Dungeon Raiders: The Wolf's Den

[Kobold Stew]

"I would ask Bartleby to use his dwarven stonecunning on the matter, but he's busy guarding an empty hole."

Bartleby continues to guard empty holes (look -- no attacks so far), until directed to do otherwise.

(teasing appreciated, tuxgeo).

 

[Shayuri]

Sulannus went over to the sarcophagi as the minions came up with their plans. Battlefield tactics were their strong point, and she was comfortable leaving it to them. She was big-picture.

"Doesn't it seem a little odd that a tomb is under a simple watch-tower?" she mused. "I suppose it could be an accidental connection through that cave, but there's no other structures nearby on the surface."

She inspected the closed caskets, looking for coats of arms or inscriptions, or anything else that might identify who was buried here. Such places were dedicated to the memory of the interred, after all...it would be very strange if there was nothing to commemorate them around.

 

[Li Shenron]

"I'm not sure how much use these... unusual... chairs would be anyway." he continues, poking gently at one of the bone chairs with the butt of his halberd.

As Tock pokes the bone "chairs", you can hear hissing and grumbling coming from the boulder maze. Apparently, the ghouls are still watching you, and it appears they may not like you touching those.

Bartleby continues to guard empty holes (look -- no attacks so far), until directed to do otherwise.

As you take a better look around, the two funerary rooms are definitely empty, except for a few tiny but harmless vermins. (You haven't yet looked into the open sarcophagus in the second room however...)

"Doesn't it seem a little odd that a tomb is under a simple watch-tower?" she mused. "I suppose it could be an accidental connection through that cave, but there's no other structures nearby on the surface."

She inspected the closed caskets, looking for coats of arms or inscriptions, or anything else that might identify who was buried here. Such places were dedicated to the memory of the interred, after all...it would be very strange if there was nothing to commemorate them around.

[OoC: The watchtower is actually a small fortress or keep. If you ask Bartleby, his stonecunning will tell that you are very much directly under the keep at the moment.]

After the inspections, Sulannus is quite sure that you have indeed found the lost tomb of Lord Wolf himself. The three sarcophagi in the first room have no inscriptions but the markings and the carvings strongly suggest so.

 

[Kobold Stew]

Bartleby advances cautiously towards the open sarcophagus, scimitar ready.

 

[Jimmy Disco T]

Tock looks up as he hears the hissing of the ghouls, instinctively grasping his halberd a little tighter.

"Ah... it seems our foes don't like their hideous creations being toyed with. Perhaps we could lure them out and deal with them once and for all...?" he says quietly to Aeyian and Rejik, not taking his eyes off the entrance to the chamber where the Ghouls are still lurking.

 

[tuxgeo]

Tock looks up as he hears the hissing of the ghouls, instinctively grasping his halberd a little tighter.

"Ah... it seems our foes don't like their hideous creations being toyed with. Perhaps we could lure them out and deal with them once and for all...?" he says quietly to Aeyian and Rejik, not taking his eyes off the entrance to the chamber where the Ghouls are still lurking.

"I approve this idea," Aeiyan offers quiety. "It could be far quicker than having to shift boulders."

He moves toward and behind the thrones of bone, so he can watch both the seats and the maze at the same time, and draws his scimitar.

"And what about these trinkets on the slab between the seats? Do the ghouls have some macabre game in progress? Board-tipping might be in order as well."

 

[Kobold Stew]

OOC: Do it...

 

[tuxgeo]

[OOC: Re: "Do it": I'm afraid we've lost wedgeski -- there've been no "Rejik" posts in quite a while. On the other hand, Rejik could be miffed, and sulking, from having been called "padre" by Aeiyan. (Not every cleric appreciates that title.) Anyway, Aeiyan is big on talk (see multiple, very talkative posts, above) but he tends to defer direct action until it seems directly indicated. The trinkets on the table haven't yet been proven not to be a signal or lock that keeps nearby corpses lying in peace until disturbed; and no cleric or wizard has examined that board for magic yet. Further, it seems to be the focal point of the thrones, and might be trapped. Employing his 14 WIS, Aeiyan tries to avoid recklessness -- though he has been, and will be, bold at need. In sum, he is trying to gather consensus.]

 

[Li Shenron]

Bartleby advances cautiously towards the open sarcophagus, scimitar ready.

In the meantime... Bartleby looks into the open sarcophagus, only to find some ripped dark-colored scraps of fabric and leather inside. On second sight, he recognizes the scraps as what is left of fine clerical vestments and a pair of sandals.

The trinkets on the table haven't yet been proven not to be a signal or lock that keeps nearby corpses lying in peace until disturbed; and no cleric or wizard has examined that board for magic yet. Further, it seems to be the focal point of the thrones, and might be trapped. Employing his 14 WIS, Aeiyan tries to avoid recklessness -- though he has been, and will be, bold at need. In sum, he is trying to gather consensus.]

At least your Wisdom tells you there are no apparent wires or any other unusual things on the table that might suggest it's trapped. It's hard to say definitively, but their look isn't particularly valuable as in the case of (most) magic items. They just seemed to have been collected and aligned with no special purpose.

 

[Kobold Stew]

Bartleby leaves the sarcophagus for now, and returns to the main opening, ready to confront any ghouls who come through.

"Are we drawing them to us, or are we not, friends?"