In that case...[though I thought that was her round one action]
Eltariels flames disperse the swarm, a few isolated scorpions remain but they are no longer a threat.
Avinar avoids the flames,Holgur and Gashelle try to scramble aside but fail..(7 damage each)
Holgur Ref save
Gashelle Ref Save
Avinar ref save
Thanks Chris..I'll sort that right now.
ok looking back i see that I have not awarded XP for the Troll the Ettin and ogres the river crossing Ordo or the swarm as yet..I did award 460 each for the Grimlocks but it was in the middle of a post and you may have missed that.
Lets call it 3000XP each for everything since completing the tower which should put you on 14526.You hit 6th level at 15000
Oh hell lets just advance you..you havent gone up a level since September.Set XP at 15000
Aude continues to have muscle cramps..in total she loses 6 DEX almost crippling her
"I think it's time to rest," Gashelle says, looking around the room.
Heal check on everyone to determine who has been been poisoned
Avinar
Eltariel
Gashelle
Holgur
Eltariel wasn't poisoned, Avinar and Holgur seem unaffected by it..Gashelle also seems to have suffered all the damage she is going to take. By the time Aude gets to treating herself the cramps have ceased to increase
Gashelle down by 2 DEX
Aude down by 6 DEX
CAsting lesser restoration on Gashelle then
Holgur is up to 6th level.
I've upgraded Avinar with another Monk Level and made him a DMPC for now.
"So do we close the door, sweep out the place, and take our rest in here?
"That sounds like a plan to me," Eltariel agrees. "If we have cleared things sufficiently we can bring the horses here from the caves as well."
Not Larcifer just your DM running him now
Please, let's not take the horses into this holy room. Out in the halls seems more respectful.
So, after we clear off the floor and straighten out the room, what does the place look like?
What I think is a priority for Eltariel is to analyse the pillar in the center of the room.
Let me get this right..you are going to try and set the room to rights? That would take some hours even if you all work on it.
Well, we have some hours.
The damage of centuries is not easily fixed in a few hours however you do your best dragging the detritus out into the hall where the 'Janibot' goes into a frenzy of cleaning and dumping..
In the end the heavier parts of the fallen ceiling just cant be moved.
The rain still pours in through the crack in the roof.but you find that the eastern side is drier.There were no salvagable scrolls or books in the place the damp has ruined them all.
Knowledge arcana (4 ranks +10),
Knowledge dungeoneering (4 ranks +10),
Knowledge geography (1 rank +7),
Knowledge planes (1 rank +7)
To the best of our knowledge, what was the room intended to be? A temple, or meditative chamber, or what else?
Gashelle attempts to Aid Another, helping whoever has the best chance of knowing. , applied with either a +3 modifier (if unskilled) or one of the modifiers above.
Once again the spell casters put their heads together and determine that the pillar is the focus for some sort of ritual.It gives off very strong divination Magic and Aude is convinced it is an oracle..perhaps if one or more off you were to touch it as the frieze seems to suggest then you would determine it's purpose.
Eltariel will warn the others of what she is about to do, then carefully, reaches out to touch the pillar, with her detect magic active ...
Eltariel approaches the pillar..reaching for it..though the pillars magic remains strong there is no other effect..
Curiosity burning in her eyes, and still somehow feeling a strange... connection with these odd yet good seeming turtle-men, Layjiani joins Eltariel and fearlessly reaches out her hand to touch the pillar...
As does Gashelle. What could possibly go wrong?
And still nothing happens..or at least seems to
Layjiani
You get a feeling of being somewhen else seeing four of the turtlemen in this room an intact room they kneel near the pillar then one rises and touches it..the vision fades
Holgur watches the women intently and wonders what forces drive those who can wield magic. He considers what he would do if they are driven to madness or worse by this strange stonework.
Her eyes seeming aglow with her vision, Layjiani gazes at those of her comrades who have not yet come forward, willing one more of them to join her. Once there are four in total gathered about the pillar she intones
"Please kneel. This one shall touch the pillar."
And if they comply, she does.
Eltariel's eyes flick to the picture.
"Ah, four of us are required. Who'll join us? I'm fairly certain this isn't dangerous."
Except possibly to Layjiani, since she picked that ring up she has been a little ... different.
Holgur stands back..Avinar too demurs stating that it would be better if he and Holgur were to stand gaurd whilst you complete the ritual..which leaves only Aude to join the group if she desires
ok I'm going to move this along.
Aude Joins the others in kneeling whilst the fighters watch the door.Layjiani steps forward and touches the pillar..
A voice rings through your minds..
Mortals I am weak
But ten questions you may speak
"We need to prioritise - we need to know why the weather in this vicinity has changed and how we can fix things."
A pillar that talks! Holgur thinks as he watches in amazement. He keeps an eye out for enemies that might sneak up while the women are entranced.
Entranced by the weak yet still Divine voice, Layjiani asks the first, obvious question:
"For the first of questions ten,
might this one ask, who are you then?"
Entranced by the weak yet still Divine voice, Layjiani asks the first, obvious question:
"For the first of questions ten,
might this one ask, who are you then?"
As time passes and storm rages,
I remain the oracle of the ages
"O Oracle, we pray inform:
What must we do, to quell the storm?"
The axe of Cadixtat, chaos thrall
It clashed with gods before its fall
One by one, its seals they fail
Beware its influence and its tone
For values change and hearts impale
It shrivels flesh and ruptures bone
Makes rains that flood both home and field
It will rule unless resealed
To face it bear an ancient shield
"I am really glad we didn't descend into that pit now," Eltariel murmurs.
"Oracle wise, where rests this shield,
that to ward off chaos we must weild?"
To face the Axe there is a key
The rituals number one through three
To stall the fury and stave the blight
Requires a jewel born of light
Then find token two
The oil of a hero true
From false influence you must inure
Use water most sacred and pure
"A 'jewel born of light'? Well, I suspect we know what's up with that mirror room, then."
"We swore this morn, when we awoke,
That we would end this tempest strange,
And now it seems we have the tool
With which that end we may arrange.
But whence this water, oil jewel?
Who built this place, these tortoise folk?"
"I think we have the oil," Eltariel holds up the vial.