Conner passes through the door. the situation is the same but the table is empty.
After Conner comes back out and relays the word to the others Felix will suggest that Tatsuo retrieve the wondrous orb from the other side and they move ahead to explore the last undiscovered rooms other than the part caved in with rubble.
Once everybody's done exploring the room, Tatsuo grabs his orb from the other room before moving on.
Hey maybe the survivor would like to go in and see if there's something in there for him. What's his name by the way?
After S'latch has decided to go, or not, into the room, Felix will move towards the last unexplored portions, looking for traps as he goes
As the group heads towards unexplored area, Tatsuo idly wonders out loud, "Do you think we can trust those that brought us here enough to ask them to start excavating that tunnel while we travel to the other lizardfolk tribe? Or should we just wait until we return?"
I came here pretty much alone. How did you guys get here? Felix asks curiously as he examines the contents of the rotten wooden crates as well as the metal ones unaffected by the rigours of time.
Making your way through the passageways you make your way to what you believe to be the last unexplored section of the vault.
the hallway leading to the room is blocked by a 10 foot wide by 10 long pit. the pit appears to be a natural sink-hole that is no longer growing.
It is easy enough to navigate across the pit and you make your way to a metal door.
investigation shows that the door's latch is corroded to the point of being useless, and the door easily swings open
This room smells of mold and mildew. piled in this room are old rotted wooden crates. they are shaped like crates that are used to store paintings in.
of the literally dozens of wooden crates, there are a couple of metal ones that remained unaffected by the mold and rot.
As far as perceptions go, its all as described, no magic, and no evil are detected.
basically it is an old store room. you will have to take time to open all the crates to see the condition of the contents before you can appraise the contents.
Tatsuo picks up and examines a painting . "I'm not much good at evaluating these kinds of things." He tilts his head to one side, raising a skeptical eyebrow at the item. "But I would suggest we move this back to the locked vault. It should be safer there while we continue onwards."
Mickey opens one of the boxes with his staff and checks the contents.
You examine all the crates, and after some time you discover that there are numerous rare paintings in here from all over the world. unfortunately many have been affected by the moisture and will require some restoration work.
as is the entire collection is worth about 50,000 gold
with restoration work completed the value could go up to close to 100,000 gold.
(restoration work will require a Craft painting check DC 25 with a fial of over 5 ruining the painting for good.) (this will have to be successful 10 times) (each ruined painting reduces the value by 1,000 gp)
We should drag these paintings to a less moist place and then call it a day.
As they're dragging the crates over Felix asks So where do we bunk for the night. You guys find any comfortable place when you explored it?
"Well, we had been bunking with the Blackscale clan...." Tatsuo pauses to consider their options. "We could possibly go back upstairs. Otherwise we may as well just find some place down here to sleep. In theory it should be relatively safe since we've cleared most of it."
"The house may be better. Digging thing is still running around down here."
Well either way. We'll have to keep watch regardless. I think I'll hold on to this ring of sustenance. Won't start working for a bit Felix yawns and slips it on.
Tatsuo nods his head at Conner's wisdom. "I still have a number of offensive spells ready, so I'll take first watch if Mickey would care to take the last one?"
"Sure. I'm low for today. Whoever wakes me up needs to early. I need an hour to meditate."
I'll take second last and wake you early Mikey Felix yawns. Now if you'll excuse me
Your rest is undisturbed, early on as you rested you thought you heard the sounds of someone or something tunneling nearby, but it passed without incident.
That umber hulk.. it seems to be avoiding us, so that's good. As long as it doesn't start causing damage I think we can leave it be Felix says the next morning.
You all rest and are refreshed.
S'latch guides you through the lizardman caves out to the surface. you find yourselves in a swamp on the far side of the island opposite the village port.
there is a large hill to your west.
S'latch indicates that the other tribe is that direction, toward the hill, there is also the cave of the bull-man.
Tatsuo translates Conner's question.
After waiting for a response and translating, Tatsuo asks for some brief clarification on positioning. "Where are the tribe and cave of the bull-man located? Are they on this side of the hill or the far side?"