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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 3810006" data-attributes="member: 11760">The corridor straightens out past the portcullis and remains that way as far as the group can see via torchlight.The Gentlemen Delvers continue down the tunnel.Ragglus feels a slight resistance against his foot, and the same moment that the word "tripwire" comes to mind, he hears the sound of a bowstring twanging. Fortunately, it's enough time for him to get his shield up, and the arrow thunks into it, the tip staining the wood with some sort of poison.He growls something practically inaudible, something about sneaky bastards and how he'll be forcing their heads up their own asses."Gods save me, what's happening?" Renraw squawks as the arrow shoots past. "Defend me, Chaplin!"Seeing the arrow was the only immediate danger, Renraw clears his throat and straightens out from where he'd crouched behind Ragglus."I thought I saw skeletons for a moment. Must've been some sort of illusion. Let's hurry up and finish this, shall we?"Katadid pulls the arrow out of Ragglus' shield and sniffs the tip, trying to identify the toxin."Slow and cautious, yes?" Katadid murmurs distractedly. "There may be more."The Gentlemen Delvers continue down the tunnel.Once again, Ragglus finds a trap by setting it off. This time, it's a double-sided axe pendulum that swings down from the ceiling, but he leaps past it just in time. The axe swings past and back, and then a mechanical winching noise can be clearly heard, ratcheting it up into a concealed stone slot in the ceiling, ready to slice down again.Kat bends down and peers at the near invisible tripwire running across the bottom of the cavern. He peers up to the hidden gap where the axe swung."Well," he says calmly, "I think the most effective method is to perhaps get the axe stuck so that it can not raise anymore. We could use the grappling hook to trip the wire from a distance. Ragglus can throw the spider's body onto the axe as it come down, perhaps during the backswing. The thorax and legs should be enough resistance for the axe to keep from resetting.""Why don't we just cut the wire?" Renraw asks. "Have Chaplin lower his sword on it from a distance and then back out of the way. Even if the hidden mechanics raise the axe again, the trap's trigger is no more.""But that still places him well within the path of the axe. A hook to trigger the wire from a distance would be safer," Kat's lips purse. "Although, granted, he still has to throw an arachnid onto a moving target ...""Stand back," Renraw says, squinting at the trapped passageway. He lays down flat on the ground, on his belly, and positions himself several feet away from the tripwire. "Just seeing what will happen ..."He takes the unlit end of his staff and rests it on the tripwire. The axe swings down and back and down and back and down and back as long as the staff remains on the tripwire."OK, so much for that," Renraw says, standing back up. "Back to Plan: Wirecutting."Ragglus presses against the wall, turning his head around to make sure no one is in his way for his eventual retreat. Satisfied, he extends his sword, keeping an eye on where the axe will start to swing. He brings the blade down to sever the tripwire and quickly steps back.The axe swings down and back and back up into the wall. And doesn't come back down again."Ah," Kat says. "Well, that works, too. ... I still wanted to see the spider bisected ... "The Gentlemen Delvers continue down the tunnel.As the spring-loaded trapdoor hinge begins to squeak warningly, Ragglus almost stumbles back in time, but finds his feet hanging over empty air. His elbows slam down on the pit's edge, and then he's tumbling down, landing hard in the dark and damp as the trapdoor snaps shut above him, leaving him in darkness."Oh, crap," Renraw says.</blockquote>

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