[dice=history]1d20 + 8 + 6
[dice=history]1d20 + 8 + 6
I selected myself to make the DC 25... See above rolls
I don't have knowledge history or local, so I will just sit back and watch these guys.
Can I buy a short bow in town?
Yes at book.
I selected myself to make the DC 25... See above rolls[dice=history]1d20 + 8 + 6
[dice=history]1d20 + 8 + 6
This makes no sense to me; please clarify.
I rolled 23 for prison research check. I know the five prisoners. I rolled again and got 30. The DC check 25 says one person needs to be selected to gain more information. I assumed my 30 was good enough.
I rolled 23 for prison research check. I know the five prisoners. I rolled again and got 30. The DC check 25 says one person needs to be selected to gain more information. I assumed my 30 was good enough.
The "one" in "one must be selected" is one of the 5 prisoners. Which prisoner would you like to research with that 30? It will take place on day 5 after the funeral.
Yes at book.I don't have knowledge history or local, so I will just sit back and watch these guys.
Can I buy a short bow in town?
Ok, buying short bow at 30gp.
I will take all the arrows that we found unless someone else wants some too.
Waiting on you all for research rolls and activity.
Vraxel you got your bow and can still make a check on the prisoners as you have access to the archives. Will need to roll high, but it's a chance.
Uuranx, same for you.
I'll roll for Alamin (day 5) after I see who Randtam finds out about.
Go Germany!
NO! NO! to know... Rescue us Randtam!
Germany uber alles!
SO close!
The fifth morning after the burial of the Professor, the small town of Ravengrow is rocked by the news that someone has once again defaced the stone memorial that honors the guards that gave their lives preventing the prisoners from escaping and thus saving the village from a night of even worse violence.
Kendra, disconsolately-I just can't believe this. Who in their right mind would do such a thing? I thought the first time it was maybe one of the juvenile delinquents of the town, but given the reaction to the first event I can't imagine they would try it again. EVERYONE in town has been upset over this; and worse, while the first time they killed a large rat to make the letter "V", this time they killed a dog and drew an "E". Killing rats makes sense to me, but killing dogs is just plain sick...
As my first roll was a 30 I would like more info on Father Charlatan.
NO WORLD CUP UPDATES!!!!!!
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Father Charlatan: Of the
five notorious prisoners, only Father Charlatan was
not technically a murderer, yet his crimes were so
blasphemous that several churches demanded he be
punished to the full extent of Ustalavic law. Although he
claimed to be an ordained priest of any number of faiths,
Father Corvin was in fact a traveling con artist who used
faith as a mask and a means to bilk the faithful out of
money in payment for false miracles or cures. He became
known as Father Charlatan after his scheme was exposed
and his Sczarni accomplices murdered a half-dozen city
guards in an attempt to make good the group’s escape.
** spoiler omitted **
Please show findings on the Father to everyone.
Any extra pluses for another day?
News update: remainder of World Cup cancelled, USA declared victors.
Do I have any more attempts?
[dice=history]1d20 + 8 + 6
[dice=history]1d20 + 8 + 6
Do I have any more attempts?
You can only make a check a day.
Day 5=whiff
Day 6=Success!
Day 7=whiff
Day 8=Success!
Day 9=Success!
So Randtam has succeeded in identifying 3 out of the 5 key criminals of Harrowstone by day 9.
Alamin is no help in the research.
Everyone can read the Father Charlatan post.
Any other actions between Day 5 and Day 9? Uuranx and Vraxel make your checks.
Randtam needs to declare who his other two successful researches were on.
knowledge rolls
I would like to know about the Splatter Man.
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The Splatter Man (Hean Feramin): Professor
Feramin was a celebrated scholar of Anthroponomastics
(the study of personal names and their origins) at the
Quartrefaux Archives in Caliphas. Yet an accidental
association with a succubus twisted and warped his
study, turning it into an obsession. Feramin became
obsessed with the power of a name and how he could use
it to terrify and control. Soon enough, his reputation
was ruined, he’d lost his tenure, and he’d developed an
uncontrollable obsession with an imaginary link between
a person’s name and what happens to that name when the
person dies. Every few days, he would secretly arrange for
his victim to find a letter from her name written in blood,
perhaps smeared on a wall or spelled out with carefully
arranged entrails. Once he had spelled his victim’s name,
he would at last come for her, killing her in a gory mess
using a complex trap or series of rigged events meant to
look like an accident.
On the ninth day after the funeral Kendra comes home ashen faced, I can't believe it. Someone defaced the memorial AGAIN! This time they took a sow and its seven young piglets and used their blood to draw a "S" on the stones. Sheriff Caeller says he's going to start posting a watch of deputies to capture the culprit. I hope they catch him and lock him up, the fiend!
Don watch the game! USA! USA!
"Friends look what I found about the Splatter Man:
His real name was Professor Feramin was a celebrated scholar of Anthroponomastics (the study of personal names and their origins) at the Quartrefaux Archives in Caliphas. Yet an accidental association with a succubus twisted and warped his study, turning it into an obsession. Feramin became obsessed with the power of a name and how he could use it to terrify and control. Soon enough, his reputation
was ruined, he’d lost his tenure, and he’d developed an uncontrollable obsession with an imaginary link between a person’s name and what happens to that name when the person dies. Every few days, he would secretly arrange for his victim to find a letter from her name written in blood, perhaps smeared on a wall or spelled out with carefully
arranged entrails. Once he had spelled his victim’s name, he would at last come for her, killing her in a gory mess using a complex trap or series of rigged events meant to look like an accident."
"Is it just me, or does that sound sort of like what Kendra described happening to the town memorial with the letters V and E painted in blood?"
Rantdtam's findings to everyone about the mosswater mauler and the piper of illmarsh.
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The Mosswater Marauder (Ispin Onyxcudgel)
Only 5 years before his hometown of Mosswater was
destined to be overrun and ruined by monsters from the
nearby river, Ispin Onyxcudgel was a well-liked artisan
and a doting husband. When he discovered his wife’s
infidelity, he f lew into a jealous rage and struck her dead
with his hammer, shattering her skull and his sanity with
one murderous blow. Wracked with shame and guilt, Ispin
became convinced that if he could rebuild his wife’s skull
she would come back to life—but unfortunately, he could
not find the last blade-shaped fragment from the murder
site. So instead, Ispin became the Mosswater Marauder.
Over the course of several weeks, the cunning dwarf
stalked and murdered nearly 20 people while searching for
just the right skull fragment. He was captured just before
murdering the daughter of a visiting nobleman from Varno,
and was carted off to Harrowstone that same night.
The Piper of Illmarsh (real name unknown):
Before he snatched his victims, the Piper taunted his
targets with a mournful dirge on his f lute. He preferred
to paralyze lone victims by dosing their meals with lich
dust and then allowed his pet stirges to drink the victims
dry of blood.
I research the Piper Of Illmarsh fully.... He has a name
I research extra so I get one more try about " the lopper"
I have local and history both.
I research the Piper Of Illmarsh fully.... He has a name
[dice=history]1d20 + 8 + 6
I research extra so I get one more try about " the lopper"
[dice=local]1d20 + 8 + 6
I have local and history both.
You can't identify the Piper's name from the records in the Town Hall or Church. His name might be recorded somewhere, but it's not in Ravengrow.
Your "Lopper" research roll will be for day 10.
Currently it is day 9.
USA! USA!
On the ninth day after the funeral Kendra comes home ashen faced, I can't believe it. Someone defaced the memorial AGAIN! This time they took a sow and its seven young piglets and used their blood to draw a "S" on the stones. Sheriff Caeller says he's going to start posting a watch of deputies to capture the culprit. I hope they catch him and lock him up, the fiend!
"Glad there is no S in Vraxel, I was getting worried after V and E. I would point out to you Alamin that your last name Silvergleam contains a V, E, and S."
Vraxel my ears seem to remember you singing a certain song you learned in town. What were the lyrics again. If memory serves it seems to have to do with the prisoners.
"Does everyone remember the song that the girls were singing while they were skipping rope when we went to the town hall:
The SONG went: Put her body on the bed. Take a knife and lop her head. Watch the blood come out the pipe. Feeds the stirge, so nice and ripe. Drops of red so sparkly bright. Splatters spell her name just right. With a hammer killed his wife. Now he wants to claim your life. Tricksy father tells a lie. Listen close or you will die.
This song seems to be describing the 5 prisoners we are researching. The Piper use his stirges to suck the blood from his victims. The Splatter Man spells out the names of victims. The Mosswater Marauder killed his wife with a hammer. Tricksy father must refer to Father Charlatan.
I am guessing that when we get the research on the Lopper, we will find that he put his victims on a bed and lopped off their heads.
I don't know what it all means, but it sounds pretty damn evil and creepy."
Vraxel my ears seem to remember you singing a certain song you learned in town. What were the lyrics again. If memory serves it seems to have to do with the prisoners.
Damn Don, I was writing my post, while you posted this, great minds think alike.
On the ninth day after the funeral Kendra comes home ashen faced, I can't believe it. Someone defaced the memorial AGAIN! This time they took a sow and its seven young piglets and used their blood to draw a "S" on the stones. Sheriff Caeller says he's going to start posting a watch of deputies to capture the culprit. I hope they catch him and lock him up, the fiend!"Glad there is no S in Vraxel, I was getting worried after V and E. I would point out to you Alamin that your last name Silvergleam contains a V, E, and S."
The light of Sarenrae protects me; I fear no ghostly spirit. However, we should apprehend whomever is defacing the memorial and question them. Maybe they are in league with this Whispering Way? Also, they should not be allowed to continue to deface a public monument that holds such meaning to the people of Ravensgrow. Look how it has affected Kendra.
Alamin I am happy you do not fear any ghostly spirit because that is most likely what we shall face when we go to the Prison. Agreed lets make sure we find who is defacing the public monument. Any ideas? Maybe Vraxel can hide in a spider/halfling hole?
BTW. What is Professor Lorrimar and Kenrdra's last name.
Lorrimar is the last name, his first name was Petros.
I knew that I was just testing you.
Can we set a trap by the statue to observe what or who has been defacing the statue. Could it be the ghost of the Splatterman, or someone impersonating his deeds?
Is there anywhere to hide near the memorial?
Kendra gives you some directions to the site and with Vraxel's skills you quickly navitate the half mile path that leads you down towards the river. There you find one of Ravengro's most distinctive landmarks-a 25 foot tall, moss covered stone statue that overlooks the river. The stature depicts a proud, muscular human man dressed in leathers and wielding a truncheon-a depiction of Warden Hawkran; so says the metal plaque at the base of the statue. There are a total of 25 other names-the guards who dided in the fire of 4661, as well as the warden's wife, Vesorianna. You can tell that the chest of the statue has been recently cleaned and there are ample blood stains near the statue where the animals were killed.
There are several large patches of shrubs and small trees surrounding the monument.
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Hide out in one of the patches of shrubs and trees.
Randtam should research Vesorianna. Maybe that's the name being spelled out in blood.
The small knowledge I have already gleaned through my correspondence with the Professor was that the Warden's wife was at the prison, but nobody knows why. It sounds like she had no real reason to be there. I shall research this more.
Any bonuses for the check?
Hide out in one of the patches of shrubs and trees.
Randtam should research Vesorianna. Maybe that's the name being spelled out in blood.
Give me a stealth check, and how long do you hide in the shrubs/trees.
The small knowledge I have already gleaned through my correspondence with the Professor was that the Warden's wife was at the prison, but nobody knows why. It sounds like she had no real reason to be there. I shall research this more.
Any bonuses for the check?
[dice=local]1d20 + 8
The curiosity of the Warden having his wife at the prison is the only record of her being there. Her name remains a mystery.