City of the Spider Queen

[Dakkareth]

"Should we search for secret doors before moving on?"

It can't hurt. Merion throws Hazrael an expectant look and focuses his attention on walls and ceiling himself.

Not that I will find anything. Ah well.

Seeing nothing out of the ordinary the wizard shrugs, sending his cloak into convulsions almost as if it was alive. Oblivious he produces a small flask from one of his belt pouches and takes a sip. Ahhh!

[OOC:

Spoiler

Not a potion or anything, just elven ice spirit. Think 'fruity spirit that is always chilly' EDIT: I say, we move on. *hint hint*

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[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Jyren raises an eyebrow towards Merion, but smiles slightly, "I wonder how much more of this place there is..." he trailed off to look down the unexplored section, "So, shall we finish this off?"

 

[Rayex]

No spot check required to see the ring and the circlet, they're pretty obvious.

As Hazrael picks up the ring an the circlet a booming voice can be heard coming from the skeleton. Again none of you understand what the voice is saying, but from the tone of it, you are pretty sure that it was a warning or a threat.

After several seconds of silence nothing happens, as far as you are aware.


You move out of the room and start for the stairs. The hallway ends in a set of stairs leading down. A hallway of worked stone extends some twenty feet from the base of the stairs, then opens into what appears to be a natural cavern. Graves are hollowed out from the walls of this cave, and some jumbles of bones are visible within.

Rashak noticed that Hazrael took the ring and circlet just before the warning from the skeleton.
The talk about slow posting was not aimed at anyone; as a matter of fact I think this game has been going smooth from day 1. The last two-three weeks slow pacing is my fault entirely and I appologize for that. We should be moving on now though, so just lets have fun guys!

 

[silentspace]

Rashak regards Hazrael silently for a moment after the booming voice echoes through the crypt, but says nothing.

Rashak follows Hazrael down the stairs, peering ahead into the darkness, gripping a scimitar in each hand.

 

[Dakkareth]

Not again!

Merion cringes and throws up his hands, ready to call forth a deadly shaping of magic. Seeing Hazrael coming from the room with the open coffin, unharmed, he sighs. Great, another ward, wonder why it triggered only now. But better safe than sorry, even if it means jumping at shadows. Merion frown and his left eyelid starts to twitch. Bad comparison, that. He lowers his arms again, the left hand unconsciously straying towards his belt, and closes his eyes for a second before abruptly starting towards the stairs. He doesn't comment on the incident either.


The mage eyes the transition from worked stone to cave curiously. Seeing the niches in the cave wall the necromancer strays from the path and approaches the crude graves. A mixture of interest and wariness on his face he examines the first few closely, and the remaining ones in passing. (If anyone calls him, he'll break away and close the distance to the rest of the party)

[OOC:

Spoiler

This time the paranoia is justified: Merion detects for undead presences. Also making spot/search/etc checks as appropriate for determining, whether anything about the graves is of note. He'll make sure to give every grave a brief glance at least.

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[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Jyren sighs at the sound of the voice. Even though they didn't see anything happen, didn't mean nothing DID happen. He said nothing, though, having a feeling that they already knew his opinion on robbing the dead(especially after the last two instances).

He quietly followed down the steps and to the cave like section. For some reason, he found himself not wanting to speak. The change of look in the crypt was probably nothing special, but it was worrying.

((Spot/Listen))

 

[Rayex]

Day 1 - In the crypts

Merion concludes that the graves are just ordinary graves. Some are covered with a yellow mold, but other than that, there is nothing of interest. No undead presence is detectable either in this chamber. Just an ordinary gravechamber, with a gloomy feeling.

Jyrens worry seems to be misplaced...

You decide to move on to the next chamber, moving westward in the complex. A marble statue of this large cavern depicts a gaunt, alien-looking creature with bulbous eyes, an insect's mandibles, and an elongated oval head. More graves are carved into the stone walls all around.

Merion, you recognize the statue as a symbol of Jergal, guardian of tombs.

 

[silentspace]

Rashak takes note of the yellow mold and stays clear of it.

In the next chamber, Rashak approaches the statue carefully, staying in front of the spellcasters.

 

[Dakkareth]

Merions smiles wickedly as he recognizes the stature. Ugly stature you have there, Jergal. Supposed to scare people like me away? Sorry, it's not working.

The 'guardian of tombs', a fitting title for this one. Standing watch over the emty shells and counting the dead, does that sound like fun to you? Merions steps up to the stature and blows against it, watching dust fill the air and slowly descend. He was great once, but now, even if he isn't dead himself, he's mostly forgotten and powerless. Met a disciple of his once, an incarnation of boredom and fun-spoiling, he adds in a half-mocking voice.

OOC:
Just to clarify, the detect undead was supposed to make sure there wasn't a second ghost, after Hazrael took the ring&circlet and the voice said something.

Those of you with good sense motive might notice, that Merion is not entirely as comfortable as he seems.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

"Beautiful face on him..." Jyren commented quietly, more to himself than anyone else. Leaning in some, he inspects the look of the statue before looking around to see where this crpyt went to next. It seemed strange to him that they'd seen so little evidence of the Drow so far.