Re: Chapter #7: Catacomb Kids
"And besides," Pisca said, re-entering from the door to the north, having made a circuit of the Tee Oh Eww Eee as a whole, "wasn't part of this to make sure that there were no other ways for things to climb up from here and attack the town? For all we know there might be a network of catacombs down here that connect to Thistletop! The gobbies might be able to sneak right through here and come up inside ... say ... Old Light!"
This was said amidst a flurry of pointing and arm waving to put emphasis on how bad this could become if it should ever decide to become a reality. Pisca the Small Whirlwind of Hands and Arms, however, stilled rather suddenly. The hands went on her hips, and she turned a look of suspicion that was, if such a thing is possible, directed at the entire room as a whole. "No secret doors in here, though," she said, and the tone of her voice reflected her lack of trust in this ultimately very evil temple. "That does make a certain amount of sense. Who wants armies of goblins trooping through your sacred temple to Lamashtu. Right? Though, I'll have to say, Cato, that despite the dedication of this place as unholy to Lamashtu, that is a pool of very advanced arcana, don't you think? Probably an arcane device developed by one of the Runelords or a follower using long-forgotten Thassilonian magics."
At long last, though, Pisca broke off her deadlock with the silent and inscrutable Thassilon-Lamashtun Temple of Ultimate Evil. She gave one last finger wag at the grim and tight-lipped walls, and then said, "Oh well. Might as well move on. There's nothing beyond those doors. Just two small rooms. Maybe used as dressing rooms for priests and exotic dancers. Just one more thing before we go, though."
The gnome then approached the now inert Pool of Rune Dog Birthing. From her pouch she fished out the vial that had contained her dose of antitoxin. "Another present for Brodie," she said by way of explanation. Then, carefully -carefullycarefullycarefully- she dipped the vial into the translucent lava-like substance.
"By the ... by ... Kerr Mollin ... you ... might be careful ... with the body of Quasit Girl. I've ... Ah, gotcha." Her sample secured, the gnome went about stoppering the vial and then cleaning the outside of it. "I've heard stories of demon bodies drawing the attention of other creatures from beyond the veil. According to the stories, the demons never lose their connection to their homes and that connection can be used to breach the veil, creating a tear through which others might come into our world."
"Or ... I suppose ... we could go into theirs. I guess. If someone really wanted to do such a thing. I suppose demon bodies could be used in Veil-Sundering magic. You know, the dark evil kind. Um ... how well do you know this Voon, Kerr Mollin?" The last of the translucent lava was wiped away, and Pisca placed the sample in her pack. "You trust him, right?"
"Oooh. Magic dagger," grinned the gnome as she accepted the weapon from her wizardly friend. "Well, we'll just have to try it out, won't we. It's a shame that the other things aren't magic too, though," Pisca added as she tucked both the dress and the tiara into her pack along with the sample from the pool. Not that any of us could wear the dress," she said. Then the gnome gave Cato a long appraising look, smirked, and then shook her head.
Active Effects: Antitoxin 1h, Message on Liseth and Kellan 20m, Bless ??/20r, Dancing Lights 1m
AC15
HP 15/18
Archaeologist's Luck: 2/7
Used: Antitoxin, Arrows -2