ooc// i used detect magic as a ritual. what do i see?

moments later perner finally stands up, his irises having eclipsed the rest of his eyes with a pale blue that seems to almost be moving.

¨yes, find the hosts and get us some answers or hit em till we do, until then we treat this as the trap it is, once we´re through them doors we test each step afore we take it.̈

perner pulls five segments of wood out of his pack, assembles them into one ten foot pole, and tosses it to vinny ¨ive seen yer type afore, yer watchin fer traps¨

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ooc// i used detect magic as a ritual. what do i see?

moments later perner finally stands up, his irises having eclipsed the rest of his eyes with a pale blue that seems to almost be moving.

¨yes, find the hosts and get us some answers or hit em till we do, until then we treat this as the trap it is, once we´re through them doors we test each step afore we take it.̈

perner pulls five segments of wood out of his pack, assembles them into one ten foot pole, and tosses it to vinny ¨ive seen yer type afore, yer watchin fer traps¨

 Vinny can’t suppress a wry smile at the “hit em till we do” line.

He catches the pole mid flight and adjusts his grip towards one end. He equips his shield and keeps it out in front of him as he begins tapping the far end of the pole on the ground like a blind man’s cane. He stops short of the interior door.

He sets the pole aside to inspect the door for traps.

Investigation: 15

As Perner completes his detect magic ritual:

perner wobbles slightly "veil, zera,  the weave, i c'n almost hear it scream"

"more, more relevant to us, theres abjuration everywhere, transmutation's draggin' at everythin', an were bein' watched!"

he winces and glares at veil "an wer'e discussin yer magic later, its... interestin"

"an bran, the hell'd ye do to get like tha'?"

Vinny finds no traps about the doors. They are sturdy oak plank interior doors. The doors also do not appear to be locked.

Vinny glances to see if everyone is ready.

He grabs the handle in an attempt to open the door. If the door opens without incident, he will peer inside and grab the pole with the intent to pierce the threshold with the end of the pole before testing the floor on the other side.

Perception: 16

"remember ye get a few mistakes but no' many"

4

The doors swing open with relative ease. Despite the lack of a host to greet you, someone has obviously been maintaining the estate.

Peering inside, Vinny sees a long, unlit hallway. 

He gingerly extends the pole through the door and cringing, touches the other side of the floor. The pole does not meet a hard floor, but rather bounces on the soft cushion of a thick carpet stretching out from the doors.

There is subtle movement alongside the right wall of the hall, just at the edge of the light shining in from the foyer.

Those with darkvision may see:

perner fumbles in his pack for a small hand torch and quickly lights it

"agh, ghouls? blast"

(do i get an action against them or is lighting the torch my action?)

“Can someone follow me with one of those candelabras? It’s a little dark over here.” Vinny asks.

He will step across the threshold leading with his extended cane, waving it around mid-torso height and occasionally tapping the carpeted floor. He’ll also be glancing to the ceiling and walls for doors, hatches or sconces to help light up the hallway.

Between Perner's torch and Zera's bright blade, the light now spills in so that all can see down the hall a good distance. The end of the hall is still further on dimly visible in shadow. Along the right wall, stationed at regular intervals stand four large, burly humanoids. Each stands a full 6 and a half feet tall, and has pale orange skin and dark gray to black unkempt hair. Yellow eyes pierce out beneath a beetling brows, and their wide mouths are full of pointy, yellowed teeth. Their limber arms seem stretched, and their hands end in wicked black claws. Strangely, each one is dressed in footman's livery and carries a serving tray under one arm.

This appears to be a front hall connecting the foyer to the rest of this wing. There are no candelabras here, although a dim gray light seeps in from the tall windows on the west wall.

The lights carried by Perner and Zera provide enough illumination however as Vinny begins to enter the hall. It is a warmly built hall with what Vinny can now see is a deep red carpet running the length of it to the north. Not quite as tall as the foyer, the hall still gives a sense of strength and grandeur with its oak lined walls and rough beams along the ceiling.

The humanoids stand still, but follow the group with their eyes. Between the second and third figure, the group makes out a door on the east wall.

“Well, isn’t this fancy?” Vinny will say sarcastically.

He keeps the pole pointed down the hallway with the intent to raise and poke the first one in the chest to hold one back should they approach threateningly.

”Are you here to announce our arrival or seat us to dinner?” He asks the ghouls with as much gentility as he can muster.

"if its dinner then m glad ive got prestlike magic"

The closest figure looks at Vinny with its head cocked to one side as he speaks. Its yellow pupil-less eyes looking eerily at him. It then tilts its head in another direction, as if listening to something else. 

It makes a smart gesture and a 3 foot tall candelabra appears in its hand. He dutifully places it midway down the hall along the western wall and returns to his former station.

With this additional light, the group clearly sees the door on the eastern wall as well as another set of double doors at the far end of the hall.

None of the other figures respond to Vinny other than glances, although the lack of pupils in their eyes even make these difficult to note.

Bran looked around the decorations of the room as the others prepared to move on.  He follows close behind Vinny as he enters the hallway. “It would appear we are not alone here, this must be the welcome party” he mutters under his breath, then follows Vinny’s questions with some of his own “Where are we and why have you brought us here?”

As the light of the candles illuminate the far doorway he adds "It appears they want us to continue forward. Shall we see what lies behind the next set of doors? Perhaps it is dinner."

“Very helpful. Thank you.” Vinny says to the ghoul that returns to its place.

”Which door?” He asks his companions.

Vinny leads the group to the double doors at the end of the hall.

”I guess we’ll announce ourselves.” He says as he grabs the handle to open the door.

Zera, holding her flaming rapier and studying the curious footmen to see if they seem prone to attack, says “perhaps the double doors at the end?- at any rate we should see if these… er.. hosts.. are ok with us going through a door before we do.”