CARRION CROWN CAMPAIGN (CLOSED) - GAMEPLAY (Inactive)

Game Master Daniel Penfold 351

"So...you're not a fan. Got it I sympathize."

Zephra opens and closes her mouth a few times. "A have sworn a vow to oppose them and their vile, re-animated dead servants at every opportunity." she says, momentarily flummoxed by the arcane fellow's quick wits and strange flitting about behavior. "The Lady of Graves, who I serve in all things, hates them especially."

"Want to hire an arcane detective to help on the Lady of the Grave's mission my friends? My retainer is 2 copper. If not I will just follow around and offer you my 2 cents."

Zephra stares uncomprehendingly. "For my part, sir, I am willing to divide the spoils of our adventure together evenly."

(You might pick up on the fact that she is, uh, not very intellectually gifted. Or charming.)

"Glad to see you here. It was very clever to trick the trolls into bringing your inside. Let's get to the bottom of this together."

Where would you like to go next I have managed to do some room numbering

Eleric, you identify the beast in the picture as a girallon, a four-armed, gorilla-like creature, covered with matted white fur.

"You are all great. Let's go. I will follow you lead."

I'm for exploring this floor before we take any stairs. Starting with the "9" rooms?

Works for me.

These rooms are a series of storerooms, crammed with items in boxes and on shelves, and the smell of beeswax lingers in the air. The first storeroom contains furniture polish, mops and brooms, torches and other simple tools. The second is a well stocked wine cellar. The third is a larder stocked with excellent foodtuffs and the last one is full of coal.

Loot: The entire wine collection would be worth 1000gp

Looking over the door into the small room (10), Eleric will check for traps.

perception: 10 + 22 = 32

If it is clear he will say, "After you."

Ortensia took point, finding the newcomer odd but not unwelcome.

She concentrated, seeking out any signs of residual psionic energies. Casts Psychic Significance.

This large kitchen contains a roaring stove, several workbenches, and a spice cabinet. The spice cabinet is of Tian design and crammed with an outstanding collection of spices. Eleric you do not find any traps, you think that the spice collection would be worth about 300gp.

Ortensia, in both the kitchen and the storerooms you get the impression of an older man in fine but faded noble's clothes. From the picture it would appear to be Count Caromarc. It appears that he used this suite of rooms on a regular basis.

"Cozy, for a place guarded by trolls."

Elric will float over to the door to the dining room like room and check for traps or listen for people beyond the door.

Perception: 10 + 22 = 32 Eleric will be taking 10 everywhere for traps until I get scared.

Zephra is on high alert, listening and watching for signs of the trolls and goblins associated with the Whispering Way, and constantly tracing Pharasma's spiral over her heart.

I assume it's been long enough now that her bull's strength spell has faded?

@Zephra- yeah it would have gone down by now

Eleric you do not find any traps. The vaulted ceiling of this large room is adorned with gilt. A pair of halberds hang above a huge lit fireplace in the far wall. A great dining table and twelve chairs take up the centre of the room.

The two halberds over the fireplace are masterwork. In addition hooks next to the outside door hold several coats, a walking cane and a sealskin cloak worth gp.

"No sign of anyone using this place recently. Do you suppose it's abandoned?"

After pointing out the secret doors. Eleric takes the things of worth and they disappear into a magic bag. Excpet for the cane which he uses as a walking stick.

"Looks good doesn't it? The chairs say you are correct the fireplace seems to disagree."

You think that the rooms have been maintained, possibly by some kind of unseen servant.

This is Count Caromarc's estate. I think he's such a recluse he didn't notice squatters at his front door. Instead of actual staff, he has golems and unseen servants.

Elric will start listening at 4 and 5 for people or traps.

"What an odd man. What in his psychology would have him build secret doors here? Odd architectural decission."

Zephra frowns, looking around. "But where is our friend, The Beast?"

She casts cure moderate wounds on herself while they are looking around.

cure moderate wounds: 2d8 + 6 ⇒ (5, 3) + 6 = 14

Elric reaches into his bag.

Hrmmm...I think I have something here. Yes! I have a wand of a weaker form of that very spell if we need it."

Zephra bows her head at Eleric. "That could certainly come in handy!" she says vapidly.

"That's why it is in the handy haversac."

Zephra puzzles over this response, and then her face breaks into a smile. "Oh, it's called handy because it's handy!" she laughs, "I thought it was because you have to put your hand in it."

"That too. That is a very clever observation." he says will all sincerity.

Eleric you can't hear anything or find any traps, however you can smell a strong odour of tobacco from room 5.

Once the group is ready he will move away from the door and cast open close.

Creeden will place himself between the opening door and the rest of the group.

The door opens into what appears to be a smoking room. Two plush chairs sit around a small fire in this cramped, tobacco-stained room. Numerous stone jars stand on a shelf next to a pipe rack filled with strange pipes.

Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26

"This is cozy. Still no sign of the Count."

Eleric, knowing th path is now clear walks in the room ver casually and casts detect magic.

The tobacco jars are filled with various exotic tobacco mixtures, worth 200gp in total. Among the mundane pipes are a calabash pipe worth 75gp and a churchwarden pipe worth 50gp

"Do...Do...Do..."

Eleric walks over to the next room and pops the door (4) with a spell.

[I]Shelves crammed with books line the walls of this room. A comfortable leather chair sits in the room's centre.[i]

"I could spend some time here. Do you think this books will be useful to your endeavor?"

Eleric starts looking through the books and checking for magic.

"I am in favor of reading improving books, but I would rather solve the mystery of where the Count is."

Nothing detects as magical. The books all appear to be about engineering.

"Engineering books. It may explain the odd construction of this building and the surrounding building. Let's check those door across hall."

He then zips out of the room on his flying disk.

Perception: 10 + 22 = 32 Checking for traps and listening for people.

You don't find any traps. These two rooms are crammed with taxidermied animals and stuffed heads. They look low in value and are worth about 300gp.

Eleric whist casually as he fills his bag. Once filled he checks the door on 7.

Perception of 32.

A billiards room fills up most of this chamber, and there is a rack of cues on one wall. A brass and gold score checker worth 90gp hangs by the door.

"Odd be seems valuable. There was another secret door to explore how exciting."

Eleric flys off.

"I love this disk."

Ortensia watched Eleric glide by almost wistfully. Seems to be enjoyable.

She scanned their surroundings warily, mindful of anything remotely suspicious.

Do keep in mind the Count dabbles in both alchemy and the arcane. If that rather stout alchemical golem back on the bridge was his handiwork, he probably has more throughout his estate.

She cast a rather long look at the taxidermied animals in particular.

"I have some concerns about constructs and reanimated creatures as well. We will keep out eye peeled."

Where to next?

The secret door at the back of 8 I assume.