CF - Volo's Adventurers' Guild - PbP Campaign

"Sure, try to find their strongest and take them out first, that would make the grunts more amenable to parlay, sounds like a good plan Banjo." Serena says with a nod, following Tresvar up the stairs. Perception with help from Flappy: 21

((copying the description of the room here again so that you don't have to flip back and forth))

The ceiling soars thirty feet high in the center of this impressive chamber, and the walls are carved with images of dwarves at their forges.

Two large stone doors exit to the north and south. Several old skeletons lie scattered near the northern door.

A gate of wrought iron stands in the western wall.

Serena cautiously moves to the north door, examining the skeletons and the stone door, prepared for the skeletons to suddenly animate.
Stealth: 24 Investigation: 8

Examining the skeletons, Serena observes:

 She then proceeds to look at the door:

Serena quickly shares with the others what she has deduced from studying the skeletons and the stone door.
"Now stand back and stay clear of those spouts or you'll be toast." She finishes.
She then gives her tools another try, hoping she will disarm that trap, eventually they will come to use right?
Thieves tools: 9

((Well done!))

Working the door with her thieves tools, Serena identifies the counterweight mechanism that activates the trap.

((Please describe how Serena deftly deactivates the counter-weights.))

((Not sure that's a good idea considering I don't even know what a counterweight mechanism is ;-))

((Ha! No worries - just trying to give you a How Do You Want to Do This moment for rolling so well))

Serena, carefully scans the door frame. Slipping a thin metal piece from her kit between the door and the frame, she feels to catch the cords which attach to the weights which in turn move to pull the levers ejecting whatever nightmare is intended to emit from the holes. Finding the lines, she maneuvers a few more pieces into place, disconnecting and securing the weights so that the door can be opened without pulling the lines.

The trap has been disengaged.

"Alright, it's safe now." Serena says, checking if the stone door is locked and listening closely to sounds from beyond.
Perception with help from Flappy: 19

Tresvar smiles and nods at Serena’s deft work With the trap. 

The northern door is not locked. With the counterweight mechanism defeated, it now swings open easily revealing a small chamber beyond. Inspecting the small room behind the door reveals the full extent of the trap’s counterweight mechanism, as well as a system of pipes that connect the spouts to two 20-gallon copper drums containing some sort of fluid.

"Anyone interested in this fluid that is likely highly flammable." Serena says, glancing over at Banjo before she investigates the rest of the small chamber.
Investigation: 14

As it happens, Banjo is interested in the contents of that trap.  He will take a closer look, but will only try to open the containers if it looks like he can do that safely and without killing himself.  Investigation 15

The use of alchemist’s supplies might be able to craft alchemist’s fire from the dregs of the tanks. Doing so requires a successful Intelligence check after the character finishes a long rest. Add proficiency to the check only if proficient in using Alchemist's supplies. Otherwise, roll with disadvantage.

Anything on the rest of the small chamber?

The chamber appears to be solely to serve as the mechanism for the trap.

"Dang, hope you find some use for that goo Banjo." Serena says, clearly disappointed over not finding anything more interesting as she finally succeeded in disarming a trap.
She then moves over to the southern door, doing the same routine.
Stealth: 10 Perception with help from Flappy: 10 Investigation: 15 

Seeing as Banjo is neither proficient in, or in possession of, alchemists supplies, he can only gaze at the pungent ooze and wonder at what might have been.

Serena approaches the southern door quietly. She examines the door and finds no traps, but it is locked. She hears on the other side:

Serena sneaks back to the others and report in a lowered voice. "Orcs on the other side of that door I think. It is locked, but I could try to pick it and we could possibly catch them with their pants down." She says with a wink.