Kessintra sighs, putting the crowbar away. She takes out the map and adds this room, then grabs her grappling hook and jumps down, risking damage in order to keep it and her rope. She and Amelia check for any more hidden doors.
Garrick stuffs about 100 books into the bag until it's full. You look at your progress and realize that you're only 1/10 of the way through Strahd's collection.
(editing due to not reading enough and seeing Kess came back)
Nice! A small fortune. After closing the bag, I look up to find Kess panting and looking worse for wear, rubbing one of her legs. "What happened? Did you get attacked?" I immediately draw my crossbow in preparation.
Kess returns to the others, a bit banged up from her descent.
"No, just took a bit of a fall. The last room has this adamantine tower thing. It has arrow holes but no way to open the doors from the outside,"she crosses her arms, frowning in thought, "Guess it's built for vampires who can mist their way in."
"Too small," she reports, looking over the now-empty section of the bookshelf, "Hope Strahd doesn't mind us 'borrowing' those. I'm sure he has them all memorized after being stuck here for so long anyway."
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"And let's hope there are some enthusiastic readers in some town to sell these at. Wouldn't it be ironic if we were able to defeat Strahd using funds from taking his own books."
Kessintra gives a chuckle, then grimaces slightly as her sore leg acts up. Frowning, she finds herself instinctively reaching for her lyre and playing a quick melody. Her eyes widen in surprise as faint golden light surrounds the injury and the pain fades to almost nothing (Cure Wounds on self for +8 HP).
"I...that's definitely new." She murmurs, slightly unnerved by how alien it feels to wield restorative magic. Is this power really hers?
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"May as well read the bestiaries first at the very least." smiles Chipper, "Would be good to have a knowledge of what lurks in Barovia." He takes a look outside, scanning for any signs of vampire watchguards.
[[ With the areas not explored, IIRC there's Top of the elevator shaft (we saw a dude wearing an orange shirt) Attic with the witches (they thought we were naughty for dropping in)
Ireena is there and physically ok. Mentally, she's doing better than yesterday.
Those are all the areas of interest.
Strahd enters the room with a solemn expression. When he sees that you've taken his books, he looks more disappointed than anything. "The traitor has been thoroughly delt with. The intruder, however, is an.... issue."
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Kessintra feels a faint pang of guilt at seeing Strahd's disappointed expression. He is evil, but his lack of actually harming them directly is highly confusing to the drow.
"Oh, that's a relief,"she remarks, wondering if the traitor was the source of all those screams last night. The news that the intruder didn't suffer the same fate is a surprise. "How are they an issue? They were able to break in, so they are mortal, right?" Perhaps the intruder is a potential ally.
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"Yes.... To our knowledge it's a vampire hunter, likely one named Rudolph Van Richten. He's.... thorough. If he knows I'm going to turn someone, he'll.... kill them." He sorrowfully looks to Ireena. "Kessintra, do you remember when I said 'if situations become dire'?"
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Amelia insight on Strahd: 16
Kessintra's eyes widen momentarily at the mention of this Van Richten person murdering living people just because they might be turned. Ireena seems like a prime target for the hunter considering how important she is to Strahd. Van Richten sounds like an enemy, yet it is also because of him that it seems the vampire is willing to entrust Ireena to them for now.
"Of course, we'll protect her with our lives."
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((Would her grappling hook and rope enable her to climb up to the roof of the tower?))
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The tower is 30 ft high, so you can easily reach the top with your grappling hook.
I exist sometimes, especially when I'm DMing Curse of Strahd.
Kessintra tosses her grappling hook up at the tower's battlement. Upon catching on it she uses Cunning Action Dash to climb up the tower faster.
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At the top you find a trapdoor. It's sealed similarly to the door.
I exist sometimes, especially when I'm DMing Curse of Strahd.
((Could a crowbar help?))
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You try, but it's not working.
I exist sometimes, especially when I'm DMing Curse of Strahd.
Kessintra sighs, putting the crowbar away. She takes out the map and adds this room, then grabs her grappling hook and jumps down, risking damage in order to keep it and her rope. She and Amelia check for any more hidden doors.
Perception: 19 w help
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You take 12 damage.
No secret doors. You get back in time to catch the end of Garrick's book stealing.
I exist sometimes, especially when I'm DMing Curse of Strahd.
(editing due to not reading enough and seeing Kess came back)
Nice! A small fortune. After closing the bag, I look up to find Kess panting and looking worse for wear, rubbing one of her legs.
"What happened? Did you get attacked?"
I immediately draw my crossbow in preparation.
Kess returns to the others, a bit banged up from her descent.
"No, just took a bit of a fall. The last room has this adamantine tower thing. It has arrow holes but no way to open the doors from the outside," she crosses her arms, frowning in thought, "Guess it's built for vampires who can mist their way in."
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"Do you think Skipper could fly into one of the holes? Or are they too small?"
"Too small," she reports, looking over the now-empty section of the bookshelf, "Hope Strahd doesn't mind us 'borrowing' those. I'm sure he has them all memorized after being stuck here for so long anyway."
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"And let's hope there are some enthusiastic readers in some town to sell these at. Wouldn't it be ironic if we were able to defeat Strahd using funds from taking his own books."
Kessintra gives a chuckle, then grimaces slightly as her sore leg acts up. Frowning, she finds herself instinctively reaching for her lyre and playing a quick melody. Her eyes widen in surprise as faint golden light surrounds the injury and the pain fades to almost nothing (Cure Wounds on self for +8 HP).
"I...that's definitely new." She murmurs, slightly unnerved by how alien it feels to wield restorative magic. Is this power really hers?
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"May as well read the bestiaries first at the very least." smiles Chipper, "Would be good to have a knowledge of what lurks in Barovia." He takes a look outside, scanning for any signs of vampire watchguards.
Perception: 6
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With the areas not explored, IIRC there's
Top of the elevator shaft (we saw a dude wearing an orange shirt)
Attic with the witches (they thought we were naughty for dropping in)
Anything I'm missing?
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((Just the inside of the adamantine tower thing. Wish we could melt it down into weapons lol.
Ireena is still here and ok, right?))
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Ireena is there and physically ok. Mentally, she's doing better than yesterday.
Those are all the areas of interest.
Strahd enters the room with a solemn expression. When he sees that you've taken his books, he looks more disappointed than anything. "The traitor has been thoroughly delt with. The intruder, however, is an.... issue."
I exist sometimes, especially when I'm DMing Curse of Strahd.
Kessintra feels a faint pang of guilt at seeing Strahd's disappointed expression. He is evil, but his lack of actually harming them directly is highly confusing to the drow.
"Oh, that's a relief," she remarks, wondering if the traitor was the source of all those screams last night. The news that the intruder didn't suffer the same fate is a surprise. "How are they an issue? They were able to break in, so they are mortal, right?" Perhaps the intruder is a potential ally.
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"Yes.... To our knowledge it's a vampire hunter, likely one named Rudolph Van Richten. He's.... thorough. If he knows I'm going to turn someone, he'll.... kill them." He sorrowfully looks to Ireena. "Kessintra, do you remember when I said 'if situations become dire'?"
I exist sometimes, especially when I'm DMing Curse of Strahd.
Amelia insight on Strahd: 16
Kessintra's eyes widen momentarily at the mention of this Van Richten person murdering living people just because they might be turned. Ireena seems like a prime target for the hunter considering how important she is to Strahd. Van Richten sounds like an enemy, yet it is also because of him that it seems the vampire is willing to entrust Ireena to them for now.
"Of course, we'll protect her with our lives."
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