Teos punches the woman in the face again, dropping her!
Ankhef finishes summoning his celestial eagle.
The Eagle will smite evil and unleash a flurry of claws and beak on the target in back.
Ankhef will 5ft step and cast guidance on Teos.
Ankhef finishes his spell and an eagle appears, clawing and biting the Osirion man, nearly dropping the man!
Harkuf moves up and levels a mighty swing against the Garundi, dropping the man!
Seeing his companions all laying unconscious, the Osirion throws up his hands. "I surrender!"
Teos stops his punch mid throw and grunts in acknowledgement. He quickly moves to disarm the the Osiriani and bind him.
Having tied up the Scorched Hand members, Harkuf begins questioning the conscious Osirion. "We..we were looking for a mask, the Mask of the Forgotten Pharoah, but it wasn't here."
(+9 on checks that pertain to dwarves or their enemies)
"Hmm," the scholar ponders the lost treasure, intrigued.
Seherab ponders the name of the mask....and thinks he has never heard of such an object, though it sounds like a funerary mask.
The man shrugs. "I don't know, Velriana was a fervant follower of Nethys, and she had found some obscure reference to the mask and its location. Regardless, she believed she had the right, or even the divine mission to explore this temple."
"Unfortunately her divine mission does not agree with the rules we all agreed to concerning the exploration of our own sites and only our own sites. We've got no choice but to report you and ask you to hand over anything you may have already taken from our site."
The man shrugs and nods. "Do what you will. We had'nt taken much anyways."
"We should take back anything they took from this place and then go report them right away. I don't want to play babysitter longer than needed. I could use a rest anyways and then we can come back down here and finish our exploration."
Ankhef nods at Seherab's suggestion.
Teos open his mouth to say something... but stops and nods happily in agreement.
Returning back to Living city, the party brings rogue group to the authorities, handing them over to the Pharasmins. As a sort of reward, you a given a share of their possessions.
"Some bracers for our silent brother!" Seherab hands them to Teos. "Does anyone else want this wand?" he holds up the wand of shield.
"How about this armor? Harkuf, it seems a bit nicer than yours I think."
After resting and selling off the spoils of your explorations, you remember that you have, but a few rooms left to explore.
Seherab leads the way to an open hall in the center was left unexplored.
Seherab leads the way to the central room. A large, star-shaped fountain with a circular basin in the center occupies most of this octagonal chamber, surrounded by a ring of stones engraved with hieroglyphs. Roaring blue flames rise from the basin to almost touch the ceiling. This pool is a near twin to the pool on the ground floor.
Electing to finish off the eastern portion of the underlevel. The party heads up the corridor the Scorched Hand exited, and find the a burial chamber. Hieroglyphs cover the walls of this chamber. In the middle of the room, a large and majestic stone sarcophagus rests atop a raised stone platform, and several clay jars sit on the floor nearby. Two lacquered benches stand near the doors to the south.
Seherab stands in awe of the blue-flamed fountain in the central room but doesn't know what to make of the still-roaring flames.
Seherab steps into the next room and begins examining the many artifacts to be found, especially the sarcophagus.
(+14 on checks to find concealed or secret doors in structures built in the style of Ancient Osirion., +14 to notice unusual stonework)
dice=Knowledge (history)]1d20 + 7 + 1d6[/dice] (+9 on checks that pertain to dwarves or their enemies)
Teos treads gingerly - all of this magnificence is well beyond his simple experiences, or understanding.
Seherab holds up a hand as something catches his eye. Oh no! Did I just look at what I think I looked at!
Teos uses hand language with Seherab. "Danger?" he inquires.
"Yes, these is a glyph down here on the sarcophagus. We need to be careful not to cross over it or disturb it in any way."
"I just had another realization too!" he runs back to the fountain with the blue flame and sticks his hand in! "Ha! You see, just as I thought! It's an illusion! There's water down there, good clean water! And being that this is a temple of Nethys, I would suspect that it would be a boon to spellcasters."
Seherab carefully works at the glyph, changing its design to make it harmless!
Inside the sarcophagus, the party finds Inside a mummy, wearing a simple onyx funerary mask worth 20 gp and a gold and black-enameled holy symbol of Nethys worth 50 gp, is laid to rest next to a mummified rat, apparently a familiar in life. The clay canopic jars are sealed with wax, but if opened, they contain only desiccated and preserved internal organs.
Seherab notices a secret catch near the top of the sarcophagus. Pressing it causes the platform under the sarcophagus to slide to the south on a set of concealed tracks, revealing a secret opening beneath it! Inside secret compartment contains a pearl of power (1st level) and a ring of the grasping grave.
Seherab hands the pearl to Harkuf. He shrugs and puts the ring on his own finger.
"Very interesting stuff in here, and fine workmanship on this compartment! Let's go back down the hall."
Seherab leads the way to the southwestern doors and, after inspecting for traps, leads the way!
Teos follows closely, always concerned for the well being of the brave Seherab.
Seherab opens the next door to reveal a shrine. A stone altar flanked by two bronze urns sits against the north wall of this chamber. To the south, three rows of stone pews face the altar. A lacquered wooden cabinet is bolted to the western wall at head level, and a long stone table runs parallel to the east wall. Stone double doors exit the room to the east and west.
A spear wielding, skeletal figure stands near the altar, turning as the party enters, it begins moving toward the party!
Sererab follows his dwarven brother and pulls out his small mace to break some bones!
Harkuf darts into the room and hits the skeleton with his hammer!
Seherab follows, knocking away a bone with his mace!
The skeleton charges his spear with negative energy and stabs at Harkuf, but misses!
Seherab keeps swinging!
Teos slides in quickly and attempts to grab the undead abomination.
The effect is much akin to thunder of an angry, charging camel!
Seherab attacks, but misses!
Teos moves up and grabs the skeletal figure!
Harkuf swings at the skeleton, but misses!
Ankhef moves closer and blesses the party!
The skeleton tries to break free from Teos' hold, but can't quite maage it!
"Keep him right there, yeah!"
Ankhef will attempt to take control of the skeleton before his companions finish smashing it.
Command Undead -> Will DC 13.
Teos attempts a pin, but suddenly finds his hold slippery.
Seherab swings and strikes the skeleton, chipping away a few more bones!
Ankhef tries to take control of the undead, but it resists!
Teos tries to maintain his hold on the skeleton, but can't find enough "meat" to hold on to!
Harkuf hits the skeleton with a devastating blow, finishing it!
Examining the remains of the skelton, you find a mithral shirt, spear of the watchful guardian, wooden holy symbol of Nethys, and keys to temple crypts.
The lacquered cabinet on the west wall holds simple religious tools, including a gold chalice engraved with the visage of Nethys worth 50 gp.
After healing, the party heads through the western doors, into the main crypt room.
After some searching, you find a secret door that hides a small room with a chest. The chest holds a few riches, consisting of apprentice’s cheating gloves, a potion of bull’s strength, two potions of cure moderate wounds, 330 gp, and a pouch containing six rubies worth 25 gp each.