Endur's Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil
- Thread starter Endur
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Dalamar
Adventurer
"Ah, sorry to bother you, Master," Kerwyn says with a bow before going over to the rest of his friends.
"So, it seems like the guy, he's the Festrath from the journal we found, and his band of merry cultists came here seeking for Long Lost Knowledge, and got surrounded. He says this place allows one to hear the words of the Dark Lord, and he's listening right now, though his hearing isn't one of the best.
Oh, and that door opens by touching the black thingy."
"So, it seems like the guy, he's the Festrath from the journal we found, and his band of merry cultists came here seeking for Long Lost Knowledge, and got surrounded. He says this place allows one to hear the words of the Dark Lord, and he's listening right now, though his hearing isn't one of the best.
Oh, and that door opens by touching the black thingy."
Thanee
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Lenya
After a while, Lenya feels strong enough to stand again and takes a closer look at the symbolic carvings in the western part of the cave.
She will try to detect magic near them, carefully avoiding to look at the obelisk, while she does. Afterwards, she will search the area around them very carefully (Take 20).
“Do we have ink and paper or parchment? We could make a drawing of these signs here to ask some of the wiser folks in town about them, once we are back.”
After a while, Lenya feels strong enough to stand again and takes a closer look at the symbolic carvings in the western part of the cave.
She will try to detect magic near them, carefully avoiding to look at the obelisk, while she does. Afterwards, she will search the area around them very carefully (Take 20).
“Do we have ink and paper or parchment? We could make a drawing of these signs here to ask some of the wiser folks in town about them, once we are back.”
Endur
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Lenya detects magic on the two symbols, avoiding the Obelisk.
Both of the symbols radiate strong magical auras. Looking at the Black Sun symbol causes you to be disturbed and on edge (Necromancy aura). The two-tiered inverted Ziggurat does not affect you (unable to identify the aura). Lenya also detected a strong magical aura on the gate. Lenya detected magic on two weapons the Cultist carries, a short sword and a dagger (minor magical auras, probably +1 weapons), as well as a third minor item she could not see.
The cultist comes over, stands on the Black Sun symbol for a minute, then walks to the the inverted pyramid symbol and stands there for a minute. The Cultist is mostly silent, but you hear him mumbling something about "the Dark Lord." Even the Cultist looks uncomfortable when approaching the Black Sun, and when standing on it, he appears to be under some stress, emotions scurrying across his face. While standing on the two-tiered Ziggurat symbol, he draws forth his dagger and looks at it and flips it over and calls out loud, "Festrath serves the Dark Lord". The cultist then goes back behind the stone column and returns to whatever he was doing before.
Lylamwyn isn't sure, but he thinks the Black Sun causes mental instability, and standing on it might drive someone insane (Spellcraft check 16+14=30, Knowledge Arcana check 17+12=29). Lylamwyn is not sure what the upside down black ziggurat is meant to do, but he believes it is called an "Obex" and it was one of the symbols of worship for one of the Dead Gods of the destroyed Suel Imperium, an evil deity known as Tharzidun (Spellcraft check 13+14=27, Knowledge Religion check 16+6=22).
Does Lenya or anyone else touch or stand on either of the symbols?
Both of the symbols radiate strong magical auras. Looking at the Black Sun symbol causes you to be disturbed and on edge (Necromancy aura). The two-tiered inverted Ziggurat does not affect you (unable to identify the aura). Lenya also detected a strong magical aura on the gate. Lenya detected magic on two weapons the Cultist carries, a short sword and a dagger (minor magical auras, probably +1 weapons), as well as a third minor item she could not see.
The cultist comes over, stands on the Black Sun symbol for a minute, then walks to the the inverted pyramid symbol and stands there for a minute. The Cultist is mostly silent, but you hear him mumbling something about "the Dark Lord." Even the Cultist looks uncomfortable when approaching the Black Sun, and when standing on it, he appears to be under some stress, emotions scurrying across his face. While standing on the two-tiered Ziggurat symbol, he draws forth his dagger and looks at it and flips it over and calls out loud, "Festrath serves the Dark Lord". The cultist then goes back behind the stone column and returns to whatever he was doing before.
Lylamwyn isn't sure, but he thinks the Black Sun causes mental instability, and standing on it might drive someone insane (Spellcraft check 16+14=30, Knowledge Arcana check 17+12=29). Lylamwyn is not sure what the upside down black ziggurat is meant to do, but he believes it is called an "Obex" and it was one of the symbols of worship for one of the Dead Gods of the destroyed Suel Imperium, an evil deity known as Tharzidun (Spellcraft check 13+14=27, Knowledge Religion check 16+6=22).
Does Lenya or anyone else touch or stand on either of the symbols?
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Thanee
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After having felt the evil of the symbol, and after having seen how even the cultist reacted to them, Lenya has absolutely no interest to touch or stand on them. After Llylamwyn pointed out his thoughts, this lack of interest grew even stronger.
“What now?” the young Rhennee asks her companions instead.
“What now?” the young Rhennee asks her companions instead.
Xael
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"I have some perchament in my backpack, but no ink unfortunately. But there has to be ink and a pen somewhere around here, since the cultists were able to write in the journal..."
Lylamwyn leans closer to others and speaks in a silent voice, hoping that the cultist doesn't hear him. "I don't think we can leave this man wandering around here. He might just accidentally open the portal that leads who-knows-where, or do something equally disturbing. But I don't think that he's going to leave voluntarily either. Though he seems far more intelligent and knowledgeable person - if you ignore the fact that he's obviously quite insane - than the stinky lizard, so it might be wise to try to capture him instead. Then we need to quickly clean the rest of the mouthouse and get out of here and back to Hommlet. We could also just ignore the rest of the moathouse, it's clear that we need to go back to Hommlet quite soon. We can't afford to get killed here."
"This whole obelisk and portal thing is way out of our league. We need to consult Lord Burne, and if he doesn't know what to do with them, he should be able to contact someone who does."
Lylamwyn leans closer to others and speaks in a silent voice, hoping that the cultist doesn't hear him. "I don't think we can leave this man wandering around here. He might just accidentally open the portal that leads who-knows-where, or do something equally disturbing. But I don't think that he's going to leave voluntarily either. Though he seems far more intelligent and knowledgeable person - if you ignore the fact that he's obviously quite insane - than the stinky lizard, so it might be wise to try to capture him instead. Then we need to quickly clean the rest of the mouthouse and get out of here and back to Hommlet. We could also just ignore the rest of the moathouse, it's clear that we need to go back to Hommlet quite soon. We can't afford to get killed here."
"This whole obelisk and portal thing is way out of our league. We need to consult Lord Burne, and if he doesn't know what to do with them, he should be able to contact someone who does."
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Endur
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Nothing noticable happens to Kerwyn when he steps on the black ziggurat symbol.
Is Kerwyn saying anything or making any particular gestures with his hands (or trying to pray for spells or cast spells) while standing on the black symbol?
Current party location:
at the bottom of the Obelisk: Craven, Kerwyn, Lenya, Lylamwyn, Toriah, and insane cultist
at the top of the Shaft: Belaver, Raner, Neshi, and the Black Cat
Is Kerwyn saying anything or making any particular gestures with his hands (or trying to pray for spells or cast spells) while standing on the black symbol?
Current party location:
at the bottom of the Obelisk: Craven, Kerwyn, Lenya, Lylamwyn, Toriah, and insane cultist
at the top of the Shaft: Belaver, Raner, Neshi, and the Black Cat
