Dieknuh sits through the whole ordeal with an utterly stunned look on her face, doing naught but shuffling around when needed. Stuttering, she asks, "W-what... what just happened?"
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It looks like an ordinary door. It's still unlocked. You open it, and realize it's fake--there's a solid wall of natural stone behind it. The door to the south of the altar opening looks like it was made to match this door, to provide some balance to the decor, although it does appear newer. That door is locked.
You've explored the entire temple complex (all of the white-floored areas on the map, plus all of the secret rooms), except for the cave system adjacent to the temple (the gray-floored areas). The caves don't appear on the map you found, but the entrance is marked "Proposed site of new construction" (or something similar) adjacent to room 21 (and that weird closet next to room 20 (room 20 being where you found Dieknuh).
The dwarf shakes her head, not wanting to think too hard on what happened. The angel's scream is still ringing in her mind. Grunting, Dieknuh addresses the group. "What I want to know," she explains, "is if there are any more survivors from these wretched abductors. I could not live with myself if I left anyone to rot in this gods-forsaken place."
Pausing, she adds, "though if we're in the clear I'd like nothing more than to rest in a civilized, torture-free bed." To emphasize, she stretches out, wincing where some of the cuts left superficial-yet-painful damage.
Becoming impatient, Paravrax decides to try his hand at picking the lock, despite knowing that his dragon claws are not very nimble. He asks to briefly borrow Reed's Thieves Tools and then goes to work.
I assume this is at disadvantage, since I'm not proficient? The PHB doesn't actually say what to do here if you don't know how to use tools. If that's not the case, I guess just use the first roll unless Reed doesn't want to let me mangle his tools.
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12
Dice Roller1 D20 rolled
20
Nooo, my second roll would have been great if it was the first one.
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"Something doesn't feel right. those captives must have known something bad was going to happen to them when they reached their final destination. If I was in the cultists place I wouldn't want to drag them that far and risk them breaking loose and causing unessecary problems."
Starfall and I then perform a minute and very thorough search of all walls other than the one with the door we used to enter the room.
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At one time, this was an awe-inspiring space. The most sacred part of the very first temple built to the gods of Ar Ais, this was the greatest creation of civilization in the mortal races' earliest days. You see a mixture of stylistic elements that hint at the aesthetics that would come to define the individual races--the sharp angles of the dwarves, the flowing curves of the elves, the gilding and gemwork of the gnomes, the creativity of the humans, and the woodwork of the halflings.
The years have not been kind. The walls are caked in grime and soot. The fixtures have long since tarnished and rusted way. The pews, once sterling examples of early halfling craft, crumble to splinters at the touch. Large cracks run through the walls, ruining the mosaics and frescoes.
Oh, and there are dozens of fresh corpses. You've really done a number on the cult who took over this place.
You find nothing of real interest, though. No secret doors or hidden compartments, no treasures to speak of.
Reed (and presumably everyone else but at this point, who knows) has entered room 21.
Two once beautiful statues flank the entrance the this room. One appears to represent Meriele, though the arms have long since been broken off, and the other appears to represent Lander. (It's hard to tell since the head is missing.) Unlike the statues in the entry to the temple, these have not been defaced as part of some ritual, but instead appear to have been damaged centuries ago. The marble tile on the walls and floor gives way to bare stone at the rear of the room. The east wall is missing. Though the wall appears to have collapsed centuries ago, piles of rubble have recently been moved to the side, opening a path into the dimly lit cave beyond.
By the torchlight from the sconces in 21 and the hallway before it, you can see a little of Room 28. It is a vast open cave. In the gloom, you can barely make out a dark stone obelisk.
Did anyone put on the ring you got from the cult leader's body?
Reed proceeds cautiously toward Room 28. He looks around, and lights a torch from the sconce. He tosses it as far as he can into the room, then casts a Thaumaturgy to brighten the flames. He then observes what he can, paying close attention to the obelisk.
Paravrax follows closely behind Reed, and attempts to cast Light on the torch as Reed tosses it to further brighten the area it lands in. He then does his best to peer at the obelisk from afar.
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The obelisk is etched with fine runes, but the magic seems to be dormant. On the wall behind be obelisk you notice a large wooden door, held closed by two massive oaken bars. To the south, two tunnels exit the room.
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He wiggles his finger in that indicates he's not entirely serious about that mysterious ways part.
"You get used to them popping up. Finian is fairly relaxed, the rest tend to be a bit more... tempermental."
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He glides to the exit of the room, turning around to assess when the others would be ready to finish scouring this godforsaken
temple and leave.
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Reed grins sheepishly. "Uh, usually I just talk my way past these things."
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Pausing, she adds, "though if we're in the clear I'd like nothing more than to rest in a civilized, torture-free bed." To emphasize, she stretches out, wincing where some of the cuts left superficial-yet-painful damage.
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...only to find that the door, like its counterpart to the north, is another purely decorative item. It opens to a stone wall.
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He then heads back to Room 21.
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Starfall and I then perform a minute and very thorough search of all walls other than the one with the door we used to enter the room.
- H.L Mencken
I Became insane with long Intervals of horrible Sanity
All Religion, my friend is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination and poetry.
- Edgar Allan Poe
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The years have not been kind. The walls are caked in grime and soot. The fixtures have long since tarnished and rusted way. The pews, once sterling examples of early halfling craft, crumble to splinters at the touch. Large cracks run through the walls, ruining the mosaics and frescoes.
Oh, and there are dozens of fresh corpses. You've really done a number on the cult who took over this place.
You find nothing of real interest, though. No secret doors or hidden compartments, no treasures to speak of.
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- H.L Mencken
I Became insane with long Intervals of horrible Sanity
All Religion, my friend is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination and poetry.
- Edgar Allan Poe
The Crafters' Rules Guru
Two once beautiful statues flank the entrance the this room. One appears to represent Meriele, though the arms have long since been broken off, and the other appears to represent Lander. (It's hard to tell since the head is missing.) Unlike the statues in the entry to the temple, these have not been defaced as part of some ritual, but instead appear to have been damaged centuries ago. The marble tile on the walls and floor gives way to bare stone at the rear of the room. The east wall is missing. Though the wall appears to have collapsed centuries ago, piles of rubble have recently been moved to the side, opening a path into the dimly lit cave beyond.
By the torchlight from the sconces in 21 and the hallway before it, you can see a little of Room 28. It is a vast open cave. In the gloom, you can barely make out a dark stone obelisk.
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Special thanks to Serrot_29 for Catbug'mrakul!
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- H.L Mencken
I Became insane with long Intervals of horrible Sanity
All Religion, my friend is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination and poetry.
- Edgar Allan Poe
The Crafters' Rules Guru
@_kaburi_ on Twitter
Special thanks to Serrot_29 for Catbug'mrakul!
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