GM_Foxy's 2nd Carrion Crown

Game Master Foxy Quickpaw

"We could, still I cannot speak with the dead myself unfortunately."

Search the items we got off the thief. Is there anything special about any of the items?

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

Nothing special in his items.

"We can talk to the child in the house we found first, then head back. I do not want to be close to here come sun down."

Stam will lead his horse over towards the first house they found a child in.

Child what is your name?

"You want to play with me now?" the ghost asks.

We want to talk to your parents before we play with you. So what is your name child so we can ask your parents if playing is OK?

"I won't tell you if you don't come in to play with me. And my parents don't care. They left me." the ghost replies.

Can someone light up the corner so we can see the child?

it is dim light. You can see the 'child'

Description? Boy, girl, spirit with too many eyes?

Only a shadowy figure. Hard to tell, but you'd say a boy.

Spugnoir lights a torch

This one must be one of the boys. Lets see if we can find a girl.

Move to another house and try to see if we can find a girl and particularly Ellsa.

As you move into the next house another shadow hushes into a corner. "Hi. I'm Elsa. Do you want to play with me?"

"We know a friend of yours child, the large patch work man. Do you remember him?"

As no one made any effort to stay in the sun which becomes less and less anyway we're playing tag now.

The shadow moves quickly along the wall and reaches out for Stam.
Touch Stam: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Stam flinches back in time, casting light onto a stone in the wall as he back peddles out of the house into the dying sun light.

"I think it is time we go, we are not prepared for this."

Let us head back to town before it gets dark.

Head back to town. But mark the fact that we need to come back or send someone else soon.

Spugnoir will leave with the others

And so the group rides back to Lepidstadt arriving in the dark. On the way you pass again the burnt remains of Dr. Brada's Asylum.

The Crooked Kin welcome you again and you can either enjoy or take part in their multifarious performances. Be it fire breathing, juggling, or their dramas about the coming burning of the beast.

"This doesn't feel like a time to celebrate. We should plan to see where we should go next."

Talking to the Judge about what we have found seems prudent. Naybe checking out the asylum?

The Barrister would be a good person to plan with. The judge should not be talked to untill the decision is in. We do not want any whiff of corruption on what we are doing.

Plus, I really could use some sleep. I need to be at my best tomorrow.

I can make space with my extracts to keep us awake.

Lesser Restoration will erase fatigue penalties, I can make 2

We are going to have to explore the burned down asylum tomorrow. If that is anything like the last two crime scenes, we will have to fight there. So I would rather we all sleep tonight and prep for madness or fire creatures in the morning.

In the morning the group leaves to court, registers the evidence - which earns them some disapproving looks as the bring in the childrens skeletons - and head on to the barristers office.

As the start of the trial approaches the people flock in. If anything, the crowd is larger today, and is alive with talk of yesterday’s events. The clerks arrive early to prepare the courtroom, and as the time approaches 10:00 a.m., the other members of the court arrive.

Today’s events whip the crowd into a frenzy. They are angered at the deaths of the children, and are even louder than yesterday.

10:00 a.m.: The Trial of the Beast resumes. Chief Justice Khard asks the prosecution to outline the details of the alleged events in Hergstag.

10:30 a.m.: Witnesses for the Prosecution. The prosecution describes the events that transpired in Hergstag 7 months ago, alleging that the Beast slew six children and, when caught, was driven from the village. Otto Haiger calls three former residents of Hergstag, the sisters Garrow, Starle, and Flicht, to give their eyewitness testimony of events in the village.

12:30 p.m.: Witnesses for the Defense. Gustav calls Grergof to present any evidence they found in Hergstag.

Grergof asks the Sisters the following questions one at a time he does not proceed untill the last question is fully andered so they have no idea where he is going:
1) Why was the town abandoned?
2) Did all the children come back as spirits?
3) When did you run off the Beast, was it directly after Ellsa death?
4) When was the thief stung up as a scarcrow in town? (Fishing for origin of brother swarm)
5) What do you know of a Brother Swarm?

One of the sisters - Flicht - answers the questions.
"The town was abandoned, because the ghosts of the dead children haunted it."

"I don't know about a thief as scarecrow and I don't know Brother Swarm."

Sense motive: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

"I believe her, I don't think we have much for this place." Stam mutters to Grergof.

Stam will stand up and wait his turn to talk.

"Who killed the first child? Also we have reason to believe that a few of the children died of unknown causes and a few of them were prior to the beast bringing the body of Elsa back to town. A foray could be lead to talk to the children, if you could imprison them you could talk to them. Or have a cleric talk to the body of the dead."

Stam will present the body of the child they brought back with them.

"We have time to wait for you to call a cleric."

You know that speak with dead doesn't work as long as the wraith isn't killed?

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22
Grergof adds
Please let it be added to the court record, these children were never buried. Their graves were empty and the bodies found someplace else which we will go into later. No matter the outcome of this trial, we ask the courts assistance in locating the parents of these children so that the bodies can be layed to rest as each family desires.

I assume he wants to enter into evidence that the children actually rose as a wraith. Or Stam were you going for something else?

That I didn't know. I want the court to realize that more is a foot here.

Moving forward:

Grergof calls Stam to testify what was found in the village:

Questions he asks:
1) What spirits did we find in the town?
2) Do creatures killed by golems come back as Wraith spawn. If not what does produce wraith spwan?
3) Did we find a wraith in the town?
4) What happened when we destroyed Brother Swarm. (Note the bodies)
5) When did the children die? (submit death date of Girl AFTER Ellsa and after the beast was run off.)

Ill let Stam roll for each of these things.

1) "We found some Wraith spawn and a Wraith, we killed the Wraith. The Children called him Brother Swarm."

2)"As far as my research goes that beings killed by Golem's do not reanimate. There is no evidence to conclude that IF the beast killed the children he was the cause of their reanimation."

3) "Yes and 6 wraith spawn. The Children were hiding out in the homes they had prior to their deaths."

4 "Once we destroyed the wraith we found 4 of the children's bodies in a cave under a scarecrow. The children were not buried but just strewn about in the cave."

5 "As far as records show the only child who died in an around the same time that the beast was present was Elsa. Her Wraith is still present in her home. The last child to die in town died 2 days prior to Elsa and died of unknown causes, plague or the flu most likely."

diplomacy: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21

I will just take a 10 like you said we could.

I said no taking ten. And you're bad lawyer. The last child died AFTER Elsa, as Grergof told in the previous post. And as it came back as wraith too the possible death is that it was killed by the wraith. Also I said one roll per point you're trying to make.

I never wanted to be a lawyer, I should have written more down before making the post. I was at work and doing it over a while. I was under pressure. You don't have to be so mean. :)

Spugnoir will head to the university to seek out a professor and inquire about the symbols on the tools.

The university is just as the last time. The repairs are gone a bit further and most of the mess is cleaned up. The professor is still in the same room sorting through the stuff.

Sir, please read the dates on the rubbing of these tombsones. Are you sure Ellsa was the last child to die?

Grergof hands the two rubbings of the toumbsones that were made to give him a second chance to correct his error

Diplomacy to get the correction on the record: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26

Spugnoir approaches the professor. Good day sir, I am wondering if you can help me. My friends and I recovered these tools while out dealing with a creature at the old graveyard and are wondering about the initials. Would you be able to inform us more about them?
Spugnoir uses his Focused Scrutiny Extract beforehand

You gain heightened sensitivity to the mannerisms, reactions, and body language of one creature you can perceive, allowing you to sense its state of mind and easily influence it. You gain a +10 bonus on Perception, Sense Motive, and Survival checks attempted against the target creature, as well as a +5 bonus on Diplomacy and Intimidate checks attempted against it.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31

Darius goes with Spugnoir and add's when speaking to the Professor. "It would be a great help to the case involving the beast if you could."

"Interesting. But I have no idea. But you could go and ask in the Surgeons Flats. There are a few shops who craft such tools." Professor Crowl replies after taking a loot at the tools.

Spugnoir thanks the professor and heads out to the Surgeon Flats

Surgeons flats it is.

As you walk through the city into the area called the surgeons flats you recognize a raven symbol at one of the shops as the same as on the tools. It's Zbraslav Hora and Sons, a workshop on the tiny Anatomists’ Alley.

Zbraslav Hora is a bookish, taciturn man who wears thick spectacles. "Good morning sirs."

To move trial along:

1)Children were wraith spawn.Diplomacy: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
2) Golem do not produce Wraith spawn, only Wraiths.Diplomacy: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24
3) Wraith was found on site with children's bodies/submit bodies. Diplomacy: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11
4) Per sisters all children including Ellsa were Wraith spawn so they were all killed by a wraith.Diplomacy: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17

Already rolled to get the date of the last death After the beast was run out of town, so he could not possibly have done it in

Finally Grergof calls the beast to testify:
He asks:
You are accused of Killing Ellsa, Please Describe your relationship with Ellsa and exactly what happened that lead to you coming back into town with her body.

"Elsa was my friend. The bad black man killed her. I couldn't protect her. I wanted them to help Elsa." The beast tells with the typical sneer on it's distorted face as it is close to tears sobbing which could also be taken for laughter.

As you can see, this creature was not laughing about the situation, but rather very sad he could not do more. Condemn this creature for this crime and you condemn an innocent creature for attempting to help someone else. Is that really the world you wish to create?
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30

sorry busy day

"Your honor I made the statement about the time and dates of deaths in error, I am tired and it is prone to happening. My friend Grergof and the Evidence provided is correct."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21