How to paint a Raven Silver (Hell's Rebels)

Game Master Jesper Roland Sørensen

Lena moves over to Meliora, and kneels to give her a boost. "Don't you have a spell for grabbing things?" she asks as she tries to stand up with the mage on her shoulders. She topples over, and has to try again.

Strength: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Strength: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

"I haven't prepared Mage Hand since the House of Satin Veils closed down." is her reply. Does this mean anything? Probably not, as she stands up--falls over--and then stands up again to try reaching for the ring from Lena's shoulders.

Mic glances over her shoulder and shakes her head.

"Ladies, that is not going anywhere you know. Better to check the corners, make sure nothing is going to bite us in the ass while piled like logs to reach a shiny ring."

She moves in past the gate giving a head nod to Jack "You are full of surprises it would seem. Lets see what else is hiding in the dark of this place." and strides forward though the gate.

Micheria if you are search through the room, roll a perception to see if you spot anything.

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

I was expecting another dog or something.

can we take 20?

At two minutes per 5-ft-square, in a 13x24 area for a total of 312 5ft squares... that'd be 624 minutes, divided by the five of us is 124.8 minutes, or just over two hours if we all split the work evenly. I'd advise against it...

Meliora will aid in the search of the room, though!

Prescience: 1d20 ⇒ 2 ...bleh... ok then rolling for reals.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18

Meliora actually discovers an old secret door that is hanging loose on it's hinges opening it to peer inside she sees.

This old workroom houses numerous old slaughterhouse tools, veterinary equipment, and woodworking tools, all of which are covered with a thick layer of dust through which strange tracks and patterns have been traced. Heavy mallets, crumbling ropes, and tools for restraining animals hang from pegs in the walls or rest atop leaning tables. To the southwest, a trap door sits ajar, propped open by a block of wood.

You also see a lot of small tracks around the dust of the floor and a slaughterhouse tool hanging freely in the air in front of you.

"I sometimes find the need to get into places I'm not wanted," Jack explains with a smile and a shrug as he pops the gate's locking mechanism. When he sees the free-floating tool, he warns Mic and takes a swing at the thin air directly over it in the chance there's a thin string causing the item to dangle in mid-air.

Not sure if that requires an attack roll or not, but I'll roll one anyways.

longsword: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18 for slashing damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Mic cocks her head to the side as Jack swings his sword, actually quite a good swing at that to bad it wasn't against the street thugs, wondering what he is doing.

"Looks like a trap door. Shall we investigate that or the other door at the end of the building?"

After Jack's sword passes over the butcher knife he hangs for a few moments more before falling down making a big clang against the floor.

"THAT (he points to the butcher knife) was just hanging by itself in mid-air!" he tells Mic. "I was trying to see if it was being held up by a thin string or wire, but it wasn't." After a pause he asks, "Do you believe in ghosts?"

Or maybe magical pranksters? he asks himself as he looks around a bit more carefully in an attempt to figure out the strange phenomenon.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

LOL, playing my terrible perception roll there.

She blinked at the incredulous statement made by Jack. Of course ghosts existed... well ar least back home. Cheliax could have ghosts she supposed too.

" i dont know about Cheliax ghosts but in Ustalav all our hair would be grey and it would be stealing our life essences if there were a ghost here."

She started to inform him immediately she realized she had said perhaps too much her non gun hand flew up to her mouth. She fakes a sneeze.

" or uh... so i read."

She lied.

bluff: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

"Spent some time in Ustalav, did you?" Jack asks Canacha casually. "What brought you to our fair Kintargo?"

While his eyes are still looking for the cause of the floating knife, his ears await Canacha's reply...or next lie.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20

"Can anyone identify those tracks?" She studies the knife. "I don't sense any ghosts if that makes you feel better." Not that I'd really sense a ghost.

"Does anyone have the ability to see in the dark?" She carefully picks up the trap door, and opens it.

"I can't see in the dark, but I can make it..." Wait, she didn't prepare that today. Meliora pauses awkwardly as she looks back from the tracks towards Lena.

"...I have a torch?"

The trapdoor opens to a shaft with a ladder down around 15 to 20 feet from what you can see. The eye-watering stench of urine and feces fills this large room. Nests made of chewed crates and barrels line the walls, while rusty knives and hooks cover the tabletops.

Please move you tokens around as you explore the livery and the basement.

"A path down. Lets check this other door here first. Those dogs may have been left to protect more then this enterance."

Mic moves to the other door. "Anyone able to check for traps better then I can?"

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24 traps?

Micheria you are pretty sure there is no traps on the door and while you are studying it, it opens on its own. Through the door you can see the back of the livery with some old outdoor tools stacked here and there and not much els.

"Well nothing over here. Shall we check this hole?"

Mic will look around hoping for a lantern or torch.

"Spent some time in Ustalav, did you?" Jack asks Canacha casually. "What brought you to our fair Kintargo?"

While his eyes are still looking for the cause of the floating knife, his ears await Canacha's reply...or next lie.

She moved towards the wagon in the corner more to get away from the question than to really search but she looked about it none-the-less.

"I work at the smithy with my uncle. Mostly filigree and finework not so much the mass shaping...Thats where my family originally comes from that dark smelly place Ustalav, this place is way better... well it was way better."

perception to search the wagon: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

" I have some torches in my satchel we can light one up... I just dont want to carry it for uh... reasons."

She began patting the powderhorn on her hip.

"I have a torch." She climbs down the ladder, and if nothing terrible happens will light her torch. "I guess that powder and fire don't mix Canacha." Lena's smile is friendly, as if to let her know Ustalav is not a big deal to her.

I've moved you token down Lena, the arrows on the map show the ladder.

As you get down you light the torch just as you see a come come to bit you in leg.
Attack Red: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12
As the light starts to spread through the room you see two others coming out of thier hiding to join the first rat.
Attack Yellow: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2 Need a dc11 fortitude save.
Attack Green: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Round 1: Bold may act
Meliora,
Rat green,
Micheria, Jack,
Rat yellow,
Lena, Canacha
Rat red

Big freaking rats. Great. Just what any party needs. Lacking a good vantage point to fire at them from, Meliora delays until the beaters of faces can get down the ladder and possibly open up some room for her to climb down herself.

One of the rats tries to also take a bite out of Lena.
Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
But can't get his teeth through the leather of her boots.

Round 1: Bold may act
Meliora,
Rat green,
Micheria, Jack,
Rat yellow,
Lena, Canacha
Rat red

Mic hears some commotion below and darts down the ladder to help Meliora.

"We're coming."

Jack briefly considers jumping down to the lower level, but even the thought of the subsequent impact upon landing makes him grit his teeth and unconsciously move a hand toward his wounded ribs. Instead he plays it safe, sheathing his longsword and starting down the ladder.

Two move actions.

Seems I forgot to roll Init for Rexus again.
init: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21 Rexus has clearly delayed untill now ;)

He tries to shoot at the rat (yellow) biting into Lena.
Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15
Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 3
Sadly it flies wild as he attempt to not freeze Lena in the neck.

The rat then tries to take another nipple on Lena.
Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

Round 1: Bold may act
Meliora,
Rat green,
Micheria, Jack,
Rat yellow,
Lena, Canacha
Rat red

Lena hisses as one of the rats manages to bite her. She swings the torch at the rat in front of her (yellow), and steps to the side to allow others to have room to come down the ladder.

Torch Improvised Weapon: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 - 4 = 20
Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 3 +1 Fire

Torch Improvised Weapon Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 - 4 = 13
Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 3 +1 Fire

Fort: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

acrobatics: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

"Coming through!"

She calls down somersaulting down past Jack while pulling out her dagger and landing on the ground below with the rats. She stabbed at the rat in front of Jack... just in case he was having trouble with it.

attack: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (14) + 0 = 14
damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Lena whack the rat a good one and it stops moving

The last rat sees Lena kill it's friend and is sacred enough to try another target.
Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18
damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4 Fort save DC 11 disease
It gets a good bite into Canacha's ankle.

Round 2: Bold may act
Meliora,
Rat green (2)
Micheria, Jack, Rexus (D), Lena, Canacha
Rat red

Meliora climbs on down to the first level, then if there's time after taking her proper move time to climb down to fire, she gives a rat a ray of frost.

attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

...nevermind, it doesn't matter if she can shoot it or not. She ain't hitting with that.

The green rat attempts to take a bite into Jack but misses.
Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Rexus once again tries to freeze the rat that just tried to bite into Jack but also misses the attack.
Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12

Round 2: Bold may act
Meliora,
Rat green (2)
Micheria, Jack, Rexus (D), Lena, Canacha
Rat red

Mic steps up the rat with the clear intention of punting it into next week.

Unarmed Strike: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

That rat also goes limp.

Upon reaching the bottom of the ladder, Jack again draws his blade, taking a swipe at the last rat standing. Another whiff!

longsword: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 for slashing damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

Lena takes a step to get into a better position, and swings her burning torch at the rat between her and Jack. She manages to singe it as sparks go flying. [b]"I'm not doing too bad since this isn't a real weapon.

Torch Improvised Weapon, Flank: 1d20 + 4 - 4 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 4 - 4 + 2 = 16
Damage, +1 Fire: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

I'm assuming you forgot to add your strength bonus to the damage roll?

The last rat goes down fur slightly burnt and starting to smell. RExus comes down the ladder. "I had no ideas vermins could grow that big inside the city. Well done dispatching them."

"Yes... I too thought that Rodents Of Unusual Size were a myth. Looks like I owe..."

Meliora frowns openly and obviously for a minute. It's gone a second later.

"A-anyways, we should get back to searching. There's got to be something down here, right?"

Mic catchers her breath for a moment and stretches, shoulders poping as she does. Good to be moving like this again. It's been to long since I did more then hammer an anvil to make ends meet.

"Looks like a door over there, anything useful in here before we move on?"

Mic gives a quick once over of the contents of the boxes and what not in the room.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 Nailed it

Did someone manage to get that ring down before? Don't want to forget that.

Jack helps Mic search the room, poking through the crates with the tip of his blade.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16 (+2 to find any hiding humans :) )

This room is full of a lot of damaged and useless stuff, some of it clearly shows sign of the rats nesting in it, also that there used to be alot more then the three you killed.

"I wonder what happened to the rest of the rats. There might be something bigger than a rat down here." Lena looks at the door carefully. If she doesn't see anything odd, she opens it.

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Dirty salt and sawdust coat the floor of this gloomy hall. Bits of the wall masonry have been chewed or clawed away, revealing narrow, winding animal tunnels beyond. Steel rails are mounted in the ceiling, with a few lonely iron hooks dangling from them. A pile of stained pillows and motheaten blankets lies in a ten-foot-square depression in the floor to the northwest.
A rusty, half-destroyed iron grating blocks access to a flight of stairs leading down to the northeast.

Mic approaches the depression in the floor, examining its contents w/o stepping on them. Looking for signs of use or a trap.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

If nothing is of note she will move towards the grate.

Jack hugs the north wall, heading west. He skirts the depression and points to himself and then to the narrow passageway in the northwest corner.

Lena moves into the room, and studies the blankets. If she doesn't notice a trap, she'll push them around with her foot to see what she can find.

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Meliora follows along as well, keeping herself relatively close to the door in case she needs to retreat. She does give Jack an affirmative nod, as if to say she understands.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

You spot some items amoung the blankets but before you can get close to see what it is the blankets starts moving and a pack of tiny humanoid looking creatures starts defending the items. Knowledge Nature

From within the holes in the walls a rock comes flying out at Jack and Lena.
Ranged attack Jack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Damage: 1d2 - 4 ⇒ (1) - 4 = -3 1 non-lethal
Ranged attack Lena: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
Damage: 1d2 - 4 ⇒ (2) - 4 = -2 1 non-lethal

Purple flies into the air in the same height as Jack.

Red and Yellow sprews a line of vomit 30 feet straight ahead of it.
Touch Lena: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Touch Rexus: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18 Rexus fort: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (18) - 2 = 16
Touch Micheria: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Touch Meliora: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15 DC 11 fortitude save or be nausiated.

Round 1: Bold may act
Meliora,
Yellow, blue, green, purple
Rexus, Micheria,
Jack, Lena, Canacha
Red