Occa Examines the key....
'Hmmm ... wonder what this unlocks....'
Occa ties a bit of green thread to the key and drops into a belt pouch. "There that will keep it from getting lost."
Actually, I think we might have found that door! Zeldin says with excitement, suddenly realizing that this could be one of the doors off the water room.
When, Occa pockets the key Zeldin makes a small frown, wrestles with a thought and then seems to calm. Opening his own pocket, he pulls out a key, and says, It seems like we should keep found keys together. Do you want to keep them? his tone seems to indicate that in fact, he would like to keep them, but he offers his key freely, all the while glancing at Errigal for approval.
Actually, I think we might have found that door! Zeldin says with excitement, suddenly realizing that this could be one of the doors off the water room.
When, Occa pockets the key Zeldin makes a small frown, wrestles with a thought and then seems to calm. Opening his own pocket, he pulls out a key, and says, It seems like we should keep found keys together. Do you want to keep them? his tone seems to indicate that in fact, he would like to keep them, but he offers his key freely, all the while glancing at Errigal for approval.
"Oh, you have other keys? Then here, keeping them together is a good idea. This key has a bit of thread to seperate it from the others."
Zeldin smiles and in that moment, Occa likely sees something the others have already noticed, that this keen minded odd man, has some aspect of a child about him, as if he has spent a very long time without social interaction in his life.
He takes the key, and smiles again at Occa. Thank you! he says enthusiatically.
Suddenly he feels like he should trade something, and he offers again awkwardly, what he said before, I think I know where that door is! it is in the water room. We can see before we leave, okay?
Zeldin smiles and in that moment, Occa likely sees something the others have already noticed, that this keen minded odd man, has some aspect of a child about him, as if he has spent a very long time without social interaction in his life.
He takes the key, and smuile s again at Occa. Thank you! he says enthusiatically.
Suddenly he feels like he should trade something, and he offers again awkwardly, what he said before, I think I know where that door is! it is in the water room. We can see before we leave, okay?
"Do you know where this door is by any chance?" Occa shows Zelden the Destiam illustartion.
Larayn looks uncomfortable and then takes the scroll, "Serenrae by thy will let me see". After staring at the scroll intently she says,"This document contains a spell sometimes called "Blur"."
Karth nods at Zeldin's plan, and before he can interject to answer the cleric's question, Zeldin and Occa begin chattering about keys and drawings. He steps over to them and examines the drawing as well.
Kathrine allows Zeldin to take charge of the magical investigations as she has no skill in the matter. Once the question comes up on what to do now, Kathrine allows her voice to be heard once again.
"I feel it would be a good idea to explore this door, if we do have the ability to enter it we might be able to find something more than what this first level has given us so far. A few days out and we have not found much of real value. It would be nice to accomplish something more than filling a merchants store with old arms and armor."
Kathrine allows Zeldin to take charge of the magical investigations as she has no skill in the matter. Once the question comes up on what to do now, Kathrine allows her voice to be heard once again.
"I feel it would be a good idea to explore this door, if we do have the ability to enter it we might be able to find something more than what this first level has given us so far. A few days out and we have not found much of real value. It would be nice to accomplish something more than filling a merchants store with old arms and armor."
"Well there are some fine dresses and things in the wardrobe, bit out of fashion but still good material and well made. Then there are is the bedding and furnishings, haul them out and they will make you some coin."
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Occa, its clear everything in here is well made and likely has value to it, you have no real idea just what that value would be.
Just the easily portable things like the clothing and linens would likely take several trips to bring back to town. Most of the furniture would take three or four per item to carry back and would slow you down considerably.
Occa, its clear everything in here is well made and likely has value to it, you have no real idea just what that value would be.
Just the easily portable things like the clothing and linens would likely take several trips to bring back to town. Most of the furniture would take three or four per item to carry back and would slow you down considerably.
Larayn looks uncomfortable and then takes the scroll, "Serenrae by thy will let me see". After staring at the scroll intently she says,"This document contains a spell sometimes called "Blur"."
[b]"Please forgive my poor manners, I am Occa, servant of the wind and waves."
Occa holds his hand out to Larayn.
To katherine. "Yes if my absent host went to such trouble about it there may very well be something worth knowing behind that door."
"Wherever we head, I would like to be quick about it," Karth remarks. "Shall we see if Zeldin is correct about the location of the door?"
"Wherever we head, I would like to be quick about it," Karth remarks. "Shall we see if Zeldin is correct about the location of the door?"
Occa walks beside Karth.
"So friend Karth, Did you meet the goblins my old group did?"
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BUMP!
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Falling back through the dungeon, the newcomers see several rooms left high with bodies of orcs, goblins and kobolds left behind by the party's earlier encounters.
Walking into the tall chamber that houses the inset pool the group makes its way to the south east corner of the room where the large smooth door made of some sort of odd blue steel stands. It appears to be what is described in the found page.
'Hmmm so this does look like the door in the drawing' 'I wonder how Destiam comes into it?'
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As soon as the word slips from Occa's lips the door blinks with a bright blue light and then seems to fade away, becoming translucent so you can barely make out where it is. It appears almost like a mirage.
Beyond a very long chamber stretches before you, with a dark pit yawning in the crantralmost portion. A few tapestries still hang on the walls, making you think that perhaps once this was some kind of gallery of festhall.
However, years in a dank dungeon have done these items of decor no favors. Mold and mildew, dirt and grime stain them, making them little better than rags. A tarnished bronze statue of a knight in armor still stands vigil over the room.
"Salt and spray!
Occa turns to the others.
"Did you know this was here?"
The door yes... The room no... Can we go through it now? I do not guess many have made it this far!
The door yes... The room no... Can we go through it now? I do not guess many have made it this far!
"Indeed. That is a good idea Zelden. Karth can you see any tracks in the dust? See if we can expect a warm welcome."
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Even just a careful touch allows a hand to simply pass through the translucent door as if it wasn't there.
There are a number of humanoid tracks in the dust of the floor.
Survival DC 16
Survival DC 19
Even just a careful touch allows a hand to simply pass through the translucent door as if it wasn't there.
There are a number of humanoid tracks in the dust of the floor.
Survival DC 16
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"Hmmmmm.... Looks like a group of things that walk comes through here pretty frequently. Not quite the secret door we thought. ..... Looks like one set of prints heads to the east wall in front of the statue. There may be a secret door there."
Now how to get past this pit?"
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[ooc]The pit itself isn't actually blocking the way, its in the center of the room and can be walked around on either side. The footprints lead up to the edge of the pit and seem to drop down inside however. From where you stand you can't get too good of a view though, the pit is just at the edge of dark vision and in dim light from your light sources.
"So friend Karth, Did you meet the goblins my old group did?"
Karth shrugs noncommittally. "We killed a few. Whether they were the ones you encountered or not, I do not know."
Arriving at the door once more, Karth shakes his head, unsurprised there was magic at work.
With Occa pointing out the tracks, he makes his way over to the statue to examine it, giving a cursory glance at the pit, wondering if someone had sprung a trap before they arrived, or if some of the dungeon's denizens used it to get to lower floors.
Perception (around the statue)
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Moving through the translucent door is almost like passing through spider webs, a small tingle is felt but there is no real resistance.
Once in the room and making the way to the statue, you are able to get a better view within the pit. Its about 18 feet deep and has rotten wood scattered throughout its bottom. From a number of boards jutting out from the lip of the pit over the opening it gives the impression that there may have once been a wooden platform that covered the opening, perhaps even a wooden staircase that connected to the level below but those have long since collapsed.
At the southern end of the pit, an arched opening leads to a path that runs below the floor of the room.
Looking over the statue, several things are apparent to Karth. The statue is of a bronze knight in full armor. It looks like the visor on his helmet has working hinges on it that could raise the faceplate. Through the slats in the visor, he can also see that there is something odd about the knight's eyes, while still bronze they appear to be inset slightly in the face and look as if they could be depressed.
"What a strange place."
Occa Follows Karth into the passage.
"That felt...odd."
Occa walks over to the pit and kneeling down securly on the stone floor, he tests the jutting planks to see if any could bear weight.
"We might be able to rig a rope here if you wanted to head below."
Karth steps back from the statue, his thoughts interrupted by Occa.
"I dislike heading down before we see what's around us. This statue... The visor can be lifted, and it has a face. The eyes look like they might be switches of some sort. Likely opens something that whoever left these," he says with a gesture to the tracks, "was looking for."
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Even just putting a bit of weight on one of the rotting timbers causes a chunk of it to break off and fall into the pit, its unlikely they would support any weight.
You could potentially drive a piton between the stone slabs in the floor or use the statue as an anchor however.
Knowege(Dungeoneering) or Craft:Alchemy DC 15
Even just putting a bit of weight on one of the rotting timbers causes a chunk of it to break off and fall into the pit, its unlikely they would support any weight.
You could potentially drive a piton between the stone slabs in the floor or use the statue as an anchor however.
Knowege(Dungeoneering) or Craft:Alchemy DC 15
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Occa stands and walks away from the pit. Approaching Karth he says "The wood is all rotted by the pit. If we want to head down we would need to use spikes and rope. Still possable though."
Occa takes a good look at the statue. "Who is this" he wonders, and why is he here."
"This could be a trap." For a moment the dank air smells of salt spray.
"I could give you a minor blessing from old Gorzeh if you would welcome it. Dosn't do much, doesn't last long but it cant hurt."
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Karth shrugs noncommittally, looking back to the rest of the party. He's clearly uneasy - not comfortable making decisions for the group in this situation.
"I'll take help where I can get it," Karth says, agreeing to the cleric's blessing. The salty smell on the air is new to him, having spent his whole life in the River Kingdoms; he spaces out for a moment while he wonders what life might have been like had he abandoned his homeland and headed south.
Know (Dungeoneering)
1d20+4Karth shrugs noncommittally, looking back to the rest of the party. He's clearly uneasy - not comfortable making decisions for the group in this situation.
"I'll take help where I can get it," Karth says, agreeing to the cleric's blessing. The salty smell on the air is new to him, having spent his whole life in the River Kingdoms; he spaces out for a moment while he wonders what life might have been like had he abandoned his homeland and headed south.
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With the guidance spell on him, Karth raises the visor of the statue. As soon as it is lifted, a click is heard along the wall just north of it and a door swings open revealing a short hallway that banks around a corner to another doorway.
The statue's eyes each obviously can be depressed now that you are able to look at them more clearly, though it likely would have been difficult to spot even with the visor open had it not been noticed before.
Zeldin is apprehensive of this room and certainly of the floor. He proceeds with caution behind the others and as is his instinct, he begins looking where his attention is not drawn. The corners and edges of the room.
As Karth and Occa play with the statue, Zeldin tries to stay clear, and watches the hole for surprises.
Karth swings his body around to look at the door, exhaling hard as he realizes it wasn't a trap that had triggered. "Strange that the visor itself opened the door. What do the eyes do, then?" he wonders aloud. "Hiding the trigger to a trap so well seems unlikely... But then perhaps it is layovers to catch meddlers."
Karth hesitates, waiting for input from the others on whether to explore the new doorway or to puzzle over the buttons.
"This is truly a place where streams come together. A magic door. A passage under the floor, two secret doors and more things to try." I think we should try the eyes before we start exploring passages. Find out all the ways the winds can blow through here."
"This is truly a place where streams come together. A magic door. A passage under the floor, two secret doors and more things to try." I think we should try the eyes before we start exploring passages. Find out all the ways the winds can blow through here."
"I believe that is a fine idea, where shall we begin?."
"Karth if you would care to do the honors?"
"Mr Tarr, Larayn, I suggest you stand clear in case something goes wrong."
Karth nods. With little fanfare, he jabs a finger into the statue's left eye, turning to observe his surroundings as soon as the deed is done.
So what say you all? Any objections to a quick retcon?
This room holds him in some sort of awe... There are so many choices, and it is far more impressive than any place he has ever seen before.
Seeing Karth injured Zeldin hurries forward to see if he can be of assistance.