Cinara
"Steel yourselves, men. What sort of ugliness waits on the other side of an infected door, I can barely fathom. Burn down the door, Red...."
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OOC:
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Readied action: RBA w/ throwing hammer if a threat presents itself.
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After giving her companions a moment to ready anything that they wish, Kathra focuses on the door, and send out the full force of her power in a burning torrent.
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OOC:
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Stand at R100, Burning hands straight forward, then step back to Q99
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The door splits easily- first blow, the second shatters a further section of the portal, from there it's easy- and you never let up.
Even before the fire comes you can see the rotten interior of the wood squirms with a myriad multi-legged creatures... and then the fire comes and seers and chars ninety percent of the horrible insects. The last ten percet are crisped manually- that is by flaming torch.
Which just leaves an open door way, and a set of very old cobbled steps leading down- the room beyond is warm, and wet of course.
Mardred cautiously descends the stairs to take a look at the chamber ahead.
New Map-
140 Beyond The Sodden Door
The stairs descend into a dark, murky pool that almost fills the chamber, most of the floor is missing- just small sections are left in each of the room's corners. The air is stifling with heat, and the stink of sulfur is nearly overwhelming- at the far side of the chamber a rupture in the wall vents a greyish mist, this seems to be the source of the heat, and the sulfur.
Fallen beams and soaked debris float amid the water and blackened algae, forming islands, atop one such flaoting debris island sits a brass-bound wooden chest.
The only visible exit is another narrow passage on the south wall- another set of stairs lead up to what looks to be a closed rusty metal door.
Other than the sound of the water and the debrtis, and the hiss of the escaping steam... silence.
What's to be done?
