-/-/- Tomb of Annihilation -\-\-

The walls of this rubble-strewn corridor are carved with serpents, and arrow slits are spaced along them every 5 feet. Cobwebs fill the arrow slits and hang like drapes from the corridor ceiling. Above the entrance, a stone plaque bears a cuneiform message.

The presence of cowebs can tell that no one passed here in a very long time.

Felix detects the presence of three pit traps along the corridor. There is no clear way to deactivate the trigger or jam the trapdoor. One could simply jump past them, once they are marked.

There is no magic to be detected from the outside.

Felix sighs and grab out of dagger and mark the first one "We are going to have to jump these..."

Kurma is looking at the floor.." hummm, I'm not very good at jumping. Should I stay behind ?"

OOC Anyone can get over the traps with a standing jump, but an DC 5 Acrobatics check is in order to not step on one of them.

Oniss feeling tried and maybe a bit foolish steps forward and cautiously avoids the traps. 

Acrobatics rols for traps in order;  11     17    11

Once past the traps he looks around for anything of note, a mechanism or a clue etc. Investigation 17

Brunella crouches and makes a powerful standing jump, clearing the traps and landing next to Oniss.

Following Brunella example, Kurma jumps on the other side of the traps.
"Very well lets' see what we have here..."

OOC: my detect magic is still on (10min)

Gertrude follows suit and jumps easily over the traps. 

"Felix, no need to be rude. But be a pet and check out the things on this side of the room!"

Seeing the others Felix nuts up and jumps across all the traps. "Whatever.."

Acrobatics: 9

Acrobatics: 11

Acrobatics: 10

In the middle of the central room, a stone cube rests on a plain stone pedestal. Statues of twelve tribal warriors jut from the surrounding walls, aiming bows at the pedestal. The floor in front of the pedestal bears a mosaic depicting a monstrous serpent constricting a furious monkey. Moss obscures much of the detail.

Kurma senses illusion around the cube, not the usual abjuration aura.

“My friend, this one is different. It seems there is a illusion around the cube rather than the usual abjuration-defence magic. I would be careful.”

Then, shouting to the entrance. “Inete, I forgot to read the sentence engraved. What does it say ?”

Inete, after a few minutes consulting her notes, shouts back the translation to Kurma.

“Moa teaches us that secrets hide the truth.”

Felix will investigate the pedestal looking for a hidden compartment.

Investigation: 20

“Maybe we should remove the moss to get more information? Also, if it’s an illusion, I could dispel the magic””

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Felix will investigate the pedestal looking for a hidden compartment.

Investigation: 20

 There is no secret compartment on the pedestal.

"I dont see anything maybe its looks more like a magic thing Kurma."

Gertrude bends down and scratches the moss of the relief and looks at it closely. [investigation 7 if perception, then add +4]

Then she says to Kurma: "Go for it. If you can make the illusion go away, we might be able to see what it is hiding."

The moss wasn't covering any critical detail in solving this shrine's puzzle, but Gertrude does notice two secret doors on the southern wall, one to the east side of the entrance, one to the west. Sliding the doors seems pretty easy and no trap appears evident.

"Good eye Gertrude.  Let's see what truth we can find in one of these hidden rooms."

Irommek steps cautiously into the east room and uses his dwarven vision to scan the room.

OOC: perception check from discord (21)

A large statue of a coiled serpent dominates the eastern, web-filled room. Clutched in the statue’s jaws is a stone cube.

There is no evident danger, according to Irommek's keen senses.

Kurma finally detects the abjuration aura typical of the puzzle cubes.