Radiance Monster Hunter (IC)

[Forged Fury]

[IC] Radiance Monster Hunters

Giuseppe pondered aloud, "Well, what-ah do we know about the timeline? He stopped paying rent about a month ago and no one has ah-seen him in two weeks. Hopefully we find a few more clues to-ah figure out this mystery."

The kobold padded over to the side door which Lane was preparing to open to assist with her investigation. "Sorry, no light, but I can see really well in the dark." With that said, he readied his small repeating rifle.

 

[GreenKarl]

Trebuchet entered the lobby about the same time that Grynm came back around the corner of the street. It saw only a dusty lobby with two doors back in the shadows of the far walls. No bodies for sure here... unless they are any in the urns on display.

 

[xynthoros]

Grynm entered the lobby and began inscribing a rune on the doorway. "No one will be able to follow us in and if there are undead in here, they shouldn't be able to follow us out either. We can leave freely, but we won't be able to return until tomorrow... at least not through this entrance."

OOC: Scribed Veilrune, spent 5gp worth of gold dust and ink inscribing the rune, undead cannot pass from inside to outside and living cannot pass from outside to inside unless they have more levels than me.

"Now have we decided how we are splitting up? I vote I go with whoever plans to dance with the undead should there be any." His choice of wording, the innuendo, they weren't quite him. It would be easy to notice a shift in his personality to anyone who was familiar with him, luckily most of these individuals were not and would hopefully write it off as nothing.

OOC: It is a DC 10 insight check to notice my alignment shift from neutral to neutral evil

 

[KahlessNestor]

Vaquera Cremations
Thurs May 6, 1889/9:19 AM

Moradin eyed the strange girl as she performed some kind of ritual. He knew a bit about magic, but not what, exactly, she was doing.

The dwarf found the gas lanterns. The place didn’t seem wired for electrotech. He turned a knob to see if the gas was still running and tried to light one of the lamps.

“Hopefully I get light going, da,” Moradin told Lane. “If give moment.”

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Standard:
Move:
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[sblock=Stats]
DR: 4 (Chain shirt)
FORT: 18
REF: 16
WIL15
*Dwarven Resistances: +2 vs poison and magic.
*Earth Anchor: +5 vs Bull Rush, Charge, Grapple, Trip when on the ground.
*Bear’s Endurance: +5 vs attacks that cause fatigue or exhaustion.
*Trap Sense: +5 Reflex vs traps.
Vitality: 16/16 Wounds: 11/11

Special abilities:
*Identify (1h, 1 vit): identify all properties of a magic item
*Piloting: +10 1/day
*Resist Energy (5m, 1 vit): +10 DR vs a specific energy, or +2 DR vs all energy types
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[GreenKarl]

After Grynm etches the rune on the door he stretched out his sense. There were a few 'neutrals' among his companions but he sensed no others or any 'evil' as it were either.

Moradin grabbed one of the lanterns and turning up the gas flow and lite it to provide more light for the room.

Both doors are unlocked and appear normal everyday looking. The smaller door leads into a small, windowless office contains a simple desk and a large filing cabinet. An oil lamp, a battered ledger, an ink pen, and a few scattered papers lay out in plain sight on top of the desk. The air smells stale, a fitting compliment to the faded and unremarkable artwork hanging on the wall. A single wooden chair stands behind the desk.

The larger door leads into a larger room with six empty metal tables pushed over to one side and three large cremation ovens on the opposite wall. There is a bolted door on the opposite end that must lead into the alley way. Finally, their is a large wooden cabinet on one wall near the back door. The room is somewhat lite by a set of high windows near the ceiling and smells of dust and lingering ash.

 

[Forged Fury]

[IC] Radiance Monster Hunters

Giuseppe slunk into the small room. Reaching into a pocket, he pulled out a small lighter and flipped it open with a snap of his claws. Lighting the lamp, he adjusted the taper to provide as much light as was possible and returned the lighter to his pocket. Slowly, he moved around the room, looking for anything suspicious, particularly anything deadly. Once his curiosity was satisfied, he examined the papers but noticeably didn't move or disturb them.

OOC: Perception - [roll0] (22 for Traps)

 

[GreenKarl]

With the second lantern lite, Giuseppe can see nothing out of the ordinary or anything dangerous that might have been left behind to deter possible trespassers. The cabinet has three deep drawers that all appear to be unlocked and the desk has two small and one large drawer, also apparently unlocked. The papers on the desk seem to be more bills and inquires about missing love-ones remains.

 

[Shayuri]

Trebuchet ambles to the desk as well, glances at the papers, then looks back at the others.

"There should be another location where bodies are kept in preparation for cremating. As well, a location where cremated remains are kept awaiting client pickup. Locate these places and we can end this assignment with minimal wasting of time or organizational resources."

 

[Forged Fury]

[IC] Radiance Monster Hunters

OOC: Alright, let's dig into this mystery...

Nodding at the sage advice from the warmech, Giuseppe gingerly picked up the ledger and took a seat in the chair, perusing its contents to see if it might shed some light on this little mystery.

OOC: If needed, I'd like to take 10 on Literacy for a 15

 

[GreenKarl]

Giuseppe starts reading the ledger which appears to contains a detailed accounts of Vaquera’s Cremations for the past three years. Vaquera has been operating a modestly successful business, but the accounting becomes sloppy around five months ago and stops entirely a month back. Near the back of the ledger, notes about how the "voices" are suggested a different approach and a need for secrecy as others might be "jealous" of the "gifts" Vaquera is about to receive. The last entries are simply rambling about the "voices" that make no sense... except maybe something about a "birth" or "rebirth". Its hard to be certain.