(038) The Concourse Catacomb

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:01 pm

waysoftheearth wrote:
Behind the round door is dark... but by the torch light Mads can see a small room -- not more than 10ft wide or deep -- whose walls are all metal shelves. Even in the gloom it is plain to see that the shelves are all empty.

"Wassat?" says Dugel all of a sudden.

Is that the echo of marching feet from outside..?

Wendel gives an almighty sneeze.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:44 pm

verhaden wrote:
Mads the Enlightened

"We've got what we came for. Number and status of the vault..." Mads mumbles hurriedly. "Let's get back to the surface and collect."

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 12:58 pm

heartless wrote:

waysoftheearth wrote: ...
There appear to be the figures "IV" graven into the stone above the now-broken door, though these are so filled with moss and grit they could easily be missed.
...

What numbers does Rufus see above this inner vault door?

"Help me open the door to look inside, before we go back", asks Rufus.

After getting help he will check for traps and search inside detecting for traps and secret doors.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:40 pm

waysoftheearth wrote:
Rufus sees a great many small figures carved into the dulled steel plate face of the heavy circular door -- most of them are unrecognisable jibberish. Above the round portal, however, is a 1ft square steel plaque into which the stately numerals "IV" are carved. This would appear to be the fourth vault...

"I'll assist ya a moment," Dugel the dwarf replies, and lends Rufus his stout shoulder, and the pair of them strain together to open the vault door further.

Once it gets a bit of swing on it, the heavy door moves surprisingly easily, and the two of them soon have a 4ft wide opening. The interior of the vault beckons.

Meanwhile the echoing tramp of marching feet outside grows steadily louder, it is blatantly clear that whomever it is must be only moments away from the outer door. Now you hear voices: "What's this rock fall?" "This wasn't here last time..." "These vaults are supposed to be safe!"

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 4:55 pm

verhaden wrote:
Mads the Enlightened

Mads stifles a sigh and hurries along with Rufus and Dugel into their tomb.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:37 pm

waysoftheearth wrote:
The four companions slip into the cool, dark vault just as the voices outside get much more immediate. They are right outside the broken door now, and no doubt looking into the room!

"Hold up, there are bodies under that mess!" "Look here, the door is all smashed up..." "Shut yer traps the lot of you! Negnug, Kazaagan, guard this passage. Don't let anything pass. The rest of you, inside with me!"

Then the broken door rattles as the timbers are repeatedly disturbed -- quite clearly a number of persons are squeezing through the broken gap and entering the vault-ante, and remaining quiet...

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:42 pm

waysoftheearth wrote:
Meanwhile, inside the vault is a small, smooth-walled stone room. There is barely room for four people in the 10ft deep space -- so it is fortune that Rufus and Dugel the dwarf are small. The shelves that line the walls from floor to ceiling are all bare... except for one thing which Mads does spot one on the back shelf at eye level (for a Man)...

A single gold coin sitting on a piece of paper appears to have been left in plain view.

What now?

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:30 pm

heartless wrote:
"One of you jam a sword or something in the door way so we don't get locked in", says Rufus quietly, "then look for an other way out or we will need to fight".

Does Rufus see a way to open the door from the inside, if it is shut?

Rufus will then quietly look for a trap door or anything to exit this safe room.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:50 pm

verhaden wrote:
Mad the Enlightened

Mads notes the paper, but leaves it be on the shelf. He readies his sword. This isn't good...

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:35 pm

waysoftheearth wrote:
Wendel and Dugel look at each other askance. Neither has a sword, so Dugel simply plonks his booted foot in the doorway. "You better be onto something good," he hisses.

Wendel smothers a wet cough with his handkerchief.

It takes only a jiffy to confirm that there is no handle or other mechanism for opening the vault door from the inside, so Ruffus hurriedly gets about searching the interior for any secrets compartments or hatches...

Meanwhile, there is ominous silence for a minute from outside, before an alarmingly nearby voice says quietly, "They've killed 'em,". "Cut 'em up and put 'em in these sacks, the bastards!"

There is a dull, schelchy thud as something is dropped nearby. They can't be more than 5ft from the vault door!

Ruffus searches mainly with his clever fingers in the semi-dark, under the shelves, in the vault corners, and (1d6=6!) what's this? Click there is a narrow piece of false wall beneath the bottom shelf in the center of the back wall. Rufus quickly slides it open to reveal a 3ft wide and high crawl-space. It's a dark tunnel to who knows where?

"Open it," says a harsh voice, outside.

What now?