CLOSED! Rhun's Greyhawk ALPHA Game (ToEE)

[Rhun]

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As far as Marco can tell, the robbed corpse is probably a casualty from a decade ago, when the Temple was sacked. Judging from the scarlet red color of the material, his best guess is that the man was a priest of Elemental Fire, one of the sub-cults within the Cult of Elemental Evil.

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[Boddynock]

Coraine shakes his head grimly, his mind full of the oppressive pressure of palpable evil. He has been silent since before they entered the temple, praying fervently to the Invincible One to anchor his faith and his sanity against the assaults of whatever lies ahead.

Nevertheless, he keeps pace with Two-Axe and Ragnok, determined to do his duty and stamp out whatever servants of evil they come across.

 

[Rhun]

Moving to the other door, you find another vestry. Pieces of broken glass and splinters of crystal lie all about the floor here. Someone evidently made a fire in the corner, as bits of charred wood and cloth lie on the floor, and the rafters overhead are blackened with soot. A pile of robes, once ivory in color, lie in the center of the room. They are soiled and stained with excrement.

 

[hafrogman]

Marco declines to investigate the newest set of robes. He steps carefully through the shards, peering about the room. Then he shrugs.

"It all seems much the same. Destruction ran rampant and noone has bothered to do anything with the place. If the bandits are here, they are not here."

 

[Manzanita]

Two Axe is secretly pleased that they have found nothing. Fighting bandits is one thing. He can do that. But this mysterous place, reeking of unearthly evil, how can a man fight this?

"Perhaps the bandits do not use this as a base after all." he says. "Let's see where the stairs go. If there is no one here, then we should return to the hut at the end of the tunnel, and try to trace the leader who escaped."

 

[Rhun]

Solomon

Name confusion again.


Also, there are still two more doors to investigate. One in the east wing and one in the west wing.

 

[Manzanita]

Name confusion again.


Also, there are still two more doors to investigate. One in the east wing and one in the west wing.

OOC: Maybe I should just change his name!

Thanks for the door reminder. I didn't see them b/c my spreadsheet was centered on the temple and I didn't scroll left or right. Two axe will advocate investigating both these doors, starting on the west one, before heading up the stairs.

 

[Rhun]

before heading up the stairs.

Down the stairs, actually.

 

[Rhun]

The last two doors also open into vestries:

The western vestry is the scene of more destruction. A broken rhondite bowl and ewer lie in a corner, apparently flug their in anger. The interior of each is caked with a dry brown substance. Pieces of furniture are also scaterred about, as are the torn remains of brown garments and the stubs of brown candles. A flight of stairs descends to the southeast. A quick search reveals that two of the muddy colored robes are a bit frayed, but intact.

The eastern vestry is much the same. Bits of broken altar service are present here, as well as a broken trident and pieces of torn, scorched robes of a moss-green hue. Other rubble includes a broken table, smashed benches, and a thrown down wardrobe with the side kicked in and doors torn off. A flight of stairs descends to the southwest. A search of this chamber reveals three intact (if somewhat dirty) cowled robes of the moss-green color.

 

[Manzanita]

"These robes might be useful later," says Two Axe. "If we meet supernatural guardians not destroyed in the last attack. Let's bring them."

"We should choose a stairway to explore. I'm for one of these side ones, say this one in the western vestry."