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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tellerian Hawke" data-source="post: 7835921" data-attributes="member: 6790669">[gm] Respen's Decipher Script minimum roll: 26 [/gm]Things that are obvious to everyone:The murals relate a story, beginning with the mural on the northwest wall, and proceeding clockwise around the chamber.NW: This mural depicts the Sphinx Queen slaying the majestic Gold Wyrm and framing the Naga Council. Ironically, the golden Dragon who is depicted bears a striking resemblance to Lady Abigail's true form. Perhaps one of her ancestors?NE: This mural depicts the radiant Gynopshinx with gold scales, fleeing, leaving her Sphinx army in disarray.SE: This mural depicts a bloody Sphinx civil war, one side led by Khubsheth, the other by the Sphinx Queen.SW: This mural depicts Khubsheth convincing the golden-scaled Sphinx to return and although they lead their armies to victory, the Sphinx Empire is forever ruined.[gm] It took one round per panel (4 rounds total; 24 seconds) to analyze the meaning of each. [/gm]Dewydd, when you examine the top of the pyramid, you see that each facing has an indentation in it, as if to accept a geometrically-shaped key of some sort.Dewydd, your examination of the Sphinx unnerves you; this huge thing is NOT a statue. It is a stone guardian of some sort. It is alive, if not with an actual life force, then at least with the mystic energies of artificial, magical animation. You get the feeling that failure of this test in some fashion will result in this thing springing to life. Your surmise that it might be hard to defeat, perhaps even as dangerous as a Golem.Dewydd, you notice that there are inscriptions on each door, and since you are examining the Criosphinx first, Respen joins you, and translates the runes with the ease of a practised wizard.Respen intones, "THE RIDDLE OF THE CRIOSPHINX: Between darkness and light, the foot on the tightrope, the wings in the air, without me you fall! What am I?"As Respen recites the riddle, Tam gets a 'gut feeling,' and then says: "The tightrope line seems important to me, for some reason."Val says, to Respen: "Careful lad, now that you've spoken the riddle out loud, I'd lay gold pieces to cheese wheels that it must be YOU who answers, and probably pretty quick, lest these beasties come a'calling."[gm] One more round has passed. (5 total rounds, so far.) [/gm]EVERYONE: What do you do?</blockquote>

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