Oh wow, I'm sorry to hear that. My condolences to his friends and family.
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Sylvar searches the room. "Not sure there's much left here," he says as he carefully searches the room, making sure to note if it looks like anything else will fall from the loft.
Sylvar inspects the hopeknife. "I wonder if Rodrik set this here or if someone stole it from him and put it here. I'm feeling a little weak from the spider bite but I think I can continue. Let's finish searching this level," he says as he begins moving to the other end of the room. Seeing the door at the end of the hallway they first entered, he searches it for traps before opening it.
Sylvar is relieved he doesn't have to fight the spider in his weakened condition. "Thank you all for your help. Seems I was too focused on what was "in" the room and didn't think to look up. That bite really hurt. Give me a moment to see if I can regain my strength," Syvar says as he leans against the wall.
"Ahhh," Sylvar yells when the spider drops on him, it's fangs digging into his shoulder. Almost instantly, he feels a warming sensation spreading from the wound.
We chose not to go down the trapdoor. I went through the single door in the SE of the room with the haunts. The room had a chest and stairs down to the cellar. We're staying on the ground floor and going through the single door in the N wall of the room with the stairs.
Sylvar smiles when he is able to bypass the magical lock. "Hmm, I wonder who these belong to. Can anyone use these?" he asks. If no one claims any items, he places them in his pack. "If anything, we can sell them. Let's go through this other door to finish exploring this level," he says while waiting for the rest of the group. Once they are ready to proceed, he walks through the door and looks around more closely than when he peeked out earlier.
"Yes, so we need to keep alert as someone or something else may still be here. Watch the stairs while I check this door and then the lockbox," he says as he checks the other door for traps before opening it to see what is on the other side.
"Once I check this lockbox, I think we should finish exploring this level before going down into the basement. Darren, can you say a prayer for me?," he says after closing the door and moving over to the lockbox to check it for traps.
"Alright, but I'm not sure I want to come back into this room. Maybe we will find where the door leads from below and won't need to come back. Let me check this single door," he says as he moves over to search it before opening it.
Unable to resist, Sylvar checks the trapdoor for traps before opening it. "Can anyone else help searching so we don't run out of time. I really don't want to still be in here when those haunts come back. I hope I'm not doing anything to trigger them," he says.
"I don't know that I want to experience that again. Can they do anything to us? Is everyone comfortable searching the room before we leave?" Sylvar asks as he quickly moves over to the single door to check for traps before opening it, although he will leave the room the way they came in if the group prefers to.
"It looks like the spirits of the dead still haunt this place. I don't have a way to apply positive energy to stop them though. Let's go back out into the hall, Sylvar says quickly trying to user the others back the way they came in.
Sylvar searches the room even though he doesn't expect to find much given the condition of it.
He then searches the doors for traps while the group decides where to go next.
Is the NPC cleric temporary?
"Yes, of course. Let me check these double doors for traps before we open them. If someone could watch down the hall to make sure nothing comes from that direction while I do this," Sylvar says as he approaches the doors.
"Do you want me to see what's at the end of the hall next or should we see what's behind these doors first?" he asks his companions.
Sylvar scans the building. "Seems as good a choice as any," he says before going up to the door and searching it for traps.
Are going to the plague house today or wait for Omast to sober up? Can we go to the plague house and talk to Omast when we return? If he's not sober by then we could then try first thing in the morning.
We still don't have a healer. The sooner we find a replacement, the better.
What time of day is it now? Do we have time to go to the Plague House?
Where are we at with this game? I'm not sure who is still checking in and plan to continue.
Sylvar looks at the others in the group, hoping someone from town would speak. Seeing no one step up, he clears his throat to get Omast's attention. "Hello there, can we speak with you for a moment? We are investigating Rodrick's murder and have a few questions," he says and waits for the man to lower himself from the wall. "We found a similar substance as the graffiti in a room at the inn. Do you have any idea what the symbols mean or who put them there?" "Did Rodrick ever talk to you about anything he was investigating?"
Sylvar looks a little disappointed he wasn't able to get more useful information from the half-orc. "Ok. Thank you for your help," he says before turning to the others. "It does seem we need to go to the plague house. Maybe we can discover more there. We also should talk to Omast to see what he knows. Let's talk to him first," he suggests.
Sylvar looks through the journal while Lialda talks to the seer. His brow furrows at the potential implications of Rodrick's statements. He offers the journal to anyone else in the group, encouraging someone to read it. He then pauses for a moment to collect his thoughts before addressing Katrezra again. He does his best to keep his voice neutral and not sound accusatory but watches how the half-orc responds to see if he's hiding something.
"Have you read the journal?"
"Hmm." Sylvar seems a little disappointed in what Katrezra is able to tell them but hopes he can find something useful in the journal.
Where are things at with finding a replacement healer?
"A troll? Could it be in charge of the half-orcs that seemed to have killed Rodrick," Sylvar wonders out loud. "Can you tell us any more about your nightmares? Are the symbols in your dreams the same as those found in town?" he asks as he begins to look through the journal for any clues.
Sylvar smiles with relief that he is still alive. "We were hoping you could tell us what Rodick was investigating. Did he speak to you about it? And we've been told he kept a journal but have been unable to locate it. Do you know anything about it?"
That is unfortunate. We definitely need to replace our healer. It looks like there were a number of them in recruitment. JasonX - do you want to reach out to any of them through PM to see if they are interested?
"Good morning. We were speaking with Tyari Varvatos at the Sanctuary. She indicated that Rodrik had been speaking to Katrezra over the last few weeks. We would like to speak with him to see what he knows about Rodrik's investigation but it seems he is gone, possibly in hiding. It's important that we keep him safe. Do you have any knowledge of his whereabouts?" the elf says.
Sylvar makes sure to reset his wrist sheath with a normal dagger as the group trys to settle in for the remainder of the night. He felt somewhat confident that they would be safe to rest but was unsure what tomorrow would bring. The next day, he seems more on edge than he had been before. Getting ambushed twice in one day will do that to a person. He looks at everyone he doesn't know suspiciously, wondering when the next attack will come. "Yes, let's move on. We need to find him before the half-orcs do," he adds.
Sylvar jumps over the bed to look out the window for the escaped assassin. Not being able to see enough in the dark of night, he turns back to look at their prisoner. Seeing his dagger on the floor, he bends down to pick it up, wiping some blood from it. "It seems someone doesn't want us to continue our investigation."
Other than getting booted for maintenance yesterday, I haven't had any problems.
The sound of battle clearing his head, Sylvar get out of bed as quickly as he can. With a flick of his wrist, he has a dagger in his hand which he throws at the closest assassin.
"I have to remember to put a regular dagger in this," he thinks to himself as the dagger finds its mark.
Sylvar quietly snuck around the perimeter of the room, careful to stay in the shadows. Reaching the tapestry, he glanced around the room, making sure he hasn't been spotted. Pulling the tapestry aside, he scans the wall for the telltale signs of a secret door. A smile crosses his face as he finds it and he quickly disables the trap. "They will have to do better than that to stop me," he thinks to himself as he opens the door. There before him on a pedestal in the center of the room was the object of his quest. The blue diamond had to be as big as his fist. It was so close. He approached the pedestal reaching out for the gem. "Assassins," he hears someone yell in warning from the other room. " He'd been discovered. No matter, he will take care of them just like he did the guards earlier," he thinks to himself. "Wait a moment, who yelled. I'm alone. That voice sounded a little familiar though, but from where?" Sylvar's eyes open as he quickly sits up, trying to get his bearings.
Sylvar let the women from town talk to Brinya, figuring she would be more open with them than some stranger. He listens to the conversation, taking mental notes, and nods as the half-orc confirms some of the group's suspicions. He turns to respond to Aradesh. "We may find Rodrik's jounal when we find Katrezra. I think finding both will give us some very needed information about what he was investigating. That in turn may lead us to the apprentice from the weaponsmith."
"Yes, let's try to talk to Brinya next but hopefully we will be able to find Katrezra. He may be able to shed some light on what Rodrik was investigating," Sylvar adds.
"It would be helpful if we could speak to Katrezra to see what he and Rodrik had been discussing. Where can we find him?" Sylvar asks Tyari. He then turns his attention to Brantos. "Do you know what he was investigating? It's very likely it may have led to his death."
Not know much about healing, he lets the others inspect the body while he tries to help the best he can, pointing anything out that looks out of the ordinary.
Being new in town, Sylvar let the ones from town take the lead. "While it may take us longer to get things done, I agree that we should stick together. Splitting up will only make us easier targets if someone is trying to stop our investigation."
"Urnsal, you say. Do you remember how long ago she quit? And how long had she worked for you?" Sylvar asks sensing a potential connection to the events.
Sylvar rubs his eye as if he has something in it while the others examine the wolves. "Poison? Good thing they weren't able to bite anyone. It seems things are moving quickly in whatever plan our enemy has conceived. Let's get to the weaponsmith."
"Did you have something else to say, Kilien," he asks.
The attack came fast, not expecting wolves in the middle of town. Sylvar is impressed with the group's ability to take care of themselves. Hoping to help out, he stabs at the nearest wolf with his longspear but he can't get his spear into position and nearly dropping it.
"Well, that was embarassing," he thinks to himself, hoping the others are too focused on the wolves to notice.
Slyvar helps search the rooms. "Seems we found who put up the markings. Now we just have to figure outwhat they mean," he comments as the group discusses their next move. He nods in agreement woth the decision to visit the weaponsmith. On the walk over, he listens to Aradesh give the group some background information on who they were going to see.
Sylvar nods in agreement. Could the "other preparations" be those symbols that have been found around town?" he wonders out loud.
Sylvar pauses while Aradesh speaks to Cham. "You will be doing us and yourself a favor by telling us what you know," the elf says in a caring tone. "We can do this the easy way or the hard way," he thinks to himself as he smiles at Cham, waiting for her answer.
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