Sorry directly answering questions at 3 am in the morning is sometimes rather difficult.
"Well then, shall we see what is behind the doors down the other corridor?"
Morthos, let's do it. Darren and I will lead the way, as usual. By the way, Darren, Solomon is right...just Filios is fine. If you have properly gathered yourself Petvar, shall we proceed?
Filios heads carefully down the 90 foot hallway to the sets of opposing three doors. He checks the floor and walls for traps.
Perception (Traps):
Filios and Darren arrive at the first door on the left. Again, with aid of Darren's light source, Filios carefully examines the first door for traps and to determine if it is locked.
Pereception (Traps):
No traps, and only the middle one on the left is locked.
Gentlemen, the doors are all clear. However, this middle door here is locked. Let me see what I can do..
Filios bends his attention to the center door, and its lock. He sheathes his weapons and takes out an oil skin, carefully unrolling it. Inside are gleaming tools of his trade. He selects the proper tool and sets to work on the lock.
Disable Device:
"If there is nothing further to be gained in this room, by all means, let us go to the next." Turning to Darren, "And son, down here, the monsters don't care if you are sir, or mister. Please, call me Petvar."
"My only suggestion is that we take these rooms one at a time. No need to be trying to fight off more than one nasty at a time."
Gentlemen, the doors are all clear. However, this middle door here is locked. Let me see what I can do..
Filios bends his attention to the center door, and its lock. He sheathes his weapons and takes out an oil skin, carefully unrolling it. Inside are gleaming tools of his trade. He selects the proper tool and sets to work on the lock.
Disable Device: 1d20+11
Between the arcane lock and the very high quality mundane lock, Filios figures out very quickly he will need a lot more practice and a means of dispelling magic before he can open this particular door.
"Sorry, sirs, er, gentlemen. It's just the way I was raised - to address my elders as sir or ma'am. I forgot some of my manners when I came to Kaer Maga, and no good came from it, so I'm trying not to forget them them again. But I'll call you by your given names if you prefer."
"I suppose we could use the chime to open the door. But we don't know how many more might be locked. I say we move to the next and come back later if we have time or find another way to open it."
"Agreed."
Darren leads the way into the first door on the left. His shield still equipped, and the sunrod in his free hand.
Filios puts away his tools, shakes his head, draws his weapons, and follows on the heels of Darren into the first door on the left.
Biers of solid gold encrusted with glittering gems lie against the walls of this chamber. Golden candelabras stand nearby, empty of candles, and the walls depict a glorious afterlife filled with riches and luxury, painted in bright pigments and gold leaf.
Filios carefully enters the room and begins to search for traps.
Perception (Traps):
No traps, but like with the other room, you realize that all is not what is seems. The golden appearance of the room is but a veneer that covers otherwise ordinary objects.
The gold is very thin gold plating, and the reward is greed.
The real question is, can we take this stuff? Gold is gold no matter how thin the plating, and I believe that we were specifically instructed that we could abscond with anything so long as it did not belong to the Pharasma faith. This stuff is so old that I truly doubt that it does. I am for taking what we can without wasting too much time here. Thoughts?
"I'm definitely on the lookout for treasures, but these are heavy items, and the gold is thin. We could probably chip the gold off, but that will take time. If the rest of the crypt comes up empty, I'm willing to come back and chip away here, but I think that we should see what the rest of the crypt has to offer before we break our backs here."
"I guess there are two questions that come to mind. First, is it more valuable as an Ancient Thassilonian relic or as just gold veneer? Second, how long would it take to remove the veneer and how much would we get? Okay, I guess that was three questions."
"Does it matter if we take it now though? If it's sat here this long, I don' think it's gonna disapear before we clear this place out. Let's just get on our way, and remember to come back before leaving the crypt. Once we leave the ossuary, we can figure out how it's worth more, as an artifact or as gold plating.
I say leave it for now."
"Should we look for another word carved into the floor here?"
Darren takes a cursory glance at the floor in the corners of the room, before heading back toward the door.
"I don't see anything, but I don't have the keenest eyes, especially in this light."
You could try and take the gold veneer off, but it would take a long time.
Filios looks around the room with disappointment.
So be it...let's get moving. Darren, shall we?
Filios heads out of the room and across the hall to the first door on the right, which is open. After waiting for the remainder of the party to join him, he cracks the door and peers inside.
Perception:
"A moment if you please. I wish to make sure of this room before moving on..."
Morthos will do a quick Detect Magic scan of the room, as well as look for any sign of another word carved somewhere...
He will also try to see if there is anything of immediate value in the room...
Once that is done, he joins Filios at the first door on the right...
Morthos, it looks like it would take about 10 hrs to get all the gold veneer off for a grand total of a 100 gp. You see nothing further in this room.
As for the next room:
This room's contents are completely destroyed beyond all recognition, and ancient dried bloodstains still mar the floor and wall carvings.
Morthos turns to Petvar with a smile.
"Well then, shall we move on to the next set of doors?"
Seeing this room filled with pure destruction, the party quickly realizes that anything of value is probably destroyed. They are also getting the impression from what they have seen that these rooms seem very similar to the embalming rooms up in the cathedral that they saw on their tour, with each one seemingly employed by followers of the different runelords.
The party still has the middle right, the far left, and the far right door that they haven't examined yet.
Solomon stands at the ready, with shield and hammer in hand.
Petvar readies his bow and stands in the doorway across the hall from the room that is about to be entered.
Perception:
Filios, you definitely hear sounds behind this door as you approach it. Whoever or whatever is behind it clearly is not concerned about whether or not they are heard.
Morthos readies his axe, and prepares to charge into the room behind Darren and Filios, once the door is opened...
Filios whispers to the group.
Okay, gentlemen. There is activity behind this door, I am going to swing it open on three. Let's do this..one, two, three...
Filios swings the door open and follows darren into the room ready to attack!
Combat Time
Filios, as you open the door, a nasty looking crature strikes out at you with claws and teeth, clearly prepared for you to open the door. Both of the claws catch you, dealing six damage, as you take in the horrifying sight.
Human-sized, the creature in front of you has a perfectly formed and anatomically correct female human torso, but any resemblances end there. Its arms are unnaturally long and end in three wickedly curved talons. Its lower jaw splits into two monstrous halves lined with sharp teeth, below bulging red eyes.
Arrrrgh!
Filios screams in pain as he takes a five foot step to eventually obtain a flanking position with either Darren or Solomon, and he attacks with both weapons.
LS ATT:
LS DAM:
SS ATT:
SS DAM:
Flanking is going to be hard unless you give it room to step out into the hallway or can tumble behind it.
This is how I pictured you standing based on your descriptions; if you want to switch places or otherwise adjust, let everyone know.
Arghhhh!
Filios attempts to tumble through the monster's space and occupy the square behind the monster.
Acrobatics:
[ooc]Positioning is fine by me too. For future reference, I agree with Solomon, but I think Darren works fine at front line, and while exploring, I would be up there with him, I could go in right on his heels, which is my intent. Petvar may want to be in a position to use his bow for a ranged attack first. I thought that was his intent this time, but I do not know if that will always be the case moving forward.[/b]
Arghhhh!
Filios attempts to tumble through the monster's space and occupy the square behind the monster.
Acrobatics: 1d20+8
With that roll you are stopped dead in your tracks, since you fail to meet its CMD, and you are trying to go directly through its square. I would say you still have a standard action, since the acrobatics would have been your move action.
Also, I'd give bullrushing a shot if we are able to do it in such a tighly packed area, Darren, though I should wait to find out Petvar's actions before doing my own rolls.
I'll leave that up to the party to decide future arrangements.