The man has a single wound in his back, but it is not clear what created the wound. He wears a surprised grimace in death; he clearly died in a lot of pain.
"This does not bode well, a predator who kills quickly, and without trace, and then doesn't eat what it kills is doing so for pleasure, it makes it less predictable and more deadly." Sword still drawn he slowly turns a circle scanning carefully for signs of anything out of the ordinary."I am reminded of someone we once met, an imp who tried to join with me in an unholy pact, he could fly, turn invisible and had some sort of stinger that I presume could kill if required. Something of that nature could be responsible, everyone hold for a moment."
Karst goes still, and slowly spins once more as his holy senses look for anything fiendish or similar.
OOC uses Divine Sense
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Vhon - Level 2 Warlock - What shall become of the Drunken Sailor?
"Well they aren't still in the immediate area if it was a fiend. Doesn't mean the area is safe though." The paladin calls over to Aradurk "Search him, there may be something useful we can learn from his possessions."
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Vhon - Level 2 Warlock - What shall become of the Drunken Sailor?
"Aye, let's see if there's anything that tells us what the dearly departed was doing out here aside from dying." and I start checking through his possessions.
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Halsen - Human Monk - Winter Splendor Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's Blade Bizarre Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Betrayal at Devilsfall Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Hidden War" (Doom Portals Part 4A) Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter -Barty's "The Whispered Word (Doom Portals Part 5) Garu - Tabaxi Paladin - Barty's "Beyond Twilight" (Rikirta Part 3)
Y'lovisa clears her throat and places a hand on Aradurk's shoulder. "Ahem... There may be an easier way. I can ask him. Though considering the shock on his face, it's likely he didn't see what killed him."
"Y'lovisa - he's not being very conversational at the moment; in fact, you'd probably get more from a stone. Oh - wait - are we doing the good cop/bad cop routine? Which one am I?"
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Halsen - Human Monk - Winter Splendor Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's Blade Bizarre Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Betrayal at Devilsfall Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Hidden War" (Doom Portals Part 4A) Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter -Barty's "The Whispered Word (Doom Portals Part 5) Garu - Tabaxi Paladin - Barty's "Beyond Twilight" (Rikirta Part 3)
"I will only have a limited number of questions that we can ask him. If anyone has a question please let me know," Y'lovisa kneels down to place a hand on the corpse. "Araleth, please guide this one's spirit back to us." A light begins to glow from her hands, flowing down to and engulfing the corpse. (Speak with Dead)
(DM: Can only the cleric hear/talk to the dead? I've seen different interpretations of the spell.)
OOC: The wording of the spell indicates that the corpse itself is imbued with intelligence, and doesn't explicitly say that only the caster can hear it, so as far as I'm concerned everybody can hear the corpse, but it will only respond to Y'lovisa's questions.
Still lying facedown with his head turned to the road, a gasp resonates from the dead man, now imbued with a false spark of life.
OOC: The powder is scattered in traces on his clothing - there doesn't seem to be any pattern to it, or collected in any one area.
"I did not see who killed me. I was transporting a shipment," the corpse dryly answers while Aradurk searches him over. He carries nothing but his clothing and an empty satchel that is laying open.
The man has a single wound in his back, but it is not clear what created the wound. He wears a surprised grimace in death; he clearly died in a lot of pain.
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"This does not bode well, a predator who kills quickly, and without trace, and then doesn't eat what it kills is doing so for pleasure, it makes it less predictable and more deadly." Sword still drawn he slowly turns a circle scanning carefully for signs of anything out of the ordinary."I am reminded of someone we once met, an imp who tried to join with me in an unholy pact, he could fly, turn invisible and had some sort of stinger that I presume could kill if required. Something of that nature could be responsible, everyone hold for a moment."
Karst goes still, and slowly spins once more as his holy senses look for anything fiendish or similar.
OOC uses Divine Sense
Vhon - Level 2 Warlock - What shall become of the Drunken Sailor?
Lyreis - Level 6 Elf Fighter - Eberron: Omega
DM - Dzenda: The Cracks - DM - Dzenda: Whispered Tales
Nothing within the vicinity registers upon Karst's divine sense.
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"Well they aren't still in the immediate area if it was a fiend. Doesn't mean the area is safe though." The paladin calls over to Aradurk "Search him, there may be something useful we can learn from his possessions."
Vhon - Level 2 Warlock - What shall become of the Drunken Sailor?
Lyreis - Level 6 Elf Fighter - Eberron: Omega
DM - Dzenda: The Cracks - DM - Dzenda: Whispered Tales
"Aye, let's see if there's anything that tells us what the dearly departed was doing out here aside from dying." and I start checking through his possessions.
Halsen - Human Monk - Winter Splendor
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's Blade Bizarre
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Betrayal at Devilsfall
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Hidden War" (Doom Portals Part 4A)
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Whispered Word (Doom Portals Part 5)
Garu - Tabaxi Paladin - Barty's "Beyond Twilight" (Rikirta Part 3)
Y'lovisa clears her throat and places a hand on Aradurk's shoulder. "Ahem... There may be an easier way. I can ask him. Though considering the shock on his face, it's likely he didn't see what killed him."
"Y'lovisa - he's not being very conversational at the moment; in fact, you'd probably get more from a stone. Oh - wait - are we doing the good cop/bad cop routine? Which one am I?"
Halsen - Human Monk - Winter Splendor
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's Blade Bizarre
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Betrayal at Devilsfall
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Hidden War" (Doom Portals Part 4A)
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Whispered Word (Doom Portals Part 5)
Garu - Tabaxi Paladin - Barty's "Beyond Twilight" (Rikirta Part 3)
She gives the half-orc a little grin. "Oh, I have abilities to get around that condition."
With a smirk, he says, "Well then. where were you the last time I got my fill of Dwarven ale? For now, he is all yours."
Aradurk stands up and dusts himself off and moves out of the way of Y'lovisa.
Halsen - Human Monk - Winter Splendor
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's Blade Bizarre
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Betrayal at Devilsfall
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Hidden War" (Doom Portals Part 4A)
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Whispered Word (Doom Portals Part 5)
Garu - Tabaxi Paladin - Barty's "Beyond Twilight" (Rikirta Part 3)
"I will only have a limited number of questions that we can ask him. If anyone has a question please let me know," Y'lovisa kneels down to place a hand on the corpse. "Araleth, please guide this one's spirit back to us." A light begins to glow from her hands, flowing down to and engulfing the corpse. (Speak with Dead)
(DM: Can only the cleric hear/talk to the dead? I've seen different interpretations of the spell.)
OOC: The wording of the spell indicates that the corpse itself is imbued with intelligence, and doesn't explicitly say that only the caster can hear it, so as far as I'm concerned everybody can hear the corpse, but it will only respond to Y'lovisa's questions.
Still lying facedown with his head turned to the road, a gasp resonates from the dead man, now imbued with a false spark of life.
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Y'lovisa turns the man onto his back. "Did you see what did this to you?"
"What were you doing on the road?"
(DM: is the powder around the wound in his back?)
OOC: The powder is scattered in traces on his clothing - there doesn't seem to be any pattern to it, or collected in any one area.
"I did not see who killed me. I was transporting a shipment," the corpse dryly answers while Aradurk searches him over. He carries nothing but his clothing and an empty satchel that is laying open.
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“Ask him to where he was to deliver his shipment, please.”, Aradurk chimes in hopefully.
Halsen - Human Monk - Winter Splendor
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's Blade Bizarre
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Betrayal at Devilsfall
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Hidden War" (Doom Portals Part 4A)
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Whispered Word (Doom Portals Part 5)
Garu - Tabaxi Paladin - Barty's "Beyond Twilight" (Rikirta Part 3)
“Ask him where he started from, where he was heading, and who employed him.”
OOC: sorry for the duplicate - forgot I posted on this last night.
Halsen - Human Monk - Winter Splendor
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's Blade Bizarre
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Betrayal at Devilsfall
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Hidden War" (Doom Portals Part 4A)
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Whispered Word (Doom Portals Part 5)
Garu - Tabaxi Paladin - Barty's "Beyond Twilight" (Rikirta Part 3)
Y'lovisa turns back to the group. "Three questions left. Do we want to know what he was carrying? It looks like his satchel is empty."
(To keep things rolling here, I'll toss out two more...)
Y'lovisa looks back to the corpse. "What were you delivering?"
"Who employed you?"
"I was delivering Dust. Elric is my employer," the dead man responds. His eyes start to twitch as his temporarily animated spirit begins to fade.
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"Where were you delivering your package?"
"Sundabar," comes the final reply, and the corpse shudders slightly before becoming still once more.
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