The Manor

That's for room 15. We don't need to go through that room to get out. Should just be 12, 7, 3.

To be clear, I was referring to the arrow on the wall by the (hopefully) exit door in Room 3. Room 15 has the "stay low" message.

The idea is that I figure the arrow is a warning that something will hit you from that direction (from the north). We entered the room (in order to check the sulfurous wall), so entering the room didn't trigger anything. Presumably, it is opening the (presumptive) exit door that is the trigger.

My plan, such as it is, is to stand in the little space outside Room 3. Then I remotely open the door. If 1) there is still a valid path to the exit door, 2) the open door seems to show the outside, and 3) death isn't continuously raining from the north wall, then we make a break for the exit door. The stated order is so that if running to the door triggers anything, Blornvid takes the first shot. If nothing hits him, then the safest slot is probably second, so Ealdwig goes. I go last so that if anything does happen delayed or if Blornvid falls into a pit or whatever, Skeeve can try to quickly magic up a solution. Probably not the greatest plan, but still, a plan.

What does "wrong" mean? I dunno. You can only be so discerning when running. But, if it is on fire, is a desert, open water, a brick wall, pretty much anything that shouldn't be right outside the building, then the door isn't the exit and we probably shouldn't go through it.

Sorry. Thought you were replying to Arkmenos' post.

Unless this door disappeared for a previous visitor and they're merely marking where it should be to future visitors.

Works for me.

The real question, of course, is how bad are those flames? If it's just a point or two, we could just open the door at the door and jump out for minimal flame exposure. And how long does it take the flames to reach the door? Honestly, we might be able to suffer the flames with minimal damage.

How much structural damage can a sing word Sunder scroll do?

Also, that door seems to be surviving horrific fire pretty well? Does it detect as magic?

Are there runes around the doorway? Any sign of mechanism that may stop the flames, similar to a book that opens a secret door behind the bookcase, or a torch on the wall? Is the lock a standard lock using a standard key? Is there a key hanging anywhere? Seems easy but I figured I should ask.

LOL

Are the flames in room 7 or 3? I think 7 but want to be sure. And is it the door that opens into room 3 that triggers the flames, or is it the door from 7 to the little nook before room 3?

Blornvid is heat-adapted so he gets to roll at advantage for heat and fire saves. If we come up with a plan, he should be the one to give it a go.

It's all room 3. Skeeve stands in the little one-box corridor between room 3 and room 7 and telekinetically opens door A. At that point ridiculous flames shoot out of the west wall of room 3 (eight next to where Skeeve is standing while remotely opening door A. The flames shoot out, then bounce around, apparently driving us out of the little one-box corridor. (Fortunately, the flames give us enough time to escape while bouncing back.) Skeeve and Ealdwig are both trying to see if they can either trace the leads or figure out how the linkage works so we can disable/short-circuit the flaming device.

The boxes are only involved because Skeeve intentionally took some out of room 7 and moved them into room 3 to make sure the flames were real.

Based on how the flames are being described, Skeeve is starting to think they are magical, at least to a certain degree. (Which is why he wants to find out.) The self-destructive part of Skeeve now wants to take the demonic idol, put it into room 3, then trigger the door again. It'll either completely destroy the idol, or animate it. I don't know which.

Get through the door and into the space? Would that do any good? I assumed the whole room filled with flame not just the doorway. I could be wrong about that though. It's hard to keep everything straight without scrolling through dozens of texts.

Lemme try to clarify a few things, as I understand them:

1) When we tried opening door A to this point, we were standing in the little one-box corridor between rooms 7 and 3 and Skeeve opened door A with TK. He's done that twice now. Once was the first time just to find out what would happen. The second time was with the boxes in the room (that are now ash). My understanding is that the entirety of room 3, and maybe even the little one-box corridor between rooms 7 and 3 are filled with flame. We were able to get out of the way quickly enough on the first attempt. Skeeve knew it would happen on the second and (if any) later attempts, so he can stay clear more easily.

2) Ealdwig and Skeeve are trying to figure out if there is an obvious way to disable the trap. Both characters have a few rolls each to try out different things and see what works. If we can, great. If not, we have problems.

3) Skeeve's last question is how fast the flames move. What he's thinking is that if the flames are not effectively instantaneous, then one person can go directly to door A, physically stand right next to it, as close as possible, open it, dive through it, and avoid almost all or all of the flames. Now there is no run across the room. It is just a literal open door and leap. We could even have Skeeve open the door remotely with TK so the person standing next to the door only has to worry about leaping. If it works, we might even have Blornvid open the door (from the outside) for Skeeve when it is his turn. I am assuming it doesn't work as the flame is instantaneous, but I do have to ask.

4) I am serious about the demon idol. Assuming we can move it, I wanna know what happens if we can put it in room 3. (I am not sure how big the idol is. Is it large like the idol from the old original edition AD&D 1e Player's Handbook cover? Is it small like the golden idol at the start of the original Indiana Jones movie? Somewhere in between? Is it built into the wall? Is it free standing? Honestly, assuming we can't get past the flames, that's where Skeeve wants to go next.)

Well hopefully it isn't trapped.