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<blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 3742648" data-attributes="member: 11146"><p>With the drums continuing to beat, the group spills forward down the 30-foot corridor onto a stone-railed balcony 30 feet above the floor of a cavernous chamber, the size of which the interlopers have yet to encounter while spelunking thus far. A 70-foot-high statue of a lobsterlike creature dominates the entire chamber. Crafted of glittering black glass-like rock, the statue's eyes glow with a bright crimson that illuminates the room with layers of flickering red shadows. A set of stone stairs leads up from a water-filled floor to a platform directly across the chamber from the balcony on which the group currently stands. This platform encircles the midsection of the lobster statue.</p><p></p><p>The balcony on which the group is posited follows the walls of the chamber three-quarters the way around the chamber. To the left and right are stairs leading both up and down. Some 30 feet up is yet another balcony that extends overhead only halfway along the left and right walls.</p><p></p><p>Frescoes of bloody sacrifices--mostly stylized kuo-toas carrying dismembered body parts--cover the walls of this large open chamber. Every one of the painted kuo-toas gracing the masonried walls faces the lobster statue.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Gerak]Knowledge (religion) check result of 20 for Gerak. That is a statue of Blipdoolpoolp, an evil-aligned water deity. If you have resources that detail Blipdoolpoolp, please feel free to avail yourself of that information for use in-game. If you don't and are interested, please do contact me via e-mail for details.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>When the group steps from the corridor onto the stone-balustraded balcony over looking the chamber, for half a beat all is silent within the cavern. All too soon, however, murderous whispering fills the air of the chamber, its gutteral calling an unintelligible and invisible whip in the moist air. Rowan, no stranger to conjuration spells, instantly recognizes a summoning spell when he hears one.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Rowan]That is a variation of a <em>planar ally</em> spell and the statue appears to be source of the spell.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>A door inset along the far wall to the left of the lobster statue opens and through it issues 4 of the kuo-toas spotted earlier by Rowan while he hid on the upper balcony. These 4 kuo-toas are dressed as monks, but their green-skinned bodies shimmer blue with magical imbuement. The 4 kuo-toas split into two sets of two each and on opposite sides of the now-open door on the platform.</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Gray"><span style="font-size: 9px"><strong><u>Initiative:</u></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Gray"><span style="font-size: 9px"><strong>Rowan 21</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Gray"><span style="font-size: 9px"><strong>Kuo-toas 1 and 2: 18</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Gray"><span style="font-size: 9px"><strong>Arden 14</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Gray"><span style="font-size: 9px"><strong>MM 13</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Gray"><span style="font-size: 9px"><strong>Wyleck 11</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Gray"><span style="font-size: 9px"><strong>Gerak 11</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Gray"><span style="font-size: 9px"><strong>Kuo-toas 3 and 4: 9</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Gray"><span style="font-size: 9px"><strong>Phud 5</strong></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CanadienneBacon, post: 3742648, member: 11146"] With the drums continuing to beat, the group spills forward down the 30-foot corridor onto a stone-railed balcony 30 feet above the floor of a cavernous chamber, the size of which the interlopers have yet to encounter while spelunking thus far. A 70-foot-high statue of a lobsterlike creature dominates the entire chamber. Crafted of glittering black glass-like rock, the statue's eyes glow with a bright crimson that illuminates the room with layers of flickering red shadows. A set of stone stairs leads up from a water-filled floor to a platform directly across the chamber from the balcony on which the group currently stands. This platform encircles the midsection of the lobster statue. The balcony on which the group is posited follows the walls of the chamber three-quarters the way around the chamber. To the left and right are stairs leading both up and down. Some 30 feet up is yet another balcony that extends overhead only halfway along the left and right walls. Frescoes of bloody sacrifices--mostly stylized kuo-toas carrying dismembered body parts--cover the walls of this large open chamber. Every one of the painted kuo-toas gracing the masonried walls faces the lobster statue. [sblock=Gerak]Knowledge (religion) check result of 20 for Gerak. That is a statue of Blipdoolpoolp, an evil-aligned water deity. If you have resources that detail Blipdoolpoolp, please feel free to avail yourself of that information for use in-game. If you don't and are interested, please do contact me via e-mail for details.[/sblock] When the group steps from the corridor onto the stone-balustraded balcony over looking the chamber, for half a beat all is silent within the cavern. All too soon, however, murderous whispering fills the air of the chamber, its gutteral calling an unintelligible and invisible whip in the moist air. Rowan, no stranger to conjuration spells, instantly recognizes a summoning spell when he hears one. [sblock=Rowan]That is a variation of a [I]planar ally[/I] spell and the statue appears to be source of the spell.[/sblock] A door inset along the far wall to the left of the lobster statue opens and through it issues 4 of the kuo-toas spotted earlier by Rowan while he hid on the upper balcony. These 4 kuo-toas are dressed as monks, but their green-skinned bodies shimmer blue with magical imbuement. The 4 kuo-toas split into two sets of two each and on opposite sides of the now-open door on the platform. [COLOR=Gray][SIZE=1][B][U]Initiative:[/U] Rowan 21 Kuo-toas 1 and 2: 18 Arden 14 MM 13 Wyleck 11 Gerak 11 Kuo-toas 3 and 4: 9 Phud 5[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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