Audi also has a look around the room.
and tries to see what he can determine about the books
Each book is worth 10 gold!
A fair amount of gold for them all, but we simply can't carry that much. We'll at leats have to leave them for later.
"Sure let's leave them for now and we can see about taking them on the way out...though won't it be risky to pawn the mayor's books?"
What the mayor doesn't know can't hurt us.
"And leaving a tome here or there could help shift blame onto someone more deserving of the Hellknight's attentions. Exxor flips through a couple tomes...
Exxor will also look for secret doors behind the bookcases, or false panels...
Value is in the books not knowledge.
Exxor doesn't find any other exits, just the obvious but he does find a hidden tome, very thick and feels lighter than it should
That's fine, but exxor found the secret
Find something interesting?
"I think this tome has been hollowed out. I'll check for traps before opening it." Exxor holds up a large tome, eying it cautiously.
Exxor studies it slowly and carefully, checking for any of the tell-tale signs that it has been trapped.
No traps and it is actually filled w pages...why else could it be lighter...hmmm
"Hmmmmm, not trapped and not hollowed out.... but it feels lighter than it should.... Any ideas guys?"
I wonder if it is magic. Miro checks out the book, skimming through.
Detect magic?
Audi?
Audi detects magic on the book and if it is, tries to determine what it might do.
Totally magic! It imparts a +2 on religio checks and I will tell you more about what it is presently
Drowned Jabe and
His Miserable Brothers and Sisters. This book looks brand
new and is lavishly illustrated, and tells the tale of a thief
who came into a place called the Asmodean Knot and
drowned there, only to live on after death as “Drowned Jabe" Valued at 200 GP
So good news? Book that makes us stronger or smarter?
"It will help us know more about religion, faith and the undead."
Useful I guess. Shall we keep going?
"Definitely. Let's go."
"Ummmm.... before we go too far... Isn't this vault known as the Asmodean Knot? And might we then, encounter this Drowned Jabe...Does the tale tell how to deal with the undead spirit?"
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If its a spirit we come against We throw the book at it and hope its distracted enough for us to either get in a serious strike to drive it of or we run.
He said with a smirk wiping his hands off on his pants from his searching while Miro Stitched Brannock up.
Lets try not to have anyone else chewed on, that traditionally has been my role here in this group My friend.
He added patting Brannock on the shoulder and smirking.
"Tram, my dear firend, if you insist on hurling tomes at spirits, please throw the cheaper ones! This is worth 200 gold, coins I for one could use! And we need to find a more fitting role than chewtoy for you..." Exxor grins back at Tram, then looks to Brannock and adds "...both."
the heroes make their way into the next room, taking the magic book but leaving the rest
This boggling chamber is a square shaft, the walls featuring
a spiraling stone stairway that winds up to the left and down
to the right. Yet following the stairs with the eye as they wind
up to the left, impossibly, brings one right back to the initial
landing. There is no floor below or ceiling above, only an
endless shaft dropping away into a dimly lit infinity. A second
flight of stairs leads up to one side of the room into another
hallway, while a third flight descends down in the wall opposite
into yet another hall.
Ugh, ow! My head does this thing lead back on itself?
"Looks like something Cayden would have come up with after going on a good bender! Let's try up first! Shall we try the infinite stairs or that other set over there?"
Stairs I guess.
"Umm...they're both stairs. This room really is messing with your head isn't it?"
"Really..... who would build something like this... why would someone build something like this... HOW would someone build something like this!!!"
Wait, ...why would someone build something like this..."
Exxor attempts to disbelieve...
Exxor fails but he does find a fountain of sorts that seems to be pouring a very viscous clear liquid
It is across the room
I wouldn't be surprised if the fountain is hell acid considering thsi place. Go check it out Brannok!
ANyone have a pole or something to poke inside?
Miro tries sniffing the air to see if he smells anything like acid
definitely not acid
ill take a religion check
"No pole. We could drop a copper in there."
Audi seems to think that the viscous liquid is a concentrated holy water...thats weird. what could you do with that...
After getting Audi's feedback. Hmm.. Well this looks useful, I don't have enough vials but if we start emptying any wine bottles and such we can get a good amount. No doubt there are plenty lying around after the party goers emptied them.
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"What ... what was that books title Drowned something. It spoke of the knot right? do you think it would ruin the book if we placed it in the water?
he asked scratching his head for a moment. He knew from his studies at the academy that some magic items rquired strange... focus or components to work properly.
We can try putting a few drops on it just to see if there is a reaction. Once everyone is near the fountain, Miro drips a few holy water drops on the book.