"Or we could try and get one of these bricks off, and I can take a look and see how bad the rust is. If it is just the lever and the immediate pieces, a couple make whole spells will fix the issue. If it is the whole mechanical device being rusty, then I can use some acid to remove some of the mortar of the trapdoor, and see if we can lever enough out of the way to get in without making as much noise."<br/><br/>He had a number of vials of acid, along with the other things a normal adventurer would carry, so he would be able to get around 'minor' issues like this. "Besides, we don't know how much or even what is in this 'vault.' It might be an immobile version of the database we found, and we really don't want to destroy it or let one of these mage overlords get their hands on it. Less noise is better. In my opinion, so lets keep them from exploring this ruin any more than we have too."