[Part of the Party Time journal]
After a rest stop in the fortified town of Galduria where Valeros also buys mammoth hide as part of a legerdemain ploy he's preparing to use on the giants, the team almost dies investigating a nearby barn with mutilated animals and facing six giant mastiffs and their six ogre masters (who happen to be rolling really well this fight). Lucky no one dies, and the team returns to town to rest up before heading out again, taking a small diversion to follow a map that was in Uwu's possession.
It leads them to some ruins in the forest where they easily beat three black skeletons and a skele champ. Valeros being generous with 6 platinum dropped into a magic fountain opens some stairs down into the darkness where Ezren quickly guesses that everyone needs to keep their eyes closed or be trapped in a forever loop.
At the bottom, a statue of Death with the inscription of "play dead for me" is easily solved by Valeros on the nearby piano (technically Lyrielle had to do it since Valeros isn't musical), followed by a five tomb puzzle (which DL later revealed he pinched from Neverwinter Online, something I haven't played for awhile!) that was solved by Merisiel. A statue holding a bloody cup is the last "puzzle" which creates a clone of Valeros when he puts a drop of his blood in.
Kyra hits it with half a fireball and Ezren whacks it with magic missile (both harming Valeros directly) before Valeros can just sprint at his doppelganger to "rejoin" ala the original Prince of Persia game. The statue then moves aside to reveal an ancient "Vault No.3" with some really nice magic gear that the team happily plunders!
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