"It is not Master Fini, sir. I don't know who it is. I have been asked to keep an eye on the shop and I don't think this man had legitimate access to the shop or Master Fini would have mentioned him."
The people gathered around the door step back as Guilliame leaves the shop to await for the two guards who, along with another shorter person, are approaching along the street.
One of the two guards—a tall woman with a pale complexion—is holding aloft a short wooden truncheon, the end of which is lit up by magic. The second guard—a man with the deeper skin tone of a full-blood Sorian—looks powerfully built and is carrying a crossbow in the crook of his arm. The two guards also have scimitars at their sides while the third person is a young Stemian with apparently only youthful exuberance to protect him.
"Now," begins the woman with the air of leadership, "who can tell me what is going on here? I have heard something about a dead man?"
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
There is silence for a moment as all those with him look to Guilliame to speak.
Then the woman speaks up saying, "There is a dead body in Master Fini's shop. From the smell, I think he has been disembowelled."
The female guard grimaces in disgust and then steps forward using her lit-up truncheon to look inside. "I do not need this tonight," she says to no one in particular before crossing the threshold.
She stops suddenly as a loud growl—as of that of a large beast—is heard coming from the back of the shop.
[Make a Perception check.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
As the female guard backs hurriedly out of the shop, Guilliame gets a glimpse of a pair of lambent eyes reflecting the light from her glowing truncheon. But only for a moment, and then the eyes are gone. However, these are not the eyes of the cat he saw earlier, these are larger, further apart, and they were also at about the height of one of the shop's display tables.
"Monster!" gasps the guard, drawing her scimitar. "There is a monster in there."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"I can provide at least part of the answer I think Officer. Master Fini has left some sort of magickal protection on his house. I don't know more than that. But I do know it is unsafe for anyone to enter. Can I suggest you put a guard on the door and we arrange for it to be shut in a way that a curious passerby doesn't just wander in."
Still looking panicky, the handleader blurts out, "But there's a monster in there. And a body! Where is this Fini? He has a lot of questions to answer."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Master Fini is out of town. The only danger of this house is if someone tries to enter uninvited as this unfortunate gentleman has done. That is why it needs to be sealed."
Try closing the door and see whether it still sits in the door frame.
The door itself seems to be okay and it almost completely closes before it catches on the damaged lock.
As Guilliame opens the door to find out what is catching, one of the people outside says, "Here comes the guards."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Put the knife away discretely. Go out the front door to meet the guards.
Putting his father's dagger back into its sheath, Guilliame sticks it inside his top where it is not obvious.
He then steps outside, bringing his Dancing Lights with him. At the end of the street he can see armour men running in his direction.
"Is the man dead?" a woman asks, looking past Guilliame into the shop. "Who is he? Is it Frans Fini? I did not know he was back."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
OOC Did I look at the corpse long enough to tell whether it was Fini?
The corpse is a younger man than Fini.
[Make a straight Wisdom check to see if Guilliame recognises the man.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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Guilliame doesn't know this man's name, but he recognises as someone from a rival gang from when he was young and spent a lot of time on the streets.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"It is not Master Fini, sir. I don't know who it is. I have been asked to keep an eye on the shop and I don't think this man had legitimate access to the shop or Master Fini would have mentioned him."
The people gathered around the door step back as Guilliame leaves the shop to await for the two guards who, along with another shorter person, are approaching along the street.
One of the two guards—a tall woman with a pale complexion—is holding aloft a short wooden truncheon, the end of which is lit up by magic. The second guard—a man with the deeper skin tone of a full-blood Sorian—looks powerfully built and is carrying a crossbow in the crook of his arm. The two guards also have scimitars at their sides while the third person is a young Stemian with apparently only youthful exuberance to protect him.
"Now," begins the woman with the air of leadership, "who can tell me what is going on here? I have heard something about a dead man?"
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Wait for someone else to say something.
There is silence for a moment as all those with him look to Guilliame to speak.
Then the woman speaks up saying, "There is a dead body in Master Fini's shop. From the smell, I think he has been disembowelled."
The female guard grimaces in disgust and then steps forward using her lit-up truncheon to look inside. "I do not need this tonight," she says to no one in particular before crossing the threshold.
She stops suddenly as a loud growl—as of that of a large beast—is heard coming from the back of the shop.
[Make a Perception check.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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As the female guard backs hurriedly out of the shop, Guilliame gets a glimpse of a pair of lambent eyes reflecting the light from her glowing truncheon. But only for a moment, and then the eyes are gone. However, these are not the eyes of the cat he saw earlier, these are larger, further apart, and they were also at about the height of one of the shop's display tables.
"Monster!" gasps the guard, drawing her scimitar. "There is a monster in there."
---
Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"wait a second officer. Let me check. Go inside."
Clearly frightened, the woman continues to back away from the door. apparently not having noticed what Guilliame has said.
"What is it, handleader?" says her guard companion.
"My light would not show all of the room, so I could not see it properly," she replies, "but it is big and black."
Guilliame sees that the other onlookers are now looking about very nervously and that at least one of them is moving away.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"I can provide at least part of the answer I think Officer. Master Fini has left some sort of magickal protection on his house. I don't know more than that. But I do know it is unsafe for anyone to enter. Can I suggest you put a guard on the door and we arrange for it to be shut in a way that a curious passerby doesn't just wander in."
Still looking panicky, the handleader blurts out, "But there's a monster in there. And a body! Where is this Fini? He has a lot of questions to answer."
---
Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Master Fini is out of town. The only danger of this house is if someone tries to enter uninvited as this unfortunate gentleman has done. That is why it needs to be sealed."
"But, but," begins the woman. "There's a body in there. We can't just leave it, and has anyone checked if the person is alive?"
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.