While there is no other sign of danger - for the moment - the party sweeps the rooms down the east hallway.
Both rooms appear to have been sitting rooms or living rooms. Now, there is nothing of interest in either room but mushrooms and cobwebs. Unwilling to leave any stone unturned, Tillimanfinds a conspicious looking stone in the fireplace of one of the rooms. Removing it reveals a hidden hollow, with a small prize inside... a small leather pouch containing two cut pieces of blue quartz, 25 silver pieces and an old, rolled note. Dry and cracked, when carefully unrolled the note reads, in Common, "Red Franz, Seaton."
Returning to the entry hall, the party hears a single, loud 'thump' from the sun room. Quiet investigation reveals nothing is disturbed in that room. It sounds as though someone may have attempted to open the trapdoor, but was stymied by the weight of the desk. There is no further noise from the trapdoor.
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PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM -(Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown *Red Dead Annihilation: ToA *Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Once we’ve finished exploring the main floor Eron will lead the way back through the kitchen and down, if the bugs are present he will rush in and attack…
Initiative 16. Action attack 13 for 12 slashing. Bonus action attack 26 a crit for 14 slashing.
The last two rooms - along the short hallway leading back towards the kitchen - are checked.
One is a dining room. At one time a long table stood in the center of this room; now it lies broken on the floor. A broken chair sits against the wall between the windows, and there is a heap of broken dishes in the northwest corner. There is nothing else of note here.
The last room seems to have been a small den or perhaps a smoking room. Two stuffed armchairs stand near the fireplace of this room. The covers of both have been torn and the stuffing has been pulled out, but the wooden frames are intact. A broken table lies on the floor near the north wall. Remembering where he found his treasures in a previous room, Tillimanchecks the fireplace and once again finds a false stone concealing a hidey-hole. The hidden compartment contains a wooden box. Inside the box are 30 cp and two small pouches of colored powder that tingle his big nose when he sniffs them. They seem to be alchemical reagents of some sort.
Arlynn: 15
Eron: 18
Fane: 12
Tilliman: 17
Swarm of Centipedes:
???: 12
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PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM -(Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown *Red Dead Annihilation: ToA *Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
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PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM -(Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown *Red Dead Annihilation: ToA *Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Eron, without warning, charges into the kitchen. He cleaves into the unsuspecting mass of centipedes, hacking and smashing them to bits. What remain of the horde of tiny beasts scurry around and back into their lair beneath the sink.
[A round occurs where everyone (monsters and party) were surprised by Eron'sunannounced attack.]
As this is happening, Tillimannotices movement from the nearby fireplace in the smoking room. Beside him, a mass of tiny spiders pours out from the chimney to attack!
Round 2:
Eron
Tilliman
Arlynn
Spiders
Fane
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PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM -(Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown *Red Dead Annihilation: ToA *Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
[Does Eron start to go down the stairs? Or is he just looking?]
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PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM -(Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown *Red Dead Annihilation: ToA *Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Tilliman, completely unable to maintain his composure in this moment shrieks, "Eeek! Spiders! Gods help"
In a panic, he pulls out a flask of oil and spills it on the floor, then nimbly jumps away from the creepy crawlies, diving through the door and closing it after him (if possible).
He spots Fane and Arlynn as he digs around in his supplies for his tinderbox, breathlessly explaining. "A million spiders. Maybe more. I'll kill them with fire."
Action: Pour oil
Bonus Action: Cunning Action - Disengage
Free Object Interaction: Opening/Closing door
Movement: Stepping through the door
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DM - Classic Adventures Reborn
Rylan - L1 Human Paladin - Barty's "Princes of the Apocalypse"
The stairway leading down to the cellar (?) is dark, though there may be just the tiniest glow coming from a room beyond the bottom of the stairs. If is too dark to say for absolute certain, but Erondoesn't see anyone down there from his vantage point on the top of the stairs.
Tillimanis indeed able to slip away from the spiders, douse them with oil, go out the door, close it behind him, and meander between Arlynn'sfeet to a safe distance from the creepy crawlies.
[Arlynnis up, a closed door in front of her with oiled-up spiders just on the other side...]
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PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM -(Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown *Red Dead Annihilation: ToA *Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Neither is the blue-haired half-elf particularly composed about the literal swarm of tiny spiders pouring out of the chimney. "Sure, go ahead, kill them in anyway you prefer professor, just don't burn down the house we're supposed to investigate, property damage and all that."The blue-haired half-elf says quickly with a weak smile before opening the door, speaking a quick incantion in a strange language, sending a dark azure beam of eldritch crackling force from her outstretched hand towards the mass of pesky spiders, then quickly closing the door again to back off from it. "HEY, ERON, COME BACK HERE AND MAKE YOURSELF USEFUL."She then desperately calls down the corridor where the blade-wielding human disapppeared.
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[Rolling the eldritch blast attack for Arlynn... Attack: 26 Force Damage: 8 ]
1-2 = Arlynn
3-4 = Tilliman
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PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM -(Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown *Red Dead Annihilation: ToA *Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Arlynn'sblast hits the oily mass of spiders, smashing many of them. Then she closes the door.
All is quiet... even as a shimmering, oil sheen emerges from under the door. Hundreds of tiny, oiled-up spiders squeeze under through the gap under the door and out into the hallway. They scurry into Arlynn'sspace and up her pant-legs, biting with their tiny fangs at any exposed skin... Without success.
Spider Bite Attack on Arlynn: 7 (Miss)
[Faneis up. Spiders are in the hall now, occupying the same space as Arlynn. ]
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PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM -(Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown *Red Dead Annihilation: ToA *Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Fane will relay Arlynn's message down the hall to Eron, "Eron, be careful of the centipedes, we have spiders in here. I think Tilliman may burn the entire place to the ground before getting bit by a spider!" her voice full of delight, not really believing it, mostly...
For a moment she thinks about dropping herself into the magic of the dance, honing herself and her weapons, but decides not to, and swipes at the spiders that are not on Arlynn.
Hearing Arlynn Tillman and Fane something to do with spiders. Eron rushes through the kitchen past Fane stopping to nonlethally attack the spiders on Arylnn. (flat of his blades so as not to harm Arlynn) 19 to hit 9 damage & 24 to hit 7 damage.
Whacking, stabbing, and splatting, Faneand Eronstomp the remaining spiders into oblivion. Arlynn and most of the hall are now covered in a mushy, oily paste of crunchy spider bits, but at least the centipedes and spiders are both gone.
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PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM -(Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown *Red Dead Annihilation: ToA *Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Fortunately the blue-haired half-elf hasn't got much exposed skin, but she is still quite repulsed by the spider mush and desperately tries to scrape off what she can, giving her rescuers a nod of gratitude for saving her ass out of another mess. "Stairs sounds good." Arlynn says, ready to follow the others. "Oh, and I found these earlier if you're interested, I think this one is a healing potion but I don't know about the other one." She continues, offering the two potions to anyone interested.
Eron heads back to the stairs, “Fane I covered the trapdoor for two reasons, one so these smugglers couldn’t sneak up behind us and two so they couldn’t get away from us, at least not that way.” As he approaches the stairs he again looks and listens.
"Tilliman, did you finish investigating the room with the spiders?"
Then turning to Arlynn, "I have a healing potion myself, but may I look at the other potion?" She will take a quick taste to see if she can identify it.
She will then follow Eron down the stairs with sword and dagger drawn, Leo on her shoulder, ready to take flight.
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While there is no other sign of danger - for the moment - the party sweeps the rooms down the east hallway.
Both rooms appear to have been sitting rooms or living rooms. Now, there is nothing of interest in either room but mushrooms and cobwebs. Unwilling to leave any stone unturned, Tilliman finds a conspicious looking stone in the fireplace of one of the rooms. Removing it reveals a hidden hollow, with a small prize inside... a small leather pouch containing two cut pieces of blue quartz, 25 silver pieces and an old, rolled note. Dry and cracked, when carefully unrolled the note reads, in Common, "Red Franz, Seaton."
Returning to the entry hall, the party hears a single, loud 'thump' from the sun room. Quiet investigation reveals nothing is disturbed in that room. It sounds as though someone may have attempted to open the trapdoor, but was stymied by the weight of the desk. There is no further noise from the trapdoor.
PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM - (Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown * Red Dead Annihilation: ToA * Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Once we’ve finished exploring the main floor Eron will lead the way back through the kitchen and down, if the bugs are present he will rush in and attack…
Initiative 16.
Action attack 13 for 12 slashing.
Bonus action attack 26 a crit for 14 slashing.
The last two rooms - along the short hallway leading back towards the kitchen - are checked.
One is a dining room. At one time a long table stood in the center of this room; now it lies broken on the floor. A broken chair sits against the wall between the windows, and there is a heap of broken dishes in the northwest corner. There is nothing else of note here.
The last room seems to have been a small den or perhaps a smoking room. Two stuffed armchairs stand near the fireplace of this room. The covers of both have been torn and the stuffing has been pulled out, but the wooden frames are intact. A broken table lies on the floor near the north wall. Remembering where he found his treasures in a previous room, Tilliman checks the fireplace and once again finds a false stone concealing a hidey-hole. The hidden compartment contains a wooden box. Inside the box are 30 cp and two small pouches of colored powder that tingle his big nose when he sniffs them. They seem to be alchemical reagents of some sort.
PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM - (Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown * Red Dead Annihilation: ToA * Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
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PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM - (Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown * Red Dead Annihilation: ToA * Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Eron, without warning, charges into the kitchen. He cleaves into the unsuspecting mass of centipedes, hacking and smashing them to bits. What remain of the horde of tiny beasts scurry around and back into their lair beneath the sink.
[A round occurs where everyone (monsters and party) were surprised by Eron's unannounced attack.]
As this is happening, Tilliman notices movement from the nearby fireplace in the smoking room. Beside him, a mass of tiny spiders pours out from the chimney to attack!
Round 2:
PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM - (Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown * Red Dead Annihilation: ToA * Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Eron is most likely unaware of the spider swarm and will move to the descending stairs to see if anyone is at or near the bottom.
perception 20
[Does Eron start to go down the stairs? Or is he just looking?]
PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM - (Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown * Red Dead Annihilation: ToA * Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
If there is light he will head down, if not he will just listen.
Tilliman, completely unable to maintain his composure in this moment shrieks, "Eeek! Spiders! Gods help"
In a panic, he pulls out a flask of oil and spills it on the floor, then nimbly jumps away from the creepy crawlies, diving through the door and closing it after him (if possible).
He spots Fane and Arlynn as he digs around in his supplies for his tinderbox, breathlessly explaining. "A million spiders. Maybe more. I'll kill them with fire."
Action: Pour oil
Bonus Action: Cunning Action - Disengage
Free Object Interaction: Opening/Closing door
Movement: Stepping through the door
DM - Classic Adventures Reborn
Rylan - L1 Human Paladin - Barty's "Princes of the Apocalypse"
The stairway leading down to the cellar (?) is dark, though there may be just the tiniest glow coming from a room beyond the bottom of the stairs. If is too dark to say for absolute certain, but Eron doesn't see anyone down there from his vantage point on the top of the stairs.
Tilliman is indeed able to slip away from the spiders, douse them with oil, go out the door, close it behind him, and meander between Arlynn's feet to a safe distance from the creepy crawlies.
[Arlynn is up, a closed door in front of her with oiled-up spiders just on the other side...]
PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM - (Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown * Red Dead Annihilation: ToA * Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Neither is the blue-haired half-elf particularly composed about the literal swarm of tiny spiders pouring out of the chimney. "Sure, go ahead, kill them in anyway you prefer professor, just don't burn down the house we're supposed to investigate, property damage and all that." The blue-haired half-elf says quickly with a weak smile before opening the door, speaking a quick incantion in a strange language, sending a dark azure beam of eldritch crackling force from her outstretched hand towards the mass of pesky spiders, then quickly closing the door again to back off from it. "HEY, ERON, COME BACK HERE AND MAKE YOURSELF USEFUL." She then desperately calls down the corridor where the blade-wielding human disapppeared.
[Rolling the eldritch blast attack for Arlynn... Attack: 26 Force Damage: 8 ]
1-2 = Arlynn
3-4 = Tilliman
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PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM - (Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown * Red Dead Annihilation: ToA * Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Arlynn's blast hits the oily mass of spiders, smashing many of them. Then she closes the door.
All is quiet... even as a shimmering, oil sheen emerges from under the door. Hundreds of tiny, oiled-up spiders squeeze under through the gap under the door and out into the hallway. They scurry into Arlynn's space and up her pant-legs, biting with their tiny fangs at any exposed skin... Without success.
Spider Bite Attack on Arlynn: 7 (Miss)
[Fane is up. Spiders are in the hall now, occupying the same space as Arlynn. ]
PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM - (Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown * Red Dead Annihilation: ToA * Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Fane will relay Arlynn's message down the hall to Eron, "Eron, be careful of the centipedes, we have spiders in here. I think Tilliman may burn the entire place to the ground before getting bit by a spider!" her voice full of delight, not really believing it, mostly...
For a moment she thinks about dropping herself into the magic of the dance, honing herself and her weapons, but decides not to, and swipes at the spiders that are not on Arlynn.
Attack Shortsword: 21 dmg: 6
Bonus Dagger: 10 dmg: 2
Hearing Arlynn Tillman and Fane something to do with spiders. Eron rushes through the kitchen past Fane stopping to nonlethally attack the spiders on Arylnn. (flat of his blades so as not to harm Arlynn) 19 to hit 9 damage & 24 to hit 7 damage.
Whacking, stabbing, and splatting, Fane and Eron stomp the remaining spiders into oblivion. Arlynn and most of the hall are now covered in a mushy, oily paste of crunchy spider bits, but at least the centipedes and spiders are both gone.
PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM - (Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown * Red Dead Annihilation: ToA * Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
"OK, its time for the basement, agreed?" Fane asks, and calls to Leo, who lands on her shoulder.
"We have the stairs and the trapdoor, which is currently covered, but doesn't need to be. I vote for the stairs. Thoughts?"
Fortunately the blue-haired half-elf hasn't got much exposed skin, but she is still quite repulsed by the spider mush and desperately tries to scrape off what she can, giving her rescuers a nod of gratitude for saving her ass out of another mess. "Stairs sounds good." Arlynn says, ready to follow the others. "Oh, and I found these earlier if you're interested, I think this one is a healing potion but I don't know about the other one." She continues, offering the two potions to anyone interested.
Eron heads back to the stairs, “Fane I covered the trapdoor for two reasons, one so these smugglers couldn’t sneak up behind us and two so they couldn’t get away from us, at least not that way.” As he approaches the stairs he again looks and listens.
perception 23
He begins heading down the stairs…
Fane nods at Eron, "A good idea."
"Tilliman, did you finish investigating the room with the spiders?"
Then turning to Arlynn, "I have a healing potion myself, but may I look at the other potion?" She will take a quick taste to see if she can identify it.
She will then follow Eron down the stairs with sword and dagger drawn, Leo on her shoulder, ready to take flight.