CLOSED! Rhun's Greyhawk OMEGA Game (ToEE)

[Rhun]

The tunnel is still blocked...whoever raided the goos remaining in the tower didn't bother to remove the furniture that you place over the trapdoor.


Leaving the shell tower and crossing the compound, you approach the eastern side door of the Temple. The large bronzewood side doors are bound in black metal, and appear capable of withstanding an enormous amount of punishment. Still, they are secured with a heavy lock...which you might be able to pick or sunder.

 

[Dire Lemming]

"We should be more cautious in opening this door than we were with the last one." Shoon says, in a hushed voice.

 

[Dichotomy]

"I agree," Aeron says simply. Having been resting most of the trip in the wagon, save for a break at dawn to pray, the cleric is much better than he was. However, his eyes are still somewhat bleary and his mood is far from ecstatic.

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Zirat

I can break the lock with my fist and the door with my chain
Say the big man
unless you prefer a quiet way to open the door

 

[CanadienneBacon]

"Where's Deren, he's a halfling, they're good with being quiet an' with locks, I once heard." Jinx whispers, looking around and winking at Deren. "An' good with skipping stones, too." Shrugging of the fear of the temple and what lies inside, Jinx adopts a chipper tone and attitude.

 

[Rhun]

Deren withdraws a kit of picks and probes from his belt, and quickly moves into a position to begins work on the heavy lock. It takes him a couple of minutes of careful manipulation (Take 20+10 = 30), but he is eventually awarded by a clicking sound as the tumblers rotate into place.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Dagger still in hand, Jinx waits to enter after the bigger warriors (Zirat and Sir Merrick), but not wanting to be last, makes sure that he goes before Aeron.

 

[Rhun]

Day 8, late afternoon - Temple of Elemental Evil

Merrick and Zirat push the heavy doors open, and they swing silently open on massive, well-oiled hinges of bronze. The grey light of the overcast sky pours into the entryway. The floor beyond the doors is made up of reddish-brown slate-like stone squares, each about two feet on a side. The walls of the area are plastered and painted with scenes befitting the nature of the foul Temple - disgusting acts, killing, torture, enslavement, robbery, thievery and other unspeakable things. The creed of the Temple and its worshippers is all too evident here. Evil is flaunted and lionized. The dim light filters through the stained glass windows that line the vestibule, casting revolting colors upon the greenish stones of the floor to the north.

In that direction, you can see the nave of the Temple. The pillars to either hand are of a pinkish mineral, shot through with worm-colored veins. Their arches lead to an unremarkable pair of lesser side aisles. The columns supporting the archways, as well as the arches themselves, are worked in bas relief. As with the frescoes in the entryway, the scenes are ineffable, vile and filthy. This area was probably reserved for the lowliest of worshippers during the time when the Temple flourished. The area beyond the nave, past the first archway, appears to be better lit and more open. You can see more of the nauseating pinkish pillars supporting the roof beyond.

 

[Dire Lemming]

Shoon's breath catches in his throat when he sees the disturbing artwork. "Guh- This is certainly a place of evil. What pitiable fools would worship in such a place?"

 

[Voadam]

Sir Merrick steps forward as the front line, glaive ready as his celestial blessed sight searches for anybody lurking in the shadows.