Group 3, Adventure 5

[Sagar]

When last we met, the party was in the kitchen and preparing to mount the stairs. Fandango, after an honest and understandable misunderstanding, re-buckled his pants.

With some difficulty, you climb the stairs to the second floor. There, you come out on a landing.

Along the north wall of this area a staircase descends to ground floor
of the rear of the house. The treads appear to be insecure.
Another staircase along the east wall climbs to the upper level. This
has mostly collapsed - only the lowest six steps are still intact and
there is no easy access to the hole in the ceiling to where the staircase
used to lead. A heap of rotten timber lies in the northeast corner.

There is a window on the west wall and a hallway on the west side of the south walls extends back into the house.

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[Lycos]

Go to the first door. Standard SWAT procedure. :mrgreen:

[DinbinFanfoom]

"Shall ve search zis room first?" Brunhilde suggests. She'll check out the pile of rotten timber, which she assumes to be the remains of the collapsed stairs. You never know, something may be lurking...

OOC: This feels like shades of EQ1 Estate of Unrest...

[Shiz]

Proceed with SWAT approach.

[Lycos]

Sagar, just in case you need me to say this, we are all watching the floor and ceiling as closely as possible. It is real obvious that there may be soft spots, and we are going to be inspecting and testing the floor carefully as we proceed.

[Asharad]

I surged up awhile back, Sagar. My little icon doesn't reflect this.

[DinbinFanfoom]

We're probably doing a poor job of keeping track of our surges, considering we're pulling more than one encounter per day now.

[Sagar]

Fandango and Trask move up to check the two southern doors.

Neither door is locked or, apparently, trapped. There are no sounds coming from either room.

Trask does note, however, disturbances in the dust coming from the south, up the hallway and to the northern door. It appears as though someone has come this way recently and tried to cover their tracks.

[Lycos]

Continue with opening the door and looking in as usual procedure.

[Sagar]

You cautiously open the door and inside you see... junk.

This room appears to have been used for storage. A large oak chest
stands under the window, its lid closed. Elsewhere in the room are
three wooden chairs, all broken, two splintered wooden buckets and
a mildewed sack. Just inside the door is a bundle of what looks like
clothing; this bundle carries no dust and appears to have been put
here recently.

[Asharad]

Perception on the bundle and the trunk.

I got a feeling someone is hiding in the trunk.

[Lycos]

My vote is to quickly check this room for people, and if none then we move to the other room where the tracks lead to. Leave a person in the hall to watch our back. We can come back once we find this person.

[Sagar]

The bundle looks relatively new.

The trunk looks very old and dusty with no signs of recent use.

[Asharad]

I'll examine the bundle to see exactly what it is. Open it up and such.

[Lycos]

Fandango, you want to check out the trunk? I'll watch the hall as the others check for someone hiding somewhere in that room.

[Asharad]

Yeah, I will do that too.

[Shiz]

/ooc As far as surges, since we entered the house, I have healed myself and Lycos. Lycos has put his hands on one person. Fandango and Brun lost a surge to disease. Fandango used two more to heal to full.

Trask -1
Lycos -2
Fandango -3
Brun -1
Amaril -1

Speak up if I missed some. Most of us have at least 8-10 surges per day and we can leave this house any time to go rest.

[Sagar]

/ooc As far as surges, since we entered the house, I have healed myself and Lycos. Lycos has put his hands on one person. Fandango and Brun lost a surge to disease. Fandango used two more to heal to full.

Trask -1
Lycos -2
Fandango -3
Brun -1
Amaril -1

Speak up if I missed some. Most of us have at least 8-10 surges per day and we can leave this house any time to go rest.

Fan has used 3 and lost 1 according to my notes.

[Sagar]

Fandango carefully searches the chest. He finds no locks nor traps nor any evidence that this trunk has been touched or moved in decades. Opening it (with his hostile friends arrayed protectively around him), he finds that it is filled with air. Looking farther, he finds no hidden areas within the chest. It's just a big, empty chest.

The sack, on the other hand, contains old rotted clothing.

The bundle of clothes seems to be just that. It contains a shirt, pants, belt, good boots, and a variety of personal effects. A small pouch in the bundle contains about 11g worth of coins. All of the clothing seems relatively new and of the type you might see in the village on any given day.

[Lycos]

Unless someone has something they want to try, I would say that we go to the door to the South at K9, and perform the usual SWAT tactics. Also, we can have Fandango check around the corners at J10, just in case.

We'll obviously take the 11 gold for now.

Feel free to interrupt me at any time. I'm just trying to move things along. We tend to wait a long time if we ask, "Is everyone ok if we do X?".

[Sagar]

Question: Is someone going to take the bundle of clothes? And are you going to the south door or follow the tracks as someone suggested earlier?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Brun will take the clothes. So if we find someone running around nekkid' we'll know who they belong to.

[Sagar]

Brun takes the clothes. B&B move down to the south door.
Trask peeks around the corner (map updated) and sees the stairs down to the entry room and hallways to the east and west (and more doors).
He also notices (perception natural 20) that the hallway heading east looks unsafe. The tracks seem to go across the unsafe area.

[Shiz]

Unsafe as in will crumble under our feet?

[Sagar]

Unsafe as in will crumble under our feet?
That seems decidedly possible. You want to walk across and find out?

[DinbinFanfoom]

"Ve should investigate this end first. If ve need to go zat vay, ve can take za stairs from za entry area." Brun suggests. "Or, ve can jump the bad section."

[Lycos]

I read it wrong. I assumed that the foot steps went into this door. Let's continue with the search as normal with this door. This door might lead to interconnecting rooms that don't make it necessary to use the hallway too.

[Sagar]

Opening the door, you see a large bedroom, now decaying and dirty. Damp mould covers portions of the walls and ceiling and rubbish is strewn liberally round the floor. In the centre is a single mattress which has been badly torn and from which the stuffing protrudes. Under the window is a large wooden chest, the timbers split, its lid closed.

Light streams into the room from a window on the east wall and a large fireplace is on the south wall.

You see no signs of occupation or foot prints in this room. The dust seems undisturbed.

[Lycos]

We check the items in the room and the fireplace. We'll all take a look. Fandango will check the chest I assume.

[Shiz]

Trask wants to examine the clothes bundle Brun grabbed.

[Asharad]

Also we should check the mattress.

Trask and I should both check everything.

I've got +11 or something to acrobatics. If we can't get down that hall any other way, I imagine that I can figure something out.

[EricStratton]

Sigh. Fine, Fandango and Brun can "check" the mattress. The rest of us will wait outside. I swear, you two.

[Lycos]

All I want to know is who is going to stick their face in the fireplace this time??? :D

[Sagar]

In the mattress, which is musty and lumpy, you find nothing but stuffing.
The chest is not locked or trapped and opens easily. Inside is a pile of moldy ragged clothing - nothing of value - and a bundle of documents which also appear moldy and stained.
Baladir sticks his head in the fireplace but fails to discover any more friends. Nor does he see anything hidden there.
The clothing bundle Trask wants to see is as described before. It is of sound make, not exceptional or costly, but well made and functional. With your superior perception, though, you realize it probably belonged to a male human, approximately 5'7" - 5'9" tall who was right handed, had pork for dinner and had blue or possibly hazel eyes.

Fandango, with his superior athletics, is pretty sure he could jump the rotten part of the floor outside with both eyes closed and both legs tied.

[Asharad]

But I don't have to tie my legs, right?

Amaril should check out the documents.

We should be on the lookout for a couple of long boards so we can make a bridge across the rotted section if there isn't a way around it.

[Asharad]

Also, I have an idea.

Obviously there is someone here. What if we hid in the hallway and then I, loudly and with much bluffing, had a conversation where we all agreed there wasn't anything here, we should just go back to the village, tell them we cleared the place out, get our gold and them do some wenching.

You know, to draw whoever it was out.

[Lycos]

Also, I have an idea.

Obviously there is someone here. What if we hid in the hallway and then I, loudly and with much bluffing, had a conversation where we all agreed there wasn't anything here, we should just go back to the village, tell them we cleared the place out, get our gold and them do some wenching.

You know, to draw whoever it was out.


You forgot about stamping your feet and making it sound like you were walking away. :rotflmao: I give it a 10% chance of working. Whoever is here, knows this place inside and out. I imagine he'll know if we're still here.

[DinbinFanfoom]

If the party wishes, Brun will leap the bad floor too. Flushing out the evidently present "somebody" would be normally good, but given the fact that we'll likely be lead into traps, probably not a good idea.

PS: I'm not sure if leaping is athletics or acrobatics. IIRC, the podcast intimated that acrobatics might be more specialized things like walking a tightrope, tucking and rolling, etc.

[Asharad]

I've got a skill called "bluff" and a huge bonus to it. It's designed for situations like this.

We don't know who this person is, but they carry clothes around with them in a pack so apparently they don't live here. We have no way of knowing if they know this place or not. But we haven't seen a lot of evidence of humanoid residency, unless the giant ****ing weasel and the centipedes were their pets. They didn't set off the yelling trap, so maybe they just never go into that room, ever. but their live in a hovel, which would indicate they aren't sophisticated enough to have set that trap themselves.

How will standing in the hallway we're already in lead to us being led into traps.

Worse case scenario is it doesn't do anything. best case scenario is, whoever this bundle carrying hobo is, comes back out the grab their stuff and we grab them. This hallway is perfectly set up for us to pull an ambush.

[DinbinFanfoom]

We could loudly discuss leaving some of our loot here in this apparently safe and sound room (maybe in the chest?) and while a couple of us noisily retreat the way we came, the rest can lay in ambush in this room.

[Sagar]

Since there is a currently unknown 3rd party who is probably going to go nuts if you leave the building, I'll take this opportunity to make a discrete DM hint to keep exploring for the time being....

The reasons for this should become clear soon...

[Asharad]

We don't even need to do that.

assuming this isn't some mastermind of a homeless person, we can just act like we are leaving.

Edit Two: Nm, apparently my completely awesome idea will screw up the adventure. I'm a game-breaker, kids.

[Sagar]

Oh, and it looks like there might be some loose boards under the chest (since you were looking for some)

[DinbinFanfoom]

Brun will pry up the boards.

[Sagar]

If the party wishes, Brun will leap the bad floor too. Flushing out the evidently present "somebody" would be normally good, but given the fact that we'll likely be lead into traps, probably not a good idea.

PS: I'm not sure if leaping is athletics or acrobatics. IIRC, the podcast intimated that acrobatics might be more specialized things like walking a tightrope, tucking and rolling, etc.

For actions that could use either, I plan to use your better skill.

[Sagar]

Brun will pry up the boards.
You try to pry up the loose boards that were under the chest but the job is harder than you imagined.. probably because they are still under the chest.

After this DUH moment, you move the chest and a few boards come up easily.. revealing a small cavity under the floor that contains a small pouch. Not seeing any obvious traps, you grab the bag and open it to find 4 small gems (25g each).

Amaril, meanwhile, has been looking through the papers. Most of the documents appear to be old letters related to the original purchase of the house - but the details are stained or mildewed into obscurity.
One sheet near the bottom, however, is different. Amaril (22 arcana) identifies it as a clerical scroll of hold person.

[DinbinFanfoom]

It occurs to Brun that whoever is still in this house, that they probably STILL own, is gonna be royally ticked by us barging through and after relieving them of their clothing, swiping their family jewels. I assume they won't put up with this forever.

[Asharad]

It occurs to Brun that whoever is still in this house, that they probably STILL own, is gonna be royally ticked by us barging through and after relieving them of their clothing, swiping their family jewels. I assume they won't put up with this forever.

Whoever is here doesn't live here. Nobody lives here. Look around.

They don't own it.

They are here with less authority than we are.

[EricStratton]

And remember - might makes right.

I'll give the Hold Person scroll to Trask.

[Lycos]

Nice job Brun!

Are the boards long enough to make a little bridge across the weak spot in the hallway?

If not, I say we go West first then go East. But I don't have a preference.

[DinbinFanfoom]

"Yes, let us finish examining this wing."

[Lycos]

Let's move to H12 then. Standard SWAT procedures. :D

[Lycos]

Whoever is here doesn't live here. Nobody lives here. Look around.

They don't own it.

They are here with less authority than we are.

It could be our Alfred! :mrgreen:

[Shiz]

/ooc is Hold Person a ritual?

[Lycos]

/ooc is Hold Person a ritual?

No such spell as far as I can tell. Command is the closest spell that I can see. Use the word, "Freeze"

[Sagar]

The weak spot is only 5-7 feet wide. Any of you can jump it easily with a bit of running start.

[Sagar]

/ooc is Hold Person a ritual?
dunno. I forgot to convert that to the current magic system. I was going to check it when I got home and, if it came up before then, I'd use it as the old Hold Person - use it and the person is paralyzed for 5 +d6 rounds.

[Lycos]

dunno. I forgot to convert that to the current magic system. I was going to check it when I got home and, if it came up before then, I'd use it as the old Hold Person - use it and the person is paralyzed for 5 +d6 rounds.

Plus, how worthless would it be as a ritual!

Excuse me Mr. Malacon, please stand there while I set up my ritual to cast hold person on you. By the way, do you have an extra candle on you??? Thanks! :rotflmao:

[Shiz]

dunno. I forgot to convert that to the current magic system. I was going to check it when I got home and, if it came up before then, I'd use it as the old Hold Person - use it and the person is paralyzed for 5 +d6 rounds.

Look at the Cleric Command power. What you described it too powerful under 4E rules. More like "target is immobilized, save ends."

[Sagar]

I'll check it out when I get home and let you know.

[Sagar]

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Tango and Cash check the door as before - no locks or traps.

Baladir and Brun open the door and check inside.
What was once a fine master bedroom now stands dirty and decayed.
Some of the floorboards are missing and there is rubbish
scattered around. A tall wooden cupboard stands against the wall
opposite the fireplace, its door closed.

There are two windows on the south wall and a fireplace on the east wall. The floor looks sound in this room.

[Asharad]

Checking the cupboard.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Brun will move to cover whoever opens the wardrobe.

[Lycos]

I call this room as mine! :mrgreen:

I will check the fireplace. :eek!:

[Sagar]

The party moves into the room. Fandango checks the cupboard (on the west wall, across from the fireplace) and Brunhilde moves up to cover him.

Fandango finds no locks or traps on the cupboard and opens it carefully.
Inside are an old pair of cracked leather boots and a dirty, ragged and stained cloak hanging on a peg.

Baladir checks his new fireplace and finds it to be the bestest fireplace in the ENTIRE house. Not that it's really all that much cleaner .. nor does it contain any treasure or spiders or anything.. but it's just BETTER!

[DinbinFanfoom]

Brun heads back out into the hallway and prepares for the next door, leaving the others to inspect the items.

[Asharad]

Amaril should check out the boots and cloak to make sure they aren't all magical

[Lycos]

Amaril should check out the boots and cloak to make sure they aren't all magical

Good idea. I'll follow Brun to the next door.

[EricStratton]

Amaril should check out the boots and cloak to make sure they aren't all magical
Sure, he does that - +12 Arcana.

[Sagar]

The boots are just old, cracked boots and basically worthless.
The cloak is as described - old, worn, ragged and stained and would be completely uninteresting if not for the yellow mold on the inside liner which emits a cloud of spores when you handle inspect the cloak.

Fandango and Amaril each get a faceful - Amaril (ST 5+3 con vs DC 15) breathes the spores deep into his lungs and feels them sear his throat all the way down (10 damage) and begins to cough ferociously.

Fandango also inhales the spores (6+2 con vs DC 15) but not as many (4 damage) and also begins trying to hack up a lung

Both are almost incapacited as they cough and choke in the cloud.

[Lycos]

I'll come back to try and figure out what all the noise is about.

[Sagar]

I'll come back to try and figure out what all the noise is about.

You peek into the room and see Amaril and Fandango coughing and choking in a yellowish cloud.

[Asharad]

Stupid spores!

Okay, I'll leave the room and let the cloud dissipate.

I'll grab Ammy by the arm and pull him along.

[Lycos]

You peek into the room and see Amaril and Fandango coughing and choking in a yellowish cloud.

Come out of there!

If they don't come out, I will take a cloth from myself or one of the pieces of clothing from Trask (I think he is holding the clothes) and use it as a filter, by tying it around my head and covering my nose and mouth, to go in and get them.

[Shiz]

Heal check +10. I drop the clothes I am holding.

[Sagar]

Fandango manages to grab Amari's arm and both stagger towards the door. Both (ST 3 and 2) continue coughing as their lungs continue to burn (3 damage ongoing for Amaril and Fandango).

Trask, you can't tell if the cloud, which you believe to be spores of some kind, are poisonous or corrosive. Either could have that effect but the remedies are completely different. On, and when you drop the clothes, you see no spores coming from them. You certainly didn't see the yellow mold that is all over the inside of the cloak.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Brun is quite happy this is not "her room".

[Lycos]

Brun is quite happy this is not "her room".

Hmmmm... We might have to give our maids a lot of magical protection before they clean up in here. ;)

[Asharad]

Ongoing until when? We aren't in a fight so there aren't rounds, how do we know A) when we take damage or B)when we get to save against the damage?

[EricStratton]

*cough*Last time*choke*I listen to*gag*the rogue.

[Lycos]

Ongoing until when? We aren't in a fight so there aren't rounds, how do we know A) when we take damage or B)when we get to save against the damage?

Well, you aren't in actual combat with anyone, but the effects of these spores is like combat/spell.

Sagar, I give them some water to drink from my waterskin in hopes of diluting the effects.

[Sagar]

The yellow mold "attacked" and poisoned you so, in effect, you are in "combat" but against something you can't attack.

Amaril takes another 3 ongoing damage as he coughs and chokes out obscenities at the rogue. The obscenities seem to work, though, as his lungs clear (ST 19) and the burning subsides. Fandango takes 3 ongoing damage but his lungs continue to burn (ST 9).
After another bout of ferocious coughing, (3 damage), Fandango manages to clear his lungs (ST 10).

Status:
Fandango has taken 10 damage.
Amaril has taken 13 damage.
Both need to rest at least 5 minutes before any strenuous activity.
During that time, will you do 1 surge, 2 surges or no surges?

[EricStratton]

Amaril will use a surge (+8 HP). I think that's 2 used for the day, 7 left.

[Asharad]

I will also use a surge (which leaves me with two)

[Lycos]

Is everyone recovered after the 5 minute rest? I'll watch the hallway if I can't be of any help to them in their recovery.

[Sagar]

They feel much better now, thank you.

[Sagar]

For the sake of expedience, I will assume you will examine the last room.
Using your normal tactics, Fandango and Trask check out the last door to the west. Like the others, this door is not locked or trapped. Opening the door, you see:

Once perhaps a fine guest bedroom, this is now decayed like the
rest of the house. Rubbish is scattered around; there is some evidence
of rodent infestation and some webs hang torpid in the corners.
A four-poster bed, once a grand piece of furniture, is against
the wall opposite the fireplace. Its woodwork is worm-ridden and the
curtains that once screened the bed are torn and stained. There is no
bed linen, but the carcase of the bed is relatively intact.

There are two windows on the south wall and a window and fireplace on the west wall.

After examining the room, bed, and piles of rubbish, you find nothing of interest or value in this room. The views are good, though. You can see out over the inland sea and over the downs.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Tired of empty rooms, Brun will take a running leap (+10 athletics, I think) and clear the soft portion of floor in the hallway. She'll do her best not to disturb the tracks on the other side take a quick look at where they might go.

[Sagar]

Tired of empty rooms, Brun will take a running leap (+10 athletics, I think) and clear the soft portion of floor in the hallway. She'll do her best not to disturb the tracks on the other side take a quick look at where they might go.

With a running start, you clear ((8+10)/5 or 3.6 squares) about 18 feet. Quite impressive.. if a bit noisy. Though not as noisy as the coughing was.
You easily clear the weak area (which is only 5-7 feet wide as far as you can tell).

You did, unfortunately, mess up the tracks a bit when you landed.

[DinbinFanfoom]

ooc: I know the "prudent" thing would be for us to let Fandango or Trask go over first and snoop around, but Brun isn't the most patient. I hope she hasn't messed up the tracks too much to see which general direction they go in.

[Asharad]

I suppose we should all follow.

[Shiz]

Trask will follow Brun over when she is clear of the landing area (Athlectics+3).

[DinbinFanfoom]

You should be fine. Brun overshot her landing by 2 squares.

[Lycos]

Same here. Athletics +4 Acrobatics +2.

[EricStratton]

I'll follow. Everyone...catch me if I don't make it. Athletics +1, Acrobatics +2.

[Sagar]

Trask follows.. taking a running start, he slips a bit, but clears the area (4+3 = 7 foot jump).

Lycos runs and jumps (17+4= 21 feet) and clears the area easily.
Amaril leaps easily (12+1= 13 feet) and lands lightly on the opposite side.
Fandango (9+?) also leaps easily across.

There are 3 doors here.
Do you want to start with the far (east) door or the near door?

[Sagar]

Actually, you hear noises that seem to come from the room a the far end of the corridor.

[Lycos]

Actually, you hear noises that seem to come from the room a the far end of the corridor.


Is that where the tracks lead to?

[Shiz]

I encourage Brun to charge that room with me following.

[Sagar]

Tracks seem to lead to the middle room and to the end room.

[DinbinFanfoom]

You don't have to ask twice. It's probably not who we're looking for, but Brun will shove the middle room door open anyway, barging in to confront whoever/whatever she sees. She won't swing blindly though.

[Sagar]

You throw open the door and see...Another dirty, decaying bedroom without furniture. From the doorwayvthe floor in here does not look particularly safe; some floorboards are missing while others appear to have suffered partial collapse.

You see no one in the room and you are not all that good at following tracks.. (maybe Trask should look before you walk in).

But you do hear noises (muffled thumping and grunting kinda noises) coming from the room to the east.

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[DinbinFanfoom]

Brun quickly backtracks to the hallway and knocks the door open that had the sounds behind it, instead of risking time/effort on navigating a bad floor.

[Asharad]

You're so gonna get hit on the head.

[DinbinFanfoom]

"Mein head is exchpendible part."

[Sagar]

Damn. The door is locked.
How unfortunate for the door.
*smash*

Dinbin Edit: Oops! meant to reply to this! Mine is the last bit.

[Asharad]

I shall knock on the door.

Say, "hello? Look, we know you are in there. You're sort of squatting in our house, which is totally fine and all. If you wanna unlock the door we can talk about this like sentient beings. If not, I can unlock it and my big friend here will try to squash you. The house is a big enough mess, we don't need to have to clean up smashed you as well."

[Lycos]

I'm staying where I am in the hallway waiting for something to happen, it's bound to happen with people just busting open doors, etc. :roll:

I can tell the tedious house to house search technique is getting to the hormonal woman. ;)

[DinbinFanfoom]

Hah, Brun "knocked" first. She's gonna go all "Shining" on that door. "Heeeere's Brunnie!"

[Asharad]

Stop ****ing breaking doors. we're just going to have to replace them later if you do.

Gods.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Stop ****ing breaking doors. we're just going to have to replace them later if you do.
Gods.
"Zis vill be your room zen. Goodness knows you don't need a door vis za parade of lowlifes zat vill traverse it..." Brun grins.

[Lycos]

I think the first research project the Amaril will have is to find us a house repairing magical item that we can go find. :mrgreen:

[Asharad]

"Zis vill be your room zen. Goodness knows you don't need a door vis za parade of lowlifes that will traverse it..." Brun grins.

First of all, that doesn't even make sense.

Secondly, I already called the attic, so I can more heroically respond to the fandango signal.

Look, I'm sorry there isn't a barn on the property and so nowhere for you to feel really comfortable, but every door you break because you get angry it is smarter than you is gold out of our pockets.

[Shiz]

/em winks at Brun

I like to sleep outside under the moon so I don't have a problem with a bit of door bashing.

[Lycos]

/em winks at Brun

I like to sleep outside under the moon so I don't have a problem with a bit of door bashing.

/em rolls his eyes

Trask, is that a roll in your pants or are you glad to see Brunhilde here???

Geez, you guys are horny!

/em pauses... looks Brun up and down with bedroom eyes.

Says to Brun, "How you doin'?"

:rotflmao: Can we get on with the job? :evileye:

[Sagar]

Crash or pick.. or look for a key.

[Asharad]

I knocked.

I was being serious.

We can always pick and then crash if nobody answers.

[Sagar]

I shall knock on the door.

Say, "hello? Look, we know you are in there. You're sort of squatting in our house, which is totally fine and all. If you wanna unlock the door we can talk about this like sentient beings. If not, I can unlock it and my big friend here will try to squash you. The house is a big enough mess, we don't need to have to clean up smashed you as well."


You hear renewed thumps and grunts from inside the room.

[Lycos]

They might be tied up. Either unlock it or smash it.

[Asharad]

WAIT!

[Asharad]

I'll check the window sill to the east. I see something.

[Lycos]

I'll check over the door while we wait. I don't touch anything, but I am trying to see anything out of the ordinary, like a key in the keyhole. ;)

[Sagar]

On the window sill, you find a brass door key.

[Asharad]

I'll use the key to unlock the door.

[Sagar]

The key turns easily and noiselessly in the lock and unlocks the door.

[Shiz]

Oh that's no fun.

And Baladir, maybe a wink is always sexual in paladin land, but I was just trying to get Fandango's goat wuth Brun's help.

[Shiz]

The key turns easily and noiselessly in the lock and unlocks the door.

I am not first in, I can promise you that. I still have weasel on the brain.

[Lycos]

And Baladir, maybe a wink is always sexual in paladin land, but I was just trying to get Fandango's goat wuth Brun's help.

Yeah, sure Trask. We know your type, playing coy all the time then when you least expect it you're all over her like flies on ****. :lowlol: ;)

[Sagar]

I thought that was on your leg....

Ahem.

You open the door and see that this is a dirty, decayed bedroom and the floor looks rather unsafe.

You also see in the far corner lies a man; he is obviously alive, though bound and gagged. He is clad only in undergarments and appears to have no
weapons or equipment.

(See attachment)

[Asharad]

Yeah, sure Trask. We know your type, playing coy all the time then when you least expect it you're all over her like flies on ****. :lowlol: ;)


In Brun's case, that last part is really more of an observation of reality than it is a metaphor.

[Shiz]

I am going to go the the man and examine him for injury. I unbind him.

I also ask Fandango to backtrack to where I dropped the clothes I was carrying since they will probably fit this guy.

[Asharad]

Okay, who the hell tied this doofus up?

Quick scan of the room to ensure we are alone.

[Sagar]

Okay, who the hell tied this doofus up?

Quick scan of the room to ensure we are alone.

You can see nothing else in the room.

I am going to go the the man and examine him for injury. I unbind him.

The man has a big lump on the back of his head. Looks like he got whacked on the back of the head and whacked good.

You untie him and he takes a few minutes rubbing his bound limbs and getting circulation back before he speaks.

[Asharad]

I'm in favor of leaving this dude naked until we find out if he is inclined to stab us.

I mean, maybe he was tied up for a reason.

[Lycos]

I'm in favor of leaving this dude naked until we find out if he is inclined to stab us.

Not a bad idea since we have no idea of who this guy is. But that's my paranoid side coming out.

/ooc Having a devious DM does that to a person. :D

[Zyzzyx]

You untie him and he takes a few minutes rubbing his bound limbs and getting circulation back before he speaks.
"Oww... Yeesh... damn ropes."

<looks up at everyone>

"You're not here to...

I'm not going to be..."

...

"How did you know I was here? And do you have some clothes for my dignity, at least?"

[Asharad]

"Oww... Yeesh... damn ropes."

<looks up at everyone>

"You're not here to...

I'm not going to be..."

...

"How did you know I was here? And do you have some clothes for my dignity, at least?"


Howdy. Who tied you up? Where did they go? Why did they do it?

Quick with the answers or I'll let Brun **** you.

[Lycos]

Quick with the answers or I'll let Brun **** you.

:pepis:

[DinbinFanfoom]

ooc: is it just me or did the DM just find a way to write Zyx into our party? :lowlol:
Quick with the answers or I'll let Brun **** you.
Brunhilde attempts to slap Fandango in the back of the head.

[Asharad]

ooc: is it just me or did the DM just find a way to write Zyx into our party? :lowlol:

seems so...pretty clever!

Although if he isn't a wizard we should slit his throat and take his stuff.

[Sagar]

seems so...pretty clever!

Although if he isn't a wizard we should slit his throat and take his stuff.

What.. all 11g worth? And you know I'd never make anyone play a character they didn't want to play...

[Shiz]

Fandango, that's enough out of you for the moment. Go get the man his clothes, please.

/me nudges Baladir to pay attention (and roll insight while I talk to him)

Sir, first, please tell us your name and then whatever you can about your circumstances?

[Lycos]

Nevermind, I'll listen with Trask. Fandango and Amaril, please search the room.

Also, I am using Insight while Trask talks to him.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Brun will move back out into the hall and check the last door, as it was previously indicated that tracks go there too. She won't smash, chop, mangle or otherwise destroy anything unless specifically asked to. She won't open the door until our new "intern" has been checked out.

[Sagar]

Brun will move back out into the hall and check the last door, as it was previously indicated that tracks go there too. She won't smash, chop, mangle or otherwise destroy anything unless specifically asked to. She won't open the door until our new "intern" has been checked out.

Brunhilde realizes with a shock that you are already at the last door where the tracks went. You looked at the middle door already and skipped the first (westernmost) door.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Brunhilde realizes with a shock that you are already at the last door where the tracks went. You looked at the middle door already and skipped the first (westernmost) door.
ooc: Oh. OK. See? I was RP'ing that poor perception really well, yeah, that's the ticket! The middle and last doors had tracks, right?

She'll move back to the first door, then, and listen at it.

[Sagar]

The westernmost door is not locked or barred or trapped as far as you can tell. You also can't hear anything in the room.

Who went to get the poor guy's clothes?

[Asharad]

Nobody yet.

We're waiting to hear from him.

(ooc:Look, we know its Zy but our characters have no way of knowing this guy isn't a lich lord or something).

[DinbinFanfoom]

Since Brun is back that way, she'll hop the bad floor and get the clothes. No rush. She'll leave the interrogations to Fandango and Trask.

[EricStratton]

Amaril will head back down the hallway to keep an eye on the E/W and N/S hallways.

[Asharad]

I want to check everything in the room while we are waiting on the new guy to find his tongue.

Bed, furniture, the whole deal.

[Zyzzyx]

Howdy. Who tied you up? Where did they go? Why did they do it?

Quick with the answers or I'll let Brun **** you.

I... I don't know who got me.

I was just here to rest a bit before finishing my travels to Saltmarsh. Just started looking around... and BAM. I was out.


Who... who are...


<pauses a bit, looks around at the weaponry in use>


Who are you folks?

[Lycos]

I'm Baladir, paladin of Pelor.

Why were you going to Saltmarsh?

Where were you coming from?

What's your business?

[EricStratton]

If he asks before Amaril heads back out to the hallways:

"Amaril of the Feywild." And Amaril will roll Insight (+6) on the new guy.

If not, we'll figure each other out eventually.

[Sagar]

Insight rolls: This seems to be an honestly confused person who has taken a bad blow to the head and is still a bit wonky.

Amaril does get the intro before heading out. Brun does not.
Brun easily leaps the bad spot, retrieves the clothes, and leaps back.
Amaril keeps an eye on both hallways.

[DinbinFanfoom]

"I do not sink zis fellow vil be harming anyvun vile naked. Zese are yours, I assume?" Brun tosses the clothes to the stranger and returns to the hall to give him some privacy.

[Lycos]

I'll fill Brun in on what we've discussed in her absence.

[Lycos]

If this guys doesn't start talking, I am going to be going for his naughty bits and start twisting.

[Shiz]

Give him some time and space. It is clear form my examination that he has suffered a head blow. He is not a menace so let's just all relax a bit.

Sir, I will ask you again. What is your name? Are you a native of Bracken or a traveller who just sought shelter in this abandoned house?

[Lycos]

Hold it. He said Saltmarsh? Is there such a place? Weren't we in Bracken?

[Asharad]

I assume Saltmarsh is where he was heading to, since he said he was travelling there.

[Sagar]

The town is Saltmarsh. Bracken was the town way down the road where you had the festival. The Baron had moved on to this town and you had to catch him here. Remember.. you rode east, then south.. came over a rise.. saw a small fishing village.. talked to the Mayor.. granted deed to the house if you investigated it...

Keep up, man.. :p

Saltmarsh is the town you left this morning. It's about 4 miles down the coast road.

[Sagar]

Are you going to give this man some privacy to robe himself or are you going to interrogate him as he gets dressed?

[Lycos]

Keep up, man.. :p

You know...

I think every day you should start out with the typical HBO, on the last episode of blah blah... <summarize the past three weeks or so> :mrgreen:

Good idea, huh?

[Lycos]

Are you going to give this man some privacy to robe himself or are you going to interrogate him as he gets dressed?

I'm a guy. I trust this guy as far as I can impale him. I can wait while he gets dressed. No, I don't turn around. :cool:

[Asharad]

DM sir, I am looking around the room very carefully while all this is going on. do I find anything interesting?

[Zyzzyx]

ooc: t'was lunch time! ;)

Yes, maam. Those are mine,

<turns to face the wall and redresses himself>

Oh, and me? Ned. And I'm just travelling. To Saltmarsh. Or, I was, until whatever it was that happened to me here.

[Shiz]

Did you enter the house for any particular reason? Where is the rest of your gear? You have no weapons that we found.

[Lycos]

Well good sir, where were you coming from? What's your business? Are you visiting Saltmarsh on business or pleasure? How were you making your way there, walking or on horse?

[Asharad]

That's it!

Brun, start boning!

[Zyzzyx]

Did you enter the house for any particular reason? Where is the rest of your gear? You have no weapons that we found.

Well good sir, where were you coming from? What's your business? Are you visiting Saltmarsh on business or pleasure? How were you making your way there, walking or on horse?

<Ned coughs a bit, his voice getting a bit raspy as he talks>

Weapons? No, I had nothing but my favorite knife. Used it for whittling, cuttin' meat, just stuff. Haven't used a real weapon for years now.

I came in for shelter, sometime yesterday, I think. Didn't feel like pushing on to town.


<coughs some more, now talking closer to a whisper>

Was just... headed to Saltmarsh... looking for work.

[Lycos]

That's it!

Brun, start boning!

OMG, that's it. Now I'll have to turn around. :rotflmao:

[Asharad]

Are you sick?

I ask because I seem to catch damned near everything.

And you're coughing a bit.

[Lycos]

<coughs some more, now talking closer to a whisper>

Was just... headed to Saltmarsh... looking for work.

Hold out your hand. I'll pour some water from my water skin into his hand.

*pours water into his hand*

Where were you coming from? What's your business, what do you do for a living? How were you making your way there, walking or on horse?

I would suggest answering my questions.

[Zyzzyx]

That's it!

Brun, start boning!

Wha?!?

<shakes his head a bit>

<leans against the wall and settles back down to the floor>


Look... I told ya what I know. What 'bout you folks?

<towards Fandango> Especially you. Yer questions seem a bit brash for a leader of this group.


And would ya any have some water, or something?

<coughs and goes quiet for awhile, rubbing the back of his head>

[Lycos]

Maybe we should just take him to town and hand him over to the authorities so he can tell them everything he knows?

[Sagar]

Fandango moves about the room examining everything in it. In the middle of the western wall, he discovers something very interesting - the first floor.

The rotten floor collapses under him and he falls down into the room below (failed acrobatics check to avoid falling). You take 5 damage - more from raking through the floor than the actual fall. You are pretty adept at avoiding falling damage.

[Asharad]

<towards Fandango> Especially you. Yer questions seem a bit brash for a leader of this group.

Hey, when I get myself wacked on the head and wake up naked in your house, feel free to pepper me with questions.

We're might adventurers, we primarily rescue maidens, keep the lands safe for the smallfolk, walk the earth and whatnot. We recently acquired this lovely abode and were in the process of delousing it when we found you.

Take from that last bit what you will.

I say this before I fall through the floor. The falling lessens the impact of it, somewhat, I would imagine.

[Zyzzyx]

Ah, thanks for the water.

Are you sick?

I ask because I seem to catch damned near everything.

And you're coughing a bit.

You... haven't been gagged before, have you? With your jabber I'm surprised one of your cohorts hasn't tried it for awhile.

<sips the water, requests a bit more>

Where were you coming from? What's your business, what do you do for a living? How were you making your way there, walking or on horse?

I would suggest answering my questions.

I mentioned, I'm headed to Saltmarsh, looking for some honest work. Just me, no horse, no nothing. I used to wander, getting myself and some friends out of, or into, sometimes, trouble. I've taken out a few odd beasties and some ruffians in my time. Been awhile doing good honest work now. Though ya know... wouldn't mind getting back to that life.

[DinbinFanfoom]

I say this before I fall through the floor. The falling lessens the impact of it, somewhat, I would imagine.
ooc: I imagine you as a sort of Inspector Clouseau.

[Lycos]

Crap! Looks down through the hole at a distance to see if Fandango is ok. Brun, you want to carry the gimp, while we head down and look after Fandango?

[Asharad]

I'll scramble back upstairs and rejoin the group, acting as if nothing happened.

[Asharad]

You... haven't been gagged before, have you? With your jabber I'm surprised one of your cohorts hasn't tried it for awhile.

I imagine you're right, I've temped those around me once or twice to do it, but they've been kind and I've never been gagged.

I've been tied up a time or two, but it's been awhile. What ever happened to your mother, anyway?

[Shiz]

Well, I am not too concerned about Ned. If he wants to tag along while we explore some more, that is fine with me.

Fandango on the other hand, are you ok down there?

/ooc how long have we been in here? What time of day is it?

[Asharad]

ooc: I imagine you as a sort of Inspector Clouseau.


ooc: haha...can't you just imagine that little speech punctuated with the floor collapsing?

[Lycos]

ooc: haha...can't you just imagine that little speech punctuated with the floor collapsing?

Totally Clouseau! :rotflmao:

[Lycos]

Well, I am not too concerned about Ned. If he wants to tag along while we explore some more, that is fine with me.

I've got a problem with it. :evileye:

[EricStratton]

At hearing Fandango's graceful exit, Amaril will run back to the room (making sure to jump the rotted boards).

[DinbinFanfoom]

ooc: haha...can't you just imagine that little speech punctuated with the floor collapsing?
Perfectly. =)

[Zyzzyx]

<smirks a bit at this 'Fandango' guy going through the floor>

Now that... that's the kind of unknown stuff that I miss.


But... one of ya mentioned that this was 'your' house? Between my experience and what I"ve seen of yours, I don't think anyone should be in this house.

[Lycos]

But... one of ya mentioned that this was 'your' house? Between my experience and what I"ve seen of yours, I don't think anyone should be in this house.

Let's call it a great deal that was offered to us by the government of Salt Marsh in clearing out the stuff in here. She's not much to look at now, but some money and some elbow grease, it'll make a great place for us to stay in. :mrgreen:

[Shiz]

Unless you know something we don't, Ned. If you know something that we don't and share it, that would obviously help us trust you a bit more.

That said, if you want to continue to SaltMarsh, we would happily take a break from exploring this place and walk you back.

[Asharad]

Good idea Shiz.

He doesn't seem to have much to tell us. he doesn't know who tied him up (assuming it was anyone), doesn't know what he's doing here, doesn't know how he got here. He's the prince of vague, which is maybe understandable, given the head trauma.

Wait...were there auguries involved? Naked Ned, are you an augury? Their all full of vagueness too...

Anyway, escorting him off our property and into town seems like a fine idea.

As long as we keep our eyes on him.

[Asharad]

Now that... that's the kind of unknown stuff that I miss.

Also, what does that mean?

[DinbinFanfoom]

"I sink he means 'adventure'. Also, I am not in favour uf leavink until ve are sure za house is perfectly clear..." Brunhilde states. "Zis fellow did not tie himself up."

[EricStratton]

"I sink he means 'adventure'. Also, I am not in favour uf leavink until ve are sure za house is perfectly clear..." Brunhilde states. "Zis fellow did not tie himself up."
"I agree with the lady on both counts."

[Lycos]

Yeah, but let's look at the facts.

1. Ned is tied up here with no guards whatsoever.
2. Ned and his clothes are placed in an unlocked room with his gold intact. They did not intend on robbing him.
3. Ned is not offering any information about his reasons for being here.
4. Yeah, Ned was hit on the head, but it could be part of a plan to get him in our party.
5. Ned was fine when we opened the door. He was moving around and trying to yell through his gag.
6. Ned heard us through the door, renewing his efforts to get our attention once we were talking. Now he pretends not to be able to put coherent thoughts together. He obviously is holding back information.
7. I don't think this place has undead in it. Who would put their victims in a nest of undead? Plus, who would have the guts to put their victims in the "haunted house"?

No, Ned needs to go to town at the very least.

/ooc This is looking more like a Scooby Doo episode than I originally assumed. :D

[Zyzzyx]

"Yup, what the missus said.

The unknown of what's coming up. Adventure, as I used to do. And, as it looks like you are doing. Not so sure I'd recommend this place though. From what I've seen, we should all just head outta here before the place collapses on us all."


"Or maybe it.. ...ou ... " <mutter mutter>

[Lycos]

"Or maybe it.. ...ou ... " <mutter mutter>

What? We can't hear you?

[Zyzzyx]

Huh?

Oh...

Just a passing thought about if it perhaps could stand up to a bit more use.

Thinking a bit, I wouldn't mind checking out the place with you. Ya know, get a bit of adventure in before we get back to Saltmarsh.

[Lycos]

Sagar. Insight on everything that Ned has said so far? What do I get?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Brunhilde frowns.

"He does not need guards because he is tied up. Maybe whoever captured him does not care about za gold so much as keeping zer secret intact. Ned thinks maybe zey ver going to kill him, did he not? Ned has told us vy he is here: he vas traveling, he schtopped, he came in, und he got za bump on za noggin! You say he maybe ties himself up? Sometimes... I am thinking... a tied up rogue is just a tied up rogue... If you distrust him so much... maybe you just keep an eye on him?"

[EricStratton]

"I still agree with Brun. Considering the issues we've had with a simple weazel and a cloak full of dust, we could use the help. I'll make you a deal, oh Paranoid One. If he turns out to be bad, after Brun rips him in two, you can take a free swing at Brun."

[Sagar]

Sagar. Insight on everything that Ned has said so far? What do I get?

You have a very strong feeling that he is telling the truth and is exactly as he appears to be - a guy in the wrong place at the wrong time and got a serious knock on the noggin to show for it.. not to mention being stripped, tied, gagged, and stuffed in an out of the way location for the time being.

[Lycos]

Ok, I'll go with the group on this one.

*gives Ned the "I'm keeping my eyes on you" sign*

[Zyzzyx]

<visibly relaxes a bit>

A'right then...


Now, what's this about a weasel givin ya trouble? A weasel?

<smirks>

[Asharad]

<visibly relaxes a bit>

A'right then...


Now, what's this about a weasel givin ya trouble? A weasel?

<smirks>


Well, it's not as exciting as being tied up, stripped and having no clue about so much as who did it to you, for certain...

[Sagar]

A disembodied voice says, "Ned.. don't forget that you have no weapons and armor... and you will be needing one soon...."

This message brought to you by your friendly neighborhood DM.....

[Zyzzyx]

ooc: See the 'discussion' thread for my reply to that. <sigh>


Yeah, true. Not sure what's worse, the headache from the thump on my noggin, or the headache from wondering who did it to me.

Oh... and would ya have found any coin with my clothing? Don't remember exactly, but it was a small handful of gold coin.

And.. and.. ah, my knife? Anything of it? I've had it for so many years, be a shame to lose it like this. Wouldn't mind brandishing it at the brigands who knocked me out. If not, could ya spare at least some small blade to use on 'em?

[Shiz]

Fandango, do you have a spare, simple dagger for Ned? I think it is time we went back to the trap door downstairs.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Fandango, do you have a spare, simple dagger for Ned? I think it is time we went back to the trap door downstairs.
"I vish I had a spare vepon for you, Ned... but ve should definitely head back to zat hatch!"

[Shiz]

/ooc off to soccer. Be back around 3pm EDT.

[Asharad]

I don't, but we do owe the guy his 11 gold back.

[EricStratton]

If we're going back to the ground floor, why don't we give Ned his 11g and let him go to town and get a weapon from that vendor guy.

[Sagar]

/ooc I've never had a character that has only 1 dagger so I would assume that any of you that have a dagger, have a spare.

[Sagar]

You have 1 more room here that you haven't looked at at all and one room (the middle one) that you've only glanced into.

Do you want to finish exploring these or go directly downstairs?

Oh, and it's just about noonish now.

[Asharad]

lets finish exploring up here

[Zyzzyx]

"No spare blades at all?"

<sigh>


/ooc Thanks for the assumption, Sagar. But looks like these folk travel light.

[Sagar]

/ooc: Looking at the original character sheets, Amaril had 1 dagger. Fandango has 2 extra non-magical daggers.

[EricStratton]

If you say so. I don't see it on any of the PDFs I have. If I do have one, though, he can have it.

[Shiz]

back aT 2PM

[Lycos]

I have a dagger. I'll give it to Ned since it's real obvious that I have one. :D

Oh and I want to go through all the rooms again. We kinda went fast through the rooms since we knew someone was up here.

[Sagar]

What room do you want to go to next?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Whatever is closest, same procedure. If it's across the bad floor, jumpage.

[Zyzzyx]

I have a dagger. I'll give it to Ned since it's real obvious that I have one.

Ah, well, shame that I lost my favorite blade... the tales it could've told.

<looks over the blade from Baladir>

But this one looks like it might have some tales of its own. Perhaps I shall add some more before I return it to you.

[Sagar]

The party files back out into the corridor and collects around the middle room. Brun already opened the door and Trask looks into the room. This is another dirty, decaying bedroom without furniture. From the doorway, the floor in here does not look particularly safe; some of the floorboards are missing while others appear to have suffered partial collapse.

Just inside the room, Trask sees tracks that go into the room, veer to the west side of the room where the floor looks more solid, and appears to go to the window on the south wall.

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[Lycos]

I guess we'll folow the tracks and try to determine if we can see something of interest.

[Lycos]

But this one looks like it might have some tales of its own. Perhaps I shall add some more before I return it to you.

I'll be happy if it doesn't have the tale starting with it sticking in one of our backs. :|

[Sagar]

Who will follow the tracks?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Let Trask/Fandango examine the tracks, though if someone left via the window, they're not on this floor anymore, anyway.

[Shiz]

Wait, I suspect the tracks might be caused by a creature much lower in weight than myself or any of us. Why do we want to follow them to the window, anyway?

If there is something in this house leaving tracks, it isn't in these rooms right now. It is either outside, on the roof, or down the trapdoor. I say we go back to the trapdoor.

[Asharad]

I'm relatively nimble and have shown I can fall through floors skillfully. I'll check the tracks and make sure whatever it is, isn't hanging on the outside of the house.

[Sagar]

You follow the tracks to the window. The floor is solid under your feet, but you're pretty sure that the floor to the eastern side of the room is unstable.

Due to the way the house sits on the bluff, and due to the topography of the bluff itself, this window provides the best view in the house of the sea below. You also notice (natural 20) new scratches in the wood of the window sill. These are small and slight and appear to have been made by a metallic object.

You also notice that there was lots of scuffing on the floor immediately in front of window. Not only is all the dust gone, but there are relatively fresh boot scuffs on floor and wall immediately in front of the window.

There is no fireplace in this room nor is there anything else of interest.

/ooc are you going to surge to fix the damage you have now (7pts, per my notes)

[Asharad]

So it looks like someone used a grappling hook either to go down the wall or climb up the wall.

And sure, Ill surge. That will leave me with one.

[Asharad]

can I see if the boots prints match Neds?

[Lycos]

Can we check out the rooms we glossed over a little better on the way down. We can back track our steps. I think we're smart enough for that. I just don't want to miss something that could be useful to us in a fight.

So, from all this activity, we can assume this place is not haunted, and someone likes using this place as their home just like we want to do.

[DinbinFanfoom]

"Ned? Is zis za vindow you came in?"

[Sagar]

can I see if the boots prints match Neds?

You are almost positive that they don't match Neds.
And the scratches are much to small and shallow to have been made by a grappel. This looks more like something was set on the window ledge.

[Sagar]

Can we check out the rooms we glossed over a little better on the way down. We can back track our steps.

The only room you haven't checked yet is the one to the west, between you and the stairs down. You were pretty thorough in most of the rest of them.

[Asharad]

You are almost positive that they don't match Neds.
And the scratches are much to small and shallow to have been made by a grappel. This looks more like something was set on the window ledge.

Weird. Is there anything on the ground outside the window?

[Sagar]

The window is closed and pretty much swollen shut. I don't think you can open it without breaking it.

[DinbinFanfoom]

"Maybe somebody tried to escape here?"

[Asharad]

So lemme make sure I understand this...

The footprints lead right up to this window and then disappear? The window can't be opened and something metal was set on the window sill?

That's....mysterious.

The prints lead into this room and not out, right?

[Shiz]

File this away and let's move on to the last room. Ned is in the formation in front of Amaril, who remains the rearguard for now.

[Lycos]

Well, I'll take note of this scene, and I suggest that we head to the room we didn't get to search yet.

/ooc Ash, you only have one surge left now?

[Sagar]

So lemme make sure I understand this...

The footprints lead right up to this window and then disappear? The window can't be opened and something metal was set on the window sill?

That's....mysterious.

The prints lead into this room and not out, right?

There are not many clear footprints. Mostly it's a track of disturbed dust. Looking closely, you can see footprints coming in and going back out (footprints that are not yours). They seem to mill about in front of the window.

[Lycos]

Did we determine the size of these foot prints, could they be from a child or child sized being (hobbit)?

If Fandango has only one surge left, it might be worth going back to town and sleeping there for the night and come back the next day to hit the basement.

[Sagar]

The footprints you can see are pretty much adult boot shaped.

[Asharad]

Did we determine the size of these foot prints, could they be from a child or child sized being (hobbit)?

If Fandango has only one surge left, it might be worth going back to town and sleeping there for the night and come back the next day to hit the basement.


I don't mind checking out the basement now. If it is a tunnel system we can rest here in the house for a bit (insofar as I am concerned).

[Shiz]

Did we determine the size of these foot prints, could they be from a child or child sized being (hobbit)?

If Fandango has only one surge left, it might be worth going back to town and sleeping there for the night and come back the next day to hit the basement.

My healing requires the target have a surge to spend. Yours requires that you have a surge to spend.

So I think we are ok, but if Fandango feels a bit worn out, then we can certainly go grab lunch and a nap. I still haven't scribed the Water Walk ritual.