The temple portico is lit by flickering torchlight, the shadows casting darkly over and down the well at its centre, but the stairs leading up to the pallisade beyond are shrouded in black. Your elf-eyes see through it all, easily. The two Blackscales lurking behind the pillars, the dracotaur. It's upper torso is that of a<span style="font-style: italic">very</span>powerfully built Blackscale, though the features of its head are a blend of crude lizard and noble dragon, made obvious by the horns that curve down from its head towards its chin. It's lower body is that of a dragon, albiet wingless but nonetheless four-legged, and doubtless with a stomach to match. Its clawed feet and spiked tail lash the stones as it hefts its longspear, ready for any intruder, it intently studies each patch of darkness before moving its gauge. A moment comes, you realise, when it would be possible to slip past it unnoticed and into the temple.<br/><br/>OOC - no DM evilness here, you can slip past the dracotaur and its accompanying lizardfolk unnoticed. A new roll will be required for any deep interaction with any new group inside the temple, or to slip past them again. Any lizardfolk currently in the pallisade part (area A6 on the map, the portico is area A5) are covered by your existing roll).