Reuniting the Band

Starker sketches out the rooms and the passages as best he can on a spare page in his notebook and ponders. 

Starker:”Comparing the state of the basement when we were last here and its current state, doesn’t it seem as though the whole complex has become more … organic. That thrumming is not unlike a heartbeat, and these tubes a circulatory system?  It is as though we are on some fantastic voyage through the anatomy of a titan or a titan killer. Could we actually be inside Xathuul?  Or perhaps in the vessel into which its reality eating spirit will manifest?  We must not destroy it but rather study from it, learn its secrets, harness its power! … <looks around at The Company’s faces> …. or we could just destroy it. 

“I fear, though, that our current modus operandi will lead to our being depleted of puissant spells and healing abilities by the time we get to the heart <titters> of the matter. Perhaps some stealthy scouting and conflict avoidance are called for?”

<starts to investigate the glowing pillar>

some maybe appropriate rolls:

investigation 20

arcana 29 (nat 20)

perception 9