Once again, Azubah reaches into the folds of his robe and pulls forth a greatsword that could never have been accommodated there. With a sneer on his face, he intones an aggressive sounding prayer that ends with "By the might of the Last Azlanti!"
Tobbs roars in frustration.
Calin draws his bow and carefully aims down the length of the shaft.
Show me a bit of luck today.
The simultaneous crash of Tobin with the impact of the arrow cause the ankhat to shake - finally the form of the ankhat collapses back into the floor.
Instantly you feel more alone, and the temple around you feels more shabby.
Rameth gestures around the room for his companions to search the room.
Azubah drops his arm and the tip of the greatsword strikes the gound with a clang. "Didn't even get a chance to hit it" he grumbles.
"Who else is wounded?" he asks as he reaches for his wand. The ghosts of his entourage take an malign interest in it, however, and it twirls in the air, nearly escaping his grasp.
As the heat of combat dies down Tobbs pads back toward Calin. As he does so he shrinks back down to his normal size. At the same time Calin's skin looses it's stripped appearance.
Is everyone alright?
As Calin sees the wounds on Rameth and Azubah he begins casting.
As Calin is casting Tobbs begins to pad over to the and eyes it cautiously.
In the walls you see two deep grooves that appear to be some kind of trap, triggered by pressure plates in the floor.
The sand on the floor is no longer being moved out of the temple, and you don't see any indication of the keystone that would control the ankhat.
The room with the ankhet
Thoigh I will search the others
The ankhat attacked you in the main cathedral that you'd already searched, so you don't find any additional treasure or clues in the room itself.
Careful, another trap here, just take a moment.
Rameth, you're able to disable the trap - as you work to turn off the fiendish device, the blades extend from the walls at three different heights, razor-sharp circles of bronze that would cut through an unsuspecting intruder and possibly only stop on bone.
The way to the other side of the corridor is now clear.
Well that is certainly a friendly device
Rematch leads the way down the other side.
Rematch leads the way down the other side.
As you move through the corridor you enter into an octagonal chamber; the chamber is empty is empty save for a large chest against the easter wall. A series of hieroglyphs are inscribed on the wall above it. Stone doors are set in both the northern and southern walls.
The Ancient Osiriani hieroglpyhs on the eastern wall read "The righteous and the holy have no need of staff, rod, or ring. Place your faith in the Good Magister and walk without fear."
The "Good Magister' refers to a Nethysian temple's high priest and their control of magic, not to that person's control of magic. This chamber was apparently a location for the priests and acolytes to cleanse themselves ritually before entering a temple's undercraft.
You also see a single set of bloody boot prints going south, heading the way you've just came.
Past the chamber you find a staircase heading below the temple.
You find a series of boot prints in the dust covering the stair case down. These boot prints are distinct from the boot prints heading out of the temple, so you're able to determine that at least two groups of people have been in the temple recently.
lingustics
religion
Rameth reads the text to the others
Ominous
As you descend the steps you come into another octagonal room.
A stone bench sits against the eastern wall of this room, and black tiles line the floor, walls and ceiling. A short passage to the south ends at a gate of bronze bars.
As you try to move the gate you discover that it's locked.
Azubah studies the hieroglyphs before exiting the room.
Reilgion
What would you do without me?
Percep
Dd
Rameth, you don't detect any traps on the door.
Nothing happens and the door swings open.
Let me know the order you're going through and your spacing.
Of course i open it!
Rameth opens the door and screams and falls to the ground convulsing
In addition to the bronze gate you just passed through, pairs of stone
doors exit this empty room to the east and west, each
emblazoned with black-and-white mask symbol of Nethys.
If you inspect the the doors the ones to the west are locked. The eastern doors are unlocked and you notice notices signs that the lock has been picked - not that well, you see scratches on the stone surrounding the locks.
But as you enter the room a statue against the south wall of the chamber stirs, taking on a life like appearance as it steps down from its pedestal.
It raises a heavy staff and begins to advance on you. Worse, as Rameth lies in the room convulsing, the bronze gate swings shut behind him and you hear the unmistakable clank of the lock springing home.
The statue takes a moment to look at Dwalindor, then grunts and brings its staff around with a heavy whistle towards Dwalindor's head.
Bah you guys are no fun!
arcana
Rematch stands and downs his Enlarge person extract, immediately growing to almost 10 feet tall.
Rameth, the statue remains a mystery to your mind, no doubt because of the warping effects of your extract.
Azubah rushes to the aid of the others inside the room. He wants to get in a swing with his sword before it disappears but he hasty and only manages a clumsy effort.
Attack with Greatsword affected by Magic Weapon
Azubah, the gate locked, its just me and him in the room
Indeed, there is a roadblock at F5. Do you want to attack the gate?
Azubah looks furiously for a means to open the gate again. All the while he shouts encouragement to his companions.
Perception
"Sir Howard! Pass through the door and lend them encouragement!" he says, forgetting that the cannot perceive the ghost.
Of course! Tally ho!
Sir Howard sails through bars and produces a fencing foil. You're dismayed to realize that it has a cork on the end, the same way you'd find it in an aristocrat's sporting society as opposed to a more rational weapon of war.
I say, stop clouting that poor barbarian! He'll lose what smarts he has in his head!
He expertly skewers the statue without seeming effect.
Spot, attack him!
The ghost of the hyena starts to tear at the statue's legs, likewise without benefit.
He's on the ropes now lads, forward!
The lock is quite complicated, and now seems too small for the enlarged Rameth to use his likewise enlarge tools on.
You do believe you can smash the lock however without too much trouble.
Calin sees that he cannot get a decent shot off with everything happening between him and the statue. Upon watching Dwalindor's pummeling by the monster he begins casting cure light wounds upon Dwalindor.
you can't Calin, there is a gate blocking me and dwalindor from you, you can cast it on me though, cause I am embiggened, I imagine you can reach through the gate...I need it
Calin's delicate hand alights on Rameth's muscular thigh, and Rameth feels a jolt of electricity run through him at the contact. It's like Calin's touch gave Rameth back a piece of himself he hadn't realized he'd been missing.
Not bad, but I've had better!
The hammer sweeps in at the construct, but it misses the rapidly moving statue which reorients towards the now much larger investigator.
It takes a step towards Rameth and swings hard.
Rameth swings his massive morning star, then deliberately swings wide, trying to aid Dwalindor in his next attack
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vs AC to assist