(038) The Concourse Catacomb

[waysoftheearth]

verhaden wrote:
Mads the Enlightened

Mads winces as Rufus plunges the knife into Snart's belly, but his eyes quickly focus on the portal in front of them. He whispers to Rufus "Care to take a look? If those sacks are full, maybe we can seal the door from the outside..."

[waysoftheearth]

heartless wrote:
Rufus is happy to be rid of Snart and he searches his body for anything useful.

Then Rufus will again examine the now broken door to check for traps to make sure it is safe to open.

Rufus will look above the door for any letters or numbers they are looking for!

If all looks safe he will get the others really for anything that could happen with lights to see and weapons at the ready.

He will open the broken door with short sword weapon in hand. And look and listen at the entrance.

OOC: Just confirming. Are the sacks at the next door inside?

[waysoftheearth]

waysoftheearth wrote:

Rufus is happy to be rid of Snart and he searches his body for anything useful.

Then Rufus will again examine the now broken door to check for traps to make sure it is safe to open.

Rufus will look above the door for any letters or numbers they are looking for!

If all looks safe he will get the others really for anything that could happen with lights to see and weapons at the ready.

He will open the broken door with short sword weapon in hand. And look and listen at the entrance.

OOC: Just confirming. Are the sacks at the next door inside?

Rufus finds the dried lizard and pair of caltrops on Snart that Mads did not confiscate previously.

The door is well and truly broken up, but is in no state to be "opened". It is still afixed to the door frame at its hinges and at the lock. To pass through you will need to wrestle a couple of timbers out of the wreckage and slip through the resulting gap.

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.

Nothing is happening in the lit room beyond.

To clarify, it is an 80ft long chamber. The broken door is at one end. The great round armoured door that hangs ajar is at the other end. The sacks are in front of the great round armoured door, just in side the long chamber.

[waysoftheearth]

heartless wrote:
Rufus takes the dried lizard and pair of caltrops from the dead Snart. He holds up the dried lizard and says "Nice snack for later, mmm".

Rufus will look for any traps that may be more easily spoted now the door is broken including the handle area, then if all safe will look on the other side of the door and above on the other side by poking his head through with a torch to look. If he sees any webs he will get out of there asap.

"Okay team how about you help me open this broken door with some axes or muscles or your swords. There looks like treasure in those sacks down this passageway", asks Rufus.

[waysoftheearth]

verhaden wrote:
Mads the Enlightened

Mads will assist in clearing the door frame, heedless of Rufus' persistent trap checking. "This is a delicate operation--we've already made a great deal of noise as is." he whispers. "If we get into trouble, know that we've already earned our pay."

[waysoftheearth]

waysoftheearth wrote:
Dugel the dwarf keeps a lookout while Wendel coughs and snuffles into his handkerchief, and Rufus and Mads fuss at opening the door.

If there are any traps on the door itself, they are impossible to see. There are no webs inside the lit chamber beyond, and (1d6=5) the pair of them manage to pry two, and then three pieces of warped timber out the door, creating a gap large enough to fit through.

There's now a proper hole in the door.

What next?

[waysoftheearth]

verhaden wrote:
Mads the Enlightened

Mads pushes softly at Rufus' shoulder to forge ahead through the door, following through once Rufus is past.

[waysoftheearth]

heartless wrote:
"Mads if you have your floating light still please send it through the door so we can see", asks Rufus.

If Mads has no light then Rufus will use his already lit torch (I assume it is still working) or someones lantern if not to look beyond the door, then up above the door to make sure nothing will fall down on him, if all looks okay he will step into the corridor with sword in hand. Then wave for Mads and the others to follow.

[waysoftheearth]

waysoftheearth wrote:
The chamber beyond is, of course, lit. So light is of now concern. Rufus bundles through the broken door first and finds the way quite safe.

Mads, Dugel, and finally the wheezing Wendel follow.

And then everybody is within.

[waysoftheearth]

verhaden wrote:
Mads the Enlightened

Mads will sneak up to the large door, picking up a non-lit torch from a sconce along the way and, if his sharp ears haven't heard anything too out-of-the-ordinary, he'll light it off one of the already lit torches.