[Gameplay] 3. The Sanctum

"This fountain, I believe it was for babtismal rights within the church of Nethys," Tabat says aloud as he completes his circuit of the eastern rooms and heads to the western alcove through the entrance area.

"It's not unusual, though typically, they are out of doors."

Skarab looks at the priests, and wants to investigate, to see if he can find anything meaningful to determine what they were doing here.

The priests were simply undead of limited intelligence attempting to lure and kill folk.

When everyone is ready, Tabat leads the group west, past the entrance and into the western, outside rooms of the temple.

Entering the western end, you find a series of cubicles that encircle an open central space, each separated from the common area by a curtain hanging from a rod over the doorway. Three zombies linger in the area and turn to face you when you enter, moving mindlessly to attack.

You're all up first.

Iseret smiles, knowing that her short sword will be more effective against this particular undead (even as she reminds herself to pick up a mace at the next opportunity). She attempts to maneuver around the undead to attack from a more advantageous position.

Iseret attacks and catches one flatfooted, slashing it apart. It falls to the ground soundlessly.

Khadi goes to her symbol before seeing Iseret cut one zombie down. She lowers her hand again and pulls out her crossbow and fires a shot . Best to save her energy.

Tabat rushes in with his heavy flail and attempts to bash one hard across the body, hoping to break it down before it can hurt anyone.

Jaware looses two arrows at a zombie, the second tinged with cold.Khadi and Tabat combine and bash down the second zombie.

The wounded zombie attacks the obvious target, Tabat.

Each of you are up again.

Tabat turns his attack upon the zombie at his side, bearing down with all his strength.

Iseret strikes again from behind!

Tabat does destroy the last one, and Iseret skewers it for good measure.

Combat is over

"Hah!" Tabat shouts as the last one goes down. "Let us see what these side rooms contain then check to the north." He pulls back the nearest curtain, his hand still ready on his weapon. "Sleeping quarters?" he wonders.

If things are clear of danger, Tabat will take his time with the others to search the cubicles.

The cubicle in the center is a privy, and immaculately clean. The cubicles around the outside are personal bedchambers, each with a bed frame and a footlocker bolted to the floor. The curtains, the bed frames and the footlockers are all dusty but in good repair. The bedding has rotted away. There is nothing of value.

To the north, in the next section, a short hallway connects a shallow, empty pool to the west to two curtained cubicles to the east. A wooden bench is bolted to the floor in a small alcove across from the pool. A set of stone doors marked with hieroglyphs stands to the north.

These cubicles are similar to the other ones, if a bit bigger. However, the northernmost cubicle includes two dead bodies. One is only bare bones, but the other is a rotting, intact corpse. An old, broken scimitar lies nearby. The bones are scorched and still warm to the touch, and the corpse has suffered obviously recent injuries. Khadi immediately recognizes that this is the work of a cleric's channeling of positive energy.

'This is...odd. ' Khadi approaches the two bodies, unless suddenly stopped by the more perceptive Iseret.

'Either I'm better than I though and Khepris power now o goes through walls... Or someone else is here.'

She mutters a prayer and looks around the room with glowing eyes, trying to find anymore clues.

Tabat takes his time to look around. "I think you're right about us not being the first inside," he says, "and we can't expect them to be friendly. Stay on your toes."

Hearing her companions' discussion, Iseret is instantly on alert, her sensitive ears pricked to hear anything out of the ordinary (passive Perception 16).