Rise of the Runelords [The Skinsaw Murders] (IC)

[digiman619]

Zada walks to the entrance of the hallway; close enough to rush in if needed, but far out enough not to get in the way.

[lostsole31]

The passageway turns north and is only 5' long past the dorner before it gets to another door.

Norton catches up with the others, bringing light to the rear.

[DrK]

Draegra

Draegra looks at the door and approaches cautiously. He then places an ear against it and listens carefully, scanning the door with his magical senses seeking to detect magical auras or presences on the far side of it. Glancing at the others he mutters, "Lets hope that there are no more rats. Although on some level it as good to see something that was living in this place."

[meemaas]

"It'd be nice if there were people living here. Those things? Not quite." Norton keeps an eye on the parties rear while following carefully.

[lostsole31]

Before Steingott moved to the door, Draegra passed him. The door to this room is made of iron, and while patches of rust mar its face, it appears to be quite stout.

Draegra listens at the door, and doesn't hear anything. He casts detect magic, and senses nothing in the cone where he looks at the door.

What now?

[DrK]

Draegra

Sensing nothing Draegra shakes his head, a whispered ”Nothing Steingott, I can’t feel or here anything.”. Stepping back he gives space to the dwarf to allow Steingott to open the door.

[TooterfishPopkn]

"Thanks, Draegra."

Steingott steps forward and opens the door.

[lostsole31]

The two switch places and Steingott turns the knob ... only to find that the door does not open for him.

[TooterfishPopkn]

Steingott looks back at Draegra.

"Any good with locks? The knob won't budge."

He heads back down the passage and lets the others know.

[DrK]

Draegra

The samsaran walks up to the door and has a look and shrugs. "Maybe put your shoulder into it?" is all he can suggest as he leans against the door and gives it a solid push to see if he can force it open.

Spoiler: Strength check

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(1d20+3)[5]

[lostsole31]

Draegra does not even make the door budge.

[DrK]

Draegra

Bouncing ineffectually off the door Draegra shakes his head and then kneels in front of the door and pulls out a small sealskin pouch. Unwrapping it reveals a collection of small metal picks and files. ”Keep an eye out for trouble”. he mutters to Steingott before working on the door.

Spoiler: Disable device

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Disable check (1d20+13)[28]

[lostsole31]

Draegra is unable to unlock the door on the first attempt.

[DrK]

Draegra

Draegra looks back to the others and shakes his head. "We can try another direction or may just have to batter this one down. If its locked and sealed then there may be something of value behind it, we've not found many locked doors in this vile place." He steps back and looks to the others to see who fancies having a shot at smashing down the door.

[rypt]

Al moves forward down the hall to get a closer look. Upon seeing Draegra with lockpicks in hand, he asks, "Are you sure you don't just wanna give those another try?"

[digiman619]

Zada nodded, though stopped once they realized that their teammates around the corner can't see them. "Let's check the rest of the place before coming back here. Maybe there's a key we missed."

[rypt]

Al shrugs his shoulders. "Not a bad idea." He starts to turn back down the hall, but stops abruptly. "Actually, just to be sure, you should first try the key we found at the farm."

[DrK]

Draegra

Draegra steps aside to let whoever has the key in try the key in the lock. Then looks more critically at the door trying to evaluate how long it would take to batter it down. "If we have missed a key it could be anywhere in this mansion. Maybe just smashing it down would be easier?"

[lostsole31]

Zada, it seems you have that key, as Alvor handed it to you to unlock entrance into Misgivings in the first place. What do you do?

[digiman619]

"Wait" Zada said as a thought struck them. After a quick pat down, they retrieved the key they used to open the front door. "You think they use the same key?" Not waiting for a response, they make their way to the door and put the key in, attempt to unlock the door.

[lostsole31]

Zada finds that the key does not fit this door.

[digiman619]

Zada groans in frustration, slipping the key into a pocket angrily before slamming their shoulder against the door.

Spoiler: OOC

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Zada Strength check with a +5 STR mod.

[meemaas]

Norton has been quiet, stewing a bit about how much he dislikes this place at this point. "I wonder what the odds are that this is the only entrance to that room." Norton waves over the others, and pulls out one of his journals, starting to sketch a map of the area in it. "Can you guys help me with this? Maybe having a visual aid will help us figure out if we've missed anything."

[DrK]

Draegra

Draegra looks up and then motions back to the ratty kitchen. "there was another door in the kitchen" (on the NE wall I think) "Shall we check that? If not we may have to recheck some of the upper floors to see if we missed anything. There were a number of drawing rooms and the like that we can search again." He shrugs. "Or we can just get some tools from here or a stout table and batter down the door"

[TooterfishPopkn]

"Would we all agree staying quiet at this point is silly? I could just bash the door down with some rocks unless anyone objects."


"I'd have done that to the rooftop hatch but I didnt want the rocks to fall back down on me."

[DrK]

Draegra

Draegra shrugs and then nods. "Please have at it my friend." he adds and nods to the door moving out the way. "Lets hope that this is worth it"

[TooterfishPopkn]

"All right, everyone. Stay back!"

Once everyone is a safe distance away, Steingott begins hurling chunks of earth at the door until it's battered enough for the party to make it through.

[lostsole31]

The door is made of 2 inches of solid iron, and takes a full minute for Steingott to finally destroy. Steingott steps up to look into the room, but not enter fully.

[TooterfishPopkn]

"Looks like we have...another room!" Steingott says before stepping into the room and getting a better look at the whole space.

[DrK]

Draegra

Draegra claps Steingott on the shoulder, ”Less costly than the trapdoor.” he mutters rueful over the loss of his mace. “And I agree, let’s see what is hidden here.” he adds following Steingott into the room, lit shield illuminating the space.