Room 2 — Secret Entrance

The secret entrance is a vertical shaft with a rickety ladder leading down. Characters may only climb down single-file. Choose the position for each character on their descent. Starting at the top-most character, roll a d6 for each character. A character with light armor is at -1. One with heavy armor rolls at -2. Halflings roll at +1. If the total roll is a 1 or less, that character falls as a ladder rung broke free or their grip failed. The next character down will have a -1 to their die roll due to the falling character above them. The penalty accumulates as more characters fall. Each fallen character loses 1 life point as they hit the bottom of the secret entrance shaft. The sound of their falling may also have alerted wandering monsters, roll 1 in 6.