Flint casts a knock spell, and the door flies open. What comes out is nothing like what you expected.
A skeletal humanoid spills out into the room. Its claw-like fingers are at least two feet long, and the knife-sharp claws appear to be able to contract and extend in length from one moment to the next. It is about 8 feet tall and weighs about 300 pounds. It is a skeletal creature bound in a decaying robe.
You see briefly beyond it and into the far room.
There are a number of undead creatures loping in there, apparently most of them some sort of zombie or skeleton creatures. There may be more but you cannot tell at the moment looking past this undead monstrosity that stands in the doorway.
In the room beyond, you noticed a strange configuration and device that totally leaves you wondering if you saw what you think you saw, if the laws of gravity have stopped working, or if you have gone insane.
The door opens onto a landing at the top of a freestanding staircase. The stairs lead down to the floor of a cubical room with a radiant blue aura. The room measures
50 feet on each side and is equally tall. In the center of the room, surmounting a stone pedestal, is a colossal machine of curious workmanship. Three enormous,
counter-balanced one-quarter arcs of tarnished brass are mounted on swivels.
The room is unsettling. Six doors exit the room. All have a strange glow about their edges, each one perched at the top of a staircase identical to your own. However, they are oriented completely wrong! Some appear to lead down into the floor. Others lead sideways into walls. One even leads up into the ceiling! Each wall has a pedestal and a torch stand like your own floor, but these, too, seem to defy gravity by standing on the walls and ceiling.
This message was lightly edited by the GM at 21:48, Tue 07 Aug 2012.