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"Let's try the other door! I checked the tunnel back there, and no one is inside..." says Grimor.
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The door does not seem to be trapped or locked, but it doesn't open. Maybe it is barricaded?
"Do we want to burst it open now, or try again later?"
With a crash, the door breaks down. The party hears two squawks when light floods into the room. "Go away! You are going to draw its attention over here!" comes a loud whisper from inside the room. From what the party can see of the room, it looks like the room is either gold plated with studded gems or it is made of gold, the owner of the voice cannot be seen though it sounds like it is hiding right next to the door.
Two tengus back away from the door so that they can be seen in full view.
"We are Izzik and Skezza. Trying to hide from a monster that killed poor Fisk." the one that was talking then glares at you, "But since you found us we will have to go somewhere else...seeing as how you broke our door."
Jean-Pierre raises an eyebrow.
"How fortunate that you choose a room filled with gold and jewels to hide in, then... but tell me, what monster is it that killed this Fisk of which you speak? We have been down here a while, and have killed a number of monsters..."
"We don't know what the monster is, just what it looked like. Its body was formed correctly for a humanoid but its face and claws..." both tengus shudder. "Just monstrous. We do not care to face it again."
"Fair enough. We certainly have not encountered that, as of yet. Where is it? Would it make you feel any better if we destroyed it?"
They talk to each other in squawks , before turning back to you. The one that was quiet for the majority of the time says "Yes it would make us feel better. My friend here would rather run back the way we came in after you are done fighting it, but I am willing to stay down here with you to help you explore...providing if you give me an equal share of the loot...and only after you kill the thing. It is in a room right down that hallway there." They both point toward the hall you have not gone down yet. "She will be in the second room on the left."
Jean-Pierre nods.
"We can iron out the contract details later. For the moment, let's go deal with the monster!"
So saying, Jean-Pierre moves to the indicated door, and opens it, ready to beat-up whatever is on the other side.
As Jean-Pierre opens the door, he sees a human-sized creature. It has a perfectly formed and anatomically correct female human torso, but any resemblances end there. Its arms are unnaturally long and end in three wickedly curved talons. Its lower jaw splits into two monstrous halves lined with sharp teeth, below bulging red eyes. It looks at him and growls.
Round 1
Dexter, Jean-Pierre, Monster, Marsk, Burick, Grimor, Pontia
Jean-Pierre calmly walks into the room (setting up a flanking position for Dexter), and delivers an over-hand blow to the creature with his Earthbreaker!
With a bolt shot at it and a crash from an earthbreaker, the creature goes down.
Now that the party has a chance to look around, the party sees shockingly graphic depictions of orgies with all manner of creatures decorate the walls of this chamber. Five humanoid skeletons lie in state on biers—though the bodies appear human, their skulls are those of some monstrous creature. A pile of bloody bones and feathers is all that is left of a
recently killed creature.
Jean-Pierre nods in satisfaction.
"Well done, Dexter! Now, let's search this room..."
The party finds 400 gp, an elixir and a potion. Pontia notices magic from the elixir and potion but is unable to figure out what the one she was trying to identify is.
"Shall we keep moving? It looks like there might be a series of small chambers along this corridor, which will hopefully be fairly straight-forward to clear..."
So saying, Jean-Pierre moves to the first door on the left, and opens it...
Brightly painted carvings along the walls of this room vividly depict mighty dragons in flight over shining cities, while below, winged angels kneel and serve human masters. Peacock-feather motifs dominate throughout the chamber, and a faint, pleasant perfume drifts though the air. Several humans lie supine atop biers draped in rich cloth—if they are dead, the bodies are perfectly preserved and have the appearance of relaxed sleepers, showing no signs of corruption or decay.
Jean-Pierre whistles quietly when he opens the door...
...then takes a closer look, and snorts in amusement.
"The contents of this room is an illusion. There is actually nothing in here. See?"
So saying, he walks through the bodies on the biers.
"Let's try another door."
He then moves to the first door on the right, and opens it.
A large circle of tarnished silver powder, surrounded by arcane symbols, has been laid down on the floor in the center of this room. The center of the circle is empty.
Jean-Pierre peers into the room.
"There is a gap in that circle. I wonder what the significance of that is?"
He then gingerly moves into the room to look around...
...turning up a scroll behind one of the cabinets.
"Hmmm... Let's see what this is."
Jean-Pierre casts Read Magic, and has another look at the scroll.
Once he has identified the contents of the scroll, he moves on to the second door on the right, and opens it.
Jean-Pierre identifies the scroll as a scroll of remove paralysis. When he opens the door for the other room, he sees a grossly bloated zombie, its rotting skin stretched and straining as if pumped full of air.
Round 1
Marsk, Dexter, Zombie, Pontia, Jean-Pierre, Burick, Grimor
Pontia is unable to identify what is in the other vial as well.
Marsk waits to see what the Zombie will do.
When Dexter shoots the zombie with his crossbow, the zombie seems to blow up as soon as the bolt enters its body. Now that the zombie is dead, the party is able to look around the room. The room is pretty nondescript with some cabinets against the wall.
"Good shooting, Dexter!"
Jean-Pierre then calmly enters the room, and searches it.
Jean-Pierre and Dexter find two black onyxes on top of one of the cabinets, each one worth 50 gp.
Jean-Pierre moves on to the third door on the right, and attempts to open it.
There are no traps on the door but the door won't open. The door is locked.
Pontia finds that the lock is magical.
When informed about the magical locked door, Jean-Pierre frowns.
"Shall we break it down, or leave it alone?"
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"Maybe it works like the first set of doors that needs the chime? What do you think Pontia?" asks Grimor.
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Dexter is unable to unlock the door.
Seeing that Dexter is unable to open the door, Jean-Pierre steps forward with his earthbreaker, and calmly starts battering the door down.
After a few minutes of combined earthbreaker bashes, Burick and Jean-Pierre are able to bash the door down. Inside the room, it looks like another nondescript room.