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Message: <blockquote data-quote="silentspace" data-source="post: 1137138" data-attributes="member: 14316">XendengalisOOC: I think that's a pretty fair assumption  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />   If its ok with everyone else, can we further assume that the rogues take 20 on searching the room, and examining the portcullis to make sure its what it appears to be?  Its a bit strange, don't you think?  Having a portcullis that you can walk around so easily?  Another strange bit is that, if the portcullis actually served some sort of defensive purpose, which, given the ease of bypassing it doesn't seem to be the case, why would the defenders of Myrtolo Keep have left it open?  Does that mean someone else opened it?  Or does it mean that it actually IS "closed", and if we lower it, some counterweight system will open something else, like a secret door.  See what I mean?  It's possible they did close this entry, and the portcullis in the up position is actually where it should be to keep people away from something.  Perhaps we should check for secret doors?  Judging by the secret door to the outside, the builders of Myrtolo were quite adept at making hard to spot secret doors.  I'm for lowering the portcullis, in any event.  Xendengalis rubs his chin, deep in thought.  You wonder if its occured to him that this could be exactly what it appears to be - an abandoned room!  OOC: In the spirit of moving things along, if the place turns out to be as abondoned and uneventful as it looks, how about we assume we proceed down the east passage?Edit: sorry about the multiple edits</blockquote>

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