Legacy of Death Part II: Graves of Lesser Immortals

[ecayford]

Does it appear we could smash through the wall? That kind of unsound?

 

[TerraDave]

The shifting light to the north and the door to the west remain.

 

[ecayford]

Beware the Snarkmonster

Forge will examine the door for traps etc.

If it looks safe, he'll see if it can be opened. If not, he'll give it a shove.

 

[TerraDave]

Forge opens the door. It is dark beyond, without even a dim light source. (I can assume Ghen is providing light?...)

Assuming you can see...

As in the other chamber, the walls here are covered in peculiar runes. At the room's north end, a stone-rimmed pool burbles. It overfows the pool's sides and trickles in various rivulets across the floor. The twisting, snaky patterns of the water should be random, but they appear to have some eldritch design.

Nar-Heru: It takes a while, but these runes are part of some greater design, somehow exchanging necrotic for fey energy.

 

[dyermaker001]

Are the runes in a specific language that I could understand with a comprehend language ritual, or are they more of an abstract arcane thing? Does is appear that the runes are original, and this was the intended purpose of the building? What I'm getting at is, something (the ivy?) has corrupted the "garden of graves", right? So I'm looking for signs of that corruption, vs what should be here. I'll use arcana and perception to examine the eldritch design formed by the water in particular.

 

[TerraDave]

you learn nothing else.

 

[dyermaker001]

you learn nothing else.

I'd be surprised if I could find my own nose with those rolls.

 

[ecayford]

Forge will approach the pool and examine.

 

[TerraDave]

Forge: a pale metal key lays at the base of the pool. The ripples in the water make its exact location hard to determing. In fact...the key appears to be unusually distorted by the water.

 

[kaltfeuer]

Wet n Wild

Yes, we are shedding light from the stone.

How deep is the pool? How wide? Is the liquid clear? How does the liquid smell? How viscous is it? Perception check.

Do we think the liquid has any medical properties? Heal check.

We do a religion check on the pool. Depending on the result (if we think it's safe, possibly beneficial based on the heal check), we will fill a few flasks with the liquid.

We then walk across the pool and try to view the key from vertically above it as we pass, to see if we can get a better view. Perception again.