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Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race.

Posted by The DealerFor group 0
Zuni Runesong
player, 289 posts
Former Thief inspired by
a better way
Wed 2 Aug 2017
at 03:27
  • msg #104

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

Zuni took a slow walk around the room, looking for anything else that might seem out of place.  "I find it a little odd that there would be a shrine to the Moon underground.  Wouldn't you want to be able to see the moon when you do your worship?" she said. "I wonder if any of the bodies that we found in the other room were priests for this place."

OOC:
Perception -> 27

The Dealer
GM, 1427 posts
Thu 3 Aug 2017
at 01:27
  • msg #105

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

In reply to Zuni Runesong (msg # 104):

Your point seems a valid one Zuni. You inspect the walls and notice there are several faded paintings which you think are meant to represent the various planets and stars in the sky. But only the moon is represented with statuary.

You also notice certain grooves set into the floor. It looks as if the moon could at one pount be rolled along the grooves in the floor to represent different aspects of it's orbit.

This seems less a place of worship and more some kind of astrological lab, designed to specifically study the orbit of the moon. Perhaps the Lunar clan came across this place in their wanderings and turned it into a place of worship after the fact? Who can be sure.

But those bodies you found...no. They didn't seem like priests. Their garments didn't seem ceremonial enough.
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:28, Thu 03 Aug 2017.
Zuni Runesong
player, 290 posts
Former Thief inspired by
a better way
Sat 5 Aug 2017
at 02:43
  • msg #106

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

Zuni walked around the room, pausing at certain points to look at sections of the wall.  She knew little about moon worship but this room was starting to impress her with its sophistication.  Or what she thought was its sophistication.

"Have we missed any other rooms on this level beyond this one and the one with the bodies?"
Izzick
player, 349 posts
Sat 5 Aug 2017
at 04:38
  • msg #107

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

"Bodies? Though I assume none was the priestess?" Izzick asked. He paused a moment, looking around, but besides the upstairs, they'd seen little else. "Perhaps we should try to brave past the pools?" Though he shuddered at the thought of that.
The Dealer
GM, 1428 posts
Sat 5 Aug 2017
at 18:19
  • msg #108

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

In reply to Izzick (msg # 107):

There are no other rooms on this level. It appears there once was a passage to the north. But it seems to have been blocked off by a cave in. All your investigations show no further passage that way.

It seems the lunar marked half orc is correct. The rooms off the pools are the only ones you haven't explored fully.

Sial considers. Was there something specific you were seeking?

The remains of a priestess for one of the Sklar Quah clans Chandanar supplies.

Sial seems ro ignore him but does say, We saw nothing in the rooms we ventured in to like that. There is only one room upstairs we did not. It was along the southern platform. The...tentacle thing. It did not bother us when we came in. But we were very quiet. I believe it may have been the racket created when that barbarian thug arrived that set it off. The beast has to calm down and go back to sleep sooner or later. Once it has settled, if we are quick and quiet... He shrugs.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:28, Sat 05 Aug 2017.
Selvin Larst
player, 816 posts
My friend surrounds me
A strange companion
Tue 8 Aug 2017
at 03:35
  • msg #109

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

Selvin shrugged and moved to the other room that they haven't explored. He looked over the water for a moment. Then he sniffed it and touched it just to see if anything happened. After a moment he looked back at the group. "I think it's just water. I can breathe underwater. I WOULD go check it out....but that tentacle monster thing." He shook his head.

"Sooo...where to?"
This message was last edited by the player at 03:17, Wed 09 Aug 2017.
The Dealer
GM, 1430 posts
Wed 9 Aug 2017
at 01:55
  • msg #110

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

In reply to Selvin Larst (msg # 109):

Just to be clear Selvin, you are diving into the pools the tentacles were emerging from, correct?
The Dealer
GM, 1432 posts
Tue 15 Aug 2017
at 02:10
  • msg #111

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

In reply to The Dealer (msg # 110):

Sial opens a pouch on his belt and takes out a scroll. I can provide an exit with magic. Unless you wish to see if those tentacles are still flailing. They may have subsided by now.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:36, Tue 15 Aug 2017.
The Dealer
GM, 1433 posts
Tue 15 Aug 2017
at 22:36
  • msg #112

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

Ya'll wanna go look at those rooms you didn't make before? Or head out?
Izzick
player, 351 posts
Wed 16 Aug 2017
at 05:53
  • msg #113

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

I was going to wait for Selvin since he said he wanted to check underwater. Are there also doors we can reach without swimming?
The Dealer
GM, 1435 posts
Fri 18 Aug 2017
at 01:37
  • msg #114

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

In reply to Izzick (msg # 113):

The game map posted is the tentacle room Izzy. The only doors left are the ones to the south.

Since I heard Zuni vote for the doors...


Ascending the shaft of light is just as easy as the descent was. The upper level is quiet. No thwump thwump thwump of angry tentacle. You push the great doors open quietly and peek through.

The pool room is quiet as dust. The water in the pool still shimmies slightly, but otherwise it is tranquil. As softly as down pillows, you head for the remaining door.

Beyond is a wide room, about fifty feet deep and across. Old shelving lines the walls, each shelf filled with the remains of what must have once been a great library. Now the books are rotten, the spines burst from mold, and the pages more sand than parchment.

At one end are two skeletons. One wears scraps of leather armor. The other wears a robe which is suprisingly still pristine, dyed deep blue and burgundy.
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:39, Fri 18 Aug 2017.
Zuni Runesong
player, 292 posts
Former Thief inspired by
a better way
Tue 22 Aug 2017
at 02:33
  • msg #115

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

Zuni cast a wary gaze around the room and slowly entered.  Libraries were generally not feared for traps but who knows with this place.  "Let's see what's left." she muttered.

OOC:
Perception ->13

Selvin Larst
player, 820 posts
My friend surrounds me
A strange companion
Tue 22 Aug 2017
at 02:54
  • msg #116

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

Selvin looked around for a long moment. He was glad the tentacle monster was nowhere to be seen. Small blessing but he'd take what he could get. He looked at the library, well the remains of one and shook his head. He strode deliberately towards the skeletons right away. If they were going to animate and attack he wanted to be right in their way.

20:54, Today: Selvin Larst rolled 19 using 1d20+13.  Perception.
Izzick
player, 353 posts
Tue 22 Aug 2017
at 03:33
  • msg #117

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

Moisture rotted books and the pools certainly didn't help their age, but Izzick's eyes attuned to the magic as he cast a spell, seeking out if anything here might have survived.

Detect Magic.
23:33, Today: Izzick rolled 15 using 1d20-1. Perception

This message was last edited by the player at 03:33, Tue 22 Aug 2017.
The Dealer
GM, 1436 posts
Wed 23 Aug 2017
at 02:40
  • msg #118

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

The bodies remain mercifully horizontal. The leather armor scraps are branded with odd crescent moon shapes. The robe is obviously magical, though it seems difficult to determine much more than that.

The books are all but destroyed.
Izzick
player, 354 posts
Wed 23 Aug 2017
at 16:08
  • msg #119

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

"The robe's magic," Izzick pointed out, but as his glowing eyes scanned left to right, he determined, "Not much else in here though." As he walked closer to the skeletons, trying to make sure they stayed horizontal, he looked over their clothes. Crescent Moons and a mystic robe. "Maybe this is our priestess?"
Selvin Larst
player, 821 posts
My friend surrounds me
A strange companion
Wed 23 Aug 2017
at 16:34
  • msg #120

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

Upon hearing the robe was magically-imbued, Selvin began to reach for it with the obvious intention of taking it so they could find out what it was. Upon hearing the question of whether the corpse was the priestess they were looking for, he stopped dead and hesitated.

He looked torn. "Uhhhh....I don't know? Maybe? What should we do?"
Zuni Runesong
player, 294 posts
Former Thief inspired by
a better way
Fri 25 Aug 2017
at 01:12
  • msg #121

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

Zuni looked up from one of the other skeletons that she was examining.  "Can you tell what kind of magic?  Is it cursed?"
The Dealer
GM, 1437 posts
Fri 25 Aug 2017
at 02:41
  • msg #122

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

The robe seems to have some sort of alteration magic on it. But that is all you can tell at the moment

It does not vibe as evil per se
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:42, Fri 25 Aug 2017.
The Dealer
GM, 1438 posts
Wed 30 Aug 2017
at 02:34
  • msg #123

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

Whadda ya'll wanna do?
Zuni Runesong
player, 295 posts
Former Thief inspired by
a better way
Wed 30 Aug 2017
at 03:56
  • msg #124

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

"Take the robe?" Zuni offered.  If this was Korvosa, the robes would have been stripped from the corpse already.  Even without knowing what sort of enchantment lay upon them, magical items could always be traded or sold for food and supplies.  "I don't think that the priestess, if that's who she is...was...is using them now."
Izzick
player, 355 posts
Wed 30 Aug 2017
at 05:09
  • msg #125

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

"Fair enough, we can figure out what this does once we're outside," Izzick said, folding the robe and putting it into his bag once it was removed. Freshening it up with Prestidigitation if the corpse itself had left any less than pleasant residue. "Was there anywhere we hadn't checked."
Selvin Larst
player, 822 posts
My friend surrounds me
A strange companion
Fri 1 Sep 2017
at 02:11
  • msg #126

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

Selvin looked hesitant about the robes. He wasn't sure if it would be...sacrilegious...or whatever to take them. Desecratory? That wasn't a word he was pretty sure. Desecrating a corpse of someone potentially very important to the people they were going to try and get in good with. Perhaps, but he couldn't be sure - so he kept his mouth shut.

He looked to Izzick and shrugged. "Aside from where the tentacles came from....I think we searched everywhere?" He glanced at their two...current allies to see if they knew of any other places that Selvin, Izzick and Zuni hadn't been to yet - but while seeming a bit shady they hadn't seemingly lied about anything and had even been helpful in a couple spots.

So then he suggested they leave.


20:11, Today: Selvin Larst rolled 7 using 1d20.  Sense Motive on their "allies".
The Dealer
GM, 1439 posts
Fri 1 Sep 2017
at 02:47
  • msg #127

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

In reply to Selvin Larst (msg # 126):

Your 'allies' seem honest as they shake their head. It seems you have searched the whole complex.

Thanks ya'll. Everyone level up. Please have your PC sheets updated no later than a week from today.

I will prep the next thread, and we'll start Adventures in Moon Country tomorrow.

Let me know if there are questions. Thanks

Izzick
player, 356 posts
Fri 1 Sep 2017
at 04:31
  • msg #128

Re: Another Day, Another Crumbling Ruin of a Forgotten Race

Can we ID the robe further at some point?
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