Pisgah says "Okay, great. That sounds good. We did just get jumped by your fellows though, so let's have all of you guys drop your weapons over on the desk there. We can go over what you know about the throne and this area in general. Maybe we come up with a pass code so the next time we come through this area, we can skip all of the theatrics. You know, save us all some time. "
One of the bandits looks over to the door in the west wall opposite of where you entered, then to the others. "Harria will want to know. Her pet is unlikely to see reason if you barge into her room."
Now doing it for fun more than anything, Nikk switches to the voice of Uktarl's other bandit he heard through the secret door: "Do it. No. Tricks. I'll know."
The bandits move over to the table in the northeast corner of the room, but they're keeping their weapons on them, sheathed. "Look, we're aware that you're skilled adventurers and we're not looking to get killed, alright? We need some way of defending ourselfes, just as you need yours. We'll just stay in this corner until you leave."
"As a passcode, we've been using "Ravenloft", if you wanna adopt that."
The woman nods over to the draconic remains and the throne. "Dragon's been here since before we arrived, it's proper dead. The throne's trapped and already looted, so don't touch it."
She points to the door to the southwest and the door she came out of: "These are our quarters. If you want to continue into the dungeon proper, head through there." She points to the exit in the middle of the north wall.
Seeing the woman walk out the door, Pigsah starts walking toward Jaya to be within 10ft of where he is examining the bones. "Uktarl, the last I saw of him had shat himself as he was being sent up the well to the city guard. As I see it, the rest of you lot have three choices. 1. Surrender now and go back up the well too. 2. Resist until we kill enough of your boys that you then surrender like Uktarl did and then go up the well. OR 3. You all die here."
To Jaya "I am guessing she will choose option 2. That seems to be the magic number today"
Intimidation 17
OOC: Trying to picture this in my head, Jaya and Pisgah are both on the dais and Jaya is 10 ft to my left or in front of me?
[I get that, but wasn't one supposed to inform her, per the Persuasion check?]
(DM: Ah I mistook what Nikk said)
One of the bandits heads over to the door to the west and knocks loudly a couple of times. After two minutes, a gaunt looking woman with slick black hair, also in vampire costume, appears. She looks into the round, anger building on her face.
The bandit quickly explains the situation.
"You're some bold idiots, storming down here. Only thing left in this place is death and it's going to get worse the further down you go. But I'm not going to stop you if you just move on. My people will let you pass."
Jaya should be near the wyvern as inspecting it was the last thing I did, DM is free to stick me anywhere that makes sense for my investigation!
Yeah, let's assume Jaya is in front of the wyvern. In case of combat here, everyone gets some leeway as to where they start, as there has been some talking and time passing.
Nikkitch dismissively waves his hand at the blathering fool in the corner. If we're idiots for being down here ready to fight, he muses to himself, what does that mean for you, down here and eager to surrender?
His eyes wander the room, ultimately settling on the strange crystals growing across the wyvern's corpse. He wonders if the crystals may carry magical properties. Approaching the corpse, he begins a careful examination of the smaller crystal deposits, slowly moving to one of the larger protrusions.
From his position down on the floor, Pisgah turns toward the door as it is opened and the bandit speaks with Harria and peers in trying to see what pet may be lurking in the room. Perception 20
His eyes wander the room, ultimately settling on the strange crystals growing across the wyvern's corpse. He wonders if the crystals may carry magical properties. Approaching the corpse, he begins a careful examination of the smaller crystal deposits, slowly moving to one of the larger protrusions.
The makeup of the crystals reminds Nikkitch of those created by some higher evocation or transmutation magic. Certainly those crystals were made manifest through pulling the weave into physical form, not grown naturally. Like most things brought into existence with spells, they're probably not worth much to merchants or as spell components.
From his position down on the floor, Pisgah turns toward the door as it is opened and the bandit speaks with Harria and peers in trying to see what pet may be lurking in the room.
Behind Harria, a hallway extends around a corner out of sight. Pisgah donesn't see the pet itself, but you see a shadow moving against the wall. Even accounting for tricks of the light, it resembles a massive humanoid with distented proportions, certainly twice the size of Pisgah himself.
Pisgah calls out to the team, "Folks, what do you think? Been jumped once by this group but if Harria here will give her word that she and hers will leave us be I reckon we could let bygones be bygones." Insight check of 14 to see if he believes Harria will honor her word.
Nikkitch ignores the intercommunication between the others. It's irrelevant. Instead, he's begun his usual search of the room, looking for any hidden secrets. He keeps his distance from the throne, but examines it as well, moreso out of curiosity than anything else.
[Passive Investigation for the room.]
[Perception: 20 (16{+4}) for the trapped throne]
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Pisgah says "Okay, great. That sounds good. We did just get jumped by your fellows though, so let's have all of you guys drop your weapons over on the desk there. We can go over what you know about the throne and this area in general. Maybe we come up with a pass code so the next time we come through this area, we can skip all of the theatrics. You know, save us all some time. "
Now doing it for fun more than anything, Nikk switches to the voice of Uktarl's other bandit he heard through the secret door: "Do it. No. Tricks. I'll know."
[Persuasion: 23 (Nat 20{+3})]
The bandits move over to the table in the northeast corner of the room, but they're keeping their weapons on them, sheathed. "Look, we're aware that you're skilled adventurers and we're not looking to get killed, alright? We need some way of defending ourselfes, just as you need yours. We'll just stay in this corner until you leave."
"As a passcode, we've been using "Ravenloft", if you wanna adopt that."
The woman nods over to the draconic remains and the throne.
"Dragon's been here since before we arrived, it's proper dead. The throne's trapped and already looted, so don't touch it."
She points to the door to the southwest and the door she came out of: "These are our quarters. If you want to continue into the dungeon proper, head through there." She points to the exit in the middle of the north wall.
OOC: Preyfire, now that the bandits are bunched in the corner, how far are they from Jaya and Pisgah?
The bandits are standing in the area circled red and you are on the dais. So around 40 or so feet.
[ And Harria's pet?]
You have neither seen Harria nor her pet so far.
OOC: Trying to picture this in my head, Jaya and Pisgah are both on the dais and Jaya is 10 ft to my left or in front of me?
[I get that, but wasn't one supposed to inform her, per the Persuasion check?]
Jaya should be near the wyvern as inspecting it was the last thing I did, DM is free to stick me anywhere that makes sense for my investigation!
I want to be within 10ft of Jaya in case things start to go pear shaped.
(DM: Ah I mistook what Nikk said)
One of the bandits heads over to the door to the west and knocks loudly a couple of times. After two minutes, a gaunt looking woman with slick black hair, also in vampire costume, appears. She looks into the round, anger building on her face.
The bandit quickly explains the situation.
"You're some bold idiots, storming down here. Only thing left in this place is death and it's going to get worse the further down you go. But I'm not going to stop you if you just move on. My people will let you pass."
Yeah, let's assume Jaya is in front of the wyvern. In case of combat here, everyone gets some leeway as to where they start, as there has been some talking and time passing.
Nikkitch dismissively waves his hand at the blathering fool in the corner. If we're idiots for being down here ready to fight, he muses to himself, what does that mean for you, down here and eager to surrender?
His eyes wander the room, ultimately settling on the strange crystals growing across the wyvern's corpse. He wonders if the crystals may carry magical properties. Approaching the corpse, he begins a careful examination of the smaller crystal deposits, slowly moving to one of the larger protrusions.
[Arcana: 19 (12{+7})]
From his position down on the floor, Pisgah turns toward the door as it is opened and the bandit speaks with Harria and peers in trying to see what pet may be lurking in the room. Perception 20
Rico will stay by the door, ready to shoot at anyone that causes trouble, but waiting till they actually start trouble.
The makeup of the crystals reminds Nikkitch of those created by some higher evocation or transmutation magic. Certainly those crystals were made manifest through pulling the weave into physical form, not grown naturally. Like most things brought into existence with spells, they're probably not worth much to merchants or as spell components.
Behind Harria, a hallway extends around a corner out of sight. Pisgah donesn't see the pet itself, but you see a shadow moving against the wall. Even accounting for tricks of the light, it resembles a massive humanoid with distented proportions, certainly twice the size of Pisgah himself.
Pisgah calls out to the team, "Folks, what do you think? Been jumped once by this group but if Harria here will give her word that she and hers will leave us be I reckon we could let bygones be bygones." Insight check of 14 to see if he believes Harria will honor her word.
Ricoh answers, "I would be inclined to send them back up with the others. But I will abide with the groups decision."
Nikkitch ignores the intercommunication between the others. It's irrelevant. Instead, he's begun his usual search of the room, looking for any hidden secrets. He keeps his distance from the throne, but examines it as well, moreso out of curiosity than anything else.
[Passive Investigation for the room.]
[Perception: 20 (16{+4}) for the trapped throne]