Black stone stairs lead down to this room from the ruined tower above in a staircase that the characters estimates has taken them about forty feet underground. The room at the bottom of the staircase has six doors leading out, each one set into the far end of a ten-foot-by-ten-foot alcove in the wall. There is a faint smell of old rot in the air, like a graveyard, and any torches carried by the characters gutter slightly in the stale air.
I like the woods, Happy to be wondering through the woods again, Elathras follows the directions "to head south following the river to the big hill to the south about eight miles, look for a ruined tower" when they find the ruined tower and the staircase, Elathras turns his nose at the smell and asks "are you guys sure" As the party nods their heads at him he retrieves a torch and flint and steel from his gear. Lighting the torch, torch in one hand, pole arm in the other he descends the stairs entering a large room with six Alcoves and doors, being careful looking around. He asks "which door first? left to right or right to left?"
"Uh... Left to right, I suppose." Virgil looks uncomfortable: the ranger is still breaking in a new chain shirt.
After inspecting the giant room. virgil and Elathras decide on the most northern door, Elathras goes to the door and checks it for any sounds, traps or locks.
As you get within 10' of the north door a magic mouth appears:
"“You stand at the threshold of the Rappan Athuk, the Dungeon of Graves. Turn back, trespassers, for you will find nothing but your death in these dark halls.” It then disappears.
Nothing is carved above this door. You detect no traps.
Elathras shrugs and smiles "big mouth" and opens the door looking inside
This room is empty, and contains no clues about its original purposes
or use.
Opening the door into a 20 ft hall way, Elathras can see that the hallway opens into a larger room further up, so he heads to the end of the hallway to see what he can find, waving the torch around, entertained by the shadows it's casting. When he reaches the end of the hall he steps into the room and looks around asking Virgil "shall we go left first?"
"Huh. Big and empty. Nice."
Virgil finds a secret door along the east wall.
Mittleid notices a second secret door in the small room.
seeing his friends finding all the secret doors, Elathras gets over exited and pushes open the secret door and looks around inside
Everyone roll init
"Elathras? What..." Virgil, staying close to the light, follows Elathras into the room.
Init.
Channel, if necessary
Katzor moves into the room and channels. The zombies all take 1 HP. Mittleid, Irenicus and Elathras are up.
"Well, it didn't take long for trouble to find us!!"
Moving forward Ulfgard knocks two arrows and shoots at the nearest enem y.
as Elathras enters the room and sees the zombies, he realizes he has lead his friends into a death trap, dropping his torch to the ground, his anger consumes him and grabbing his Guisarme in both hands he thrusts it at the nearest undead
[ooc[edit[/ooc] After removing the zombies head from its shoulders with his Guisarme Elathras steps forward to threaten the other zombies, snarling he growls at them "Gggggrrrrrr, Arrrrgggghhhhh"
Irenicus moves up and casts force missile at the northern zombie
Zombies move forward, but cannot attack. Gruk is up.
"Oh man. Oh man... Zombies in here! We got Zombies!"
Zombies? Again? I hate Zombies. Virgil drops his bow, swinging out his new Greataxe as he rushes the closest abomination.
Dolgrin moves up 15' pulling falchion. Gruk is up then top of round.
Wdrozgrúk will close in and use his falchion on the Zombie next to Virgil.
Kaztor and Mittleid are up. Mittleid you realized your arrows are ineffective on these zombies.
Kaz channels to harm yet again.
Channel
DC 13 Will for half.
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Irenicus summons another glowing orb and sends it flying into another zombie.
Mileid pulls a battleaxe and moves forward 5' to gore the zombie
Elathras, stepping away from the two zombies to give himself room to swing his Guisarme, drags it from the gory remains of the first zombie he ended, swinging it over his head as he steps back, he sashes at the creature on the other side of he sarcophagus.
Virgil steps forward, eyeing the tomb in the flickering torch light.
"That's it! We're done, right?"
Still chuckling at his joke, Virgil approaches the thing looking for traps.
Virgil, you locate a trip wire across the middle of the room.
"Watch out! There's a trap here."
Virgil leans down, following the wire to its source in an attempt to further understand and disarm it.
"Uh... guys?" The ranger looks up sheepishly, watching the sarcophagus: "I beefed it again..."
having gone and picked up the torch, Elathras is holding it so Virgil can see what he is doing, when he hears Vifgil say "I beefed it again..." Elathras only has time to think Oh no, not again
Virgil sighs, unwrapping the tangled rope around him.
"At least it's just my pride. Not that I had that much left to begin with."
"Now then," Virgil pauses to point at the sarcophagus: "How about this thing?"
Picking up his weapons Ulfgard checks them for nicks and wear before preparing the next step.
"Well check that piece out, chap!"
He finds no traps no the stone box.
I'm still conscious, that's a good sign realizing the trap was rope, Elathras giggles a little as Virgil untangles himself. Elathras lays his polearm and pack aside removing his crowbar he hands the torch to Gruk, who happens to be standing near by, then looking at the lid carefully he slams the crowbar into the joint between the lid and the sarcophagus.
Straining his strength, as the stone lid slides off the base, Elathras realizes that the occupant of the Sarcophagus is looking up at him. crap crap crap Elathras begins to freak out a bit, not knowing what else to do he begins to rage and swinging the hooked end of the crowbar at the undead.