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Male Human Beguiler 6

Does the room to the left of the rightmost upper room upstairs (no graph labels means I have to say that) have windows? If so, I would suggest that room. Also, Alaba was killed in the upper left room, right?

Alaba was killed in the upper left room. All of the rooms have windows except the two that back onto the stairs.
Male Human Beguiler 6

Before the group sets up, Quinn speaks. "Unless we're afraid of someone busting through walls, it may be best to put him in this room." He points to one of the interior rooms*. "Fewer points of entry."

*Above Gromtheb on the map
Male Human Rogue 3/ Alchemist-vivisectionist 2/ Shadow Dancer 1

Velinari will search until he feels that he couldn't possibly do a better job. So maybe about an hour.

We're just waiting for Gromtheb then we'll move forward.
Male Half-Orc 6th Inquisitor

Gromtheb helps move Gordel into the interior room across from Duglan's room.

It takes a while, but you manage to get Gordel upstairs and into bed. Ser Harris and Gromtheb turn in for the night while Duglan and Quinn stand guard. Velinari searches the downstairs, but finds nothing of interest. (I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and say you also locked the doors while you were looking around, because it seems in character). There is indeed a small, musty cellar, accessed from a trap door next to the still (in J-8) but it's full of preserves, salted meat, dried vegetables, and the like, but nothing of interest in your investigation. He's just taking a final look through the knick-knacks on the mantel above the fireplace when...

Updated maps: above and below.

You hear a horrifying, bloodcurdling shriek from outside the inn, awakening those who were asleep. It chills you to the bone. Chills you so much that all but Quinn and Harris cower reflexively in fear (and will continue doing so for 4 rounds).

Perception DC 10. Can be made even if cowering, -10 if you were asleep.:
The shriek came from just south of the inn, at ground level, and close.

Velinari:
As you throw yourself against the wall in terror, you get a momentary glimpse of a slight and eerie silhouette through the window due south of you.

Intitiative
Gordel 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Ser Harris 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Gromtheb 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
Duglan 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
Quinn 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11
Velinari 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
It 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21

Gromtheb cowers. Gordel will delay his cowering till the start of the next round.

Order
-It
-Duglan (Cowering 4)
-Quinn
-Harris
-Velinari (Cowering 4)
-Gromtheb (Cowering 3)
-Gordel (Cowering 4)

You hear a BANG! as something pounds on the door, but the door holds.

Quinn and Harris are up!

This is how we roll:

Gord Will 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Harris Will 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Grom Will 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14
Dug Will 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
Vel Will 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15

Dur 1d4 ⇒ 4
R2 1d4 ⇒ 1
Str 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Male Half-Orc 6th Inquisitor

Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20
Sure, I get the mediocre but sufficient roles when it doesn't matter...
Male Human Fighter 6

Curse you, nat 3!

Perception1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Sentiments shared, Gromtheb.
Male Human Bard (Sound Striker) 6

Perception: 1d20 + 8 - 10 ⇒ (11) + 8 - 10 = 9 So close!

Harris stands up and begins to use Inspire Courage, boosted with his token (+3 to attack, damage rolls, saving throws vs fear & charm effects).

"Alright, everyone. Pull yourselves together and meet up. Don't let it catch you alone."

Take 10 on knowledge (nature?) for a result of 26. Do I have any idea of what it is based on the shriek?

16/17 rounds of bardic performance remain.

Also, I find the idea of someone delaying their cowering somewhat hilarious. "Ok, I'll cower in a moment. Just let me get myself all psyched up!"

Not without more information. The shriek is terrifying and unearthly, so you suspect that when you do see it knowledge(nature) might not be the skill to use.
Male Human Beguiler 6

Perception 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

Quinn isn't cowering like his comrades, but he's still shaken up by the scream. He mutters to himself "What in the nine hells..." before casting Invisibility on himself. "It came from the south, close to the Inn. I'll be around." Quinn finds the nearest southern window as his move action; if this isn't possible (this or next turn) he makes his way downstairs.
Male Human Rogue 3/ Alchemist-vivisectionist 2/ Shadow Dancer 1

Perception:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
Knowledge Nature:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Quinn:
You move to -B-15. You don't see anything out the window yet (it's dark, and you don't have a good angle to see things on the ground.

Another BANG! on the door.

God does play dice with the universe:

Strength 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Quinn and Harris are up.

Quinn, if he continues to the window:
Looking down and to your left, you can just make out a slight figure, wrapped in white cloth, backing up and preparing to throw itself against the door. You still have a standard action.
Male Human Bard (Sound Striker) 6

Harris casts Inspirational Boost (Inspire courage bonus is now +4) and will double move to -F16 (assuming the left end of the staircase is the top. If I'm wrong and the right end is the top, Harris double moves to -H13, midway down the stairs).

Along the way, he draws both his longsword and his shortbow (he will drop whichever he doesn't need when combat begins).

You are correct about the stairs. Inspire courage will give a bonus to subsequent saves, but does not allow rerolling against ongoing effects, right?
Male Human Beguiler 6

Quinn mutters a curse to himself about not seeing in the dark and then hustles down the stairs as quickly as possible.

Not sure how much move he has left. Also, for future purposes, how high are the ceilings downstairs, and is there anything hanging from the ceilings?
Male Human Bard (Sound Striker) 6

That is correct.

Wondering why you'll need to reference that in the future... The ceiling is 10 feet high and there are chandeliers in -G-3, -G0, and -G3. Are you gonna buckle some swashes?

Harris, you will need to use a move action to open your door. You are now in -C-8, with the door open. Quinn, you are now downstairs, in C-2.

Another bang, and then the banging stops.

Quinn:
You see a figure standing at the window between J0 and K0. There's enough light that you can make out the face. It's Alaba, though her eyes blaze with red light, and her mouth is horribly distorted into a hungry maw. She raises her hands, now horrific claws, and prepares to smash the window. Make a knowledge(religion) check (in a spoiler box).

EDIT: Turns out you don't have it. Never mind. But you're pretty sure she's undead.

Reposting order
-It
-Duglan (Cowering 1)
>>We are here<<
-Quinn
-Harris
-Velinari (Cowering 2)
-Gromtheb (Cowering 1)
-Gordel (Cowering 2)

Dice dice, baby:

Strength 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9 omgwtfbbq?
Male Human Bard (Sound Striker) 6

I thought that plan was for everyone to leave their doors open so that wasn't an issue? Oh well.

Harris double moves to -H15.

14/17 rounds of bardic music remain.

Oops. You did say that explicitly. My bad. You may start at -F16 and retake this round. Also, read the Quinn spoiler above.
Male Human Bard (Sound Striker) 6

Cool.

Harris runs down the stairs (single move action, ending in -H-12).

GM + Quinn:
Take 10 on Knowledge (Religion) for 26

Harris drops the sword and fires a single shot through the window with his bow at the creature.

Shortbow single shot boosted with Deadly Aim & Rapid shot: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21
Damage: 1d6 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17

Male Half-Orc 6th Inquisitor

Gromtheb cowers. Just in case that wasn't obvious.

Duglan DELAYS HIS COWERING

Just for Chris (and yes, I am kidding)
Male Human Rogue 3/ Alchemist-vivisectionist 2/ Shadow Dancer 1

Velinari continues to cower

Harris, I'm going to have to think about how on earth to adjudicate a shot through a glass window. In my decade of playing D&D, I'm not sure that that's ever come up before.

Anyone have ideas?

Okay. We're going to do it like this. Damage is applied to the glass first, using these rules. The glass also provides concealment, not because it means you can't see but because of the chance it will deflect the arrow as it shatters. I'm using concealment instead of cover because I'm thinking of it as a completely stochastic miss chance rather than as something a good-enough archer could shoot around. However, "It" also has cover because you don't have a full view of it's body.

Miss chance. 1d100 ⇒ 53

So, the arrow shatters the window, but your foe twists sideways in the blink of an eye and the arrow whizzes past.
Male Human Beguiler 6

Harris, Velinari, or Perception DC 20:
Quinn delays until after Harris. "Gods, Harris, tell me it's one of the dumb kind." Quinn would be freaking out (more) if it weren't for Harris' steadying words and crazy, window-splitting arrow shots. He will act upon Harris' information, if he can provide any.

Harris:
Her appearance and shriek allow you to understand what's happened. She's become a revenant, an undead creature fueled by hatred and a need for vengeance, which rises from the grave to hunt and kill its murderer. Devoid of any compassion, emotion, or logic, a revenant has but one purpose, and cannot rest until it has found vengeance. A revenant’s existence is fueled by its hatred for its murderer. As long as the murderer exists, the revenant exists.

When confronted with its reflection or any object that was important to it in life, a revenant becomes overwhelmed with self-pity. In some cases, this renders it helpless, but in other cases it becomes enraged and seeks to destroy the object. Scholars debate what the distinction is.
Male Human Bard (Sound Striker) 6

That's fair.

"Someone grab a mirror!" Harris shouts, "We might be able to subdue her with it! Quinn, slow her down!"

Quinn + Velinari or Perception DC 20:
"'Dumb' isn't exactly what I'd call her," Harris says to Quinn. "More... driven. Driven to hunt her murderer."

He whispers, "Someone go keep an eye on Gordel. He just became our prime suspect."
Male Human Beguiler 6

"Most of my tricks don't work on the unliving, and the smart ones... Anything slow her down besides a mirror?"

In the meantime Quinn tests Harris' theory and makes a Silent Image of Gordel appear at H7.
Male Human Bard (Sound Striker) 6

"Try slow. It might buy us time to regro- or that. That might work."

Velinari:
As the figure climbs through the now shattered window, you can see that it's Alaba, though her eyes blaze with red light, and her mouth is horribly distorted into a hungry maw. She is still wrapped in her funeral dressings, thorougly soaked with blood. She raises her mouth and shrieks again, and though it adds nothing to the terror you were already feeling.

Quinn and Harris:
Alaba climbs through the now broken window. She's still clad in her funeral dressings, thoroughly soaked with blood. She glances once at the image of Gordel, her eyes lingering on, it, and then turns to look right at Harris and shreiks again. Harris's words reassure Quinn, but he himself is reduced to a quivering, terrified heap.

Duglan and Gromtheb:
You hear another shriek from below. Duglan's terror is renewed (for 1 rd) but Gromtheb manages to snap out of it.

If you are downstairs or head downstairs, here's an updated map

Quinn, or Harris Perception DC 5:
Quinn's in C-2, but I've omitted him from the map because he's invisible.

-It
>>We are here<<
-Duglan (Cowering 1)
-Harris (Cowering 1)
-Quinn
-Velinari (Cowering 1)
-Gromtheb
-Gordel (Cowering 1)

Out of dice puns...:

It will 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22
Duglan will 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17
Quinn will 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
Harris will 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
Velinari will 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Gromtheb will 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19
Gordel will 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

dur 1d4 ⇒ 1
r2 1d4 ⇒ 1


You poor guys are rolling so poorly...
Male Human Beguiler 6

Slow is nice, but I'd rather maintain my invisibility... Quinn maintains concentration on the image of Gordel as he sneaks directly behind it. Once there, he says in a voice very un-Quinn-like, "Alaba, m'babe, please don' fight; I want t' help y'. Tell me who murd'rd ya, 'nd we c'n br'ng 'm ta justice, t'geth'r." Hope I didn't lay that on too thick...

Stealth (+20 for invis and moving) 1d20 + 33 ⇒ (14) + 33 = 47
Disguise 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
Bluff (if necessary) 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Male Human Bard (Sound Striker) 6

FYI, with Harris cowering in fear you lose the bonus from inspire courage until he fires it up again.
Male Human Beguiler 6

Spammable fear is spammable. That said, maybe she'll stop shrieking?
Male Human Rogue 3/ Alchemist-vivisectionist 2/ Shadow Dancer 1

Usually once you save against a fear effect your immune for 24 hour. Although this is probably just here random AOE fear, and not any specific fear SP that she might have.

I was also surprised that this one does not have that immunity proviso, but it doesn't, so that's the story. Besides, I like the feeling of powerlessness it gives, makes it more horror-y, which undead should be. Unless it's just giving a feeling of boredom.
Male Human Fighter 6

Cower, Cower, Cower, Cower from the Monster!
Male Human Beguiler 6

Facing a monster with powerful debilitating effects isn't necessarily boring/frustrating. It's only boring/frustrating if we have no chance to do anything to change what is going to happen; as we all know from playing vidya games, unskippable cutscenes can be quite boring. Anyway, considering everyone else is cowering and Quinn took his action, what happens with our shrieking friend?
Male Half-Orc 6th Inquisitor

Gromtheb's swift pure judgement gives him increased resistance to the screams (+2 to all saves until the end of combat or judgement switches). He runs to and down the stairs, stopping at -4C with his bow drawn.

K(Arcana): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18
K(Religion): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18

downstairs:
Hearing the voice, Alaba charges to the illusion of Gordel, and swings her claws as if trying to disembowel it, though of course it merely pops. updated map

-It
>>We are here<<
-Duglan
-Harris
-Quinn
-Velinari
-Gromtheb
-Gordel

EVERYONE is up!

Of Dice and Men:

Perception vs disguise 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (5) + 18 = 23
Perception vs stealth 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17

Gromtheb:
Her appearance and shriek allow you to understand what's happened. She's become a revenant, an undead creature fueled by hatred and a need for vengeance, which rises from the grave to hunt and kill its murderer.
Male Human Beguiler 6

Quinn whispers to Harris and Gromtheb, or Perception DC 20

Spoiler:
"Yknow, if Gordel killed Alaba and she's going after him, maybe we should just get out of her way and skip town. If not, I think I have a way to shut her up."
Male Human Bard (Sound Striker) 6

"What, like they wouldn't blame us? Use your head, boy! There's a bigger game afoot."

Harris retrieves his longsword from the ground and advances to G0.
Male Human Fighter 6

Duglan finally musters the courage to snap out of the spell and rushes downstairs, fauchard drawn. He barks to the people clustered on the stairs "Outta mah way!"

Perception1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

Since I was upstairs, I have no clue what space I'm going to end up on, but Duglan wants to get into the thick of things and see what's going on, so wherever a double move will take him sounds good.
Male Half-Orc 6th Inquisitor

"If this thing is after Gordel, we need to get a public confession out of him fast. I don't think I'll have any trouble doing that, but we've got to take care of this thing first!"

Gromtheb drops his sword as his bow begins to shimmer (undead bane, additional +2 to weapon, 2d6 extra damage to baned creatures). He fires two shots at the monster.

attack 11d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
1d8 + 4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 2 + (1, 5) = 15

attack 21d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
1d8 + 4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 2 + (6, 2) = 19
Male Human Beguiler 6

Quinn has been moving silently towards Harris, and now continues his conversation in G3. "They being a bunch of town yokels, but that's why we came back, I suppose. Well, I'm tired of her yelling, so prepare to use hand signals." Quinn casts Silence on himself.

Stealth (+20 invis while moving) 1d20 + 33 ⇒ (4) + 33 = 37
Male Human Rogue 3/ Alchemist-vivisectionist 2/ Shadow Dancer 1

Velinari stands up, pulling out his crossbow. He then moves to reposition himself, taking cover behind a table. (E-2)
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