Forever lies ahead

[Iron Dragoon]

'Agreed, Bastian. We came here for a reason, and it wasn't to fight this demon lord. Let's heal up and go.'

[Anastasia]

Going on in then?

[Iron Dragoon]

Sure, why not.

[Anastasia]

You stand in the ruins of what looks to be a building. Barely anything is left but a few remnants of walls amid utter desolation. Yet amid this stands a door, untouched by the carnage that has consumed everything else. It is a plain door, rather unremarkable to the eye.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa casts Greater Arcane Sight on herself and begins inspecting it, leaning on her Travep Domain and Minotaur's sense.

Same sorta thing as when I did the lost plane thing. It might not even be the right door.

[Anastasia]

The door radiates overwhelming magic. It's sealed a dozen ways, including various epic spells. No way it's going to open without absurd power or some way around those.

[Iron Dragoon]

'Extremely well protected...'

Can I identify the spells and their CLs?

[Anastasia]

"Is this it?" Emily asks, "Alyssa, do you have something ready for this, if it is it?"

You can see the spells - all woven together, from things such as arcane lock to far greater spells.

I can go into detail if you like.

[Iron Dragoon]

Well, some of them may have direct counters? I mean, what's the route for not countering spell by spell? Unless I can use Travel to trace the path and forge a way to the location without opening the door?

[Anastasia]

Generally dispels unless a spell has a specific way to get past it otherwise.

[Iron Dragoon]

'Well, we may have to resort to brute force if this key doesn't work. Let's try this first..."

Alyssa retrieves it and tries it!

[Anastasia]

The moment you hold up the Ocular Key, the wards one by one dissolve, leaving the door unprotected. The key radiates a dull gray light as Emily perks up, "It's it! We did it!"

"Finally," Jarem exhales, "Let's find what's here and get the hell out while we can."

'Or before we get attacked for whatever's in there,' Jarem adds in your mind.

[Iron Dragoon]

'We have the key, let's get in and lock it behind us.'

Alyssa leads in!

[Anastasia]

You head into the room.

It's a room. A room well kept, a room of fine brickwork and plaster. A room from a nice home perhaps, though there are no decorations. Instead, a large metal bowl sits on the floor. Plain and polished, it looks to be made of common steel.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa ensures the door the locked behind them, then cautiously moves around the room, inspecting everything and checking for traps.