"Lead on." Taman says with a smile, waving for Three to take the lead.

Durlan peers inside the cell to look a the armor. It does bear the insignia of Durgeddin on the chest piece. As Rivon is leaving the room, he kicks something small and metallic that seemed to have been buried under the dirt and grime on the floor. After bending down to pick it up, he notices that it's a key, very similar to a Jailor's key, not that he'd ever know anything about those.

Three Taman, and Durlan continue out the door to continue to the southern passage across the bridge.

"Hey, I found a jailors key.  Not that I'd ever know anything about those."

Rivon takes the key and unlocks the cell which clearly had a broken lock a few minutes ago.

Rivon unlocks the cell door, and the skeletal remains of the Dwarf shift as some of the bones clatter to the floor; the armor shifts a little as well. Amongst the bones is something small and black.

Rivon absolutely takes the small and black (and hopefully shiny!) item and examines it.  He's quite sure nothing bad is going to come from this.

Perception: 20 

Investigation: 24 

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Rivon absolutely takes the small and black (and hopefully shiny!) item and examines it.  He's quite sure nothing bad is going to come from this.

Perception: 20 

Investigation: 24 

 

 Thistle has look as well History: 14 Religion: 15 Arcana: 3

Rivon picks up a small silk purse from amongst the Dwarf bones. Inside he finds 8pp and a small iron key.

If Three can hear Rivon's last call, even if only a little, then she'd pause almost immediately and look about confused. "Wait, when'd he--? Uh... huh! Sneaky sneaky, Mr. Rivers!" She said more to herself than anyone else, before making a circular motion in the air above her head. "Alright fellas! Let's turn this dray around a bit. Can't be getting too separated down here. Never know when that dragon could strike!" She declared as she moved to slip by Taman and Durlan to at least return to the chamber with the weird stalagmite and wait for Rivon's return from there. 

Rivon hands the 8pp and the key to Three.  "No idea what this opens, but it's probably pretty valuable!"

Three looks about ready to bite the key as if to test if its fake. But at the slightest odd look or warning word from others, she sheepishly packs the key away along with the coin. "Right then! Back the other way, yea? We still have a ways to go!" With that, she aimed to try and scoop Rivon up under her arm to make sure he hadn't slipped her notice a second time, before marching her way back to the unexplored tunnel near the bridge. 

Rivon reflexively evades, without consciously realizing it.

Acrobatics: 18

He then follows Three.

Taman sighs as they backtrack, then again as they turn around and start heading back the way they had been going.

The party goes back to the tunnel on the southern side of the bridge and see:

A short flight of stone steps leads down to a wooden door that stands half-open. Dark, stagnant water pools in the small landing at the base of the steps and in the doorway, presumably filling the room beyond as well. The area smells of rot.

"Time to get serious.  Let me scout ahead a bit.  Mind your lights."

Rivon cautiously moves down the stairs, looking for traps or loose steps, keeping silent like only a halfling can and staying as concealed as possible.

Stealth: 25

Perception: 21

"My god that stench." Durlan whispers, coughing slightly trying to make as little noise as possible. Durlan's eyes then begin to glow a neon green for a moment as he peers into the void activating his Divine Sense. 

Perception : 20

"We weren't serious before?" Three whispered as well, but otherwise refrained from countermanding the order. Not that she entirely could even if she had wanted to do so. Looking over to the others complaining or making faces over the stench, the chimera took a deeper wiff, but otherwise looked unbothered by it all. "This ain't so bad. Those lizards were way more stinker than this." 

Does Thistle spot anything with his 120' darkvision? Perception: 10

Rivon creeps down the steps and into the water-filled room, very soon submerging himself in the 5-foot deep water. Durlan does not see anything celestial, Fiend , or Undead. Taman cannot see anything in the room below the water, and only the ripples that are being made from Rivon swimming around underneath it.

as Rivon delves down the stairs and into the room, he notices at the back of the room is a wide doorway that leads into another room, and beyond that, just barely makes out another doorway, but cannot see much further than that in this murky water.

Rivon, not seeing any threats, moves back to the group and urges them forward.  He seems to be the only one who has to swim in 5 feet of water, but he does it amazingly well.

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Rivon, not seeing any threats, moves back to the group and urges them forward.  He seems to be the only one who has to swim in 5 feet of water, but he does it amazingly well.

 Does Rivon check out the back room?