Quote Originally Posted by Ironsmith View Post
Another thought occurs to me: is it possible that the portal trap is meant to catch out particularly clever intruders? The new portal leads out into a dead end, which means there's no guarantee the Order can find its way out. If something happens to their trap-finding rogue (like, say, she gets disintegrated by an epic monster), then no matter how well the Order fares in the rest of the dungeon, they're kinda screwed. Heck, can they even get air in there?
Most parties could just teleport out. I can't imagine Serini would go through all this specifically to trap parties that have a high level rogue and a wizard who banned conjuration.