(Did Axandros find anything inside the sarcophagus? At the least, Pogo was also watching the inside when the Mage Hand was pushing things around.)
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Beegred Thornpost - Lvl 8 Halfling Ranger - Out of the Abyss by Kerrec Drusk - Lvl 8 Half-Orc Life Cleric - The Long Road: Dragon Heist by Mingofaust (player & current DM) Hunferho Aelorothi - Lvl 5 Half-Elf Bard/Rogue - Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus (by Pokepaladdy) DM - Frontier City of Nunkreet (ended)
Arrow sighs, and wanders back to the room with all the doors and waits for the others - he nibbles on some cheese from his pack and pulls out his knife and carves a cat in to the doors they've already been through
As long as Axandros and Pogo reveal what they found (and no other threats seen), Hunferho would like to crack open those 3 things and glance quickly at the contents.
(If it doesn’t look like maps or cultist journals, then a more thorough reading can be done later.)
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Beegred Thornpost - Lvl 8 Halfling Ranger - Out of the Abyss by Kerrec Drusk - Lvl 8 Half-Orc Life Cleric - The Long Road: Dragon Heist by Mingofaust (player & current DM) Hunferho Aelorothi - Lvl 5 Half-Elf Bard/Rogue - Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus (by Pokepaladdy) DM - Frontier City of Nunkreet (ended)
Axandros has a quick check and these indeed appear to be spellbooks. It will take a little time to decipher what spells are within the book as different wizards use different sigils and codes.
(When you take your next long rest, you can spend some time working on one of the books.)
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Looking at the inaction as the well-to-do fuss over books, Khaffosi kicks up some of the sewage onto a nearby wall, fuming, "Well, if you worms want to read books while standing shin deep in shit, then I'll look around and clear this room so we can get out of here sooner than later."
Investigation check to examine walls for other passages or devices: 13
(If Khaffosi does not find more passages or devices, then head to the Bane door at that intersection.)
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Beegred Thornpost - Lvl 8 Halfling Ranger - Out of the Abyss by Kerrec Drusk - Lvl 8 Half-Orc Life Cleric - The Long Road: Dragon Heist by Mingofaust (player & current DM) Hunferho Aelorothi - Lvl 5 Half-Elf Bard/Rogue - Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus (by Pokepaladdy) DM - Frontier City of Nunkreet (ended)
"Only one way we didn't check? Correct?", Axandros asked the group after he took a quick glance at the books they had found. They seemed interesting but Khafossi was right, this was not the time to work form the magic written down in them.
With one door left, Hunferho will take a moment to check it for alarms or traps. He also asks if Pogo or Arrow (high Perception) could look it over too.
Investigation: 10
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Beegred Thornpost - Lvl 8 Halfling Ranger - Out of the Abyss by Kerrec Drusk - Lvl 8 Half-Orc Life Cleric - The Long Road: Dragon Heist by Mingofaust (player & current DM) Hunferho Aelorothi - Lvl 5 Half-Elf Bard/Rogue - Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus (by Pokepaladdy) DM - Frontier City of Nunkreet (ended)
Checking the final door, it does not appear to have any traps or anything amiss outside of the macabre carving of the Lord of Strife upon it.
Eventually opening the door, it leads to another dark corridor, this one leading straight for a fair distance with a short set of stairs leading to another slightly flooded area and a turn to the right.
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Pogo follows the lead of the others "I think whatever we are looking for is going to be up ahead my friends" With a prayer to Lliira he raises his shield carefully makes his way down the hall looking for anything that could be dangerous
Alea leads the group forward as they turn the bend and find themselves entering another chamber. The near side of this room is unlit, flooded, and braced with floor-to-ceiling wooden beams. Rough-hewn steps rise out of the murky water to the far side of the room, which is dry and lit by two torches in sconces that flank a stone altar. Shackled to the wall behind the altar is a sickly man in a loincloth with a burlap sack over his head. An alcove in the wall to the right contains a freestanding suit of plate armour missing its helm.
Standing before the altar are two grim figures: a powerfully built woman clutching a mace, and an even bigger man wearing a bucket helm. The helmed man is jabbing the prisoner with a spear, causing him to twitch. Both figures are clad in chain mail, and the woman carries a wooden shield with a leering skull painted on it. They seem to notice the party as they arrive, turning their attentions to them rather than the prisoner.
"It seems this room is clear.", Axandros said more relieved then he would have hoped. "We should move on."
Khaffosi doesn't seem satisfied, "We should check around the room. Walls, floor and such. Seems a pointless room. There must be something else."
(Did Axandros find anything inside the sarcophagus? At the least, Pogo was also watching the inside when the Mage Hand was pushing things around.)
Beegred Thornpost - Lvl 8 Halfling Ranger - Out of the Abyss by Kerrec
Drusk - Lvl 8 Half-Orc Life Cleric - The Long Road: Dragon Heist by Mingofaust (player & current DM)
Hunferho Aelorothi - Lvl 5 Half-Elf Bard/Rogue - Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus (by Pokepaladdy)
DM - Frontier City of Nunkreet (ended)
Arrow sighs, and wanders back to the room with all the doors and waits for the others - he nibbles on some cheese from his pack and pulls out his knife and carves a cat in to the doors they've already been through
[Performance: 8]
Skameros - Bugbear Barbarian - Out of the Abyss - By Kerrec
Follow your Arrow where it Points - Tabaxi Monk - Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus (by Pokepaladdy)
Citron Pumpkinfoam - Fairy Monk - Project Point: Team Longsword
Refer to when Pogo checked the contents
As long as Axandros and Pogo reveal what they found (and no other threats seen), Hunferho would like to crack open those 3 things and glance quickly at the contents.
(If it doesn’t look like maps or cultist journals, then a more thorough reading can be done later.)
Beegred Thornpost - Lvl 8 Halfling Ranger - Out of the Abyss by Kerrec
Drusk - Lvl 8 Half-Orc Life Cleric - The Long Road: Dragon Heist by Mingofaust (player & current DM)
Hunferho Aelorothi - Lvl 5 Half-Elf Bard/Rogue - Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus (by Pokepaladdy)
DM - Frontier City of Nunkreet (ended)
The tomes are filled with arcane notation. They appear to be wizards' spellbooks.
Axandros would like to take a closer look at those spellbooks, to see if they contain some useful magic he would like to learn.
Axandros has a quick check and these indeed appear to be spellbooks. It will take a little time to decipher what spells are within the book as different wizards use different sigils and codes.
(When you take your next long rest, you can spend some time working on one of the books.)
Looking at the inaction as the well-to-do fuss over books, Khaffosi kicks up some of the sewage onto a nearby wall, fuming, "Well, if you worms want to read books while standing shin deep in shit, then I'll look around and clear this room so we can get out of here sooner than later."
Investigation check to examine walls for other passages or devices: 13
(If Khaffosi does not find more passages or devices, then head to the Bane door at that intersection.)
Beegred Thornpost - Lvl 8 Halfling Ranger - Out of the Abyss by Kerrec
Drusk - Lvl 8 Half-Orc Life Cleric - The Long Road: Dragon Heist by Mingofaust (player & current DM)
Hunferho Aelorothi - Lvl 5 Half-Elf Bard/Rogue - Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus (by Pokepaladdy)
DM - Frontier City of Nunkreet (ended)
After checking the room, this one seems to have no paths out, so the group heads back towards the three-door room.
"Only one way we didn't check? Correct?", Axandros asked the group after he took a quick glance at the books they had found. They seemed interesting but Khafossi was right, this was not the time to work form the magic written down in them.
“Only one door left then, arrow?” She looked over at him as she went to the last door holding her shield up
Marvarax and Sora (Dragonborn) The retired fighter and WIP scholar - Glory
Brythel(Dwarf), The dwarf with a gun - survival at sea
Jaylin(Human), Paladin of Lathander's Ancient ways - The Seven Saints (Azura Claw)
Urselles(Goblin), Cleric of Eldath- The Wizard's challenge
Viclas Tyrin(Half Elf), Student of the Elven arts- Indrafatmoko's Defiance in Phlan
With one door left, Hunferho will take a moment to check it for alarms or traps. He also asks if Pogo or Arrow (high Perception) could look it over too.
Investigation: 10
Beegred Thornpost - Lvl 8 Halfling Ranger - Out of the Abyss by Kerrec
Drusk - Lvl 8 Half-Orc Life Cleric - The Long Road: Dragon Heist by Mingofaust (player & current DM)
Hunferho Aelorothi - Lvl 5 Half-Elf Bard/Rogue - Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus (by Pokepaladdy)
DM - Frontier City of Nunkreet (ended)
Arrow yawns, stretches and slowly stands up from the warm spot on the floor he found before heading to the last door and looking at it.
[Perception: 15]
Skameros - Bugbear Barbarian - Out of the Abyss - By Kerrec
Follow your Arrow where it Points - Tabaxi Monk - Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus (by Pokepaladdy)
Citron Pumpkinfoam - Fairy Monk - Project Point: Team Longsword
Checking the final door, it does not appear to have any traps or anything amiss outside of the macabre carving of the Lord of Strife upon it.
Eventually opening the door, it leads to another dark corridor, this one leading straight for a fair distance with a short set of stairs leading to another slightly flooded area and a turn to the right.
Alea slowly made her way forward as she looked around keeping her shield up
Marvarax and Sora (Dragonborn) The retired fighter and WIP scholar - Glory
Brythel(Dwarf), The dwarf with a gun - survival at sea
Jaylin(Human), Paladin of Lathander's Ancient ways - The Seven Saints (Azura Claw)
Urselles(Goblin), Cleric of Eldath- The Wizard's challenge
Viclas Tyrin(Half Elf), Student of the Elven arts- Indrafatmoko's Defiance in Phlan
Pogo follows the lead of the others "I think whatever we are looking for is going to be up ahead my friends" With a prayer to Lliira he raises his shield carefully makes his way down the hall looking for anything that could be dangerous
Perception 21
Alea leads the group forward as they turn the bend and find themselves entering another chamber. The near side of this room is unlit, flooded, and braced with floor-to-ceiling wooden beams. Rough-hewn steps rise out of the murky water to the far side of the room, which is dry and lit by two torches in sconces that flank a stone altar. Shackled to the wall behind the altar is a sickly man in a loincloth with a burlap sack over his head. An alcove in the wall to the right contains a freestanding suit of plate armour missing its helm.
Standing before the altar are two grim figures: a powerfully built woman clutching a mace, and an even bigger man wearing a bucket helm. The helmed man is jabbing the prisoner with a spear, causing him to twitch. Both figures are clad in chain mail, and the woman carries a wooden shield with a leering skull painted on it. They seem to notice the party as they arrive, turning their attentions to them rather than the prisoner.
ROLLING INITIATIVE!
Alea: 11
Arrow: 13
Axandros: 13
Hunferho: 5
Khafossi: 20
Pogo: 15
Female Banite: 7
Male Banite: 4
Prisoner: 9