Temple of False Gods II: Look Beyond the Necro Door

[AthasianLaborer]

"Eugh, ugh, oof" 'Muiko winces verbally with each blow that falls as the statues demolish each other.

As they complete their command, 'Muiko lets out a sigh [Elven: "Very well then"] and waits until the hallway is cleared before attempting his own Dispel Magic.

Rolled a 4, fairly certain that's a fail.

[Attilius]

Not understanding, Attilius just looks on at the sad waste of capable fighters

[Quila Oris (John M.)]

Quila puts a hand on Skrye's shoulder for support. "You are a loyal follower of Earth, you ought to be proud. I am glad these spirits can go back to the Grey again."

[DM Bob]

Skrye believes these spirits are of the earth itself and will likely return to the Great Crushing Below.

[Niachi]

Niachi shrugs.

"Hard to argue with a holy one in their element. That miniature gold mine just out of reach will have to stay put. I'll bet a halfling's height -to his head, not including the hair! in Nibenese incense there's things in here far more worthy of our expert attentions."

To those who speak Elven:

["But maybe some small chunk of that goldmine might somehow find its way free..."]

He inhales deeply, tapping into the shadows all around them with his fingers making flicking motions, as if to ward off flying bugs.

A sharp scent of iron drifts as he tries his last Dispel Magic on the indicated magical trap.

CON roll: 16 vs. 16 needed

Dispelling:

Rolled 12.

He crouches to withstand the blast.

Cat's Grace Dex 22
Spirit Armor, +3 to magic saves, remaining duration: 15 rnds.

[DM Bob]

There is simply no trigger as the rune remains in place (you -Niachi- need a 15 or better at your level).

The statues are almost done walloping on each other. One remains standing, itself broken and battered. Skrye simply pushes it over and it breaks into a few inanimate pieces.

[Quila Oris (John M.)]

(OOC: without FB but was Niachi taking a possible +4 to his rolls from a Moment into account as this option was definitely talked about in the char as support action by Quila for anyone engaging the magical trap. Since that is the case, consider the next one to have happened before Niachi casting a Dispel Magic above here.)

"Let me assist you there Niachi." Quila says and she moves both her hands in a hooked fashion about her in triangles and rectangulars and starts counting in elven. "Be ready.........NOW!" she instructs the shadow mage on the optimal timing to pierce the arcane veil.

(OOC: Niachi gets a +4 on his Dispel Magic roll for this. Moment will be active for another 7 rounds where Quila can help others do stuff with a +20%/+4 bonus on their rolls, just saying.)

[Skrye [AC3; 48/48HP]]

- Taking a couple of those remaining soulless constructs, as a reminder of what happened here to them and to herself, a lesson to remember, she keeps them in her backpack before getting by the gate - "Do you need some healing?" - looking at Niachi - "I'll check the gate after"

[DM Bob]

The rune fades from view.

Does anyone care to try the door now or take any other additional precautions before moving forward?

[AthasianLaborer]

'Muiko will cast Unseen Servant and have it open the door while everyone is safely on the far end of the room before. 

'Muiko will be casting from the best cover he can find while keeping the door to be opened in the AoE.

[Quila Oris (John M.)]

"Ah good" Quila sighs, then continues, "Remember that behind this door is the sarcophagus with a dais behind it containing three troll statues and those three sets of strange hovering red eyes which I presume to be some form of undead spirit. Can we take those out if push comes to shove?"

[AthasianLaborer]

[Elven: "Unless you want direct damage out of us, undead sounds like a problem you or Skrye solve?  Not to be short, just that I seem to remember that's what happened last time?"] 'Muiko responds to Quila.

[Quila Oris (John M.)]

"Okay." Quila nods before proceeding to quietly cast Protection from Evil on herself (good for 24 rounds).

"Can your spectral force servant walk in there as wall and prod the statues or enter the area between the pillars to see what happens?" Quila whispers.

[Skrye [AC3; 48/48HP]]

- Knowing what will come next, Skrye casts an encantation of Protect vs Evil once she completes the journey for the last trapped spirit - "I can try, give me a moment" - then if another round is available before the door is prompted

[OOC: Prot vs Evil (-2 to attack me, my sav. throws vs such attacks at +2. Any attempt to mental control me or to invade and take over my mind is blocked), 24 rnds), 48/48HP; SPELLS 1stLvl(4/5), 2ndLvl(2/5), 3rdLvl(4/4), 4thLvl(3/3)]

[DM Bob]

Recap:

This room seems vast after the other areas of the temple. Frescoes dominate both the east & west walls depicting gruesome, alien features intermixing with various familiar, for the lack of a better word, "parts".

Across the room is a huge black, green and purple painted stone altar set above the floor on a dais, and in front of this raised ground is a large stone sarcophagus. The stone coffin is scrawled in various etchings and dark runes.

Behind the altar are three statues of trolloc-headed figures; the head of one has been smashed. Three pairs of glowing red eyes hover about the statue's heads. You almost can't see them, but the more you look, the more they stare towards the door you stand behind.

Six columns reminiscent of the previous tomb's altar room surround the sepulcher. The only different thing is the lack of mosaic work upon the floor.

You hear an eerie, hissing, whispering noise throughout the chamber as well, as if the very room were a thing alive & breathing.

Only one apparent new door exists to on the south wall, east of the one Quila currently stands behind. She detected traps in the following areas:

-The east fresco

-The sarcophagus

The unseen servant moves forward and pokes about the statues, columns and the like. As it gets closer to the glowing eyes, it seems to be affected by something that causes it to dissipate. To the observers, it looks that one of the pairs of glowing eyes moved slightly towards where the servant was to be wandering.

Niachi's tembo shadow monsters are just in front of you as you gaze into the room.

Words are spoken and hisses in your general direction. You can understand them clearly.

"Who dares to walk our silent temple?" Says one such voice.

"I smell blood, Y'nar." Answers another.

"Mortals. It has been long since we've fed." Sums up the third.

The voices are deep, ugly sounding. Gravel-y. The sarcophagus has sounds akin to something trying to scrape it's way out from the inside.