Something does happen when Vixl steps on the center space within the domed room, the space marked with the "X," her weight, modest as it is, pressing down on the stone beneath it. A grinding noise draws her attention immediately upwards: a panel has opened in the dome, allowing a massive stone block to follow its path, long delayed, to the floor below and crush any hapless enough to still be standing below it.

Vixl, you may make a Dex check (d20 lesser to or equal to your dex) to nimble step aside.

Pointed ears prick up as she hears a grinding start.
Prepared for a trap, it's enough for her to easily step aside.

Once the dust settles, she says, "Well, that's that. Hopefully they did not set a second one."

Since she was here, she will search the rest of the room, looking for secret doors, etc. And if she or one of the others can see anything from where the block fell, all the better.


(ooc)
Achieve a low number with the dice roller? Trivial! *L*
Rolled a 2, well under her dexterity.
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Within minutes, Vixl has discovered a formerly concealed door set above the ledge that runs around the base of the dome. Pushing it open allows the infidels to pass through a dark, dusty corridor that leads to some manner of observation dome (a 30-foot wide dome with a 3-foot wide walkway running around its base) from which the decadent might behold the splattering or impaling or some other -ing of tomb raiders.

A compass rose is carved in to the floor in front of the observation dome door, clearly giving the direction of north.

I wonder what a 10' x 4' square stone block weighs.

No, I can't visualize how this would actually work for the module says nothing about how the observers would be unobserved during their periods of observation.
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V was surprised by finding the door, although perhaps she shouldn't be, given how many others there have been in this place, she cautiously checks the observation room, aeeing if there is anything in here, and looking for any other exits, secret or obvious.


(ooc)
I am not sure- is the compass rose in front of the corridor with the secret door we entered, or is there another exit from here?
If this is a different exit, then let's take it- and hopefully we don't have more mist to deal with.



Roughly (from an internet search)...
Weight (in pounds) = Volume (in cubic feet) × Density (in pounds per cubic foot)

I do not know the type of stone, but granite, sandstone, and limestone are all about 165 lb/ft³, so perhaps you could use that, since the pyramids basically used this as well, I think?
The block only has two dimensions listed though, so you would need the third to get the volume.
But we are definitely looking at tons! ^_^;
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Okay, I think I got a couple of things wrong in my understanding of this part of the dungeon layout.



L53b is directly above L21 (the "X" room).



That's the base of the dome, which forms the ceiling of the room. I suppose Vixl would have had to have ascended to that ledge to have found the concealed door. I suppose she would have done that as a matter of course.

Thus, that would be a new passage heading west from the observation dome.

Hmm, okay, so a concealed door up on the elevated dome ledge?
Since we found it, she lowers a rope until the others can ascend, and we take the exit from here.

"I will go last. If someone falls they may need healing," Eonwe offers.

When it is his turn, Tomba scampers up.

(OOC) If the block that fell from the ceiling is a “square” block, it is likely 10’ square and 4’ deep (even though only two dimensions are given: 10’x4’), so approx 400 cubic feet (@ 165 lbs per, that’s 66k lbs of stone) - probably an instakill if the DEX roll is unsuccessful. 😅

With no foes to slash around the now-stone-covered X and since there are no “thieves” in the party that need protecting while looking for treasure or other secret doors at the base of the domed room, Fodor will climb up the rope and join Víxl on the catwalk above. He will stand guard above until the rest of the party has joined them.

After Tomba makes his way up the rope, he checks the tension to make sure it is still secure and then, makes his way up to the catwalk.

I'Atreq wasn't happy climbing up, he hated heights! Once there, he hugged the wall and his body was stiff and mechanical. He looked terrified!

Tarrahn, once up, attempts to help l'Atreq up to the ledge (if possible or needed).  He looks to him, "I know that look L.  Look at it from my perspective, I've got to fall almost twice the distance to the floor!"

"That just means I'll die half a second before you would!" He looks queasy and his coloration took on a green hue!

Rusk keeps watch in the chamber until it is his turn to ascend. When he does, he does so without comment, the frown on his face sufficiently communicating how unsettled he felt in this ancient place.

(OOC) I’m pretty sure the rope only goes up to the one catwalk a level above the floor of the X room. I don’t think there is a second, higher ledge. We are on the one catwalk and there is one secret door that leads off the catwalk…I think. Unless there is somewhere to go up through the ceiling from which the stone slab fell, our path now leads through the secret door off the catwalk...

Having assembled outside the (concealed) entrance to the eastern observation chamber (X marks the Splat), the infidels could tromp north and then east to another dome, south and then west to a stone door, or south and then east to a third dome.

Domes did not seem particularly important, but to be thorough, they should check them, just to ensure they did not contain something different than the dome they had just left.

If so, then it was west to the door, with the treasure seekers searching it for traps.


(ooc)
So, north dome, south dome, then west door.
Since you told us they were domes even before checking, I am assuming there is nothing there of importance, but if we need to slow it down one at a time, fine.

Fodor- no mist so far. If there isn't any beyond the stone door, I can start mapping again, unlike with the tunnels below.

Tarrahn gives a half-smile, "Could make a difference, to someone I guess L.  Death by terminal velocity either way."

Tomba is not concerned in the slightest with being up high.  He is placing his ear against the wall and lightly tapping it with the pommel of his dagger as they go.  He's trying to determine if there is a hollow space, concealed or secret door in the walls as they move.

The next concealed door, north and then east of the one for the middle dome, is once again set into a 30-foot wide dome with a 3-foot wide catwalk ledge running around its base. Down below, on the far eastern side, sits a chest stuffed with platinum pieces. The pinioned skeletons have not changed their position since the infidels last viewed them from a safe distance.

V took a look if the chest is still between honeycombed holes.
If it is, then ignore the chest, and move on the other concealed door, south than east.

But if it looks like it is in a clear area, she'll ask if anyone wants to be lowered down a rope to the chest, staying to try or leaving to go to the concealed door, depending on any volunteers.

The chest remains on one side of the room with the infidels on the other and the honeycombed south wall in between the two. The honeycomb does not extend beyond the ledge to the domed area.

Traversing west, south, and then east takes the outfit to the third of the three domes in the eastern dome annex, and, naturally, the third of the three concealed doors.

Below you is a 30-foot square room with 30-foot tall walls rising above you to a domed ceiling. You see the edge of a scything blade hanging motionless from a pendulum pole in the room. The blade has been pulled back and tied to the wall facing the doorway. There is a foot-wide ledge running around the base of the dome.

"I hate this accursed place with it's maze and traps!" he says under his breath, but quite audible!

OOC:  How far away is the scythe blade, or more importantly the pendulum pole?  Does the tie look secure, or is it some sort of slip knot?  I'm not sure if those questions are really relevant at this stage, but Tomba would be naturally wondering how to disarm the apparent trap. 

From the ledge you have easy access to the pole and the securely tied rope.