RJK'S Cairn of the Skeleton King

[Vertexx69]

"Don't worry friends, MY torch has mysteriously escaped the winds kiss." So glancing around, what kind of features does the space hold aside from eerie spectral spaces?
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[Le Noir Faineant]

Zanax looks around. If we're not in the hallway... Where are we?

Ýou find that the corridor is still the same or a similar one, yet wider and with a higher ceiling than the one you entered.

About fifteen meters before you, behinf the floating ghosts, is a black iron doubledoor...

ooc: Are they still or moving? Do they appear to be more than just decorations?

Those white faces in the dark are definitely spectres or illusions, for they float in the blackness around you, moving their lips as if they were talking...

He covers the everburning torch, then uncovers it again.

The faces remain there...

"Don't worry friends, MY torch has mysteriously escaped the winds kiss." So glancing around, what kind of features does the space hold aside from eerie spectral spaces?

The passage remains empty, apart from that and the black door...

Behind you, a strange sphere of unlight begins - you cannot see through it, as if it was some sort of black matter, and not only a dark tunnel.

Titus will find that the place around him is suspiciously clean. No rats. No fust, no cobwebs.
Isn't this supposed to be grave?

 

[zoons]

"Like steer led to the slaughter, I believe we're intended to continue forward" says Zanax indicating the doors still ahead a bit. He looks intently at the spectres trying to sense the message that they are sending.

Sense Motive check. And is it possible to lip read? Are they mouthing words in a language any would recognize?

 

[Vertexx69]

Titus glances over at Zanax, "Perhaps a temporary 'non-living' creature would be able to show us if these faces are are mere illusion or actual spectral forces capabe of draining life energy?." as he indicates the small pouch at the druid's waist.

 

[Kafkonia]

"Thisss tunnel...." Timrek trails off. "It isss not right."

He reaches out to touch the wall, heedless of what the faces might do.

 

[ethandrew]

"At least we can somewhat see in this new place," Rupert muses to no one in particular.

He spies the double doors and heads down that way to see what he can find out.

[sblock]Search is +18, Disable Device (if needed) is +12, Open Lock (if needed) is +15[/sblock]

 

[Nephtys]

Maigreth looks around fearfully, hoping to find something tangible, something worth killing.

 

[Le Noir Faineant]

Sense Motive check. And is it possible to lip read? Are they mouthing words in a language any would recognize?

The faces have already lost too much of their humanity to read their lips, but their expression doesn't seem offensive - more afraid and caring...

He reaches out to touch the wall, heedless of what the faces might do.

The faces shy back from the reptile man's touch...

The wall feels wet and cold, but as normal as one may expect it in a place like this...

"At least we can somewhat see in this new place," Rupert muses to no one in particular.

He spies the double doors and heads down that way to see what he can find out.

Rupert finds the door unlocked, and, the ghastly faces being his silent witnesses, he can push it open - a few inches.

Something is blocking the doors from inside.

Looking into the small space that he has gained, Rupert can see a bone hand lying in the corner...

After that, the unnatural darkness commences again, and your sight is hindered...

 

[zoons]

"What's blocking the door?" asks Zanax, still looking around at the mournful faces. "Perhaps our rugged young kobold friend could help us to press on."

 

[kinem]

Anton, carrying his everburning torch aloft, makes his way towards the new door.

"What's there?" he inquires. Realizing that it's dark and that his torch had a special effect last time, he attempts to poke it at the few-inch opening of the door.