Jrahk's images are poisoned and die.
Yes, yes, I'll be fine. At least these are more entertaining than the hands were. You could say I'm... handing that to them.
"Well, at least it's not a masturbation joke," Daliya noted, preparing another strike. "Although, having seen all your hands..."
Ace readies to slice a b$+## open
The spiders reappar again to attack Ace...and things don't go well for them. One dies, and the other shrieks in fear.
She follows through with her attack
After a few seconds, it becomes clear she won't reappear.
The mirror images that took both hits and disappeared fail to save against the poison.
Jrahk gives an annoyed huff as he returns to normal size.
"Stupid bugs. Hope this one's learned its lesson."
He begins searching the room.
Ixrul has the harpies carry the spider corpses back to the boat real quick, and then return.
Jrahk finds...some stairs!
Ixrul sets his familiar down on the stairs to see if it senses any movement upstairs.
Ixrul feels no creatures upstairs or downstairs.
He will also look for traps.
And detect magic as well.
Assuming neither reveal anything, he will politely thank their glorious captain for taking point up the stairs.
Nothing trappy.
Jrahk is more than happy to continue being the manliest man in the group.
The top of the stairs is some sort of observation tower. The area does detect as magic, and Ixrul can tell after some study that the tower was designed to be able to use Sending to communicate with other, similar towers.
It's been used recently.
"This'll come in handy, once we find the other towers. We'll put someone up here who can cast Sending, or give 'em some scrolls."
He looks around. "Maybe whoever used it last is still here!"
Nope.
Ixrul can tell that "recently" was likely within the last minute or two, so unless Ederleigh for some reason worked up the courage to exit his room (a prospect that sent him into a blind panic when it was even SUGGESTED...) and managed to sneak around you, it wasn't him.
Ixrul's extra eyes fly straight up and look around.
The sky sure is pretty today.
"Ya think those spiders are smart enough to do this?"
They could talk...
"What, you think they sent a warning out to their monster friends?"
"That's certainly possible."
Can Ixrul figure out how to use it?
He can tell that they're simple to use, but apparently have some strict requirements for use. You must know exactly where to send the message (and that must be one of the other towers), and someone must be there to receive it as well. Unless all of those conditions are met, the tower doesn't work.
Ixrul will pull out a piece of paper and write a note on it in Aklo and Common. He will leave it pinned under a small rock but clearly visible.
"We are willing to negotiate with any and all intelligent creatures on the island. A peaceful, cooperative resolution is more agreeable than a drawn-out extermination. Should you desire to negotiate, elect a representative and I will speak with them alone or via the sending spells installed in these towers, whichever is more agreeable. Come bearing a leaf-covered branch and we will not attack."
Ixrul will set his familiar down on the basement door and have it feel for things.
He will also detect magic in the area.
No traps, in what appears to be this underground prison, but Ixrul does detect magic coming from the pillar in the center of one of the cellar rooms.
It is an aura of Illusion magic, but does not appear to be an item, nor a spell.
Ixruls wracks his brain for creatures that can magically appear to be columns or other such things.
Could be a Mimic? But they transform, not cast illusions.
Ixrul will pull out a piece of paper and write a note on it in Aklo and Common. He will leave it pinned under a small rock but clearly visible.
"We are willing to negotiate with any and all intelligent creatures on the island. A peaceful, cooperative resolution is more agreeable than a drawn-out extermination. Should you desire to negotiate, elect a representative and I will speak with them alone or via the sending spells installed in these towers, whichever is more agreeable. Come bearing a leaf-covered branch and we will not attack."
Jrahk raises his falchion. "One way to find out!"
"Or are we including mimics in our 'negotiations'?" he sneers at Ixrul.
Gremory steps to the side to let Jrahk by with a smile on her face.
By all means. Though, an illusion would tell me that it's no mimic. Although, I ask you please do not bring the building down on top of us.
"Whatever it is, illusions can't hold up a building."
Jrahk halfheartedly kicks the pillar. (No rage, no power attack.)
Ixrul's familiar will slip onto the ground as well to see if it senses anything.
I'm not concerned that the pillar may be fake, I'm concerned about why it's disguised.
Jrahk kicks the pillar. It seems real.