Astraea moves past the Bugbear, having a good look at him. "You're going to be fun, Ralg," she says with a smirk before continuing to Gabe.
She will open the gate and pull him through before shutting it again. Then she'll spend all 15 HP from Lay on Hands, her pale and slender fingers stroking down the side of his face. Her eyes study him, filled with fascination. "I take it none of you knew what you were getting into?"
Gabe is slightly taken back at first at this woman walking up and just touching him... but then the warm sensation comes over him and a calm pours thru his body and he can feel some of his wounds heal and he starts to feel slightly better...
"why thank you maim, I'm Gabriel Van Helsing... and who might you be?"
Nikya gives Shake a hard look. "Right. The rhyming is going to get old as well. Gonna have to keep my eye on you, I guess. Sorry to hear about the rest of your group."
Astraea moves past the Bugbear, having a good look at him. "You're going to be fun, Ralg," she says with a smirk before continuing to Gabe.
She will open the gate and pull him through before shutting it again. Then she'll spend all 15 HP from Lay on Hands, her pale and slender fingers stroking down the side of his face. Her eyes study him, filled with fascination. "I take it none of you knew what you were getting into?"
Gabe is slightly taken back at first at this woman walking up and just touching him... but then the warm sensation comes over him and a calm pours thru his body and he can feel some of his wounds heal and he starts to feel slightly better...
"why thank you maim, I'm Gabriel Van Helsing... and who might you be?"
"My name is Astraea," she says. "I figured another group would come along eventually. They always do, though they don't always make it to the gate."
Astraea moves past the Bugbear, having a good look at him. "You're going to be fun, Ralg," she says with a smirk before continuing to Gabe.
She will open the gate and pull him through before shutting it again. Then she'll spend all 15 HP from Lay on Hands, her pale and slender fingers stroking down the side of his face. Her eyes study him, filled with fascination. "I take it none of you knew what you were getting into?"
Gabe is slightly taken back at first at this woman walking up and just touching him... but then the warm sensation comes over him and a calm pours thru his body and he can feel some of his wounds heal and he starts to feel slightly better...
"why thank you maim, I'm Gabriel Van Helsing... and who might you be?"
"My name is Astraea," she says. "I figured another group would come along eventually. They always do, though they don't always make it to the gate."
" Another group? you have been to this place before? were not even sure how we got here..."
Raxin eyes everyone rather suspiciously that is new. Listening and watching. His eyes are like black orbs of obsidian peering through everyone. He says nothing.
Ralg has been inside the gates long enough to take a rest and to heal up a bit from his earlier fight with the werewolf (marked off a HD). I presume he's looked around a bit. What do we see in this area?
Can I presume the typical gothic atmosphere . . . dark, cloudy night, the occasional rumble of thunder and flash of lightning, maybe even a splatter of rain?
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"Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth." A Camus
You all make for the porch of the mansion to get out of the rain, but what you find is far from welcoming...
The mansion is old... very old. The exterior paint has chipped away allowing mold and rot to set into the wood. Most of the windows are boarded up on the ground floor, some of the dust and grime covered windows are broken. The planks of the porch are also creaky and broken.
The oaken front door is quite imposing adorned with a large knocker of a wolf with its mouth agape....
Astraea moves past the Bugbear, having a good look at him. "You're going to be fun, Ralg," she says with a smirk before continuing to Gabe.
She will open the gate and pull him through before shutting it again. Then she'll spend all 15 HP from Lay on Hands, her pale and slender fingers stroking down the side of his face. Her eyes study him, filled with fascination. "I take it none of you knew what you were getting into?"
Gabe is slightly taken back at first at this woman walking up and just touching him... but then the warm sensation comes over him and a calm pours thru his body and he can feel some of his wounds heal and he starts to feel slightly better...
"why thank you maim, I'm Gabriel Van Helsing... and who might you be?"
"My name is Astraea," she says. "I figured another group would come along eventually. They always do, though they don't always make it to the gate."
" Another group? you have been to this place before? were not even sure how we got here..."
"Did you have anything to eat or drink? Smoke a pipe? That's how they get you," Astraea says as they walk to the house.
Watching the door slam shut in Shake's face, she smirks. "Might be best not to threaten it with rocks," she'll move to the door and try and open it.
The door opens into a foyer now lit with oil lamps hanging on the walls. Hanging on the south wall of the foyer is a shield emblazoned with a coat-of-arms (a stylized golden windmill on a red field), flanked by framed portraits of stony-faced aristocrats. Mahogany-framed double doors appear to lead into the house. The doors are set with panes of beautiful burgundy and black stained glass.
Nikya's tail swishes, flicking water at anyone in close proximity to her back end. "I don't think this porch will hold me for long. We going in or not?"
Once you are all inside the door slams shut once again. The oil lamps flicker out momentarily. When they turn back on the front door is gone and the stain glass doors stand wide open ushering you inside...
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Gabe is slightly taken back at first at this woman walking up and just touching him... but then the warm sensation comes over him and a calm pours thru his body and he can feel some of his wounds heal and he starts to feel slightly better...
"why thank you maim, I'm Gabriel Van Helsing... and who might you be?"
Grombrindal "The White Dwarf" (Dwarf - Wizard) - Fenris_Worldsbane's Tales from the Yawning Portal

Shake intones,
"We appeared as six, strangers yet together.
Lost and confused, we arrived without tether.
One by one our number did dwindle,
as our lives were snuffed out, our futures a swindle.
Now here we are, with friends brand new.
If somebody has to die, it will not be me, but you."
Shake looks taken aback at what he let slip.
"What I meant to say is together these trials we will survive.
And on all our behalfs I mean to strive."
He smiles sheepishly at the others.
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Nikya gives Shake a hard look. "Right. The rhyming is going to get old as well. Gonna have to keep my eye on you, I guess. Sorry to hear about the rest of your group."
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"My name is Astraea," she says. "I figured another group would come along eventually. They always do, though they don't always make it to the gate."
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Ralg glares at him and growls
Human Hegh ngeD, loQ loD. bISolnISbe'taHmeH yIyep nuq Dajatlh.
"Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth." A Camus
" Another group? you have been to this place before? were not even sure how we got here..."
Grombrindal "The White Dwarf" (Dwarf - Wizard) - Fenris_Worldsbane's Tales from the Yawning Portal

Raxin eyes everyone rather suspiciously that is new. Listening and watching. His eyes are like black orbs of obsidian peering through everyone. He says nothing.
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Ralg has been inside the gates long enough to take a rest and to heal up a bit from his earlier fight with the werewolf (marked off a HD). I presume he's looked around a bit. What do we see in this area?
Can I presume the typical gothic atmosphere . . . dark, cloudy night, the occasional rumble of thunder and flash of lightning, maybe even a splatter of rain?
"Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth." A Camus
It is now a few hours past midnight. Indeed the already dreary sky opens and releases a torrent of freezing rain onto you all. The rain mats your hair, or fur to your face and chills right down to your bones. There is no thunder, but eerie flashes of lightening can be seen behind the gothic style mansion that lies before you in wait (see https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/play-by-post/45969-death-house-a-halloween-one-shot-by-dm?comment=375).
You all make for the porch of the mansion to get out of the rain, but what you find is far from welcoming...
The mansion is old... very old. The exterior paint has chipped away allowing mold and rot to set into the wood. Most of the windows are boarded up on the ground floor, some of the dust and grime covered windows are broken. The planks of the porch are also creaky and broken.
The oaken front door is quite imposing adorned with a large knocker of a wolf with its mouth agape....
Dry. Sleep. Food?
Ralg takes some dried meat out of the hunter's pouch he carries at his side. He holds it out, as if to offer it.
"Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth." A Camus
"To knock or not to knock?
Maybe we stand back and throw a rock?"
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A loud creeeeeaaaaakk.... and the door swings open on rusty hinges as you finish your last word...
Shake peers into the open door.
5 investigation = +1 / Perception = +3
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The wind picks up causing the door to slam shut in your face.
"Did you have anything to eat or drink? Smoke a pipe? That's how they get you," Astraea says as they walk to the house.
Watching the door slam shut in Shake's face, she smirks. "Might be best not to threaten it with rocks," she'll move to the door and try and open it.
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The door opens into a foyer now lit with oil lamps hanging on the walls. Hanging on the south wall of the foyer is a shield emblazoned with a coat-of-arms (a stylized golden windmill on a red field), flanked by framed portraits of stony-faced aristocrats. Mahogany-framed double doors appear to lead into the house. The doors are set with panes of beautiful burgundy and black stained glass.
Shake looks at Astraea.
"As you say, my mouth I'll stay."
He then mimes stitching up his mouth and tying off the end.
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Nikya's tail swishes, flicking water at anyone in close proximity to her back end. "I don't think this porch will hold me for long. We going in or not?"
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Ralg will push warily into the house with a low, almost sub-vocal growl.
(After chewing the piece of goblin meat nobody took - uncivilized humans, turning down the hospitality of sharing killed food)
"Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth." A Camus
Once you are all inside the door slams shut once again. The oil lamps flicker out momentarily. When they turn back on the front door is gone and the stain glass doors stand wide open ushering you inside...