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"Aye, nice footwork."
At Jiranis mention of exploring the pit Olik responds, "Sounds good but let's give things a moment to settle. Might be that someone, or something, will come looking when it hears the trap being sprung."
With that he sheaths his sword and takes out his bow. Arrow nocked he splits his attention between the far side of the pit and the pit itself.
After waiting a few minutes you don't hear or see anything coming.
You climb down to the skeleton, it looks to be wearing rusty mail. An old leather backpack beneath the skeleton contains 90 gp, 200 sp, and a scroll.
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Jirani holds the rope while Olik climbs down. "See if you can tell if the fall killed him. It would have been torture to wait there to die, wondering why you didn't just bring a rope and grappling hook. Which reminds me, we should probably get a grappling hook." He braces himself again when Olik waves that he's climbing back up.
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Tamarie's instincts kicked in when the floor under her begang to move, and she jumped forward, keen on doing the mission the guys entrusted her with: exploring ahead.
She looks down only half a second, but leaves the pit to the guys.
They have rope, and don't mind climbing.
She will continue to explore slightly further, once she's made certain nothing is coming from down the hall to the noise that was just created.
She suddenly has an idea.
"Olik, can you illuminate a copper coin and throw it to me. I would like something I can kick down the hall, give me a few seconds to react before being potentially bumrushed."
With Jirani's help Olik gets back out of the pit with no issue.
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Tamarie walks back to the group.
"Come ahead guys. There is a big room here with a long rectangular pool and braziers, and stairs at the end. There's even some kind of sphinx thing, but I'm not sure."
She looks at everyone standing on the opposite side, and adds: "Do you need me to hold a rope or something?"
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Jirani tosses one end of his rope over to Tamarie. "See if you can find someplace to tie this for extra security."
As Tamarie looks for a sconce or something to secure the rope, Jirani walks around the edge of the pit to her side. He nods back to the pit room with a smile and a chuckle, "There's an edge we could walk around safely. No need for acrobatics." He takes the rope back from Tam and finishes coiling it up, before joining the in the pool room.
As you get about half-way through the room, you get a better view of the upper portions of the stairs. Upon which you see 4 skeletal forms, two on the mid level and 2 on the upper level.
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Tamarie shudders as she sees the undead creatures. She looks at Olik to check if he has seen them.
He then turns to Malik, and says to both of them.
"Whatever happens, I do not turn out that way, yes?" befor stepping forward, drawing her arrow and waiting for the others to get into a good position.
Tamarie targets the one in the lower right position, unless it died in the meantime.
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Add in +1 to atk/dmg if Olik starts chanting, and/or +1 atk if Malik starts casts bless.
Jirani launches a stone at one but it clinks against the stone balcony not even getting close. Olik moves up, starting to sing one of his inspiring songs as Malik moves up ready to attack. Sal moves up closer tossing a bomb that detonates on the skeleton blowing it's bones all over the place.
The parts of the first skeleton blast into the second shattering it as well. Tam takes a shot at one of the higher ones, the arrow hits it square in the head taking it off from the body as it collapses to the ground. The other skeleton pulls out a bow and begins to fire.
The arrow clanks against the steps as it misses its target.
Everyone moves up almost upon the undead. Tam takes a shot but it hits the balcony not even getting close to the target. The remaining skeleton takes another shot at the closest target.
The arrow flies true and strikes Olik.
As Jirani approaches and splits the skeletons attention Olik smashes it to pieces with the morning star, causing the skull the roll down the stairs before eventually stopping and moving no more.
Getting to the top of the stairs a short hallway enters into a larger room. A terrible stone idol stands on a small dais in the center of this crossshaped chamber. The idol depicts a demonic being with a birdlike head and writhing serpents for legs; the eyes are fiery orange gems. Ornamental pillars surround the chamber, and an open archway leads from this chamber to the west. There are braziers burning in the room though an eerie soundlessness enwraps the entire chamber.
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Seeing Tamarie begin searching the skeletons, Jirani takes his time returning with his sling. He stops at a few blue tiles along the pool that caught his eye. He pulls out his crowbar and begins carefully pulling them up. "These might fetch a good price when we return to civilization. Real civilization, not Thornkeep."
"You're joking about the muffins. I guess the regret makes sense, though. If you didn't build a shrine to him..."
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"Muffins eh? As a child I recall a friend of mine regretting very much eating two dozen of the local bakers muffins. Both from the eating and the beating he got once the baker found out who'd run off with them!" the Ulfen says with a laugh.
When Jirani begins prying at the eyes Olik draws his sword. Whispering to those near him he says, "Whoever this demon is I can't imagine his followers are going to much care for this."