All right Team.... you've expertly schemed your way to the heart of the cathedral without resorting to the blunt trauma of combat. Answers now lie ahead of you, not behind. What next?
The party leaves the main hall behind, and passes into a cool, dim, stone passageway behind the main hall. The corridor is almost 10ft wide, and continues ahead for about 50ft before turning left. Before that, there is another open archway on the right-hand-side of the passage, leading into a dayli...
The Reverend is clearly offended by Flin's interjection, but thankfully Raislin intercedes before the situation can escalate and, as a result, the whole party manages to pass through the main hall without a single drop of blood spilled... Very good. Let's allow Raislin to diffuse the situation, whi...
Tass slips in through one of the broken windows, quick as you like, and joins the back of the party as they march past the Reverend and through the archway adjacent to the dais. But, just as everything is about to work out well, Flin addresses the Reverend.... The ref decides to hand-wave Tass ente...
"Help, yhhhhess..." mutters the Reverend archly, eyeing the party up and down with clear distaste. The other monks are even more suspicious, but it seems they will defer to the Reverend's lead. For now. "I hope you know what you're doing, Nimroy," says he, at length. Then, takin...
Tass checks there's a clear sky overhead before making his move. That done, he sidles easily up to the cathedral wall--hearing distant shouting of work crews dealing with fires from beyond the main structure. Piece of cake. From there he picks a likely window in the middle section of the wall, grab...
The reverend inhales mightily through his hawk nose, swelling his chest and shoulders in preparation for some forceful decree, but suddenly pauses to hear Raislin babble his aspartame petition. Then he blinks. "Nimroy? Is that you?" he asks incredulously, "Why didn't you say so, for ...
might've missed it but did you ever specify how many monks were in the room?
Nobody asked so I've only generalised them as a small group.
I'll dice for them now: let's say there are 2d3=5 five of them, in addition to the Reverend.
Is Charm Person an option without making it blindingly obvious that one is casting a spell at the affected? These are not the adventurers you're looking for... OD&D does tend toward dramatic/obvious spell casting, requiring at least an un-interrupted period of concentration to execute. However,...