Iria
Game Master
ulgulanoth
Exploring the world of Iria
Male Human Bard (archaeologist) /1 l AC 15 T 13 FF 12 l HP 8/8 l F +0 R +5 W +2 l Init +3 l Perc +5
Bennevy approaches the attendants of the paralyzed noble woman.
"Beg your pardon," he begins politely, "your mistress was paralyzed by something or someone during the attack on the train. The same thing happened to my lord." He motions to where Rosewood is laying. "Did you see who or whatever did it? I am trying to figure out how it was done, so that we might reverse the effects and be on guard against it in the future. Anything you can recall would be appreciated."
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 8 + 2 = 16 (using archaeologist's luck)
male wraith biomedical scientist lv5/ film director lv3
"No sorry, my mistress was perfectly fine and then suddenly she became like this, unable to move a muscle at all. It was the strangest thing."
Male Human Bard (archaeologist) /1 l AC 15 T 13 FF 12 l HP 8/8 l F +0 R +5 W +2 l Init +3 l Perc +5
Bennevy gives a nod of thanks, then makes the same inquiry of the dwarf noble woman's retainers.
Dipolmacy: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 8 + 2 = 16(using archaeologists' luck)
male wraith biomedical scientist lv5/ film director lv3
"I didn't saw what happened, I had left my old lady for but a moment, and when I came back she was like this, unable to move one bit!"
Male Human Bard (archaeologist) /1 l AC 15 T 13 FF 12 l HP 8/8 l F +0 R +5 W +2 l Init +3 l Perc +5
"Apart from being paralyzed, was anything wrong with her? Did she appear sick or wounded?"
Male Halfling Ninja 2 HP:19/19 AC:18 Fort:1, Reflex:7/8 traps, Will:-1, +2 vs Fear, Init: +4, Per: +6, Stealth +12
Still here
Tomid stands guard over his charge despite being tired.
male wraith biomedical scientist lv5/ film director lv3
"There are some strange burn marks on her flesh but not on her clothing" says one of the medical attendants
Male Human Bard (archaeologist) /1 l AC 15 T 13 FF 12 l HP 8/8 l F +0 R +5 W +2 l Init +3 l Perc +5
"Where are the burns located on her?" Bennevy asks.
male wraith biomedical scientist lv5/ film director lv3
"Around the back and near the neck"
Male Human Bard (archaeologist) /1 l AC 15 T 13 FF 12 l HP 8/8 l F +0 R +5 W +2 l Init +3 l Perc +5
Bennevy nods his thanks and returns to the others sitting with Lord Rosewood.
"There were two other nobles attacked on the train. Both of them with the same symptons as Rosewood. Look at the back of his neck, see if there are any burn marks."
Male Halfling Ninja 2 HP:19/19 AC:18 Fort:1, Reflex:7/8 traps, Will:-1, +2 vs Fear, Init: +4, Per: +6, Stealth +12
Tomid complies, carefully examining the neck of his charge.
Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
male wraith biomedical scientist lv5/ film director lv3
Male Halfling Ninja 2 HP:19/19 AC:18 Fort:1, Reflex:7/8 traps, Will:-1, +2 vs Fear, Init: +4, Per: +6, Stealth +12
Yes, there are burn marks!
Male Human Bard (archaeologist) /1 l AC 15 T 13 FF 12 l HP 8/8 l F +0 R +5 W +2 l Init +3 l Perc +5
"So whatever it was, the same thing attacked all three of them. Now we need to figure out why."
Male Halfling Ninja 2 HP:19/19 AC:18 Fort:1, Reflex:7/8 traps, Will:-1, +2 vs Fear, Init: +4, Per: +6, Stealth +12
What do all of them have in common?
Male Human Bard (archaeologist) /1 l AC 15 T 13 FF 12 l HP 8/8 l F +0 R +5 W +2 l Init +3 l Perc +5
"Beyond social status? I don't know," Bennevy replies.
Female Tiefling Ninja 1
"they are old, noble and on this train."
"the two scenarios that seem likely are, only one was the target, but they lacked information on the identity or all three are somehow connected.
"but why all the effort to paralyse them?"
Male Halfling Ninja 2 HP:19/19 AC:18 Fort:1, Reflex:7/8 traps, Will:-1, +2 vs Fear, Init: +4, Per: +6, Stealth +12
I fear this means that other attacks are likely
Female Tiefling Ninja 1
Kiriko nods
"paralysing makes no sense otherwise"
Male Human Bard (archaeologist) /1 l AC 15 T 13 FF 12 l HP 8/8 l F +0 R +5 W +2 l Init +3 l Perc +5
"All three were paralyzed, but only Rosewood was hit with the suffocation spell," Bennevy replies. "They may have been paralyzed long enough for the target to figure out if the person was the right target. If that is the case, it seems whatever it was intended to kill Rosewood - only it wasn't sure he was the intended target until he could get close enough to him and be able to search or examine him in some way."
Female Tiefling Ninja 1
" not invisible "
"they were not invisible, Rosewood might be a target of opportunity . But we should assume he was specifically targeted ."
male wraith biomedical scientist lv5/ film director lv3
[ooc] Alright anything any of you wants to do before the train arrives to its first stop? [ooc]
Male Human Bard (archaeologist) /1 l AC 15 T 13 FF 12 l HP 8/8 l F +0 R +5 W +2 l Init +3 l Perc +5
"Have the healers come to look at him yet?" Bennevy asks the others. "If so, were they not able to do anything?"
Male Halfling Ninja 2 HP:19/19 AC:18 Fort:1, Reflex:7/8 traps, Will:-1, +2 vs Fear, Init: +4, Per: +6, Stealth +12
Tomid protectively maintains his vigil.
Male Human (alternate racial trait: versatile human) Oracle (Lore) 2 - hp 23/23, AC 17 -Fort +2 Reflex +3 Will +3, Perc +6, Init +0, Atk Morning star +4, 1d8+3, Spells slots: 6/5
"Decidedly strange. An halfling, a dwarf and a old lady ....
It seem that the attacker had no idea of the race, sex or appearance of his target, only information about his station."
Nobles in this city normally wear some kind of badge, like a signet ring or a necklace?
Knowledge (nobility), take 10: 10 + 6 = 16
male wraith biomedical scientist lv5/ film director lv3
Male Human (alternate racial trait: versatile human) Oracle (Lore) 2 - hp 23/23, AC 17 -Fort +2 Reflex +3 Will +3, Perc +6, Init +0, Atk Morning star +4, 1d8+3, Spells slots: 6/5
"Hmm. Nobles usually bring some kind of patent of nobility with them, but a piece of paper with some specific writing seem hard to detect magically. And identify it by normal means seem even harder, if you have to search a whole train.
Maybe if it is made of some kind of high quality paper ..."
Seeing how Sid work as a scribe to live, he has any idea about materials is used for the patents of nobility? There is something special about it or the seal?
Profession 8scribe: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
Male Human Bard (archaeologist) /1 l AC 15 T 13 FF 12 l HP 8/8 l F +0 R +5 W +2 l Init +3 l Perc +5
"The assailant may have already known the targets were nobles. Perhaps he knew only that a noble on this train would be carrying something of importance, or was planning to do something dangerous to his own plans. Lord Rosewood was invisible, and we were busy fighting off that creature. Once he was paralyzed, the assailant could search him easily. Whatever he found, he must have determined that Rosewood was his target, since he is the only one who the assailant attempted to suffocate," Bennevy whispers to the others.
Bennevy sighs and shakes his head. "Rosewood hasn't been very forthcoming with us about where we are going and what we are doing. It's his business, sure, but now we're in a bad position because we don't know if the mission is important enough to keep going blindly forward, or if we should turn around and head back to the Guild."
He looks around for a healer, and flags him or her down.
"Can anything be done about his paralysis, either by you or one of the other healers?" he asks hopefully in a normal voice level.
male wraith biomedical scientist lv5/ film director lv3
Sid
One of the men on the train replies to Bennevy "Not on the train, but we can remove the paralysis at the gates of healing on the next stop"
Male Human (alternate racial trait: versatile human) Oracle (Lore) 2 - hp 23/23, AC 17 -Fort +2 Reflex +3 Will +3, Perc +6, Init +0, Atk Morning star +4, 1d8+3, Spells slots: 6/5
In a low voice, trying to be heard only by his companions:
"Ben, the papers are relatively easy to find with magic like locate object, so probably the killer was searching the train that way. He (or it) was finding the nobles, paralyzing them and checking their papers or some other thing to see if they were his actual target. When he found Rosewood he used his deadly attack."[/b+
[b]"That is an awful quantity of resources. The ability to use locate object, paralyze at least 3 nobles and use suffocate on Rosewood ... "
"It would be interesting to ask if the papers of the other nobles where stolen or destroyed. If he was using locate object he had to remove the other papers after checking them, as they would still be detected by the spell, hiding the more distant papers."
Sid look both troubled and excited by the possibility of a large use of magic.
Male Human Bard (archaeologist) /1 l AC 15 T 13 FF 12 l HP 8/8 l F +0 R +5 W +2 l Init +3 l Perc +5
"Does Rosewood still have his papers on him?" Bennevy asks.
male wraith biomedical scientist lv5/ film director lv3
Perception checks for those who want to see if he does
Male Human Bard (archaeologist) /1 l AC 15 T 13 FF 12 l HP 8/8 l F +0 R +5 W +2 l Init +3 l Perc +5
Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
Male Human (alternate racial trait: versatile human) Oracle (Lore) 2 - hp 23/23, AC 17 -Fort +2 Reflex +3 Will +3, Perc +6, Init +0, Atk Morning star +4, 1d8+3, Spells slots: 6/5
Checking for papers:
Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
male wraith biomedical scientist lv5/ film director lv3
Male Human Bard (archaeologist) /1 l AC 15 T 13 FF 12 l HP 8/8 l F +0 R +5 W +2 l Init +3 l Perc +5
Bennevy glances at the papers for a few moments, hoping something about the language strikes a familiar chord.
Bardic Knowledge: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
Female Tiefling Ninja 1
Kiriko keeps an eye out for anything unusual happening.
Perception: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (8) - 1 = 7
Male Human (alternate racial trait: versatile human) Oracle (Lore) 2 - hp 23/23, AC 17 -Fort +2 Reflex +3 Will +3, Perc +6, Init +0, Atk Morning star +4, 1d8+3, Spells slots: 6/5
"It is a private document, I don't think we should read without permission, it unless seem the only option."
male wraith biomedical scientist lv5/ film director lv3
Male Human Bard (archaeologist) /1 l AC 15 T 13 FF 12 l HP 8/8 l F +0 R +5 W +2 l Init +3 l Perc +5
Bennevy hands the paper back to Tomid. "Private business, I understand, but we're trying to find out why this thing wanted to kill him, and he's in know condition to offer his own theory," Bennevy whispers in reply. "I saw something in there, but there are too many ears here to risk saying it now."
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