Vast, disgusting, yet somehow still oddly beautiful chamber

[Quila Oris (John M.)]

Save vs. Paralyze success: rolled 8, need 2 (normally 6, Safe Path adds +4 to saves)
Save vs. Poison success: rolled 11, need 2

HP: 50/57
PsP: 109/146

Init: 1 (rolled 1, dex -2 does nothing as can't go below 1)

Quila is taken aback for a moment by the golem's actions and the carnage happening around her upon her teammates and loses her concentration.
She refocuses lightning fast and scrambles for cover behind the pillar close to the double doors. Then she attacks the golem again with her Wrench power and try to force the animating spirit of this golem out of the Prime Material Plane of Athas (OOC: rolled a 10 on 19-20, success, cost 11 PsP).

If she feels observed again she will also try to give attention to it and hopefully have a chance to find out where the watcher is (note: this is a passive action per the wording of the power).

[DM Bob]

The damage from the goliath is not enough to fell the golem. In fact, his shield blow does nothing to dent or chip the beast/not-beast.

Quila is successful this time, wrenching the spirit back to the plane of earth or maybe even obsidian if there was a strange sub-plane somewhere. The feeling of being watched has not subsided since the beginning of combat.

The black troll statue simply stops and freezes, arms raised for another potential ear shattering attack as it frosts up even further, the white color looking odd upon the darkened face and neck.

[Quila Oris (John M.)]

"Hit it with magical weapons now. It will not be able to move or do anything for a while," Quila exclaims triumphantly as she uses the pillar for support to lean against having just wrenched a spirit off this realm with her mind.

Still feeling observed, Quila will focus on that sensation and try to backtrace it, either trying to pinpoint her watcher or else trying to obscure the scrying by a psychic contest. (OOC: I'm rolling for the psychic contest: 17, but only if I don't get the location by actively using this power and paying it's PsP cost--but you roll to see what happens, I get that location a roll of 15 to 20)

PsP: 101/146

[Attilius]

"Good work everybody. Save your magic and bind your wounds, I'll finish it..."
Attilius says as he continues to hack away at every joint point and head of the black glass statue until it's in small chunks.

[magical damage per strike 16-23]

[DM Bob]

It takes another 3 rounds of swipes before it crumbles to shards. There seems to be a hollow under where it's right foot stood.

And of course, the key is up for grabs as well.

[Quila Oris (John M.)]

Quila will ask if anyone needs healing next and then resume all investigation she was doing before.

(OOC: below is a partly reposting of page 1 for continuity/clarity's sake)

She will scoot to the altar and make an assessment of it in combination with the magical mosaic tile runes on the floor as to it's most likely function.

To that effect she looks at the candles and the jade jar (is it a jar made of jade, or a carving in jade laid into the altar slab?) and tries to ascertain when it was last used, are there traces of dust, handprints, scratchmarks, or anything at all visible in the wax of the candles? Or any organic material left behind by usage or altercation, even as remote as a piece of bone, some saliva, a hair, a fleck of skin?

She will then take out a bowl fill it with some water and spin Snarf's Fang in it to activate a very precise and hopefully informative Know Location, (rolling 13 on 20, success) hoping the clairvoyant tooth will provide her with some much needed information regarding this room or tomb.

After that, she looks up and asks the group "Do we want to use clairvoyance to look behind these doors first?"

(OOC: 40% chance to make any sense of the magical runes if they count as having some historical significance. Quila will also use her Artistic Ability (Jewelry) NWP (rolled 8 on 18) in assessing the tiling and jade, and if applicable here also Astrology NPW (rolled 12 on 17) in case there's some patterning anywhere that resembles the Athasian night sky or is attuned or derivative of celestial objects and/or events.)

[Attilius]

The gladiator grabs and re-coils his rope then leans against the West wall entrance alcove catching his breath, awaiting his turn for magical healing.  He silently watches the room and southern entrance hallway as blood trickles down from his ruptured ear drums. (down 37)

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Chat'cho stares at the crumbled corpse of the golem.

"Wow. You really took care oxh that, didn't you?"

She seems astonished.

"Ha."

She casts Orison six times, expending all first-level spell slots to heal the party.

[54 points total]

Attilus: 39 points of healing

Niachi: 15 points of healing

[Attilius]

"My Thanks Chat... there's a hole over there in the ground and the key." He points to the obsidian rubble.

[Deleted]

Chat'cho approaches to claim the key, turning to display it to the rest of the group.

"*ehold! The s*oils!"

[Niachi]

Niachi is less bloody as he stands and bows his head to Chat. He points to the floor runes and calls out:

"Summoning runes. The statue animated either from getting too close to it, or from Atillus -not -Chat- walking over them. The trigger might be getting too close. Point is, the other statue is still active and waiting for its trigger or Amman's command. It aint obsidian, might be vulnerable to your efforts, 'Muiko.

Anyone wants their weapon magicked up,  it will take some time now, or when you want. "

He stays in partial cover behind the pillar and pings Kaw-Rawk to stay vigilant and hidden.

[DM Bob]

Dec 6, 2023 11:02:39 GMT -12 Quila Oris (John M.) said:

Quila will ask if anyone needs healing next and then resume all investigation she was doing before.

(OOC: below is a partly reposting of page 1 for continuity/clarity's sake)

She will scoot to the altar and make an assessment of it in combination with the magical mosaic tile runes on the floor as to it's most likely function.

To that effect she looks at the candles and the jade jar (is it a jar made of jade, or a carving in jade laid into the altar slab?) and tries to ascertain when it was last used, are there traces of dust, handprints, scratchmarks, or anything at all visible in the wax of the candles? Or any organic material left behind by usage or altercation, even as remote as a piece of bone, some saliva, a hair, a fleck of skin?

She will then take out a bowl fill it with some water and spin Snarf's Fang in it to activate a very precise and hopefully informative Know Location, (rolling 13 on 20, success) hoping the clairvoyant tooth will provide her with some much needed information regarding this room or tomb.

After that, she looks up and asks the group "Do we want to use clairvoyance to look behind these doors first?"

(OOC: 40% chance to make any sense of the magical runes if they count as having some historical significance. Quila will also use her Artistic Ability (Jewelry) NWP (rolled 8 on 18) in assessing the tiling and jade, and if applicable here also Astrology NPW (rolled 12 on 17) in case there's some patterning anywhere that resembles the Athasian night sky or is attuned or derivative of celestial objects and/or events.)

If one were making golems, this would be a suitable room for it. The mosaic symbols are laid out to "boost" the effectiveness of elemental summoning - like the spirit once bound to the shards that now lay to Quila's left. You figure this would or could work for anyone trying to do so in this room.

The jade statue is just a larger representation of the symbol you've seen on the wooden disk that Coden had shown you before. There is nothing in it, nor is there an apparent way to make it function to hold anything. The worth though? This could fetch a noblewoman's ransom in coin. There is dust, but no evidence of once living matter to investigate. The candles do not look to have been lit in a looooong time.

The feline voice purrs a liquid response to your know location query. <"We are in Myron's once tomb, baby. More specifically, his construct lab. Now if you let me be, precious, I was having quite the cat's nap.">

There are no celestial bits to ascertain here either. The tiling on the ground has been expertly laid, the craftmanship, cost and time must have been immense. Again, beautiful, yet somehow disgusting as well, especially paired with the art upon the walls. You think that the crystals in the chest in from the other room may have been for a similar mosaic project, possibly abandoned or a remainder from something completed elsewhere you haven't yet explored.

***

As Chat grabs the key, she sees a black velvet bag the size of a kreen's egg in the hidden nook. It looks like there might be something within the bag itself.

[Attilius]

Dec 6, 2023 12:55:06 GMT -12 Niachi said:

Anyone wants their weapon magicked up,  it will take some time now, or when you want. "
He stays in partial cover behind the pillar and pings Kaw-Rawk to stay vigilant and hidden.

"AYE!" Attilius lends Niachi his gouge shovel for ensorcelling.

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Chat'cho points out the black velvet bag, then waddles on over. "Hey! Look at that! Let's see what it is!"

[AthasianLaborer]

'Muiko will distract himself with sketching the mural as previously intended (taking that success too if allowed) while Yvera watches over the loot unveiling.

They both give the stone statue a wide berth.

When the mural is complete, 'Muiko will rejoin the party, noticeable wounded "I would suggest that we refresh ourselves before opening any of the doors we've found?" he says as Yvera scammers back under his robes.