Waterdeep Dragon Heist - Campaign Thread (DM: Webgambit)

Elon ducks when the explosion happens then quickly jumps to his feet with sparks between his fingers and in his eyes. As Kes and Vassa run out, Elon runs to the door. "Whats going on!" he yells out scanning around to find who did it or what happened.

Selinae ran outside looking for both persons of interest and people that needed help.

Perception:11

Insight:7

Silver sighs looking around as he draws both swords "I'm just not even surprised by this stuff anymore. What is it now?" he asks moving his way over to his companions.

As you walk out into the street and start to look around you see the dead are comprised of

• One elderly female human
• Two cloaked male humans clad in leather armor with sheathed longswords
• Two female humans and one male half-elf dressed in plain clothes
• One male gnome wearing a burned cloak and clutching a dagger
• Two female halflings, and two male halflings

Selinae ran over to the four halflings, hoping it was no one she knew....

Investigation: 8

Medicine: 10

Seeing as they aren't currently being attacked, Kestrell will go to the nearest body and check to see if it is dead.

Medicine: 18

Standing up from the dead man's body to look around at the carnage in disgust and growing anger, Vassa responds to Elon and Silver both, "I don't know yet, but we're sure as hell going to find out."

Seeing Sel assisting the injured, the bard nods in appreciation of the woman's priorities and looks about for those who seem most severely wounded or in need of aid. The bard will go over to those in need, murmering soothing words as he uses the healing power of music.

[OOC] Vassa will cast as many healing word spells as needed (using all of his spell slots if required) to help those injured in the blast.

All eleven of the bodies are well and dead.

Sel, your investigation check on the halflings leads you to believe the females were playing a flute and a fiddle. You don't see any instruments near the two men.

Vassa, as you're going around looking to help you learn that there are no other injured. It appears everyone who was on the street at the time died in the blast.

Here's an image of the area. Blue arrow is pointing toward your manor. Red diamond thingy is where the explosion seemed to originate.

Just to keep up with things, we'll say it's now been 4 minutes since the blast happened. Wonder how long it'll take the guard or watch to arrive?

Selinae looked around for anyone nearby who has scorched clothing or burns and is still alive, hoping someone may know more about what happened.

Perception:11

Investigation:11

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Shaking his head at the scope of the slaughter around them and his inability to assist these poor souls, Vassa wil first walk over to the dead half-elf, the murderous Soluun still fresh in his thoughts. Crouching down to examine the unfortunate man, Vassa calls out to his companions, "The Watch will be here soon... Unpleasant as it may be, we'd best find out what we can about this tragedy before they get here and we risk losing control of the scene."

[ooc] Vassa's investigation check to see if anything seems noteworthy about the half-elf or his companions: 22

Silver just nodded as he began to make his way towards the explosion "I'll go take a look at the blast sight..." he just begins to walk keeping his eyes on the surroundings "Hopefully there is still some clues around."

OOC:

perception check: 14

Elon joins Silver in checking the blast area and take the help action for Silver's perception. "Was this an attack on us gone wrong?"

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 "The Watch will be here soon... Unpleasant as it may be, we'd best find out what we can about this tragedy before they get here and we risk losing control of the scene."

"What do you mean?  Don't we want the watch here?"

Kestrell joins Elon and Silver at the blast site, looking for clues as to what could have made the blast.  Was it conventional, was it magical?  Was it accidental or on purpose?

Perception: 7

"Gods, I hope not, Elon. The thought that we had anything to do with this, even inadvertantly... does not sit well with me.

We want the watch here AFTER we've had a chance to search for clues, Kes. No offence to those brave defenders of our civic peace, but they'll likely push us off the scene even as they're treading on possible evidence.

The unpleasantness I was referring to was having to do this so soon after the event... this degree of carnage is not an easy thing to witness, let alone try to comprehend."

If Vassa finds notices nothing unusual about the half-elf and his two companions, he will move on to the gnome with the burned cloak who is clutching a dagger.

[OOC] Let me know if another investigation check is needed for each victim.

At the sounds of the blast and the reverberation it sends through Trollskull Manor, Phaedra jumps and lets out a scream.

As the group starts to realize what has happened, the cleric runs out of the Manor and rushes with Selinae to help where she can to heal the wounded, before she realizes that all the people present are dead.

Tears roll down her pale cheeks, "Ohhh no Elon. This best not be because of us... ohhh. I can see my room from here! We should have given that silly shooter back to the evil circus or not interfered with those bakers... Why would you just set off a bomb like this? Was it even a bomb? Or was it magic?"

The cleric's tear fills eyes start to glaze over with a golden hue. She looks around at the crowd and those on the street, chocking up with painfull memories from her past and the attack on her mother. Scanning as best she can, Phaedra looks around for anyone who seems to be action suspicious and not startled by the attack (other than Silver!)

Perception 14

Bason falls over as the explosion rocks the manor. He readies his crossbow and heads out with the others. He see's the others tending to the wounded, and realizes he won't be much help with them. Instead he scouts the rooftops and keeps an eye out for any more potential threats from above. 

"I'll keep an eye above in case who ever did this is still here." 

perception 3

Elon, seeing Phaedra upset walks over and puts a hand on her shoulder, "we'll find who did this. I'll put my life on it" he says through gnashed teeth.

DM Rolls
Arcana check for Kestrell: 17
Arcana check for Phaedra: 10

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Selinae looked around for anyone nearby who has scorched clothing or burns and is still alive, hoping someone may know more about what happened.

Perception:11

Investigation:11

You don't find anyone who has scorched clothing or burns except the dead, but you do notice that your neighbors have basically formed two clusters of people each one with someone in the middle telling a story, no doubt the story of what they saw.

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[ooc] Vassa's investigation check to see if anything seems noteworthy about the half-elf or his companions: 22

From some of the items found on their person paired with your personal knowledge you put together that they were all servants of one wealthy North Ward families, but you're not sure which.

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Silver just nodded as he began to make his way towards the explosion "I'll go take a look at the blast sight..." he just begins to walk keeping his eyes on the surroundings "Hopefully there is still some clues around."

OOC:

perception check: 17

The blast site itself doesn't reveal much, but you're able to determine the male gnome was the closest to the blast as evidenced by his burned cloak. You also, of course, notice he has a dagger in his hand and then you see that the dead gnome has dry waste on his boots and cloak, suggesting he has spent time in the sewers recently. While you're still looking him over Vassa approaches and, as the two of you continue to check him over, you find he also has a pouch containing five gemstones worth 100 gp each.

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Kestrell joins Elon and Silver at the blast site, looking for clues as to what could have made the blast.  Was it conventional, was it magical?  Was it accidental or on purpose?

Perception: 7

The scene reminds you of the aftermath of a fireball spell.

Quote from vassasunstar >>

If Vassa finds notices nothing unusual about the half-elf and his two companions, he will move on to the gnome with the burned cloak who is clutching a dagger.

[OOC] Let me know if another investigation check is needed for each victim.

You get to the gnome shortly after Silver does and learn that he's deduced this gnome to have been closest to the blast and that the dead gnome has dry waste on his boots and cloak, suggesting he has spent time in the sewers recently. As the two of you continue to check him over, you find he also has a pouch containing five gemstones worth 100 gp each.

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Tears roll down her pale cheeks, "Ohhh no Elon. This best not be because of us... ohhh. I can see my room from here! We should have given that silly shooter back to the evil circus or not interfered with those bakers... Why would you just set off a bomb like this? Was it even a bomb? Or was it magic?"

The cleric's tear fills eyes start to glaze over with a golden hue. She looks around at the crowd and those on the street, chocking up with painfull memories from her past and the attack on her mother. Scanning as best she can, Phaedra looks around for anyone who seems to be action suspicious and not startled by the attack (other than Silver!)

Perception 14

You don't see anyone acting suspicious, but you do notice that your neighbors have basically formed two clusters of people each one with someone in the middle telling a story, no doubt the story of what they saw. Then you also notice a young boy with tears in his eyes approaching the dead halflings.

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"I'll keep an eye above in case who ever did this is still here." 

perception 3

 
You don't really notice much of anything.

"Looks like a fireball to me!"

Kestrell stands up and faces the street and gets a strange look on his face for the next minute.

OOC: Using Primeval Awareness to sense whether any aberrations, celestials, dragons, elementals, fey, fiends, or undead are present within 1 mile, but it doesn’t reveal the creatures’ location or number.

Selinae steeled herself, saddened at the death of so many innocents, she strode across to the nearest gathering of people,  towering over them to look down at the storyteller she queried forcefully, " What did you see? Did you see who did this terrible thing."

Intimidation/Persuasion: 6