Tunnel Blockage is a Real Pain

The Party draws near to the northern entrance of the Stonefang Pass as dusk falls on the late winter day. Torches alight they enter and pass-by numerous signs of recent battles and attacks. Numerous dead stirges and a few disemboweled giant spiders told that the dwarves had a rougher time exiting their once glorious trade road than expected. But all stories have their truths as sooner than they party thought, they had arrived at the large stone blocking the rest of the tunnel.

The doorway to the gate house was left ajar and the Party filed in, unbeknown to them the dwarves of old still had their defenses in order as a handful of crossbow quarrels shot out from hidden compartments in the walls and a trio of steel snake-like constructs made their way to protect the gate mechanism.

The Party, made decent work of the constructs and avoided the magical crossbows with all haste. Only to find two minor stone golems awaiting them in the gatehouse proper, whose floor was gravely gouged by earthquakes that ravaged the tunnel on a near constant state.

Avoiding the small gorge, and taking care of the golems, our heroes reactivated the gate keeper, a large mechanical construct, appearing to be a metallic dwarf the size of a hill giant. With the assistance of the gate keeper the party was able to open the stone blockade and allow the small force of Orc that lay in wait on the other side of the stone wall...