The marble walls of this large hall are carved with several images of battle, each featuring a knight astride a lean horse. The knight wears no helmet and has long hair and a wide mustache. In each of the images, the knight is charging at undead horrors with a rapier in hand. Two halls lead out of the western portion of this room, one to the north and one to the south. Three large archways lead out of the room to the east. The archway to the northeast is carved with the words “At My Right Hand, Peace for Years of Righteous Labors”; the archway to the east is carved with the words, “Roslar: Hero and Paladin at His Well-Earned Rest;” and the archway to the southeast reads, “Loyal Abdell, Support Thy Master Always.” Sprawled in the center of this room is a human-sized metal figure that resembles a skeleton wrapped in robes. The limbs of the figure are askew and melted, as though with acid.
Greyce identifies the angelic woman in the carvings as Arazni, the former herald of Aroden. You recall that late in the Shining Crusade, she was summoned to fight for the Knights of Ozem, but unfortunately she was slain by the Whispering Tyrant in 3823 AR. After the war she was laid to rest in the city of Lastwall, but years later her body was stolen and reanimated by the undead wizard Geb during the Second Crusade, and that she now serves as the lich queen of the his nation, also named Geb.
A5
Several long stone slabs line the walls of this room like shelves. The shelves are pitted with acid and contain scraps of old cloth. A few chunks of bone litter the floor. The shelves contain a gold wedding ring worth 85 gp inscribed with “For Aloisius; my love, my heart, my morning dove."
Area A6
The stone walls of this room are carved to resemble hanging draperies framing a large dais. Upon the dais stands a large sarcophagus, its lid carved to resemble a sleeping knight with long hair and a wide mustache. Based on the other paintings, you assume that this sarcophagus was made to hold the body of Ervin Roslar. This room carries a faint nauseating odor, like putrefying meat.
Area A7
The stone walls of this room are carved to resemble an airy stable with a large stone box at the southern end. The lid of the box is cracked and corroded, as though from powerful acid. An illustration of a lean, regal stallion and the words “No Greater Friend Hath a Man Than His Loyal Steed” are chiseled into the stone above the box.
Area A9
This wide room has a hallway leading out of the north wall and a set of stairs leading up to the east. An elaborately lifelike image carved into the south wall depicts a mustachioed knight kneeling before a slender woman with feathery wings. The woman holds a rapier above her head with one hand while the other is extended to the knight, who is kissing it. Lettering above the image reads, “Faithfulness Always to the Red Crusader.”
Area A10
This room contains a row of four marble busts with a strong family resemblance. Each bust rests atop a narrow stone pillar. The bust farthest to the north—of a proud man with a wide mustache—wears an elegant wig of actual hair. An archway opens into another room to the north, while a set of stairs descends to the west. These busts depict Roslar and his immediate family: his sister, mother, and father. Small plaques beneath them read, from west to east, “Fallist Roslar, Father,” “Emmillisa Roslar, Mother,” “Annilisa Roslar, Sister,” and “Ervin Roslar, Hero.”
Area A11
This cavernous chamber has two doors to the north and two to the south. The west end of the room contains an altar with a symbol of a winged rapier burning with bright light. Several tiles on the floor in front of the altar bear large symbols. The east end of the room contains a large crack, defacing a mural of armored figures staring resolutely forward, with beams radiating behind them. Several corpses of small, bug-eyed blue creatures slump in three piles throughout this room.
The square in front of the altar consists of nine 2-foot-square stones arranged in a 3 by 3 grid. The words “Follow Along Roslar’s Devotion” are carved around the grid. The nine symbols are arranged as follows. Row 1 is the northernmost row; the tiles in each row are listed from east (closest to the mural) to west (closest to the altar). Row 1: A mailed fist, a tree, and a tower. Row 2: A heart, a rapier, and a skull. Row 3: A horse’s head, a round helm, and a pair of feathery wings.
Greyce ain't smart. Puzzles aren't things they can simply cut their way through. They'd grumble, tossing their hands up in the air. And as they'd huff off like a grumpy cat, they'd look for things to knock around (that wasn't part of the puzzle). Eventually, they'd pad back, turning their nose up at the puzzle pieces as they'd slink by, though, their eyes stayed on them. Even more noises of unhappy contemplation would leave their throat. "So like do these thingies mean stuff?" They'd grunt. "Like, the fancy chick, her mustachioed man and then the baddie?" Greyce tossed out their basic idea.
Shi looks thoughtful. "There were quite a few carvings of Arazni we went by," she says thoughtfully, forming the name carefully. "The rapier, the wings...perhaps we should at least start with those."
You walk on the tiles with the carvings of the heart, rapier, and wings. As you do, the altar swings aside to reveal a hidden panel that can be moved to reveal a mithral breastplate and a steel shield, both of which are emblazoned with a red-winged rapier, the symbol of Arazni.
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Corinne stares down at the tiles, biting her lip and cocking her head to one side in concentration. Wings.....The red crusader, The rapier....literally in everything....the heart! his love was in that room with the wedding ring. At that last thought Corinne snaps her finger, "I think you're right, Shi! Wings.."Step, "Rapier.."step, "The last one is heart, because of his lady love...a bit cheesy, that one but..."Step. Her breath is held for a moment, waiting for whatever would happen, to happen....
click.
” Ooo, Greyce look at this.” She holds up the breast plate, “this looks like it would fit you magnificently.”
The walls of this room are carved with strange sigils in broad circles. The center of the room contains a stone pillar with a large wedge of crystal atop it; the pillar and the floor around it are covered with more of the strange glyphs. Curled up next to the pillar is the husk of a small blue humanoid. The only door in this room leads out to the north.
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Shi identifies the deceased creature as a mite, a long removed descendant of the Fey. The creatures aren't particularly skilled with magic, lacking the aptitude that Elves and other Fey-blooded creatures possess. Still, they have the ability to use their magic to perform minor tricks that inconvenience their foes and they have a natural ability to empathize with normally mindless vermin.
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Corinne wanders the room, tracing her fingers along the strange circles of sigils, "Wow, these are beautiful, do any of you know what they mean? OH! that crystal...wow." She listens to Shi as she explains what the blue corpses are, "I wonder why they are here...and what killed them?"
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Moricia blinks when Shi says there's something stuck, tilting her head. "Um... Do you think we could... get it out or... would that be ill-advised...?"
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The rogue raises a finger and opens her mouth, then closes it as her finger retracts back. Sheepishly, she says,"I-I'll leave that decision to Greyce or Corinne then... They're much stronger than me, ehe..."
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Aeydof the Dragons || Wood Elf / Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk Demetrios Zalaoras || Protector Aasimar / Paladin of Torm Hawke || Kalashtar / Circle of the Moon Druid Morticia || Half-Aasimar Rogue Yvan || Goliath / Path of the Wild Soul Barbarian | Paladin of Helm /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\
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(Assuming no one else wants the breast plate, or shield, Greyce will accept the new 'boobies' and board. Anything special about the shield? Different from a common one at all? Sorry for delay O.O)
Greyce would scrutinize the steel shield comparing it to the one they already carried. As they did so, Corrine would steel their attention, presenting a breastplate emblazoned with a red-winged rapier, the symbol of Arazni. Grey eyes would beam, the raven haired warrior would stride over to the hands offering the piece. They'd side themselves up with it. Their visage would flicker from their awe, just as it did from Shi's orbs. Only this time, their eyes would 'stick' orb black as they were still absorbed in the moment of Corrine's kind gesture. They'd glance up at her, meeting her grey eyes. Catching their reflection in them, Greyce would reel back. Their eyes would return to their grey as they'd gruffly snatch the breastplate from Corrine's hands. "Of course it would." They'd clear their throat, forcing their nose up in the air for a poise. Marching a few steps away, Greyce would change their breastplate and pick up the matching steel shield.
Deception: 7 to try to hide their moment of joy.
Greyce would follow the others into the next area. Propping their back against a wall with their arms crossed, the newly armed warrior would watch over the group attentively. Shi inspected a blue creature and Corrine delicately traced some fancy markings on the wall. Their eyes would narrow a little being drawn into the pairs curiosity before they'd correct themselves. A small grunt would leave their nose as they'd turn their head to look uninterested.
That's when Shi and Morticia pipe up in suggestion of breaking the crystal, and who should do it. Greyce's brow would pop, eyes glance over. After a pause, they'd turn their head and peel their body off the wall with a mischievous grin. They'd reach a fist out to bump with the woman. "Corrine, let's ******* tag team this *****." With a wink, they'd draw their scythe with a flourish. It'd begin to glow a purple grey as they'd embellish with a few damning words beneath their breath.
Pure strength advantage with Corinne's help: 18 + 2 if we can use athletics (If that's cool Orgoth!)
Greyce and Corrine are able to effortlessly shatter the crystal. As it breaks, you all see a weakened specter moan hatefully, before dissipating into nothing.
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Area A13
The shelves along the walls of this room are crammed with ornamental weapons, tapestries, and trophies. Most have been torn or broken, and several lie smashed on the floor. The room’s only exit is a door to the southwest. Looting this room are three mites, following the instructions given by a fourth mite wearing a crown that appears to be made out of whatever was lying around in this tomb. They attack!
Mite:5 Mite:7 Mite:8 Janna:6 King Barple:12
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A4
The marble walls of this large hall are carved with several images of battle, each featuring a knight astride a lean horse. The knight wears no helmet and has long hair and a wide mustache. In each of the images, the knight is charging at undead horrors with a rapier in hand. Two halls lead out of the western portion of this room, one to the north and one to the south. Three large archways lead out of the room to the east. The archway to the northeast is carved with the words “At My Right Hand, Peace for Years of Righteous Labors”; the archway to the east is carved with the words, “Roslar: Hero and Paladin at His Well-Earned Rest;” and the archway to the southeast reads, “Loyal Abdell, Support Thy Master Always.” Sprawled in the center of this room is a human-sized metal figure that resembles a skeleton wrapped in robes. The limbs of the figure are askew and melted, as though with acid.
Greyce identifies the angelic woman in the carvings as Arazni, the former herald of Aroden. You recall that late in the Shining Crusade, she was summoned to fight for the Knights of Ozem, but unfortunately she was slain by the Whispering Tyrant in 3823 AR. After the war she was laid to rest in the city of Lastwall, but years later her body was stolen and reanimated by the undead wizard Geb during the Second Crusade, and that she now serves as the lich queen of the his nation, also named Geb.
A5
Several long stone slabs line the walls of this room like shelves. The shelves are pitted with acid and contain scraps of old cloth. A few chunks of bone litter the floor. The shelves contain a gold wedding ring worth 85 gp inscribed with “For Aloisius; my love, my heart, my morning dove."
Area A6
The stone walls of this room are carved to resemble hanging draperies framing a large dais. Upon the dais stands a large sarcophagus, its lid carved to resemble a sleeping knight with long hair and a wide mustache. Based on the other paintings, you assume that this sarcophagus was made to hold the body of Ervin Roslar. This room carries a faint nauseating odor, like putrefying meat.
Area A7
The stone walls of this room are carved to resemble an airy stable with a large stone box at the southern end. The lid of the box is cracked and corroded, as though from powerful acid. An illustration of a lean, regal stallion and the words “No Greater Friend Hath a Man Than His Loyal Steed” are chiseled into the stone above the box.
Area A9
This wide room has a hallway leading out of the north wall and a set of stairs leading up to the east. An elaborately lifelike image carved into the south wall depicts a mustachioed knight kneeling before a slender woman with feathery wings. The woman holds a rapier above her head with one hand while the other is extended to the knight, who is kissing it. Lettering above the image reads, “Faithfulness Always to the Red Crusader.”
Area A10
This room contains a row of four marble busts with a strong family resemblance. Each bust rests atop a narrow stone pillar. The bust farthest to the north—of a proud man with a wide mustache—wears an elegant wig of actual hair. An archway opens into another room to the north, while a set of stairs descends to the west. These busts depict Roslar and his immediate family: his sister, mother, and father. Small plaques beneath them read, from west to east, “Fallist Roslar, Father,” “Emmillisa Roslar, Mother,” “Annilisa Roslar, Sister,” and “Ervin Roslar, Hero.”
Area A11
This cavernous chamber has two doors to the north and two to the south. The west end of the room contains an altar with a symbol of a winged rapier burning with bright light. Several tiles on the floor in front of the altar bear large symbols. The east end of the room contains a large crack, defacing a mural of armored figures staring resolutely forward, with beams radiating behind them. Several corpses of small, bug-eyed blue creatures slump in three piles throughout this room.
The square in front of the altar consists of nine 2-foot-square stones arranged in a 3 by 3 grid. The words “Follow Along Roslar’s Devotion” are carved around the grid. The nine symbols are arranged as follows. Row 1 is the northernmost row; the tiles in each row are listed from east (closest to the mural) to west (closest to the altar). Row 1: A mailed fist, a tree, and a tower. Row 2: A heart, a rapier, and a skull. Row 3: A horse’s head, a round helm, and a pair of feathery wings.
Greyce ain't smart. Puzzles aren't things they can simply cut their way through. They'd grumble, tossing their hands up in the air. And as they'd huff off like a grumpy cat, they'd look for things to knock around (that wasn't part of the puzzle). Eventually, they'd pad back, turning their nose up at the puzzle pieces as they'd slink by, though, their eyes stayed on them. Even more noises of unhappy contemplation would leave their throat. "So like do these thingies mean stuff?" They'd grunt. "Like, the fancy chick, her mustachioed man and then the baddie?" Greyce tossed out their basic idea.
just an unstable unicorn.
Shi looks thoughtful. "There were quite a few carvings of Arazni we went by," she says thoughtfully, forming the name carefully. "The rapier, the wings...perhaps we should at least start with those."
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
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You walk on the tiles with the carvings of the heart, rapier, and wings. As you do, the altar swings aside to reveal a hidden panel that can be moved to reveal a mithral breastplate and a steel shield, both of which are emblazoned with a red-winged rapier, the symbol of Arazni.
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Corinne stares down at the tiles, biting her lip and cocking her head to one side in concentration. Wings.....The red crusader, The rapier....literally in everything....the heart! his love was in that room with the wedding ring. At that last thought Corinne snaps her finger, "I think you're right, Shi! Wings.." Step, "Rapier.." step, "The last one is heart, because of his lady love...a bit cheesy, that one but..." Step. Her breath is held for a moment, waiting for whatever would happen, to happen....
click.
” Ooo, Greyce look at this.” She holds up the breast plate, “this looks like it would fit you magnificently.”
Corinne Hemlock: Dhampir courtesan and dusk huntress
Kraig Bronzeaxe: Dwarven archaeologist and guerilla archer
Area A12
The walls of this room are carved with strange sigils in broad circles. The center of the room contains a stone pillar with a large wedge of crystal atop it; the pillar and the floor around it are covered with more of the strange glyphs. Curled up next to the pillar is the husk of a small blue humanoid. The only door in this room leads out to the north.
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Shi cocks her head and approaches the small blue humanoid curiously, wanting a closer look at the body.
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
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Arcana: 22
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
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Shi identifies the deceased creature as a mite, a long removed descendant of the Fey. The creatures aren't particularly skilled with magic, lacking the aptitude that Elves and other Fey-blooded creatures possess. Still, they have the ability to use their magic to perform minor tricks that inconvenience their foes and they have a natural ability to empathize with normally mindless vermin.
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"Mites. They have some magic and they can empathize with vermin," Shi conveys, the skin of her hand briefly taking on the blue sheen of the dead mite.
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
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Corinne wanders the room, tracing her fingers along the strange circles of sigils, "Wow, these are beautiful, do any of you know what they mean? OH! that crystal...wow." She listens to Shi as she explains what the blue corpses are, "I wonder why they are here...and what killed them?"
Corinne Hemlock: Dhampir courtesan and dusk huntress
Kraig Bronzeaxe: Dwarven archaeologist and guerilla archer
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Religion: 12
Diceboooot.
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Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
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Shi recognizes that those sigils aren't merely for design and that they're actually binding runes, meant to trap something in the crystal.
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"There's something stuck in there," Shi informs the group. "The runes are binding them into the crystal."
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
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Moricia blinks when Shi says there's something stuck, tilting her head. "Um... Do you think we could... get it out or... would that be ill-advised...?"
Aeyd of the Dragons || Wood Elf / Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk
Demetrios Zalaoras || Protector Aasimar / Paladin of Torm
Hawke || Kalashtar / Circle of the Moon Druid
Morticia || Half-Aasimar Rogue
Yvan || Goliath / Path of the Wild Soul Barbarian | Paladin of Helm
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Shi shrugs. "We could try to break the crystal and find out." she points out.
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
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The rogue raises a finger and opens her mouth, then closes it as her finger retracts back. Sheepishly, she says, "I-I'll leave that decision to Greyce or Corinne then... They're much stronger than me, ehe..."
Aeyd of the Dragons || Wood Elf / Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk
Demetrios Zalaoras || Protector Aasimar / Paladin of Torm
Hawke || Kalashtar / Circle of the Moon Druid
Morticia || Half-Aasimar Rogue
Yvan || Goliath / Path of the Wild Soul Barbarian | Paladin of Helm
/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\
(Assuming no one else wants the breast plate, or shield, Greyce will accept the new 'boobies' and board. Anything special about the shield? Different from a common one at all? Sorry for delay O.O)
Greyce would scrutinize the steel shield comparing it to the one they already carried. As they did so, Corrine would steel their attention, presenting a breastplate emblazoned with a red-winged rapier, the symbol of Arazni. Grey eyes would beam, the raven haired warrior would stride over to the hands offering the piece. They'd side themselves up with it. Their visage would flicker from their awe, just as it did from Shi's orbs. Only this time, their eyes would 'stick' orb black as they were still absorbed in the moment of Corrine's kind gesture. They'd glance up at her, meeting her grey eyes. Catching their reflection in them, Greyce would reel back. Their eyes would return to their grey as they'd gruffly snatch the breastplate from Corrine's hands. "Of course it would." They'd clear their throat, forcing their nose up in the air for a poise. Marching a few steps away, Greyce would change their breastplate and pick up the matching steel shield.
Deception: 7 to try to hide their moment of joy.
Greyce would follow the others into the next area. Propping their back against a wall with their arms crossed, the newly armed warrior would watch over the group attentively. Shi inspected a blue creature and Corrine delicately traced some fancy markings on the wall. Their eyes would narrow a little being drawn into the pairs curiosity before they'd correct themselves. A small grunt would leave their nose as they'd turn their head to look uninterested.
That's when Shi and Morticia pipe up in suggestion of breaking the crystal, and who should do it. Greyce's brow would pop, eyes glance over. After a pause, they'd turn their head and peel their body off the wall with a mischievous grin. They'd reach a fist out to bump with the woman. "Corrine, let's ******* tag team this *****." With a wink, they'd draw their scythe with a flourish. It'd begin to glow a purple grey as they'd embellish with a few damning words beneath their breath.
Pure strength advantage with Corinne's help: 18 + 2 if we can use athletics
(If that's cool Orgoth!)
just an unstable unicorn.
Greyce and Corrine are able to effortlessly shatter the crystal. As it breaks, you all see a weakened specter moan hatefully, before dissipating into nothing.
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Area A13
The shelves along the walls of this room are crammed with ornamental weapons, tapestries, and trophies. Most have been torn or broken, and several lie smashed on the floor. The room’s only exit is a door to the southwest. Looting this room are three mites, following the instructions given by a fourth mite wearing a crown that appears to be made out of whatever was lying around in this tomb. They attack!
Mite:5
Mite:7
Mite:8
Janna:6
King Barple:12
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