Sons of Krauss Age of Worms Adventure Path (IC)
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Branding Opportunity
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As soon as Majakilar steps into the cylinder the doors once again slide shut with a dull clang and the increasingly familiar rumbling can once again be heard and felt beneath the feet of those left behind. Just as before the device lowers into the ground and with a solid "thunkkk!" the stone plate closes above it. The rumbling continues for a few moments before stopping agin.
silentspace & jeremy_dnd[sblock]With the closing of the doors, Majakilar is plunged into utter darkness. He can feel claustrophobia begin to creep into the edges of his consciousness. The rumbling he has heard before becomes much louder and there is a distinct sense of movement down.
A few seconds later the cylinder he is riding in comes to a stop, and the doors once again open. Light spills in revealing a small room beyond occupied by a familiar-looking gnome who is holding your lantern. He is standing less than two feet in front of you and looks as if he is just about to push something on the wall beside the doorway with his finger.
OOC: silentspace, feel free to read the previously spoiler-blocked posts that jeremy_dnd and I have written. They will catch you up and keep me from having to repost everything again. We'll just assume Kenneth fills you in on what he's been up to in the last 30 seconds or so.[/sblock]
silentspace & jeremy_dnd[sblock]With the closing of the doors, Majakilar is plunged into utter darkness. He can feel claustrophobia begin to creep into the edges of his consciousness. The rumbling he has heard before becomes much louder and there is a distinct sense of movement down.
A few seconds later the cylinder he is riding in comes to a stop, and the doors once again open. Light spills in revealing a small room beyond occupied by a familiar-looking gnome who is holding your lantern. He is standing less than two feet in front of you and looks as if he is just about to push something on the wall beside the doorway with his finger.
OOC: silentspace, feel free to read the previously spoiler-blocked posts that jeremy_dnd and I have written. They will catch you up and keep me from having to repost everything again. We'll just assume Kenneth fills you in on what he's been up to in the last 30 seconds or so.[/sblock]
Mista Collins
First Post
"Well I can go next, I don't want any of them wandering off and distrubing any traps that might be waiting for them." Owen says as he waits for the cylinder to come back up.
hbarsquared
Quantum Chronomancer
Kenneth
For Majakilar, as well...
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"Fascinating..." Kenneth mumbles to himself as he examines the glyphs and recalls the contents of that dusty tome. Ol' Asin had several crackpot ideas, but some of them had actually seemed possible. Kenneth remembers picking up the book because he had heard that Asin related several romping stories about genies. It turned out he had picked up the wrong book, and had plowed through several pages of linguistic commentaries before realizing it.
The button to the side, though, seems to have an obvious function, and Kenneth's automatic reaction is to push it. The button, however, seems to realize this before he can physically press it, for the familiar rumbling begins again, lowering the cylinder and revealing Majakilar within.
As the door slides open, Kenneth turns from the button, finger still extended and pointed at the wall, and grins as the dawning of a small joke begins to take shape in his mind.
"Come on, come on," he says, waving Majakilar over, chuckling softly. "Let's bring everyone down here with us."
Kenneth waits for the elevator to rise again and hopefully bring back another member of their party curious enough to enter the tube that will have returned twice empty.
"This is going to be fun," he says, winking conspiratorially at the miner at his side.
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For Majakilar, as well...
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"Fascinating..." Kenneth mumbles to himself as he examines the glyphs and recalls the contents of that dusty tome. Ol' Asin had several crackpot ideas, but some of them had actually seemed possible. Kenneth remembers picking up the book because he had heard that Asin related several romping stories about genies. It turned out he had picked up the wrong book, and had plowed through several pages of linguistic commentaries before realizing it.
The button to the side, though, seems to have an obvious function, and Kenneth's automatic reaction is to push it. The button, however, seems to realize this before he can physically press it, for the familiar rumbling begins again, lowering the cylinder and revealing Majakilar within.
As the door slides open, Kenneth turns from the button, finger still extended and pointed at the wall, and grins as the dawning of a small joke begins to take shape in his mind.
"Come on, come on," he says, waving Majakilar over, chuckling softly. "Let's bring everyone down here with us."
Kenneth waits for the elevator to rise again and hopefully bring back another member of their party curious enough to enter the tube that will have returned twice empty.
"This is going to be fun," he says, winking conspiratorially at the miner at his side.
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silentspace
First Post
[sblock]Grinning, Majakilar pats Kenneth on the back as he steps out of the cylinder. Taking the lay of the room, he moves across it to guard the south passageway, examining the arch and peering through it.[/sblock]
Branding Opportunity
Explorer
OOC: Since the mystery is pretty much gone, and just to not duplicate a lot of the same descriptions, let's just assume that everyone makes it down through through the transportation device and ends up on the lower level.
Anyone who hasn't can now feel free to read all the text in the spoiler block tags. Feel free to post any part of the descent or the reunification from your character's point of view. That should catch everyone up.
Anyone who hasn't can now feel free to read all the text in the spoiler block tags. Feel free to post any part of the descent or the reunification from your character's point of view. That should catch everyone up.
Branding Opportunity
Explorer
The stone block ... um ... blocking the only way out of the room is roughtly 10 feet wide by 2 feet deep by 8 feet tall, and nearly seals off the passage ahead. A large nich about the same size as the block opens in the ceiling 10 feet above it, so it looks as if the block came down from there. There is a very tight area between the top of the block and the top of the archway leading out of the room where someone could squeeze through. It looks as if given enough application of pressure, the stone might be able to be toppled over. It looks to massive to move.
A fine layer of dust covers everything in this room, and you can see the footprints where Kenneth walked over to one of the walls to examine it. The only sources of light are the ones you brought with you.
A fine layer of dust covers everything in this room, and you can see the footprints where Kenneth walked over to one of the walls to examine it. The only sources of light are the ones you brought with you.
Azten
First Post
The last rumbling echoes of the mechanism fade from hearing, leaving only the silence of the empty chamber, the sarcophagus with it's contents, and Azten.
He finds himself contemplating how he has come to be alone in the hallway with the yellow lantern, all of the other party members been swallowed up one at a time and taken into the floor by the mysterious metal cylinder.
If only there were some way for me to know what everyone's fate has been. No blood, no noises other than the lift mechanism, and no signs of struggle. If only I had paid more than perfunctory attention to the simple divinations that Mother often used in situations like this... "Weal or Woe, Whurhak ... blah blah blah". Now how I wished I knew just what those 'blahs' were all about.
Well, no use wailing over rusted iron. They probably need me.
His decision made, Azten waits patiently for the lift to return. When it does, he mutters a brief prayer to Moradin, grasps his holy symbol, and enters the lift.
He finds himself contemplating how he has come to be alone in the hallway with the yellow lantern, all of the other party members been swallowed up one at a time and taken into the floor by the mysterious metal cylinder.
If only there were some way for me to know what everyone's fate has been. No blood, no noises other than the lift mechanism, and no signs of struggle. If only I had paid more than perfunctory attention to the simple divinations that Mother often used in situations like this... "Weal or Woe, Whurhak ... blah blah blah". Now how I wished I knew just what those 'blahs' were all about.
Well, no use wailing over rusted iron. They probably need me.
His decision made, Azten waits patiently for the lift to return. When it does, he mutters a brief prayer to Moradin, grasps his holy symbol, and enters the lift.
Mista Collins
First Post
"Well that was an interesting ride," Owen says as he is lowered in the cylinder and sees those who have entered it before him. As Azten is lowered into this chamber Owen lets out a sigh of relief as the party is once again together. "Gregor, you want to give me a boost? I could probably squeeze through that opening and see what is on the other side."
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