Chapter 2: Voices in the Dark

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Apr 15, 2025 4:35 pm
OOC:
Not yet. I will tell you that you have missed a secret door that will let you finish the dungeon.
Apr 15, 2025 5:41 pm
Crow carries the rolled up person to the hallway and waits on someone smarter to decide what they do next
Apr 16, 2025 3:34 am
Trig tries to mentally review the areas that they've explored, wanting to make sure that they haven't overlooked anything. "What do you think, Koko?" she asks, raising her hat, "Do we have enough evidence to take back to town?" The crab clacks its small pincer noncommittally. "I don't know how we're going to get in that locked room without breaking down the door..."
OOC:
@WhtKnt - do you have an updated map for us, or should we go back and draw everything we've explored to make our own?
Apr 16, 2025 3:56 am
OOC:
Give me till tomorrow or the next day and I'll post an updated full map for you.
Apr 20, 2025 10:02 pm
OOC:
Sorry this took so long. It's been a busy week.
https://i.imgur.com/46k2ZHw.jpeg
Apr 21, 2025 3:27 pm
WhtKnt says:
Sorry this took so long. It's been a busy week.
OOC:
It looks great, and it's VERY helpful! Thank you!
Hearing no response to her comment about the locked door, Trig suggests "Hey, everybody! There's one place I think we should check again, just to see if there are any other hidden entrances to this place: back by the barracks room!" So saying, she heads to that area and starts examining the western wall of the north-south passage leading up to the curtained alcove. She's confident that others with better eyesight will look alongside her.
OOC:
I still haven't given up on the idea of an exit hidden in the well, but I don't think Trig is desperate enough to browbeat herself or others to take a dive to check it. It's of course possible that a secret door might be at any point along the north wall of the long east-west storage-room corridor, but the stretch of wall across from the barracks is a lot shorter and faster to search...

...but as I've said like five times now, Trig has a penalty for searching, and should NOT be the only one looking in any search situation.
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Rolls

Perception check - (1d20-1)

(17) - 1 = 16

Apr 21, 2025 11:33 pm
Crow follows Trigs lead. Helping her search however he can.

Rolls

Perception (Wis) - (1d20+4)

(2) + 4 = 6

Apr 23, 2025 3:34 pm
Perhaps not surprisingly, Trig finds what she is looking for: a secret door hidden along the hallway! Beyond the portal, the passage goes west, eventually turning a corner to the north.

Apr 24, 2025 1:34 am
WhtKnt says:
Perhaps not surprisingly, Trig finds what she is looking for: a secret door hidden along the hallway!
OOC:
I'm honestly pleasantly surprised at this; I feared we would have to search around a bit more in different locations.
"Ooh! Let's see what's down this passage...!" Trig whispers, and begins to lead the way.
Apr 24, 2025 6:03 am
"Wow. How did you do that?"

Crow prepares to skulk ahead.
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May 4, 2025 8:09 pm
The quartet sneaks up the passage, following it as it turns to the north. About 30 feet down the corridor, there is a locked and barred (from this side) door on your left, while the corridor continues to the north.
May 5, 2025 3:31 am
Creeping ahead Crow keeps head on a swivel. Assessing for threats.

Rolls

Perception (Wis) - (1d20+4)

(9) + 4 = 13

May 5, 2025 3:31 am
Creeping ahead Crow keeps head on a swivel. Assessing for threats.

Rolls

Perception (Wis) - (1d20+4)

(19) + 4 = 23

May 7, 2025 7:29 pm
You continue to creep along the passage, following it as it turns to the east and then back to the west, widening to 10 feet across. After about 40 feet, the corridor ends at an ornate pair of double doors.
May 9, 2025 4:27 pm
Trig looks back and forth between the locked and barred door and Crow, eagerly expecting him to work more of his magic. Her face falls when he keeps walking, but then she shrugs and scurries to catch up. When they see the ornate double doors, Trig's eyes widen. "THAT looks important..." she breathes. "Do you think it leads to...the Xanathar?!?"

Barely daring to breathe, Trig tip-toes forward to listen at the right-hand door.
Last edited May 9, 2025 4:29 pm

Rolls

Perception - (1d20-1)

(14) - 1 = 13

May 9, 2025 5:37 pm
You hear nothing beyond the portal.

Rolls

Secret Roll

May 9, 2025 9:56 pm
"Hopefully not if even a third of what I have heard about him is true." Crow, undeterred by fear reaches out to test the lock.
May 10, 2025 3:45 am
The door proves to be unlocked.
May 10, 2025 3:47 am
Tarna
"I wouldn't worry too much," Tarna whispers. "The Xanathar's lair is said to be well hidden in the depths of Undermountain, not the sewers."
May 10, 2025 3:59 am
Crow begins the process of picking the lock.

Rolls

Disable Device (Dex) - (1d20+10)

(19) + 10 = 29

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