Lost City of Khemsa, Forgotten Kingdom of Verulia, Great Eastern Desert, the World of Hyboria
Day Three. Early afternoon. 15th day of the month of Yuluk, 1279th year of the Age of Aquilonia
Loche and Xorzen continue padding down the new corridor. Its ageless shadows retreat before their advance. They safely find the hallway's terminus: a door leading back into the great hall of heroes. No more ingenious traps of the ancients are found or triggered.
Far behind them, Kiri and Soruk take the broken coffin lid from the sarcophagus of the mummified Verulian.
They heave it up into the burrow entrance in the ceiling as Zahra readies a javelin and cries, "Be careful! I think it's coming!"
The amazon is right. The chittering echoes of another tentacled, monstrous grub grow louder as Kiri and Soruk quickly shift the slab into place and barricade the hole.
Movement and rustling comes from above. The writhing leviathan insectoid is standing on the barrier separating it from its prey. The slab doesn't budge.
At the commotion, Amethu looks up from his spell tome and Mako awakens from his brief nap and asks, "Are we resting here or not?"
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Map Detail:
Lighter areas are visible. All else is from memory.
Map:
PC Status:
- Amethu: Verulian Grand Magus Cleric/Magic-User 2/1: Move: 9", AC: 4, HP: 6/10, Spells: 4/6 1st lvl
Arthfael Griogarach: Cimmerian Northman Druid 3: Move: 12", AC: 6, HP: 11/17, Spells: 5/5 1st lvl, 3/4 2nd lvl and 1/2 3rd lvl, Lantern
Garrin Locke: Argosian Atlantean Paladin 2: Move: 12", AC: 4(2), HP: 15/18, Laying Hands: 0/1
Kiri Khutan: Kambujan Easterner Fighter/Magic-User 1/1: Move: 9", AC: 4, HP: 6/7, Spells: 1/2 1st lvl
Loche: Pict Savage Thief 3: Move: 9", AC: 5, HP: 18/18
Mako: Khitan Easterner Illusionist 2: Move: 12", AC: 7(5), HP: 6/6, Spells: 1/2 1st lvl
Soruk: Verulian Osoran Cleric/Fighter 1/1: Move: 12", AC: 6(5), HP: 9/9, Spells: 3/3 1st lvl
Xorzen: Verulian Osoran Monk 2: Move: 16", AC: 8, HP: 12/12, Lantern
Zahra: Verulian Amazon Fighter 2: Move: 12", AC: 3, HP: 13/16, Torch
- Protection from Evil (Garrin): -2 to AC and +2 to saving throws against evil, in a 10 foot radius around Garrin.
Healing Mists of Osorus (All except Amethu and Zahra): All lost HP recovered with 8 hours of sleep. Wakeful rest, or sleeping less than 8 hours, enables recovery of 1 HP per hour. Duration: "months."