Chapter 1: finding the Tomb

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GreyWord

Mar 20, 2024 6:27 pm

Putting cubes into the proper basins change nothing and Tinkara can't see nothing but 8 burning basins.

OOC:

@thorsman99 actually roll a perception check for Tinkara
Here is a tip for everyone - my previous post contained a hint

Tinkara

thorsman99

Mar 20, 2024 6:42 pm

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Guys. Let's try putting the cubes in the opposite basins.

Rolls

Perception Check - (1d20)

(20) = 20

WhiteDwarf

Mar 20, 2024 6:45 pm

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That’s emerald eyes light up. Lighting up almost as brightly as the proverbial light bulb above his blonde-haired head!

Aha! That’s probably IT, Tinkara! I think you’re onto something, there! Let’s do it!

Thad helps rearrange the cubes.

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GreyWord

Mar 20, 2024 6:58 pm

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OOC:

Wow, you did that 20 on DC 20 skill check! Wonderful.

Looking around Tinkara note the light from the basins when they are lit and taken down cast similar shadows on all walls but the corners... there is something strange with the corners.
After several attempts and with a help of Thaddeus you manage to move the far wall - the statue of Unkh (flail snail) hidden behind a secret door at the end of the tunnel reveal itself. Similar basin is in front of it

A golden pendant shaped like an eye hangs on the Unkh statue

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GreyWord

Mar 20, 2024 7:02 pm

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OOC:

Disregard my previous hints. I was trying to suggest anyone bringing flail snail cube to the corridor because moving it close to the the hidden doors would burn the basin behind it considerable reducing the DC for spotting hidden doors.

Throgin Thunderfist

valdattaMadun Inactive for 3 months

Mar 21, 2024 1:25 pm

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Throgin would pay extra close attention to the gargoyles in this moment as part of the puzzle solved.

dont you guys come alive now...

Tinkara

thorsman99

Mar 21, 2024 1:58 pm

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Tinkara flies over to the larger passage to see if anything has changed. If not she will return for a closer look at the Unkh statue and the pendant. Any inscriptions or markings?

Anyone have detect magic to cast on this pendant? I wonder if that's the mask the inscription refers to? And now that we've found this, I wonder if we should try putting the blocks in the sockets again? Thoughts?

Last edited March 21, 2024 2:02 pm

Vatoris Bunte

Smiley Inactive for 17 days

Mar 21, 2024 10:50 pm

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"I do but it would be better for me to Identify it. Give it here and I will see what I can find out." Once he has the amulet, Vatoris will being ritual casting Identify on it.

[ +- ] Identify

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GreyWord

Mar 22, 2024 10:36 am

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OOC:

I'm going to spoil more info than I like about the pendant and want everyone to vote if they think it is good practice to do so as there will be similar situations in future. Not a big deal this time

[ +- ] Result of identify

Wearing the pendant Vatoris finds the entrance to one more tunnel.

Pulling aside the heavy undergrowth, you uncover an archway in the cliff face. Stone skulls peer down from the lintel, and old bones litter the threshold. As light strikes the entrance, a swarm of bats screeches out from within.

Anyone who dare to enter scares away the bats and see:
A slab of worked stone blocks the overgrown tunnel some twenty feet from the entrance. Grinning skulls mark the edges of the slab, in the center of which are nine cube-shaped cavities arranged in three rows of three.

Tinkara

thorsman99

Mar 22, 2024 11:58 am

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Aha, so the other tunnel was a trap and distraction. Lucky us.

I think we should place the cubes in opposition, as we did before, and then place Unkh, via mage hand, in the center socket. Any other thoughts?

Zean

Pedrop

Mar 22, 2024 12:30 pm

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"Exactly my thoughts. Let do it." - but Zean this time doesn't move first to do it, expecting others to insert the cubes, but instead looks at the bones in the middle of path and then, especially the skulls - if they have holes in them too, how they look. At the end of his searching he checks if there is a place for the big stone to come down at the begining of tunnel similarly to the "distraction entrance". Finally he moves outside the tunnel before the last cube will be put in place.

Rolls

Perception - just in case, if needed. - (1d20+9)

(11) + 9 = 20

Tinkara

thorsman99

Mar 22, 2024 12:43 pm

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Tinkara flies over to the door and inserts all the cubes in opposing positions, leaving Unkh out of the center. Then she flies back out of the tunnel, continues another 20', and rises to the point where she can just see the blocks, and hovers.

Ready for mage hand to do its thing.

Last edited March 22, 2024 12:45 pm

Vatoris Bunte

Smiley Inactive for 17 days

Mar 22, 2024 2:02 pm

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Vatoris hands the amulet back to Tinkara and starts ritual casting Detect Magic.
"Before we mess with the cubes and all get trapped again let me make sure there is nothing strange about."

Rolls

Perception - (1d20+6)

(10) + 6 = 16

WhiteDwarf

Mar 22, 2024 7:04 pm

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Thad moved up with Vatoris and gives kind Help - as an action!
That groove i the stone right there (rp only), it looks interesting…
Our fightery fellow goes on like that, just tryin* to be helpful. When probably, really, clutch8ng his holy symbol habitually might simple be what he does best!

Rolls

Perception - (1d20+6)

(18) + 6 = 24

Throgin Thunderfist

valdattaMadun Inactive for 3 months

Mar 22, 2024 10:07 pm

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Oh fun more doors with holes. Any idea the order we should put these ones in?

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GreyWord

Mar 23, 2024 8:19 am

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A detect magic reveals an aura of evocation magic around each of the cavities. You carefully search for but bind no evidence of anything similar to the other entrance setup.
You can only guess jungle predators use this tunnel as shelter, and the bones are a velociraptors (smaller dinosaurs you have met plenty outside the city). Also discover boot prints leading toward the doors (probably into the tomb). The tracks are not recent.

OOC:

@thorsman99 perfectly described Tinkara's location at the moment you try to put cubes in. I would prefer everyone describe your PC location (if I don't gen response will assume you are just all outside the tunnel)
Also please fix me if this is wrong: Vatoris is going to insert all nine cubes ("enemy" cubes in opposition, then Unkh in the middle) using mage hand.

Tinkara

thorsman99

Mar 23, 2024 11:29 am

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If Vatoris wants to inset them all with mage hand, that's fine with me.

Vatoris Bunte

Smiley Inactive for 17 days

Mar 23, 2024 12:31 pm

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Vatoris tells everyone that there is magic around the slots. Once everyone is clear from possible danger, if the tunnel has any traps, he uses his mage hand to insert all of the blocks in the way described. The last cube he places is Unkh.

Zean

Pedrop

Mar 23, 2024 2:06 pm

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Zean

Pedrop says:

(...) Finally he moves outside the tunnel before the last cube will be put in place.

OOC:

So I confirm: yes, Zean is outside the tunnel. I'm very ok with Vatoris leading! :)

Throgin Thunderfist

valdattaMadun Inactive for 3 months

Mar 23, 2024 5:18 pm