Dungeon of the Fire Opal, part V

[HeavyG]

Ubaar unbolts the trapdoor and lifts the heavy door (any chance to show Strength) and leans over, loooking down the pit.

Ubaar strains with all his mighty beserker strength against the slab, to no avail.

(It's a 10'x10' slab of rock, aka not a chance. The two huge iron rings seem to indicate that many people had to team up to open that thing.)

 

[CRGreathouse]

It's a 10'x10' slab of rock, aka not a chance. The two huge iron rings seem to indicate that many people had to team up to open that thing.

10' x 10' slab of rock = 1300 pounds per inch of thickness.

 

[Murhid]

"Ha ha, nice try Ubaar, Oneself thinks they must have had a team of fifty strong monks to put that in place."
"We continuing now?" Murhid says to the group.
If the group agrees Murhid will scout further into the unexplored areas, towards where the witch cast that grease spell, taking more caution than before (moving silently at half speed).

[OOC: So how many monks would it take? I'm not very good with pounds and inches]

 

[reapersaurus]

"We continuing now?"

Ubaar barks, "Ya.. let's go.

We'd need a Thunderbeast to get thru that trapdoor..."

Ubaar brings up the rear as the party continues on in the dark of the Dungeon.

 

[Doppleganger]

"We're just going to give up on whatever's down there?? There's gotta be a way of opening this trapdoor."

The wood elf searches the room for a switch of some sort. Failing that, he pulls at the iron rings for a while.

"Hey Byowerownnames, will ya give me a hand with this. I'm sure the two of us can match the strength of any old group of lightweight monks."

(OOC It's worth a shot, since Ubaar & Ivellios can both lift 600 lbs, and can each push or drag 1500 lbs. Maybe a lucky strength check...)

 

[Murhid]

"If you really want to try it elf, how about using Ubaar's rope there, and get us all to work as a 'team', huh?"

 

[CRGreathouse]

So how many monks would it take? I'm not very good with pounds and inches

Sorry, the (American version of the) PH uses pounds so I use pounds. It would take 6 Murhids to drag a 10-cm slab; the mass of the slab is a little over 230 kg per cm.

 

[Doppleganger]

"If you think you're strong enough to help Murhid, then jump in. Let's grab the iron rungs and pull."

"I think if we used a rope it would just break, I know that I can snap a rope with just my bare hands."

The elf looks sideways at Kytess and adds, "Or we could use a stronger rope to use to pull with, like a chain maybe...."

 

[CRGreathouse]

The elf looks sideways at Kytess and adds, "Or we could use a stronger rope to use to pull with, like a chain maybe...."

"Sure. I'll grab the ring and you grab the spikes."

Kytess prepares to help the others move the rock - with the rope and not the chain.

 

[reapersaurus]

At the far end of the room, a huge oaken trapdoor 10' across covers the ground.

OOC: Heavy, a couple posts of yours ago, you said it was a huge oaken trapdoor. ?? Now, it's a rock slab? And how are those iron rings set in? If the door is 10' x 10', wouldn't we probably be stepping on the door that we're trying to lift up? (Unless our arms have reach.... )