You travel slowly, clunkily down the corridor into arrive at an enormous round room with four exits. The walls are tiled with coloured tiles forming scenes of desert beauty like those you saw upstairs. The floor appears to be made of one massive piece of stone .
Having seen stone floors slide up and down as traps before Sykala holds up a hand to indicate the rest should pause a moment and disappears into the stone floor.
Sykala finds it to be solid stone. It's quite massive.
She returns to the surface and shrugs at the others before stepping out onto the massive piece of stone cautiously.
Sykala does not detect any traps.
She'll head to the closest corridor off to the left and look in.
Refina will follow behind her
Ovirid will also look around for traps as the rest of the party follows the girls.
Perception vs traps
Yup!
Content to continue to allow the Druidess to lead them and trusting in his Dwarven friend's ability to sniff out a trap, Korian follows along.
Ixius stays with Korian, following after Sykala.
The hall to the left continues about 30 ft and then bends to the South. About 20 ft. further, you can see four wooden staves sticking out from the walls on either side, two side, 10 ft. apart. The staves are encrusted with red and black gemstones.
As the get with range, Korian carefully uses a cantrip to detect the whole section of tunnel, gem encrusted staves and all. He takes his time doing it, also consulting with Ixius on it as he does.
Sykala pauses letting Korian and Ixius take the lead as it seems we have found what we were seeking.
"Okay so we were to remove the staffs and attatch them together."
Assuming they check out okay Refina will attempt to remove them.
Ovirid will do what he can to make sure things are safe.
Perception
Knowledge (history)
Ovirid notices a patch of stone in the ceiling above is slightly different in colour than the rest. He suspects that there is something amiss.
He does not see any significance to the staves or the gemstones.
Korian detects magical auras at the same spot, but is not able to clearly identify a single school.
Refina attempts to pull the firststaff free
"'old up, lass. Ah dinnae like th' look o' th' ceilin' 'ere."
He will redouble his efforts looking for a trigger that might be related to that area of the ceiling, focusing on the staves, which he assumes are the triggers somehow.
Ovirid cannot identify a trigger on the staves but it may be hidden in the wall. He does see an area on the stone that looks like it could be a trigger of some sort. It is an awkward place though and could not be accidentally triggered.
The staff feels a little stiff at first but then slides out smoothly as Refina pulls on it.
Only the part of the staff that protruded is encrusted with gems. The part in the wall was smooth. The end of the staff that was buried in the wall has been sharpened into a point.
Seeing his concern, Sykala will sink through the walls and assist Ovirid's search attempt.
As Ovirid explains his findings (the old Dwarf had a terrible, yet endearing, habit of mumbling to himself out loud while he worked) Korian speaks up "Hmmm, you know, perhaps that's not a trap at all, but a trigger for a secret door or the like. Shall I press it?"
If his offer is declined he assists Ovirid in examining the device further.
Aid Another traps:
As he works he says over his shoulder to Refina "You know, I can remove those staves from a distance, perhaps that might be safer?
The dwarf looks at the Mage, considers, and nods.
"Thats okay. They havent been trapped so far." Continue removing the staffs
When Korian presses the trigger the discoloured stone rises up revealing access to a small chamber. You cannot see what is in the chamber from here.
Korian wait to see what Sykala sees in the chamber, indicating for her to check it if it does not seem like she is going to do so.
She will take a look.
There are several items in the small chamber including a polished stone box, two grey stone jars, both lidded, and something long wrapped in a white cloth.
Refina finishes pulling out the four staves. All of them are long, gem-encrusted, and sharpened at the end that was in the wall.
Ovirid looks at the staves to see if he can aid in assembling them as instructed by the stranger.
Wisdom check to assemble
Craft (trapmaking) for aid
The three of you put your heads together, but you are pretty sure there is no way to put this together, unless some pieces are missing.
"Odd....Perhaps a spell to repair it?"
"Mebbe 'ere be a clue 'r somethin' t' stick 'em t'gether 'n th' room 'ere."
The dwarf cautiously approaches the room, looking once again for traps before entering.
Perception vs traps
While the others work on the staves, Korian waits to see what Sykala may have found in the chamber
The chamber you have found can only be accessed through the ceiling. Sykala can glide through walls, but even if Ovirid were not of limited stature, he'd need a boost.
The dwarf looks down at the floor below the chamber entrance.
Ovirid does not see anything that would support a ladder.
"Harumph." Hands on hips, he peers upward awaiting the druid's report while he thinks on this.
That seems unlikely as you'd have to climb, balance on a staff, and then jump to the hole. The staves were in the walls on the sides and the hole is in the middle.
The ceiling isn't very high. 10 ft. above the ground or so. You should be able to boost someone up.
I don't know if Jinx will be able to push stuff out, but one of you should be able to get up there. Sykala already climbed up there.
I think Ovirid just wanted to check for traps.
There are several items in the small chamber including a polished stone box, two grey stone jars, both lidded, and something long wrapped in a white cloth.
The little druidess reappears in the ceiling trapdoor and waves the others up. She watches them for a few moments to see if they can manage to get up here without her assistance.