From the windows to the walls... Dark Tower II.

[DM Bob]

Laahk, Pallia, Kem, Abez, & Yiska:

The noises did indeed refer the other party members and Hurk's getting zapped by curses. The door to this room is shut and was originally bypassed by Laahk in 2 dimensions. Does anyone open the door?

Edit: Laahk detects nothing on the other end of the door that he did not see before. No additional noise.

***

Hurkess, Mak, Kri-cht & Kleys:

Hurk, seemingly fine with the strange magics that has transformed her, begins to search the lower part of the spider web room. One smashed bunk from the upper room lies here, as well as the decimated remains of what may've been a large wooden bed frame, the shards of a chamber pot, and bones - gnawed and pitted with acid. The door here is the only apparent means of egress (barring the ceiling of course).

This is while Mak and the others remain topside and look about the weakened floor room. Upon closer inspection, you believe that this may have been a barrack of some sort. Nothing remains undamaged or destroyed. You begin to investigate the walls for secrets as the junk is useless unless used as tinder or logs for a campfire.

Kri-kcht sees what he thinks is an outline of a door in the east wall. I will mark on the map link with a marker instead of redrawing for the moment.

darksunsouthtablelands.obsidianportal.com/maps/127616

[Attilius]

The ghostly Hurkette rises up out of the spider room then lowers into the other room. As she moves she says to the topside team
"Didn't find anything down there except a door. Scouting the second smaller room below now..."

We can wait for the others to post their actions with the South door before we advance any replies here. -Bob

[Deleted]

Mak will help the others by searching the empty barracks, his lower point of view and ability to easily look under and around things letting him poke into the nooks and crannies.

"Call out if anyone needs help. Let's not poke around too much before we head back to heal up and rest."

((d6 roll for secret doors, south wall: 2))

((Mak 30/42 hp AC 6 (4 vs evil), Detect Evil x/50rnds, Protection from Evil x/24 rnds. Spells Remaining 1st: 3/6, 2nd: 2/5, 3rd: 5/5, 4th: 2/3))

[Skrye [AC3; 48/48HP]]

- Kem looks with the sight for any salvaging piece of something that could be salvaged into a weapon or spider mandibles or claws - Agree, better not split much...

Being in the hallway, with no debris to speak of - waiting at the door with Laahk and Pallia and Abez? You find no such things. Perhaps if you tried the door? -Bob
[OOC: I'll do that then]

[DM Bob]

Mak finds a burl in the wooden floor near the outline Kri-kcht discovered. You think it might be man-made, perhaps a trigger to the door itself.

[Attilius]

Jun 19, 2021 7:36:08 GMT -12 @rpgagmjay said:

"Call out if anyone needs help. Let's not poke around too much before we head back to heal up and rest."

"Agreed. Just searching these three rooms..." she nods

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Jun 19, 2021 7:56:19 GMT -12 DM Bob said:

Mak finds a burl in the wooden floor near the outline Kri-kcht discovered. You think it might be man-made, perhaps a trigger to the door itself.

"Kleys! I found something!! You want to come give this a look?!"

Mak's going to leave it completely alone as this sort of thing isn't in his wheel house.

[DM Bob]

OOC: Laahk/Alex has some real life craziness going on, so I'll advance slightly, if only to keep things in sync.

The door is not apparently trapped and you decide to open the thing and check out the room.

But...

The door slams shut. A locking sound is heard (ironically since there's no apparent lock!!!). Then the door glows yellowish-green briefly. Any further attempts to open the door reveal that it's stuck and giving no yield.

Laahk still does not detect anything new on the other side (at least within the normal spectrum of detection).

[DM Bob]

Hurk can begin to explore the room he first fell into, different than the spider room.

Tell me exactly what you look at first. Doors, walls, bed, tables, etc...

[ascieszl]

"Yeah, let me take a look."


Kleys will come in behind Mak and check out his finding (54/40% - fail).

[Attilius]

Jun 19, 2021 13:29:45 GMT -12 DM Bob said:

Hurk can begin to explore the room he first fell into, different than the spider room.

Tell me exactly what you look at first. Doors, walls, bed, tables, etc...

HurK concentrates on seeing any arcane frequencies before she begins her insubstantial search...

[See Magic 19, rolled 11]

HurK begins her search with the south wall and any furniture there (looks like a table and 6 chairs?)

She move counterclockwise, searching the wall then any furniture there, and so on.

[-92 PsP's
-20 HP]

[DM Bob]

Perfect.

No magic is seen...

Until you look at the door in the SW wall. There is a rune, quite malevolent looking that radiates dark magics.

The slate topped table, heavy agafari wood chairs and the bed are in great condition given the age of the ruins... if a bit dusty. As you look to the east wall? You believe you've found the outline to a hidden passage, the stone just seems a little lighter colored. About five feet up and to the right of this? A pale blue painted circle, perhaps the size of a halfling's thumb is seen.

Since you've spend a few minutes looking? I'll flesh out the rest of the map. There is one more door about the west corner, this one does not have an occult rune on it. So that's good.

darksunsouthtablelands.obsidianportal.com/maps/127789

Kleys is pretty sure nothing is trapped.

[Attilius]

HurK rises up out the room to join the others in the "battle illusion" room and help them with their search.

She does a 360 scan of the room with her "arcane magic sight"

Once complete she states "I've found a secret door and a magic trap on the rooms main door."

[Deleted]

Since Kleys cleared the switch, Mak will attempt to activate it by stepping on it.

"Any idea what it does?"

[ascieszl]

(Do I?)