[Gameplay] 8. Vault of Hidden Wisdom

Hearing the click, Iseret knows that she has messed up and quickly attempts a backward roll.

By her fingernails, Iseret scrambles from the pit trap. 50' deep and spiked at the bottom, she avoids a prickly fate.

It's the width of the room, and ten feet across, so getting over it will be a challenge, especially for Andromeda!

Some time later...

Having been drawn back from the pit to consult in meditation, Khadi and Jaware take leave of your company. Perhaps it will be only for a short time, but Kepri calls her away to some urgent work and Jaware is convinced to protect her as long as he can.

Tabat and Iseret seal up the hidden library and seek additional adventurers to assist them in exploring this next tomb of tomes.

This leads them to the inn called The Beggars Oasis. It's a teahouse and hookah, ostensibly, but is a known hang out and gathering place for adventurers of a certain nature - that is, those with scruples rather than without. The hostess Tahirah is said to have a nose for such things.

This leads us to a fine one evening, with Tabat paladin of Horus and Iseret the halfling archaeologist meeting: Kyra, priestess of Saranae; Selquet Ashem, an agile man at arms; and Callum Blackstar, a half-elf warrior with a more mystical air about him.

The air of the Beggars Oasis is lightly scented with a sweet smell of aromatic incense being smoked at other tables. Several pitchers of beer have just been delivered by Tahirah herself, water condensing on their chilled sides. She gives Tabat a light nod, signaling that she had no objections to the company that have just sat at this table.

Iseret smiles broadly at the newcomers. "Welcome to our little company," she offers with a hand.

"A pleasure to make your acquaintences," Tabat says to Callum and Selqet. "Kyra, good to see you again. It's been years since that ordeal up in Sothis. I was glad to have you by my side then, as I will be now. Welcome to you all."

Given some time to get to know each other, eventually you return to the Vault of Hidden Wisdom. With the additional resources, expertises and abilities you are better equipped to tackle the no doubt forbidable defenses of this library.

Iseret has last uncovered a pit trap. 50' deep and spiked at the bottom. It's the width of the room, and ten feet across, so getting over it will be a challenge, especially for Tabat's camel Andromeda.

It's an open pit, having been triggered earlier and it hasn't been reset since.

Iseret easily jumps across and with a rope secured around the bronze chest, the others have a way to cross with support. Taking your time, you make it across. The chest is empty.

You see a few ways to go but after checking the corridors, you see the following:



In the central location (marked E2) you see desks piled with scrolls and codices.

Beyond that, at the farthest extent of darkvision (for those that have it; location E3), you see the ends of racks that hold more scrolls.

To the east, at the end of a passage in a small chamber (location E4), two clockwork soldiers have just animated and are coming toward you. Faintly over the din of their clanking, you think you hear a few more coming, but those are out of sight.

Let's say that you're at the intersection just below E1. They are medium sized and moving at normal speed so they'll be upon you in a round or two. What do you do?

Iseret raises her crossbow, aims, and fires at one of the clockwork creations.