Seeing the rest of the group observing Tobold steps forward a bit after the fireworks go off and shout "Hey! What's going on here?"
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Tolbold takes out a potion and hands it to Rekkart and then walks over to Sveth and hands him one as well. He looks up as the sound interrupts him and says "What now?"
Tobold sighs Why couldn't Neronius gone in there first? He then throws a bolt of positive energy at one of the zombies that he can see.
Tolbold wrinkles his big nose "Oh that's awful!'
Tobold ducks to the left and right trying to get a good view of the creature and finally he fires a bolt of acid at the creature.
Tobold moves into the room and fires a ray of acid at the creature attacking Trevor.
After sharing the note Tobold says "Let's check out this last place."
Tolbold nods and says "That accounts for three of that adventuring party. It sounds like from what Grisom was saying that Mord wants a neck for a neck. It also sounds like that adventuring party couldn't get out either."
Tolbold moves out of the room and looks around and tries to remember if there is anywhere they haven't been yet. While doing so he takes a head count.
Tobold keeps up his onslaught of positive energy against the undead creature.
Tolbold again tries to put the ghast down with a bolt of positive energy.
Zinli why don't you carry a loaded firearm?
Tobold rushes into the room and tries to hit the creature with a ray of positive energy.
Tobold see the items in the room and says "Hey Neronius, do you want to add those spears and flail to the pile of things?"
Tolbold gets into the room to see a rope/snake attacking Rekkart. He exclaims "What in the wide wide world of sports is going on here?" He shakes his head quickly to clear it and then tries to burn the rope with acid.
Tobold keeps following the others down the steps and into the main hall.
Tobold slowly follows along with the others.
Tolbold makes it partly across the room following Madge and Sveth.
Tolbold sighs "No sign of Patricia and we find an undead Ebin. This is getting old. How about we all stick together so this doesn't happen anymore?"
Tobold moves to get a clear shot at Ebin with his spell to disrupt undead. He shouts out "This is getting old!"
Tolbold snorts "Don't worry about that bastard. We aren't that lucky! We need to find Patrissa. Where haven't we checked on this level? The cabinet in the bailiff's room? Mord's room?"
Tolbold sighs "Oh great. Another zombie. Let's stick together and look for Patrissa and maybe we can keep her alive." He then heads to the door on the left to check the clerks room first.
Tobold follows along. He snorts "Nice of you to join us." as he passes Neronius.
Tolbold exclaims "OH crap!" He then takes a step back and fires another bolt of positive energy at the creature.
Hearing the iron door shut Tobold looks back and see what Neronius has done. His only reply is "That man dies." He steps into the door and fires a ray of positive energy at the undead creature.
Tolbold looks up as Ninli speaks and solemnly replies "I wonder if the ones from the moneylender were stolen from her. That may be who orchestrated the tainted jury."
"Most fortuitous?!?!?!? Carrie may well be dead! You call that fortuitous???" Tolbood yells at Neronius. "GET OUT OF HERE! You worthless pompous greedy ass!"
Tolbold sighs and then says "Hopefully she can rest now. Let's search the room for clues."
Tolbold fires another bolt of positive energy at the creature but fails to hit it again. He yells in frustration "I really need to figure out how to hit things in melee combat with my allies."
Seeing Carrie fall Tolbold gets desperate and tries to fire another bolt at the creature.
Tolbold moves into the room and places his palm toward the undead creature and a ray of positive energy comes out.
Tolbold smiles and says "I think I have a trick up my sleeve that will hurt this thing. It's best that I have a clear shot at it though."
Tobold smiles at Zinli seeming as she isn't going to die and says to her "I'm glad it seems you aren't going to burn to death. As for him well, I don't think he's dead yet but he is heading that way quickly."
Tobold just shrugs and walks over to Zinli to see what he can do to help her.
Tolbold steps back as the dart comes out and says "You made your choice." Acid then streams toward Sveth. He then sees Zinli burst into flame and shouts "Oh my! Someone help her!"
Tolbold looks downtrodden and says "Why? To get justice for Mord. He didn't kill his wife. Some of us had nothing to do with that injustice done to Mord and that was wrong. Just as wrong as what was done to Madge's father. That doesn't mean what she did to Mord was right. He was responsible for what happened to her father, though I am wondering if the same person was responsible for both." He then turns to Patrissa "Well you were the one bought off. What did you do to turn the others against Mord? Who was the one that bought you off. That may lead us to who is behind this plot."
Tobold looks kindly at Rekkart and says "That is exactly the kind of information I was asking for. You can't remember the evidence. That speaks of some sort of interference with you, probably magical. I was never accusing you of intentionally going against your beliefs." He then turns to Madge "So Mord was your father's hangman and you were more than happy to send him to the gallows guilty or innocent. It wasn't Mord who framed your father, it was someone else. Mord just did his job. It was the judge, jury, and prosecutors who killed your father along with whoever set him up and killed the nobleman." He then turns to Patrissa and gently asks "What was your part in this? How did they get you to vote against Mord?" Suddenly Tobold turns to Killian "Wait a minute! You just said suddenly there were only three from the original jury. But there is four. You! Unless you aren't who you say you are."
Tobold says "Don't bother with the rope. It won't matter. Whoever or whatever is doing this will just untie him first. I think what's more important is that we sit and have a little chat with the three of you left from the original jury. I'm not trying to lay blame here but we need to know exactly what happened in order to try and fix this so some of us get out of here alive." He then looks at each of the three and then says "What happened. How could you have possibly been influenced? How good or bad was the evidence? We know Halgrak's vote was bought due to his debt. I'm not saying any of you were bought but could have been influenced. Think what might have been done."
Powerless Prophecy is in the cyclops area of the monster codex. Haunted could have it's comedic moments and I've always been partial to tongues as well. I have seen it mentioned a few times that this is a horror campaign. I don't think that is correct. This module we are in currently has it's horror elements but that is no guarantee that others will. That will be a question for the DM.
Tobold sighs sadly and says "I think it's too late for Ebin. Carolynn wait! We should all stick together and check on him. Make sure everyone will survive an encounter if we get into one and head up as a group. Past on the past that gong was also Ebin's demise and who knows if he'll come back to attack us like Malgrim."
That 3rd rules quote should say Improved precise shot, not precise shot. Level Up: Sorcerer 2 +1 base attack bonus
I was trying to get a lane where he didn't get the cover for 4 more ac. Firing into melee is bad enough adding the cover makes it worse, effectively -8. Technically not -8 but effectively is. -4 to hit for melee +4 to AC for cover. Cover: To determine whether your target has cover from your ranged attack, choose a corner of your square. If any line from this corner to any corner of the target's square passes through a square or border that blocks line of effect or provides cover, or through a square occupied by a creature, the target has cover (+4 to AC). Precise Shot: You can shoot or throw ranged weapons at an opponent engaged in melee without taking the standard –4 penalty on your attack roll. Precise Shot: Your ranged attacks ignore the AC bonus granted to targets by anything less than total cover, and the miss chance granted to targets by anything less than total concealment. Total cover and total concealment provide their normal benefits against your ranged attacks. I think those are the 3 relevant areas for firing ranged weapons into combat. Firing from the back line is difficult because of the front line providing cover. Casters generally do ok with precise shot due to hitting touch ac. The cover is usually a killer.
I was trying to get a lane where he didn't get the cover for 4 more ac. Firing into melee is bad enough adding the cover makes it worse, effectively -8. I post level up when I get home.
Tobold sighs and moves around the group looking for a better line of fire on the creature.
Tobold sighs as his line of fire disappears. He then shrugs and try's hitting the creature with acid.
Tobold moves around to get a clearer shot at Malgrim.
I took a quick look through firearms and there are no rules regarding storing loaded weapons. In reality a blunderbuss might lose it's load depending on the type of load but again no rules for that that I could find. According to the rules they can be loaded with "cartridges", really just a small paper case keeping it all together.
Tobold withdraws from the undead creatre Malgrim has become.
As far as I know gamewise there isn't a risk of it going off accidentally. Realistically there certainly is but game and realism don't go hand in hand. Realistically, holstering it wouldn't cause it to go off. To my knowledge muzzleloading pistols were always carried loaded and ready to use. Muskets and rifles were sometimes unloaded but that was mostly to force the soldiers to use their bayonets (they didn't want them to stop and shoot) or in a situation where stealth was important.
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