The door is not trapped. You wait for a calm moment, then open the door and slip inside.
Several cubbies and wooden lockers line the walls of this small workroom. Four rickety chairs surround a water-damaged table, and a well-used but solid-looking cargo lift rises up through the ceiling. The lift has a simple lever that lifts up and down.
"Quickly, check the lockers and the table. Look for any notes," Pai rushes over to the table and looks for anything strange there. The next round, she casts Detect Magic to investigate a little more thoroughly.
Perception for searching the room
Disable Device for if we want to use the lift
Searching the desks reveals only old lading bills from when this was a House Arkona warehouse. However Corbyn does take a few moments and manages to bypass the missing button on the lift. You can trigger it if you wish to...
"Lets see what is down there..."
Know that this is probably the only way in and out.
Pai nods at Corbyn, "The magic of that spell is gone. Worst case scenario, I can summon it one more time as an emergency, but I'd prefer to keep that trick up my sleeve. Let's see where the lift leads us. Maybe we won't have to sneak out."
"Let's go!"
The lift cranks into action, taking you down about forty feet into the ground. Wet walls surround you as the lift goes lower, until it chugs to a stop in front of a large room. What you see makes you gasp.
The scuffed stone walls of this chamber have been plastered over and then decorated with lurid murals of skeletons cavorting among the dead of a Korvosa completely succumbed to blood veil. Simple wooden doors lead to the north, south, and west,each bearing a painting of a scythe-wielding skeleton. A sizable double door stands on the east wall, appearing in the mural as a massive set of double doors opening into the pyramid foundation of Castle Korvosa. Two more scythe-wielding skeletons decorate these large doors.
Knowledge Religion
"Urgathoa! This is worse than I thought, if people are turning to her! Maybe there are worshippers who are helping spread the plague!"
Ruperta gets pale...
"Desna protect us! "
percep check
Slumper peers around nervously "At least these skeletons are pictures."
From deeper within the basement Slumper can hear sounds of muted conversation, but he can't pinpoint from which door it comes...
Slumper says quietly "Someone is down here with us"
Pai casts Mage Armor making her AC 17 for the next six hours. "Be careful. If it comes to it, finding an exit we could get out of would be great."
"Well, we can always get out by the elevator and get arrested... As long as we can blow the lid about this place... "
She approaches the west door, and then stops...
" Corbyn, Can you check this one for traps? "
"I'm not so sure going above will be blowing the lid, this may be more than an arresting offense if you catch my meaning."
From the lift there is suddenly the sound of grinding as it begins to ascend...
"Quick, we need to hide if company is coming. Get against the wall here! Single file.". As the group listens, she pulls out a scroll of Silent Image, and makes it appear as the wall actually comes out about 18 inches further than it actually did, concealing them in the illusion.
The lift heads to the top, pauses for a moment, then heads back down. As it grinds to a halt, Doctor Davaulus, the Chief Physician, steps off the lift. He pauses for a moment, peering around the room, seeming to look at the fake illusory wall for a long moment, then shrugs and steps toward the eastern double doors, pausing to place his hand on it for a moment before pushing it open. Inside you catch a glimpse of shiny glass floors, with movement in the floor itself, as well as two large double doors opposite the one the Doctor entered. The door closes behind the Doctor and sounds of his footsteps fade.
"Let's follow him... Damn, I liked him... "
"Is he praying for Urgathoa to stop the pox, or is he trying to spread it for an awful, evil god? I think the only way to know for sure is to follow him."
"No one prays to Urgathoa for a good thing..."
Corbyn moves to the same door the good Doctor went through and checks it for traps! He murmurs a warning, having found a trap and sets about trying to disarm it...
A few moments pass and with a murmured "Ah-ha!" The door clicks open...
Dozens of the living dead line the walls of this chamber, their rotting faces sneering and broken fingers clawing at each other. A layer of rotting bodies lines the floor, the shattered forms twitching in vain, bones and splintered appendages grasping hopelessly. Yet, rather than some massive, nightmare grave, this horror-show seems instead to be a stomach-churning attempt at art, as the mangled living dead lie trapped behind walls and beneath a floor of thick glass.
"This is macabre! I thought there was something fishy about those strange doctors. This confirms that! They are bringing the plague-ridden citizens here, letting them die, and turning them into zombies for some sick reason. We have to bring them to justice!"
"They apparently have the Queen's full support...I think we know what kind of justice this needs"
Ruperta, with tears on her eyes, shaking after seeing that abomination, says only one word with hoarse voice:
"Ours."
Aside from the door you came in, there is a double door to the east where the good Doctor went, plus two doors in the south and two in the north. From the doors to the east you hear the sounds of bubbling and boiling and a smell of acrid chemicals wafts from the cracks in the door. From the south you hear moans and a sudden choked scream, along with the smell of blood and bodily fluids. From the north you hear snores.
"Snores? I say we check there after we find the source of that scream. Maybe we can still help them!"
"Let's check the north door then"
Listening at the north door, you can hear the sounds of peaceful snoring, as well as the sounds of muted conversation. From what you can make out, the conversation seems to be pretty mundane, revolving around something about leather coats being a bit too warm for the Korvosan climate and whether the bird masks make the wearer's head look big.
"Nothing pressing there! Let's check the south," Pai hisses, worried about who was doing that screaming.
The southern door has a number of sounds: moans of pain, whimpering, the scritching sound of quill on scroll, a strange rhythmic pumping sound and a the disturbing sound of a saw blade cutting through bone. A murmuring voice seems to be talking to himself: "Subject displays resistance to trial 7-g, but does not seem to possess any peculiar internal features of the anatomy. No presence of vestigial organs or irregularities of the heart is noted. Subject is quite tough and does not respond to... Ahh, subject is dead. Noted: we will need a replacement subject."
"I say we go stop these experiments now! If the subject is dead, I plan on making sure they don't experiment on anyone else," Pai growls as she throws open the door.
Ruperta prepares to charge if they manage to surprise the people inside the south room.
Slumper charges in as Pai throws open the door.
Eight cold, iron beds stand here, their sharp frames threaded with worn manacles and stained leather straps. Several are occupied by obviously unwilling patients, each bound and in various states of consciousness, their combined moans murmuring throughout the room. Between them stand several small tables, each strewn with gore-soaked pans, flasks of mysterious fluids, and all manner of cruel-looking cutting instruments. A sizable brown-crimson stain covers much of the eastern wall, as if all the blood from a body once held there had exploded forth in a single violent eruption.
In one bed, a foul looking man stands with a quill and parchment while a robed and bird-masked Doctor leans over a dead patient. The patient's chest is sawed open, and his internal organs have been pulled out of his chest cavity. Two other beds hold men who appear to be alive and whimpering. Three beds hold obviously plague victims, but by their grey skin and moaning, they appear to be zombified.
Aside from the foul looking man and the masked doctor, there are two men wearing armor and wielding scythes observing the proceedings. Around their necks they wear holy symbols of Urgathoa.
SURPRISE ROUND!
23 Ruperta
12 Corbyn
11 Pai, Foes
8 Slumper
7 Paxs
Ruperta, charging with righteous fury with her Starknife and shield up, and a word in her lips, against one of the scythe welding fiends.
"Desna!"
After the surprise attack she tries to disarm him!
Pai aims a Ray of Sickening at the closest opponent, hopefully one of those wearing armor.
Fort DC 15 to resist.
Ranged Touch attack
Possible crit
Next Pai again focuses on the armored foes, and a pool of Grease manifests under their boots.
DC 15 Reflex to avoid.
Paxs casts haste on Pai, Corbyn, Thrak, Ruperta, Slumper and myself, and shouts for Thrak to help Ruperta to attack.
Slumper moves into the room interposing himself between the scythe wielders and the team.
For my surprise round, I will pull out a tanglefoot bag.
Then on my first turn, I will toss it at the foul man.
SURPRISE! Round:
Ruperta charges into the room, swinging her starknife expertly, but the blade glances off the armor of the surprised Urgathoa worshipper, startling him but doing no damage! Corbyn pulls something from his pocket and weighs it carefully. Pai murmurs a few words and points at the same priest that Ruperta attacked. Her aim is true, and the Priest seems to make a face before grinning evilly. Slumper moves into the room, looking determined. Paxs casts his spell, and everyone feels themselves speed up as the enemies seem to slow slightly. Thrak, meanwhile, charges in and savagely bites one of the Urgathoan priests!
ROUND 1:
23 Ruperta
12 Corbyn
11 Pai, Foes
8 Slumper
7 Paxs
Ruperta, seeing her attempts to attack thwarted, changes tactics! She manuevers her starknife expertly to disarm the attacker facing her, sending his scythe clattering to the floor. Feeling the boost from Paxs' spell, she attempts the same on the adjacent priest: and with an expert swish, the second priest is disarmed as well!
Corbyn, hefting the pouch he pulled before, throws it at the filthy man! The man is entangled, but not glued to the ground and takes a -2 to attacks and -4 to Dex! He snarls something that is lost as the goop covers him, muffling his words!
Pai greases the priests, forcing them to save or fall! and And with a clatter, the priests join their scythes on the ground!
The two priests grab their scythes and try to stagger to their feet!
The doctor steps around Thrak, drawing a thick club as he does. He aims a swing at Slumper: for , though he makes no noise as he does, eerily!
The filthy man, cursing at the goop, shuffles away from Thrak and casts a spell! A glowing spectral hand appears next to him and seems to claw at the air!
UP1: 14/26
UP2: 26/26
QP: 22/22
Rolth: 75/75
Slumper reacts with inhumane speed as the priests fall to the ground and fumble for their weapons.
AOO Attack 1 +1 longsword
AOO Attack 2 +1 longsword
AOO Attack 3 +1 longsword
Slumper continues to pummel the priests with attack after attack from his sword and shield.
sword
sword
sword
shield
shield
crit confirm sword
Ruperta quickly attacks one of the standing priests, getting advantage of his lack of defenses.
After that she throws the starknife towards the filthy man that is conjuring the spectral hand.
And then using Pai's granted speed she lets her Spring Loaded Wrist Sheaths draw her Masterwork dagger in her hand, and with that attack the other standing priest (the one she didn't make the AoO against).
+ poison
Finally, she takes a 5' step to try and set a flank (Already moved on Roll20).