The Wayfarer's Inn

"Well", Kherim says, "let's try to open the bars by our means. I'll help Sol with that. If we fail, you can search the room, Eilkhan."

Sol grins and goes to work on the iron bars with the magic war hammer!

The mighty hammer bends and deforms the iron bars to some degree, but Sol isn't able to actually break them. Despite their rusted appearance, they seem to be surprisingly strong.

Sol will pick one of the more bent bars that is easier to get at and keep pounding on it at the same point trying to bend it enough that it will come out of the floor. Once he has done that he will do the same to the next one. Repeat, until there are enough bent out that he could plass through. Then he will try to bend them, one by one, out of the way, with the hammer if necessary.

The idea is a good one, and it should work, considering the condition of the bars, but it doesn't. Something's wrong here.

"Well if force does not seem to be working let us see if our resident expert with such can find the switch. If not I will try my arcane works upon it and hopefully one of us will be successful."

Gaderon stands as he speaks walking to the group and then at the end of his pronouncement looks to Elikhan observing her as if respectfully waiting for her to speak or act.

Sol agrees and steps back to allow the others to try.

Ahi casts a Detect Magic on the bars.

"Here let me try something." Eilkhan walks over and removes a vial from her bag. Opening it she then drops its contents on a bar in the middle of the portcullis. "Maybe this acid will help."

Ahi's spell lets him detect quite powerful magic all around you. The whole place seems to be radiating it.

Strangely, Eilkhan's acid doesn't leave any traces on the iron.