Harkuf smashes his staff against the creature and his snake bites deeply, then holds on!
The sand creature takes a mighty bite out of the monk, savaging him!
"Get around to the far side while Telos has it grappled."
Ankhef will move around and help Telos grapple the creature.
Teos will pin the creature, despite his blood loss.
Seherab will draw his shortsword and hold until there is room for him.
Teos pins the creature, then Harkuf finishes it with a solid blow from his staff!
"Are you okay Teos?"
Teos gets up and smiles. He is missing a tooth. He attempts to nod yes, but wobbles unsteadily while doing so and ends up grabbing the wall.
Seherab searches the room carefully. "Perhaps we should rest? You are hurt, brothers. We are running low on resources for the day."
"I agree, we should not delve further today, perhaps not tomorrow either."
"What do you plan to do with your day tomorrow? I will be well after a night's rest but perhaps I can find a local alchemist in need of some assistance."
After a day of recovery, Seherab wakes early to prepare some new extracts and ready his pack for another day of adventuring. He leads the party back to the chamber where they left off and inspects the next door carefully for traps before heading in.
Continuing west from where the party fought the sand creature, you pass through another set of double doors into a rectangular chamber. A tapestry hangs from a frame against the south wall of this large chamber; it depicts an otherworldly vista where the souls of the dead, shepherded by strange beings, enter an ethereal river ambling through space toward a landscape dominated by an impossibly tall spire. Columns sculpted in the shape of Osirian warriors wielding khopeshes stand in all four corners of the room. The floor is tiled in a white spiral pattern on a black background, and this spiral pattern is repeated on the stone double doors to the north, east, and west.
"An interesting tapestry. A depiction of the afterlife I suppose."
(+2 for unusual stonework, +1 for traps)
Unless he finds something else of interest, Seherab spends a moment taking some notes before suggesting, "The northern door, perhaps?"
Teos nods, checks the door and opens it.
Teos finds the northern and western doors locked.
Seherab will take his time looking for traps before working to unlock the doors.
After a few tries, Seherab is able to unlock both the northern and western doors.
"Well done brother."
Teos nods at Harkuf and opens the northern door.
Seherab follows close beside Teos into the norther room.
The party heads north, going down a series on stairs and two more sets of double doors. Opening the last set reveals a large chamber. The center of this large octagonal room is a raised square platform a few inches above the floor, with a stone pillar at each corner. A gold-trimmed sarcophagus sits in the center of the platform, flanked by two statues of humanoid beings with canine heads, each of which holds an ankh in one of its crossed arms. Stone double doors exit the room to the north.
Teos bows to the two stone guardians and waits for instructions from his companions.
He will spend some idle moments looking for defenses of a magical or mundane nature.
"The master appears in... Let us hope he is not too in."
Despite his confident statement Ankhef is a little worried about false tombs and will examine the gold trim for authenticity.
Seherab goes through his normal routine of searching the area carefully and taking detailed notes on his findings.
Ankhef begins to move forward to examine the gold trim, but Seherab quickly stops him, as the investigator realizes the square platform is a cleverly disguised trigger for a trap. He also spots secret doors in the west and east walls.
Seherab does his best to disable the trap. He points out the secret doors to his companions and suggests the western door first.
With practiced ease, Seherab disables the the trap.
Ankhef examines the sarcophagus and finds the gold to be gold leaf, salvagable with about thirty minutes of work and worth a total of fifty gold pieces, not the lavishness one would expect for the central tomb.
Teos prepares to go through the eastern secret door once the party is ready.
"Thank you brother. Perhaps my theory was correct."
"Yes, this is indeed Anubis. We should take some time to recover this gold on our way back."
Following Teos' lead, the party goes through the eastern secret door.
This small room is filled with human-shaped bundles wrapped in linen. Each wears a small medallion around its neck. The medallions around their necks are small wooden holy symbols marked with Pharasma’s spiral.
Teos points back to the western doors, furrowing his bushy red eyebrows questioningly.
Seherab takes a moment to acknowledge the dead buried in this room and follows Teos back out, checking the western door for traps before leading the others inside.
Going through the western secret doors, the party sees a short hall going west, before turning north and ending in another set of double doors.
"Hmm. Let's check these doors first." Seherab says, while taking his time searching for traps or other hidden doors along the way. If no traps are found, he leads the way through the doors at the end of the hall.
"Search well brother"
Ankhef will cast guidance on Seherab.
Seherab finds no traps nor the doors locked. Opening the door reveals a square, 25' by 25' room. This room holds several neatly arrayed chests, boxes, and urns. The dust of centuries covers every surface. The only exit is the set of stone double doors to the south.
Teos rubs his hand in sign of pure, unadulterated dwarven greed and smiles at his companions.
Seherab helps Teos search the crates and the rest of the room.