Jamadar will help check the door for any obvious traps.
Assuming they both find nothing, he greases the hinges with a few drops of oil from his flask and then opens it as quietly as possible.
The gnome walks up to the door and cracks his knuckles, cringing at how loud the sound is in the still corridor. He works beside the elf to make sure the door is not trapped before the group opens it.
Einar waits with baited breath, eyes wide, club in hand as the two fey open the door. "maybe this room will have a worthy foe, hopefully I will find a worthwhile weapon instead of this stupid tree-root club."
"Shall I send the dancing lights in and see what happens?", Grumthar whispers hoarsely. "Big rooms breed big trouble in places like this."
As exciting as this new adventure is, Grumthar cannot help but feel sorrow at the thought of possibly never leaving this place; especially since it means no more apricot doe filet with spiced potatoes from the Thirsty Ogre tavern.
"Master Einar, it just occurred to me that a warrior of your stature could benefit from a more fitting weapon than a tree branch. Would you like to borrow my morningstar until you find a more suitable weapon? I should be fine with my magic and my dagger for the time being."
Peering into the darkness, Shae is surprised that he can't see the other side of the room. He nods his head in approval of the sorcerer's idea. "Yes, hopefully that will draw out any creatures that are hiding in this large room."
Einar looks suspiciously at Grumthar at first, then he nods his head and reaching the club out to Grumthar he says "Da I vould like to use your Godendag handing the club to Grumthar he accepts the Morningstar and swinging It a couple of times he smiles "I vill return zis fine weapon when ve find others, da." he then watches with anticipation as Grumthar sends his dancing lights into the darkness.
Grumthar nods approvingly as Einar gives the weapon a few mighty swings. I'm sure he's going to need it more than I...
With the approval of the healer and the damage soaker, Grumthar sends his dancing lights forth about 30' into the room.
"Let's quite down and see if we can hear anything stir as I move the light about."
"We should make a tactical entry. Einar, Agro, Jamadar, Shae, myself, then Glade all move in ready to fight. Only go about 15' in or so in case we need to back out quick...", Grumthar whispers to the gang.
Einar smiled, "Da, tactical" gripping the Morningstar two handed, he walks slowly into the room so others can keep up. Keeping a keen eye out as the ioun stone spins around his head.
Jamadar nods and pastes an arcane mark arrow on the doorway before they enter.
He grabs his bow and follows Einar, ready to shoot.
More than happy to let the oversized human take point this time, Agromite follows two steps behind and to Einar's left.
Grumthar times his move with the others and enters in, ready to let a magic missile loose at the first sign of trouble.
Jamadar steps outside the doorway and casts detect magic, then walks back inside to try to locate anything unusual, or the source of the silence.
Empty, no treasure, no enemies not even any traps yet.Looking around the room, slightly disappointed, Einar asks the team "Sollen wir gehen nach links oder nach rechts..." pausing for a moment "Shall ve go to zee left or to zee right or strait across zee room?"
Grumthar looks at Einar inquiringly while he continues to talk and no one can hear what he is saying. "No . one . can . hear . you . , Grumthar mouths slowly.
He then turns to Jamadar and shrugs. Pointing at his eyes and then around the room, Grumthar motions for the party to search around.
Jamadar signals, pointing to the pillars. He creeps along one wall to the nearest pillar to examine it.
Beginning to get annoyed that no one is answering, Einar turning his sees Grumthar mouthing something. "This one shared his weapon, he would not be intentionally annoying, there must be something magical going on." Seeing Jamadar signal and begin to move. Einar shrugs and smiles a carnivorous smile to Gruthar and follows Jamadar. As the near the pillar Einar looks at it carefully.
If nothing happens, he will check each other pillar and look for exits.
No one magically silences a room for no reason. Perhaps that reason has been lost throughout the years. I should retreat and check for magic as Jamadar has surely done.
Assuming nothing happens prior to this, Grumthar exits the room, casts , and returns back in to help focus his search.
Shae follows the others into the room and notices how quiet it got. When he sees the others' mouths moving but no sound coming out, he seems a little confused. Are they whispering? He sticks his little finger into his ear to make sure nothing is clogging it. Hmm, must be magic. Why would someone do that in a large empty room like this. There must be something here. Don't want to get separated in here. No one would be able to hear if you are getting attacked.
He moves over to help Jamadar search. Frequently looking around for the others and making sure nothing is sneaking up on them.
"Nutzlos für nichts gut verdammt Zimmer" realizing his traveling companions cannot hear him, he points to the door on the opposite wall from where they came in. Heading to the door, he stops at the threshold and looks into the room.
Grumthar walks up to one of the pillars (the closest) and attempts to study it more carefully.
If nothing is learned, Grumthar will touch a pillar.
If nothing occurs, Jamadar will shrug and motion the others to follow Einar to the other door.
Agromite is very impressed that his longshanks companions have finally learned to move around without sounding like the bards at an orcish wedding festival....until he realizes that there is unnaturally no sound at all.
He stays to the side of the impetuous warrior while others check the pillars around the room. The waiting is the worst.....
Jamadar nods for Einar to open the door, bow ready.
Einar smiles, grasping the Morningstar in one hand, he opens the door with the other stepping into the doorway, the ioun stone throwing light over the threshold. allowing him to carefully look into the room beyond.
Grumthar follows through as well, ready to unleash an orb of acid if needed.
Shae follows the others out of the room, glad to be out of the unnatural silence.
"I don't have a good feeling about this. Should we scout or move slowly as a group?"
another big empty room, it's good I'm a young man, this will take forever, at least we can hear each other turning to Grumthar, Einar waxes philosophical "Ver I am vrom experienced raiders Zay "Nie die Partei zu trennen" Many who grow very old svear by ziz! Zo let us stay togezer, Ya!" Einar points to the right with the moringstar, making a counter-clockwise pattern with his free hand.
Jamadar nods and follows Einar motioned path.
Nodding approvingly, Grumthar follows the group.
Einar, moving in a counter clockwise fashion moves to the pillar in the north east corner and carefully looks at the pillar, then moving to the pillar in the north west corner he carefully looks at it, then moving toward the south west he notices the door, there is the door we will leave by after we look at all of these pillars, they do so look like the ones in the previous room continuing on to the south west corner he carefully inspects the pillar there then moving to the south east corner he carefully inspects the last pillar there. After he has looked at all three pillars he contemplates there similarities and differences.
Agromite, briefly missing the silence as his companions plod around the new chamber, positions himself near the doorway to be ready if any surprises come at them from the direction of the water.