Elarya looks at the stone with the crystal in it and scratches her head.
"Think it's a trap?"
"Havak can try to disable first"
with that, he will attempt to climb down to it and disable
rushes ahead of (unless he tries to stop him), and begins climbimg dowm the wall.
At the level of the crystal stone, the goblin inspects it closer, and find that it is actually a button. Upon pushing it, the eye symbol on the other stone animates and closes, staying so for just over 10 seconds, then opens again.
holds his position.
Havak will try to drop something relatively valueless in from of the open eye to see if it zaps it or something.
As soon as drops the item, he can hear a quick clicking, and then below him, about 2 or 3 feet from the bottom, long curved blades swing out from unseen slots in the wall and spin for several seconds, striking the small object and knocking it out of view.
"blade trap. button-activated timed bypass. Havak can push button to let us by, or Havak can go first and another can hold button."
Havak will hold the button down and see if the eye stays closed longer than 10 seconds.
finds that as long as the button is pushed, the eye stays closed.
Sansa was somewhat familiar with the area as her beloved Watchtower stood just beyond the grass and dunes. Her dancing lights would continue to work and provide light for Havak and the others without darkvision. She found some wood not far from the group and tested its hardiness, knowing that whatever was used to press against the button needed to hold firmly and not break. Removing the rope from her knapsack, Sansa tied the pieces of wood together well, and, stepping closer to the lip of the hole, she slowly let the rope out until Havak could reach the wood and untie it.
Sansa called down to Havak, "See if you can prop the button with this wood. It seems solid enough from what I can determine."
Havak will attempt to do so and carefully monitor the rigging for signs of impending failure.
slides the strudy branch into place and watches for the results. Although a slight impact could knock it free, the eye symbol stays closed. If a bit of care is made, anyone could be lowered down to the bottomw of the pit with relative ease. Havak feel confident he could now climb down to the bottom without fear of the blades.
Anyone who wishes to climb down will have to take additional precautions to avoid the branch, but if the rope is used it should be much easier.
Havak will go ahead a bit himself, searching for secondary traps put in to place to thwart those thinking themselves safe after avoiding the first trap.
Elarya follows Havak down after he's safely away from the first trap.
Ensuring the rope is secured and will hold, Sansa declares quietly that will remain above since she is not the best climber and believes too many bodies would congest the space inside the hole.
"Quinn and I will remain here. I will keep an eye on the rope, and if need be, aid in pulling you out."
After touching down on the bottom of the pit, can clearly see that the corpses are the hacked up remains of two goblins, clearly dispatched by the blade trap. Form his position, he can see a 5 foot wide square opening that leads off further to the north, and carries on for another 20 feet before coming to what appears to be a dead end. Like the pit, the walls are bricks of stone, and the floor the same. As he approaches the end of the hallway, the dagger's vibrations pick up, and the light in the pommel once again begins to glow. has to duck slightly through the first opening, but find that the 20ft hallway accommodates much easier, as the ceiling here is about 7 ft.
"Some goblins. Can one of you tell Havak if any goblins survived this trap and moved forward?" Havak asks. He holds the dagger up and tries to use it somewhat like a divining rod and attempts to infer its intended direction.
Amara decides to brave the pit and eases her way down.
Upon reaching the bottom she edges away from the diced corpses. She hears Havak's request and searches the ground for any tracks that might indicate survivors.
She advances carefully on, ever wary for another trap. She examines the area for remains of other intruders that may have triggered a hidden trap. Reaching the apparent end of the hallway she also tries to determine if there is any way to move on.
Havak isnt going too far ahead. only far enough to have space for everyone to regroup after that first trap, and to make sure that area is safe.
Once out of the way of the trap, Elarya begins inspecting the floor for signs of goblins moving forward.
approaches the end of the 20 foot hallway and comes close to the end. Moving the dagger around and using as a divining rod, he determines that he gets the most effect from the northeastern wall corner about a foot from the ground.
, just behind inspects the area as well, looking around in the area just below the trapdoor. She finds other bits of corpses, although they are quite small and barely noticeable, having decayed to dirt many many years ago. It seems that besides the goblins, noone has been through this way for a long time.
looks carefully at the ground watching for further tracks, but the further she moves from the small amount light coming in from above, the more difficult it becomes.
stands at the ready, holding his position just below the opening.
Above in the open, Quin looks to with a shimmer in his eyes.
He feels to the young woman with his head cocked slightly while licking his paw. Play? Worry?
Sansa cocked her own head in turn at Quinn. "Not the time to play, my small companion. We must be vigilant lest our comrades require help. Who knows what else they may encounter in the pit. We must be ready."
Sansa, leans in a little and looks down, hoping to see something, to warn her companions if need be. Her vision was keener than most, and she counted on catching sight of something before it became a threat.
Elarya moves as far as she can while still being able to see. She turns around and asks Havak, "Do we have any torches. I can't see much down here."
Havak will move forward looking for traps.
, mostly deductively, finds that one of the stones in the bottom corner of the deadend wall is loose, and suspects there is a trap behind of some sort there. comes to the for as well, and discovers by knocking on the aforementioned wall that the stones are quite a bit thinner than they appear, and the perhaps the wall is, in fact, a door.
Elarya stands beside Garrett and pushes. Hard.
Havak steps back so nothing collapses on him.
Sansa cannot do anything but wait it out above ground in case of danger or emergency. So she sits patiently by the lip of the pit, peering down, Quinn beside her. Occasionally she looks up and about her, surveying the area in case of impending/approaching danger.
Below in the hideout, and push hard on the faux wall and it swings up? much easier than either of them had expected, causing them to stumble several feet forward. Beyond, with the aid of magical lights, they can both see what lays beyond:
For another 20 feet, there seems to be more corridor, and it opens up into a doorless room beyond. The only object visible within being a 3 foot high pedestal a ways into the room with some square dusty object upon it.
However, it seems was right to suspect a trap, as the floor is about 10 feet further down than they expected here, and lined with spikes!
Elarya stumbles too much to jump back, and her fingers are inches shy of catching the lip of the pit.
Damn.
Havak will try to aid whichever of the two is closest to him.
grabs onto the hem of tunic at the last minute but his grip does not hold and she stumbles past him. t falls also, but quick hands grab the side of the pit, and he tries to maneuver himself to aid the barbarian woman, but his own position makes that difficult. falls quickly onto the deadly spikes below . The spikes prove to be brittle and although they slash her up, many of them break under her weight, and she is not run through, suffering only minor injuries. stands stunned behind the goblin, unsure of what just happened.
"GAH!"
Elarya cries out as she's cut in a dozen different places and has the wind knocked from her lungs. She takes a moment to catch her breath, then stands up slowly and carefully, not wanting to add another stinging cut to the "lovely" assortment she was already sporting.
"Did we ever manage to find rope. I'm not looking forward to trying to jump out."
Havak could help with the rope if that's what we decide.
For now, he will look beyond the hole to see what's what.
Sansa is right about the equipment.
Please see the last post in discussion.
Thank you.