Nindur starts off pouring a Potion of Healing on Fenthick. Out of combat, Fenthick is healed 2d4+2 (10). Fenthick is healed for 10 points and becomes conscious. Alias spikes the door to the shrine to keep the party secure until a minute has passed and slowly Lucille and Cuthbert are able to wake up feeling groggy, picking themselves off of the floor and yawning.
“I think it will be safe to rest in here for a moment,” Alias said, “Albeit smell of burnt bushes.”
“Do we try to make our way back to one of the towers?” Nindur asked.
Alias watched Lucille stifle another yawn before she spoke, “I would not recommend it.”
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The party takes a Short Rest which allows the grogginess effect to wear off. Fenthick spends one of his Hit Die and rolls a 7+1 equal 18, which should bring him to 18/27 at a cost of a Hit Die: ¾ remaining.
The shrine has no listed magical items of treasure, beyond the treasure of experience fighting killer plants in a packed room. However! Let’s see if the Oracle offers something.
Q: Is there any treasure in this room? A: Yes, no modifier.
Q: Is it magical? A: No, no modifier
We will say that there is a cupboard built into the shrine, perhaps a strong box of the shrine’s stored wealth in coins or gems. No magical items, but at least hard currency.
While the party is resting, Alias, one of the members not groggy, takes a moment to search the Shrine to see if she can spot the cupboard. She rolls a 20 vs. 13 - Success. She does spot the strongbox that rattles with coins.
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“Hey! That’s the church’s funds,” Cuthbert yawned first, but then noted when Alias set the box in the middle of the floor. She might have been a rogue with quick fingers, but she did not want to hold back from the party. Instead, Alias raised a finger and said.
“This ‘was’ the shrine’s funds during the previous administration. We all contributed to the fight. I think it’s only fair that we all get a share, and of what you and Fenthick received, you can contribute back to the Church when we get back to Seaside.
Cuthbert sighed, but he accepted the logic.
Nindur said, “First you gotta open it, Ali.”
“Watch this,” Alias said with a confident smirk. ---
Alias uses Thieves’ Tools + Dex to Pick Locks: 19 - Success. The box opens easily and reveals its contents. The cut is split as evenly as possible.
The finishes out the short rest in the overgrown shrine. They are now confident they have mapped out every portion of the first floor of the castle. All that remained is whatever lurked behind the initial doors leading into the throne room. ---
⚖️ Treasure Division
The total haul was the equivalent of 1626 gp in mixed coinage and gems.
Divided five ways:
- 1626 gp ÷ 5 = 325 gp each, with 1 gp remaining
Each Party Member Receives:
120 cp
160 sp
42 gp
26 pp
1 small gemstone (10 gp value)
Fenthick receives the extra 1 gp
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While the treasure is sorted, Fenthick takes some time and binds his wounds, healing in a full amount and receiving 9 points, bumping him to maximum 27 HP.
The party move from Room #10 and heads west towards Room #11, the tower with the marble ward. A random encounter check is made with a 1-in-8 chance for an encounter. Result: 2 - No Encounter.
The party turns north back to the entry hall where the party first arrived and once again face the double doors entering the castle’s throne room with the words written across the front: ‘Beware Ye Who Embrace The Dark’
Despite such a warning against sinister things, the ebony doors that are set in front of the party appeared ominous. Alias performs a check, finding the doors safe and unlocked. She listens at the door to see if she can detect anything lurking in the next room.
Q: Are any of the shadows moving in the room?
A: Yes, but she makes a check at a Disadvantage - The shadows do shift through the room, stirred by activity beyond that they cannot investigate or drain as they are being held in the throne room by the marble ward. They are trapped and waiting for a chance to escape. Because they are only partly moving, Alias is at a Disadvantage.
Alias Perception: 9 - Failure, she does not hear anything out of the ordinary, or anything that set off any alarm for the rogue. She gives her nod that it is safe to enter. ---
Alias pulls on the door, she knows it is unlocked, yet the door remains stationary, as if barred. She checks the door again, ensuring that it is unlocked, but every time she tries to pull on the door, it will not budge.
“Something is odd about the door,” Alias says after a frustrated growl was followed up by her kicking the door. She read the inscription above the door, ‘Beware Ye WHo Embrace The Dark?’
Nindur casts Wand of Secrets to see if there is a hidden door nearby, or if there was some cache that might be revealed as to be hiding the mechanism that the group could use to get inside. (⅓ Charges Remaining) - He finds no secret doors. Nindur tries his Arcana to see if there is anything significant about the door.
Nindur Arcana: 18 - Nindur has a solid hunch there was something arcane, perhaps even magical about the door, but he does not have a precise idea. He does point out to the group that there is something magical at play about the door.
Ives aids Nindur by performing Perception and making a few tests involving lighting and the surface of the door. Perception: 21 - Success. She notes that when she casts a shadow with her hand, the door begins to flicker, suggesting that light has something to do with it. ---
“I think we need to douse all lanterns,” Ives points out that she makes the double doors suddenly transparent, “What we have is no normal door, but something designed to keep visitors out. Beware those who embrace the dark? If we embrace the dark, we will be allowed access, but at what cost?” She looked at Fenthick and Cuthbert, both showing their disbelief, “I, of course, mean embracing in the metaphorical sense and operating in the dark, not that we need to convert religion or anything.”
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