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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carlo-One" data-source="post: 8515388" data-attributes="member: 7015827">The new corridor featured a spider pattern inlaid into the stone, which Darrow remarked on. As Shanni carefully led the way, Dermot relayed more about the conversation in the chapel with the vampire. She had said she did not who the Night King was, also denying that he was the master of this place. (An intriguing development. The party had more or less assumed that this ancient vampire complex was associated with the Westgate vampires and their leader. Yet that was never certain and now appears to not be the case. --C). Conversation abruptly stopped as Shanni, probing ahead, triggered a pit trap and barely avoided falling into it. This one was just a small pit, but despite Shanni slowing her progress to a crawl, she triggered another trap and shrieking, fell into a larger one, to the cries of her companions.Dermot waved his light from above and was rewarded with sounds of Shanni cursing below. The ranger then secured his last remaining rope to a torch bracket and dropped it down the hole. Shanni stopped cursing and in a more excited tone mentioned she had found a dead guy and a chest. After a short wait, her companions heard the sound of creaking and the petite rogue yelled up that she had found a helmet of some kind. This was followed by the sound of a lid dropping and a small shriek as she discovered more bones and a door in the pit.Shanni finished looting the bodies and climbed out of the pit. She then set out on the floor a plethora of her finds for the others to see. Aerikoth examined the helmet and a set of magic arrows, both of which the wizard declared would be quite effective against the undead. The helm was known as a greater circlet of blasting and could project sunlight three times a day. Dermot speculated that the items had belonged to an undead hunter from long ago. Shanni then pointed out the ring she had found, which Aerikoth carefully looked over, but could not determine what it did. The mage said it had to be significantly powerful, though, to require further study from him. The others agreed that he could hold onto it.After dividing up the remaining items, including some healing potions and gold, they somewhat reluctantly decided to continue moving along the corridor rather than chance the pit door. Despite Shanni’s pessimistic expectations, nothing further untoward happened to them as they inched their way along, avoiding two more pit traps and eventually coming to a spot where an orange glow could be seen through a crack in the wall. The petite rogue determined that they must be behind the glowy spot in the chapel. The party discussed the significance of the crack, including the likelihood of the female vampire having been able to assume gaseous form and use it.Shanni had just warned them to be careful when a glowing suit of armor emerged from the darkness ahead and attacked them. Darrow eagerly let out a battle cry and began laying into it as Shanni retreated behind the dwarf. Dermot then drew his twin swords and assisted in cutting their metal opponent to pieces. Aerikoth observed that the construct had been animated by magic.Moving ahead, they found a room at the end of the corridor, with no obvious exit. Shanni urged them to look closer and she and Dermot began poking the walls and tapping the floor. The party noticed a thumb’s-width slit in the stone at the end of the corridor, which Dermot thought was similar to the one in the chapel, but did not find any secret doors. Shanni took the lead in backtracking to the other pit traps in the corridor, which she determined were spiked and ten feet in depth, but not likely to lead anywhere. With no other obvious recourse, the four adventurers then descended into the large pit where Shanni had found a secret door.</blockquote>

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