In reply to Amelia Montaigne (msg # 862):

Shroud carefully collects a series of ornate knives and daggers from them, and secretes them about his person.  At least one of the swords can be used with broadsword skill., and they could do with an appraisal of quality.

In reply to Shroud (msg # 863):

"We can loot them with the gate closed..."

Gareth leads the group back to the gate to close it...

Amelia asks quietly from the back, "Would anyone mind if I replace my cracked broadsword with something similar from the attackers that you've despatched? If you like, I can have a look at anything you want a valuation on? Happy for anyone else to do it, of course!"

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OOC: 17:03, Today: Amelia Montaigne rolled 14 using 3d6.  Merchant 14

In reply to Amelia Montaigne (msg # 865):

"Happy for that, Amelia, but rather than dally and check them now, lets do that after we have closed the gate and there are no more on the way."

"Thank you", she replies as she selects an appropriate sword that's no longer being used by its former owner.

Amelia now has a fine, ornate, silvered bastard sword, useable with broadsword skill - cash value $7000

In reply to Narrator (msg # 868):

Do we get back to the gate?

Amelia discards her shody (low quality) broadsword.

In reply to Amelia Montaigne (msg # 870):

you make your way to the gate, where Berry can work her magic.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 871):

Gareth will stand guard as she does so...

How is her magic going? Does it need some help?

npc'd

Berry bites her lip and makes the gestures and intones the words that her patron taught her.

The space beyond the doorway shimmers, and then resolves into a smooth adamantite wall.

In reply to Berry (msg # 874):

"Phew!"

Gareth breathes a sigh of relief at the closure of the gate.

"Now, how can we close it permanently? We should rest here back to full strength while we consider this..."

"Brick it up!" suggests Amelia.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:17, Fri 12 Apr.

In reply to Amelia Montaigne (msg # 876):

the swordsman tentatively reaches over to touch the wall that is now beyond the door.
It is cold, slick, and unyielding, and the staircase beyond is no longer visible.
"Looks like it already is bricked up."

In reply to Haveron Stormwal (msg # 877):

"Then how do we close it off permanently?"

In reply to Gareth (msg # 878):

make a thaumatology roll

In reply to Narrator (msg # 879):

Gareth understand magic!

In reply to Gareth (msg # 880):

Unless someone else has mastered the college of Gate magic, the door is likely to remain inaccessible.  Given that the portal is made of worked adamantine, physically destroying it is exceedingly difficult, and rendering the area mana free would doubtless be problematic for the integrity of the entire castle.  This is as good as you have got, although a good metamagician could lay linked traps...

In reply to Narrator (msg # 881):

What about extended use of heat on a small section of the gate? Small enough that heat could be maintained indefinitely, to break the structure?

technically adamantite doesn't burn

In reply to Narrator (msg # 883):

Nor does granite. But heated up, most things will change to either liquid or gas eventually...if the temperature rise continues indefinitely, as "heat' can do if skill level is sufficient.

Just looking for a creative solution!
This message was last edited by the player at 04:08, Sat 13 Apr.

At the moment you don't know if the flat stone beyond the door is the gate or something behind the expensive wooden paneling surrounding it.
Were Gorgath still with the party, the Doomrazor could have been of help.

With a squeaky voice Amelia asks, "Can we leave now, please?"

In reply to Amelia Montaigne (msg # 886):

"I thought we came all this way to loot the tower."