(Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown

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With the loud sound of the shed crashing down, Leelan runs over to the Rohuzar and Aubrey.

"Is everyone alright?", he ask worriedly.

 Rohuzar shakes his head. "Maybe I'm just... Anticipating too much. Ready to see ghosts, so I see frightening things. It's just shed." 

"It was a shed.... We should stick close together and be aware of our surroundings at all times." Guilim says as he keeps his weapon at the ready, his head moving all about 

Aubrey nods at Guilim, intending to follow his leader. "Whereto next Rohuzar?"

Rohuzar looks towards the house, and gestures. He makes to enter the front door, and start his investigations there. 

Aubrey summons Furvus from it's pocket plane, letting it stay close in ethereal form to keep watch into the ether for them.
Perception: 20 Furvus perception: 14
He then follows Rohuzar towards the front door.

"Zip didn't see anything in any of the windows, but some of them have the curtains drawn." He points up to a second story window with only musty cloth behind it to prove his point. "I'm ready for anything, but I'm not really sure what I'm doing. Hopefully we can find it easily enough; I think that'll be the hard part."

You walk up two steps onto the small front porch and approach the front door of Flamewatch Hall.  A tile mosaic over the door spells out the building's name in blue and brown colors.  As promised, the door opens for Rohuzar as if unlocked.

You enter into the foyer of the manor.  No candles are lit and the halls are dim, though the windows and open door provide enough light to see.  It is clear the exterior work on the house was matched inside.  While the grounds may be a mess, the home has been restored to its former glory.  The wood floors are finished and stained and the wood paneled walls show fine detail work.  

Immediately to your left, a set of double doors stand closed.  They are flanked by low tables, each topped with a decorative stone statue; one a wild boar, one a screaming monkey.

Directly ahead, the foyer opens up into a parlor.  The curtains are drawn but you can make out a small piano and some lounge chairs.

To your immediate right is a flight of stairs up to the second floor.  Past those, a long hall seems to run most of the length of the ground floor.

Aubrey:

"Did you hear that..." Aubrey says in a lowered voice, then listening again. "I thought I heard something." He says, looking into the parlor. "Something moving"

Grugga nods in appreciation of the fancy furniture and decor, and tries to lighten the mood with a joke. "Nice place. I can see why the ghost would want to haunt here."

He takes 3 small knick knacks or rocks from outside and touches them with a tiny purple gem, causing them to shed bright light for 5 feet and dim light for another 5. He hands 2 to Aubrey and 1 to Guilim. "In case you need to go into a dark room... speaking of which, let's open some curtains as we move."

Leelan takes in the surroundings and readjusting his glasses. At Aubrey’s warning, he turns his attention towards the parlor and tries to focus on any sound he may hear.

Perception: 13

Afterwards, he turns to his companions. "If I recall correctly, we were told that the supernatural activities occurred mainly at night. I believe we should make use of the remaining sunlight to investigate as much as possible."

Leelan:

"Then let's go on" Aubrey says in a lowered voice. "Parlor next Rouzar? Or should we investigate this foyer more thoroughly first?" 

Rohuzar nods. "Take time to really look. There is bound to be clues during day as vell." He heads for the parlor, and begins a thorough search 

Investigation 18 

Aubrey nods and starts his investigation in the foyer, paying extra attention to the stone statues of a wild boar and a screaming monkey.

Investigation: 17

Guilim nods his thanks for the source of light, moving to join Robuzar as they move towards the parlor.

Investigation: 3

"Should we split up and search? The ghost doesn't sound dangerous."

Grugga splits off to the left and tries to open the doors between the animal statues.

He'll try the key, then use lockpicking if possible: 16 (with a dex base)

Investigation inside: 6

Rohuzar and Guilim advance into the parlor.  This area has a piano and several comfortable chairs and sofas to sit and relax.  A massive fieldstone fireplace dominates one of the walls.  All of the curtains in this room are tightly drawn.  A gaming table with 8 chairs sits next to the piano and a tall grandfather clock stands in one of the corners.  The walls of this room are full of the mounted heads of game animals. Deer, tigers, elk, and some strange animals you have never seen before. There are also 3 full sized stuffed animals, each in a different corner of the room. Each of them in a different frozen pose. A menacing black bear standing on his hind legs. A tiger crouched as though stalking his prey. And a wolf mounted atop a display table, head back and seemingly mid howl.

Guilim doesn't notice anything unusual.  

Rohuzar: 

 Aubrey, make a WIS save.

Grugga, the double door is unlocked.  It opens easily and reveals a study.  The curtains here are open and light illuminates the mostly empty space.  The walls are lined with bookselves - though they all sit empty.  A large round rug sits on the floor.  Unlike some of the other furnishings, this rug looks much older and the room is filled with the sent of old pipe smoke.  An antique desk sits near the side window with an upholstered swivel chair.  You check the desk but it is empty.  It doesn't look like there is much here in this room.

Aubrey WIS save: 16

Aubrey, the statues are disappointingly mundane.  They don't look particularly expensive, and the material is common stone.  The monkey statue is a little unsettling as the features are carved to make it look terrified, but otherwise the statues don't appear relevant to your investigation.

Aubrey joins Rohuzar and Guilim in the parlor, taking seat by the piano, playing a few notes while investigating it.
Investigations: 13
Furvus keeps following him around in etheral form, keeping a lookout for ghosts.
Perception: 6