Proclamation Chamber

Proclamation Chamber (#15/31; #227/365)

"This is large chamber with multiple exits in the south wall. All the walls are covered in various inscriptions depicting heroes dying by a multitude of different means. As you stare about you, in the middle of the dusty floor by a bare stone podium, a glowing green apparition materializes; even as a phantasm it is little more than bones and rotting bandages. Observing yourselves, it strides forwards, gesticulating at your choices onward, via a stone slab of a door on either the right or left wall of this chamber, while intoning a long and bizarre chant in a language you may not understand."

Contents: The phantasm is G'vul Otep, a GREATER SPECTRE and herald of the challenges faced by Heroes as they embark upon the Road to Bisu. G'vul speaks only Djaratian and will attack anyone who fails to comprehend them. Essentially the choice is a simple declaration of left or right, but in Djaratian mythology this is riven with significance; left indicates sorcery and shortcuts best left untampered with, while right indicates martial might and brute strength, but a disturbing lack of intelligence! What will the Heroes decide?

Stats:

G'vul Otep, GREATER SPECTRE, SKILL 10 STAMINA 14, 2 Attacks, Large Claw. Only harmed by magic weapons. Anyone wounded must lost 1 SKILL point on  a roll of 1-5 on a die at the end of the battle.

In a secret compartment at the back of the podium can be found a heavily annotated series of papyrus scrolls. This is a condensed version of the Djaratian Book of the Dead, with many subsequent alterations made in Vatosian and Ancient Allansian, commenting on the best route forwards through the Road to Bisu.