A dwarf in time IC

Isida Kep'Tukari · Feb 27, 2008

Ulzim Zuccabar d'Sivis, male gnome wizard

Ulzim watches the dwarf tune himself into the earth... or whatever else kind of rubbish that he did. It was strange and bizarre and didn't make him particularly comfortable. Why had House Kudarak insisted on sending along such a kook? Priests were always so strange; give him a self-serving member of House Jorasco any day, those he understood.

"Now let's see what we can see... and then we can go forward," Ulzim says, and passes a hand over his eyes, muttering words in Draconic.

[sblock=Spellcasting in Draconic]"Sights revealed and auras undone, let me see the hidden one![/sblock]

OOC: casting detect magic please.

Jack of Tales · Feb 27, 2008

Revek stands by and watches the magic users cast spells, talk to rocks and other weirdness.

Can you tell which corridor the sound is coming from? It sounds a bit loud to simply be someone sharpening a weapon. My bet is either on echoes or, because this place seems quite abandoned, that it's some type of trap.

FreeXenon · Feb 27, 2008

Brorgar (Male Dwarf Fighter 3)

"That was my initial thought. The blades are whirling and scraping while being hidden in the rocks."

Brorgar smiles as he hefts his massive shield. " Nothing that this old metal door can't handle."

pathfinderq1 · Feb 27, 2008

Karienna finally spoke, for the first time since they had started up the hill (though her exclamations of discomfort during the crawling sensation had been eloquent enough). "Just because there are no living creatures left here does not mean we face simple magical or mechanical wards- the cursed undead could be here as well. We must be ready for anything." Even as she spoke, and watched the other spellcasters begin their incantations, she stepped forward towards the closest statue- while it might be scratched and defaced, there might still be some runes legible...

OOC: She'll save her own spell resources until after the others have had a chance to analyze their results.

Forgefly · Feb 28, 2008

The Rolling Man said:
Vonval approaches the wall on their right side. "The Stone ... it is speaking to me." he says softly as he reaches out with his hand and touches the wall. "Yes, that sound is coming from this side. From beyond the wall perhaps. Let me see if I can feel more." Vonval slowly walks the length of the corridor, with his hand constantly touching the wall. All his senses are alert, especially the ones that he alone possesses.

[SBLOCK=OOC]I'm trying to see if Vonval can detect anything with his Earth sense feat. At every 5 ft, he takes a move action to use the feat. It should tell him if there is any creature touching the ground within 20 ft. and their direction. He'll stop if he feels anything on his right.[/SBLOCK]

Vonval walks with a strange gait, a few steps and then pausing in concentration, a few more steps and then he stops.
Vonval:

On your third attempt you feel something very faint, as though something were touching the earth at intervals, during your conversation. It is almost directly to your right at the very edge of the range of your Earth Sense

Ulzim incants and gestures finally touching his eyes before sweeping his gaze up and down the corridor.
Ulzim:

There is a very faint magical aura in the 13th niche directly in front of you at the end of the corridor, a moments concentration reveals it to be abjuration and conjuration.

Karienna examines the first niche on the right which appears to be a statue of a goblin woman with draconic wings and a corona like halo around her head. Above the niche there is a badly worn and scratched inscription which reveals itself after a moments study. Decipher Script(20):

The language is ancient goblin and what remains reads Dal ... Sun ... Sister ... Mother ...

Isida Kep'Tukari · Feb 28, 2008

Ulzim Zuccabar d'Sivis, male gnome wizard

"Ah! There's a faint impression of protective and conjuring magic at that niche at the end of the hall. Let's take a look there..." Ulzim says proudly, and pulls out a wand from pocket. In Gnomish

"Revelations!"

He then carefully looks at the niche and around the room, as if expecting to see something...

OOC: Busting out detect secret doors wand and burning off a charge, and scanning the room, particularly that niche.

The Rolling Man · Feb 28, 2008

Vonval Dwarf Cleric 3

Vonval stops his concentration, looks at the wall and then back to the group. He speaks to them with a soft voice, almost a whisper, as if he didn't want to be overheard. "Praise Khyber for granting me sight beyond my eyes. I felt someone ... or something on the other side of the wall. There was something weird about it however ... No matter, be it some mechanical creature, a restless spirit of some long dead goblin or a traveller using an unusual shelter, I don't think it will be friendly." That being said, Vonval readies his small shield and grabs his morningstar. "Let's proceed to the corridor on our right, once Ulzim is done investigating that magical aura."

[SBLOCK=OOC] I'm not sure I fully understand the layout of the corridor. There a small passage on the left hand side, near the entrance and another (this one on the right hand side) at the end of the corridor (i.e. near the niche where Ulzim detected magic). Those 3 corridors form some sort of crude orthogonal 'S'. Is that right? [/SBLOCK]

Forgefly · Feb 29, 2008

[sblock=OOC] Here is a quick and dirty map to show a better idea, more tomorrow, I promise.
X's are normal squares, the little dots represent the niches. [/sblock]

Jack of Tales · Mar 1, 2008

Revek - Scout

I agree with Vonval. If there's something in that direction we should go check it out. It could be a rat, a foe or something helpful. Either way we may be able to learn if this temple has what we want before we spend more time here. The sounds..and the aura surrounding it are a tad disturbing.

Forgefly · Mar 2, 2008

The Temple Welcoming Committee

Immediately after Revek's comment he suddenly brings his bow up and nocks an arrow, evidently hearing or sensing something. That something reveals itself a split second later as two centipedes crawl out from behind some of the statues, and another drops from a hole in the ceiling. These centipedes are 4' long and look as though the gnomes and the goblin would only make half a meal. At the same time a moaning issues out of the corridor to the left, and a shambling heavily chewed on hobgoblin, head lolling impossibly to one side follows closely behind his moans.

Spot Check = 15

The hobgoblin is unquestionably dead, in spite of moving about, you also notice the few patches of unchewed flesh show something moving sinuously under the pallid skin.

[sblock=OOC]
The welcoming committee is here to roll out the red carpet, to their very welcome dinner guests. As you have graciously come to their meal, they are happy to eat you.

Vonval:My understanding of the earth sense is that it is a 120 degree arc of observation, thus no warning. If I'm wrong tell me and you'll have a surprise round of prep.

Ulzim:It took a couple of rounds to get that information from Detect Magic, so you are just getting out your wand.

Revek has a standard action available as part of the surprise round, the monsters all moved as their surprise action.
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