Session 3: Into the Crypt we go Report

General Summary

Wyren and Mika go back up to the surface to recuperate. Shei and Tak continue on to explore this strange crypt and the notice that smoke seems to be coming out of a small slit in the stone wall. Pushing on it, they reveal a secret chamber with a corpse, a strange elderly man in green robes, a pile of coins, and a chest.    This wizard introduces himself as Garuman the Green and he came to the tomb with his two traveling companions, Adam Silversmith and Dayle Delve. The corpse of a dwarf turns out to be Adam; and Tak and Wyren are saddened that they will have to tell Lenora her father is dead.   Some silver and gold is discovered along with a ruby worth 50 gp and a statue of a silver man.   At this time, Garuman mentions that Adam did not have any children or a wife. They begin to question the wizard about Adam and find that several things are not adding up.   Walking out the party finds another secret door that proceeds down a corridor where a staircase goes down into the darkness. At the base of the stairs is a large chamber with 4 stone columns leading up to a marble altar with a statue of a warrior of stone. Illusionary coins cascade onto the altar and then disappear.   Garuman recognizes that the statue is actually Dayle; having been turned to stone. Shei decided to sit on the altar and found himself beginning to turn to stone as well. Using his  lay on hands ability, Tak manages to return Dayle to flesh and blood with a special connection to his Spirit.    Unsure of what to do, the party brings Dayle up to the first level and leaves him by the entrance. They proceed to check out several other chambers. Fighting a magmin, they find a candle of the deep.   In the hallway, they spot a coin inside the fountain that is submerged in a diluted acid bath. Across from that is a small chamber with a wooden tabernacle with bloody fingernail writing is discovered.  

This place is maddening, my friends and i came in here expecting to find treasure but so far all we have found is traps and monsters. A voice... I hear a voice.... it is telling me to take the stone, coin, and silver statue to the altar... Utter the words 'Give me my darkest desire' three times. I have not found an altar yet, hopefully soon.

  One of the first chambers the party could have entered has a gargoyle in it, in its hand was a small stone. Being overwhelmed the gargoyle tried to flee and was cut down. The stone tumbled from its grasp.   With two out of the three items; the party finds the coin at the base of the fountain, in diluted Acid. Shei finds a solution to that and turns his left arm to stone. He uses it as a shovel and slings the coin out.   A small puzzle of a strange compass is easy enough for the party to bypass, by jumping on a "o" for out button. This strange mosiac also had the holy symbol of Graddios on it.   Descending back to the second level, the party places the objects on the altar and chants. The stone breaks into a diamond worth 100 gp, the coin turns into a compass, and the statue shatters into a pipe.   The Illusionary coins change into a strange face that speaks to the party.

"You have placed the offerings at my altar and for such, you will be rewarded with your greatest desire. If you can find my lost temple. Seek the greatest hoarder, only with his tooth can you unlock the door that is sealed in the great dwarven mine of the ancients. Seek the statue of the one who made it all possible. If you are strong enough, you may have a chance at my riches."

  The party returns to the surface and rests in the graveyard.   The next morning is the 12th day of the Orange Moon in the year 436