The party enters the large chamber and ambles about, examining this and that. Zilchus, looking higher, sees the ‘lions’ start to change and warp when Florence casts her magic. Clearly, they are agitated, as they twist and squirm - the very fabric of reality shifting with their features.
You have just a few seconds to react before they achieve their form and they begin their attack!
Zilchus ponders how to react. He casts Resist Energy (electricity...guessing) and waits to see if others have thoughts. He moves closer (10’ reach of one of them), hoping he can hear what kind of attack might work best.
Stelle glances up at the transforming lions and scowls.
[ Zilchus ] casts Resist Energy (electricity...guessing) and waits to see if others have thoughts.
Stelle looks at Zilchus and shrugs. "There seems to be plenty of electricity around for sure...
She grants everyone the ability to move up to their speed as an immediate action once (effective when and after combat actually ensues, but only once in the combat).
Kosei looks at the strange statues and shouts at them "I am the Ancient Guardian of the Sun Lion, you... things!" and a ball of fire erupts from his mouth as he casts produce flame.
And next a new ball of flames appears and his mouth and the lion again launches it at the same, up to three times.
Round -1
Having moved last round, Zilchus lays into pink.
to hit; (+hero, +holy)
adamantine slashing damage. (+holy)
to hit; (+hero, +holy)
adamantine slashing damage. (+holy)
[ dice]1d20+20+2+2[/dice] to hit; (+hero, +holy)
[ dice]1d10+23+2d6[/dice] adamantine slashing damage. (+holy)
[ dice]1d20+13+2+2[/dice] to hit; (+hero, +holy)
[ dice]1d10+23+2d6[/dice] adamantine slashing damage. (+holy)
HP: 114/114
AC: 38/34 (10 armor + 2 def + 3 dex + 1 dodge + 2 insight + 2 natural) + 4 shield/buckler +3 barkskin (kosei) + 1 armor (warpriest) + light fortification.
DF 1/10
Weap: 0/14 rounds used (swift, +3 bonus/flame/ghost/frost/holy)
Grunting/Summoning: 2/9 used (+7 str)
Quick Prayer: 2/10 used
PoP1: 0/1 used
Armor: 1/14 minutes used (swift,+3 more bonus (fortification=+1/+3)
Crocodilic Channel: 0/2 used/smite: 0/4 used (7d6)
Gr. Magic Weapon (+3); Magic Vestment (+3)
Falcon Crown: 0/3 used, immediate action sac spell
Smite: not used
Grit: not used
Panache: are you kidding me?
Ki: not use
Large animal Init +2; Senses low-light vision, scent; Perception +14
DEFENSE
AC 21, touch 12, flat-footed 18 (+2 Dex, +1 dodge, +9 natural, –1 size)
hp 105/105 (red) -22 -4
hp 105/105 (blue) -2 -10 -36
Fort +14, Ref +9, Will +6 Resist 10 Fire & Acid DR 5/lawful
Special Qualities: Tail thrawping, heel nipping
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft., swim 50 ft.
Melee bite +13 (2d8+12)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
STATISTICS
Str 26, Dex 15, Con 20, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 9
Base Atk +7; CMB +17; CMD 30 (34 vs. trip)
Feats Dodge, Great Fortitude, Iron Will, Mobility, Toughness
Skills Perception +14, Swim +16
Stelle gives everyone the gift of free movement, anytime in the combat (once). Zilchus looks for pink, but finding none, stabs at green who is within lunge range - hitting twice! Kosei lets fire fly, hitting all four times (touch AC is horrible!). Nidhi may take her two rounds on her initiative post. Florence aids Zilchus and prepares to dispel magic… just in case.
Meanwhile the former lions twist and twirl, bend but not break, as they assume new forms. In the end, these things are horrid masses of barbed tentacles, glaring eyes, and gnashing teeth, twisting upon themselves and constantly reshaping into new forms.
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Florence
Kosei
Nidhi
Stelle
Zilchus
Good Folk
Stelle delays.
"I tell you my friends, those are not noble loyal lions!" as the creatures start a chaotic shape changing something triggers in Kosei's mind "Those are Chaos Beasts! But there is a strange taint on them! They are chaotic evil extraplanar outsiders. Something from outer space I once read in the Shaping Secrets of our Era compendium"
The lion suddenly stands up on his back legs and throws the flames that quickly produce in succession on his forward paws!
Corporeal Instability (Su) Claw—contact (curse); save Fort DC 21; effect amorphous body and 1 Wisdom drain per round (see below); cure 3 consecutive saves.
A creature cursed with an amorphous body becomes a spongy, shapeless mass. Unless the victim manages to control the effect (see below), its shape constantly melts, flows, writhes, and boils. An affected creature is unable to hold or use any item. Clothing, armor, helmets, and rings become useless. Large items worn or carried—armor, backpacks, even shirts—hamper more than help, reducing the victim’s Dexterity score by 4. Speed is reduced to 10 feet or one-quarter normal, whichever is less. The victim gains the amorphous quality, but cannot cast spells or use magic items, and it attacks blindly, unable to distinguish friend from foe (–4 penalty on attack rolls and a 50% miss chance, regardless of the attack roll).
A victim can temporarily regain its own shape by taking a standard action to attempt a DC 15 Will save (this check DC does not vary for a chaos beast with different Hit Dice or ability scores). A success reestablishes the creature’s normal form for 1 minute. Spells that change the victim’s shape (such as alter self, beast shape, elemental body, and polymorph) do not remove the curse, but hold the creature in a stable form (which might not be its own form, depending on the spell) and prevent additional Wisdom drain for the duration of the spell; shapechange and stoneskin have a similar effect. The victim takes 1 point of Wisdom drain from mental shock every round that it ends its turn in an amorphous shape—upon being drained to 1 Wisdom, further Wisdom drain ceases and the amorphous body effect is permanent until removed via magic (no further number of saving throws can cure the condition at this time).
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Florence attempts to blind the one on Zilchus (bypassed SR). Kosei continues his scorching, hitting all three times as they continue to form.
vs DC 18 blindness
The green one attacks Zilchus anyway, as it fends off the blindness.
Fort save DC 21
Fort save DC 21
Fort save DC 21
Fort save DC 21
vs DC 18 blindness
Green shrieks into the wind as it finds no purchase and remains blinded!
The purple one also flies to Zilchus. Though it seems to fly decently, it too fails to find purchase.
Fort save DC 21
The remaining two descend onto the great lion among you, targeting Kosei.
Fort save DC 21
Fort save DC 21
Round 1
Zilchus lays into green (then purple if green goes down).
to hit; (+hero, +holy)
adamantine slashing damage. (+holy)
to hit; (+hero, +holy)
adamantine slashing damage. (+holy)
to hit; (+hero, +holy)
adamantine slashing damage. (+holy)
[ dice]1d20+20+2+2[/dice] to hit; (+hero, +holy)
[ dice]1d10+23+2d6[/dice] adamantine slashing damage. (+holy)
[ dice]1d20+13+2+2[/dice] to hit; (+hero, +holy)
[ dice]1d10+23[/dice] adamantine slashing damage. (+holy)
HP: 114/114
AC: 38/34 (10 armor + 2 def + 3 dex + 1 dodge + 2 insight + 2 natural) + 4 shield/buckler +3 barkskin (kosei) + 1 armor (warpriest) + light fortification.
DF 1/10
Weap: 0/14 rounds used (swift, +3 bonus/flame/ghost/frost/holy)
Grunting/Summoning: 2/9 used (+7 str)
Quick Prayer: 2/10 used
PoP1: 0/1 used
Armor: 1/14 minutes used (swift,+3 more bonus (fortification=+1/+3)
Crocodilic Channel: 0/2 used/smite: 0/4 used (7d6)
Gr. Magic Weapon (+3); Magic Vestment (+3)
Falcon Crown: 0/3 used, immediate action sac spell
Smite: not used
Grit: not used
Panache: are you kidding me?
Ki: not use
Large animal Init +2; Senses low-light vision, scent; Perception +14
DEFENSE
AC 21, touch 12, flat-footed 18 (+2 Dex, +1 dodge, +9 natural, –1 size)
hp 105/105 (red) -22 -4
hp 105/105 (blue) -2 -10 -36
Fort +14, Ref +9, Will +6 Resist 10 Fire & Acid DR 5/lawful
Special Qualities: Tail thrawping, heel nipping
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft., swim 50 ft.
Melee bite +13 (2d8+12)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
STATISTICS
Str 26, Dex 15, Con 20, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 9
Base Atk +7; CMB +17; CMD 30 (34 vs. trip)
Feats Dodge, Great Fortitude, Iron Will, Mobility, Toughness
Skills Perception +14, Swim +16
Round 1:
Nidhi begins to sing and moves to stand beside a pillar.
Round 2:
The bard continues to sing and attempts to finish off the green chaos with her longbow!
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Round 1, Init 7
"HEY! LEAVE OUR REAL LION ALONE!" Stelle charges red as it descends.
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"The Shaping Secrets of our Era says they have a weak mind, try to target their will. But most worrisome, they can rend you with corporeal instability curse that drains your wisdom until you hard worked shape!!!" Kosei-lion seems to reel back himself as he says this, but nevertheless the chaos beasts cut his fur painfully.
Not willing his mind to be drained the lion steps back behind Stelle and sends a flame strike over the head of the two beasts harassing him.
Then as a swift, Kosei takes Stelle's inspiration to move again, away of the claws that menace to eat his so cared wisdom.
Stelle protects the only true lion in the room by charging and hitting, but not quite killing, red. Zilchus continues to take on green, taking him down with the critical hit. Nidhi did have a clear shot at green, but faces cover from all the others, shoots at blue though Stelle hitting twice. She, unfortunately, faces DR (10) and so does little damage with her arrows. Florence retributes blue who is, so far, still up. Kosei avoids the curse through sheer willpower (and a little luck) as he rains down fire from above very nearly killing red and wounding blue.
vs DC 23 retribution
vs DC ?? for 53 hp fire
vs DC ?? for 53 hp fire
Red writhes and changes shape with every second as it lies dying on the ground. Unable to attack, it seems to be trying to find a form that will somehow ease its pain.
Blue, unaware of his plight, attacks Stelle.
Fort save DC 21
Fort save DC 21
Fort save DC 21
Fort save DC 21
He takes 13hp of his own for his hit on Stelle.
Purple tries to remain airborne to attack Zilchus properly.
vs DC 15 to hover
Failing to fly effectively, purple lashes out at Zilchus once, then flies to the platform (movement provokes from Zilchus) kicking its dead companion to the floor.
Fort save DC 21
A creature cursed with an amorphous body becomes a spongy, shapeless mass. Unless the victim manages to control the effect (see below), its shape constantly melts, flows, writhes, and boils. An affected creature is unable to hold or use any item. Clothing, armor, helmets, and rings become useless. Large items worn or carried—armor, backpacks, even shirts—hamper more than help, reducing the victim’s Dexterity score by 4. Speed is reduced to 10 feet or one-quarter normal, whichever is less. The victim gains the amorphous quality, but cannot cast spells or use magic items, and it attacks blindly, unable to distinguish friend from foe (–4 penalty on attack rolls and a 50% miss chance, regardless of the attack roll).
A victim can temporarily regain its own shape by taking a standard action to attempt a DC 15 Will save (this check DC does not vary for a chaos beast with different Hit Dice or ability scores). A success reestablishes the creature’s normal form for 1 minute. Spells that change the victim’s shape (such as alter self, beast shape, elemental body, and polymorph) do not remove the curse, but hold the creature in a stable form (which might not be its own form, depending on the spell) and prevent additional Wisdom drain for the duration of the spell; shapechange and stoneskin have a similar effect. The victim takes 1 point of Wisdom drain from mental shock every round that it ends its turn in an amorphous shape—upon being drained to 1 Wisdom, further Wisdom drain ceases and the amorphous body effect is permanent until removed via magic (no further number of saving throws can cure the condition at this time).
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Fort (heroism)
Zilchus takes a hit but avoid serious malalignment of his form.
Round 2
Zilchus double moves to be able to strike at blue next turn.
Kosei turns his attention to the previously blinded beast. The lion stands up once more over his rear legs helping himself with the column and sends a rain of fire on the creature "Make it burn! Make it burn! RooooaaaaaaaaaaRRRRrrrrr!!!"
Round 2, Init 7
Stelle shifts her attention from the dying red threat to the very real blue threat.
for
for
for
Round 3:
Nidhi continues to sing and pulls out a different type of arrow from her quiver. The bard floats five feet to her left and unloads a volley at the purple chaos.
Purple tries to avoid retribution!
vs DC 23 retribution
Nidhi threatens a critical.
Stelle avoids the curse as she stabs the creature repeatedly hitting twice. Zilchus also avoids the curse as he withdraws, double moving to the next target (don’t forget you have an immediate move as well from Stelle). Nidhi hits the beast three times. Facing DR two of her hits do little, but the critical was as solid as it gets. Florence retributes again, and again the creature fails (what’s the duration of these?). Kosei lights up purple, who was not blinded (that was blue) but who is a threat, and somewhat lilac in color at the moment.
Red continues to writhe and change shape with every second as it lies dying on the ground. Unable to attack, it seems to be trying to find a form that will somehow ease its pain.
Blue, dimly aware that somehow its own attacks are being used against it, changes targets, 5’ stepping to see if the same thing happens when it attacks Zilchus.
Fort save DC 21
Fort save DC 21
Fort save DC 21
Fort save DC 21
Desna is watching Zilchus as the creature is stopped at every turn.
Purple flies down on its attacker, and gives Nidhi a nibble with more success!
Fort save DC 21
A creature cursed with an amorphous body becomes a spongy, shapeless mass. Unless the victim manages to control the effect (see below), its shape constantly melts, flows, writhes, and boils. An affected creature is unable to hold or use any item. Clothing, armor, helmets, and rings become useless. Large items worn or carried—armor, backpacks, even shirts—hamper more than help, reducing the victim’s Dexterity score by 4. Speed is reduced to 10 feet or one-quarter normal, whichever is less. The victim gains the amorphous quality, but cannot cast spells or use magic items, and it attacks blindly, unable to distinguish friend from foe (–4 penalty on attack rolls and a 50% miss chance, regardless of the attack roll).
A victim can temporarily regain its own shape by taking a standard action to attempt a DC 15 Will save (this check DC does not vary for a chaos beast with different Hit Dice or ability scores). A success reestablishes the creature’s normal form for 1 minute. Spells that change the victim’s shape (such as alter self, beast shape, elemental body, and polymorph) do not remove the curse, but hold the creature in a stable form (which might not be its own form, depending on the spell) and prevent additional Wisdom drain for the duration of the spell; shapechange and stoneskin have a similar effect. The victim takes 1 point of Wisdom drain from mental shock every round that it ends its turn in an amorphous shape—upon being drained to 1 Wisdom, further Wisdom drain ceases and the amorphous body effect is permanent until removed via magic (no further number of saving throws can cure the condition at this time).
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Although his lion eyes are not able to truly discern what exact color is the beast, Kosei quietly mutes as Florence runs away scared from him, and although he keeps silently throwing fire at the chaos beast...
...the lion seems out of focus and mind troubled.
Round 3
Zilchus hacks back at the beast.
to hit; (+hero, +holy,+bard)
adamantine slashing damage. (+holy)
to hit; (+hero, +holy)
adamantine slashing damage. (+holy)
to hit; (+hero, +holy,+bard)
adamantine slashing damage. (+holy)
to hit; (+hero, +holy)
adamantine slashing damage. (+holy)
[ dice]1d20+20+2+2[/dice] to hit; (+hero, +holy)
[ dice]1d10+23+2d6[/dice] adamantine slashing damage. (+holy)
[ dice]1d20+13+2+2[/dice] to hit; (+hero, +holy)
[ dice]1d10+23+2d6[/dice] adamantine slashing damage. (+holy)
HP: 114/114
AC: 38/34 (10 armor + 2 def + 3 dex + 1 dodge + 2 insight + 2 natural) + 4 shield/buckler +3 barkskin (kosei) + 1 armor (warpriest) + light fortification.
DF 1/10
Weap: 0/14 rounds used (swift, +3 bonus/flame/ghost/frost/holy)
Grunting/Summoning: 2/9 used (+7 str)
Quick Prayer: 2/10 used
PoP1: 0/1 used
Armor: 1/14 minutes used (swift,+3 more bonus (fortification=+1/+3)
Crocodilic Channel: 0/2 used/smite: 0/4 used (7d6)
Gr. Magic Weapon (+3); Magic Vestment (+3)
Falcon Crown: 0/3 used, immediate action sac spell
Smite: not used
Grit: not used
Panache: are you kidding me?
Ki: not use
Large animal Init +2; Senses low-light vision, scent; Perception +14
DEFENSE
AC 21, touch 12, flat-footed 18 (+2 Dex, +1 dodge, +9 natural, –1 size)
hp 105/105 (red) -22 -4
hp 105/105 (blue) -2 -10 -36
Fort +14, Ref +9, Will +6 Resist 10 Fire & Acid DR 5/lawful
Special Qualities: Tail thrawping, heel nipping
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft., swim 50 ft.
Melee bite +13 (2d8+12)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
STATISTICS
Str 26, Dex 15, Con 20, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 9
Base Atk +7; CMB +17; CMD 30 (34 vs. trip)
Feats Dodge, Great Fortitude, Iron Will, Mobility, Toughness
Skills Perception +14, Swim +16
Round 3, Init 7
Stelle backs up a bit and attacks blue again.
for
for
for
Stelle stabs blue twice, ending its life and stabbing red with her third stroke finishing it off as well. Zilchus can’t quite hit purple, even with lunge, and so must move but he criticals when he gets there setting it up for Kosei to finish off with a bit of fire.
The creatures revert to a crumbled sort of stony form upon death.
We are out of initiative, though Nidhi still needs to make a save.
A creature cursed with an amorphous body becomes a spongy, shapeless mass. Unless the victim manages to control the effect (see below), its shape constantly melts, flows, writhes, and boils. An affected creature is unable to hold or use any item. Clothing, armor, helmets, and rings become useless. Large items worn or carried—armor, backpacks, even shirts—hamper more than help, reducing the victim’s Dexterity score by 4. Speed is reduced to 10 feet or one-quarter normal, whichever is less. The victim gains the amorphous quality, but cannot cast spells or use magic items, and it attacks blindly, unable to distinguish friend from foe (–4 penalty on attack rolls and a 50% miss chance, regardless of the attack roll).
A victim can temporarily regain its own shape by taking a standard action to attempt a DC 15 Will save (this check DC does not vary for a chaos beast with different Hit Dice or ability scores). A success reestablishes the creature’s normal form for 1 minute. Spells that change the victim’s shape (such as alter self, beast shape, elemental body, and polymorph) do not remove the curse, but hold the creature in a stable form (which might not be its own form, depending on the spell) and prevent additional Wisdom drain for the duration of the spell; shapechange and stoneskin have a similar effect. The victim takes 1 point of Wisdom drain from mental shock every round that it ends its turn in an amorphous shape—upon being drained to 1 Wisdom, further Wisdom drain ceases and the amorphous body effect is permanent until removed via magic (no further number of saving throws can cure the condition at this time).
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Zilchus smiles as Florence thoughtfully heals him. He is happier to be healed than he is to suffer more scars, but also recognizes that this is his burden to bear, and that the raging river never complains when stones lie in it's path. The river's victory is continuous and slow, unstoppable, and so, too, must Zilchus aspire.
"Okay, I like chaos and uncertainty as much as the next fellow, but those monsters seemed entire amorphous and, what's more, contagious with it. Not sure I like that," he opines. "But what were they guarding? Why are they here?"
Zilchus will slowly examine the room for things of interest.
Perception
"Thank you for the healing, Flo." The bard doesn't look too shaken from the attack on her person. Perhaps if it had gone worse...
Nidhi will aid in looking around the room and sensing any magical presences. She floats to the center of the room and checks each of the cardinal directions for magic. Her carpet glides 90 degrees to the left every few seconds as she takes in the room. She ends facing the far end of the room, wondering if there may have been a throne between the two pillars at some point. Nidhi will move forty feet closer to the end of the room if she doesn't sense any danger or magic.
Nidhi and Zilchus find a few of things of interest, though neither they nor Florence find any additional magics - except the floor.
The floor painting has a moderate necromancy aura and a faint aura of abjuration. An easy Knowledge (arcana) check suggests these symbols and forms are a jumbled variety of poorly executed or strangely altered summoning and protection circles of archaic pedigree. However through the ages the symbols have largely lost their power, and are now just a magical source of little power.
However, in the floor at the base of each niched column (where the monsters stood) are small hidden compartments. Burial crypts actually. You see no immediate wealth on the creatures, though they are still wrapped tightly in ancient linens. So there may be wealth on the bodies, but you’d have to desecrate them to find out.
Going a little further, to the end of the room, you find it opens to a huge windswept shaft! A sudden crash of thunder reverberates from above, and a flash of light briefly illuminates a circular shaft, massive in diameter and of indeterminate height, its pale walls made of smooth, unblemished limestone. Clouds roil in the upper reaches of the great chamber, and a chill, unceasing wind howls mournfully. It’s about 100’ in diameter, and at least a few hundred feet tall - likely running the entire length of the interior of the pyramid.
You can see other platforms at various levels throughout the chamber. I’ve marked them on the map as well as their relative height from the floor of the chamber, still hidden in the clouds below. The winds are quite severe and swirl somewhat randomly though there may be a slightly downward bent.*
Zilchus moves forward, testing the winds carefully. He will wait there, exploring the strong winds and keeping watch. He wonder if they will learn anything from that previous room.
He tests the winds, their swirls and direction.
He looks and waits.
Perception
Kosei nods quietly at Florence as she heals the lion with the wand "They clouded our vision with their trickery disguise. Can you sense any magic now Florence my friend?"
As the aura on the floor is revealed "Perhaps that necromancy magic animated the beast when we enter? They should be protection something of value for the Pharaoh... let's keep checking ahead"
Kosei advances to the end of this floor level and sits in the platform with Zilchus "I have never asked you Zilchus my friend, but my curiosity is eager to know since as long as the stars sought our paths cross on that very first pyramid. Why did you enroll in the tomb exploration in the first place?" the lion observes at the other parts of the room with the Commander, his eyes and mane stretched by the winds.
Zilchus peers into the depths and gauges the wind. Though it whips and tears at him, he does not think it will dramatically effect flight or airwalk.
There is a slightly downward stream to the wind, but it swirls everywhere. Thankfully there's little to no sand in here, or it'd really sting.
Nothing leaps out at him, or drags him from the edge of the precipice.
Stelle waits for word on Florence's scan.
Though the central column has plenty of background transmutation elemental magics, nothing so dire as what Florence fears. Based on what she sees, it seems just like the magics necessary to keep the wind up and the storm going.
That said, she doesn't think the lightning bolts pack much of a punch, if any. They seem more decorative than anything. Seems the good pharaoh just likes his storms.
Naturally her spells don't reach far however, considering the size of the chamber.
Zilchus waits for the others to catch up and finish their findings, then air walks across to the south balcony to take a look at things there. He can and will cast Detect Magic and look about in case there are things of interest here.
Perception
Zilchus departs into the swirling wind and fog and he eventually disappears from view as he examines deeper into the towering cavern.
A tall basalt statue of an ibis-headed humanoid holding a long scepter in one hand and a cluster of scrolls in the other dominates this balcony. Two corridors flank the statue to the south, leading deeper into the level. They are not shrouded in fog.
Knowledge Religion (1 roll) and either History or Nobility (1 roll) for more information. For now I assume you are not actually setting foot on the platform.
- - -
Stelle checks for mummies as Zilchus disappears.
"Hey, Zilchus? Can you see anything?!"
"I'll admit this area is impressive - and it'll be wonderful to recount in my ballads - but I don't see the point." Nidhi floats near Kosei and Florence. "The space would be more better suited as a ballroom with a stage."
"You never know when there might be an invisible barrier somewhere, just waiting for some poor fool to crash into it and fall to their doom. Read a story once where one of the characters died that way; they tried to jump a chasm on their horse but there was a magical wall in the way that they couldn't see..."
"Hey, Zilchus? Can you see anything?!"
Nidhi also calls out to Zilchus: Her voice is louder than normal, but only as if she were calling out to someone from across the tavern. The bard looks over at the halfling cavalier and decides it's best to stay put for the time being. Turning to the others, Nidhi wonders aloud, "can he hear us?" She tilts her head and plays with her braid, "maybe we should drop something down there when he gets back. Like one of my arrows."
Know (religion)
Know (history)
Zilchus marches back in the direction of the yelling voices, trying to scream over the wind. He moves closer. ”What do you want?” ZIlchus leans in to see what’s so important, but then explains about the statue in the distance (including anything from the knowledges rolled in this post) before heading over there again.
The statue looks like the ancient Osiriran deity Thoth, god of magic, the moon, and wisdom. Strange that you’d find him here perhaps, but Pharaoh Hakotep certainly does like throwing magic around.
Zilchus once again splits the party and disappears into the weather of the shaft alone - unseen and unheard some 150' away in the maelstrom.
Stelle looks at everyone topside and shrugs. "I can't follow."