”Whew! That was close!”
Didy hurries over to the mayor and starts patching his wounds.
"Ooh's goodness the Mayor! Shoulda thought somethin' was wrong when's we didn't see you at the party." "More craziness! Who them guys, and what happened?
BumBum will move between the Mayor and the curtain, peeking behind it stealthily to see if more threats are lurking.
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The mayor awakens with a start.
"Oh! Thank you!"
Behind the curtain, BumBum sees a rectangular corridor with 5 doors.
"Thank god you're here! I came yesterday, looking for Harlock, but they barely let me past the door! These men beat me, and threw me into that room." he gestures to the south-eastern room behind the curtain.
"Some of the priests came to see me, just as cruel as them. And they had wicked creatures with them, little flying demons." he shudders.
"The priests said I'd never see Harlock, that he was rotting away awaiting execution in a cell somewhere. I never learned why they are doing this. I don't know what happened here!"
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BumBum will approach Kvothe.
"Hey's I just want to tell's ya, I was pretty scared to come up here. But you, your songs, they really helps a fella out when he needs it. Thanks."
"Mayor, how many priests and how many little demons you see? How little was the demons? Smaller than me? They have wings like this?" BumBum will pull out the Quasit wings. "Like that or bigger wings? You alright? You look a bit paler. You need's more help? I got's a potion. Nellyn gave it to us. He and the Professor looking after the town, don't you worry TOO much. Still not great though. But everybody well fed thanks to PontyPool! Thought we ran out of pickles for a moment, then I woke up on the pitch with everyone staring at me. Then I found a pickle in my hand. So pretty good party. Sorry you missed it. You need help back to town?"
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The mayor shrugs. "Three, I think. There are probably more here though. Yeah, like that!" he says when Bumbum shows him the quasit.
"No, no, I'm fine. I can make my way back to town on my own. If you're continuing on, please save Harlock if you can. I'm sure he doesn't have anything to do with all of this."
"Of course! Don't worry we'll save him. We're adventurers!" he beams proudly.
"Hey, have you seen the sherriff with these guys? We found out from the Muggers that he was being held captive by some animated bushes or something. That certainly sounds like the doing of some druids to me."
Al will cast detect magic and scan for useful items.
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None of the gear the men carried was magical. They each had hide armor, tridents, and wooden shields.
Neither of the doors appear to be trapped. The northern room appears to be a waiting room, containing a table and chairs, with a simple copper jug on the table and several simple clay cups.
The southern room is a storage area, containing a number of boxes and barrels. Among the more mundane gear, you spot a lesser salamander elixer, covered in dust and likely forgotten by the inhabitants.
With help Al will tie up the prisoner and drag him back to the shed for interrogation. Once he's gagged and the doors are closed she'll bring him around.
"Good morning, sunshine. Now, we're going to need you to tell us what you are up to here. If you don't, that sweet little goblin, the one playing with disembodied demon wings over there, he is going to take a bite out of you.
We need you to do so quietly, and not try anything stupid. Otherwise that sweet little dinosaur over there--you know, the one that you tried to kill--is going to take a bite out of you.
If you lie to us, that vicious maddog who has a frankly uncomfortably close relationship with said dinosaur... well I think you get the gist by now.
Now, are we ready to take out your gag?" she says while batting her eyes and smiling.
BumBum will turn on him. "I's not eaten all day"
We are going to knock this guy out again, whomever has the best check will tie him up well, then we will hang him off the cliff about 15 feet down, gagged, and upside down. Any extra rope in the shed?
After hanging the Gozreh piñata BumBum will go back inside beyond the green curtain and start listening at and searching doors for Hazards, starting at the NE door.
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Each of the four rooms are largely the same. Each has a bed and a simple desk with chair. On each desk is a copy of Hymns to the Wind and the Waves, the Gozren holy text.
The southeastern room is a bit different, however. The sheets here are bloodstained and in disarray, and there are a handful of rough wooden shims scattered across the floor—likely used to jam the door shut when Mayor Jae Abber was kept prisoner here.
Didy will search the rooms thoroughly, and examine the holy text.
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Mighty BumBum gets the door open with surprising strength, although it may be lacking in subtlety.
This wide hall leads into the cliff face at an angle. A double door at the west end of the room is carved from blue and green marble and depicts a magnificent abstract pattern that evokes both the wind of a tornado and the water of a whirlpool. The handles are green-enameled metal leaves, each bearing a drop of water. Smaller doors lead out of this hall to the north and south directions. The door to the north has several planks nailed across it.
Another guard is here looking at the door to the north, and beside him is an awful, slimy frog, roughly man sized, with massive tusks sticking out of its mouth. The guard turns and observes you with some surprise as you enter.
"Hi."
"Hi? Hi!? You lazy slouch! You call yourself a guard! No wonder we were asked to test your defenses. This is just embarrassing." she says with a tut-tut and a shake of her head.
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Froggie
Guard
Al
Didymus
BumBum
Kvothe
The frog bounds forward immediately, a trail of slime left in its wake.
However, BumBum avoids the attack.
It follows up with another tusk attempt.
That attempt goes even poorer than the first.
The guard makes an irritated face as the frog moves in front of him, which quickly becomes a full scowl of rage. He take up a position to the side of the door and attempts to poke BumBum through the door.
His attack misses, however.
Al will summon her favorite flash beetle again, just beyond the enemies. It will flash them and then step up into flank with BumBum (DC 17 Fort vs dazzle).
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Froggie (-15)
Guard
Al
Didymus
Ambrosius (2 temps, fast healing 2)
BumBum
Kvothe
Both enemies are unaffected by the flash.
BumBum hits the frog once, then moves away as Ambro takes his place in front of the door. Two arrows from Didy miss and an attack from Ambro also miss.
The frog attempts to tusk Ambro.
All three attacks miss tankosaurus.
The guard here reaches out and shoves Ambrosius.
Ambro holds his position, so the man attempts to skewer the flash bug behind his pet with his trident.
The flash beetle returns to its plane of existence.
Finally, the guard tries to jab Ambro.
Al will second the goblin's menacing glare.
Then she'll run a bolt of electricity through the two of them.
"Good boy!" Didy encourages the tankosaurus who takes a bite out of the frog before falling back a step. As the line of fire is cleared, the archer launches a pair of arrows into the frog. Finally he sizes up his next target.
The archer then fires a pair of arrows into the frog.
Al will detect magic in the room.