Elebrin shakes her head sadly at the madly scurrying halfling and wonders why he doesn't just open one of the secret doors in the dry part of the tunnel, before it dips into the deep water.
There are two of them, located across the hall from one another.
Uro pulls himself up and over the lip of the wall. Once on his feet, he pulls his axe and lays into anyone holding a crossbow.
The elf ticks her head and then points to teh doors that she can so plainly see., Jym, there or there. But you need to hurry fiend.
Elebrin will move to help Jm through whichever one he picks...
Jym will pick the closer door (or as best he can make out where Elebrin pointed out they are) and head there.
As Uro steps through the wall, he's met with the thrust of a rapier: held by a wild-eyed rogue. Fortunately, this assailant is intimidated anew by Uro's prowess in climbing the wall, and the attack misses.
Beyond the man, you can see you're in a 10-ft. x 30-ft. room with a table, a number of chairs, and a door in the north wall.
Jym and Elabrin manage to press the correct stone in the wall, causing a portion of the wall to pivot open. Beyond is a straight, 5-ft. wide corridor, sloping upwards to the north.
Elebrin will gesture for Jym to lead as she pulls her sword.
Elebrin will gesture for Jym to lead
Jym will gesture for Elebrin to stop being so crazy.
"If I go first, I may get hit, first! Let's wait here for Uro and Gwlybwwr."
Jym casts magic stone.
Elebrin considers the halfling for a moment and then offers a supporting nod.
Gwl advances past the others and ascends.
The corridor is more a short hall; after 40 feet, it dead-ends at a stout-looking door.
Uro bares his sharp tusks at the rogue as his rapier is turned by Uros armor. The orc then brings the weight of his axe down on the unfortunate man.
Apparently the guy's not too tough without an illusory wall to hide behind. Uro's axe unceremoniously drops him to the floor; he'll most likely be dead in less than a minute.
There's a Lotus Dragon tattoo clearly visible on his shoulder.
"Uro! We found a secret door! Can you see me?!"
Jym frantically waves at Uro and nearly falls into the water before he's pulled back into the corridor.
You can't see or hear each other. Jym and Gwl and Elebrin are at the end of a dead-end secret hallway, looking at a door.
Uro,
Beyond the man, you can see you're in a 10-ft. x 30-ft. room with a table, a number of chairs, and a door in the north wall.
"Gwlybwr, can you swim over to see if Uro is all right? Bows can't shoot underwater, right?"
Jym hands Gwl another healing potion.
You can't see or hear each other. Jym and Gwl and Elebrin are at the end of a dead-end secret hallway, looking at a door.
Uro,Beyond the man, you can see you're in a 10-ft. x 30-ft. room with a table, a number of chairs, and a door in the north wall.
Not wanting to go further without friends, Uro ends his rage and hops down into the pit and heads back the way he came, if he sees, the open corridor, he'll head down that way.
Elebrin will move further along the passage to make space and wait for the others to join them.
You're all jammed up at the end of the passage now. There is a normal (not secret) door in front of you.
Elebrin, sword in hand, will open this new door.
Having hidden the door at the end of a secret hallway, the Lotus Dragon apparently saw no need to lock it. It lets out into a dry, circular chamber, about 15 ft. in diameter, with another door to the east. Elebrin, looking in, is also entitled to another Perception check.
Gwl steadies himself as he ventures down the short corridor. Drawing a deep and slightly shaky breath, he proceeds into the circular chamber.
Elebrin shakes her head sadly. These Lotus Dragons must have installed their secret doors at a discount irregular sale, they're so easy to spot. In fact, there's one in the west wall of the circular room.
Elebrin furrows her brow, was it supposed to be this easy or was it her journey to Sidhe that made such things so obvious?
Gesturing behind her (in particular to Jym since he seems the type to be interested in such things) Elebrin gingerly navigates the room with her sword at the ready and tries the door at the western wall, hesitating a moment to look after Jym with a look that says "should I just open it?"
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Jym hasn't been paying attention. He's been thinking about all of the different sorts of pies his Oma used to bake back in Greenfields. There was basil rhubarb pie, there was chicken butterscotch pie, there was crabapple mutton pie, there was veal soup pie, there was pasta watermelon pie...
"And so many more," Jym whispers dreamily.
It's just coincidence that mouthing "so many more" looks awfully similar to mouthing "open the door."
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chicken butterscotch pie
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
Elebrin nods and opens the door feeling emboldened by Jym's confidence.
"Wow! Another secret door! Who'd have thought?!"
Jym crosses the room to follow someone else through the secret door.
After a brief look around the chamber, Gwl will take the lead and enter the other doorway.
A very short hall -- maybe 15 feet long -- terminates in an apparently blank wall. The "secret" doors in this complex are old hat by now, so the one in the "blank" wall is quickly located and opened.
Finally, an actual room -- at first glance, a torture chamber, to be specific. A stretching rack dominates the northwest corner, and an open iron maiden stands in the southeast corner. A sizzling brazier of coals sputters in the southwest corner, giving the chamber a hellish red light.
There's a guy in rags strapped into the rack. He doesn't look happy to be there. He lifts his head weakly when you come in, but doesn't say anything.
"Hello! We're intruders! Would you like us to set you free?"
Yes, there's an iron door in the south wall, and a regular wooden door in the east wall, next to the "secret" door you just came through.
The man lifts his head again to answer Jym. "Does a gnome... shag a pony in the woods?"
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"Maybe I'm misreading this situation," Jym says from behind some more capable of finding or triggering a trap, "but I don't think that this is the best time for metaphor!
"If it's not metaphor, then I can say with certainty that the answer is yes."
Eebrin furrows her brow at the odd exchange but moves to release the man nonetheless.
Freed, the man rises up weakly and asks, "Any of you have some water? And maybe something stronger?" He takes an uncertain step, then moves over to lean on the wall near the brazier for a moment.
All this seems totally natural, so it's rather a surprise when he grabs a red-hot iron from the brazier and savagely clocks Elebrin in the head with it!
"She evens falls down gracefully," Jym murmurs as he lobs a magic stone at the man.
Hit by a stone, the man turns quickly to face the rest of you, balanced nicely. He sneers at Jym, and it's apparent he intends to drop the little halfling next, given the chance.
Jym says from behind someone more capable of finding or triggering a trap
Jym says from behind someone more capable of finding or triggering a trap
"Bad move, slickstain. Time to die."
Gwl leaps forward, slashing and biting.
The man is caught by Gwl's first slashing claw, which leaves him gasping and bleeding. He is able to twist aside from the other claw, and the bite is nowhere close. He looks at Gwlybwr with something like gratitude, and grins.