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<blockquote data-quote="Ilbranteloth" data-source="post: 6856244" data-attributes="member: 6778044">Very cool, although not an example of a locked door that doesn't have any time pressure or material cost to it.My group was just exploring ruined temple. They were looking for a way to the library specifically. There were numerous rooms that were locked, with nothing of interest other than the monks and clerics meager personal belongings. Once they had unlocked and checked one of the doors in that wing, they could have deduced what was behind the others, but chose to open them anyway. No monsters, nothing chasing them, no time pressure. Just a long forgotten ruined temple high in the mountains. It added to the sense of abandonment, the utter emptiness of the ruin. They were expecting monsters (and they did find a few), but for the most part it was just there.Some would have found the exploration boring, I suppose. I think it set the scene better, and although they suspected that each room might be empty and devoid of danger (and wealth), they still proceeded cautiously, and with respect for the holy nature of the place, and that it was the final resting place for a number of people that didn't expect to suddenly die. The defenders were found primarily in a single area where a tower had been, now rubble, collapsed by some unknown catastrophe or attack. What happened may or may not come back to haunt them...Ilbranteloth</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ilbranteloth, post: 6856244, member: 6778044"] Very cool, although not an example of a locked door that doesn't have any time pressure or material cost to it. My group was just exploring ruined temple. They were looking for a way to the library specifically. There were numerous rooms that were locked, with nothing of interest other than the monks and clerics meager personal belongings. Once they had unlocked and checked one of the doors in that wing, they could have deduced what was behind the others, but chose to open them anyway. No monsters, nothing chasing them, no time pressure. Just a long forgotten ruined temple high in the mountains. It added to the sense of abandonment, the utter emptiness of the ruin. They were expecting monsters (and they did find a few), but for the most part it was just there. Some would have found the exploration boring, I suppose. I think it set the scene better, and although they suspected that each room might be empty and devoid of danger (and wealth), they still proceeded cautiously, and with respect for the holy nature of the place, and that it was the final resting place for a number of people that didn't expect to suddenly die. The defenders were found primarily in a single area where a tower had been, now rubble, collapsed by some unknown catastrophe or attack. What happened may or may not come back to haunt them... Ilbranteloth [/QUOTE]

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