Episode 1: The Salvaged Job

As he approaches the door, Maenor notices the thin filament of a broken wire hanging from the corner of the jamb, partially hidden by the cobwebs. It calls to mind a trap, but it is apparent that this one has already been triggered or disabled. He pushes the door inward with his shoulder, and with a loud resistant creak the door grudgingly opens wider.

The torchlight spills into a room that opens towards the east. It features the same bare tile and uneven stone walls, as though many hands carved into solid rock to create this area. The west wall has a single large open eye carved in bas-relief, similar to the one on the ceiling of the chamber above, while the north wall features three eyes. Each eye faces a door in the south wall and the east.

Next to the eastern door is a battered suit of scale mail, crushed and gashed in numerous places. It still stands upright, gauntlets crossed over its chest, dented helmet resting upon smashed pauldrons.

There are three skeletons in this room. One is lies at your feet and appears to have once sat against the wall. The other two are near the suit of armor.

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The skeletons appear to have rotted leather and flimsy rags around the bones. There is a shortsword to the side of the western skeleton, while a mace and longsword lie next to the two skeletons toward the east. All weapons appear thoroughly rusted through and useless.

The bas-relief eye is made up of thick lines to denote the lids, symmetrical around the full iris. The pupil is defined via negative space, and Coda sees a small hole in the very center about an inch in diameter.

The eyes are aligned chest-high to an average human.

Kalis has read of ancient cultures that used eyes as symbols of warding, with the belief that something could not pass under the watchful gaze. It is interesting that typically such symbols were used to keep things out; their placement within this tomb gives the impression that they're keeping something in. He senses that these carvings are purely symbolic, as there does not seem any abjuration or divine power within them.

As he studies each eye, Kalis notices that the one in front of Coda, facing the door they just entered, is the only one with a hole in the pupil.

Daniel feels the smooth stone carving. It is cold and a bit dusty with cobwebs.

Geno sees nothing but a plain ceiling, slightly domed to disperse the weight of the ground above. As he kicks the weapons away, they clatter across the floor and the skeletons do not move.

However, as soon as he approaches the skeleton in the corner by the eastern door and kicks away the shortsword, there is a shuffling sound. A cloud of dust spills out from the suit of armor against the wall, and with the groan of stiff leather and rusted scale, the helmet lifts and the arms uncross. There appears to be no body inside the armor and the helmet turns its empty visage toward the tiefling, raising its gauntlets.

Focused on both the ceiling and the rusted weapons, Geno is slow to react. He finds himself the target of two metal fists as the now-animated armor lands heavy blows against his shoulder and chest (22 vs AC, 7 damage; 17 vs AC, 8 damage).Map

The armor seems unimpressed by the cold flame surrounding Geno. It then staggers against the wall as Kalis' forceful blast caves in the dented helmet and knocks it to the floor. The rest of the armor still stands ready, gauntlets raised.