Murder Mansion (2019-2020) - Game Thread

Ignatia frowned slightly and bent to look at the dollhouse, " Well, the door is open so you two can go wherever you wish now, play with who you wish or just have a rest for a while."

" The basement....we were heading there soon.  Do you know where the baby is?"

Rose looks at the dragonborn with a confused look "my dollhouse... it's right over there."

Thorn also says to Flynt "Ewwwwwwwwww, Chessssssst!" (he pronounces Chess as Chest) "That's Daddy's game!! ewwwwwwww"

The ghost-children then turn their attention back to Ignatia

"Ok thank you! Baby? Hmmmmm you mean our little baby sissy? Baby sissy was a quiet baby. Veeeeeeery quiet. Then she disappeared.... wait did you say you were leaving? No... please... PLEASE don't leave... don't go to the basement. Stay and play..."

" Very quiet, not a peep....and she disappeared.", Ignatia nodded with a sigh. " Figures.  Your Mother didn't like the baby?"

" Well, Children. You are more than free to come with us if you wish but we simply must go and sort this basement of yours out."

Flynt sighs and puts his chess pieces away.

Rose: "Mommy hated the baby. Mommy said she made it quiet..... wait... NO! You CAN'T leave us!"

Thorn: "no, we are staying here! This is our room! You're not the boss of me!"

Ignatia, please make a Charisma save.

Flynt, please also make a Charisma save.

Charisma Save: 18

Rose says to Ignatia: "You're no fun." And then the ghost child turns around and then goes and stands in the corner of the room, facing the corner and doesn't say another peep.

Spoiler for Ignatia:

Flynt still awaiting your Charisma saving throw.

Anyone else have any other business in here?

Flynt's CHA saving throw - 18

Thorn, the boy ghost says to Flynt: "Hmmmmppphhhh. You're no fun, either." and the ghost boy joins his sister in the corner.

Spoiler for Flynt:

So the two ghost children are now in the corner of the room, facing the corner of the room, not saying anything, just floating there. 

What would you like to do? 

Shae speaks gently to the children. 

“We’re here to help you. After we find what’s going on in the basement, we’ll return, ok?”

She whispers to the rest of the group

”This isn’t a case of a hiding fugitive anymore. I fear there are far worse crimes that have occurred in this place. We must find out what’s happened in the basement...”

Ignatia slipped into her "voice for speaking with children.....and minor infernal beings"......because, really there was little difference when you got down to it....

" Young Mistress Rose!  You do not attempt to force yourself  on someone without their consent! "

"Should you wish to accompany me I have no objections to housing you within this weary flesh....."

Whispering as if to herself.

" As long as your a lot less fuss than the last eldritch being I had inside me...."

Flynt turns to Thorn. "Yes, if you want to possess someone, you should ask them first. If you want to come along with us, it will be fun."

Flynt and Ignatia, the ghost-children ignore you both and just continue to stand in the corner, their faces almost touching the wall. They are just floating there now, looking at the corner of the room, not saying anything.

It's kind of creepy.

You get the feeling that they do not want to come with you to the basement or anywhere else for that matter. They wanted you to stay and play, and tried to possess you both when they thought you were leaving, and both of them failed. 

Ignatia shrugged, she had little time for tantrums no matter whether from the living or the dead, " Basement then."

Flynt nods and steps out of the room. "To the basement it is."

Unless anyone wants to stop her Ignatia heads for the stairs winding down beneath the house, lighting her lantern.

Renny turns to follow the rest as they leave the room, "Poor, creepy kids."

Renny watches on from the hallway as the others leave the children's room. Both of the children start to sob ghost-tears when the last person leaves the room.

You all head over to the dark staircase in the other room and begin to descend. The light from Ignatia's lantern gives you 40 feet of vision, and she leads the way as you all head down the stairs. Once you start the decent you realize this staircase goes down a long way. You feel yourself walking down the stairs, passing through the lower levels of the house, and it seems almost 50 feet from the top to the bottom of the stairs which you've almost reached....

Congratulations! You've reached level 2! Please level up your character sheet accordingly. I will continue the story in a new post shortly. You can also LONG REST your characters.

Ignatia the temp HP also vanishes from your being.

Ok here we go!

Ignatia leads the way with her lantern as you all reach the bottom of the stairs. There is a narrow tunnel which branches left and right, and you all funnel your way down the tunnel and then into what seems like a huge dungeon!

The atmosphere and mood down here is much different than the above floors in the house. It's dark, dreary, cold and damp. From the moment you arrive down here, you can hear an eerie incessant chant echoing throughout the passageways. You can't discern which direction it's coming from... yet. The dungeon floor and walls are carved out of earth, clay and rock. The tunnels are 4 ft. wide by 7 ft. high, with timber braces at 5 ft. intervals. There are centuries-old footprints down here molded into the earthen floor, going in all different directions.

Please have a look at the map below. This is where you are all currently situated. Your current light source is Ignatia's lantern. She's holding it with one hand. It is completely dark down here without it so a light source will have to be constant for people who can't see in the dark. I won't give you any other details about the environment other than what you can currently see on the map and what I've described above.

What do you want to do? Please provide any skill rolls as well depending on what you want to do (Perception if you want details about things, Stealth if you plan on going quietly, etc. etc.)

P.S. Don't forget to level up!

(ignore the borders on the map.... these dungeons are pretty big!)