Dimitri swung his torch at the roach that appeared next to him...
But misses completely. He then steps back and commands his skeleton to attack the same creature, which swings both it's claws at the creature [ooc]
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Dimitri again takes up the rear position, with his skeleton moving behind him. "I wonder what the purpose of such a large room with no furniture or ritual circle would be." asks Dimitri in a hypothetical manner.
Dimitri advanced up the stairs then commanded his skeleton move in between the pillars and attack one of the creatures.
I'm kinda in the same boat SD, so I can definitely get where you're coming from, but I think that alot of the issue is that we're low level. I know that for me I really only have 1 trick, and without more corpses I'm gonna be reduced to swinging a stick a things in short order.
"Hold a moment." Dimitri said, then commanded his flaming skeleton up the stairs.
"Agreed."
"Or, perhaps, these people you speak of who claim to fear death actually fear it more than they are willing to admit?"
"I have no fear of death, yet I don't run around wantonly murdering others. That is faulty logic." counters Dimitri.
"Death is just as an important part of the spectrum of existance as life. I do not understand why people fear it so much."
"I do not believe I am poisoned. But then again, my work with flesh has made me somewhat inured to poison."
jesus.
Dimitri pushes on the lid but can't get it open. Then the skeleton attacks. Seeing this, Dimitri moves away from the creature and mentally commands his skeleton forward.
Dimitri seemed undeterred by the stench; instead, he moved directly to the sarcophagus and tried to open it up.
Dimitri simply says "There are no bones inside." before turning away from the sarcophagi.
"I can currently only sense the undead that I create, but I have been told that with time and experience I will be able to sense others."
Dimitri goes and peeks into the cracked stone, trying to determine what is inside. He could always use more tools, after all...
I was only talking about the unexplored rooms. Looking at your map, it looks like there is one door to the south and one to the west from the central room.
Let's check out the door to the south first, then make our way west.
"Undead are just as useful as any other tool." offered Dimitri.
"Like all things in life, insects have an important part to play in the ecosystem. Many of them keep other insect populations in check, and some are useful for removing the flesh off of skeletons to allow them to be used as spell components."
oh, okay, I'll just move my skeleton further around.
Dimitri sends his skeleton forward to engage the black "skeleton" in the center of the room.
"There are a few reasons why that would be true: larger creatures have more space between their bones and their bones being thicker due to the weight they supported when alive are chief among them."
Dimitri continued to try and wage off the beetles with his torch.
Dimitri staggers under the assault from the beetles, and his skeleton collapses under the beetle's attacks as well. Dimitri swung his torch at the closest beetle as well.
"That is an interesting question I hope we get to learn the answer to."
"Ah, I see....I see." Turning back to the others, Dimitri says "This tomb is old. The dedications are to Arazni before she was killed and corrupted by Geb. I wonder what sort of place exists outside of here." Dimitri moved to join his skeleton, hoping to get a better look at the insects.
Dimitri gestured, and another skeleton rose from his sack, then moved towards the light.
Fine by me.
Now that he's seen all of them Dimitri turns back the way he came. As he hears no one following him, he stops and says "Coming?"
"No, no implications. I was just introducing myself." said Dimitri.
"You seem confused. I am Dimitri, although some also call me The Wise."
"No, we've already dealt with the undead that are here." said the frail-looking Human male as he approached the new group, torch in hand. "None of you are undead, either; I would know if you are."
"Might as well go and see what is going on." says Dimitri as he moves towards the noise.
"Did you hear something?" Dimitri asked then strained to try and hear it again.
We should probably rerecruit if we're still going forward.
Well. How about yourself?
"I would recommend that we not go through a second door without checking behind all of the first doors first."
There's always the lantern that shows auras per detect magic. It's only like 2k gold.
"Well, I believe we have learned what we can from this. Shall we continue?"
"It's not an actual Skeleton. I believe it's something that was created of metal to resemble one. I think that there is some relation to The Lady of Mysteries, but....Well, I've neither seen nor heard of the type of metal this sculpture is made of."
Dimitri follows Gharol up and takes a look at the skeleton to see if he can identify what it once was.
"With Oxygen no longer a concern, does anyone have a torch, flint, and tinder?"
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