Clutches of Evil - IC: Chapter Two

[Nonlethal Force]

[Sblock=Byntrou]On this count, jkason, the answer is yes, you will have to declare searching for secret doors - or at least make a stement like "Byntrou will check for secret doors at the end of every tunnel that is a dead end." The only real way around this is if you are an elf or have some other natural bonus to auto-detect things like that.

Besides - at places in the journey like this is where Byntrou is expected to "do his thing." I'm sure the rest of the party would rather spend a few moments declaring Byntoru is using his abilities than just putting it on auto-pilot. Traps are one thing, but looking for secret doors is much more significant! Enjoy these moments as a time for Byntrou to shine rather than thinking of them as places to hold the party up.

But for what it's worth, Byntrou doesn't find any evidence of a secret door here, although upon further examination there is some evidence to believe that the solid slab of stone might serve as a portal of some sort - either a rising door, a swinging door, or something. The stones on the floor at the base of the wall are more worn where the large solid stone is than anywhere else.[/Sblock]

 

[jkason]

Byntrou, roguishly sorcerous barbarian

[sblock=OOC]That all works for me, Nonlethal. I've got no problem RPing those bits out and declaring. Just wasn't sure how it should be done.[/sblock]

Byntrou pauses a moment as something catches his eye.

"Hold a moment," he mutters. He stoops to the bottom of the central stone slab, running his thick fingers along the edge of it. Then he stands, shaking his head.

"The wear along the lower edge would suggest the slab is used as some sort of entryway, but I can't find any more proof of that--nor how it might open. It's possible it was at one time a door, but now it's sealed, perhaps? I'm not sure."

 

[unleashed]

Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric

“Perhaps Bahruul should give the slab a good push or try to lift it,” Keryth offers from his place at the back, as he turns to watch behind them.

 

[jkason]

Byntrou, roguishly sorcerous barbarian

“Perhaps Bahruul should give the slab a good push or try to lift it,” Keryth offers from his place at the back, as he turns to watch behind them.

Byntrou steps to the side and presents the wall. "The choice is yours, herdmate: do you want to take out some aggression on the slab and see if it moves, or should we turn back and look for perhaps a quieter entrance to the deeper levels?" Byntrou says, raising an eyebrow.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

[Sblock=Daz OOC]I NPCed Bahruul to get the story rolling. Hope its no big deal.[/Sblock]

Bahruul eagerly accepts the challenge and stows his weapon. He sizes up the block. "No worries." He puts his shoulder against the rock and pushes with all his might. Nothing happens. He tries to slip his fingers underneath the bottom edge of the stone slab and is only ableto get the smallest of a grip. It is enough to allow him to lift with all his might, but it only serves to give him an exercise in futility.

"Okay, few worries, then."

Suddely, beside the door one of the smaller stones slips out of place. Actually, it is more clearly pulled out of place from the other side of the wall. A voice calls through, speaking very broken speech.

"What you want? Tell me password to get in. Or, tell me story that make me laugh. Either way, not particular." The voice sounds oddly familiar - but none of the party is able to place it quite. It is almost as if it is someone they met for a very short time - enough to sound familiar but not enough to make a match.

The stone is obviously designed to allow speech to pass through. The hole only measures less than an inch in diameter on the side of the wall on which the party stands.

 

[unleashed]

Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric

“Is that you, Farang?” Keryth asks, as he tries to place the voice.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

"Nope!" the vice says rather chipperly. "But would he make me laugh?"

 

[D20Dazza]

Bahruul puts his eye to the hole and looks through the space in the wall 'Is it a riddle ye be wanting? Or perhaps a joke? A tale of a distant land or a mighty warrior? Or mayhaps a story to chill your bones?"

 

[Nonlethal Force]

The figure laughs from behind the wall.

[Sblock=Bahruul]Looking through the hole doesn't provide much help. Bahruul can see a shadowy room, but nothing is able to be distinctly seen through the hole. Occasionally the illumination gets dark quickly and then light again as if someone is passing by the hole. The object that occasionally darkens the other side is too close to the hole to make out anything than the darkness caused.[/Sblock]

"No. Password or funny story. That is all."

 

[jkason]

Byntrou, roguishly sorcerous barbarian

"No. Password or funny story. That is all."

"So, three humans of my acquaintance all walked into a bar the other day. I found that quite odd, since you would have thought the last one should notice when the first two bashed their heads on the bloody thing."