Waterdeep Dragon Heist - Campaign Thread (DM: Webgambit)

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"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.

You don't sense anything on that list.

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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: 20

The lady you interrupt turns to you and stares for a moment, then politely says, "I don't believe we've met. I am Fala Lefaliir, the owner of Corellon’s Crown." She points to her shop as she says it's name. “I was watering plants in the greenhouse on the second floor of my shop when the blast blew out some of the windows. Lucky I wasn’t injured! Through the smoke, I saw a cloaked man take something from the body of the dead gnome, then start limping away. He was badly burned and casting glances over his shoulder, like he was afraid someone might be following him. He was headed toward the Bent Nail.”

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Quote from KestrellKestrell >>

"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.

 

You don't sense anything on that list.

 

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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: 20

 

The lady you interrupt turns to you and stares for a moment, then politely says, "I don't believe we've met. I am Fala Lefaliir, the owner of Corellon’s Crown." She points to her shop as she says it's name. “I was watering plants in the greenhouse on the second floor of my shop when the blast blew out some of the windows. Lucky I wasn’t injured! Through the smoke, I saw a cloaked man take something from the body of the dead gnome, then start limping away. He was badly burned and casting glances over his shoulder, like he was afraid someone might be following him. He was headed toward the Bent Nail.”

 

" Thankyou, Ma'am. Selinae Liol, myself."

Selinae called out to the others as she began running towards the Bent Nail, " Burned Man! Cloak! Took something from Gnome!"

Action:

Dash= 60ft + Bonus Action Dash 60ft = 120 ft?

When she arrives scan for any sign of him:

Perception:7

Investigation:23

Doubtful that Northward nobles or their servants did this', Vassa thinks to himself as he stands up and walks over to where Silver is examining the dead gnome.

"Yikes... this one looks like he was standing at the centre of the detonation. That muck on his boots, does it look familiar to you, Silver?"

Leaving the pouch with the gems, Vassa studies the body and the dagger for anything distinctive besides the sewer muck, before looking around to see if there are any sewer entrances nearby.

*Hearing Sel's shout, Vassa abandons the search for a sewer entrance to run after the goliath towards the Bent Nail.

[OOC] investigation check if needed: 16      perception check if needed: 7

 Phaedra bushes Elons hand off her shoulder and turns to say something but no sound escapes her lips before Selinae and Vassa starts running towards the Bent Nail. Knowing its location and the fact that you can get to it from two directions, Phaedra runs the other way.

OCC: Seeing where the explosion was, I am assuming that Selinae and Vassa take the direct route, running east to the Bent Nail. If that is the case, Phaedra runs north and around Trollskull so she comes down to the Bent Nail from the northeast entrance.

Bason,  hearing Selina's shout, will start running with the others. His short legs pound the cobblestone furiously as he tries to keep up with his compatriots as they head towards the Bent Nail. He will look around as he goes, trying to spot anyone wearing a burnt cloak. 

perception 11

Kestrell comes out of his trance to notice Phaedra running by him and down the road, he takes off after her.  "Where is everyone running to?"

Elon follows directly behind Phaedra. Passing Kest he yells to him to follow. "Come on!"

All of you arrive in front of the Bent Nail but don't see anyone in the area. Looking around for clues (great investigation rolls, btw) doesn't turn up anything either. While your over there you hear the sound of a lot of folks running. You look to the North and see a large group of City Guard passing. While you watch, a group of six guards broke off from the pack and blocked that Northeast entrance to the alley.

Stopping beside Sel, Vassa sees the watch and realises that they might be running out of time to get answers without official oversight. Seeing his companion staring at the Bent Nail, Vassa asks quickly but quietly,

"Where is this burned man, Sel? In there?"

[OOC] perception check if needed as Vassa scans the street and the front of the shop: 7

OCC:

Perception roll to see if Phaedra can tell where the culprits when. Any clues like open doors or sewer entrances ajar, windows open, scuff marks? Anything?

Perception 17

Still confused about what they are doing running over to this little corner of the alley, Kestrell notices the guards block off the northeast entrance.  He grabs the hilt of his Rapier, but doesn't draw it, and backs into the corner about 50 feet east of the Bent Nail. 

"Time's about up, folks!"

Sel looked around again.

" I doubt he went in there....but I can find no sign of him on the street....and I've looked damn hard."

She circled around The Bent Nail wondering if the man had turned the corner here and headed north.  She ran up to the T-junction and looked about.

(I think the north junction is blocked by the town guard)

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(I think the north junction is blocked by the town guard)

 (Guess, she'll see that when she gets there :D....this guy must have passed that way unless he went into the sewers or a building but we should have noticed something if he did either....slippery bugger....)

Silver takes the 5 gems and 100 gold from the gnome as he looks back at Vassa and around to his party, they wouldn't understand until later "He was in the sewers - if I had to guess I don't think Elon's guess was to far off. Though it doesn't make sense...unless it was the Mind Flayer we met, no one else knew we were the ones down there. Unless this was from the Captain of the ship."

He just stands up and begins to look at his companions as they begin to wonder off and begins to look around him staring at the surroundings and trying to put together where the blast may have come from. After whatever he could determine he begins to follow them.

OOC:
sleight of hand check: 10

Investigation check: 9

Elon scans the area for any signs of where he went also looking at sewers, windows, rooftops, etc.

Investigation: 4

Perception: 11

"Phaedra, do you see anything? The watch is coming, we need to move quick."

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[OOC] perception check if needed as Vassa scans the street and the front of the shop: 7

You spot nothing out of the ordinary.

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Sel looked around again.

" I doubt he went in there....but I can find no sign of him on the street....and I've looked damn hard."

She circled around The Bent Nail wondering if the man had turned the corner here and headed north.  She ran up to the T-junction and looked about.

As you approach the guards on steps forward. "Sorry ma'am, I'm under orders to let no one enter or leave until cleared by a superior officer."

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Silver takes the 5 gems and 100 gold from the gnome as he looks back at Vassa and around to his party, they wouldn't understand until later "He was in the sewers - if I had to guess I don't think Elon's guess was to far off. Though it doesn't make sense...unless it was the Mind Flayer we met, no one else knew we were the ones down there. Unless this was from the Captain of the ship."

He just stands up and begins to look at his companions as they begin to wonder off and begins to look around him staring at the surroundings and trying to put together where the blast may have come from. After whatever he could determine he begins to follow them.

OOC:
sleight of hand check: 10

Investigation check: 9

OOC: That's 5 gems worth 100 gold each, not 5 gems and 100 gold.

As you stand up you see a man in one of the groups of people and he's staring right at you. He motions to the side with his head, indicating for you to meet him around the corner. He then turns and walks there himself without looking back, clearing expecting you to follow.

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Elon scans the area for any signs of where he went also looking at sewers, windows, rooftops, etc.

Investigation: 4

Perception: 11

"Phaedra, do you see anything? The watch is coming, we need to move quick."

You don't notice anything relevant.

For those still in the area where the explosion took place, a large group of City Guard pours into the alley from the north. 6 guards split off and take up post at the entrance to the alley. 6 more from the group head to the southern entrance and block it. The remaining guards start moving people away from the crime scene. As this is all taking place, those who rolled a 10 or higher on your perception checks notice a Griffon Cavalry rider and his griffon mount circling the neighborhood, the rider appears to be searching the streets and alleys for suspicious figures.

Vassa, recognising the sewer entrance from his earlier reconnaissance of the area, calls out to his nearby companions as he hurries towards the sewer cover, "The dead gnome had sewer muck on his boots. The burned man might be down below. I'm going to check!"

[OOC] Vassa will hurry to the sewer grate and examine the area for any signs of recent passage. If he finds any, he will climb down.

investigation 6

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[OOC] Vassa will hurry to the sewer grate and examine the area for any signs of recent passage. If he finds any, he will climb down.

investigation 17

As your examining the sewer grate you can tell it has been some time since it's been opened.

Bason will move to follow the Vassa if he sees him going down into the sewer, he'll follow. "Oy, you shouldn't head down here alone. I'll watch your flank while you look around." 

perception 15 to make sure they aren't surprised by anyone in the sewers. 

Edit: Looks like Bason isn't going down into the sewers. He will stay with the group and keep an eye out for danger.