GM Woran's Rise of the Runelords

Game Master Woran

Lined up to enter the large square room to the NW

Dayo walks into the room. Nothing happens.

Ok, Dayo entered the bedroom, nothing happened, so you went to another room?

eyup

Yeah we'll just open up the doors in clockwise order.

This once fine chamber has been destroyed. The bed is smashed, mattress torn apart, walls gouged as if by knives, chairs hacked apart, and paintings on the walls torn to pieces—with one exception. A portrait hanging on the northwest wall seems to be untouched, although it hangs backward, its unseen subject facing the wall.

"Can't reach it. Not it. "

Dayo gestures with his shrunken arms and nods to Eoghan.

Eoghan sighs in a "here we go again" way. He takes a good look at the painting just in case, then walks up to it and turns it right side out.

Perception check: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30

The portrait reveals a beautiful dark-haired Varisian woman in a thoughtful pose. Its clearly the same woman in the red dress you saw in the portrait room.
Ive uploaded the portrait to the map link

"The taint of darkness lies within that portrait. Does anyone know who it is?"

Eoghan seems to stumble for a second, then rights himself again.

"I heard a voice asking what I was up to in 'the damp below.' Does anyone know what that could refer to? Her husband/child/father was probably up to no good in the cellar."

The woman is Iesha Foxglove, Aldern's wife

"Let us move on?"

Dayo will move to the next door if nobody objects.

Forum ate posts. Bad forum. GOing to try fix when home

When everybody leaves the room, Vy walks towards the painting, touches it and whispers "Goodbye"

After Eoghan carefully checks the door:

An iron tub sits in the middle of this room, the floorboards around it sagging with the tub’s weight.

Dayo cautiously approaches the tub.

Lore bathing: 1d20 + 4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 4 + 3 + 1 = 26

Justin's all ready to update to PF2!

Justin knows this is one fancy bathtub. It would have cost a small fortune to make, and another small fortune to have something this heavy delivered here.

The floor creacks dangerously for a second, and then collapses, the combined weight of the tub and Dayo being too much for it to bear.

But Dayo nimbly jumps aside, as the tub crashes into the floor below with thunderous noise.
A dust cloud rises up out of the hole.

Dayo watches as the tub sinks, turns to Justin for a moment, and then calls down below, "Sincerest apologies!"

"After the giant helmet getting THAT home will be easy. "

On to the last room on this floor

Eoghan checks the last door in the corridor.
This entire bedroom is caked with a thick, spongy layer of dark green, blue, and black mold.

Dayo tosses a rotten chunk of wood from the bathroom into the last room to see if it disturbs anything.

"Perhaps when we are finished here we can request a stormcaller to lay this house to rest."

knowledge dungeoneering to see if we should be breathing that in

1d20 + 4 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 1 + 3 = 20

"I used to dream of getting a tub half that size all to myself "

"I think it split in two anyways."

"With you guys around did you not think i was researching make whole? "

"Making holes hasn't been a problem so far."

The mold looks like its mostly bad for you if you're made of wood.

Nothing happens when Dayo throws the log in.

Have we seen a way into the attic?

Yes there is a stairway all the way at the back. If there is nothing more you want to do or check on this floor we can progress upstairs

This whole buildup, to me, and by extension, Dayo, lends urgency to getting to the basement, so unless something jumps out at us I think the plan is to keep going until sometime jumps out at us.

*peeks in*

It's safe to come out! Website's working again!

Vitro holds his sword in one hand just in case and peers at the stairwell. "So, we go up? Who's first?"

"Let's test this idea that the house... Likes me."

Dayo ascends the stairwell.

Dayo carefully walks up the stairs. A long, narrow hallway runs the length of the attic.

I've updated the map

"Goblins built this house..."

Left door first

A large number of wooden planks, rope, and other repair supplies are stored here. The ceiling above sags noticeably; in several areas patches of the sky above are visible.

A large number of wooden planks, rope, and other repair supplies are stored here. The ceiling above sags noticeably; in several areas patches of the sky above are visible.

"The definition of irony... "

Make a note to throw Eoghan in there and collect whats salvagable later and move to the next room

Open the door north of dayo

Doing these rooms all at once because they are the same. Updated the map.

The next set of rooms are stacked with old furniture, sheets
and linens, boxes and crates, and other bits.

"Eoghan, what does the floor tell you?"

Perception, +1 for traps: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17
Knowledge Engineering: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

I hate this game.

[dice=Perception, +1 for traps]1d20+12

[dice=Knowledge Engineering]1d20+6

I hate this game.

why do you make characters that can succeed on a 3?

Cause I'd like to succeed more than half the time.

I mean, the dice roller has been extraordinarily mean to me on Perception checks specifically from the start. Skill Focus: Perception is definitely on my wishlist at level 7.

Assuming you last that long ^_^

The floor, while moldy and damp in places looks sturdy enough to carry your weight.

Moved the party down the hall. Open next door?

Also, just realized. When Dayo asked earlier, "what does the floor tell you?", he was asking Eoghan to look for tracks ^_^