"Yes, we should probably move on.  No point standing around like a bunch of stumps.  It's good to see you Belmaris, although I'll tell you my aim is just fine.  I'll hit the broad side of a barn any day now.  Anyway, this place is something else," Rynna said giving a doubtful look at the house around them.  "We just found a secret room downstairs.  We going after that or are we sticking together?  After we put out that fire, that is."

“I’m pretty sure that the child we’re looking for is up here.”

“The child we’re looking for is up here- in front of heavy, animated metal- Strange- Am I the only one seeing this?- He’s just a poor boy from a poor family- How are we going to afford that- heavy, animated metal.” Creak gestures to the general state of the house and to the animated armor.

"Creak has a point.  Something isn't right and this is looking a lot like a fancy trap."

"You can understand him?"

Creak looks incredulously at Adric, “You can’t?” And bobs his head a little bit.

"It's a little difficult, seeing that you have a tendency to repeat snippets of things that other people have told you."

“You have a tendency to repeat snippets of things that people have told you- I don’t do that- When have I done that?” Creak opens his beak in a makeshift smile.

Adric just shakes his head and turns away.

"So, perhaps we should deal with the fire?"

Adric will just stomp out the fire.

Rynna helps with a mage hand to snuff out the flames.

Creak will step into the shadows and scamper off from the group, as he Stealths around looking for the baby: 23

Together you manage to stamp out the flames, darkening the space a little bit, the only light now coming off Rynna's torch. Rynna, you notice that your mage hand is a bit different than you are used to. Strangely, it appears to be somewhat skeletal, with scraps of decayed flesh hanging from it here.

Creak, where are you headed so sneakily?

Ongoing Map:

Creak will sneak into the topmost room first. Overall, he would like to quickly make his way through the whole area.

Rynna's eyes widen when she notices the shape of her mage hand.  Disturbed she dismisses it and then casts it again.  The hair on the back of her neck rises as it remains a withered corpse's hand.

"That isn't supposed to happen," Rynna muttered.  "It wasn't the spell... or me."

Arcana 10

Adric is disturbed by this development. "This must be the work of some evil being." He'll spend another Divine Sense.

Wow Adric, I didn't know you were that good at fighting! Together we make a pretty good team. Finlan says, impressed by the work of himself and Adric.

Alright he says turning to the group, let's keep looking for the baby. This place is magical so look out for traps and magical monsters.

With that Finlan will turn back towards the door he had originally intended to go through and will inspect it before touching it. Once he deems the door is safe he'll peek in the room to make sure it's safe before entering.

(assuming investigation for the door and perception for the room?)

16

6

(OoC: thanks for catching the fire, I was gonna do it, but my break ended)

Gralwynn, panting from all of the exertion earlier, rises to her feet, taps Finlan on his head with her knuckles, calling forth Guidance "Maybe best not to rush off into danger so soon after the last? I know when people try to kill vermin, they never set just one mouse-trap" she coughed out, clearly exasperated by his optimism and positivity.

"Oh well, I see no better way to set one off" And picks a door at random from the one not picked by the energetic halfling.

(Rooms, from the top down, excluding the one Finlan is searching)3

She opens it, entering, and gives the room a once-over.

Perception 13

OOC: HOW DOES GRALWYNN KEEP SEEING ME!? Haha