"What are the chances that the stamp we need is just sitting in the vestibule with a 'self-service only' sign?"
Vyr will check the door for traps, and then gently ease it open.
"Wait, you're bringing a barnyard animal with us?"
"Oh, Mr. Beans is strictly free-range. No pig pen could hold him, ha, ha."
Willard seems too absorbed in delight at his reunion to pick up on the social implications of Annalise's comment.
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Vyr doesn't notice any traps and the door creaks open when pushed.
The weak light thrown by two dim lamps barely illuminates a vestibule with several coatracks, benches, and an iron umbrella stand. The wallpaper is stained with age and decorated with repeating patterns of snails. A heavy, dark wooden door exits to the south, while a sliding double door leads to the north.
Vyr waves Red forward, and they head in to open the doors to the north.
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A massive staircase of dark wood rises to the north, its maroon carpet pitted with age. The railings are carved to resemble ascending ghosts. The wall atop the stairs bears an enormous, looming portrait 6 feet wide and 9 feet tall. The portrait depicts a bearded older man with curling ram horns, hunched under the weight of a massive snail shell on his back. The figure bears a half grin, as though he knows a particularly delightful secret.
A chandelier of iron and glass hangs down above the stair’s lower landing from the ceiling 20 feet above, its few lit candles flickering weakly. From the lower landing, three different sliding doors lead to the west, south, and east. From the upper landing, sliding double doors lead to the east and west—one on each side of the looming portrait.
"Yes, let's see if we can't find our unknown host." Vyr points at the door to the east.
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This gloomy dining room contains a narrow table with a single high-backed wooden chair at each end. Other chairs and a sideboard stand against the room’s eastern wall. The headless corpse of a hairy, humanoid creature sprawls across the middle of the table.
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"Well. They certainly don't keep a very high standard of housekeeping."
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This gloomy dining room contains a narrow table with a single high-backed wooden chair at each end. Other chairs and a sideboard stand against the room’s eastern wall. The headless corpse of a hairy, humanoid creature sprawls across the middle of the table.
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how and why do i keep doing this?
Vyr will move forward (with Red) heading for the door that appears to be in the northeast, while keeping a close eye on the corpse.
Party moves to the northern door and listens. If nothing concerning, will open the door.
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A large cast-iron sink stands next to a potbelly stove, and counters around the room contain racks of knives, stacks of mismatched dishes, and piles of pots. A large pile of firewood near the stove has been tipped over, spilling old, worm-ridden wood across the floor. Doors lead out of this room to the north and south.
Rooting around in the rotten wood pile is a mangy bore-like creature. Maggots drip from open wounds in its side. When Vyr pokes his head through the door, it snorts and scrapes the floor with a hoof as if it means to charge.
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Annalise
Red
Vyr
Willard
Purple
Vyr moves back, wanting to lure this disgusting creature into the bigger room. He'll cast shield as well. "Incoming worm-infested boar!"
Willard will wait for the boar to emerge.
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The beast roars into the room, stops a few feet from Red, rears up on its haunches and coughs up a blast of disgusting greenish goop in a 15' cone, potentially covering Red and Vyr.
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Annalise
Red
Vyr
Willard
Purple
Vyr casts chill touch and then closes on the boar to deliver the free spellstrike.
DC 13 Fort save or 1 pt of STR dmg
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Annalise swallows back a gag. "I take everything back about Mr. Beans. He is an exemplar of porcine cleanliness."
Not wanting to risk getting in range of the boar's vomit and suspecting mind effecting hexes will not work, she will pull out her crossbow and fire from the door
[dice=Light Crossbow]1d20+2 for [dice=Piercing]1d8
DC 14 Planes. Spoiler above if you get it! ^^^
Seeing the dire straights, Willard concentrates and calls in some aid.
"Shoot, what's best for this situation? I suppose I'll just put out the call and see what's available."
The humble farmer parts the view between worlds and...a giant frog emerges. Unlike most frogs, this one is crackling with lightning and hovering in midair.
"Well, you don't see that every day."
The hovering frog attempts to bite the boar.
for and 1 Elec.
Vyr shifts to take the place of the wounded Red, and swings again.
for and 1 Elec.
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Annalise focuses on the creature's mind, trying to rattle it.
A red light emanates from Vyr's sword, filling all of you with a sense of vigor. You have the effects of Bless
The fiend lashes out against Willard's frog.
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Annalise
Red
Vyr
Willard
Purple -8
Vyr redoubles his efforts . . .
. . . and then shifts to the side so Red can get back in.
for and 1 Elec.
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The party takes advantage of the fiend's lowered defenses to land some blows. Most of the damage doesn't go through, however.
Amid the fighting, you hear a cultured voice cry out, "Oh deary my, oh deary me! From feral hogs you mayhaps flee?!
Willard and Annalise can tell this voice came from the top of the stairs.
It strikes the frog.
"Seriously though," says the voice. "It never comes up the stairs."
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Annalise
Red -19
Vyr
Willard
Frog -16
Purple -20
"I don't know if we can trust that voice, but let's bottleneck it at the door. Red, see about getting some healing. Willard and Annalise, back up a bit to make room for us and I'll hold it at the door."
"Up the stairs, Mr. Beans. We have to make some room for this other porker."
for and 1 Elec.
Willard moves up out of the way.