Strahd's "RttToEE" CLOSED

[Rhun]

Korbryn considers for a moment, and then begins to lead the way forward. "Me be thinkin' the best route out be the tunnel in the catacombs."

 

[s@squ@tch]

Lenuran of Lortmills

"Any way out of this place is fine with me - I want nothing more than to curl up next to the fire at the Welcome Wench and rest my old bones while I peruse the notes from this journal and the letter from the mad priest."

"We could also look for the release mechanism on the portcullis, since we have access to the other side of it now -- if that is a more direct route."

 

[stonegod]

The Kid nods. Assuming the priest has no objections, he begins leading them out that way, daggers in hand.

 

[Voadam]

Miltiades shakes his head "Foolish gnome, it is your very soul you have risked. To the portcullis then."

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

The majority of the party decided that lifting the portcullis less spooky than crawling in a webbed, filthy gravely tunnel.
The iron portcullis rests in place, they are thick, cold to touch and quite heavy, no lifting device is visible.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Shaking his head at the gnome's unwise decision to bite into the fruit, Ithiken can't help but comment on his foolishness. "You know, Lenuran... it's actions like that which makes me believe that when we go round this crazy world for a fourth time... you and your kind aren't going to be a part of it anymore. Heck, even the tieflings will pass you gnomes by!"

The elf then glances around to look for the raising and lowering mechanism of the portcullis. (Search/Spot check)

 

[Rhun]

Korbryn knows that the portcullis is stout and solid; he had tried lifting it once before. Perhaps with the aid of his companions, they could lift it. The dwarf moves forward and grabs hold of the bars, nodding that Thandis and Miltiades should do the same.

 

[s@squ@tch]

Lenuran of Lortmills

"I do admit that there was a risk involved in the eating of the fruit," Lenuran says while looking at the others attempting to lift the portcullis,"And I am not normally such a thrill seeker, as my primary focus is to record and document events for my journal, but now we are up against a cult that seeks to free the dark lord -- and any insight I, or we, might gain onto how they will attempt to do so is worth some risk..."

"As for this portcullis, it must be able to lifted somehow.....Mr. The Kid - do you remember the middle door to the East of here? Remember how it had a chain that went into the ceiling or wall -- and it looked like it was a trap that was already sprung? Do you think that this could be the release mechanism for the portcullis?"

Door #2?

 

[stonegod]

"I can have a look." The Kid searches to see if he can reset it somehow, perhaps opening the gate.

OOC: Take 20 on Search, use Disable Device if appropriate.

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

While Korbryn inspects the portcullis and Lenuran and the Kid speak and suggest other possibilities for opening the gate, Ithiken eyes spots the outlines of a concealed opening, the outlines are filled with moos and fungi. The opening is a small brick with almost camouflaged iron ring, to remove the brick all you need is to pull the ring.