DM Ankoku DaiShogun |
While everyone is trying to figure what happened or asking questions to the locals,the dog manages to break the hold of the man and pounces on the dead chikens.
Surprisingly enough,he doesn't start to eat them,rather the animal sniffs at the birds then runs toward the direction kendra and her guests came from.
It runs for few seconds then stops and turns looking at the men he was with.
X Marzio. Il cane riesce a scrollarsi di dosso l'uomo che lo tiene,salta sui polli ma invece di magnarseli li annusa,poi parte spedito verso dove siete venuti voi.Ma si ferma poco dopo e si volta a guardarvi.
Italian translation for Marzio
The Raven Knight |
I'd like to take the Professor's Journal and the Book "with the Scarab on top", to read through in down times. The last three, I will refuse to touch.
Hearing a disturbance, I'll try to quickly make my way to the middle, hoping to get in the way of any bloodshed and stop anger from becoming violence. Good people, what is the matter here?, very loudly, hoping to shock them a moment, but enough to break what might become a mob. Looking att he dead chicken(s), Perception:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 / Heal:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
Let us come together, and not give hatred a place to nest in our hearts. Let's not jump to any conclusi. . . as the dog bounds off. Diplomacy:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
We should follow it, and see where the beast leads us. It seems to ave caught some sort of scent. Perhaps it shall lead us to whatever did this.
DM Ankoku DaiShogun |
Yep i know it may look a bit of a rushed turn of events,but it is really hard to make stuff happens only because the modules says it <must> happen
While the farmers again shouts at the dog "Old River, boy, stop there,where are you going?" the animal seeing that someone is following him again turns along the path leading to Kendra home and runs.
It passes over Lorrimor's place and heads toward the crossroad leading to the prison's ruins.
xMarzio:quando cominciate a seguirlo,il cane corre verso casa di Kendra,la sorpassa e si dirige all'incrocio che sale verso le rovine della prigione.
Aemrelara:Kendra isn't going to come with you,but you noticed the event of the dog running away after taking on a scent.If you want to be in the next scene you can still say you change your mind and follow the others.
Aemrelara |
Seeing the dog running around so excitedly Aemrelara gets curious but continues on.....turns around at the dog again....turns to Kendra and says "I'm quite sorry but I'm going to have to meet up with you later it would appear I'm needed elsewhere." With that she darts after the group and the dog.
"Wait up, I'm coming too!"
Jaylen |
I don't believe this, the dog's doing my job for me.
Looks like it's not in my capable hands, erm, Aemrelara. the girl says, shrugging.
Jaylen sighs then starts to follow the dog. As she passes by Kendra's, she wonders if she should get the rest of her gear. We can come back for it, I suppose.
Relishing the chance to stretch her legs, she breaks into a sprint, to catch the dog up.
Sajan Barid Suyyddhaan |
Sajan runs behind everyone trying to catch up (He left everything besides his spell book, familiar, spell component pouch and quarterstaff behind at Kendra's).
@raven: Sajan is okay with you taking the books if you allow him to read through them upon request
DM Ankoku DaiShogun |
While the farmers go back to their houses and remove the dead birds,Old River the dog runs across the path over Kendra's home and toward the Vistear River.
The animal turns left just before the bridge and keeps on the banks of the river,it seems to be going to the Harrowstone Memorial.
Raven:didn't noticed your question about books sorry.To do researches it is assumed the char stays hours reading a lot of books,you'll need to take along the whole library.If you mean just the books found in the professor's chest they are no use reading,they just need to be delivered.
DM Ankoku DaiShogun |
The dog stops just before a 25 foot tall statue depicting a muscular man wielding a truncheon and wearing a leather armor.The structure is moss covered and from where you are you can see it has a base full of engravings;you are too far to read them,but you know this is the Harrowstone Memorial.
One thing though you notice much before arriving really close to the monument:much of its side looking the river is splattered with blood.
The dog has almost reached the feet of the statue's base when it stops in place and yelps crouching down.
As everyone of the people following the dog comes closer to the animal they all see a weird red shadow materializing out of air,coming from the monument.It hovers near the statue and releases a blood-freezing shriek
saying You won't stop me,she shall die and i will be free
DM Ankoku DaiShogun |
There are one zombie and two skeletons,all human looking
Aemrelara 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
Raven Knight 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22
Jaylen 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Sajan 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19
Marzio 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Skeletons 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
Zombie 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
Round 1 iniziative order:
Raven Knight
Aemrelara
Sajan
Skeletons
Jaylen
Zombie
Marzio
Sajan Barid Suyyddhaan |
HP:13
AC:13
Saves
Fort: +2
Ref: +3
Will: +2
Attack: +0 1d6
Spells:
0 - Read Magic
Detect Magic
Daze
1 - Grease
Magic Missile
Protection from Evil
Sajan just readies a standard action to cast a spell if the undead come within 15 feet of the group and moves to G15
DM Ankoku DaiShogun |
Raven Knight moves to F11 and releases a 30ft radius of positive energy,reaching both skeletons
skeleton (yellow halo) save vs channel 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13 failed
skeleton (black halo) save vs channel 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4 failed
skeleton (yellow halo) takes 1d6 ⇒ 6 damage
skeleton (black halo) takes 1d6 ⇒ 5 damage
both skeletons destroyed
Aemrelara and Jaylen next
Jaylen |
What the...? This place gets more messed up by the day.
Yanking both her axe and her dagger out of their respective sheathes, the young girl positions herself to the side of - and slightly behind - the cleric. She crouches low, waiting for her enemy to make its move.
Can these things be hit with normal weapons? she growls at Raven.
Moves to G12 and adopts Full Defense
Marzio Vinicio di Almas |
I use "smite evil" on zombie, maybe a little excessive for a single zombie, but one of us is unconscious, better end soon as possible.
PS:
I don't know how many squares can I move in one round. If I cannot attack the enemy, i didn't use "smite evil".
1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
if i hit: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
DM Ankoku DaiShogun |
Sorry marzio,you can only move 4 squares,you don't reach the zombie,i moved you as close as possible
Round 2:
Raven Knight
Aemrelara
Sajan
Jaylen
Zombie
Marzio
Raven Knight is unconscious,Sajan was readying a spell from round 1, so i'll allow him to cast that spell before taking his round 2 actions
Aemrelara turn
Sajan Barid Suyyddhaan |
Sorry for the delay, pretty hectic at work last few days
@Rd1. Seeing the rotting corpse bring down his new companion, Sajan mutters some quick arcane words while throwing a small piece of butter that transforms in a much larger version of itself that cover a 10' square area in front of Raven. (Ref DC15 or fall for the Zombie, ).
@Rd2. Having left his crossbow at the house and seeing the damage that the undead did to Raven, Sajan unleashes a magical bolt that streaks towards his target and hits true (Magic Missile)
Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 (+1 from intense spells)
DM Ankoku DaiShogun |
Sajan's force bolts,Jaylen's handaxe and Marzio's sword tear the rotting human body to pieces,and the zombie falls to the ground in convulsions for a few seconds,than stops moving. It is likely dead again.
The party is on the river bank with one of them unconscious,and a statue with one side splattered in blood.
Jaylen |
No-one go near the statue Jaylen cautions, hoping that she can stop any tracks that may be there from being disturbed by the rest of the group. ...and search the area, make sure no more of those things are going to come at us.
She gives the corpse a swift kick and then bends, to examine the ground around the monolith and then the stonework itself. As she searches, she pulls a rag from her belt pouch and thoroughly cleans the blade of her weapon.
Perception(T20): 29
Track(T20): 27
If not,
Perception(T10): 19
Track: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
Add 2 to all of the above if humans are involved in any way.
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9 Perc =1+ Wis 2+3+3(feat) (+2 human)
6 Survival =1+ Wis 2+3 (+2 human)
7 (Track)
F +3
R +5
W +2 (+2 vs Fear)
hp 12
Init +5 = +3(Dex) +2 (trait)
CMD 17
AC
n - 13
t - 13
ff - 10
DM Ankoku DaiShogun |
Harrowstone was built in 4594,with Ravengro immediatly after as support and food producer for the prison employees.The fire that killed all of the prisoners and most of the guards destroyed a large portion of the prison underground eastern wing,but left most of the stone structure above relatively intact.Ther prison warden perished in the fire,along wih his wife,although no one knows why she was in the prison when the fire occured. This statue commemorates the warden and the guards who lost their lives and was built in the months after the tragedy.
can take 10 but cannot retry by only rolling.Can be tried once a day by researching.
DM Ankoku DaiShogun |
For the blood it would be required a Heal check,but for this time i'll give it away for free.The blood is several hours dried,the dog fled,you cannot see it anywhere.The undead came out of nearby brushes and river alike.The prison is very close,on top of a hill just south of you;it is maybe a 10 minutes walk.
I'll copy here what Aemrelara remembered on the prison for ease of reference
Harrowstone was built in 4594,with Ravengro immediatly after as support and food producer for the prison employees.The fire that killed all of the prisoners and most of the guards destroyed a large portion of the prison underground eastern wing,but left most of the stone structure above relatively intact.Ther prison warden perished in the fire,along wih his wife,although no one knows why she was in the prison when the fire occured. This statue commemorates the warden and the guards who lost their lives and was built in the months after the tragedy.
Sajan Barid Suyyddhaan |
Sajan turns towards the farmers.
"How long ago were the chickens killed?"
Without skipping a beat he turns towards Jaylen.
"Can you see a pattern in how the blood is splattered?"
Scratches his brain to try and remember all of the things about necromancy that he can remember, and if any relations between blood rituals and places of great pain and death.
Knowledge(Arcane): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30