The sword is magical.
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"Well, if that's the case, we'd better hurry and find the other guys before that slug does! When you're climbing back up, Pebble and I can help in case you slip." Watching nothing and waiting is boring. Pai's excited for more action, though she'd really rather-- "OH! OH GUYS! What if we don't kill these guys, but get 'em all together and it'll draw the monster to them, and then we kill the monster before it kills them! Then we don't have to kill a bunch of people, which I honestly feel kinda bad about. ...But wait. These guys are the ones who summoned that thing, which seems like a totally evil thing to do. So what'll they do next, if we kill their pet monster? Why'd they summon it in the first place? Dang! I wish we'd been able to get that guy up there to talk to us! Maybe the others will talk? We can hope? I dunno. I just don't like the idea of being a murder hobo, ya' know?" Pai babbles her way through her thought process as the group prepares to head back up to the light of day. It doesn't occur to her to do all this thinking without letting it dribble out of her mouth.
The sword is a +1 aberration-bane longsword.
Well that rib tickler is a bit big for my little teeny tiny hands...and Droogi sure as blazes can't use it...maybe to trim his hair... Lini laughs as they head back to figure out their next move.
So...next on the list...
I've seen some huge chunks of cheese in my time...dwarven made I might add...some you need a two hander to slice...and they make their cheese strong...I mean strong...makes you want to drink. Hmm...I might have found out why they drink so much...
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Hitting the pavement, the investigators are having a much more difficult time than the researchers, but eventually they get some leads.
Keeper Baskerwhel: Glem Baskerwhel is (was) a hunch-backed hermit who lives in the Wrythe about a day’s travel east of Carrion Hill. The swamp druid is nonetheless well known in Carrion Hill as a potion-maker, and he visits the city often, always staying with his friend Arlend Hyve at the Elm Way Church on these visits.
Keeper Crove: Waldur Crove is well known as the warden of Crove’s Asylum, a building located in the Crown that the Crows have long used to dispose of lunatics and the insane too dangerous to keep in regular prisons.
Keeper Hyve: Arlend Hyve is an authority on regional history and lore, a sage who dwells in an abandoned church of Aroden on Elm Way on the southern slope of the Tangles. There are whispers that he dabbles in the black market poison and drug trade.
Keeper Marshan: Sulm Marshan is (was) a goggle-eyed man said to have moved to Carrion Hill recently from the coastal town of Illmarsh; he owned and lived in the house in Slipper Market that was destroyed this morning.
Keeper Myre: Rupman Myre is a middenstone baron. He owns a large vathouse down in the Filth along the river banks, and is rumored to be involved with illegal necromancy, but to date the Crows have not been able to find enough evidence to arrest him.
Pai is remarkably silent for 2.3 nanoseconds as she ponders the group's next moves. "Well, that guy up there wasn't Keeper Baskerwhel, 'cause that dude's a hunchback. I'd guess that was Keeper Hyve. Makes sense, since he was doing poison stuff. So Keeper Baskerwhel might be out of town in his swamp. Keeper Marshan lived in that house that was destroyed, so he might be dead already. That leaves Crove at the Asylum and Myre at the vathouse in the Filth. The Asylum's a little bit closer."
You head straight for the asylum. Keeper Crove is the warden of Carrion Hill’s asylum, a brooding structure that looms at the edge of the hill’s eastern cliffs.
Crove Asylum is an oddity this low on the hill’s slopes, for it is made entirely out of stone. There are no windows in the one-story building.
You arrive out front.
Oh yes...this looks welcoming... Lini says rather dourly. She looks over the area for any recent signs of passage.
Droogi...smell anything bad?
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Igor spends a minute at the ground level of the church to finish his spell preparations for the day (Fast Study). As they approach the Asylum he renews his minor magics (Prestidigitation and Light) and cast Heightened Awareness to prepare for the next battle.
@GM Fuzzfoot - Heightened Awareness is already factored into Igor's initiative (+12) and he will trigger it at the beginning of combat.
Igor looks over the structure for concealed doors and he sends Tiny Pebble to look for any possible entrances beneath the ground.
(Take 10 on Perception is 31)
Tiny Pebble swims beneath the ground looking for any subterranean entrances into the tower. He is careful to stay underground and only reappear at the party's current location.
Pebble reportrs back. The are subterranean chambers, and creatures of some sort within, but he can't tell you any more than that without popping out somewhere.
Pai finds no signs of slime.
Lni finds four other doors into the place.
No one else notes anything at this point.
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@GM Fuzzfoot - Thanks that is all the information I want for now from my familiar and I do not want to risk him by having him pop up somewhere in the complex.
"There are definitely rooms and creatures in there underground but I guess that is no real surprise. We should prepare ourselves and then pick a door to enter."
Tiny Pebble returns pointing to the ground and nodding to Igor in the affirmative. He could speak some more if he wanted to but he does not see the point of doing so.
Front door is just as good as any other...let's get this going... Lini says as she pats Droogi on the shoulder to get him ready. She tries the door.
Not only is the door unlocked, but apparently slightly ajar.
Inside the room, 3 men are bound in ropes and straight-jackets, lying on the floor.
As soon as Pai speaks, the bound men start screaming. They seem to be saying something, but it is simply sounding like gibberish.
Are they speaking a language I don't know or are they completely gone? Lini asks as she looks around.
The faithful elemental guards his master.
Borax is correct, this is just gibberish. But it is loud. As far as motivation, it is impossible to guess if there even is a motive here.
Nothing else is obviously out of place.
Lini darts forward to the closest door on the right and flings it open.
Helllooooo....anybody home?
D2. Cloakroom: This area is used to store cloaks, straitjackets, and other bits of clothing used by new arrivals or stored temporarily by visitors.
The lunatics on the floor continue to scream.
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"You know, on one of my recent missions, someone had a wand of Comprehend Languages. Man, that was useful. I wonder if it'd work on those guys? I guess only if they're speaking a language." Pai chatters as she scans the cloakroom, secretly competing with Igor's thorough, methodical search method to see if she can spot stuff before he finds it.
I agree...those unfortunate souls might be beyond help...unless a priest comes by that can cure madness...unless it can't be cure...which is terrifying in and of itself... Lini says, her and Droogi watching the backs of the others.
It is 5 hours since raising the last servitor. 10 minutes to spare is up to you, but there are 3 lunatics screaming their heads off as your friends all thoroughly examine a cloakroom devoid of anything interesting.
The conversation with the dead Crow revealed that he was poisoned by the man you killed while investigating other disappearances, which also seemed to be caused by the dead alchemist. The sword is +1 aberration bane - seems like that could be helpful if you ever encounter this monster.
D3. This bare room is empty. Completely. Not even a chair.
Assuming you move across the hall...
D4. Meeting Room: A chair with attached restraining straps stands before a blackboard. Area D4a is a smaller office.