"Alright. Let's check out this room first. Oh, Ada, can you sense an imp around here?" Kess will cautiously head into the room where the cultists were and look around.
Perception: 11
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Kessintra sighs after finding nothing in the room, exiting and moving to look through the books Razz found for any mention of Fiona's husband or trying to revive someone.
None of seem them mention her husband or revival. In fact, these don't seem to be written by Fiona. Most of the notes are oddly detailed notes about the late baron's family. Their routines, relationships, when they eat and sleep. Eventually you find something even more disturbing: notes about you, Chipper, and Garrick. They have physical descriptions of all of you and lists of all of Chipper and Garrick's equipment and items.
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I exist sometimes, especially when I'm DMing Curse of Strahd.
Kess shows the others the creepy notes about them and the Baron's family that she found. "Looks like Fiona didn't write these...Stella, does this look like your father's handwriting?"
"So, if this didn’t come from Fiona, her dearly deceased husband, or Strahd himself… does that mean we’ve got a little peeping shadow skulking around? Someone keeping tabs on all of you—and possibly the rest of us now? Because unless Vallaki started a gossip column while we weren’t looking, I can’t think of any other way they’d have this much dirt on you without a direct source."
Kessintra frowns at the thought of someone following them around taking notes. "I don't know...Let's take some of these with us. If we find anymore handwriting samples we can compare it." She crosses her arms, looking faintly hesitant. "...We have the scroll. What would the rest of you think of using it on him? Staying at the church...It's different than having a real family. Stella and those boys would benefit."
"Yes, that's a good idea. We can ask him about the weird portrait and this handwriting too. And a stop at the Black Market would be good to try to sell some things." Kessintra will grab the four scimitars from the cultists since they could sell for a good price.
"Let's get rid of these first. Don't want to leave evil all around the house." Kessintra stacks up the parchment pieces with pentagrams on them and tries using true strike with her shortsword on them (radiant damage).
"Alright. Let's check out this room first. Oh, Ada, can you sense an imp around here?" Kess will cautiously head into the room where the cultists were and look around.
Perception: 11
| Joy - Hexblood Open Sea Paladin - Netherdeep | Kaelen - Shadar-kai Gloom Stalker Ranger - Old Keep | Lira - Half-elf Thief Rogue/Druid - Allansia | Arkon - Goliath Champion Fighter - Hardcore DiA | Teryn - High Elf Archfey Warlock - Runewarren | Zoveldra - Kalashtar Open Hand Monk - Eberron | Mavilius - Tiefling Eloquence Bard - Golden Vault | Vannithos - Shadar-kai Astral Self Monk - Von Nichts Manor |
You find nothing that wasn't immediately obvious.
I exist sometimes, especially when I'm DMing Curse of Strahd.
Ada reaches out with her Divine Sense, closing her eyes and concentrating, trying to detect any traces of Infernal presence in the basement.
Extended Signature
Characters: Bryony Alderleaf (Phandelver and Below) ♦ Vesta Trevelyan (Vecna: Eve of Ruin) ♦ Ada Kendrick (Curse of Strahd) ♦ Gareth Blackwood (Dragon of Icespire Peak)
DM: Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus & Phandalin Adventures
There are no celestials, fiends, or undead within 60ft.
I exist sometimes, especially when I'm DMing Curse of Strahd.
Kessintra sighs after finding nothing in the room, exiting and moving to look through the books Razz found for any mention of Fiona's husband or trying to revive someone.
Investigation: nat 20 + 3
| Joy - Hexblood Open Sea Paladin - Netherdeep | Kaelen - Shadar-kai Gloom Stalker Ranger - Old Keep | Lira - Half-elf Thief Rogue/Druid - Allansia | Arkon - Goliath Champion Fighter - Hardcore DiA | Teryn - High Elf Archfey Warlock - Runewarren | Zoveldra - Kalashtar Open Hand Monk - Eberron | Mavilius - Tiefling Eloquence Bard - Golden Vault | Vannithos - Shadar-kai Astral Self Monk - Von Nichts Manor |
None of seem them mention her husband or revival. In fact, these don't seem to be written by Fiona. Most of the notes are oddly detailed notes about the late baron's family. Their routines, relationships, when they eat and sleep. Eventually you find something even more disturbing: notes about you, Chipper, and Garrick. They have physical descriptions of all of you and lists of all of Chipper and Garrick's equipment and items.
I exist sometimes, especially when I'm DMing Curse of Strahd.
Kess shows the others the creepy notes about them and the Baron's family that she found. "Looks like Fiona didn't write these...Stella, does this look like your father's handwriting?"
| Joy - Hexblood Open Sea Paladin - Netherdeep | Kaelen - Shadar-kai Gloom Stalker Ranger - Old Keep | Lira - Half-elf Thief Rogue/Druid - Allansia | Arkon - Goliath Champion Fighter - Hardcore DiA | Teryn - High Elf Archfey Warlock - Runewarren | Zoveldra - Kalashtar Open Hand Monk - Eberron | Mavilius - Tiefling Eloquence Bard - Golden Vault | Vannithos - Shadar-kai Astral Self Monk - Von Nichts Manor |
Ada shakes her head. "I'm not sensing anything within sixty feet of here," she says.
Extended Signature
Characters: Bryony Alderleaf (Phandelver and Below) ♦ Vesta Trevelyan (Vecna: Eve of Ruin) ♦ Ada Kendrick (Curse of Strahd) ♦ Gareth Blackwood (Dragon of Icespire Peak)
DM: Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus & Phandalin Adventures
Stella looks closely at the text. "No. This doesn't look like his handwriting."
I exist sometimes, especially when I'm DMing Curse of Strahd.
Comparing these notes to the letter Strahd wrote, does it look like his handwriting?
It does not appear to be Strahd's handwriting.
I exist sometimes, especially when I'm DMing Curse of Strahd.
"So, if this didn’t come from Fiona, her dearly deceased husband, or Strahd himself… does that mean we’ve got a little peeping shadow skulking around? Someone keeping tabs on all of you—and possibly the rest of us now? Because unless Vallaki started a gossip column while we weren’t looking, I can’t think of any other way they’d have this much dirt on you without a direct source."
((Also do the notes mention any places the Baron's son might be hiding?))
| Joy - Hexblood Open Sea Paladin - Netherdeep | Kaelen - Shadar-kai Gloom Stalker Ranger - Old Keep | Lira - Half-elf Thief Rogue/Druid - Allansia | Arkon - Goliath Champion Fighter - Hardcore DiA | Teryn - High Elf Archfey Warlock - Runewarren | Zoveldra - Kalashtar Open Hand Monk - Eberron | Mavilius - Tiefling Eloquence Bard - Golden Vault | Vannithos - Shadar-kai Astral Self Monk - Von Nichts Manor |
The notes don't mention anything since the baron's house burning, so no possible locations.
I exist sometimes, especially when I'm DMing Curse of Strahd.
Kessintra frowns at the thought of someone following them around taking notes. "I don't know...Let's take some of these with us. If we find anymore handwriting samples we can compare it." She crosses her arms, looking faintly hesitant. "...We have the scroll. What would the rest of you think of using it on him? Staying at the church...It's different than having a real family. Stella and those boys would benefit."
| Joy - Hexblood Open Sea Paladin - Netherdeep | Kaelen - Shadar-kai Gloom Stalker Ranger - Old Keep | Lira - Half-elf Thief Rogue/Druid - Allansia | Arkon - Goliath Champion Fighter - Hardcore DiA | Teryn - High Elf Archfey Warlock - Runewarren | Zoveldra - Kalashtar Open Hand Monk - Eberron | Mavilius - Tiefling Eloquence Bard - Golden Vault | Vannithos - Shadar-kai Astral Self Monk - Von Nichts Manor |
I think it could be worth it.
“Let’s ask around about him first to see what kind of man he was. The priest may be good to talk to.”
"Yes, that's a good idea. We can ask him about the weird portrait and this handwriting too. And a stop at the Black Market would be good to try to sell some things." Kessintra will grab the four scimitars from the cultists since they could sell for a good price.
| Joy - Hexblood Open Sea Paladin - Netherdeep | Kaelen - Shadar-kai Gloom Stalker Ranger - Old Keep | Lira - Half-elf Thief Rogue/Druid - Allansia | Arkon - Goliath Champion Fighter - Hardcore DiA | Teryn - High Elf Archfey Warlock - Runewarren | Zoveldra - Kalashtar Open Hand Monk - Eberron | Mavilius - Tiefling Eloquence Bard - Golden Vault | Vannithos - Shadar-kai Astral Self Monk - Von Nichts Manor |
“Alright, let’s get a move on. I want to leave this creepy house as soon as possible.”
"Let's get rid of these first. Don't want to leave evil all around the house." Kessintra stacks up the parchment pieces with pentagrams on them and tries using true strike with her shortsword on them (radiant damage).
| Joy - Hexblood Open Sea Paladin - Netherdeep | Kaelen - Shadar-kai Gloom Stalker Ranger - Old Keep | Lira - Half-elf Thief Rogue/Druid - Allansia | Arkon - Goliath Champion Fighter - Hardcore DiA | Teryn - High Elf Archfey Warlock - Runewarren | Zoveldra - Kalashtar Open Hand Monk - Eberron | Mavilius - Tiefling Eloquence Bard - Golden Vault | Vannithos - Shadar-kai Astral Self Monk - Von Nichts Manor |