PFS PbP Thornkeep level 3 (The Enigma Vaults) - The Dwarves (Inactive)

Game Master Revvy Bitterleaf

"Right then, let's give them a proper greeting!"

So saying, Heinrich hustles forward, and takes a swing at the closest Tiefling!

MW Cold Iron Nodachi: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 2 = 16, for 1d10 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18 damage.

I've moved Kalaron one move forward (since you wern't moved on the map), I didn't know where you wanted to go so assuming you went total defense for now..if you want to move somewhere else that's fine

Heinrich moves forward and slices an arm right of the blind tiefling it was previously attached to, the man slumps to the ground...bleeding out, never having seen it coming.

The female human tries tumble past Shayla
Acrobatics to tumble past Shayla: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18 (I think she fails to beat Shayla's CMD so an AOO for Shayla)
before she tries
To stick her punching dagger into Shayla's right kidney: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
but fails to do so

init
Archibald, Cogstadt, Clandelve, Shayla
Tieflings
Heinrich+Kalaron
Human

Damage human: 8

Clandelve charges the woman with his waraxe high overhead.

"Lemme introduce ye ta me axe, goat-herd!"

MW Dwarven Waraxe attack: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 2 = 13 for MW Dwarven Waraxe damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 Step up: If adjacent foe attempts to 5' step away from me, I will make 5' step as immediate action.

If she's already dead, I'll instead move over to the tieflings.

"Skinny little thing seems to be doing alright." Cogstadt reloads and shoots the pink one.
Xbow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
Dmg: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Fort DC 14: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

Shayla receives a cut, but shrugs off the effects of the poison. When the human tries to get past her, Shayla swings one of her swords at the woman.

Wrong move, fool.

AoO vs human: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 7 + 2 = 21 Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 2 = 6

If the human isn't down after her and Clandelve's attacks, Shayla will swings her swords at the woman again.

Sawtooth sabre, main hand; +2 Fav Enemy: 1d20 + 7 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 7 - 2 + 2 = 18 Damage; +2 Fav Enemy: 1d8 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 2 = 13
Sawtooth sabre, off hand; +2 Fav Enemy: 1d20 + 7 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 7 - 2 + 2 = 19 Damage; +2 Fav Enemy: 1d8 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 2 = 12

If the human's already down, or goes down after Shayla's first attack, the attack(s) is/are directed at the tiefling directly north of Shayla.

"तिलमिला!"

Archibald will press his fingers to his temples, eyes bulging as he attempts to slow the blue tiefling's movements with powerful, mind-altering magics. Daze cantrip, DC 14

I just noticed I never moved to woman after she tried to tumble, so adjusted the map a little bit

As the woman tumbles past Shayla is able to give her nasty cut on her backside.

Clandelve then charges straight into the woman but even though she's a bit caught of guard by the hit she just got she still is easily able to avoid Clandelve's attack.

Cogstadt fires a crossbow bolt at one of the tieflings but only manages to hit one of it's horns and it's deflected upwards harmlessly (doesn't hit AC)

Shayla tries to hit the woman with a combination of attacks Since the map changed a little bit, going to assume you'd want to step into flank with Clandelve..if not,let me know and I'll back track a bit making you miss ;)
Stepping so that Clandelve will provide some distraction to her target she manages to hit twice cutting down the human with her second blade after already having hit once.

Archibald tries to daze one of the Tieflings I think this is the same problem as Enlarge/charm person not working on aasimar/tieflings..they are not humanoid, but outsiders to find out he can't effect it's mind. If you think Archibald should have known this and would have done something else instead it's fine by me as long as it doesn't effect anything that's happened so far

The 2 remaining tieflings swing their swords, trying to cut down Shayla
To hit Shayla's AC: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
To hit Shayla's AC: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
but their unfocused attacks are unable to hit.

init
You guys
Tieflings

Oh of course! I'd rolled a hit on my telekenetic fist before backpedalling anyway. Happy to just roll with the punches and leave the damage to the professionals.

Archibald frowns, folding his arms and stroking the tip of his long beard. "Ah. It seems these devil-blooded blackguard's heritage makes them immune to my simpler spells. In that case, perhaps a change of tack is in order..."

Quarterstaff, Charge: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Abruptly, Archibald bolts through the lines as fast as his skinny legs will carry him, giving blue a heavy clout across the chops with his sturdy quarterstaff.

That's fine, Shayla would've moved to attack the human! :)
Shayla by the way deals +1 damage when flanking, but the woman's down so currently that doesn't matter much.

Shayla snorts and shakes her head. "Silly human wizard..."

She focuses on a new target, swinging both of her swords at the blue tiefling.

Sawtooth sabre, main hand: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 7 - 2 = 18 Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Sawtooth sabre, off hand: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 7 - 2 = 20 Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Kalaron chomps on his pipe and attempts to follow the spell caster....(Archibald) his eyebrows raised at his actions.

Clandelve moves to flank with Shayla, swinging his waraxe with great accuracy.

MW Dwarven Waraxe attack: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 8 + 2 = 28 for MW Dwarven Waraxe damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 Step up: If adjacent foe attempts to 5' step away from me, I will make 5' step as immediate action.

@Kalaron: We've gone on several adventures together, and I have to admit I'm pretty perplexed by your evolution in combat. You used to stand on the back line with your longaxe and chop in relative safety because we have some good front-line fighters. With 16 strength, you did some pretty good damage and didn't face much risk of counter-attack because of your reach. I'm not sure where the decision was made to switch to dagger and shield and full defense each round. Your longaxe was much more effective with still little risk to you. Even Archibald is getting in on the melee action, at much greater risk to himself. It just seems you have been skipping combat completely for a while, and I'm not sure why.

Archibald charges forward and hits the tiefling he was aiming for on the head, right between the horns. Archibald's staff lands with a nice resounding *Thunk*

Shayla then follows up Archibalds attack with a sword thrust of her own putting the thiefling down.
Using her other hand she scratches the remaining tiefling

Clandelve moves up and swings his axe at the last standing tiefling, hitting him in the side and sending him staggering on his feet.

Out of combat, the last tiefling is staggering at 0 hps..and he will go down when he makes an attack..so I'll believe that you guys will be able to beat him

Looting the corpses you notice that all 5 have extensive scars on their heads.
The human was carrying a hand crossbow, 2 punching daggers, a masterwork chain shirt, a small vial, a few bolts, some master work thieves tools and a map

The tieflings have a sword sword, studded lether and a light crossbow each.

When you look around the room you see;

Of great interest in the room are the various displays.
The contents of the displays are listed below, with each display's carved name listed at the start.
C5a. " Talon of Borvadagen": This strange, spiked gauntlet is made of weirdly flexible red wood studded with what appear to be shark teeth made of glass . It has room for only three fingers-most humanoids who wield the gauntlet take a -2 penalty on attack rolls with it as a result, but it is otherwise a fully functional spiked gauntlet (detects as magic).

C5b. "Mithral Rifle": A damaged firearm made of mithral with four barrels sits on display here. Images of antlike humanoids wielding firearms are carved into the stock. This is a +1 mithral pepperbox rifle (see Ultimate Combat or Ultimate Equipment) that is currently destroyed-whether or not it can be repaired is unknown right now.

C5c. "Bloodstones of Gultariix": This is a collection of what look like solidified droplets and splatters of blood, 11 in all, arranged on a wooden rack.
Each is a fine crystal worth 200 gp by itself

C5d. "Alien Fungoid Equipment": This display has recently been looted.

C5e. "Dragonkin Saddle": This strangely shaped saddle is a masterwork saddle built for one of the dragonkin of Triaxisit's worth 600 gp for the novelty alone.

C5f. "Thystian Cat": This is a strange skeleton of a 12 - footlong, feline-like creature with eight legs and a long snout.
The bones are partially translucent .

C5g. "Deactivated Alien Construct": The huge mechanical object heap ed on this platform is a blasted and destroyed robot similar to hose that dwell in the nation of Numeria This robot was destroyed long ago-its tangled features are vaguely insectoid in shape.
At your discretion, tinkering with the robot could reactivate the ancient construct-see Pathfinder Campaign Settings: Inner Sea Bestiary for statistics for several possible robots these remains could belong to.

C5h. "Dominion of the Black Pod": This 12 -foot-tall pod of strange leathery material is warm to the touch and covered with sharp, spiny scales . Although flexible, the leather resists all attempts to damage it. The pod weighs 2 tons, and now and then faint lights shimmer within. What may or may not live within the pod is left to you to decide.

C5i. "The Hungry Eyes of Melos": An 8 -foot-tall, frosty glass jar sits here. The jar is filled with brine, and swimming within are hundreds of strangely colored eyeballs that trail wriggling, finned tendrils. The eyes themselves open like tiny fanged maws, scratching their teeth against the glass if anyone approaches.

There's also 2 stair cases going up towards;

C5j. " The Banes of Barad- Shull": This L- shaped glass case contains three items: a spear crafted from the leg of an immense insect, a bag that looks like a freshly excised stomach, and a tan bag. (all 3 detect as magical).

There are also 3 doors, one to the west, one to the east and one up the stairs to the north west

Can't hit a 30 perception on whatever that spoiler was.

Not sure what to make of what they have found, Clandelve turns to his companions.

"Per'aps this is where th' enigma comes ta play," he says. "Why 'ave this odd assortment o' displays? Me thinks there will be a puzzle ta solve, an' tha' we don' 'ave all th' pieces ta solve it yet."

Clandelve also turns to Archibald as the dwarf's muscles return to normal size.

"Also need ta give credit where credit be due...yer spell was th' first time I've found magic ta be o' use, an' that is sayin' somethin'!" Clandelve says with grudging respect.

Archibald accepts Clandelve's backhanded compliment with a derisive snort. "Well, you're not the first dwarf to recognize it as such. During my tenure at Kravenkus the Dwaves there honopured me with the title of אָנגעבלאָזן אַלט ווינדבאַג." he says, puffing out his chest, indicating that this is a mark of great prestige. "I shall prepare the spell again upon the morrow."

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Appraise: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Archibald walks around the displays, clearly quite impressed with the parties findings. "My, my, the Bloodstones of Gultariix. Quite the find indeed." the wizard says, bashing open the case and pocketing the gemstones. "And such a complete specimen of the Thystian Cat should fetch quite a sum, provided we can carry it out of here."

Archibald scans each of the displays with detect magic, and tries to determine the properties of each of the items.

Spellcraft (Gauntlet): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Spellcraft (Spear): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
Spellcraft (Bag): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Spellcraft (Bag): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Well, when Shayla 'takes d20' on the displays, she will *just* hit 30 ;-)

Heinrich shrugs.

"Well, someone clearly had an eclectic sense of curiosity; perhaps this is just what it seems to be - a display 'vault' for a series of enigmatic oddities...?"

He then cautiously moves over to the door to the West.

"Shall we go this way?"

Appraise: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10.
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10.

ROFL at Archibald...way funny. :)

"Indeed, le's continue on an' see what else we find," Clandelve says as they move to the west door.

Taking 20 on Perception. Combined with Shayla's usual +10 modifier and an extra +2 for being inside a building, the total of 32 should do :)

Shayla has a feeling she's missing out on something, but shrugs and moves over to the saddle. She sheaths both her weapons when her eyes fall on a disguised pocket, and takes a pulsing black amulet from it.

"Wizard, what is this?" Shayla asks Archibald without bothering to look at him.

The spoiler says it detects as magic, and will stick to your skin if you equip it.

She tosses the amulet at Archibald, which is when their eyes meet. The hostile look in Shayla's eyes has softened a little bit, but she frowns in an attempt to make up for it.

Don't like him, not at all... but he's somewhat useful... I guess...

After Shayla joins Heinrich at the west door she taking her wand of cure light wounds, and uses it to heal her wound.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

"Ready to proceed," Shayla announces after attaching the wand back to her belt.

Spellcraft (Take 20): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Archibald starts as the amulet is hurled at him, making several fumbling attempts to catch it before it lands at his feet. Straining his back to pick it up again, he silently fumes at the elf as he begins to examine the amulet.

Cogstadt is just a touch too slow to contribute to the search as the Elf and Wizard quickly and efficiently search and identify while Cogstadt reloads.

The gauntlet is a +1 keen spiked gauntlet (with a -2 to hit due to the 3-finger thing)

Archibald has no idea on the spear
The stomach bag is a bag of holding
The tan bag is a bag of tricks
(Just pointing out that these are still inside the glass cage and it doesn't look like it can be opened)

The black amulet is Natural Armor +1

Heinrich leads the way through an trapped unlocked door that leads to a cross section, with 3 doors. After Cogstadt gives the all clear (none of the doors seem to be trapped to him) you are free to open any of them.

Above the door to the west;
A carving over the door to this room, written in Azlanti, reads,
"Enigma of the Midnight Sun."

Above the door to the south;
A carving over the door to this room, written in Azlanti, reads,
"Enigma of the Sky Seeds."

Above the door to the north;
A carving over the door to this room, written in Azlanti, reads,
"Enigma of the Dark Tapestry."

Heinrich gestures towards the door to the South.

"Shall we try this one first?"

"Agreed," Clandelve says.

Any objections to me taking the amulet of natural armor?

"Sure," Shayla replies, nodding her head.

@Clandelve: I'm fine with it.

Hmmm, this is the one that says it sticks to your skin if you use it. Dare I?

@Clandelve, stick it on and see what happens ;)

Opening the door to the south as proposed by Heinrich

An upraised dais in an alcove to the south holds a four-foot-diameter geode that's been cracked into two halves. The inside of the geode glitters with strange green crystals. A mound of green crystalline fragments and twisted strips of flaking green metal lies to the west.

There are also 3 hairless blue lions with twin tentacular tails in here. Dozens more thick tentacles quiver and twitch where its mane should be.

Init Kalaron: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (17) + 0 = 17
Init Heinrich: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Init Clandelve: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Init Cogstadt: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Init Archibald: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
Init Shayla: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Init Akata: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

init
Kalaron, Clandelve,Cogstadt,Archibald, Shayla
Akata's
You guys

As Heinrich opens the door, Clandelve makes a snap decision.

"Bah...why not?" Clandelve says as he slips the amulet over his head. "More armor, ye say, wizard?" Egged on by the DM!

"Draw th' kitties out in th' 'all where more can reach'em!" he says as he readies his axe for an attack on any creature that moves toward him.

MW Dwarven Waraxe attack (power attack): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21 for MW Dwarven Waraxe damage: 1d10 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 3 + 2 = 15

As Clandelve puts on the strange amulet the legs animated and start bury itself inside his flesh, panicked he tries to take it off again and the legs let go without a problem. Realizing it didn't hurt and it doesn't seem to have any side effects So far at least ;) Clandelve puts the amulet back on.

@Clandelve; You sure you want to wait till they come for you? I've placed you on the map how I'd think you want to be..which means that Heinrich will be the bottleneck..they haven't acted yet..so you could just walk in now and attack one of them without provoking...and what if you are all alone in a room with 3 weird blue enemies...you've got extra armor now ;) But the decision is up to you.

Eh...I guess I'll move in and attack then. I was thinking we could make 1 attack us at a time, but we all go before them and may kill a couple anyway. Attack away!

Clandelve moves into the room and attacks one of the weird blue lion creatures hitting it with his axe and cutting of a few of it's tentacles and the tips of it's tails.

init
Kalaron, Cogstadt,Archibald, Shayla
Akata's
You guys

Damage red:15

Knowledge (Dungeoneering): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

"These things are akatas, but they look stronger than the average of their species," Shayla informs the others. "They're as deaf as Archibald is wrinkly, by the way."

Shayla moves inside the small room, drawing both of her swords as she does. She swings one of her swords at the same akata Clandelve chose to attack.

Sawtooth sabre: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25 Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

This character to be honest is to show how terrible the idea of a dagger and a shield is on a melee focused char despite the warpriest's abilities. One more Combat and Kalaron drops the shield and dagger. I'm using this game as ermm a, no better name to call it. A training excersise for my new players/GMs. Also because, this post incidently has very good Role-Playing an excellent PbP GM and players. My Aplogies if it seems I'm seem to be deliberately avoiding combat.

Appraise if not done yet. 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21 Waste of a natural 20....
Attack 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 271d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Confirm Crit 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 181d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Hefting his now more cumbersome shield, the old dwarf not willing to be shown up by one who calls himself 'Windbag', in dwarven no less! Kalaron moves in inviting possible attacks from the creatures and then stabs! Finding soft flesh with his dagger.

Kalaron, I am fine with you playing a sub-optimized character (which dagger and shield obviously is), but it's true that there have been quite a few combats where you trail along and don't attack at all. The last adventure I was 3 hp from death, and I guess I'd just like everyone contributing fully so that I don't...you know...die! :)

Well you've made your point :) Never doubted it anyway!

Shayla moves into the room next to Clandelve and severs the head of the already wounded creature.

Kalaron then follows after them into the room and is able to put his dagger into the left eye of another of the creatures.

init
Archibald, Cogstadt

Damage Blue: 9

With a muttered curse Cogstadt attempts to take a shot.
Xbow (melee, point blank): 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 1 - 4 = 22
Dmg(SA): 1d8 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + (2, 1) = 8
Shooting at the 'Green' one

That's a crit threat, Cogstadt :-)

Going to put Archibald on delay and roll for Cogstadt's confirm for now to keep things going

Confirm Xbow: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 1 - 4 = 23
Extra damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8 (I think you didn't include your point blank damage in your own damage did you? - so total damage would be 17 I think)

Cogstadt is able to shoot an crossbow bolt into the right eye of one of the creatures

I just realized that I picked Kalaron's target for him, but it would have made more sense for him to pick the green one since Cogstadt would most likely have picked that one to shoot at..so diverting Kalaron's attack to the green one as well

Since the creature that Cogstadt hit was already bleeding for a nasty dagger wound to it's other eye it would be blind now....not that it matters right now with a crossbow bolt sticking out of the back of it's skull.

The remaining Akata tries to bite while it starts to whip it's tentacles around. 1S2K: 3d2 ⇒ (2, 1, 1) = 4
Bite attack Kalaron: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
tentacle attack Shalya: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18
tentacle attack Shayla: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Both of it's tentacles miss hitting Shalya but it's bite finds it's way into Kalaron's soft dwarf flesh
Damage Kalaron: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 and a fort save DC 14 vs disease

init
You guys
Akata

Sorry had xbows and bows critical range's switched around in my head when I posted

Not sure if i can see the other one from where I am, if I can I'll take a shot, if not, I'll reload and move one space down from Clandelve.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 7 - 4 = 7 Not a good roll in any case...

"Ach! That stings!" Kalaron fairly spits out even as the welts on his skin starts to heal after stroking his long white beard.

Returning the hit with a stab of his now dripping dagger, chomping on his pipe, he inhales.....and coughs!
Fervor Swift Action 1d6 ⇒ 5
Fort Save 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11 <--Ouch!!!
Dagger Stab!!1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 171d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Shayla wildly swings her two swords at the remaining enemy. Perhaps a bit too wild.

Sawtooth sabre, main hand: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 7 - 2 = 12 Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Sawtooth sabre, off hand: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 7 - 2 = 9 Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

@Cogstadt..I'm not 100% sure you can shoot at the thing from where you are now, but I think you can with cover..but you missed anyways..so...

Cogstadt fires his crossbow again but the bolt slams into the wall before it can even enter the room the akata is in.

Kalaran can feel something moving down his body, it's like tiny worms are crawling all through his body (Diseased now, but it has an onset time so no immediate effect)
Kalaron then stabs his dagger into the akata as payback

Shayla swings her 2 swords wildy at the creature, but fails to hit it on both attempts

Damage akata: 5

init
Heinrich, Clandelve
Akata

Heinrich squeezes into the room, and takes a swing at the remaining Akata!

MW Cold Iron Nodachi: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14, for 1d10 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15 damage.

Stepping toward the last creature, Clandelve attacks with vigor.

"Ye still got it, Kalaron! Way ta stab it in th' eye!" he yells.

MW Dwarven Waraxe attack (power attack): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18 for MW Dwarven Waraxe damage (power attack): 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15 for and Spiked Light Shield (power attack): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 for Spiked Light Shield Damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 Step up: If adjacent foe attempts to 5' step away from me, I will make 5' step as immediate action.

Archibald will make to step into the melee, as Cogstaldt's crossbow bolt goes whizzing past his crooked nose. "Watch where you're shooting!" he barks, doffing his hat and mopping his brow on before huffily tugging it back onto his head. "Could have damn near taken my eye out, you know!"

Delay again, looks like the others have this well in hand.

"Heh, calm it wizard, I was nowhere near yeh." Cogstadt grins.

Even though Heinrch is unable to hit the remaining Akata Clandelve is able to put it down with his waraxe.

Looking around the room you see (with your keen dwarven senses) that the green crystals in the geode are fragments of a skymetal.

As people who have some mining experience you estimate that it will take about half an hour to retrieve all the crystals from the geode

Not sure what knowledge would apply here, so going to go with either Engeneering, Dungeonneering or Arcana

Knowledge(Engineering): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5.
Knowledge(Dungeoneering): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23.
Knowledge(Arcana): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9.

Heinrich whistles.

"This is a very rare skymetal, which is quite resistant to magic..."

Heinrich is happy to spend the time extracting the crystals :-)

"Let's take a look at this door, next," he says, moving to the door in question.

Shayl's aware the dwarves have noticed something, and inspects it as well.

Knowledge (Dungeoneering): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12

No idea what Heinrich's talking about...

"Hmm, I'll help gather it," Shayla says. She sheaths her swords and helps gather the rare metal.

When they're done gathering, Shayla draws one sword again. "You mean the door to the west?" Shayla asks Heinrich as she walks past him and up to the door she mentioned.

Shayla will open the door when everyone, even including the old windbag human wizard, is ready.

After spending about half an hour gathering every scrap of precious skymetal you can get your hands on you take a quick break to get your breath back and have a sip of water, maybe have a bite to eat before you move towards the next door.

(Assuming to the door to the west here, which Shayla will open)

Opening the door which has a carving over it, written in Azlanti
"Enigma of the Midnight Sun." Shalya looks in to see;

The curved western wall of this room depicts a vast field of stars with such realism that one feels perched at the edge of an infinite gulf.

1d6 ⇒ 3