulls out his flask and takes a hit, as he found himself turned around.
The doors to the north open easily and lead to a descending staircase.
In the next room a brightly painted chariot sits in the center of this chamber. Beyond the chariot, a large canvas stretches between two stone columns. The skins of several animals—antelopes, great cats, and crocodiles—now faded and deteriorated with age, are tacked to this canvas. A wooden chest, lacquered white and trimmed with gold inlay, sits in the southeast corner. In each corner of the room a small stone shield is molded into the masonry at shoulder height. An open hallway leads to the east, and a set of stone double doors leads south.