Gross victory: Myron's Tomb

[DM Bob]

Exhausted the half giant looks for a clean place to sit.

The room smells foul and is covered in ichor and bones.

Two small, halfling sized tunnels have been found.

Attilius: The giant goes to sit in the cleanest spot in the torture/bleachers room while he removes his centurion helm and catches his breath.
"My thanks Chat'cho... [huf huf] that... that felt... [huf huf] AMAZING!"

after a few moments he will inspect his gouge, shield and armor for damage and begin cleaning the ichor off.

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Making wide, sweeping gestures, Chat'cho shapes the sigil of elemental water on the floor of this dank crypt, and after a full minute of uninterrupted ritual chanting, she calls forth a Lesser Water Elemental. Even lesser beings from the Elemental Plane of Water are treated with reverence on Athas, thanks to the pure, life-giving energy they represent. Perhaps because of or in spite of this, Chat'cho spends the first of the twenty-one rounds she has control of the creature using it to wash herself and the rest of the party clean of debris and the stains of battle.

[Attilius]

The giant uses the water elementals water to clean himself and his grear of the gore, slime and any residue dust. Once clean he'll shine a light orb down both small sized tunnels to see their distance.

[DM Bob]

The tunnels bend to where it's hard to make out the distance that they stretch.

You're thankful for the clean water and the friendly Inner Planar visitor.

Map updated in chat.

[Coden Rokos (Jesse H.)]

"Notice these markings on the worm-corpses? I'll bet the 'M' is for 'Myron.' Emblazoned for their summoner."

[Attilius]

Attilius will start sifting through the bones using his massive tower shield as a huge shovel. Maybe there's some trinkets buried within or a secret trap door underneath.

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"I'mm going to inxhestigate those tunnels. Ixh you can xhollow mme, xheel xhree."

She shifts into the shape of the Kes'trekel again, then sends her summoned water elemental into the leftmost of the two halfling-sized tunnels. She hops into the tunnel after her elemental, trusting it to run into trouble instead of her. She moves quickly, knowing she only has 20 rounds left before this thing returns to the Inner Planes.

[Quila Oris (John M.)]

Quila will help Attillus search through the bone heap prodding with her quarterstaff. She will collect skulls and set them aside from any race she does not know for later inspection.

[Niachi]

Niachi joins in the bone picking, using the tip of his dragon's paw and his gloved hand, saving interesting teeth and finger bones for his research.

He makes mental notes to himself on how he will repurpose these holding cells as dry storage, and proper placement of continual light and darkness orbs in his research room. The audience seating might stay. Guest lectures and such.

[AthasianLaborer]

'Muiko will help too, looking for a skull that could be made into a facemask for him.

[DM Bob]

Well damn. If that ain't a bit morbid.

There is nothing to be found here. Your best guess is that the bodies were stripped of anything that the worms couldn't eat or dissolve...

Assuming that they couldn't eventually eat or corrode metal or weaponry. There are all sorts of skulls from most of the intelligent humanoids, as well as a few older, charred tall & thin cremains. They have sloped, thin skulls with wicked sharp teeth and have sharp claws and toes (when you're able to find a skull still attached to the body that is.

There seem to be a lot of smaller bones that may or may not be of halfling or dwarf stock. Some of these just don't look right.

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After about 12 feet, the stone tunnel branches to the left or right. The edges of the tunnel have an incredibly smooth, worn texture to them. Much like a worry stone that's had a few owners.

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Chat'cho--AND the elemental--keep left. She wants to get to a dead end before she starts exploring. She's in a hurry--she does NOT want to get stuck in here without the elemental.

[DM Bob]

The left passageway starts to slope down and widen slightly. Your new temporary friend sloshes through, thankfully diluting the worm muck as you pass. There may have once been steps here, now nothing but nubs. This opens up into a small chamber with a ten foot height. The outer parts look like worm nest, while the center is untouched. Here a carved stone chest matching that you retrieved the oil and tome from sits, but with lid intact. Wards look scratched into the floor, no ooze has disturbed them.

Your new friend does not want to cross the wards.

It looks that there are more stone stairs leading down out of this room to the left.

[AthasianLaborer]

[ToM Elven: "Remember that you die."] 'Muiko says each time that he handles a skull that might possibly be elven.

Artistic Ability rolled a 15 needing a 13 or less (Failure: @bob how terrible is his artist's rendition of a living creature based on the cremains?)

He will also be collecting any useful components he finds.

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Chat'cho notices the wards. "These *ring death. We will comme *ack later." She and her companion will continue past these wards into the next room!