I put aside my cloth and bowl. I leap to my feet using a warriors trick I learnt from old Garamond, a veteran who lived next to my parents, landing upright with scimitar drawn.
"What are we waiting for?"
[OOC: Ah, yes, old Garamond. The font of all knowledge when it comes to warrior tricks.]
"We have to find the way down first," says Basilly. "It may be hidden, but there is definitely magic at work below us, I can feel it. And it is also far enough away that it cannot be just hidden under the floorboards."
Then he stops for a moment before saying, "Perhaps that damned thing I killed was not heading for the street." He then walks to where Guilliame is in the entrance hall and pulls open the door wall.
"A boot room," Dora hears him say and then she hears him begin stamping on the floor.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Oh, by the way Basilly, if you are going to fire off any magick, I would appreciate if you let me out of the way first."
[OOC: I don't understand this, Dora was nowhere near the target of Basilly's attack. She was in the lounge room with the corpses whereas the cat was in the entrance hall.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC when Basilly first made known his hostile intentions to the "cat", Dora, Guilliame, Basilly and the "cat" were all crammed in the kitchen. Dora feared being collateral damage and at that time also asked Basilly to let her get out before attacking, so this is a continuation of the theme. Dora has gathered the impression that when Basilly's blood is up that he focusses only on his target.]
[OOC when Basilly first made known his hostile intentions to the "cat", Dora, Guilliame, Basilly and the "cat" were all crammed in the kitchen. Dora feared being collateral damage and at that time also asked Basilly to let her get out before attacking, so this is a continuation of the theme. Dora has gathered the impression that when Basilly's blood is up that he focusses only on his target.]
[OOC: Fair enough. Basilly did seem to be somewhat enthusiastic at the time.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Bassily, I found some papers that Brassman seemed to be working on that may hint at his real interest. Also I think there is another spellbook around that could contain anything. I have found his bread and butter version with lots of spare pages at the back."
"The papers can wait," replies Basilly from the boot room. "My spell will not last forever and we must use this time to try to find access to his hidden sanctum."
He then sticks his head out into the corridor and adds, "Guilliame, look around the house for entrances to areas below ground. I will give a shout out if I find a trapdoor in here."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
The sheriff, Dora and Guilliame approach the interior door in the kitchen, which—by its position—must be under the staircase that leads upstairs.
The door opens outwards and is hinged from the left. It also looks more like a proper door than a cupboard door. There is a simple latch keeping the door close.
[OOC: I have updated Guilliame's knowledge of Brassman's house.]
The sheriff, who is holding the candlestick in one hand and has his other hand on the pommel of the dagger at his side, says, "Handleader Wallus, if you will do the honours please."
[OOC: Could you please let me know what you currently have in your hands. For example, is Dora still carrying the lamp, and is Guilliame still carrying the book and papers? Any, or all, of these items can be left on a kitchen bench, and if you want to prepare anything else to be held in your character's hands, please let me know now.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
OOC Are there any currently open doors behind us - is the front door closed and securely bolted fir example.
[OOC: There is no kitchen table, but I will assume the book and the papers have been left on bench closest to the fireplace.
The front door is open with Handleader Ahman standing in the doorway. However, as you might expect, her attention is more on what is happening in the house at this moment.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Dora opens the door to reveal a set of stairs doing down into a dark space that must be at least partly below ground. [If you don't remember, you had to walk up some stairs to enter the front door of the house.] A faint smell of damp and camphor wafts up from below but there is no sign of any immediate danger.
For Dora:
Perhaps strangely, there is also a latch on the inside of this door, but it was not in place so it didn't restrict Dora from opening it.
For Guilliame:
[OOC: Please make an Area Knowledge check for Guilliame.]
[OCC: Busy morning and then Jennifer and I will be with Andrew and Pat for cards this afternoon, so I probably won't respond until this evening.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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"We have to find the way down first," says Basilly. "It may be hidden, but there is definitely magic at work below us, I can feel it. And it is also far enough away that it cannot be just hidden under the floorboards."
Then he stops for a moment before saying, "Perhaps that damned thing I killed was not heading for the street." He then walks to where Guilliame is in the entrance hall and pulls open the door wall.
"A boot room," Dora hears him say and then she hears him begin stamping on the floor.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC appreciate you accepting my little anecdote on Garamond! I was half expecting you to ask me to roll for acrobatics.]
"What is a boot room?"
"Oh, by the way Basilly, if you are going to fire off any magick, I would appreciate if you let me out of the way first."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC when Basilly first made known his hostile intentions to the "cat", Dora, Guilliame, Basilly and the "cat" were all crammed in the kitchen. Dora feared being collateral damage and at that time also asked Basilly to let her get out before attacking, so this is a continuation of the theme. Dora has gathered the impression that when Basilly's blood is up that he focusses only on his target.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC oh, I just got your Garamond pun, well-played!]
"Bassily, I found some papers that Brassman seemed to be working on that may hint at his real interest. Also I think there is another spellbook around that could contain anything. I have found his bread and butter version with lots of spare pages at the back."
"The papers can wait," replies Basilly from the boot room. "My spell will not last forever and we must use this time to try to find access to his hidden sanctum."
He then sticks his head out into the corridor and adds, "Guilliame, look around the house for entrances to areas below ground. I will give a shout out if I find a trapdoor in here."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"There is an interior door in the kitchen - shall I check it?"
"Let me come with you and I'll check for magic."
"Yes," says the sheriff picking up the candleholder sitting on the bench. "I will check it with you."
"I will be with you shortly," calls Basilly, still stamping on the floor looking for trap doors in the boot room.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
The sheriff, Dora and Guilliame approach the interior door in the kitchen, which—by its position—must be under the staircase that leads upstairs.
The door opens outwards and is hinged from the left. It also looks more like a proper door than a cupboard door. There is a simple latch keeping the door close.
[OOC: I have updated Guilliame's knowledge of Brassman's house.]
The sheriff, who is holding the candlestick in one hand and has his other hand on the pommel of the dagger at his side, says, "Handleader Wallus, if you will do the honours please."
[OOC: Could you please let me know what you currently have in your hands. For example, is Dora still carrying the lamp, and is Guilliame still carrying the book and papers? Any, or all, of these items can be left on a kitchen bench, and if you want to prepare anything else to be held in your character's hands, please let me know now.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Leave spellbook and papers on the kitchen table.
OOC Are there any currently open doors behind us - is the front door closed and securely bolted fir example.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC Dora left the oil thingy (I think you said it was not a lamp) on the bench when she left the kitchen earlier. Her scimitar is already drawn.]
With scimitar in defensive position and standing to the left of the door, I unlatch it and quickly pull it open, allowing the Sheriff to see inside.
Dora opens the door to reveal a set of stairs doing down into a dark space that must be at least partly below ground. [If you don't remember, you had to walk up some stairs to enter the front door of the house.] A faint smell of damp and camphor wafts up from below but there is no sign of any immediate danger.
For Dora:
Perhaps strangely, there is also a latch on the inside of this door, but it was not in place so it didn't restrict Dora from opening it.
For Guilliame:
[OOC: Please make an Area Knowledge check for Guilliame.]
[OCC: Busy morning and then Jennifer and I will be with Andrew and Pat for cards this afternoon, so I probably won't respond until this evening.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.