You come into another empty room. There are corridors exiting to the NE, NW, and S.
You came in from the W.
"Northwest? We can make sure to not leave open areas behind us." Gregor asks the rest of the group.
northeast is as good as any direction Trib shrugs his shoulders and heads to the northwest corridor, holding his illuminating sword out in front, he proceeds down the corridor cautiously "Works for me, yeah"
As you enter the area to the northwest, a glowing green monk rises from the floor and shouts "Always floss after every meal, brushing is not enough!" in a deep and ominous voice. Then it disappears back into the floor as fast as it came out.
There is nothing else noteworthy in the area, except a door leading to the west.
"well that was bloody well odd, floss an brush what?" Trib toddles to the door leading west and inspects it for traps and locks
Door seems clear.
seems clear enough Trib turns to the party and tells them "Tha door seems ta be clear, shall we lines up in our usual fashion, yeah"
"I feel like we are going in circles. Is anyone keeping track of where we have been?"
Maria detects magic from where the monk illusion appeared.
You don't detect any magic in that location.
I only do maps for combat. The large scale map makes it a bit too obvious where the secret rooms are.
no need to get nervous Trib looks up as the larger humanoids start talking about the location in the building and the possibility of being lost. Stopping to think for a moment Trib interjects. "Not ta worry chaps, I gots a mind like a steel traps" tapping his forehead with the index finger on his sword hand. "I knows right where we are's and exactly how ta get backs, so lets keep movin' forward, yeah.'
There is also the extremely weird shapes of rooms on this map which would make blacking out spaces you haven't seen extremely tedious. You're just going to have to live without a large map.
I'll assume you open the door. It opens into a very large courtyard within the Monastery proper.
Perpetual night rules the courtyard and the moon holds silver sway. Because there is not even ambient sunlight, the stars over the courtyard are thick and bright. Planets glow red and gold against the field of night. Moonlight seems to echo from the stones, glimmering like foxfire from every surface. There is always a cold breeze in the courtyard, no matter the season. The wind jangles through dozens of bronze chimes that hang from the eaves all around. Doorways and dark windows glare like black eyes. There is a crawling feeling of unseen presences, watching from every stone.
The courtyard is not empty. Tall grass stands almost four feet high, except where a stone path crosses the courtyard east to southwest, ending in a large pair of doors on the southwestern angle wall. There are two fountains in the courtyard. The east end of the courtyard is taken up by the remains of a garden. There is a cemetery against the south wall, directly across from the Gates of Fear, dominated by a large, stone crypt. A statue of great size looms over the center of the garden.
You have entered the courtyard from the SE corner.
"I dont like the looks of this.."
"Then you are wise, Mr. Falco."
Maria detects Magic over the courtyard.
You don't notice anything hidden in the courtyard at a glance, however it is a huge area.
never have liked gardens, well at least there is a crypt to explore Trib, resisting the urge to jump up and down to see over the grass, just calmly and coolly asks, "Do ya's see anything other than tha couple o' fountains an tha crypt out over tha grass? Are we gonna visit the tombs er head back in tha building?"
"Let's get back to the building. We can always check the courtyard later."
You take the NE corridor you found earlier, and it leads up to an empty room. Along the way you passed a door on your left in the corridor.
guess wer're not going to the crypt Trib takes a quick look around the room.
The door on the corridor also opens into an empty room.
"This place has a serious need for some furnishings.."
Yes, he can auto detect odd stonework. However if he couldn't find it on a take 20, I don't bother to roll.
The empty room has no doors other than the one you entered through.
Then we move to finish with the south door of this room.
You take the passage to the south and it turns to the east. The whole corridor is now filled with a puddle of water. There are double doors to the north about midway through the puddle.
Maria tries to Detect Magic on the Puddle of Water.
The water does not appear to be magical.
"I wouldn't just walk through that puddle, who knows what it might be hiding."
as the long shanks run from room to room willy-nilly Trib attempts to keep up with them, he stops at the edge of the puddle looking at it intently, feeling the need to void his bladder.
Maria gets a silver coin out, casts light on it, and throws it in front of the double doors, with the hope it sinks in the pubble in front of the doors and they can check the dept of the water there.
And also make anything in the water react to it. Fishing, anyone?
Tribim notices a ring under the murky water of the puddle. Puddle only seems to be a couple inches deep.
"Oy, 'airs a ring in tha puddle, seems only to be a couple of inches deep, are we goin 'at way or not. yeah"
Maria cuts herself with her nail, letting a drop of blood out.
"Ancestors, please watch over me."
She uses her Sacrifical Boon to gain a +1 in the next roll she makes.
She wades in to the puddle and tries to grab the ring.
Sacrifical Boon (Sp) As an immediate action, you can sacrifice 1 hit point in exchange for a +1 sacred bonus on the next damage roll, saving throw, or skill check you make. This bonus only applies as long as you use it by or during your next turn - otherwise both your sacrificed hit point and the bonus are wasted. You can use this ability 9 times per day.
You are able to grab the ring, but as soon as you touch it, it zaps you with a charge of electricity.
huh, didn't see that coming
Phillip sacrifices Produce Flame to heal Maria.
Yes it is magical, but the water over it blocked line of effect on the detect magic.
Maria tries to identify the ring.
She thanks Phillip.
"Thank you very much Mr. Adey."
well she did earn it looking at Maria, "Well done, Missy, now are we goin' through tha double doors?" If so Trib will line up behind Maria in there standard formation for breaching.