The door to the right opens easily enough. A metal grate in the floor of this ten-foot-square room (C4 - updated map) blocks access to a shallow stone pit holding a small gold harp, a handful of loose papers, and a piece of bloody cloth. The iron grate covers a pit that’s 5 feet square and 3 feet deep. The openings in the iron grate are 5 inches square, and it looks like the little harp could just fit through the grate.

"Well...there's a few things down here. I -might- be able to get my hand in and grab them, maybe. Could be a bit too far for my little arms though. We could try and get the grate off though, unless someone has another idea?" Zyl will check the grate itself to see if it would lift out easily or is locked into the floor.

Just looking at the grate, it appears to be firmly attached to the floor...

Davis will attempt to pick up the cloth with a javelin. 

Davis steps on the grate to try and stab the cloth with his javelin. (The angle and small size of the grates make it impossible to stay on the side of the grate and reach the cloth with your halfling-sized javelin.) Unfortunately, as soon as Davis takes his second step, poisoned blades extend from grooves in the grate, dealing 17 slashing damage to the paladin! (Make a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or take additional 9 poison damage.) 

Con Save: 31

"Whoa, strong poison on these blades" he shares with the others, "Be careful!"

Anything change with the grate after the blades? Does the harp, cloth, paper appear to be real?

Investigation: 18 

Vanizi steps carefully and tries to get a look at the grate and what's beneath it after Davis gets caught up in it. "Are the items just a lure for the trap?" she asks. Her main interest is whether the blades would strike anything beneath the grate. (Perception: 25)

The trap resets after 1 minute, and it looks like the blades only came up - not down into the pit. The items are real and can be lifted out in between the grating. You'll just need to contend with the pressure trap!

(Can we tell if it was pressure on the ground around the grate or on the grate itself that sprung the trap? I'm unclear on what exactly made the trap trigger)

"Wasn't there some rocks in the other room? We can throw a few on there to trigger the trap, then reach down and grab the items. Unless someone has another idea?" Davis asks.

(@Gnomes - it was weight on the grate =)

"Well it looked like stepping on the grate triggered the trap. Anyone good at disabling traps? Depending on what you wanna do, I can float over the grate for a bit. I think maybe if we just don't step on the grate we'll be okay."

"I could have Thrixi appear under the gate," Vanizi says. "Not sure what after that. Maybe she could lift items through the gate and someone else grab them?"

Celeste had lifted her arms up in silent triumph when she'd successfully unlock the door for them to have found and rescued one of the prisoners. She'd bounce along with the group to return him to safety, listening to his story as they go.

Returning back inside, Celeste had no preference as to which direction they go. She was still just happy to tag along and that the group was altogether. She'd hover at the back, watching the others inspect the items in the grate, and the grate itself. Her eyes would widen in concern for Davis. "Are you okay!?" She calls out, ready to pull out her healing kit to mend him. "I think the suggestion to try to disable, and maybe even remove the grate, might be worth a shot?" Her head tilts. "If we think my tools might come in handy, I'm willing to give it a shot with a little help." She offers.

"It's a better plan than stabbing ourselves over and over trying to put arms through. So I say go for it. Then if it doesn't work we can try something else, right?" Zyl smiled encouragingly.

If you want to disable the trap, make a DC18 Sleight of Hand/Thieves' Tool check. If you want to pull the grate up, make a DC20 Athletics check.

If Celeste can't disable the trap, can Zyl and Katrina work together to pull the grate? (i.e. give advantage or roll together whichever works)

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If Celeste can't disable the trap, can Zyl and Katrina work together to pull the grate? (i.e. give advantage or roll together whichever works)

 Davis has a 20 STR and can help lift also.

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If Celeste can't disable the trap, can Zyl and Katrina work together to pull the grate? (i.e. give advantage or roll together whichever works)

 Davis has a 20 STR and can help lift also.

It sounds like the best option then is for Davis to lift, while either Zyl or Katarina helps.

The grate is hard to lift but with the others help, and a bit of the Lady's Luck, the small halfling is able to lift the grate!

Athletics: 23  (used 1 luck point)