Risen From the Sands Pt. 2
General Summary
Garth, Gwen, and Eizer were ready to continue exploring the pyramid that had risen from the sands. Richter had begun carrying the wounded Shiny-scale from the pyramid and was on his way back to the boat. Moving forward cautiously, Garth went into the next room to the west of where they were. Inside, the group discovered two shrines to different gods and a mural of a secret door. Inferring that the mural was trying to communicate a secret, the group spent a good while searching the room. During their searches, they found several other pieces of treasure before finally finding the secret door.
Upon entering the next room, they were greeted by what appeared to be at least a thousand pounds of different riches. Inside was also a mummified human who immediately attacked the group. Eizer kept himself between the mummy and the two casters who held back to support him. It was a slugfest but eventually, the party was able to destroy the mummified creature using necromantic power to disrupt it. With the creature dead, they began to gather up the treasure and divvy it up between them before taking one last sweep through all the rooms they'd been in. They believed that they hadn't explored the whole pyramid.
Just as they were about to begin leaving, the group noticed two secret doors going to the north and south. Choosing the south door, the group walked down a hallway until they came to a large room with two reed boats in it. After some looking around, the group decided to move along. Once the group passed the far boat though, they were attacked by a swarm of scarabs. Unprepared and low on spells, Gwen tried to come up with a plan to burn the bugs but they shied away from the fire. After trying a little longer, both Gwen and Eizer succumbed to their wounds and fell unconscious. Garth tried to help with a spell but ultimately ran with his tail between his legs leaving the other two to be eaten alive. A short time later, he returned and retrieved the skulls of the two freshly cleaned corpses but was unable to gather any of their gear due to the scarabs still being in the room. With that, Garth sailed back to Xiomara with the ship from the South Sea Trading Company leaving most of the rest of the pyramid unsearched and untouched.
Upon entering the next room, they were greeted by what appeared to be at least a thousand pounds of different riches. Inside was also a mummified human who immediately attacked the group. Eizer kept himself between the mummy and the two casters who held back to support him. It was a slugfest but eventually, the party was able to destroy the mummified creature using necromantic power to disrupt it. With the creature dead, they began to gather up the treasure and divvy it up between them before taking one last sweep through all the rooms they'd been in. They believed that they hadn't explored the whole pyramid.
Just as they were about to begin leaving, the group noticed two secret doors going to the north and south. Choosing the south door, the group walked down a hallway until they came to a large room with two reed boats in it. After some looking around, the group decided to move along. Once the group passed the far boat though, they were attacked by a swarm of scarabs. Unprepared and low on spells, Gwen tried to come up with a plan to burn the bugs but they shied away from the fire. After trying a little longer, both Gwen and Eizer succumbed to their wounds and fell unconscious. Garth tried to help with a spell but ultimately ran with his tail between his legs leaving the other two to be eaten alive. A short time later, he returned and retrieved the skulls of the two freshly cleaned corpses but was unable to gather any of their gear due to the scarabs still being in the room. With that, Garth sailed back to Xiomara with the ship from the South Sea Trading Company leaving most of the rest of the pyramid unsearched and untouched.
