Rhun's Greyhawk ALPHA Campaign (ToEE) - Part II - CLOSED!

[Jerrand Redband]

Ragnok

Ragnok eyes the bronze door, it must be something very important to be locked so." 'Uts tae arc 'riest do nae go tis 'ay. Nae e idd nae. Wae's shuid go 'acks." Ragnok puts his throwing hammer away and holds Norryjar with both hands and looks down the way the party came from after the battle with the dark priest."Itch aye tin?" Ragnok asks.

 

[Leif]

Trevor Champlaign

"Nay, I wish not to go another way, now that I have paid the price for going through this door! Friend Verdis, can you sense any additional magics on this portal?"

 

[Rhun]

Verdis' sight detects no magic upon the door, and Trevor again searches it for traps, taking his time. After several minutes, he is fairly certain that no danger remains, and he turns his attention to the lock. The lock is complex, and takes several minutes to open, but eventually gives beneath Trevor's lockpicks.

Pushing open the heavy bronze portal reveals a large, rough-hewn chamber that appears to serve as a crypt. Several large stone biers stand in the larger portion of the room, probably once used to prepare bodies. The eastern side of the chamber is lined with burial vaults, each sealed by a heavy bronze plud. A thick layer of dust lines the floor; apparently this place has not been entered for some time.


PC Status
Dara 26/29
Verdis 22/22
Trevor 26/30
Kurt 31/31
Coraine 36/36
Ragnok 41/41

 

[s@squ@tch]

Coraine

Seeing the crypts, Coraine then understands the trap outside.

"Could these psycopaths really care for the sanctity of their dead so much as to ward the door so heavily?"

He shakes his head.

"I don't like this one bit. And I have severe reservations on any action, on our part, that is more invasive than trying to ascertain names on the coffins."

 

[Leif]

Trevor Champlaign

"I also have a bad feeling about this place, Coraine. And another question occurs to me: What if the portal to this room was so secure, not to keep things out, but to keep things in?! This fear is at war in my mind against my greed, which tells me that at least some of these dead folk have probably been laid to rest with some very desirable relics of their lives."

 

[Legildur]

Kurt scoffs at the concerns raised by Coraine and Trevor. "Nearly all societies find disturbing the dead to be distasteful," he starts. "So the trap is no surprise in limiting access only to those allowed. I would guess that the more 'worthy' are entombed here."

"What I can say is that if this is the resting place of the original inhabitants, then I have no qualms about disturbing their peace. Particularly if we obtain or learn something that can be put to use in the second purging of this place."

"Coraine, do you sense any specific evil here? If so, then we may have some spirits to deal with," the cleric says matter of factly, and obviously confident in his ability to deal with the situation.

"What about you, Verdis?" Kurt asks. "Any magical emanations that may guide our search?"

 

[Scotley]

Verdis

The warlock once more extends his senses to seek magical eminations. "I question your theory about keeping things in, many undead are immune or resistant to cold. I should think fire would have been a better choice. Of course given the elemental nature of fire these folk may have prefered not to use the power of a rival, so my arguement may be moot." Realizing that he is being less than helpful, Verdis focuses on the magic.

 

[Leif]

Trevor Champlaign

The warlock once more extends his senses to seek magical eminations. "I question your theory about keeping things in, many undead are immune or resistant to cold. I should think fire would have been a better choice. Of course given the elemental nature of fire these folk may have prefered not to use the power of a rival, so my arguement may be moot." Realizing that he is being less than helpful, Verdis focuses on the magic.

"Thank you, Verdis, for your always-valuable insight! You have further muddied the waters of what was already a perplexing problem."

 

[Jerrand Redband]

Ragnok

"AH-ROOO!!," the dwarf sneezes upon entering the room."Sae, tis 'oitin ut dust an the ded bees 'ere." Ragnok says wiping his nose with the back of his guantlet.

 

[Leif]

Trevor Champlaign

"Verdis, when you extended your senses to check for magical emanations, did you sense any such on the biers? If not, or perhaps, even especially, if so, should we continue our development in our newfound profession as graverobbers?"