Creamsteak
Explorer
He would examine the book until the passage is cleared. Once the party gets into the room upon seeing the runes on the floor he would examine them.
If need be, he can cast Comprehend Languages as a ritual. He can read Elvish, Dwarvish and Infernal
Also...if an Arcana check is required:
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Once he sees the books, the first one he would pick up and look through is the one on Divinations...specifically looking for a Detect Magic spell.
This seems to include some IC actions and I'd prefer those be kept in the IC thread, possibly in OOC tags for parts as needed.
The runes appear to be arcane runes. It's a stargate dialed into somewhere, sometime, or somehow.
If you do open the book, that is in-fact one of the spells scribed within it.