Nalun begins looking for the switch.
You do not see it anywhere that you have explored so far.
Here is a better map. (Not by much though)
The blue star burst is where Maggie fell in the pit. Everyone is standing either by the door or before the pit.
"Aw, kitty!"
Mark looks to Yorn. "Could you pick the lock mate?" he asks.
Yorn:
This is a mechanically locked door there is no where for a key. From the pillows left here some of the adults must have came through here. Lets see if we can find the switches.
"I think we need to go farther down there, Mark, why don't you and Maggie take the lead. I'll be right behind you, and Shalee can cover my butt! She likes it back there." says Kierra, laughing.
"Just be careful"
Kierra seems to be putting on a brave face, but anyone paying close attention is not entirely sure that she is feeling as confident as her words suggest.
We can't keep standing around, someone has to get us moving....be brave Kierra, like Shalee...
Mark nods and on his Acrobatics to jump across the pit, as does Maggie. With his tiger by his side, Mark will explore the middle hallway. Battleaxe out.
Taking 10 on perception for a 15, to search for any hidden switches or buttons.
At the end of the middle hallway you see a lever switch at the end of the hall. It has not been hidden.
You start to walk toward the switch when Maggie pulls at the back of your leg. You look at her then remember the pit trap. You take your time and check the floor and find another pit trap directly in front of the switch.
Now that you see where the trap is you can easily jump over it and pull the switch.
You do so but nothing happens...
"Come ON. This has to do SOMETHING."
Frustrated Shalee walks off to the left hand side hallway she is being careful for traps as there seems to be quite a few here. She sees a lever at the end of her hall and jumps over the suspected pit trap in front of it.
Shalee pulls the switch and again nothing happens...
Mark calls out over his shoulder. "There's three hallways that all come together in that pit trap Mags fell into! I'm going to bet that there's a lever in each hallway or somethin', because this one isn't doing squat by itself!"
Yorn:
I will go check the third hallway. Did you find anything over there Shalee? Yorn shouts over.
Yorn finds another pit trap and another switch he pulls the switch and nothing happens...
Mark scratches his head. "Uh..."
"Guys!....and Shalee! Maybe we have to do all the switches at the same time?
By Kierra's prompting 1....2....3.....Pull! The switches are pulled at the same time and the door opens.
"GENIUS!" crows Kierra. As he hops over the pit again and walks past Kierra to the opened door, he throws an arm around the oracle's shoulder. "You're da brains of this outfit, see?" he says, adopting a roguish Varisian Gangster New York accent. "I'll be da muscle." He grins and moves on through the open door.
"Awwwww, yeahhhhhh. My little sister is SMART!"
"What?
Kierra, confused by Mark's actions and caught off guard by the attention, pauses and contemplates for a moment before she follows Mark through the door.
"Nalun's the smart one. I just guessed..."
"All kinds of smart, Shortstuff. Booksmart, streetsmart, and, now, we know about 'lever smart.'" Shalee winks and pats her sister's head.
You find yourselves in a winding hallway with three doors. The first door you detrmine will not open on this side. The second door is not locked but you skip it because the moaning sound is coming from the third door.
Great job Kierra!
Detect magic on the door.
The mournful wailing grows louder with each step toward the door at the end of this musty hallway. There are a host of bones strewn on the floor here, many of which are cracked and broken.
The door has been baracaded on the side you are on. It looks as if someone piled up as much heavy objects in front of the door as they could then crawled over the objects and locked themselves in the room.
No magic
Mark looks to the others, shrugs, and begins hefting the heavy objects out of the way. I'll take 10 for a 14 on my Strength check.
Nalun helps Mark
I'll help you Mark!
I think he had something work related.
Ill update you on this tomorrow.
You move the debris away easily. It takes about 1 minute to do so. The door is locked so Yorn begins the process of picking it.
The moaning stops and a crossbow bolt fires through the door.
It stops just an inch away from Yorn's head.
Nalun gets away from the door.
Be careful Yorn!
Nalun prepares to cast Color Spray from a scroll as soon as he can target anything that isn't dead. Will Save DC 15
"Yorn! That was so close are you okay...?"
Kierra again grips her spear tightly, "Whatever is on the other side of that door, is probably not going to want to make friends. Be ready everyone."
Yorn:
Yea I'm ok. Mark lets kick this door in and they Nalun can knock out whatever is in there out.
As an aside, if whatever is behind the door IS dead. Nalun will cast webbolt DC 17 Reflex or be stuck to the ground.
Mark grips his battleaxe tightly. "Ready for some more fun, Mags?" he mutters to his tiger quietly.
Turning to Kierra briefly, he asks for a little more of that magic from before to make him better at doing stuff.
Walking up to the door, Mark yells "Heeeere's JOHNNY!" and smashes his axe in an overhead chop three times at the door.
As Mark is slashing at the door another crossbow bolt come out the door.
The bolt does not make it all the way through the door.
The door chopped down you see a panicked human. Without thinking Nalun casts his Color Spray spell.
The man is blinded and stunned for 3 rounds total blind for 2.
Knowledge Local check
Mark you recognize the man a Roldare from town. Among other things you know about the man he is a cobbler and he likes archery. You notice the high quality of the crossbow he was using.
He looks as is he has not slept or eaten in days. He has gone almost fully mad from seeing undead kill his friends you guess.
Mark sets his battleaxe aside and calms a growling Maggie with a gesture. "Roldare! You stupid bastard, you almost hit me with that thing! Lower the crossbow, NOW. You're safe now, we're not your enemies!"
"Oh, sir! Roldare! It's me! Shalee! How are you?"
Guys, he's not in his right mind. He might be possessed. I read about it in Positively Preposterous Possessions and Poltergeists . He will be stunned for about 20 seconds, restrain him.
"Oh dear, Roldare! Are you hurt?!"
Kierra, digs through her pack, and finds some trail rations. She sits down next to the frail and haggard looking man, and tries to get him to eat.
"What happened? Why are you here?" asks Kierra, confused.
Roldare
Wha? What happened? O GODS THE WALKING BONES!! GET AWAY! GET AWAY! YOU ARE A TRICK ITS A TRICK! GO AWAY! The man then starts to sob uncontrollably. Upon hearing his name he calms down some but not a lot. He seems to think that all of you are an evil trick being played on him. You should be able to talk some sense to him if you keep trying.