"An interesting hypothesis. Well, if this chamber suggests no answers to the problem, perhaps we will find more answers further on. Shall we?" Seherab motions to the eastern doors.
With the patience of a dwarf, Teos inspects the door and then listens.
He then opens the door.
Pillars line the walls of this rectangular chamber, interspersed with stone jackal heads extending from the walls. A stone altar, covered in a layer of dust, sits at the eastern end of the room.
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Seherab takes a look about the room. "Hm? A prayer chamber? A shrine?"
As Seherab looks around the room, he hears a scuttling from behind the altar. From around the sides come two tan-colored creatures that look like a ten-legged spiders with oversized jaws that grind together slowly beneath beady eyes!
"Hey there! Watch out for those spidery things!"
Seherab draws his short sword and takes a defensive stance.
Teos moves adjacent to his learned companion. He readies his fist to strike a creature should they prove hostile and move into mêlée.
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"Giant solifugids!" Seherab calls out. "Can't control 'em and their claws can tear your flesh out!"
Teos and Seherab ready themselves.
The solfugids moves forward to attack!
Teo lands a heavy blow on one of the creatures, as it approaches!
The first creature misses Seherab, but the second gives Teos a nasty bite!
Teos flows like the wind in a flurry, but the blows do not land.
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Harkuf trudges his way into the chamber to catch up with the group, readying his quarterstaff as he makes it in. With a shrug of his shoulders, he nudges his snake Jafar to the floor.
"Attack that nasty insect over there," he commands the snake, pointing at the creature that bit Teos.
Jafar slithers up to the creature, , and takes a bite at it.
Seherab stabs into the creature at his feet.
But his blade hits the floor.
Ankhef approaches cautiously and stabs at the southern spider.
Teos throws punches at the vermin, but it evades his swings!
Harkuf orders his snake forward to attack!
The snake sinks its fangs into the solfugid near the dwarven monk, biting it and trying to grab it, but its coils can't hold on!
Seherab stabs at the floor around the scuttling vermin!
Ankhef stabs and pierces the southern vermin!
The northern solfugid bites and claws the monk, dropping him to bleeding unconsciousness!
The southern solfugid claws Seherab. tearing flesh!
Teos grunts as he falls from the combined blows.
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He continues to bleed.
Seherab takes the blow and stabs back at the creature!
Ankhef whispers "Hold on Teos." before casting CLW on him.
Teos continues to bleed on the crypt floor!
Seherab stabs the southern creature!
Ankhef heals his fallen comrade!
Harkuf and Jafar put down the two creatures with solid blows!
The bloody and scarred monk gets up, and silently and graciously bows to his healer.
He bears his remaining wounds stoically.
Seherab puts his sword away and dusts himself off. "How many healing resources do we have? Teos and I are hurt. I know a healing elixir I could make for myself but I think I have exhausted my resources for the day."
Seherab will take a look around the room more closely.
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Teos joins his companion in looking at the room.
"I can call upon several more healing spells before the next sunrise. I am curious to see what's down here. Perhaps we can venture forth slightly further."
"Thank you Brother. Yes, I think we can go a bit further today."
Teos vitally thumps his chest and bows to Ankhef.
Searching the chamber, the party finds nothing of interest.
"Back to the east I suppose. Let's search just a bit longer before we rest."
Teos moves west and opens the door. He will join Honorable Seherab in searching for traps and dangers that impede their way.
The party heads out of the chamber and Teos opens the western door. A flight of steps gradually descends to the west down this passage. Halfway down the stairs, small holes and burrowed tunnels riddle what remains of the passage’s southern wall. Earth and sand have spilled over the collapsed masonry, covering the stairs with dirt and rubble. Stone doors engraved with a golden scarab, its wings open beneath a golden sun,
stand at either end of the stairs.
Teos throws out a hand to stop Harkuf from advancing. He points to a pile of sand.
Ankhef holds his ground while those smarter than him figure things out
"I am not familiar with such creatures. Is it hostile?"
Teos points at Seherab and flaps his fingers together, mimicing moving lips. He grimaces in concentration, squats and writes in the dirt Earth Speak?
Seherab nods to Teos and clears his throat. He is obviously not used to this. Speaking in Terran he says, "Ah. . . hello. I am Seherab. These are my companions Teos, Harkuf, and Ankhef. We mean you no harm."
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Teos steps forward and attempts to grapple with tbe creature!
Teo rushes up and grapples the creature!
Ankhef moves up and will try to poke the creature with his spear to keep it off balance.
Seherab tries to remedy the situation, still speaking to it in Terran, "No! Please, we mean you no harm! We wish to speak with you! Don't hurt us and we won't hurt you!"
Ankhef tries to distract the creature, while Seherab attempts to negotiate once more.