Big long one
"Shall we?"
Valeron looks to the others before they pass through the western hallway past the other revelers.
Perform Act check to appear drunk:
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Wart looks up, and whispers, "let me go scout..."
Wart, feeling bold, starts to stagger out the door, and staggers down the hallway, hiccupping at "appropriate" moments.
He staggers about, moving over towards the door at the bottom of the stairs. He stumbles against the wall, and seems to be trying to steady himself.
As Wart heads to the door leading to the splashing room, Valeron grows bolder and moves further down the hallway to listen at a door of his own.
Valeron opens the door to the room beyond, while gesturing towards Kevorin to examine the door on the left side further down the hallway.
Morghrim follows, acting as a lookout for trouble.
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Listening at the doors along the remainder of the hallway, you hear what sounds like a drunken, though surprisingly quiet conversation coming from behind one of the doors. . But nothing beyond the other two doors.
One of the other door is a distinctly different style, more plain than some of the ornate carvings that you have seen on some of the other doors. A very short leap of logic, tells you that the plain door goes to another storage area like the two you had found in the library.
The door at the end of the hallway is carved to depict a rather detailed hellscape and is locked.
Kevorin gives the hellscape door a good examination, and will attempt to jimmy the lock if it looks safe.
Perception (taking 20): 24
Disable Device (taking 20): 25
Addie casts Detect Magic and scans the hellscape door for any magical auras.
Wart assists Kevorin in checking for any traps, and attempting to get through the door.
"At last - stairs!" Valeron turns, looking to the others.
Of course, they are going up - perhaps looking for the entrance in the attic is as worthy a task as the basement?
The cleric will enter the room, and look around at it's contents.
Addie enters the room with her companions, His Lordship slipping in right behind her. She joins Morghrim in giving the room a thorough search .
"Well, gentlemen. Shall we ascend to the upper level?" she asks her friends after the room is searched.
Wart pokes his head in, checking things out, looking for anything deadly or perhaps trapped...
"It seems like such a thing as we're looking for should be in the lower levels, but this room looks as promising as anything we've seen so far to lead to this Knot, so let's."
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You ascend the marble stairwell, and the stairs end in a lavishly decorated room containing a well stocked bar, comfortable chairs and couches, and a highly polish ornately carved table. There is a distinct odor of burnt tobacco in the room. Briefly scanning the room you see a wooden chest just to the right of the bar.
There are two door out of the room, both in the southwest corner. One door to the west and one to the south.
Valeron ascends the stairs, following Kevorin. He continues to nervously look at shadows, worried that any moment their exploration will be cut short, and he'll need to invent some reason for being upstairs.
Morghrim will look through the chest, pausing to look at the bar longingly. Before he opens it he'll inspect it closely, and call kevorin over if it is locked.
Perception
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Morghrim quickly studies the chest and finds no locking mechanism.
Opening the chest his nostrils are filled with moist, warm, slightly smokey and sweet air. Looking down into the chest he see's multiple trays of cigars. Each tray is marked with a different label, describing the flavor of the cigars on the shelf.
Mmm..... the Dwarf says, grinning. It would be a shame to let these go to waste on these spoilt, diabolist nobles. I'll, er, liberate them... he justifies in a mutter, scooping up the cigars into a sack.
While Morghrim 'liberates' several cigars, Addie listens at the western door.
"Somehow, I don't think this is the right way."
"Since we assumed the entrance was either in the cellar or the attic, as we are headed upward, shall we focus our efforts on a ladder or stairs that continues upward?"
Valeron looks disinterested in continuing from bedroom to bedroom and relieving them of their contents.
"Perhaps if we head to the other side of the manor? It seemed the stairs were all over there.
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"Since we assumed the entrance was either in the cellar or the attic, as we are headed upward, shall we focus our efforts on a ladder or stairs that continues upward?"
Valeron looks disinterested in continuing from bedroom to bedroom and relieving them of their contents.
"Perhaps if we head to the other side of the manor? It seemed the stairs were all over there.
Feeling a rush of sudden bravery, Valeron throws open the door leading out to the catwalk about the dining hall and begins to cross to the far side of the house in search of ways up into the attic or down into the basement.
I hope I know what I'm doing.
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As the group moves across the balconies, Valeron is stopped by a less than fully clad, fairly attractive, but very, very drunk woman...
"Oh hi...I know you...you're the paladin of the dead god right? Hmmm, not bad looking close up either...care to join me for a little trial of our own? At least I assume the paladin bit was just a roll you were playing, right?" the inebriated woman says running her fingers up and down the Iomedian's armored chest.
Oh my...
Valeron stops in horror at the stench of the drunk woman. In his youth, before he took the oath, he may have... No, maybe not even then.
Smiling at the woman, he lightly grabs her arm and works to lead her back towards the stairs down while nodding knowingly at the others.
"Yeah... you know, let's go get some drinks..."
Morghrim only looks on in sheer amusement.
Seeing Valeron otherwise occupied, Wart sticks to the wall, moving quietly, and tries to slip behind the drunk woman.
As he moves, he keeps a lookout for anyone watching them, and tries to make sure no one is paying attention from below.
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Valeron leads group toward the stairwell and expertly looses the intoxicated woman among a few other revelers heading down the stairs. Standing in the upper gallery you see a number of directions you can go. There seems to be semi-steady flow of traffic coming to and from the door to the guest bath to the west. Otherwise the only sounds of voices are coming from the door to the northwest.
Kevorin stands there looking impressed at Valeron's prowess. He leans over to Morghrim and whispers loudly enough for Valeron to hear, "It looks like Valeron has considerable practice at nor getting into bed with a woman."
"Alright, I think that woman's off and distracted by someone else..." Valeron comments upon his return to the others.
Thank Iomedae for small favors.
"Did anyone find a way to the attic while I was, uh... distracting her?"
Keeping a wary eye on the people entering and leaving the guest bath, Addie casually wanders over to the middle of the three northern doors and nonchalantly turns the knob to open the door.
Wart peeks over the railing as he moves along, trying to see if guests are returning to the feast table, or still milling about.
"Doors, eh?"
While Addy goes over to the door in the middle of the northern bank, Wart shrugs and follows, passing on to open the door on the right in the northern bank of doors.
As he steps up to the door, he begins to sway slightly as if drunk, and opens the door whilst hiccuping.
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Addie tries her best look nonchalant, but soon discovers that the state of most of the guests is such that the attempt is meaningless.
Checking the middle door to the north she finds it locked.
Wart stumbles toward the northeastern door, turns the knob and looks in to see numerous animals in various positions, some majestic, some that look as if they are ready to attack.
Addie catches Kevorin's eye and motions him over.
"This door is locked. Think you can open it?" she whispers in the half-orc's ear.