Insight's "The Isle of Dread" - Chapter One

[Rhun]

The secret passage leads down into darkness.

Vrashek draws an everburning torch from his pack, holding it high to illuminate the passage. With a nod to the others, and his dagger held ready in his free hand, the half-orc takes the lead in moving down the secret passage.

 

[Leif]

Questor, Halfling Chaos Sorcerer 6 -- Questor's memory

OOC: Have Questor make a Streetwise check with a +2 circumstance bonus (for having lived in Specularum for a while).

OOC: Insight check [made for Insight, ahem!] will be 1d20+4(cha)+2(circumstance)=24. Pretty fair check! Wonder if it'll help much?

 

[Insight]

OOC: Insight check [made for Insight, ahem!] will be 1d20+4(cha)+2(circumstance)=24. Pretty fair check! Wonder if it'll help much?

OOC: Not really. Unless Questor is trying to determine if Specularum is lying to him. Insight is used like Sense Motive was in prior editions (for the most part). The name seems to confuse a lot of people, so don't feel bad. It's not a "luck" skill or "guessing". It's about interpreting mood and body language.

 

[Leif]

OOC: Ooops, sorry I said "Insight" when I meant "Streetwise." Since they're both untrained and are both Charisma-based skills, can we apply the roll to Streetwise, PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE Mr. Gracious DM?

 

[drothgery]

OOC: Ooops, sorry I said "Insight" when I meant "Streetwise." Since they're both untrained and are both Charisma-based skills, can we apply the roll to Streetwise, PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE Mr. Gracious DM? :d

Insight is a Wisdom-based skill, actually.

 

[Walking Dad]

Adam of Brightcastle

Adam quickly moves back into the Hog's Breath, looking for Mr Allard to convince him to keep the back door open for the others.

 

[Leif]

OOC: Ooops, sorry I said "Insight" when I meant "Streetwise." Since they're both untrained and are both Charisma-based skills, can we apply the roll to Streetwise, PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE Mr. Gracious DM?

Insight is a Wisdom-based skill, actually.

OOC: Well, there you go then, I modified the roll with Charisma, so I rolled Streetwise and just called it after our noble DM.

 

[Insight]

OOC: Well, there you go then, I modified the roll with Charisma, so I rolled Streetwise and just called it after our noble DM.

OOC: OK. Glad we got that sorted out.

Questor knows a few places where the Veiled Society would probably not want to go looking.

Chiefly, the Duke's estate, where the thugs are to be arrested on site. The Veiled Society are also not terribly welcome in the Temple District. That's about a mile from Upswallow, where you are now. Questor doesn't think the Veiled Society has ties to the Wizards' Guild, the Wizards' College, or the Wizards' Academy, but who knows? Those places are about a mile away in the opposite direction from the Temple District.

 

[Insight]

Adam of Brightcastle

Adam quickly moves back into the Hog's Breath, looking for Mr Allard to convince him to keep the back door open for the others.

At the Hog's Breath Inn (Adam, Keharn, Geirgrim, Skaros, and Barook)
The few customers at the Hog's Breath Inn are quite interested to watch the goings-on next door at Boloum's Books.

"He musta sold the wrong book to the wrong customer!"

"I bet those thugs can't even read!"

"Where's my rum?"

Leading the others inside, Adam finds Allard at his normal spot, washing glasses behind the bar.

"Open the back door?" he asks. "I dunno. I don't want any of those thugs in my place."

 

[Insight]

Vrashek draws an everburning torch from his pack, holding it high to illuminate the passage. With a nod to the others, and his dagger held ready in his free hand, the half-orc takes the lead in moving down the secret passage.

Inside Boloum's Books (and the Secret Passage): Cassi, Nafije, Astra, Questor, and Vrashek
Vrashek's torch illuminates a short, rough-hewn passage that leads to a set of stone stairs leading down. Stepping to the edge of the stairs, Vrashek can see that the stairs lead about 40ft down to another passage that continues generally north.

Vrashek and all others present hear the sound of dripping water from somewhere beyond where they are now.