Whatever Brallenera decides to do with/to Thomas, she'll find a small wooden coin like object, with a motif that looked like decorations from down in the kitchen, on its cupboards and furniture.
Thomas falls to Brallenera's axe, a just reward for his cowardly murdering of Joseph.
You take Joseph and Ting to the nearest temple.
For each negative level a creature has, it takes a cumulative –1 penalty on all ability checks, attack rolls, combat maneuver checks, Combat Maneuver Defense, saving throws, and skill checks. In addition, the creature reduces its current and total hit points by 5 for each negative level it possesses. The creature is also treated as one level lower for the purpose of level-dependent variables (such as spellcasting) for each negative level possessed.
Brallenera and Carr are waiting patiently, as the clerics prepare to revive Joseph & Ting.
Having been revived and restored, the group makes their trek back to the mansion.
With the upper floor explored, and nothing is found aside the stash Thomas mentioned, the ground floor is up for a second inspection.
You find a room in the back, with several barrels.
The smell coming from them is enough to make your stomach object...
Intermission at the temple, previously.....
The priest performing the revival ritual looks at you.
"While this is unusual, you need not pay for this.
A mysterious benefactor has put an interest in your group, and has paid us to restore your two friends, free of charge."
*Cough...ahem*
"You must have pleased, directly or indirectly, to be given this favor."
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Back at the house:
Brallenera carefully approaches the barrels, and peeks inside one, which has a tiny hole in the top.
A dead body!!
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ting ruffles his feathers a little bit, looking around the temple "A Mysterious benny-factor, You's Don't say!" Ting dangles his tongue in a tengu smile, "Well I's is pleased as punch, as tha sayin' goes, wroight." Winking at Brallenera, "Lets goes back ta tha bloody Lodge an' wee's what 'air is ta see's, wroight." Ting toddles after the dwarf still getting his legs underneath himself from being dead.
Ting sniffs around a little, and clogs the nostril holes in his beak with two fingers, 'Yew, 'at smells worse 'an, well, worse 'an a hole bunch o' nasty stuff!" drawing his sword as he follows Brallenera, he looks around carfully.
The same seems to be with three other barrels.
Leaving the lids open, the smell goes away with a little time. The corpse in the 1st barrel wears just his boots.
Ting finds a secret pocket in the boot, and a trinket in it.
A further examination in the kitchen reveals a secret door, opened by the coin shaped object Carr pulled off Mitch's body.
A stairs leads down....
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"Eeewwww, no wonders tha place smells so bad" Finding the trinket in the boot, ting tucks it into his bandolier and toddles off to the kitchen.
After finding the secret door and Carr using the coin he found, ting looks down the stairwell, taking his ioun stone out and spinning it round his conical helmet he rests his sword on his shoulder and carefully heads down the stairways keeping a keen eye out. "Well is you's Pathy-fine'rs commin' er ain't ya?"
Ting doesn't spot anything suspicious on the stairs.
Now to wait for the others.
Dusty stone steps descend into darkness, curving around themselves and blocking the view of the floor below.
Numerous footprints of varying sizes show that this passage was used recently in both directions.
Ting takes his time to check every square of steps.
On the final set, he spots what he believes to be a trigger plate, which his criminal hands disable.
The team finds themselves in an otherwise dark hall.
Extinguished torches hang on the wall.
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Ting takes his time to check every square of steps.
taking his ioun stone out and spinning it round his conical helmet
Ting stops on the steps and fiddles with the trigger plate, Once at the bottom he stops in the hall, looking both ways, he asks "Do you's blokes want ta fire up tha torchies er does ya just want to let me ioun torch do tha woik?"
Ting gets to the lower floor 1st, and with the light of the ioun stone, there wriggles a grey grub worm, pinned above the northern door.
When it sees Ting, it starts shrieking like mad.
Ting quickly silences the worm, as he throws his chakram into it, and its wriggling and shrieking quickly dies.
All three doors along the foyer’s southern wall lead to crowded storerooms, the center of which contains the garroted body of a half-elf pathfinder huddled over a wooden crate marked “sunrods.”
On his body, is a small journal, describing explorations of Ustalav.
Reading it, it seems more of a personal diary/journal, than anything written like a report.
The crate contains two dozen sunrods.
The door contains no traps, and is apparently not locked.
Furthermore, a further examination of the dead pathfinder results in finding he possesses a masterwork composite longbow with 20 arrows, masterwork hide armor, a potion of cure moderate wounds, and 50 gp.
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This chamber overflows with dusty relics of the past, some prominently displayed on shelves and pedestals, others piled haphazardly in crates, jars, and scroll cases.
A massive stone idol looms in the corner, its fiendish eyes sparkling with crimson beryls. An intricately woven Kellish rug, carefully rolled, leans against a shelf displaying ancient weapons from throughout Golarion.
A somber pipe organ rests against the northern wall, its keys and pedals wet with fresh blood.
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'No reason this gear go to waste.' Ting starts pulling the sunrods out of the crate and after tucking a couple in his belt he pushes the crate near the others, "We's may as well take 'eas wit us." Then slipping the potion into his bandolier and throwing the bow and quiver over his shoulder, he turns and says. "I's always wanted ta try one of 'eas fancy composted bows, I's'l bloody well brings it back ta put wit tha body after I's gives it a go, wroight."
Ting begins to look around the room. Standing on one foot, turning his head all the way to one side then all the way to the other, then hopping forward, standing on the other foot, scratching at something here or pecking at something there. Finally finding the blood on the pipe organ, realizing it's fresh he announces. "Oy, 'is bloody key board is a bloody key board, an' it's fresh too's." Realizing that a killer may be near, ting quietly and carefully finishes searching the room and then he stops at the other door and inspects it carefully also.
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"Can you see which keys were pressed? It might be one of those trick organs that opens to a door." Carr adds, also looking at the idol, fearing it may either come to life or shoot lasers out of its eyes. He has read too many Pathfinder Tales to suspect that a jeweled idol is just a shiny loot holder.
Since you are searching the room thoroughly, can i get a willsave from you guys, please.
But a mere part of the keys have been touched, and even those that have, show that the organ's not been used in a long time, until a more recent time.
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The scene:
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Searching the room, while talking, soft giggling sounds come from the south. When the group turns their heads, the same voice comes from the east, singing.
As you look at the direction, then again at each other, Carr, Joseph & Ting are struck by a sudden drowsiness, and enter dreamy little dreams.
Brallenera sees the boys standing with closed eyes...and is Carr slightly snoring?
She then hears a little girl's voice.
"Would you please play on the organ?"
Brallenera damages the antique organ's side, but it's sturdy, and resists the majority of the damage.
A child's voice: "Bad person, but i know what cheers people up.
Singing....but i need music, won't you please play, and we will be happy?"
A tiny porcelain doll of a small, innocent looking human girl wearing a bright red dress and a red bow in her hair, and holding a tiny stuffed bear, floats up from behind some objects placed upon the organ.
"Come on, play the organ so i can sing."
A sweet smile shows on her face.
This little doll seems to be more 'alive' than other types of animated constructs.
The witches of Irissen are known to bind the souls of mortals to porcelain dolls to serve as watchers.
By her attire though, she seems from Chelish make.
Joseph (sleeping)
Brallenera
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Doll
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Carr & Ting (both sleeping)
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Awww, I don't want to be rude, puppet
Says the dwarfess as she walks towards her sleeping comrades, still holding her big axe
But we have a better singer in our team.
Brallenera points to Songbird
So why should I settle for a lesser talent? I mean, perhaps you know a thing or two about singing, but this one could rivalise with most birds. Not including Beaky
She points to Ting
in the "singing birds" category. No offense meant, Beaky
If the doll doesnt react violently, Brallenera kicks Ting not so gently to try to awake him
"No! Why do big people always act mean?
You are no better!", her porcelain smile turns to an expression of being upset, like a child left ignored again and again by adults.
Now we actually enter combat.
Brallenera moves back towards Ting and with the bottom of her foot, shakes Ting awake.
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The doll starts singing.
While fascinated, a target takes a –4 penalty on skill checks made as reactions, such as Perception checks.
Any potential threat to the target allows the target to make a new saving throw against the effect. Any obvious threat, such as someone drawing a weapon, casting a spell, or aiming a weapon at the target, automatically breaks the effect.
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Carr (sleeping)
Ting (prone)
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Feeling Brallenera's boot make contact with his feathered backside, Ting awakes with a start. "OY, Where's is we, I dreamed I's died aga... Why's tha dolly singin'?" Turning his head from side to side looking around quickly as he begins to set up. Seeing his friends are unconscious he draws a chakram with one talon while propping himself on the floor with the other he throws it at the singing porcelain doll.
Ting rises quickly, and when standing, draws a chakram with the doll in sight as his target.
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Joseph (sleeping)
Brallenera (willsave pending)
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Doll
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Carr (sleeping) & Ting
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Awww..pretty doll...I will call kiss her and love her and squeeze her and hug her and call her George
Something in Brallenera's brain seems to melt, as she finds herself attracted to the doll
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The doll keeps singing, and smiles gently at Brallenera.
"See? We can be friends after all.
let's play afterwards."
She floats forward, and conjures up a cute little lute, pretty red with yellow stripes.
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Carr (sleeping) & Ting
Ting's chakram hits the doll, dealing 8 dmg.
"You're a bad bird, nasty bird."
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Joseph is sleeping, and Brallenera is enjoying the pretty singing.
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Doll (-8) keeps singing.
Looking at Ting..."Won't you just be nice and play with me?"
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Carr sleeps some more.
Ting
Ting thinks she's charming after all....aww, how cute.
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Doll: "Protect the operetta."
She looks at Ting with puppy eyes....."But the lady dwarf carries a big axe, please put her out of commission and we can play. Pwetty please?"
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Carr (sleeping)
Ting
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Facinated: While fascinated, a target takes a –4 penalty on skill checks made as reactions, such as Perception checks.
Any potential threat to the target allows the target to make a new saving throw against the effect. Any obvious threat, such as someone drawing a weapon, casting a spell, or aiming a weapon at the target, automatically breaks the effect.
This charm makes a humanoid creature regard you as its trusted friend and ally (treat the target's attitude as friendly). If the creature is currently being threatened or attacked by you or your allies, however, it receives a +5 bonus on its saving throw.