Legacy of Fire SoP/PoW/SoM V: For Vendetta!

[lostsole31]

While making sure nothing "fun" (i.e., traps like glyphs and the like) weren't dropped/ seeded on their exit, Oddity and Malak begin searching and making their way to that door.

[digiman619]

The only thing of note in the room was the aforementioned brazier and reredos. The decorative panel has a faint Divination aura and further inspection shows that it functions as an apparatus with the Divination (Viewing) talent. If seems that it's limited to just the rooms you've seen this level, though.

[lostsole31]

Ever since the Malak-that-was had been sent to Kakishon, the shabti's body (and mind) had undergone significant change. Malak-that-is is still a shabti (itself a change from his form a millenia ago), and for all intents and purposes, but yet was also an oneirogen, a creature that possessed a planar portal within his body. Gone was his ancient magical skill at divination. True, he could develop veils for such things now, but it was more formularized - in many ways both more and less intuitive.

Calling Shahrazad over to help him out, with her aid he tries to tap into the magic of the reredos to attempt to utilize it through pure will power and instinct.

Spoiler: OOC

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Is it possible to use this, with an Aid from 'zad, via Use Magic Device?

[digiman619]

It takes a few tries, but you get it functioning without too much difficulty. It doesn't give you much in the way of new information, though it does let you peer into the next room; it has a table, some chairs, and a panel in the room is askew; no doubt this was the hidden room that Shaz was telling you about.

[lostsole31]

Malak mentions what he sees and dimensions. "Don't see any hostiles, but something could be hidden, too."

[bcool999]

Rowan

”We’ll face it together whether it be an empty room or hordes of foes.” Rowan claims whilst simultaneously inching behind Goma.

[SwordChucks]

Goma gives a snort of laughter as he takes position in front of the door. He throws it open when everyone is stacked up behind him.

[lostsole31]

Oddity will leapfrog over/through Goma and right into flowing water stance to take the first hit from hidden enemies.

[stack]

Akaash stays ready above his allies.

[digiman619]

Entering the room, it looks much like the scrying showed. You do notice that there's a panel askew; it must be the secret door Shaz told you about. A cursory look around the room doesn't see anything of note, however.

[lostsole31]

Oddity and Malak, being wary of unseen dangers, slowly make their way across to the panel to check it.

[stack]

Akaash looks at the askew panel, then quickly around the room. "Not much of a secret if you don't close it up properly. Someone in a hurry, or is it a trap?"

[lostsole31]

"That's why we are taking our time and checking it carefully as well as the path to it," says Malak.

[digiman619]

It seems that in their haste to get reinforcements (according to their leader, at least), the fire elementals failed to properly close the door. You don't detect any traps left behind either. Looks like they just got sloppy.

[lostsole31]

Malak looks to the group. "Do we give chase, or continue exploration of this section of rooms and alcoves?"

[stack]

"I say we keep checking around carefully. If they really ran in a hurry, then we don't really need to chase them."

[lostsole31]

Back out to the passageway, and heading relative east, Malak and Oddity continue checking both ends of those two oval alcoves for (traps first) any other secret side rooms.

[digiman619]

You all spend the next 10 minutes searching the corridors on this level of the building, but you don't find any more traps left behind. It seems that if the elementals left something dangerous for you to run into, it's not on this floor.

[lostsole31]

"Alright then, I guess we give chase," says Malak, heading back to the hastily closed concealed door. Once the party is ready, he and Oddity will begin trap detection and move through.

[bcool999]

Rowan

”With luck they will lead us to this artifact we seek. Or at least the power in control of it.” Rowan thinks aloud as he follows behind the trap sweeper’s lead.

[digiman619]

The passage is roughly and kind of unevenly hewn, but as it's sized for Large folk, you make you way through easily enough. The tunnel extends over 200 feet before it turns a corner, the stonework becoming more worked as you head down; you guess that the whole passage was intended to have clean stonework, but the project focused on functionality before style and they either ran out of funds or personnel before it was finished. Regardless, it's another 70 or so feet until you get to the sliding panel, currently closed as it was designed to pull the door back closed once it was used.

You exit into a hallway of sorts; from what you can tell, you're on the small end of an "L" shaped corridor, which has a lancet-arched ceiling—the hall itselfextends into darkness and gives off an air of abandonment and disuse. Even the brass walls seem dull and dead. Either way, this way is clearly rarely used, the dark corridors no concern for the elementals with darkvision.

What's the plan?

[lostsole31]

Malak and Oddity carefully search the passageway for traps or anything interesting while making their way forward.

[stack]

Having darkvision, Akaash keeps his elevated position and his eyes open.

[digiman619]

The hidden passage is safe as far as you can tell; for whatever reason they didn't (or couldn't) lay a trap for you. That does leave you all on the tunnel's far end, in a dingy, poorly lit tunned that seems to turn south.

Do you follow the corridor, or do you head back?

[lostsole31]

Malak votes to continue.

[stack]

"May as well press on."

(Forward)

[bcool999]

Rowan

Rowan keeps his eyes out for anything suspect as he advances alongside the others.

[digiman619]

The corridor goes for quite a long way, and roughly every 20 feet a door opens to either side. The first one seems empty from a casual glance, with a blank plaque to the side of the door. All the others are clearly sealed (though one could open it with a modicum of effort), each with a plaque written in Ignan detailing a name (including a grandiose title) and a date (though it's in an odd Elemental calandar rather than the one you're used to).

Eventually, you see the corridor turning again. What do you do?

Spoiler: map

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[SwordChucks]

"I can sniff at the doors to see if any of the rooms are occupied. We could focus on those rooms before checking the others." Goma offers.

"That is, as long as these plaques don't say something like 'Quarantine' or 'Plague' of course."

[stack]

"No warning on the ones I have read so far. i will let you know if any have something other than a name and over-blow title."