Chapter 2: Fell Tunnels

Makasi puts her back into it and tries to move the statue.

Have makasi give me a DC 15 strength check with a background you think is relevant. On a success, Hrafe succeeds

With Makasi's help, Hrafe is able to push the statue just enough that each of you can squeeze past it. You follow a hallway that immediately turns and goes forward for a long ways before turning again. After that turn, a small alcove is revealed. The only thing of note is a crystal ball sitting on a pedestal in the middle. Knowledge of the arcane could probably help with understanding what it is used for or even how to use it.

Edgar is cautious with the crystal ball and won't go near it. He instead keeps guard so one of his more arcane abled companions can study it.

"Either of you make something of that?" Makasi asks, looking to Yliane and Hrafe.

It seems there isn't really anything you can do with the crystal ball. The ball isn't fixed on the pedestal, so you can take it if you want, unless you fear doing so.

You make your way back, nothing else back here to interact with, and go back to the intersection. Going down the last hallway before returning to the main room, you find yourself in a room where it looks like undead are embalmed in order to make them rot slower. The next room over appears to be an old tomb that looks mostly empty. It's probably where the wight got most of the undead it used to them kill and make more undead.

Eventually, you all enter the tomb in the back and you all notice a wall that seems rotated slightly. A secret door! You find scrolls upon scrolls. Perhaps one of you might find something if you search in the room for a while? (DC 15 Intelligence or Wisdom check with a background that's good for reading a lot of text and noticing something significant)

Hrafe stuffs the crystal ball in a bag. Taking care to not touch it directly. "We can always smash it if its evil."

Makasi considers the strange pile of scrolls. "Ugh. I certainly don't miss bookkeeping for the rich and haughty." She starts to puzzle over the documents.

"I'd just as soon burn it all. Who knows if it's even safe to look at, let alone read."

Amongst the papers is a layout of the dungeon itself. It gives no clues as to what might be found in each room, but with it you know what a room's shape would be before going in and where the likely path to follow is.

"Well, that's handy," Edgar says looking over the map. "So straight to the end next or do you want to explore on the way?"

"We should finish our objectives first. We can always retrace our steps."

"As an assassin I often had to deal with targets hidden behind all manner of traps, I can deal with them," Edgar says.

Edgar, roll me a dexterity or intelligence check using your background against DC 20. On a success, you find a way to jam the trap door so it will support your weight. On a failure, you can either simply fail and be convinced you can't deal with this specific trap, or you can "fail forward" and say it worked but at w cost you come up with that isn't too major but has a consequence.