Jor'en moved to the door his dwarven companion was indicating and check it for traps.

23:40, Today: Jor'en rolled 12 using 1d20+3 with rolls of 9.  Investigation.

The door seems to be without traps.

Jor'en moves through the door, peering into the next room.

The room is a twenty foot square with a wooden lever on the north wall, by the lever is a stool. On the far (south) wall are a pair of cots.

"As we have no key, it seems downstairs is our best option."

Before they leave, Jor'en turns the room over looking for a key or valuables.
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OOC: Perception

Omaron looks around the hobgoblin lair, particularly engaged by the lever. "What do you think this operates?" he muses, stroking his beard. With a moment's concentration, the duo's appearances are overlain by a stony layer as Omaron invokes the earth's protection.


OOC:
Just swapped out auras. Back to stoneshield!

Perception- 14

"Maybe its the trigger to that trapdoor I disabled."

23:14, Today: Jor'en rolled 22 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 18.  Perception .

"Hmm, well, hypotheses are excellent and all," Omaron muses, eyeing the lever. "But nothing establishes the truth like a proven fact." He reaches for the lever, pushing, pulling, twisting, and otherwise attempting to operate the lever.

Jor'en finds a pouch of elven make hidden under one of the cots, it contains a ring made of gold, a band with four tiny pieces of amber across it.

Both Jor'en and Omaron make out the sound of something sliding as Omaron pulls down on the lever. Omaron see a tiny eye hole showing the hall with the trap.

BUMP

[Private to GM: Sparkling Ring - The bearer may cast Dancing Lights once per long rest.]
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Jor'en shows his companion the find.

"I wonder if they hold magical properties? Although why would such savages have precious rings?"

Pointing towards the descending stairs.

"Shall we head down?"

"Enchantment is possible, though doubtful" Omaron says, eyeing the trinkets. "Stairs seem like a good sign. Care to lead the way, or shall I?" He hefts his axe and shield, and aura of earthen protection settling over the duo.

Jor'en heads down the stairs, eyes flashing side to side and ready for further attacks.

09:16, Today: Jor'en rolled 12 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 8.  Perception .

Omaron follows close behind Jor'en, his dwarven eyes carefully watching the shadows of the abandoned dwarven tunnels.

The staircase ends in 40-foot-square room with a 10-foot-high ceiling. A slight draft blows into the room from a 10-foot-wide open passage in the far wall, directly across from the stairs.

Two 4-four-diameter circular doors are set into the middle of the south wall. Each door is made of wood framed with a ring of mortared stones. The westernmost door is closed and inscribed with the glyph for "J". The easternmost door bears the glyph for "A" but rest half-open. The half-open door reveals an iron rim of gear like teeth, and dim light spills from the chamber beyond.

Mounted to the walls of the room are twelve patina copper masks. The masks are 2 feet tall and cling 4 feet above the floor. Each one depicts a smiling dwarf's visage. The soft giggling, chirping, and rustling noises seem to pour from the very walls.

"Hmm," Omaron muses examining the copper masks from the foot of the stairs, "The sound of the chamber can seem unsettling. Most likely cause would be the ever-present airflow being pushed through the shaped masks, or possibly opening in the stone that they may cover. Similar to windchimes, also used in some cultures to unsettle intruders." He glances between the open passage and the two doors, his gaze coming to rest on the partially open door.
"If we are still planning to find the other group that came before us, an open door may be the clue we are looking for," he says, nodding to the half-open door. "It may also be the path taken by the kidnappers."


OOC:
Perception- 13
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Jor'en nodded. He gingerly tip toed onto the stone floor and made his way toward the open door.

OOC: Jor'en - Stealth and Perception (assuming your looking about)

Omaron - you too may give me a perception check

14:33, Today: Jor'en rolled 19 using 1d20+6 with rolls of 13.  Stealth.
14:33, Today: Jor'en rolled 15 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 11.  Perception.

Jor'en notes four sets of recent prints in debris.  The door that's held by a large stone - and has enough room for most to slip through. The room beyond is dimly illuminated by a sunrod sitting abandoned on the floor, and Jor'en sees make out a roughly made tunnel beyond the small room much like the one that brought the group inside.

In reply to DM5 (msg # 143):

Jor'en motioned for Omaron to follow then slipped into the room.

The room is a 20x60 space with a dozen small cots and chests line the walls of this ten-foot-high dusty room. Cobwebs blanket many of the cots and chests, and tiny spiders scurry about. Two rough-hewn tunnels, each five feet in diameter and tubular, breach the eastern and southern walls. Stony rubble covers the floor near each tunnel. A one-foot-long iron rod lies in the middle of the floor, its golden tip shedding enough light to cast lurid shadows on the walls.

Some of the cobwebs have been pushed out of the way recently, in the direction of the eastern tunnel but Jor'en and Omaron hear footfalls echoing from the southern tunnel.

Omaron follows his taller companion into the room, watching carefully for any sign of life. He picks up the fallen sunrod and settles it into the fist behind his shield. "South?" he nods toward the echoing footsteps.

Nodding in agreement, Jor'en heads the way his dwarves companion indicated.

OOC: Going to move ya'll to the main thread now!

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