To avoid jumping the gap in the upstairs hallway, Captain Tarn leads you back to the kitchen and up the backstairs into the north wing on the second floor. The treads appear to be loose and perilous.
Another staircase along the east wall climbs to the upper level. This stair has mostly collapsed—only the lowest six steps are still intact, and there is no easy access to the hole in the ceiling to where the staircase used to lead. A heap of rotten timber lies in the northeast corner.
Down the north hallway, the first door on the left is a room which appears to have been used for storage. A large, ill-made oak chest stands under the window, its lid closed. Elsewhere in the room lie three broken wooden chairs, two splintered wooden buckets, and a mildewed sack.
"Seems there maybe some things orlf worth? In the chest, but I am not one to go rushing in." She says pointing.
Her attention piqued, Argyri goes to look at the chest, wondering if it's trapped or locked.
For his part, Tarn looked around, but was about as clueless as one could be. The day was long and his mind was wandering, and it wasn't long before he found himself thinking deeply about his conversation with Blacklock. He had never really thought about his powers before, such as where they came from or how they worked. These were two questions which were suddenly very pressing.
Seeing others look at the discovery Badger hangs toward the door keeping watch.
Argyri searches and finds the chest unlocked, untrapped, and empty.
With that excitement complete, captain Tarn leads you to the next room down the hallway. In this large bedroom, damp mold covers portions of the walls and ceiling, and rubbish is strewn liberally around the floor. In the center is a single mattress that has been badly torn, from which stuffing protrudes. Under the window sits a large wooden chest, the timbers split and its lid closed. The chest is not locked and opens easily. Inside is a pile of moldy, ragged clothing in styles that were never in fashion—nothing of value—and a bundle of documents. These pages are rotted and stained, their meaning lost long ago.
After spending a few minutes finding nothing more of interest, captain Tarn leads you passed the gap in the floor to the first room in the west wing. What was once a fine master bedroom now stands decayed. Some of the floorboards are missing, and there is rubbish scattered around. A tall wooden wardrobe stands against the wall opposite the fireplace, its door closed. The wardrobe contains two items: a pair of old, cracked leather boots with no value or special properties, and a ragged, stained cloak hanging on a peg. The cloak is tooled with a design of coiling ivy leaves.
"Bah! A waste of time this day has been. Attacked by spiders and we found nothing of value. Are there any more rooms here, or is it time to head home and get a well earned drink?"
"Yes the Skeleton is definitely a must. No need to have it getting loose or some curious children or randy young ones to come up here and well get slain by a Skeleton"Drusilla says as she fingers her hilt and seems to try to look Dignified.
Argyri scratches her head, and mimes stabbing with her rapier. "Hmmmm, I have to imagine I'll miss the fleshy bits...but 'Silla has a point.
"Also, does it look to you like that hole in the ceiling where the staircase used to lead goes somewhere we haven't seen yet? If not, why don't we stack some chairs and tables. I'm happy to try to hop up there, and maybe throw down a rope."
Captain Tarn leads you to the last unexplored room in the mansion above ground. Rubbish is scattered around what was once a fine guest bedroom; there is evidence of rodent infestation, and webs hang in the corners. A four-poster bed stands against the wall opposite the fireplace. Its woodwork is worm-ridden, and the curtains that once screened the bed are torn and stained. There is no bed linen, but the bed is mostly intact.
Badger sighs, "Well so much for the idea of there's more to find here." He turns to Tarn, "Unless we are gonna check this hole in the ceiling or the room already marked dangerous."
”Well…what if the treasure is in the danger room to scare people away? We should give a look. Worst comes to worst we run away, aye?”
" The Danger room, is likely to have things in it. If I recall then we let go spoke of Skeletons in there that they didn't get rid of. I suspect it wasn't able to be ransacked like the rest of the place." Drusilla says with a sharpness to it.
Badger smiles, "Danger it is."
"Gold indeed." Badger quips before moving to the hall trying poorly to hide a grin.
Captain Tarn leads you downstairs twice, down into the cellar and large secret cellar beyond. You arrive at the door with a wooden bar across it, held in brackets on the frame and the door itself. The word "DANGER" is scrawled on that door in the Common tongue using chalk.
Drusilla will cast Mage Armor on herself. After that she will draw her scimitar and ready herself for whatever comes there way
"Fortune and glory!" Tarn said with gusto as he opened the danger door.
The bar securing the door is easily lifted. The smugglers sealed this room after discovering the undead within. Light spilling in from the large room behind you barely shows that the chamber is only about twelve feet across and the corners are filled with shadow. What little you can see is dingy and dirty. Six old skeletons lurk in the shadows here. They rise and attack as soon as you enter the room.
"Get 'em lads! These bags of bones obviously are guarding the treasure!" Tarn said, enthusiastically waving his hammer at the skeletons.
Badger moves in both swords drawn and nods to Argyri so that they can move to a target and he makes sure he is giving her a flank.
Argyri grins at Badger's plan, and tries to pinch that skeleton in a tough spot.
Kwin calls down holy fire upon one of the skeletons.
Sacred flame on one of the skeletons, radiant damage, DC 13 dexterity save to avoid.
Blacklock flies in and flies out before the skeletons can react.
Badger moves in and stays in melee.
Argyri moves in and stays in melee.
Skeletons swarm the two meleers.
"Oi!" Tarn said, as he waved his hammer around. The dwarf charged into the swirling melee, joining with Argyri and Badger. Seeing Badger being the worse for wear, he attacked the skeleton that the gnome had previously hit, causing a splintering of bones as his hammer connected.
Drusilla points at a skeleton on Argyri and in strange Elvish sings some words
Badger reels back trying to maintain his cool he gasps breaking his cool blood spurting from his mouth. He grips his swords and strikes back.
His first strike lands hard glinting off the creature's spine and cracking several ribs but his second is little more than a futile motion of failing intension.
Argyri manages to avoid one of the skeletons, but the other scratched her across the cheek.
Just then, she sees Blacklock's epic smackdown out of the corner of her eye. "Woah! Nice work, kid!
"You too, Badger, but you look pretty badly banged up. You want to pull back?"
She swings with rapier and dagger, connecting with both.
Badger nods and starts to look for a route to move out of melee.
Kwin calls down holy fire upon one of the skeletons that dodges out of the way.
The dwarf charged into the swirling melee, joining with Argyri and Badger.
Drusilla points at a skeleton on Argyri and in strange Elvish sings some words.
The pugilist's feet didn't touch the floor for more than a flash of lightning before the kid was back in the fray.
Badger grips his swords and strikes back.
Argyri swings with rapier and dagger, connecting with both.
The skeletons counter-attack Tarn and Argyri who gets tagges with a rusty shortsword.
Slamming his hammer into another skeleton, Tarn couldn’t help but marvel at how much damage Blacklock could do with just his hands. It made him wonder if there was some magic in the lad afterall. Such thoughts vanished as he found himself forced to refocus on the task at hand.
Drusilla sighs and gestures to another one near Angyri and Sings a few Elvish notes.
Badger moves to give Argyri a flank and strikes at the skelly attacking her.
Sacred fire, doing radiant damage unless it makes a DC 13 dexterity save.
Blacklock ninjas in and kung fus a skelelton.
Tarn slams his hammer into another skeleton disassembling it.
Drusilla sighs and gestures to another one near Angyri and Sings a few Elvish notes.
Badger moves to give Argyri a flank and strikes at the skelly attacking her.
Kwin Sacred fires and destroys the gnome's skeleton.
Argyri tries to skewer the final skeleton before it can do more damage.
Argyri tries to skewer the final skeleton before it can do more damage.
The last skelly strikes at Tarn but misses him. Now, you finally notice a faint blue light appearing at the seam of a secret door. The light gradually grows brighter until a hunched corpse wearing a pointed hat and dressed in a robe embroidered with mystic symbols crosses through the hidden door. Thin wisps of beard float from its bony jaw. It raises a finger, tracing arcane symbols in the air. In a hoarse voice, it speaks: "Secrets found and lost then found again. Your paltry minds cannot fathom..."
The skeletal alchemist lobs two vials at Drusilla and Kwin hitting both. Kwin takes it to the chest and causes him to blackout.
Drusilla will begin to sing and draw her Scimitar as she begins to move towards Alchemist and strike
Tarn swung at the last skeleton as hard as he could so that he could advance on the alchemist. Sadly, the blow was as powerful as it was inaccurate.
Kwin turns at the sight of the undead alchemist. Even as he snarls and raises his holy symbol, the acid catches him square in the chest. Between the burning and the fumes, he succumbs. He falls to the floor hard.
Badger moves again hoping to leave a path for Argyri's to flank if he can. When he finds his moment he strikes with both swords.