Chpt. 5 - Race for the Runestaff

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Chpt. 5 - Race for the Runestaff

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Chapter 5
Race for the Runestaff

Chaos, Law and the Cosmic Balance look down upon the Fellowships...
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Second Floor, Throne Room...

The adventurers pause as Andover the ranger examines the floor for tracks. He looks carefully but the stone floor yields no signs.

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Shen

I'm going to take a closer look. Watch for anything... well, unusual isn't a good way to describe it in this place. Just watch my back.

Shen enters the room and approaches the throne, trying to get a better view of those on it.

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Bjorn stands back watching the statues with a keen eye warhammer at the ready. "I got yer back Shen."
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Flint and Honnilee same actions as last round.

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Iwillen scans the room and walks toward the throne not getting to close to anything.

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Not sure if this will work...

Ianin briefly takes the Torc of ESP and uses it to send a message of just random words to the two statues guarding the room, probing them to see if they are in fact just statues or something more...
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Poltux the half-orc fighter admires the warrior statues before searching about the fireplaces and looking up them.

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Investigating the Throne Room

Shen the monk cautiously crosses the room, keen eyes alert. Idwellin the druid and Poltux the fighter follow after him. They see the pillars are carved with scenes of dragons in flight. The faded tapestries include Lady Myshella, for the adventurers recognize her visage from the other tapestries and books in the Library. The wooden throne is impressive, though not as grand as the more ceremonial throne in the first floor throne room. The warrior statues to each side of it appear to be knights, judging from their plate mail and heraldic insignia. The fireplaces in the north and south walls are empty. 

Ianin the conjuror dons his Torc of Extra-Sensory Perception and his mind's eye expands into the realm of thought. He lets fall the swirl of thoughts from his comrades - the hobbit is hungry, Raquinel wonders if Idwellin likes her, Shen thinks he found a secret door, Poltux is concerned his skills aren't what they use to be - and focuses on the statues. He reads no thoughts from them, nor do they seem receptive to his own thought projections.

Judging by the dust, it appears Durandal has not been in this room - echoing Andover the ranger's finding no tracks.

Shen discovers a secret door in the northwest corner!

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Shen, monk

Shen points at the secret door. This could be interesting, he says as he investigates it, looking for traps and the mechanism to open it.
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Bjorn goes over to back up Shen.
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Ianin gives a curious glance over to Raquinel, chuckling after a moment, before heading over to Shen to lend any assistance as well.
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Shen the monk examines the secret door, a stone-paneled affair partially behind a tapestry. He finds no traps. The lock is a sequence of pressure points, the monk believes, but the order eludes him. Perhaps smaller hands may decipher the lock, or brute force.

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Bjorn "Ey Shen wanna get Honnilee over here to try that or you want to try by force?"
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Idwillen Let the halfling try first so can get the first move,if that doesn't work we should have enough strength to open the door.

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Honnilee skitters away from her trailing Andover toward the newfound door. Ok, ok I'm getting there! Once within eyeing range she again cracks her knuckles and sets herself to task.
Traps check and lock pick, DM roll plz.

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Flint, having seen nothing of pertinent danger thru his gem, will stand watch until called upon.

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Raquinel, feeling perfectly worthless, looks nervously at the statues as her comrades get to work.

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Honnilee the hobbit thief concentrates and gingerly searches the concealed stone door for dangers. There are none. She experiments with pressure points, making a game of it. She wins.

The door slides open revealing a 40' corridor ending in a door.

Ianin the conjuror, still wearing his torc, catches a sudden desperate thought from the north: "By Donblas! It comes again!"
- Honnilee Find Traps / Pick Locks [1d100] = 37, [1d100] = 39
- The torc has an 80' range and works through walls
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Bjorn "Good job as always Honnilee! Shall we venture onward?"
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Shen, monk

Shen congratulates the halfling, Nice job, Honnilee. Now let's explore.

He moves slowly and cautiously down the revealed hall to the door at the end. Listening at it when he gets there.

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