# D&D Game 3: Vikings! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 28, 2008, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033 "2008-03-28T11:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/421 "2008-04-17T22:09:19Z")
“There no be anything here . . . Maybe wizard have something down well and use rope? . . . Maybe trail go up and use rope to up more . . . Maybe potion go boom and make wizard bearowl all time?” Jorund is very confused but seeing that the house is empty he puts away his hammers. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/422 "2008-04-17T22:49:03Z")
[QUOTE=Oredigger77] “There no be anything here . . . Maybe wizard have something down well and use rope? . . . Maybe trail go up and use rope to up more . . . Maybe potion go boom and make wizard bearowl all time?” Jorund is very confused but seeing that the house is empty he puts away his hammers. [/QUOTE] Ulf thinks this grapnel is well worth exploring with. He nudges Jorund that the house only appears empty. (It probably is, but why take a chance!) Let’s use Jorund’s idea and carefully explore the well with the grapnel (and Detect Magic down it too). Is the grapnel rope long enough to reach the roof - does the length of the rope suggest anything? ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/423 "2008-04-18T06:40:57Z")
Once again, I will be out of Town until Sunday. I give Glee full permission to keep Osvald Alive. Say, what sort of Books did the Wizard have, Mal? Can i figure out his interests in them? Or swipe a few of them? 🆒 Spells Loaded: 0) Flare x2, Read Magic 1. Shield, Colour Spray x2, Magic Missile 2. Mirror Image, Flaming Sphere, Rope Trick ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/424 "2008-04-18T16:21:57Z")
[QUOTE=RoOsh] Once again, I will be out of Town until Sunday. I give Glee full permission to keep Osvald Alive. Say, what sort of Books did the Wizard have, Mal? Can i figure out his interests in them? Or swipe a few of them? 🆒 Spells Loaded: 0) Flare x2, Read Magic 1. Shield, Colour Spray x2, Magic Missile 2. Mirror Image, Flaming Sphere, Rope Trick [/QUOTE] Thanks, RoOsh! Osvald will try Read Magic on the book upstairs. (Ulf keeps a benevolent eye on him.) ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/425 "2008-04-18T19:57:49Z")
Is it just me or does there seem to be a trend that when **Ro0sh** goes out of town we quite down ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/426 "2008-04-18T23:10:39Z")
Okay… Read Magic shows up nothing on the book. It looks like a job for a skilled reader of English or else a Comprehend Languages. Many of the pages are partly burnt and some crumble as they are turned, but there are some that still look readable. The grapnel rope could easily reach to the roof and down to the ground on the other side - it’s a good 50’ coil. However, you do notice that it’s quite damp, which may offer something of a clue. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/427 "2008-04-19T04:03:48Z")
“Wizard go down the hole? Why else rope wet . . . Me no want be like rope someone go but me” ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/428 "2008-04-19T20:24:22Z")
Ulf Is happy to try the grapnel down the well. He tries not to break anything! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/429 "2008-04-20T07:32:35Z")
Ulf feels the grapnel strike against something underwater, and after a few tries he manages to snag it, and draws up a smallish well-made iron box with a ring in the lid. The box is heavily greased. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/430 "2008-04-20T07:43:53Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Ulf feels the grapnel strike against something underwater, and after a few tries he manages to snag it, and draws up a smallish well-made iron box with a ring in the lid. The box is heavily greased. [/QUOTE] Nice! Is Detect Traps still running? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/431 "2008-04-20T09:13:12Z")
And is Detect Magic still running? 🙂 Ulf is going to be cautious - the Wizard didn’t intend this to be found and could easily have arranged a magical ‘surprise’. Maybe only one person should be near when we try to open it… (P.S. Thinking about the book - Does anyone in our party have access to Comprehend Languages?) ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/432 "2008-04-20T18:08:21Z")
[QUOTE=glee] (P.S. Thinking about the book - Does anyone in our party have access to Comprehend Languages?) [/QUOTE] I’m sure Kim does, but how we can find him is another matter. (I’m back btw, thanks for taking care of my dude) ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/433 "2008-04-20T18:15:35Z")
Ivar does, but he can’t cast it until he can load it tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/434 "2008-04-20T18:51:39Z")
So… Any Traps or Magic on the mysterious Box? Osvald peers at it from a distance, without touching it. Just to see how it opens and such- studying it. “Say Ulf… how heavy did the box feel coming up?” ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/435 "2008-04-20T18:53:52Z")
Osvald notices the grease “Hmmm- that could be one of two reasons most likely- either its waterproofing the box… Or if we open it, there’s a good chance the box could go boom! And then the grease certainly would not be fun to deal with afterwards- what with the screaming and the burning. That could be done by magical means OR by an actual phsyical trap, since it’s coated in grease. Very clever indeed… Oooh, I wonder what’s inside!” ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/436 "2008-04-20T19:48:32Z")
If there’s no traps on the box, then Ulf will ask the others to stand by (at a distance) and try to open it. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/437 "2008-04-20T21:14:39Z")
It’s locked, and a bit too sturdy to open with a “Viking lockpick”. You need either a professional, a key, or some magic. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/438 "2008-04-20T22:52:01Z")
So No traps? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/439 "2008-04-21T01:54:25Z")
Ulf says “We need a Thief, a key or the Knock spell.” And is there any Magic? (He checks that the door key we have doesn’t open this lock too.) ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033/440 "2008-04-21T07:08:21Z")
It appears to be untrapped and unmagical. As for the door key, that’s about a hand’s width too big. Note that the box is heavy, and if it owes any of that weight to a lead lining, Detect Magic might not read through it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-game-3-vikings/443033.md?page=23)