CLOSED! Rhun's Greyhawk OMEGA Game (ToEE)

[InVinoVeritas]

Ciaran has hung back, sniffing the air and eyeing the ravens. After listening to everyone, checking up on the horses, and scouting the perimeter, he speaks.

"I still feel that the dark path, the path of shadows, is closed to us. Our entry will be known, and we must be ready to face what lies ahead. However, if you wish some secrecy, we do have some options.

First, we can use the clouds to cover our actions, as done against the bandits last week. Second, we can attack the ravens, if we fear them. They might provide us with more food inside. Third, we can wait. What does the lettering mean? Perhaps we should study it, painful though it may be.

Most definitely, however, we should not split up. If we feel we will be here a long time, I can direct the horses back toward Hommlet. If we feel we can set up camp here, perhaps they can stay. Yet we should choose a way in, and stay with it.

I agree with Zirat. The wall tower is the best place to start. We should learn as much as possible about our enemy going forward."

Ciaran stops to stare at the glowing warded doors one more time before turning away in disgust. "Bah, keeping us trifles out... why?"

He stops, his face glowering, and he turns back to the doors in a sneer. Staring at the sun, is what it feels like... "Ha! It is not vital to keep us out. No... That kind of power... is only useful against the known. It is to keep something else in...

Ha! I am satisfied! To the wall tower!"

 

[Voadam]

Sir Merrick handles his glaive, ready for action. "I agree. The Tower first."

 

[Rhun]

Day 6, late morning - Temple Compound

You move across the ruins of the compound, skirting the grove of unnatural looking usk trees just north of the Temple proper. The jagged stub of the ruined tower juts upward from the razed outer walls. The upper levels have obviously collapsed, and a pair of ravens are perched atop the place, perhaps twenty-five feet up. They croak and caw at your approach, flapping their wings excitedly.

One heavy iron-bound door can be seen, locked and barred from the outside. Arrow slits are visible on either side of the door, but peering in reveals only blackness beyond.

 

[Voadam]

You move across the ruins of the compound, skirting the grove of unnatural looking usk trees just north of the Temple proper. The jagged stub of the ruined tower juts upward from the razed outer walls. The upper levels have obviously collapsed, and a pair of ravens are perched atop the place, perhaps twenty-five feet up. They croak and caw at your approach, flapping their wings excitedly.

One heavy iron-bound door can be seen, locked and barred from the outside. Arrow slits are visible on either side of the door, but peering in reveals only blackness beyond.

Sir Merrick peers in, his celestial blood allowing him to pierce natural darkness.

 

[Rhun]

Sir Merrick peers in, his celestial blood allowing him to pierce natural darkness.

Merrick's celestial vision reveals little . It appears as if something black, perhaps thick cloth, is hung over the arrow slit on the inside of the tower.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Jinx titters. "So who's got the keys?" Despite himself, the little gnome can't help but break out into a thin nervous laugh.

Are the arrow slits big enough for a Small creature to squeeze in through?

 

[Dire Lemming]

"If we cannot open the door we could always scale the tower. I have grappling hook in the wagon."

 

[Rhun]

Are the arrow slits big enough for a Small creature to squeeze in through?

OOC: No. Plus, do you really want to go into the tower all along?

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Do I want to be eaten by the Big Nasty Thing that is inevitably lurking beyond the Curtains of Celestial Vision Obscuring? Sure, if it gets us to the next Big Nasty Thing that inevitably lurks down the next bend in the keep.

Jinx eyes the arrow slits and shakes his head. "So. Keys? Picks? I cain't squeeze in those slits. And I don't think I wanna, either."

 

[Rhun]

Merrick easily lifts the heavy bar blocking the door out of place, and then stands aside so Deren can inspect the portal. The halfling determines that there is no trap of any kind (Search 22), but he does discover a hidden mechansim that would allow the bar to be raised from inside the tower.

Removing his lockpicking tools, the halfling sets to the work on the lock. After a couple of minutes (Take 20 + 10 = 30), the tumblers click as they release, and the door stands ready to be opened.