The Closed Eye (DM: Halford, Judge: garyh)

[KenHood]

"We should anoint your crossbow with the blood of that elf that kept shooting me and...pretty much everyone. I bet it would impart some sort of sympathetic enchantment."

 

[Dunamin]

Perception 10, Stealth 16

[sblock=OOC]

You do understand that Palindrome thinks the lovebird reference was to himself and fort...

Yup, it crossed my mind.

I believe the marching order is : Woe up front followed by Palindrome, Tander and then Atreus.

Sounds good to me.[/sblock]

 

[covaithe]

Woe leads the way down the stairs, eyes peeled for more traps, but the rest of the stairway is safe. After four left turns, there is a level section, ending in a heavy wooden door. Through the door can be heard the faint sound of chanting, too muffled to make out any details.

 

[KenHood]

OOC: The plan...

1) Kick open door.

2) Indiscriminate dispensation of death to every creature in room.

Who is with me?

 

[nerdytenor]

OOC:

Sounds good, but let's try not to take out any civilians, m'kay?

Unless they deserve it.

 

[KenHood]

OOC: We could do it special forces CQB style, with you three guys stacked to the side of the door. We pick the lock (if necessary), then open the door. Palindrome lays down a couple of area effects, maybe a daily. Woe and Atreus dash in and mix it up. Then, Tander follows with an area effect or crossbow.

Skill checks...
Perception on and about the door for traps, et al. (1d20+4=12) [Ugh! Let's make that an assist...]
Arcana for magical auras.(1d20+10=17)
Perception for sounds behind door. (1d20+4=20)
Dungeoneering for probable size of room based on sounds. (1d20+7=14)​

"If we're really lucky, maybe they're trying to sacrifice a virgin with rich parents in there. We rescue her and put her in a safe house. Then the 'cultists' send a ransom demand. We get the ransom, then we return the girl to the family telling them that we killed the cultists and kept her in a safe place until the 'hunt' died down. Then, we get a reward for returning her."

 

[covaithe]

Palindrome finds no traps on the door, nor can he detect any magic auras nearby that he's not already familiar with. Listening at the door, he still cannot pick out details of the chanting; the sound is too muffled. However, he does notice that the sound is slowly rising in pitch.

 

[nerdytenor]

Tander's memory is stirred as the chanting increases in volume. Images of rituals, sounds of dark words and darker power cloud his mind as...

No, he thinks. Not now. I must focus.

"Friends, I do not like the sound of that. If it is a dark ritual, I'd rather not wait until it is completed. Let us finish what we started."

 

[covaithe]

ooc: Plans are good; it helps me to know your general intentions. But until someone says in character that they're kicking in the door, I can't tell if you're done planning or not yet. Just sayin'....

 

[nerdytenor]

OOC:

Permission hereby granted for door knockdown and/or thievery/lockping. Tander will be right behind.