(IC) Dog Days of Doom!

[Kobold Stew]

"It is almost nightfall," says Anson. "Our time is short. Let us head through the passage that was revealed by the statue with the scales." He ensures that the fire-starters are safe, and leads the way.

(He'll try to be sneaky on the way up the steps, assuming they get that far).

 

[TaranTheWanderer]

Spoiler: OOC

The results of perception/investigation checks are included. You found the spikes that held the doors (temporarily)open and you found a lever to open the same door that the key opens.
Caer's Passive perception sees the broken arrows on the ground (that Anson failed to spot)

Beyond the door stands a small room with a lever next to another stone door, already open. Beyond that door, a set of steep stairs leads down into darkness.

Anson notes that the second door has been wedged with a spike to keep it open. The door from area 2 was likewise spiked. He also discovers a hidden latch that opens the door into the intersection where they just came in from.

At the bottom of the stairs, chamber of this area holds only a pair of stone columns, but a dark hallway leads north toward a T-intersection and an east–west corridor. It isn't until Anson begins walking down the south passage that Caer notes a number of broken crossbow bolts around the Northwest column and the northern wall of the initial chamber.

Suspecting a trap, Anson checks the floor and walls but there doesn't seem to be anything. If there was one, it probably has been disarmed or triggered already.

Spoiler: OOC

There is no light here so disadvantage on Perception checks and, unless you have darkvision, it is completely dark and you are blinded.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

"I hope someone brought a light." said Stratus as they plunged into darkness. With his sword in one hand and his shield in his other, he was unprepared, in spite of the obvious need for light.