Ayishida = 19 [current 3 hp]
Markhet = 43 [current 3 hp]
Celena = 41 [current 8 hp]
N'Djamena = 41 [current 41 hp]
Kalden = 32 [current 26 hp]We need to heal.
Not finding any traps, Vrealk looks to the others. "Well, open or no?"
Ayish chews nervously upon her bottom lip, but waits for those more knowledgeable to speak up first.
Kelden is all for opening the door.
"So mote it be," N'Djamena intones.
"OK, here me goes!" and Vrealk opens the doors ...
The doors push inward, slowly with much creaking and dust. Beyond the doors lay a large crypt formed of three vaulted alcoves, forming a clover-shaped room centered upon a dais. Atop the dais rests a single massive block of deep black stone, Carvings in each alcove and on the sarcophagus itself depict the terrifying image of a nine legged spider with a gaping maw.
You feel both dread and excitement at the very site of the sarcophagus
"Is it just me or does this pretty much scream undead?" Kelden uses his Wand of Shield and preps his scroll of Protection from Evil.
Celena keeps an eye out as they all head in.
N'Djamena stares wide-eyed at the sarcophagus. "There is something of great importance in that coffin, but also of great importance. Markhet -- if you wish to leave, you are free to do so, but I MUST know what is inside!!"
N'Djamena casts Bless and Remove Fear on the party.
"............ Do what you must but I believe I would rather just kep watch outside" Celena heads back to the doors and consults her phylactery of faithfullness to see if she is making the right choice.
Ayish straightens her posture and steps up to assist her friend N'Djamena in what ever quest has taken him over.
Vrealk smiles broadly, cracks his knuckles, and carefully approaches the coffin. He will closely inspect the entire room for traps, taking 20 (for a 31).
Celena waits outside, being a part of disturbing a tomb does not sit right with her, so she takes no part. Vrealk takes his sweet time inspecting the room, but sees no traps, though two of the alcoves are themselves doorways, each sealed.
N'Djamena stares wide-eyed at the sarcophagus. "There is something of great importance in that coffin, but also of great importance. Markhet -- if you wish to leave, you are free to do so, but I MUST know what is inside!!"
"Markhet was fairly certain that was going to happen regardless of her feelings," Says the gnome with a sigh, "Markhet will watch and wait and rescue the priest if necessary."
Ayish steps over to where Markhet sits upon her feline friend, also ready to assist in any way she can.
Celena waiting at the door
I was hoping some one else would volunteer to open it, but... "Kelden goes over the the sarcophagus and tries to open it."
N'Djamena will gladly open the sarcophagus if Kelden appears reluctant.
Together then.
"Which one do you think will get eaten first?" Markhet asks Ayish as she watches the two men attempt to lift the sarcophagus lid, "Markhet thinks N'Djamena will be the most tempting morsel to any elder evils sealed within because he has so much more tasty flesh visible, whereas Kelden at least keeps his head sensibly covered with a proper head of hair. If they're both eaten Markhet will attribute it to not having proper beards."
The stone slowly is pushed from the sarcophagus, it takes all kelden and N'djamerna have to push it aside. Dust and foul air drift from the now open sarcophagus. Inside, the remains of a gnolls can be seen, still wearing glimmering mail a Periapt upon its forehead and grasping a greataxe in its withered hands. N'djamera however is not drawn to any of these but something calls to him about the scroll case laying by the dead Gnoll
Give me a DC 20 will save
Ayish frowns a little at Markhet's banter as her other friends explore the place.
"It's always best to investigate things." She whispers back to her Gnome friend. "We wouldn't ant anything getting up when we didn't know it was there and sneaking up on us later." She points out.
Will save
Will: , +4 if it's a fear save
N'djamena gets a awful feeling of dread and a cold chill, but seems to suffer no other effect that he can tell.
Any of it magical?
All of it glows with a magical area, the armor, the axe, the Periapt and the scroll case all show as magical.
Kelden reaches in to gather the items so he can identify them.
Armor
Axe
Periapt
Scroll (Read Magic)
Ayish winces as Kelden reaches down into the sarcophagus.
The armor is mithral , the Large two handed ax with the wicked serrated blades kelden is unsure of, while the Pariapt seems to bestow wisdom The scrolls kelden can not tell, its not a normal scroll, it has no writing upon its surface, which seems made of thin gold so smooth it is like a mirror.
Ayish's eyes open a tad wider after a few moments as neither Kelden, nor N'Djamena have immediately exploded.
"Well....that wasn't so bad...." Ayish hesitates to add...
"Well that is good Markhet supposes," the tiny gnome muses, "It's good to not always be right."
"The scroll..." N'Djamena mumbles. "That's what we need..."
Vrealk just watches the others check out the sarcophagus. "How do you know that, N'Djamena?"
"Nethys knows all!" N'Djamena replies as he reaches in to the coffin and grabs the scroll.
Nothing seems to happen as N'Djamena removes the scroll from the coffin.
Ayish opens one eye hesitantly...and slowly takes her fingers out of her ears.
"No ka-boom? Wasn't there supposed to be an earth-shattering ka-boom?" She jokes quietly.
"Shall we leave now or keep exploring?" N'Djamena asks as he puts the scroll in his pocket.