[DFRPG] Crawl! IC

[ajardoor]

Vic cannot find a key in the bedroom. A quick look-around discovers the tapestries around the room are actually painted canvas - pretty, but relatively inexpensive.

(OC: Note to self: 13, 10.)

[Hide]

Bain runs some checks to make sure the room is clear and safe: Observation (13+1) 12, traps (13) 10, tracking (12) 10, magery (10) 7*.
Then he takes a safe position and makes watch as his friends also check the place, camouflage (17) 9.

*This is a check against magery/IQ to get tap the vibe of the place, anything extraordinary in the room?

[PumpkinLorica]

THE VOICES SAY I MUST CHECK, MAYBE THE MONSTER OR ITS JUNK IS HERE, GONNA CHECK IT!
♡ॢ₍⸍⸌̣ʷ̣̫⸍̣⸌₎

Hidden lore demons: 14/8.
Detect magic: 14/13.

[ajardoor]

A scan of the room and nothing sticks out to the alert adventurers.
Multiple people were living in this room, in shifts.
No traps in the room. Whew.
No signs of demons. Whew.
There is nothing magical in the room. Dang.

[PumpkinLorica]

THE VOICES, they say: TAKE THE VALUABLE THINGS, AND BURN THE ROOM TO DESTROY THESE BODIES! Gathika kicks the bodies out of the cart, bodies, because she killed the captives. She loads the cart with the expensive items (checks with merchant 13/13). OwO COMARDE VIC! Place the candelabra in the cart but keep the candles.

Originally Posted by ericthered

"I'm an elementalist, not a wizard!"

Gathika suddenly remembers what Telrith said before!

“enyenye I elementalist” (=ಠᆽಠ=)
(She mimics Telrith’s voice)

STONEFRIEND, PUSH PAST YOUR LIMITS! YOU GET TO NOWHERE IF YOU CAMP IN THE CONFORT ZONE ALL THE TIME.

Gathika takes the candles and places them in a ceremonial fashion,
But also, to let the fire spread quickly.
She paints the candles red, with blood.
Occultism 14/12.

I AM NOT ELEMENTALIST BUT I WILL BEND THE ELEMENTS OF THIS ROOM. BEHOLD THE RITUAL OF SUMMONING THE ELDER’S BLESSINGS.

♡ॢ₍⸍⸌̣ʷ̣̫⸍̣⸌₎

BLOOD MIXES WITH WAX, DREADFULLY DISTINCT AGAINST THE DARK, A RED SUN CONVULSES AND SETS, TO LET FEAR SPARK!

What you heard sounds like this.

[vicious Violence]

Vic destroys both heads (lest they come back as skeletons), and watches solemnly as Gathika performs her rituals.He takes any valuables (candelabra).

Maybe we can see what happens to the smoke after all now!

After that is done we head to the secret passage.

[Hide]

Bain is doing watch outside of the chamber.
When the rest of the party comes out, he asks:

Why did you set the room in fire?
And, if the note said they were ready to bribe us, where's the money?

Don't rush into the hidden passage, be careful, says Bain.

[vicious Violence]

Originally Posted by Hide

Bain is doing watch outside of the chamber.
When the rest of the party comes out, he asks:

Why did you set the room in fire?
And, if the note said they were ready to brive us, where's the money?

Don't rush into the hidden passage, be careful, says Bain.

Valueless objects can be made valuable. Fire is valuable. I think the coinbag is in the wheelbarrow.

[Hide]

I see, then let's not stay much around the smoke; at least we may find what happened with the previous fire. On the other hand, if there were more hidden passages or creatures, the smoke could tell.

Bain remains alert as the party moves; perception (13) 8 (anything new?). He's also doing stealth (14) 14 and is under the camouflage 17 (9), taking as much cover as possible.

[ajardoor]

Originally Posted by PumpkinLorica

She loads the cart with the expensive items (checks with merchant 13/13).

There are dozens of complete clothing sets in the closet, a third of which is for women, the rest for men. Worth $180 each.
The silk sheets on the bed are worth $500.
The cosmetics are worth $50.
The mirror is both fragile and bulky, but worth $300 on the market.
The silver chandelier is worth $1200.
The four painted canvas are $30 each, and they are very bulky.

(OC: all Player Characters have earned 1 bonus Character Point for looting the bedroom.)

Behind one painted canvas is a small tunnel leading to a shallow alcove with shackles, probably a prisoner's cell.