GM Woran's Rise of the Runelords

Game Master Woran

"Er, sure miss Kasandra..."

"It's 'Mrs', I am still married. And it's Kasanda. No 'R'."

When Justin sneezes, Dayo kneels down and carefully wipes the Ratfolk's nose with a piece of soft origami paper, as if it were tissue.

"Who was that man with the... With the scarf? I've never seen him before. Someone you know?"

Checking the room, Justin curtains sees a brief glimpse of a forlorn woman’s face reflected in the window. But with a blink of the eye its gone.

Just gaahs and squirms at the impromptu hankie. He points at the womans reflection, and blinks, not sure if he saw it himself or this place has his imagination on edge.

" Must...resist" wipe "urge to say this day can't " wipe "get any worse... "

"Don't forget tonight is bathtime!"

Dayo folds up the origami paper tissue and tosses it into the fireplace before moving to the next door.

"Something to look forward to at least. Now if Lorey is three or up my dignity MIGHT still be resurectable at the end of the day "

Dayo leads Justin towards the next door.

"I think your favorite nighty might be over here..."

"anyone know why Kas..Mom didn't recognize Da...that guy? I thought they were ma...mom knows everyone "

Does dignity die at negative wisdom or negative charisma?

With negative Wisdom, you might s%#& your pants. With negative Charisma, you don't care you just shat in your pants.

Considering Justin's Charisma is 7, and Dayo's Wisdom is 7, that's hilarious.

Since there is a hallway in between I'm just moving you up in the same order you were in front of the other door.

This is a simple washroom. An ancient metal washtub stands to the north, a ring of mildew crusting its inner surface. A strange, furtive scratching comes from inside the tub.

"TIMMY?!!"

Dayo rushes towards the tub.

"I hope I'm the older sister. "

A rat is scrabbeling about in the bath tub. The creature is a horrific and pitiful sight, a blind, tumor-heavy wretch. At the vibrations of Dayo entering the room, its starts shrieking in a frenzy, desperately trying to climb out of the tub.

I put a picture of the rat on the map

"Timnmy was in the tub so long he pruned up, want me to hold him while we try to find the other kids? "

Seemingly relieved that the rat is alive, Dayo gingerly picks it up, cuddles it, kisses the top of its head, and hands it over to Justin.

Handle Animal: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

"Thank you, Lorey. You were always so kind to your siblings."

Dayo then opens the other door exiting the washroom.

"Little brothers are GROSSS.... "

Cheese, rasins, a small bit of water for "Timmy" and a prestidigitate if he'll hold still for it.

'Timmy' tries to bite Dayo a few times, but is then distracted by the cheese and raisins, which are simply devoured.

If the enlarge person hasn't worn off, justin will dismiss it to shrink Eoghan down. Hide in the tub while "mom" opens the last door.

If it's a corridor again he's casting fireball.

Moved you all on the map

This oak-paneled chamber must have once been breathtaking, but is a sad sight now—the floorboards are warped with moisture and the paneling scratched and spotted with mold. A grand piano, its surface splotchy and keys warped, leans tiredly in the southeast corner.

"Anyone know how to play? "

Provided nothing jumps out to eat the ba.. rest of the party, Justin as the resident small creature will take a look up the chimney

The chimney is filthy and blocked further up by what appears to be a birds nest.

Justin will vote for going up to the next floor Mental note to take the piano on the way out, its a make whole or two away from being valuable.

Justins reduce person/whatever temporary weakness "mom" felt at not being able to hold "Lorey" should be over. Justins back to being a fuzzy football.

The cats grace was extended (from justins transmuter of korada trait) so should still be good.

"Okay, we can visit your playroom upstairs to grab your favorite Dollie but we really need to hurry down to the basement after that."

In a meeting right now but will modify Dayo's statblock to account for losing Reduce Person during my lunch break.

Because it matters, which stair would you take? Placing your character in front of it works as an indication

1 is foyer 2 is backstairs: 1d2 ⇒ 2

Statblock updated.

As you make your way to the stairs trough the entrance hall, the second Eoghan is trough the door, the manticore lurches to sudden life, its face shifting to resemble that of a human female, and its fur erupting into flame. Its tail strikes forward against Eoghan.

touch attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
fire damage: 8d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 2, 4, 6, 3, 2, 3) = 25
reflex save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

As quick as the attack happened, it is also over, with the manticore reverting to a normal stuffed animal.
Eoghan has severe burn wounds, but is not on fire.

Er... That's a crit. Roll to confirm.
Also, Mirror Image is up. Roll 1d2 please, 1 is me.

looks left, looks right, points to the dice. It wasn't me!

That is what you get for playing a lot of starfinder, where you dont roll to confirm

mirror image: 1d2 ⇒ 1
crit confirm?: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Oh, so those 8d6 were already doubled? Thank you, Sarenrae. Double that I might survive, but not if you roll well. And this was already below average. >_>

Eoghan stops, drops and rolls in place, just in case.
"AAARGH! What in Sarenrae's holy light was that? I could've sworn that thing just lashed out at me!"

The rest of the group can hear him mutter some foul-mouthed words, probably not suited for Lorey's ears.

Erm, so if that's going to happen every so often, I recommend either demolishing that thing, or stashing it somewhere safe we don't walk past every time.

Dayo blinks, and suddenly seems surprised to watch Eoghan drop to the ground. He kneels down beside him, ready to tend the burns if Snowflake needs assistance with healing.

"Justin, do you think this will happen again? I wonder why it did not attack us when we first entered..."

"wh.. oh right me. She seems to have left you, possessed the manticore , and now left it so.. yes she'll probably be back. She may have shot mister Eoghan because of the cleaning comment or he may have reminded her of her husband the most."

Justin starts prestidigitating the house as he goes, trying to earn some "not in the face" points with the specter.

Dayo furrows his scaly brow in contemplation.

"I assume events transpired that I am unaware of. Then we must hasten our efforts to root out this evil."

Dayo stands and draws his sword. "Where have... We... Not been, yet?"

Is Snowflake still active?

"You're going to have to ask someone else about it neither I nor Timmy are ever going to speak of it again. And they probably cant get through the story without falling over laughing. " And holds up the poor blind rat.

"also, you can probably put me down now;... "

Vy walks over to Eoghan, still shaken to his core by being strangled by a shawl. He looks Eoghan over and taps him three times with his wand.
(scratch of 4 uses of the wand, since he used one charge on himself)

Anything you want to do with the stuffed manticore, or shall we proceed upstairs?

I think the current thought is that something else is animating/possessing everything, so we need to find it and deal with it.

Eoghan flashes a look at Justin and grins. Hopefully that says enough.

"You were possessed by someone that seemed to be a housewife or maid or something. You were very protective of the house and seemed to think Justin was your child. Other than that, you seemed pretty okay with us just going through everything. Possessed you seemed to know a lot the normal you wouldn't. Do you recall any of that?"

Eoghan gets off the ground, thanks Vy, then prods the manticore with the pommel of his bastard sword.
"You sure this thing is safe to leave here? I'd prefer if we stuffed it in a closet or something. Respectfully, of course. Otherwise we might anger the spirit of whatever hangs around here."

"I was possessed by a protective spirit? Does it seem like this.. "person"? Would wish you ill?"

you're the one it zapped so your call. I would be careful about breaking anything or messing the place up though

Deciding to leave the stuffed manticore for what it is, you all make your way up the stairs. The stairs creak as you make your way up, and the footsteps echo back at you, sounding as if an additional person was walking up with you.

Upstairs there is a small landing. After checking the door, you find yourself in an oddly shaped hallway.

updated the map

Dayo nods at Eoghan to check the door.

Perception, Aid: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

4 more levels and I'll auto-Aid! ^_^

Sorry, had no internet yesterday, otherwise I'd have replied sooner.

To Justin, Eoghan says, "Let's just use the other entrance when we leave. On the one hand, I want to get rid of it, but indeed, if whatever is haunting it can turn it on and off, I don't want another blast."

Eoghan looks at the door, just in case.

Perception, +1 in case of traps: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21

"I was possessed by a protective spirit? Does it seem like this.. "person"? Would wish you ill?"

"Oh no, on the contrary. She seemed to think everything in the house was absolutely fine and was very protective. Seemed like she came from when this house was still in tiptop shape., as if she didn't know anything was wrong."

Nothing wrong with the door. Let me know which way you want to go explore in the hallway by putting Eoghan in front of a door

First door we come across seems to be the southeastern one.

Eoghan takes another look at the next door.

Perception, +1 for traps: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14

Everything is fine. I open the door. After people have joined me, of course.

I moved everyone into a rough regular formation.

This bedroom features a child-sized bed, a chair next to a toy box, and a looming stone fireplace big enough for a child to get lost in.