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May 29, 2025 4:45 pm
Yvandra braces behind the archway and looks in. She's always been a little wary of magic. She tries to calculate how quickly she could get across the room if the fire ends up being just for show. Do the stone doors have any obvious lock?
May 29, 2025 4:45 pm
Alvin kneels beside Sylana and tries to use his experience with traps to see if there are any tripwires or how this obvious trap works.
May 29, 2025 6:11 pm
Morgan moving up behind this group after following and trying to catch up with them since jumping into this mess looks into the room and then at Skywise who he was sent here with"What do make of that Skywise?"
May 29, 2025 6:15 pm
The elf will move up and take a look. Examining the floor he says to Morgan" I wonder if we have to step on certain sigils or if they are all the same." He will move up to see if he can tell if they are all the same.

Rolls

Perception- floor sigils - (1d20+2)

(15) + 2 = 17

May 30, 2025 4:43 pm
From what you can see, the stone doors don't have any obvious lock. There's enough space to walk around the perimeter of the room without touching the sigils, so you could get to the door if you wanted to. In regards to the sigils themselves, they all look different, with some repeating patterns. You haven't seen these exact sort of sigils before, but the magically-learned among you might be able to recognise that this is some kind of magic barrier spell. You don't see any tripwires, pressure plates, or any obvious mechanisms.

What do you want to do?
May 31, 2025 11:19 pm
Alvin shrugs his shoulders and shares what he sees. He passes the lit purple candle to Yvandra and they share a look before they both nod. He gives a quick wave to the group and decides to take a quick peek down the water route with his lit spirit lamp.
May 31, 2025 11:22 pm
Yvandra uses some of the melted wax to get the lit candle set in place on the ground. Then, she crouches and attempts to sprint around the perimeter of the room, without touching the sigils, to reach the door. She will attempt to ram the door open if she reaches it. She keeps one eye on the fire and the middle of the room, ready to dodge when needed.
Jun 1, 2025 1:04 am
Skywise will continue to study the floor. Can he walk across the floor just by stepping on one set of sigils? If he can this is what he will do.
Last edited June 1, 2025 1:05 am
Jun 1, 2025 1:05 am
Morgan knows to trust Skywise because he has proved himself in their time together down here. He will wait to see what Skywise does.
Jun 1, 2025 3:29 pm
For Yvandra:

You rush around the perimeter of the room, and shoulder open the stone door on the far side. Nothing happens in the fire room, the fire doesn't appear to move or react in any way. In regards to what you see beyond the stone doors, you find yourself in a rectangular room, where the walls, ceiling, and floor are made of smooth white marble tiles.

There is a bas-relief on the north wall of the room, which depicts lines of Elven hoplites engaged in warfare with horde of pig-faced Orc barbarians. There is a ornate marble sarcophagus in the center of the room. There is an open archway to the north, and another one to the south. From this angle, you can't see anything further.

For Skywise:

If you tried to walk across the floor while sticking to one set of sigils, you'd narrowly pass within the bounds of the large circle, closer to the column of flame. It would be possible though.

For Alvin:

You head back the way you came. The sound of falling water continues to get louder, until you eventually come to an open archway. The open archway leads into what appears to be a large open chamber, with cold water cascading from the ceiling, like an enormous indoor shower. There are iron grates in the floor near the door, where the water is draining into.

Squinting through the falling water, you can see some sort of white stone pedestal or altar, at the centre of the room. You see that there is a large rectangular glass box sitting on the pedestal. Inside the sealed glass box, there is a two-handed sword, the blade of which appears to be made of silvery-white metal. The sword otherwise appears to be unornamented, but looks like a high-quality fighting implement. There doesn't seem to be a mechanism to open the glass box, it's properly sealed shut, but the entire box can be picked up, it's not fixed to the pedestal.

Looking down, you see that there are iron drainage grates all around the perimeter of the room, but seemingly no other entrances and exits. As you turn back towards the pedestal, he suddenly catches a strong smell of ammonia in the air, and you catches a quick glimpse of a greyish, slimy-looking, roughly man-sized humanoid figure crouched down underneath the iron grates, looking up at you with inhuman yellow eyes that catch the light. Before he can react, the weird creature moves backwards, and disappears from view. It's impossible to see down into the space beneath the iron grates with your current level of light, and the water pouring down makes it even harder to make anything out, it's like staring down into your shower drain.

What do you want to do?
Jun 1, 2025 5:35 pm
OOC:
Respectfully, needing to pull Harvo and Hiro from our game at this time, primarily due to time constraints. Hopefully others can take my place, in what is a great game. Thank you all so much. :)
Jun 1, 2025 6:12 pm
Skywise will confer with Morgan then head out across one set of sigils. Keeping his steps on those alone.
OOC:
How many different sigils are there?
Jun 1, 2025 6:13 pm
After conferring with Skywise Morgan will head out stepping on a different sigil and keeping to that one alone.
Jun 3, 2025 11:59 am
As soon as Skywise and Morgan tread within the bounds of the circle, two huge tendrils of flame suddenly erupt from the central column of fire, and incinerate both of them on the spot. From within the column of fire, cruel laughter can be heard.

What do you want to do next, players?
Jun 3, 2025 12:45 pm
Sylana will stay well outside the circle, following the path Yvandra forged as she passed through.
Jun 3, 2025 12:47 pm
Korrin trails some distance behind Sylana as he carefully stays well away from the runic circle.
Jun 3, 2025 2:51 pm
After looking about, she turns to tell the others what she sees so far and cries out in horror as Skywise and Morgan are incinerated.

She leaps behind the safety of the stone door's archway and wonders what to do next as others follow the path she took.

"Be really careful going around the perimeter! Whoever comes next, perhaps bring the candle along?"

After looking about the new room with the sarcophagus, she scoots along the wall to the north archway to peek through.
Jun 3, 2025 3:26 pm
Alvin hears cries and a creepy laughter float in the air through the tunnel leading back. He turns and prays that no one has been hurt. He shakes his head sadly as he turns to look over the room, thinking of the horrors they saw above.

He is quite tempted to step forward and grab the glass box, but as he looks down for traps, he smells ammonia and then sees movement. His eyes lock with inhuman yellow ones below the grate before they slink away.

He contemplates rushing to grab the sword and go back to the others, but looks around the room one more time and especially the pedestal. Does he see any traps?
Jun 4, 2025 1:22 am
Diogenes says:
As soon as Skywise and Morgan tread within the bounds of the circle, two huge tendrils of flame suddenly erupt from the central column of fire, and incinerate both of them on the spot. From within the column of fire, cruel laughter can be heard.

What do you want to do next, players?
That was quick hahahaha

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