"There was not, but the map is old, and that trap likely laid by the cultists."
Edit:
Assuming no one else wants to act, I'm going to move us to the next set piece.
Also, I fully intend to reveal any secret passages I come across, which is why I posted the thought bubble. I've still got my awesome ring, and I'm the type that likes to divvy up loot pretty evenly among the group.
On waking and seeing Luan still hasn't turn up. "Reed, Paravax if I heard you correctly we now know where our Dwarven freind is being kept, whilst I don't beleive that she is going to be that comfortable there I would be a lot more content if we were a full party when we go to rescue here. I suggest we find the elf before we delve to much further into this temple."
Having said that Starfall and I sneak off out of the temple to try and pick up Luan's trail.
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Paravrax stuffs the map back in his bag, puts Ger'Cath on his perch, and looks wistfully at the altar before walking out of the room with Reed and Strathalmere (and Emeryn?).
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@Lucial--which other room? 22 (the one with the chasm) or 24 (the one with the zombies you could pick off without having to actually fight them)? @Strathalmere--you pick up his trail from room 3. He left the room heading west into the hallway towards room 24. He currently exists ~7 hours in the past so you can't find anything more than that until his thread of actions catches up to yours. Otherwise, wibbly wobbly world-rending paradoxes.
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"Stay in sight, Strathalmere. The last thing we need is for you to go missing as well." Emeryn moves into the hallway after him, her clenched jaw perhaps showing her exasperation at the way her comrades seem to be disappearing one after another.
The perception roll was for room 23. The chasm runs between 23 and 22, which may be where the confusion comes from. There's nothing in room 22 except the chasm. Room 23 is full of zombies, as is room 24.
After a night's rest, the party, lead by Emeryn and Strathalmere, picks up Lucial's trail and follows it to Room 24, the Crypt of the Acolytes. As you enter the room, two things become apparent:
1. Lucial is alive, meditating in the center of the room. He seems no worse for wear.
2. There is a pile of eight desiccated corpses at the far exit of the chamber, all of which bear postmortem stab wounds.
With the party regrouping, it seems like the perfect time to track down Dieknuh...
You and Starfall both search the area, but find no sign of Dieknuh in this part of the temple. Starfall wanders back to room 3 and sits down by the door to the south.
As you explore the room, you find one of the torch scones is crooked. Straightening it, you hear a light click, followed by the sound of stone scraping stone from the hallway leading into the room (near room 27). Peering down the hall, it appears a secret door has opened.
"Are you injured, Master Luan?" Emeryn asks flatly, casting an eye beyond the elf to the pile of corpses. "Have you found anything in your time alone?"
Untouched for a thousand years, the Reliquary holds treasures dating to the creation of the world. An altar at the center of the room holds three items. To the left, a beautiful emerald cloak sits neatly folded. To the right, a pair of exquisite leather boots shine in the light from Paravrax's staff. The greatest treasture sits in the center of the altar: a shining greatax inlaid with gilded vines and enamel leaves. The handle of the ax is carved with runes. Anyone can make an Intelligence check to see if you recognize the language.
In various sacks and chests around the room, you find 100 platinum coins, 1700 gold coins, 5000 silver coins, 900 copper coins, and 8 gemstones worth 50 gold each.
Reed is claiming this haul and will divvy stuff up The money we can divide equally. Korvat, as our biggest front line person, should get the ax. Boots and cloak will go to whoever they fit best. Spellcasters who need precious gems will get those. Anyone object? There's more loot to be had, and I'll lead you to it, but I want it divided fairly among the party. For the most part
Reed enters the room and checks for traps among the gold and the altar.
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12 + 7
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19 + 1
Is this a realistic amount for us to carry around right now? Divided by six, that's around 1,300 coins each.
After Reed finishes a mundane inspection of the room, he casts Detect Magic as a ritual, attempting to learn what kind of magic the items might be enchanted with (Which School is I think all I can determine).
Lucial opened his eyes, having just completed his Trance.
"Ah, Lady Emeryn. I see you have located me." A quick smile played on his lips but vanished as quickly as it came.
"Yes, I am quite alright - thank you for asking."
Lucial stretched briefly and stood up, taking note of the secret room Reed discovered.
Lucial's favorite color is green. If no one else wants it, he would probably like the cloak. That said, I got that sword from our battle at the inn, but I can't really use that - it was more a trophy for Lucial's lord upon returning home. So I guess whatever works! Not trying to be a loot hog, here.
"An impressive haul. This temple is just full of surprises, is it not?
Reed. I noticed another room around the corner with a similar line of sarcophogi. I did not see anything of this sort in there, but I admit that I was distracted from the fresh wounds I had received while traveling through this room. It may be to our benefit if you took a look in there, as well."
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Perception (Traps): There are no traps.
Intelligence: The runes are an archaic form of Dwarvish. Even someone who speaks Dwarvish would have to struggle to understand them.
Detect Magic: The three items are all magical, though you cannot tell a specific school. You do know that all three require attunement to fully utilize their power.
This is a LOT of coinage. Per the rules, 50 gp is one pound. If we use the densities of each metal (Pt=21.4, Au=19.31, Ag=10.49, Cu=8.96), and assume the coins are of roughly the same volume, the total weight for this haul is:
Which brings the total weight of the coinage to 98.5 pounds of coins. So if you divide that evenly among the five of you, that's only 19.7 lbs of coinage each.
Korvat's eyes light up as they fall on the axe. It called out to him, as though it had been waiting centuries for him to round this corner. Though his own axe was a labor of love, the handle painstakingly carved from a branch of the great tree that bore the largest nests of his eagle companions to tie it to the elemental forces of his retreat, the leaf and vine patterns of this axe stirred a similar sense. The blades were currently unadorned, but he could already picture the feather patterns his etching tool would pull from them.
Pointing to the axe, he utters a single word. "DIBS."
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Korvat's eyes light up as they fall on the axe. It called out to him, as though it had been waiting centuries for him to round this corner. Though his own axe was a labor of love, the handle painstakingly carved from a branch of the great tree that bore the largest nests of his eagle companions to tie it to the elemental forces of his retreat, the leaf and vine patterns of this axe stirred a similar sense. The blades were currently unadorned, but he could already picture the feather patterns his etching tool would pull from them.
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Reed smiles in delight. "Ger'Cath, do you know what these items are? Paravrax, why don't you examine those boots? Korvat? I believe that axe should go to you, my friend."
Then, with the professional dispassion that exemplifies someone with long bureaucratic experience, Reed sits down and divvys up the coinage.
"There are seven of us, once we find Dieknuh. She deserves her share, even though she was captured."
Reed then divides the coins into seven piles, with an extra pile leftover.
100 copper coins each (200 coppers leftover)
700 silver coins each (100 silvers leftover)
240 gold coins each (20 gold leftover)
10 platinum coins each (30 platinum leftover)
He hands each pile to the five other party members nearby with a smile, and holds onto Dieknuh's share. I'll give it to her when we find her.
The leftover coins go in separate pouch from his personal money. Best to keep money on the side for those who don't get spoils. Keeping everyone happy will keep me alive in a place like this.
After giving out the spoils, he tells Luan to check the room through the two doors to the west of where he was found. "The map showed something might be there as well. Take some people with you, we don't know what lurks there."
He then sits down to attune himself to the cloak and divine its purpose.
If the cloak is something you can use, I'll give it to you.
What are the conversions rates here? 100 to the the next level? 100 cp to an sp, 100 sp to a gp, 100 gp to a pp?
Conversion rates are 10 per level--10 cp make 1 sp, 10 sp make 1 gp, 10 gp make 1 pp. It takes a short rest doing nothing but focusing on an item to attune to it.
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Also, I fully intend to reveal any secret passages I come across, which is why I posted the thought bubble. I've still got my awesome ring, and I'm the type that likes to divvy up loot pretty evenly among the group.
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Having said that Starfall and I sneak off out of the temple to try and pick up Luan's trail.
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Paravrax stuffs the map back in his bag, puts Ger'Cath on his perch, and looks wistfully at the altar before walking out of the room with Reed and Strathalmere (and Emeryn?).
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@Strathalmere--you pick up his trail from room 3. He left the room heading west into the hallway towards room 24. He currently exists ~7 hours in the past so you can't find anything more than that until his thread of actions catches up to yours. Otherwise, wibbly wobbly world-rending paradoxes.
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"Reed, before we go too much further, can you point out which rooms the markingsss were noted on?"
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After a night's rest, the party, lead by Emeryn and Strathalmere, picks up Lucial's trail and follows it to Room 24, the Crypt of the Acolytes. As you enter the room, two things become apparent:
1. Lucial is alive, meditating in the center of the room. He seems no worse for wear.
2. There is a pile of eight desiccated corpses at the far exit of the chamber, all of which bear postmortem stab wounds.
With the party regrouping, it seems like the perfect time to track down Dieknuh...
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"The map indicated that something might be here. Look around, everyone."
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"Never hurtssss to have some extra light, right?"
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In various sacks and chests around the room, you find 100 platinum coins, 1700 gold coins, 5000 silver coins, 900 copper coins, and 8 gemstones worth 50 gold each.
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Reed enters the room and checks for traps among the gold and the altar.
After Reed finishes a mundane inspection of the room, he casts Detect Magic as a ritual, attempting to learn what kind of magic the items might be enchanted with (Which School is I think all I can determine).
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"Ah, Lady Emeryn. I see you have located me." A quick smile played on his lips but vanished as quickly as it came.
"Yes, I am quite alright - thank you for asking."
Lucial stretched briefly and stood up, taking note of the secret room Reed discovered.
"An impressive haul. This temple is just full of surprises, is it not?
Reed. I noticed another room around the corner with a similar line of sarcophogi. I did not see anything of this sort in there, but I admit that I was distracted from the fresh wounds I had received while traveling through this room. It may be to our benefit if you took a look in there, as well."
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Intelligence: The runes are an archaic form of Dwarvish. Even someone who speaks Dwarvish would have to struggle to understand them.
Detect Magic: The three items are all magical, though you cannot tell a specific school. You do know that all three require attunement to fully utilize their power.
100 platinum coins = 2.22 lbs
1700 gold coins = 34 lbs
5000 silver coins = 54 lbs
900 copper coins = 8.28 lbs
Which brings the total weight of the coinage to 98.5 pounds of coins. So if you divide that evenly among the five of you, that's only 19.7 lbs of coinage each.
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Then, with the professional dispassion that exemplifies someone with long bureaucratic experience, Reed sits down and divvys up the coinage.
"There are seven of us, once we find Dieknuh. She deserves her share, even though she was captured."
Reed then divides the coins into seven piles, with an extra pile leftover.
100 copper coins each (200 coppers leftover)
700 silver coins each (100 silvers leftover)
240 gold coins each (20 gold leftover)
10 platinum coins each (30 platinum leftover)
He hands each pile to the five other party members nearby with a smile, and holds onto Dieknuh's share. I'll give it to her when we find her.
The leftover coins go in separate pouch from his personal money. Best to keep money on the side for those who don't get spoils. Keeping everyone happy will keep me alive in a place like this.
After giving out the spoils, he tells Luan to check the room through the two doors to the west of where he was found. "The map showed something might be there as well. Take some people with you, we don't know what lurks there."
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