Kherim thinks back for a while trying to remember everything they did before. He checks if the adamantine bars are still down. Then he says to the others:
"Well, we have seen the sphynxes, and tried them, but not the other two statues. I, for one, haven't even checked if they are evil. In the demon room we still have 24 demons, and we know they can be activated by crushing them or by a demon wakening them. There is no immediate reason to think they'll transform into a demon for simple holding them.
As for other options, with the bars down we really don't have much to do here, except try and kill or be killed. Unless, of course, that pressure plate opens the bars as well as it closed them.
So, the options seem to be:
1) try to open the bars by using the pressure plate, so we may have a way out 2) study the remaining two statues, try to understand what they are 3) try to remove one figurine from the table, putting it in a bag or throwing it to the main hall at once so it hopefully (if at all) transforms in a better place to fight it 4) lure one or all demons to the sphynxes and ask for their help to destroy them.
The feeling I have is that these sphynxes might actually be on our side, since I don't feel any evil in them. And there are some things that intrigue me in this tomb. We have found non-evil, even sanctified objects in here: this scimitar, much likely that hammer. There was also a holy room. So, is it possible that this place was not built by the evil we are seeking, but taken and altered by him, and some things he just could not destroy nor displace? Could these sphynxes be such a remnant?
Of course, I'm again being greedy. We should be looking for a way out. But who's to say that doesn't lie with the scarab, the cloak or the statues?"
_________________ ...And all were amazed and said "This guy is really good! He should turn... professional!"
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