It is not locked.
With the frequency of storm waves approaching the shore, salt water erupts from cracks in the floor of this large hexagonal room. Foamy, blinding spray jumps in every direction, then drains from calf-height to ankle-deep before the next wave hits. Occasionally a length of black-brown seaweed shoots in and adds one more strand to a room that already appears draped in long wet hair. In each of the chamber’s six corners, a fluted pillar rises to the fifty-foot ceiling. Between each pair of pillars, an open arch connects the chamber to an attached space. Beyond the northwest and southwest arches, three tiers of recessed spaces form three massive steps. A stone sarcophagus rests on each step.
The spray is not a huge bother now, but in will be in combat (hint).
I actually will be offline until Sunday, so I will setup the combat then.
Suddenly across the room. another undead creature drools and looks across at you. Tametomo is lucky enough to move first.
This undead creature is dressed in rotting finery, wisps of fetid, expensive cloth still dangling from its limbs. Perched atop its head is a golden crown, resplendent with a dozen glittering gems, while its putrid fingers each bear extravagant rings made from a dozen different precious gems and metals.
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Calling upon his goddess, Tametomo prepares to attack, but also provides a clear target for the undead. It charges him, and lunges for his shoulder, mouth opening wide.
So the arrows hit their target, for a total of 16 damage.
The waves come crashing in.
The creature continues to attack Tametomo.
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Confused and a bit scared that dead bodies no longer seem to stay dead, Dumm sheds his higher reasoning and gives in to his feral instincts as he charges forward, thinking only of taking down the creature.
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Dumm charges in and swings wildly, missing the target.
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Seeing the creature strike at his companion, Mavaro opens his mind to the power that lives inside his swords's twisted face. It grows heavy in his hand and the man's looks becomes one of grim determination.
"Take your filth of the man and see your soul purged, old king!" he shouts at the creature, rushing towards Tametomo's side.
Mavaro casts his spell and gets into position. He tries to recall information about this particular type of undead, and knows that it is known as a "ghast", which is a stronger, more dangerous version of a ghoul. It's bite carries a nasty disease, and any successful attack could result in paralysis.
Crowe, who was blinded by the water spray, comes charging in anyway, and comes SOOOO close to hammering the creature, but the spray in his eyes is just too much.
Tametomo is able to move back out of melee range, and thuds two arrows deep into the creatures chest.
The waves crash up again (New Ref DC 13 save for everyone), and the ghast attacks each of the three opponents in his range, with claws to the sides and a bite at Dumm in the middle.
And with that, Dumm destroys the undead monster!
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Tametomo stows his longbow with a sigh of relief and a quick prayer to Shizuru. After a few moments to breathe, he says "Well, we came here for a purpose, friends. We didn't find anything before but let's look if we find anything about that little girl here."
And saying that, he begins to scan the area.
Each stone sarcophagus is stuck closed except for the front most one in the northwest alcove. Tametomo tries to open it.
The sarcophagus lid slides aside with the sound of a grinding millstone. The well-preserved body of a young girl lies inside, stringy black hair obscuring the face. Her atrophied limbs are drawn up like folded sticks against her torn school uniform. It appears to be Junia, the daughter of Lady Dacilane!
Beside mummified remains within the other five sarcophagi: a set of polished silver plates each with the decorative bust of a Taldan noble rising from its center like a man from a mercury pool (1,400 gp) and a goldplated, ceremonial longsword (300 gp).
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Although the thing had mauled him with his vicious claws, Mavaro's will was strong and he did not succumb to the numb feeling that crawled up from the wounds.
Before he was able to even land a single blow though, the creature was struck in twain by Dumm's mighty sword.
Mavaro takes the time to check the monstrosity, breaking off one of its toes when he thinks himself rather unobserved and stows it in some cloth that he produces from his bag. He also picks up the crown and rings, trying to get any idea about the ideantity of this old king that was unable to rest, focusing his mind to get in tune with the items.
He answers to Tametomo's remark coldly. "Desecration is not our duty, but we are here to extract all the knowledge we can find. This place was buried deep for centuries - much is to be learned."
He gestures to Crowe to help him against the wishes of their companion, pushing aside the lid of one of the coffins.
He does examine the busts and the sword, taking notes on who they were buried with and what could be learned of those from the trinkets.
Once he is done, he takes these items into custody, to grant them into the care of those in the Society who can learn even more from them.
Then he looks for the ghast's original resting place, and upon finding it, he adresses the others.
"This man died long ago, and may have been a great king once. He did not rest in peace, and he might well rise again should we leave him here - sprawled on the floor, arrows in his old flesh and almost cut in half. Help me return him to where he belongs."
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Blinded by water, Dumm feels his weapon cut into dead flesh-- which quickly becomes dead weight. Wiping his eyes, he pulls his sword out of what turns out to be a no-longer-walking corpse. Fatigue sets in as his full consciousness returns.
He helps his allies with the remaining sarcophagus, and wonders why a weapon would ever need to be as fancy-looking as the sword they find within it. "You think maybe that the king?" he asks, gesturing to the dead creature. "Maybe he stays dead from now on," he adds as they return it to its tomb.
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OK, so what is your next step?
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After take the ring, Crowe says to the others - ok, I believe that Lady Dashlane will want to do the funeral rites for her daughter. So, can some of you help to carry this sarcophagus back to surface? Once out there, we can bring it to her.
The bloodrager holds one of the sarcophagus' side, waiting for the help to carry it.
I don't believe you can move the sarcophagi but you can transport the body.