"Ghouls," Uragum says with distaste and then cleans the blade off in the water. "Right, onward," he says while heading through the door slowly and cautiously.
Ola causes the rest of the water in the sinkhole to flow upward into the room safely without the continued threat of ghouls, revealing that the sinkhole is lined with sharp rocks and around five feet deep. Nothing else is visible within.
OOC: Assuming that means there's nothing to see or you would have rolled some checks for us.
Sylyra looks down into the hole, clearly contemplating something, but then turns and walks to the wall where the smaller hole is located to try to determine its purpose after stowing his rope and dagger.
OOC: I don't want to assume that anybody is approaching it because of the slick nature of the water in this room, so what I described was just the view from the edge of the room. A character can attempt to get closer if they would like to investigate further, which might require an ability check.
Sylyra Acrobatics:17
Sylyra walks through the algae-coated water toward the eastern wall, examining the hole there. The circular opening is about 30 feet high on the wall, and looks to be about 3 feet wide; large enough for a human-sized creature to squeeze through, but getting there would require an extremely difficult climb up the wet, algae-covered stone.
Ola did not overestimate her agility, and if moving around touching the wall for support is possible - she will do just that to reach the new corridor, if needed, she would carefully freeze or remove water in front of her to make walking easier.
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OOC: Realized I missed Uragum's post that he was moving across the room as well.
Ola Acrobatics (Advantage-Shape Water): 19 Uragum Acrobatics: 6
Parting the water slowly as she circles the room, Ola reaches the other side safely along with Sylyra and Uragum, while the water she had removed from the sinkhole releases and fills it anew, eventually settling into its murky, sediment-filled state behind her.
The hallway forward begins to slope upward at a gentle angle, and you soon come to two brass doors along the right side of the corridor. Holes on the doors and walls suggest that these could once be bolted shut from this side. The corridor continues past them.
OOC: Detect magic is still active for Uragum. Five minutes or so have passed since it was cast.
The corridor ahead bends, curving near the end of Sylyra's darkvision. To see further, you would have to move further into the corridor, past these doors.
"Don't be alarmed," coolly warned Ola, "but it seems that hole on the wall we did not investigate has some undead in it after all. At least I feel presence of undead slightly above and behind us. Give me a second, I'll seal it."
Even if the danger was coming from somewhere else, better safe than sorry. Olls returned to the room and from the threshold sealed the whole with the ice plug. At least for an hour it had to hold.
"I do not sense anything on the other side, but if it's not magic I wouldn't catch it," Uragum responds. He stops looks at Sylyra and says, "For all I know there could be a Kraken on the other side of the door. Well not an adult Kracken, maybe a baby one."
As Sylyra is trying to listen through the door, Zelra continues down the corridor a bit and peeks over the corner. Realising this is a very similar situation to before, she turns to the group with a smirk on her face. "Try not to activate any magical animated armor."
"You know how it works," shrugged Ola as well, when she returned "or better say how it does not. I do not sense anything, but there could be legions of skeletons, just waiting to be activated somehow."
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OOC: Sorry for the confusion my description caused - If Ola does still want to go back and plug up the hole she can certainly do so, but the presence that she senses is not coming from the direction of the hole in the previous room, which would be out of range at this point. The presence is up above the party, in the direction they came from but within the same room as you.
Sylyra Perception:21
For Sylyra:
You hear no sounds at all on the other side of the first door.
"Ghouls," Uragum says with distaste and then cleans the blade off in the water. "Right, onward," he says while heading through the door slowly and cautiously.
Ola causes the rest of the water in the sinkhole to flow upward into the room safely without the continued threat of ghouls, revealing that the sinkhole is lined with sharp rocks and around five feet deep. Nothing else is visible within.
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OOC: Assuming that means there's nothing to see or you would have rolled some checks for us.
Sylyra looks down into the hole, clearly contemplating something, but then turns and walks to the wall where the smaller hole is located to try to determine its purpose after stowing his rope and dagger.
OOC: I don't want to assume that anybody is approaching it because of the slick nature of the water in this room, so what I described was just the view from the edge of the room. A character can attempt to get closer if they would like to investigate further, which might require an ability check.
Sylyra Acrobatics: 17
Sylyra walks through the algae-coated water toward the eastern wall, examining the hole there. The circular opening is about 30 feet high on the wall, and looks to be about 3 feet wide; large enough for a human-sized creature to squeeze through, but getting there would require an extremely difficult climb up the wet, algae-covered stone.
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Without commenting further, Sylyra walks to the far door, prepared to leave the chamber.
Ola did not overestimate her agility, and if moving around touching the wall for support is possible - she will do just that to reach the new corridor, if needed, she would carefully freeze or remove water in front of her to make walking easier.
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OOC: Realized I missed Uragum's post that he was moving across the room as well.
Ola Acrobatics (Advantage-Shape Water): 19
Uragum Acrobatics: 6
Parting the water slowly as she circles the room, Ola reaches the other side safely along with Sylyra and Uragum, while the water she had removed from the sinkhole releases and fills it anew, eventually settling into its murky, sediment-filled state behind her.
The hallway forward begins to slope upward at a gentle angle, and you soon come to two brass doors along the right side of the corridor. Holes on the doors and walls suggest that these could once be bolted shut from this side. The corridor continues past them.
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Zelra will follow next to Uragum (who still has detect magic up?), still keeping an eye and ear out for anything interesting or suspicious.
Do I see anything further up the corridor while level with the doors? If it's too dark, I'll try tossing a flame that direction.
OOC: Detect magic is still active for Uragum. Five minutes or so have passed since it was cast.
The corridor ahead bends, curving near the end of Sylyra's darkvision. To see further, you would have to move further into the corridor, past these doors.
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Uragum will slowly walk with the others. He's not taking the lead in his injured state but is trying to look out for danger and magic all at once.
After the encounter with the ghouls and out of curiosity Ola joined magical investigation with her Divine Senses.
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For Uragum:
Nothing visible emanates a magical aura in this part of the corridor.
For Ola:
You detect the presence of an undead presence nearby, slightly above and behind the party.
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"Don't be alarmed," coolly warned Ola, "but it seems that hole on the wall we did not investigate has some undead in it after all. At least I feel presence of undead slightly above and behind us. Give me a second, I'll seal it."
Even if the danger was coming from somewhere else, better safe than sorry. Olls returned to the room and from the threshold sealed the whole with the ice plug. At least for an hour it had to hold.
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"Do either of you sense anything on the other side of this doors?" Sylyra asks, reaching out to open them.
"I do not sense anything on the other side, but if it's not magic I wouldn't catch it," Uragum responds. He stops looks at Sylyra and says, "For all I know there could be a Kraken on the other side of the door. Well not an adult Kracken, maybe a baby one."
The elf looks incredulously at the goliath, but then puts his ear to the door all the same.
As Sylyra is trying to listen through the door, Zelra continues down the corridor a bit and peeks over the corner. Realising this is a very similar situation to before, she turns to the group with a smirk on her face. "Try not to activate any magical animated armor."
"You know how it works," shrugged Ola as well, when she returned "or better say how it does not. I do not sense anything, but there could be legions of skeletons, just waiting to be activated somehow."
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OOC: Sorry for the confusion my description caused - If Ola does still want to go back and plug up the hole she can certainly do so, but the presence that she senses is not coming from the direction of the hole in the previous room, which would be out of range at this point. The presence is up above the party, in the direction they came from but within the same room as you.
Sylyra Perception: 21
For Sylyra:
You hear no sounds at all on the other side of the first door.
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