The thick oil continues to flow along the channel, slowly making its way all the way around the platform and ending in the spiral just before the stairs.
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"Uh-huh, right, Wolfgang. Absolutely," Garduk mumbles in response, clearly not listening at all. "This place is fascinating."
When he bent down to collect the red oil, Garduk noticed the intricate design of the tiles. Once he has the vial carefully stowed, he pulls out his journal and a pen, crouches down again to get a better look, and starts sketching the design for later review.
Wolfgang watches from outside the room as the others look around the Alter.
Garduk collects a sample of the oil and then goes back to examine the tiles.
The fumes are getting thick and the odor is much sharper.
Garduk focuses his attention on the tiles up on the Alter.
Pathfinders have claimed the Armorer's District! (this does not open any new areas)
Everyone except Wolfgang, please make a Fortitude save. The vapors are starting to get to you.
Garduk believes he has made good progress on the tiles, but isn’t done yet.
It is quickly becoming obvious that the vapors have reached a concentration where breathing them is hazardous. You all realize that holding your breath could help against the hazard as can anything that helps against poisons.
Deal damage to self.[/ooc]
Since you are confused, you are basically stuck making a second save where you are.
Deal damage to self.
Although you are confused, your snake isn’t so it could move out of the room with you still riding it,
Brayne and Chandrabha hit themselves for some reason.
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It seems from the outside that Chandrabha felt dizzy and slightly loses consciousness. Then, suddenly, with a cry "I'm а bad daughter of my people!" she slaps herself in the face. It seems that it may end badly, but here Sha'ar makes the only right decision. Snake is not interested to explore the room, the snake has instincts, and they say that she needs to get out of the poisonous room. That's what she does, carrying her mistress on the back.
Pathfinders have claimed the Seer's District, and discovered the Monument District!
Garduk manages to make a filter to breath through. Then he realizes that would have worked much better if only he hadn't taken a deep breath just as he was placing the filter over his mouth and nose.
He nearly chokes himself.
Kulga once again manages to resist the effects of the poison, and helps Brayne leave the area.
It is a good thing, because the poison is still in Brayne's lungs.
Wolfgang helps Brayne get out of the area.
Once out of the area, Chandrabha manages to recover from the poison. Her snake made it out without any ill effects.
Everyone is now outside the room.
It takes a bit for people to recover from the immediate effects of the poison. You can tell there is no more of the oil coming from the alter. You expect in about an hour the room will be safe to enter.
Do you wish to wait the hour so Garduk can finish his investigation, or move on?
Please also decide where you will next investigate regardless of if you wait or not.
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"Gah!" Garduk quickly shakes off the effects of the poisonous fumes once Wolfgang has carried him out of the chamber. He slumps against the corridor wall for a minute, still feeling nauseous. "Thank you, Wolfgang," he mumbles.
When his head clears and he is sure that his breakfast won't come up suddenly, he straightens up."So, what about it? Much as I'd like to finish the investigation of those tiles, I would understand if the rest of you don't want to hang around. We could move on to the Monument District next if you'd rather."
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"Gahhhh!" Brayne screams as he eventually comes to his senses. The man huffs and puffs after the ordeal, "Need...a...break.." He notes as he collapses on to the floor and slowly pulls out a scroll and wand to tend to his well being. He struggles to retrieve his belongings. "Not now Elfred!"
"Oh, yes, let's investigate those tiles, I'll just sit here for now..."
You wait about an hour, checking periodically.
Finally the air seems breathable. Garduk goes back to the tiles and finishes his analysis. It gives him insight into the Seers District and he is able to lead the party to a supply cache the Seers had left behind,
It takes you about fifteen minute to get to the Monument District.
You approach from the east, passing through an area of tumbled columns and broken statuary of dwarven warriors.
Directly ahead of you to the west are a set of double iron doors with handles.
To the north is a hallway ending in a statue,
To the south is a set of iron doors sitting between two recumbent hounds. These doors have no handle and are locked by a 4 inch thick bar of adamantine that is slid between great iron rings in the portal and into the walls. This blocks the way south.
You quickly figure out that the only direction you can go is to the west. Kulga is strong enough to open those doors without issue.
Beyond the iron doors is a magnificent chamber, the stone polished to a mirror-like sheen even after the passage of centuries. Pillars support the ceiling 20 feet overhead, and a pair of recumbent hounds flank a walkway to a raised platform. On the platform is a statue of a strange figure carved in black stone, its toad-like body crowned by a bloated head, tentacles writhing from its torso. The walls bear bas relief carvings of dwarves tunneling from below the earth, toward an idyllic, sunlit scene.
Kulga carefully searches as she moves forward.
Suddenly she halts and tells everyone else to!
Provided people go around the outside of the statues, never entering the space between, it should be safe.
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Before leaving the Seers District, Garduk renews mage armor on himself and Brayne.
Never one to take the lead (unless he spots a book lying around), Garduk follows closely behind Brayne in Kulga's footsteps, hoping that Wolfgang and Chandrabha are close behind .
Looking at the carvings and the statue, Garduk pauses and pulls two books from his haversack.
"Hold on a moment, team. I want to be able to refer to these volumes of the Pathfinder Chronicles while we look over this room, in case other agents have reported encounters with something similar. Kulga, are there any other traps in here? Can you point me to someplace safe to stand while I review?"
Wall carvings:
Statue:
"Brayne," he adds absently as he pages through the Chronicles, "do you see any magic auras?"
Brayne scans the area, and points over to a pair of aged bronze axes. “Those axes radiate magic!”
As you get up to the statue, many of you notice that the eye sockets used to hold gems. It also looks like an axe wound is carved into the head of the statue.
The axes that Brayne pointed out are aged to a verdigris green and are behind the idol.
The blade of one axe fits perfectly into the “wound”.
As Kulga puts it in place, you can hear the sound of metal scraping against stone from outside the chamber.
When you go investigate, you find that the adamantine bar as slid into the wall and you may now explore further into the monument district.
You travel deep into the monument district. There is much more vandalism and destruction in this area than there was in earlier areas.
Once awe-inspiring with grand statues and an impressive vaulted ceiling 40 feet overhead, this great hall is now a ruin. Most of the statues are badly cracked or broken into fragments, with stone and metal littering the floor, though a few scarred specimens still stand defiantly. Most striking are the two pairs of giant statues that frame the entrances to the hall: dwarven brothers whose now broken arms must have once clasped hands to form archways.
All of the surviving statuary bears crude graffiti and profane script written in blood. The writing is distressingly fresh.
It is a Knowledge: Planes check to recognize the name.
Blood is smeared on the floors as well, crimson footprints and drag marks crisscrossing stone tiles.