Huge branches and overgrown weeds clog the central open-air courtyard of the monastery’s cloister walk. In better times, the monastic priests would have contemplated the open space while circling the cloister, but today it is barely possible to see a few feet into the tangled mess, let alone all the way to the opposite cloister walk. Here and there the brush thins out enough that a dedicated explorer might be able to create a sort of passage, but mostly it is an impassable mess.
Linah stands mesmerized studying the carving on the wall. As Khalid moves into the court yard she snaps back into focus following his movement with her eyes, scimitar drawn.
Nuveril snatches the hammer away from the witch's contaminating presence. "Excellent," she gloats. "It is fortified with the spirits of his ancestors. They served him; now they will bend to my will and serve me. All hail Nuveril, king-slayer, wielder of the ancestral hammer of the pugwampis." She thrusts the weapon skyward, striking a heroic pose.
Nuveril snatches the hammer away from the witch's contaminating presence. "Excellent," she gloats. "It is fortified with the spirits of his ancestors. They served him; now they will bend to my will and serve me. All hail Nuveril, king-slayer, wielder of the ancestral hammer of the pugwampis." She thrusts the weapon skyward, striking a heroic pose.
Garden. Lets move on for now. Sajan states flatly, turning ti leave the courtyard and not wanting to waste the time hacking a path through the undergrowth.
Garden. Lets move on for now. Sajan states flatly, turning ti leave the courtyard and not wanting to waste the time hacking a path through the undergrowth.
Sabeen follows the overgrown courtyard seems boring.
Seeing the rest of the group dithering about the chest, Nuveril strides up and tries to open the lid.
The chest opens without effort, revealing a ring and a phylactery, a tiny box containing religious scripture intended to be worn with a leather band on the forehead or upper arm.
Sabeen follows the overgrown courtyard seems boring.
A sweeping bas-relief sculpture along the east wall depicts five bearded, larger-than-life humans riding the wind with triumph carved upon their faces. Though some of their arms and hands are missing, each is clearly meant to wield a distinctive weapon. One of the five warriors holds a large axe, while another holds a fragment of what must once have been a regal staff. In the distance, an ominous mountain looms over the quintet. South of the wall decoration, two open arches lead into small rooms off the north wall. The west wall is a series of open arches that look out into an open-air courtyard.
from left to right, Kardswann, Pazhvann, Vardishal, Zayifid, and Davashuum. The latter wields the broken staff, while Kardswann wields the strange axe. No other weapons can be seen on the other damaged statues. You recognize one of the figures as Vardishal, the same depicted in the cloisters and ruined nave.
Ths sculpture, while impressive, means nothing to Sabeen. She casts detect magic on the ring and phylactery and will try and identify them if they are magical.
Ring Spellcraft
Phlactery Spellcraft
Linah walks up to examine the statue. "This monastary must have been magnificent. I wish i could have seen it in it's prime", she says tracing her fingers across the statue. Then she walks up the closest arch and sneaks a peak inside.
Grall moves to the southern end of the group. Weapon is out, he uses his hearing and sense of smell to try and detect anything that might approach. Basically just standing there in silence trying to protect them.
Sajan hovers near Linah and Nuveril, instinctively seeking to protect the females.
"Bah!" is Nuveril's response to the massive bas-reliefs. "Did we come here to look at pictures or to kill gnolls?" She moves south with Linah to look through the first archway.
Which one looks better?
Knowledge History
"Does anyone recognize the what the wall depicts?", Linah asks as she makes her way to peer into the room to the east.
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"Does anyone recognize the what the wall depicts?", Linah asks as she makes her way to peer into the room to the east.
"It depicts a battle," Nuveril says decidedly, "doubtless one the victors' descendents sing tales of to this day, but not relevant to our mission against the gnolls." She glances through the archways on the eastern wall to see what lies within.
Sajan raises his hand to signal the others to wait for him to check the next room. Moving as silently as possible, he moves to the doorway and quickly sneaks a peek into the next room.
Linah advances until Sajan motions them to stop. She studies the wall carvings with a dreamful stare as moves to the doorway.
Sabeen shrugs her shoulders at Linahs question.
Sabeen holds at Sajan's warning. Humming quietly to herself and smiling at Nuveril.
Nuveril shifts uncomfortably under Sabeen's friendly gaze, as she waits impatiently for Sajan to report back, holding her hammer at the ready. "Keep your spirits away from me, witch," she growls quietly.
Sajan returns.
Animal nest. Nothing worth seeing. There was another door back here....he gestures back the way you came and to the south.
Nuveril shifts uncomfortably under Sabeen's friendly gaze, as she waits impatiently for Sajan to report back, holding her hammer at the ready. "Keep your spirits away from me, witch," she growls quietly.
Sabeen's smile, if anything, gets wider and friendlier.
When Sajan reports back she says in a small voice Where are the animals then?
Sajan shrugs.
Staying where she is and looking through the open doorway, Sabeen renews her dancing lights cantrip and sends Mr Shiny through the doorway and into the room illuminating as much of the room as she can see from her vantage point.
Linah comes out of her facination with the wall carvings as comes back. "Lead on, my friend", she says with a smile and makes a sweeping gesture with her scimitar.
Sajan will continue to act as point man to explore the next room.
Round 1
"Look out, Grall!", Linah cries out as creatures swoop down and attacks the gnoll. She moves forward and tries to peel of one with her scimitar.
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Sabeen utters a few harsh syllables making wavy motions with her hands at one of the creatures.
Cast daze DC15