egypt ♔ is this called living or something else

[lissatrinall]

♬ amsterdam - daughter

WHO || Lis'sa, Riddick, Phineas, Ella, Dimitri, Raegos, the Mithril Scarab, and more [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights head to Egypt to try and ascertain the location of a lost pyramid
WHERE || Cairo, Egypt
WHEN || Jan 21st, mid-day[forwarddated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

The party arrives in the bustling city of Cairo around mid-day, where it's a beautiful 70 degrees outside compared to the cold London January they came from. Along with whatever gear they brought individually for tomb raiding*, Wynn has also sent them with a chest of 2,000 gold pieces - because the woman who has promised to take them to meet Raegos (the only living man who can claim to have seen the lost tomb) plans to meet them at an antiquities auction.

Wynn has pre-arranged with the woman, who goes by the name of the Mithral Scarab, to recognize the party by the fact that they will cast several bids at the auction - and all of their opening bids will always be exactly ten gold more than the starting price. Once she has recognized them, she will find a way to show them a symbol of the Knights of the Silver Dragon discreetly to identify herself, and they are to follow her away from the crowd. Raegos' rumored paranoia concerning anyone else learning his location seems well demonstrated by the levels of security embedded in Scarab's directions.

The auction itself is a direct result of the recent elemental-driven storm that has unearthed a number of structures long buried in the desert. Some industrious tomb raiders have already taken to looting the lesser pyramids, and this underground sale promises to deliver some of the discovered goods into the hands of eager collectors. Wynn's generous supply of furnished gold was delivered to them with explicit instructions to purchase anything that they thought might be an item of actual valuable historical or magical significance, to become the property of the Knighthood.

* Don't forget to make a list of all items your character is carrying in an entry in their journal before tagging into this post! Please try to stick close to your character's maximum carrying capacity.

Comments

[lissatrinall]

They must have used the pitons to send someone up to drop a rope. Which they were kind enough to take with them. [ she looks across you all, and decides between dimitri and riddick, one of you better be able to do this ] I've got rope. One of us should be able to manage the same.

[sorceresslite]

Need I remind everyone what happened the last time we used a rope? We're not exactly climbers.

[lissatrinall]

Do you have a better idea?

[sorceresslite]

No. [ and dear god she sounds bitter about it. who is gonna get electrocuted in the dick? one paracount would be the answer to that question. ] We both know I'm only here for violence.

[likeagod]

I can do it.

[And then he'll move to Lis'sa to retrieve the rope before he attempts to scale to the entrance (climb 18).]

[lissatrinall]

[ even with the pitons, climbing proves incredibly challenging for dimitri, as the pyramid wall is smooth as glass and very steep. but he finally makes it to the lip above, where he can see a square shaft bores deep into the heart of the pyramid. ]

[thesleeper]

[Oh joy, more climbing. Phineas will follow after once Dimitri ties the rope off and casts it down to them: climb check of 12.]

[He mutters to himself;] I need to find a vestige with some damned wings.

[lissatrinall]

[ the dc with the rope is only 10, but as lis'sa gets a 7, it's going to take awhile anyway, because she's going to have to take ten and slowly scale it on a second attempt, scowling all the while about the expedition's head start. basically, everyone can take ten at this point, so that no one falls to their deaths. we know how y'all are about ropes.

the entry shaft that slopes down looks to be about 300 feet long, with a 10 foot high ceiling. the slope is gentle enough to walk down towards the pyramid's central core, and the walls as they pass by are blanketed in tiny hieroglyphic etchings. lis'sa slows a bit to look at them with a flashlight. ] Names. There must be thousands of them. [ she moves her light to shine across the opposite wall. ] Tens of thousands.

[sorceresslite]

[ ella can't take 10 because of her negative mod, but she miraculously rolled a 14 so it's all good in the hood. ]

S'he buried with the entire city? [ she looks around, eyes wide as she draws her dagger. ] So many mummies...

[lissatrinall]

[ she shakes her head ] They. The pyramid was meant to entomb the Four Pharaohs. And I don't think it's possible for this tomb, large as it is, to hold this many people. This may be a testament to their power - the names of all those who were their subjects.

[ the long sloping entry shaft suddenly ends, leveling out. the transition is marked by a magnificent facade of jet-black stone covered in glowing violet symbols.

a large rune in the center of the arch is surrounded by five smaller glyphs. lis'sa raises her light to it, frowning. ]

Loosely translated: 'Point of no return'.

[ her light catches something else, and a low moan behind the pillar echoes through the hallway. she refocuses the light that way - as a desiccated husk shambles forward. its flesh, such as it is, is barely visible beneath layers of ancient funerary wrapping, which are themselves covered in arcane symbols and hieroglyphics. its one good eye stares fixedly on its prey.

time for init~ ]

[lightblindbadass]

[Riddick makes the climb easily (Climb:20 total), waiting until the rest of the group makes it up to be sure someone was on the other end in case one of them fell again (looking at you Lis'sa). He stares around at all the glyphs and runes etched into the walls, eyes catching the mummy just as Lis'sa's light catches the shuffling figure (Spot:18). Not caring whether or not it pisses her off he puts a hand on Lis'sa's wrist, pulling her back a few steps and standing in between her and the mummy. Gotta protect the brains of this operation, right...?] Stay behind me.

[likeagod]

[Dimitri would have pulled out his weapon the moment they started heading anywhere near the inside of the creepy pyramid okay that's that truth and I'm sticking to it.

As Riddick pulls Lis'sa out of the way, Dimitri moves in, jabbing forward with it and hopefully doing some damage to the walking corpse. Ew. (Nat 20, dmg 22)]

[sorceresslite]

[ oh ella is not... actually... a fan of mummies, so she yelps and swears and ducks behind dimitri because that's how good knights should act, right???? but her hand darts out to cast disrupt undead, a bright jet of glowing white energy tinged with the telltale green of all of ella's magic shooting towards the shambling creature, because she figures...

well, mummies are undeadish?

right?

worth a shot. (atk 24, dmg... 1) ]

[lightblindbadass]

[Yeaah, Riddick is pulling out his Excalibur issue gun and taking a shot at the mummy, taking the -4 so he doesn't shoot his teammate which throws off his aim :/. Atk:14, Dmg:...5]

[lissatrinall]

[ dimitri manages to stab the thing, and ella's spell strikes it, although the former meets with some resistance. riddick's shot doesn't even pierce it whatsoever, but it does seem so surprised by their onslaught that it just stares down at dimitri's blade buried in itself and loses its round. lis'sa draws her gun from behind riddick and takes careful aim as well (atk 21-4= 17) which isn't enough to damage it. ]

[thesleeper]

[Phineas lets loose a gout of fire from his maw. Reflex save: 15. Damage: 8 Fire]

I knew there would be mummies and curses - but you just wouldn't listen.

[lissatrinall]

[ surprisingly agile, the mummy ducks away from the flames with a 21 reflex save. And has evasion aw yeah B) [

[likeagod]

[Dimitri slashes at the creature again (atk 19, dmg 10 if it hits) before he takes a 5 foot step back.]

We didn't exactly have a choice, Sir Dantalion.

[sorceresslite]

[ ella tries again with the same spell (ranged touch atk 22, dmg 6, bless) to better results, lifting her hand to touch dimitri and idk maybe pull him away from the FUCKING MUMMY WE JUST DONT KNOW. pls imagine this tho as ella is barely four feet tall. excuse, please, let the women folk handle the ghostbusting. ]

It's undead, Phineas, haven't you got a spell for that?

[ WHAT SELF RESPECTING MAGIC USER HASNT GOT A SPELL FOR THAT????? ]

[lissatrinall]

[ rolling for riddick since christine's busy: his next shot also hits, for 6 dmg this time, which does... something this time, at least. wooooo.

and then it's mummy's turn. he slams an arm into dimitri (atk 25; 9 dmg if it hits), and lis'sa takes another shot (atk 24; dmg 11), which staggers it slightly, and it lets out a low moan. ]

[thesleeper]

[Not the smartest move, but Phineas can't breath fire for a few seconds, so he charges and gores the mummy with his ram horns.]

Yeah I've got it's spell right here!

[Atk: 22, Dmg 5] [Did you imply Phineas was "self-respecting"? You should re-evaluate your stance on that.]

[likeagod]

[Dimitri follows Phineas' attack up with one of his own, hoping to bring down the creature, but apparently his companion is kind of in the way (atk 17).]

[sorceresslite]

[ omg you cows get out of the way. ella fires off another disrupt undead. (ranged touch atk 22, dmg 6) ]

[lissatrinall]

[ riddick is considered holding action until christine gets a chance to tag. the mummy goes for dimitri again, but crit fails and gets... stuck on phineas' ram horns. he has to spend the round pulling himself off from them?? lis'sa shoots again (atk 12/9) ... neither of which hit. ]

[thesleeper]

[Did I mention there's a like several turn delay between fire breaths. Phineas needs a minute, until then he's got horns. He gores again with an atk of 23 and 8 Damage]