Zuriel Lets out a blood curdling battle cry that echoes throughout the sewer. Even with the empowered battle cry the rest of the group still does not wake. If there was any doubt before there is none now, sound alone is not enough to offset the sleeping power of the pollen.
With renewed focus, Zuriel draws out a metal disc and launches it at the vegetation. The spinning blade sinks deep into the small plant’s main vine. The thorny plant starts thrashing about, leaving green smoldering liquid along the ledge. With a few final jerks, the plant shrivels then falls limp.
A third outcropping of the thorn-riddled flower, starts inching its way towards Kenri and Telos. Mindlessly the plant moves and opens itself-up to Telos’s extended reach.
Hit!
Plant Creature
Kenri- Sleeping, Prone
Zuriel
Plant 3
Yakima- Sleeping, Prone
Telos
Harlynne- Sleeping, Prone
Plant 1
In a flurry, the shadow lord hacks through the vegetation, as the slow moving plants begin to move up. The menacing plant creature shrivels up into a mound after receiving a fatal hack, from Telos’s extended axe. The impact of the thick blade sounds like a thick branch breaking.
The third outcropping of flowers, splinters into a small pill of compose after feeling the full force behind Telos’s Bardiche.
Telos tacitly moves back five foot from the last outcropping, then brings his mighty blade down for a final crack, indicating the end of the last outcropping.
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Through the haze of arcane rage, Zuriel watches Telos cut down the plants with precision. He searches his mind for a calming thought, willing the energy to dissipate and calm his emotions.
The effort is taxing --he stoops, breathing heavily as he shakes the sleepers to wake them, Yakima, Harlynne, and Kenri in turn.
Well...struck. That...was impressive.
Carefully following your instructions, you find the bend that turns east. You follow the sewer east for about eighty feet, then you see a hall heading north. The ten foot wide hall ends thirty foot in, at the base of a set of stairs. You believe this to be the entrance to the vault.
Algae and moss slick the first four stairs in a short flight of steps that rises to a stone and steel door worked with designs of riders on horseback. Etched into the center of the door is a horse head emblem with a fleck of ruby-red glass for an eye. The edges of the door bear depictions of Shoanti on horseback fighting horned, winged monsters. The door is tightly closed, with a lot of growth around its base. You can tell this door hasn’t been opened for a long time.
Concerned about the area, Yakima starts searching the steps.
After methodically going over the steps she determines there is no traps leading up to the door.
Sascha’s instructions indicate a trap on this particular door. Relying on the instructions, Yalima starts looking over the door.
After meticulously searching the door, Yakima finds the indicated trap. It looks like a short of release mechanism that releases a javelin trap. She points out the release, but isn’t sure where the javelin will come from.
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Still shaken from being so easily put to sleep, Kenri moves back around the corner.
Not so good at this adventuring stuff as I thought. Need to be a little more careful....Maybe start wearin' a scarf or somethin'
"If I didn't say so earlier, thank you Telos. saved our bacon."
Then he stands watch as Yakima searches the door and steps.
Yakima works quickly to disarm the trap, but makes no progress the first time around.
Yakima’s efforts pay off. The trap trigger wire falls limp, as it is rendered inert. With little effort the door slowly creeks open.
Past the stone door, the coarse brick of the sewers gives way to cut stone block construction with corbeled arch ceilings that peak at a height of ten feet. Sturdy wooden doors line the walls, though years of mildewed neglect have eaten away at the facades.
With the added light, you can tell the doors belong to cramped, cell like rooms. From where you are standing, many of the doors appear to be ajar, revealing little to no contents. After carefully observing the hall, you see three doors that are still secured.
Telos examines the first room on the east side. Other than a few rotted, loose blankets, the room seems empty. Based on the shelving in the room, it looks like a storage closet. After inspecting the rooms heading north, Telos finds two rooms that are still locked. The rest of the unlocked rooms appear similar to the first room.
Yakima moves down the north hall. Utilizing her inherited dark vision, she is able to make out a second passage that extends west. The new passage is also riddled with small rooms, all of which appear to have been ransacked.
Most of the small rooms down the west hall appear to have been used as crypts. Small bones and old, decrepit clothing line the floors. All of the doors, except one, have been left open.
On the edge of Yakima’s vision, she is able to see a small set of stairs descending into what looks like a larger room.
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When Yakima approaches the locked door, tools in hand, Zuriel places his hand on her shoulder.
I agree that we should search the locked rooms, but what if there are dangers sealed away? Wouldn't it be better to search the open rooms for any lurking threats first, so we don't get attacked from two sides?
The limited light from Kenri’s sword, creates dark forms along the distant wall. Being accustomed to the shadows, Telos feels comfortable with the constant shifting of the dark silhouettes. After walking the length of the northern hall, Telos readies himself, next to Yakima in anticipation of an attack. Yakima steeps over to the western door, and pulls out a kit of small tools. Slowly, Yakima begins working on the old lock. Although accustomed to the dark, the added light from Kenri’s sword, helps with the detailed work that is needed to open the ancient lock.
After a few moments of work, Yakima feels a snap within the lock, but the lock does not open. Even with being skilled and dexterous, Yakima fails to disable the old lock. As the tiefling begins a second attempt, Zuriel steps into the light, creating a dark shadow across the door. After placing a hand on Yakima’s shoulder, he offers a few words of wisdom.
Kenri moves down the northern-hall, glancing through some of the rooms that were left open. The cells yield nothing of value, yet offers some insight. What little remains in the small rooms, is tossed about as if someone or something else has been rummaging through them.
Harlynne finishes a statement concerning demons. As she mouths the word demon, almost as if she had called out to the abyss, a small glowing bolt of blue colored energy flies out of the darkness of the large western room. The small bolt collides with Yakima, sending pulsating pain down every inch of her body.
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Unknown #2
Kenri
Yakima
Harlynne
Zuriel
Telos
A second bolt of energy bursts from the darkness of the western room. Once again the light blue energy bolt slams into Yakama, sending massive pain down her spine.
Kenri steps up holding his sword high into the air, allowing its light to shine as fare as possible. The limits of the human eye can make out a small stairway leading down into the larger western room. Yakima’s dark vision extends thirty foot beyond the limits of the light source. Zuriel’s elven vision allows him to see clearly the steps that descend into the room. He also make out shadowy forms, in the dim light, forty feet beyond the steps.
Telos decides to move into the room, stepping just beyond the limits of the light spell. Standing in complete darkness, his vision is limited to what is currently lit by the light spell on Kenri’s sword.
The few furnishings in this large chamber are restricted to racks, iron maidens, and other implements of torture. Near the center of the room a massive table with manacles hanging from each corner bears testament to grisly interrogations, and nearby a pair of wooden tubs stand empty, their contents long since evaporated. Against the north wall stand several empty racks and hooks for holding weapons or tools; the implements that once hung there are now scattered in disarray across the floor. A short series of steps near the eastern wall leads to the only exit.
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Zuriel approaches the stairs by Telos, drawing a chakram as he scans the scene.
Take care, there are dangerous objects on the floor. There, he says to the others, pointing with his weapon towards the back of the room. Then, yelling at the shadowy figures: Show yourselves!
The warrior sends the disk whistling through the darkness towards the nearest form before leveling his blade in their direction.
The sound of the bolt striking Yakima leaves Kenri puzzled. Holding his sword high in the air he inquires about what just happened.
After two mighty impacts, Yakima quickly frees up a hand, then draws her magical healing wand. With a command word she empowers the wand and bestows its healing power onto herself. Shortly after the wand expends its divine power, Yakima’s pain subsides.
Observing the magical bolt from around the corner, Harlynne is able to identify the spell as a low level arcane bolt called magic missile. In all she didn't seem very impressed.
Zuriel moves to the top of the stairs to further investigate the shadowy figures. Not sure if the tiny looking shadow is real or not he draws a Chakram and throws the circular weapon at it. Spinning through the air with precision, the Chakram makes a thud, leading everyone to believe the attack was successful. Do to the limited lighting, conformation of the successful attack is obscured, even for a half elf. In Zuriel’s mind one things is for certain. Whatever it was, it was tiny.
Telos bravely steps down the dimly lit stairs and into the darkness. Watching Zuriel launch a Chakram into the darkness, Telos starts carefully looking for a target. With his limited human vision, all he is able to see is darkness.
The tiny form begins moving its little arms in a circular motion, while uttering words of magic. In seconds a light blue light appears in the creature’s hands. With the added light from the spell, for a brief second, Zuriel and Telos can almost make out the things face. Just as fast as the energy manifest, the brilliant bolt of power, streaks across the room, down the hall, and slams into Yakima.
Immediately after casting its spell, the tiny creature moves back, behind a torture rack, and into the darkness.
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Kenri
Yakima
Harlynne
Zuriel
Telos