Vor nods in agreement about the idea of just selling everything the party doesn't use. "We bes best off usin' what we need fer noow 'n sellin' th' rest when'er we can."

OCC If it is ageeable, Vor will take 7pp, 41gp and 2 gems.  That would leave everyone else with 2pp, 101gp qnd 2 gems @: 3gp are left over + the unsold items. (I think I figured that correctly)

"So we bes after the wicked wizard noow?"

((I would be fine with splitting the money that way. Hallanann isn't TOO concerned with money.))

"Agreed, let's just split the coin and sell off the rest when we have time." she nods to the wand and offers it to the wizard.  The scrolls she would give to whomever can actually cast those spells, since they are useless for anyone else. She would take the Pearl of Power and hold it up.  "I can use this for now, but it is not all that useful to me to tell the truth.  After I gain more experience it won't be useful to me at all.  Anyone else able to make better use of it for now?"

(I thought the spell description made it sound like using the password to turn it off was a separate, any-time thing.)

Hallanann reaches to accept the wand from Lia and says, "Sorcerer, actually. But, thank you. This wand might come in handy on this adventure."

15211412.  History and Arcana respectively.

Vor will closely examine the signet ring.

21

16

 Well NOW it works; the first rolls (die rolls not available) that started this brouhaha off were 15 and 17 respectively.

(Yes, Hallanann would need to prepare again because the ritual was completed upon the dispersal of the sidereal servitor.)

Upon further inspection of the side chamber in the well Chikra finds a Masterwork Greataxe worth 320 GP 100sp and 70 gp.

The signet ring bears a variant of the symbol of Independent Kingdom of Mullis Town, located about 300 miles east of your current location.  It likely belonged to someone from the kings court.  King Jaren, only the third king of Mullis Town and the second of that name, has ruled for nearly 10 years now. Like his father before him, King Jaren has diligently maintained the open trade his grandfather, Mullis Town’s first regent, initiated with the orcs of the Kelder Steppes. Today, the orcish population of Mullis Town is the largest outside that of the Plains of Lede.

Krusk is fine with splitting the money, and will also want to take the Masterwork Greataxe once Chikra brings it up.

Once the loot is divvied up, what you would like to do next?

"Shall we return to see if we can use this key to shut off the machine then?" Lia asks after pocketing her shaire. 

"Yes," Hallanann says. Then he haters up any of his gear or equipment that he might have set down for the ritual and he gets ready to go back.

Chikra hands Krusk the greataxe (slightly more reluctantly), then gathers up her climbing gear. "Sounds good. I don't want to stay here too long and end up like those things we just fought."

Xurxos leads you back the the kitchen in the temeple.  A large fireplace stands against one wall of this room, serving as the old temple’s one permanent source of heat; only ashes and cobwebs fill it now. A side table with a clay washbasin stands next to the hearth, and a longer table once used for food preparation is between the kitchen’s two windows. A stone stairway leads down into the cellar level.

"I will take you down to my sleeping chamber, but that is as far as I go." Xurxos says.

You decent the stairs to find four ancient barrels that hold the last of the temple’s old wine stores. (Three of them are nearly full, but one has been almost emptied by Xurxos during his time here.) Behind the stairs, a pile of straw and tattered blankets makes an improvised bed where Xurxos sleeps.  There is a door on the far side of the room.

"Good luck." Xurxos says.

"Shall we then?" Hallanann steps to the side of the door and holds his arm out towards the door while looking at the rest of the party. "Let's shut this machine off."

(If the trip back does not constitute a short rest, then Lia will wish to do that prior to going down.)

((If I'm being honest, Hallanann could probably use that short rest, as well.))

(Krusk would also be fine with a short rest, even if he doesn’t need it. It’s good to rest before the big parts.)

"You probably have enough time for a short rest before you start to feel the affliction of the energy." Xurxos says.  He lifts is deformed arm and continues, "although, you might not want to push your luck more than that.  Meat.  I need to eat something."  With that, he then heads back upstairs.

After your short rest you move into the next room.  

An unlocked door leads from the cellar to this room, where visiting scholars and monks were given sleeping quarters.  Wooden partitions provide partial privacy for the cells here, each containing a stone pallet that served as a bed.  There doesn't seem to be an obvious way to go.  

Hallanann will investigate (investigation: 14) all of the walls looking for any kind of secret passageway, or any clue as to how to progress.