Redclaw's Eyes of the Lich Queen

[Redclaw]

You return to the main hall, where you once again see the columns supporting the roof, and the bas-relief of the skeletal dragon fighting a hord of demons. The only other exit from the hall is a passage at the other end, heading to the east. It appears to be a mirror image of the passage you just came from.

After the shouts and ringing of metal during your recent battle, the temple is earily quiet.

 

[EvolutionKB]

Talas

Talas walks toward the bas-relief and looks down the hallway heading east. Once he is satisfied that no blackscales are waiting with readied clubs, he examines the bas-relief in more detail, examining the demons and the skeletal dragon.

[sblock]Try to identify the type of dragon by skeletal references and the type of demons as well(as well as any random knowledge that I may know so I can spout it off). Knowledge Arcana 17; Planes: 20 [/sblock]

 

[pathfinderq1]

Chevri followed along, her senses focused in an attempt to keep the group from any unpleasant surprises. She gave one long, wary glance back towards the doorway where they had entered- and which was also, so far, their only way out.

She spoke quietly to Hedowin. "Perhaps your friendly bird might keep a watch on that door, to make sure nothing comes sneaking in behind us while we search..."

OOC: Switching weapons to spear and shield, since her sling has been hideously ineffective. If we can spare a minute, she will switch her Beast Spirit stat bonus from DEX to STR (thus an STR of 10- wish I'd remembered to do that earlier). If we don't have time now, she'll do it at the first available opportunity. Taking 10 for Spot 19/Listen 20.

 

[Redclaw]

Talas walks toward the bas-relief and looks down the hallway heading east. Once he is satisfied that no blackscales are waiting with readied clubs, he examines the bas-relief in more detail, examining the demons and the skeletal dragon.

Roll a search check, please.

Chevri neither sees nor hears anything suspicious near or through the main doorway. The jungle sounds are still sounding outside the temple, and the morning sun is still lighting up the portico outside.

 

[EvolutionKB]

OOC: Search: 10 I'm glad I'm not a skill monkey, those bad rolls could get frustrating.

 

[s@squ@tch]

Hedowin, Mage 5, hp: 18/21

Hedowin looks at Ebony for a moment then turns to Chevri,"I'm hesitant to have Ebony away from me for too long... Although he thinks he is quite the heroic raven, in reality, he is not as hale as I would hope him to be. He wouldn't stand a chance again that whelp if it came up behind us."

"Hopefully there aren't any secret panels or doors behind us that more of those lizards can crawl out of..."

He looks and notices Talas studying the bas reliefs that he had been before the lizard-clergy showed up.

Walking over to the warrior,"My thanks for the abjuration you put on me earlier -- the sting of that wyrmling's acid didn't even bother me one bit."

Putting his hand on the column, he pauses.

"Unfortunately, I was not able to make any connection with this." He says while gesturing to the images of the skeletal dragon.

 

[EvolutionKB]

Talas

Talas nods to the mage. "You're welcome, having you alive benefits all of us. Not that not keeping everyone else alive doesn't." Talas keep his eye of the dragon and demons before looking further down the hallway. "I don't know of it's significance either." Talas walks to Bregan, "wanna have a look down there, see what we are getting into?"

 

[Zurai]

"Well, if you men are too scared to go further, I guess I'll just have to lead the way..." And with a shake of her head, Alexa walks cautiously down the unexplored hallway.

 

[EvolutionKB]

Talas

Talas quickly walks alongside the petite woman, making sure she is not the target to any danger she encounters.

 

[Redclaw]

Assuming everyone else follows along...

Talas and Alexa lead the way down the hallway, which eventually opens into a large room. A massive altar dominates the far wall, a mural behind it stretching all the way to the chamber's vaulted ceiling. THe mural depicts a massive black dragon perched atop an active volcano, the glow of the molten lava reflected in the red of the beast's eyes. The bodies of demons litter the base of the volcano, while other fiendish creatures can be seen trapped within it.

A low circular wall surrounds a well in the center of the room.

Even as you take all of this in, a dark shape suddenly looms before you, a massive club in its scaly hands. This blackscale wears robes, but its bulk suggests armor beneath the cloth. From across the chamber, a second lizardfolk lurches toward you.

Initiative, please.