You haven't looked everywhere. Though you are looking for a gylph, not goodies. Given that I chopped off magic items, the amount of goodies is going to be scarce at best.
Just looked at the map.... Let's go check out the cavern to the right
Humid, cramped, and uncomfortable, this small chamber is still drier than the main cavern of the putrid place. Hovering against the calcified northern wall is a softly glowing sigil, a blue-white light tracing its lines like the strangely organized gyrations of a swarm of fireflies.
It's not really any spell you are familiar with (not a spell). As you approach to get a good look at it, you feel somewhat paranoid, and you start looking over your shoulder.
A good linguistics check might give you some hints about how it works and how to deactivate it.
Ok, maybe someone cast read magic and a knowledge arcana check since all those rolls won't make it.
OK, with that deep understanding of magic, you realize that to deactivate the glyph the proper way, someone needs to bluff it.
"Hey Mr Glyph, did you know I'm a glyph too?"
Marckus says with uncertainty.
Survey says BZZT!
"How do you do fellow glyph?"
So since the bluff route isn't gonna work, you can just beat on it until it is destroyed.
OK guys... When in doubt SMASH
Marckus does a full-round Marckus.
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It's an object so no exploiting, but it doesn't have hardness or DR so it's rather moot.
Hit, hit, miss, miss, hit.
"You can do it Marckus, I believe in you."
If it's just Markcus beating on it, this will take quite a while. It's got a pretty massive pile of HP.
Sileth keeps an arrow knocked ready to pincushion any bad guys who appear while the MBs beat the on the sigil
Can't crit inanimate objects.
If you are concerned with using rage rounds, I"ll say just don't rage, and hit it. This will take a while. All of the attacks hit.
Marckus bluffs the old-fashioned way. With fists.
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Doze dice doe
You can't sneak attack inanimate objects either, though it's all still in the same big mushroom.
hit, hit, miss, miss, miss
Ok, I can see this being rather tedious, so I'll fast forward.
Marcus and Ulthar beat on the glyph. Ulthar does the vast majority of damage since it's is vulnerable to slashing, and has DR against other types.
As lays in his last blow, the glyph explodes in a 60' blast (everyone is in it) of energy. DC 16 will save or you are permanently insane. (though how anyone would notice...)
"Wow head rush amirite"
so close
"Well lets get on with it then. There's glyphs to punch yet."
"Yes! What last we must slay... eth?" Ulthar says in the style of word salad.
As the glyph is deactivated, a swarm of bat-like bursts of energy arc off toward the Rotstone Hollows (which is your next destination).
Not sure how you intend to chase the energy though.
Can I build a bat sail?
As soon as you own a billion GP corporation with a research department.
Don't we still have a casino? Isn't that basically the same?
If our casino has been slacking and therefore no batsail...Do we have a map or something to guide us via to the Rotstone Hollows or should we just set off in the direction where the energy went?
You already kind of know where to go, though following the energy bats is quite direct, though they outpace you pretty quickly if you are hoofing it.
Your casino is a couple thousand GP business when your dealers aren't cheating you. Since you've not been back in a while, they are probably robbing yo
Can we send Ulthars tumor back to the casino to supervise?
You head as directed to the next glyph location.
The monotony of the vast plain of reeking mud finally gives way to three ruined, leaning towers rising out of the muck. The mud and slime spattered about the towers seem almost to be reaching up out of the surrounding mudflats as if trying to drag them further down. A funnel-shaped depression in the mud sits in the middle of the ruins—something at the depression’s bottom glints like polished silver.