RPG Addicts | We Know You're Hooked

Rupert points at himself, and then at the burlap covered door to the left and shrugs his shoulders, and then repeats the process for the door in the right with numerous holes. He then waits for the group to indicate wich door he should open first.4

Anders points to the door on the left to cast his vote.

Melville positions himself in the doorway to the bow deck and readies magic missile, then nods to Rupert.

Bazz and Rupert are squeezed into the triangular room like end of the hallway near the left burlap wrapped door.  Melville posts up in the doorway, and Anders stands out on the deck, ready to squeeze past Melville if necessary.  Standing next to the door, it is apparent that unlike most ship doors, this one is hinged so as to open outward.  Due to the angle of the wall, this means that this door can only open halfway.  [[If trying to rush through the door, it will count as difficult terrain for Bazz and extreme terrain for Rupert to squeeze in.  Moving outside of combat take a little extra time and uncomfortable squeezing, but no rolls necessary.

Who pulls the rope handle to open the door?  If Rupert does it, he will effectively provide at least 3/4 cover to anything in the room from the group due to the limited range of the door and Rupert's size.  If Bazz does it, that would drop to 1/2 cover at most.  Melville or Anders would not provide cover.]]

Rupert moves to the door grabs the handle and tries to pull the door with one hand while keeping his sword ready in the other.

Pulling open the door reveals a relatively large room for such a small ship.  The room is roughly 8 feet wide by 15 feet deep, although at least half of that area is filled by a huge mass of tangled vines.  A tight lattice of bamboo poles helps hold mass back, leaving a small area clear just inside the door.  A couple of white flowers are visible growing amongst the vines.  Everyone immediately recognizes this as a mass of infinity vine, although the normal unsettling sounds of rapid growth are missing.  [[Everyone can give me a Nature check if you are examining the Vine]].

Rupert notices that there are several small, covered portholes on the outside wall of the room.  They are constructed in such a fashion that they could be easily held closed from the inside, and opened by pulling a rope from the Weapons deck above.

You both can tell that the mass of vine has gone dormant, a normal state for the plant in the phlogiston.  It appears that this room has been specifically designed to allow the air generated by the vine to refresh the ship, while keeping its sunlight exposure and growth room controlled and limited.  Should this ship ever make it back to wildspace, that vine will snap right back to life.

Bazz explains what it is and what it does to anyone in the group who didn't figure it out.  "Do you think we could make use of a piece of this vine on our own ship?"

Bazz takes a look at how the room and vents are built to see if they can use this technology on their own ship.