The Tomb of Xuthalhotep and Ankhara, Fourth Tier of the Great Pyramid
Lost City of Khemsa, Forgotten Kingdom of Verulia, Great Eastern Desert, the World of Hyboria
Day Five. Late morning?, 17th day of the month of Yuluk, 1279th year of the Age of Aquilonia
Armed with the blessings of the ages-dead pharaoh and his queen, the explorers ready to descend to the dread underground city of the demon god.
After Xorzen fails to find any secret doors in the treasure vault, Garrin of Atlantis miraculously heals the masked monk with his bare hands! (+6hp)
Then they set off on what might be their final journey. They backtrack through the ancient crypts of the Great Pyramid, climbing into the false tomb via the hole in the wall, opening the towering doors carved millennia ago with a hieroglyphic curse, squeezing past the thin crack in the cyclopean stone work, scrambling over the rubble pile of misplaced broken blocks, under the crawlspace of the stone that didn't fall true, creeping on their bellies beneath the diabolical pendulum blade deathtrap in the hall of statues, prostrating themselves at the feet of the colossal likenesses of Xuthalhotep and Ankhara taking their rightful place alongside the ancient deities of Verulia, and finally they pass through the secret door.
Soon they open the hidden trapdoor set into the floor (at "f"), revealing a rough hewn natural cavern hiding just below the floor, with a rope ladder descending into the cold, ageless darkness.
The Verulians, Amethu, Xorzen and Zahra, know this to be the winding subterranean tunnel down to the underground city where dwells the horrific demon god Zargoth the Destroyer and all those poor souls doomed to suffer forever beneath his merciless yoke.
Actions?!
Map Detail:
One square = 10 feet. Lighter areas are visible, all else is from memory.
Map:
PC Status:
- Amethu: Verulian Grand Magus Cleric/Magic-User 3/2: Move: 9", AC: 4, HP: 10/14, Spells: 0/7 1st lvl, 0/3 2nd lvl
Garrin Locke: Argosian Atlantean Paladin 3: Move: 12", AC: 3(1), HP: 26/26, Laying Hands: 0/1
Kiri Khutan: Kambujan Easterner Fighter/Magic-User 2/2: Move: 9", AC: 3, HP: 14/14, Spells: 1/3 1st lvl
Loche: Pict Savage Thief 4: Move: 9", AC: 5, HP: 13/18, Torch
Mako: Khitan Easterner Illusionist 3: Move: 12", AC: 7(5), HP: 10/10, Spells: 1/2 1st lvl, 1/1 2nd lvl,
Xorzen: Verulian Osoran Monk 3: Move: 17", AC: 6, HP: 8/16
Zahra: Verulian Amazon Fighter 3: Move: 12", AC: 3, HP: 19/21, 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."