Heroes of Westcrown

Game Master Moondragon Starshadow

Okay, moving forward.

The female tiefling cries out when Tristain shoots and kills her lover. In a bloody screaming rage, she steps forward and lashes out at Tristain with her short sword, screaming "You killed him! You killed him!"

Short sword attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Damage if hit: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

She's too hysterical to really fight effectively.

ROUND 7 -- THOSE IN BOLD MAY ACT
Woodcarvers
Jimmy
Moshley
Tristain
Ezren

Since it's holiday in Europe (mother's day apparently) and Memorial Day Weekend here in the US, we'll slow it down and give you guys until 3pm PST Sunday, before we move to round 8. If you don't post, I will move Jimmy further downstairs to heal up since he's down 13HP.

Jimmy moves five feet back and sheaths his bastard sword. He uses cure light wounds on himself with his empty hand.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Updated Map

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Nice roll there Jimmy. Odd I saved all my natural 20's from other games just to attack you back there apparently. I've also updated the loot file since you used the potion.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

... this is all very odd ... we declared ourselves but they still fight back ...

"Move Jimmy I will help Tristain subdue the last one." Ezren moves up the stairs.

Map

Nice roll there Ezren, take a look at THIS POST.

Round 7

Tristain keeps up shooting, firing at the walls in case they are attacking too.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11 to hit;
1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9 damage;
1d100 ⇒ 88 high is good.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7 to hit;
1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5 damage;
1d100 ⇒ 47 high is good.

Tristain, please see my PM and reply, thanks. I'll still wait for a bit before moving on. Also, approximate time is 12:16pm on Wednesday. I've included this in my profile, but I will post that information occasionally to time-stamp certain points.

Yeah, unfortunately both arrows decorate another wall. I will post in an hour or two when i go inside, so Moshley has a bit longer.

The female woodcarver moves forward and attacks Tristain with her short sword. Her sword cuts a gash into Tristain's chest.

Short sword attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Damage if hit: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

She says, "I'm gonna kill you for killing him!"

ROUND 8 -- THOSE IN BOLD MAY ACT
Female Tiefling Woodcarver
Jimmy
Moshley
Tristain
Ezren

UPDATED MAP

Round 8

Tristain drops his bow, draws his 'staff' and swings after releasing the catch.

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20 to hit;
2d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 2) + 4 = 7 damage;
1d100 ⇒ 88 high is good.

Tristain nearly cuts her im half, as she gurgles blood out of her mouth. She says, "Show mercy," and drops her sword. The room suddenly becomes brighter.

What do you do?

Jimmy stays where is, not able to move back forward. "Jimmy thinks maybe we don't have to kill her?"

@Chairman: I didn't use the potion, I used the spell CLW.

Tristain will show mercy.

"Drop your weapons," Tristain says from under his cloaked face. "Prepare for the Bane!"

Tristain will make room for others.

"Who are you? Why are you here?"

Jimmy thanks for clarification. I will add it back later to the file when i go inside

The female tiefling spits up a lot more blood and you make out through the gurgling "Mercy. Heal me please."

Now what?

"Bind her hands and feet. Then I will heal her. Then she will talk... or die!"

Intimidate: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Anyone wishing to bind her will need to make a grapple check. You won't have to worry, however, about her getting an AoO. It is a straight up grapple check to do it.

The female woodcarving tiefling smiles.

Tristssassin moves to bind her.

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25 CMB

"Yeah, we don't want to kill you, but we're not here because we want to be. You answer the questions, and you'll get out alive," Tristain says from under his cloaked face.

"How are you able to steal things at night? Why don't the beasts get you?"

12:20 Wednesday

Tristain grabs the woman, who fights back furiously.
I will skip the second grapple to pin per the grapple rules just to move the game along. Since you have rope, she is tied-up.

She begins speaking, "Sana insan asla söylemeyeceğim."

She tries to escape your pin Escape Artist vs CMD25: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 and fails miserably. The blood on the upper floor begins flowing down the stairs. It's a real bloody mess what you have now.

Now what? I hate it when the NPCs don't cooperate. Am I right?

Rope.

Tristain shakes his head as the woman resists.

"If you did not wish to be taken, and if you did not wish to trade your life for information, we can kill you and be done with you. Struggle again, and I shall end you. And our questions, and you will live," Tristain says again.

"How are you able to steal things at night? Why don't the beasts get you?"

12:22 Wednesday <---tick/tock

Thanks, I have edited my previous post as a result. Was going off your PDF.

She stares at Tristain, then at some of the other members of the group. She says, "Sen benim irade iyileşmek Sadece eğer arzu sırlarını öğrenmek."

She laughs.

Now what?

Please see the discussion thread. Furthermore, since I was speaking Infernal for Moshley, I will allow everyone to read the Infernal language translation spoiler as if she were speaking in common. Your Infernal Language Translation service will end when you leave the woodcarver's shop.

After she is bound and calm Ezren will heal her. "Ok, now tell us your secrets."

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

12:24 Wednesday

She looks very surprised that you healed her, and the gash in her belly is completely gone. "Praise be to Mammon, you healed me." She sort of sputters and looks at the other dead tiefling and cries a bit.

When she regains some composure she says, "I don't know too much, as we were in it for the gold. Palaveen is the great-grandson of Mammon, and he told us that we would be immune to the night beasts. He gave us lots of gold, not sure from where it came from, but who cares. I don't know why we're immune to the beasts, but none of us ever saw one the whole time. Maybe it's just lies to scare people. I don't know, but Palaveen was right, we were immune. Now let me go, I've told you everything."

Since I rolled Bluff: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5, I will just say everyone thinks she knows more. So, I will go ahead and assume you press her for more information.

"Okay, okay. Yes, there are two mummies assisting Palaveen under the temple. No, I don't know why there are mummies here, but Palaveen is related to Mammon, like I said. You can get there through a tunnel under the stairs. Now let me go, I've told you everything."

Okay, it's now 12:30 Wednesday after this interrogation. What do you do? I'd prefer you to stay near the woodcarver's house until we have a #4 player.

Tristain stares blankly at the woodling for a moment.

"We can't let you go yet. You've bought your life, but your freedom must wait. We don't you want to alert everyone else. We'll come back to free you later."

Tristain knocks her unconscious.

2d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 2) + 4 = 7 Nonlethal
2d4 + 4 ⇒ (2, 2) + 4 = 8 Nonlethal

Tristain looks at Ezren and Jimmy.

"If they already have lots of money, why are they robbing? Why are they risking their lives to screw with people?"

Nice. Letting her go would have been a big mistake.

Tristain knocks her out.

What do you do? As always, being specific is appreciated.

Jimmy think hard, and replies to Tristain's question after almost a minute. "Jimmy doesn't know."

Despite not knowing an answer to the question, there's something else on Jimmy's mind. "Jimmy thinks those who instructed her may know what the night beasts are. No one else seems to know."

Tristain nods to Jimmy, having no better ideas. He will cut off the unused rope (now 45' of rope?), and begins to do a thorough search of the house. He will take his time, looting for loot, clues, and whatever else of interest.

Take 10 Search= 17.

Tristain nods to Jimmy, having no better ideas. He will cut off the unused rope (now 45' of rope?), and begins to do a thorough search of the house. He will take his time, looting for loot, clues, and whatever else of interest.

Take 10 Search= 17.

HAHAHA. EXTRA CREDIT! You read my mind...I was thinking "they're out of rope". Thank you for being specific, I appreciate it very much.

The ground floor has two large wooden tables and two chairs. A hole in the floor is covered with boards that have been pulled from the wall; the hole opens into a narrow flight of stairs that leads down. Upstairs is a chair, a table, and a bed with a headboard carved with a spring scene (perhaps a wedding gift).

While searching for treasure, you can pull studded leather armor off each (the female tiefling will be naked without it, not sure if you care) as well as a short sword. They also each have a wooden coin on them.

Moshley speaks up and says, "Guys, we weren't wearing our costumes. She's seen our faces. What do we do now? She will surely report who we were when she wakes up."

As a reminder, loot found is weightless and easy to carry unless it is stupidly huge for simplicity purposes.

Unless someone can point to me where they said they put on their disguise/costumes/hooded cloaks before entering the woodcarvers shop (I might have missed it, been a long holiday weekend), Moshley has an extremely good point. It would be REALLY bad if people, found out who you were. Furthermore, even if that weren't the case, the fame would go directly to you rather than to your organization, the (k)Nights Bane. This will thus reduce your fame points. What do fame points do? Hmmm.

12:45 Wednesday

As he sees the wooden coins something changes in Jimmy's eyes. he walks over to the naked tiefling woman, places his bastard sword against her throat, and delivers a two-handed coup de grace.

Damage: 2d10 + 6 ⇒ (6, 8) + 6 = 20

If it doesn't kill her: Fort DC 30 to survive.

Jimmy's eyes return to normal and he stumbles back. Confused by what he just did Jimmy stands frozen, and stares at the dead woman. "Did Jimmy...?"

Moshley says, "Yes, Jimmy, you did! You did it again! I can't take it anymore." Moshley hits you as he runs down the stairs and slips on the blood. The poor gnome does a 180-degree flip in the air like a cartoon character slipping on a banana peel, and lands right on his head, breaking his neck instantly and killing Moshley. It's as if the karma of slicing the head off of one person moved to the gnome. Moshley's armor is now soaked in tiefling blood and worthless (no loot stripping of Moshley unfortunately as that would be double-dipping), but somehow his potions didn't break.

Now what do you do?

Tristain tries to stop Jimmy - but is too late...his shoulders sagging as the weight of another murder gets put around his neck.

Don't worry...this is on the Tristssassin, not you.
Right.
Besides, she deserved it.
Right.
You're a mask now. This ain't the real you...besides, it's for the greater good.

"Yeah, Jimmy, you done did that."

Tristain takes a deep breath and lets go of the regret. He seems completely nonplussed by Moshley's strange death, stopping only to take Moshley's potions.

Tristain will place the acquired loots (studded armors/short swords) in a corner for later. Tristain looks down the hole.

Does someone have a lightsource besides Tristain's candle?

Tristain will recover his 5' of rope, his arrows, and his longbow that he dropped.

1d2 ⇒ 1 2 = recovery
1d2 ⇒ 2 2 = recovery
1d2 ⇒ 2 2 = recovery
1d2 ⇒ 2 2 = recovery
1d2 ⇒ 1 2 = recovery
1d2 ⇒ 1 2 = recovery
1d2 ⇒ 1 2 = recovery
1d2 ⇒ 1 2 = recovery

66 arrows left.

REVISED MAP WITH DOMINO

Waiting on an official choice for Domino's avatar, but we'll go with this for now. The dead body on the stairs is Moshley.

@ Tristain -- If you want to keep track of basic arrows, that's fine. Or, you can choose to purchase 20 arrows after a short mission or 40 arrows after a long mission. Either way. For special arrows, we will keep track of those.

Ezren turns just in time to see Jimmy thrust his sword through the women."Jimmy what the ... " Ezren bows his head, closes his eyes and says a short prayer. A loud yelp and a sickening crack makes Ezren open his eyes. Looking down the stairs he sees Moshley on the ground not moving. Ezren steps down to check on the gnome. "Holy Gods!! he is dead." Ezren puts he hand over the gnomes face to close his eyes then picks up the body. "I think we are done for today lets get back to the safehouse."

... so much dead ... the price of freedom is costly ...

Ezren marches out of the house.

Examining the wooden coin for any relevant information or memories immediately prior to the coup de grace.

As he waits for the gnome to get back up, Domino will consider the tiefling woman's words "Praise be to Mammon, you healed me." and "Palaveen is the great-grandson of Mammon, and he told us that we would be immune to the night beasts....Mammon is a lord of some kind, right?

Hearing Tristain's call for light interrupting his thoughts, Domino will head downstairs. Seeing the still form of Moshley and the blood flowing from his body, Domino will pause to dip a finger in and taste it...Eww, that is real blood...gnome blood is so salty...you'd almost expect their's to be sweet like the corn syrup you're used to spilling. wiping the blood on the gnomes clothes These folks are serious, bloodletting is dangerous work...are you up for the task when it's you're turn? People may actually try to KILL you here. A shudder will run through his body but stops when he thinks At least this time it won't be because you skipped ACTs and forgot your remaining lines... he chuckles a moment.

Once reaching behind Tristain he will send a set of Dancing Lights down the stairs as far as vision will allow at this time.

Looking beyond the chalker into the dim light, Perception 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16. Shall we move on down or do we go home? Drawing his shortsword he points at the body on the floor and at the ceiling above I'd say we are committed now to go forward...there is no returning now.

Gripping Tristain's shoulder Before we go on, promise me one thing. he points to Mosley's corpse Don't just leave me there like that. He taps a vial of acid on his bandolier Pour this on my face, destroy my features someway, somehow. With a deep sincere look into his eyes PLEASE, just don't let me be identified.

Tristain nods as someone finally brings light; he looks up to see who brought it.

"Thanks for the light...Ezren? Is that you? You finally put your mask on? Wait...no, you're too slender to be a man. You're Tarvi, right?" Tristain waits to see what the lights reveal, not quite willing to give up this accursed mission yet.

His eyes flicker to the gnome's body, no doubt dead as balanced payment for the murder of the tiefling.

That's good thinking there.

@ Domino - What is known is that Mammon is the arch-devil in the third layer/realm of Hell, known as Erebus. His "body", as it were, is actually all the things of value. While gold is certainly there, value is of course knowledge and anything of "value" to those in Hell. Mammon is also the Treasurer of Hell, appointed by Asmodeus himself. The symbol on the coin is a symbol used to depict Mammon if he were a physical being. As per the campaign info tab: "Worship of other devils is fairly unheard of, but some whisper that when devils compete for power in hell, it can surface in the mortal world."

@ Ezren - if you go back to the Shrine of Aroden, it will take at least 2.5 hours. But remember the city is in the process of entering chaos mode and plenty of tieflings, some of them innocent ones (somewhere I'm sure there are a few innocent ones) will die if you delay. You'll have to think about the bodies that you saw piling up under the rundottari's complex as you leave. Er, scratch that, you definitely don't want to think about that. Plus, who knows what the Bastards of Erebus will do tonight now that two of them died? As a reminder, this isn't Diablo where the NPCs sit and wait for you guys to come and get them. So, there are consequences to leaving. I just want to be abundantly clear on that point.

You guys can roleplay a bit more, in the morning tomorrow (my time) I will get the ball rolling with new maps or roleplay if you guys go back to the shrine. Either is fine with me.

Tarvi, no. Man, yes. Many ladies have loved this slender body for many a long...hot...night. Domino chuckles a bit Mask on? I always wear a mask, my face itself is a mask. It is what I was born to be. So no, I am not Ezren though perhaps one day I could be...you should know me as Domino.

Domino will regard the artist a moment. Anonymity, the ability to be someone else, is this not why you wear your mask? Perhaps I wear my masks too well, perhaps you should learn to wear yours better?

Domino will step back a moment, look around maniacally and begin to whisper...I have to do it, I have to do it. I have to keep my reason in mind. I won’t say out loud what my reason is, but I have to do it. But I won’t shed any of her blood or scar that beautiful skin, whiter than snow and smooth as the finest marble. But she’s got to die, or she’ll cheat on other men. He stabs and twists at heart level Put out the light of the candle, and then put out the light of her heart. If I extinguish the candle, I can light it again if I regret it. But once I kill you, you beautiful, fake woman, I do not know the magic that could bring you back. When I’ve plucked this rose, I can’t make it grow again; it will have no choice but to wither and die. He cradles his sword as a lover might Let me smell you while you’re still on the tree. He kisses the sword as a woman. Oh, that sweet breath almost convinces me not to kill you and carry out justice. One more, one more kiss. If you’re this beautiful when you’re dead, I’ll kill you and then love you afterward. Kissing it again. One more, and this is the last. Such a sweet kiss was never so deadly. I have to cry, but I have to be cruel too. Domino stands straight and then bows at the waist.

Shall we?

Domino? *Domino?!* How did I miss seeing him before?
There were many people...heck, maybe he was playing to be one of them.

Tristain looks over Domino again...and blinks a few times at the 'acting'.

Wow. He's pretty good.

Tristain resists the urge to outclap, but nods through his cloaked face to show approval.

"Yes, we shall. Indeed we shall. Grab Jimmy and Ezren...if he'll come back," Tristain says, looking down the hole.

GM CC, What's down there?

* * *

PLEASE, just don't let me be identified.

Tristain nods.

"No, of course not. What kind of actor would want that kind of fame? To be remembered as a hero to Westcrown fighting the evil of this place? I won't leave you behind."

Ezren pauses at the doorway. ... more will die if I leave ... more have died since I came ... I do not know what to do ... Abadar guide me ... I need ...

Ezren puts Moshley's body down near the door and steps outside. Looking at the others outside he waves them in. "Get in here. Guard Moshley's ... he is dead. Bar the door and wait here we have found a tunnel."

Ezren straps his shield on cast light on it and draws his morningstar. Whispering to himself. "We will get to the bottom of this. Moshley's death will not be in vain."

Ezren makes his way down the stairs following the others.

13:00 Wednesday

When you open the door under the stairs, and pull away the boards, you see a stairway leading down. It's dim lighting down the stairs. Looks like it goes down quite a bit. Hard to see the end of it, but there might be a door down there at the end of the stairs.

Tavari walks into the bloodbath and says "Hmmm, master, I think you should be careful. You don't know much about what's behind that door. Perhaps you should investigate some of the other buildings we scouted earlier for more information."

That's my last post for tonight.

Were there not voices heard inside the Tailor's? Perhaps they can provide more information or just more innocent blood for Jimmy's sword? Domnio will examine each person carefully, Perhaps if we at least went next door and tried knocking as a "civilized" person would and not just busting in doors like a hellknight or dotari might, we could talk with someone who may answer with honesty rather then the knowledge of a sure swift death at the end of our swords?

Domino will wait expectantly with sword lowered.

If we decide to move forward and down, Domino will keep the lights 15' ahead of the group until we reach the door or happily go outside and take the lead by knocking on the tailor's door to try to talk to anyone inside.

13:05 Wednesday -- City entering chaos mode

Gorvio and Amaya say they will guard the woodcarver's house and watch over Moshley's body. Gorvio is most upset that Moshley slipped and fell.

Amaya says, "I disagree with Tavari. The more time you spend looking around, the less time we'll have to get back. Let's just end this as fast as possible."

What do you do? Tavari is the bookworm always looking for more information. Mathalin is the tactical person, and she's not with you. Gorvio is grief stricken that the sorcerer who was going to teach him to harness the powers of Hell has died, and Amaya would like to sing a song for Moshley but doesn't want to make too much noise. You guys can have her sing at the funeral later if you wish.

Tristain nods, acceding to Tarvi's point and Domino's memory. He boards back up the hole, including trying to make it harder to unboard from the bottom. He will place any furniture or dead weight on it.

Tristain will then check his disguise and follow Jimmy to the tailor's shack.

13:10 Wednesday

Gorvio stays behind with Moshley and closes the door to the woodcarver's shop. The group sneaks around a bit without their (k)Night's Bane uniform on and reaches the front of the tailor's shop. The sign above the door of this shop depicts a shirt and a spool of thread. Curtains hang in the upstairs windows. You can hear voices inside, but the walls block any ability to really hear exactly what they are saying. But occasionally the voices get loud, as if they are arguing.

NEW MAP

Note: the building on the left with the red dot isn't another building, it is the second floor of the building on the right.

Domino will lead back towards the tailors. He will listen at the door first,

Hello...we know you are there. We are here to help....we are not here just to kill you.

What does everyone do?

NEW MAP WITH DOMINO AT DOOR

@ Domino - Just move your icon to the door and push Jimmy out of the way. Hit enter and then paste the new map link in your post.

Domino will stand just to the side of the door, sword pointed at the ground as he waves everyone to take a step back and points at Tristain's bow while nodding.

Tristain doesn't quite get what Domino is indicating...Tristain already knows it's a nice bow.

Tristain gets to a shooting position and waits for further instructions.

Moshley is dead.
Shuttup. We have a job to do.
Would that be get more of your friends killed?
Uhm...not sure I have any friends.

Updated Map.