In reply to Aldous Hack (msg # 906):

The gate and its frame aremade out of magical materials-orichalcum and adamantine- it would be impossible to force this door, which incidentally does not have a lock!
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:59, Wed 03 May 2023.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 907):

So lockmaster would not work?

Aldous sheathes his smallsword and sets his lantern on the floor in front of the door frame on the side that will open, and pulls out his lockpicks (one of which still has a light like a candle on the tip).

"I ain' n' mast'r, b't I ge'by."

In reply to Aine Walsh (msg # 908):

sorry there is no lock, which means it probably is magelocked, and lockmaster would be contested by the strength of the spell.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 910):

Then Aine will indeed contest it!

[Private to GM: Lockmaster, rolled 8 under!]

Instead of lockpicks, then, Aldous brings out his vial of holy water and holds his lantern well out to his left side.

In reply to Aine Walsh (msg # 911):

you beat the quick ontest, the door swings open!

In reply to Narrator (msg # 913):

To reveal, in the light of Aines staff?

In reply to Aine Walsh (msg # 914):

a long corridor with zigzag red and orange tiling down the sides continues on for well past the range of your light.

"Huh.

"S'pose 'is ain't bin op'n 'n a while.  Prob' not wha' we'r' aft', though.  C'n y' lock 't agin?"

In reply to Aldous Hack (msg # 916):

"Not sure. Also not sure if I could open it again if it does lock..."

Would Aine know about whether the door will lock itself again if closed?
[Private to GM: Rolled 4 under Thaumatology...]

In reply to Aine Walsh (msg # 917):

If closed it will lock again, and you would need to bypass it again

"W'needa b'sure 'twon' close b'hin' us 'f we go in, then."

In reply to Aldous Hack (msg # 919):

"How far does it go? Could the lock be disabled now it is open?"

In reply to Aine Walsh (msg # 920):

the lock is magical in nature. you would need more potent magics than you have to dispell it permanently.

the door could be wedged if you have the right tools

"'F nuthin' else, one o' m' knives'd work."

In reply to Aldous Hack (msg # 922):

you can jam a knife between the gate and the door frame and hope it holds.

in most of the halls you have been, the decorative tile worrk has been mostly pried off the wall.... the orange and white zigzags here extend beyond the frieze at shoulder height to cover the whole barrel vaulted ceiling  of this corridor.

Hmmm, Gate kept a lotta scavengers out a here.

In reply to Thorg (msg # 924):

"So check out the secret area first?"

"Guess w' bes'.

"Two-leg 'uns, mos'ly, Thorg."

Yeah, Animals have no use for tiles.

Once his knife is wedged to block the door open (leaving only two of the small knives on his belt), Aldous moves forward in to the better-preserved corridor with smallsword at guard and lantern high and behind.

In reply to Aldous Hack (msg # 928):

Aine will follow close behind with her light on the end of her pole...

In reply to Aine Walsh (msg # 929):

the corridor heads due west for quite a distance before ethering an intersection where the cross-corridor is sealed off with newer looking gates that have padlocks on this side.

He forces his way past the others to assume his position as the pointman.