Knowledge shall lead the...

[Corwin]

Seira opens the door and if nothing immediately strikes at her from behind it, dismisses her walls of force so her friends and the dog might be able to follow!

[Anastasia]

The door opens to a room of pearl, where against the back wall a blue portal awaits you.

"Getting somewhere now," Donald says, "What sort of portal is it?"

[Corwin]

Seira checks! With Analyse Portal!

[Anastasia]

You find out that...

- The portal needs no activation, it's always active.

- Likewise there's no specific circumstances to using it.

- It's a one way portal.

- You can see a room identical to this one on the other side.

- It is not one of those portals, thankfully.

[Corwin]

"No idea, so we'll find out in a moment," Seira responds, first checking the room. If there's a hidden door or any sort of patterns on the floor or anything else untowards, it could be part of the test.

Otherwise, she'll lead the way through the portal!

[Anastasia]

Huh.

There's a secret door right besides the portal.

"Eh, why look here?" Ranbar asks. "Do you think he'd be that deceptive?"

[Corwin]

"He literally just agreed to let me meet him and made a door for that purpose, but the door was pretty fucking trapped," Seira responds, opening the secret door after ascertaining it is trap-free.

[Anastasia]

The door is not trap free. You can detect it has a subtle magic that will make you think you went through the door when you didn't, and make you  march right into the portal instead.

[Corwin]

Seira decides to use a Chain Dispel on the enchantment!

20:29 <Seira> roll 1d20+49
20:29 <Penuche> Seira invokes Penuche's magic: < 55 > [d20=6]

[Anastasia]

To your magic, the trap gives way, dispelled.

"That bad?" Donald asks as you work.

[Corwin]

"Yep," Seira agrees, opening the door now that she sees it's safe. "Be on your best behavior, and by that I mean be ready to fight a deity-like being as soon as we're through."

[Anastasia]

What awaits you here is a room with a stairway leading downward. Faces of lions, beautiful women, bears and titans are all carved into the wall, sparkling light dancing in each open mouth and maw.

[Corwin]

Seira forms a pair of walls of force to either side as she walks down, constantly creating fresh ones further ahead. So far the statues haven't attacked her but she should deny them a direct shot if at all feasible.

[Anastasia]

The moment you step in, magic missiles by the dozens come from those mouths. The walls of force stop them, hundreds of missiles fired a second.

Ranbar gasps while Donald eyes them. "Marie would love those," he says thoughtfully, "Hey Seira, let's break some and bring them back."

[Corwin]

"That would be creepy," Seira says, giving Donald a strange look. And also casting Shield on all three of them, in case she's not so proactive in the future.

Then she continues her descent, adding more walls of force as needed!