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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 8367480" data-attributes="member: 2012"><a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/kulan-knightfalls-crisis-in-bluffside-game-ooc.666962/page-53#post-8363821" target="_blank">Hmm, did you see this post?</a> It was my reply to the first three rolls. I've cut and paste the details for Knowledge (arcana) [expanded a bit] and Knowledge (architecture) in this post.Did you edit in the other rolls afterwards? When I quoted the post, it didn't have the rolls for Bardic Lore, History, and Nobility, so I didn't see the rolls until you posted them in the IC thread.And yes, you can use the healing belt before entering. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Akos can tell that the circle trapping the genie is probably a magic circle spell that has likely been made permanent. The circle is etched into the stone floor and seems to be part of the room's overall design. She is also immobile in the circle, possibly frozen in time. If you want him to know the exact spells trapping her, you need to make a Spellcraft check.The DCs are 20 + the spell level.Energy from the magic circle seems to be directly connected to the portal. The circle might be powering the portal, or vice versa. It's hard to tell unless Akos gets a lot closer to the magic circle. The roll for The Planes doesn't help with the current situation.Regardless, the room is oozing with magical scripts, symbols, and script in various languages that range from Dwarven to Orc and Elvish to Infernal, as well as ancient languages that likely haven't been spoken in centuries. It would take a long time for Akos to decipher it all. He can understand why Phelix would want to control this place. Any other loremaster would be very jealous of where Akos is standing at the moment.More than likely the room was originally a temple or, maybe, an arcane laboratory. It's hard to tell. From first glance, it looks more like a temple that was dedicated to the Ancients.Akos notes that there are a lot of similarities between the writings on the wall in the temple and scribblings that Phelix made on in the interior walls of the old Growers' Tower by the Gardens. More than likely he discovered this place first, and then tried to duplicate a lot of it in the abandoned tower. The main difference seems to be that what Phelix designed was based more on the Far Realm while the temple is more general. Perhaps the portal in the tower never worked correctly and that is why he abandoned it.There aren't any legends and stories that refer to a temple of the Ancients existing under the Gate of Scales. The gate itself is known more for its connections to the Dragori Embassy and the dragonblooded families who live in the ward where the PCs fought the Rising Swords. If the temple predates the founding of Old City (maybe), then it won't be connected directly to the Gate of Scales. If is was constructed after Old City was built, then there could be legends or stories connected to the dragonblooded that might actually be about the hidden temple.Akos would have to do more research at the Teacher's Library or ask around the ward to see if there are any unusually stories among the dragonborn.[HR][/HR]More details regarding the Knowledge (architecture) roll:Your third roll tells Akos that the room is old and forgotten. Perhaps it goes back to the time of the Ancients who built the Palace before Bluffside was even a dream. Or it could be part of an ancient dwarven stronghold that fell from grace. He doesn't really know any more than that. The place is old, very old.It's weird to think it went undiscovered by the Wizards Guild. Perhaps they know it exists and didn't tell anyone. Or maybe it was hidden by some powerful force until Phelix found it.</blockquote>

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