Obi and Boom still need to go. Odds are they will kill it before it attacks.
Obi challenges the ghost tree and opens fire with his riffle.
(seeking, steel, deadly aim, challenge)
Sorry, had to update the map some. Jan had state he went over to examine the odd pile of sand. It is past the tree, so he has to be down where he is on the map. I put you folks closer so you could actually attack.
doesn't much matter since Obi kills it before it goes.
Jan looks over at the tree, then at everyone else.
You ever heard of an undead treant? I thought they just, you know, rotted?
Well. Aren't we the effective group.
Boom moves over and gives the outside a quick once over
percep
It's a cabin. Made of wood. Looks sturdy.
Boom moves back to the front door and, once everyone else is ready, he pushes open the door.
Jan reloads and resolves to cover everyone else with his rifle.
He nods at Obidiah and Bo.
New guy seems eager. Still wish I knew what that sand was.
There are two doorways into the place and they both face in the same direction. One is a double door and one is a single door. Which one?
They open sideways with a 'psst' sound like in Stark Trek.
The double doors open with a 'psst'.
This had a lock on it, but it was very old and rusty and fell off once you touched in. It appears to be a store room, but quite old as all the supplies are clearly past the use date, being rusted or rotted. Wheelbarrows, shovels, picks, ore sacks, plates for panning, and sluices for separating placer deposits are stacked in a jumble. They are all pretty much unusable. There are no exits but the way you came in.
Boom leads the way back to the other door, rinse and repeat on the opening. He covers the room with the Boomstick
Maybe the sand outside was silver?
Bo reloads and follows the procession through the house..
MAybe it is ancient bone dust of the dwarves?
The door is locked.
I will sunder it
Well you didn't have magical disable anyway, so not a big deal, though you did lose the ability to pick locks.
As there's no pressure on you currently, you can simply jab your adamantine bayonet in and tear out the lock mechanism.
You notice as you step into the door, that the snowfall is starting to pick up.
This room has a bare plank floor. A wide double door stands to the east, and next to it a shabby curtain closes off another opening. The room’s dry boards still appear to be stout, having successfully remained sealed from the elements over the years.
You could step on them and see if they are sturdy. Perception will tell you if there's a trap.
Jan's going to go back to the room with the cast off stones and then see if everyone's OK with him lobbing stones into the room.
Now I'm the first person to appreciate reasonable paranoia, but this is just a room with a sturdy floor (described as stout), I have no idea why you are wigging out.
Because I forgot to buy an 11 foot pole.
While Jan is being Jan, Boom walks into the middle of the room
Hello?
There is no reply.
Check the next set of doors for a trap
then unlock it w my bayoneete if it is locked
Jan grumbles at Boom's rolling eyes.
Don't judge me. You weren't there for the undead clowns.
There does not appear to be a trap on the door. You stick your bayonet in and tear the lock asunder.
The air in this long-sealed chamber is putrid. The back wall is the solid rock of the cliff face. A ramp rises from the western door to a height of five feet, which is the elevation of the rest of the plank floor. Mounds of dust and rocky debris clutter the floor, while rusty mechanical equipment, large copper tanks, and several rock-crushing and chipping tools sit upon sagging wooden tables. The handle of a shovel sticks up from a debris pile immediately below this aperture. Two pairs of elbow-length, thick leather gloves, stained from long use, hang from hooks beside the north doors.
You see a shadow in the corner but as you enter it resolves more clearly into a balding dwarf with a few facial scars and a full beard separated into two lengths by gold rings. It seems to be scooping up gold dust and eating it.
"You! You have to try this! It’s so... delicious!”
need a will save
You mean like that one in the corner?
Boom points and says Hey Hector. Good to see you again. Love that balloon animal you do of the Shieldmarshall getting his brain chewed on
Still need a will save.
"Did someone say something about undead clowns?"
Oh sorry I skipped over that post
will
Yeah, didn't expect you to fail.
You feel a slight compulsion to try eating some of the dust, but you are able to shrug it off.
Anyone else who enters the room also needs to make the will save.
Bo watches from the back.. "What's wrong with him?"
You can give me a knowledge religion.
Jan will hang back from the crazy dwarf for a second.
No, just a will save.
Bo and Yap recognize it for a haunt.
Both will channel positive energy to try and get rid of the haunt.
DC 17 Will
DC 22 Will
The dwarven figure in the corner fades away. The pile of dust remains.
Well that was exciting.
Great, haunted dwarfs eating heavy metals. I had an uncle in the Works who had the same issue because of mercury fumes. Well, he wasn't a ghost, just barking mad.
"Mostly my relatives just snorted the stuff."