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

"I can see it breaking - all in now, let's put this thing down!"

Abandoning all caution, Iseret drops her crossbow and moves into position for a sneak attack, flanking with the others.

Iseret hits, and siesta the crack a bit more.

Crossbow bolts from Bernard and Khadi strike the animated object, and it cracks apart.

Gethean, who was running out of air, tumbles onto the wet floor, gasping for breath.

Combat is over

His chest heaving, Tabat sheathes his sword and reaches a hand out to help Gethean to his feet. "Breathe, friend," he instructs unnecesarily, "We have you."

Once everyone is settled after the fight and they are free to take a moment, he will carefully circuit the room, searching for anything of interest or value before they leave.

Upon examination, and aided by the damage done to it, it is not made of gold, but trimmed in gold leaf.

You guess that one could salvage gold leaf worth 50 gp with 30 minutes of concerted effort

If there is no other door Jaware will search through the room for secret passages taking 20.

As you search, the last of the water drains out and a loud click echoes from the western and southern doors. The doors to the north slowly close, blocking the tunnel to the river.

The long exhaustive search reveals secret double-doors to the east and west. The eastern doors are unlocked, but the western ones are.

Reposting status table here - hp not 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

Jaware looks to the tough guys (Tabat and Gethean) and says:

Let's see what is behind the unlocked door?

Tabat nods at the suggestion and approaches the unlocked door, allowing Iseret to inspect first if they so choose, and attempts to open it.

Iseret moves forward to inspect the doors before allowing them to be opened.

After checking for traps, you open the eastern door and find a ten by ten foot room. This small room is filled with human-shaped bundles wrapped in linen. Each wears a small medallion around its neck.

The medallions around their necks are small wooden holy symbols marked with Pharasma’s spiral.

The door must have been watertight because the room is dry.

Tabat enters the room, hoping that whomever designed this crypt would have banked on the drowning trap and animated sarcophagus to be sufficient ends to any looters and would thus have not trapped this room further. He looks around more closely, but doesn't touch any of the bodies. "If something of value lies in this room, it is of course the will of the lottery that we may take it. I do not guess anyone here would do such a thing, but here I am reminded - one of the few rules set upon us is to respect the dead. The mummies should remain intact and moved as little as possible, only if necessary." He finishes his circuit of the room and reports his findings.

The dozen slaves who worked on the tomb were buried in this chamber, having been killed to protect the tomb’s secrets when it was completed. The slaves were mummified and interred here with all of the proper funerary rites to ward off curses and to ensure that the slaves’ souls would travel to the Boneyard and not be unjustly denied whatever afterlife they had earned.

That is why I side with Khemet III on the slave issue. At least they found rest in the afterlife. I think we will have to try the other door. Iseret?