GM Lari's Wounded Wisp (Gameday IV) (Inactive)

Game Master Dhenn

"I guess that just leaves the gnome Fimbrik. Do we have his address, or is it a visit to the Arcanamirium in order?"

"Does anybody have any idea what this coin could be? If not, yeah lets go to his house"

Can anyone identify the coin with spellcraft?

An address for Fimbrik was provided. His residence is in the Wise Quarter, near the Arcanamirium.

A brick step leads to Fimbrik’s front entrance. The lock and handle are rusty. There are windows in each of the four rounded corners.

The big window you're all gathered in front of is being used as a door for these purposes.

S'theno peers in the window...

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Shallya goes up and knocks on the door.

If there is no answer, he calls out and knocks again.

If there is still no answer, he tries the door to see if it is locked.

On the way, Wailan examines the coin more closely.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

Tavagra, whom had stayed quiet for most of their journey, wanders to the side of the building to investigate. She peers through the window trying to see if there was any activity.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

[b]"Know... coin... mag-ic. ... Don'... know... what... for." Varg ponders, and looks at it as Wailan examines it.

Is it too late to do gather information checks with diplomacy about Fimbrik? <_<

Wailan identifies the coin as a Pathfinder's Coin, designed to resemble Azlanti currency. When placed atop a wayfinder, the coin spins in the air and delivers a message of 25 words or less. Once the message is triggered, it is expended, and a new one may be recorded.

Grimn, you can have asked along the way. Feel free to roll.

Tavagra sees a large bedroom dominated by a sizeable canopied bed. The room is empty, but for the middle of the day this unsurprising.

S'theno, going around the other way, sees a study, with walls covered in tome-laden bookshelves. A colorful gnome with a green bowler hat sits in an overstuffed chair, reading.

Nobody answers Shallya's knock, and the door is indeed locked.

"Does anybody have a wayfinder? I don't. If nobody has one, I'm sure that we could buy one back at the Lodge."

You also know of a bar full of friendly Pathfinders, most of whom likely do have one...

"S'theno, do you see anything on your end?"Tavagra walks over to the other window across.

"Indeed I do. Curious that the old chap hasn't noticed us. Perhaps he's deep in his studies. Strange that the lock is rusted..."

S'theno taps on the glass with a clawed finger.

The gnome waves exuberantly, then goes right back to his book.

S'theno shakes his head.
"Gnomes...", he mutters.

Shallya carefully hides what he is doing as he fumbles at the door knob.

bluff: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20
disable device: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

Assuming the 20 is enough :

"Oh look, the door is unlocked."

Shallya then opens the door and again calls out?

"Hello? Your door was open. We just wanted to talk to you and make sure everything is OK"

There is no response. S'theno sees no reaction from the reading gnome.

S'theno heads around to the front.
"Gents, I think we're on the receiving end of some Gnomish trickery. After you."
He motions to the doorway.

Varg leans into the front door without actually entering yet.

"HEL-LO!!!" he calls. "Mis-ter... Gnome? ... We come in now. ... O-K?"

Hearing no response, he carefully enters through the doorway.

4d8 ⇒ (6, 2, 6, 3) = 17

As soon as Varg steps inside, there's a puff of smoke, and three particularly nasty looking beetles appear. Knowledge Nature and Planes are both appropriate here

"Uh oh"

Varg exits the house immediately, and closes the door behind him. That's two move actions.

"I... don'... think... we're... welc-come... here."

Varg shuts the door. The sound of the insects moving around can be heard through the door.

Everyone else is up.

"Surely, he won't mind us just checking up on him."

Wailan 5-steps back, draws his longspear, and summons armor to protect Calcifer.

"But, just in case..."

"Gents, why don't we wait a few moments and see if those pests don't disappear just as quickly as they appeared, hm? Perhaps we can get in another way. Besides, I think our host may have left the premises quite a long time ago, and we may be dealing with the magical countermeasures he left to deter intruders."

"No time for games of Gnome's," Tavagra pulls out her mace again and moves behind S'theno,"Time to make an entrance. Lets make our own entrance."[/b]

Bust through the window like an action star on next turn. Not sure on the mechanics of how to do it however.

I believe the best way to rule it is a standard to break window (damage-wise you can't fail, and I'm going to say you don't have to worry about missing the stationary object. Move to get in (getting through the window we'll call 10 feet of movement).

The gnome doesn't seem to have noticed the commotion, fixated on his book.

Shallya turns to Varg:

"Varg, it really looks like something is wrong here. Gnomes use illusions a lot and its very strange that he hasn't reacted. We're well within our rights to investigate as long as we don't damage anything "

This speech is interrupted by the crash as Tavagra smashes his way inside the window

"Or pay for any damages that we cause if it turns out that he was NOT in any danger."

Shallya mostly believes that. He doesn't think it is WRONG, doesn't really know or care if it is legal. I think that makes it a diplomacy check. If you disagree and think it is a bluff check the result is 2 higher

diplomacy: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

Yells at Tavagra
"You do realize that we have to pay for that, right?"

bluff to pass a secret message to Tavagra that he isn't at all serious about paying: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14

I REALLY have to learn to take 10 a lot more. Roll20 hates me

sense motive: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

Varg looks at Shallya harshly, but waits to see what happens without interfering yet.

"Did you even check if these bugs were real? For all we know, Varg, they are just another of his illusions."

"Who said I was paying," Tavagra says before slamming through the window.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13

Her action wasn't that glorious, but still was kind of cool even if she hadn't done a roll on the landing. Instead, flopping on the ground with a thud and scrambling to get up quickly.

As Tavagra smashes her way in, the gnome waves exuberantly at her, then returns to his book.

I guess I'll do the retroactive diplomacy throw even though its probably rather pointless by now xD

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

Grimn steps back and tries to squash beetle with long hammer.

Long Hammer: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (6, 1) + 3 = 10

Edit: Wait, is there space to five foot step to use reach weapon? Eh, whatever, I miss anyway

I closed the door, so you can't attack the beetles anyway, unless you want to re-open it.

In that case I just do the same with opening the door replacing five foot step <_< They are beetles. Not like they are going to open the door first

I think the point of closing the door was so that we would not fight them. If they're summoned, they'll just go away after a while.

..Then why are we breaking the windows and going through them?..(paladin and Arcanirium's office don't approve :P) That doesn't sound like waiting. Also they are beetles

I believe Tavagra's intention was to go around them.

So far, Tavagra's in the room. The gnome waved and went back to reading. What would the rest of you like to do?

S'theno climbs through the window, looking around to see if anyone has noticed.

Shallya delays until after Grimm. If he goes in through the door, he'll back him up. If Grimm joins the rest going through the window he will do that too.

Varg looks back and forth between the door and the window, unsure what to do.

"Should... not... have... broke... win-dow", he scolds his teammate disapprovingly.

S'theno pokes at the repeating Gnome with his pipe.

Grimn signs and walks to the broken window so he can hear the conversation inside. He doesn't go through the window.

"Err, Sorry about the window" he says to the gnome

Varg follows Grimn.

S'theno gets an exuberant wave. So does Grimn a moment later, and Varg a moment after that. The gnome seems unconcerned about the poking.

Shallya climbs through the window, ignoring the Gnome.

He then moves to a position were he can see into the front hall, trying hard to stealth behind the desk

stealth: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Are the beetles still present? Are they reacting at all to the shenanigans.

Wailan waits for the all-clear before entering the front door.

The beetles are gone, but you do get a wave as you come in.

Shallya stands up and tries to shake the gnomes hand, grabbing it the next time he waves at somebody.

If the gnome fails to respond:

This has to be some kind of trick

Shallya then heads out and starts looking around the house. Take 10 for 13 (+1 vs traps)

Wailan moves over and politely nudges the gnome.

"Esteemed colleague, apologies for the intrusion, but we are intent on finding information about a woman named Eylysia. You were a friend of hers, were you not?"