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"Let's just try stepping on the slabs with the symbols? We can try out the slab with the diamond next, I'm sure it's safe.", Thorelf says.

Korin "Sounds good nough ta me."

Thorelf, having handed Korin's torch back to him, grabs his stick in one hand and his torch in the other. He moves diagonally from L3 to R4. When on R4, he taps on L5 (diamond pattern) with the stick. If nothing happens, he moves diagonally from R4 to L5.

Korin takes his torch back and lets Thorelf pass by.

Nordbo wrote:Great! Thanks for quick reply GW. As Korin is positioned right on top of an apparently still active electrical trap, I also needed the reply to the question:

2. Is Korin right now kneeling or standing on 'electrical' slab R3 ?

I believe his rock is still on that slab and he is one slab behind it.

Nordbo wrote:Standing or kneeling ?

Kneeling so as to be a bit more stable and less likely to fall.

Korin picks up the rock on the slab moves to that slab to the right of the triangle

( = R3, electrical trap: but Korin is unharmed)

and places the rock on the slab directly in front of the slab his rock was on

( = R4, square pattern, where nothing happens and the boulder settles nicely)

Korin takes his torch back and lets Thorelf pass by.

Kneeling so as to be a bit more stable and less likely to fall.

= Korin is kneeling down on R3, right in the middle of the electrical trap.

Thorelf hands the torch over to Korin successfully. As wood is not conductive, no electrical current jumps from the R3 trap via Korin to Thorelf.

Thorelf, having handed Korin's torch back to him, grabs his stick in one hand and his torch in the other. He moves diagonally from L3

( = triangle pattern)

to R4

( = square pattern, onto which Korin has just pushed his boulder).

Stepping diagonally from L3 to R4 means Thorelf has to avoid an open pit to his left (L4) while not bumping into kneeling Korin on the right (R3), and head for a foothold which is not empty but occupied by a boulder (R4), all while holding a torch in one hand and a stick in the other! Not an impossible feat for a nimble thief, but nevertheless: Sastaz, please roll a d100 followed by 1d8 for Thorelf's balancing act, before we deal with the tapping of the diamond square - thanks.

GW at the same time, please roll 2 (two) new d20 rolls for Korin. That smell of ozone doesn't seem to disappear....

In the middle of their perilous games of stepping stones and voluntary bum-zapping, Thorelf and Korin also have time to glance forwards, and see that beyond row 5, there are two more slabs (hey, why not call them "L6" and "R6") and then the passage comes to an end, with a door on the right half of the wall.

Requested rolls for Thorelf:

[1d100] = 61

[1d8] = 4

Requested Rolls for Korin
Requested Roll [1d20] = 16
Requested Roll [1d20] = 16

OX will follow Korin 2 slabs behind him.

While Korin continues to enjoy having his nether regions tickled by sparks (i e no harm this round) Thorelf skilfully navigates past the edge of pit L4 and safely steps down on R4, where he shares space with the boulder lying there already.
From this position, Thorelf uses his stick to tap on L5 (diamond pattern) with the stick. Nothing happens; he then moves diagonally from R4 to L5. Thorelf is now standing on the slab with an indented diamond pattern and has one more row of slabs ahead, before the wall at the end.

OX will follow Korin 2 slabs behind him.

which equals stepping in a pit...Pls reconfirm

Thorelf looks back and says "Korin, Ox, just step on the slabs I used, the ones with the symbols. The blank ones are trapped!"

Thorelf then takes a closer look at the two slabs in front of him. Do they look like the other unmarked slabs? And what does the door look like? Is that a door handle and hinges? Does the door seem to be made of stone, or wood?

Korin nods "That's me thinkin as well after loosin them rocks. Ox pass word back ta Pheonix an Norbold ta only step on the slabs with symbols."

The two slabs in front of Thorelf look very much like all the other unmarked slabs in this passage.

The door ahead, on the right side of the wall has a handle, hinges and is made of heavy wood, much like the previous ones encountered inside the mound so far.

Is there a small ledge next to the door, i.e. space between the door and the slab R6? It looks like that on the image, sort of a foot?

Thorelf also tries to find any traps on L6/R6. If no traps are found, he pokes them with his stick, R6 first, then L6.