Suspicious of its simplicity, I check the trip wire as well, curious as to the incongruity. I whisper to Jason “Twine can’t possibly last long in a dank underground like this. And a bell could only be heard relatively close. Unless it was forgotten recently, whoever set it is nearby. “.
I grin as I take another look at the setting, "Yes the one who set it very well could be nearby. Quite near in fact."
Taking the line back down, I continue, "We've doubled back around, I set this myself last time we were here. Just a little something to slightly increase our chances of noticing something coming up from behind us.
Out of Character: okay, that covers everything except the path with the ward on it yes? And the other primary tunnels of course.
You turn down the right turn and soon find yourself out of the NE tunnel back into the water of the sink hole. You can see that the water is about three inches below the lip of the NE tunnel. What is everyone doing now? You can see that the first sun is setting.
"While here, lets check in with our friendly neighborhood overwatch real quick."
At the top of the ridge, I'll report in, "Northeast tunnel is clear so far as we can explore at present. There is one passage with some manner of fire based abjuration covering it. We could not get close enough to take a proper look at the runework, and it did not trigger for the fire immune creature I summoned in an attempt to set it off safely."
"We also found a cache of magical tomes and artifacts. Be is convinced that simply moving them will be dangerous, and so insisted on remaining down there to catalogue and identify the contents. Even if I were entirely confident in her abilities to remain safe down there for the time required, she will likely require hands skilled in the arcane to finish that task before the water becomes a problem. How would you and the Lord prefer to handle this?"
Edited: daishain on 24th Nov, 2017 - 3:00pm
I will look to the others and ask, "So shall we go to speak with Lord Douglas? Maybe as we do I can also get something to eat. I was going to see if I could learn Dwarven, just in cast." Once everyone is ready to go, I will follow them back to the keep.
Edited: Thomaslee on 24th Nov, 2017 - 3:36pm
"If we are going to be spending enough time for such things, then I'd like to see what languages our budget would allow for me to learn, as well. Especially Elven, all things considered." I say with a grin.