Secret doors

Some doors are secret. These doors might be obscured (behind a bookshelf ) or built to be all but invisible (stone doors that only open when you twist a candle sconce).

You find secret doors by describing how you search for them. You can look at a wall to see if you can see any seams. You can tap on a wall to hear if it sounds hollow. You can look behind curtains, inside wardrobes, and under rugs to see if there’s anything there.

Look at your map. Are there any gaps where a room would logically make sense? Look for secret doors there.

Look for patterns. Secret doors are hidden in places that make sense for them to be. If you find a secret door behind one portrait, search behind other portraits to see if there’s a pattern to be found.

If you don’t ask for specific information and simply say, “I spend as long as it takes to search the room for hidden doors,” the GM can use the “Moving carefully” rules on page 91. They tell you if there’s a secret door but draw on the Meatgrinder to see if your torches gutter due to the time you take searching.