No! Not Uncle Flynn! They all left her - all! And she could do nothing! Cimeri grabbed the chest and tried to lift it up - "We have to run! Ghouls will be here any second!"

Scoria in her rage will swing her glaive through the spectre again and bring it down hard onto the chest, trying to smash it open. 

Attack: 17 Damage: 9

[yes, the specter definitely reacted to both Flynn and Taman's attack]

[Flyyn death save at the top of the round] 7

[Taman goes before Cimeri and Scoria, but I need DEX saves from Cimeri and Scoria also]

"Don't touch the chest!" Taman calls out.  Remember the columns are trapped, you need to deactivate with the buttons at the bottom first..."

He then casts healing word on Flynn.

Then attacks the spector with another of his magic crossbow bolts...

 Attack: 6 Damage: 6

Healing for Flynn:  3

Dex save 17

At Taman’s shout (and on her turn), Scoria will redirect her blow from the chest to focus exclusively on the ghost, trying to draw its attention 

 Attack: 8 Damage: 11

Cimeri heard Taman's call despite her disorienting and went for the buttons to deactivate traps. 

Taman's bolt flies wide as he's distracted trying to save Flynn's life...

Scoria steels herself, knowing the best she could do is put up a good fake facade and distract the specter, jabbing at it with her glaive.

Flynn's body shudders as his lungs begin to function once more.  At Taman's yell, Cimeri shifts her lunge from the chest to the space between the columns, looking for these buttons...

[Cimeri: Acrobatics check or Athletics, your choice, to maneuver into position, perception or investigation to find the buttons...]

[Init order: Flynn, Specter, Cimeri, Scoria - we are still mid round, waiting on Cimeri's checks to resolve]

The slapping of feet and howling of creatures can be heard outside in the hall; in the periphery of their vision, the heroes can see humanoid creatures running past the open door...

[7:48 PM]

Flynn will again cast frostbite  DC 15 save or 2 cold damage.

Cimeri dashed to the pillars while enemy was still distracted:

Acrobatics 10

Perception 5

No button was in sight, she desperately tried to search for it

Investigation 3

OOC: She is hopeless!

(Running past the door? Do they come in?)

If more meaty targets offer themselves, Scoria will move to attack them, otherwise she’ll keep engaging with the spirit: Attack: 23 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.

rerolling damage since I’ve broken the widget: 10

Flynn's cold blast strikes the specter as he slides beneath Taman's legs to get to the door to the hallway, kicking it shut with one leg; it clangs shut in the face of a number of ghouls.  He strains to hold it shut with both feet from the ground.

The specter shrieks with rage again; Taman is now closer than Flynn and the creature tries to clasp his face in its grasp.

[Attack: 8, if successful, Taman suffers 10 necrotic damage AND must make a DC10 CON save] ]

Cimeri can't seem to find the buttons, but she (or anyone) could try again, making perception checks.

[Scoria our posts passed like ships in the night...you can change your action if you want....  Otherwise, it would be Taman's move I think?]

Oh, Cimeri was trying! And trying, and trying - looking, thinking, imagining where would she place that forsaken button!

Perception: 10

Investigation: 10

Passive Perception is 12 (and Investigation is 11). Can it be used under stress here?

Thanks -

With the door closed and useless against the spectre which seems immune to nonmagical attacks, she’ll move to the door to make sure it’s barred securely, throwing her weight against it, and growl at Flynn to help find the thing

Strength check : 20 (+6 if it should be an athletics check)

Taman shoots another magical bolt at the spector, rolling with disadvantage since he is within 5 ft...

Attack: 18 Damage: 7

The bolt strikes the specter and with a green flash of light the magical bonds keeping  it from the underworld burst; it grins as it dissolves into the ether.

Flynn scrambles to the closest column, looking it over

Perception: 19

as creatures snarl and slam on the door; Scoria braces her arms on either side and holds it shut.

"THERE! CIMERI, THERE!" he shouts, pointing at the button at the bottom of the column.

Hopefully, Cimeri was able to see where Flynn was pointing and finally pressed the button!

If it gave her a clue about second pillar - she disarmed it too and after that went for the chest - to open and get the book.

(Taman will cast guidance on any attempt needed to pick a lock on the chest...)

Guideance:  2

After the book is in hand...

"We open the door with us off to the sides, letting the ghouls rush in, then move out of here, slamming the door shut with them inside..." Taman offers as an option.  "I am not fond of the idea of fighting the things if we can help it..."  As he speaks he moves around collecting the magical bolts he shot at the ghost.

Overwhelmed with the fight (where she was useless), traps search (where she was incredibly useless) Cimeri tried something she was occasionally good enough at and tried to pick the lock of the chest. 16

Probably in stroke of tired imagination she added her voice to the perfect plan: "If only we could leave something deep inside the room for all ghouls to rush in! I can try call or cry, but that would be just a sound."