Rat Race

The party sets out again, exploring the crypts under the shrine.  Into the next room there is a  groaning noise heard, and a bunch of empty bottles in the corner.  But peeking into the next room, rats.  Not the most exciting battle, more disgusting really.  Not to be outdone, the next room contained even more rats.

After a quick clean up, and a fresh round of optimism, the party moves into the next room and wonders, "can there possibly be any more rats?"  The answer, is of course, yes.

Moving on, the next room contains an impossibly tall gentleman, in a shiny breastplate, brandishing a scimitar.  Smiling, he closes into combat.  And just as the party seems to get him on the ropes, he disappears.  The scorpion in the next room fights until the bitter end, and there is a note scratched into the wall in goblin on the south wall:  "the mirror of deception shall be restored when light becomes shadow and the oath is broken."  slimy floor?  No one wants to know.

Going into the next room, everyone in the party is thinking "wow, there must have been a sale on rats when they stocked this place."  But what they should be worried about is, what are all those rats eating?

The next room has a sundered shield lying in it with "emerald, black, iron, black" written on wall. Labyrinth tiles line the next room where Kushi discovers and disables a falling block trap.

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Session Characters:  Kushi, Lars, Luce, Billy
Session XP:  2121 XP each
Session Loot:  43 GP, 300 SP, 900 CP, alabaster (8 GP), obsidian (10 GP), onyx (50 GP), painting of a noblewoman (50 GP), oil of bless weapon (50 GP), potion of guidance (25 GP), potion of remove sickness (50 GP), scroll of protection from law (25 GP), scroll of touch of the sea (25 GP), wand of bleed (375 GP), 22 GP, 12 SP, 60 CP, lapis lazuli (10 GP), scroll of bull's strength, wand of protection from chaos, 71 GP, 10 SP, aquamarine (550 GP), azurite (11 GP), carnelian (45 GP), carnelian (55 GP), chrysoberyl (80 GP), green spinel (45 GP), onyx (55 GP), opal (400 GP), saltwater pearl (110 GP), smoky quartz (35 GP), turquoise (11 GP), carved ivory scroll case (60 GP), gold statue of a dragon (110 GP), 2 ivory drinking horn with copper ends (60 GP), ivory drinking horn with silver ends (110 GP), painting of a queen (750 GP).