(Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown

Leelan will venture to the eastern corridor, still keeping an ear out for sounds of steps, as Aubrey warned them earlier.

He will look for anything that pops out of the ordinary.

Investigation: 21

Grugga calls out, "empty in here - probably a study." As he's about to exit the room, he stomps on the rug to listen for a possible trap door. The old buildings in Raven's Hill often had the strangest entrances to the cellars, for some reason. He wonders if the architecture here shares that trait.

Assuming he doesn't find anything, he heads to the door just to the right of the staircase (lower left of the latest map) and checks it.

Thieves' Tools in case it's locked: 8

Investigation inside: 14

Rohuzar and Guilim take note as Aubrey plays a few notes on the piano.  It is in tune and seems brand new.  Any expectation of secret doors opening or other excitement related to the piano are met with disappointment.  

Aubrey:

Leelan walks down the main hallway, past the staircase up.  He notes that the house feels empty.  He can hear his allies back near the entrance but there are none of the sounds he might have expected or feared... not creaking floors or ghostly wailing. 

The hallway ends at a closed door, ornately carved and trimmed.  To his left is another hall that seems to head toward a kitchen and dining room.  A different hall leads off to his right.  There is another staircase up, and a passageway that must lead to the carriage house entrance

Leelan: 

Grugga finds the hall door near the stairs unlocked.  It is a small guest bathroom.  WIS save, please Grugga.

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"It seems to be traces of ethereal activity here." Aubrey says to Rohuzar and Guilim. "Shall we continue?" He says and gets up from the piano, following Grugga and Leelan, making sure Furvus stays close.
Perception: 17 Furvus perception: 8

Rohuzar heads down to the rooms just south of Leeland at the end of the hall

Leelan decides to head inside the dinning room and investigate further.

WIS save: 10

Aubrey moves down the hall, an ethereal Furvus close behind.

Grugga:

Rohuzar, you enter a small sitting room near the front of the house.  The curtains here are drawn tightly closed.  On the floor is a decorative, expensive looking rug.  Two couches sit opposite a green leather upholstered rocking chair.  Corner tables hold decorative wood carvings of geese.

Rohuzar:

Leelan, the dining room looks immaculate.  There is no trace of dust, and the settling look they could have just been put out by servers moments ago.

Leelan: 

Guilim:

INITIATIVE

• Aubrey:  8
• Grugga:  5
• Rohuzar:  12 
• Leelan:  14
• Guilim:  17
• wolf, tiger & black bear:  7
• Dining Room poltergeist:  22
• Sitting Room poltergeist:  9

The three taxidermied animals advance on Guilim, the black bear climbing over a sofa and the wolf hopping down off of its table.  The tiger and bear slash at him with their claws, while the wolf bites at his legs.

Black Bear:  Attack: 7 Damage: 6

Tiger:  Attack: 22 Damage: 4

Wolf:  Attack: 19 Damage: 4

The invisible Sitting Room Poltergeist hurls the other goose carving at Rohuzar.  Attack: 20 Damage: 5

Aubrey hears an explosion activity from all directions, with snarls and growls from back toward the parlor, and smashing plates from further down the hall.

ROUND ONE

• wolf, tiger & black bear
• Sitting Room poltergeist
• Aubrey
• Rohuzar
• Guilim
• Dining Room Poltergeist
• Leelan 
• Grugga

Rohuzar runs to the curtains and yanks them down, hoping with dust and sunlight he might see some sign of his invisible assailant

Perception 17 

Aubrey hesitates for a quick moment before moving back to check on Guilim in the parlor.
(Movement 5 squares west)
As he sees the halfling being attacked by the now animated animals he swiftly curses the wolf (Hex, dex) and blasts it with a beam of golden eldritch force. "Gulim, behind you!"
Eldritch blast: 16 Force: 6 Necrotic: 3
He also demands an update from Furvus regarding etheteal activity in the area.

Aubrey lights up the wolf which had attacked Guilim.  It vanishes into a cloud of black smoke, which drifts back across the room and reforms as the taxidermied wolf on its stand.

Rohuzar throws open the curtains in the sitting room. 12

 He still doesn't see where his attacker is located but he does here a ghostly wail when the room lights up.  He can make an educated guess on the creature's location based on the sound.  Rohuzar can attack, at disadvantage.

Aubrey:

Rohuzar swings his new silvered sword at the ghost

Attack: 22 Damage: 6 

Guilim will turn around and swing his weapon at the nearest of the animated animals that are around him.

Attack: 20 Damage: 9

Guilim slashes the stuffed tiger.  It too vanishes in a puff of smoke, rematerializing back at the site of its original mount as an inert, taxidermy specimen.  This leaves only the black bear as a threat in the parlor.

Meanwhile, in the Dining Room... Leelan, make a STR save against DC 15

Rohuzar feels his blade pass through something, and he hears another howl of unearthly pain.

Leelan STR save: 3

Leelan is flung out of the dinning room by an unseen force, through a door.