In reply to Goran the Marked (msg # 790):

Assuming this information is passed on...

"That sounds like a cult with a Succubus. I am only at half strength, and probably not in a good shape to deal with such a group right now. I would suggest we go back to get healing and inform our superiors, before returning to deal with this problem."

Urrun nods yes... Maybe puppy maker religion? Make many Puppies.

In reply to Hograth Podkarmen (msg # 791):

Make a Theology roll

In reply to Narrator (msg # 793):

Hograth thinks this is familiar...

Rolled 2 under Theology.

In reply to Hograth Podkarmen (msg # 794):

There had been a temple of Flora and Janus somewhere on the hill, it used to have orgiastic rites, but you think it had been abandoned  for years.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 795):

Hograth will pass this information on, then suggest resting to get back to full strength.

In reply to Hograth Podkarmen (msg # 796):

Are you retreating?

In reply to Narrator (msg # 797):

Just stopping to rest for a while, is the suggestion.

In reply to Hograth Podkarmen (msg # 798):

You are all able to rest for enough time to restore your fatigue.


Does Hograth want to risk repeated healing magic?

In reply to Narrator (msg # 799):

Of course. The hit points are better risked now, than later, when it could be a matter of life and death...

In reply to Hograth Podkarmen (msg # 800):

Goran lays hands on Hograth twice more.
"It is with risk of undoing the healing that I do this..."
Got back 3 and 4 points.

In reply to Goran the Marked (msg # 801):

"Thank you. Do you need to rest now?"

In reply to Hograth Podkarmen (msg # 802):

":If I am to keep my flail ablaze, yes."

In reply to Goran the Marked (msg # 803):

"Then lets rest for an hour before we go."

In reply to Hograth Podkarmen (msg # 804):

An hour later, and fully restored, you head back up the steps, having gone back down to rest on the landing.

This particular temple must be higher in the hill, because the stairway goes on for quite a while. The musky scents Urrun detected earlier are much stronger, and you can faintly hear chanting.
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Go long time

In reply to Urrun (msg # 806):

"Yes indeed. Time to put an end to it..."

Hograth continues up, following the leader up there with crossbow ready.

In reply to Hograth Podkarmen (msg # 807):

You approach a landing, with an archway. A carytid on each side depict a woman and a two faced man. Flowers ate draped on them, which seem to be dying.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 808):

Hograth will stop and check for runes or other traps, to try to ork out the symbolism.

[Private to GM: Rolled 2 under Theology!]

In reply to Hograth Podkarmen (msg # 809):

These seem to be standard depictions of Janus and Flora, although it is odd that the flowers are allowed to rot. They should be changed daily.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 810):

"It looks like Janus and Flora are not running their own temple now...This needs to be looked into!" growls Hograth as he continues.

In reply to Hograth Podkarmen (msg # 811):

Ahead you hear chanting, and murmurs mixed with a few soft moans.
The chanting doesn't seem to make a great deal of sense.



Theology rolls.

Hunh?

In reply to Urrun (msg # 813):

Hograth pushes on...crossbow ready.

[Private to GM: Rolled 3 over Theology...is the moaning like intercourse?]

In reply to Hograth Podkarmen (msg # 814):

It would seem to be that kind of, um, puppymaking sound. Flora's cult was
ever an orgiastic one.