D23: Room 1-5 The Temple of the Leaping Oracle; Entryway

 

The main entry into the Temple of the Leaping Oracle. Decked to receive visitors of the religious order that originally lived here. The oddly reclusive Green-Eyed Prophesy cult only rarely receives guests.

Design

A tile mosaic of geometric patterns covers the floor, with a worn crimson rug centered on the grand entrance. Three mosaics. decorate the Coral walls of this chamber. two on the southern wall and one on the northern wall. on the western section of the Southern wall the mosaic depicts a stormy sea with dark clouds and a water elemental forming within a great wave; on the wall's East side is depicted a royal procession. The Northern wall has a mosaic of the setting sun near the western corner.

Entries

Northwest Entry (Secret)

(DC 20 to find) Strong Coral Panel (Hardness 15; 30 hp) This panel is a mosaic of the Setting Sun. Spinning the sun clockwise unlatches the panel. The Panel opens into the Northern Rogue's Chute.

North Central Entry

Unlocked Coral Door (80 hp); this door opens to the morass of Nakaya outside the walls of the Temple

Northeast Entry

Coral Archway opens to a coral corridor that leads to the Northeastern Parapet.

South Entry

Locked Stone Door (DC 15 to open, Hardness 15 (BT 30) 60 hp)

West Entry (Trapped)

Unlocked Stone Door (60 hp) with a Gripilli Spear Trap; the door leads into the Temple's Kitchen.