Jaisuns Council of Thieves PBP Experiment

Game Master Jason Schimmel

"No, sir," I say to fellow guard. "I was sort of..." <glances hesitantly at angry VERY LARGE man> "comandeered."

The guardsman looks at the hell knights. "While I am sure the Durotas would welcome the chance for our two groups to cooperate, Miss Stone has duties she really should be attending to." Shanwen tries to look pleasent, "Quite all right, I am sure the Durotas has the prisoner transfer well in hand. Thank you for your assistance Miss... Stone." He indicates that now would be a good time for you to get off the wagon.

Dakaar will try and open the sewer grate and check it out while(if) alcibades wants to find a crate or hiding spot for arael.

Dakaar will look around (Perc: 3d6+7) and if the coast is clear, begin to try to break into the manhole cover. (Disable Device: 3d6+9)

If I can make it in, I will head down and make sure it looks clear.

(If I need to make any climb-down checks: 3d6+6

Unfortunately the lock is giving you a bit of difficulty. You are having some trouble getting it open.

I ask Arael what spells he has memeorized or any ideas for getting away. Also, i ask him if he knows how to navigate the sewers (I am assuming someone oringally charted the paths threw the sewers.)

Also, a note to the DM... I would think he would have spells memorized that do not have a DF (Divine Focus) or M (Material) component. Also, he may have gotten spells prepared in the hopes of an escape. An example would be obscuring mist. Maybe Silence... I assume he is at least level 3.... not sure though.... Whatever you think but if he is worth his wisdom.

He will reply in an in character fashion which would be too much trouble to do:

0s Create water, detect poison, purify food/drink, guidance.
1st command, Entropic Shield, obscuring mist,
2nd find traps, silence.
he is also able to Touch of Good(sacred bonus to stuff) and Battle Rage (damage bonus)
His domain spells are not listed since all his choices require DF.

I gets off wagon and hightails back to post. Yay for no more being berated!

"How much of an area can you cloud with mist? We might need to use that in a pinch to get out of here."

If there seems to be time, and I can't open the lock with a repeat attempt:
3d6 + 9 ⇒ (6, 3, 1) + 9 = 19

I'll try (with the aid of the others) to pry open the cover with Alcibade's Spear, if that sort of thing is possible.

Not sure how that'd work, but if its a stat check, I'll roll the dice ahead of time to spare us lots of reposting 1d20 ⇒ 19. I have only a +1 strength bonus but maybe if we all tried at once?

Has alcibades had any luck finding anything useful in the abandoned building?

Does the searching seem to be getting closer, further away, or about the same?

"We really need to get out of here NOW. When we get back to 'base' we are going to have a talk, Arael, and this sort of screw up must never happen again. I have no moral objections with the work you do, but it is time to organize, and militarize your group. When we return, we must speak of your recruits, training, and production."

I will attempt to provide aid to Dakaar. 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (6) - 1 = 5 +1 (for guidance if applicable) Hopefully Arael will help as requested. I suggest that Arael uses guidance on everyone before/as we get started trying to pry open the entrance. Giving everyone a plus. (I assume i have a good idea of what the spells do as my knowledges are all decent/good.)

Did i notice any boxes, barrels or sacks that might fit Arael as Dakaar got down (I do a quick sweep of the near by side streets as he is getting down).

Ichabod will head towards wherever he's been resting, after greeting anyone he recognizes.

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I will attempt to provide aid to Dakaar. 1d20 -1 +1 (for guidance if applicable) Hopefully Arael will help as requested. I suggest that Arael uses guidance on everyone before/as we get started trying to pry open the entrance. Giving everyone a plus. (I assume i have a good idea of what the spells do as my knowledges are all decent/good.)

Did i notice any boxes, barrels or sacks that might fit Arael as Dakaar got down (I do a quick sweep of the near by side streets as he is getting down).

Areal can obscure a 20ft radius area, so most of the section of ally you are in. Areal aids by casting guidance, even so, both the second attempt at unlocking and the break attempt to pry it open fail. There are no good objects to hide him in this area.

I ask Arael what spells he has memeorized or any ideas for getting away. Also, i ask him if he knows how to navigate the sewers (I am assuming someone oringally charted the paths threw the sewers.)

Also, a note to the DM... I would think he would have spells memorized that do not have a DF (Divine Focus) or M (Material) component. Also, he may have gotten spells prepared in the hopes of an escape. An example would be obscuring mist. Maybe Silence... I assume he is at least level 3.... not sure though.... Whatever you think but if he is worth his wisdom.

Missed one of your questions sorry.

Aya grabs the closest box that looks liftable.

"Where to?" she says and walks towards the woman.

Aya wrote:

She is moving some large dusty boxes. "I just need a hand with some of these. I found them in a storage area and I thought I would see what is in them. Try to get things tidied up a bit around here."

Has Alcibades had any luck finding anything useful in the abandoned building?

I was unaware he was actually doing this.

Does the searching seem to be getting closer, further away, or about the same?

It is hard to tell, but you havn't seen any guards or Hellkights pass by recently. It is more likely they are establishing a perimeter of some kind. To try to catch you leaving the area.

"We really need to get out of here NOW. When we get back to 'base' we are going to have a talk, Arael, and this sort of screw up must never happen again. I have no moral objections with the work you do, but it is time to organize, and militarize your group. When we return, we must speak of your recruits, training, and production."

"I could not agree with you more."

I strike up conversation with Mathelen. I want to find out what her role is within the organization, how long she's been with it, how she got involved, etc.

I strike up conversation with Mathelen. I want to find out what her role is within the organization, how long she's been with it, how she got involved, etc.

"I've been with the group for about two months. I mostly try to keep an eye out for others who might be good additions to the group. We haven't really done much yet. These things take time. Right now, however, I was going to clear out the storeroom off of the shrine."

She begins to do so. Around half an hour later Aya arrives and takes a seat in the shrine. See seems deep in thought. Mathelen calls to her at one point and Aya goes over to help her."

Dakaar spends a few minutes studying the sewer entrance, trying to figure out why the device is being so stubborn.

If I can "take 20" here, I guess I'll do that.

If after a few more minutes of trying, nothing works, I'll follow alcibades into the abandoned warehouse with Arael, and try to work out an escape plan.

If the grate pops, I will light a torch and then head down to make sure the coast is clear.

I'll indicate by waving my torch that everything is OK to arael/alci.

Aya grabs the closest box that looks liftable.

"Where to?" she says and walks towards the woman.

XperimentalDM wrote:

Aya wrote:

She is moving some large dusty boxes. "I just need a hand with some of these. I found them in a storage area and I thought I would see what is in them. Try to get things tidied up a bit around here."

You find appearances are deceiving and it is not as liftable as you thought. Mathelen quickly helps you with it though, "Lets move some of them into the shirne area so we can take a look at what is in them." After moving a few boxes. She asks, "Is something troubling you Aya, you seemed deep in thought?"

After putting my guts back inside my body, I'll go with Kaidin and make sure that she can locate the daughter and interrogate her.

That said. I will look for the butler, while alcibades and aya investigate downstairs.

If hes gone, but his journals are there, I'll grab them for evidence.

If I run into david...

Gorram it, I had a whole diplome check all ready to convinced Dakaar that we should interrogate together. It was brillant...

After ascertaining that Cecily is uninjured and not likely to attack us, I am going to ask that she go wait in her mother's room with Ichabod and the sleeping villains. After she does so, I explain to Dakaar that I think we should probably talk to the halfling servant first, since a.) he was behaving more suspiciously than the daughter, b.) I'd really like to determine tabs on everyone in the house, and c.) I'm hoping that the mother will minimize the evil she does upon awaking if her daughter is in the room. Plus, I figure Ichabod can convince the daughter not to flip out too much about the whole mother being tied up and evil thing. Or, you know, just cast sleep again.

We need to watch the Butler and the daugther. We need to get them into one room and say the assain broke in and the others are handling it be vague about the details. Kadin and Dakaar are rounding them up i think Aya should go up as well and watch those two with Kadin. She can then send Dakaar and Ichabod down with the two people who are tied up. Then we can all get some questions answered.

If Dakaar's rope is still hanging i will tie knots for the first 6 ft ... or however high i can reach...If there is a chair near by i will pull that over to stand on and tie knots for the first 10 ft or wahtever to help Aya. If it is not she will need to use the elevator rope and hope off on the first floor and then take the stairs to the second.

I question the newly freed people about who they are and how they got captured and for how long etc. While sharing my rations with them and explaining they we will get to the bottom of this and make sure they are freed from harm. I tell them i am Alcibades and our group is called the cleansing frame. We wish to make things safer in the city.

I make the trade with Dakaar saying ... thanks for giving me the good deal... However, I think this may be more useful for me.

Aya climbs up whatever Alchibades can make of the rope. I have a -2 for armor check. 3d6 - 2 ⇒ (4, 3, 1) - 2 = 6.
according to john this passes so I'm going to continue as if it does...and assume the rope is, of course, still present after the elevator went through the shaft

Aya then climbs out, makes sure the rope is still secure and pulls it up to tie knots in the rest of it in case we need to use it again.

After that I run to find Kadin & Dakaar. I relate Alch's plan to Dakaar and let Kadin know I'll be hanging out with her and the butler & daughter.

"Kadin, before we get them together in one room, we need to be on the same page. Basically, the assassin is in the house, and we are to keep them safe with us in the room until Alch or Dakaar find us. They must stay with us no matter what since the rest of the group will be rounding up the bad guys downstairs."

We need to watch the Butler and the daugther. We need to get them into one room and say the assain broke in and the others are handling it be vague about the details. Kadin and Dakaar are rounding them up i think Aya should go up as well and watch those two with Kadin. She can then send Dakaar and Ichabod down with the two people who are tied up. Then we can all get some questions answered.

If Dakaar's rope is still hanging i will tie knots for the first 6 ft ... or however high i can reach...If there is a chair near by i will pull that over to stand on and tie knots for the first 10 ft or wahtever to help Aya. If it is not she will need to use the elevator rope and hope off on the first floor and then take the stairs to the second.

I question the newly freed people about who they are and how they got captured and for how long etc. While sharing my rations with them and explaining they we will get to the bottom of this and make sure they are freed from harm. I tell them i am Alcibades and our group is called the cleansing frame. We wish to make things safer in the city.

I make the trade with Dakaar saying ... thanks for giving me the good deal... However, I think this may be more useful for me.

Aya climbs up whatever Alchibades can make of the rope. I have a -2 for armor check. 3d6 -2.

according to john this passes so I'm going to continue as if it does...and assume the rope is, of course, still present after the elevator went through the shaft

Aya then climbs out, makes sure the rope is still secure and pulls it up to tie knots in the rest of it in case we need to use it again.

After that I run to find Kadin & Dakaar. I relate Alch's plan to Dakaar and let Kadin know I'll be hanging out with her and the butler & daughter.

"Kadin, before we get them together in one room, we need to be on the same page. Basically, the assassin is in the house, and we are to keep them safe with us in the room until Alch or Dakaar find us. They must stay with us no matter what since the rest of the group will be rounding up the bad guys downstairs."

I'll agree to this, and try to find the butler and bring him to the rest of the party.

Also, if I get the chance to make it up to the old lady's room. I'll search the halfling and relieve him of any thieves tools or alchemical goods he may have.

Perception-Search: 3d6 + 7 ⇒ (1, 2, 1) + 7 = 11

Kadin gives Aya a look that indicates that she is as likely to leave those mooks alone with the "bad guys" as she is to strip down to her underwear and start doing a pole dance, though she feels that having the argument with Aya is likely not going to do any good.

She suggests that Dakaar and Aya go get the butler and bring him up to the room where the people are tied up and she'll go discuss this with Alcibades to ensure that everyone is, in fact, on the same page.

She takes the elevator down to the basement.

"Kadin, you are making things difficult with your uncooperative attitude. You and Dakaar work out what you're going to do, I will tend to the daughter and wait for whoever joins me with the butler."

Assuming that Kadin & Dakaar are still together while Kadin is being difficult, Aya lets them work it out and go to the daughter's room to wake her up and stay until SOMEONE comes back with the butler.

As I enter the daughter's room, I want to do a perception check just to make sure I'm not going into some kind of evil place - 3d6 + 5 ⇒ (4, 6, 1) + 5 = 16

Kadin gives Aya a look that indicates that she is as likely to leave those mooks alone with the "bad guys" as she is to strip down to her underwear and start doing a pole dance, though she feels that having the argument with Aya is likely not going to do any good.

She suggests that Dakaar and Aya go get the butler and bring him up to the room where the people are tied up and she'll go discuss this with Alcibades to ensure that everyone is, in fact, on the same page.

She takes the elevator down to the basement.

Point of note, before Aya came up, Kadin and Dakaar talked to the daughter, who was cowering in the closet, and moved her into the mother's room.

Kadin raises her eyebrows at Aya's statement. "You'll have to forgive me if, unlike you, I am unwilling to sit quietly and leave matters to individuals who have demonstrated that they hold human lifeand the laws of the land in dubious regard, especially where my career and reputation are concerned. If that makes me 'difficult' and 'uncooperative,' I can live with that better than I can live with deaths that I could have prevented."

Assuming she was informed of the location change, Aya ignores Kadin, leaves, and goes to the Mother's room. What's going on in there?

you can use the perception check for the mother's room instead if you wish. Also, not that I care to get in a argument of who said what, but I didn't read anything of Dakaar agreeing with Kadin to move the daughter...how are we going to handle timing issues and what happens when? By the time I got up there, would the daughter have already been moved or would I have arrived before they put her in the other room? It seems like the time I Left was very soon after Dakaar left. Maybe I missed something at the end of our session...it's your call Jason.

Point of note, before Aya came up, Kadin and Dakaar talked to the daughter, who was cowering in the closet, and moved her into the mother's room.

Kadin raises her eyebrows at Aya's statement. "You'll have to forgive me if, unlike you, I am unwilling to sit quietly and leave matters to individuals who have demonstrated that they hold human lifeand the laws of the land in dubious regard, especially where my career and reputation are concerned. If that makes me 'difficult' and 'uncooperative,' I can live with that better than I can live with deaths that I could have prevented."

For the record, Dakaar thinks we should keep the butler/daughter away from the mother for now.

I do think we need some kind of procedure for order on the posts. We seem to have issues where some people like to post frequently and some people not at all. And for efficiency, we post multiple actions, and when others want to respond to an initial action, we get confused about what did and did not happen. Any suggestions?

I agree that we need some sort of established system. And perhaps having one major action until responding is the best idea so that we can coherently each relay our actions to Jason. The only problem that that introduces is that inter-character interaction that would normally add something inbetween DM posts really wouldnt work. I think we need to just all work together to try and keep this coherent. We're all on the same side here.

Also, I kinda think that our last session we kinda fell off track. I know I'm one of the worst for wacky OOC comments, but they seem to be interpreted as in character, so I'm going to make the attempt to curb this as it seems alot of what I say is being taken as IC. Dakaar is far less evil my offhand comments will let on. I've been trying to have fun and joke around but I think people are taking it the wrong way. On the same note, I think that we've all been inviting metagaming a bit by giving away stuff character to character that might make saying IC more difficult.

Aaaanyways. Lets just clear up the situation so that when jason gets on he understands whats going on.


I'm going to try and list what I understand everyones actions are and then maybe we can come to an agreement.

Dakaar: Was going to the daughter's room with Kadin, then assuming no werewolves or vampires or werewolf vampires He'd go to the butler's room.

Dakaar got stopped by Aya at some point and is told of Alci's plan. Dakaar agrees as we need to find out why we were set up, what was happening, and how we are going to resolve this. If the daughter/butler are innocent, we don't need them flipping out. (This is dakaar's thoughts, he hasnt really expressed this.)

Alcibades: wants to get the daughter and butler safely sequestered untill we can figure out the situation. Wants us to bring the halfling and the old lady to the basement for questioning.

Aya: heading upstairs to spread Alci's plan to the others. Is having some words with Kadin near or in the daughter's room, while Dakaar is most likely rounding up the butler(unless someone stopped him physically)

Kadin: Is with the daughter, currently having some words with Aya.

Gorram it, I had a whole diplome check all ready to convinced Dakaar that we should interrogate together. It was brillant...

After ascertaining that Cecily is uninjured and not likely to attack us, I am going to ask that she go wait in her mother's room with Ichabod and the sleeping villains. After she does so, I explain to Dakaar that I think we should probably talk to the halfling servant first, since a.) he was behaving more suspiciously than the daughter, b.) I'd really like to determine tabs on everyone in the house, and c.) I'm hoping that the mother will minimize the evil she does upon awaking if her daughter is in the room. Plus, I figure Ichabod can convince the daughter not to flip out too much about the whole mother being tied up and evil thing. Or, you know, just cast sleep again.

In any case I will need a diplomacy check from anyone trying to convince Ceseli to go anywhere.

I agree that we need some sort of established system. And perhaps having one major action until responding is the best idea so that we can coherently each relay our actions to Jason. The only problem that that introduces is that inter-character interaction that would normally add something inbetween DM posts really wouldnt work. I think we need to just all work together to try and keep this coherent. We're all on the same side here.

Also, I kinda think that our last session we kinda fell off track. I know I'm one of the worst for wacky OOC comments, but they seem to be interpreted as in character, so I'm going to make the attempt to curb this as it seems alot of what I say is being taken as IC. Dakaar is far less evil my offhand comments will let on. I've been trying to have fun and joke around but I think people are taking it the wrong way. On the same note, I think that we've all been inviting metagaming a bit by giving away stuff character to character that might make saying IC more difficult.

Aaaanyways. Lets just clear up the situation so that when jason gets on he understands whats going on.


I'm going to try and list what I understand everyones actions are and then maybe we can come to an agreement.

Dakaar: Was going to the daughter's room with Kadin, then assuming no werewolves or vampires or werewolf vampires He'd go to the butler's room.

Dakaar got stopped by Aya at some point and is told of Alci's plan. Dakaar agrees as we need to find out why we were set up, what was happening, and how we are going to resolve this. If the daughter/butler are innocent, we don't need them flipping out. (This is dakaar's thoughts, he hasnt really expressed this.)

Alcibades: wants to get the daughter and butler safely sequestered untill we can figure out the situation. Wants us to bring the halfling and the old lady to the basement for questioning.

Aya: heading upstairs to spread Alci's plan to the others. Is having some words with Kadin near or in...

Thank you for the recap. I was both pleased and disturbed to find a post made on the board. I know I've been flaky a bit so not waiting on me to recap is understandable. The main issue (right now)seems to be with the party being split. It gives no people a frame of reference to know when/if they find someone else. If only a few characters are interacting without a need to split and then find others who were not there, I see no reason for you to wait on me. If I know I want something to happen while people are rping then I'll interject. Having said that also consider that I can't really post from work. I read up on posts when I get breaks, but can't respond. My suggestion in to roll back to the exact moment we left off at the live session. Let establish "where" people are and let me moderate some of the in between moments. To be honest I had a note of who was where, but then you guys kept going a bit so I lost track while packing up. If this "roll back" seems reasonable to clear up RP etc. let me know.

Oh I am 3/4 ready to go on responding if we don't roll back.

No problem, and I dont mean to step on anyones toes. The goal of the recap was to try and cure any misunderstanding/confusion people had before it got more confusing :p If we do a reset. Ill stick to my original plan: leaving the basment to go with kadin to the girl, and if everything is ok, looking for the halfling.

No problem, and I dont mean to step on anyones toes. The goal of the recap was to try and cure any misunderstanding/confusion people had before it got more confusing :p If we do a reset. Ill stick to my original plan: leaving the basment to go with kadin to the girl, and if everything is ok, looking for the halfling.

No. Seriously. It is a good recap and didn't require me to cross reference 8 different posts ^_^. Lets see what the others say on the roll back or if we want to go with "I posted what I want to do, but when DM says what happens I will change based on I can't do that." I would assume things like the Aya/Kadin convo Didn't happen, or at least not yet.

I'm fine with whatever. We can start at me trying to get out of that blasted elevator shaft. You tell me where to go from, Jai...you're the last person I want confused. :D p.s. I don't necessarily go find Kadin first...I think my first post was to find Dakaar to relate the plan, then find Kadin. We can discuss if necessary.

Dakaar wrote:

No problem, and I dont mean to step on anyones toes. The goal of the recap was to try and cure any misunderstanding/confusion people had before it got more confusing :p If we do a reset. Ill stick to my original plan: leaving the basment to go with kadin to the girl, and if everything is ok, looking for the halfling.

No. Seriously. It is a good recap and didn't require me to cross reference 8 different posts ^_^. Lets see what the others say on the roll back or if we want to go with "I posted what I want to do, but when DM says what happens I will change based on I can't do that." I would assume things like the Aya/Kadin convo Didn't happen, or at least not yet.

To whoever is around and may be listening within the party, Ichabod says, "Despite my near death, I think things worked out pretty well here. I assume the old woman won't be paying us, which is unfortunate. We certainly need to figure out what's going on in this home, but after all research and interogations are concluded, I highly suggest we assist Kadin with the 'prisoner transport' to ensure these villians are dealt with according to the law. Furthermore, if possible, I'd think it's reasonable to try to enhance our cause by exagerrating Kadin's role in the detective work and subsequent melee. I believe Kadin is the most likely to gain from an increased reputation with her superiors, and such an increase may reasonably lead to more trust and/or requests in the future."

Kadin, let me know if I need to make any of my absurd Diplomacy checks to convince you and/or befriend you. The only thing I'm trying to get out of my suggestion is the possibility of you being given more detective work and bringing me along.

"Before we leave, however, here are the first set of questions I'd like answered:
1.) Why did the old woman invite us here in the first place?
2.) Why did the old woman have her son-in-law killed?
3.) Who is this crazy halfling and what's his motivation?
4.) What do the husband and daughter know about what's going on?"

ok I want to make sure I have starting positions (as in, before posting resumed) correct and I will reinterpret from there.
Alcibades stays in the basement
Kadin, Davis and Aaron take the elveator to Auraluna's chambers.
Dakaar and Aya climb out Aya climbing only once the rope has been knotted.
Ichabod is in Auraluna's bed chambers guarding the prisoners though badly injured.
If no one corrects me by tomorrow evening I will progress under these assumptions.

You have my actions correctly documented. I offer the two we freed in the basement some rations.

I question them on who put them in there.
Who they are. Knowledge local to recognize them 3d6 + 11 ⇒ (4, 3, 3) + 11 = 21
Do they have any idea why they were put in the wall.
Do they know why they were put in there.
Do they have any other information that may be relevent.

on second thought Dakaar climbing makes no sense, plus I think David was needed to operate the wand.
Kadin, Dakaar and Aaron emerge from the elevator into Auraluna's bed chambers. Once the moving parts stop moving Alcibades takes a moment to knot the slightly mangles rope so Aya can climb out more easily. If you want to share the "plan" with Aya, post it again please. Aya climbs out of the shaft onto the first floor.
here is what I need. Any dialogue between the 4 people in the people in the bedroom and what they plan on doing next. Ichabod, if you will greet those exiting the elevator with your previous post, just say so. Though technically you do not know number 2. I also will need to know what Aya is doing next.

Aaron exits the elevator as soon as it opens moving to the stairs down to the ground floor to make sure the elevator shaft is clear. When it is he returns to elevator and proceeds back down for the two captives realizing the pair are in no shape for a 20ft rope climb after their ordeal. It is easy to see he is a bit torn with the situation, the old woman who he promised to protect turning out to be in league with the killer and far worse then the killer himself. "There has to be some good left in this city right?" He says just before the elevator door closes, it's not quite clear who if anyone he's talking to. During the ride down he assesses his own health.

Healing: 3d6 + 6 ⇒ (3, 4, 1) + 6 = 14

Greetings. This online posting is a bit odd for me but I'll try to get used to it to become more a part of the game from now on.

Jason I am unclear about exactly what you want me to do if anything. " If you want to share the "plan" with Aya, post it again please."

However, Alcibades... Communicates with Aya and whoever is in the basement at the time...I think we should keep the butler and the daughter segregated from the mother and any help she may have had. We know the mother has been up to evil and it will be best to question her here with her victims to find out the true story. We do not want to panic the daughter at this point and encase drastic steps are needed we do not want the daughters feelings for her mother to influence what needs to be done.

After who has leaving left I continue a little more questioning...

Alcibades now thinks that the butler may be in on it... I ask if they mean the butler and describe him? If that doesn't match the description I ask for a description. I also ask if anyone else has been brought down here to there knowledge.

Also do i recognize those names (of the prisoners) from the paging throug the journals? Knowledge local on who they prisoners are : 3d6 + 11 ⇒ (1, 5, 1) + 11 = 18

I also make sure the dog is dead. Not by doing a heal check but by poking it a few more times.

After examining the room, and hearing what happened upstairs, Dakaar slowly approaches the halfling and examines him.

"Careful, He may still have some dangerous tricks up his sleeves"

And frisks the character for any hidden weapons.

Search: 3d6 + 7 ⇒ (3, 4, 3) + 7 = 17

Dakaar also searches the old woman for anything dangerous or strange.

Search: 3d6 + 7 ⇒ (5, 5, 4) + 7 = 21

Dakaar asks what happened and tries to get caught up on events that happened upstairs.

If the bonds holding the two seem OK, I'll let everyone know I'm going to round up the butler, and then set off to go find him.

Aya goes to the third floor after climbing out of the elevator shaft and goes up to Aureluna's bedchamber to relate Alchibald's words. Do I run into anyone on my way? Or do I encounter anything different?

Perception Check: 3d6 + 5 ⇒ (2, 5, 2) + 5 = 14

Kadin follows Dakaar.

...Ichabod, if you will greet those exiting the elevator with your previous post, just say so. Though technically you do not know number 2.

"Before we leave, here are the first set of questions I'd like answered:

Kadin follows Dakaar.

"Are you sure you want to leave them alone? If you want to come along, we should make sure that everyone is watched over."

Dakaar pulls Kadin aside, and whispers:

After exiting the elevator, Aaron, Dakaar, and Kadin are greeted by Ichabod. As he speaks Dakaar begins frisking the prisoners. Seeming to find nothing, but the cloths and armor that the slicer is wearing.

Aaron speaks to Ichabod, "Friend, first of all I found this job for us, second I doubt anyone will be happy about Kadin being here for this since she is far out of her post's area of authority. And third if we play our cards right it will be the Lady Cecili who pays the reward. If we can show her the truth of the situation, that we have caught the murderer of her late husband and the accomplice or worse the killer's keeper, her mother. Worse still her absent father most likely took a different trip then we were made to believe. There are eleven bodies in the crypt and my bet is he was the first one put there, which makes Lady Cecili the holder of two estates and the one with the purse at the end of all this." He walks to the stairs as previously stated to check the elevator.

As Aaron and Aya pass on the stairs he speaks to her briefly, "Becareful up there. The halfing is dangerous but not half as dangerous as the old woman. She used a wand and not many nobles I know can do that. Maybe we should gag her before she fires anything else at us...." Returns to the room and is about to use the elevator key.

As Aaron and Aya pass on the stairs he speaks to her briefly, "Becareful up there. The halfing is dangerous but not half as dangerous as the old woman. She used a wand and not many nobles I know can do that. Maybe we should gag her before she fires anything else at us...." Returns to the room and is about to use the elevator key.

You may want an edit, she was gagged when bound at the RL session

Dakaar continues looking for the butler.

If He finds the butler, He will bring (peacefully if possible, but otherwise forcibly) him to the room with the daughter. (and absolutely not to the mother's room)

It seems like Dakaar already went ahead with things. I just want to relate to them Alch's plan and get direction from those who know what they are doing. Guys - do I hear any of your convo?