I'm replying to Johnn's email from 7/17/23.
I used a very similar tactic, but it was a case where the rogue of the party (CN alignment) went searching up a stairway alone. At the top of the stairway is a lever in the wall. He pulls the lever which opens a hidden door with a large group of Orcs (or goblins or ogres - I don't actually remember) behind it. He goes running back down the stairs to the party and closes the door to the stairway behind him. The party asks, "What did you find?" He replies, "Nothing," just as the door bursts open behind him, and all of the monsters come flying out. The rogue had positioned himself behind the door, so that when it flew open, he was hidden safely behind it.
I used a very similar tactic, but it was a case where the rogue of the party (CN alignment) went searching up a stairway alone. At the top of the stairway is a lever in the wall. He pulls the lever which opens a hidden door with a large group of Orcs (or goblins or ogres - I don't actually remember) behind it. He goes running back down the stairs to the party and closes the door to the stairway behind him. The party asks, "What did you find?" He replies, "Nothing," just as the door bursts open behind him, and all of the monsters come flying out. The rogue had positioned himself behind the door, so that when it flew open, he was hidden safely behind it.
