**The rogue waits a beat following the wizard’s comment; pulls the Flaming Fist badge from a pouch and pins it to his cloak; stands, walks over and bends down in front of the Necro; in one swift movement, grabs the necro by the hair with his left hand, pulls a dagger with his right hand and stabs the necro in the neck; lets go and replaces his dagger; stands walks back over to where he was and sits back down; replaces the badge back in his pouch**
Jules gains +1 Inspiration
looks around at the party through half-open eyes, "whenever you're ready..."
Bruno starts retching slightly and looks away as Jules dispatches the cultist. Pressing the cloth wrap to his face, he takes several deep breaths before turning back to the group.
"Well ... that's taken care of then."
Turning towards the alarmed door, Bruno pulls out the scroll of dispel magic and begins muttering the inscribed incantations. (Bruno dispels the ward on the door).
A flash of light emerges from bruno's eyes as he reads the scroll. Runes appear on the door as he reads and as his eyes dim and return to normal, the runes on the door disintegrate. The spell has ended.
Bruno is satisfied the ward has been removed from the door -- and Jules is satisfied from his search earlier there are no physical traps.
The door is opened slowly and carefully to reveal a long hallway.
You hear muffled voices echoing down the hallway and a feint glow of torchlight can be seen, it appears that about 30 feet beyond the door, there is a set of stairs leading down deeper into the dungeon.
The putrid sewer stench is slightly less foul beyond the door leading into the dungeon.
You can tell that this area of the dungeon is ancient, possibly predating the city of baldur's Gate itself. there are images carved into the limestone bricks depicting demons and devils battling each other, as well as script carved in Infernal. The script reads "Suffering is eternal" and "Innocent blood".
How does the party proceed forward?
Time: 4:12 AM
Date: Secondday , 22 , Tarsakh