Chapter 4: Level 3 dungeon

"Yes, one at a time, please."

Bored & curious Criella strangely asks priestly Tante, "Could you bless me some priestly guidance as I'm going to draw out that horn and the last time that I dealt with it. Well. It was terribly possessive and I'm not renting space in my head."

"Of course." Tante Lude moves over to Criella.

Nyx sends his monkey to hide somewhere it can watch the stairs (west of the party) while he advances to the doorway of the room to support Tinkara should she need assistance.

"Okay horn. I will remove you from your new hope. No funny business." as it again seems Criella is talking to it again.

She removes her narrow backpack and gently places it upon the room's floor. With fast rubbishing, she carefully will touch magical horn and if nothing happens then she will fully grasp it and remove it from her backpack for all to see it again. "Are you with us?"

It is barelly noticeable but you could see a blinking dim light around fresco nr 4 since Tinkara lighted the candle. When she puts the money on the altar fresco nr 1 also start blinking dim light. The other two frescoes are dark though.

Criella feel nothing and hear nothing as she touch the horn. Whatever it was it was one time effect she could assume.


Tante Lude remember now that she saw waht looked like a hidden door back in the hallway 10 feet from where you killed the flesh-and-armor creatures.

Semi disappointed Criella says as she is holding the magical horn, "Appears the ghost of the horn is gone. So, no help there."

"Hopefully we have better luck with that." she points to Tink's area.

During the next hour Criella figure out that the horn provides her some magical benefits

Lude points out the hidden door to the others.

"If I may cast a spell before we move . . . "

She sits crosslegged, surprisingly smoothly and pulls out a set of polished bones.

Will opening this hidden door before the unhidden one bring us aid or harm?

Curious Criella feels better about the magical horn even if it does chat or anything with the ghost gone. She believes it is still useful and gets a new spot handy instead of in her backpack.

She just watches on Tante does her thing. She still keeps thoughts to hunt down this "Acererak"

Tante Lude sees weal and woe

So far the secret passages of this place seem to be of more use, I am for opening the door. But that sounds less appealing. Serves me right for thinking anything in this pace is a good idea. I should have expected as much.

Well. If you are set on finishing the ritual I will aid if you ask, but the bones make the prospects of those who came before seem somewhat bleak.

As I expected, there is both risk and reward for opening this door. It would seem we should try then because anything we miss may be the key to a subsequent piece of this puzzle. Unless someone else volunteers, I will go first.

[/img] Succumbs looking Criella stretches her huge bat wings attractively a bit before exiting the temple's four frescoes room. She just never has fine opportunities to fly to the air much it totally seems lately as that is in the last few centuries.

She gives newcomer Tobias a friendly smile as she does this. And makes sure her lavender scent is still well present. She is all comely cleaned up as much as her handy prestidigitation spell casting allows. Not a hair out of place. She is much a wanted beauty and a rather dangerous one.

She on watches as Tante finishes her informing ritual and we all are prepared to exit through the newly discovered secret door. She will easily fall into the party line up which is about the safe middle of the adventuring party and has her twin favored scimitars drawn in hands & ready for exciting melee action.

Note: I upgraded her avatar's picture.

Tate lude opens the doors and see a golden skull that rests on a pedestal in the middle of a small, dusty room.
A crawlway goes east. Size just of others you seen: large enough to each of you to crawl it squeezed.

"A golden statue. Could this be the one we are supposed to put the coins in front of? Maybe here instead of in the other room where Tinks placed them? What do y'all think?"

[/img] "You really think so Tante. Here. Give me the coins and I will see." She puts away both her scimitars to free her hands up.

"Sounds good to me." Tobias will have his rapier at the ready.

"I think the coins and the candle belonged in the other room... that's why the frescoes lit up.Did we finish with the bugs and the rat bones on the altar? We might want to finish that up."

Yes, I would like to finish one challenge before facing another. Let us return and try that then. Lude leads the way back.