[pfrpg] follow me into shadows

[fireinthedust]

@Renya: okay, so where in the temple are you at? I'll lay out the basic areas:

1) The doorway with the bowl, the steps with the Scholar
2) the pool in the middle, with the broken pillar
3) The massive pillar on the far side of the temple.
4) Outside the ring of pillars, on the steps or between the pillars
5) The path leading into the forest, with the wagon (where the Scholar will likely go to if trouble starts

I believe Angus is in the doorway (sounds like), ditto Julius at the bowl.

 

[GlassEye]

Jack prowls around the ring of pillars making his way back towards the massive pillar on the far side. The claws on his feet make clicking sounds on the stone as he goes.

"By the Great Linnorm, Jack!" exclaims Sindri. "Do you have to make that noise? It's downright unnerving with all those eye-creatures back there!" Despite his apparent unease Sindri moves into the temple. He stops at the broken pillar near the pool and begins a cursory examination of it even though he has no idea of what he might be looking for.

 

[ghostcat]

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[sblock=Sir Angus]

Your inference, not mine! I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions, like a good DM. I am working off what I said, though, as being what the Scholar said to you, not necessarily how the world works.

heh, so tempted to give you a pit trap

[/sblock]
Angus is slightly naive. He will always believe what he is told by someone who sounds like they know what they're talking about. The exception to this is in his own area of expertise. Therefore as the scholar says the anti-forest spell is safe then, as far as Angus is concerned, its safe.

As for pit traps. That's what rogues are for. [/sblock]

Angus is just inside the the temple to the left of the doorway, such that he is not blocking the entrance.

 

[grufflehead]

OC - if the scholar is coming with us, Renya will make sure the mule is secured, and fill a nosebag for it in case we end up gone for a while. I can make a Handle Animal check if you want.

IC - Seeing the others fan out to examine different parts of the structure, Renya stows her bow and takes several moments to light a torch. She then holds it in her left hand, and, drawing her knife, moves to the back where the large pillar is. She examines if in the flickering light.

 

[rangerjohn]

Ragnor Drakechild

Ragnor moves to investigate the bowl. "Wonder what would happen if we filled it with water?"

 

[SelcSilverhand]

Making his way along the pillars, Keepiru stops to examine the one that has fallen over. He wonders aloud, "I wonder what knocked this over? Maybe time and weather, or maybe some ancient guardian..." He squats down next to the pool to examine the pillar for claw marks before turning his attention to the pool itself.

 

[fireinthedust]

Ragnor: are you filling it with water or just talking about it?


The Scholar is standing on the steps, and the mule has already been tied up on the path between the stone pillars.


Sindri: you see a story on each of the sides of the pillar, which looks like it belongs in a point to the side of the pool. The pillar is square-edged, with each of the three visible sides telling a part of the story (like a comic book, but in stone, each side is a panel). The first is a picture of a group of knights leaving on a quest. The second is of a group of knights standing around a stone in a floor that could be a vault door. The third is one knight with a large jewel in his hands, apparently cracking with something magically trapped inside almost breaking out; around his feet are several fallen knights, bones stripped clean of flesh. Whatever the fourth side shows, you can't tell as it's on the floor side of the pillar.


Renya/Jack: The back pillar is covered in designs like the ones outside: giant eyes and scales peering out of the surface to stand vigil. However, this one has a massive doorway in its surface that is large enough for a pair of knights on horseback to saunter through; or for walking men to carry a large burden between them, like a coffin. It is sealed by a pair of stone doors, their surfaces smooth but apparently covered in a coating of dust.

 

[rangerjohn]

Ragnor Drakechild

Just talking about it. I'm not so reckless as to do something like that without a concensus.

 

[Herobizkit]

Kain sighs loudly, clearly irritated at the delay. "The thing we're after isn't here. No one puts the important loot in the foyer. Let's move on already!"

 

[GlassEye]

"Well, that's interesting!" Sindri tilts his head far to one side so that he can get a better view of the panels. He's more interested in the story the panels tell than in their significance to this temple and the mission the group is currently on. He looks at them for a moment making a story in his head to match the panels before absently answering Keepiru. "Likely one of them scaled, eye-things..."

Back by the door Jack waits for Renya his bestial features calm but aware. He touches nothing around the door but slowly and thoroughly examines it. "Do you find anything?" He grins a toothy grin. "Other than beasts?" His eyes flick to Kain. "Perhaps your sight is keener than mine, Oracle; I need a moment more to look it over."

[sblock=OOC]Jack takes 10 while examining the door.
Perception roll: 19[/sblock]