Keith attempts to open the door, his blade in hand, and tries to force his way in, "Cover me you guys, as much as I speak of death, I do not wish to feel its embrace so soon..."
Keith will look around inside if he gets the door open, if not, he will look for alternate means to enter the tower...
Rallyn (with Slith), Paenderig, Keith, Lyrique and Mortimer - orcs
The tower's door doesn't budge. There's no apparent lock, so it's safe to surmise the door is magically locked by some means.
A quick walk around the outside of the tower reveal it to be otherwise featureless and smooth. Atop the tower a few windows can be seen, but they are all on the top floor and are very small windows, almost arrow slits.
Charlotte, Sildarin (with Kari), and Travellios - giants
Sorry, missed the initiatives. It's been a hectic week and I've had little time to read posts carefully.
16 Charlotte
13 Giant
11 Travellios <
7 Sildarin
Charlotte manifests Burning Ray on the gigantic humanoid. The ray of hellish heat almost misses, but manages to hit him squarely enough; he is obviously injured by the effect.
Giant takes 11 points of damage.
The beast roars in pain, then swipes at Travellios. Even though it's immense, it's large strides let it easily catch him. It stumbles briefly, perhaps distracted by Charlotte's power, but connects.
The grazing blow does 9 points of damage to Travellios.
Travellios is now within the monster's reach. Even double moving will provoke an AoO. We will pause the combat here so Travellios can give some new options.
Keith steps back, "Looks like we won't be going in, the door is sealed shut, tighter then an I can manage," Keith turns to his crew, "No discernable locks, perhaps enchanted to stay shut, I suppose we move on, this seems much to sophisticated for orcs..."
Lyrique steps up to the door and examines it. Bardic lore roll: 6+7=13 Use magic device: 18+13=31!
Lyrique says "I have returned" Hopeing the door will open.
Keith looks up in exasperation, "Though I think it could be a prison as well, or if it is magically locked, it may have several magical traps inside, as much as I wish to explore, our first order of business is the orcs, the more time we spend side-trekking the less time we have to rescue the farmers from certain doom... as a matter of fact, I have a question. Why were the villagers taken in the first place?"