Tatsuo strokes Sora's scales, murmuring a few soothing words in draconic to her. He then starts to look around to make sure there are no other undead threats hiding about, ready to strike.
Now that the undead have been dealt with, the group is free to explore the room better.
on the floor in the center of the lower level lies what appears to be piece of parchment and three black stones.
as you examine the crypts they are comprised of small doors spaced about three feet apart. there are a total of 72 crypts in this room.
along the southern wall on the upper walkway are the crypts of Kragor NeMoren's sons. the tombs then proceed through the generations clockwise around the room, with the last chamber in the northern wall of the upper level, followed by the first chamber in the southern wall of the lower level.
23 crypts along the western and northern wall of the lower level remain empty, waiting for future generations, that apparently may never come.
The name on the crypt in the southwest corner of the lower level reads Paytro NeMoren, but his body does not rest inside, beside this crypt is another empty crypt bearing the name Amelia NeMoren.
However her name is scratched over and..."Always Lisette" is hand carved on the door instead.
Of the opened crypts it is apparent that they were opened from the inside (these are where the skeletons and zombies came from. only one door has a plaque that is readable, bearing the name "Kristian NeMoren"
a zombie that appears to have been clad in a dress that emerged from the crypt of Kristian Nemoren has a magical ring.
Mickey goes through and thoroughly checks every doorway and room, with a cursory casting of detect poison at each doorway.
Reeves and Premi take to a corner and begin playing some kind of game with Reeves swinging from Premi's massive paw.
Tatsuo moves closer to the Kristian zombie to examine her ring.
But has no idea what it is.
"We seem to have another magical ring over here. I don't recognize it. Would someone else care to take a look?"
"Scroll? Black stones? I am thinking I missed something. Where find you scroll and stones?
Conner you detect faint transmutation magic on the ring, as you examine it you can make out tiny symbols of winged feet.
you recall something about this being a telltale trademark of a ring of jumping
Mickey goes through and thoroughly checks every doorway and room, with a cursory casting of detect poison at each doorway.
20+6
Reeves and Premi take to a corner and begin playing some kind of game with Reeves swinging from Premi's massive paw.
you do not find anything magical but your search does seem to turn up an old torn piece of a map.
you also find a silver ring with a blue crystal stone set on it.
Mickey slips on the ring if it fits him.
If he doesn't hear any movement behind a door, he'll open it, kicking it in or otherwise.
He slips the map piece into his scroll case, planning to show the others later.
Mickey slams his foot upon the sealed door of an unopened crypt. but all he does is feel the vibrations through his leg just seconds before it registers as pain.
you lower your leg and limp away, for now.
Letha picked them up, if she has discarded them, I will take a closer look.
Sam casts Open on the crypt door.
"I think Sora is ok for now. I'll make sure to stick close to her in case she needs healing."
Tatsuo pets Sora's muscular neck while he watches the others attempt to open the sealed crypt doors.
"What's it do?"
Mickey had found a ring of his own, but it hadn't been magical, so probably not worth mentioning.
the parchment is a used scroll of Animate Dead
the stones are onyx gems, each worth about 50 gold
for those searching the unopened crypts.
It takes some time but you manage to break open more crypts. finding nothing but bones. several crypts are empty.
|
Taking 10 on Appraise. Don't have it trained, so the result is 10.
Letha hands one stone and the parchment to Jaroslav. "Common gems, I think" and advise that they use some help with their analysis (Guidance or Aid Another). She then explains to Mickey that the ring is a Ring of Jumping.
She then moves up to the door at (6).
have finished in the crypt, the group moves on. Letha apparently leading the way.
as you ascend the stairs you are confronted by a massive stone door. there are no visible keyholes or handle. It stretches from floor to ceiling.
To the immediate left of the door is a small niche in the wall. A small crystal sphere sits in this tiny alcove. Light dimly radiates from the sphere, giving the doorway an eerie glow.
the crystal sphere is about 4 inches in diameter.
Finally close enough to see the light source, Tatsuo examines it.
the crystal sphere is giving off a dim glow and it appears to be the effect of a light spell but diminished some.
Tatsuo you seem to recall that long ago jungle elves from the Mwangi expanse created spheres similar to these. they were aptly named Orbs of light.
Once Tatsuo identifies this Conner you are able to recall that these orbs are activated simply by holding them in your bare hand. your body heat will increase the light shed by the sphere to the equivalent of a daylight spell.
assuming you are also up there...
you notice that the sphere is the exact same size as the circular indentation at the bottom of the pool in the other room where you had the disfingering conversation.
Mickey and Premi both exhale through their nose and begin looking over the door. Reeves looks underneath to see if he can see anything. Not that he could communicate it, but Mickey wasn't going to tell him not to.
Premi aid another Percep
Mick Percep
@Mickey:
The door is sealed all the way around. and is a heavy stone doorway. your search does reveal that it lowers into the floor to open.
possibly needs a magical means to open
Tatsuo turns to Conner. "Since you need both your hands, I would suggest letting me carry it." With that, he picks up the sphere, and then checks to see if there's anything else in the alcove.
"Perhaps it is needed take up globe and make great light before door will be open?"
"Magic door."
He states simply and crosses his arms.
Premi looks at him and does too, then Reeves looks at Premi and now all three of them have their arms crossed waiting for something to happen.
assuming no objections...as Letha heads back with the sphere. and the daylight leaves the vicinity of the door it starts to close.
Back in the pool room...
Letha places the orb in the indentation at the bottom of the pool and the glow of the orb spreads through the water. it begins to swirl around in a counter clockwise pattern. after a few moments the swirling stops and the water smells ans appears pristine and pure.
As Letha removes the orb the orb again glows to the brightness of a daylight spell at her touch. the water returns to its previous stagnant dirty condition.
Mickey had been watching the door, with his staff in one hand and Premi off to his side.
Tatsuo goes to wait with Mickey. When Letha comes and puts the orb away again, he goes to pick it up, and gets ready to move into the new territory.
the orb radiates evocation magic (daylight spell)
the water raditaes conjuration (healing) magic when the orb is in the pool. the magic goes away when the orb is removed
I need a spellcraft DC 17 to identify more spefics of the pool.
The orb radiates daylight when held but is reduced to light when not held.
also the brass ring reacts with the orb daylight effect creating a mild vibration and humming sound. (-5 to stealth checks if worn while in a daylight spell effect)
the water is equivelant to a cure light wounds potion, but it will not keep its magic if removed from the pool unless it is carried in a stone contaner. any other vial will cause its magic to disappear instantly once removed.
there is enough water to fuel 9 potions (was enough for 10 but your experiment cost one useage by placing it in a regular vial)