With some assistance Ka'kara manages to scale the wall and even find a way to push open the secret door that is located up there. It opens into a narrow passage that turns right after about 10 feet.
She looks around the corner before catching herself and remembering to lower a rope for the others, hooking her grapple on the secret door.
Roylenna was beginning to look bored, but with the idea of a secret door, halfway up the wall, she gets animated once again.
I think that you'll be able to take 10 on your climbing up the rope, so that should be a problem. Who'll be leading the way when you get up?
The corridor turns a corner and after 10 more feet ends in a door, which does not seem to be trapped.
The corridor turns a corner and after 10 more feet ends in a door, which does not seem to be trapped.
"Chris, we can't leave your wolf! I can make you big so you can put him in the secret hall and then you can shrink back down and climb up. What do you think?"
Mahaffy is certainly in the lead when checking for traps and once he is convinced the door is not trapped , he will first listen at the door
The corridor turns a corner and after 10 more feet ends in a door, which does not seem to be trapped."Chris, we can't leave your wolf! I can make you big so you can put him in the secret hall and then you can shrink back down and climb up. What do you think?"
Sounds like a good idea. I will use one of my scrolls so I can speak with Robin and explain it all.
After hoisting the discontent Robin up, you enter through the door and find yourselves in a 30 feet square room. The only interesting feature is a stone well in the middle of the room. Several rusted metal pails, a rusted pickaxe and three broken clubs lay in one corner.
The well descends 30 feet, with about 7 feet of standing water at the bottom. You think you can make out something metallic at the bottom.
After hoisting the discontent Robin up, you enter through the door and find yourselves in a 30 feet square room. The only interesting feature is a stone well in the middle of the room. Several rusted metal pails, a rusted pickaxe and three broken clubs lay in one corner.
The well descends 30 feet, with about 7 feet of standing water at the bottom. You think you can make out something metallic at the bottom.
Roylenna conjures up another set of lights and tries to "push" her original Dancing Lights under the surface of the water to illuminate the something at the bottom. "I've never tried this before!"
Mahaffy hides a shudder and thinks to himself 'let's hope they won't ask be to go into the water ...'
He begins to check the walls
Ka'kara looks down the well, "It's not that deep. Here wait a second." She goes and retrieves her rope, hooks it to the side of the well, and drops the rope in. Apparently completely oblivious to Mahaffy's trepidation she says to him, "Would you like to go down first or shall I?"
Roylenna's lights won't go into the water, but obviously that doesn't hold for Ka'kara. As you descend and the well is illuminated you can see that there is indeed some sort of a key lying on the bottom. Will you try to get it?
Ka'kara takes Mahaffy's hesitation as a sign he wants her to go first and climbs down the well without further word until she reaches the water, "Hey, looks like a key on the bottom, I'll go get it" Followed quickly by a splash.
Ka'kara takes an elegant dive and emerges with the key, a simple brass one.
Now what?
If mahaffy does not find any other exits from this room , he'll propose to go back to the stairs and this time take the ascending ones to check there
Ka'kara takes an elegant dive and emerges with the key, a simple brass one.
Now what?
Sandros will give the key a once-over with detect magic, just in case.
The key is not magical and the stairs actually join, making this essentially a dead end.
Where do you want to go next?
Ka'kara takes an elegant dive and emerges with the key, a simple brass one.
Now what?
Ka'kara looks the key over for a moment, "Do you think this might go to those strange doors we found underneath the lake?" Upon confirming that the stairs circle right back to where they started she just shakes her head in disbelief. "Looks like we have been most places here, lets take those other stairs down further. I'm tired of goblins."
Everyone:
Ka'kara looks the key over for a moment, "Do you think this might go to those strange doors we found underneath the lake?" Upon confirming that the stairs circle right back to where they started she just shakes her head in disbelief. "Looks like we have been most places here, lets take those other stairs down further. I'm tired of goblins."Ka'kara takes an elegant dive and emerges with the key, a simple brass one.
Now what?
"How many keys did the door below the lake require? I didn't see it."
Everyone:
"How many keys did the door below the lake require? I didn't see it."
Ka'kara takes an elegant dive and emerges with the key, a simple brass one.
Now what?
Ka'kara looks the key over for a moment, "Do you think this might go to those strange doors we found underneath the lake?" Upon confirming that the stairs circle right back to where they started she just shakes her head in disbelief. "Looks like we have been most places here, lets take those other stairs down further. I'm tired of goblins."
Everyone:
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I'm not sure but Robin doesn't like Dungeons....Finish exploring the first level or explore the goblin area further? I don't know. What do the rest of you think.
"Goblins don't entertain me much either, as it happens," Sandros says dryly. "I concur with our lovely warrior; let's head down."
Let's finish exploring the first level then
Roylenna pouts for a moment. "I'd really like to find those other keys..." But she brightens up, as usual, with, "but I haven't seen everything that's down the stairs yet, either!"
Going down the stairs you emerge in a large room (about 50 feet square, but the corners closest to you are rounded). The walls opposite you are lined with life-sized statues of what appears to be kings and queens. There are 40 of them, and they are all in a sorry state, missing noses, arms or heads, and some have even been broken in half.
There are doors to the left, right and ahead. The doors to the left and right are closed, while the door opposite stands ajar.
Going down the stairs you emerge in a large room (about 50 feet square, but the corners closest to you are rounded). The walls opposite you are lined with life-sized statues of what appears to be kings and queens. There are 40 of them, and they are all in a sorry state, missing noses, arms or heads, and some have even been broken in half.
There are doors to the left, right and ahead. The doors to the left and right are closed, while the door opposite stands ajar.
Roylenna's quite curious about the statues, but with visible effort she waits for someone more cautious to give the all-clear before she tries to examine them more closely.
Seeing Roylenna's hesitation Ka'kara pauses midstep, "They are just statues. Broken ones at that. What harm could they be?"
There is some lettering in Viridian at the base of each statue. Other than that, they just look like broken statues.
Roylenna looks at the barbarian woman for a moment, then moves closer to the statues. Noticing the script, she will attempt to interpret:
Ka'kara stays with Roylenna as she goes up to the statues but quickly becomes bored with the studying of the carvings. She soon finds herself peering carefully through the open doors.
As usual , Mahaffy will insist to go before the girls to check for traps , noise and so on . He looks with interest to the statues and asks "So ! Does anyone know who could have left these here ? Even as a dwarf, I don't really know who did live there in the past but it could give us hints of what vould behind the doors for which we have found a key "
Suddenly a shudder goes over the world. You all experience a sinking feeling and a moment of dizzyness as the world seems to be turning inside out. A fleeting vision of a stout blond man with a goatee and a tired expression passes, and then everything is back to normal - of sorts.
Proteus and Chris (and Robin) are gone, but Felicia and Petra have joined you. Somehow it is as if they had always been there (although none of you remembers quite how they got there).
After regaining her wits, Roylenna insists on searching for Proteus -- he's been part of her life too long to forget so easily. After a while, she stops, looks around, and says, "What I looking for again? It's on the tip of my tongue..." She sticks her tongue out at Ka'kara as if to show her, "Thee? Wight thewe!"
She laughs and goes back to investigating the statues.
Roylenna is able to make out the writings on the bases of the statues. It appears to be a number of old Viridian monarchs of centuries past. She also notices that each king is matched by his respective queen.
Roylenna is able to make out the writings on the bases of the statues. It appears to be a number of old Viridian monarchs of centuries past. She also notices that each king is matched by his respective queen.
"Oh, look at this! I think it's a gallery of kings and queens from years past. Here's Modwen the Second and his lovely queen Salisha and that's ...." She's not paying attention to the fact that Ka'kara and the others have given up on her providing anything of interest at this point.
"Oh, look at this! I think it's a gallery of kings and queens from years past. Here's Modwen the Second and his lovely queen Salisha and that's ...." She's not paying attention to the fact that Ka'kara and the others have given up on her providing anything of interest at this point.
Felicia blinks a few times trying to clear her suddenly foggy mind. She could have sworn that a few seconds ago she was in a big city but at the same time she felt sure she had been here as well She recognised Roylenna (being her third cousin) and it would have made sence for her to ask her to come along she supposed but still everything seemed a little.........Off .Shacking her head she walked over next to Roylenna intently taking notes. Sitting around wasn't going to make her head clear any faster and an adventure was an adventure after all
"Oh, look at this! I think it's a gallery of kings and queens from years past. Here's Modwen the Second and his lovely queen Salisha and that's ...." She's not paying attention to the fact that Ka'kara and the others have given up on her providing anything of interest at this point.
Felicia blinks a few times trying to clear her suddenly foggy mind. She could have sworn that a few seconds ago she was in a big city but at the same time she felt sure she had been here as well She recognised Roylenna (being her third cousin) and it would have made sence for her to ask her to come along she supposed but still everything seemed a little.........Off .Shacking her head she walked over next to Roylenna intently taking notes. Sitting around wasn't going to make her head clear any faster and an adventure was an adventure after all
"Felicia! Oh, look at this! And that one over there -- I don't recognize his face, but the name rings a bell -- and don't you love the cut of that queen's gown!"
"Felicia! Oh, look at this! And that one over there -- I don't recognize his face, but the name rings a bell
"Hmm he does sound vaguly familiar"
-- and don't you love the cut of that queen's gown!"
Bleh, A little (Make that a lot) Over the top don't you think? I mean how is she supposed to move around in that? Would kind of ruin a story if the beautiful Queen fell flat on her face because that thing got in the way."
Bleh, A little (Make that a lot) Over the top don't you think? I mean how is she supposed to move around in that? Would kind of ruin a story if the beautiful Queen fell flat on her face because that thing got in the way."
-- and don't you love the cut of that queen's gown!"
"Oh, sure, if you want to move! But what an image standing still! Maybe she just stood like that and the servants carried her from room to room!"
"Oh, sure, if you want to move! But what an image standing still! Maybe she just stood like that and the servants carried her from room to room!"
"Maybe but what sort of fairytail has a queen that's a couch potato?"
"Maybe but what sort of fairytail has a queen that's a couch potato?"
"Oh, sure, if you want to move! But what an image standing still! Maybe she just stood like that and the servants carried her from room to room!"
Sticking out her tongue, "I said she was standing, silly. Besides, I've heard a lot of royalty are really couch potatoes when they aren't looking all regal at the ball."
Ka'kara focused on the next room and having already tuned out the incessant delivery of details regarding the statues has not even realized anything has changed behind her, "It's hard to make out anything in all this darkness. Lenna, you mind bringing your lights over here?"
Ka'kara focused on the next room and having already tuned out the incessant delivery of details regarding the statues has not even realized anything has changed behind her, "It's hard to make out anything in all this darkness. Lenna, you mind bringing your lights over here?"
"Sure, Ka'kara!" The halfling mage pushes her current set of Lights over to the barbarian before conjuring up another set and saying, "Now look at this fellow, a century or so back - see how his leg is a little askew under his robe? I remember a tale of how he was born with a mishapen left leg that he worked to hide from all. It's a wonder the sculptor wasn't killed for portraying the king with a deformity he didn't admit to having!" Eyes wide, "Or maybe he was!"
As Roylenna and Felicia are busy examining the statues a portion of the ancient stucco suddenly falls off the wall behind the statues, releasing a cloud of dust.
Fortitude save
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