Tilo moves through the room, opening a couple of drawers in the writing desk, looking in the wardrobe, and checking for any hidden doors or compartments. Occasionally, he glances back at the creepy doll to ensure it isn't about to attack him like the armor did.
As Tilo looks around the room searching through various things he finds nothing of interest. Whenever Tilo looks back at the creepy doll it stares back at him.
As Reggie walks to the locked door, he says fairly casually to the others, "Our vampire friend is keeping tabs on us. I saw it flying by as a bat last night, and I just saw a bat watching us through that window." When he finds the door locked, he'll look around the jam to see if a key is "hidden" fairly casually. After a couple seconds of looking, Reggie stops and turns. "Lando. Didn't you find a key downstairs? Can you see if it opens this door?"
"Never understood why city people like those things." Tilo shutters briefly and walks backwards out the room, keeping an eye on the doll until it is out of sight.
Back in the main room, he goes into the short hallway and repeats the standard procedure at the southern door there.
Lando pats around his various pockets until he finds the key. Holding it up and examining it, "Sure, let's give it a try."
He walks over to the door and is about to insert the key, but stops. Remembering the skeleton hanging out of the chest in the room below, Lando inspects the locking mechanism for any signs of being trapped.
Satisfied all appears to be safe, he puts the key in and unlocks it, but doesn't open the door (it that's possible with that kind of lock)
He looks around to the group, waiting to see if everyone is ready.
Once everyone gives him the thumbs up, Lando turns the door handle, and swings the door open.
This room contains a bricked-up window flanked by two dusty, wood-framed beds sized for children. Closer to the door is a toy chest with windmills painted on its sides and a dollhouse that’s a perfect replica of the dreary edifice in which you stand. These furnishings are draped in cobwebs. Lying in the middle of the floor are two small skeletons wearing tattered but familiar clothing. The smaller of the two cradles a stuffed doll that you also recognize.
Reggie curses and drops one of his swords as he scrambles to retrieve his flask. "Shut up!" he growls through gritted teeth. He throws his head back and takes a longer than usual draft from the flask. He places the fist still clutching its sword to his temple and closes his eyes tightly. After a few seconds, he mumbles something about a headache while picking up the dropped sword. He moves over and leans his back against the hallway wall beside the door to let the others enter. He's doggedly avoiding eye contact with any of them.
Artus walks into the room, and he becomes very somber. He understands what he sees, but doesn't at the same time. His breathing starts to become frantic, he tries to keep it under control, but the confusion and horror that the kids skeletons caused is throwing him into a panic. A couple tears will fall from his face as he rushes out of the room to try and calm down. Outside the room, he sits and begins to pray, axe laid out in front of him.
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Drita - Aasimar Hexblade Warlock Lvl 3 Tomb of Annhilation
Tilo walks up to the skeletons slowly, eyes fixed on them somberly. He squats down to examine them, but just stares for several long seconds before snapping back into focus. Looking at the clothes and the skeletons themselves, he tries to determine how they died.
As you look at the skeletons you have no idea how they died. You do not see any type of wounds on the bones and the clothes aren't shreded or have any weapon marks on them.
"They have no marks or anything that explain how they died...maybe specters?" Tilo says to the others in a low voice. Standing he walks around the room. When he gets to the dollhouse he compares the inside of the doll house with what they've seen so far. Specifically he's looking for hidden passages they haven't found and, most importantly, the way to the basement.
As Tilo walks over to the dollhouse and examines it he notices the secret passages that they found so far and he sees another one on this floor in the storage room that has a spiral staircase going down to what you can assume to be the basement because the stairs stop at the bottom of the dollhouse. As you are following the stairs with your eyes the lights from your swords begin to flicker as does the light from Lando's light spell for a brief second.
"Please don't touch our toys mister," You hear coming from the middle of the room in a girls voice. There is a slight echo to her voice when she speaks.
As you turn and look, two ghostly forms rise from the floor where the skeletons are and stare at Tilo. You can tell they are the ghosts of Rose and Thorn Durst. The ghost of Thorn stands behind his sister as if she is protecting him, just like he did outside. He stares at his doll clutched in his skeletons hand and he looks sad.
"We don't like people playing with our toys without asking us. It's rude." Rose says. She notices Artus standing in the room and giggles. "Since when do Bulls walk and wear clothes? that's funny."
At the sound of children's voices, Reggie whips around to look into the room, but then stands and stares at the ghosts, not saying or doing anything else.
Artus huffs at the child ghost. "It's not that funny. Right guys?" Artus looks himself up and down, wearing dark brown pants, a jacket but no shirt revealing his lighter toned belly fur and skin. He looks at Reggie, waves his hand in front of his face. "You okay Reg?"
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Drita - Aasimar Hexblade Warlock Lvl 3 Tomb of Annhilation
“Terribly sorry kids. You’re absolutely correct: we should have asked for your permission before touching your toys. Forgive us”
Lando quickly looks to the others in the room before continuing on.
“You bare an uncanny resemblance to the children we met outside this dreadful house and employed our services to dispatch a monster and rescue your baby sibling. So far we have found neither, and at this point don’t expect to find them either. So if you please, what is going on here?”
"Spirits...and they talk..." Tilo says in an almost breathless voice, looking over to Andrei for guidance, before turning to hear Lando's conversation with them.
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DM Tomb of Annihilation X2
DM Curse of Strahd
Redleaf Moutain Dwarf Circle of land(Moutain) Druid
Tilo moves through the room, opening a couple of drawers in the writing desk, looking in the wardrobe, and checking for any hidden doors or compartments. Occasionally, he glances back at the creepy doll to ensure it isn't about to attack him like the armor did.
Perception: 9
DM Tomb of Annihilation X2
DM Curse of Strahd
Redleaf Moutain Dwarf Circle of land(Moutain) Druid
As Reggie walks to the locked door, he says fairly casually to the others, "Our vampire friend is keeping tabs on us. I saw it flying by as a bat last night, and I just saw a bat watching us through that window." When he finds the door locked, he'll look around the jam to see if a key is "hidden" fairly casually. After a couple seconds of looking, Reggie stops and turns. "Lando. Didn't you find a key downstairs? Can you see if it opens this door?"
"Never understood why city people like those things." Tilo shutters briefly and walks backwards out the room, keeping an eye on the doll until it is out of sight.
Back in the main room, he goes into the short hallway and repeats the standard procedure at the southern door there.
Perception: 18
Lando pats around his various pockets until he finds the key. Holding it up and examining it, "Sure, let's give it a try."
He walks over to the door and is about to insert the key, but stops. Remembering the skeleton hanging out of the chest in the room below, Lando inspects the locking mechanism for any signs of being trapped.
Satisfied all appears to be safe, he puts the key in and unlocks it, but doesn't open the door (it that's possible with that kind of lock)
He looks around to the group, waiting to see if everyone is ready.
Once everyone gives him the thumbs up, Lando turns the door handle, and swings the door open.
Tilo, noticing Lando preparing to unlock and open the other door, stands besides him preparing to move out of the way if anything attacks.
Takes Dodge action forfeiting a 1st round bonus action as we discussed.
DM Tomb of Annihilation X2
DM Curse of Strahd
Redleaf Moutain Dwarf Circle of land(Moutain) Druid
Reggie curses and drops one of his swords as he scrambles to retrieve his flask. "Shut up!" he growls through gritted teeth. He throws his head back and takes a longer than usual draft from the flask. He places the fist still clutching its sword to his temple and closes his eyes tightly. After a few seconds, he mumbles something about a headache while picking up the dropped sword. He moves over and leans his back against the hallway wall beside the door to let the others enter. He's doggedly avoiding eye contact with any of them.
Entering the room:
"Dear god...I've seen some dark things in my travels, but this is terrible"
Andrei walks into the room and curses in Infernal as he sees the horror before him. He moves out of the way so other people can enter.
DM Tomb of Annihilation X2
DM Curse of Strahd
Redleaf Moutain Dwarf Circle of land(Moutain) Druid
Artus walks into the room, and he becomes very somber. He understands what he sees, but doesn't at the same time. His breathing starts to become frantic, he tries to keep it under control, but the confusion and horror that the kids skeletons caused is throwing him into a panic. A couple tears will fall from his face as he rushes out of the room to try and calm down. Outside the room, he sits and begins to pray, axe laid out in front of him.
Mavi Göz Mal - Half Orc Monk Level 1 Not Another Lost Mine of Phandelver
Drita - Aasimar Hexblade Warlock Lvl 3 Tomb of Annhilation
Iznik Sylnithas - Half Drow Blood Hunter Level 2 Precipice of Voids
Tilo walks up to the skeletons slowly, eyes fixed on them somberly. He squats down to examine them, but just stares for several long seconds before snapping back into focus. Looking at the clothes and the skeletons themselves, he tries to determine how they died.
Medicine: 18
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Investigation: 15
DM Tomb of Annihilation X2
DM Curse of Strahd
Redleaf Moutain Dwarf Circle of land(Moutain) Druid
"They have no marks or anything that explain how they died...maybe specters?" Tilo says to the others in a low voice. Standing he walks around the room. When he gets to the dollhouse he compares the inside of the doll house with what they've seen so far. Specifically he's looking for hidden passages they haven't found and, most importantly, the way to the basement.
DM Tomb of Annihilation X2
DM Curse of Strahd
Redleaf Moutain Dwarf Circle of land(Moutain) Druid
At the sound of children's voices, Reggie whips around to look into the room, but then stands and stares at the ghosts, not saying or doing anything else.
Artus huffs at the child ghost. "It's not that funny. Right guys?" Artus looks himself up and down, wearing dark brown pants, a jacket but no shirt revealing his lighter toned belly fur and skin. He looks at Reggie, waves his hand in front of his face. "You okay Reg?"
Mavi Göz Mal - Half Orc Monk Level 1 Not Another Lost Mine of Phandelver
Drita - Aasimar Hexblade Warlock Lvl 3 Tomb of Annhilation
Iznik Sylnithas - Half Drow Blood Hunter Level 2 Precipice of Voids
“Terribly sorry kids. You’re absolutely correct: we should have asked for your permission before touching your toys. Forgive us”
Lando quickly looks to the others in the room before continuing on.
“You bare an uncanny resemblance to the children we met outside this dreadful house and employed our services to dispatch a monster and rescue your baby sibling. So far we have found neither, and at this point don’t expect to find them either. So if you please, what is going on here?”
"Spirits...and they talk..." Tilo says in an almost breathless voice, looking over to Andrei for guidance, before turning to hear Lando's conversation with them.