Endur's Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil

[Thanee]

Lenya

“Whoa! I really don't know, if it is wise to go down there... immensly powerful magic reigns below this shaft. What I mean is... IMMENSELY powerful. More powerful than anything I have ever seen before.”

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Craven gags momentarily as he focuses on the shaft and goes to one knee. He remains there a moment, breathing hard, regaining his equilibrium.*

"The statue is not evil, though it was once. But the shaft... it is filled with the foulest darkness. It may be that this is not the best time to go down there. Can we fill it back up perhaps? I think what lies beneath may need more people, and more powerful blessings, to dispel its evil," Craven says, slowly rising to his feet.

 

[Seonaid]

With Craven's reassurance, Toriah reaches out and touches the statue experimentally. He is concerned for his fellow adventurers, but doubts he could do anything to help them anyway and so feels it would be best to continue his exploration.

 

[Endur]

Nothing happens to Toriah when he touches the statue. It feels like stone.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

"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."

 

[Seonaid]

Toriah loses interest in the statue when it doesn't react to his search, and moves toward the group. "Is th' rock evil?" he asks. "We prob'ly shoul'n't touch 't if 't is."

 

[Endur]

Looking at the side of the shaft, it looks like the plug was originally mortared in place. Lacking the proper equipment to mortar the plug, you could use the Stone Shape scroll you recovered from the cult.

 

[Dalamar]

Kerwyn peeks down the tube.
"Hmm... somebody want to winch me down there? I could use the invisibility-zapper on myself and then take a look around."

 

[Endur]

Looking at the winch, Kerwyn is pretty sure he could winch himself down if necessary. But it would take at least one hand to hold the winch.

 

[Thanee]

Lenya

“Do we have any ropes to attach at the top here? If someone is going down there, and I really don't know if that's a good idea, then we should have means to follow him quicky, if needed.”