BOTTING: Alezandaru delays.
The shadow lashes at Konner.
for Strength damage. [MISS!]
Round 3 (Bold may go)
Shadow
Alezandaru
Konner
Findlefarb
Spark
Bram
Aroden
Brother Antonidas
The shadow dissipates into wisps of dark mist. The way is clear but smoke is still billowing out of this room due to the burning debris in the middle. What do you do?
Spark puts out the fire after a few minutes of work. After 10 more minutes, the smoke finally escapes from a small chimney in the ceiling.
Although much of the gear in this chamber has smoldered to a crisp, there are two things that are still of value here: a scorched iron key and a +1 dagger stashed away in a pack of burnt out gear.
The first passage you skipped turns out to lead to a one-way door that is locked. It's design is such that it cannot be operated from this side. Heading back to the bombardier beetle room, you go down some stairs to a short passage which leads to rising stairs on the other side (i.e. you go downstairs, walk a few feet, then go upstairs again)
One half of this lo!y chamber has a lowered floor, with stairs
on either side to reach the bottom. Standing opposite the door
is a tall wooden statue of Kassen grasping a gigantic wooden
shield in each hand. One of the shields is inscribed with the
word “home,” while the other reads “family.”
-->Knowledge Arcana please.
BOTTING FINDLEFARB:
Alezandaru: you find nothing of note upstairs. Do you wish to go downstairs to inspect the large wooden statue?
The statue glows magical but not the two tower shields it holds.
Aroden can't figure out this complex aura; this statue seems to have been enchanted by a fairly high level caster.
Door to the north (same level as you are) and door to the south (you must go downstairs to reach it)
Knowledge Arcana please.
Aroden: you think the stairs are rigged somehow. And you think that statue is a weak construct of some kind, perhaps a failed or cheap wood golem, although it does not seem to be active now.
Alezandaru checks the door to the north and opens it:
This long corridor is flanked by a row of human statues, set
into alcoves on each side. The statues look like Kassen, and
each one holds a longsword out in front of it. The blades of
roughly half the statues (the northern half) are wrapped in leather padding.
no it looks like an obvious trap that's been half nerfed by the townsfolk... the 4 northern statues have nerf bats and 4 southern ones still have sharpish blades...
Based on the layout it seems like you could just go back through the first room and hang a left, instead of navigating the traps.
In the center of this room is a large pool of clear water, fed by
a fountain on the wall above it. The fountain has a stone statue
of a weeping maiden holding the slain body of Kassen, but his
head has been broken off and is nowhere to be seen. A voice
booms out from the darkness, saying, “Magic is the key.” The
voice slowly fades, leaving a dreadful silence.
That one is nonmagical, but your detect magic spell pings towards the pool.
After 18 seconds or so, your magical sight detects a diminutive object glowing with magic at the bottom of the pool. Only your superimposed magical sight can see this. Your regular human sight only see the first 10 or 15 feet depth of this pool, but your superimposed magic sight indicate the magical glowing thingy is about 40 feet down...
Their eyes can't pierce the murky water. Someone needs to go for a swim.
Once he gets to the bottom, holding his breath, Bram realizes there are piles of keys at the bottom of the pool! All seemingly identical. He returns to the surface to report his findings.
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"Thank you, Bram. I believe one of the keys is magical. I could ask you to bring them all up that I might examine them, but there is an easier way."
Aroden ties a rope to his waist.
"Two quick jerks means pull me up."
He's not a great swimmer (+1), but at least he's not feeble like so many wizards these days.
He will use his sword for light and Detect Magic to identify the magical key.
With his magical sight and light spell, Aroden quickly finds the magical key. Two tugs, and he is up.
There is nothing else in this room.
Where do you go now?
Door locked, but you have two keys now. One magical, and one mundane.
Using the nonmagical key found in area 5, Alezandaru opens the door to area 7. You all see this:
A small stone bench sits in the center of this dusty chamber.
On the far wall is a faded mural depicting the hero Kassen
defeating the mercenaries at the entrance to this crypt, with
his blade piercing the chest of the mercenary leader. These
figures stand alone in the center of a scene of carnage, with
dead villagers and mercenaries all around them.
A passage leads south with a door at the end.
What do you do?