(Inactive) Psion's Return to the Tomb of Horrors (IC)

[Nightbreeze]

[imager]http://users.gmpexpress.net/adkohler/game/Doorgath_100_120.jpg[/imager]

Ye wanna burn tha corpses? -Doorgath grins- I may have what's needed - and he makes a nod towards the towering fire elemental.

 

[Psion]

As the living column of fire begins to slumber towards the corpses, Garrel's eyebrow raises and he shouts "wait". Then Doorgath and Peja see it too: a tattoo on the arm of one of the corpses. Looking closer, you can see that the tattoo reads "Payvin's Pearl".

[sblock=Spot Checks]
Peja spot (1d20+7=26)
Garrel spot (1d20+22=41)
Ari's spot (1d20=19)
Doorgath spot (1d20+24=27)
[/sblock]

 

[Nightbreeze]

[imager]http://users.gmpexpress.net/adkohler/game/Doorgath_100_120.jpg[/imager]<Payvin's Pearl" ??? Hrm....Seems like the name of a ship...and theese poor guys seem like mariners.> Hey you!!! -- he shouts at the nearest townsfolk -- <Ye know som'think 'bot tha "Payvin's Pearl"??>

 

[Psion]

Most of the locals staring out the window seem recalcitrant to answer, being scared at the mere prospect of undead walking the street. One of the younger local turns around quickly and appears to be quickly conversing with others in the inn. He turns around and relates "The barkeep -- 'e says 'e's heard of it."

 

[CanadienneBacon]

[imager]http://users.gmpexpress.net/adkohler/game/peja.jpg[/imager]

"Later!" barks Peja, full of ire. "Put the fire to these creatures afore they return to haunt us agin!" The dwarf sticks a hand into his haversack and immediately comes up with a tindertwig and his lone torch. Lighting the torch, Peja looks askance at Doorgath's magically summoned fire elemental. Muttering to himself about the vagaries of magical fire, Peja huffs, "Better to use what Delundar hisself gives us on his green earth." Peja moves first to the dead dockworker, then around to each of the other dead wights, lighting them all with the flames from his torch.

[sblock=Psion]Probably takes a while to do all that...the Haversack makes it easy to get the items out, but then he's got to light the torch and then walk around to each corpse to make sure they all burn.[/sblock]

 

[Nightbreeze]

[imager]http://users.gmpexpress.net/adkohler/game/Doorgath_100_120.jpg[/imager]

<Ok, burn it> , he nods to the fire elemental.

As the others keep watch on the corpses, Doorgath leaves Reisha where he stands and heads for the tavern. As soon as he approaches the barkeeper, he adresses him without the usual dwarvish mannero of speaking.
<I heard that you know somethink about a ship named Payvin's Pearl. It is very important that you share all information with us>. Then he wait's for the barkeeper's answer

 

[Psion]

As the busywork of dealing with unhallowed corpses proceeds apace outside, Doorgath works his way past the interested onlookers and to the bar.

The barkeep is just coming from the back from the back room, with a fresh tun of ale in tow to serve the locals that seem now to not be in too much of a hurry to go home. He nods at Doorgath to wait for a second while he's setting up for fresh ale. While still working away he looks up at Doorgath, catches his breath and says, "The Pearl? You sure? Why that's Payvin's barge. His whole crew deserted him a week past, now. Yes, that's right, his whole crew! I heard it first hand from the pierwatch."

"Payvin, he likes his crew aboard the night 'afor castoff. Payvin hi'self was taking care of last-minute cargo in the bazaar. They says that when he got back to his boat, 'twas plumb empty! Can you believe it? 'Twas said that the crewmen must have all thrown together. Decided to leave off and find a new captain--'least that was what people was sayin'..."

 

[Nightbreeze]

[imager]http://users.gmpexpress.net/adkohler/game/Doorgath_100_120.jpg[/imager]Doorgath nods and looks around. He calls for Peja or someone of the others. While he's waiting for them, he questions the barkeeper about the whereabouts of Payvin: where he lives, what he trades and if he has heard about anything unusual in the last two weeks: anything.

 

[Psion]

Doorgath nods and looks around. He calls for Peja or someone of the others. While he's waiting for them, he questions the barkeeper about the whereabouts of Payvin: where he lives, what he trades and if he has heard about anything unusual in the last two weeks: anything.

[sblock=Roll]
Gather info (1d20=18)
[/sblock]

A few other boatsmen can reiterate what the barkeep said about his crew walking.

A young boy running a kettle of stew for his mother says that he overheard someone say "Payvin was it? I think I overheard that name today. Don't rightly remember what it was about... something about bein' with the master of the pier."

Another boatsman pipes in, "Master of the Pier... that's a tavern by the piers."

 

[Fenris2]

[imager]http://users.gmpexpress.net/adkohler/game/Garrel1.jpg[/imager]

With the corpses burnt, and a new clue or two to folow up on, Garrel suggest, "Nothing for it but to track down this Payvin then... And the pier watch for that matter." Looking to the others to see if they concure.

BTW What did the watch say? Did they seem to think this unusal?