Moving spheres

[Ebiris]

She may as well explore the rest of these caves!

Except for the unhallowed part. That part is forever barred to her.

[Anastasia]

Past the tents is a small passage (as well as some trash from the mercenaries). This leads shortly to a dead end,w here another spring bubbles up. This one's a bit bigger, wider, being fed from above.

As you look about, you see it. A flash of electric blue, a set of beady lizard eyes just peeking out from one of the aquatic tunnels feeding the spring. It is staring right at you.

[Ebiris]

Marie moves up a bit to see if the lizard is still following her position.

Given that she's invisible and incorporeal and masked from divination. Also very small!

[Anastasia]

The lizard's gaze does not follow you, but instead slips back and away, out of sight and down the tunnel.

[Ebiris]

Nasty thing.

And she says that as a peaceful and all-loving eladrin!

Anyway she's probably about done here so she'll go back to Firewind Mine and observe that man who walked through a wall earlier until he wakes up, see what he does then.

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+3
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 4 > [d20=1]

> roll 2d4
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 5 > [d4=1,4]

When you return, you find that the man is lying on his bed, still.

[Ebiris]

Mortals and their silly need for sleep! Can't even trance like an elf. It's fine though, this job requires patience at times too!

[Anastasia]

Within a minute, Marie notices a rather foul smell - the smell of rot begins to tickle her nose.

[Ebiris]

Wait, what? Is he dead? He was fine when she left him here!

She flies over for a closer look.

[Anastasia]

He's quite dead, already cooling to the touch. That and his stomach is rapidly rotting, the smell getting worse by the moment. A blackish liquid leaks out instead of blood, you note.

Dude sucked it up on his saves, including the one a few posts ago. Though once you get in the hole on Fort saves against Con damage, well...

[Ebiris]

Well this is just great. Turning into her (unfortunately naked) humanoid form Marie starts to pick through everything in the room without shame now to see if there's any clues as to what's going on here.

Probably he got stabbed by that guy who just got his head bashed in underground, but were they on the same team and had a disagreement or what? Again this sort of hidey-hole doesn't seem to fit with someone from an off-plane group who's come here on a job.

[Anastasia]

There's a bed, desk, chair, a few chests. One of the chests is a chest of holding, as you previously discovered.

Within the first chest are a few waterskins, a smattering of coins and a few loose gemstones.

The chest of holding is locked. A key or magic is required.

[Ebiris]

Is it a magical lock that Use Magic Device could spoof into opening for her?

[17:42] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+52 UMD
[17:42] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 62 > [d20=10]

If so.

[Anastasia]

It is not. It is a mundane lock.

[Ebiris]

Marie casts shatter on the lock!