D&D 5E 5e CB's Stonefast OOC -- COMPLETE

[Forged Fury]

You can use your action to control the hand. You can use the hand to manipulate an object, open an unlocked door or container, stow or retrieve an item from an open container, or pour the contents out of a vial.

You can move the hand up to 30 feet each time you use it. The hand can’t attack, activate magic items, or carry
more than 10 pounds.

To me, it looks like as long as it isn't a door that requires a STR check to open (stuck/locked/extremely heavy) mage hand should work fine.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Spec, Fulgrim, et al know the door is locked. I hope ya'll have seen that in the IC (I've stated so two or maybe three times).

 

[Forged Fury]

Yeah, Fulgrim mentioned it, but none of the theify characters seem to want to do anything with it, so...

 

[tuxgeo]

Maybe one of the thiefy characters should offer Fulgrim a lockpick to hold in the Mage Hand.

Then Fulgrim could position the lockpick at the entrance to the keyhole; walk away to more than 20 feet while leaving the Mage Hand where it is; and then cause the Mage Hand to move the lockpick into the keyhole and wiggle it there. That might trigger the trap; and after the trap has triggered, we can see whether it will automatically reset before we can pick the lock, or before the denizens inside open the door and rush out to attack whatever now-wounded idiots tried to pick their lock.

Of course, this is a possibility that hasn't occurred to Guran yet.

 

[Kobold Stew]

I think we want to do this with brute force --

1. try it out with mage hand and try to set things off. (Mage hands exert 10 pounds pressure; should be enough to open doors)
2. failing that, go in and unlock the lock but not open the door. then repeat 1.
3. failing that, use thaumaturgy or something which can open unlocked doors... etc.

It's just a matter of trying a series of things in sequence, isn't it?

I don't know if we're expecting everything to work well on the first go, but it's worth trying.

That's my thought. if we want, tough, Spec is happy to go in and jimmy the clock and try to pick it.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

I had trouble last night with "504 Gateway Time-out" errors while attempting to post. Anyone else having difficulty with the site?

Looks like I managed to get a post through in the IC, which is good. But I was unable to do my usual proofread of the post (grammar, etc).

 

[tuxgeo]

I find the site is easier to use in the mornings when the traffic is lighter. It's a bit after 8:30 AM (PDT) as I post this, and I'm not getting any site lag at all.

Edit to add: "Early to bed and early to rise makes a poster heave fewer sighs."

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Agreed, if I can't get through during the evening, I can almost always get through in the morning.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

[MENTION=6787159]Skarsgard[/MENTION], you're up in the IC.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

I feel wickedly cheerful. Just ordered a case of Founder's Breakfast Stout for someone's Christmas present. Good thing this preacher's wife ain't Southern Baptist.