The next day (or so it would seem) brings the usual prayer, study and cold gruel.
Then the group sets off with Skilver’s skeletons in the lead. Awhile down the hall brings the party to a large door with no handle. Raineer steps to the front and casts the spell of knock. (The spell fails) Thud places his ear to the door and hears a deep snoring beyond…. Just in front of the door is a faint wheel. When the knock is attempted on the door the wheel spins brighter. Orthan uses his wand of negation and the wheel spins even brighter. The door remains locked. Orthan drinks a potion of gaseous form and slips beneath the door. When the potion wears off he unbars the door and allows the group to enter.
In the room there are twelve sleeping dwarves...
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Thud leads the way into the smooth stone tunnel, then up some stairs and down a hallway. At the far end the group can see a dwarf strapped to a spinning wheel. Liquefied silver is dripping over him on each turn. The group decides to take a stairway up and to the left. Skilver casts a detect traps and begins to ascend the staircase. During the 200-step journey he discovers several trapped stairs. Orthan uses flour to mark each trap. The top of the stairs intersects the corner of a hallway. The group travels through several passages and discovers a closed door. Thud peeks in to see a group of orcs stacking bodies on stone slabs. As the orc’s leave the room Orthan follows invisibly. The orcs return to a stronghold area similar to the one found days before and many levels below.
The party tra...