Ben and Titaani climb the stairs, followed hesitantly by Matilda. They find another windowless marble turret. It is completely empty. A stairway leads upwards to a second turret.
Pud finishes examining the gigantic cake, while Horatio and Elkhorn keep watch at the rear.
Continuing upward, Ben leads the way up the stairs. He watches and listens for any movement, wondering how many more beings frozen in time they might encounter.
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Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Climbing the stairs to the upper turret, Ben finds himself in yet another windowless round room. An enameled red coffer rests on a pedestal of rotting wood in the middle of the turret. The coffer contains a plum-sized jewel made of red crystal that hums faintly. There are no other exits.
"Just that it's connected to the queen," Titaani shrugs, handing it to Ben. "Let's go back, I thought I saw some doors behind the giant cake that we can explore."
Unless you have further business in the turrets, Titaani pockets the jewel (let me know if that wasn't her intent), and the party regathers in the kitchen.
Titaani wanders to the south end of the kitchen and peeks through the doors. Beyond it, she finds Servants Quarters - a candlelit workroom containing tables, dressers, and bunks for the palace staff. Five goblins are frozen in place like statues, caught in the mundane chores of ironing clothes, darning socks, and folding sheets. A row of brass bells is mounted on one wall.
"Well, we do have that unexplored room to the north, and if anyone has a secret to share with Thinnings, we should try summoning him while we are here in the servant's quarters," suggests Ben.
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"Well, we do have that unexplored room to the north, and if anyone has a secret to share with Thinnings, we should try summoning him while we are here in the servant's quarters," suggests Ben.
" You could tell him about your secret Crush on Bavlorna!"
Titaani finds that she can get each of the five bells to ring a little with her fingernail or the tip of her dagger, but they seem to have a clapper behind, within the wall, triggered from elsewhere. They ring in five different pitches.
After making a little tune with the bells, Titaani joins back up with the others. "Shall we sing the rhyme together, then?"
She begins to sing enthusiastically: "Slip underneath the doorway, then fold and disappear! That’s where you’ll be hiding, whenever I am...um..near..." The little gnome pauses, seeming to have forgotten the rest of the words.
Horatio, who had been staring upwards in the dining area in silent contemplation, approaches Pud. "Hey, can you help me? We can use a rope to climb to the balcony above the dining room. That may give us access to the adjacent locked room."
After making a little tune with the bells, Titaani joins back up with the others. "Shall we sing the rhyme together, then?"
She begins to sing enthusiastically: "Slip underneath the doorway, then fold and disappear! That’s where you’ll be hiding, whenever I am...um..near..." The little gnome pauses, seeming to have forgotten the rest of the words.
"But I have something for you, A thing you don’t yet know. I’ll tell you my great secret If only you will show." finishes Ben, wracking his brain for whatever his biggest secret might be.
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Horatio hands Pud the rope. "You had so many good ideas about helping that guy in the air earlier, I figured this'd be a cinch for you." (( If no specific gadgets or ideas, Pud could offer Help to Horatio and he'll roll for it. ))
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Matilda headed up the stairs after Titaani.....still slightly unsure they should be touching these gems at all......
Ben and Titaani climb the stairs, followed hesitantly by Matilda. They find another windowless marble turret. It is completely empty. A stairway leads upwards to a second turret.
Pud finishes examining the gigantic cake, while Horatio and Elkhorn keep watch at the rear.
Ben:
Continuing upward, Ben leads the way up the stairs. He watches and listens for any movement, wondering how many more beings frozen in time they might encounter.
Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Climbing the stairs to the upper turret, Ben finds himself in yet another windowless round room. An enameled red coffer rests on a pedestal of rotting wood in the middle of the turret. The coffer contains a plum-sized jewel made of red crystal that hums faintly. There are no other exits.
Titaani picks up the crystal. "I wonder what this one represents!"
Insight check: 13
Pud followed Ben and Titaani up into the turret. He makes a disgusted face at the sight of the rotting wooden pedestal.
“Doesn’t that rotting wood remind you of Barflona?”
Pronouns: he/him/his
Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 3 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
Titaani palms the red, faintly-humming jewel. She senses a connection to Zybilna but nothing more.
What next?
Ben:
”Indeed, Pud, that is concerning. Tell me, Titaani, do you sense anything about the jewel?” asks Ben.
”We should head back down and show the others,” he adds, starting back down the stairs.
Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
"Just that it's connected to the queen," Titaani shrugs, handing it to Ben. "Let's go back, I thought I saw some doors behind the giant cake that we can explore."
Unless you have further business in the turrets, Titaani pockets the jewel (let me know if that wasn't her intent), and the party regathers in the kitchen.
Titaani wanders to the south end of the kitchen and peeks through the doors. Beyond it, she finds Servants Quarters - a candlelit workroom containing tables, dressers, and bunks for the palace staff. Five goblins are frozen in place like statues, caught in the mundane chores of ironing clothes, darning socks, and folding sheets. A row of brass bells is mounted on one wall.
" So....beanstalk?", said Matilda eagerly.
Titaani reaches over and begins to ring the bells.
Ben:
"Well, we do have that unexplored room to the north, and if anyone has a secret to share with Thinnings, we should try summoning him while we are here in the servant's quarters," suggests Ben.
Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
" You could tell him about your secret Crush on Bavlorna!"
Titaani finds that she can get each of the five bells to ring a little with her fingernail or the tip of her dagger, but they seem to have a clapper behind, within the wall, triggered from elsewhere. They ring in five different pitches.
After making a little tune with the bells, Titaani joins back up with the others. "Shall we sing the rhyme together, then?"
She begins to sing enthusiastically: "Slip underneath the doorway, then fold and disappear! That’s where you’ll be hiding, whenever I am...um..near..." The little gnome pauses, seeming to have forgotten the rest of the words.
Horatio, who had been staring upwards in the dining area in silent contemplation, approaches Pud. "Hey, can you help me? We can use a rope to climb to the balcony above the dining room. That may give us access to the adjacent locked room."
Pud looks to Horatio.
"Yeah, sure! Let's give it a shot. Do you have some rope or what are ya thinkin?"
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Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 3 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
"But I have something for you,
A thing you don’t yet know.
I’ll tell you my great secret
If only you will show."
finishes Ben, wracking his brain for whatever his biggest secret might be.
Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Horatio hands Pud the rope. "You had so many good ideas about helping that guy in the air earlier, I figured this'd be a cinch for you." (( If no specific gadgets or ideas, Pud could offer Help to Horatio and he'll roll for it. ))