Zix's Run (IC - Zix. Slgarrett only)

[Grognardsw]

...The torch-lit south corridor extends 30', ending in a shaft down. Halfway down the corridor in the east wall is a strange door:...

[slgarrett]

Zix will grab a torch from the wall and shine it down the shaft.

[Grognardsw]

The shaft goes down about 30', but a few feet down on the north side of it is a man-sized opening. One could hold the top floor edge of the shaft and swing down through the opening (Dex. check at -2 bonus.)

[slgarrett]

Can she see anything inside the man-sized opening?

[Grognardsw]

Zix bends over and extends the torch through the hole. She sees a ceiling, wall, and thinks it is a room. The hole exits up high in the room.

[slgarrett]

Zix will try to swing down..

Zix makes a DEX (17) check at -2: [1d20-2] = 1-2 = -1

..successfully.

[Grognardsw]

Zix is now in a 10'x15' room, torch lit, a door in the west wall, empty save a chest. On it is a sign: "Open me."

An interesting side view showing the vertical depth of your Run thus far.

[slgarrett]

Zix checks the chest for traps..

Zix Makes a Thief Skill Check: [1d100] = 54

..and finds nothing, so she opens it.

[Grognardsw]

The chest is locked.

[slgarrett]

Zix will attempt to pick the lock..

Zix Makes a Thief Skill Check: [1d100] = 64

..but finds that the lock is beyond her skills. What is the chest made of?

[Grognardsw]

It is a wooden chest.

[slgarrett]

Since she can't pick the lock, she'll try prying the wood apart with her dagger.

[Grognardsw]

Please roll Str. Open Doors roll. Thanks.

[slgarrett]

Zix makes an open doors roll (1-3): [1d6] = 5

Darn... this just isn't a great day for her...

Zix curses and hurls the chest against the stone wall in frustration.

[Grognardsw]

Zix hurls the chest. It hits the wall and lands with a thud. There is a door in the west wall.

[slgarrett]

Zix will check the door for traps..

Zix Makes a Thief Skill Check: [1d100] = 1

..successfully.

[Grognardsw]

The careful elf finds neither trap nor lock on the door. It opens out to a 12'x12', torch lit room. A bell tinkles. The room is criss-crossed with strands of fine silk upon which are attached tiny bells. Very tricky to get through without touching a line and tinkling a bell. In the northwest corner, sitting in a chair, is a blind-folded man with a blow dart gun.

In the south wall is a corridor exiting south.

To cross the room in any one direction requires 4 Dex. checks to avoid tinkling a bell. It's like crossing a room full of laser alarms in a spy movie.

[slgarrett]

Zix contemplates just shooting him from here but decides he might know where the key to the trunk is.

Zix makes a DEX (17) check: [1d20] = 4
Zix makes a DEX (17) check: [1d20] = 12
Zix makes a DEX (17) check: [1d20] = 7
Zix makes a DEX (17) check: [1d20] = 14

She easily avoids the wires, and attempts to move in silently behind the blindfolded man...

Zix Makes a Thief Skill Check: [1d100] = 44

...with ease. She draws her dagger, places it to his throat, and whispers, "Not a watchful watchman are we?"

[Grognardsw]

"It seems you passed this room's test successfully, at least reaching me," the blind-folded man says with a smile.

[slgarrett]

Zix's interest is piqued. "Reaching you? There's more?"