[Gameplay] Part 1: The Lottery & Tomb of Akhentepi

Jaware's attack will be processed after the bugs.

Iseret: yes, they're technically flatfooted, so you get +1d6 sneak attack damage on them. Total 6 damage.

Gethean hits one for 12 damage.

Status table here.

[ +- ] Status effects

Order	PC	AC	PP	HP	Conditions
1	Iseret	17	15	10/10	none
2	Tabat	18	10	9/12	none
3	Khadi	10	13	8/8	none
4	Jaware	17	14	10/10	none
5	Bernard	11	10	7/8	thief scar
6	Gethean	17	14	13/13	none

Tabat rushes forward and targets the creature not already engaged with Gethean, moving into position to allow Iseret to flank if able. With a heavy swing he brings his sword around to strike. Unfortunately it goes wide and slashes nothing but the air between him and his foe.

'Is something allergic to positive energy to much to ask for...? Kadi sighs out as she brings her crossbow to bear against one of the bugs.

"Ah! Yet more creatures looking to kill us all."

The spiders launch themselves into the attack, snapping with their oversized jaws, but not breaking skin.

Jaware attacks... and kills the heavily wounded one.

Everybody but Jaware is up.

"I think we need to find a defendable position and rest for awhile, this tomb does not like us!" Gethean steps up to take a swing at the second spider and misses.

"Let's not give them any ground, wizard!" Tabat says, as he spins and slices his sword towards the creature again, this time, he hopes, cleaving the creature in twain.

Bernard shoots his crossbow, once again cursing that he did not prepare any sort of damaging cantrip this morning.

Tabat kills the second one, smashing it to a sticky pulp.

Combat is over.

A search of the room, the embalming or funerary preparation chamber, reveals no valuables or secret passages. The masks on the wall are simple torch holders of no significance.

Gethean examines the room for anything else that may jump out at them before asking if anyone else is hungry. "Squished spiders anyone? I jest, I think a meal and setting camp for the night might be in our best interest, any objections?"

Tabat nods in satisfaction with the fall of the last spider-like creature and sheathes his sword once again. "This may not be a terrible place to do so, Gethean," he says pointing to the doorway, "Only one way in, from what I can see. What say you all? I will offer to take first watch."

In this room, you'll be able to securely close the door, and there is room enough for all of you. Resting until the following morning will be necessary to allow the spellcasters to recover their spells.

Before then, do you use any remaining magic? Bernard is down 1 hit point (which he will recover with rest) and Tabat is down 3.

'Do we need to rest? We don't want to let any of the good sites get given to others if we are dragging our feet' Khadi is still chomping at the bit and ready to continue. 'I still have some positive energy in me if we are worried about wounds.

To prove her point she raises the scarab around her neck and lifts it up, allowing energy to pulse out from it as she murmurs a prayer to Khepri.

"I'm fit to fight," Tabat says with a stretch, "Especially now. But should we carry on, this seems a good place to return for a safe rest if needed."

"Agreed, let us continue."

"Deeper into darkness, then," Tabat says with a nod and heads west, walking alongside Iseret as they venture into the unknown room while maintaining vigilance against any traps that might be present.

Past the battle site with the sand elemental, you proceed. Roguish eyes watch out for more bugs or creatures or traps. At the base of the stairs, the door is unlocked and you find no traps.

Inside is a rectangular room, 20' x 30'.

A tapestry hangs from a frame against the south wall of this large chamber; it depicts an otherworldly vista where the souls of the dead, shepherded by strange beings, enter an ethereal river ambling through space toward a landscape dominated by an impossibly tall spire. Columns sculpted in the shape of Osirian warriors wielding khopeshes stand in all four corners of the room. The floor is tiled in a white spiral pattern on a black background, and this spiral pattern is repeated on the stone double doors to the north, east (which you came through), and west.

Status table here - map updated.

[ +- ] Status effects

Order	PC	AC	PP	HP	Conditions
1	Iseret	17	15	10/10	none
2	Tabat	18	10	10/12	none
3	Khadi	10	13	8/8	none
4	Jaware	17	14	10/10	none
5	Bernard	11	10	8/8	thief scar
6	Gethean	17	14	13/13	none