Lauk didn’t know much about what waited below. He didn’t care much either. When it came to his turn to go down through the Yawning Portal, he easily grabbed the chain with a single, large hand, holding on to his wizard’s staff with the other as the pulley system lowered him down into the depths.

The trip down was utterly dark. When he landed, it was utterly dark. Nobody had seen fit to light a torch yet. He let go of the chain, moving his fingers across the various leather straps attached to his staff until he found the right one. Stroking a hand across it, he felt the shapes of the magical runes, recalling exactly how to cast the spell. Pulling an arm into his shell, he found his various spell components and pulled out some ruby dust, carefully casting the appropriate spell upon the crystal at the peak of his staff.

At first, when he spoke the words and made the appropriate gestures, nothing happened. Then there was a very faint light from within the crystal, which quickly flared up into a flame surrounding the crystal. He put his finger inside it, just to see what happened. He could feel the energies, but there was no heat. He smiled at the horse. It looked stupidly back at him, letting out a faint whinny that echoed through the hollow chamber.

Looking at his surroundings, he tried to see if there was anything of note in the chamber

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[sub]Mechanics: Cast Continual flame (2nd level slot). Used 50GP worth of ruby dust. Will fix inventory later.

[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/rolls/14692]Perception check to look at surroundings by the light of a continual flame.[/url][/sub]