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

OOC: Just a note to say I haven't given up on this. I want to reread the thread a bit. Perhaps we should explore some more. There's a door in the libary that we haven't opened? I want to reread the skelleton room description again. Perhaps there are some clues. Hopefully I'll have time to do this tonight.
 

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ooc: yay you guys are so close to getting all the keys. the clues are right in front of you though time has worn away some of the details.

door in library = room with the Librarian.

Skeleton room description = most of it is in the crash recovery post.
 


ooc: I understand that many characters may not be the thinking type, but feel free to give Manzanita and Slagmortar any ooc help or hints you can think of. I don't want this to make anyone feel left out, that wasn't my intention.
 

OOC: Yeah, I've been busy lately. I still have time to make quick posts, but not much for searching for clues. If anyone wants to be a little voice whispering in Nars ear so they don't have to break character, feel free. :) We could always just ask Gorefoot to smash the trap and hinge all in one. Nars will be leaving the room when he does it though. :)
 

OOC: And of course not too long after making a post like that, I take the time to do a little more searching. I'm not sure if the librarian is still with us, or back in the room. If he is still with us then Nars directs his words at the librarian.

IC: "Didn't, er, the librarian have a, ah, book of sorts? Book of the, er, Dead or something? Maybe it would, ah, tell us what to do. He also, er, said some of the, ah, wardings of this, er, place didn't, er, attack him when he was, ah, dressed as a priest."
 


OOC: OK. I did some rereading. Here's some points.

1. I don't see that there's another door we haven't explored behind the librarian. Can you confirm that, Erekose. There's no more unexplored doors in the room where we met Lorien Stemraen the librarian.

2. There are two books of interest in there, The golden book of the dead & a lexicon of hyroglyphics. We could consult either or both of those to help us figure out how to penetrate the treasure room or retrieve the ibis statue. The librarian might be able to help, too. If nothing else we could try to retrieve the ibis wearning the priest outfit he's got. There were lots of Hieroglyphic in the horse room, though I think Nezrak mostly read them all.

3. We still probably need to read the two magical inscriptions in the jackal room.

4. "Opposite of the mural, a small alcove is set within the middle of the western wall and holds a sitting stone idol of a jackal-headed man. The statue holds in each hand a stone bowl alight with flame." This was in the sarcophogus room where we found the rods. These stone bowls are magical. Percy brought some pearls back; maybe we should identify them. Perhaps we could put them on the braziers by the horse-head statue. EDIT: Just reread that part, the bowl is like an everburning torch, but can't be moved.

4. We found a candle in a sarcophogus with the evil crown. Did we sell it? No mention of it in the treaure list Post 552. I was thinking this was magical. Let me check. Yes, post 467 says the candle radiates magic. What has happened to that. I don't see that we returned it to Orussus. Perhaps we could identify it. It might be able to be burned in as an offering to get the ibis.

5. I can't help but think this saying might help us, written many times in the horse room: "Thus sayeth the oracle -- in death shalt thou rise up to pluck the fruits of thy deeds." Could this relate to the trap on the horses's mouth somehow? Could a dead person rise up and take the ibis out? Not that that would help us anyway, I guess. Maybe we should have kept Novrne around :lol:

6. Check out this hint our DM kindly dropped:
Originally Posted by The library before meeting the librarian
Nars checks for traps and does not find any. Trying the door he finds it opens easily. Inside you see bookshelves lining the walls crammed full of ancient books and scrolls of varying sizes. A large table stands slightly to the left, upon which rests a three-pronged oil lamp made of silver and gold, surmounted by a tiny wooden asp. The scent of light incense fills the air. Across the room you see another wooden door, also adorned with carvings.
Perhaps that oil lamp is relevant? Could we use the insense as an offering?

Overall, I suggest we head back to the librarian and talk to him about all this as our next move. I hope he's still there.
 
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(1. thats correct
2. yes those two books were there and yes Nezrak read all inscriptions in the horse room
3. ...
4. unmovable everburning torch
4. Sorry forgot to include it, it did have an evil aura as well as magical.
5. ? no hints here :)
6. ? no hints here either :))


Heading back to the library, you find the librarian there still pouring over his precious book of the dead.

"Oh you're back. I thought you had gone off some where?" he asks, a little surprised.
 

Percy smiles at the librarian, standing in her fetching beauty, hands on hips, tilted to the right. "Lorien Stemraen, you're still here, eh?" she taps her foot.

"Listen, we've found some interesting stuff. Mind if we have a look at a couple of these books?"

Assuming he's agreeable, Percy will walk in and find a seat. "Rodimus, can you keep an eye out in back? Everyone else, let's see if we can find anything helpful. Care for a sardine, Lorien?"

Percy doesn't know what she's looking for exactly. She wonders if there's any info on old Toth Nekamet. Any info on horse sculptures, crystal rods, famliar looking hyroglyphics etc.
 

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