-/-/- Tomb of Annihilation -\-\-

After a few moments of examining the stairs, Kurma notices a third tiny creature standing among them at the base of the steps. Its mask resembles a mongoose’s face, and it carries a red parrot feather and an orange and purple orchid. At the bottom step, the creature whacks a snake with its orchid to make it angry, then strokes the snake’s flank with the feather to calm it down, then lies down facing the snake, whereupon the reptile crawls through the mouth of the mask and inside the creature. It then slithers up the steps like a snake, untroubled by any of the other poisonous snakes.

Irommek looked around at the group wide-eyed and then uncorked his ale and took a long drink.

“I’ve eaten some strange things in my life.  On a dare and after many drinks, I ate a squid, beak and all.  One time I was stranded on an island and survived on eating wood worms for a week.  I suppose letting a snake crawl down my gullet couldn’t be any worse than that…”

Looking around, Irommek searches for any spare mongoose masks lying about.

OOC: Perception check (16)

No mongoose masks are around. Irommek has just an orchid and a red parrot feather in hand. And a bunch of snakes lie ahead.

Taking another long pull from his tank of ale, Irommek gives up the search.

“Oye.  I really don’t want to think about how the bugger is going to get out of me.  There’s not enough ale for that.”

Putting away his hammer and taking a deep breath, Irommek shuffles up to one of the snakes.

“Right.  Let’s do this.”

Smacking the snake with the orchid and then lovingly petting its tail with the feather, he whispers “Hey little, slimy, venomous and hopefully delicious snake.  Get in my belly!”

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Taking another long pull from his tank of ale, Irommek gives up the search.

“Oye.  I really don’t want to think about how the bugger is going to get out of me.  There’s not enough ale for that.”

Putting away his hammer and taking a deep breath, Irommek shuffles up to one of the snakes.

“Right.  Let’s do this.”

Smacking the snake with the orchid and then lovingly petting its tail with the feather, he whispers “Hey little, slimy, venomous and hopefully delicious snake.  Get in my belly!”

OOC; (17) rolled in discord

Irommek has eaten snakes before. This one had no taste, maybe because of the ale. Whichever the case, Irommek feels like he can slither like a snake now. And he does so, getting on the top of the ziggurat untroubled by the snakes. Both the ones on the steps and the one inside his belly.

Standing up and addressing the group with a belch and a smile, Irommek says, “Well, I wouldn’t make a regular meal of it, but that wasn’t so bad.  Come on guys!  Just pretend like you’re eating raw oysters.  Tilt your head up and swallow it whole, don’t chew.  Um, you might want to break out the alchemy jug Felix…”

Gertrude watching on and cheers as this funny, old Dwarf with his big armour slithers up the stairs like a snake! 

"Amazing, Irommek, amazing!" She shouts out.

Then she grabs onto her items, picks the smallest snake she can see, hits it on the head with the orchid and quickly strokes it with the feather, before lying down to allow the snake to jump into her mouth. She still cringes when she shallows the snake.  "Uuuugh".

 CON Saving Throw: 17

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Gertrude watching on and cheers as this funny, old Dwarf with his big armour slithers up the stairs like a snake! 

"Amazing, Irommek, amazing!" She shouts out.

Then she grabs onto her items, picks the smallest snake she can see, hits it on the head with the orchid and quickly strokes it with the feather, before lying down to allow the snake to jump into her mouth. She still cringes when she shallows the snake.  "Uuuugh".

 CON Saving Throw: 17

Gertrude takes a deep breath. Then she smiles at Irommek.

"Irommek, high five!!! This is amazing, really amazing! Can I have a sip of your ale please??? What a strange feeling..."

Gertrude looks around her. She looks into the distance to try and see features of the landscape around her. 

Then she also tries to see the entrance to the ziggurat. 

At the top of the ziggurat, there is a shrine, a simple rectangular structure od brick. The outside walls are decorated with labyrinth symbols. An open doorway is located on one side of the structure.

CON saving throws: Jon 4, Dragonbait 18, Musharib 8, Inete 12

Kurma is looking at Gertrude and Ironmek with big eyes. " Well, this is ....new"...
"Impossible to say no to a new experience I guess."

Kurma follow the same pattern and gulp a snake. 
Cons save: 21

Seeing the others dive in with no restrain Felix will look at Oniss and say "You First..." as he prepares to dive in. Felix takes his mask off and sets it to the side with the others and begins to unwrap slowly. It's clear he doesn't want to and is intentionally going slow.

Brunella shrugs and follows suit. This is strange, but at least nature based so she does not mind it as much as the other magics she has seen. She lies down and follows the same ritual as the others, letting a snake go in her mouth.

After the confusion wears off oniss thanks mushy for the opportunity with the plant.  He looks on in amazement at the creature the Irommek slither up the stairs.  Oniss then shrugs at Felix and follow suit. 

CON Save 20

Seeing the others Felix will sigh and begin tondo the ritual as well. 

CON Save: 5

Kurma, Oniss, Dragonbait and Inete perform the same "test". After swallowing the snake, they feel very snake-like and reach the top with no problem.

On the other hand, Jon feels very bad after the snake-tasting. Musharib directly throws up the snake on the steps. Felix feels an intense pain in the head.
Jon: Psychic Damage 18
Musharib: Psychic Damage 21
Felix: Psychic Damage 12

Felix falls unconscious from the pain, remaining on the steps.

OOC I need a CON save from Brunella

Seeing this, Kurma is casting Healing word on Felix, bringing him to counciousness (6 HP)
Kurma then follow his incantation with another spell Bless : Felix, Musharib and Brunella /or Jon (waiting on the first save of Brunella) got an additional 1d4 for 1min for all attack rolls and saves

OOC As discussed on Discord, before going further, I need the CON save from Brunella. If she succeeds, the bless spell goes on Jon. If she fails and takes the damage, she has the bless and can add 1d4 to the following save.

Whatever happens, Felix has disadvantage on the CON saves for the snake-test.