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Is this consistent with what we know about where the murder happened?

Axton moves on to continue searching the area.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 2 = 7

Good job, Axton. Way to go.

As Axton approaches the residence, he casts heightened awareness on himself and starts to look around, focusing on the area where the witness said the murder occured, as well as any unusual characteristics of the location. He is only half listening to Farasha's conversation with the neighbor, but he gives the conversation his full attention when she sends the boy away. Holding his fox, Redtail, in his arms and gently petting it, he approaches the boy.

"One moment, child. Before you go, did you see anything you want to tell us? This is my friend, Conri," Axton says, bringing in a more likeable colleague. "He and I want to make sure that the person responsible for what happened to Mrs. Tamdig goes to jail, where they can't hurt anybody else. Do you have anything you want to tell us? Or ask us?"

"I agree that this calls Mr. Yenos' account into question. But... we also can't rule out that he is telling the truth as he believes it. It was ten at night, and supernatural occurrences in human cities is not unheard of."

"Unless anyone notices anything else, here, let's see if the others are ready to head to the scene."

Where on the neck are the claw marks and choke hold bruises? I'm trying to determine how the choker was holding the victim. If the choker was in front of the victim, the bruising would be on the front of the neck, but the claw marks (and knife cut) would be wrapped around to be on the sides or maybe towards the back of the neck.

Absently scratching his mustache, Axton methodically inspects each part of the body.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Vinca, Rana, Flos, and Axton are headed down to the morgue.

Just a reminder.

Vinca, Rana, Flos, and Axton are headed down to the morgue.

I am traveling for a family emergency. I should be able to chime in as needed once Vinca and the autopsy group settles in if I can avoid spotty Internet connections. I should likely be unsettled for a week

Good luck!

Farasha looks between all the faces in the crowded room, then shrugs.

Excuse me, I think I'll ask the Chief if we can get access to the scene whilst its still fresh. You've got this well in hand she whispers with a smile.

Axton? she turns to the wizard

Might you want to stretch your legs and accompany me to see what physical evidence we can find?

The wizard shakes his head.

"We'll only get one look at the crime scene uncontested. Let's not all traipse through there at different times of day, re-working what others have already done. Let's finish our business here and then go the crime scene as a group. More eyes on the scene will serve us better the first time we get there.

"We still have the suspect to question and the body to examine. Barnibus, I saw you trying to intimidate the merchant in there. That sort of questioning is more appropriate for a perp, so I think that you and Farasha should join Conri in taking his story. Vinca and I will join Rana and Flos examining the body. When we're all done, let's head to the where the victim was stabbed."

Well, twice I've said that visiting the crime scene is something that we should do as a group. Sorry if it feels like I'm backtracking.

Just one: Don't split the party.

That's a great rule for an adventuring party, and it will definitely come into play (such as when we go to investigate the crime scene), but we're not a typical party. We are salaried professionals doing our job in a watchtower or watch building of some sort probably filled with dozens of other watchmen. Our characters have no reason to be that concerned with a safety in numbers mentality.

Right now, I'm envisioning two scenarios: That all seven of us are in the same questioning room surrounding a friendly witness; or some of us are inside questioning the witness, and the rest of us are just outside loitering not getting anything done. Neither scenario seems realistic to me, and that's what I think splitting up will address.

But if I'm the only one who feels this way, I'll drop it.

(Hey Rana, you posted that in the Discussion thread instead of Gameplay, FYI.)

Hey guys, so are the seven of us actually standing around in that room staring at the witness, while only one or two of us are actually talking to him? It seems unlikely, and unless there's an adjoining room with a one-way mirror on the wall, we've effectively split the party. I think that this is good since we also have to interview the suspect and inspect the victim. I think we could do all of that before going out to inspect the crime scene (which does make sense to do en masse).

With that in mind, I sort of evaluated each character for their strengths and skills that will obviously benefit an investigation. Here's my summary:

- Farasha, Floss, Barnibus, and Conri seem like good face-to-face players, where we'll have to interact with NPCs (hostile or not).

- Farasha, Axton, and Vinca have skills/abilities that are good for gathering and analyzing clues and information.

- Barnibus, Vinca, and Conri would be good for stealthy infiltration operations (although those with Disguise Self spells can be situationally useful for this purpose).

- Finally, Floss, Barnibus, Rana, and Vinca have good Perception skills, which can nearly always be beneficial, especially at a crime scene.

So, since Farasha, Conri, Floss are pertty invested in interviewing the witness, what do you say we pull Barnibus and maybe Rana out to intimidate, er, question the suspect, and Axton and Vinca can examine the victim? Or would splitting up three ways complicate things too much?

Any other thoughts?

Hey all, I just realized that the Discussion thread has been open since Thursday night. FYI.

Oh, hey. I just realized this was here.

Will you open the discussion thread?

Seconded.

Rana, Barnibus... you there?

Axton's mustache gets extra bristly as he purses the lips beneath it while considering the information Chief Gylel has given them.

"What sort of things did Ms. Tamdig craft? And what's the husband's name?"

Know. (local) on either the victim or her husband: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

And Axton thinks that they should interview the husband while they're here. We should consider splitting up. We have 7 PCs, after all.

Axton Lorgenberger wrote:

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Awesome, thanks for the consideration!

Vinca's comment reminded me: Since Axton doesn't wear armor, how about extra spells known in his spellbook? Failing that, a credit for some scrolls that he can cast?

I'll let you take 2 extra level 1 spells.

Awesome, thanks. Axton is ready to go.

Awesome, thanks for the consideration!

Vinca's comment reminded me: Since Axton doesn't wear armor, how about extra spells known in his spellbook? Failing that, a credit for some scrolls that he can cast?

Awesome, thanks for the consideration!