Endur's Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil

[Endur]

Along with the shovels and picks abandoned by the cultists, you find several lengths of unused rope, ranging from 50' to 100' in length.

 

[Xael]

"Frankly, Lenya, I'm more inclined to pull that someone up from there if there's going to be any problems."

 

[Thanee]

Lenya

“That was my first thought, but either Kerwyn would have to bind the rope to himself, which would make the invisibility kind of pointless, or he would have to be able to get to the rope, which might not be the case.”

With a reassuring smile Lenya tries to overplay the last words somewhat.

 

[Dalamar]

"Well, technically speaking we could prolly zap the rope too, but I don't think that's such a good way to spend the meager mana the stick has left," Kerwyn says.

 

[Seonaid]

Toriah looks at Kerwyn. "Yer crazy, goin' down there. Anyone would be able t' see th' winch movin', with you invisible or not." He shakes his head. "I wish we coul' do this some other way."

 

[Dalamar]

"Well, I can make you invisible instead, if you want an alternative way," Kerwyn says with a grin, quite expecting a negative answer to his suggestion.
"Besides, if I lay atop the platform, all possible arrows and bolts'll just whistle over me."

 

[Thanee]

Lenya

“Well, maybe just climbing down on a rope would be less obvious. The mist should provide some concealment as well. Not only for you, however.”

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Craven looks from Kerwyn to the others with an expression of disbelief.*

"I see the necessity of checking this out but... I don't have to like it," Craven says finally. "Maybe it would be easier for someone else to operate the winch while Kerwyn does any necessary looking around."

 

[Pyrex]

"The stone disc, leaning on the wall, must have been the plug at some point. If we could shift it, and somehow fix it to the side of the shaft, that pit of foulness could be sealed."

Raner shakes his head; "It's too late for that. If there're any cultists down there they're not comin up till they find what they were after anyway."

OOC: How wide is the shaft? Obviously it's at least 10'x10', but how much larger? We probably can't see much of it, but is the room at the bottom larger than the shaft or does it end in a shaft-sized room? Where does the water go when it hits the bottom of the shaft? Is it draining through a canal or just splashing onto the floor and draining somewhere out of sight?

 

[Endur]

The hole in the floor of the room is roughly 20' by 20'. The 10' by 10' elevator has plenty of space to avoid hitting the sides of the shaft.

The shaft goes down about thirty feet, then it expands. The room below is definitely larger than 20' by 20'. You can't tell how big it gets because you can't see the side walls from where you are.

The water hits the floor and then flows out of sight. The area underneath the elevator looks mostly dry (the water is flowing away from where the elevator lands).