E1: Tomb of Chaos [Judge: Patlin] [Concluded]

[Manzanita]

Percy hands the scroll to Nezrak. "There's no need to return this to the sages. It's spells we have around now. I wouldn't mind having those myself, but we'll figure it out when we get done. Now. I think there's only one room we haven't explored. And then there's a couple rooms where there may be more to be found. Like that room with the little statues, and the room with the mummified horse."

 

[Erekose13]

You have explored all but the room you can't open and the room beyond where you fought the jackal and Ishmael got cursed. There were a couple of passages back beyond a pit that you have avoided as well, though whether they lead anywhere? There might be other things elsewhere that you haven't found, but I'm not telling

 

[nimisgod]

OOG: that was 1 crit? Ouch.

"Mayhap, we needs investigate the chamber beyond the room the jackal and the swarms. That place holds ill memories for me but I feel the need to search beyond it nonetheless" Ishmael chimes in with a suggestion.

 

[SlagMortar]

"Do we, er, have all the, ah, keys?" asks Nars.

 

[Erekose13]

Da Loot:
Big stuff, interesting stuff, keys?

• 4 books: A Brief History of the Curious Adaptations of Agriculture in the Glupa Inlets, The Care and Husbandry of Yellow Speckled Guinea Hens, Intermediate Studies in Mathematics and Practical Applications Thereof, and A Lady's Guide to the Judicious use of Magic in Noble Housekeeping
• iron scarab figurine
• intact canopic jar x5
• red/blue/white/green/yellow/purple/orange crystal rods
• key
• clasp
• cloak
• asp figurine
• ceramic ram figurine
• alabaster cat figurine
• sandstone hippo figurine
• ancient furniture & art objects
• several finely wrought alabaster plaques
• a shrine

The far door draws Nar's attention now that things have calmed down. The door is a massive stone slab with seven large bas-reliefs of animal-headed figures carved into its surface. From left to right, the humanoids have the heads of a hippo, scarab, ibis, crocodile, cat, ram, and an asp. Each of the figures has its hand before it as if it was grasping a non-existent staff; there is a vertical hole where a slender object could be placed.

here's a couple of interesting posts. there were more.

 

[Manzanita]

OOC: Thanks for the hints, Erekose. Part of the fun of this adventure is figuring this part out, & I plan to do exactly that. I'm a bit hammered at the moment with RL, but I do plan to go back & reread sections of this. In any case, it does appear we have the staffs that the figurines want. Perhaps that's all we need.

 

[SlagMortar]

OOC: Yeah, thanks Erekose. I knew we had some of them, but I couldn't remember if we had found them all or not.

 

[Erekose13]

ooc: there are more clues on how they all fit together elsewhere in the thread. I'll also have to go back into the adventure and find out where the others are

 

[IcyCool]

Gorefoot nods and says to Ishmael, "Well, if we're going to explore that room, we should get going."

 

[nimisgod]

Ishmael leads the way to the puzzling chamber.

OOG: Whatever happened to Courage by the way. Is he still with us? Or did I just keep forgetting that he was?