Dreadnought lifts one of his slightly oversized, three-fingered hands and thrusts it at the spot he'd run into thin air a few moments ago, to see if the 'wall' was already gone.
Seeing the warforged reach out towards to see if the wall of force was still present, he shrugs and grins slightly.
"Oh, that. Yes, I dismissed it a little bit ago."
"For a moment, I thought you meant that I should disintegrate or destroy one of these walls in order to gain entry to the interior."
He shakes his head.
"Already tried that," pointing off to one side around the corner from the door,"Ran into solid adamantine plating that is connected to some source of electricity -- nearly lost a couple of my men."
You notice a chunk of the rock-like wall material missing and a spot of dark-colored metal exposed. It crackles with energy.
Turning to his men, he begins to speak with them again.
"Once the symbol is gone, what else do you think is waiting for us."
"Well, dat mechanic'l lock won't be easy tah pick -- I dunt even tink I've got tools big 'nough tah fit in it."
"Right. Right," says the robed man, lost in thought,"Plus I sense a few other magical effects upon it as well."
Morph casts a minor magic, and examines the lock as well.
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So the wall of force is gone? If my detect magic is still up, I'll use that, if not, I'll use another one. I'll examine the lock as well, using spellcraft to id any spells on it.
You cast another detect magic, combined with your spellcraft skills, show that the door is protected with the Symbol of Death, an Arcane Lock, and you also notice a stored Greater Shout.
The robed man turns once again and faces the group.
"It is not a matter of trust, as you have demonstrated some ability to understand the magical arts."
Placing his hand upon his chin,"It is more a question of what your continued interest in this door is."
"As I recall, you are on a search and rescue mission to find some lost persons of interest, and as you can see, they could not be located behind this door, as it has not been opened in countless millenia."
"If your intentions are purely altruistic, then we have no quarrel, and, as a scholar, I appreciate help as much as anyone else, but since I have only known you for a span of minutes now, I have no sure way of knowing your true intentions."
Looking each of the members of your group over, he continues,"This search-and-rescue mission of yours, do you linger here because you are at an impass? Has the trail run cold? Since you are standing here before me, I can only assume that the people you are looking for once passed through here."
"I have been here several times in the past, so if you were to provide some information, I am sure I could point you in the right direction....."
Darv nods as the man speaks. "You are right. We should move on and leave these men to their business. Since they have not seen those that we seek." Then he turns to his companions. "Where should we try next? Perhaps a different level of this tower or should we return to the ground and search elsewhere?"
"Mmm ground is good...huh what now? Bein' methodical is good, lets finish searchin' this tower 'ere then move to the next buildin'." Hudder waves goodbye to the other party and steps back onto lift.
__________________ Its so hard to have a good time, even smiling makes my face ache. - Dr. Frank N. Fuhrter, Rocky Horror Picture Show
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MyGames
Living Eberron Rohna lvl 4 OOC RGIC
Scotley's ToH - Ballista lvl 9 IC
HellrazorIII's Death of the Dragons - Grabhar Goldenwing lvl 5 (Gestalt) RGIC
Dr. Simons B5 Outrageous Fortunne - Croft Callo lvl 2 ICOOC
Dragonwriter's Music Inspired Insanity - Platinus lvl 3 OOCRGIC
The robed man looks on as the group begins to talk amongst themselves.
He shrugs his shoulders slightly, sighs, then turns once again to face the door.
He brings his arms up over his head and begins to chant and gesture -- a white halo surrounds the door briefly then disappears.
Spellcraft DC21
The man casts Greater Dispel Magic
He catches his breath, then begins to chant once again.
Spellcraft DC15
He casts Detect Magic
A few minutes later,"Good," he says to his companions,"At least the symbol is the only remaining enchantment."
He pats the dwarf on the back,"Perhaps tomorrow we'll finally get inside."
He snaps his fingers, his men assemble in front of the lift, and he speaks to you once again,"My work here today is complete, so we will take the lift down and send it back up for you."
Bowing slightly,"It was a pleasure to make your acquaintence, good luck on your mission."
"Look," says the robed man,"I can tell that you have lost your way." "I also can tell that you are agents of House Tharashk," he says, pointing to Ganyon in the corner of the lift.
"So, I can logically deduce that your 'mission' was to figure out what happened to the people downstairs."
"Yes," he says, nodding,"I figured out what happened down there -- some giants came upon them, when they would appear to have been camping, and slaughtered them."
"So, if you want to go find the giants, members of the self-named "Broken Tooth clan", responsible, I'll draw you a map -- they're steading is not far from here -- about a half days journey."
He then intones a few arcane syllables and a sheet of paper appears which he then mentally inscribes with directions as the lift descends in the shaft.
As he reaches the base, he signals the rest of his crew to follow.
"I wish you safety on your voyage."
OOC
Seems like things are a bit bogged down, and not working out as I had hoped, so I am invoking some DM fiat.
"Aye, now yer speakin' my langauge." Dori says, clasping his cousin on the shoulder, "So whattya so cousin? Shall we go and see if we can show the giants what a couple a dwarves can do?" his voice is full of excitement, and he unconsciously grips the hilt of his longsword.
"Mmm it be soundin likes we got a direction after all this castin about. But it ain't my mission ta be leadin..." He looks to the leadery type of the group for confirmation.
__________________ Its so hard to have a good time, even smiling makes my face ache. - Dr. Frank N. Fuhrter, Rocky Horror Picture Show
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MyGames
Living Eberron Rohna lvl 4 OOC RGIC
Scotley's ToH - Ballista lvl 9 IC
HellrazorIII's Death of the Dragons - Grabhar Goldenwing lvl 5 (Gestalt) RGIC
Dr. Simons B5 Outrageous Fortunne - Croft Callo lvl 2 ICOOC
Dragonwriter's Music Inspired Insanity - Platinus lvl 3 OOCRGIC
Being silent for the whole encounter with the other party, Void finally speaks. We still need to figure out what is the rule of the Illithids in the story.
If there is some kind of cooperation, we are in dire situation.
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Zirat Igruf, Gladiator (Rhun's ToEE): OOC ; IC ; RG
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