Darius nodded at Alton's decision. The little halfling had proven handy over the time they'd been together.

"Well then Symon, if you watch the little one's back, I'll take care of these critters in this tower. Don't worry, I'll bring back whatever I find. Don't think it'll help the smell though." He chuckled at his own joke as he skirted through the rubble collapsed around the door on the right, still being wary as he did so.

(( OOC: He'll go around the door and try to creep his way up to where the archers are. And yes, he should probably be concerned enough to not go on his own, but he's acting like he can handle it. Which probably means the dice will humble him a bit.... ))

Opening into the door you find a small room with little rubble, the only thing in this room is a dead goblin, having taken an arrow to the face.

Content with having a guard, Alton starts properly attempting to disarm the tripwire, keeping an eye on the hatch above so he may have a chance to avoid it should he accidentally trip it.

Sleight of Hand disarm (since assuming it's going by the same trick as Picking Locks): 21

"Awwww, there was only one in here, and we already got 'em. Nice shooting though, Symon. That--hey... wait a sec..." Darius was suddenly on edge, and slowly backed out of the room. He closed the door gently, then continued, "You used fire spells, not arrows. Or did one of ya' manage to shoot the critter in the face when I wasn't looking?"

Dale, looking around, "nope not me - either there's someone else in here or they're starting to fight among themselves...... Either way let's be on the lookout"

(DevanAvalon roll again your first roll didn't render )

(it did when I posted it originally... trying this again...

25

Symon looks at his finger, an eyebrow raised in surprise; "Umm, I don't think this finger is able to shoot arrows, it would be pretty neat though."  He looks around suspiciously.  "Next time we see any of these buggers, look for enemies of our enemies." He will again look quizzically at his finger.

You are able to disarm the tripwire. 25 XP to each of you for detecting and disarming the tripwire.

Alton looks back as he twirls his thieves' tools around his finger. "And that's that. C'mon, since this way was trapped, I'm pretty sure our enemies are this way. We can worry abou' the mysterious arrow assassin later."

Darius nodded, then followed Alton down the hallway.

The is two doors in this hall, remember, which way do you go, the one to the left or the one at the end?

To the door at the end.

"Mysterious disappearing assassins - makes my spine tingle knowing there's someone else sneaking around in here, but yes, if this way's trapped, it's likely that it is this way."

"This is the way." Alton says, almost solemnly... while struggling to hide his smirk as he walks up to the door at the end, and gives it a once over for traps and the status of the lock.

Trapcheck!: 8

 (EDIT: ...Oof... well, good thing Alton is a professional. lol)

Dale tries to help Alton check for traps

Investigation: 13

Symon will check over the corpse, searching it for anything interesting, and he will examine the arrow to see if he can learn anything about its origin from its appearance.

Investigation   18

The goblin has nothing of interest on it. The arrow is simple, you could pick it up in any nearby town. You open the door into a dark room, no light. For people with darkvision: 

 Roll initiative: Everyone without darkvision is surprised.

(( Darius' Initiative Roll: 14 ))

Initiative Roll 20