"We're not, right?"
”I will take your silence as an indication that perhaps you think we are.”
"How have I sunk so low?"
Well..maybe not petty vandals, but we know that they are some animated ones terrorizing the countryside-not saying that these are them mind you...but I ain't saying there not neither. Figure it is easier to rip them apart now instead of...you know...when they are alive! Cordwin says sheepishly under The Inquisitor's harsh interrogation!
”So we poke them once or twice just to see?”
We could poke them and they still might come alive later. Cordwin observes.
René ignores the dwarves' bickering, continuing to pelt the scarecrows with rocks and slowly making his way towards the house so long as none of them move.
Skarn watches to see if the figures react to the pelting they are receiving.
Cordwin would rather see more damage done to the scarecrows, but follows along anyway.
"Do you think this is one of those wild goose hunt things?"
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As you toss rocks at the scarecrows, they jump to life... of sorts. Someone is tied to each post, sacks over their heads, growling and struggling unnaturally.
Round 1:
One of them breaks free from their bonds and drops to the ground.
Skarn will cast detect evil and look at the figure that has gotten loose...
He may do more, depending on how that turns out
"Whelp, guess the peltin' was a good idea." René chuckled dryly.
Skarn detects plenty of evil in the now moving scarecrow.
"Well, it is evil, so likely not some generic farmer. I think we can safely assume they need to get killed, or maybe re-killed is more correct."
Told ye! Cordwin mumbles under his breath as he fires a bolt.
Skarn too will go and hit the thing...
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"A most peculiar turn of events."
"Well, this is why I went 'n pelted 'em with rocks. Though dunno why Skarn didn't just tell us they wuz evil afore; would've saved us th'element of surprise."
"Let bygones be bygones my friend."
Tylur draws the enchanted bastard sword and rushes the closest scarecrow sweeping the blade at the creature'legs.
Skarn silently urges Tyler on in his attack!
"That swing looked pretty good to me!"
"What are the odds that these are the only ones?"
I wish I could say they were, but they probably aren't.
Tyler cuts the head off of the freed one, and Cordwin puts a bolt in the one still hanging, still struggling.
+3 to identify creature abilities and weaknesses
”Oy, those be ghouls indeed. They give you a fever that you don’t want, and they’ll paralyze you with their touch. Kill ‘me fast is the usual prescription. Likely there are more about as these were turned recently. Seems odd though that they’re tied as scarecrows. We’re they tied and then turned, or turned and then tied?”
Now that he says it out loud, some of you realize these probably did turn AFTER they were tied up to these posts...
Poor souls! Tied up and turned into ghouls. What a horrible way to go!
"Wonder if whomever tied 'em up knew they was destined ta change. Prob'ly not or they woulda either killed 'em or kept 'em free. Guess we're stabbing all the scarecrows though ta make they done stay dead."
Yeah! Stab the scarecrows! Sounds like a good plan!
I think it is safe to say that you are able to finish this one off easily enough.
So, you come across two more scarecrows. You stab them and quickly find that they are plain scarecrows.
The next one you come across, Cordwin quickly stabs with glee... only to hear a grunt and soft sobbing...
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René quickly pulls the bag off of the scarecrow's head to reveal the person's face. "Hey, looks like this one ain't turned yet. Cordwin, you got that them healy stick? Mebbe we kin do sommat for ."
"Oops!"
Cordwin will cast a CLW spell.
Who are you and who made you into a scarecrow?
"Oh, and apart from just now getting inadvertently stabbed, how are you feeling?"
He looks very sick, in fact, it appears he will turn within the day.
He moans and looks at you with a deep sadness in his eyes. "The barn...." he mutters and then passes out.
Cordwin, feeling guilty, says, Should we take him back to town and see if some priests can cure him?
"It will need to be quick! He doesn't have much time."
At that moment, his eyes pop open wide. "Lettie! My love..."
And then he is out again.
"Starcrossed fool."
Let us get back to town with all haste. If cured he might shed some light on our investigation!
"Yeah, an' doom any other poor sap left still alive while we're at it?" As soon as the words were out of his mouth, René regretted it. Why the hell was actually arguing against the safe option? Though...actually, it might not be that bad. They'd probably be forced to explore this place again on their way back, so it would probably be best if they caught as many people as they could before they turned. "We should probably check out that there barn he went 'n' mentioned first."
"Yes, to the barn. If twenty minutes is the difference in this lad's chances, then the gods have condemned him, not us. Perhaps there are more to save."
Moving on, you find two more ghouls hanging, and are able to dispatch them before they could break free and attack you. As you turn the last corner, you find another ghoul-in-process, a woman that you assume must be this Lettie. She is also in the final stages of ghoul fever, but at least she hasn't been stabbed.
A1: The Barn
The barn is the larger of the two structures, an L-shaped building constructed around a unique feature-a 12-foot-high stone head, canted slightly to the left, depicting a helmed warrior, his face a stern model of determination. Moss has grown over much of the weathered figure, making his features hard to discern.
This head, known locally as "the Stone Warrior," is a remnant of an ancient Thassilonian statue that once stood in the area. Realizing the statue was too large to move and too unique to destroy, Hambley decided to use
A2: The Farmhouse - pretty basic farmhouse, but the door is open and hanging from 1 hinge.