Constables of the 14th Ward

[Scotley]

Latest Map

OOC: I made my best guess at where everyone is standing. If you don't like it, I can shuffle you about.

 

[Lou]

Raul in the darkness

Realizing that he is in the darkness, Raul reaches into his backpack, pulls out a sunrod, and strikes it on the ground to light it. Raul will then look for Wally and Alarion.

 

[Scotley]

Wally is tapping at the wall and looking curiously a short distance down the passage with
Alarion in tow.

 

[Fenris]

Jonas whistles for Bruno and heads back up the passage, examining the wall before the doors.

 

[Lou]

Raul

Wally is tapping at the wall and looking curiously a short distance down the passage with
Alarion in tow.

Raul will tap along the wall as he moves down to where Wally is. "Find something, Wally?" Raul is clearly more interested in what Wally appears to have found than in finding anything himself.

[sblock=OOC] Raul will "search" along the wall as he moves from P to K.

P to K search (1d20+3=8)

IC strikes again!

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[xedr]

[highlight]"Well, Thea, I'm not sure my opinion is worth much, but if you think this portal is shielded so that a knock spell is unlikely to work, you should keep that spell in reserve for later. If you wish to search for concealed doors I would be happy to assist you. On the other hand, if the door is simply locked, it would behoove us to move things along."[/highlight] Darius turns to the door and knocks loudly. [highlight]"In the name of the King, Open Up!"[/highlight]

 

[Scotley]

Raul doesn't find anything. Wally shrugs in response to the question, "Not a blooming thing. I've a pretty good eye for hidden doors they are more common than ordinary ones down here. Must be one here somewhere." He continues tapping and moving his head from side to side looking for telltale gaps or groves.

Darius bangs on the door and gives his order to 'open up', which elicits a derisive laugh from Wally. He says to Raul and Alarion, "Does he know there are at least a dozen self-proclaimed 'Kings' in the 13th?"

Jonas efforts prove less than efficacious.

 

[Scotley]

Getting further and further out, Alarion and Raul are about ready to change tactics when the knight spies what might be a coloring in the stone on the wall. It seems to be in a pattern of a wreath of grain. It is very faint and somewhat obscured by the long passage of time, but Alarion is fairly confident that this is not a natural pattern in the stone, but an intentional image.

OOC: At 42D.

 

[Leif]

Darius Watson

As Darius is pounding on the door and having homicidal thoughts of architects, he notices two indentations in the door. They are located just about even with his boot tops, one just outside his left foot, and the other just outside his right foot. The are fairly small, about 5 inches wide, an inch tall, and about 3 inches deep.

 

[xedr]

Upon noticing the indentations, Darius stops his pounding nonsense and points them out to the group around the door. [highlight]"Do you suppose that this door lifts upward rather than moving inward?"[/highlight] Darius "takes 20"+3 to scrutinize the seam between the door and the walls and ceiling, looking for a sign that the door slides in any direction. Before sticking his fingers in the left indentation to try lifting the door, he also checks for traps/critters/droppings ("taking 10"+3).