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Tamerlaine wrote:Figgis studies the lump for moment, studying it. Does it move? How big is it? If it doesn't move he will pick up a pebble if any from the ground and toss it at the lump.

Figgis already tossed a pebble at the lump of copper. I figured this was overlooked.


Noting the door ahead, Figgis slowly approaches it all tense and alert. With Galan beside him, the ugly dwarf turns to the gnome, his voice a whisper. Let's look fer traps

If nothing is discovered, Figgis will press an ear to the door away from the ring and listen for any noises.

Dandelion keeps watch. She thinks about using her trident to remove the cloth and stab into the copper. But, sensing the risks of a trap, she withstands the temptation.

Figgis and Galan look carefully over the door. Galan checks the floor and ceiling, looking for loose stones or other trickery that may harm the party.

DM rolls dice

They find nothing out of the ordinary. The rough grey stone yields no suspicious cracks nor loose stone.

Figgis presses his ear to the wooden door

DM rolls dice

and hears nothing on the other side.

Date: 25 Culling, Year 44
Time: 07:33
Conditions: 44F, damp
Known Spells in Effect: None
Light bearers: Yenny's light
Intended Direction of Travel: In the orc stronghold
Injury Status: None

Kablambicus

"Hello? Up front? What's the hold up?"

Galan tries the door.

SH! Hyde sharply but quietly shushes the Mage. He smells Orc here, and it makes him uncomfortable and tense.

Galan pushes on the door. It doesn't budge. The little gnome, adorned in his half-moon-covered robe, pushes harder. It still refuses to yield.

Kablambicus

Nods, oblivious to Hyde's meaning and turns around to Chet. "Sh!" turns back around and leans forward eyeing the door. "This is the holdup? A door? I can take care of that. Hmmm... lets see... fireball... that would be nice... no... damn. Wrong scroll. Hmmm. A magic missile?"

Dandelion looks on, unimpressed with their attempts to push open the door. She eventually volunteers herself, muttering something about job done man job done right woman.

Angus squints skeptically at the pile of copper coins. "Don't much see the point of leaving a honking pile of gold out like that," he says. "You reckon we're supposed to be tempted by that? Or is it just a cheap way to cover something with a whole bunch of heavy?"

If it be a whole buncha heavy, Hyde hisses, We get it on our way back,
yeahh.

If necessary, Chet braces himself for a shoulder charge and rushes the door.

Strength roll [1d100] = 64

Kablambicus considers using magic to destroy the door, but instead steps aside as the thickly muscled Dandelion takes a run at the door.

Dandelion [1d100] = 82

The *BOOM* resonates throughout the corridor as the half-orc warrior/fashionista connects. Yet the door remains shut. Chet is next, and takes a run at the door. Another BOOM, perhaps a bit fainter, echoes again. The door appears slightly damaged, but there is no sign of it opening. Quite unexpected for a door with no locking mechanism.

Angus and Hyde continue to wonder about the pile of copper covered in cloth, but leave it alone for now. The ranger remembers chopping down a wooden door in the goblin lair with his axe, estimating it would take 4-5 minutes to hack a hole through this one.

Actions?

Date: 25 Culling, Year 44
Time: 07:34
Conditions: 44F, damp
Known Spells in Effect: None
Light bearers: Yenny's light
Intended Direction of Travel: In the orc stronghold
Injury Status: None

Yenny belatedly considers the wisdom of silencing magic while she hefts her weapon in anticipation. She mumbles a little as the banging continues, "Knock, knock, knockin' on orc's doors."

"I reckon sauntering up to the front door and knocking is one way to do it," muses Angus. "Ain't rightly what I'd call stealthy, though."

He looks again at the pile of copper, a bemused look on his face. "Any y'all got a shovel? I got a hankerin' to see what's under there."

Kablamicus Rex

Eyeing the door and he chuckles. "Well, now I am impressed. This is a magically locked door. It will require a dispelling or a knock spell to open it. We had these within the guild. You could remove the hinges from the door itself and it would still hold fast."

Chet doesn't really understand many of the magician's words. Instead, he takes a run at the door and delivers it a flying kick!

Hyde has seen enough of the copper pile. If Ugly Chet's mighty kick has no effect on the door, he will try to smash it. I don't like this, no, don't like it none. Them Orcs, they be hearing us slammin' things around hyah, they be settin' a whole gob of traps for us, yeahh.

Kablamicus

"Oh, to hell with this... Stand back! Cultis Forte Fiveh!" Cast Magic Missile at the door. Purple spheres crackling with red lightning slam into the door where the latch is connected.

Initiative Kablam [1d6] = 1 Hyde [1d6] = 6

Chet crashes into the door again with an 'oof.' It splinters just a bit more. Hyde pulls his axe from the straps on his back and begins to hack at the wooden structure. The half-orc's strength enables him to hack a hole in it large enough for all in the party to fit through, though he raises a tremendous racket. The cracking of wood reverberates through the hallway, and into the room beyond the door.

Kablambicus, wracking his memory for the right words, remembers his magic missile spell only after the center of the door is destroyed. He gets to save this spell for another use (unless, of course, he wants to cast it again).

Figgis steps through the door, still firmly held in place by its frame. Yenny's object throws light into the room. Stalagmites Stalactites, 2-4' long, hang from a ceiling 15' above. Rocks litter the uneven ground in the rectangular 50'x30' room. Wooden doors are built into the northern and western wall. They are shut. A door to the eastern wall hangs slightly open, but Figgis isn't in a good position to see what lies beyond.

This room, too, is silent.

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Date: 25 Culling, Year 44
Time: 07:36
Conditions: 44F, damp
Known Spells in Effect: None
Light bearers: Yenny's light
Intended Direction of Travel: In the orc stronghold
Injury Status: None