(in latin) If we play him fair then I do not think he will talk to the Archbishop. Show some trust.
David harrumphs (in Latin): "I do speak some Latin, you know. I am not entirely sure what you were just talking about, but I did understand that you have strange powers and I also understood that the child wanted to do something evil with me. I am glad that you adults have decided to play it fairly. And I am very curious how you plan to get through that door."
(in latin) I do to.
Honorus gets a lantern/candle ( what ever we have for light) and hands it to Hildegard.
"I will move the dirt from under the door and make a tunnel to the other side. Crawl through and open the door. I will put it back when we are done."
ReTe 4(base 1 +1 Part, +1 control, +1 touch) The extra magnitude for control is because it is not just a hole but a "U"-shaped tunnel under the door.
Re 11 + Te 10 + Stam 1 +aura if any.
Rolled 1
1d10+22=23
then 7
1d10=7
14+22 = 36 + aura if any. I would use 16 in penetration if applicable.
The spell works as planned. You realize there is no aura at all in the room.
David gasps, wide-eyed. He realizes that the party are wizards, not heretics.
Hildegard slips through the hole under the door, you hear a grating sound of metal moving and the door opens, swinging outward.
You can see a chamber, dominated by a beautifully carved marble fireplace, complete with lion-adorned mantelpiece. The air smells stale, but less so than one might expect, probably because some air entered through the chimney. The room has a round table with four chairs in the middle. On a table, you see a metal rod, about half a foot long, and a candle-holder. Two book closets stand against the wall. You can see the footprints of little animals on the thick cover of dust. They've totally ruined the once beautiful tapistries which have fallen on the floor. It looks like no human being has been in this room for years.
There are four more doors leading from the pentagonal chamber (you came in the fifth). Two of those bear a sanctum marker, a third one also bears a sanctum marker, but it has been crossed out neatly with two lines of chalk. The last door is unadorned.
David recovers from his shock and gets his family and his friend the learned doctor (he decides to leave the other Jews of Trier out of this - this is getting to strange).
Artuous turns to David and his company
"It might be dangerous inside. The old inhabitants probably left deadly traps for the unwelcomed. Be forewarned. We cannot guarantee yours or your friend's safety."
He then turns and enters the well preserved chamber, stops by the book cases, and reads the titles of the books. He doesn't touch anything else yet.
One of the book closets contains mundane titles, the other one is dedicated to magical writing. Through the elegant glass doors, Gozer reads:
- The Bible (Latin)
- St. Augustine's City of God (Latin)
- Comments on St. Augustine's City of God by Gregorius
- Ars Amatoria by Publius Ovidius Naso (The Art of Love, Latin)
- Vom Heylen der Knochen (German, on bonesetting)
- Of the covenant of Treverorum (Latin)
- 2 books in a language that doesn't use the Latin alphabet (you know 1 alphabet per 1 in Artes Liberales, starting with Latin. Which extra ones do you know?)
- 2 books in another language that doesn't use the Latin alphabet
- some books seem to be missing, because there are empty spaces
The magic book closet has been sadly plundered, but a few books remain:
- Theoria Magica for apprentices by Horst ex Mercere (Latin, a tractatus all but Arturuous have read, Q13)
- Craft Magic (Latin)
- Mentem Primer by Oculus (Latin)
- the other books are missing
David fearfully, yet curiously peers into the room.
(ooc: I doubt that medieval book closets had glass doors or books had titles on their spines, but well...)
“How shall we go about exploring the rooms? I am concerned about the defenses the Magi of Treverorum set up. There is a reason why these sanctums have been left undisturbed; perhaps we should leave them as they are…
Rabanus, can you sense any magic at work here? “
Arturous realizes that two of the "unknown" books are in Greek.
- Triangles by Pythagoras
- Constantine's New Rome by Methodicos Glyptologos
Honorus is very very interested in Triangles by Pythagoras.
"I will have to get a translation of that one. Or learn Greek..."
But he will move on and inspect the doors and the surrounding stonework.
((Before the rest of David's family can come back. Put the earth back))
ReTe 4(base 1 +1 Part, +1 control, +1 touch)
Re 11 + Te 10 + Stam 1
1d10+23=26
While Honorus inspects the room, Arturous approached the unmarked door. After looking for anything out of the ordinary, he tries to prod it open using his staff
All the other doors are wooden. The unmarked door (like the door to the outer basement you came through) can be closed with a metal bolt from this room - but it isn't. It seems to open both ways (swing). The other doors open into this room. And have a knob to pull. They are sturdy, well-made doors (probably oak). The sanctum marker is carved into the wood. The ground underneath looks like the rest of the basement - which Honorus recognizes as a Roman cellar built of stone.
David points to the bolt of the first door. He remarks: "This bolt was closed from inside. That means there is someone - dead or alive - still in here, or there must be another way out of this basement. I advise you to be careful."
His remark comes too late for Arturous who prods the unmarked door. There is a loud squeaking, creaking noise as it swings into a room. It's dark inside, but you can hear someone or something making a rustling noise. No traps (it seems 
)!?
Undaunted, Arturous casts a quick spell. A fleeting feeling of dread engulfs those closest to the magus as his enchantment takes hold. A blue flame appears in the palm of his hand, illuminating the entire chamber.
[size=85]OOC: cast Palm of flame. Uses exaggerated movements, rolled 4+1=5, just enough, doesn't lose fatigue. invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2417067/
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"I can try, surely. Let me see what can be done."
ooc: Intellego Vim to detect magic of third magnitude or higher (Base 4) with Range Voice (+2 magnitudes, so total level 10).
invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2417096/
In 10 + Vi 1 + roll 4 + 1 fatigue level from life-linked magic 5 = 20
Costs 2 fatigue levels total.
Rabanus spell picks up a sound from the dark room Arturous opened. An accord, consisting of more than one note emerges from (behind?) each of the other doors. A third, deep humming noise comes from (behind?) the door with the sanctum marker to the right.
ooc: I assume you meant range hearing, not voice - and you translated it into auditory perception
Arturous stands at the entrance of the now not-so-dark room and looks inside
The room seemed to be for the servants. It is spacious enough for a lab, but it is filled with sleeping pellets, brooms, buckets, kitchen stuff, barrels etc. On the floor you can see fresh rodent tracks, leading in all kinds of directions.
"Nothing but rats and refuse over here" Arturous turns and steps back to the main chamber.
"I suggest we pack the books and whatever else we can find in the main room. If we can't dispel the magic left in the sanctums at the present time, I suggest we leave it at that. Perhaps we can learn more after reading the manuscript about the convent of Treverorum and return at a later date"
"There certainly still is some magic working here. You could be right about traps awaiting us. Better to be careful."
Rabanus strokes his chin while trying to calm down and refresh from the effort his last spell took.
"I could try to use some more magic to examine the rooms without danger to our bodies.
But strong magic is sometimes foiled by simple obstacles. Can one of you create a light behind these closed doors?"
"Behind the doors? I can't without some sort of arcane connection I am afraid.
But if you can't sense any magic at work on the doors themselves we can risk opening them"
((Do the Doors open in or out? I'm guessing in?))