The Whispering Cairn - Bronzewood Lodge Group - IC

[HolyMan]

OCC: Advancing...

Securing ropes and taking their time the group makes it's way down the hole created when the second stone lift failed to work properly. When they reach the bottom they see a similar room to the one under the yellow lantern.

Dozens of bas-relief figures similar to the one on the sarcophagus lid in the room above stare disapprovingly from the walls here. Many sport crossed arms and stern expressions. A few of the statues' heads are missing, and some have huge chunks torn out of them. Others have a weird melted appearance, as if they'd been sprayed by something terrible. A large glyph that looks like a stylized arrow points down a short corridor to the south that leads to a four-way intersection.

OCC: West, East, or South??

 

[jackslate45]

Staring intently at the rune, Glimnock mumbles "Let us see what we have here Neko!" meoooow "What do you mean?! That is amazing! I had not thought of that! I think I can understand where your coming from, but how sure are you?" meow "Fair enough!"


OCC: What sort of checks on the rune? Vote for West

 

[HolyMan]

OCC: Bardic, history, or arcana

 

[jkason]

Tac Abor, human rogue

Tac shudders at the melted faces, remembering the acid burns his friends took from the swarm. He pulls one of the acid flasks out, holding his rapier in the other hand, then moves forward. He pauses at the intersection, looking all around, then finally shrugs.

"At this point, one direction seems as good as any other, yes?" he says. "How about ... right?"

OOC: any direction's fine. I think turning right from our perspective would be West? I'm trying to have Tac agree with Glimnock.

 

[HolyMan]

OOC: Good roll that is the third nat 20 I have seen in the past day and a half.

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Knowledge DC Information Known
10 The glyphs don’t seem to be formed from a common alphabet, although they are reminiscent of arcane symbols
representing elemental air.

15 The glyphs represent names, with each referring to a single individual. The glyph on the arcane apparatus at area 2 probably represents the seal of the most important or highest-ranking of the three found in the Whispering Cairn. The glyph on the sarcophagi is the lowest-ranking of the three.

20 The letterforms look similar to an ancient glyph-language called Vaati, which some unorthodox scholars consider the original written form of Auran.

25 Vaati is an Auran word meaning “Wind Duke,” and refers to the legendary Wind Dukes of Aaqa who forged the Rod of Seven Parts. A book called the Chronicle of Chan, falsely attributed to a princess of elemental air, records a full roster of the Wind Dukes present at the Battle of Pesh and a general record of what took place there.[/sblock]

 

[jackslate45]

Glimnock, after staring intently at the rune for some time now, suddenly jumps up and down, smiling as bright as the light on his head. While Neko jumps off his hair and hisses menacingly at the gnome, he says "Gentlemen! You cannot believe what I have determined just now! This rune is a marker! A sign of a powerful elemental! In fact, such a legendary elemental that rumors of his abilities even now permeate the lore of our world!"

He stops jumping and continues with "This marker is one of the legendary Wind Dukes of Aaqa, famous for the Battle of Push...Pesh? Push or Pesh one of the two. Anyway, this is not the important part. These Wind Dukes are famous for creating one the most powerful and legendary items in existance: Rod of Seven Parts!! The Rod could be buried in this very tomb!

 

[Walking Dad]

Dorian Greenleaf

This is good and bad... bad because it could mean that there will be even more deadly enemies and traps in here."
Dorian responds.

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Dorian Greenleaf

HP: 13/13
Hero Points: 2/2

Channel Energy: 4/4
Predator's Grace: 5/5
Enlarge: 5/5

Ini: +2 - AC: 20
CMB:+3 - CMD: 15
Fort: +3 - Reflex: +2 - Will: +4

Cleric Spells Prepared: DC = 10 + spell level + 2 [WIS]
Cantrips:
0 (3): Detect Magic, Guidance, Light
1 (2+1): Bless, Shield of Faith - Enlarge Person
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[jkason]

Tac Abor, human rogue

Tac nods grimly with Dorian's assessment, then his brow creases as he considers.

"The visible spectrum separates into seven, as well. You don't suppose we might find the pieces in these false tombs, do you?"

 

[jackslate45]

"Unlikley. This marker here is the second one I have seen in this tomb. The first was when our group first walked in here. However, I did not have the time to study it like I did there."

Glimnock paused for a momment before continuing "My theory is that at the real tomb in this place, we might find a part of the rod. However, solving the light puzzle comes first, because we cannot advance otherwise."

 

[HolyMan]

OCC: Advancing...

After hearing the news about the Vaati the group is extra cautious as they continue on. They swing down the right path, the fighter and cleric in the lead.

The north and south walls of this large chamber taper in somewhat, and in the nook of the far western wall rests a wide stone basin backed by a five-foot-tall shelf. A hardened orange paste spills out over the two-foot basin lip and covers much of the shelf. Thousands of tiny beetles with
bright blue carapaces skitter and tunnel through the chalky substance. A keening insect chorus fills the room. A huge organic mass completely fills the room’s northeastern corner. Judging by the beetles spilling from within, it appears to be an enormous nest.

The beetles gather into another swarm as the group nears and an enormous beetle the size of a goat turns from it's feeding as well.

OOC: Group has a surprise round - use it wisely.

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