Broken Catacombs - 2

As the party completed restoring their third sarcophagus a dark shadow moved out of an unexplored hallway to attack the party.  It firstly pushed and immobilized Pretis, Lythandar and Melisana.  Mara moved up to attack the shadow and Gofin attacked with her Noose.  After Demin took a shot at the monster it whaled on Mara quickly blooding her as she felt isolated from the rest of the party.  Free to move again Pretis moved up next to the shadow, essentially bottling it up in a corner.  Demin, Gofin, Melisana and Lythandar peppered it with ranged affects while Alhellara applied healing to the party and also added her own Radiant damage.  It didn't take long before the shadow fell.

Broken Catacombs

Having just destroyed all of the gaming tables in the luxurious room the party decided to take a 5 minute rest.  Demin having gone through the trap door pushed on south in the passageway carved from native rock.  The rest of the party examined the room with Mara trying to retrieve a "magical" light from the chandelier to no avail.  Melisana did an Arcana check in the room and had a sudden vision.

Play With Us

After dispatching the "Eladrin" and the Scarab Swarms the party set about investigating the Sundial.  The burning brazier seemed magical as it revolved around a stone pillar set with a sundial.  The brazier's revolution remained constant, causing the light to move from one number to the next at intervals of one minute; at that pace , a full "day" passed every 24 minutes.  Three other runes on the floor and walls were illuminated every "hour".  Lythandar made a careful note of which runes were illuminated at each "hour", while Mara and Melisana attempted to decipher the runes or any other mystic purpose associated with the sundial.  Alhellara was intent on interpreting the runes which covered the ceiling, floor and walls of the chamber but she failed to decipher any meaning from them.  Demin moved to the only exit from the room, peeking outside while being warned by the others of the obelisks they had seen in that area. 

Damsel in Distress

After a short rest the party moved to the spiral staircase heading up into the oddly shaped building which stood on 50' stilt like columns.  Pretis lead the way up, finding an open entryway into the building.  The building walls were made up of strange curves, bend and angles with rope bridges leading out to the top of the cliff.  As Pretis entered the western end she found it mostly empty.  In the eastern area there was a table with miniature terrain elements laid out on it under some clear covering.  Mara and Melisana decided to investigate the table while Alhellara moved to the edge of the northern rope bridge.  The tableau appeared to be a map and they recognized the building in which they stood.