Potted plant petunia Nok Nok chuckles as he hops from foot to foot in excitement. "Look at me. Look at me. I'm in disguise!" he says with glee. "Let's go kick some butt." A brief pause and look to Misha, "Well, I mean, you go kick butt. I'll watch."

Nok then draws upon his eldritch energies to offer Jubilation's guidance to a few of his party members. With each touch, a splash of divine glitter-like energy bursts forth from his hand, dusting the recipient. Nok offers words of encouragement as he provides the Guidance, "Don't **** this up."

To sneak past a group of guards, each character (or pair) must succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity (Stealth) check. This check is made with advantage at night or in fog.

To get to AREA V10, you have to make one check per pair of characters (assuming you all are sticking together.) This will give you enough time to reach the area and scout quickly before the patrol walks by you.

Looking like a walking shadows, Persephone and Jill ready themselves  for the task ahead (Stealth: 23).

With Cien scouting ahead (secretly invisibly, but only turning invisible once they're out of sight of the others in the party), Allynna sets off into the mansion.

Stealth: 17+3+3=21

Nok Nok does his best to lead the not-so-quiet Misha sneakily to their destination.

Sneaky, sneaky with Missus Meeeesha: 24 + 1

Curtain Corrin helps Curtain Momelia sneak though with the others.

Stealthy Curtains: 21 + Guidance 4

Meep sneaks along with the others all sneaky like. 

Sneaky Sneak!: 16 + 1

THE VILLA GROUNDS
EVENING

You all scooby snack sneak your way past the gates of the Villa entrance at night and shuffle quietly over to V10. There are no doors here, only closed windows that are curtained! It's difficult to see what's in the room and hard to tell from outside. Looking to your right, you can see the main entrance of at V3. There is a set of double doors there. Act quickly, the patrol will be passing by in about a minute or so.

Jill will use her Passive Perception of 12 to check the door for traps and if it's clear, she'll open the door and usher everyone inside reminding them to be quiet and get in before the patrols come back around.

Nok Nok darts inside, quietly, peering about to make sure everything is safe.

Perception: 12

AREA V3 - THE FOYER

All is quiet. Apart from the main entrance, this room has two exits. A plaster shelf lined with ornate vases circles the room at a height of nine feet. Spread across the flagstone floor is a ten-foot-wide, fifteen-foot-long rug of exquisite design, depicting a royal coronation. Two tapestries hanging on the walls depict a dragon flying over a ship and pilgrims on camels, respectively.

25, 20, 13, 21

Nok, for a moment, you thought you heard something jostling the vases on one of the pastered shelves. Someone, or something, is watching you all.

Jill whispers into Misha's ear. "Do not act out. We are being watched by something in here. It is on the shelf. It gave itself away by accident. Do not let it know that we know."

Nok Nok sneers at the noise, looking to Jill as she speaks to Misha. “I’ll be the bait then.” The goblin walks forward at a brisk pace, head forward while trying to watch for movement out of the corner of his eye. He readies to dodge any attack. 

Whatever made the noise is invisible, you cannot see anything when you casually glance at the shelves. From this room, V4 and V10 are accessible. You feel the urge to act quickly. You're a large group in a stranger's house. Someone is bound to know you're here, if they don't already.

Jill leads the way to V10 and indicates that everyone should follow her now.

V10 - THE GALLERY

Black curtains are drawn over the windows to the south, keeping this hall dark and cool. This gallery contains an eclectic collection of tapestries, paintings, and alabaster busts on pedestals. There is nothing else remarkable about this room. There is a stairway leading up, and from here you can explore V5, V8, or V9. You can hear noise of movement upstairs. A 6-foot-tall wax statue in one corner depicts Duke Thalamra Vanthampur cradling a cat with wings. The cat has a wax rat in its mouth. It's so life life it's startling.

"GAH!" Misha startles, covering her mouth after she realizes how loud she was.

 "Hello?" a voice calls out from AREA 5. "Who is there?" Footsteps are approaching.

Jill just grabs Misha's hand and starts hauling ass upstairs, indicating for the rest of the party to move up with her, as she is in no rush to be here when those footsteps approach.

V11 - UPSTAI- OH WHAT TH-!?

Everyone hauls ass upstairs, where you arrive in AREA V11. Lanterns hang from the rafters of this drafty hall. Five guards stand at attention by the doors in this hall. They turn to look at you all, and one of them yells, "Intruders! Attack!"

Guard1: 17
Guard2: 20
Guard3: 16
Guard4: 4
Guard5: 18

Jill: 21

Yoska: 12

Meep yelps and dashes behind Misha, prepared to let some spells fly. 

Init: 6