Sons of Krauss Age of Worms Adventure Path (IC)

[Mista Collins]

“And there's Owen... whatever you got, he's already counting the coins,” she adds with a grin.

"Well that is partial why I am here. The mroe money I make the sooner I can get out of Diamond Lake. I am sure you all will agree with me on that one!

Hey folks, you might want to see the mural I found. I think it may be important and it shows the lantern.

"It shows the lantern? This must be worth more than I thought!" Owen states with a very excited tone in his voice as he puts the special lantern in his own backpack and leaves the old, dirty one on the floor. He hurries over to where Azten walked off to, following him with his own lantern out to light the way. Seeing the faded fresco Owen admires the art "That is pretty neat how it makes it look like we are standing in some large chamber. Whoever did this was talented. This place keeps getting better and better! Good thing we are the ones exploring it and not those other guys you mentioned Alexi." Owen just can't stop smiling at all the neat new things they are finding.

 

[hbarsquared]

Kenneth

"It is very well made," Kenneth remarks.

He drops his hand at the sound of Azten from the other room, and with one last, quick glance at Owen's lantern Kenneth dashes to the dwarf to see the mural.

He places his hands against the wall, wiping away bits of cobweb and dust, tracing the lines of the artwork. "Let's find this chamber," he whispers. "If that lantern is indeed a part of this, then it must be nearby."

He takes a step back and cranes his neck, attempting to see the entire sweep of the painted wall all at once. "Either," Kenneth begins, "the lanterns function as a complex arcane mechanism, perhaps as a lens or a focus for the teleporter doomsday device we saw in the other room, and this lantern is the final key to repairing the damaged appartus."

"Or," he continues, his eyes before alight and now dimming as he realizes another, and possibly more likely, conclusion. "Or, they are just colored lanterns that light a room. Let's go find out!"

OOC - Again, bardic knowledge +4, knowledge (arcana/history/local) +7.​

 

[Branding Opportunity]

OOC - Again, bardic knowledge +4, knowledge (arcana/history/local) +7.

OOC: Nope, nothin else on the mural or the lantern, although the order in which the lanterns are placed certainly rings a bell.

 

[Voadam]

Gregor flushes a little at Alexi's words to be more careful and changes the subject "Rainbow lanterns? The glow I saw before was green, let's check out the green one more closely."

 

[Azten]

Azten studies the mural trying to memorize it for future reference, then follows the rest of the group towards the cobwebbed archway that the green glow seems to be coming from behind.

 

[Mista Collins]

As much as Owen enjoys the mural, but he wants to see what else might be found in this dungeon. "Man, this gets more exciting the longer we stay in here. I bet we will be rich. Wouldn't that be nice Alexi! No more begging and slumming for us," Owen says as he trots over to the cobwebbed covered archway with lantern in hand and a small skip in his step. His young mind seems to have already forgotten the fact that they were fighting for their lives not too long ago. "So Majakilar, how much more treasure do you think we will find?"

 

[Branding Opportunity]

The party makes its way over to the cobweb-covered archway leading north, noting that the webs completely cover the exit. Hundreds of tiny spiders criss-cross the web, but quickly become aware of your presence and skitter away to its upper edges.

At closer inspection, those leading the group see that a short flight of stairs descends from the arch, but more detail then that is impossible to make out. Much further down this hallway the green light noticed when the group first entered the cairn can still be seen.

 

[Mista Collins]

Carefully leading the way with lantern and rapier in hand, Owen brushes aside the cobwebs and decends the stairs a steady pace. "And it seems we go deeper underground. That green light is definitely coming from down here somewhere."

Watching where he steps making sure that none of these stone stairs leading down are meant to giveway and cause them all to come crashing down, Owen leads the group to the bottom of the stairs.

OCC: Search +7 for traps

 

[Branding Opportunity]

OCC: Search +7 for traps

OOC: You need to tell me exactly what you are searching, whether it's a specific area, or the floor or walls as you walk ahead. Remember that one full-round search check only covers a 5 ft. square area, whether that's floor, wall or ceiling. If you are just searching the stairs going down, it would take 4 rounds to search for every 5 ft. of forward movement (as the staircase is 20 ft. wide).

 

[Voadam]

"If there is someone up ahead with the green light, maybe I should go first, just in case. After all, I have a shield." And Gergor holds up the former large window shutter strapped to his arm.