Round 6

Amidst the desolate landscape of Gravehill, a lone figure emerged from the gathering darkness, silhouetted against the faint glow of Jeane's scrying circle. The air was heavy with tension as the party stood before the cracked threshold of the abandoned church, their eyes fixed on Gravedigger Renn as he clutched the rusted key in his hand.

Silra crouches, pressing her ear to the cold stone. A low rumble vibrates beneath the ground, confirming movement but revealing no clear indication of whether it is a mechanical trap or an undead creature. The floor shudders slightly, leaving a faint echo that may alert the party to the presence of something lurking below.

Jeane drops to one knee and presses her palm flat against the floorboards. She closes her eyes and hums a low incantation, channeling her sorcerous power into the very structure of the church itself—a spell not for protection but for revelation. "I weave a secondary ward to specifically detect hidden traps and pressure plates beneath the floorboards, focusing my sorcerous energy into the stone itself." The magic responds instantly, and Jeane gasps as she feels it spread outward like roots s...

Silra moves to a different section of the floor and listens again, then trace patterns in the dust for signs of recent disturbance—tracks, cracks, pressure points. I'm looking for distinct physical evidence over vague vibrations. The dust shows nothing obviously disturbed, no cracks that weren't always there, but as my fingers slide along a seemingly ordinary flagstone near the western wall, it shifts almost imperceptibly under light pressure. A trap? Or something living pushing up from below?

Sister Hale stands directly between Gravedigger Renn and the street, her posture defensive but non-threatening, mace held low in a stance that suggests ready protection rather than aggression. "Stay behind me," she says quietly, her voice steady despite the tremor in her hands. The rumble beneath them intensifies slightly at her movement, as if responding to the increased presence above.