BrOp's Age of Worms Adventure Path: The Whispering Cairn (IC)


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"I think testing it with a wolf corpse should be enough. Then we'll be sure if it's a trap. If you want to use the beetle, we can safe it for those other elevhatevers."
 

"Maybe its only a trap for those who don´t operate it properly. Let´s try with a wolf first; then lighting the lamp on another, using the other wolf to test. This promises a lot of bone crunching" says Rial.
 




"Uhh, maybe..." Meldain says as he helps Sniffer to get a wolf corpse. He'll advise him to throw the corpse into the elevator thingy from a few feet away, and also helps with the throwing.
 

Meldain and the Sniffer gather their equipment and make their way back down the entrance tunnel towards the exit. They climb the flight of stairs leading to the great domed sarcophagus chamber, brushing aside the spiderwebs which have begun to reassert themvelves.

Once back at the intersection where they battled the hungry wolves they find that that someone has beaten to the corpses. The human and the warforged find a pack of three coyotes which are busy tearing apart the carrion, light reflecting off their large eyes. They look up nervously although one lets out a few barks and bares his teeth in the hopes of driving off the competition.

Back next to the trapped "elevator" the rest of the party can hear a barking coming from down the hallway their two friends just disappeared down.

OOC: Ranger Rick and Knight Otu, this is not your first time dealing with these kinds of scavengers. They are generally not very aggressive creatures and only pick on things much smaller than they are, or to protect their young.
 

Sniffer takes his longbow and aims it at the animal who looks to be the leader. Than with heavy, loud fooststeps, he slowly stomps toward the animals. He than yells, "ROARRR, MOVE IT SCAT YOU!" Making threatening gestures.
 

Spooked by the warforged's actions the coyotes scatter, quickly heading for the exit of the cairn.

With that obstacle overcome, Sniffer picks up a wolf and brings it back to the central chamber. Once there he throws the body into the elevator and quickly steps back. As soon as the corpse hits the floor of the small chamber, the doors slam shut with a loud "CLANGGGG!" and the device retreats back into the floor. As the capstone slides smoothly into place a muffled sound of crunching bone can be heard coming from below.
 

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