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[Matt_S]

A look of curiosity crosses Sam's face momentarily.  "Mysterious writing and a large wooden door... But a door in a cave?  I'll check this out."  Sam approaches the door carefully...  But then his attention is drawn to the mat.  "First... I have to check something."  His attention focused on the mat, Sam goes to lift the mat.

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Before I move on to searching the door for any traps, I'll see what's under this mat, if anything.

[Malek Deneith]

Picking up the mat carefully Sam sees a piece of metal lying on the ground. Upon closer examination it turns out to be a brass key.

[Matt_S]

Sam grabs the key and puts the mat back in its place.  "Aha! Now, to see if the door's safe..." He again focuses on the door, and checks it for traps.

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I'll check for traps first, and if it's safe, check to make sure the door is actually locked, then try to unlock it with the key.

[Malek Deneith]

As Sam steps on the mat to check the door a trap door he didn't notice opens below him...

No, no, wait, that's not how it happened.

The thief gets to work and luckily for him there are no trap doors to fall in. He also doesn't find any traps on the door, though he noticed that bits of the wood chipped of the frame, suggesting it was forced open before. Currently though it is locked again, but not for long - the key found fits and easily opens the door. Beyond it you can see a corridor extending into the darkness, a bit inwards you can barely make out outline of a pair of alcoves - one on each side - but farther than that it's too dark for you to see.

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I'd like to appologize - when I wrote the original post about the door I was in a rush and forgot to check the map. The door is actually a bit further into the corridor than I imagined basing just on the description alone, and thus I'm going to need Jace to make a saving throw vs paralyzation. As a reminder - if Jace stays here he won't be given a split of any e.p. the party might gather from encounter inside. Though he might get encounter of his own hyuck, hyuck, hyuck.

Also if you decide to venture further onwards I am going to need a marching order - the corridor is two mean wide as a reminder. You can organize that via the OOC thread if you need to. Or play it out IC, your choice.

[shark20061]

Sho Lee moves up toward the rest of the group.  Just because he's focused on himself doesn't mean he won't follow the rest of the group.

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Middle or Back row.  Whichever side is open.  Preferably the right.

[Matt_S]

Sam looks at the corridor that stands before the party.  "Well, I suppose we ought to organize ourselves.  Michael, you should come to the front with me.  Maoun, can you stay in the back and watch our animals?"

[raekuul]

Jace falls into position, ready to have a dramatic panic attack at the worst possible moment.

[S.K. Ren]

    "Sorry but it's hard enough getting Emuleio to follow me around. Though I suppose if you tied the other one to him I could keep them together at least." Maoun's mind drifts back to when he first got Emuleio. Lots of biting and kicking and swearing...

[Matt_S]

Sam thinks for a moment.  "I don't have any rope.  Someone here have a rope?  Hmm... I guess we should be close to you for your tattoo thing, as well."  Looking over the situation once more, he comes up with a new plan: "Michael, you should be in the front, and Jace, you can hide behind him.  Sho Lee... I guess you can stay on the right in the middle, next to Jace.  I'll be behind Sho Lee, and Maoun, you can be behind Jace, and we'll have the animals in the back."

[raekuul]

"I have rope in my pack somewhere, only ten feet of it but it's still rope." Jace pulls out his pack and rummages around, thankful for the delay in entering the cave. After a segment's search, he extracts ten feet of rope.

[Matt_S]

"Good!  I think we can work with ten feet of rope."  Sam once again examines the situation, then continues speaking.  "So... we should at least be able to tie two animals together, if not all three.  Since Michael will be in front, his animal should be tied to another one..."

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I should come up with a name for my mule...

Before deciding how to do this, I'd like to ask about what we can do with this ten feet of rope.  Is that enough to tie all three in a line?

[S.K. Ren]

    "Yes, we should just be able to tie two animals side by side to the third..." Maoun's voice trailed as be pulled out his journal, quill and ink. It almost occurred too late that a proper map would be useful to have as they explored. After all, who knows how big this place is.

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So I volunteer for maintaining a map.

As for tying up the mules, a straight line would be useful for doorways but I think tying the mid point to the lead animal and the ends to the others would allows us to keep them closer at hand and if we need to make them inline, we can just slide one up and use the slack to keep the other in back.

[S.K. Ren]

    Having sketched a rough estimate of the cave entrance, Maoun turned back the party still figuring out how to tie their asses together. "Men? Take one end of the rope. Tie it to one of the mules. Then loop the cord through the back of Emuleio's saddle, then tie it to the other mule. We can adjust the length should we need more space later." Assuming his place on Emulio's back, he motioned impatiently for to the party to proceed.

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If I'm wrong about all three being mules, Ill edit it. Also Malek, about how long/wide is the cave entrance?

[Malek Deneith]

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It's wide enough for two men and it took the party less than a minute to get to the door. To get more specific dimensions you'd need a Complex Geometric Estimation check (as a reminder this is one of the "GM rolls in secret" skills).

Fuck, I'm starting to consider dropping that skill as well already D: But I'll try it out for now.
Oh to hell with it. The corridor is 10 feet wide and you walked 60 feet before you reached the door. After them it seems to go for 10 feet more before niches at both sides appear, but that's as far as you can see at the moment.

As for Complex Geometric Estimation - as of now the skill doesn't have to be used to calculate corridor dimensions as such, but still can be used for various tricks as described in the PHB.

[Matt_S]

Sam looks around to see if anyone is moving to tie the rope.  Nope.  "Uhh... Okay, I'm on it."  Sam grabs the rope that Jace offered up, and he gets to work.  First Sam ties the rope to his own mule, who is cooperative enough. "Good boy..."  Then he moves on to Emuleio and loops the rope through the saddle as instructed.  Now moving on to Michael's mule, Sam ties the rope again, hopefully locking the three mules together.

"Alright, we're ready to go."  With the task done, Sam assumes his position in the formation behind Sho Lee.

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Is there some assumed consent for continuing to march along?  It seems like there's time zone or schedule differences that could slow things down.