Eh, I survived 2 could've-been crushings, some poison, and a drop into a spiked pit. Suppose I'll invite myself to Meatshield Tea.
While we're relaxing, I'll take a moment to review what we know about this place:
- The walls of this place seem to regularly glow with Conjuration magic, no matter what room we're in.
- The Green demon mouth in the entry hall appears to eat things and glows like Necromancy.
- The walls were decorated with a wizard's library and lab, a scary monster-behind-a-barred-door fresco, and a bunch of animal-human hybrids.
- There's now a second Misty Arch with 3 differently colored gems.
- The illusionary circles in here seem to have things behind them.
- Acerak left a cryptic note for adventurers.
I'm thinking that the first bit of the note relates to the colored orbs in this room. Thoughts?
ACERERAK CONGRATULATES YOU ON YOUR
POWERS OF OBSERVATION. SO MAKE OF THIS
WHATEVER YOU WISH, FOR YOU WILL BE MINE IN
THE END NO MATTER WHAT!
Go back to the tormentor or through the arch,
and the second great hall you’ll discover.
Shun green if you can, but night’s good color
is for those of great valor.
If shades of red stand for blood the wise
will not need sacrifice aught but a loop of
magical metal—you’re well along your march.
Two pits along the way will be found to lead
to a fortuitous fall, so check the wall.
These keys and those are most important of all,
and beware of trembling hands and what will maul.
If you find the false you find the true
and into the columned hall you’ll come,
and there the throne that’s key and keyed.
The iron men of visage grim do more than
meets the viewer’s eye.
You’ve left and left and found my Tomb
and now your soul will die.
The spheres on the western wall are, from north to south:
A gold sphere held a naga above her head (obviously you came out of this one).
An orange sphere held by a mummy to cover its naughty bits.
A purple sphere held on the ground by a minotaur's cloven hoof.
A bronze sphere held by a nymph to cover her 'modesty', though it can't be very modest if she's left her chest bare like that.
A grey sphere placed on an owlbear's shoulders.
A bright blue sphere at a sahuagin's feet. If you have no clue what a sahuagin is, you're not alone. According to Google it's some kind of four-armed sea-lizard.
A white sphere above a red slaad's head. I have nothing witty here.
A turquoise sphere perched on a satyr's shoulder like one of those stereotypical devils.
A scarlet sphere held by a mind flayer where its naughty bits would be, assuming that it had any.
And finally a pale green sphere held at a Medusa's feet. Obviously this is one of those Medusas who actually have feet.
The spheres on the eastern wall are, from north to south:
A pale blue sphere perched on a werewolf's shoulder.
A silver sphere between the feet of a four-armed gargoyle. Said gargoyle looks nothing like the gargoyle statue you already found, if you were wondering, due to lack of horns and general expression of killiness.
The next four spheres were the ones shown in the graphic.
A green sphere held high above a half-orc's head.
A yellow sphere held by a falcon-man like he's competing in some sort of shot-put competition.
A pink sphere apparently held by a yuan-ti.
And bringing up the rear a black sphere in the feet of a hydra.
Not shown on the picture is a pale violet sphere on a kuo-toa's shoulder's, like he's lifting a heavy load.
A red sphere held by skeleton to hide its lack of naughty bits.
A buff sphere laying by a wizard's feet. The GM was surprised to learn that buff is a legitimate colour (it's yellow-brown if you're wondering).
And finally an indigo sphere held by a batwoman above her head like she's a cheap-knock off superhero.
To keep things simple, here's two lists. The first one shows you which spheres were illusionary but had no harm to the torch. The second one shows which ones were illusionary and harmed the torch. Sound good?
gold
orange
bronze
bright blue
silver
black
red
None. All illusionary spheres are guaranteed to be 100% totally safe. Really!
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