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"Bregalad, Lanny," says Marodin. "One of you needs to put your foot through that door."

Lanny the elf

Lanny steps forward to the door.

"You know, they really need to teach lock picking in the monasteries... Let's try the hobgoblin's key first, maybe it will work on this door too..."

If the key does not work, the invisible Lanny will sheathe his sword, back up, and charge at the door shoulder first.

frobozz wrote:

(Finglas, I guess whichever one of us has the chance to post first can make the first attempt on any future locked doors, since Bregalad and Lanny both have Strength 15.)

Bregalad the elf
Bregalad will attempt to force the door open, if Lanny's attempts are unsuccessful.

Lanny takes a few steps back and rushes into the door. The result is perhaps a bit anti-climactic, given that Lanny is invisible and no one can therefore see him rebound off the door as if he had been hit by a giant's club. Rubbing his shoulder, he puts his ear to the door and listens, but hears nothing amiss.

Bregalad calls for Lanny to step back and, flexing his panther-like muscles he takes a shot at forcing the door open. This time, all can see the mighty elf bounce off the door, a resistable force meeting an unmovable object. It is almost as if the door were treated with some sort of elf-repellant, so violently are they rebuffed.

Thordin the dwarf will do his best to cover his smile, hefting his warhammer.

"Guess we do this the hard way..."

Bregalad the elf

"Achh! This door resists my mighty efforts!"

Seeing Thordin pull out his war hammer, the elf stands aside and puts away his smaller (but functional) hammer.

Lanny the elf

Rubbing his sore shoulder, Lanny approaches Thordin and Marodin at the door.

"Before you throw out your shoulders using those warhammers, you might first see if there is a magical barrier placed upon this door. We have already seen the presence of Alphatian magic in this castle... That would certainly explain why two strong and sturdy elves such as Bregalad and myself could not bring down a simple locked door..."

The shield detects no magic.

It takes several minutes, but the door is finally reduced to splinter's under Thordin's relentless assault. Beyond the doorway is a ten-foot long corridor that branches in three directions. The north and south branches travel for twenty feet before terminating in closed doors. The western branch is only ten feet long.

Lanny the elf

Lanny examines all three passages beyond the splintered door.

"What is the purpose of this short dead end passage to west? Perhaps the original passage was sealed off at some point..."

Lanny walks over to the western wall and begins to search it for any evidence of sealed or hidden doors.

Lanny the elf

Lanny blinks hard and shakes his head a few times as he looks at the western wall.

"My apologies... the door is standing right in front of me. Apparently, my knock on the last door has knocked some sense out of me... Well, shall we try the western door anyway? I just pray that all of these doors are not similarly locked..."

Drudsa nods in agreement with Lanny.

Marodin follows Lanny.

sulldawga wrote:Marodin follows Lanny.

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The western door is examined and determined to be unlocked and free of traps. No noises can be heard through the stout oak.

Lanny the elf

After the western door is searched, Lanny draws his sword and takes his place in the marching order as he waits for the door to be opened.

"Let's go..."