Scene 4: The Tower

Firina is a little surprised as Hindle starts talking to what seems like thin air. Miet, meanwhile, gives a little rebellious huff, but carefully hovers well above the plants and along the stairs to the next floor to look for treasure.

Around the skeleton, she sees loose coins scattered about its bones. In its death grip, it holds a leather book and a shiny piece of parchment pokes out of the top.

As she flies around the spiraling staircase, an alcove just out of the party's view holds a shiny lantern, a green light glows out of glass that almost looks like an eye.

She flies back down and does a finishing sweep of the basement. On the far end of the room, a shelf full of bottles and paraphernalia like they saw in the dungeon. Of note, a red and yellow potion sit on the highest level.

Hindle stops halfway up the stairs to look into the alcove with the strange lantern. The lantern itself shimmers and shines more than its metal should and a green light glows out of glass that almost looks like an eye. Merton sidles up and looks around Hindle. "Shiny. A little creepy. Are we taking it?"

Alax shrugs, not sure what fascinates Hindle so, and continues up to the next floor with the pair of doors illuminated by candlelight from sconces on each side. Firina follows, cradling the book and spell she adroitly collected on the way up. With Brickowsky finished up with gathering the vitriol, Leana and Brickowsky join Alax and Firina to wait on the second floor for now.

Miet scouts ahead of the party, not noticing anything more of interest on the way to the second floor. She sneaks a peek on the stairs up to the third floor and finds an identical pair of doors with sconces illuminating it. Another spider skitters about on the third floor and then disappears out of sight around the spiraling staircase. Miet decides to wait and returns to Hindle's side.

Brickowsky huffs and puffs up the stairs, but finally reaches the top and waits in front of the door to the next floor. Merton shakes his head and joins the others as Hindle inspects and finally telekinetically lifts the lantern to his hand. The lantern is barely in his hand when the stairs he is on give way and make a ramp straight back down to the plants! The rest of the group watch in horror as Hindle begins to slide down!

@Dhakhan Hindle, please roll an Acrobatics check, DC 15.

Hindle cries out as he slips back down the stairs turned ramp. He cradles the lamp so it does not break and holds onto it tightly, but in doing so is unable to find purchase to prevent further slipping and ends up on his back. Leana instinctively uses her thorn whip to grab Hindle!

Hindle slides faster than expected, but Leana's whip reaches out to its full extent and wraps around Hindle's ankle before he meets the same end as the skeleton from before! Leana prevents the whip from causing full harm to Hindle, but it still gives him 5 piercing damage!

@Adrasthea Please go ahead and roll Strength, DC 15, to pull Hindle back up to the second floor. With advantage if the others want to help!