Alice and Milloy detect neither magic nor traps in this dragonless hall.
The double doors at the end of the hall lead to a room in which a blue mosaic dominates the floor. The ceiling rises to several domes twenty-five feet above. A large marble statue of a robed man with hair braided in a loop and worn like a necklace looks down on the chamber serenely from the east.
Perhaps that task belonged to the now-dead group of goblins we encountered earlier.
This is a temple to Irori. However I am not familiar with any details of such a place.
Milloy will suggest to the capable rogue that she inspect the trap door and determine if it would be safe to open.
"Reckon they're just shy?" Kurth says, using the light from his flaming sword to poke into the corners of the room.
Harsk breaks his long silence, "Aye, Milloy - this is a temple of Irori. An' that mosaic there on the floor? That's a symbol of Irori known as the Master's Rebus."
Harsk waits for the all clear from Alice before heading down the trap door.
Alice gives the all-clear and the party moves down the trap door, finding that the tunnel beneath moves to the east. The party emerges from another trap door leading back up to the main floor.
The dusty chamber above has walls painted with fading frescoes of monks engaged in acts of acrobatic prowess. At the room's eastern corner is a high-backed stone chair. On the chair sits a mummified figure clad in white robes with a braid of black hair circling its neck like an adornment.
As you enter the room the mummified figure simply looks up with dead eyes and holds up his right hand, signalling you to halt. After you have stopped, the mummy stands and whispers, "I, Kanjougas, know not your convictions. I must know whether you possess the aptitude to close the Dark Window."
He looks to be entering a fighting stance.
Harsk takes hold of his holy symbol and calls out, "Torag! Protect your servant Kurth in our struggle!" With that, Kurth is surrounded by an aura, allowing him to share his damage taken with the dwarf.
Alice's arrows fail to pierce the tough hide of the Iroran monk. Harsk protects Kurth to prepare for battle and Maffei fires a shadowy missile at the mummy.
The mummy moves up to Kurth and delivers an expert kick.
1 dmg
And in what way can we prove our aptitude to you other than combat?
"Oof ... that was a bastard thing to do," Kurth says, reeling from the powerful kick.
"How do you like this, you dry old bag 'o bones!"
"Well... it's undead, I think!"
Harsk takes a step backwards and calls forth a bolt of bright, searing light from his holy symbol.
If you say so, Harsk, you're the expert!
The mummy responds to Milloy's question with a shake of the head. "There is only one way."
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The mummy leaps away from Milloy's ball of fire while Kurth swings at the mummy only to find the ancient Iroran master too quick for him.
Harsk's blast of light seems to hurt the mummy though and Alice lands an arrow this time!
Maffei leaps around the mummy and gets behind it to flank with Kurth!
Unfortunately she is unable to hit the mummy monk.
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The mummy continues to go after Kurth!
"Just keep hitting it, I reckon," Kurth says, using his shield to block the flurry of attacks.
Hopefully fire will aid our cause...
Milloy will move the and then cast for
Harsk gives the wizard a smile, "Like the burning fires of Torag's kiln!"
Harsk then steps forward, drawing his warhammer and tries to smash the mummy.
Alice puts another arrow in the mummy and Kurth lands a good blow. Milloy hits the monk with his ball of fire but the wizard's rays of fire only scorch the walls. Harsk hits the mummy but finds that he did not hurt it at all.
Maffei stabs away but is unable to connect!
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The mummy steps away from Maffei and punches Harsk!
And then Alice!
And then Milloy!
[ooc]Initiative:
Milloy follows the mummy-monk with his . He then takes a 5' step and tries to cast Shocking Grasp defensively.
Milloy curses his bravado and waits for death.
"What, were your footsies getting sore kicking my shield?" Kurth says, trying to provoke the mummy into attacking him instead of the others.
Milloy's ball of flame his the mummy once again, dealing much damage to it. Alice and Kurth attack but are not able to pierce its tough hide.
Sorry, Paizo ate my post.
Harsk tries to distract the mummy to help Kurth connect.
Harsk tries to tag-team with Kurth but Kurth still has no luck hitting the monk mummy.
Maffei moves in and digs her blade deep into the mummy!
The mummy retaliates!
Milloy uses his again, though the fire looks to be losing its staying power. Milloy then steps back again and elects to cast
The mummy leaps out of the way of Milloy's fire but is not able to resist the magic missiles, which take him down! As he falls he whispers, "You are worthy...."
"Worthy? Couldn't we have just arm-wrestled or something?" Kurth says, eyeing the smoking corpse.
Milloy snickers at the fighter's comment and proceeds to examine the black key. Once he finishes he'll hand it to Alice. Might come in useful. Milloy will then cast Detect Magic and take a look around the room that the mummy was guarding.
Milloy detects no magic in the room beyond what the monk mummy had on him.
Harsk gathers up the other items. "Ya got one o' these belts of strength already, Kurth? If not, take this. Otherwise, I'll carry this in my pack."
The dwarf blinks a little at Alice's question, "Oh dearie - I'm Harsk. That there's Kurth and Milloy's the one with the pointy ears. I think the dead one said his name was Kanga-something." The dwarf taps the dead body to add emphasis. He then Offers up a quick prayer.
"Heal us, Torag!"
Milloy will suggest the party finish exploring this area of the building and move on toward the southern passage, allowing Alice to lead the way.
The party moves along to a pair of double doors at the end of the southern corridor, finding narrow pillars painted blue and gold supporting the ceiling in this shrine. At its west end is a large statue in a mother-of-pearl-lined niche. The figure sits in the lotus position, hands clasped and eyes closed in prayer.
Milloy scans the area with his eyes and detects for magic. This is one of Irori's serenity halls. Hmm, and if one meditates before the statue for 3 minutes, you might gain the blessing of this place.
"Not really my thing. Always found Irori a bit uptight, you know," Kurth says. "And Harsk, help yourself to that belt. I've already got something to hold up my britches."
"Thanks, but I got a belt already." Harsk packs up the belt.
"I hope you don't mind if I meditate. While I am devout to Torag, I do not think he would mind if I showed my piety to another for a brief time."
The cleric chooses to sit and meditate.
Harsk stands back up and stretches. "Well then, that felt good. What say we check out what is behind this door here?" Harsk moves to one of the doors on the southern wall.
Harsk leads the way into a quiet, open-air courtyard that has been lovingly tended. Small purple berries grow on the nine plants in the middle of the area. A small brass bowl sits near one of the bushes, a few bright berries within it.
"I don't know how she's feeling, but I could use a prayer or two after the kick I took from that leathery old monk," Kurth says, rubbing his bruised ribs.
has 29 charges left if someone wants to smack me with it a couple of times.[/ooc]
Useful. They are Goodberries.
Harsk gathers everyone together for a healing.
"Please bless us, Torag."