Lost City of Khemsa, Forgotten Kingdom of Verulia, Great Eastern Desert, the World of Hyboria
Day Ten. Midday?, 23rd day of the month of Yuluk, 1279th year of the Age of Aquilonia
The explorers dock the Dark Ship in the frightful alien harbor of the Island of Death.
The looming primeval pylons embody a blasphemous geometry that evokes half-glimpses of other spaces, other dimensions. The shadows too are wrong and disconcerting, as if cast by towers unseen. The adventurers are disoriented to the point of nausea.
Xorzen stares in disbelief, to no avail. There is no movement nor sound, and the air is rank with an indescribable stench.
By the sickly fungal illumination, they see no path but the devil's causeway. Its stones worn smooth from countless human sacrifices being carried across them, it leads them into the deepest regions of the cavern, and then on into the unsettling ruins that seemingly violate all natural law.
Grotesque and oppressive stone structures bear pictoglyphs from across gulfs of time without measure.
Pools of stagnant water gather everywhere.
The path ends at a towering stair that leads up into a doorway of stygian darkness.
Before it and to the left, a blight of strange black vines flourish. Within them lies a grisly sight.
Four pale dead bodies in various states of decomposition are woven into the ebon stalks that pin them against a crumbling wall. (at the X's) The loathsome vines have wormed their way inside the bodies’ eyes, ears, mouths, and open wounds. In horror, the adventurers suddenly realize the corpses are still moving!
Actions?!
Map:
One square = 10 feet.
PC Status:
- Amethu: Verulian Grand Magus Cleric/Magic-User 3/2: Move: 9", AC: 4, HP: 11/14, Spells: 7/7 1st lvl, 2/3 2nd lvl, Lantern
Cruloc: Cimmerian Northman Barbarian 3: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 31/45
Garrin: Argosian Atlantean Paladin 3: Move: 12", AC: 3(1), HP: 21/26, Laying Hands: 1/1
Kiri Khutan: Kambujan Easterner Fighter/Magic-User 3/2: Move: 9", AC: 3, HP: 19/19, Spells: 3/3 1st lvl
Loche: Pict Savage Thief 4: Move: 9", AC: 5, HP: 24/25
Mako: Khitan Easterner Illusionist 4: Move: 12", AC: 7(5), HP: 12/12, Spells: 3/3 1st lvl, 2/2 2nd lvl
Tjoruy: Verulian Osoran Cleric 4: Move: 9", AC: 3, HP: 26/31, Spells: 3/5 1st lvl, 2/4 2nd lvl
Xorzen: Verulian Osoran Monk 3: Move: 17", AC: 6(4), HP: 16/16
Zahra: Verulian Amazon Fighter 4: Move: 12", AC: 3, HP: 17/29
- 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 (Garrin, Kiri, Loche, Mako and Xorzen have breathed of the mists): 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."
Invisibility (Mako): Target: self.
