The Fall of Plaguestone

[KahlessNestor]

Etran’s Folly (Plaguestone)/Hallod’s home
Summer/Day 3/0925
Weather: Normal for the season (hot), light wind, heavy rain
Round 0

Grimsby tried to open the door but found it locked.

OOC: I need two Thievery checks to try and pick the lock (DC 15 each), or an Athletics check (DC 20) to try and break it down, or some damage rolls if you decide to hack it down (40 damage).

@Leatherhead
@VLAD the Destroyer
@FitzTheRuke
@Kaodi
@JustinCase

Spoiler: Combat Notes

Silvi (+7) AC 13 HP 13/19(13) (drained 6)
Hiromi (+6) AC 17 HP 17/17
Pakuten (+3) AC 18 HP 16/16
Grimsby (+7) AC 17/16(clumsy) HP 25/25
Mortimer (+8) AC17 HP 16/16

Spoiler: Quests

Find Hallod
Help Sir Lawrence quiet Talmore’s ghost.

Spoiler: GM Notes

Party XP: 210

 

[JustinCase]

Mortimer Pendergast feels restless, waiting for news about whether the whole caravan would be convicted of a crime they could not, in Mortimer's mind, have committed. Surely as a former barrister he could make a good case for the defense, if not for the agonizing unwillingness of the local sheriff to let him borrow Isgeri law books. By now Mortimer is convinced the man doesn't actually have any and is just winging it.

So what can he do?

He recalls the pretty dancer, a scoundrel he's sure, asked him to help her out in investigating a lead. Perhaps he should follow.. what's her name again? Hiromi, and the others.

The tall man fondly recalls his days as a law student, wandering the streets at night and getting into, well, it's not trouble if nobody finds out, eh?

It hardly takes any effort to find the party, but to catch up with them without running...

Hiromi heard a soft noise in the hallway behind them and looked to see Mortimer climbing down the ladder. She'd seen the man by the Feedmill and had asked him if he'd like to join them, but he had not been there when they set out.

"You're lucky you missed it," she whispered to him as he caught up, "We had to put down some poor, abused dogs. We were just about to try this door."

Then she waved to Grimsby to try the door while she got ready to flip a dagger at anything that might jump out at them from the other side.

Mortimer nods at her and then everyone in turn, with the tiniest of smiles. He stays behind Hiromi, not drawing any weapons.

"Are the dogs going to be a problem for our legal predicament?" he whispers, his mind going over the implications to the already unfair trial.

Grimsby tried to open the door but found it locked.

OOC: I need two Thievery checks to try and pick the lock (DC 15 each), or an Athletics check (DC 20) to try and break it down, or some damage rolls if you decide to hack it down (40 damage).

"I'm sure someone can get that lock open," he says, turning his head ever so slightly towards Hiromi.

"The best locks, I've found, have a completely closed box around their tumblers so to avoid anyone from moving the inner parts with, say, a long thin silver hook."

From seemingly nowhere exactly such an object appears in his hand, and he waves it at the lock.

"Oh look, it's not that good a lock."

OOC: The Cooperative Nature ancestry feat means I get a +4 bonus on Aid checks. So perhaps I can Aid someone with opening that lock with Thievery? Aid thievery: 1D20+6+4 = [16]+6+4 = 26 Edit: And woohoo! I'm finally playing! Sorry you had to wait for me, guys!

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Hiromi was about to get her leather folder of little tools out when Mortimer produced just the right pick for the job. She took it quickly and put it in its place, and sure enough it fit just right. For a brief moment it crossed her mind that Mortimer could be involved in some sort of set-up - late for the fight and then too perfectly convenient, but she dismissed it as her mother's influence (always suspicious of others). Mortimer was here to help, she told herself, hoping she was right.

OOC: Pick: 1D20+7+4 = [10]+7+4 = 21 1D20+7+4 = [10]+7+4 = 21

 

[Matthew Popkes]

Etran’s Folly (Plaguestone)/Hallod’s home
Summer/Day 3/0930
Weather: Normal for the season (hot), light wind, heavy rain
Round 0

Hiromi’s deft fingers, with Mortimer’s help, picked the lock on the heavy door and heaved it open. The door opened into a small corridor with no notable features except a large metal wheel on the wall that apparently operated the cage that had freed the dogs. The corridor opened into a large room that seemed to be a living space. A fire pit stood in the northeast corner, a crude table in the center of the room, and a cot against the west wall. The room was a mess. There were three exits from the room. In the southwest corner was a doorway with a curtain hanging over it. Across the room on the east wall was an open doorway that looked like it might lead to a storage room of some kind. And in the southeast corner of the room was an open passageway that seemed to lead off into darkness.

@Leatherhead
@VLAD the Destroyer
@FitzTheRuke
@Kaodi
@JustinCase

Spoiler: Combat Notes

Silvi (+7) AC 13 HP 13/19(13) (drained 6)
Hiromi (+6) AC 17 HP 17/17
Pakuten (+3) AC 18 HP 16/16
Grimsby (+7) AC 17/16(clumsy) HP 25/25
Mortimer (+8) AC17 HP 16/16

Spoiler: Quests

Find Hallod
Help Sir Lawrence quiet Talmore’s ghost.

Spoiler: GM Notes

Party XP: 210

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Hiromi made hand gestures for everyone to keep quiet and stay out of line-of-fire of the curtain, in case someone was hiding back there with a crossbow, and she slipped quietly across the room. She listened for breathing or movement from behind the curtain for a quick moment, and then moved the curtain to reveal behind it, while staying off to the side.

OOC: Perception Check: 1D20+6 = [11]+6 = 17 Stealth Check: 1D20+7 = [8]+7 = 15

 

[JustinCase]

Mortimer quietly moves forward, peeking inside but waiting for Hiromi to give the signal.

As much as he is interested in what the others have found out so far, he is well aware that he has to wait a little longer before asking questions.

 

[KahlessNestor]

Etran’s Folly (Plaguestone)/Hallod’s home
Summer/Day 3/0935
Weather: Normal for the season (hot), light wind, heavy rain
Round 0

The living area was a mess, but Hiromi managed to creep through it without issue. She moved the curtain aside a bit to reveal what looked to be a lavatory. It was little more than an open pit in the floor. It also seemed to be where Hallod disposed of his garbage. There were scraps
of moldy food and bits of junk in the corners of the room. She also saw a bunch of small, identical bottles scattered amongst the trash. There was no one in the room.

@Leatherhead
@VLAD the Destroyer
@FitzTheRuke
@Kaodi
@JustinCase

Spoiler: Combat Notes

Silvi (+7) AC 13 HP 13/19(13) (drained 6)
Hiromi (+6) AC 17 HP 17/17
Pakuten (+3) AC 18 HP 16/16
Grimsby (+7) AC 17/16(clumsy) HP 25/25
Mortimer (+8) AC17 HP 16/16

Spoiler: Quests

Find Hallod
Help Sir Lawrence quiet Talmore’s ghost.

Spoiler: GM Notes

Party XP: 210

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Hiromi carefully picked out a bottle and gave its contents (former or current) a sniff.

 

[Leatherhead]

Once the way forward is signaled clear, Grimsby makes his way over to the fire pit. Keeping the alchemist fire from the other room in mind, he pokes about the ashes, to see if a fire had been recently lit.

OOC: Perception for the Fire Pit.: 1D20+7 = [20]+7 = 27

 

[VLAD the Destroyer]

Pak follows the others into the room. He scans the room and positions himself so he was able to keep an eye on the two other entrances. He waits for the others to finish their initial search of the living area. Noting the wheel used to release the dogs Pak speaks trying to keep his voice low to prevent it from carrying to far.

"We may want to hurry. He was here to release the dogs. If we delay to long he may escape."

Putting action to his words Pak moves towards the east doorway. He makes sure to not cross the path of the southeast passage in case someone was waiting to shoot the first person down the hall.

OOC: Let me know if I can get to the door on the east wall without crossing the open passageway. If I can I'll peek into the possible storage room.